Hall County GaArchives Military Records.....Fraser, Samuel February 14 1871 Warof1812 - Pension 3rd TN Capt M. Thompson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Fraser Warlock2000_@hotmail.com August 21, 2004, 12:45 pm War Of 1812 Pension Application War of 1812 Pension Application for Samuel Fraser: #15370 ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871 WAR OF 1812. Sept. 12 in 3d Audition Proof. Wits Char Dec. 28, Cert O P F C A Samuel Fraser, Hog Mountain, Hall County, GA. Capt. Moses Thompson's Co 3rd. Reg-Tennessee Mil, discharged 10 day May, 1814. Received May 19th, 1871 - Charles C. Luekes R Washington. D.B. Attorney. DECLARATION OF SURVIVING SOLDIER FOR PENSION. ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871 State of Georgia, Hall County. On this 29th day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me (1) John Wayne Clerk of the Superior Court a court of record within and for the County and State aforesaid (2) Samuel Fraser, age 81 years, a resident of Hall County, and the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is married; (3) that his wife's name is Bethsheba Hamilton to whom he was married at Pendleton, S.C. on the 17th day of September 1809; that he served the full period of sixty days in the (4) Military service of the United States in the War of 1812; that he is the identical Samuel Fraser who (5) was drafted in Captain Moses Thompson's Company. Col Copeland's 3rd Regiment, Johnson Brigade, at Wilson County in the State of Tennessee, on the first day of January, 1814, and was honorably discharged at Fayetteville, Tennessee, on the tenth day of May 1814. That (6) he was marched to Huntsville, Ga., he then marched to Fort Deposit then on to Fort Strother and Fort Williams. That he has received a land warrant in consignment of said services. Act of 3rd of March 1855, and the he has not sold assets or transferred said warrant and cannot --------? that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of nay office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; the he is not in receipt of a pension under any previous act; (7) that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension-roll of the United States under the provisions of the Act of February 14, 1871; and he hereby constitutes and appoints; with full power of substitution and revocation, CHARLES C. TUCKER OF WASHINGTON, D.C., his true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his post office is at Hog Mountain, County of Hall, State of Georgia, and that his domicile or place of abode is Hall County, GA. Another version (showing time served in Georgia during Indian Wars in Hall County): FRASER, SAMUEL; War of 1812 Pension Application, S.O. #15370, S.C. #10096. B.L.W. #51974-80-50 and #11151-80-55. Served in Captain Moses Thompson's Company, Tennessee Militia from 28 Jan 1814 to 20 May 1814 (there were approximately 660 men in this regiment. They were part of a brigade led by General Thomas Johnson (the other regiment of Johnson's brigade was led by Colonel R. C. Napier). Jackson's report of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814), mentions that Copeland's regiment was held in reserve during this engagement. But a part of the regiment saw action, as muster rolls show casualties from this battle in the companies of Captains Moses Thompson and Allen Wilkinson), also served in Captain Tuggle's Company, Georgia Militia from 3 Mar to 20 Jul 1838. Married Bethsheba Hamilton, 17 Sep 1809 in Pendleton District, SC. Resided 1852 thru 1871 at Hog Mountain, Hall County, Georgia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/hall/military/warof1812/pensions/gmt71fraser.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb