Claim No. 770 (Graham)
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Class 2 No 356
Anne Graham
£118.5
Estimated at
one hundred
pounds
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No 770
Ann Grahams
Bertie
Certified
Claim £77.7
Allowed £53._
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I Ann Graham of the Township of Bertie do hereby solemnly declare that I have actually sustained the damage in the accompanying claim set forth and that I have not received any remuneration whatever either from His Majesty’s Government or from the Individual who committed the damage claimed for or from any person or persons for them.
Sign’d
Ann Graham
Mary Ann Graham
Witness
[illegible]
I Ann Graham of the Township of Bertie do hereby solemnly declare that the above is a true and correct statement of the loss which I sustained when plundered by a party of the enemy under command of General Brown in September 1814 and I do further in like manner declare that I have not received recompensation whatever on account of the loss so sustained.
Sign’d
Ann Graham
Mary Ann Graham
Witness
[illegible]
We James Brown and Abram Johnston of the Township of Bertie do hereby certify that we have carefully examined the accompanying claim made by Ann Graham of the Township of Bertie for damage sustained by her from His Majesty’s Troops from Indians following His Majesty’s Troops or from a party of the enemy under command of General Brown in September 1814 and that we do further certify from our own knowledge that the said Ann Graham has actually suffered the damage for which she claims to be remunerated and that in our estimation the sum of £118.5._ Halifax is a just and reasonable compensation for the same and also that the several items put down are not overcharged.
Sign’d
James Brown
Abraham Johnson
Witness
Henry [illegible]
Ann Graham
Bertie
Acct of Property taken from Ann Graham Widow in Bertie from 21st of Sept 1814 to 31st of Oct. Ensuing By the American Troops Viz.
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£ S D |
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6 Hogs about 100lb weight each at 1s per lb |
30.0.0 |
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2 Sheep at 32s |
3.4.0 |
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20lb Butter at 2s |
2.0.0 |
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2 Tin pans at 12s |
1.4.0 |
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1 Pewter Bason at 10s |
0.10.0 |
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Knives Forks and other dishes to Amt of about |
2.0.0 |
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9 Blankets at 24s |
10.16.0 |
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Potatoes to Amt of about 70 bushels at 8s |
28.0.0 |
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7 Bushels Peas at 16s |
5.12.0 |
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3 Bushels Oats at 8s |
1.4.0 |
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Indian Corn to Amt of about 50 Bushels at 12s |
30.0.0 |
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2 Bushels Flax Seed at 12s |
1.4.0 |
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25 Yds of Flannel at the Fulling Mill at 10s |
12.10.0 |
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9 Waggon Loads of Wheat supposed to contain about 50 Bushels of Wheat at 20s |
50.0.0 |
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About 13 Bushels Indian corn Taken sometime at 12s |
7.16.0 |
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10 Horse Loads of oats in the Sheaf supposed at about 8 Bushels at 8s |
3.4.0 |
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£189.4.0 |
Cy 118.5
Fort Erie Octr 31st 1814
I Certify that I took Eighteen Waggons & lightly loaded them with forrage consisting of Corn Wheat Oats & Hay, also about twenty Dragoons Loaded their horses with oats in the sheaf from a barn the property of the Widow Graham for the use of the U.S. Army: a considerable quantity was Destroyed in Loading and fed to the Dragoon Horses
J. Shortridge Lt
1st Rifle Regt
Account of Losses sustained by Ann Graham of the Township of Bertie, Widow, during the late war for property taken or destroyed by the Enemy
1814
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6 Hogs |
£9.0.0 |
15._._ |
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2 Sheep 15/ |
1.10.0 |
1.5._ |
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20lb Butter |
_.12.6 |
_.12.6 |
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9 Blankets 15/ |
4.15._ |
6.15._ |
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70 Bushels Potatoes 5/ |
3/ |
6.0.0 |
17.10._ |
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7 ditto Pease 5/ |
3/ |
1.1._ |
1.15._ |
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3 ditto Oats 5/ |
3/ |
9._ |
_.15._ |
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63 ditto Indian Corn 5/ |
3/ |
9.9._ |
15.15._ |
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2 ditto Flax seed 5/ |
5._ |
_.10._ |
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25 yards Flannel 5/ |
3/ |
3.15._ |
6.5._ |
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9 Waggon Loads of Wheat in the sheaf, supposed to be about 50 bushels 4/6 |
11.5/lb |
18.15._ |
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10 Horse loads of oats in the sheaf supposed to be about 10 Bushels 5/ |
2/9 |
1.7.6 |
2.10._ |
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37.9.0 |
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Province currency |
£77.7._ |
Allowed £53.0.0
Ann Graham (her mark)
Niagara District
I Ann Graham of the Township of Bertie, Widow, do solemnly swear that the forgoing account for losses sustained by me during the late war is just and true, and that I never received payment for the same or any part thereof
Ann Graham (her mark)
Sworn before me at Bertie the 29th day of December 1823
J. Warren J.P.
I Abraham Johnson of the Township of Bertie, Farmer, having examined the forgoing account made by Ann Graham of Bertie aforesaid, for losses sustained by her during the late war, do solemnly swear to the best of my knowledge and belief that the amount is just and true and that the items thereof are not over charged.
Abraham Johnson
Sworn before me at Bertie the 29th of December 1823
J. Warren J.P.
Account of Losses
Ann Graham
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