Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4175, Joseph Davidson, N.C.
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Service North Carolina  Davidson, Joseph Sarah   Number W.4175
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[illegible] 1830
19.416 R
Georgia.
Joseph Davidson of Pike County in the state of Georgia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Goodman of the regiment commanded by Colonel Polk in the North Carolina line, for the term of 2 1/2 years
from 20. April 1776 to 10. November1778.

Inscribed on the Roll of GEORGIA
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25. of October 1824.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of April 1825 and Sent to J. H. Brodnax Esquire
Newnan, Pike County, Georgia.

Arrears to 4th of March 1825 $34.83
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 September 1825 $48
[Total =] $82.83

32
[plus] 2.83
[equals] $34.83

{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820 and 1 March 1823}
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Georgia Pike County
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the County of Pike and State aforesaid Joseph Davidson a resident in said county, and after being duty sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to that made on the 19th day of April last, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by acts if congress of the 18th of March 1818. And the first of May 1820. That he has not since the 18th of March 1818 been possessed of any property, except of that which is contained in the schedule of the 19th of April last, and  that he has not transfered [transferred] any property to any individual whatever since the 18th of March 1818. And the said Joseph Davidson further declares that he has made application for his pension previous to the 19th of April last; first through the agency of Christopher B. Strong an attorney at Law of Putnam County Georgia, but failed as he was informed by Mr. Strong in consequence of the informality of his application; and the second application through the agency of William Gill and attorney at Law of the State of Alabama, the said Joseph Davidson having resided in that state at the time that application was made and that application also failed in consequence of its informality as he was informed by the said Gill- -
Joseph Davidson [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of October 1824
Hugh F. Rose [signature] 
[illegible signature - initials of John H. Brodnax?]
{Georgia, Pike County 
I, John H Brodnax Clerk of the Superior court of Pike county, do hereby certify that Hugh F. Rose is a justice of the peace for the county of Pike, and that he has been legally qualified as such, and that I saw him administer in his official character to Joseph Davidson  the above oath, and that the signiture [signature] to the same is him
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in his official capacity, and in the usual form used in this State. Given under my hand and private seal there being no seal of office, this the 25th day of October 1824.
John H. Brodnax C.L.C.P.C Seal 

Georgia Pike County, Daniel}
Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for said county John H. Brodnax  and Lewis Daniel after they and each of them having been duty sworn according to Law, both say, that from long acquaintance with Joseph Davidson's character, that he is entitled under oath to the highest credibility, and that from his apparent circumstances, and all the information with which they are possessed, they believe that the above affidavit of the said Davidson is true-

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 29 day of Jany [January] 1825
John H. Brodnax [signature]
Lewis Daniel [signature]

Georgia Pike County}
I, Hugh F. Rose a justice of the peace in and for the county of Pike, do hereby certify that John H. Brodnax and Lewis Daniel are gentlemen of high respectibility and standing, and that they are entitled to the highest credibility under oath.- this the 29th of Jany [January] 1825.
 H. F. Rose, J. B. [Signature/initials]
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Georgia Pike County}

On the nineteenth day of April 1824 personally appeared in open court.  It being a
Court of Records for the State and County aforesaid,  Joseph Davidson a resident in said County aged seventy years 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 act of Congress of the Eighteenth of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 That he the said Joseph Davidson enlisted for the term of two years and six months on the 5th day of May
of 1776 in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Roger Moore in the Fourth Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Parker in the [illegible] of the State of North Carolina Troops on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until October 1779 when he was discharged from said Service at the White Planes [Plains] in the State of New York. That he was in three general engagements at Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth and in several other services and that He has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except his own declaration. And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and of that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby So as to dipart [depart] thereof with an intent thereby  So as to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of this [crossed out] an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the law and Navel [Naval] Service of the United seals of the Revolutionary war [illegible] on the 18th of March 1818 and that I
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owneyhave

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 - To one pot
one Bed
1
$50
10
Sworn to and declared on
the ninteenth day of April 1824 before
Eli S. Shorter Judge
To Sephton
I John H Broadman Clerk of the County
of
Pike do hereby certify that it appears to the
satisfaction of the Court aforesaid that the said
Joseph Davidson did serve in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceeding declaration, against
the Common Eney for the him of two years and
Six months in the continental establishment
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I also certify that the foregoing oath or affirmation
and the schedule thereto annexed an truly copied
from the Records of said Court And I do further
Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that ┃ the
full amount in value of the property exhibited
in the aforesaid Schedule is worth one dollar
and fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand & private seal of Office, the
being no official seal of said Court
the
This 19th day of Apr 1824
John H Brown
J. H. Brodnax
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Sarah Davidson decd
ed on the
in the State ofwho

