Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7325, Henry Fratt, Penn.
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Penn
Fratt, Henry
Forat, Rebecca
FW. 7325
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11,030
Rev
Pennsylvania
Henry Fratt
Bucks Co in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Col McGaw of the Penn
line for the term of one year

Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on
the 6 of Apl 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of May 1819
and sent to Hon Saml Moore, Doylestown, Buck Co, Penn

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1819 $87.69
Semi anl all'ce endidng 4 Sep 1819  $48.--
$135,69

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

10 [illegible]
25/30. 4/31

Notifications sent July 24, 1820 to
Doctor Samuel B Moore, Boylelstown, Pa
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Henry Fratt

1 year -Penn line
 Admitted
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District of Pennsylvania

On this eleventh day of November AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Bucks in the said district personally appeared Henry Fratt, aged 69 years, resident in Warwick Township, Bucks County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That he the said Henry Fratt enlisted in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Vansants of the 5th Penn Regt, Col McGaw in the month of February AD 1776 that he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, he thinks in October next following and continued a prisoner in New York about three months, that he was then suffered to go home in  a very languishing condition.  That he had enlisted but for one year and that his time had then expired. That he was in no battle but that in defence of the Fort in which they were taken, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service. But that Capn Vansant who is still living in this country has an original muster roll in his possession in which his name is to be found, 
Henry Fratt

I William Fratt, one of the associate judges of the Co of Com Pleas as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Fratt did serve in the Revolutionary War as was stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of 9 months or upwards on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Bucks County ss:
William Watts

I, Samuel Moore, one of the members of Congress from the Rule of Pennsylvania certify that the above named Henry Fratt needs the assistance of his country for his support.  I am well acquainted with him.
Sam Moore, MC
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Henry Fratt

11,030
(Sept 1819)

Continue -
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District of Pennsylvania SS
On this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appears in open Court of Common Pleas holden in Doylestown for the County of Bucks being a Court of record proceeding according to the court of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings, Henry Fratt aged seventy years resident in Bucks County in said district who being first 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 March 18th, 1878 and May 1st, 1820. That he served in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Vanzandt in the regiment commanded by Col Magan in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1878 his certificate being numbered 11.030c
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 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 within the provision of an act of Congress is 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 18 day of 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
Henry (x, his mark) Fratt

Schedule of Property, 
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding
one milk cow one tin plate stove, two bake Irons three iron pots one frying pan one gridiron one tea kettle four [       ] bottom chairs Two tabes three cedar tubs 3 cider buckets, one coffee mil & bellows Shovel Tongs & pot rack. Eleven tea cups and saucers, nine plates and two bowls. Four knives and forks, one spinning wheel, one chest, one sow and two pigs. Manl & four wedges anes and tools for making post fence.
I have no income, nor any debt, due to me except a few trifling sums not amounting in the whole to five dollars. I owe a number of debts of which the following are the chief that I can recollect,
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one debt of 22 Dollars, one debt of 5 Dollars, one of 6 Dollars, one of 13 Dollars and one of 5 1/2 Dollars, one of 10 Dollars one other of 6 Dollars making the sum of 67 Dollars 50 Cents. 
 My occupation is that of a post fence maker but being affected severely with the gravel and otherwise infirm, I am often unable to labour. My Family consist of my wife Rebecca aged 60 years not able to do more that attend to her household affairs, and my son Henry aged about twenty years, and my daughter Margaret about twenty one years old; both able to maintain themselves. I have for several years allowed to live in a tenement belonging to the Pubic Alms House of the County but in the respects have maintained myself until I obtained my Pension. 
Henry (x, his mark) Fratt
Sworn to this 30 June A D 1820
before Wm Watts one of the Judges
of said Co.

Bucks County SS
I, John S Benezet Clerk of Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said county; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property inhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this first day of July in 1820 
John Benezet Prothonotary
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The State of Ohio
Knox County SS
On this thirtieth day of July A D 1839 personally appeared before me Elie Miller, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Knox in the State of Ohio, Rebecca Fratt a resident of the Clinton Township in said county of Knox, aged eighty four 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 the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Henry Fratt since dec'd who was a private in the army of the Revolution, [      ] he served under one Capt Van Zant was in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown & was taken prisoner by the British in New York and confined in the place called the "Sugar Town". She also thinks that the name of Henry Fratt her husband is on the muster Roll or paper of the Revolution, once in the possession of said Capt Van Zant dec'd formerly a resident of Ben Salem Township Buck Co Pa. That he volunteered or enlisted in the County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania and served during the whole war.
She further declairs that she was married to the  said Henry Fratt as his lawful wife from the time of her marriage until the 25th day of April AD 1828 at which time the said Henry Fratt died; That there is not  any record of her marriage with the said Henry Fratt in her knowledge, but that she had a certificate of her marriage, which has be lost within the last few years.  That she was married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January AD 1794 to wit,  at the time above stated & that since the death of her husband she has not been married to any other person. 
Rebecca (x her mark) Fratt
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 30th day of July 1837
Elie Miller Associate Judge
of Knox Common Pleas, Ohio
Attest
Joseph L Davis
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I hereby certify that the written named Rebecca Fratt from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court
Elie Miller, Associate Judge

