Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32281, Moses Grier, Ga. N.C.
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Ga                  Grier, Moses              S32281
N6                       Or
                         Greer
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Alabama 19671
Moses Greer 19671
Aulanga in the State of Alabama
Who was a private in the co. Commanded by Captain Thaebs of the Reg.t commanded by Magen Walker in the Georgia line for 8 months +12 days 
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama.
At the rate of 28 Dollars 00/Cents per annum.
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Aug. 1833 - 56.00
Some ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 83- 14.00
                                  $70.00
                              Revolutionary Claim,
                               Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by (illegible) Clerk
Book E Vol.8  page 45
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Pen Ag Mobile May 5 1837
1857 May to Moses Greer
and [illegible]  to 3d and [illegible]
1857 June 20 Same [illegible] returned by Greeer again referred to 3rd card. 
Died Aug 11-1837 - AB-
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con
gress,
passed June 7, 1832-
State of Alabama ⎬
Autauga County
1833
On this 24th day of June, personally
appeared in open Court, before the Honorable
Alvin A. McWhorter, Judge of the County and
Orphans
Court, now sitting as Judge of the
Orphans Court of said County, Moses Greer
a resident of said County, and State, aged
seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 [illegible]
that he entered the service of the United
States, under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated that
he was drafted in the State of Georgia,
Richmond County, in the year 1777 that
he was marched to Florida under the command
of May: Joseph Walker and Capt David Sheet
where he joined the regular army, at Marys
commanded by
Gen. Howe- that he remained in
this service for months that
he afterwards removed from Georgia to 
N. Carolina, where he volunteered and moved 
to Camden S.C., under the command of Gen. Buth
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ford - that he joined the army of Gen. Gates, at
Ridgley's Mills, about ten miles from Camden that
he was in the battle in which Gen. Gates was
defeated-- that as a volunteer he served three
months
---
that he then returned to the State of
Georgia, and about one year after the expiration
of his last mentioned service as a volunteer,
was drafted, and marched to the tending ford on
the Oconee, under the command of Capt Hue
where he joined the united armies of Gen. Twiggs
Gen. Clark, and Gen. Erwin-- that he was en
camped there for some time, when a treaty
was made with the Creek Indians - that he
was engaged in this service, as he now recollects
six weeks-
That he has no documentary evidence and
that he knows of no person, whose testimony
he can procure, who can testify to his service-
He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever to a pension or annuity, except the present.
and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the Agency of any State-
To the Interrogatories prescribed by
the War Department, to be propounded to applicants by the Court this applicant returns the follow
answers, which are by the direction of the Court
inserted, and asked to be taken as a part of his state
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ment or declaration-
To the first Interrogatory be answers. I
was
born in York County, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1759 -
To the second he answers. I have no
record of my age, except one made by myself or
by my direction, a few years since
To the third he answers. I was living in
the place heretofore mentioned when I engaged
in the several services above mentioned and  stated-
When peace was elected, and after that event I
had in North Carolina - in 1789, removed thence
to Georgia and in 1823, removed from Georgia
to this State, where I have resided ever since
To the fourth and fifth - he answers-- I refer
for answers to these questions to the above statement-
To the sixth he answers. In the first service
above stated, I received a discharge from Capt.
Jackson, afterwards Gov. Jackson of Pa. at have
by select it, In subsequent services, I do not
recollect receiving any thing in the nature
of a discharge-
To the Seventh he answers-- I refer to those
whose names are assigned to the following cand
annexed certificates-
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Mose Greer
Alvin A. McWhorter
J. C. C.
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We E. Terry a clergyman residing
in the County of Autanga and State of Alabama
and Henly Brown and Joseph Goffe
residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Moses Greer who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declarations that we
believe him to be seventy three years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
 where he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed
Eli Terry E.M. P.C.
the day and year aforesaid
Henly Brown
Joseph Goffe
Alvin A Mcwhorter. J.G.G.
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
presenting the questions prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And
the Court further certifies, that it appears to them
the Eli Terry who has signed preceding certificate  is a Clergyman resident in
the County of Autanga and State of Alabama, that Henly Brown and Joseph Goffe
who have of also signed the same, are residents in the same, and
ment is entitled to credit
Alvin A. McWhorter
J.G.G
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w 5686_ c
[illegible] 
a.c.
Mosley Greet
(Executor of)
Mobile, Ala
(June 7 1832)
$12.31
[illegible]
Ret00 TF
Reg n.e.t.372 dated
# Sent to Treasury
19tg August 1857
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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STATEMENT
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITORS OFFICE
THE UNITED STATES
To
Moses Greer Executor
of
Moses Greer
Dec'd
late a 
pensioner of Mobile, Ala. Agency per act of
congrefs of June 7 1832. Dr
For his pension March 4, 1827, 
to August 11 1837 at $28.-per annum $12.33.
Stated August 15 1857, By Ed T Mathews
Clerk
Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
Examined August 17 1857, by
John Sefford Clerk
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
RECEIVED FROM GAO
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State of Alabama
Coosa County⎬ 

To the Commissioner of Pensions your
Petitioner comes and certifys [certifies] that he
Moses Greer Lawful heir and executor of
Moses Greer who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and who received a Pension of Twenty eight dollars per annum the certificate of which was given the twelfth day
of August 1833. A. D. and recorded in the Pension Book Vol 8 Page 45 And your Petitioner Moses Greer [illegible] and proves that his father Moses Greer drew his pensions untill March 1837 A.D. and that his father Moses Greer died, the eleventh day of May 1937 and left no widow & your petitioner is his Executor. and at that time the pension office was due him fourteen dollars. your Petitioner Moses Greer, now comes as the executor and heir of said Moses Greer and
ask that the Commissioner do forward him the
amount now due him as heir of said Moses Greer.  And also all that under the law the heirs of the Revolutionary soldrs [soldiers] are entitled to

Moses Grier Exr.

Sworn to and subscribed before me March 16th 1857. C. W. Powell, J.P.

We the undersigned know Moses Greer to be
the identical person he represents him to be 
James Sanford
Owen Swindal

Interlined before me
This the 11th day of June
1837. C W. Powell
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The State of Alabama
Coosa County

 J. Archibald A McMillan Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid and ex officio Clerk of the same
hereby certify that C W Powell whose name is signed to the foregoing Declaration now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the same in and for said County & State, duly [illegible] and qualified; that his signature aforesaid in [illegible] that all his Official acts as such are entitled to full
faith and credit and that one said Probate Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at
Office in the Town of Rockford on this 20th day of April AD 1857

A A McMillan
Judge of Probate

Pension Office May 25 1837
Respectfully referred to the 3d. [illegible]
Moses Greer, Revolutionary, Act 7 June 1832
¶ 28: (un. ann.)
(illegible) Comm.
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No. 19.6.29.
19,671
Moses Greer
Alabama

8 months & 12 days

26.66.
x.xx
23
----
20.00

Joseph Goffe
Kingston,
Autauga
Ala
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
15th July 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Period when the
service was
rendered.
1777.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
0 Years
4 Months
3 Months
1 Month
12 Days
Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap. David Sheets
Maj Jos. Walker
┃ Gen Howe
Genl Butler & Gates
┃ Cap. Free
Gen Clarke
Gen Erwin
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
73 years
┃ Richmond
┃ County ┃
Georgia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
=
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians (musicians) or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declarations, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of 
County of > ss.

On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___, with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agencyin any State, or (if any) only on that of the (the crease here makes the rest of this line illegible)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.      A. B.

(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I ____ of the Court of ____
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the orignial proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
the Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity may make [illegible] required, and submit to the exam [illegible]
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in this case the death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Pease &e, A.B.,  who, being duly sworn, depoweth and saith, that by reason of old age , and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ---- year ----- months, and --- days, I served as a ----; and for such service I claim a pension"
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, $e. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served wit an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration,
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Ba-J/AWF
Moses Grier
8. 32261

Josephine Greer
Dixiana
Alabama

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Moses Greer, pensioned while living in Autauga County, Alabama.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, 8. 32281, based on the military service of Moses Grier (as his signature is shown) in the War of the Revolution. 

Moses Grier was born in the year 1759 in York County, Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Richmond County, Georgia, Moses Grier served in 1777, four months as private in Captain David Shearl's company, under Major Joseph Walker, with the Georgia troops. He moved to North Carolina, and served in 1780, three months with the North Carolina troops, and was in the battle of Camden under General Rutherford. He returned to Georgia, and in about one year's time served six weeks in Captain Few's Georgia company.

After the Revolution, Moses Grier lived in North Carolina, until 1789, then returned to Georgia, and in 1823 moved to Alabama. He was
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allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1833, at which time he was living in Autanga County, Alabama. 

The soldier, Moses Grier, died August 11, 1837.

In 1857 one Moses "Greer" of Central institute, Alabama, was referred to as Executor of the estate of Moses Greer, deceased Revolutionary War pensioner. It was not stated that he was related to the soldier, and there are no further discernible data in regard to family, shown in this claim.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Moses Greer (as he was pensioned)
Certificate 19671
[illegible] Issued Aug 12 - 1833
Rate [illegible]28.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Aot of June 7, 1838
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Miss Martha L. Houston
1441 Second Avenue
Columbus, Georgia

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, 8. 32281, it appears that Moses Grier, pensioned Greer, was born in 1759, in York County, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in Richmond County, Georgia, in 1777, and served four months as a private in Captain David Sheerl's Company under Major Joseph Walker. He moved to North Carolina, and enlisted in 1780, and served three months with the North Carolina Troops and was in the battle of Camden under General Rutherford. He moved back to Georgia, and enlisted and served six weeks in Captain Few's Georgia Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1833, at which time he was living in Autauga County, Alabama. He died Aug 11-1837 A.B.

There are no data as to family.

Respectfully, Earl D Church Commissioner

In 1857 - one Moses Greer of Central Institute - Ala- was referred to as Executor of the estate of Moses Greer died [illegible]
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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.

S.F. 3281

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
1777
1780
1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE
4 mos
3 mos
6 weeks

RANK
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Sheerl
Few

COLONEL
Major Joseph Walker
Gen C. Rutherford

STATE
Ga
NC
Ga

Battles engaged in, Camden (Gates' Defeat)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Richmond Co, Ga.
Date of application for pension, June 24, 1833 This claim was [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Autauga, Co. ala.
Age at date of application, born 1759 in York Co, Pa
Remarks: There are no data relation to family.
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Dixiana, Ala. 
July 26, 1938
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, 
I would like to have information on the revolutionary war record or 
Moses Greer, who drew a pension on account of this service while residing in Autauga County, Alabama. Trusting that you can give me this information, I am. 
Yours Truly,
Josephine Greer
Josephine Greer
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1441 Second Ave
Columbus, GA.
Jan. 25, 1929.
Commissions of Pensions
Old Recorder Sections
Washington, DC.
Dear Sir,
In Autauga CO. Ala. 1831 Moses (grier 532281)
Greer was granted a pension as a Rev. Sol. Will you kindly give me the family data from his applications paper which will help me in establishing D.A.R. eligibility? Did his wife continue to receive his pension at his death, or did she die first?
Thanking you for your kindness,
Very truly yours,
[miss] Martha Low Houston.
Pension 0 Jan 30 1929 US Office
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W.W.G. 3-871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by A. Mae D 19/18/10
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Moses Greer
Service Ala. 
Additional Service Rev.
No-Claim State Records-,191
No Claim, combination records, 191
Remarks:
Jun. 7. 32,281
Chief Division
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Frt Valley, GA
Aug 14 1911
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C
Please give me the 
record of service of 
"Moses Grier. Who was 
a revolutionary pen-
sioner in autauga Co., Ala in 1833. 
Most Truly
Miss Claudia Culpepper
Aug 11 1910
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32281
Revy INVALID.
No. 82,281
Moses Greer
Pri Srv War
Act: June 7th TD
Ex:- Co. 2, Page 493
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1910 Aug 25 Hert Li Miss
Claudia Culpepper M.13.H
1911 Feb 1 Hist 6
Mrs. P.L. Walker
1929 June 12 - Hesh La Miss
Martha L Houston revy
1835 Aug 17 lish lo jose
[illegible] Greer [Illegible]
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I, Henly Brown, Clerk of the country and orphans court of the county of Autauga and state of Alabama, do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed sheet of paper contains the [illegible] proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Moses Grier for a pension-
In testimony whereof , I have have=
[illegible] set my and and sevrl of of = 
trice this 24th day of june A.D.
1833- And of the independence of the W.S. 57th
Henly Brown Clk
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GREER, MOSES 5686
NAME
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECIEVED FROM THE GERNAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
AGENCY OF PAYMENT Mobile, Alabama
DATE OF ACT June 7, 1832
DATE OF PAYMENT Under Act of Apr. 6 1838 (August 1857)
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1837 
GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
GA_WASH DC 54-4891
NA-286- November 1953
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No. 5686
Grier, Moses
Exec. o8
August 1857
Oct 6th Apr 1838
Mobile. Alabama
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Pension Agency
Milbe 14 April 1837
Sir,
I enclose for your organization the pension of [illegible] of John [illegible] And Moses Greer, reservners per acting June 1832. Your of the 28 & 30 Of March one at
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Pension Office 
May 15, 1857
Sir,
 I have referred to the 
3rd auditor, Treasury department, who
adjust such pension as executor of
Moses Greer did a Rev Pension
of Ala, Under act of June A.D.
[illegible]
Comm
Mr Moses Greer
Central Institute 
Ala.
Ala 19.671 Act 1832
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Payments to be made 
at Mobile
By Pt US Br Brick
Agent for paying Pension
ers, In the Agency of Alabama.
Recorded in the Pension Of
File, in Book E Vol. 8
Page 45 by W R Palmer
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1882, Moses Greer. of the state of Alabama.
Who was a private in the army
of the Revolution
is entitles to receive seventy eight dollars
per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March, 1881, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 
4th of September in every year. 
Given at the war office of the United
States, this twelfth day of August one thousand right hundred and thirty three. 
 Lew Cap
Secretary of War.
Countersigned J
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions 
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Central Mobile, Ala.
July 15 "57
W. M. Lindsey.
Read Aug 13 "57
Mobile, Ala.
Act 7 [illegible] 
Pay the Ext.
The amount
[illegible]
[illegible]
4 M '37
11 Aug '37
$28.00 p.a.
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Central Institute Ala.
15 July 1857
Court of pensions,
Dear Sir,
Enclosed 
Please find Moses Grier's application
for fine or [illegible] your office.
the [illegible]
that is  [illegible] [illegible] you will  [illegible]
forward to his [illegible] at this [illegible]
very Respectfully
W M Lindsey
For Moses Grier

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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER 
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State of Alabama
Corsa County

I, Archibald A McMillan Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county  & State aforesaid hereby certify that from written evidence before me this day that Moses Greer
Senr  died on the 11th day
of August A.D. 1837, 
and left no Widow and that Moses Grier Jr was his Executor
Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th
day of July A.D. 1857
A.A. McMillan
Judge of Probate
the
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Pension Office
August 12th 1857

Sir, I enclose herewith the claim of Moses Greer Jr for the arrears of pension due his father at his death. 

Yours Respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner