Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10566, Robert Graham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Graham, Robert Thom, Mary
R. 10566
Former widow
CONTENTS

Mary Thom. Widow of Robt Graham Revolutionary Pension
Thos T. Dean. Carmel. N. Y.
10566

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York,
County of Putnam ss: On this fifth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid. Mary Thom a resident of the town of Somers in the County of Westchester and State of New York, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and the acts amending the same. That she was married to Robert Graham who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Micajah Townsend in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and while in said company he was taken a prisoner and confined in the old Sugar House for six weeks and upward, that after he was released from said prison, he again entered as a private in Captain or Lieutenant Isaac Keeler's company in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel T. Crane, and remained in said company some length of time; that afterwards he again entered the military service as a private in the company commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Freer in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Canine, that he remained in said company some length of time; and that he again entered the service as a private in the militia company commanded by Lieutenant Isaac Fowler in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Johnson and remained in said company some length of time. Deponent further saith that she has obtained the above information from her husband during his lifetime, and other persons, a portion of which information she has obtained by the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York and which is hereto annexed, and all which testimony and information she verily

believes to be true. She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Graham on the second day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven, as will appear by the documentary and other proof hereto annexed; That her husband the aforesaid Robert Graham died on the second day of October eighteen hundred and twelve; That she was afterwards married to Gilbert L. Thorn who died on the eleventh day of October eighteen hundred and fifty, as will appear by the proof hereto annexed, and that she is now a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness:
Wm A. Dean.
Mary her Thorn mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Court of Probate in and for said County, the reason she makes her mark is in consequence of rheumatism.
Ambrose Ryder
Judge of Probate of the County of Putnam
State of New York,
County of Putnam ss. I, Ambrose Ryder, Surrogate and Judge of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named Mary Thorn personally appeared in open court in and for said County (her residence being but a short distance from said County line, and the place where said Court is held) on the fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, and was duly qualified and sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration, and that her testimony is entitled to full credit and belief.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 5th day of May. A. D. 1852.
Ambrose Ryder
Judge of Probate of said Putnam County.

  1779 August 14 Robt. Graham. Private No. of Cert'e issued, 23395 £ 4 10 8   (Was a Prisoner from 24 th  do June 1779 to Aug t 14 th 1779.)   do do do   1780 May 12 Robt. Graham. Private do do do 37856 1 8 5 1/3   do do do   1782 April 18 Robert Graham. Private do do do 3022 1 0 10   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do 
State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, March 7 th 1851
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 5-8-1 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   1st under Secy Capt. Isaac Keeler in Secy Col. J. Crane Regiment.     2d " " Daniel Freer " " " John Cantineo "   3d " " Isaac Fowler " " " Johannes Johnson "   4th " " " " " "   5th " " " " " "   6th " " " " " "   7th " " " " " "   8th " " " " " "   9th " " " " " "   10th " " " " " "   11th " " " " " "   12th " " " " " "   13th " " " " " "   14th " " " " " "   15th " " " " " "   16th " " " " " "  
I have examined the records for the service of _____ and find _____ entries, as above, amount- ing to £ _____
A. W. Lee Examining Clerk.
Thos. C. Fuller Comptroller.

State of New York, County of Putnam } ss. I, Henry White clerk of the Congregational society of the town of Yorktown in the County of Westchester and State of New York. Do hereby certify that I am in possession of the records of said society, and I find therein the entry of the marriage of Robert Graham to Polly Green who is the identical Mary Green herein named in the foregoing declaration. That said entry is made in the hand writing of Silas Constant, then the pastor of said congregation, on the second day of November seventeen hundred and ninety seven in the words and figures following to wit,
Married, Robert Graham. Polly Green. 1797. Nov 2.
I, Henry White above named depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the Congregational Society of the town of Yorktown County of Westchester and State and that the above is a true extract from the records of said marriage in said society with the exception above named as certified by me,
Henry White
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of April A.D. 1852. I certify that his statement is fully entitled to credit.
Thos. A. Dean. Justice of the peace

State of New York, County of Sullivan } ss. Love Haring of the town of Fallsburgh in the County of Sullivan aforesaid, aged ninety three years, who being duly sworn saith, that she is a sister of Robert Graham deceased that the said Robert Graham was a private in Captain Micajah Townsend's company in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, that her father lived and resided in the town of White Plains in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that this deponent is about two years older than her brother the said Robert Graham, that she recollects of her brother entering the service and frequently heard the said Robert Graham say that he entered the service under Captain Townsend, and was taken a prisoner at the town of Yorktown in the County of Westchester and State afore- said, at the battle or skirmish or surprise at the town of Yorktown aforesaid, that she remembers of hearing the said Robert Graham say that he was there taken prisoner, and put and confined in the old sugar house, and there confined six weeks and upwards, and was then exchanged.
Deponent further saith that after the said Robert Graham left the service, he married Mary or Polly Green in the town of Yorktown in the County of Westchester aforesaid, and that the said Robert Graham who performed the service as aforesaid, is the identical Robert Graham who married the said Mary or Polly Green.
Love Haring
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above first above written to wit April 28 th A.D. 1852.
H. R. Ludington
Justice of the Peace
State of New York, County of Sullivan } ss. I Gad Hales Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that H. R. Ludington Esqr who officially subscribed

6 the foregoing deposition, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State of said, that all his official acts as such Justice are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the foregoing is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of the County Court of said County this first day of May April A.D. 1852. Gail Wales clerk

State of New York, County of Putnam ss. John Mead of the town of Somers in the County of Westchester and State aforesaid, aged sixty two years being duly sworn deposes and says that he was well and personally acquaint- ed with Robert Graham in his life time; that he was in the habit of seeing the said Robert Graham weekly and almost daily for the last three or four years of his life, that this deponent has very frequently heard the said Robert Graham speak of his being in the Revolutionary War, that he often heard him say that he was first in the service under Captain Townsend's Company in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that he heard the said Robert Graham say that he was in Captain Townsend's Com- pany at the battle of Yorktown and was there taken prisoner and was confined in the old Sugar House for six weeks and upwards that after, he was exchanged from said prison, he again enlisted in Lieutenant Isaac Steele's company in the — Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel T. Crane, and continued in said company near some  four months, that he afterwards again enlisted in Lieutenant Daniel Freer's Company in the — Regiment commanded by Colonel John Cantine, that he was in said Freer's company some months, and that he again enlisted in the Company commanded by Lieutenant Isaac Fowler in the — Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Johnson, and con- tinued in said company quite a length of time
Deponent further saith that he very well remembers to have heard Robert Graham say that he was taken prison- er in the year 1779, that said Graham again entered the service in the year 1779, or the year 1780, under Captain Keiler, and frequently heard the said Robert Graham say that all the services he ever performed in the Revolution was in the years 1779, 1780, and 1782, that he frequently and more than once heard the said Robert Graham say that he served out the full term of his enlistment in the Revolution which was one year with the exception of the length of time that he was confined a prisoner in the Sugar House

And deponent further saith that the said Robert Graham after his services so performed as aforesaid, married Mary Green, or as she is sometimes called Polly Green in the town of Yorktown, and that the Robert Graham who married the said Mary or Polly Green, in the town of Yorktown in the county of Westchester and State aforesaid is the same identical Robert Graham who was a soldier in the companies above set forth. That the facts as set forth in this affidavit were communicated to this deponent during his lifetime, and while the said Graham was in sound mind and health, and that the said Robert Graham was a man fully entitled to full faith credit and belief and that she is now the widow of Gilbert L. Thorne.
John Mead
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 24th day of April 1852, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Mead and that his statement is entitled to credit and belief, and I further certify that the word "true" was erased the word "some" was interlined prior to the signing and execution.
Wm A. Dean, Justice of the peace.
State of New York
County of Putnam } ss. I, Reuben D. Barnum, clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that William A. Dean is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, that all his official acts as such Justice are entitled to full faith and credit and that the foregoing signatures of such Justice are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this fifth day of April A. D. 1852.
R. D. Barnum Clerk

Mary Thom. widow of Robert Graham a Soldier of Revolution.
Pension
M m A. Dean. Carmel. N. Y.

Hon S. E. Heath
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is an application for a Revolutionary Pension of Mary or Polly Thom for the services of her first husband, Robert Graham.
I am unable to obtain the record proof of his service in the year 1777, from the Comptrollers Books of New York, because some books which contain the records of proof of Revolutionary services of soldiers in the County of Westchester and State of New York, have been lost or destroyed, and the deficiency of the proof herewith transmitted is owing wholly from those books being destroyed, and they would undoubtedly show, at least, that Robert Graham was in the service in the year 1777. Two Vols. of the Records, I think, have been lost.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servant, Wm A. Dean, Colonel, Putnam Co N. Y.
May 8. 1852.

✓ No 14. 698
Mary Thompson wid of Robert Thompson died
W. A. Allen p. 21/1852
same p. 17/1853
same p. 23/1853
later order p. 25/1853
Act p. 2/1853 p. 25/1853

In the matter of the applica- tion
of
Polly Thom.
Revolutionary Pension
Thos A. Dean.
Canal
N. Y.

State of New York County of Westchester } ss. I Lewis C. Platt. Surrogate and Judge of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the Court of Probate of said County, that Gilbert L. Thorn, deceased was a resident of the town of Somers in said County of Westchester and that he the said Gilbert L. Thorn died in the said town of Somers in the State of New York on the eleventh day of October A.D. 1850. that he left a widow whose name is Mary or Polly Thorn.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office at White Plains in said County, this 9th day of September, A.D. 1852.
L. C. Platt
Surrogate

10. 5. 6. 4.
P. O.
Mary Thom
Service: Widow Robert Graham
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Hon J. B. Heath.