I hereby certify the written named Rebecca Fratt has presented me with the following documentary evidence, which I believe to be the original pension papers & claims of the Henry Pratt [Fratt} dec'd in the words following, to wit; "War Department Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 Henry Fratt late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list Roll of teh Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence this sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen. 
given at the War office of the United States this twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
(signed)
J.L. Edwards
In the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War"
Inside the above described claim I find numbered in figures No. 11.030 on the back of said document is printed & written, [trust], Payable Semiannually.  The first payment on this certificate will be made on them 4th of September next in Philadelphia at the Bank of the United States" signed "Recorded" at bottom
Also another document which reads as follows to wit; "War Department No 11.030 Pension Office 24 July 1820.
Sir, you are hereby informed that the schedule of you property has been examined & the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll, I am respectfully your obedient servant. signed, V.L. Edwards
To Mr Henry Fratt care of Doct Saml Moore
Doylestown Pa.     Preserve this  & present it with your certificate when you call for the next payment on your pension" 
Mr H. Fratt
(signed) Saml Moore"
Elie Miller Associate Judge
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J A Jordan Jany 17/57
To Marte Jun 26/57
Aug 3/" [57]
J A Jordan "   "   "  [Aug 3/57]
Sent to Wm Dunbar
March 24/60



9481
Ohio Cincinnati
Rebecca Fratt, decd, 
widow of Henry
Penn
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 & End 10th July 1843
Certificate of Pension issued teh 7th day of Feby/  54 and sent to 
Ford S Davis
Mansfield Ohio
Act of March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2.  Page 203
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Louise McMillen
Afft
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State of Ohio
Count of Kox. } SS
Be it known that on this first day of October A.D. 1853 before me a notary Public in and for the county and state aforesaid, and duly authorised by law to administer oaths, Personally appeared Louisa McMillan aged 36 years who being first duly sworn according to law states that she was raised in the family of Sarah Shaw whose former name was Sarah Fratt and who was the daughter of Rebecca Fratt deceased with whom affiant was personally and intimately acquainted.  She having for many years resided with her said daughter Sarah Shaw, that affiant has frequently seen the certificate of the marriage of the said Rebecca Fratt, with the identical Henry Fratt deceased who was prior to his death a Pensioner of the United State government as affiant verily believed , from the fact that she has been shown the certificate of Pension, which was for many years in the possession of his widow, the said Rebecca Fratt, and that both, the certificate of Marraige (sp) and of the Pension, were lost or destroyed about the period when the said Rebecca Fratt died. That affiant has often seen and examined the record which was contained in the family Bible then in the possession of the said widow, Rebecca Fratt, wherein was recorded the marraige (sp) of Henry Fratt to Rebecca Montgomery. Also the births of the children of the same. That she said Rececca Fratt died at the house of her said daughter Sarah Shaw (and who is since deceased) on the 10th day of July 1843 in Knox County Ohio, affiant being a member of the family at the time, and was present at the funeral. Affiant was before, and since, the death of the aforesaid widow Rebecca Fratt, intimately acquainted with her children and has had a correct knowledge of them for many years past, and that she now states, that Rachel Penrose formerly Rachel Fratt and daughter of, as affiant verily believes the said Henry and Rebecca Fratt, whose declaration dated the 30th day of September 1853 has been read to her, is together with Mary White formerly Mary Fratt, and now the wife of Joseph White of then city of Philadelphia Penn'a the children, and the only living children, of the said Henry and Rebecca
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Fratt, the rest of the children named were recorded in the record before mentioned are now, all dead, as affiant verily believes, and affiant further state the leaf which is attached to the declaration aforesaid of Rachel Penrose, is a  part of the record as before mentioned, as contained in the family Bible, which was formerly in the possession of the said Rebecca Fratt deceased. Affiant further states under oath that she has no interest whatever in the claim for a Pension an amount of the service of the said Henry Fratt died, or otherwise, further affiant saith not. 
Louisa McMillen

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify, that I am personally acquainted with the above name Louisa McMillan who [     ] signature is to the foregoing affidavit, that she is a credible witness and that she is of the age therein stated, and I further certify that I am in no manner whatever interested in the claim for a Pension as alluded to in the foregoing affidavit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the National seal of said County the day and date first above written. 
J.B .B. Galusha
Notary Public
Knox Co Ohio
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State of Ohio     }   SS
County of Knox }
I, Saml W Farquhar Clerk of the Court of common Pleas within and for the county and state aforesaid, do herby certify that J.B. Galush before whom the foregoing instrument was executed, was at the time an acting Notary Public in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn according to law, and further that the seal and signature attached thereto and purporting to be his are genuine, and that I have no interest in the claim for Pension to which the foregoing alludes.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and attached my official seal at Mt Vernon this 7th day of November A.D. 1853
Saml W Farquhar Clerk K Co [   ]

