Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2099, Frazier Gray, Del.
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SERVICE
Del. 

Gray, Frazier Elizabeth

NUMBER
W2099
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[illegible] notification
sent July 13th 1850
Let to James Hale P [?]
April 6: 1850

482 
Ohio, Cincinnati
Elizabeth Gray
widow of  Frazier Gary
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a, Private
Delaware line
________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out] 4th [end cross out] 11 day of [crossed out] March, 1848 [end cross out].
October 1849
___________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of February 1856
and sent to John Burtram Esq
Marion Ohio

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[crossed out] February 2 [end cross out] 1848. Page 389 Vol. 
July 29, Book D.
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Respecting ap? for restoration, see letters to
F. Gray 22 August 1827, and to J. Handy 
Dec. 13. 1827. and  17  Jan. 1828

              Discontinued (?), 
              August 3d 
              1821, and  
              Sent to Joseph 
              Hazlet,
              Georgetown
               Delaware

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                      12, 184    R 
                     Delaware
                      Frazier Gray
of Sussex County in the the state of Delaware 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel.              of the Delaware line, for the term of 18 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware
 at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of July 1819 and W. Collins.   ? Land Office.  
                                    Washington City

Arrears to 4th of May: 1819  10 (4/30) (4/31) 
Semi- anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819: 
$82.89
$48
$130.89
               {Revolutionary claim, }
               {Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
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W. Collins
?

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The rolls of Delaware 
Have not yet been
received at the pen-
-sion office of the
war department.-
The testimony of two 
or more disinterested 
and credible persons,
an oath, is required 
in lieu therefore, to 
prove the service 
stated in the declaration of the applicant.

The judge is desired to
certify, under the seal
of the court, that he is
satisfied, the claimant 
is in indigent circumstances, and need the
support of his country.
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Sussex County
State of Delaware } April 24th 1818 Comes Frazier Gray- before me William B Cooper one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State afoursaid [aforesaid] and makes Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God.
that, he enlisted as a common soldier in the
Company Company Commanded by Capt. Moore belonging to the Delaware Regiment in the Month of March seventeen hundred and eighty two to serve in the regiment aforementioned for and during the continuance of the revolutionary war that after his enlistment aforesaid  he entered into and Continued in the service until the day mentioned in the annexed paper or furlough signed by John Patton that after said day he was not called or required to perform any military service in the Regiment aforesaid. That he is now a Citizen of the United States of America and resident in the 
State of Delaware aforesaid and that by reason of his medical circumstances in life is in need of this Countries acceptance for support. That the furlough hereto annex he Frazier Gray received from the hands of John Patton on the day and at the place therein expressed and set forth.
Frazeir Gray

Taken and subscribed before and the day and year first above written
William B Cooper
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The State of Delaware }
Sussex County to wit  }

I do hereby  certify that William B Cooper Esq
is  one of the Judges of the Court of Commons
for the state of Delaware  afsd. [aforesaid] and that full faith and credit is and Ought to be given all his acts and Deeds as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Commons and Pleas at George Town the twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
                   Francis Brown [illegible]
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Frazier Gray - 
    Delaware 

Sw 
for       me
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District of Delaware 
           On the tenth Day of  October in the year of our  Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and for Sussex County Frazier Gray  aged fifty nine years resident in Broadkiln Hundred in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows in the Delaware Regiment in the Company of Captain James Moore, in the Delaware line. The first declaration made by this Deponant was on the  twenty fourth of April eighteen hundred and eighteen and the pension he has received has been on the Pension Certificate  No. 12184 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen  of the United States on the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen that have not since [illegible] by gift sale or in any manner deposed of my property or any part thereby with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the Provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide  for certain persons engaged  in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule  hereto annexed and by  me  subscribed And this deponant saith that  he is in possession of about eighty acres of poor land in the County  of Sussex for which he hath no title and therefore doth not estimate the same at value because of an [illegible] should be brought against him ^the said land would be recovered against him^ & he might be made answerable for three years back rents and this deponant saith that he is in possession of the following articles of personal property viz
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A schedule of the personal property of Frazier Gray

The yoke of oxen valued at              $[illegible]
One  Mare  ten years old                     10.00
Two small cow & calves                        24.00
Four head of small sheep                      0.00
One Colt                                              10.00
One ox cart                                          12.00
One small farm waggon                     20.00
Two ploughs                                         2.00
Two harrows                                       2.00
Two garden hoes                                  1.00
One Grubbing hoe                            0.30
One old axe                                          0.75
One pair of hand irons                       1.50
Five old House Chairs                           2.50
One old looking glass                        0.50
Two  old iron pots                                    1.00
One old tea kettle                                0.12 1/2
One pair [illegible] & Tongs                   0.50
One pot [illegible]                                    0.75
1/2 doz Cups & Saucers of different sorts 0.25
1/2 doz plates                                          0.25
Two earthen dishes                    0.20
1 [Quensware pitcher                             0.10
1 pepper bin Box.                                    0.05                          
2 spoons pewter                             0.04
1 Quensware tea pot                             0.10
1 Dᵒ Sugar with pot                                   0.16
3 pewter tea Spoons                                0.06                       
2 jars for fat 1 1/2 gallons each            1.30
2 quart jugs                                           1.20
1 gallon jug                                               1.10
1 Cedar tub                                            0.20
1 Dᵒ       Bucket                                    0.12 1/2
1 tin Coffypot.                                0.10
10 small sacks of fodder.                        20.00
5 Bushels of wheat.                                  3.75
100 Bushels of corn Standing                  30.00
1 old gun                                                   3.00
1 old broadax[?] out of order                   0  00
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1 old drawing knife                              0.20
2 dressers                                            0.28
2 augurs                                                 0.20
1 old hand saw                                   0.30 $219.39
                                       Signed Frazier Gray
Property of Frazier Gray valued by me as above Signed Joseph Robins 
And this deponent further saith that his occupation is that of farming that he is infirm of healthy being subject to the Rheumatism nearly two thirds of his time so as that he can hardly walk about and added to this his sight is impaired he having, lost entirely the sight of one eye  & the other dim by old age. This Deponent has a wife, named elizabeth about fifty years of age who lives with him a Daughter about twelve named Mary. This deponent saith his wife is of very infirm health and has been for some time confined to her bed - his son Samuel has good health & is able to work, his Daughter Mary above mentioned is of good health.
Sworn & declared by the Said Frazier Gray on the tenth Day of October eighteen hundred & twenty [illegible] 
                James Anderson Clk. S. Ct.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Said Court on this tenth Day of October eighteen hundred & twenty. 
                James Anderson Clk. S. Ct.
I James Anderson Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware at Georgetown in and for Sussex County do hereby certify that the  foregoing oath and the Schedule above and  foregoing thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the Said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of Said Court that the total foresaid Schedule is Two hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty nine cents. In testimony  whereof I have herein to set my hand  and affixed the seal of the said Court on this nineteenth day of October eighteen hundred & twenty.
                       James Anderson Clk. S. Ct.
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No 610
Elizabeth Gray 
Widow of Frazier
         Ohio
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1796
Has died Oct 11  1849
 Admd $96 per annum
Commencing 11 Oct 1849

Cincinti[?]

John Ingham
     Marion,
         Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Marion County ss.} On this second day of January - - - - in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty    personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Commmon Pleas for said County of Marion Mrs Elizabeth Gray a resident of the Township of Salt Rock in said County of Marion aged about Seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29th A.D. 1848
     The Said Elizabeth Gray declared upon her Oath aforesaid that she was married to Frazier Gray (late a pensioner of the United States under the law of the 18th March 1818.) on the Eighteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six. that her husband the aforesaid Frazier Gray died on the Eleventh day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine at said township of Salt Rock and County of Marion aforesaid where he had resided for the space of eleven years [illegible] past, and that previous thereto they resided in the County of Sussex in the State of Delaware. That she was not married to him prior  to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to
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the second of January eighteen hundred viz, at the time above stated  she further swears that she is now a widow and that has never before made application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before
Attest T. J. Anderson associate Judge of Marion County [illegible]
James Cramer
                hir
Elizabeth X Gray
              mark

I do hereby certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the aforesaid Elizabeth Gray is unable to appear personally in Court.
T J Anderson, Associate Judge M.C.P

Also at the same time and place came John Gray aged about sixty years who being duly sworn according to law saith upon his oath aforesaid that the said Elizabeth Gray above named is the identical person spoken of by David Robbins in his affidavit [illegible] & known to this affiant and that he has been acquainted with her from his (affiants) childhood and that he knows her to be the same Elizabeth Gray who moved from the State of Delaware to the State of Ohio as the wife of the said Frazier Gray now deceased.
                John Gray

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this second day of January A.D. 1850.
T J. Anderson Associate Judge Marion [illegible]
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The State if Ohio Marion County ss}
I William L. Rendrick Clerk of the Court 
of Common Pleas in and for said County
certify that Thomas J Anderson is one of the
Associate Judges of said court - duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his signature within written is genuine

In testimony where I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court at Marion this second day of JanuaryAD 1850

Wm L Rendrick
Clerk
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State of Delaware
Sussex County  ss }

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary & Tabellion Public in and for said state David Robbins Senr.  aged about seventy
five years and being duly sworn deponeth and
saith that he was acquainted with a 
certain Frazier Gray and had been for several
years, and the said Frazier Gray was duly
married to a Lady name Elizabeth Lockwood
who resided ^in ^ Dagsborough Hundred in Sussex County aforesaid in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety six and that he this deponant was personally present at the marriage and that the said Frazier Gray resided for several years after his marriage as aforesaid 
in this County, and for several years before
his removal to the State of Ohio he received 
a pension from the United States of America
for his Revolutionary Services, and when he and his wife left that State for the State of Ohio, his wife was the person that I see him married to as aforesaid.
         David Robins Senr
Sworn and Subscribed Before the Subscriber
the 15th day of December Eighteen Hundred and Forty Nine
Jno. Ponder N.P.

I hereby certify that the above named David Robbins Senr is a man of veracity and one whose testimony would not be doubted where he is known 
Jno Ponder

Sussex County                                }
[missing letters or words]wane ss} I Robert A Houston Prothonotary of the Superior Court of said County Certify that John Ponder is a Notary & Tabellion Public in and for said state duly commissioned & sworn and authorized to take acknowledgements administer oaths, &c , and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony where I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of Office at Georgetown this Eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred forty nine 1849
R. A. Houston Prog
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Memorandum
and [illegible] pattern [?] of Sprig Lawn
sent for by Frazier Gray 
L T P
on 15 Last sent
Frazier Gray
Wid File 2099 Del.

[sideways] Frazier Gray
[some calculations]
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Furlough is hereby granted to Frazer Gray Soldier in the Delaware Regiment until a renewal  of hostilities with Great Britain or till he shall be noticed to meet in the County where he resides, to receive a Certificate of the sum due him   from the Publick
Given at NewCastle}
26th Sept 1783       }
John Patten [illegible]
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12 ?
Ohio 
Delaware (Crossed out) 
Frazier Gray
of Suffox Co. in the State of Delaware
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Moore of the regiment  commanded 
by Colonel Hall in the Delaware
line, for the term of the war
from March 1782 to April 178?
Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 24th day of April 1818
and
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of July
1819 and sent to ?
General Land Office Washington City
Restored to the Roll on 21st day of
April 182? and notification sent to
John Handy at Georgetown
Delaware Pension commencing on the 12
of March 182?

Amount due on 4th of
September 1828
$46.29
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2 Ohio Cincinnati Roll Act 18 March 1818
Frazier Gray [illegible] $8 per month
To what time last paid? Ans: Sep: 4 1848
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[Page 1]
Sept 1899
J C Stubbs
San Francisco Cal

Nov 20 99
D. R. Gray
Salt Lake City
Utah

1909, Feb 17 History to
? ?? Baker, Indianapolis Ind

1912 Feb 16 to J. R Gray C
1916 Aug 19 History to
Chas N. Harmon

[Page 2]
Widow, &c.
File No 2099
Elizabeth Gray
Widow
Frazier Gray
???

Act: July 29 1848
Index: --Vol. A, Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Marion O
Mar ? 7

The Secretary of War
City of Washington
D.C
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Marion O
Mar 7

The Secretary of War
City of Washington
D.C.
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The State of Ohio  }
Marion County       }  SS

On this 28th day of February 1839 before me, the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Marion aforesaid personally appeared Frazier Gray who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Moore in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
David Hall in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Delaware from whence he has lately moved that he now resides in the State of Ohio, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be then payable in future.  The
following are his reasons for removing
from the State of Delaware to the State
of Ohio to wit: to accompany my children
to a better country as I thought.
Frazier Gray

Sworn and Subscribed to me before me this day and year aforesaid

Isaac Mouser Justice of the peace
John Postles witness

On the day and year aforesaid before me, the Subscriber the Justice aforesaid personally appeared the above named John Postles and made oath that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit I so further certify that said John 
Postles is a person of veracity

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Mouser Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio
Marion County

I George H Busby clerk of the 
court of Common Please in deed 
for the county aforesaid do hereby
certify that Isaac Mouser, Esq 
is a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that his signature
above written is genuine.
Given under m hand and the Seal of said
County this 6th day of March AD 1889

G H Busby
Clerk
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W. Frazier Gray
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W[?] Gray

The service required to be proven by the pension office according to his indorsement[?]  on the declaration you made before and can be taken before Judge Paynton[?] and his certificates of your indigent circumstances under written and annexed to your Original declaration before me will I think satisfy the Pension Office and not preclude you from receiving your pension, from the date of your Original application.  I am Sir yours  Respectfully
Wm B Cooper
January 21st 1819
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Frazier Gray
12,184 or 12,1??
Suffox Co

See endorsement
within

Dis? August 3
1821 and sent to 
Joseph Hazlet
Georgetown Delaware
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George Town, Del December 15th 1820

The Honble Secretary of War -

Sir, Enclosed is the Certificate of Frazier
Gray who hath become a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed the 18th of March 1818 making provision for certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army of the United States - Mr Gray hath requested me to forward it to the War Department.  All I can say relative to him, is, that he is a very sober steady man, and I believe the Schedule he has given of his property and also the Account of his family is perfectly correct

I have the honour to be with much respect
Your Obed. Able Servt
Joseph Hazlet
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Rec'd March 18 1828
Frazier Gray
Delaware
? 1 March 1823

John Handy [illegible]
Agt
Georgetown 
Delaware
J.L. E

Geo. Town Del 
March 14
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George Town March 12 182?

Sir I have again to trouble you with a [illegible] Frazier Gray application to be restored to the pension roll.  Enclosed you have the papers - I do hope the old Gentleman will be restored, he is old and poor.

Respectfully
John Handy
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Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware
Branch at New Castle March 18, 1839

Sir
Your letter of the 12 Inst[?]  is received and in
reply I have to state that on the 27 day of September I paid the Pension of Frazier Gray up to September 4 1838

I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
James Booth Pres

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Hon J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Marion C. January 4. 1850

Hon J L Edwards

Dear Sir

I enclose herewith the Pensioner certificate of Frazier Gray late a pensioner of the United States who died on the 11th day of October last 

There was due him the pension from the 4th of September to this 11th of October. I have been 
entirely unable to find blanks suitable for
making application for this.  If it [illegible] be
paid under these papers, as the Widow's pension commence at that time (Sept 4) It would be the same as I believe the widow in a case of the death of pensioner is entitled to arrearages.
I also enclose the declaration of this widow
which I have drawn up as near the forms furnished me, as I can by the aid of one
of the most experienced counsel
Also the affidavit of David Robins in proof
of the marriage.  There is no record proof except a printed one got up by the deceased several years ago and distributed in his family
at least none in the handwriting of the deceased.  The laws of the State of Delaware did not require a record at the time the marriage took place.
I send also the affidavit of John Gray as
to the identity of the person of this applicant.
Please excuse the imperfections as far as possible.
I am Very Respectfully 
John Bartian[?]
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Marion O Oct 19 1849

Dear Sir
Mr. Frazier Gray of this County a pensioner of the United States CertificateNo 12184 died on the 11th inst. leaving a wife aged 78 years and who will now I believe be entitled to half pay $4 per month during her life - I have no forms by which to make out the application for this as she desires and am therefore under the necessity of requesting blank forms from the department by which to be guided in making out the application.

I have the Honour to be
Sir Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
John Bartian

Com. Pensions
Washington,
D.C.
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Personal Agency
Cincinnati April 2nd 1850

J L Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions

Dr Sir Please find enclosed two certificates issued in the Name of Elizabeth Gray and calling for the same amt but differing under the Acts[?]  they were issued and dates of commencement of pension
Please inform me if she is to get pay under
one or each act
Very Respectfully yours  your Obt. Servt
James Hall
Personal Agt
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Elizabeth Gray
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PENSION OFFICE January 12, 1850
Sir:  Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.
Respectfully
J L Edwards
Esq

To ? Hall
Pension Agent
Cincinnati Ohio


Names
Elizabeth Gray
Widow Of
Frazier Gary

Rank
Private

Act
? 29, 1848

Annual Amount
$96


Commencement of Pension
4th March 1848

Continuation of Pension
For life
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Elizabeth Gray widow of Frazier Gray
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25
War Department Revolutionary Claim
to the Honorable J. R. Poinsett Esquire
Secretary of War
Washington City

[Side]
Mr. Evand Jan 7

Cochranton (0)
Jan 1st
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[Document has strange punctuation.]

War Department Revolutionary Claim  Decr[?]  25 18?8

Be it known that I Frazier Gray of Sussex County state of Delaware .. A United States pensioner of the revolutionary war .. and that he has moved from the state of Delaware to Marion County state of Ohio .. near Marion town .. and my request is if your honors pleases .. to have my name stricken off the Rools [Rolls] of Delaware and ^have [?]^ it transferred .. on the Rools [Rolls] of the state of Ohio ... and have it as convenient for me to draw my pension as the nature of the case will admit .. As well please to furnish ^me^ with a form to act by ..in order to prepare my pension papers myself .. as I was always been in the habbit [habit] of doing .. and then to leave them executed .. by proper authority as I always acted .. under a power of attorney in Delaware .. but as I am a stranger in the state of Ohio.  I shall submit to your honours guardianship .. to do for me what you think right .. [illegible] I want you to inform me  I am very infirm .. and not be able to attend to the drawing myself if I could not employ my next friend or anybody that I should employ .. after my pension papers being legally executed .. for my friend to have a certificate .. at the bottom of my papers being legally executed .. for my friend .. to have a certificate .. at the bottom of papers . stating by making affidavit .. that the same authority was not given him to receive the pension .. by reason of any .. side  transfer 
 .. or mortgage of of the pension .. or arrears [?] of pension therein authorized to be received by him .. sworn and subscribed  &c I have stated as well as I am able to let you know what I need
Frazier Gary
U.S. Pensioner