was a private in the
commanded
Captain of theone

year
Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
the rate of 80. Dollars
00
Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836. & and 4 March 1841.
(she died 13 March 1841 )
Certificate of Pension issued the
October 1855.
29th day of
and sent to
Elisha Sting
Semi-annual allowance ending Adairsville
To
Book
Recorded by
D.
Vol.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7 1838
T. Petty
Clerk.
Page 317.
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Application
of Mrs Sarah Davidson, widow of a Pensioner
State of Georgia
⎬ SS.
County of Pike ⎬
On this Fifth
day of November, one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty Eight, personally appeared before me
William Harris, one of the Justices of the deferior Court being
Court of record for the County and State aforesaid Same
Davidson, a resident of the County of Pike and State of
Georgia, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth, on her oath say, that she is the
widow of Joseph Davidson the identical person who was a
pensioned, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of
Pension was issued; that she was married to the said
Joseph Davidson in Orange County in the State of North
Cantine on the twelfth day of September Seventeen hundred
and Eighty one, by John Tuder, a minister of the Gospel
after publication of the banns of matimony; that she
has no documentary evidence to prove her said marriage;
that she was born in the year Seventeen hundred and
sixty one, to the best of her knowledge, as she recollects
being Twenty years of age at the time of her said
marriage to the said Joseph Davidson; that the record
of the births of his children kept by her father was
stolen or taken by the British during the revolutionary war
; that the certificate of Pension to her said husband
Joseph Davidson was issued about twelve years ago when
he resided in the County of Pike and State of Georgia
aforesaid, and he drew his pension money amounting
to Ninety six dollars per annum at Savannah in
the State of Georgia; that her said husband died in
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the County of Pike aforesaid on the twenty ninth day of
August Eighteen hundred and thirty; that she received
from the Agent of the United States of Savannah the
balance that was due of said pension to the date of her
said husbands death, and at the same time the original
certificate of Pension granted to her said husband was
delivered to the said Agent of the United States as she is A

