Selah Graves Land Records from Sunderland, Massachusetts, Fifer in the 13th Massachusetts Regiment from 1777 to 1780. 20 Docs!

This archive of twenty documents consists primarily of deeds for land that Selah Graves of Sunderland purchased in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, which at the time included the western third of the state. Items include eighteen deeds, most of which are to Selah Graves; a 1780 appointment of Hannah Graves (mother of Selah Graves), widow of Reuben Graves, to be the legal guardian of her minor children Submit Graves (1763-1793) and Hannah Graves (b. 1769); and a 1783 settlement of the estate of Reuben Graves (father of Selah Graves).

[DEEDS.] Archive of 20 documents, most related to land purchases by Selah Graves, 1769-1813. 35 pp., various sizes. Expected folds; some staining and edge tears; very legible. Includes genealogical research on many of the signers of the deeds.

Selah Graves (1758-1825) was born in Sunderland, Massachusetts, to Reuben Graves (1724-1778) and Hannah Fuller Graves (1727-1817). During the Revolutionary War, Selah Graves served as a fifer in the 13th Massachusetts Regiment from 1777 to 1780. He reenlisted later in 1780 and served for another fifteen months. In 1788, he married Mary Bush (1758-1822), and they had at least six children. In 1819, he began receiving an invalid pension for his Revolutionary War service. The inscription on his gravestone reads, "Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear, / Repent! They end is nigh! / Death at the farthest can't be far, / Oh, think before you die."

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