Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25608, Samuel Frazier, Continental Maryland Agency And Residence In 1839
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Continental 
CONTENTS 

Frazier, Samuel 
or Frazer, Penelope 

NUMBER W. 25608 
Maryland Agency and Residence in 1839.
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2500

Maryland
Penelope Frazier
widow of Samuel Frazier
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a  Private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars - 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec. 1848
and sent to  Alexander Yearly 
Baltimore, MD

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 124 Vol. 3.

Reported
Dec. 19/48
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Baltimore May 11. 1839 
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir 
I herewith transmit you 
application for a Pension under the act of Congress 
passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half 
pay and Pensions to certain Widows" 

Respectfully referring you to the 
proofs herewith presented, as also the Records of the Revolution of the Maryland line 

I am your Obt Servant 
Penelope Frazier her X mark
Widow of Samuel Frazier

Witness Upton Reid }

Please direct to the care of Alexander Yearley }
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United States of America
Maryland District ss.



On this thirtieth day of April eighteen 
hundred and thirty nine Before me Upton S Heath 
Judge of the United States in and 
for the  District aforesaid 
Personally appeared Penelope Frazier, a resident of 
Baltimore County, State of Maryland aforesaid aged 
Sixty nine years, who, being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made 
by Congress by their act passed July 7. 1838, entitled 
“An act granting half pay and pensions to certain 
widows", That she is the widow of 
Samuel Frazier who was a private in 
Hazens Regiment of the 
Maryland line - who served during several years & acquired thereby a right to Bounty lands from the 
State of Maryland and also from the United States, 
as may be Seen on the official Records. She further 
declares that she was married to the said Samuel Frazier 
on or about the sixteenth day of December, 
seventeen hundred and ninety two: that her said 
husband Samuel Frazier died in the year eighteen 
hundred and seventeen- That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the 
Marriage took place previous to the first day of 
January Seventeen hundred and ninety four - viz at the time above stated 
Penelope Frazier her + mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written Before 
U. S. Heath District Judge
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The United States of America
District of Maryland to wit
I Thomas Spicer Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Maryland District, do hereby certify that the Honorable Upton S Heath before whom the afore going declaration appears to have been made was
at the time of taking the same and now is Judge of the United States in and for the Maryland district , duly Commissioned and qualified and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well
in Courts of Justice as thereout
 In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of the said
District Court this thirtieth day of April
in the year of one Lord one thousand Eight
Hundred and thirty nine.
Tho Spicer  Clk
District
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Land Office,
Annapolis, 16th February, 1839, 
I Certify, that it appears by a Depreciation Pay Roll, remaining  in my Office, that 
Samuel Frazier, a private, Hazen's Regiment, of the Maryland Line, received L 82 pounds, 1 shilling and 7 ducats, Depreciation Money, issued to the Maryland quota of troops on Continental Establishment, on the 4th day of February 1782
George G Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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Samuel Frazier and Penelope
Johnson Married the 16th of December
1792 by License & money in my
hands 4 Dollars

I Hereby Certify that the papers of the late Elder
John Davis of Harford County are, so far as they are known to exist are in my possession and have been since his decease, that upon application to me for the license or proof of the Marriage of Samuel Frazer and Penelope
Johnson I made an examination of the papers remaining in my hands and the annexed memorandum was found, and that it is in the usual form in which the said John Davis did note the Marriages as they were by him Celebrated, but the license itself could not be found, and I do hereby certify the above memorandum is in the proper hand writing of the said Elder John Davis aforesaid. Given under my hand and sworn to this 19th day of February 1839
A Alderson

On this 19th day of February 1839. Before me the subscriber one of the State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for Harford County
personally appeared Abel Alderson whose signature is above and made Oath in the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the foregoing statement where  set fort by him is just and true as their stated to the best of his Knowledge and belief -Sworn before me Samuel Reed 
And I do hereby certify that the above named Al. Alderson who has signed and before me made oath to the truth of the aforegoing certificate is known to me as a resident of Harford County aforesaid, of good character and entitled to credit.
Samuel Reed



Moorer
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State of Maryland Harford County To wit
I hereby certify that Samuel Reed before whom the aforegoing affidavit was so made who was at the time of so  doing and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County duly commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribed
my name and affix the seal of
Harford County Court this eighteenth
day of March Eighteen Hundred and 
thirty nine
Henry Dorsey Clk of
Harford County Court
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State of Maryland


State of Maryland
Harford County S.S.
On this Tenth day of May in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty nine before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County Personally appeared James Moore a resident of said County aged about  fifty years, who, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Samuel Frazier and Penelope Frazier his wife formerly of said County - That the said Samuel Frazier who was reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution died many years ago, leaving the said Penelope Frazier his widow, who has never intermarried again since the death of her said husband Samuel
Frazier but still remains his widow; that she has
removed to Baltimore County in the State aforesaid where she now resides, and is the same identical person who is now about applying for a Pension on account of the military services of her said husband in the
War of the Revolution
James Moore
Sworn to and subscribed. Before me, And
I do hereby certify that James Moore the above named deponent is to my own knowledge a citizen of Harford County aforesaid, of lawful age, good character and entitled to credit. As Witness my hand the day and year first above written.
Sam Reed
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maryland
Hartford County _._.