informed and believes, and she did not retain a copy
of said certificate of Pension; that the deceased
pensioner her said husband Joseph Davidson resided in
Pike County in the State of Georgia for the space of
Seven years before his death and that previous thereto
he resided in Montgomery County in the State of Alabama
The further declares that she is the mother of this kin Children
the issue of his marriage with the said Joseph Davidson
and that ten of said children are now living; that
she has resided in the said County of Pike and has
remained a Widow since the death of her said husband
Joseph Davidson, that to support her claim
she refers
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to the Evidence furnished the Commissioner of Pension to
establish the claim of her said husband to a Pension;
and to the Deposition of Isaac S. Weldon hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on
her
Sarah
Davidson
the day and year first
above written before me ⎬
Wm
1
mark
Harris J.
State of Georgia
Pike County ⎬ Before me personally appeared Isaac
Wilson of Pike County in the State of Georgia, who
being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he became
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acquainted with Joseph Davidson and Sarah Davidson
the persons named in the foregoing deposition in the year
Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, when they lived in Jasper
County in the State of Georgia,
that they then removed to
the State of Alabama, and thence removed to Pike County in
the State of Georgia in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
to where the said Joseph Davidson died in the year Eighteen
hundred and thirty; that during this period of eleven or twelve
the said Joseph Davidson and Sarah Davidson and
together as husband and wife, and was believed to be to
connected by deponent and was considered as such by
their neighbors; that deponent was a near neighbor of the
said Joseph and Sarah Davidson and was intimately acquainted with
them for seven or eight years previous to and until
the death of the said Joseph Davidson
Sworn to and Subscribed
Isaac Wilson
the fifth day of November
A.D. 1838, before me
William Harris Justice
of the Inferior Court
Pike County
Harrison of the Justices of the
I
Inferior Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
2
that on the fifth the day of November one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty Eight, Mrs Sarah Davidson and Mr Isaac S. Weldon Cook
residents of the County of Pike aforesaid, made oath to and subscribed
the foregoing Depositions before me, and I do further certify that they
are persons of veracity, and their oaths are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the fifth day
of November Eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
William Harry Justice
of the Inferior Court
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State of Georgia
County of Pike
S
I, Egbert T. Daniel, Clerk of the Superior Court of the
County of Pike and State of Georgia, certify that William
is a Justice of the Inferior Court of the County and State aforesaid,
and that the foregoing thou signatures, purporting to be his, are
genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my private
seal, there being no Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this
twenty fourth day of November, in the year one thousand
eight
hundred and Thirty
eight
Eglet Daniel Clerk
of the
Superior Court.
of Pike County George
Harris
R
Washington City, Deer 17. 1838.
I certify that I am acquainted with
the handwriting of Egbert P. Daniel, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Pike County in the State of
Georgia, and that I believe the above to be
his genuine signature
1
S. Grantland
357 Member H.R. from Georgia
J. S. Grantland
W
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Georgia
Merriwether County
On this 24th Day of November One thousand
Eight Hundred and fifty four personally
appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court in and
for the State and County aforesaid Barbary Weldon
a citizen & Resident in the County aforesaid and
after being duly sworn according to Law Declares
upon her oath, that she is one of the Heirs of Mrs
Sarah Davidson that is to say that she is the Daughter
of Joseph & Sarah Davidson Deced that the said
Joseph drew a Pension from the United States for servvi
or Rendered in the year of the Revolution, and that the
said Sarah was an applicant for a Pension from ┃
Pike County of this State for a Pension after the death
of her said Husband and for the facts of the Marria
of the said Sarah Davidson to her Father the said
Joseph she refers to the Declaration of her mother the
said Sarah made to the Pension Department in her
lifetime upon which her claim was suspended-
She further declares upon her oath that the said
Sarah Davidson Departed this life in the County of
Pike in this State. On the 13th day of March (1841) Eighteen
Hundred and forty one leaving surviving her. John ┃
Davidson, Polly, who intermarried with Isham Boon
Eleanor who Intermarried with Isaac Weldon Sarah
who intermarried with Dread Warren, Margaret Linch
who intermarried with Benja Linch Nancy who inter
A
married with Joseph Warren, the present applicant
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who intermarried with John Weldon and George
Washington Davidson the only surviving children and
heirs at Law of her the said Sarah Davidson and
her Husband Joseph Davidson Dist. all of whom
continue to survive, she further states that she makes
this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Amount of Pension which accrued and fell due
to her mother the said Sarah Davidson under the
Act of Congress under which she may have been
entitled as may appear from an investigation of
her case
Robert
her Weldon
& that of
Sworn to and subscribed
before the Justices of the
Inferior Court this day & date
above written
Hugh Malone Clerk
Inferior Court in & for
Merewither County Ga
Mark
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⎬
Georgia
Merriwether County
Inferior Court Clerks Office
24th November 1854
I Hugh Chalone Clerk of the Inferior Court in
1
and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify
that it has been proven to the satisfaction of the Court
by the Oaths of Applicant in this case, and Mr John
Weldon Both of whom are credible Witnesses that
Sarah Davidson who was an applicant for a Pension
from Pike County in this State, and who was the
Widow & Relict of Joseph Davidson who was a
Pensioner of the United States, departed this life in
the County of Pike State of Georgia on the 13th day of
of
---
March One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty
One (1844) leaving surviving her John Davidson Polly
who intermarried with Isham Bomon Eleanor who Inter
married with Isaac Weldon Sarah who intermarried
with Dread Warren Margaret who intermarried with
Begin Linch Nancy who intermarried with Joseph Car
in the present applicant and George Washington
---
the living children
on the one partering children and heir at Law
her the said Sarah Davidson and her Husband the said
Joseph Davidson Deet, and the Court order, that the
same be certified to the War Department all of which
is hereby certified, and I further certify that the fore
ing contains the original proceedings had in the
case of the application of Barbary Weldon for the
amount of Pension which accrued and fell due
to Sarah Davidson her mother in her lifetime &
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
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set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at my Office in the Town of Greenville
this day and date above
The word Davidson on the opposite side in this certificate
Interlined before signed and certified
Hugh Malone
the
J C J
Declaration
Barbary Weldon
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March 14, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Joseph Davidson-W.4175
The Reverend F. Campbell Symonds
Lynchburg
Virginia
Dear Sir:
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joseph Davidson are not shown.
Joseph Davidson enlisted in North Carolina, April 20, 1776, and served to November 10, 1778, as a private in Captains Goodman and Roger Moore's Companies, Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
In 1818, the soldier was living in Jasper County, Georgia; previous thereto, he had resided in Montgomery County, Alabama.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 19, 1824, at which time he was aged seventy years and resided in Pike
County, Georgia, where he had then resided for about six years.
He died August 29, 1830, in said Pike County, Georgia.
The soldier married September 12, 1781, in Orange County, North Carolina, Sarah, who was born in 1761. In 1855, one Unity Pevy, of Meriwether County, Georgia, stated that her deceased husband was a brother of this Sarah Davidson. She did not state given name of her husband, Sarah Davidson's brother.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed November 5, 1838, while residing in Pike County,
Georgia.
She died March 13, 1841, in Pike County, Georgia.
The widow stated that thirteen children were born of her marriage to Joseph Davidson. Ten were living in 1838.
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The only children of Joseph and Sarah Davidson, who were living in 1855, are as follows:
John Davidson, the oldest son
Polly Davidson married Isham Bomon.
Eleanor Davidson " [married] Isaac Weldon.
Sarah Davidson " [married] Dread Warren.
Margaret Davidson " [married] Benjamin Linch.
Nancy Davidson " [married] John Weldon.
George Washington Davidson.
The dates of birth of the above named children are not given and no other names of children are shown.
In 1833, one Isaac T. Weldon was a resident of Pike County, Georgia, but it is not shown that he was the husband of Eleanor Davidson, noted above.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1915. Apr. 11. Hist to Mrs. M. M.
Davies
M. B.
1925 Oct 7. That to Victor
Davidson
M.D.G.
1728 Mch 8. Hist to Mrs. J.
-
1935 Mar. Hist to ┃
F. C. Symonds
M
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4173

