Graf was located in the administrative district of Samara, near the city of Saratov (about 23 miles), along the Bolshoy Karaman River. It's land holdings were bordered by those of Marienthal (Tonkoshurovka), Herzog (Susly), Rohleder (Raskaty) and Schäfer (Lipovka). It consisted of a total of 6536.7 acres of which 6126.3 was farmland, 189 acres was for hay, and 221.4 acres of forest (linden, aspen, and some oak). Because the forest was small and it's wood unsuitable for construction, it was used only in dire need. Cow dung was burned instead.

The buildings were all of wood at the time of the census and are all were old except the church. There was one mill. The villagers kept gardens along the Karaman River. There were no orchards in their holdings. They sowed primarily wheat, and worked the fields with iron plows and did not use fertilizer. Their community grain storage is described as "exemplary," and they had 12,810 litres of wheat, 3780 litres of rye and 2520 of oats in their grainery of which half was allocated communally.

There was only one turner and one shoemaker in the village. All others farmed.

All inhabitants save one family (the Niederquells who were Lutheran, happen to be some of my ancestors) were Catholic. In 1798 there were 129 males, 124 females divided in 47 families. In the same year they did not have a priest due to his being "suspended," and their children were taught in the home of the schoolmaster, because there was no building set aside for this purpose.