I hereby certify that Samuel Reed before whom the aforegoing affidavits  were made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Hartford County, duly commissioned and Sworn.

 In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name  and affix the Seal of Hartford County Court this tenth  day of May eighteen hundred and thirty nine 

Henry Dorsey Clk
Hartford Country Court
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State of Maryland
Harford County To Wit
On this twelfth Day of December Eighteen hundred
and thirty Eight appeared before the Subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County Thomas
Johnson a resident of Harford County and State of
Maryland. Aged Seventy two years, and makes
oath on the Holy Evangily of Almighty God,
That he knows Samuel Frazer Several years
previous to his marriage with Penelope 
Frazer, and that they were married in
the year seventeen Hundred and ninety
two, as he understood at the time by Parson
Davis, as he Thomas was not present at the marriage
ceremony but he saw them a short time thereafter
and that they lived together ever after until
the Death of Said Samuel Fraser. who died
about the year Eighteen hundred and Seventeen
or Eighteen, and that Said Penelope
Frazer has remained a widow
ever since the death of her only husband
Samuel Frazer.
Sworn to before 
James Moores

And on this twelfth Day of December Eight[page torn here]
hundred and thirty Eight appeared Moses
Johnson and make oath on the Holy Evang[page torn here]
of Almighty God, That he knew Samuel
Frazer. That in the year Seventeen hundred
and ninety two, he believes he see
Penelope Frazer leave her Fathers House
to be married and some days thereafter
she returned to her Father in Company
with Samuel Frazer. and was then [page torn here]
understand they had been married during
her absence and that the marriage
ceremony had been performed by
Parson Davis and that the Said
Samuel Frazer and Penelope Frazer
lived together as man & wife until the
Death of Samuel Frazer. Who died in 1817
or 1818 -  and that said Penelope Frazer
as remained a widow ever since the
Death of her only husband Saml Frazer
Sworn to before James Moores
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and I do hereby certify that the within
named Thomas Johnson and Mary Johnson 
are known to me the subscriber as persons
of good Character and entitled to Credit
James Moores

State of Maryland Harford County To wit
I hereby certify that James Moores before whom
the aforegoing affidavits were made and who
has thereto subscribed his name was at the time
of so doing one of the State of Maryland's Justices
of the Peace in and for Harford County duly
commissioned and sworn ~
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of Harford
County Court this Twenty eighth day of
March Eighteen Hundred [page folded; illegible]

[vertically in the left margin of the preceding paragraph: 5406]

Henry Dorsey Clerk of
Harford County 

[the following is vertically on the page at the bottom]

5406
Penelope Frazier
of Samuel
Maryland

Admitted
Pr 2 ys $80
Capt Carliles Col Hazen
Md

On roll for 23 April
1777 Carliles Co. Hazens
regt
died 1817

Act 7 July 1838

Alex Yearly
Baltimore,
Md.
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of Samuel Frazier, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment OR Appointment 
Pension
Allowed for 

Length
2 years

Rank
Private

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered
Captain
Carlile
Colonel
Hazen

State 
Maryland

Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 30, 1839
Residence at date of application, Baltimore, Maryland
Age at date of application, 69 years
Remarks: Sol mar. Dec. 16, 1792 Penelope Johnson

Sol. d 1817  she was pensioned as his widow
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Oct. 9. 1905 History to Miss Eva Hill Barthold, Weatherford, Texas

Revy. Widow, &c.

File No. 25,608
Penelope Frazier 
Wid/ of 
Samuel Frazier
Pri. Rev War

Act. Feb. 2nd 1848 
Index: Vol. A, Page 255

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Maryland 2657
Penelope Frazier
widow of Samuel Frazier
who was a Private
in the Md. line  Continental for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
7th day of Nov. 1843
and sent to Pensioner Care of Alexander Yearley Esq.
Baltimore, Md.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 141
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[two panel page; left panel below]

3898
Maryland
Penelope Frazier
widow of Samuel Frazier, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of ~
and who died on the ~ 1817
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a private in the Com commanded
by Captain Carlile of the regt commanded
by Col Hazen in the Continental
line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Augt
1839 & sent to Alex Yearley
Baltimore, Md

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $240.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept '39 40.00
$280.00

{Act July 7,}
{ 1838.}

Recorded by D. M. Crudy, Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 174.