Sarah Davidson
Gad
Joseph Davids
Polker, Wa
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Act: July 7/38
Index: --Vol.
Page 167
Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 3571
Sarah Davidson
decd widow of Joseph
Geo.
┃ Hon S Grantland Dec 18 1838
Elisha King Dec 5 1852
same
June 5 1853-
Same Aug 3. 1855
July
71838
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Sarah Davidson
Joseph Gaus 1838
(
X
Ⓧ
Washington City
immissioner of Pensions
1
Sarah Davidson
Joseph 1839
Washington City
P. Waldo Com of Pensions
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A
3
David
Joseph
sus 1838
yes
Waldo Com of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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2
Joseph Davidson of Geo.
Revo. (N Carolina line
Suspr Sept. 1844 for
oath relative to disposition
of property &c.
of
letter
that date to
Max
J. H. Brod
②
S
inty
much
1781.
on
upon
H
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of
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for
proof
18666
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May
Sarah Davidson
Gay Jun 1838
18
I
Washington City
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C.
No 3576
Georgia
-
Sarah
Davidson
ided
of Joseph
to Hon. S. Grant
see
land. H. Reps. Dec. 18 1838
Act
7th July
1838
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State of North Carolina Secretary's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the
musterrolls of the Continental line of this State
in the revolutionary war, that Joseph Davison
a private in Capt. Goodman's Compy of the 4th
Regiment was mustered on the 20th April 1776
for the term of 22 years, and was discharged on
the 10th November 1778
Given under my hand at
Office this 1st day of Septr 1824
Will
The 4th Regt was commanded by Colo. Thos Poll
and Roger Moore was a Capt for a short time in
or about the commencement of the Men.
Will
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The
The
Honorable John C. Choun
Secretary at War
Washington
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Nowan
Pike County
29th Jany 1825 -
Son
Agreeable to your. Instruction
I have inclosed to Joseph Davidson
Affidavit with the Necessary certifficates in
order to obtain his Penion your attention
Early to his case will under much service
In consequence of the old mans dreadful situation
His request is that if he acknowledged
a pensioner that a Voucher should be
forwarded to this place, Backed to myself
I
have the honoring you
Humble S. H
John H. Brodnax
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3571
Sarah Davidson
Wid of Joseph
Ga
Act July 7. 1838


upside down at bottom:

James L. Edwards, Esquire
Commr of Pensions
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Washington, Decr 17th 1838.
James L. Edwards, Esquire
Sir
I request your attention to the accompanying papers, enclosed in the letter of Mr. Eppinger, and am with respect
Your Obt Servt
S. Grantland
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Georgia
Merriwether County ⎬ On this 25th day of November One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Unity Pevy, a Resident of said County and a credible witness and after being duly sworn states upon her oath that she was well acquainted with Joseph Davidson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in Pike County in this State, previous to his death also with his wife Sarah Davidson who was an applicant for a Pension from Pike County in her lifetime upwards of Sixty years ago that her Husband was the Brother of Mrs Sarah Davidson the said Applicant and that she affiant and her Husband married some few years after the close of the Revolutionary War and settled near neighbours to the said Sarah Davidson and her Husband the said Joseph in Warren County Georgia and lived within three Miles of them for upwards of Twenty years and knew all of their children, and still know those who are surviving she knows the oldest son is named John Davidson then Polly, Eleanor, Sarah Margaret - Nancy, Barbary and George Washington Davidson, and there were some other children who she understand is dead but those named are living as she understand, and believes she further states that she became acquainted with the said Joseph & Sarah Davidson in the year 1785 or 1786, and at the time of her first acquaintance with them they had two or three
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Children and she supposes must have been married some five or six years previous thereto, that they lived togeather as Husband & wife & was regarded as such by all who knew them and she verily believes was Legally Man and Wife, 
Sworn to and subscribed before       Unity her X mark Pevy 
me after the affidavit here subscribed
was Read aloud to affiant and
by her understood, this day and
date above
C.S. Marchman J.P.

Georgia
Herewither County ⎬ I Hugh E Malane Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said County do hereby certify that C.S. Marchman before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and is entitled to full faith and credit such in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court this 25th day of Novr 1854
Hugh E. Malone clk
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Adairsville Ga 30th Nov 1854.
Col L. P. Waldo
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the application of Barbary Weldon for the amount of Pension which accrued to her mother Sarah Davidson Deet late of Pike County. This application should have been made under the act of 4th July 1836, but for want of a knowledge of the Pension Laws her Agent made her application under the act of 7th June 1838. That this is a mistake I presence will appear from her application itself, as I presume She set out her Marriage prior to her Husbands last service in the Army, this is according to the best information I can obtain from the Legatees, they are however very ignorant and know nothing of the provisions made for Revolutionary claimants, Please give me the standing of the case
From the affidavit of Mrs Unity Pery who stands in such a relation to the family of Davidson as to know the facts to which she Testifies, Joseph Davidson must have & Rendered service after his marriage to Sarah his widow
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
C. L. P. Waldo
Washington City
D C
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LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
State of Georgia,                    County.
BY THE HONORABLE COURT OF ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY.

