Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1199-100, Daniel Davis, [BLANK]
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SERVICE
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Davis, Daniel

NUMBER
B.L. WT. 1199-100
by Special Act of Congress
Approved May 20, 1826
No papers

CONTENTS
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Davis, Daniel

B.L. Wt. 1199-100
(Special Act. May 20, 1826)

Claim missing in 1912

Register shows "Issued to himself Jan 5, 1827. Delivered to Hon. J. Lawrence"
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November 24, 1937
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Daniel Davis
B. L. Wt. 1199-100
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Daniel Davis
S. 8287
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Dr. Charles S. Davis
406 West Springfield Avenue
Champaign, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you make further request for information in regard to your ancestor, Daniel Davis of Virginia. You state that Warrant No. 1199, for one hundred acres of bounty land, issued to Daniel Davis was not issued to your ancestor by that name, that the will of your ancestor, Daniel Davis, has been found in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, which shows that he bequeathed a bounty land warrant for one hundred sixty acres of land to his son, Asbury Davis.

When the report of May 18, 1937, was furnished you in regard to Daniel Davis of Virginia, S. 8287, and Daniel Davis who received bounty land Warrant No. 1199-100 acres, Revolutionary War soldiers, you will recall that no pension or land record was found of any other Daniel Davis who served in the Virginia troops.

The bounty land warrant for one hundred sixty acres which you state Daniel Davis bequeathed to his son, Asbury Davis, may have been issued in the name of some other soldier and purchased by Daniel Davis, as many of the soldiers sold their warrants; however, if you will give the date of the will of your ancestor and the date it was probated, as you state that you do not know the number of the warrant, then that information will reveal a measure when the warrant was issued. If you have obtained any other information in regard to your own ancestor, such as approximate dates of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow, please include the data in your reply. This office will gladly make another effort to aid you upon receipt of all information you have.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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CHAS. S. DAVIS. M. D. 
406 W. SPRINGFIELD AVE.
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
October 12, 1937

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

On March 8, 1937 I wrote you for information concerning a land warrant issued to a Daniel Davis, a soldier of the Revolution, and who was my ancestor. Warrant No 1199

After receipt and studying your reply I discovered the land warrant I referred to probably was not issued to my ancestor.

Since that time the will of my ancestor, Daniel Davis has been found in the records in court house at Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. One clause of his will reads:

"My Son, Asbury Davis, is to have no further share or part of my property, he having already a land warrant of me calling for 160 acres of land which I consider his full share."

The land warrant above referred to in the will was the one I believed the General Land Office had reported to me.

Will you please furnish me with the same information concerning the Daniel Davis who received the Land Warrant mentioned above in will as in the previous inquiry. Warrant No. 1199

Some of the history of this ancestor participation in the Revolution has been passed down from generation to generation. I am seeking Government record of him which I can insert in a family history. I want as much of his war record as is possible to obtain.

Probably The first time I was on a wrong trail. This time I am started right and, while I do not have the number of the Land Warrant, the record of it is in your office.

I thank you for your previous service and ask you pardon for the trouble I caused you while I dislike very much to make a second call for this information there is no other source from which it can be obtained.

Will you please give this call your attention?
Very respectfully,
[signed] Dr. Charles S Davis
Dr. C. S. Davis
Capt M.C. World War
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CHAS. S. DAVIS M.D.
406 W. SPRINGFIELD AVE.
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS

Daniel Davis Continued

The recipient of warrant No. 1199 signed his name Daniel + Davis.
My great grandfather signed is name Daniel + Davis.
  Could they not have been the same person? My ancestor Daniel Davis is supposed to have been with Col. Daniel Morgan and Capt. Porterfield in the battle of Quebec Canada and was taken prisoner with other Virginia soldiers.  The next year he was returned.

