Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9436, Levin Frazier, Md. Md. Sea Service

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Md. Md Sea Service
Frazier, Learn
Elizabeth
R. 9436

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Levin Frazier
3527
Octo: 1818

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Dorchester County 4th Judicial District of Maryland
On this [blank] day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record created by the laws of Maryland for the said county in the said district Leven Frazier aged seventy years resident in the County and District afs. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows that he enlisted as a private in 1776 under Capt. James Hindman who commanded the 4th Independent Company afterwards attached to Col. Smallwood's Battalion in which service he continued two years after which he left the land service & entered the naval service as a midshipman under Capt John Davie who commanded the W. L. galley called the Conqueror in which service he continued about 18 months after which he entered as a second lieutenant under Capt. Bennet Matthews who commanded the galley called the Independent in which he remained about 18 months more, when the galley service ceased, he retired from the serve with other officers of the same description somethings after which he entered as first Lieutenant on board the Gorge "Defence" commanded by Capt. Solomon Frazier in which he remained till the conclusion of the Revolutionary War _ the date of the first declaration was on the 4th of May 1818 the date of the pension certificate is the 10th day of October 1818. No. 3527
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 other 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 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons

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Persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818: and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other what is contained in the foredate hereto annexed and by me subscribed, he the said Levin Frazier had no property of any description whatever except a lot of ground of 80 acres which he in right of his wife acquired by the death of Charles Eccleston her brother. The land is very poor and unproductive _ The creditors of the said Levin have judgments against the said lot of land more than the value of the said land, which will in short time be sold to satisfy the debts of sd. Levin so that in fact the said Levin is worth nothing [scribble] his occupation is that of a farmer, from age and disease is not very able to pursue it _ the declarant has three daughters Margaret, Elisabeth & Susan, that Margaret is about 35 years of age healthy _ Elisabeth about 26 years old healthy & Susan about 20 years of age also healthy
Levin Frazier

Sworn to and declared on the twenty first day of October 1820
Before Dorchester County Court in the State of Maryland in open court
[illegible] E Richardson NR

I Ezekiel Richardson clerk of Dorchester County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court: and I do further certify that it is the opinion od the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the [illegible] schedule

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[continued from previous page]

_dule is [long blank line]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said court this 6th day of November 1820.
E Richardson [illegible]
Cleark of the Court for the County of Dorchester in the State of Maryland.

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11.665
Maryland
Levin Frazier
of Dorchester in the State of Maryland who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain HIndman of the [illegible] commanded by Col. Smallwood in the Maryland line for 

2 Y Lieutenant $288.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 288 Dollars +  cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June and sent to 
1833 J McCutcheon [illegible] present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 | 576.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. " | 144.00

$720.00
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

[Stamp and Signature]
Recorded by I.T.Sprague, Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 105

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Let. 23 July 1842
Hon. J. D. Jones
Same Aug 1, 1842

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State of Maryland
Dorchester County

On this 24th day of December 1832 personally appeared in an open court before the judges of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County now sitting Levin Frazier a resident of the state & county aforesaid aged 78 years the 10th day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to the 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 into service of the United States Army the 11th day of March 1776 under Capt. Frances Hindman of the 4th Maryland Regiment commanded by Lieut. Smallwood for the particulars of which service see the declaration made by the applicant upon which a pension of twenty dollars/month was granted him on the 10th day of October 1818 the addition to the above service the entire [illegible] service of the State of Maryland about June or July 1778 as a volunteer and service 18 months as a midshipman under Capt. John Davy and Lt. Abraham Gorman on board the Galley Conquerrer, had they cruised up and down the Chesapeake Bay as occasion required during which time they had some skirmishes but no regular engagement --
That after he had served 18 [illegible0 as above stated he applied to Gov. Thomas Johnson at Annapolis Maryland who granted him a Lieut. commission

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That he then entered the service on board the Galley Independence as a Lieut. and served 18 months under Capt. Bennet Matthews and Lieut. John Newton that they coursed up and down the Chesapeake Bay as occasion required but had no regular engagement with the Enemy __That he subsequently served 12 months as a Lieut. on board the barge Defense and on his brother Captain Solomon Frazier which also crushed up and down the aforesaid bay as was thought necessary that he has no documentary evidence of his service, he having surrounded his commission to the Gov. when he left the service, which time he does not recollect but he is positive that he served 30 months in the States services as a Lieut. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of the State of Maryland. 