State of New York, County of Putnam. On this 23 d day of February A.D. 1853. before me personally came John Steadwell aged eighty seven years a resident of the town of North Salem in the County of Westchester who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was well and personally acquainted with Robert Graham in his lifetime, and knew him from deponents youth up to the time of the death of the said Robert Graham. Deponent well recollects the time and circumstance when the said Robert Graham entered the Revolutionary war, that deponent lived with the family of the said Robert Graham at the time he so entered the Revolutionary war, and went in company with him to his place of rendezvous, that this deponent lived with the family of the said Robert Graham all the time the said Robert Graham was in the war and for many years afterwards, that the said Robert Graham told this deponent when he was on his way to join the army that he had en- listed for a year, that this deponent well remembers that the said Robert Graham remained in said war for a year, that the said Robert Graham returned home some times within the year but would not remain home a great while at a time, Deponent recollects of the hearing it said by the family of the said Robert Graham that he was taken prisoner, that after the close of the war the said Robert Graham married Mary Green, that deponent lived in the family of the said Robert Graham at the time said marriage took place and continued to live with him up to the time of his death that afterwards Mary Graham married Gilbert L. Thorne, and he well remembers the death of the said Gilbert L. Thorne, which happened in the year 1850, that the said Mary Thorne is the widow of the said Gilbert L. Thorne, and was also the widow of the said Robert Graham who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Deponent is well acquainted with the said Mary Thorne and that she is now the widow of

of Gilbert L. Thorne, and previous to her marriage with the said Gilbert L. Thorne, she was the widow of the said Robert Graham.
And deponent further saith that he frequently talked with the said Robert Graham during his lifetime about his service in the Revolutionary war, that deponent recollects about the time the said Robert Graham entered the war, and when he returned and the time that passed from the time he so entered the service till he returned was a little more than a year, that said Robert Graham frequently told this deponent that he enlisted for a year and that he served out the full period of his enlistment, and was taken a prisoner at the battle of Yorktown and was imprisoned for six weeks in the old sugar house.
Witness present
his John x Steadwell mark
Daniel Thorne
Wm A. Dean,
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 23 d day of February 1853, and is unable to write his name from incompetence. Wm A. Dean, Justice of the peace.
And I certify that the said John Steadwell is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Wm A. Dean, Justice of the peace.
State of New York,
County of Putnam, ss. I, Ira Mead, Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that William A. Dean, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, that all his official acts as such Justice are entitled to full faith & credit, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his as such are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 15 th day of March A.D. 1853.
Ira Mead clerk

Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir -
I herewith transmit to you the certificate of the Surrogate of Westchester County duly authenticated, of the death of Gilbert L. Thorne, whose widow is an applicant for a pension for the services of her first Husband, Robert Graham.
I also herewith transmit you the statement of Fanny Totten taken by me on the 23 d of April last as to the service of the said Robert Graham, but she declined signing it (as she said) she had conscientious scruples to take an oath. She is an old Quaker lady and I have heard she aided and assisted the British during the Revolution, and still have notions peculiar to her own in favor of the Tories.
I merely transmit her statement, as secondary proof as to the length of service Robert Graham was in the war.
I am aware that positive proof as to the length of time he served in the war, can not be obtained, provided the records are silent as to his service, but you will take into consideration that two or three volumes of the records as to the service of the soldiers, especially in Westchester County, have been destroyed. Such being the fact, which is well known to this department, his service can be shown only by those lost records.
All the witnesses who have supported Mary Thorne in her application testify that they heard Robert Graham say he was in the service for a year, which, if those records were not lost, would be sufficient to satisfy the rule of the Dept. of that fact.
I trust you will therefore take into consideration the fact of those records being lost, and the testimony already before you and report favorably in this matter, there

is no doubt in the minds of every person with whom I have conversed, and who knew and were acquainted with Robert Graham, that he was in the service of his County for the full period of a year.
Be pleased to give this matter your liberal attention at your earliest convenience, and inform me thereof.
I am truly your Obedient Servant
Thos A. Scan. Barnes
N. H.
Sept. 10th 1852.
Hon J. C. Heath.

In the matter of the application
of
Mary Thorne
Thur A. Dean Carmel N. Y.

State of New York County of Putnam } ss - Fanny Totten of the town of Yorktown in the county of Westchester and state of New York aged eighty five years being duly sworn saith that she was well and personally acquainted with Robert Graham in his lifetime, that he resided a near neighbour to this deponent nearly all his lifetime, that very well remembers to have heard the said Robert Gra- ham relate his Revolutionary trials, that she heard him often speak of being a prisoner in the old sugar house where he was confined as a prisoner with a number of others with him but she does not recollect whom, she well remembers the time the battle or skirmish took place at Yorktown and knew the said Robert Graham to be in said skirmish - when & where he was so taken a prisoner - that she often and several times heard him say that he was in the service enlisted for a year and that he has frequently told her that he was in the wars a year and more, that the said Robert Graham married Mary or Polly Green who she also knew and with whom she was acquainted, that after his death the said Mary or Polly afterwards married one Gilbert E. Thorne who is now also dead
I do hereby certify that the foregoing statement of Fanny Totten was taken by me at a personal interview with her on the 23 d day of April 1852,
Wm A. Dean,
Justice of the peace.