To the Honorable
Levin Woodbury Esq Secretary of War
or to those whom it may concern
Washington City

P S I forgot to state that I left Delaware the 12 day of October and arrived in Ohio on the 11th[?] of November following
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PRESIDENT
LOUIS H. FARNSWORTH,
SALT LAKE CITY.

VICE-PRESIDENT,
WM. WINTHROP BETTS
SALT LAKE CITY.

SECRETARY,
GEORGE LOWE NYE,
SALT LAKE CITY.

TREASURER,
EUGENE WOLCOTT WHITNEY, M.D.
SALT LAKE CITY.

REGISTRAR
LEDYARD M. BAILEY,
SALT LAKE CITY.

HISTORIAN
JOHN Q. CANNON

CHAPLAIN
JAMES B. HALSEY
SALT LAKE CITY.

BOARD OF MANAGERS
J.C. ELLIOT KING.
HEBER M. WELLS.
FRANK A. STEPHEN.
FRANK D. HOBBS.
ELIAS S. WRIGHT.

UTAH SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,  AUGUST 21st 1897.

-----C O P Y-----

Mr. David Ramsey Gray,
City.
Dear Sir,-
I have the pleasure of informing you that your application
for membership has been accepted, and that you have been
elected a member of the Society Sons of the American Revolution.
Your number in the National Society is 7444 and in the Utah
Society 44.
( Signed )
Yours truly,
Edward H. Scott,
Secretary.

R.S.
These facts have been ascertained regarding your ancester
Frazer Gray: " Frazer Gray was pensioned and in 1840 was
living at Salt Rode, Marion Co., Ohio."  The Registrar General
adds: "It is hoped that Mr. Gray will write to the Commissioner
of Pensions and get a transcript of this fact."
E. S.

[Circular stamp that reads the following]
PENSION OFFICE.
H
U.S.
SEP 18 1899
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W, 2099
San Francisco, Sept. 11, 1899.
[stamp] FIRST DEPUTY SEP 16 1899 COMMISSIONER

Mr. D. A. Chambers,
McGill Building, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
There is little in this world that is more enjoyable to the
average man than the ability to serve his friends and next to that is
the consciousness of being privileged to call upon a friend who has the
opportunity and disposition for a needed service. You can do something
for me which I cannot as well do for myself. While calling upon you to
that end and fully appreciating your uniform courtesy towards all of us
here and to me personally, I desire to say that I do not wish to put
you to any unusual effort or trouble in accommodating me.
My great-grand-father, Frazer Gray, was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War, from Delaware. He was pensioned on that account in 1840.
At that time he was living at Salt Rode, Marion County, Ohio. I would
like to obtain from the Commissioner of Pensions a certificate of the
facts upon which the pension was granted, as I presume a record of his
service was made.  I would like it attested in due form, so that it
would be received as authentic. Can you get this for me or tell me how
to best go about getting it? If you can do it, and will send it to me,
paying all necessary fees, I will remit promptly upon receipt of same.
Very truly yours,
( Sgd ) J. C. Stubbs.

[stamp] FIRST DEPUTY SEP 16 1899 COMMISSIONER

[below is handwritten in thick pencil, hard to make out and may be incorrect]
D. Chambers
Please send
through my
desk Monday
if you can
D
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IN REPLY REFER TO NO. [no number follows]

Salt Lake City, Utah,     Sept. 13th, '99.

