Richard Grantham Revolutionary War Pension Stateme
This is a photo of a document found at the National Archives. It describes Richard Grantham's pension at a rate of $86/year. Then it states 2 years of back-pay at $172 and a semi-annual payment of $43 totalling $215. He served 6 months as a private and 18 months as a corporal.
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