[right panel below]

Leter to Pension Agent
25 March 1840 -
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3 - 595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION
 
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Oct. 4, 1905

Searched by F, F, N,

Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant, 
Soldier, Samuel Frazier
Service, Penn Service or residences, Rev, War,

Remarks: No Rev. Inv. or Wid Admt ot Rej ____
See Rev, Wid, File 25608
No Bounty Land
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Baltimore County, Maryland
October 30th 1848

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir

Herewith I send you my
Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act 
of Congress of Feby 2nd. 1848, entitled "An Act making
further provision for Surviving Widows of the Soldiers 
of the Revolution.
Be pleased to direct for me to the
care of Alex Yearley & Son, Baltimore
Very Respectfully
I am
Your Obt. Servant
Penelope X ^her mark^ Frazier
Witness
Edward A Howard
P H D Boyd

[the following appears to be on a page behind the primary one transcribed above]
Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and
affix the seal of Baltimore County Court, this
Eighth day of November A. D. 1848
A W Bradford
Clerk Baltimore County Court
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County S.S.
On this 30th
day of October 1848 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace of the sTate of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid
Personally appeared Penelope Frazier, a resident of said County
aged 79 years: who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she
is the widow of Samuel Frazier who was a soldier in
Hazens Regiment of the US Army in the war of the
Revolution. That the annual amount of Pension which she
received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Eighty dollars, she 
further declares that she is still a widow
PenelopeX ^her mark^ Frazier
Witness
Edward A Rowan
P H D Boyd

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written. Before me and I do hereby certify that the above
named deponent Penelope Frazier is personally known to
me.
Thos Gorsuch

State of Maryland 
Baltimore County, Sct.
I hereby Certify, That Thomas Gorsuch
Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was made and 
who has thereto subscribed his name was at the
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the
State of Maryland, in and for the County of
Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and 
affix the seal of Baltimore County Court, this
Eighth day of November A. D. 1848.
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3334 July 11. 1843
May d
Mar 3 1843
Penelope Frazier
$80 per an
Pensioner, care of
Alex. Yearley Esq
Baltimore 
Md

[vertically on the page, follows]
FREE
J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County S.S.

On this 20th day of May Eighteen hundred and
forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid
Penelope Frazier a resident of Baltimore County aforesaid aged 74
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of congress, passed on the 3rd
March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Samuel Frazier who was a private in Col Moses Hazen's Regiment
in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution.
That she received a Pension of Eighty dollars per annum for
five years under the act of July 7th 1838. She further
declares that she is still a widow.

Witness James Mahool Penelope X ^her mark^ Frazier

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before me and I do hereby certify that the 
above declarant Penelope Frazier is personally known to
me.
Charles W Howard
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State of Maryland Baltimore County Sct
I hereby certify that Charles W. Howard Esquire before whom
the within deposition was made and who hath thereto
subscribed his name was at the time of so doing
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland
in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my hand and affix the Seal of Baltimore
County Court on this 10th day of July 1843
Thos Kell Clk
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Baltimore County May 20 1843

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 

Sir

Herewith I send you my 
application and declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the 
act of Congress of 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year 
to certain widows who have obtained Pensions under the act 
of July 1838.

Be pleased to direct to me to the care of Alexr 
Yearley Baltimore 

Very Respectfully 
I am Your Obt Servt
Penelope her X book Frazier 

Witness James Mahool
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Ma 25 1840
___ ___ County
L. Edwards ___
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore March 24 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions

Sir

By some mistake there is 
an error in the enclosed Certificate----
Penelope Frazier is the widow of 
Samuel Frazier- not Stephen Frazier.

All the copies remaining in my hands, 
of papers relative to her case, state that she is the widow 
of Samuel Frazier.

Be so good as to send me a 
correct Certificate at your earliest convenience.

Your Obt Servt

Alexr Yearley
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[Envelope with notes]

9
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Act 2 Feby 1848
______
Mr Cole 
______
[illegible] 1848

[Address]

FREE
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington

Cole
[illegible circular mail stamp]
Md [illegible]
2657
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[Rectangular receipt stamp]

U. S. 
OLD WAR & NAVY 
OCT 13 1905
FILES.
P. B.
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Weatherford 
Texas

Sept 24" 1905

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D. C.

Dear Sir

Has the Pension 
Office on record 
the granting of 
Pension for the 
Revolutionary service 
of my ancestors.
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Samuel Frazier and John Frazier of Penn.

Thanking you in advance I am Very Kindly 
Miss Eva Hill Barthold 
Cor ____ & ____
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* | Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

NAME Frazier, Simon | GRADE Private  | LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)

WARRANT
NUMBER 5821 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED Aug. 6, 1790 
 to J. V. Renssellar
(not shown as Van R___)
___
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.