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir, -
Herewith I beg to hand you copy of letter August 21st,
1897,addressed to me by the Secretary of the Utah Society Sons of
the American Revolution, this city.
The letter is an acceptance of my application for membership.
You will note it contains information from Registrar General that
my ancester,Frazer Gray,was pensioned and in 1840 was living at
Salt Rode, Marion County, Ohio.
I would now ask if you will kindly give me a transcript of
this fact, and very much oblige,
Yours truly,
[signature] J.R. Gray       D
Encl.
[stamp] PENSION H OFFICE
US
SEP 18 1899
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This Bureau can furnish the military records of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file int he archives of many original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
O.W. & N. DIV.
September 18, 1899


 Sir:-
In compliance with your request you are advised that Frazier Gray made an application for pension on April 24th, 1818, at which time he was 58 years of age and residing in Sussex County, Delaware, and his pension was allowed for eighteen months' actual service as a private in the Delaware troops, Revolutionary war. In his application he alleged that he entered the service in the company commanded by Captain Hoore, belonging to the Delaware Regiment (commanded by Col. Hall), in the month of March, 1792, and served until September 24, 1783. His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband above set forth.
He was married to Elizabeth Lockwood December 18, 1796. He died October 11th, 1849.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
Mr. J. C. Stubbs,
San Francisco, California.
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D.A. CHAMBERS,
ATTORNEY,
MCGILL BUILDING, 908 G STREET, N. W.,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

September 16, 1899.
Hon. H. Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions. 

Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith copy of a letter that I have received from Mr. J. C. Stubbs, Third Vice President, Southern Pacific Company, dated San Francisco, September 11, 1899.
Mr. Stubbs desires a certificate of the facts upon which pension was granted to his great-grandfather Frazer Gray, a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Delaware. He says he was pensioned on this account in 1840, at which time he was living at Salt Rode, Marion County, Ohio. 
I suppose the papers in the Pension Office relating to this case are few and probably it would be better to have a certified copy of all the papers pertaining to the pension claim of said Frazer Gray. 
Doubtless Mr. Stubbs desires these papers simply as a matter of family interest and pride, and I shall be very much obliged, as I know he will be, if you will kindly comply with the request herein made. 
Please transmit the copies to me. 
Very respectfully,
D A Chambers

[stamp] FIRST DEPUTY
SEPT 16 1899
COMMISIONER
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Winfield Ks.
2-10-12
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir:
W. 209
During the Revolutionary
war, a boy, Frazer Gray by name,
served in the revolutionary army for
six months as a substitute for
William Robbins. At the end of this
term he reenlisted, for the war, in the
Delaware Continentals. He died Oct.
11, 1849 at Scott Town Ohio.
Can you furnish me an abstract
of his service? If so what will be the charges?
If you can not furnish the desired
paper kindly advise me and oblige
Yours truly,
J.R. Gray

0222 Park St
Winfield Ks
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3 - 871.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by: L.D. L.
Claim No. [BLANK]
Certificate No. [BLANK]
Claimant [BLANK]
Soldier: Frazier Gray
Service: Del.
Additional Service: Rev. War
No. [BLANK] claim, State records [BLANK], 190[BLANK]
No claim, combination records [BLANK], 190[BLANK]
REMARKS:
No claim, except
W. # 2099

D - 8
Chief Division
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Indianapolis, Ind.
Jan 28 - 1909

United States Pension Bureau
Revolutionary Division

Will you kindly look up the record of Fraser Gray of Sussex Co. Delaware, he enlisted in the Delaware Continentals in 1779 and served as
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one of the Blue Hens Chickens until the close of the war
Please forward me the credentials necessary to enter a chapter of the D.A.R. and oblige
     Mrs. E. G. Baker

2032 W.[?] Meridian St.

[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE A JAN 30 1909 [/stamp]
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[hand writing top right corner unreadable - best guess is NLI Revbec]
OFFICE PHONE 466
RESIDENCE PHONE 1335

LAW OFFICE OF
CHARLES N. HARMON
ENID OKLAHOMA
19.21 OKLAHOMA STATE BANK BUILDING

Enid, Okla., August 8, 1916.

The Department of Interior,
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Honored Sir:
Will you kindly give me the military record of an
ancestor of mine, Frazier Gray, who enlisted in the Revolutionary
Army in Delaware in March, 1782 and served until September 24,
1783. He was a private under Captain James Moore and Colonel
David Hall of Delaware.
If there is any far forthcoming, kindly let me know
the amount and I will promptly remit.
Truly yours,
Clark G Haumon

CNH/LK

[stamp, obscured at top] Aug 11 1916 U.S. OFFICE
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. Q. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY 

L. W. B. 
W. 2099. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

November 20, 1899.

Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Frazier Gray made an application for pension on April 24, 1818, at which time he was 56 years of age and residing in Sussex County, Delaware, and his pension was allowed for eighteen months actual service as a private in the Delaware troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Moore and Col. Hall. 
His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth. 
The solider, at date of his death, was residing in Marion County, Ohio. 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner. 
Mr. D. R. Gray
% So. Pacific R. R. Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Sworn and acknowledged in Open Court 12th March 1828
J. H. Harris Clk
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To the Honorable James Barber Secretary of War of the United States of America.
The Petition of the undersigned humbly [Illegible] under the Act of Congress of this 18 March 1818 he was [illegible] on the pensioner list Roll of the Delaware agency as a pensioner of the United States that his pension was suspended by the act of Congress of the 1st May 1820. that he furnished the Department of War a true and perfect schedule of all his property both real and personal of which he was then [illegible] and from this [crossed out, crossed out] amount of property exhibited in such schedule his name was stricken from the list of pensioners.
Your Petitioner would further represent that he was indebted to sundry persons at this time the schedule above alluded to was exhibited considerable amounts and that the payment of those debts, and the sufficient [illegible] [illegible] of himself and family has since exceeded the whole of the property exhibited in the schedule above mentioned which has been extended for the payment of those debts, that your petitioner being unable to pay the balance of his debts has been confined in the public prison of Sussex County in the State of Delaware and discharged as an insolvent Debtor that your Petitioner is now about Sixty Seven's years of Age and is totally destitute of the means of support.  He therefore prays your Honor to reconsider his case, and if consistent with the laws of the land, cause his name to be replaced on the pension list Roll of  the Delaware agency.  And your Petitioner as is duty bound will ever pray.
Frazier Gray
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I do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the
Court that the said Fraizer Gray did serve in the Revolutionary
War as stated in the preceding declaration
the common enemy for the term of nine months under
an engagement on the continental establishment
also certify that the foregoing oath and the
Statement of his Insolvency are truly copied from
the said records of the Court; and I do further certify that it is
the opinion of the said Court that the amount of ┃
property rendered in the petitioners Schedule has
been exausted in the payment of his Just Debts.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the sum of the
said Court at George Town the twelfth
day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
eight _ 1828
John H Harris Clk. LC
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Declaration of Fraiser Gray

State of Delaware
Sussex County Court
On this Twelfth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty eight personally appeared in open Court Fraiser Gray
resident in said County aged Sixty Seven years, who being duly
Sworn, according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th
March 1818, and the 5 of May 1820; that he the said Frazier Gray
enlisted for the term of the Revolutionary War March
in the year 1782 in the State of Delaware in the Company
Commanded by Captain James Moore in the regiment commanded
by Colonel David Hall in the line of the State of Delaware
in the March 1782 continental establishment; that he continued
to serve in the said corps until regularly discharged
when he was discharged from the service in New Castle County
in the State of Delaware, that his name has been placed on the pension
list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the act of the May 1820, I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States on 18th day of March
1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any
manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself in their the provisionary
of an act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th of March 1818; And that
I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property,
or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income
other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and
by me subscribed
Frazier Gray

3
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to be discharged
Kendal Batson J.L.C.
1 May 1827

Sussex County.  Upon the petition of Fraizer Gray to the
Honorable Kendal Batson one of the judges of the
Supreme Court of the State of Delaware [illegible word]
to his order filed.  Notice is hereby given to [illegible, appears to be a name - last might be Orbison]
& Jonah Lockwood, William Lockwood & of
William Lockwood & Nathan Jones assignee of Isaiah
Long one of the lien of William [last name illegible, possibly starts with Sc] & John Howel
forthwith to appear at the office of the Supreme Court in
Sussex County and enter into a Recognizance in the name of
the Treasurer of the County of with our good and sufficient
security to indemnify the County from all costs and charges
that may arise by reason of his imprisonment and in
case of request to enter under into such Recognizance he
will be discharged and set at liberty after twenty days
from the Sixteenth day of May [illegible] agreeable to our
of assembly in such case made and proved
John H Harris CLK

[illegible] May 21. 1827

Creditor Names
Lor Robinson $12.60
Jonah Lockwood 6.07
William Lockwood 12.79
William Lockwood 28.58
Nathan Jones 9.62
John Howel 9.62

Service of notice in
by Wm Bray on all except
Jor Miller He read the
William Richard 12.79
notice to his family on
the 25 May 1827
Harris Clk

June 5 1827 prisoner
discharge
John H Harris Clk
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County of Sussex
State of Delaware

On [ ] that the certificate of of the insolvency of Frazier
Gray hereto [ ] is of Record in the office of the Superior Court of the County & State of..   I have hereunder [ ] and affixed the Seal of my office at Georgetown the fifteenth  day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
John H Harris Clk
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The Subjoined is a [illegible] of the Record of the [illegible] Court.
To the Honorable Randal Batson one of the Jud[cut off] the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware.
The petition of Frazer Gray humbly showeth that your petitioner is now confined in the public [illegible]  of  [illegible] County by virtue of sundry execution to wit Joshua Robinson for $12.60 Debt and Cost one at said of Zephorah Lockwood for $ [illegible] Debt and costs. and at such of William [illegible] wove a pen. of James Tingle for $12.79 a Debt besides cost and one of said William Lockwood [illegible]of a Willey Lockwood ded for $28.58 and  Costs which your Petitioner is Altogether [illegible] to pay he hath no property real or personal. [illegible] about 66 years  & has a wife who looks up to him for support. He prays your Honor to consider his case Grant him the benefit of the Act of Assembly in such case made and proved & your petitioner as in duty bound will we pray & May 16 1827
Fraizer Gray

Read and granted. And it is hereby ordered that the Clerk of the Supreme court for Supt County issue a notice directed to the within Creditors, named. and if Security is not Given according to the Act of assembly within 20 days from this date, and the service of the [illegible] being made appears before  the Clerk: The [illegible]
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To the Honorable James Barber Secretary of War of the United States of America

The petition of the undersigned Humbly shows that under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 he was placed on the pension list roll of the Delaware agency as a pensioner of the United States, that list of pensioners was suspended by the act of Congress of the 1st of May 1820 that he furnished the department of war a true and perfect schedule of all his property both real and personal of which he was then possessed and from the amount of property established in such schedule his name was stricken from the list of pensioners.

Your petitioner would further represent that at the time that the schedule above alluded to was exhibited he was indebted to sundry persons to considerable amount that the payment of those debt and the support and maintenance of himself and family had since exceeded the whole of the property exhibited in this schedule above [ ] which has been extended for the payment of those debt that your petitioner being unable to pay the balance of his debts has been confined in the public prison of Sussex County in the State of Delaware and discharged as an [ ] debtor and that your petitioner is now about Sixty Seven years of age and is totally destitute of the means of support.  He therefore prays your Honor to reconsider his case and if consistent with the laws of the land cause his name be replaced on the pensioner list roll of the Delaware Agency X your petitioner will ever pray

Frazier Gray
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Sussex County
State of Delaware Ls.  on this first day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen, came Frazier Gray before me Samuel Paynter Jun. one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the state of aforesaid and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that he inlisted as a common soldier in the Company commanded by Captain James Moore belonging to the Delaware Regiment in the month of March, seventeen hundred and eighty two, to serve in the Regiment aforesaid for and during the continuance of the Revolutionary War, that after his inlistment [illegible] he entered into and continued in the service until the day mentioned in his certificate of discharge hereto (on the Deposition taken before Judge Cooper) annexed dated the 24th Septim. 1783 signed by Major John Patten, that Col. Davis Hall had the command of the said Delaware regiment_That he is a native citizen of the United States of America and resident in the state of Delaware afs (?) that he is fifty seven years of age_that the discharge afs. (?) he received from the hands of the said John Patton major on the day and at the place therin [illegible] and set forth _ and further he the said Frazier Gray saith from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of his country's assistance for support
                                             Frazier Gray
Taken and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written   Sam. Paynter Jun.

I Samuel Paynter judge as afs. (?) do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Frazier Gray did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards; and I now transmit the procurings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of the acts of Congress _ I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support _ in testimony whereof I hereto set my hand this first day of June anno Domani eighteen hundred and nineteen. _____  Sam. Paynter Jun.
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Sussex County
State of Delaware Js
Be it Remembered that on the first
day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen 
 hundred and nineteen personally appeared James Lawson of the County afsd. aged fifty eight years, before me
Samuel Paynter Junr. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of the State of Delaware aforesaid and being solemnly
Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty
God Deposeth and saith that in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty two from the month of March
till September he served in Captain Moores company
in the Delaware Regiment commanded
by Col. David Hall, during which time this Deponent
knows of the regular service of Frazier Grey in
the said Company, at the time September 1782
the said Deponent left the company, in [crossed out at which time] September 1782 the said Deponent left the raid company in which the 
said Gray remained-- this Deponent did not see
the said Brazier Gray from September 1782 untill after the Peace in 1783
James Lawson
Sworn and Subscribed this first day of May 1819
Before me. -
Saml Paynter Junr J.
-
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Sussex County State of Delaware on the first day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen, came Jesse in [illegible] Dutton before me Samuel Paynter Junt. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State aforesaid, who being solemnly and sincerely affirmed, saith he [illegible] hath beens acquainted with Frazier Gray ever since they were boys together, and perfectly remembers the time said Gray became a soldier which was in March Seventeen hundred and eighty two, and that said Gray was absent from home in the service of the United States until September Seventeen hundred and eighty three when the war was at an end, and have always understood that said Gray was a faithful soldier--this affirmant is fifty four years of age. -- Jesse Dutton sec Affirmed and subscribed the first day of June in year eighteen hundred and nineteen. Before me Saml. Paynter Junt. J.