James Thomas Graham (abt. 1730 - 1779)

Born about 1730 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Stilwell) Graham — married 1754 in Fulton, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1779 at about age 49 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

In the year 1750, there were some Graham's living along the Tonoloway with John Graham as the head of the household. It appears that John was very likely the father of James Graham. The family migrated from New Jersey and settled on what has become the old Charlton farm near Warfordsburg. Lieutenant Colonel James Graham received baptism by Reverend Samuel Heaton in 1752. Thereby, Colonel Graham was one of the first members of Tonoloway Church.

Birth

Abt 1730

Monmouth Co., New Jersey

Marriage

James Thomas Graham married Elizabeth Stillwell

Abt 1754

James Graham married Elizabeth, daughter of Elias Stillwell of Bedford County, She became a widow as early as 1779, at which time she was paying taxes on a 200 acre farm, valued at $2500.00.

Children of James and Elizabeth

The children of Colonel Graham were Moses Graham, Mrs. Joseph Pittman, John Graham, and James Graham Jr.,

1. Moses Graham (1755 - 1833) married Phebe.
2. Rebecca Graham Pittman (1757 - 1786) married Joseph Pittman.
3. James Thomas Graham (1766 - 1845) married Luvina.

Military Service

Lieutenant Colonel James Graham served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

James Graham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A132215.

He served in Captain Hendershot's Company of the First Battalion Bedford county, Pennsylvania Militia as a Lieutenant Colonel from 9 January to 10 March 1777. ^[1] He had served as a volunteer in the 1st Battalion of the Bedford County Militia. The history states that he and the other officers of this unit received little more pay than that of a private. Colonel Graham died of smallpox during the Revolutionary War.

Daughters of the American Revolution information: GRAHAM, JAMES Ancestor #: A132215 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): LIEUTENANT COLONEL Birth: CIRCA 1730 NEW JERSEY Death: ANTE 6-12-1779 BETHEL TWP BEDFORD CO PENNSYLVANIA Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 5, PP 66, 67 Service Description: 1) 1ST BATT, BEDFORD CO MILITIA; 2) MARCHED WITH CAPT JACOB HENDERSHOT'S COMPANY, 1777 Residence City: BETHEL TWP - County: BEDFORD CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA Spouse: ELIZABETH STILLWELL. Child daughter: REBECCA GRAHAM, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JOSEPH PITMAN Child son: MOSES GRAHAM, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] PHEBE GRAVES. ^[2]

Burial

Tonoloway Baptist Cemetery, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania

Notes

The following was taken from the Heady Family Newsletter. "The stream now known as Tonoloway Creek, but called 'Konolawa' by the Indians living along its bank and 'The Conolloways' by the white settlers, follows a meandering course through the southern part of present Fulton County, Pennsylvania crossing the boundary line into Maryland about three miles before it joins the Potomac at a point just below that river's northern most bend. The Big and Little Tonoloway Settlements lay about five miles north of the Potomac along branches of Tonoloway Creek and immediately west of the large and small basins named, respectively, the Great (Big) Cove and Little Cove.

These settlements had been founded by a few Scotch-Irish immigrants, at least one Welch family (that of Evan Shelby), and a band of Monmouth and Middlesex county, New Jersey families, which included those of Moses Graham, William Linn, Joseph Warford, Adam Stiger, John Melott, Benjamin Truax, and Elias, Richard and Jeremiah Stillwell, Thomas Heady, Gavin Eddy, Samuel Hedden, the Coombs, Belieus, Applegates and no doubt others. Whether the Monmouth and Middlesex county families came as a unit or over a period of several years, is not known but they were all there by 1765 or earlier.

Sources

1. ↑ PA Archives - 5th Series - Vol. V - p.67 edited by T.L. Montgomery
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of James Graham", Ancestor # A132215.

Bedford History, pp.86, 595, 653;

Bedford County Will Book 21, p. 278;

Bethel Twp. Taxes 1779;

Bedford County Deed Book E, p. 246; Footnotes from p.72 of History of Tonoloway Baptist Church.

Find A Grave Memorial# 82307188 LTC James Graham

James died on 12 June 1779 at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania and was buried at Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. His memorial has biographical material and links to those of family members.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~popfraley/pafn57.htm

See Also: Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82307188

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