Affidavit of 
Mrs Louisa McMillen
claim of heirs of Henry Fratt
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Dayton Ohio December 13, 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Henry Fratt served as a soldier in Revolution died in 1828 left widow by the nane of Rebecca Fratt, who died in 1844.
What amount of pension money are the heirs entitled to and what release, or power of attorney to release, do you require to justify you in paying over what is owing.
Respectfully
J.A.Jordan
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State of Ohio
County of Knox S.S. Be it known, that on this 30th day of September A.D. 1853 Personally appeared before the Probate Court of the county and state aforesaid Rachel Penrose aged 57 years, and a resident of said county of Knox and state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath; make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed prior to the 4th day of February A.D.1853. That she is the daughter of the identical Henry Fratt deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and who was late a Pensioner of the United States Government, that her Mothers name was Rebecca Fratt whose former name was Rebecca Montgomery, and that as a she verily believes from information derived from said parents that they were lawfully married about the year 1784 in or near the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that there is now, no public or private record of the marriage of her said Parents, to her knowledge, the leaf of the Family Bible containing said record being lost or destroyed, but that a s leaf of said Bible containing the record of the birth of the children of her said Parents and in the hand writing of her Father the said Henry Fratt is still in her possession and is her unto annexed, that said 
record has been in her possession ever since the deceased of her said mother, which took place at the house of Mrs Shaw in the county of Knox and the state of Ohio on the 10th day of July A.D. 1843. That he said Father Henry Fratt died at his own house in the county of Bucks and the state of Pennsylvania on the 15th day of April A.D. 1828 affiant further states under oath, that Mary White formerly Mary Fratt and now the wife of Joseph White and who resides in the city of Philadelphia state of Pennsylvania, is the only sister and the only living child besides herself, of the said Parents Henry and Rebecca Fratt as will more fully appear by reference to the affidavits of Louisa Mcmillan and Elizabeth Inks further afficiat saith not
Rachel Penrose
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first
above written, and I certify that Rachel Penrose whose genuine
signature is subscribed, in her own proper hand to the foregoing
declaration, is to Me personally known, that she is credible
person, and that her statements as contained therein are entitled
to full credit, and that the leaf annexed by me is the original
leaf taken from the relic of a family Bible in the possession of
the said Rachel Penrose, to which she refers in her declaration,
and I further certify that I am in no way interested in the claim for
a Pension as set forth by the said Rachel Penrose, and that 
she is of the age therein stated
In testimony whereof I Samuel F. Gilcrest
Judge of the Court of Probate within
and for the County of Knox Ohio have
hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed the seal of said Court at Mt. Vernon
the day & year above written
Samuel F. Gilcrest
Probate Judge [illegible], C, O,

William Fratt was born
July the 6th 1785
Ann Fratt was born
Desember the age[?] 1789.
Martha Fratt was born
Febrery the 20th 1790
Sarah Fratt was born
Febrery the 13 1792.
Mary Fratt was born
January the [illegible[ 1794
Rachel Fratt was born
October the 20 1796.
Margaret Fratt was born
Febrery the 4 [date illegible]
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Probate Judge [illegible]

Sarah Ann Penrose was
born January the 28, 1821
and departed this life June the 24
1821, aged years 4 monts
and 21 days
Henry Penrose was born June the 26th 1824
and departed this life March
the 26th 1825 aged 9 months
January the 25 1826 [this line all crossed through]
Henry Penrose was Born
January the 25th 1826
Sarah Ann Penrose was born 
Febrery 21, 1827
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WIDOW, &c.  
________   an

File No. 7325-
Rebecca Fratt 
Wid. 
Henry Fratt
Pvt. Rev. War
__________
Act: [Illegible] June 17/44
Index: -- Vol. H, Page 252

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rebecca Fratt
Ohio
Suspended
See let 9 Nov
1839 J.S. Davis
Th H. Ford Nov 16. 1853
Ford & Davis 28th Nov. 1853
Same Jany 3 1854

Act 7 July 1838
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11.611
Ohio Cincinnati
widow of Rebecca Fratt decd,
who died on the Henry
of _____  in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the ___ commanded
by Captain ____ of the _____ commanded
by ______ in the Revolution
for one year
______________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
_________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of
February 1854 and sent to
Ford & Davis Mansfield Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk,
Book D Vol. A Page 387
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The subscribers are acquainted with Henry Fratt he is a very poor man with a considerable family he has no means of support but his daily labor which from his advanced age has much failed and must soon altogether
Warwick Nov. 10th 1818

Wm Watts
A Chapman
Sam. Moore
M.C
Chas Meredth
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Henry Fratt, Act 1818. $8 per month.
Paid to 4 March 1828. No death
F. Bush
Auditor
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Pension Office
Jny 3. 1854

Sir
Henry Fratt, Pennsylvania Rolls, Acts
1818 & 1820 $96 per annum, Please state
to what time he was paid
Very Respectfully
L P Walds
Comm of Pensions

F Burhley
Third Auditor
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State of Ohio County of Knox ⎬ SS Be it known that on the 23 day of October A.D. 1833 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Elizabeth Inks aged 46 years and a resident said County of Knox and State aforesaid, who being first duly ?according to law, states that she was previously a resident of Berks County Pennsylvania that she was thus personally and intimately acquainted with the identical Henry Pratt  deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States government on account of services rendered during the Revolutionary war as she then understood and verily believed, that she was also acquainted with Rebecca Pratt who was the wife of the said Henry Pratt, and that they lived together as husband and wife until the decease of the said Henry Pratt, and affiant verily believes that said person was legally married in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, that the said Henry Pratt died in said County of Bucks Pennsylvania sometime in the month of April in the year 1828, that she attended his funeral and witnessed his burial, that the widow of the identical Henry Pratt  some time after the death of her husband removed to Knox County there where she resided until her decease which took place at the house of Mrs Shaw on or about the 11th day of July 1843 as affiant verily believes from her personal knowledge of the facts at the time, though was not present at the burial, Affiant has been intimately acquainted with the children of the said Henry  and Rebecca Pratt deceased, and stated that Rachel Pensone, and formerly Rachel Pratt; and Mary White, formerly Mary Pratt, are  the children, and now the only living children of the aforesaid Henry and Rebecca Pratt deceased, Affiant further states that previous to the death of the said Mary
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and Rebecca Pratt she has frequently seen the record as kept in the family Bible and in the hand write of the said Henry Pratt of his marriage to his said wife whose former name was Rebecca Montgomery, the date of the record not now remembered by affiant, and further that the has no interest in the claim for pension as set forth by declaration of Rachael Pensone  saith note . attest 
Elizabeth J   ?  mark  
C J Potter 
Rei ???
 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I personally acquainted with Elizabeth Tanks whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, that she is a credible person, that the statements as therein made are entitled to credit, and that she of the age she states, and further that I am in no way interested in the claim for Pension to which the foregoing has  ?.
Witness my hand and seal the day and year first above written .
C.J PotterJ. P. State of County 
FOLLLWING IS STRICKEN OUT:
State of Ohio  County  Knox 
Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. B. Galesha(?sp) before whom the foregoing instrument was  executed was at the time acting Notary Public in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law and further that the seal and signature attached there and purporting to be his are genuine.  In Testimony whereof I have heretofore set my hand and attached my official seal at 
at Mt.  this.   day of November A.D. 1853
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County of Knox
State of Ohio   ⎬ S.S.

I Saml W. Farguhar Clerk of the Court of
Comon Pleas within and for the County and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that G. T. Potter before whom the foregoing instrument was executed was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn according to law and further that the signature attached thereto and purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand and attached my official seal at
Mt Vernon this 7th day of November A.D. 1853
Saml W. Farguhar Clerk
N.C. pls.

Applicant Mrs. Elizabeth Fratt
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5895
Rebecca Fratt
of Henry
Ohio
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I Sarah Shaw of the County of Knox & State of Ohio do make
oath & say, that I have repeatedly seen a Certificate of the 
marriage of Henry Fratt Since Death & Rebecca Fratt his wife, formerly
Rebecca Montgomery, & I have read at different times
but sd Certificate is now lost & cannot be found. There has
never been any family record kept of sd marriage
of the sd Henry & Rebecca Frost, but
I am the daugter of the sd Henry & Rebecca Fratt & know that
they did live & cohabit together as man & wife since my earliest
recollection until the death of the sd Henry Fratt. I also know
that the sd Rebecca Fratt has not been married since the death
of her sd husband, Henry Fratt.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 30th day July 1839
Sarah x (her mark) Shaw
Attest J.S. Davis
Elie Miller Associate
Judge Knox Court Pleas
Ohio
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Philadelphia July 20-1857

i receved youre letter from the pension
offic Stating that the mony has bin pade
it was directed to be pade to Mr Hooker
Administrator on the estate of said Rebeca
for the use of Rachel Penrose and rebecca
fratt who ware shone to be her only surviving
children you states to me and sas is youre
whife was also a child of Rebecca fratt
She should apply to Mr. Hooker for her
share of the amount receive by him the pension
certificates were sent to messrs ford and
Davis mansfield Ohio and know thare is a great
mystake made in the nam it shod a sade
mary white in stid of Rebeca fratt thay
never had a child by that nam my whife
mary white and rachel Penrose is the only
two surviving children of Henry and rebecca
fratt my whife receved a Letter Last wintor
from her cystor rachel Penrose saying it was
all ready to be dronaut and wod Deposet
one half to me mary White i rote a Letter
to ford and Davis mansfield Ohio asking
them to led me ware richard Hooker 
lives and i receves know answer my whife
rote a Letter to her cytor Rachel penrose mount vernon
Ohio and She dont receve any ancer.
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Hon G.C. Whiting i would be very much pleased and thank you very kindly if you will tell me ware Richard Hooker Lives. I wont that my mistake rectified money pade for the youse of
Rebecca Fratt a Child never none in the family I haf bin in the family better them, forty years i haf a good rite to now is wont to be put on the rite
trac
Rite to me as soon as posable
Direct your Letter to
Joseph White in Prospect Street
belong Maston.. So 1345
Philadelphia pensylvania
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State of Ohio
Knox County ss
On this 7th day of December A.D.1853 before me a Probate Judge duly authorized to administer oaths personally appeared Louisa McMillan of said county & State who being first duly sworn according to law says as she has before said in her statement taken on the first day of October A.D. 1853 that she was personally and intimately acquainted with Rebecca Fratt now deceased & who was the widow of Henry Fratt deceased late a pensioner of the United States Government, that she has frequently seen the Record of the manage of the said Henry Fratt to the said Rebecca Fratt whose former name was Rebecca Montgomery that it is her best recollection that said Record dated the marriage of said Henry Pratt to the said Rebecca Montgomery sometime in the month of May A.D. 1784 but cannot say positively, that she has often heard the said Rebecca Fratt
in her life time speak of her said marriage to said Henry Pratt and till the day and year when it occurred and it is her best recollection that
it was in the month of May A.D. 1784 as told to her by said Rebecca Pratt deceased. affiant further says on oath that she often saw &  examined the leaf in the family Bible containing the records of the births of the children of said Henry & Rebecca Fratt and which leaf was attached to Rachel pension declaration that said leaf contained no record of the marriage of said
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Henry and Rebecca Fratt that of the time
said leaf was attached to said declaration as
aforesaid no part containing any record
whatever have been torn therefore but 
contained the same record as when affiant
saw it in the said family Bible.
Affiant further states that she well remembers
that the said Rebecca Fratt died on
the tenth day of July A.D. 1843 from the fact
that affiant came to said Knox County to
reside in the spring prior to the death of
said Rebecca Fratt and that she knows
full well that she came to said county to 
live as aforesaid in the spring of 1843 and
that affiant was deprived of participating
in the celebration of the fourth of July of the same
year by reason of the sickness of said Rebecca
Fratt which sickness resulted in her
death on the 10th of July A.D. 1843.
Affiant further says in oath that she
was familiarly acquainted with all of 
the children of said Henry & Rebecca Fratt
that Rachel Penrose of Knox County Ohio
formerly Rachel Fratt & Mary White of
Philadelphia Pennsylvania are the
children of the same Henry & Rebecca Fratt and
that affiant knows of her own knowledge
they are the only living children of said
Henry & Rebecca Fratt the others all being
dead. She further says she has no interest
in the pension claim of said heirs
Louisa McMillen
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Sworn to & subscribed before me Judge of the
Probate within & for Knox County this the
day & year above written & I hereby certify
that I am acquainted with Louisa McMillen
whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing statement that she is a person
of good moral character & of good reputation for truth & veracity & that the foregoing statement is worthy of full faith & credit. I further certify that I have no interest in the pension claim of said Rachel Penrose
Samuel F. Gilcrest by
James McMillan
Dept Clk P.C.Te.C.O
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State of Ohio
Knox County SS
Be it known that on this 7th day of December A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me a Justice of Peace within & for said County & State duly authorized to administer oath Elizabeth Inks aged 46 years formerly of Bucks County Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath says that she was for a number of years intimately acquainted with Henry Fratt deceased in his lifetime and up the time of his death that said Henry Fratt and Rebecca Fratt now deceased lived & cohabited together as man & wife during all the time of affiants acquaintance with them, and until the death of said Henry Pratt which took place in said Bucks County Pennsylvania in the month of April A.D. 1828. as affiant well recollects from the fact that her oldest child was at the time of the death of said Henry Fratt nearly six months of age and said child was born in the latter part of October AD 1827 that affiant was present at the burial of said Henry Pratt.
affiant further states that she has been well
acquainted with all of the children of the said
Henry & Rebeca Fratt deceased that Rachel
Penrose of said County of Knox State of Ohio & formerly Rachel Fratt and Mary White of the City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania formerly Mary Fratt are the children of the said Henry Fratt & Rebecca Fratt, deceased and they are the only children now living of said Henry & Rebecca Frott all of the other children being dead to affiants knowledge. She further says she has interest in said pension
X her mark Elizabeth Tules
Attest H. P. Davis
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Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and 
year above written and thereby certify that I
am personally acquainted with Elizabeth
Inks whose genuine signature is subscribed
to the foregoing statement that she is a 
person of good character for truth & veracity
and that the foregoing statement by
her made is entitled to full faith & credit.
I further certify that I have no interest in
the Pension claim of said Rachel Penrose
George W. Woodcock J.P.

