Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20949, Henry Babcock Davis, R.I.
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Service R.I.
Davis, Henry Babcock
Mary
Number W. 20949
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5417
New York
Henry R. Davis private Rhode Island line. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 8 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Jan. 1819 and sent to Joseph Dorr Esq. Troy New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $39.19
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 $48.
$87.19
Greene
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
1777 - 3 yrs.

Continued on Roll under the law of May 1820 Petersburgh

sent let. to L. Jenkins, July 27, 1857
Potification sent to WL Marcy Esq. 28 June 1820 Troy New York
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enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony [illegible] [illegible] before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Joseph Dorr

This may certify that it is my opinion that Henry B. Davis is in reduced circumstances and that he [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country for suport.
Joseph Dorr
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State of New York Rensselaer County
On this 8th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Rensselaer personally appears Henry B Davis resident in Petersburgh in said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". That he the said Henry B. Davis enlisted about the seventeenth day of April 1777 for the term of three years in the company commanded by Captain Elijah Lewis in Colonel Christopher Green's Regiment in the Rhode Island line and that he served in the said [illegible] the term of his enlistment and received a discharge which he has lost, and that he received a serjeants warrant from Colonel Green which is herewith forwarded and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.

I Joseph Dorr one of the Judges of said county do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry B Davis did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Joseph Dorr

This may certify that it is my opinion that Henry B Davis is in reduced circumstances and that he [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country for suport.
Joseph Dorr
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State of New York Rensselaer County ss.
I certify that Joseph Dorr Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within declaration was on the eighth day of April last past one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of May A.D. 1818
Joseph D Selden Clerk
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Henry B. Davis

Continue
5417  19 Jany 1819
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State of New York Rensselaer County SS.
On this thirty first day of May 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said county according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law; with a jurisdiction unlimitted in point of amount; keeping a record of its proceedings; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Henry B Davis aged sixty four years, resident in the town of Petersburgh in said county who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
From the fall of 1776 to the fall of 1779 in the Rhode Island Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Green in a company commanded by Elijah Lewis & others. That the original declaration for pension under the act 18 March 1818 was dated eighth day of April 1818 and the pension certificate No. No. 5417.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th 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 than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Henry B. Davis

Sworn to and declared on the 31 day of May 1820
Archi Bull Deputy Clerk
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A schedule of all the property real & personal estate (necessary bedding & clothing excepted) of Henry B. Davis, as pensioner of the United States viz. Real estate non personal property as follows.
1 hog & 2 pigs = $3.00
1 hoe = $.37
1 axe = $1.00
1 table = $1.50
1 chest = $.50
6 chairs = $1.50
Hand irons = $.50
2 kittles = $1.00
6 plates = $.25
6 tea cups & saucers = $.25
6 knives & forks = $.30
1 water pail = $.20
1 foot wheel = $2.00

I am a carpenter by trade but am unable to pursue it on account of the loss of eye sight. I have a wife named Mary aged about fifty nine one child named Experience aged 14 years resident in my family. I do swear the valuation of the articles in the above inventory is correct according to the best of my judgment & belief.
Henry B. Davis

Sworn to in open court this 31 May 1820 before said court
Archi Bull Dep Clk
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V 2214

Mary Davis
widow of Henry
N.Y.
married Aug. 1780

Rolls Greens, reg.t
Enlisted 17 Feby 77 discharged 17 Feby '80
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In the matter of the application of Mary Davis, widow of Henry Davis for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836
Declaration
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State of New York
Albany County

On this 5th day of July in the year one thousand and eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the justice court of the city of Albany (the judge being a court of record ) Mary Davis a resident of the said city of Albany aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain benefits of the pension made by the act of congress passed July 4, 1836 - 
that she is the widow of Henry Davis late of Petersburgh, Renessalear County who was a sergeant in the revolutionary war and was a pensioner at the time of his death under the act of March 18, 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Davis on the twenty first day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty at Stonington int he state of Connecticut - that her husband the aforesaid Henry Davis died on the fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty six at Petersburgh Renessalear county and that she has remained a widow ever since that know as will never fully upon by reference to the proof hunt ...and
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she further declares that her name previous to her said marriage was Mary Babcock and that owing to defective eyesight she cannot write her name
Mary her X mark Davis

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 5th day of July 18374
J.G. Wasson Clk. 

State of New York
Albany County

Gardner Lawton of the city of Albany being duly sworn deposeth that he was well acquainted with Henry Davis within named in his life time - that at the time of his oath he was a pensioner of the United States - That he died on the 4th day of July 1826 being the above named Mary Davis his widow- and that she has ever since remained & now is said widow - 
Gardner Lawton

Sworn & subscribed in open court this 5th day of July 1837
J.G. Wasson Clrk

I hereby certify that the above deposition is credible witness by the court 
witness the said year and my signature this 5th day of July 1837
J.G. Wasson Clrk.
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August the 21st 1780
Then appeared before me Hennery Davis of Westerly and Mary Babcock of of Stonington and was joined in the ordanance of marriage. Simn Brown

Recorded this 5th day of June 1837 by request of Clarke Davis Esq.
[illegible] John D. Noyes [illegible]

Stonington June 5th 1837. The above is a true copy from the Record of Marriages of this town.
John D. Noyes Town Clerk

New London County Stonington ss June 5th 1837
I this day saw John D. Noyes Esq. Town Clerk of the Town of Stonington copy from the original record of Elder Simeon Brown who was pastor of the 2nd Baptist Church in Stonington and by law was legally authorized to marry people in the State of Connecticut the marriage of Henry Davis of Westerly and Mary Babcock of Stonington which said Town Clerk has given a true copy of the original record.
I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 5th day of June 1837
Latham Hull
Notary Public
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I Jepthah Brown of North Stonington in the county of New London of state of Connecticut seventy eight years of age after being duly cautioned and sworn according to law do testify & say that I was the son of elder Simeon Brown & he was pastor of the second Baptist church in Stonington, and I have in my possession a book in which he recorded the marriage of people in his own hand writing that he married which I frequently saw while he was living & I was one of the executors to his last will & testament which book I have "preserved & taken care of among the rest of his papers which John D. Noyes Town Clerk of the town of Stonington has given a true copy of the marriage of Henry Davis and Mary Babcock which is recorded in sd. book in the words & figures agreeable to said Town Clerk's certificate.
Jepthah Brown

New London County North Stonington ss.
June 29 1837
Personally appeared Jephthah Brown signer of the above affadavit whose testimony as a witness is entitled to credit and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. I have hereunto set my hand and before W. affixed my seal of office this 29 day of June 1837.
Latham Hull Notary Public
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2753
New York Albany
Mary Davis widow of Henry B. Davis Conn. who was a private in the R.I. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Wm B Pierce Albany N. York

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 105

[illegible] Nov 18 [illegible]
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State of New York Albany County ss.
Mary Davis now of the City of Albany being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that she is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 1838, an account of the services of her late husband, Henry B. Davis, in the revolutionary war.
That her said husband's full name was Henry Babcock Davis. The name of his mother previous to her marriage, was  Nancy Babcock as this deponent has always understood & believes. She has always understood that her husband was named after a Col. Henry Babcock who lived in Rhode Island, and was a relative of his.
This Deponent further saith that, yesterday, in looking over her husband's papers, she found his pension certificate, a copy of which is written on the next page, and which she retains for the [illegible]  for the purpose of enabling her to obtain the [illegible] of his pension due at the time of his decease, if there should be anything due, which she believes there is. That she is unable to write her name.
Nancy Babcock - X her mark

I was to subscribe this 7th day of August 1839 before me.
L. Jenkins Cent. of Deed
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War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States at this 18th of March 1818, Henry B. Davis late a private in the army of the revolution is inscribed on the pension list, [illegible] of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War office of the United States, this nineteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J.C. Calhoun Secretary of War


I certify that the original of which the above is a copy is genuine.
L. Jenkins Cent. of Deeds

State of New York Albany County ss.
Ethelinda Davis, of the city of Albany, being duly sworn, deposeth that she is a daughter of the within named Henry B. Davis and Mary Davis. She is thirty two years of age. That her father formerly resided in the town of Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, and died there about thirteen years ago. She has always understood that her father's name was Henry B. Davis, and he always wrote it so. He was a pensioner at the time of his death and the within named Nancy Davis, who is now present before Lemuel Jenkins Esq. & who has sworn to the within affidavit is the widow of the said Henry B. Davis & the mother of this deponent.
Ethelin Davis

Sworn to & subscribed this 7th day of August 1839 before me.
L. Jenkins Cent. of Deeds

I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness.
L. Jenkins Cent. of Deeds

State of New York Albany County
I Henry B. Haswell Clerk of the said County do hereby
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certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq before whom the proceeding affidavits purport to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of credibility was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds &c. in and for the said county. And that his signatures to the said affidavits and certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 7th day of August 1839.
H.B. Haswell Clerk
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Rev Widow, &c.
File No. 20.949
Mary Davis widow of Henry B. Davis
Pri Rev War
Act March 3d 43

Index: Vol. A, Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Top right corner upside down:
Henry B. Davis
W.F. 20949
R.I.

Henry Davis Ser'y
Warrant
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Christopher Greene Esq.
Colonel of the 1 st Rhode-Island Battalion, in the Service of the United States of AMERICA
Greeting:
To HENRY:B:DAVIS
I REPOSING Special Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity: Do by Virtue of the Power invested in the Constitute and appoint you, to be a Serjeant in the Regiment under my Command; you are therefore Carefully and Diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant, by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging: And I do strictly Charge and Require all under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as a Serjeant as aforesaid, and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Direction from time to time as you shall Receive from me, or any of your Superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War; and this your sufficient WARRANT.
Given under my Hand this 21st Day Dec. 1779
APPOINTED by 17th of January 1777
C. Greene Col
Davis, Henry B. (R. I.)
W-20949
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5207
Mary Davis
Act July 7, 1838

Married 21. Aug. 1783
Husband dies 3rd July 1826

No deduction

Admitted (crossed out)
Private 2 years ( crossed out)

Lemuel Jenkins Esq
Albany
Mary Davis ( crossed out)
N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Albany ss
On this 16th day f April in the year one thousand and eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Justice Court of the City of Albany ( the same being a Court of Record ) Mary Davis as resident of the City of Albany, aged seventy eight years or upward,    who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, when with oath , make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the Widow of Henry Davis who was a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary War, and at the time of decease, a Pensioner under this Act of 18 March 1818-
     She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Davis, on the twenty first Day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; that her Husband the aforesaid Henry Davis died on or about the third day of July in the year one thousand and eight hundred and twenty six:
    That, as she believes, she was was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but she know that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, Viz at the time above stated.
      The this marriage took place in Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, and her name previous thereto was Mary Babcock- and she is unable from infirmity to write her name and therefore makes a mark for her signature.
Her X mark
Mary Davis

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court on the day and year first above written. Unto is  the Seal of said Court & the signature of the Clerk thereof
J.G. Wasson CMC
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State of New York
Albany Justices Court ss
Gardner Lawton of the City of Albany being duly sworn, deputes that he is fifty years of age and upward, and is a son-in-law of the within named Henry Davis, and Mary, formerly his Wife now his Widow.
    That this said Henry Davis died in the month of July in the year one thousand and eight hundred and twenty six, and that the said Mary has ever since remained & ever is a Widow.
Sworn and subscribed, in the Open Courts this 16th day of April 1839.
Gardner Lawton
Joh G. Wasson CWC

It is hereby certified that the above Deponent is a credible Witness- by order of this Court - Witness the [[?]] voluntary signature this 16th day of April 1839
John G. Wasson CWC
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Albany August 7, 1839

Dir,
    Your letter of the   [  ult]: requiring proof of the identity of Mrs. Mary Davis, Widow of Henry B. Davis, was duly received.  [[?]] proof, which, [[?]], not will be satisfactory in that point.
     As it will take but a few minutes to read & decide on it, may I ask a special favor that her case may be acted on immediately?
      I shall also feel obliged by hearing very soon from the case of Mrs. Anna Enos, respecting which I wrote you on the 17th also and which has been proceeding ever since the 28th of February last.
Very respectfully
Your ob't Sevt.
Lemuel Jenkins
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James L Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
I herewith [[ ? ]] the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Davis, widow of Henry Davis (formerly a Pensioner of the U. States ) with proof annexed in support of her claim for pension under the 3rd  [[?]]: of the act of July 4, 1836.
I am, Sir
with great respect
Yr. obt. Svt.
Lemuel Jenkins
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Albany April 16, 1839

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Mary Davis, Widow of Henry Davis ( formerly a Pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 ) another proof in support of her claim for a pension ( under - crossed out)  for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838.
    In July 1837 she applied under the act of July 4, 1836, but as It did not appear that the marriage took place before her Husband left the service, her claim was rejected.
   Among the papers annexed to that application will be found the proof of her marriage.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully
Your Ob Sevt
Lemuel Jenkins
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
September 19th, 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled " An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment f the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Henry B. Davis, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y., Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and -Cents per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1826 to the 2nd July 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris

TO the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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2715
Mary Davis
applicant for pension
Act March 3, 1843

One Year
$8 open ann.



Agent
Wm. B. Pierce
Albany, NY.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Albany ss

On this Fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds in and for Said County
personally appeared Mary Davis a resident of the City of Albany in said county aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows o persons who served during the revolutionary war.
    That she is the widow a Henry B Davis who served during the revolutionary war with the regular line of Connecticut troops, but under what officers Declarant cannot distinctly remember, owing to extreme age & laps of memory.
    She further declares that was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was Eighty dollars per annum.
    She further declares that she is still a widow.   
Her X mark
Mary Davis

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
J. M. Settle Comm. of Deeds

I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. Note "town" erased & "city" introduced. J. M. Settle

STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Albany ss
I Henry B. Haswell, clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Jacob M Settle was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, ca Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
         In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 22d day of July 1843
H. B. Haswell Clerk
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Hon J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Written up the left side:
2715 July 24, 1843
Mary Davis
March 22/43
NY


July 22/43
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In the matter of the application of Mary Davis for a Pension under the Act of March 3, 1843   Albany July 1843

Sir
I would respectfully request that an examination may be made of the enclosed declaration in the matter of the above application.

I have the honor to remain
with great respect
Your Mo [ Ovt Svot ? ]

Wm. B. Pierce
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Act July '38  Aug 10
NY $80 per ann
to commence March 4, 1836
Send certificate to
Lemuel Jenkins Eq
Albany, N. York

Written vertically up the middle:
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept.
City of Washington
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J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions

T. W. Olcott Esq.
Pension Agent
Albany N. York
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New York 3253

Mary Davis widow of Henry B. Davis who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 3d July 1826 of Albany in the State of New York who was a Private in the [[?]] commanded by Captain Lewis of the first commanded by Col. Greene in the Rhode Island line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of Sept. 1839 & sent to Lemuel Jenkins Albany, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of September 1839 $280.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40  $40.00
==========                                                                $320.00

Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 74

Act July 7, 1838