They removed to Allentown in 1774, where Mr. Graff conducted a store at Eighth and Hamilton streets for over fifty years. He was a captain in the Revolution and held other prominent positions.

George Graff, born at Killendorf, Alsace, October 11, 1747, emigrated to America with his father, Jacob Graff, in 1754. The family settled in Whitehall Township, where the subject of this sketch had a narrow escape from death by Indians on October 8, 1763. George Graff married Barbara, daughter of Jacob Kohler, and in 1772 entered into partnership with his brother-in-law Peter Kohler, at Egypt. In 1773, Mr. Graff removed to Allentown and opened a store at Eighth and Hamilton Streets.

In June, 1776, he became Captain of the third company of the First Battalion of the Flying Camp, which was commanded on June 18, 1777, by Col. George Huebner. He was a commissioner for purchasing clothing in Northampton county in 1778; was elected Collector of the Excise on November 27, 1778, serving as such until January 9, 1786; was sheriff of the county from 1787 to 1790; and a member of the Assembly from 1793 to 1796. In 1814 he was Burgess of Allentown.

Mr. Graff died February 2, 1835, aged 87 years, and is buried in the old Allentown Cemetery.