Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17919, Jonathan Davis, N.C.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
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South Carolina 23.803
Jonathan Davis Service in the State of Co ca:
Who was a [illegible] in the command
by Captain of the Rifl command by
Col Chanton in the Main line for 9 mo: 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of So: Carolina at the rate of 32 Dollars HH Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of [illegible] 34 and [illegible] Hon Davis - H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 97.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending [illegible] 16.22
$113.54
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Chath Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 6
Lel. Horllin Thompson [illegible]
was [illegible] May 21, 183 [torn page]
New cerfit ipaid 15
order to pay 5 [illegible]
Order to pay 26 March
do do 15th March 18
do do 17 March
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Jonathan Davis application for a pension. 24290
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South Carolina Greenville District ⎬
on this the 19th day of March 1833 personally appeared before me Josias I Evans presiding Judge of the bench of common pleas now sitting Jonathan Davis aged seventy five years a resident of the district and state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832. 
That he entered the service when he was about eighteen or nineteen years of age which was fifty five or fifty six years ago. His memory being bad as to dates he can only fix dates in this way. He joined the army as a substitute for one William Staleup in Caswell County North Carolina. The name of his captain was White and that of his Col Thorton Yancy  the latter was from Granville. He was marched into South Carolina near Perrysburg and was encamped in that neighborhood at different places until the spring. He first joined the army about the first of November and was discharged hear the Saltketchers on the 10 of April he believes that he received a written discharge and has lost it.
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He thinks it was in the ninth of March  that the Regiment was ordered from the neighborhood  of Perrysburg to form the American army near Augusta when about to cross the Savannah River below Augusta and near the mouth of Brier Creek they were met by the American troops retreating from an engagement at Brier Creek . Thence they marched back to their encampment  at the smoakey camps near Perrysburg, and on the tenth of April were discharged as is above stated. Sometime early in July he was again drafted and was required by Col. Parks to aid him in preparing wagons and teams  and afterwards drove one of said  wagons He loaded at crossing creek , crossed Pedee at Cherow Hill , went on towards Camden and arrived near the battle just after Gates defeat and rush the Americans flying. after some little time he was ordered by a French Lieutenant who had command of the wagons, to turn back on the road which they had come. That he did so and got as far as Lynch's creek
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he was stopped by high water and was in that situation continually passed during the night  by the retreating Americans. Late in the night Col.  Constant Perkins passed along and advised them to fly - that the British horse were in close pursuit- taking one of his horses from his wagon he crossed the creek and shortly after came up with a drove of cattle which had been going up for the use of the army - He had tried to arrive the cattle across the Pedee and or far as Cole's Bridge from which  place he with with many others made the best of his way home . In this last campaign  he was  in service six or seven weeks  - but was at home on furlough  and very sick for the whole of the three months for which he was drafted. He was again drafted  and hired a substitute  John Elliott giving him a good more  - He was again drafted and hired another substitute when John Jones - He was twice after this one of twenty  who hired as such for nine months. He has no documentary evidence to which he can refer the hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity except the present  and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.  Sworn and subscribed  the day and the year said.  ( his mark X ) Johnathan Davis
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in open Court . J McDaniel ( signed ) C.C.P.     [ South Carolina Greenville District ] Asa Wright makes oath that he was in the regular  service during the war of the Revolution and was stationed near Perrysburg for a portion of the time of his service. He has a distinct remembrance of seeing  Johnathan Davis  the applicant whose name is subscribed on the opposite page in the  encampment at the smoakey camps near Perrysburg. Sworn and subscribed  the day & the year above written  in open Court.  ( his mark X ) Asa Wright  J McDaniel  ( signed ) C.C.P.    We Nathan Berry  a Clergyman and  Asa Wright  residing in the district aforesaid  do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Johnathan Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to  have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  ( his mark X ) Nathan Berry   ( his mark X ) Asa Wright   Sworn and subscribed  in open Court  the day and year above written.  J. McDaniel ( signed ) C.C.P.
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And the said Court do hereby 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 Nathan Berry who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman  resident in the district aforesaid and that Asa Wright  who has also signed  the same is also a resident  of the said district and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Josiah J. Evans ( signed ) Present Judge  19th March 1833.     [South Carolina Greenville District ] I. James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district of Greenville aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the  application of Johnathan Davis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 day of March 1833.  J McDaniel ( signed  ) C.C.P.
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24290 Johnathan Davis  S.C. Rev. Admit as private   9 mo. - 22 days  $ 32" 44   Hon W.B. Davis HR
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, [no date written] 183[no year written]

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Davis S.C.
[columns titles] Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant’s service: Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[answers handwritten below column headers]
Cannot remember dates entire as 55 or 56 years ago
As a subte | 5 [months] | Private | Cp White Col Yancy | 70 [age] entered at Caswell N.C now lives in Greenville Dist S.C. | one surviving Witness saw him in Service —— Certificate of a Clergyman and a Citizen
Early in July drafted | 6 or 7 weeks | [blank] | Col Parks |
Drafted several times after this but hired a Substitute ——

