Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,826, Daniel Graves, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Graves, Daniel Mary
N. 14828
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
Mary Graves.
widow of Daniel Graves, dec d .
M as who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 18 th : December, 1828. of Middlesex Co in the State of Mass: — who was a private — in the company — commanded by Captain Richardson of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass: Militia. time for 20 Months, 83 days —
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 67 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1839 and sent to Weymouth Richardson, Ulverston, Mass:
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar: 1839 $ 201.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 33.50
234.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M as Stewart — Clerk, Book A — Vol. 1 — Page 91

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex, ss.
On this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1839, personally appeared before me, the sub- scribed Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex, Mary Graves, a resident of Reading in said County, aged seventy nine 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Daniel Graves, late of said Reading, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, either as a private, corporal, or ser- geant, according to her best knowledge & belief, several different towns & periods; That he was in in the service eight months at Cambridge, in 1775, in the Company of Capt. Jesse Weyman, or some other Captain, than of Web- ster, as she has reason to believe. That he afterwards, in 1776, was in Capt. Abraham Gould's Company of Stockbridge, & went thro. New Jersey to White Plains, as she believes, & in 1777 was, in Capt. Abraham Foster's Compa- ny, of said Reading, & went into New York state.

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State. And in 1970, she believes he was in the company of Capt. Benjamin Edzell of said station as a corporal for three months or more, but the precise length of time he remained during either of said terms, or the officers of any grade he was under or the places through which he marched, or the battles he was engaged in, she cannot tell from her own knowledge, as she but from the information obtained from others, she thinks her husband was in the service the several terms above named if not more. She has no written documents or memorandum in her possession of his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Graves on the thirtieth day of January A.D. 1883, & that her husband, the said Daniel Graves, died on the eighteenth day of December 1920, aged 71 years, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated, and that her maiden name was Mary Buxton of said Reading.
Subscribed & sworn to Mary Graves by said Mary Graves, at her own residence in Reading, she being too infirm by reason of age to attend Court or go far from home, & J. P. Day Judge of Probate for said County before me.

Extract from the Records kept in the town of Reading - County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the possession of the Subscriber. Clerk of said town. "One thousand seven hundred & eighty three January Thirtieth Daniel Graves & Mary Thaxton were married by Elias Stone Clerk." which is expressed on the Records of said Reading in plain & legible figures, thus "1783. Jan. 30." The foregoing so far as quoted is a true extract of said Records, except the date, which is expressed in figures as above named.
Daniel Pratt Jr. Town Clerk of Reading. I, Daniel Pratt Jr. above named do hereby say, that I held the Office of Clerk, in the town - County & State aforesaid. That the above is a true Extract from the records of said Reading with the exception above named, as certified by me, Daniel Pratt Jr.
Clerk of the town of Reading aforesaid.
Given to before me July 19. 1839 c My own handwriting J. Weston of the town

I Nathaniel Graves of Reading - County of Middlesex - Massachusetts, fifty three years of age, testify & say, that Mary Graves of said Reading, who has made application for a pension, under the act of Congress of the seventh of July 1830, is my mother That my father died on the eighteenth day of December 1820, whose name was Daniel Graves, that he & his family have always lived in said Reading since my remembrance, & that my mother, the said Mary Graves Graves, has never been married, since my said father's decease, & still resides there, as his widow. - & that my mother's maiden name was Mary Buxton of said Reading, as I have always understood & believed - Nathaniel Graves
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. - on this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1839. The above named Nathaniel Graves personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & he is a credible witness & entitled to confidence. J. P. Faxon

