Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2725, James Davis, Mass N.H.
Page 1

Mass.  Davis, James      R2725
NU             Susannah
Page 2

Ohio- 13.311
Samuel James

of Champayne in the State of Ohio-
who was a Private in the G.-Commanded
by Captain Tuttle of the Regt. commanded by
Col. Evan’s in the N. Hampton 
line for 10 months and 12 days.


Inscribed on the rolls of Ohio
at the rate of 34 dollars 66 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of pension issued the 25 day of June 1883 and sent to John G.Pearson Urbanna. Gl, Ohio

Arrears to the 4 of March, 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33

69.32
17.33
————-
86.65
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 1832
Recorded by MR Palmer  clerk
Book E  Vol. 8 page Six
Page 3

Amended
Application of James Davis Senior.
for a pension at the April term of the court
of common pleas for the county of Champaign, Ohio
Page 4

Declaration Ammended
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of Ohio
Champaign County

On this 22 day of April, in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in opened court, before the Hon. George B. Holt, President and James Smith, and Milligan Runkle, Esquire Associates. Judged by the court of common plead, within and for the county and state aforesaid, now sitting amid Davis Senior, a resident in the County of Champaign and State of Ohio aforesaid, aged seventy years on the fourth day of September last gone by. Being 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served herein stated. That the named officers, in the company in which this applicant served were Stephen Erand and George Tuttle. Stephen Erand was the Col. of the regiment to which his company was attached and George Tuttle was the Captain of said company-The other officers of under rank are not now recollected. This applicant enlisted to the best of his recollection, and for the first term of service if he mistakes not) one the twentieth of August, in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy seven,  in the aforesaid company under said officers, in the Town of Lee Strafford County, New Hampshire in the militia of said state of N. H. in the New Hampshire line in which he was made, and which he marched, which he was directed by the proper authority to march to Saratoga, in the state of New York, which direction was obeyed, they marched together for the express purpose of waging battle with General Burgoyne. This applicant was in that engagement- and saw the army commanded  by said Burgione, made to surrender, and also saw Burgione surrender his sword to General Gates after said action. This applicant, then went to Albany, New City now called Lancenburg, in the state of New York with the company in which he was serving, and was then verbally discharged by Captain Geo. Tuttle, on or about the 21st of October 1777, as near as the applicant can ascertain from his own memory, having served the time for which he enlisted. He then returned to his home in the Town of Lee above said. The second time this applicant entered the service was on or about the eight day of May, of the next succeeding year. (1778.) He enlisted in the Massachusetts Line, at this period, in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Jenkins: the company was attached to a regiment under the command  of Col Thomas Poor. in this last aforesaid enlistment, this applicant entered for the share of nine months, this was the intention when he entered the service. There was a committee chosen by the proper authority to raise a appropriate number of men, from the Town of Lee and county of Strafford  aforesaid, the committee was composed of Ben Sawyer, Tom Fitch and Deacon Almsbury. There was three men to be chosen from said last mentioned county and town. This applicant
Page 5

made one of that number. The company in which he now was, and which he continued
assembled at Old Salisbury^New York to pass Muster-- receive their bounty & as
they rendezvoused at Peachkiln in said state of New York- then, he, with said company,
joined the regiment commanded by said Col. Thos. Poor. From thence he marched
to White plains- from thence up on the High Lands to a place called Cromton, from 
thence to West Point, at which place this applicant tarried some length of time, while
engaging in the duties assigned him, together with those who were with him.-
From thence he marched to Kings Ferry on the Hudson River, where he was
verbally discharged by Captain Stephen Jenkins aforesaid, on the 17th of Febry
A.D. 1779. having served out the term of nine months as intended as aforesaid 
and making in all as near as this applicant can calculate the same, the space of
eleven months and ten days. This is the space of time in which this applicant served
in the Revolutionary War. He has no documentary evidence by which to make
more plain his claim, as he received no written discharge, & the persons with him
who were discharged at the same receiving none. He also knows of no person
whom he can obtain, and who can testify their personal knowledge of his serving
as above stated, except his brother John Davis, for me he can testify, he having
known me in connection with my service as aforesaid. He can also obtain
James Willard who, however, cannot testify as to any personal knowledge of
his having served as above set forth, but he can state that said applicant
is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides & else where
to have served in the Revolutionary war and can also testify his belief 
as to the above set forth services, that he believes they are correct. -
This applicant was born in the year seventeen hundred and sixty ^ two in the month of September 
and on the fourth day thereof in the town of Lee in the county of Stafford and State of
New Hampshire. He has a record of his age. It is at home in his chest, & can be
produced if required & is found necessary. When this applicant entered the service
as aforesaid he resided in the said Town of Lee in the County of Strafford aforesaid.
He lived in the said place when called in both of the above set forth times, and
after his said discharge from service, he resided in the said State of New Hampshire
about twenty years, when he removed to the State of Vermont into the Town of
Corinth and County of Orange, where he lived about ten years. He then removed
to the State of New York and settled down in the County of Washington in the
Town of Cambridge, where he resided about four years, when becoming dissatisfied
he removed to the State of Ohio & permanently established himself in the said
County of Champaign where he has resided ever since & where he now lives.
This applicant volunteered^as a private soldier each of the times in which he entered the service
as aforesaid. This applicant has stated above, some of the officers which he particularly knew,  Those of the lower rank, in the company in which he
served, he has forgotten. This much he recollects, that at the time when he was at
West Point, Col. Malcomb was commandant of that place, and who commanded a
Continental company, called the Congress Regiment, and he thinks that the Major's name was
Page 6

Lawrence, he remembers that there was another company at that place of Militia
called the Carolina Regiment. Some of the circumstances of his service while at
that place he ^also remembers. He was sent there, with the company & regiment in which
in was, to guard that place from the enemy. He, however, saw Mo. Indians, nor enemy
of other sort, while there; he was engaged in building & repairing. He helped raise
the siege at Fort Pitt. & helped build a lamb proof at Fort Clinton of great length.
This applicant has explained the manner of his discharge above which he
deems sufficient to produce satisfaction, as it is truly specified. And he
has given the names of two respectable persons in his neighborhood who
can testify for him all that is needful to be testified concerning his service
-his reputation of service as generally received among men, & also as to his
character for truth & veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 to and subscribed the day & year first aforesaid.  (signed) James Davis
&
John C. Pearson, Clk.
The John Owen residing in the said County of Champaign
and State of Ohio aforesaid, and James Willard residing in the same said
County & State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Davis Senior
who has subscribed and sworn to to the above declaration, that we believe him to
be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid. (signed) John Owen & James Willard
Sworn to and subscribed in April 22. 1833. (signed) John C. Pearson, clk.

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 certify that it appears to them that John Owen
who has signed the preceding certificate resident in the said county
of Champaign, that James Willard who has also signed the same
is a resident in the same county of Champaign, and are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit. And that John Davis and
Wm Willard whose several depositions accompany this declaration, are
also credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, John C. Pearson Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of James Davis Senior for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal office this 22d day of April A.D. 1832.
John C. Pearson Clk
Page 7

20.190
13.311
James Davis
Ohio
Adm 10 Months 12 days
On roll
John C. Pearson
Urbanna
Champaign Co
Ohio
Page 8


WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
18th June 1833
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 James Davis Sens Champaign Co Ohio
Period when the
service was rendered,
1777
1778
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years| Months.| Days
[ no years] 1 [months].12  [days]
[no years] 9 [months] [no days]┃
Rank of the claimant. [field blank]
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Capt Tuttle
Col Evans
Cap. Jenkins
Col Poor.
Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service.
69 [illegible]
Stafford Co
New Haven 
polure
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Living Witnesses
&
Traditionary
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 9

2
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
Four general places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
classes of cases 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 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.
Ste, Terriory of
County of
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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 Revotionary
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.
1
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.
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
Download

Prev
9
of 27

Next

Show Details
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9
Page 10

3
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 expected. 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.
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 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.
[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 declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 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 bis 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 mouths 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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.
[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. The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
Page 11


Court of Common Pleas April
22nd Anno Domini 1833

The State of Ohio
Champaign County  SS

Personally appeared in open
Court before the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, James
Willard who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that
he is well acquainted with James Davis (damage) an applicant
for a pension before said court. that he resides in same neighborhood with the said applicant. that he is reputed and
believed in the said neighborhood and else where where he
is known to have served as a soldier in Revolutionary war.
that he is esteemed a man of truth and veracity and that
this deponent knows he supports that character. and that this
deponent believes that said applicant served in the Revolution, and served as he has stated in his Declaration. (signed) James Willard
Sworn to and subscribed in
open Court the day & year
aforesaid
John C Pearson Clk.

State of Ohio
Cham, County SS⎬
Court of Common pleas

Personally appeared in open Court
the Court of Common pleas aforesaid now sitting
James Davis Senior who being first duly sworn according
to law deposeth and saith, that he has used great
endeavor to obtain a clergyman to certify according to the
requirement of the War Department, that he knows of no
Page 12

one who has a knowledge of his services as set forth in his
declaration, and he knows of no one who has a knowledge
of the general reputation of his being a Revolutionary Soldier
among his neighbors & in the vicinity where he resided 
except Ebenezer Owen, who certified to the matter contained
in the declaration which the one he now provides,
is an amendment, that he has used all exertions
in his power to obtain the said Rev. E. Owen but cannot
procure his attendance and must, therefore, be obliged,
to forward his said declaration without the certificate ┃
of said Clergyman.  (signed) James Davis
Sworn to & subscribed in open 
Court the day & year aforesaid
John C. Pearson Clk
Page 13

one who has a knowledge of his services as set forth in his
declaration, and he knows of no one who has a knowledge
of the general reputation of his being a Revolutionary Soldier
among his neighbors & in the vicinity when he resided except Ebenezer Owen, who certified to the matter contained
in the declaration which the one he now provides, is an amendment, that he has used all exertions
in his power to obtain the said Rev. E. Owen, but cannot
procure his attendance and must therefore, be obliged,
to forward his said declaration without the certificate of said Clergyman
Sworn to & subscribed the open
Court the day & year aforesaid
James Davis [illegible]
John C. Pearson Clk
Page 14


State of Ohio Champaign County SS

Before me Noah Davis one of the Justices of
the Peace for said County Personally came
Gibson Savage and James Davis Jr who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith
that they do verily believe that James Davis Sr.
served as a militia man in the Revolutionary War
according to the best information
they have.  (Signed) Gibson Savage, James Davis, Jr.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
at the County aforsaid this
this 22d day of April 1833
Noah Davis Justice of the Peace
Page 15

14
State of Ohio Champaign County
Before me Noah Davis one of the Justices of
the Peace for said County Personally came
Gibson Savage and James Davis Jr who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith
that they do verily believe that James Davis Sr.
served as a Militia man in the Revolutionary War
according to the best information
they have.
 (signed) Gibson Savage
James Davis Jr.

Sworn to and subscribed before
one at the County afore said this
this 22d day of April 1833
Noah Davis Justice of the Peace
Page 16

State of Ohio
Champaign County SS
Personally appeared in open Court being
account of Record in and for the County of
Champaign and State of Ohio John Davis and after being duly
Sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he is Brother 
to the James Davis who has this day applied for a pension and
that said James did serve as a solder in the Revolutionary war
and believe he served as set forth in his declaration that he is of
the age stated in his declaration and has rendered as stated in his
declaration.
John Davis hisXmark
Sworn to and Subscribed Aug 3d 1832
in Court. witness my hand and seal of office.
John C Pearson Clk
Page 17

The State of Ohio ⎬
Union County ⎬SS
On this 10th day of one                                      
thousand eight hundred and sixty
personally appeared before the undersigned T. L. Wiswell an
acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Union
and State of Ohio Susannah Davis, a resident of said County
aged eighty 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 2d day of February A.D. 1848,
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of James Davis
who was a private in said War - the company and
Regiment in which he served declarant does not now
remember-- that her husband the said James Davis
in the month of May or June A.D. 1833, filed his declaration
in the War Department at Washington City and
received a certificate granting to him the sum of thirty
four dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his
natural life.  She further states that she was married
to the said James Davis, on the 23d day of November A.D.
1826, at Champaign County and State of Ohio, by one
Sylvanus Smith a Justice of the Peace of said County, and
that said Davis departed this life at his residence in
the County of Union and State aforesaid on the 28th day
of October 1841, since which time she has remained is still
a widow,
Susannah Davis (signed)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written before me.
And I certify that I am
Page 18

personally acquainted with the above named Susannah
Davis, that she is a credible person, and that she is the
identical person she represents herself to be.
T.L. Wiswell Jus. P. (Seal)

"I hereby certify that on the 23d day of Novr AD
"1826, I joined together as man and wife James Davis &
Susannah Bennet of lawful age- Given under my
hand and seal the 8th day of January 1827.
Sylvanus Smith J P. (seal)

The State of Ohio
Champaign County SS
I S V Baldwin Judge & Clerk
of the Probate Court within and
for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy of the original entry of the marriage of
James Davis and Susannah Bennett in the marriage
record for said County remaining in said Court.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court
at Urbana this 13th day of Decr. A.D. 1860.
S. V. Baldwin P. Judge

The State of Ohio
Union County SS
I Taber Randall Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for said County certify that the
above named T.L. Wiswell was at the date of the
foregoing declaration of Susannah Davis, and now is an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Page 19

duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith &
credit is due to all his official acts as such and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said
Court at Marysville in said County this
14th day of Decr A D 1860.
Taber Randall Clerk
Page 20

2725
it of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1970.

Susannah Davis
Service: Widow    (stamped-REJECTED)
James Davis
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognize.  Contrct.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for      ,18  .

1908 Aug 21 Hist to-
Mary E. Emerson
Page 21

No. 7,576.
Susannah Davis
Widow of James,
Ohio
Les. W. Rhodes,
Dec. 21. 1860
Act Feby 3. 1853
Page 22

Urbana Ohio
Decr 15th 1860,
Dear Sir:
I herewith inclose the declaration of
Mrs Davis, asking a pension for services of her
husband & c--If any thing further should be
required relative thereto, you will please send to
my address.  
Very Respectfully
W Rhodes

Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 23

(written sideways on left side of page)
Pension Office, December 19. 1860
The third answer
Will please report to what time & which the
within named pensioner was paid; and the name of
his widow as she (illegible) one at his death.
Very respectfully,
John Robb 
Chief Clerk
(right side of page)


3d Auditor's Office
Decr 20, 1860
Sir:
James Davis, Ohio, aud.
1832 at $34.66 appears
to have been paid to
Sept. 4, 1841.
Very Respy
R J (illegible signature)
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Page 24

James Davis-Pensions-
(very faint) 20190
Page 25

The State of Ohio
Champaign County SS
I Personally appeared in open Court
Champaign County being a court of record towit the Court
of Common pleas of Champaign County in the State of Ohio
James Davis Senior of the County of Champaign
and State of Ohio aforesaid aged sixty nine years on the
fourth day of September last past and 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 7 1832 states that
he was before in the town of Lee Stafford County State of New Hampshire in 1762 that he enlisted in the Militia of the State of New Hampshire
in the Town of Lee in the month of August 1777--
with Captain George Tuttle Company commanded by Colonel
Stephen Evens in the New Hampshire Line that himself
together with the Regiment in which he then served as
aforesaid was sent to Saratoga in the State of New York
to fight General Burgoyne that he was engaged in the
taking of the Army commanded by General Burgoyne
in the month of October 1777 that he returned to
New Hampshire and was regular dismissed by his commanding
officers that on the Eighth day of May 1778
he enlisted in the Militia of the Massachusetts Line in
the Town of Old Salsbury in the company commanded by
Captain Stephen Jenkins in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Thomas Poor (insert) for the term of nine months, that his
place of residence when he Entered the service for the Last mentioned period of these months as well as his last Enlistment here mentioned was in
the aforesaid town of Lee and County of Stafford in
the State of New Hampshire that he marched from
Old Salsbury in Massachusetts to White Plains near the
Hudson River in the State of New York that he
marched through the State of Massachusetts and Connecticut
in the State of New York to the place aforesaid that he
marched from White Plains to West point from thence
to Kings ferry on the Hudson, on and on the 7th of
Page 26

day of February 1779 was discharged by his commanding officer
that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity
Except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of any agency of any state that he was not attached to any continental
judgement in either of the terms of services to the best of his knowledge
Colonel Malcomb a Continental officer was Commandant of the West Point
commanded a Regiment called the Congress Regiment at the time
this deponent was there stationed.  (signed) James Davis Sr.
Sworn to & Subscribed in Court Aug 3 1832
Jno. C. Pearson, clk.

We Ebenezer Owen, a clergyman, and James Willard
and John Owen citizens all
residing in the County of Champaign and State of Ohio hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with James Davis who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be between 69 & 70 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood and County
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we
concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the 3d day of August
Ebenezer Owen, Clergy
James Willard
John Owen

Sworn to and subscribed in Court 
August 2d 1832
John C. Pearson Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating 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
Ebenezer Owen who has signed the preceding certificate is a
clergyman resident in the County of Champaign aforesaid and that
James Willard and John Owen who have also signed the same and
residents of the County of Champaign aforesaid and are credible persons
and that those statement is entitled to credit.
Aug 3d 1832. By order of the Court. John C. Pearson Clk
Page 27

I, John C. Pearson Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of
Champaign State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing containing
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Davis for a pension.
In testimony When I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of my office this 3rd day of August 1832.
John C. Pearson Clk