The State of Ohio}
Knox County SS} I, Samuel W. Farquhar Clerk 
of the Court of Common Pleas within
and for said County do hereby certify
that George W. Woodcock Esq before 
whom the foregoing affidavit was
taken was at the time of taking the
same as acting Justice of the Peace
within and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified and duly authorized to perform such acts
and
that the signature thereto purporting to be his is
genuine. And that I have no interest in the claim
for Pension by Rachel Penrose.
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said
Court at Mount Vernon Ohio this 7th day of December
AD 1853.
Saml. W. Farquhar Clerk
R C pleas
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Fratt
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Fratt wid of Henry
Knox County and State of Ohio
acts July 7, 1838 & March 3d 1843
_______________
Claim (" original, or for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pension Act March 18, 1818
& May 1820.
________
Record [Illegible] to 1794

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Ford
& Davis
Mansfield
Ohio
Examining Clerk.
de mile
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Dayton Ohio June 26. 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Under date Jany 17, 1857 you unto me
that the Children of Rebecca Pratt had received all they were entitled to in her right as wife of Henry Pratt,
Please inform me to whom it was paid and when
and whether they are not entitled to some land
Truly yours
J. A. Jordan
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Admit for 1 year from 4 Mch 1836 to
10 July 1843 under1872 to
Rachel Penrose & Mary White
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Cincinnati (O.) Agency,
Rebecca Fratt dec
who was the widow of
Henry, who was a
private Pa troops
Act Acts Jug 1, 1838
March 3d 1843.
1 year private $40 per
Ann. Com March 4, 1836,
Paid July 10, 1843, when
she died
Payable to Richard Hooker
Administrator, use of
Rachel Penrose &
Rebeca Fratt, and children &tc.
To Misses Ford & Davis
Mansfield, Ohio
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Mansfield Dec 26th 1853
Sir
Herewith enclosed find further proof
in Rachel Penrose application for Pension.
The record [of the--Struck Thru] proof of Rebecca Fratt death attached by Judge Gilcrist to said
Rachel Penrose second declaration is
missing side out the Record being on
the side next to the declaration.
Yours truly
Ford & Davis

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
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Washington City D C Jan 28/84
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Sir
Please deliver to F Moulton Esq the pension
Certificate of Rebecca Fratt an the Heirs of Rebecca Fratt in said case Richard Hooker Esq
is the administration and oblige
Your Obt Servant
Thomas H Ford
Atty
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I Rachel Penrose daughter of Henry Fratt deceased who was soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who was late a Pensioner of the United States goverment do hereby constitute and appoint Thos H. Ford of Richland County
and State of Ohio Attorney both in law and in fact, for me and for my use, and in my behalf, and in my name, or in his own name, or otherwise at his discretion, to ask, apply for recover and receive from the Secretary of War, the Commissioner of Pensions, the Pay Master
General, or from any office or Department of the United States Government, or any officer or person connected therewith, generally all sums of money, arrearages of pay, extra pay, pensions, bounty lands, or claims, allowances or property of any kind, that may be due or become due to me for or on account of his military or other services rendered the United States, for which I have now, or may hereafter
have any claim, under or by virtue of any law of the Congress of the United States, or in any way whatever; and particularly in the right of my Father, the provision made by the several acts of congress for the benefit of the widow, and surviving children of Revolutionary soldiers.  And I hereby fully authorize and empower my said Attorney to take all lawful means for the recovery of the aforesaid or any part thereof; to attend to the final adjustment of all business now pending before either of the offices or officers, above mentioned, in which I am interested, and to make
examination for us of all rolls and records, and proof filed therein; to give all necessary receipts releases, discharges, or other sufficient acquittances upon payment of the same to him : to make compromises, if he deem it expedient, and to do all other acts and things in the premises that I could do were I personally present, hereby revoking all former powers of attorney heretofore executed by me, and also hereby granting to my said Attorney Thos. H. Ford all my power, and authority, in the premises, firmly and irrevocably, and hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever
he shall do lawfully by virtue hereof.- Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of August
A.D. 1853.
Signed sealed and executed in presence of
Rachel Penrose
J. B. Galusha
Louisa McMillen
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
THE STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY OF Knox SS.
On the ninth day of August
A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me a notary Public in and for the county aforesaid, the above named Rachel Penrose to me well known, and ACKNOWLEDGED the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and the purposes therein mentioned.
J B Galusha
Notary Public
Knox Co Ohio
[seal]
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Power of Atty
To
Thos H Ford
Mansfield
Ohio
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5895
Ohio
Aug. 5

[Postal Stamp]
MT. VERNON OHIO

[O.M. -- Struck Thru]