WHEREAS, Sarah Davidson late of said county, deceased, died intestate, having, while he lived and at the time of his death, divers goods, chattels , rights and credits within the county aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of
granting the administration of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and also a final dismission from the same, to the Court aforesaid, does of right belong: and said Court desiring that the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, may be well and truly administered, and legally disposed of, do hereby grant unto John Welden administrator full power, by the tenure of these presents, to administer the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, which to her in her lifetime, and at the time of her death, did belong; and to ask, demand, sue for, recover and receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood bound, so far forth as his assets will extend, according to law, and then the balance justly to pay over to the legal heirs and distributees of the said deceased. And the said John Welden having given bond and security, and taken the oath, and performed all other requisites required by law, necessary to was just qualification as administrator, by order of said Court, and by virtue of these presents, ordained, constituted and appointed administrator of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have officially set my hand and Seal, this Eighth day of January 1855 and Seventy ninth year of American Independence.
Joseph C Beckham ORDINARY
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State of Georgia
Pike County 
I Joseph C Beckham Ordinary in and for said county do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is arrest and true Exemplification of the Letters of Admistrate and bond of John
Welden administrator of the Estate of Sarah Davidson deceased as appears of Record in my office
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 14th day of May 1835
Joseph C Bickham
Ordinary
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LADMINISTRATOR'S BONDS.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY.
Know all men by these presents, that
Isaac Wilden
We, John Welden prin & Benjamin McDaniel securities,
are held and firmly bound unto the Ordinary for said county, and his successors in office, in the just and full sum of Two thousand dollars, for the payment of which sum to the said Ordinary and his successors in office, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, in the whole and for the whole sum, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated, this 8th day of January eighteen hundred and fifty five 
The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound John Wilden
administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of Sarah Davidson late of this County, deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, which have or shall come into the hands, possession or knowledge of the said John Wilden or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him; and the same so made, do exhibit unto the said  Ordinary, when he shall be thereunto required; and such goods, chattels and credits, do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein, when he shall thereunto
be required by the Superior Court of Register of Probates for the county, and all the rest of the goods, chattels and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed by the said Court, shall deliver and pay to such person or persons, respectively, as are entitled to the same by law; and if it shall hereafter appear, that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be proved before the Court, and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said John Wilder in such case, if required, render and deliver up the said letters of administration, then this obligation to be
void, else to remain in full force. 
Signed, sealed and acknowledged, in open Court.
Attest W E Mangham
John Wilden
Benjamin X his mark McDaniel
James X his mark Welden
Recorded this 9th January 1835
Joseph C Beckham [illegible]
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State of North Carolina
Orange County
I George Law Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Orange County the same being a Court of record do hereby certify that that I have made diligent search in the archives of my office for a marrage Bond between Joseph Davidson and his wife Sarah and have been unable to find it 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court at office in
Hillsborough this 8th day of May 1855
Geo. Law Clerk
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Col L.P. Waldo
Adairsville Ga 26th May 1855
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the Certificate of Clerk of the Inferior Court of Orange County, the County in which Hillsborough is situated, which is the Town in which Sarah Davidson was married to her Husband Joseph Davidson, which certificate shows that there is no Record of the said Marriage in the archives of the Clerks office, and I have been unable to find any family Record showing the said Marriage or the Births of the Children such being the fact the affidavit of Mrs Unity Pery which is on file in the case. I presume will be sufficient to prove the Marriage to have ben prior to 1794 as he statements are made under circumstances under which she could not have been mistaken as to the facts of which she speaks, she says her Husband was the Brother of Sarah Davidson, and soon after the War she & her Husband was married & settled neighbours to Joseph & Sarah Davidson in Warren County Georgia, & lived within three miles of them for upwards of twenty years & knew all their children, that she so
became acquainted with Joseph & Sarah in the year 1785, or 1786, at which time they had two or three children which Caroborates Mrs Davidsons statement that they were married in 1781. Mrs Pery being a relative, must have know all most as much of Mrs Davidsons family as she did of her own, She state soon after her marriage she settled
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In Warren County near Joseph & Sarah Davidson & that was in 1785 or 1786, this date she is clear in fixing I hope you will find the proof now satisfactory that the Certificate of Pension will see Mr but send to me as his agent John Weldon Administrator of Sarah Davidson as will appear from the Enclosed Transcript of Record from the Ordinaries Court of Pike County Ga where Mrs Davidson Died
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
Col L. P. Waldo
Washington City
D.C.
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Georgia
Merriwether County ⎬ On this 25th day of June One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me
Mrs Any Pery a resident of said County and a Rep
ectable old Lady one whose statements are entitled
to credit and after being duly Sworn States upon her
Oath that she has heretofore made an affidavit
in support of the Claim of the Heirs of Sarah Davis
son to the amount of Pension which accrued to her
in her lifetime & for which the applied & failed to
obtain In which affidavit the stated that she beca
me acquainted with Joseph & Sarah Davidson in
the year 1783 or 1786. And she now states the Reason
she knows it was in 1785 or 1786, is that it was but
a few months after her marriage to her deceased Husby
and who was a Brother to the said Sarah Davidson
and she knows it from the date of her Marriage as
she & her Husband settled near to them at that time
& lived neighbours to them for a series of years the
has not now a record of her marriage, but she knows
it was in one of those dates and that it was only
four or five years after the close of the Revolutionary War. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
date above written after being read aloud in the presence
of & understood by affiant
C. S. March
Unity X her mark Pevy
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Georgia
Merriwether County⎬ I Hugh E. Malone Clerk of
the Inferior Court in and for the County & State
aforesaid do hereby certify that C S Marchman whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Georgia and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and is entitled to full faith & credit as such 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at my Office in the
Town of Greenville this 26th day of June 1855
Hugh Malone
C.J.C
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Adairsville Ga 27th July 1855.
C. L. P. Waldo

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send an additional affidavit of Mrs Unity Levy in support of the Claim of the Heirs of Mrs Sarah Davidson.
I presume the Reason Rendered by the witness for her knowledge of the dates the speaks of as knowing Joseph & Sarah Davidson as man & wife will be satisfactory as she connect it with her own marriage and the scenes of the Revolution, both of which are circumstances which no sane person could fail to reccollect & though the old Lady cannot speak with decision as to whether it was 1785 or 1786, yet she knows it was one or the other of those dates, & that it was four or five years After the close of the Revolution, that she herself was Married & that Sarah Davidson even then had two or three Children, which would fix the Marriage back to 1781 or 1782, at least twelve years before 1794, the time limited by the act under which she claimed,
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Elisha King
P. Waldo Coms
Washington City
D.C.
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State of Georgia ⎬ On this day personally appeared
Carroll County ⎬ before me the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace in and for the State & County
aforesaid Gillon Scoggin a resident Citizen of said County and a Respectable & Creditable the witness and after being duly sworn according to Law declares upon his oath that he was personally & Intimately acquainted with Sarah Davidson the
widow of Joseph Davidson late of Pike County Georgia, who was a Pensioner of the United States on account of services rendered in the year of the Revolution, the said Sarah Davidson his widow was also an applicant for a Pension in her lifetime he further states that he was intimately acquainted with the said parties for upwards of Twenty years before the death of the said Sarah, and at his first acquaintance with then they were living together as man and wife, and that they continued so to do up to the death of the said Joseph, after
which the said Sarah his widow never married but remained the widow of the said Joseph Davidson up to the time of her death which was about the middle of March 1841, It is said by her relalives on the 13th of March 1841, and affiant believe
that statement to be correct, he further States
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that she the said Sarah left surviving her the
following named children who are the legal
Heirs & Representatives of the said Joseph and
Sarah Davidson (To wit) John Davidson, Polly, 
who intermarried with Isham Boman, Eleanor, who
Intermarried with Isaac Weldon, Sarah, who intermarried with Dread Warren, Margaret, who intermarried with Benjamin Linch, Nancy, who intermarried with Joseph Warren, Barbary, who intermarried with John Weldon, and George W. Davidson, the only surviving Children & heirs at Law of them the said Joseph & Sarah. The Reason the said Joseph Davidson did not make mention of the fact, that he had a family in his application for Pension under act of 1820, affiant cannot tell, though he knows, he had the care of a family at that date and he is certain long before & he knows he had
for years afterwards, even up to the date of his death,
affiant further states he has no interest in this claim,
Gillom Scogins
Sworn to and subscribed fellow soon
before me this 11th Day of
October A.D. 1850,
P. G. Garrison, J.P.        ⎬
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State of Georgia
Carroll County ⎬
I David Bowling Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify that P.S. Garrison whose Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affidavit
& before whom the same was taken is an acting Justice
of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, duly
Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and
credit are due all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at my Office in the
Town of Carrolton. This 11th Day
of October A.D. 1855
David Bowling C.I.C.
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Adairsville Gee 16th Oct 1855,
To Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Inclosed [sic] please find further proof in support of the Claim of Mrs Sarah Davidson Widow of Joseph Davidson for a Pension. I hope you will now find every objection to the allowance of this claim now met, and removed, and that you
will be pleased to grant a certificate in the name of the Administrator John Welden for the amt of Pension which fell due to her in her lifetime,
When I first took charge of this claim I was of opinion that she was entitled under act of 4th July 1836, But you say Joseph Davidson claimed no service after the alledged marriage, therefore the must fall under the Act of 1838, No one seems to know any reason why he did not make mention of his having a family in his application under act of 1820. the old man was quite Ignorant and I presume did not know that it would be any thing to his Interest to do so. that he had a family at the time is notorious (crossed out) from & the Evidence of Both Mrs Unity Prevy and Gillon Scogin prove that fact
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Elisha King
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Pension office October 25 1855

Sir

Please state when Joseph Davidson of Georgia Act 1818 and 1820 at $96 was last paid.

Very Respectfully
B. S. Hood
[illegible] for Commissioner

R Atkinson Esquire
B. Auditor 

Niplett
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Auditor's office
October 27, 1833
Died 29th August 1850 and paid in full to that 
date
William J [illegible]
Auditor
[margin] Mr. J. Randall
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Brief in the case of Sarah Davidson deceased widow of Joseph
County and State of Georgia
act July 7 1838
Claim, (" original, [crossed out]or for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1818 & 1820
at $96 a year
Passed proof of marriage
cohabitaton, several reputation of marriage. 
[crossed out] (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Her identity as the pensioners widow, his death and her widowhood to her death and the date of her death and her surviving children possibly  credible witnesses. _ Appointment
of an administrator certified by the proper Authorty,
Name and residence of Agent
Elisha King Esquire
Adairsville, Georgia

Thornton [illegible]
Examining Clerk.
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Elisha King
Adairsville
Kentucky
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Sarah Davidson married to Joseph Davidson September 1781 by John [illegible] Minister of the Gospel.
Joseph Davidson died 1830
Mr Welden administrator.  $2000
Sarah Davidson Died 13 March 1841
Mr Davidson 1 Polly Boman 2 Eleanor Weldon 3
Sarah Warren 4 Margaret Linch 5  Nancy
Warren 6 Barbara Weldon 7 George Washington Davidson
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Sarah Davidson decd
Widow of Joseph
Georgia
Admitted. July 7 1838
$80 a year from the
4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
she died 13 March 1841
Pay to John Weldon Administrator
for the benefit of John
Davidson 1 Polly Boman 2
Eleanor Weldon 3 Sarah
Warren 4 Margaret Lynch 5
Nancy Warren 6 Barbara
Weldon 7 and George Washington
Davidson 8 or such of
them as may be alive or
any other children not enumerated
above who may be living,
Sent to
Elisha King Esquire
Adairsville
Georgia
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619 Piedmont Ave
Atlanta, Georgia
March 31-1915
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: In looking over some old papers I find that my grandmother Mary G. Leverett applied for pension in 1848 on the service of her deceased husband Thomas Leverett of Troup County Georgia. who died in 1834, and that with her application papers she sent a full record of her children and their
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Marriages. Can you send me a copy of this family record with the service of Thomas Leverett in the Revolutionary War. He lived in Wilkes or Columbia County Georgia during the
Revolution and was at the siege of Augusta in
1781.
Please tell me also if you have the record of my ancestor 
Joseph Davidson of Pike County Georgia whose son Elias Married Lucrecia Leverett of Troup County. He died 1830.
Thanking you in advance
I am
Yours very Truly
Mrs M. M. Davies
619 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
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VICTOR DAVIDSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
IRWINTON. Georgia
8 / 17 / 25.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
My great-grandfather, Joseph Davidson was a veteran of the
Revolutionary war and I understand received a pension from the
Government. He died in Wilkinson county, Georgia, about 1832 or
thereabouts, however, I am of the opinion that at the time of his
application for a pension he was claiming Monroe or Pike County,
Georgia as his residence. Will you kindly give me full information
as to what his application for a pension contained, that is, the
battles in which he fought, where my enlisted, under what commands
in short, a copy, if possible of his application?
if there is any charge for this I will gladly pay it.
Yours very truly,
Victor Davidson
[Stamp] U.S.PENSION OFFICE
S
AUGUST 20, 1925
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1441 Second Avenue
Columbus, Georgia
March 2, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions
Old Records Section.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the copy of the Pension
record of my great great grand father Joseph Davidson to
was living in Pike County, Georgia in 1835 and his name a
pears on that list of Pensioners. I wish this information to
establish my eligibility to membership to the D. A. R.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. T. G. Coleman
[Stamp at top]
U.S. Pension Office
March 5, 1928
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First Presbyterian Church
NINTH AND COURT STREETS
LYNCHBURG, VA.
REV. F. CAMPBELL SYMONDS, D. D. PASTOR January 23, 1935.
War Department,
The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Captain William Wilson was in Colonial service at
the fortified camp of Ninety Six on Sunday, November 19, 1775.
He certainly must have also rendered service during the Revolution
in the days immediately following. Edgefield district
was formed from Ninety Six, and within that district on March
8, 1810, his children at least were residing, who were named
as Jeremiah and Joab Wilson, Susanna, the wife of Anderson
Turner. It may have been that during the Revolution, he continued
as Captain, or he may have during the course of the
war been promoted to a higher rank. Will you be so gracious
as to see what your records hold concerning him?
His son, Joab Wilson, was born September 23, 1786.
1812
Upon his tombstone is the inscription: "Sacred to the memory
of Major Joab Wilson, who died October 1, 1846 " etc. Do you
have any record at all concerning him, and where he obtained
this title?
Robert Mordah, whose name later was Americanized to
Murdoch, served in the Revolutionary Army from Rowan County,
North Carolina, according to North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, etc.
Do your records give his rank, and also something of his
service?
Joseph Davidson, also served in Rowan County, North Carolina
according to North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts. Do your be
records give his rank, and something of his service?
Do you have any Colonial service record of Thomas (
Neely, who lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1739
to 1749, and evidently resided in York County, Pa. from the
time of the formation of that County, 1749 to his death by
1765.
One of his descendants was Major James B. Neely,
who was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Oct. 17, 1803.
After 1834, he lived near Denmark, Tennessee Where did he get
that title of Major?
I appreciate very greatly your courtesy in being
willing to give me this information, and parenthetically, I
may say that I served as supply chaplain quite often at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina during my pastorate in Fayetteville, North Carolina,
particularly immediately after the absence of Chaplain Zimmerman
and before the arrival of his successor.
[Stamp] 20 Received A. G. O. [adjutant general's office] January 24, 1935
Yours most cordially,
F. C. Symonds
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First Presbyterian Church
NINTH AND COURT STREETS
LYNCHBURG, Virginia.
Reverend F. CAMPBELL SYMONDS, D. D. PASTOR
February 4, 1935.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The inclosed letter was addressed
to the War Department. It was returned to
me with the statement that within your files
might be found some information which the
War Department does not possess. I shall be
be very grateful to you for it.
Yours most appreciatively,
F. C. Symonds
FCS: B.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
In reply to your request of__
received__
a statement of the military history of Joseph Davidson
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
April 20. 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
November 10 1778
RANK-Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Goodman, Roger Moore
COLONEL. Thomas Polker
Battles engaged in, Brandywine and Monmouth
STATE.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in North Carolina
Date of application for pension, April 19 1824 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Pike County Georgia
Age at date of application, 70 years, he married in Orange County North Carolina September 12 1781  Sarah Peary born in 1761. he died in Pike County Georgia August 29, 1830 and pension
was allowed on her application executed November 5 1838 while a resident of Pike County Georgia where she died March 13, 1841. they had 13 Children: only names mentioned  John: Polly Married Isham Bomon,
Eleanor married Isaac Weldon, Sarah Marrried Dread Warren, Margaret Married Benjamin Linch
Nancy Married Joseph Warren, Barbary Married John Weldon  George Washington
Respectfully,
6 -- 2856
Commissioner.
Download
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The Reverend F. Campbell Symonds
Lynchburg
Virginia
Dear Sir:
March 14, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Colonial records of Thomas Neely, of Pennsylvania, who died in
1766, the Revolutionary War record of Captain William Wilson,
of Ninety Six or Edgefield District, South Carolina, Robert
Mordah, of North Carolina, Joseph Davidson, of North Carolina,
the War of 1812 record of Joab Wilson and the record of Major
James B. Neely, who was born in North Carolina in 1803 and after
1834, lived in Tennessee.
his office has no record of services rendered in the
Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence no record of
Thomas Neely, who died in 1765.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of William Wilson, described by you, nor
of a Robert Mordah, nor for service in the War of 1812 of a Joab
Wilson. Pension claims are the source of the data furnished by
this office in regard to soldiers of the various wars. Subsequent
records have been searched and no claim for pension found
based upon service of the James Neely noted above.
The Revolutionary War record of only one Joseph Davidson, of
North Carolina, has been found. His record is given herewith.
All spellings of the surnames were used in the search of the
records.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[Revolutionary] and 1812 Wars Section. N. 4175

March 8, 1928.

Mrs. I. G. Coleman,
1441 Second Avenue,
Columbus, Georgia.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4175, it appears that Joseph Davidson enlisted in North Carolina on April 20, 1776 and served to
November 10, 1778 as a private in Captains Goodman and Roger Moore's Companies, Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 19, 1824 while residing in Pike County, Georgia, aged seventy years. He died there August 29, 1830.

He married on September 12, 1781 in Orange County, North Carolina, Sarah who was born in 1781. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 5, 1838 while a resident of Pike County, Georgia, where she died March 13, 1841.

They had thirteen children. Only names stated were: Polly, married Isham Bomon; Eleanor, married Isaac Weldon;
Jos. Davidson x - 1838. 70 to x- 1855.
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Revolution
Sarah, married Dread Warren; Margaret, married Benjamin Linch; Nancy, married Joseph Warren; Barbary, married John Weldon; and George Washington and John Davidson.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Revolution and 1812 Wars Section
MDG
October 7, 1925.

Victor Davidson
Irwinton, Georgia.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4175, it appears that Joseph Davidson enlisted in North Carolina on April 20, 1776 and served to November 10, 1778 as a private in Captains Goodman and Roger Moore's Companies,
Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 19, 1824 while residing in Pike County, Georgia, aged seventy years. He died there August 29, 1830.

He married on September 12, 1781 in Orange County, North Carolina, Sarah Parry (error) who was born in 1761. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 5, 1838 while a resident of Pike County, Georgia, where she died March 13, 1841.

They had thirteen children. Only names stated were:
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Polly, Married Isham Bomon; Eleanor, married Isaac Weldon; Sarah, married Dread Warren; Margaret, married Benjamin Linch; Nancy, married Joseph Warren; Barbary, married John Weldon; and George Washington and John
Davidson.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.