Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15162, Timothy Graves, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Graves, Timothy
S 15162
CONTENTS
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4243 New York
Timothy Graves
of Hoosick in the State of New York who was a Priv. & Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Thompson in the Connecticut line for 10 months & 6 days Private and 3 months Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 48 Dollars 98 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Janu- ry 1833 - and sent to John Fitch Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $73.47 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 24.49 $97.96
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Enos Cromwell Cler Book D Vol. 5 Page 92

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In the matter of Timothy Graves application for a Pension —
admitted
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10 mo 6 days private

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss Ps. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Rensselaer. Timothy Graves, who being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades: For three months I served as a private Soldier in a company of State Troops, as first stated in my declaration. For seven weeks, I served as a private Soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Smith. For three months, I served as a private Soldier in a company commanded by Captain William Hull. For Six weeks, I served as a private Soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Elijah Bortwick. For five weeks, I served as a private Soldier in the Militia under Colonel Alden, and For three months, I served as a second Sergeant in a company under command of Captain Elijah Bortwick and for such service I claim a pension.
Subscribed to and sworn before me this 11 th day of December 1832
Timothy Graves
Harry Patterson Justice Peace
State of New York Rensselaer County ss I Archibald Bull clerk of the said County do certify that Harry Patterson Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed above to the said affidavit to be genuine and his proper handwriting and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the Twentieth day of December 1832
Archibald Bull Clerk
for W. Howard Inw Copy

State of New York Warren County } ss
I Noadiah Graves Do. Solemnly swear that I was acquainted with Timothy Graves when he served in the Revolutionary War that he served three months in the militia of the State of New York in Colonel Malcolms Regiment in Captain Elijah Bostwick company of which Samuel Callender was Lieut. that said company was mustered in Canaan in Columbia County in the State of New York & that said Timothy Graves enlisted in said company in the month of August in the year 1779 as near as deponent now recollects & served three months that said company went from Canaan to Livingston Manor & from there to West Point & from West Point to Dobsons Ferry from there to Albany from Albany to Fort Edward was then sent and stationed at Palmentown and garrisoned a block house at said place until discharged which was the last of October or first of November as near as deponent can recollect that deponent was with said Timothy Graves during said service & further saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me the first day of December 1832 Ezra B. Smith J. P.
his Noadiah X Graves mark
Attest Ezra B. Smith
State of New York Warren County } ss
This may certify that on the first day of December in the year 1832 personally came before me the subscriber Noadiah Graves to me well known & subscribed & made oaths to the facts in the above affidavit by him stated and I do hereby further certify that the said Noadiah Graves is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit
Ezra B. Smiths J. P.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Noadiah Graves the above deponent and do believe him to be entitled to the credit of truth and veracity in his statement
Hobbs Mead one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace in and for said County of Warren
whilst there employed in erecting a Fort

State of New York
Warren County ss I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the County of Warren do hereby certify that Ezra B Smith before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same true of the substance of the plea in cause for the said County since that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of Office this April 07 of December AD 1832 Thomas Archibald Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
County of Rensselaer } ss. On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Daniel Gardner Esquire Recorder of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid and presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court in and for the City of Troy aforesaid now sitting - Timothy Graves a resident of the town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born in the town of Durham in the county of — — — in the State of Connecticut in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty four
That he has a record of his age in the family Bible of his at home
That when he entered the service of the United States he was living at the town of Darby in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut. That he entered the service as a volunteer by enlisting and that he enlisted at the town of Darby in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut for three months, he enlisted on the last of December in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five, cannot recollect the day of the month on which he enlisted. The name of the captain who commanded the company in which he enlisted he cannot recollect, he enlisted under Ensign Twitcheil and the Lieutenants name was Tarsons it was a company of State Troops he believes after enlisting he was marched to Brooklyn and was stationed there until discharged he was some of the time whilst then employed in erecting a Fort —————
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That he remained there until he was discharged which was in the last of March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six the day of the month he cannot recollect having served out his full time of three months, he does not recollect that he ever had a written discharge, but thinks he had nothing more than a verbal discharge from his Captain That the Militia at the town of Darby in the county of New Haven aforesaid were called out in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, he thinks it was in August , he cannot recollect the day of the month on which they were called out but thinks about the first of August, that he went as a private soldier in a company commanded by Captain Smith, the Ensigns name was also Smith, that he cannot recollect their Christian names, neither can he recollect who the Lieut-tenant was, who belonged to the company, That their Colonels name was Thompson he cannot recollect his Christian name, That they embarked on board of a Schooner at Darby aforesaid and sailed for New York where they landed and remained there with the American Troops until The American Troops evacuated New York and the British entered, They left New York and went to Harlem Heights, a short distance from the City of New York and that he remained encamped at Harlem Heights until he was discharged and that he was engaged in actual service of the United States at the last mentioned time under the last above named officers for the full term of seven weeks that he was discharged at Harlem Heights and that he took no written discharge, that no written discharges were given to the Militia at the time they were discharged at Harlem Heights as above -
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That he enlisted again in December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six for three months , that it was towards the last of the month but that he cannot recollect the precise day of the month That he enlisted at Darby aforesaid in a company of State Troops ————— commanded by Captain William Hull , the Lieutenants name was Hyde , he cannot recollect his christian name neither can he recollect the names of any of the other officers who belonged to said company, that he was marched from Darby to New Rochelle in the state of New York , That General Worcester was the general who had command over them, The names of the other field officers he cannot re- collect, that he was stationed about in the vicinity of New Rochelle , East Chester , West Chester and Kings Ferry as a guard to the British lines , and was employed there in that service until he was discharged, that he was discharged on the last of March or the first of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven , that he was discharged he thinks, at East Chester after having served out his full term of three months , that he took no written discharge
That he then removed to Canaan in the county of Columbia in the state of New York and belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Captain Elijah Bostwick in Colonel William Whiting's Regiment That he cannot recollect the names of the rest of the field or company officers who belonged to said company & regiment. That in the last of August seventeen hundred and seventy seven , the day he cannot of the month he cannot recollect, the company to which he belonged went out ————— ————— to meet Burgoyne , that he marched across the country to Fort Edward where they joined the main Army under command of General Schuyler
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and from there he was marched to Lake George & the next day back to Fort Edward and that he retreated with the American Army before Burgoyne's Army to Stillwater where he thinks he remained about two weeks and was there discharged after being engage in the service of the States United as a soldier in the last above mentioned expedition six weeks, that he was discharged he thinks in the month of September the day of the month he cannot recollect, that he received no written discharge.
That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight in the summer, in the month of August he thinks, but cannot recollect the day of the month he was drafted that he was then living in Canaan aforesaid and was there drafted, that he cannot recollect the names of any of his officers but the Colonel whose name was Mc c Kinster his Christian name he cannot recollect he was from Cobleskill in the County of Columbia and State of New York that he was marched to Albany & from there to Cherry Valley where they went under command of General Allen his Christian name he does not recollect, that he was there at Cherry Valley in service of the United States as a Soldier of the Revolution about thirty days and that the whole time he was then absent from home in service as such Soldier under the above named officers was five weeks - then dismissed no written discharge -
That he enlisted again at Canaan aforesaid in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine that he enlisted in August but cannot recollect the day of the month on which he enlisted, he enlisted for three months under Captain Elijah Bortwick marched to Claverack to the North
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river a little above Hudson and went on board of a sloop and sailed down the River and landed at Pekk's Kill, and from there went to West Point where he remained a short time and went from there down on the East side of the River to a place called Kings Ferry where they crossed the Hudson River and from there went to Haverstraw and from there to a place called Dobs Ferry and served in the company to which he belonged about this time  during all the three months as a second lieutenant. That from Dobs Ferry he went back to Kings Ferry & went on board of Battery and went to Pekk's Kill and from there took Sloop and went to Albany and from there marched to Fort Edward and from there to Palatine Town where they were stationed in a Block House commanded by a Captain's Company Captain Brantwick was the Captain, cannot recollect his Christian name cannot recollect the name of the Colonel or general whom he was under while at the Block House above mentioned, that he was discharged there in October 1779 he cannot recollect the day of the month on which he was discharged that he faithfully served out the full time of three months for which he enlisted as above, that he received no written discharge that he has no documentary evidence whatever of his enlistment above stated or either of them or of his services as a soldier of the Revolution nor is there any person living as he knows of who is personally knowing to his having served as a soldier in the Revolution any way at any of the periods or terms above named except that he has lived since the Revolution many years lived in Catskill in Columbia County for a number of years about ten from the time he moved there & then moved to Hoo-sick where he now resides & has resided ever since that the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Israel Keach Richard Gould & Joseph Dorr & John Pitch
Israel Keach his affidavit is hereto annexed who is in firm & unable to attend court & resides more than 60 miles from the City of Troy
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State of (if any) only on that of the agency of the  State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Archibald Bull Clerk
Timothy Graves
We Israel Keach a Clergyman residing in the town of Hoopeick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and John Fitch residing in the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Timothy Graves who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Archibald Bull Clerk
Israel Keach John Fitch
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Israel Keach who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Hoopeick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and that John Fitch who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court in and for the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Timothy Graves for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighth day of August 1832 Archibald Dull Clerk

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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Timothy Graves S. file 18162, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Part of Dec 1775 3 mos Pri ✓ Lt Parsons, Conn   Aug 1 1776 7 weeks Pri Smith Thompson Conn OR   Part of Dec 1776 3 mos Pri William Hull, Conn — OR   Part of Aug 1777 6 weeks Pri Elijah Bortwick William Whitman N.Y.   Aug 1778 5 weeks Pri McKinstry N.Y.   Aug 1779 3 mos 2nd Sgt. Elijah Bortwick N.Y.  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 12 Derby, New Haven Co. Conn moved to Columbia Co NY Gansevoort, N.Y. after 3rd
Date of application for pension, Aug 8, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hoosick, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 1754: Durham Conn
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Miss Nellie A. Everett
Room 822
2058163m11-05
U.S Patent Office
Washington D.C.
Commissioner.

Timothy Groves
admitted
London 1800

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Graves which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath testified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Timothy Graves , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 3 mos. 13 wks 6 da prt Lt. Parsons not men. Conn.   Aug. 1776 7 mos. " Smith Thompson "   Dec. 1776 3 mos. " Genl. Hall not stated "   Aug. 1777 6 mos. " Bostrick Whiting N.Y.   " 1778 1 mo. " not remem. McKinstry " "   " 1779 3 mos. Sergt. Bostrick not remem. " "  
Battles engaged in, none men. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Derby Conn. & Canaan, N.Y. Date of application for pension, Aug. 8, 1832, Residence at date of application, Hosick, N.Y. Age at date of application, Born at Housam, Conn. 1754
Remarks: He moved to Canaan, N.Y. about 1777 where he resided for about 10 years. & from which place he removed to the town of Hosick, N.Y.
Very respectfully,  Gen. H. Norton  533 Fargo Ave.,  Buffalo. N.Y.
Commissioner.

June 10, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning Timothy Graves, Heuben Hafford, John Griswold and Amos Lay, supposed to have been soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:
A very careful search has been made and from data given the names of Heuben Hafford and Amos Lay have not been found upon the Revolutionary War pension records on file in this Bureau.
Timothy Graves made an application for pension on August 8, 1832, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing at Hoosick, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for thirteen months and six days' actual service as a private and sergeant in the Conn. troops and New York troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Smith and Col. Thompson. He enlisted at Derby, Conn.
John Griswold made an application for pension on June

11, 1836, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing at Litchfield, Conn. In his application for pension he alleges that he served as a minute man at Litchfield, Conn., a part of the time under Capt. David Barnes. His claim was rejected however on the ground that the service rendered was not a military service as contemplated by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which the claim was filed.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
M. P. S. Hafford,
Phoenix, Arizona.

4 Phoenix, Arizona, Mar. 20, '97. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. E. H. L.
Dear Sir:-
Is there any way by which I may obtain a copy of the application of one Timothy Graves , of Hoosick Falls, N.Y. for a pension as a soldier of the Revolution ? He died June 20, 1848 at 95 years of age. I would also like to know if he received a pension, and for what service.
Also do you find among the pension rolls of the Revolution the name of Reuben Hafford of Nass. or of Amos Lay of Connecticut , or of Maj. John Griswold , probably of Hudson Coun. , though he may have been of Lebanon, N. H. ?

Any of the above information would be thankfully received and properly paid for by
Yours truly F. S. Hafford.

Buffalo N.Y. Feb. 23 1894.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I desire to obtain the military record of Timothy Graves, who was born in Durham Ct., N.Y. 1754, and died in Hossick (or Hossick Falls) N.Y. June 20 th 1848. He was a soldier in Revolutionary War and was credited with the title of "Col." when he died.
Any information you may give will be gratefully received by,
Yours Respectfully,
Geo. H. Norton, 533 Fargo av. Buffalo N.Y.

All communications should be addressed to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C."
LETTER No.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C.
December 10, 1906.
Honorable V. Warner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I greatly desire a copy of the record of Timothy Graves, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, from Darby, Connecticut.
I have been told that this ancestor drew a pension for services in this war and if I can also secure a copy of his application for a pension it will help materially in the data I am trying to find.
Thanking you in anticipation of the courtesy, I have the honor to remain,
Very respectfully yours,
Miss Nellie A. Everett,
Room 322, U. S. Patent Office,
Washington, D. C.

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Timothy Graves Sergt. Boer War
Act: June 7" 18.32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Arch. 2/94 Paul Kiel to Gen. Schurman 533 Fargo Ave. Buffalo N.Y. Mch. 5 '96 G. E. B. Mr. Aspinwall B. G.
June 10. 1897—History Mr. F. S. Hafford Phoenix—Arizona
Sept. 20 '99 Mrs. A. K. Maher Toledo, Ohio.
Dec. 1. 1899 1906 Dec 17—History to Nellie A Everett M. B. H.