Dr. C. S. Davis
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Clyde Court Apartments
C. G. DUTTENHOFFER, Owner
Cor. First Ave, and Second St., South East
MIAMI, FLORIDA
CLYDE COURT - APARTMENTS
"It's Always June in Miami!"
MILDRED LEE APARTMENTS
48th Street and Alton Road
MIAMI BEACH

March 8, 1937.

Administrator of
Revolutionary Veterans Affairs,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am writing you about the military record of Daniel Davis, my Great Grandfather, a native of Virginia who served with the Virginia troops in the War of the Revolution.

My present interest in the life and activities of this ancestor began last September when I met a cousin who, during a very brief conversation about our family, informed me he knew where my Great Grandfather, Daniel Davis was buried. I there resolved that I would seek his record and find it if such was possible.

I started my search by writing a letter to Senator Glass of Virginia asking him for any assistance and directions he could give me in the matter.

For your information I am enclosing a copy of my letter to Senator Glass, also copy of the Adjutant General's letter to Senator Glass.

When I read the Adjutant General's letter, I discovered that there were too many soldiers by the name of Daniel Davis, and too many officers by the name of Morgan.

To tell to a certainty which was my Great Grandfather, I wrote to the General Land Office for what records were there concerning Government land he had acquired. I was sure those records would show which Daniel Davis was my ancestor.

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Clyde Court Apartments
C. G. DUTTENHOFFER, Owner
Cor. First Ave. and Second St., South East
MIAMI, FLORIDA
CLYDE COURT APARTMENTS
"It's always June in Miami"
MILDRED LEE APARTMENTS
48th Street and Alton Road
MIAMI BEACH

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I am sending a copy of the reply I received from the Land Commissioner. It shows he purchased land in Guernsey County, Ohio which joins Muskingum County on the east. Also that he received Warrant No. 1199 entitling him to 100 acres of land in Military Reservation, part of Muskingum County being in that reservation.

He kept the warrant eight years and then disposed of it, probably for land that had been entered or purchased by another person.

The important thing to me now is that the record of the granting of Warrant No. 1199 will show in what military organizations my Great Grandfather served.

I desire his military record. Copy of Discharge
Where was he born?
From what place did he enter military service?
If he received a cash bonus, to what address was it sent?
If he received a pension, to what address was it mailed?
Did he leave a widow?
In fact I desire all information concerning him which may be on file with Revolutionary Veterans Affairs.

Thanking you for what information you may give me, I am
Very sincerely,
[signed] Dr. Charles S. Davis
Dr. Charles S. Davis,
Capt. 165 Dep. Brig. World War.

After April 20th my address will be-
406 W. Springfield Avenue,
Champaign, Illinois.
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November 28, 1936.

Senator Carter Glass,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator:
I a taking an unusual course in making the request of you that I am going to make, as I am not a resident of Virginia, but of Champaign, Illinois. But there is information I wish to obtain from the Bureau of Revolutionary Soldier's Affairs, and I know of no one as able to secure it for me as yourself.

My Great Grandfather, Daniel Davis, was a native of Virginia. He was a soldier of the American Revolution, and served in Washington's Army and, undoubtedly, in a Virginia Regiment. This information I have from my Grandfather Davis. He migrated from Virginia to Ohio after the opening of the North West Territory, settling in that part of Ohio which is Muskingum County and Hocking County. His remains now lie in an old, neglected cemetery in the region of Logan, Hocking County. A cousin who has lived all his life in or near Logan, told me about the location of the grave last September. It was a pleasant surprise, as I had believed that the location of his grave was forever lost to me. I then decided that the grave should have the proper care, and receive the honorable marking to which it is entitled, or move the remains to a location where the grave will receive perpetual care. When I visit the grave next Spring, I will probably discover that the inscriptions on the tomb are very much weather worn and that they may not be entirely legible. I will need the name of the Company and Regiment in which he served, and date of discharge, also the dates of birth and death, which I believe is kept in the Washington Offices, to enable to properly prepare a new marker for the grave.

I would also like to know about the matter of a Soldier's Land Grant which I believe he received from the Government, and was located in that part of Ohio.
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Now, Senator, I do not ask you to yourself obtain this information for me, but will you please tell me how to get it from the Bureau of Revolutionary Soldier's Affairs, and from Richmond, Virginia, if it will be necessary to apply there for any of it. I am very anxious to not make a mistake in my application and thereby spoil my chance of securing what I most desire at this time. I will appreciate the favor greatly if you will give the assistance of your knowledge and influence.
Very Sincerely

Dr. Charles S. DAvis
Address until April 1, 1937-
Clyde Court Apartments,
Miami, Florida.

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May 18, 1937
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DANIEL DAVIS
B. L. Wt. 1199-100
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Dr. Charles S. Davis
406 West Springfield Avenue
Champaign, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of March 8, in which you request information in regard to your ancestor, Daniel Davis, of Virginia, a Revolutionary War soldier. With your letter you enclosed copy [clerk note: is attached & I did not realize that until I had mailed my letter of Nov. 24, 37 in wh. I asked for more inf-] of your letter of November 28, 1936, to Senator Carter Glass, descriptive of your ancestor, also, copy of the report from the General Land Office in which it is shown that a Daniel Davis received January 5, 1826, a warrant No. 1199, for one hundred acres of bounty land for service in the Revolutionary War, and that he sold his right to locate said warrant. You enclosed, also, a report from the War Department showing various military records of soldiers with the name Daniel Davis who served in the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War.

All information given in all your enclosures has been used in the search of the pension and bounty land records of this office.

There is only one claim for pension on file based upon service in the Virginia troops of a Daniel Davis. The pension file number is S. 8287. The papers in that claim show that he was born February 11, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and when a child, his father moved to Maryland, thence to Virginia. At the beginning of the Revolution, said Daniel lived in Augusta County, Virginia, that part which was later Greenbrier, and after the Revolution lived in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Cabell Counties, Virginia. The name f his father is not given. In 1778, he had a brother, William, living in Bedford County, Virginia. He served under Lieutenants Estill and McNut, Captains John Henderson, Matthew Arbuckle, William Rentfrow, William Thompson, and Colonel Dickinson, most of his service against Indians. IN 1844, he was living in Cabell County, Virginia. For the kind of service he rendered he would not have been entitled to bounty land from the United States. He received a United States pension.
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The records of this office show, also, that the bounty land
warrant No. 1199, for one hundred acres, issued to Daniel Davis,
for service in the Revolutionary War, was issued January 5, 1827,
by Special Act of Congress approved May 20, 1826, and was delivered
to Honorable J. Lawrence, not January 5, 1826, as shown in copy of
letter from the General Land Office, enclosed by you. As the land
was granted under a special act, there are no papers on file in this
office which were submitted in the effort to obtain the land.
In the list of private claims presented to the House of Representatives
of the United States from the first to the Thirty - first
Congress, inclusive, the name Daniel Davis is recorded and the
following: Nature or object of his claim -- Bounty land for revolutionary
services, 19th Congress, 1st Session; brought before the House
of Representatives by petition; Page of the Journal, 143; referred to
committee of the House on Private Land Claims; number of report, 60;
nature of report -- Favorable, bill No. 83; passed by House of Representatives
and by the Senate Approved May 20, 1826. No record has
been found which shows the residence of this Daniel Davis at any time,
In the effort to aid you, however, as Daniel Davis' land warrant was
delivered to Honorable J. Lawrence, reference was made to the Biographical
Congressional Directory, 1774 - 1903, in which it is recorded that
Joseph Lawrence who was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, was elected
a Representative from that state to the 19th, 20th and 27th Congresses,
which might indicate that said Davis resided at that time in Pennsylvania.
It is suggested that further information in regard to that Daniel Davis
might be obtained from the page of the House Journal No. 143, cited
above.
It is regretted that this office has no further information to
aid you. Your photostatic copies of reports from the General Land
Office and War Department are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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