Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13190, Eliphalet Graves, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Graves, Elphalet
NUMBER
S. 13190
CONTENTS
carded

8437 New York
Elphalet Graves of Yates Co. in the State of N. York who was a Priv. & Sergt. in the Company commanded by Captain Canfield — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wells — in the M'apleth — time for 5 Mos. Private 18 .. Sergeant }
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of April 1833 — and sent to H. M. Harkness Pam. Jan
Arrears to the 4th of Ma. '33 $63.32 Pension allowance ending 4 th Sep. '75 15.83 $79.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. B. Stiles Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 11. Page 20

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We James Potter a Clergyman resident in the Town of Jerusalem in the County of and State of New York and Roswell Clark residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elphalet Graves who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be eighty years of age and that he is reputed 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 James Potter day and year aforesaid Robt Clark Thomas G Nevins Deputy Clerk
And the Said Court do hereby express their opinion after the investigation of the 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 that James Potter who has signed the preceding is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Jerusalem Yates County of said and that Roswell Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the place aforesaid and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit

And the said Court do further certify that it appears to them that Alexander Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit herewith annexed is a resident of Town of Jerusalem in the County of Yates aforesaid and that he is a person entitled to credit By order of the court T. J. Nevins Deputy Clerk Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Yates do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elphaleth Graves for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk
State of New York County of Yates
I Richard M Smith Deputy Clerk of said County of Yates and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elphaleth Graves for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof at Pannal this Seventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
R. M. Smith Deputy Clerk
Handwritten notes: all mergers 1/2 1/2 1/2

State of New York
Gates County - ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the Town of Milo Gates County aforesaid Eliphalet Graves. Who being duly sworn deposeth 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. Five months I served as a Infantry  no  man  sergeant in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts at the several times mention in my declaration hereunto annexed, for Three months I served as a first sergeant in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts, as is also mention in said declaration hereunto annexed, and for such service I claim a pension -
Eliphalet Graves
Army Number 10.
State of New York
County of Gates ss.
I Richard M Smith Deputy Clerk of said County of Gates do hereby certify that Henry A. Wisner Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Eliphalet Graves purports to have been sworn was at the time an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Gates and duly empowered by law to administer oaths. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Henry A. Wisner and verily believe his signature to the said Affidavit subscribed to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof at Penn Yan this Sixth day of February in the year One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Three.
Richard M Smith Deputy Clerk

In the matter of Elphalet  Graves
A Revolutionary  Soldier -
Claiming a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. he having served upwards of seven months in the Militia of Springfield County Massachusetts -
If allowed, he desires his pension papers sent to Penn Yan Yates County New York to the of David B. Propper. he would prefer drawing his money from the N.Y. Branch Bank at the city of New-York. If not allowed any information from the Secy at War touching his case will be thankfully received directed as above.
Secy of War Sirs
Penn Yan Sept 1832
Elphalet Graves

State of New York)
Gates County ) On this twentieth  twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Gates County now sitting Elisha Graves a resident of the Town of Jerusalem in the County of Gates and State of New York, aged Eighty 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 after stated -
That he was born in the Town of Coolchester in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in 1752 as near as this deponent can recollect in the month of _____ from a record of his age which he used to keep but has lost  not it for several years and where it is at present he cannot tell. Resided during the revolutionary war in the Town of Shelburn County of Springfield State of Massachusetts in the month of March according to the best of this deponent's recollection for one year in the 1775 he volunteered as a minute man, at Shelburn aforesaid in a company commanded by Captain Jacob Root John Fellows ensign was called out several times during the course of the year once in particular at the battle of Bunker Hill but did not arrive until the American forces had retreated. In the Spring of 1776 the first of April according to the best of this deponent's recollection he volunteered as a private at Shelburn aforesaid for three months in company

Commanded by Captain Lawrence Camp of the place aforesaid Asif White lieutenant Howard Ensign the regiment of Colonel David Wells and proceeded to Ticonderoga and there joined the American forces under the command of General St Clair the principal part of the time this deponent was on fatigue duty cutting timber to build a bridge and best works he commenced building a Bridge across from Ticonderoga to Mount Independence but before it was completed it was abandoned for what cause this deponent is unable to relate. Some time about the first of July the time for which this deponent volunteered expired and he was discharged and returned home to Shelburne aforesaid and was engaged at this time three months. In the Spring of 1777 some in the fore part of April this deponent volunteered for three months at Shelburne aforesaid as a first Serjeant in a company commanded by Captain Lawrence Camp Asif White lieutenant Howard Ensign in a regiment of Colonel David Wells this deponent received a first Serjeant's warrant signed by Colonel Wells aforesaid and proceeded to Ticonderoga and joined the forces under the command of General St Clair at that place the most of the time was on fatigue duty was frequently engaged in scouting parties Some time about the first of July the British forces under the command of Burgoyne cut a road around Mount Hope crossed Lake George and took possession of Mount Defiance and moved Ticonderoga on Saturday evening according to the best of this deponent's recollection at about 12

8 o'clock the American garrison commanded by Gen St Clair abandoned Ticonderoga they continued at first to retreat into Vermont closely pursued by the British, the company to which this deponent was attached retreated to Bennington where this deponent was discharged and returned home to Shelburne aforesaid General St Clair with the main army retreated as this deponent understood toward the North river was engaged at this time three months some time in in the month of September the same year this deponent again volunteered as a private at Shelburne aforesaid cannot recollect the names of any of the officers belonging to his company was in a regiment commanded by Col David Williams, proceeded to Saratoga to join the American forces under the command of General Gates was in an engagement with the British under Burgoyne some time about the first of October was at present at the surrender of Burgoyne to General Gates on the Seventeenth day of October soon after the surrender of Burgoyne this deponent was discharged and returned home was engaged at this time about five or six weeks never had a written discharge the original warrant signed by Colonel Williams has been lost for a great many years knows of no person living by whom he can prove his actual service except Alexander Anderson resident of the Town of Jerusalem aforesaid and whose certificate is herewith annexed has resided since the revolutionary war a number of years in the County of Schoharie State of New York from that place he moved County

Genesee now Livingston in the State of New York from thence moved to the Town of Bethlehem Yates County where he now resides -
He hereby relinquishes every claim what to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Subscribed and sworn to the Elizabet Greene day and year aforesaid
Thomas J. Morris Deputy Clerk

State of New York
Yates County I p on this 28 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Alexander Anderson resident of the Town of Jerusalem in the County and State aforesaid personally came in to open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Yates aforesaid and after being first duly sworn according to law upon his oath doth depose and say that he is sixty five years old that he resides in the Town of Jerusalem aforesaid that he was a revolutionary soldier in a company company commanded by Captain Robinson in Colonel Livingston regiment that he was well acquainted with Eliphalet Graves who has subscribed an oath to the above affidavit declaration. During the revolutionary war first became acquainted with him at Bemis heights  where at that time the said Eliphalet Graves was in Colonel David Wells regiment he again saw him in the service at Seconda- roga 1777 in a company commanded by Capt Lawrence Camp in the regiment aforesaid under David Wells Colonel of the militia of the State of Massachusetts. This deponent again saw him the said Eliphalet Graves at Saratoga at the taking of Burgoyne cannot say how long the said Eliphalet Graves was

was in the actual service but from his belief and according to the best of his recollection then at the last he was acquainted with him the said Eliphalit Graves as much as seven months while the said Graves was in the service and would state from the best of his recollection that said Eliphalit Graves was in the service in the militia of Massachusetts as long as seven months
Sworn and subscribed
this day and year aforesaid
Alex ander Anderson his mark
Thomas J. Novins Deputy Clerk

Elizahuel Graves New York
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Wm. W. Dabney Home of Maps

BRIEF in the case of  Eliphalet Graves  of Yates County in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 89  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank: As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 * time of service not specified Private   April 1776 ~ 3 ~ do. Capt. Camp, Col. Wells   " 1777 ~ 3 ~ Sergeant ditto ditto ditto   Sept " " about 5 or 6 weeks Private Col. David Wells  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shelburn Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not objected to the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Vayson Examining Clerk.
* Volunteer for 12 Mo. as a Minute Man

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Coliphat Grano S.F. 13190
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 1775 1 yr. Private Joseph Pool Mass.   Apr. 1775 3 mos. Pt. Lawrence Kemp David Wells   Apr. 1777 3 mos. 1 Sgt. Lawrence Kemp David Wells   Sept. 1777 Oct. 1777 ✓ David Wells  
Battles engaged in, with British under Burgoyne Oct. 1 1777 at Saratoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, of Burgoyne, Milbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept 24 1832. The cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Yates Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, at Colchester Hartford Co. Conn. in 1752
Remarks: No data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1411 L. St.
Washington D.C.
April 18-1912
Gen. Comm. Pension
Dear Sir
Will you please send me copy of application for pension - Rev. War of Elisha L. Grasis of Mass.
I think.
Respectfully Yours
(Mrs) Mary E. Broom.

Ans 1 Rec. Sec.
Gen. J. L. Davenport. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me his military record of Eliphalet Graves, born in Mass.
died in Revolution - enlisted probably from Shelburne, Mass. - Received a pension while resident of Lake Co. N.Y.
Any data your office may have concerning him will be

greatly appreciated by his descendants who desire to join the Daughters of the Revolution.
Very sincerely yours -
Marion Grace Bird
(Mrs. B. S.)
640 Woodbine Ave. -
Oak Park - Illinois
Sept. 16 - 1912.

1912 Apr. 23 Hist. Soc. May E. Brown V.L. etc 1912 Sept. 2 Mrs. C. G. Bird v.s.m.
Rehr
13190 INVALID.
File No. 13,190
Eliphalet Graves Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]