William Graham Pension
Pennsylvania Pension
#R.4181 Campbell County Court
The said applicant enlisted in the year 1773 and was in the Indian Service under the command of General Wayne.
On May 23, 1836 in Campbell County, Kentucky, the said applicant appeared in open court and stated and swore upon oath that he had been born in the country of Ireland in the year 1754; and that he had resided in the state of Pennsylvania beginning in the year 1772 in which year he arrived in the United States of America from his birthplace in Ireland. He stated that he continued to reside in the state of Pennsylvania until the termination of the War of the Revolution. He stated that since that time he has resided in Jefferson County in the state of Ohio. The said William Graham stated that he was at the age of 82 years on May 4th of that year.
The said applicant stated and swore that he had first entered the service of his country as a volunteer in Beavertown, Snyder County, in the state of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1773 to serve in the militia and in the company under the command of Captain James Paul, and in the regiment under the command of Colonel Tarrance. He stated that they had rendezvoused at a place named Cherry Orchard and he served on that tour of duty for a period of one year. He then again volunteered his services to serve in the company under the command of Captain Reed for a period of two years duration to act in the capacity of an Indian spy.
The said William Graham also stated before the open court that he had at one time served in the company under the command of Captain Enos Thomas and that in all he had served for a period of 4 years. After the termination of the War of the Revolution, he enlisted in the Army under the command of General Wayne and then came to Cincinnati in the capacity of a soldier and officer.
William Graham further stated that he then married and took up a residence in Jefferson County in the state of Ohio at a place that was 30 miles from Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania.
The affidavit of Alexander Barrm, John Graham and Huton Graham was also given at the same tine and in the same place at the foregoing. The said deponents stated and swore that at one time and in the said county and state, they had been both well and favorably acquainted with the said pensioner. And that in the neighborhood in which the said pensioner resided he was reputed to have served in the War of the Revolution on the side of the United States of America.
The claim was rejected but there was no reason given.