Act 7 July, 1838
Mrs Pratt
OR
Rebecca Fratt

Free
Mr. J.L. Edwards
Washington City
Commissioner of Pensions
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Mt Vernon July 31st 1839
J. L. Edwards
Sir
I desire that this application for a pension may be investigated & determined at the earliest possible convenience, for the Lady
is very old and frail; both she & her daughter
with whom she lives are in extremely indigent
circumstances. Please write immediately and
let me know whether the pension will be allowed
and direct to Joseph S. Davis Mt Vernon
Knox County Ohio
Yours Respectfully
J.S. Davis
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State of Ohio
Richland County ss
On this the 23 day of December AD 
1853 before me Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas within & for the
County of Richland and State aforesaid personally appeared Richard Hooker a resident of the town of Mansfield in Richland County Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to
law, states that he drew up the declaration
of Mrs Rachel Penrose dated the 30th day of September 1853 and which was forwarded by her Atty Thos H Ford Esqr of Mansfield Ohio to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City, That he was present when the said Rachel Penrose subscribed her name and swore to her said declaration before Judge Gilcrest of Mt Vernon Knox County Ohio, that the leaf containing the names and births of the children of Henry & Rebeca Pratt decd and
which was attached by Judge Gilcrest to said
declaration, was taken from an old and much
worn family Bible by affiant, (there was the appearance of other leaves being torn out) the said leaf as attached contained all the record that had formerly been entered upon it, the appenege of said leaf was considerably torn and ragged, for the sake of appearrce and convenience in attaching, affiant, folded over so much of that portion of the tattered edge as to straighten it, and tore the same off, Mrs Penrose stated to affiant at the time, that the leaf upon which was recorded the marraige of her said Parents had been torn out and lost or destroyed as it could not be then found, that there was no record of names upon
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the fragments of the edge which was torn off for the purpose as before stated. Affiant further states that he has no interest in the claim of the said Rachel Penrose for Pension
Richd Harker
Sworn to and subscribed before me James Stewart Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Sixth Judicial District of Ohio, and I hereby certify that I am personally and intimately acquainted with Richard Hooker
whose genuine signature is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, that he is a credible person and that his statements as contained therein are entitled to full credit, and I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the Claim for pension to which the foregoing alludes
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand the day and year first above written
James Stewart
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State of Ohio
Richland County ss
I Calvin A Croninger Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that James Stewart whose genuine signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time, and now is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the sixth Judicial District of Ohio, that he was duly elected & commissioned as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and attached my official seal of said Court at Mansfield this 24 day of December A.D. 1853
C. A. Croninger,
By Wm S. Higgins Deputy
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State of Ohio
Knox County ss. 
Be it known that on this
the 8th day of December A.D. 1853
personally appeared before the Probate
Court within & for said County & State Rachel
Penrose aged 57 years who being first duly
sworn according to law on her oath says that
she is the identical Rochel Penrose who made
a former declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the several acts of
congress passed prior to the 4th day February
A.D. 1853 & to which declaration was attached
a leaf from an old family Bible containing
the record of the births of the children of her said parents Henry Fratt & Rebecca Fratt which
record was in the hand writing of her said
father, that the leaf containing the record of the marriage of her said parents Henry Fratt &
Rebecca Montgomery is lost or destroyed &
cannot now be found. that said leaf attached to her former declaration as aforesaid
contained no record of said marriage, that
said leaf had been torn out of said family Bible
a long time since, that no part had been torn from said of that contained any record of any kind to her knowledge. Affiant further says on oath that her said father Henry Fratt died on the 15th day of April A.D. 1828 as she distinctly remembers from the age of her oldest child [struck through] daughter who was born on the 21st day of February A.D. 1828 & whom affiant recollects was nearly two months old at the time her said father died. Affiant further says that at the time her said Mother Rebecca Pratt died she recorded her death on a piece of paper in her own hand
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writing and which she has had in her possession since that time and which original paper is hereunto attached
Rachel Penrose
Sworn to & subscribed before me Judge of the
Probate Court of Knox County State of Ohio the day & year above written & I hereby certify that Rachel Penrose whose genuine signature
is above subscribed is a person of good more
character & the foregoing statement worthy of full credit & belief & that the paper hereunto annexed by me containing the Record of the death of Rebecca Fratt is the original papers to which she refers in the foregoing declaration I further certify that I have no interest in said claim for pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mt Vernon this [illegible] of December AD. 1853
Samul F. Gilcrest
Probate Judge R.C.O.
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Benjamin Penrose was born
September the 16th 1791

Rachel Penrose was born
October the 20 1796
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Philadelphia June 10th 1857
Hon G. C. Whiteny i ask a favor of you that is to send me record whether Lawyer 
Sap he being one of the Congress men Last winter my wife receved a letter last
December from her Cyster [sister?] Rachel Penrose Living at Mount Vernon Ohio saying
that she had employde Mr Sap to draw pension mony and Bounty Land out of the
pension office for her and her syster
Mary White know Living in Philadelphia
and if he codent drow it out with out my
whifes ascytance he said he wod rite
for for her qualified proof that hor and
Rachel Penrose is the only too surviving ares 
of Henry & Rebecca Pratt and he never never rote which make me think they haf got hold of
the property Henry Pratt as a privet
in the revolutionary war and served till
press he drew his peson here in Philadelphia
he has bin did about 29 years and and after
his deth his widdow went to Mount Vernon Ohio to live with her Dautor Rachel Penrose and She has bin ded about eleven years and
Mrs Penrose sade her mother never drode
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any many after the deth of her husbend is meant you to excumen the penson office to find the nam of Henry F Fratt in the revolutionary roles
If there is anything comming I wod like to know how much and wot way we are to procede in giting a hold of the property
if there is Land I wod like to now how
much and ware it is.  i will be very much ablodged to youif you will anser the lines soon and i will be abliged
Dyrect youre letter to
Joseph white in prosspect 
St below Mastor pillace
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State of Ohio Knox County
I Samuel F. Gilcrest Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that in the Journal of the Minuets of said Court among other entries the following is found
"Probate Court Knox County Ohio
January 19th 1854
On motion it is ordered by the Court that letters Testamentary on the Estate of Rebecca Fratt late of said County deceased issue to Richard Hooker on his entering into Bond conditioned according to law in the
sum of Two thousand dollars with William
Dunbar & John Adams as sureties to
the acceptance of the Court Whereupon
the said Richard Hooker appeared in Court
accepted said trust and gave Bond as
required by the Court & Law
I Samuel F. Gilcrest Judge of the
Court of Probate in and for said
County hereby certify that the above
is a correct copy of the Journal entry
of the appointment in said Estate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my name & affixed the seal of said
Court at Vernon this 19th day of
Jany 1854
Samuel F. Gilcrest
Judge & Exofficio Clerk
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Mansfield Jany 20th 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir. Herewith enclosed we
send the certificate of the appointment of
Richard Hooker as Administrator of the
Estate of Rebecca Fratt deceased together
with the amount of his official Bond
Yours Respect
Ford & Davis
Mansfield Ohio
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Mt. Vernon, Ohio, March, 12, 1860
Commissioner of Pensions:
Sirs,
Will you please to inform me by return mail whether Richard Hooker, lateof Licking County, Ohio, on or about the 23d day of February, 1854, obtained a pension, or a land warrant for a widow lady by the name of Rebecca Fratt, and if so, the amount of said pension. It is a matter of some importance to me as one of his sureties',
and your immediate attention to this will confer a
great favor upon me,
Very Respectfully 
Wm. Dunbar
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 Mansfield Nov. 21st 1853
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
[illegible]- Yours of the 16th [illegible] in reference to the pension claim of the heirs of Henry Fratt is recd. in which you say "Louisa McMillin & Elizabeth Inks both testify to having seen the record the marriage of Henry & Rebecca Pratt in the family Bible.  A portion of the record has been sent to this office  containing the dates of the births of the children while the part containing the date of the marriage is withheld. " &etc
Allow us to refer you to the testimony in the case.
1rst. Mrs. Penrose in her declaration says "that
there is now no public or private record of
the marriage of her said parents to her
knowledge " &etc
2ns Mrs. McMillen States "she has been shown the certificate of Pension which was for many
years in the possession of his widow the said
Rebecca Fratt and that both the certificate
of marriage & of the Pension were lost or destroyed about the period when the said Rebecca Fratt died" Showing definitely that said record has been lost but the record of the
birth of the children was preserved-
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If any further proof of reputation of
manager is required any amt. of such proof
can be procured
Your Most Obty.
Ford & Davis
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District of Pennsylvania
On the 17th day of May 1819 Heny Fratt appeared in person before me one of the Judges the Court of Common pleas for the County of Bucks in the said District,
who upon his oath by me duly administered did depose and say that on the sixth day of April 1818 he the deponent made application before Samuel Hart Esquire (then one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of March 18th 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", which application he understood from the said Samuel Hart was sent back from the war department on account of some informality, and is since lost, that he again made a similar application sometime in the month of September last before Wm Watts Esquire which he understands from Dr S. Moore is satistory-- and that he has now no other evidence of the date of his original or first application-
Henry Fratt [his signature]
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me the day and date aforesaid
Wm Wattes
NB. The deponant says he spell name Forat
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Henry Fratt
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I William Watts the subscribing Judge within named do Certify that to my knowledge the within deponant made the first application within spoken of some time previous to the 15th April 1818 as on that day I ceased to act as the Prothonotary of the Court within named and having a little time before [illegible] to the said Henry Fratt a Certificate of Samuel Hart being in Commission as a Judge -- and I have no doubt but it was on the day within stated

Wm Watts

From circumstances [illegible] to me by Henry Fratt with whom I am well acquainted I am convinced that his first application was made on the first of April [an illegible inserted word] as he States---

Saml Moore
MC
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Bucks County SS:

[A large, illegible seal below the heading and to the left of the following text]

I Samuel D. Ingham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the Said County do Certify that Samuel Hart Esquire named in the ameded deposition was at the time therein stated one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas and that William Watts before whom the said deposition was made and who hath subscribed the same, is, and was, at the time the same was made duly commissioned a Judge of the said Court -- Witness my hand and Seal of the said Court at Doylestown this 25- day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and nineteen--

S D Ingham Proy
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Frawney, John, decd.
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11202
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED August 8, 1792 to Charles Robeson, Admn.
*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 subsequent 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.