Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,842, Josiah Graves, Conn.

SERVICE
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Graves, Josiah
S. 29,842
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21.9.79 Massachusetts
Isiah Mares of Franklin in the State of Massa who was a Private in the Infantry commanded by Captain Tale of the Regt commanded by Colonel Parsons in the Mass. Cont. line for 13 months
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Nov 1833 and Sept 11th 1833 General P. P. King
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 108.33 Semestral allowance ending March - 21.67 $130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 30
De Lee to A. W. Soper 1 June 1838
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 March 1837 to 13. March 1838. the day of his death. Agt notified 24. Sept 1838.
Franklin

29842 INVALID. Rearg
File No. 29,842
Localski Stanis Dr. Peter
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comr. of Pensions.

Patania, Genesee County, N.Y.
May 11. 1838.
Dear Sir,
I enclose Papers to obtain arrears of Pensions due Sarah Graves at the time of her decease. I enclose the papers directly to Washington that the Pension Agent may order it to be paid at Albany as the Pensioner was on the Mass. Agency. The heirs are poor and could not obtain the money from Boston without great inconvenience and you will do them a particular favor by paying the arrears at Albany and you will please send the papers with the order to Messrs E. Corning & Co. Albany.
Yours Very Respectfully,
H. H. Hopper,
Hon. S. L. Edwards,
Commr of Pensions.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 26. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Josiah Grace deceas'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 have been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 13 th of March 1838, the day of his death. Respectfully, yours,
Merion N. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Josiah Graves Hawley
22329
186

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS sixteenth day of October A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of Probate now sitting  the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Isaac Graves a resident of Hawley in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in May 1775, being then a resident in Killington Vt. of Connecticut he enlisted for seven months as a soldier in said service and served term of time in Capt. Gales Company Col. Parsons Regiment Genl. Spencer's Brigade, marched to New London from New Haven being in Massachusetts witnessed the burning of George's Town by the British and being then on guard, was fired upon by them before they retreated. was discharged in the month of December of said 1775.
Also in July 1776 enlisted for four or five months at said Killington in Capt. Baldwin's Company marched to Kennebec River, now called Abenethy from New Haven and served three months or more, was taken sick and discharged the latter part of October or beginning of November.
Also in October 1777 was drafted for two months and marched to Fishkill under Capt. Brier and was in the vicinity of North River in York State during said time, was discharged in December in said 1777.
Also August 1779 was drafted for one month and served said term at said Killington in guarding the place.
Knows of no surviving officers who are likely to his service.
His home in Killington Connecticut in 1755 was living there when called into service, since which have lived in Lanesboro and are now living in Hawley, Massachusetts their estate and time was drafted, marched Genl. Washington at Roxbury and was under Genl. Gates at Mount Independence.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
R. E. Mearns
Judge of Probate
Josiah Graves
WE, Jonathan Grant a clergyman residing in Hawley and Edmund Longley Jr
residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Graves who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
R. E. Mearns
Judge of Probate
Jonathan Grant Edmund Longley Jr
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 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 Jonathan Grant who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Hawley, and Edmund Longley Jr who has also signed the same is a resident in said Hawley and is a Justice of the Peace and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. E. Mearns
Judge of Probate
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Register Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Graves for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord Reg. Prob
Clerk

No 22329
Josiah Graves Franklin County Massachusetts
Certificate of B. B. Bangs
Regd May 17 1839 Conce headline
Private 13 months adm'd
 4593  2  86.66  21.67  11833 
E. Alvah Greenfield Mass

BRIEF in the case of Josiah Graves County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 - - 4 - private Gen. Spencer   Enlisted 1776 - - 3 - private Col. Parsons   Drafted 1777 - - 2 - private Col. Baldwin   Drafted 1779 - - 1 - private Col. Bristow  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillingsworth Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no proof of service 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd Hey Watts Examining Clerk.