Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,725, John Davis, S.C.
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3-1776
SERVICE                                       Number
S.G. Davis, John                            S. 21,725

Born in North Carolina
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23.357
South Carolina
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John Davis
Newberry in the State of S. Car.
who was a Pr: in the _____ commanded
by Captain_____ of the Regt. commanded
by Col Lytle in the So. Car. 
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 20 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Jany. '34
and Such Hon J.R. Griffin, H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833-          50--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 -10--
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                                                            $60.--
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath Rice - Clerk,
Book - CVol. Page 65
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The State of South Carolina
Newberry District } To wit
on this 15th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Richard Gantt Esqr the Judge of the court of general sessions of the Peace and common pleas of the said state now sitting John Davis a resident of Newberry district in the said state aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he was born on the third day of December seventeen hundred and fifty five in the state of North Carolina but he does not recollect the county that he has the record of his age in his family Bible at home That he was living when called into service in the district of Newberry then Newberry county part of 96 District that he has lived in the
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same district ever since that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated that he entered the service as a volunteer in 1776 under the command of capt Charles King in the regiment commanded by col John Lyles and major James Lyles and was stationed for some time at Ellison's fort on Enoree River thence he marched and joined General Williamson at Kedwee thence he and the other troops were marched against the Cherokee Indians to their middle settlements and in the course of this march a battle was fought with the Indians in which he participated but he does not recollect the name of the place at which it took Then he continued in this service untill the Indians were driven from their towns their cadn cut down and destroyed He was th
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of said Jones and marched to Augusta and joined Col James Williams regiment commanded by Lieut Col McCray thence commenced to march to Charleston to aid in its defense against the British forces who were besieging it and provided as far as the Congaree where they heard of the capture of the city he was then discharged verbally In neither of these towns was there any regular officers the whole of the officers were of the militia He cannot be certain as to the length of this last tour of duty but he is certain that he was then in services at least one month He afterwards as a volunteer joined the army under the command of General Greene at the siege of 96 the company to which he belonged was commanded by capt Gillespie in the regiment commanded by Col John Lyles and was sent by General Greene to collect provisions for his army on their retreat from the siege that he accompanied the [illegible] of the army collecting provisions to the Catawba River where he was verbally discharged He was employed in this service he thinks one month He afterward
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was required in Spartanburgh to which place he had fled for refuge from the British and Tories to turn out for and this tour of duty that his accordingly joined the company commanded by capt Crawford in the regiment commanded as he believes by col John Thomas and marched to Bull Swamp in the present district of Orangeburgh where they joined a detachment of Militia commanded by General Andrew Pickens and marched to Edisto in pursuit of Capt William Cunningham of the British partizans corps of loyalists that he was employed in this tour of duty at least one month that at its expiration he was verbally discharged That after this he was again required to do duty but in consequence of the pregnancy of his wife he was excused from going upon his furnishing a horse which he did and his horse was lost That he was during the war frequently employed as a scout and he is certain that he was thus employed for at least two months exclusive of the tours of duty which he has already mentioned
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confident that he was altogether in actual service during the Revolutionary war as a volunteer as a draft and as a scout at least eight months That he has no documentary evidence of his services in his possession and knows of no one now alive who can prove his services except Major James Dillard of Laurens who served with him in the expedition to Bull Swamp and Edisto whose affidavit is herewith submitted 
That he refers to the Recd Phillip Cromer and John Caldwell Esqr for his character as a man of veracity and for the general reputation that he was a Revolutionary soldier
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to an annuity or pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state John Davis
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
YJ Harrington clk
Sr Depty
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State of South Carolina
Laurens District
Personally appeared before me John Whitmer one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the District of Laurens, Major James Dillard, who is infirm from age and disease and incapable of going into Court and made oath that he is well acquainted with John Davis, that he know that
he served as he has stated in the expedition to Bull Swamp and Edisto under Gen'l Pickens
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and this deponent concurs in that opinion and believes that he served in every
respect as he has stated
[signed]
James Dillard

Sworn to before me this -- day of -- 1832
John Whitmer J P
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We, Phillip Cromer a clergyman residing in the District of Newberry and John Caldwell
residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Davis who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is a man of good character and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] Philip Cromer
John Caldwell

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
J. J. Harrington Clk

And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies
that Phillip Cromer
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who has signed the forgoing certificate is a clergyman residing in Newberry District and that John Caldwell Esqr who has also signed the same is a resident of Newberry District and that
said James Dillard who has proved a fact of his service is a resident of Laurens District and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Richard Garrett
[illegible]

I Young John Harrington Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and common pleas for
Newberry District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Davis for pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this fifteenth day of November A.D. 1832
Y. J. Harrington Clk
Newberry Dist
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Revolution 
21725
INVALID.
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File No. 21,725
John Davis
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7"  32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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John Davis
Admit as a
Private
6 mo $20


Hon J. R. Griffen
H.R.
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State of South Carolina
Newberry District 
I, Young J Harrington Clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common pleas for the district of Newberry aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing two sheets of paper hereunto annexed
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Davis for a Pension, and that the certificate at the bottom of the last page of the second sheet is my certificate, and the signature thereto is my signature, and the seal in the margin of the said certificate is the seal of the said Court

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three, and fifty eighth year of the independence of the United States of America
Y. J. Harrington
Clk Newberry Dist