Walter Graham (1759 - 1829)

Born 18 Mar 1759 in Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia

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Died 21 Feb 1829 at age 69 in Kentucky, United States

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Captain Walter Graham served with 13th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Walter Graham is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-168910
Rank: Captain

Walter Graham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A046798.

Walter was born 18 Mar 1759 to John Graham and Elizabeth Cocke. He married Sarah (Sally) Richards before 1802. ^[1]

Walter fought in the American Revolution, serving in Capt. James Sullivan's Company, 13th Virginia Regiment, under Col. William Russell. ^[1] He enlisted as a private at sixteen. When crossing the Delaware, he saved the life of Gen. Marshall at the risk of his own. For his bravery, he was placed on that officer's staff. He served to the end of the war. ^[2] Walter's name first appears on the army roll dated Sept. 6, 1777 (as a Lieutenant), ^[3] and his name last appears on the roll for April 1778 (as a Lieutenant), and bears the remarks "Sent on Command - Left Nov. 1777". ^[4]

Walter and Sallie had the following children: ^[5]

1. Betty Graham, married Otho Luckett (Frederick, Maryland)
2. Sydney Graham, married Rev. George Strebeck (Baltimore, Maryland)
3. Catherine Graham, married George B. Richards
4. Sallie Graham, married Robert Hudgin

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Virginia Society of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application of Hodge Casey Boulware via Ancestry.com, Aug 1966. Source: Copy of Bible Record left by Mrs. Sallie Graham Hudgin, wife of Robert Hudgin of Bowling Green, Va., now in possession of Mrs. Ellen Downing, Bowling Green, Va.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book, Volume 22, The University of Michigan, 1906, page 95 (entry for Sophie Ferguson).
3. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 March 2018, Walter Graham, Sep 1777; citing Sep 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,390.
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 March 2018, Walter Graham, Apr 1778; citing Apr 1778, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,390.
5. ↑ Hayden, Horace Edwin. Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland, E.B. Yordy (Harvard University), 1891, pages 162-163 (entry for Christian Brown).

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