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Brown 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.     1776 8 Pvt Isaac Williams Mass   76 3 " Abraham Gould Thatcher   77 3 " Abraham Foster Bullard   July 1 78 3 Cpl. Benj. Edgell  
Battles engaged in, v
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woburn Mass
Date of application for pension, Mar 15 1839
Residence at date of application, Reading Middlesex Co Mass
Age at date of application, 79
Remarks: Soldier June 30 1783 - Mary Burdell at Reading Mass He died Dec. 18, 1828 or 29. Their son Nathaniel was 53 years old in 1839
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Jan'y 17-1902 Mary H. Graves Boston Mass
1916 Dec. 11 Heir to Melina J. Coney aw
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14826
Mary Graves
Widow of
Daniel Graves
Rev Rev War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mary Grange wid. of Danl. Mass. —
act 7 July 1838
See let to Nymann Richard son 6 July 1839

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MCKINLEY SCHOOL
LOUISIANA AVENUE AND SOUTH LOGAN ST.
CLARA J. CONEY, PRINCIPAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO
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DENVER, COLORADO, Nov. 19, 1916.
Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Dear Sirs,
I am applying for membership in the Daughters of the Revolution. They have asked me for a statement from the Pension Office. Will you please furnish it to me? A statement in regard to an application for a pension made by Mary Buxton Graves, widow of Capt. Daniel Graves, made Mar. 15, 1839? She was pensioned in her 80th year. The application gives Daniel Graves' war record. Sincerely yours, Clara Coney.

105 Charles St. Boston, Mass.
Jan'y 8, 1902.
To the Commission of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I am desirous of obtaining a complete record of the services of my grandfather, Daniel Graves , of Reading, Mass (born abt. 1757, son of Daniel) in the Revolution, the state archives being deficient as to the yrs. 1776-7. A notebook in his handwriting recounts the number of miles he marched daily, beginning Dec. 76, in a "campaign toward New York", speaks of a skirmish with the "new-moded Hessian sc", but does not mention names of Capt. or Co. or Col. of regiment. Then I should
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like to know. He died in 1828, his widow, Mary Graves in 1842. I think she only received a pension in her last years, 1839 or 40.
2nd. An Isaac Campbell of New Hampshire received, probably abt 1818 or '20 a western land warrant (Illinois) for military services. I wish to learn particulars in regard to said Isaac whether he served in the Revolution or War of 1812, where he was living at the time the land warrant was granted. When at time of enlistment, age etc. An Isaac Campbell who lived at different times in Londonderry, Litchfield & perhaps Merrimack N.H., died, I have been told in 1833. The land warrant in question is in the hands of some his descendants. Whether

it was awarded to him (I do not know). He may have been the son of an Isaac Campbell who fought in the Revolution. But that seems improbable, as the name, so far as I have been able to learn, is not in the New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls.
Any information that your Bureau may be able to furnish in regard to either or both of the above named (Graves or Campbell) will be gratefully received.
Yours respectfully, Mary H. Graves.
I wrote to Gen. Ainsworth of Bureau of Records & Pensions in reply was directed to write to you.

Wadsworth, Mass s . March 25 th 1839.
J. L. Edinboro Commission of Pension.
Sir Inclosed are the application & Depts. etc. in favor of Mary Graves, widow of Daniel Graves. The commission & others seem to be confident he was in the service of Mass s at Cambridge in 1775. The proof is not positive; He lived in Wadsworth that year with Hardy an apprentice & took Hardy's place as his substitute. It is said. His name most likely may be an alias of Capt. Jonas Thompson - yeoman & S gt - Samuel Bednaps, or of Reading Capt. James Brannon. John Foster, or Nath l Loring, or John Green - I wish an examination of them rather - as David Rootes states he saw said Daniel at Cambridge &c.
Joseph Daman is positive of two terms of 3 months each, as in his Depts. &c.
An old roll or copy of Capt. Rootes' Col. is in my possession on which I find said Daniel Graves as having served 3 months from 1 July / I believe / in 1778 as a Corporal. I wish that roll examined, as the friends believe he was in the service that year, but find no other certain proof.
Respectfully, &c. Atty. Sir.
William Thompson Atty to said Mary Graves.
N.B. Returns may be made to me - Certificates for Deborah Hemenway - Sarah Gowny & Jennah Norton have been duly rec d & satisfactory - W. T.

Graves
FREE
July 20 1859 New York
L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Da.

Salisbury Mass s July 12, 1839
Dear G. L. Edmands, Commr d of Pensions
Your of 6 Inst t is recd d and ac- knowledging the receipt of widow Grace's papers in saying the name of the Capt. wherein whom the alleged service (of Daniel Grace) in 1775 was per- formed stated he given & that it was given in the in one or more of the Depts. or two or three captains named as probably was -
Since the papers were sent. I have seen a Roll, kept by the pay master in the 8 months service at Cambridge in 1775, & on that of Capt. Jones Thihsandson of Woburn, I found the name of said Daniel Grace for 8 months; in which in doubtless, correct.
Your letter also says, "As no Roll of Capt. Jones Gunter & Horton can be found the 6 months service then will be admitted upon the tes- timony of friends - & that Daniel Grace is credited for 6 months 23 days service as cor- poral. I presume as appears on a Roll I have - in Capt. Edgell's Company from the 1770's. making in the whole 9 + 3 + 3 + 6 mo. = 20 months 3 days service. A Certificate for that time will be ac- cepted. - Respectfully Yours, W. P. man Richardson
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on the 26 of April last I enclosed the application of Martha Richardson, widow of Jacob Richardson but have not yet had an answer to it. 2
Yrs Sincerely

David Parker of Reading County of Middlesex, Mass s . eight years of age testify as say. That I enlisted & served in the New England men eight months, at Cambridge, at the commencement of the war in 1775, in Capt. John Patchelder's Company of said Reading. A while at Cam- bridge, in said Service. I was acquainted with Daniel Graves of said Reading, but who resided & resided at Salem that time in Salem, an adjoining town. I went into the service from that town, & was at Cambridge during the time I was there; I frequently saw him & conversed with him. He came to our camp to see his brother, in my company, Nathaniel Graves. Daniel was not in my company, & I don't know his Captain's name, but think he was under some Captain belonging to said Salem, or perhaps of said Reading; I long since a new neighbor to him & learned he was in the service at other places, but do not remember at what time or what officers he was under, but think he was at the southward & also to the west- ward, a for long time. David Parker.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County, ss.
On this twenty first day of December 1835, personally appeared the above named David Parker and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed. & he is a credible witness & entitled to confidence.
Before Mr. Chapman Richardson } justice of the peace

Joseph Damon of Reading. County of Middlesex, Mass. aged aged 79 years testify & say that I was in the Middle- sex Militia, under Capt. Abraham Gault of Stoneham, & marched to Providence & I then to the White Plains, in the year 1776, & remained in the service under that engagement. Three months. Col. Daniel Graves, a Reading man, of my regiment, was in the same Com- pany & remained in said Company till dismissal. Three months. In Col. Thatcher's regiment of Cambridge. Three months and in 1777 I again engaged in Capt. Abraham Gault's Company of said Reading. I went to Stillwater, N. York State, & served three months in this engagement. - & said Daniel Graves was in the same Company with me & served the same length of time; Col. Bullard commanded the Regiment.
Joseph Damon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County. ss.
In this twenty first day of December A.D. 1830. personally appeared the above named Joseph Damon, & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & he is a credible witness & entitled to full confidence.
Before me, Stephen Richardson Justice of the peace

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Mary Gann, widow of David — Mass. act 7 July 1838
Mass. Married 1783 Died 1828.
Allow 20 mo 3 days for fly per ank Capt Richardson Mass Militia
(Wyman Richardson Woburn Mass)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel P. Dey Esquire is the Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signatures written on the annexed Papers are his genuine signatures; — I further certify that Wymon Richardson Esquire is a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified and that his signatures written on the annexed Papers are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this Eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Isaac Fiske