Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.12729, Michael David, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Va.         David, Michael            S.12729
Carded
CONTENTS
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Hon A. D. Dodge Dec 21/53
13502(overstrike 3)
13503
FBF
Kentucky
Michael X David      Ex.
of Mason Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Marshall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stevens in the Virginia line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1853 and Sent to A. D. Coleman Maysville
Arrears to the 4th of March        53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.     13.33
$66.63
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book C Vol. 7 Page 7
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Declaration of Michael David
State of Kentucky, Mason County Sct
On this the 10th day of December, 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Mason County Court now sitting Michael David a resident of the Town of Washington in the County oof Mason and State of Kentucky aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein after stated. - viz he entered the service as a volunteer under Capt. Crookshanks, who commanded a Company from Shenandoah County, Virginia that John Hoover was the Lieutenant of the company that they marched from Shenandoah County to Frederick County, Winchester Barracks Virginia where they guarded the British prisoners who were taken at the Battle of the Cowpens that this term of service was performed in 2 the year 1780 - that the tour was two months and that after serving out that period he was honorably discharged by his officer, the Capt. but has lost his discharge - that he resided in
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the County of Shenandoah Virginia when he entered the Service of the U. States under Capt. Crookshanks that he recollects Col. Morgan and Maj. Brown as Field Officers. 
The said Michael David also declares that afterwards & but a short time, previous to the surrender of Cornwallis at York, he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer soldier, under Lieut. Oniel and Ensign Jacob Lantz, who raised a company to reinforce the American army- that the company joined the army at a place called Burnt Ornery and were attached to the Company of the late Capt. Thomas Marshall, under the Command he thinks of one Col. Stevenson, who was from Culpeper county - that the army after he jointed it, marched from Burnt Ornery to Mawpen Hell, where it lay two weeks that at this tour he served the United States 3 three months and at the expiration of the term was honorably discharged, but has lost the discharge.
Said Michael David further States that immediately after the Surrender of Cornwallis he again turned out as a volunteer, under Capt. Kiner, for the purpose of guarding the Prisoners
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and marched to Winchester Barracks where he 3 performed a tour of three months service in guarding British prisoners and at the end of said tour was regularly & honorably discharged but has lost that discharge with the others- 
that he was at the time of performing all his three tours of service, a resident of Shenandoah County Virginia - that he was born in Frederick county Maryland, and removed from thence to Shenandoah County Virginia that he has no record of his age, except in his fathers family Bible, which is not in his possession - unless there may be a record in Frederick County Md. that his family removed to Shenandoah Virginia, where they resided when he performed his revolutionary Services - that after the revolution, he emigrated to the West and settle in Mason County, Ky, where he has resided ever since & now resides - that he is well known to Col. Marshall Key, Maj Tho. Marshall, Mr. John Marshall, the two last mentioned are Sons of the late Capt. Ths. Marshall under whom he served one term - that he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person by whom he can prove his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares
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that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
             his
Michael  3  David
            mark
Atteste
N. D. Coleman
We Marshall Key, Charles Ward & John Marshall Citizens of the County of Mason, Kentucky do certify that we are well acquainted with Michael David of Washington, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe he is Sixty-nine years of age as he represents himself, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & Subscribed this 10. Decr. 1832
Marshall Key
Charles Ward
John Marshall states that he has often heard his father, the late Capt Tho. Marshall, state that Michael David, who has subscribed the above Declaration was a soldier in his company during ^a short time of the Revolution - and that said David is understood in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war - that he concurs in that opinion. Sworn to this 10 Decr. 1832
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23633.
Michael David 
Mason Co
Kentucky
from 1780 private 
8 months
$26.66/100
Marshall 
Stevens
N. D. Coleman Esq.
Maysvill. Mason Co.
Kentucky.
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Pension Office,

183

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 show 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, (this: }). 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.

Statement, shewing the Service of Michael David Mason.  of Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered.  1780
Duration of the claimant's service
Years- "   Months- 2. Days. "
Rank of the claimant- Private
Names and ranks of the Field officer under whom he served:  Cap. Crookshank, Lieu Hoover
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:  60 years., Shenan, Noah Co
Proof by which the declaration is supported:  Traditionary

Period when the service was rendered: 1781
Duration of the claimant's service:
Years: "    Months: 3.     Days: "
Rank of the claimant:  Private
Name and rank of the Field officer under whom he served.-  Col.  Stevenson,  Col. T. Maarshall, Capt. Krener

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 wand 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 classes are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. 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 its officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 District of } ss. 
County of 
On this ______ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A.B. a resident (b) of ____________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) _______ 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) _______, with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _________ 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 served under 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. 
I __________ 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 in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 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 of 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 if detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations also 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.
 6. 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? 
To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 to 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 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] 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. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continual 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In 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 of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For ____ year _____ months, and _____ days, 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 reconciling to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, is to 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 places 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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] 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 not to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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. 
[pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] t [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Joseph Rowen Ex ck
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau. Michael David S.F. 12729
OM
(table with columnar headings)
Dates of Enlistment or appointment. 
1780
1781
1781

Length of Service
2 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.

Rank
Pvt.

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain
Crookshanks
Thomas Marshall
Kiner

Colonel.
Stevenson

State. 
Va.
Battles engaged in, (check mark)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shenandoah, Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 10, 1832. This cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Washington, Mason Co. Ky
Age at date of application, ^69 yrs. born in Frederick Co. Md.
Remarks:
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Aug 9 '99
Mrs. L. D. Guest
Burlington Ia.
1910 June 18 Hist. to Mrs. J. A. Harwood, V. L.M.
1913 Oct. 17 Hist. to Mrs. J. J. Forrester
Rev War
12.729
(checkmark) INVALID.
File No. 12, 729
Michael David
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol.    , Page     
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Senate Chamber
Dec'r. 17th 1853.
Hon. S. P. Waldo.
Com'r. of Pensions:
Sir. I have the honor herewith to enclose you a letter from my friend and fellow Townsman, John S. David Esq. asking information relative to a pension case therein stated.
May I ask you perusal of Mr. D's letter and any and all the information which you may be enabled to impart upon the subject. and thus very greatly oblidge (oblige). 
Yours Most Respectfully,
A. C. Dodge
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Jan. 26,
Revy
(illegible stamp)
Pension Claim
Ky
23633
Lewis Cap
FREE
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Maysville Jany 17, 1833
I shall be glad to hear from the case now enclosed & the case of Mr. Ferguson recently sent
yrs
N. D. Coleman
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Michael David
23633
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State of Kentucky
Mason County Sct. January Cour5 1833
Michael David produced his declaration with the Deposition of Charles Ward and Marshall Key attached thereto which were sworn to in open court.
And the Court after the investigation of the matter is of opinion that the said Michael David was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and that the said Charles Ward and Marshall Key are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Marshall Key, Clerk of the County Court of Mason County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michael David for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office for said Court this 15th day of January 1833.
Marshall Key.
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Headquarters
First Brigade,
Iowa National Guard.
J
Burlington, Iowa May 21st 1899
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir
I respectfully ask for the military record of Michael David, private in Virginia Militia in Revolutionary War I think Col Thomas Marshall was the name of his commanding officer and the Regiment was the 3rd.
He was granted a pension under Act of June 7th 1832 and was paid a pension May 13th 1833,
His home at time of pension paid was at Washington, Mason Co. Kentucky
Hoping that- a full record may be obtained  I am very
Respectfully
Mrs. Louise David Guest
(stamp) U. S. PENSION OFFICE II MAY 25 1899
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JUN 3- 1910
Washington, Pens. June 5, 1910 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Please send record of services of Michael David, a soldier of the Revolution, or Joseph or Jacob David, This Revolutionary soldier received a pension, and was with Washington when they crossed the river Delaware at the battle of Trenton J. J. Dec 25, 1776, He formerly lived in Washington County Kentuck.
I am very anxious my daughter-in-law shall become a D. A. R. so will be very grateful for any information.
Yours sincerely
Mrs. J. A. Harwood, Regent-
Washington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, Iowa
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[illegible]
Rolla, Mo., Oct. 13   1913
Pension Department,
Michael David Born in Frederick Co. Md. ^1763 Enlisted in War of Revolution at Shenandoah, Virginia, in 1780-83.
In 1832 he applied for a pension which was issued May 13, 1833, under act of June 7, 1832. His residence at the time was Washington, Mason Co. Kentucky. No. of Pension certificate was 13, 503. Will you give me a copy of this pension, with name of his wife and to whom the pension was paid at this death, and date of death.
This man was a gr. gr. grand-parent of mine and I wish the record to enable me to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. J. J. Forrester
Rolla
Box 5
Mo.