1st Interrogatory
Where and in what year were you born
Answer. In Dorchester County State of Maryland on the 10th day of May 1754

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2 Intgy. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it
Answer. I have none there was one but I do not know what has become with it

3 Intg. Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Answer in the State of Maryland Dorchester County

4th Intgy. How were you called into service; were drafted did you volunteer or were a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I served in the army as a substitute for Thomas Chaplain, in the state service I volunteered

5 Intgy. 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 genl. circumstances of your service
Answer I knew Lieut. Washington Lieut. Mayne Lieut. Smallwood and many officers since forgotten in the land services, which in the state of service I knew the officers enumerate in the above declaration

6 Intgy. Did you ever receive a commission if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it 
Answer I did __ it was signed by Gov. Johnson of Maryland and I returned it to him when I left the service 

7 Intgy. State the names of some of the persons in your neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior

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Admitted
2 yrs
Lieutenant
$288.00
I. McCutcheon Esq. 
Present

Now receives a pension, make the usual entries

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Your services as a soldier --

Answer William W Eccleston and Saml. LeCompte esp. can testify as to my character for veracity. I know of no one who can vouch for my service as a soldier death having taken nearly all my fellow soldiers off and those who are left are so far departed from me that it would be impossible for me to establish my claims in that way 
[Signature] Levin Frazier

We, Stevens W. Woolford a clergyman residing in Dorchester County, State of Maryland, and Wm W Eccleston residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Levin Frazier who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and the we concur in the opinion [signature] Stevens W. Woolford
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [signature] Wm. W. Eccleston

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Named applicant was a Revolutionary solider and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Stevens W. Woolford who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in Dorchester County State of Maryland and that Wm. W. Eccleston who has lso signed the same is a resident of the county and state aforesaid and is a creditable person, and this statement is entitled to credit. [signature] J.C. Henry
James Thompson Justice of the Court

Test [a line of scribbles]
William W Eccleston
I Wm. W. Eccleston Clerk of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration &c (to which this piece of paper was sealed in my presence) contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Levin Frazier for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of Office this 25th day of December  1832
[signature] William W. Eccleston. Register of Wills Dor County

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Maryland 3821
Elizabeth Frazier
widow of Levin Frazier
who died on the 5 July 1842
of Dorchester Co in the State of Maryland 
who was a Lt. of Infy in the Compy commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt. commanded by Smallwood in the Maryland line for 18 m.: Lt. Infy
" ": " Navy

Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore at the rate of 312 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence of the 5th day of [crossed out March 1831] July 1842: the day of husbands death. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Jany 1843: I sent to John N Steele Cambridge Maryland
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi=annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3

[Stamp and Signature] 
Recorded by Theo L Moody Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 165

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State of Maryland, Dorchester County SS}
On this 8th day of October 1842, personally
appeared before the subscriber one of the Justi
ces of the peace for said county and state,
[underlined] Elizabeth Frazier a resident of said county
and State, aged between [underlined] seventy seven and 
seventy eight 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 provisions made
by the act of Congress passed July 4th, 1836:
That she is the widow of Levin Frazier late
of Dorchester County Maryland deceased who
was an ensign in the revolutionary army
and subsequently a lieutenant in the naval
forces during the years 1781, 1782 and 1783 part
all of which services are duly set forth &
satisfactorily established by proof now on
file in the pension office in your depart
ment & as by reference [illegible] will fully ap
pear - as she said Levin Frazier was a
pensioner of the United States up to the
time of his death. She further declared
that she was [inserted] lawfully married to the said Levin Fra
zier on the fourteenth day of January in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty one,
that her husband, the aforesaid Levin Frazier
died on the fifth day of July 1842, and 
that she has remained a widow ever since
that period, as will more fully appear
by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day
and year above written before 
Elizabeth Frazier & John A. L. Radcliff
]One of the Justices of the Peace of Said
[in a hand drawn cloud is the word "Seal"]

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state for dorchester County - }

I hereby certify that I know Elizabeth Frazier
the above affient well and that she is a woman
of strict veracity and worthy of all credit
John AL Radcliff
One of the Justices of [inserted] the peace
for the County and state
aforesaid__
The word "lawfully" in Elizabeth Fraziers declaration
was inserted between the 11th & 12th lines from the
bottom, before her subscription to & execution of the
[illegible]
John A,L Radcliff

State of Maryland}
Dorchester County}
I William Jackson Clerk of
the Court of Dorchester County Certify that John Radcliff
Gentleman is a justice of the Peace as above, and that the
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed
my name and affixed by Seal of office this 11th day of October
in the year of 1842.
Wm Jackson Clk
of the Court of Dorchester
County.
[vertically at the bottom of the document is the following]
No 5676
Elizabeth Frazier
of [illegible]
Maryland
act 4 July 36
m 81. d 42
[illegible]
18mo. Lt. [illegible]
[underlined] 6 mo + 8mo- Lt. Navy
312$
from 5 of July '42 
the day of her hus
bands death
John N. Steele
Cambridge
Md

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Maryland Dorchester County [illegible] I hereby Certify that on the fourteenth
day of January, in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Eighty one
Levin Frazier and Elizabeth Eccleston of the County aforesaid obtained a 
marriage license from this office [crossed off]
In testie many whereof I have here unto set my hand and
affixed the public Seal of my office this 9th day
of October Anno Domini 1842
William Jackson Clk

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                                                 April 14, 1932

                                         Levin Frazier-W.9436
                                             xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                                             BA-J/EEL

Mr. Norris L. Barratt, Jr.
1300 Lucust Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

       Reference is made to your letter relative to Levin Frazier, a solder of the Revolutionary War.

        Levin Frazier was born May 10, 1754, in Dorchester County, Maryland.
    
         While residing in Dorchester County, Maryland, he enlisted March 11, 1776, served as a private in Captain James Hindman's Company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland Regiment, and was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains and Trenton, length of service two years.

           In June or July, 1778, he entered on board the galley "Conqueror. Captain John Davie, and served eighteen months as a midshipman, he was commissioned, date not given, second lieutenant and served as such on board the galley "Independence". Captain Bennet Matthews, for eighteen months: after the termination of this service, he served twelve month as first lieutenant on the barge "Defence", Captain Solomon Frazier, who was a brother of Levin Frazier, no dates are given for this service.

          Levin Frazier was allowed pension on his application executed May 4, 1818, whole residing in Dorchester County, Maryland.

           He died July 5, 1842.
       
           The soldier married January 14, 1781, Elizabeth Eccleston. Both were of Dorchester County, Maryland, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the clerk of said Dorchester County.

            Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed October 8, 1842, at which time she was aged about seventy-eight years and resided in Dorchester County, Maryland.

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     She died November 11, 1849.

      Three children survived their mother: James Frazier, Mary Stewart and Susan Harrington. In 1820, soldier referred to three daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Susan, aged in that year, thirty-five, twenty-six and twenty years, respectively. 

     The widow had a brother, Charles Eccleston, who died prior to 1820. William W. Eccleston was clerk of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County Maryland, in 1832, no relationship to Elizabeth shown. One Samuel Harrington was appointed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Frazier, no relationship to the family shown.

                                 Very truly yours


                                  A. D. HILLER
                                  Assistant of Administrator

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[two columns on the page]
[left column]
1915 June 4 Hist. to Mrs
H. K. Gorsuch &
1917 May 19 To Anna S Lewis &
1932-Apr14 Leist
Av Norris L Barratt
Clerk

[right column]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. [underline]943E
Elizabeth Frazier
Wid. of
Levin Frazier
Lieut. Mod. line
Act: July [illegible] of 36, Sec 31
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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3527.
(initials LL)
Maryland
Levin Frazier
Lieutenant
Maryland Siur
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the roll of Maryland
at the rate of 20 dollars per month, to commence
the 4th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Oct 1818
and sent to William B Matthews by
care of the Clerk of Dorchester
County, Maryland.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818 [illegible] 80.73
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Act Mar 1819 120.00
[double line above and below] $200.73
[in brackets] {Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}
Recd. 1776 [inserted] five years to 1781
Dorchester Co Md
[crossed off] Continued
[in the left margin at the bottom of the page, vertically written]
[illegible] letter Nov. 21. 1828 to Sec of
War.
Notification sent 22 Nov 1820 to E Richardson Cambridge Md.

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Elizabeth Frasier
of Levin
Maryland
Suspended
See let 14 Oct '42
Same Dec 12, 1842
J. N. Steele
Act 4 July 1836

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House of Repr. July 22, 1842

Sir
Levin Frazier, Lieut. [inserted] Dorchester, Md of the Revolutionary
army, late a Pensioner, is dead. His widow
with when he had lived 61 or 62 years, 
married him, and is in very needy cir
cumstances. Will you be good enough
to inform me whether[illegible]
pension laws the wife be entitled
to a pension?
Yours respectfully
J. D. Jones
J. S. Edwards [illegible]

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Payable on the 4th of
March & 4th of Sept in each
year; at the Branch
Bank [illegible] Baltimore
Maryland

Major Hudge
Judge Hayward
Recorded

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                           WAR DEPARMENT 
                                Revy Claim

     I CERTIFIY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES of the 18th of March, 1818, Levin Frazier, late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Resolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maryland Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month to commence on the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

            GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES this tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

                                JC Calhoun
                                 Secretary of War

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State of Maryland Sir:
On this fourth day of May 1818 before me the
[illegible] chief Judge of the 4th Judicial district of
Maryland personally appeared Levin Frazier aged
about fifty three years resident in Dorchester County
of the state [illegible] who being duly from [illegible]
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 Levin Frazier enlisted on the year
1776 as well as he recollects, in the States [illegible] the [illegible]
Navy commanded by Captain James Hurdman of the
Maryland line that he continued to serve in the said
[illegible], or in the service of the United States until [crossed off]the
about the year 1781 when he resigned his [illegible]
that he enlisted as a private soldier & was [illegible]
to the 'Galleys' & helo at the time of his [illegible]
tion the [illegible] of [illegible] under Capt Bennet 
Matthews - that he was in the battle of Long
Island at New York at White Plains &
Treanton - and that he is in reduced circumstances
and [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country
for support - Sworn to and declared before me
the day and year aforesaid - 
William B Martin

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[vertically written text on upper right] Levin Frazier
4 May
[text is horizontal here on]
I William B. Martin Chief Judge of
the fourth Judicial district of Maryland
as afore[unknown] do certify, that it appears
to my [illegible] before [illegible] [illegible] the said Levin
Frazier did serve in the revolutionary
war as stated in the preceeding declar
ation, against the common enemy;
and I now [illegible] the proceedings [illegible]
testimony taken @ that before me to the
Secretary for the Department of War [illegible]
[illegible] to the direction of the aforemen
tioned act of congress
May 4th 1818
William B Martin
Maryland Dorchester County Court I hereby certify to all manner of persons to whom it doth
or may concern that the honorable William B Martin [illegible] whom the above
Certificate appears to have been given and whose name is [illegible] to subscriber
was at the time of giving and subscribing the same and [illegible] is the 
Chief [illegible]of the fourth Judicial district of the state of Maryland.
duly Commissioned and Sworn
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the public seal of my office
this day of May 1818
E Richardson

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I Levin Frasier of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, do hereby declare
that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution
and [illegible] as such to the end of the war at [2 illegible words] I was a Lieutenant
in the [blank] regiment of the Maryland line and I do further declare
that I have [illegible] of the United States as a pensioner Since the last
day of March eighteen hundred and twenty six. [illegible]hundred and forty [illegible] Dollars
paid to me by the agent for paying pensioners in the State of Maryland
[illegible] & my hand this Thirteenth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred
and twenty Eight
Levin Frazier

Before me James Houston a Justice of the peace in and for Dorchester County
in the State of Maryland duly confirmed to Administer oath & [illegible]
appeared this day the thirteenth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred
and twenty Eight William W. Eccleston and William C Ridgeway of the said County
woh did [illegible] make oath that Levin Frazier by whom the [illegible]
declaration was [illegible] is generally [illegible] and believed to be an
officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therin States
United & my hand this thirteenth day of June in the year Eighteen
hundred and twenty Eight
James Houston

I Ezekiel Richardson Clerk of the Court of the County of Dorchester in the State
of Maryland, do hereby Certify that James Houston Gentleman before whom
the foregoing affidavit [2 illegible words] was at the time a Justice of the 
Peace duly confirmed to Administer oaths
In Testimony [illegible] of I have hereunto set my hand and 
affirmed that at of the said Court this thirteenth day of
June Eighteen hundred and twenty Eight - 
E Richardson

Know all men by these presents that I Lebin Frazier of Dorchester 
County in the State of Maryland do hereby constitute and appoint
Samuel LeCompte my [illegible] and lawful attorney with [2 illegible words]
for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount
of pay now due to me under the act entitled an act for the
relief of certain Surviving officers and soldiersof the Revolution
approved 16th May 1828 as a Lieutenant in the
regiment of the Maryland line of the army of the Revolution

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[illegible] my hand and [illegible] this thirteenth day of June in the year
eighteen hundred and twenty eight--
Sealed and delivered     Levin Frazier   [Seal (in cloud)]
on the [illegible]
James Houston

Before me James Houston a Justice of the peace in the County of Dorchester
the State of Maryland personally affirmed this day Levin Frazier [illegible]
[illegible] is [illegible] to the foregoing [---]ever of attorney and acknowledges
the same to be his act and dud and also declared that the same was
not given by [illegible] of any transfer or of any attachment levy on

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I Ezekiel Richardson Clerk of the Court of the County of Dorchester
in the State of Maryland do hereby certify that James Houston Gentleman
before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time 
a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
an affixed the seal of the said Court this 12th
day of June in the year Eighteen hundred
and twenty eight.

E Richardson Clk

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J.L. Edward Esq:} Cambridge, Myld
Novr 17th 1842

Sir

When I wrote some time since
enclosing Mrs. Fraziers pension application
under the act of July 4th 1836 I was not
aware of [word "which" lined through] the service for which
her husband had obtained a pension,
but now presume it was for his mil- 
itary service in our continental line.
I knew at the time, that he had served
in both army & navy etc Mrs. Frazier
made her declaration before the Chief
Judge of our orphans court (a court of re-
cord) but I [illegible] when returned to me
it is not subscribed by her-[illegible]
I to not send it on-her bodily infir-
mities will not allow her to appear
in open court.  When I see her now
I must have the [illegible] rectified, in
case the first one will not be in suffi-
cient compliance with the law etc. with
this statement by me of her inability-etc.

By the enclosed affidavit of Wm. Mer-
rick who served also in the [illegible]-you
will perceive there can be no doubt of
Lieunt Levin Fraziers having served over
6 months at least.  Mr. Brewer's letter I also
enclose simply to corroborate Wm. Merricks
as to the fact of his service.  That the mutil-
ated condition of the few pay rolls left do
not show fairly & fully the whole time of ser-
vice etc.

Very raspy yr
obt. servt.
Jno. N. Steele

P.S.
Mr. Merrick I well know }
to be a man of veracity }
J.N.S

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Cambridge
Dec 20th 1842

Sir

I now enclose [illegible] Mr. Brew-
ers letter [illegible] the services of Levin
Frazier as first lieut on board the Galley
[illegible] in the latter part of the war
of the Revolution.  As to the other
two vessels, he says there are no pay
rolls left & none of those of the De-
fince after January 1783 that Lieut. Levin
Frazier received pay up to October 7
that year.  As Mrs. Frazier is ex-
tremely old & indigent I very respect-
fully trouble you with this evidence
in which the phrase Galley is used
instead of barge as in the ordi-
nary parlance hence the terms
are confounded.  Tho intended to 
mean [illegible] kinds of vessels strictly spea-
king etc.

[illegible]
Jno. N. Steele

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Washington 25 April 1850

Honorable
James L. Edwards
Commer

Sir:

I have the honor 
herewith to enclose the declaration of
Samuel Harrington admr. of Elizabeth Frazier
widow of Levin who was a Pensioner under the Act 
of 7 June 1832 on the Maryland roll,
claiming arrears of Pension due the 
children of said deceased.

I am, very Respectuflly
Your Obt Servt
James G. Ferret

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House of Reps July 30th

Dear Sir:

About a week ago I wrote to
you inquiring whether the pension to
Levin Frazier of Dorchester Co. Md. who
has lately died & who was a Lieut. in the Revolu-
tionary war, will be continued, or any part
of it to his widow with whom he intermarried
about 61 or so years ago.  Not having
received a reply I have thought my 
letter may have miscarried.  Will
you be good enough to inform me in
reference to the above.

Yours [illegible] respectfully
J D Jones

J. L. Edward Esq
Comr of Pensions

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                    REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
                         ___________________

     Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

                        _______________________
                            
                          TREASURY DEPARMENT
                                       20th Nov 1828

        The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Levin Frazier under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be please to cause me to be informed whether a commission, and if so, what commission, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.


                                    Richard Ruth 
     The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.



See letter from War Department.

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State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct:

On this 14th day of November 1842 personally
appeared before the subscriber chief Judge
of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County
Elizabeth Frazier a resident of said county,
and widow of the late Lieut. Levin Fra-
zier, who on account of the infirmities of
age could not appear in open court to
make her declaration and being first
duly sworn according to law declared that she was lawful-
ly married to the said Levin Frazier in the
month of January 1781 and that soon
after the said marriage her husband Levin
Frazier during the year 1781 left her to
serve as first lieutenant on board the
barge "Defence" commanded by Capt. Sol-
mon Frazier his brother, and that he con-
tinued to serve during the remainder
of the revolutionary war, that she con-
tinued to live with said Levin Frazier as
his lawful wife until his death in July
past of this year-and has not since been
married, and so has applied for the benefit
of the third sect: of the act of Congress
of July 4th 1836.

Sworn to and subscribed 
the day and year above written before

Thomas Breerwood

Elizabeth X her mark Frazier

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State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct:

On this 9th day of November 1842 personal-
ly appeared William Merrick a resident of
the county aforesaid aged 84 years, who being
first duly sworn according to law said
that he enlisted in the year 1782, in the spring,
in the naval service on barges of Maryland
for twelve months, and that on entering im-
mediately on said service in the barge com-
manded by Capt: Levin Spedden, he found
Lieut: Levin Frazier the first lieut: of the
barge called "Defence" commanded by Capt:
Solomon Frazier and that he said Mer-
rick was paid off at Annapolis in Decem-
ber of same year 1782 and left said Lieut:
Levin Frazier in the service on board said
barge Defence-how long he remained fur-
ther this deponent knows not, but presumes
all were paid off at that time-the war
being then virtually over.

Sworn before-

John G. Abbott, JP

I hereby certify that I know William Merrick
the above deponent well and that he is a
man of strict veracity honesty & integrity.

John G. Abbott, J.P

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Maryland, Dorchester County To wit:  I hereby certify
that John G. Abbott, gentleman, before whom the
within deposition appears to have been taken was at
the time of taking the same and still is a Justice
of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and the public
seal of my office affixed this 14th
day of November in the year 1842.

Wm. Jenkins, Clk.
Dorchester County Court.

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
        16 June 1828.



Levin Frazier _________of _______ in the County of Dorchester ___ in the State of Maryland ____ has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury of the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line and served as such to the end of the war, 

at which period he was a Lieutenant in the ____ regiment of the Maryland line; [*and he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March 1783] and further, that he has received as a pension since the 3d do March, 1826, the sum of two hundred and forty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Maryland. 

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several are corroborated by the records in his office.

* As the claimant does not state whether he received communications Mr. Hagner is requested to examine whether a certificate was [             ] 
A Dickins 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE 

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of fiver years full pay to the _____ line, amounting to _____ dollars. 
It further appears that _____ is now on the pension list of the  __________agency, and has been since the  ______at the rate of ____ per month. 
Not found on an officers [                              ]
Peter Hagner

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Cambridge Myld
Octr 11th 1842

Sir

I enclose for the Pension
Bureau the [illegible] etc: of a Revo-
lutionary widow for a pension.

The parties are all respectable.
The facts I hope sufficiently
made out to satisfy the pension
bureau.

The reply can be directed
to Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier (widow of Levin)
or to
Jas. Frazier (son of Levin)
or to myself

Very resply

{ Jno. N. Steele
{ Cambridge
{ Maryland

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Levin Frazier Md. Act 32
to what time paid?

Pen Office
July 23, 42

pd to 4 Sep 1841
JH

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John N. Steele, Esq.
Cambridge
Dorchester County
Md.

(mail)

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Land Office, Annapolis, 24th Octr 1842

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 20th Inst., was received.  By
a Pay roll of the officers and men of the barge "Defence," Comm-
anded by Captain Solomon Frazier, during the war of the
Revolution, Levin Frazier appears to have been the 1st Lieutenant
on board of said Barge. Those rolls are very imperfect, some of
them missing, and I am unable to ascertain how long he was in
service.  The officers were directed to enlist their Seamen for
three years or during the war, but to enlist no one for a term
less than one year.  From the pay roll above referred to, Lieutenant
Levin Frazier's pay appears to have been commenced on the 21st of Sept,
1782, and to have been paid up to 1st January 1783.  His whole acco-
unt was settled on the 17th of October 1783.  I should presume
from the rolls, that he was some four or five months in actual service
but may have entered for the whole war for aught I know.
Captn. Sol. Frazier, you may recollect, obtained a pension during
his life, and I should think Levin Frazier, his first Lieutenant
was equally entitled.

Very respectfully yrs.,
G. G. Brewer

John N. Steele, Esqr.

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State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct:

This is to certify that Tho. H.
Hicks who subscribes his name and makes oath to foregoing statement
of facts is at this time the acting Register of Wills for Dorchester County
duly commissioned and qualified as such.

October 11th 1842  
Certified by Thomas Breerwood
Chief Justice of O Court
of Dorchester County Md.

State of Maryland }
Dorchester County }

I William Jackson
Clerk of the Court of Dorchester County Certify that
Charles Corkran gentleman is a Justice of
the Peace as within and that the written signa-
ture purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my seal of
office this 11th day of October in the year 1842

Wm Jackson Clerk
of the Court of Dorchester County.

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I, Thomas H. Hicks, Register of
Wills for Dorchester County State of
Maryland do certify, that I have
known for many years Nehemiah
Beckwith & Capt: Edward Tripp,
whose depositions accompany the
application of Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier
for a pension under the Act of July
4th, 1836 for services rendered by her
late husband Lieut: Levin Frazier
& that they are men of strict veracity
and worthy of all credit.  I also cer-
tify that I knew the late Lieut:
Levin Frazier & that I personally
know Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier above
mentioned-and have always un-
derstood & believed that they were
lawfully married & have never
heard of any doubt of such their
lawful intermarriage.

Tho. H. Hicks

State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct:

On this 10th day of October 1842
personally appeared Tho. H. Hicks Regr of Wills for Dorchester County and made
oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the above statement
of fact are just and true and that he is personally acquainted with
the facts as stated and to which he has subscribed his name.

Sworn before Charles Corkran

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State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct

On
this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and forty two personally
appeared Nehemiah Beckwith of Dorchester
County & State aforesaid, and made oath
on the holy evangelists that he is now
about [following crossed out: eighty four] seventy eight years of age and
that he knew the late Lieut: Levin Frazier
late a pensioner of the United States for
revolutionary services performed by him,
during his whole life-having been raised
in the same neighbourhood & been in-
timate from childhood with him-he
also further states, he knew intimately Eli-
zabeth Eccleston also residing all her life
in the same neighbourhood & who inter-
married with the said Lieut: Levin Frazier
lawfully in the year seventeen hundred
& eighty one while the said Frazier
was in the military service of the states
and that the said Levin Frazier and Eli-
zabeth his wife continued to live togeth-
er as lawful man and wife until
the day of his said Frazier's death on
the fifth day of July of this present year
1842, and that the said Elizabeth Frazier
widow of said Leven Frazier still con-
tinues single and unmarried.

Sworn before John A.L. Radcliff [word Seal encircled]
{ One of the Justices of the }
{ peace of said State for }
{ Dorchester County }

Nehemiah X his mark Beckwith

I hereby certify that I know Nehemiah Beck-
with

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The above affiant [ } and that he is a man of strict  veracity and worthy of all credit.

John AL Radcliff
One of the justices of peace for County and State aforesaid. 

State of Maryland
Dorchester County

I William Jackson Clerk of the Court  of Dorchester County certify that John Radcliff Gentleman is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have herewith [  ] my name and affix as my seal of office this in the year 1942.
William Jackson Clerk of the Court of Dorchester County

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State of Maryland Dorchester County

On this eighth day of October
in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and
forty two personally appeared Edward Tripp
of Dorchester County and State aforesaid and
made oath on the holy evangelist that he is now
about seventy one years of age and that he knew
the late lieutenant Levin Frazier (late a pentioner
of the United States for revolutionary services
performed by him) during his whole life-having
been raised in the same neighbourhood and
been intimate from childhood with him-he also
further states that he knew intimately Elizabeth
Eccleston also residing all her life in the 
same neighbourhood and who intermarried with
the the said Lieutenant Levin Frazier lawfully
in the time of the revolutionary war while the
said Frazier was in the military service of
the United States and that the said Levin
Frazier and Elizabeth his wife continued
to live together as lawful man and wife
until the day of his said Fraziers death on
the fifth day of July of this present year
1842 and that the said Elizabeth Frazier
widow of said Levin Frazier still cont-
inues single and unmarried.

Edward Tripp

Sworn before John A L Radcliff [word Seal encircled]
{ One of the Justices of the peace }
{ of said State for Dorchester }
{ County 

I hereby certify that I know Edward Tripp

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the above affiant well and that he is a
man of strict veracity and worthy of all
credit

John A L. Radcliff
{ One of the Justices
{ of the peace for County
{ and State aforesaid

State of Maryland }
Dorchester County }  I William Jackson clerk of the
Court of Dorchester County Certify that John Radcliff
gentleman and is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of office this 11th day of October
 in the year 1842.

Wm. Jackson Clerk
of the Court of Dorchester County.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

State of Maryland, Dorchester County, to wit:

[Seal of the United States]

To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

KNOW YE, That upon the 22nd day of April Anno Domini
eighteen hundred and Fifty ---- before Thomas H. Hicks
------ Register of Wills for Dorchester County, within the State
aforesaid, duly thereto constituted and appointed, that letters of ---
Administration ---- were granted on the personal estate of
Elizabeth Frazier --- late of Dorchester County, deceased,
to a certain Samuel Harrington ------
of the county aforesaid, he having entered into bond in due and legal form;
together with Edmund Harrington and Hugh Maquire,
sureties, approved of by the Orphans Court of the county aforesaid, in the penalty
of Five hundred Dollars ------ to administer the
goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, or in any
manner or way concern said estate--having taken an oath to make a due return
thereof, according to law.

In testimony whereof, I Thomas H. Hicks
REGISTER OF WILLS FOR DORCHESTER COUNTY, have
hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of
my office to be affixed.  Done at the town of Cambridge,
this 22nd day of April --- Anno
Domini 1850, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the 74th

Tho. H. Hicks Register of Wills, D. C.

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Maryland Sct:  I Thomas Breerwood Chef Justice of the Orphan's
Court of Dorchester County, do certify that the foregoing & written
attestation of Thomas H. Hicks Register of Wills for Dorchester County
in in due form and by the proper officer.

Given under my hand, this 22nd day of April
1850. 

Thomas Breerwood

Maryland Dorchester County Sct:

I Thomas H. Hicks Register of Wills for Dorchester County
do certify that Tomas Breerwood Esquire who has given
the above Certificate was at the time and still is, Chief Justice
of the Orphan's Court of Dorchester County.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name
and seal of my office affixed this 22 day of
April 1850.

Thos. H. Hicks Regr W DC

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State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit

On this 28th April 1818 personally appeared
before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for
said County James M. Collester after making oath
did state as follows that Levin Frazier did belong
to Capt. James Hindman Company and attached to
General Smallwood Battalion of the Maryland line
and was in the battle of the White Plains.

Sworn before me Wm J Ford

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O W Wid
#9436
______

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Levin Frazier - Lieut.
Md. line -

Maryland -

[Illegible] Wids. File No. 9436
ok 
Las

Nov 12/79 No record of [illegible]
Rejected Act 1828.

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Land Office,
Annapolis, 23rd December 1842.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 20th Inst. with one enclosed from
J. L. Edwards, Esqr. the Commissioner of Pensions, [following word enclosed struck out] was received.
Mr. Edwards, says "it will be necessary to prove Lieut. Levin Frazier's
alleged services on board the Independence, Conqueror and Defence Galleys
on the Chesapeake Bay in the latter part of the war."  I cannot
see, how I can furnish you with any evidence other than that contain-
ed in the Certificate sent you in my last letter.  The records and
papers relating to the Naval Service, are very imperfect, there are no
Master or pay rolls to be found of either of the Galleys "Independence
or Conqueror" and I am therefore unable to certify as to his services on
board those vessels.  The Galley "Defence" we have several pay rolls
of, and by which pay rolls, it appears that Levin Frazier was first
Lieutenant on board that Barge or Galley, and that his pay commenced
the 21st day of Sept. 1782, and continued to the 1st of January 1783
and balance of pay due him, settled on the 17th of October 1783.  Now,
I should think, there can be no doubt, that Levin Frazier performed
service as the 1st Lieutenant on board the Galley "Defence" from the 21st of
Septr. 1782, to the 1st Jany 1783, and perhaps to the termination of
the war, for we have no pay rolls later than Jany 1783, but the fact
of his receiving his pay is certainly strong presumptive evidence that
he performed service.  It is impossible that I can furnish you with
any other Certificate, than such as the one I sent you.  Mr. Edw-
ards letter is herewith returned.

Very [circled]

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very respectfully & truly yrs,
G. G. Brewer

John N. Steele, Esqr.

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Washington County }
District of Columbia } SS

Before the subscriber
a subscriber a Justice of the Peace in
and for the above District and County
personally appeared Samuel Harrington a
Citizen of Dorchester County in the State
of Maryland and made oath in due
form of law that he is the admin-
istrator of Elizabeth Frazier widow
of Levin Frazier late of said county and
state, who was a Pensioner under the
act of June 7th 1832, that said Elizabeth
died on the 11th day of November 1849
leaving three children surviving viz
James Frazier, Mary Stewart and
Susan Harrington all of whom now
reside in Dorchester County Maryland,
and that as administrator of Mrs.
Frazier he now claims any and
all arrears of Pension that may be
found due for the sole use
and benefit of her

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children.  Saml. Harrington

Sworn & subscribed before me
this 25th day of April 1850.

James Callaghan J.P

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Baltimore, Md
5-30-15

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly let me have a copy of the record of my ancestor Lieutenant Levin Frazier who fought in the Revolutionary War. I desire this information for the purpose of joining the Daughters

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of the American Revolution. I enclosed clippings of my ancestors on my maternal side of the family  of Lynch - my grandmother was Miss Charlotte Lynch daughter of Thomas Lynch of Green's rest. St. Mary's Co Md. She was also a descendant  of John Coad of St. Mary's Co. Md.
I would like a records of Thomas Lynch signer of the Declaration of Independence who was an uncle of Mrs. Charlotte Lynch.

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I will be grateful of any information you can give me regarding any of the parties mentioned

Thanking you for this information in advance.

[     ]  yours very truly
L. Alleine Gorsuch
(Mrs. H.K.)                       117 N. Saratoga St.

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May 9, 1917

Commissioner of Pensions
Dept. of Interior

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me the record of Levin Frazier (M. 9436) , of Dorchester Co. Maryland who fought in the Revolutionary War?

I would also like to have

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N0v 1812 pension record

the record of John J Stewart of Dorchester Co. Maryland, who fought in the war of 1812-1814.

Thank  you, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Ann Stewart Lewis
Howard Park
Station F
Baltimore Md.

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Received 
Apr 7, 1932
Pension Files

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Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia 

April 6, 1932

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me at your earliest convenience copy of pension claim of Levin Frazier of Dorchester Co., Maryland.

Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, I am

Very truly yours,

Norris S. Barratt, Jr.
Secretary

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1. Mch 76
            77 (2)
     Mch 78  (/12)
     Sept 78 (6 mons)

____________________________________________

2. Oct. 78
           79 
     Apl 80

(18 mons)

___________________________________________

3. May  80
             81
     Nov  81

(18 mons)

__________________________________________

1781  ?  1782              1  year

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In reply to your request of-------------, received------------ for a statement of the military history of Levin Frazier a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. // W.9436
TABLE
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. // Length of Service. // Rank. // Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. / Captain. / Colonel. // State. ////
Mch. 11. 1776 // 2 1/2 years // Private // James Hindman // Smallwood // MD. ////
June or July 1778 // 18 Mos. // Midshipman // John Davie // galley "Conqueror" ////
[checkmark] // 18 Mos. // 2nd Lieut. // Bennet Matthews // galley "Independent" //// [checkmark] // 12 Mos. // 1st Lieut. // Solomon Frazier (his brother) // barge "Defence" ////
END TABLE
Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, + Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dorchester Co., Md.
Date of application for pension, May 4, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Age at date of application, May 10, 1754 in Dorchester Co., Md.
Remarks: He married Jany. 14, 1781, Elizabeth Eccleston (Childn referred to in 1820; Margaret at 35 yrs., Elizabeth 26 yrs., + Susan 20 yrs.). Sol. died July 5 1842 + his widow Elizabeth was allowed pension on her appli... Oct. 8 1842 while a resident of Dorchester Co., Md. aged between 77 + 78 yrs. She died Nov. 11, 1849, leaving 3 children, James Frazier, Mary Stewart + Susan Harrington

Respectfully, Commissioner. 
6-2856
Office note: Neither Heitman nor the Md. book commemorate these services. + dates, in the papers, from the sea service are too conflicting to be used.