Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9381, Henry Davis, Penn.
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(Service) Penn. 
Davis, Henry
(number) S. 9381
Born in N.Y. State. 
carded.
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Enscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh
for the rate of 20 Dollars -- cents per annum, 
Commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of ___ ___
_____________ and __________________
___________ Philadelphia.

rears to the 4th of September ______________.

___.  allowance ending_______________.

$120==

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Ordered by _________________ Clerk,
__ 2 Vol. 5 Page 142
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State of Ohio Tuscarawas County _. On this 26th day of July AD eighteen hundred and thirty six personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas sitting within and for the county of Tuscarawas and state of Ohio Henry Davis Jr a resident in said county of Tuscarawas and state of Ohio aged seventy eight years who being first duly served according to law doth on his oath in open court make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832. He state that he entered the United States service under the following named officers and served as here in stated. First in the year 1778, he entered the United States service in the month of September under the command of Captain Henry Bowman, first lieutenant Nicholas Hoppel, second lieutenant Wandel Hower, Colonel John Sigfried General of the Pennsylvania Militia in which this company served at this time. Irvin (or Ervin) General Washington Commander in Chief was with this division of the U.S. army during this period of his service. This declarant further states that he lived in Northampton county in the state of Pennsylvania when he entered the service this time. He is not certain whether he was considered a volunteer or as drafted. The recruiting officer just came to the field where he was at work and told him he wanted him Davis to go in the army. Henry Davis immediately went home, prepared and joined the army that he belonged to the fourth class of Northampton county Pennsylvania militia. Served two months under the above named officers. lay a part of the time at a place called Chesnuthill and part of the time at a place called White Mash in the neighborhood of Germantown in Pennsylvania. was in no battle. marched through no county only as the army marched from place to place. got a discharge at the end  of the two months which discharge was written on the same piece of paper with the discharges of Samuel Uplinger and Stofel Siverling . Uplinger got into his possession the
paper containing these discharges but what became of the paper this declarant knows not as he was young at the time and paid but little attention to it. Uplinger at this time lived in Northampton county Pennsylvania and still lived here when this declarant left that about fifty years since but what has become of him since that time this declarant has no knowledge of this period of service this declarant has no documentary evidence. 2nd period of service. This declarant Henry Davis  further states that same time in the spring of the year 1778 he served two months as a volunteer under Captain Kogan (or Cogan) as an Indian spy or ranger along the frontier of Pennsylvania and [unknown]
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_ along two Indian paths _ through Northampton County and the adjoining counties in Pennsylvania. One path was called the _ path. The other the Indian path - 3 Period. This Declarant further states that in the summer of the  year 1778 he served in the United States Service as a substitute for Christian Fouts under Captain Paul Flick as an Indian spy or ranger along the same frontiers and paths as above stated. In the period. This declarant further states that he served in the United States service two months in the year 1778 as a substitute for George Seal (or Dral) under Captain William Myers as an Indian Spy or Ranger in the same state and along the same frontier and paths as above stated. 5th period this declanrant futher states that in the year 1779 he was in the United States Service for two months as a subsitute for George Cole under Captain Greenamyer as an Indian spy or ranger in the same state along the same frontiers and paths as aforesaid. 6th period. This declarant futher states that in the summer (or in warm weather) in the year 1780 he was in the United States sevice as a volunteer under Captain Knows and also Colonel Nicholas Karns (or Carns) who took the command in the absence of Captain Knouse and that he served two months in the same same and along the same frontiers and paths as aforesaid. 7th period. This declarant further state that some time in the year 1780 to the best of his recollection he was in the United States service for two months as an Indian spy or ranger under Captain Witter as a volunteer and this declarant further states that at the _ times when he entered upon the six periods of service last mentioned he lived in Northampton County Pennsylvania and that he does not now recollect the precise months nor days of the month that he entered upon these several periods of service nor the precise days on which he left the service. each time that he was in no battles during this time. That he got no discharge for any of these periods of service. That during this evices his marches were along the frontiers of
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Was acquainted with the following named officers Col. Propst, Col. Brick, Col. Bull, General Armstrong, General Irvin or Ervin - Col John Stroud General Washington and that he has no documentary  evidence of his services last above mentioned 8th Period. This declaiment further states that on the fifteenth day of June AD 1780 he entered the United States service as a volunteer in the (5th) fifth company of the third Battalion of Northampton county Pennsylvania Militia under Captain Vannata (or Vannater) and that he served in said company until the fifteenth day of the next January 1781 making seven months and that he got no discharge when he left the service. and that John Fish was first and John Myers was second Lieutenant in this company. Nicholas Cairns Jr Major (as he thinks) and John Sigfreit was colonel  part of the time and Brown a part. That he was in one battle with the Indians and commonly called the seven months battle in the Nescopeck valley in Pennsylvania--that he resided in Northampton county when he entered the service this time. marched along the frontiers of the Northeast part of Pennsylvania-lay part of the time at Gnadenhutten and part at a place called the Minnysingues and part of the time at Captain Vannater's fort at his own house in Pennsylvania- has no documentary evidence except the contract into which he entered when he entered the services - He further says that in addition to the officers already mentioned he was acquainted with lieutenant Joseph Stonebarrier Major James Boyd and Adjutant Thomas Boyd - He further says that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood with whom he is acquainted and that he does hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency any state - Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforescribed-

Interrogatories by the event. 1st Where and when were you born? Ans. In Dutches county New York in the year 1758. 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans. I was born a Quaker and my age was put down in the Quaker's register in the state of New York but  where it is now I know not. I have no other record of my age. 3rd Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you live now? Ans. I was living in Northampton county Pennsylvania when I entered the service each time at a
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___ place called Fort Allen lived in said county until 1786- then moved to ______________ Valley where I lived 20___________ then moved to Butler County Pa. where I lived about 18 months then moved to my present residence in Tuscarawas County Ohio. 4th How were you called into service, were you drafted or were you volunteer or were you a substitute, if a substitute for whom? Answer 1st time a volunteer I believe 2nd time volunteer, 3rd time a substitute for Christian Forits 4th time a substitute for George Yeal (or Deal) 5th time a substitute for George Cole-6th time as a volunteer. 7th time a volunteer. 8th time a volunteer. 5th see Declaration, 6th See Declaration. 7th See certificate below, sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

                     Henry Davis Jr. __John G Demuth and Thomas Hamilton neighbors and old acquaintances of Henry Davis Jr. & now residing in the same neighborhood where he resides do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Davis and have been for the twenty years who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years old that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides and that he is a man of truth & veracity, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion. Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of July AD 1836                           John G. Demuth
                                           Thomas Hamilton
Sworn in open court 26th July 1836
J.M. English Clerk P.T.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court do further certify that it appears to them that John G Demuth and Thomas Hamilton who signed the ________ certificate are neighbors and old acquaintances of the said Henry Davis Jr. resident in his present neighborhood and that they are men worthy of credit & that their statement is worth of belief.

I James W. English Clerk of the Common Pleas of Tuscarawas Ohio do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Henry Davis Jr for a pension. In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this tenth day of August.
A.D. 1836                      James M English Clerk.
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April 6, 1937

E.J. Tilton
475 South McKinley Avenue
New Cornerstown, Ohio.

BA-J/ILL
Henry Davis
S. 9381 [Our]

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Henry Davis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was a pensioner of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 9381, based upon service of Henry Davis, Junior, in that war.

While residing near Fort Allen, Towamensing Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in September 1977 and served on tours of two months each until the spring of 1780, as private under Captains Henry Bowman, Kogan (Koken), Paul Flick, William Myers, Greenamyer, Paul Knauss and Writter (Ritter), Colonels John Siegried and Nicholas Kern, engaged on the frontier. He enlisted June 15, 1780 and served seven months as private in Captain John Van Etten's company of Northhampton County volunteers and was in battle of Nesopeck (sp. Nescopeck). 

(Cursive on side of above paragraph: These officers (unlegible) service can be verified Vol. VIII. Archives 575 + persons page.)

The solder resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, until 1786, then moved to Nescopeck Valley, from there moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he resided about eighteen months, then moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1836, at which time he resided in Tuscarawas County, He signed
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his name, Henry Davis, Junior.

     The soldier referred in 1836, to a family of small children who were dependent upon him for support, but he did not state the names of any children.  No reference was made to the wife of this soldier.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the followings

     Henry Davis
     Certificate #30864
     Issue October 222, 1836
     Rate $20 per annum
     Commenced March 4, 1831
     Act of June 7, 1832.
     Ohio Agency (Pittsburgh).

          Very truly yours,

          A. D. Hiller,
          Executive Assistant
          to the Administrator.
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1937-April 6-Hist. to E.J. Tilton I off

9381
INVALID
Rev War

File No. 9381
Henry Davis
(Not legible) Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 90

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Northhampton County. JS
I DO hereby CERTIFY, That Henry Davis Jun. of Towamensing Township in Said County yeoman

Hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the OATH of Allegiance and Fidelity, as directed by an ACT of General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed the 13th day of June, A.D. 1777. Witness my hand and seal, the 27th day of Decemb. A.D. 1777

L.S. 

N193

John Arndt

PRINTED BY JOHN DUNLAP.

DAVIS, HENRY
(PA)  S-- 9381
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Horace Tubbs--------------25
Jacob Bagar ---------------10
Mary Culver   ---------------06%
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State of Ohio Tuscarawas County ss
Depositions of Jessee S. Walton and Henry Simmons of Clay Township Tuscarawas county Ohio taken on the twenty first day of September in the year of Our Lord AD 1836 before me John G.  Demuth one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county, township and state afore said to be sent to the pension office and to be read in support of the claim of Henry Davis jr for a pension. The said Henry Simmers being by me first duly [crossed out word] affirmed according to laws to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposed and says that he has been acquainted with Henry Davis jr the present applicant for a pension about fifty years, that he was acquainted with said Davis in Northhampton [Northampton] county Pennsylvania and that he and said Davis were out in the service of the United States together and served together in Northhampton [Northampton] county in the State of Pennsylvania as a regular militia man under the laws of Pennsylvania. This service was performed some time about the year 1780 or 1781 can not recollect exactly which Witness further states that of his own knowledge he has know said Henry Davis jr to be in the United States [caret] service as a regular militia man under the laws of Pennsylvania for about [crossed out word] ten months in periods of two months at a time under the law of Pennsylvania, which at [caret] that time as witness was informed and believed arranged the Pennsylvania militia in classes. Witness says he knows that said Davis was called out int the service in Pennsylvania a considerable amount of times in conformity to the law of Pennsylvania because he was along with him Davis a part of the time himself. Witness further sates that he often heard in Pennsylvania that Henry Davis jr was enlisted in the seven months tours in the United States service and also that said Davis was in a battle during these seven month which was called the seven months battle and was fought in Nescopeck Valley. Witness further states that is was generally known and believed in that part of Pennsylvania that said
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Henry Davis, jr was a soldier in the Revolutionary army and [illegible] he was in the service of the United State for a long time. Witness further says that he is now acquainted with said Henry Davis jr in Tuscarawas County Ohio and that he is the same man of who he speaks before and with whom he was acquainted in Northampton County Pennsylvania and the same who performed the military series in Pennslyvania of which he has before spoken; and that he has no doubt from what he knows himself but that said Davis performed the services set forth in his declaration.  Witness further states that said Henry Davis Jr is a man of strict truth and veracity, that he would believe him under oath, that he has never known him to tell a falsehood in all his acquaintance with him. [Illegible] to and subscribed the twenty first day of September AD 1836 Henry Simmess 
the said [illegible] L. Walton being first duly affirmed [illegible] and says that he was acquainted with said Henry Davis Jr in Northampton County Pennsylvania and has known him for about fifty years but that he knows nothing about the services of Davis of his own knowledge but that he heard soldiers who served with said Davis in the United States service in the Revolutionary war say that said Davis was in the United States Service in the Pennsylvania line and that it was generally known and believe in the neighbourhood where said Davis lived in Northampton County in Pennsylvania that he said Davis was a revolutionary soldier and had served for a long time as a soldier. This was know and believed and talked about commonly amongst his old acquaintances ever since and is now believed by the witness.  Witness further states that he is now acquainted with said Henry Davis, Jr and that he is the same Henry [illegible]
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vis Jr with whom he was acquainted in Pennsylvania in Northampton county and the same of whom he has spoken before as being a revolutionary soldier.  Witness further states that he knows said Henry Davis jr to be a man of strict veracity, that he is worthy of credit and belief, that he Davis lived in a remote part of the county and has a family of small children and is now lame and infirm sworn to and subscribed this twenty first day of September AD 1836.
Jesse L Walton
State of Ohio Tuscauwasa County J John G. Demuth a Justice of the Peace do hereby Certify that Henry Simmers and Jesse L Walton were by me affirmed to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth as witness in the above named case and that the foregoing depositions by the subscribed was reduced to writing by John D Cummins a disinterested person and above taken at the time and place specified given under my hand and seal this 21st day of September A.D. 1836  seal
John G Demuth J.P 
And I do further Certify the said witness are both men of truth and veracity and worthy of belief under oath given under my hand and seal the day and year as have written
John G. Demuth J.P. seal
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The State of Ohio    seal            I James W English of the Court of Com=
Tuscurawas County                  =Pleas of the County of aforesaid do hereby
                                                  certify that John G Dumuth is a Justice of the
                                                  Peace in and for the County duly commissioned and
                                                  qualified. That his commission is dated the 24th day
                                                  of May 1834 and will expire on the 24 day of
                                                  May 1837.  And that his signatures to the forgoing
                                                  Certificates are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Ohio this twenty first day of Septem=
=ber  A.D. 1836     James W English Clerk
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State of Ohio Tuscarawas County Of.

                        Supplimental declaration of Henry Davis JR made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of [unreadable] June 7th 1832
                        On this twenty [unreadable] of September AD 1836 personally appeared Henry Davis Jr before me John [unreadable] Demuth one of the [unreadable] of the Preace within and for the County of Tusarawas and the State of Ohio who being first duly sworn according to the law to declare the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth doth upon his said oath make the following declaration supplimental to a decloration by him henceforth made before the court of Common Pleas of said county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio in order to obtain the benefit of [unsure] the 7th day of June AD 1832. [unreadable] this said Henry Da-vis      Jr said that on the 15th day of June AD 1780 he enlisted in the Untited States Service as regularly enlisted soldier for the term of seven [x mo- below the word seven] this in a company commanded by Capitain John van ettens in the third Battallion of Northampton County pennsylva-nia militia and that he served constantly and faithfully all and every part and portion of the said seven months as a soldier in said company and battalion which was at that time in the ser-vice of the United States as by his contract he was bound to do. That is he served all the time continuously as a soldier from the fifteenth day of June 1780 until the fifteenth day of January 1781. Without any  intermiss-ion or cessation. This service was performed in Northampton county in the State of Pennsylvania. The first part of these seven months was spent at Old Gnadenhutten in Northampton county Pennysylvania in camp and also on spying expeditions up to the tenth of September 1780. Then he marched into Nescopeck Vally in the same county and state aforementioned when he met the Indians andfought with them a battle which was called the seven months battle, after this battle this  declarent with the other troops in this company returned to gnadenhutten a-gain when he lay about two weeks and then he and his com-pany marched to a place called the [unsure] and then this declorant and his company lay until the fifteenth day of January 1781 when his time of service expired and then he
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was marched to Colonel Struds and there ^was mustered by Col-nel Struds and then dismissed from the service. This declatrant further states that he carried his knapsack and his arnes all the seven months and was employed as a soldier and that he performed military duty and nothing else. and that he was not engaged in any civil persuit and further that the comp-any to which he belonged was a regularly embodied company call(Ed) into service by [not readable] authority and further that he was wither in the field, in camp, or on a spying expeditions all the se-ven months. This declarant further states that the reasonings he has not made application for a pension sooner are first he - cause he lives in a remote part of the country and never until March last had he known or heard anything of the act of Congress of the [smudge over date] of June 1832 and of course did not know that he was entitled to a pension. [unreadable handwriting over top of original across middle of the page over multiple lines] [b unsure] was not in great need of any as- sitance whilst he was young and able to work and therefore made no inquiry about a pension but now is old and infirm and has a family of small children to support and needs some as-sitance. These are the reasons why he has sooner made ap-plication. [word crossed out unreadable] This declarant further says that he was regularly in the United States Service all the time he has stated in this declaration here to fore mande except the first two weeks. and that he knowsthat he was called in comformity to the laws of Pennsylvania in to the service of the United States and that he belonged to a regular com-any until he was detached as a ranger or spy a-long the two Indian paths and that each successive time he was called out regularly according to the laws of Pennsylvania Sworn to and [transcribed] this twenty first day of September AD 1836
LS circled           [signed] Henry Davis Junior
State of Ohio Tuscarawas county 
of the Justices of the Peace within   I John G Demuthom and for the county of
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Tuscarawas and the State of Ohio do hereby certify that
Henry Davis jr the person in this declaration named was 
by me affirmed according to law to declare the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth and that after 
being so affirmed he did make the declaration herein
contained for the purpose of supporting his claim for a
pension now pending in the United States pension of-
fice, and I do further certify that said Davis is 
a man of truth and veracity and is worthy of cred-
it and belief
Given under my hand and
Seal this day 21st day of September A D 1836
 John G. Demuth J.P.   [seal]

The State of Ohio         I James W.English Clerk of the Court of Common
Tuscarawas County      Pleas of the County and state aforesaid do hereby
                                     certify that John G. Demuth is Justice of the 
                                     Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned
                                     and qualified that his commission is dated on the
                                     24th day of May 1831 and will expire on 20th
                                     day of May 1837, and that his signature above
                                     written is genuine   
 Given under my hand and the seal of said County this twenty first day of   
  September   A.D. 1836     
            James W. English
            Clerk
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New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Co. Ohio Au. 10th 1836
Hon. J.L.Edwards Com. of Pensions
I hereby transmit to you the declaration of Henry Davis for a pension & also an
agreement entered into by him to serve as a Penn. Militiaman
I have also sent his certificate of Naturalization & a piece of continental money which he has kept since the Revolution
These tho no evidence of his services may serve as Corob
orative testimony. That he has served as he has stated there
is but little doubt but always until a few years back
having been in good circumstances he never thought of ap
plying for a Pension and consequently neglected to pre-
serve some items of evidence that he might have had. He is an
honorable worthy old man and now in much need of the 
assistance of his county. Any other evidence that may be
wanting if it can be had I will forward to the Depart
ment
Respectfully yours .& 
John .D. Cummins
Agent for the Applicant
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New Philadelphia, Ohio  Tuscarawas Co  21 Sept 1836

Hon. J L Edwards, One of Tension


I herewith send you two Depositions and a Supplemental Declation in the claim of Henry Davis Jr.  for a pension.   The depositions are not as neatly drawn as I  could have wished them to be. They were taken  In a backwoods justices office where the facilities for taking them were not vert great and I Had not time whilst then to transcribe them.   Should the substance be sufficient to satisfy the law the form can be amended if it be not sufficient according to the rules of the Department
Yours  Respectfully
John D Cummins
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New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Co. Ohio Sept 1836
Hon. J L Edwards Com. of Pensions
I herewith send you two Depositions and a Supplemental Declaration in
support of the claim of Henry Davis jr for a pension. The depositions are not as neatly drawn as I could have wished them to be. They were taken in the backwoods Justices office where the facilities for taking them
were not very great and I had not the time whilst there to transcribe them. Should the substance be sufficient to satisfy the law the form can be amended if it not be sufficient according to the rules of the Department

Yours Respectfully
John D. Cummings
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New Phil
Ohio Oct 17th

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D  C

[vertical note in left margin]
Oct 21
Ohio
Henry Davis
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New Philadelphia Oct. 14th 1836
Hon. J.L,Edwards Con Pensions
Your letter on the 4th just has been 
received. I am not prepared at present to furnish you with any further
proof in support of the claim of Henry Davis J for a pension. He laborus
under many disadvantages in procuring testimony. He lives far from the
place where he preformed the services & most of his companions are dead
I have not got the laws of Penn. under which he was called out
but have stated the understanding that the Declarant & the witnesses
had of those laws. Whatever part of the declaration is not supported
by sufficient proof will have to be suspended for the present
We may at some future day be able to procure the discharge that fell
into the hands of uplinger and also proof of all his services from some
one or more persons who served with him in the several periods of
service referenced to.

Your O.B.Y.Servant
John D. Cummings
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New Comerstown, Ohio 3-13-37.
Veterans Administration, 
Att:  Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please give us all the information you have in your Dept in regard to the service of the following Revolutionary War veteran.
PVT. HENRY DAVIS
PENSIONED UNDER A CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED OCT. 22ND 1836. DIED APRIL 11TH 1837.
PENSION WAS SENT TO SOME POST OFFICE IN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OHIO. SERVED IN PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT OF MILITIA UNDER CAPT. VAN ETTEN. ENTERED SERVICE IN JUNE 1780. DISCHARGED ABOUT LAST OF DECEMBER 1784.
Can you confirm this information I have and also give me any further facts which your office may have received when this pension was granted?
Thank you for any information you may be able to give.
Yours truly,
E.J. Tilton
475 South McKinley Ave.
[Round DATE STAMP – RECEIVED MAR 15 1937 MAIL SUB. DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #75]
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Henry Davis
Ohio
Suspended
see letter 24 oct
1836 J.D. Cummings
New Philadelphia, Ohio
do, to ,Oct. '36