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
Q.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or is
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby 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 it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an officer, has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
┃ The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
low the rule laid down for his
guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
dent to enable the Department to dtermine to what a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--Forof
his service; but, according to the best of his
- yearmonths
, anddays
, I served as a . For months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[South Carolina Greenville District ] Onthis fifteenth day of  October 1833 personally appeared before me  John  Richardson (? text partial )  a presiding Judge  ..  ? Court of Common  Pleas now sitting Johnathan Davis an applicant for a  Decision and makes the following declaration  in order to me made on in addition to one made on the seventeenth of March  after present year . The said Johnathan Davis being duly sworn defines and saith  that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory  he cannot with any greater positiveness as to notes  than he has already done, but that he very distinctly remembers that he served the length  of time stated in his former declaration . By reference to the Sisters of the Revolution and other of instance he is now able
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to say that he first of remembers stated in his declaration as the period when he entered the service was the first of November 1779 - and that the  11th of April heretofore mentioned as the period of his discharge was the 10th April  1780 - These notes may be corroborated  by referring to the note  after the Battle at Brier Creek commonly called Ashley's  defeat. The note of his  last service  .. ( illegible ) be fixed by the facts heretofore given to wit that  he was on his way driving a wagon to Camden when he was turned  met and  turned back by the American troops flying  from Gate's defeat  - In this tour service he was on actual duty  for six or seven weeks and was on furlough  and sick for the remainder of his term of service
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months for which he was drafted . Sworn to in open Court  the day above written -  Waddy Thompson  Jr. makes oath that e is well acquainted with the applicant Johnathan Davis and that   no mans character for truth honesty and provability is more  unimpeached. Sworn to as above  W. Thompson  Jr ( signed )  J McDaniel ( signed ) C.C.P. Oct 15 1833
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The said Johnathan Davis also made the following answers  to the  questions required to be asked and was duly sworn  & the some.  1. I was born in Prince George  hereby in the State of Maryland , I cannot fix the year with any more certainty  that I  have already done  toward that  I am seventy  __ or seventy __ years old. 2.  Question . I have no record of my age  . I had but have lost it. 3. I was living  in  Coswell County  North Carolina when called into service . I returned in the year 1788 to  this district where I have resided ever since. 4. My first tour of duty  was as a substitute for  Wm. Salkup  - my last tour  under a draft as before stated - 5.  I can state nothing more on these points than I have already done. 6. I was a militia man the commanded by Gen Lincoln and  .. ( illegible ) of Col Rutherford . I rec'd a discharge but have lost it . I never received any commission  all my service was as a private.
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7.  I can name as persons in my neighborhood  who will vouch  for my veracity every body  in it  I hope and believe I will however name  William Johnson  Esq. , Col. Thomas P Brockman, Col. Wm Austin, Walton Thomas Austin ,Henry Goldsmith, etc. ( his mark X ) Johnathan Davis  I do hereby certify that these two sheets contain the declaration and  answers to questions upon oath  of Johnathan  Davis and two  officials of  Waddy Thompson Esquire all of which were sworn to in open Court now sitting. Oct 15, 1833 J McDaniel ( signed )  C.C.P.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF HIM
Mrs. J. E. Lane
Altavista
Virginia.
Dear Madam:
October 21, 1929.
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 17919, it appears that Jonathan Davis was born in
-
,
---
Prince Georges County, Maryland, date not given.
While residing in Caswell County, North Carolina, he enlisted
November 1, 1778 and served as a private in Captain White's Company
, Colonel Thornton Yancy's North Carolina Regiment and was dis
charged April 10, 1779.
From July 1780, he served six or seven weeks as a teamster,
by order of Colonel Parks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19,
1833, while a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina, aged
seventy-four years.
●
There are no data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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( left page )  17919 INVALID. File No. 17.919 Johnathan Davis  Pri Rev War Act : June 7" 32 Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 429  [Arrangement of 1870 ]  ( right page ) 1907 Dec. 13 . Hist. to Jane E. Martin 1923 Oct 23 . Hist. to Rosa T. Lane ans  1929 Oct 21 - Hist. to Mrs.  J. E. Lane ans
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[ The State of South Carolina Greenville District ] SS. Personally appeared before me  a Justice of the peace , Johnathan Davis  and made oath in due form of Law that he never received  a Pension  Certificate issued from the War Office in his name, and  delivered to the Honrb. W.R. Davis , for him , as he is informed - Sworn to and subscribed  1st February 1836 before me  J Kilgore ( signed ) J.Q. ( his mark X ) Johnathan Davis  The deponent cannot write  J Kilgore J.Q.  [ The State of South Carolina Greenville District ] Clerk's Office  I, James McDaniel  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district and State aforesaid do certify that Josiah Kilgore  is a justice of the peace and that his attestation  as such is entitled to full faith and credit  , and that it is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Public Seal of my office this 1st February  S.D. 1836. J McDaniel ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of  Greenville District
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Charleston  9 March 1840                                   Sir                                                                           I forward herewith for authority  to pay ,Voucher of Johnathan Davis.  I am very respectfully Your Obt Ser   A Spears ( signed ) pen agent         J. L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions  Washington D C
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Hon W. Thompson Duplicate dd certif cert  Jon a Davis Issue Duplicate certificate ( vertical notes ) (  Feby 2 WSyl Hon W. Thompson  HR ) ( upside down ) ( J. L. Edwards Washington)
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( duplicate of a previous page )
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Feb 11, 1836 The Commissioner of Pensions will herewith receive the affidavit of Jno Davis I shall be glad to receive immediately  his certificate. respectfully , etc. W Thompson  ( signed )
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(post mark ) [GREENVILLE S.C. MAR 6 ]     FREE  To the agent for the payment of pensions  Washington City D.C.  Mail   ( vertical ) ( Mr. W. Evans)
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( duplicate of page 25 )
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Greenville  March 1839  Sir. Inclosed is a power of attorney to order Mr. Johnathan Davis' Pension - Having no  friend at Washington whom  Mr. Davis could authorize to receive his Pension. I have thought proper to  forward the papers ( directly ) ( underscored ) to you  and request that the money be forwarded to me - When I pay Mr. Davis I will take and forward his receipt to you - Very Respectfully  William Choice  ( signed )
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Planters & Mechs Bank of S C Charleston  9 May 1836  J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions         Sir  I forward herewith Voucher of Johnathan Davis a pensioner under Act 7 June 1832. The claim dates from 4 March '31. But is a little over two years has elapsed since his name was placed upon the Roll of this agency  I forward it for your inspection. I am Respectfully  Your Obed Svt  F. Lunneau  (  signed ) Pension Agent
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Planters & Mechanics Bank Charleston 17 March 1838  J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington   Sir I forward herewith for your authority  to pay, Vouchers of Philip Evans, Johnathan Davis, and Thomas Gaines, having 12 months pension due. Very Respectfully  Your Obt Serv  A. Spears ( signed ) pension agent
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Dec 5th 1917 . Columbus ,Ga.  Commissioner of Pensions. Kind sir - Will you  be so kind as to send the war record of John Briggs, he was born in  Surry Co Va. about 1723, enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary  War and was promoted to Corporal  he served to the close of the war 0 in Lee's Legion and he was entitled to land. I want a record of him - if he has a land grant or pension - I will greatly appreciate this favor - Very Respectfully  Mrs. Jane E. Martin ( signed )  Johnathan Davis was also a pensioner  in the So .Ca. list of pensioners : desire record of him - 23803
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Altavista ,Va.  Sept . 8 , 1923  ( post mark ) [ U. S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 11 1923 ] Commissioner of Pensions  Washington  , D.C.   Dear Sir : I am trying to establish my eligibility to membership in the Daughters of the  American Revolution and would greatly appreciate your sending me the military record of the following :  Johnathan Davis  , ( underscored )  Revolutionary  pensioner of Greenville  Co., S.C. in  1834 ;
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also the record of Nathaniel Morris ( underscored ) , a Revolutionary soldier from Georgia who is mentioned in the Land Lottery Grants of 1827 Jones County , Ga.  Thanking you in advance for your courtesy in the matter , and hoping to receive an early reply , I remain  Yours very truly, ( Mrs. ) Rosa Thornton Lane
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Altavista, Va.,
Aug. 20, 1929.
Will you please send me the military
record in the Revolutionary War of
JONATHAN DAVIS
South of
Greenville District, North Carolina
His name appears in the Census of Pensioners for
Revolutionary service compiled by the Secretary
of State in 1841.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply,
I remain,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J.C. Lane
Son
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X
in his (or his widow) appel on for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Nov. No 8
July 1780
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1779 ┃
RANK.
Apr 18: Lot
┃ Corweeks
S. 17919
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
White
Was
COLONEL.
Thornton Yancy
Parks
STATE.
W
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Caswell Co NC
Date of application for pension, Mar. 19, 1833. Cal.
Residence at date of application, Greenville Dist S.
Age at date of application, born in Prince George Co Md.
Remarks:
first tour arranged according to date of
bat of Brier Creek Mar 3, 1779
Very respectfully
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Rev. and 1812 Wars
Section.
Rosa T. Lane,
Altavista, Va.,
Madam;
October 23, 1923.
I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17919, it
appears that Jonathan Davis was born in Prince
George County, Maryland, and while residing in Casa
data giving
Well County, North Carolina, enlisted November 1,
1778 and served as a private in Captain White's company
, Colonel Thornton Yancy's North Carolina regiment
and was discharged April 10, 1778.
From July 1780, he served six or seven weeks as a
teamster, by order of Colonel Parks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 19, 1833, while a resident of Greenville
District, South Carolina, aged seventy four years.
There is no data on file as to his family,
and
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31871, it appears that Nathaniel Morris was born June 28, 1756, and while residing in Brunswick County, Virginia, enlisted September 1775 and served as a private under Captain James Manson, at the expiration of his service, he enlisted and served in Captain William Crump's Virginia company.

He again enlisted and served in a company of Horse under Captain William Washington and served until the capture of Cornwallis. He was in the battle of Brandywine, Monmouth, Long Bridge, Long Bridge and at the Siege of York.

He was allowed pension on his application
 executed October 16, 1833, while a resident of Jones County, Georgia.

There  is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner