Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,079, Andrew Frashur, New York
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New York
Frashur, Andrew
S13,079
carded
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Let to P. Agt May 4. 1841
Order to pay Nov'r 7th 1842
Date of death not on A.B.

31, 795

New York
Andrew Frashur
of Dutchess Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Stewart of the regiment commanded
by Col. Morris Graham in the N. York
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the roll of N. York city
at the rate of 20 Dollars [dash] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of September, 1840, and sent to Stephen Thorn,
Milan, N. York. [word "and" scratched out]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840. $190.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 1841 $10.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm W. Edwards Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 23
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Andrew Frashur
32.370
Col Morris Graham
Capt Stewart
at White Plaines
Field [illegible]
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State of New York
County of Dutchess

On this third day of November in the year one thousand Eight hundred And thirty four personally appeared before Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Duchess Andrew Frashur a Resident of the Town of Milan in the County of Dutchess and State of New York aged about ninty (sic) two 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

He first entered in service as a private by volunteering at the Town of Pine Plains in Dutchess County in the month of September (can not state the day of month think it was the forepart of the month) in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in a company of militia of which Charles Graham was Captain and Austin Graham was Lieut. was marched from Pine Plains to a place called Tarry Town in Westchester County then was attached to Col Van Courtland Regiment Lay there about six  week from there was marched to West Point lay there think two or three months then went to Sing Sing was there a short time can not say how long then marched to harlem [Harlem] on York Island and in the City of New York was there when the British took possession of the City then retreated with the American Troop to harlam [Harlem] and was in an engagement or Battel [battle] with
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with the British then retreated to New Rochelle then to a place called Rye and from there to the white plains was in the Battle of the white plains after the Battle crossed the Groten River he helped take up the bridge a Cross [across] said River and then marched about two miles above the Bridge and encamped Lay ther [there] some time and was taken sick and Laid Sick for some time and Captain Graham sent him home between the 10th and 15th of January 1777 in Spring of 1777 he again entered the service by volunteering under Captain Rea and Manual Dewel Lieut on the first of April they were sent out on what then was called Hunting Tories and Robers [robbers] was constantly out on duty taken [taking] Tories and securing their arms and was under the direction of Col Graham who had his head quarters at the town of Pine Plains Was once During the summer of or fall marched to Rhinebeck when the British came up the Hudson River & burnt Kingston Was discharged the first of November following was out seven month on duty at that time They were during the whole of that time on duty in the County of Dutchess and Columbia and in the Spring 1778 he again entered the service under the same above named officer Captain Rea  an Dewel as a volunteer on the first day of March and on the same service of taking Tories and Robers [robbers] and resting stolen property and made them reports to the said Col Graham who had his head quarter at this time at the pine plains as aforesaid was out on said duty till latter part of July the same summer was on duty at this time at least seven and a half months.
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The following interrogatories was put and his answer was as following
1 Says he was born in the year 1742 in the City of New York
2 He has no record of his age There was one in a family bible belonging to the Graham family but what has become of it he can not say
3  He was living in the town of Pine Plains when he entered the service has lived in the town and the town of Milan in County of Dutchess ever since the Revolutionary War and now lives in the town of Milan
4  He entered the service as a volunteer and no other way and served as a private
5  Says that when he was first on duty on in service at New York West Point and White Plains he saw General Washington Putman Clinton and Green and many others he now cannot Recollect
6  He  never received and writen discharge 
7  He states the names of Jacob Stall Henry J. Cause Stephen Thorn and James Hogg as persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can certify as to character familiarity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Andrew X [his mark] Frashur 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Thorn
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We Jacob J Stall and Henry J Cause both of the Town of Milan in the County of Dutchess hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Frashur who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be ninty two 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 opion [opinion]
Jacob J Stall (signature)
Henry J Cause [or Couse] (signature)

Sworn and Subscribed before 
me this 3rd Day of November 1834
Stephen Thorn

And I the said Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess and being a Court of Record do hereby declare my opion [opinion] after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interrogatories proscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further declare and certify that the above named Jacob J Stall and Henry J Cause are residents of the town of the town Milan and are personally known to me and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Andrew Frashur the applicant and he is unable to appear in court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity and I further certify he has been personally known to me for upwards of forty years and always believed that he was a soldier of the Revolution
Stephen Thorn (signature)
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Dutchess County
Jacob Cause of the town of Milan in said County aged eighty some years being duly sworn according to law before me Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and whom his oath says he is well acquainted with Andrew Frashur who has made the foregoing declaration I am sixty eight years and that during the revolutionary war lived in the same neighborhood with him the town of Pine Plains in said county of Dutchess and says that he new [knew] the said Andrew Frashur did volunteer and join a company at the Pine Plains in the fall of year one thousand seven hundred seventy five and marched off with said company and Charles Graham was the Capt and Austin Graham Lieut and this deponent say the reason why he remember it so distinkly [distinctly] is he this deponent was drafted at the same time and hired a substitute in his place and he well remember the said Andrew Frashur was gon [gone] and was in the service as he [illegible] for more than one year at that will remember that said Andrew Frashur retired homsick [home sick] at that which he thinks was in the winter time and this deponent further saith he knows said Andrew Frashur the next season again went in the service under Capt Rea but what lenth [length] of time he served at that time he is not able to say but thinks was as long as tated [stated] by said Frashur and further says that he the said Frashur was out with Capt Rea next year after but how long this deponent can not say
Jacob Cause (signature)

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 9th day of November 1834   Stephen Thorn
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We Jacob J Stall and Henry J Couse both of the Town of Milan in the County of Dutchess hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Frashur who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninty two 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 opion [opinion]
Jacob J Stall
Henry J Couse
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 3rd Day of November 1834
Stephen Thorn

And I the said Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Dutchess and being a Court of Record do hereby declare my opion [opinion] after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories provided by the war Department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I do further declare and certify that the above named Jacob J Stall & Henry J Couse are Residents of the Town of the Town Milan and are personally known to me and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Andrew Frashur the
applicant and he is unable to appear in Court by Reason of old age and bodily infirmity and I further certify he has been personally known to me for upwards of forty years & always believed that he was a soldier of the Revolution
Stephen Thorn
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Dutchess County
Jacob Cause of the Town of Milan in said County aged Eighty four years being Duly Sworn according to Law before me Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and upon his oath says he is well acquainted with Andrew Frashur who has made the foregoing Declaration I am Sixty Eight years and that during the Revolutionary war lived in the same Neighbourhood with him in the Town of pine plains in said County of Dutchess and says that he new [knew] the said Andrew Frashur Did volunteer and join a Company at the pine plains in the fall of years one thousand seven hundred seventy five & marched off with said Company & Charles Graham was the Capt & Austin Graham Lieut. and this Deponent say the reason why he Remember it so distinkly [distinctly] is he this Deponent was drafted at the same time & hired a substitute in his place & he well remember the said Andrew Frashur was gon [gone] and was in the servis [service] as he [illegible] for more than one year at that well Remember that said Andrew Frashur Returned home sick at that which he thinks was in the winter time and this Deponent further saith he knows said Andrew Frashur the next season again went in the servis [service] und [under] Capt. Rea but what length of time he served at that time he is not able to say but thinks was as long as stated by said Frashur & further says that he the said Frashur was out with Capt Red next year after but how long this Deponent can not say. 
Jacob Couse
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 3rd Day of November 1834 
Stephen Thorn
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I do hereby certify that Jacob Cause who has mad [made] and subscribed to the within affidavit is personally known to me and that he is of good character and standing in the neighborhood where he resides
Stephen Thorn one of the 
Judges of the County Courts of Dutchess County

State of New York}
Dutchess County ss}
I Henry J Traver clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Stephen Thorn Esq. before whom the annexed Declaration and Examinations were made, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county being a Court of Records and having a clerk and seal.  And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that the signature annexed to the said Declaration and Examinations  is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under my seal of office the twenty sixth day December AD. 1834
Henry J Traver (signature) clerk
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April 25, 1932
Andrew Frashur-S.13079
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BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Theodore De Laporte
46 Livingston Street
Rhinebck, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Andrew Frazier [Frashur], a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.13079, based upon the military service of Andrew Frashur in that war.
Andrew Frashur was born in 1742, in New York City.  He stated that his birth was recorded in a family Bible belonging to the Graham family.  He signed by mark and no signature appears as "Frazier".

While residing in Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York, he volunteered very early in the Revolutionary War and served until the latter part of July, 1778, on various tours amounting to between one and two years in all, as a private under Captains Charles Graham, William Stewart and Rea, Colonels Philip Van Cortlandt and Graham in the New York Troops, and was in the retreat from New York, the battles of Harlem and White Plains.
[note added in the left margin of the above paragraph:] There were so many conflicting statements in this page that I had to "lump" them. Also he said he was taken sick soon after battle of White Plains and was sent home in Jan, following while a witness said he saw him enlist 3 [underlined] days after battle of White Plains and he served 9 mos thereafter.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 3, 1834, while residing in Milan, Dutchess County, New York.

There are no data as to his family. [margin note:] Date of death not on AB

The record above is that of the only soldier named Andrew Frashur (or similar spelling), of New York State, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office; this office has [blurred] to determine whether or not he is the Andrew "Frazier", who, you state, was buried in Rhinebeck, New York.

Very truly yours,
(no signature)
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[left side of page]
1910 Apr. 6 Hist to Miss S. Elizabeth Frazier V.L M
1932 Apr 25. Hist to Mrs Theodore De Laporte
EGd

[right side of page]
Rev War 
13.079
INVALID.
File No. 13.079

Andrew Frashur
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol.  , Page
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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02370

Andrew Frashur
Act June 7, 1832
-
Col Morris Graham
Capt Stewart
At White Plains - Ln
Field & Staff Role-

Admittal
Private 6 months
$20-
Stephen Thorn Esq
Milan
New York
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New York
Revo.
Andrew Frashur
Suspended
See let to Stephen Thorn
January 8. 1835
See let to Same March 12
1835 Let to Hon A Bockee July 1835
1836 March 29 Sent
to S. Thorn 22 Aug. 1840
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Dutchess County}
State of New York} Ss
On this thirteenth day February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Dutchess aforesaid Andrew Frashur of the Town of Milan in said County and being sworn in due form of law says that he did enter the service of the United States in the Revolutionary service as stated In his declaration hereto and one made for the purpose of obtaining a pension and which he is now informed is on file in the war department and that he volunteered as a private I a company raised by Charles Graham in what then was called northeast precinct now the town of Pine Plain and at that time he this deponent thinks he was a captain but from the lenth [length] of time and extended age and infirmities may be mistaking that he the said Graham might only been a Lieutenant he well remember that he did march with said Graham from northeast precinct and was attached to Col Philip VanCourtland Regiment and that he did served in said regiment and under the command of said Charles Graham as stated in the said declaration heretofore made and sworn to and that when he did first entered the service by volunteering [agreed?] to stay for six months and after the exhaustion of the term to stay for six months more and before the exhaustion of that term was taken sick which was after the battle at the White Plains and as soon as this deponent was [illegible] sufficient to be remand said Captain Graham had him remand home to the said town of Pine Plains
Andrew X (his mark) Frashur

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me Stephen Thorn (signature)
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State of New York
County of Dutchess 
I Henry F Fouer clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York and of the County Courts in the same do hereby certify that Stephen Thorn Esquire before whom the within examination was taken is now and was at the time such examination purports to have been taken as Judge of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe that the name of the said Judge affixed to the said examination is the genuine signature of the said Judge

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 20 February A D 1835
Henry Fraun Clerk
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NY  June 29
Andrew Frazier
Hulls Mill NY
June 26

free Abm Bockee

James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Federal Store June 18 1835

Dear Sir,
an old Revolutionary Soldier whose name is Andrew Frazier called on me & says that he has an application for a pension pending in your office and that his papers & proofs are there filed the application was made sometime last Fall or winter - will you please to inform me what are the objections to his application of the deficiencies in his proof & if they are of a nature that can be supplied by further
supplementary proof
I am Respectfully yours

Abm Bockee

James L Edwards Esq.
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Aug 5, 40
N. York
addl proof
Andrew Frazier

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
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Milan Dutchess County July 30th 1840

Enclosed is the affidavit of John Smith in the case of Andrew Frasur when his Application for a pension was made out Smith was not to be found being absent from this part of the Country & Frasur not able to find where he resided or weather [whether] he was living untill very Recent is the reason why this is sent now the
Application of Frasur was sent to the war
Department some 3 or 4 years ago

I am &c
S. Thorn
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Affidavit of John Smith
in the case of Andrew Fraser
Applicant for a pension
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State of New York
County of Dutchess
John Smith of the Town of Catskill in the County of Greene being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is Eighty two years of age. That he is a pensioner of the United States. That he is now and has been acquainted with Andrew Fraser for the last Sixty five years. That he was present at a time (which time was three days after the Battle of White Plains fought in the County of Westchester in the State of New York) in the County of Westchester aforesaid and that he saw said Andrew Fraser Enlist under the command of Capt William Stuart in Colonel Grahams Regt for the term of Nine months that this deponent frequently saw said Andrew Fraser during said Term of Nine Months perform Martial service under the command of said Capt William Stuart that this deponent soon afterwards joined the Northern army under the command of General Gates and remained at & near Saratoga untill after the capture of Burgoyne that this deponent afterwards saw said Fraser in the County of Dutchess employed in driving a Continental Baggae [Baggage] Waggon Team that he had on the Uniform of the company in which he (Fraser first enlisted) And that it is and has generally been believed that said Andrew Fraser was a soldier of the Revolution & that he served at different places in the counties of Collumbia, Dutchess Putnam & Westchester at different times during the greater part of the Revolutionary War & further this deponent saith not

John X [his mark]Smith
Sworn & subscribed before
me  June 22d 1840
Stephen Thorn s
one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas of Dutchess County
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STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Duchess
I DANIEL W. BEADLE, Clerk of the County of Duchess do hereby certify that Stephen Thorn Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit and certificate to application for pension and [?] written was on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, in the town of Milan, duly commissioned and sworn. 
AND FURTHER That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit and certificate and [twice?] written genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the 28th day of July A.D. 1840.

Daniel W. Beadle Clerk
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I do hereby certify I am well acquainted with John Smith who made the within affidavit and have been for more than forty years and he is reputed to be a man of credit and to be believed when oath and he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolution war.  
June 22nd 1840

Stephen Thorn one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York
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March 3, 1932
BA-J/MMHP

Mrs. Theodore De Laporte
Rhinbeck 
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of an Andrew Frazier, a colored soldier, who was a pensioner and who was buried in Rhinebeck, New York.  

There is no claim for pension on file on account of the services of an Andrew Frazier (or other spelling) in the papers of which it is stated that the soldier was a colored man.

In order to identify the record of the particular soldier in whom you are interested, please furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and at time he received the alleged pension.  If you found his name on a printed list of pensioners, please cite that publication.  

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to the administrator

[handwritten]
Apr 25 1932
I called General Accounting office & was advised by phone (Mrs. Hewson) that this pension started in 1841 that he was living in Milan, Dutchess Co. N. Y. where he had resided for 40 yrs, prior to which he lived in Pine Plains, Dutchess Co. N. Y.  He rec his first payment (accrued pension) on May 15, 1841 from Mch 4, 1831. He was last paid Mch 18, 1846 to Mch 4, 1846, he was still living in Milan N. Y. Henry Sheldon was his atty.  His name appears on those records Andrew "Fraser" & he stated that he had never learned to write.
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Milan Dutchess County N. Y.
September 1st 1840

Sir

Your letter in relation to the claim of Andrew Frashur for a pension as a soldier of the revolution has been reviewed in which you say this [?] will not entitled to a pension for a term of more than six months and if decided to accept that for him to signify his assent thereto.

He has otherised [authorized] me to make that assent to you if you find him a pension certificate you will direct it to Milan Dutchess County NY.

I am respectfully
your Obt servant
Stephen Thorn
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New York City Pension Agency
November 5, 1848

Sir

I herewith transmit for special direction authorizing payment voucher of Andrew Fraser a pensioner who had failed to apply for one year.  

The certificate of the Clerk of Dutchess County, attesting under the seal of the Court the legal authority of the Commissioner to act as such until Nov 24 1842, and a paper bearing his signature, similarly attested to be genuine and corresponding with his handwriting in the accompanying voucher, on file at the office.  

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Jno A Stevens 
Pensions Agent
By Prim M Ining

JL. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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Mechanics Bank
New York 22nd April 1844

Sir

Application has been made at this agency for the pension of Andrew Frazer, a Private, at twenty dollars per annum, certificate dated 17th September 1840, his name has not been reported to this agency.  

I am very respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt.
S Knapp Prest
by Sylvester Spencer
Chf. Clk. Pension Office

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
 Washington
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Letter from J. L. Edwards about Andrew Frashur
Jan 8 1835

JL Edwards
Commissr of Pensions

Stephen Thorn Esq
Milan New York

Forwarded from Milan
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War Department
Pension Office
Jan 8 1835

Sir

The papers relating to the claim of Andrew Frashur have been examined.  No such long terms of service in the militia are known to the Department.  In order to a satisfactory examination it is necessary that the duration of each term of actual service be specified, as well as the names of the officers, particularly that of the Colonel of the regiment in which the service was rendered.  It is likewise necessary to produce a evidence from the records of the State of New York of the appointment of Captain Charles Graham & Capt. Rea.  The case is suspended and the papers placed on file.  
Respectfully 
your obt. servt.
J. L. Edwards

Stephen Thorn Esq
Milan 
New York
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Feb 24
Andrew Frashur
Add. Evidence

JL Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions 
City of Washington
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[stamped]
RECORD DIVISION
MAR 26 1910
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694 Lexington Ave
Brooklyn
Mar 24, 1910

[stamped ] MAR 26 1910

Mr. John K King,

Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly inform me if there is any record of the pension granted to Andrew Frazier of Milan Dutchess Co. who fought in the Revolutionary War from its beginning to its close.
The said Andrew Frazier was born June 14, 1743 and died June 2, 1846, age 102 yrs. 
Kindly state cost of search etc.  
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give and hoping
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for an early reply
Yours truly
(Miss) S. Elizabeth Frazier

[postmark]
US PENSION AGENCY
WASHINGTON DC
RECEIVED
MAR 25 1910

[postmark]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 26 1910
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3-871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by M. T. C.
Claim No. 4/2/1910
Certificate No ____
Claimant _____
Soldier Andrew Frazier
Service N.Y. Rev.
Additional Service _____
No ____ claim, state records ____, 190_
No claim, combination records ____, 190_

REMARKS:

No claim as above.
Draw J. F. 13079
Andrew Frashur
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[postmark]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

APR 9 - 1932
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MRS THEODORE DE LAPORT
44 LIVINGSTON STREET
RHINEBECK, NEW YORK

April 9, 1932

Veterans Bureau
Pension Department 

Will you kindly send me the pension papers (copy) of Andrew Frazier - a [Scotchman] died in 1846 aged 102-11 - 18 days. He was "lady servant" of Washington. He married an Indian & his descendants are living here some having intermarried with the colored race.  As chairman of the Washington Bi-Centennial Comm. I am seeking his credentials.  I inferred from the family living here that he had colored blood, but find he did not.  

Helen R. de Laporte

Regent Chancellor Livingston Chapter
D.A.R.
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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.  Andrew Frasher * Ser. File 13079

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICES | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STATE

Sept 1775 | Jany 1777 | Pvt | Capt. Charles Graham | Col. Philip Van Cortland | NY

Spring 1777 | 7 mos. | " | Capt. Rea and William Stewart | Graham |
Mch 1, 1778 | 4 1/2 mos | " | Capt. Rea | Graham |

Battles engaged in Harlem White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pine Plains Dutchess Co. NY
Date of application for pension, Nov 3 1834, His [?] was [al?]
Residence at date of application, Milan Dutchess Co NY
Age at date of application, born in NY City in 1742, date of death not stated [?]
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March 3, 1932
BA-J/MMHP

Mrs. Theodore De Laporte
Rhinebeck
New York

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request Revolutionary War record of an Andrew Frasier, a colored soldier, who was a pensioner and who was buried in Rhinebeck, New York. 

There is no claim for pension on file on account of the services of an Andrew Frasier (or other spelling) in the papers of which it is stated that the soldier was a colored man. 

In order to identify the record of the particular soldier in whom you are interested, please furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and at time he received the alleged pension. If you found his name on a printed list of pensioners, please cite that publication. 

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator. 

Apr. 25, 1932
I called General Accounting Office + was advised by phone (Mrs. Hewson) that this pensioner stated in 1841 that he was living in Milan, Dutchess Co., N.Y. where he had resided for 40 yrs. prior to which he lived in Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., N.Y. - He rec. his first payment (accrued pension) on May 15, 1841 from Mch 4, 1831. He was last paid Mch. 18, 1846 to Mch. 4, 1846., he was still living in Milan, N.Y. Henry Shelden was his atty. His name appears on those records Andrew "Fraser" + he stated that he had never learned to write.