Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2496, John L Davies, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. C.

Davies, John L.
or
Davis
CONTENTS
NUMBER
S. 2496 ┃
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19.189
West Tennessee
John L. Davis of Williamsbo in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bowferd of the regiment commanded by Col. Moore in the N. Carolina line for 5 mo. 424 ds for US Infa [illegible] Cavalry John L. Davies Records o.k.
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of [deleted: 45] Dollars [deleted: 98] Cents $36 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of August 1833 and with John L. Topp Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of March 91.96 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 22.99 = $114.95

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 76

Set letters 7 Augt to Pen dept J L Topp
origl certificate note + files within and new are issued 7 Sept '34 + sent to John L. Topp, Lebanon - order to pay 7 Nov. 1836
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Declaration
[Omitted: In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jun 7th 1882.]
State of Tennessee } S.
Wilson County       }
On this 28 day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the justice of the court of please + quartersessions for said county of Wilson now sitting, John S Davis a resident of Wilson County + State of Tennessee aged about sixty eight 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 armies of the United States under the following named officers + served as herein stated.
Genl. Griffith Rutherford commanded the brigade to which I belonged.  the Regiment to which I was attached was commanded by Col. Robert Erwin, Wm Higgins Lieut. leo B - James Harris 1st Major + Genl Wm. Davidson of the Regular Army acted as our adjutant. I entered in the militia service in the month of April 1780 as well as I now recollect in place of my father who was infirm but did not on that account claim to be exempted from duty, I was not required by law at that time to bear arms, but was a hardy stout youth of 16 years of age and volunteered to serve in place of my father. At the time I entered the service I was a citizen of McLenburgh County in the State of North Carolina.  I vnt ofolunteered to serve a tour of six weeks against the torries commanded by Col. John Moore encamped near Lincoln Courthouse at Ramsawer Mills where there was a very severe action fought between the torries and a detachme four companies commanded by Col Locke. the rest of the troops commanded by Genl Rutherford did not reach the Mills to cooperate with Col Locke in consequence of a sudden rise of the Catawba River the night before so that I was not in the battle. I was regularly discharged when my term of service expired (6 weeks) I again entered the service as a volunteer about the 29th July 1784 in the company commanded by Capt. John Brownfield of the infantry and in the regiment commanded by Genl Sumptor who had raised volunteers to attack the torries + British who had collected in South Carolina at Rock Mount in what is perhaps now known as chester district we united with Sumpters troops at  Waxhaw Creek after a forced march all day and shortly after our arrival we moved off, and after a march all night came  upon the enemy about Sunrise next morning at Rocky Mount.
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Genl Sumpter ordered an attack upon the enemy consisting of British and torries, the fight continued all evening with but a little effect late in evening Genl Sumpter ordered a retreat after having marched about seven miles we encamped near a field of green corn which afforded us first provisions we had to eat from the evening before. remained in that neighbourhood till wednesday after the battle, which fought on Sunday thence marched to Sands Ford on the Catawba River, + in consequence of high water remained there till saturday evening crossed the River and marched all night reaching Hanging Rock branch about sunrise, where the torries and British were encamped, the Torries were immediately attacked, and by the time we fired the second or third round they retreated, as several were found killed without their clothes upon them. the presumption was that they were taken by surprise. The Torries were pursued until the British came to their relief when we halted and awaited their approach. The British advanced in good order and attacked us in an old field the contest was severe and of doubtful issue for some considerable time at length the American Troops retreated and occupied a more favourable situation, where undergrowth + brush protected them much from the musketry of the enemy they surouneds us until nearly all were shot down, when the remainder about 18 in number were taken prisoner and I recollect that Col Erwin wrenched the bayonet from a sergeant major who was the last British officer left on the ground and then he surrendered. Genl Sumpter apprehending an attack from Lord Cornwallis, who was reported to be in that vicinity ordered a retreat and that night we reached the Waxhaw neighborhood after a march of about thirty miles we encamped at Dr . Harpers + remained there some days until he was discharged. he was in the service of the United States at this time about thirty days.
In the course of a few weeks I was again called out and joined the troops under the command of Col. Locke who was then encamped at McAlpins Creek, Meclunburgh County North Carolina to keep the torries in check and to protect the friends of liberty against the depredations of the enemys I cannot state with certainty the length of time I continued in this service but to the best of my recollection it was at least two months. (say 2 months)
In the latter part of June or first of July 1780, I entered the service of the United States for a tour of three months in a company of cavalry commanded by Capt. Saml Hart of
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Rowan County, in the regiment of Cavalry commanded by Col. Davy; we remained at our encampment on McAlpins Creek, for a considerable time until we were at length joined by several campaigns of infantry and Col. Washington's legion of Horse as they were called, among whom were Col. Morgan + some other field officers.  From our encampment at McAlpins Creek we marched to the neighbourhood on Waxhaw Creek formed an encampment there + remained at it until our turn of service of three months expired, the company to which I belonged claimed a discharge and much disatisfaction arose amongst amongst on that account.  At length the company under the  peculiar circumstances of the case agreed to stay longer in the service. After remaining one month longer we were discharged and I returned home having received a written discharge from Capt. Hart, on which I afterwards obtained an indent intitling me to pay from the public Treasury - I sold it to Ezekiel Polk for two guineas nd this was all and the only compensation I ever drew for my services in the cause of my Country, rights.
Again about the first of February 1781, according to my best recollection, I entered the militia Service of the United States, in the company commanded by Capt. Brownfield, my name was enrolled at Sugar Creek Camp in Mclinburgh county - the troops at that time + place were commanded by Col. Wm Polk of the Regular army + Col. Williamson of South Carolina, I think; we marched from Sugar Creek to the shallow ford of Yadkin formed an encampment there and remained considerable time waiting for reinforcements, until but a few days  before the Battle of Yadford Courthouse - when our company was discharged + we returned home - at this time I continued about six weeks in the United States service. So that my services in the army of the Revolutionary Struggle in all, amounted to about ten months. 
I was a citizen of Mecklenburgh county in the state of North Carolina when I first entered the service of the United States and remained a citizen of that county until  the year 1803 when I removed to Wilson County in the neighbourhood of  the big Spring where I have resided ever since. I have no documentary evidence whatever to support my petition for being placed on the pension rost, and know of no person by whom my services could be proved except by Wm. Bigham who I learn is living in Bedford County in this state about 60 miles distant - I am intimately requesting
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did with the Rev. Thos. Calhoun, John Lyon + Alexander Aston old settlers in the Big Spring neighbourhood, and I are well acquainted with Esqrs. Bullard, Provine + Douglass, who are members of this court + Wm Steele Esq. Chairman of the court.  His birth is recorded in the old family bible, which is in the possession of his younger brother Wm. H. Davis of Rutherford County. 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, to his knowledge.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Josiah S McClain Clerk                John L Davies
of Wilson County Court

We, Thomas Calhoun a clergyman and Alexander Aston - both residing in the neighbourhood of the Big Spring, Wilson County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John L. Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about sixty eight years of age; that he is refuted and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day + year aforesaid.
Josiah S McClain Clerk     Thos. Calhoon
of Wilson County Court   Alexander Aston
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 Thomas Calhoun who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Wilson near the Big Spring - and that Alexander Aston - who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighbourhood and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
M. Martin [illegible]
Dwight Billing
D.C. Hibbitts
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I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the court of Please and Quarter Sessions for Wilson county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John L. Davis for  pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at the office in town of Lebanon this 3rd day of October 1832
Josiah S McClain

Amended Declaration of John L. Davies,

This applicant by way of amendment to his original Declaration would state that his first service in the year 1789, was in the company commanded by Capt. John Brownfield, the same officer who commanded when he served the second tour, does not recollect the names of his Lieutenant + subordinate officers - and perhaps a satisfactory reason may be assigned for his want of recollection in this particular that the Lieutenant + other officers were strangers to him, were not of his company + he thinks of a different county.
He served the second + third campaigns or tours under Capt. Brownfield but does not recollect the names of the other company officers. In the fourth tour mentioned and served under Capt. Saml. Hart, James Hart he thinks was Lieutenant and a man by the name of Shellets was the coronet to the best of his recollection. In the fifth + last campaign Hugh Park was the lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Brownfield. In answer to the 13thrational objections - he would state, that when he looks to his, the original declaration + the language used concerning the Wm Bigham + his residence {illegible}, he finds that he should have said, that said William Bigham a Revolutionary soldier, who served with him the fist + second time, about seven years since was living perhaps in Bedford County - yet he is not certain at this time that it was Bedford County he then lived in, but only states his residence upon information received more than seven years past, to the best of
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recollection + belief. He does not know at this time or at the time his original declaration was made, that said William Bigham was or is still alive, nor does he know whether he resides in Bedford County or not - he is too old and infirm to undertake to hunt up said William  Bigham - who was an older man than himself, probably now dead.  This applicant in pursuance of the explanatory note to the 5th Quere - amends his declaration by making the following affidavit to wit
Personally appeared before me the undersigned  a justice of the peace for the County of Wilson + State of Tennessee, John L. Davis, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot answer positively as to the precise length of his service, but according o the best of his recollection he served not less than the period, mentioned below, and in the following grades; For six weeks, he served as a private in the militia of North Carolina in the company commanded by Capt. John Brownfield - 2nd tour - Served as a private soldier in the company of Volunteer, commanded by Capt. Brownfield, thirty days - 3rd tour For two months I served as a private soldier in the militia, company commanded by Capt. Brownfield - 4th Tour - For four months I served a a private in the company of horse commanded by Capt. Saml. Hart; + 5th tour for six weeks under Capt. Brownfield in the militia + as a private soldier - So that he served as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, according to the best of his recollection and belief not less than Ten months, in all and for such service I claim a pension.
John L. Davies
The foregoing amended Declaration and affidavit sworn to before me this 15th day of May A.D. 1833 - 
Brinkley Brides, J.P.
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State of Tennessee }
Wilson County        } I Josiah S McClain Clerk of the court of Please and Quarter Sessions for the County + State aforesaid do hereby certify that the first sheet herein enclosed contains the Original proceedings of said County Court in the matter of the application of John L. Davis for a pension + that Brinkley Brides Esq before whom the amended declaration, which is written upon this sheet, purports to have been Sworn  is an acting Justice of the peace in said county and the signature assessed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + seal of office this 15th day of May 1833
J. S. McClain
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14,304
Jno L. Davis
from 1780 private 
of cavely + Infty 9 mo 26 das
Pa.  Inf 5 mo. 26 days, 29.32
Pa Can. 4 mo  16.66 =
$45.98
Brownfield
Moore
{illegible]

John S. Topp
Lebanon

[J. L McClain crossed out]
[Lebanon crossed out]
[illegible]
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14,304
BRIEF in the case of Jno L. Davis of Wilson Cy in the State of Tenn
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  atcourt

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 68

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service  | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under who he served.
| Years, Months, Days.|  As a  | Gen.|

Apl. '80 |1mon. 12 days | Substitute | Col Jn Moore - Col Erwin - Gl. Rutherford

 29th July '80 | about 30 days | private | Capt. Brownfield - Genl Sumpter comd the Regt.

6 In the course of a few months | at least 2 | private | Col. Locke

June or July '80 | 4 mon | Cavalry | Capt. Hart Col. Davy

About Feby '81 | about 1 mon 12 days | militia private | Capt. Brownfield

5. In what battles was he engaged: Rocky Mount

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg Cy. N.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by [illegible], or by the rolls? Tradition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers not properly authenticated

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. C. Easton Examining Clerk
18 Feb 1833
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John L. Davies - S.2496
BA -J/AWF

Miss Zella Armstrong
605 East 8th Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam]:

The Revolutionary War record of John L. Davies (as his signature appears) which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2496, based upon his service in that war.

The date and place of birth of John L. Davies are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted sometime in April , 1780, served as substitute for his father "who was infirm" six weeks as a private in captain John Brownfield's company, Colonel Robert Erwin's North Carolina regiment, in pursuit of Tories.  He enlisted July 29, 1780, served about thirty days in Captain John Brownfield's company, and was in the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock.  He enlisted "a few weeks later" and served two months in Captain John Brownfield's company, Colonel Lock's North Carolina regiment. He [served again/ crossed out]  [enlisted/ in margin] in 1780, four months in Captain Samuel Hart's company of cavalry, Colonel Davie's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted February 1, 1781, served six weeks in Captain John Brownfield's company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina regiment.

He moved from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in the year 1803 to the "neighborhood of the Big Spring" , Wilson County, Tennessee. He was allowed pension on
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his application executed September 28, 1832, then aged sixty-eight years and living in Wilson County, Tennessee.

The soldier, John L. Davies, referred in 1832 to his younger brother, William, then living in Rutherford County. It is not stated that the soldier was married.

If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. and cite the following data:

John L. Davis (as he was pensioned)
Certificate #19189
Issued August 14, 1833
Rate $36.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[illegible1912 Nov, 12 Hist. to Mrs. R.D. Vourhies
1924 - Aug 1 - Hist to Mrs. W.B. Mixon
see letter in  Isham Davis
W.6970 aws'1935 - Oct. 2 - hist to Zella Armstrong see her letter in Nicholas Dunn 6630

2496
INVALID.

Rev War
File No. 2496
John L. Davis
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. et., Page 88

[Arrangement of 1870.]John L. Davies. Records corrected [illegible] 1904
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14,304
Jno L Davis
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jno. L. Davis which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? - 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
[no-he says he knows of one persons/ appears to have been erased]

XIV. (+) If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? -
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -

XVI. (+) Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V. 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,  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.
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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 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 shewn 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.
(+)QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.

(++) QUERE XVI. 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto b 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.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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May 31
Revolutionary Claims
Term Act

LEBANON TEN.
May 16

FREE

Hon. J.S. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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Lebanon 15th May 1833

Dear Sir
It is presumed that the inclosed Declaration is amended in such names and in every respect as will fully answer the requisitions of the Department; please give it an early examination and forward the same to your most obt. sert.
 
Jno. S Topp
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Payments to be made at Nashville by the Prest of the B Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of West
Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 7
Page 76 by Danl Boyd
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
Certify that, in conformity with the law of the United State of the 7th June, 1832, John L. Davis of the State of Tennessee who was a private of Cavalry & Infantry in
the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty five
dollars and eight cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annuate of the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Ofice of the United States, this 14th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Lafayette, La
Nov. 5, 1912
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Pleace [sic] let me know at your earliest convenience of John L Davies is in the pension roll. John L. Davies was
my great grand at who fought at Guilford Court House under Gen Green. he died in 1844 - I am applying
to membership to the D. A. R. on the
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Revolutionary services rendered by my great grand father John L. Davies. I was a Mis [Miss] Davies

Respectfully
Mrs. R. D. Vorhies
Lock Box 248 Lafayette La

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 8 1912
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[Printed form with handwritten answers] 
In reply to your request of [blank dotted line], received [blank dotted line] for a statement of the military history of John L. Davies a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's [struck through]) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 2496

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. [subheadings under Officers under whom service was rendered]
 Apr. 1780. | 6 wks | Pri. | John Brownfield | Robert Erwin | N. C.
July 29, 1780 | 1 mo | [blank] | John Brownfield | [check mark] | [blank]
Soon after. | 2 " | [blank] | John Brownfield | Locke | [blank]
1780. | 4 " | [blank] | Samuel Hart. | Davy. [struck through] Davie | [blank]
Feb. 1, 1781. | 6 wks | [blank] | John Brownfield | Wm. Polk. | [blank]

Battles engaged in, Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburgh County, N.C.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 28, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Wilson Co, Tenn.
Age at date of application, 68 years Date of death not stated.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family. The above is the only John L. Davies found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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October 2, 1935
BA-J/AWF
Miss Zella Armstrong
605 East 8th Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John L. Davis who served in the Revolution from North Carolina and a pensioner from Wilson County, Tennessee, and Nicholas Davis who served from Virginia and a pensioner from Jefferson County, Tennessee.

The Revolutionary War records of these soldiers are furnished you herewith as found in pension claimsbased upon service in that war.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[handwritten notes] John L. Davies
S. 2496 [illegible]
Her letter in Nicholas Davis [illegible] - 30
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
Jul 1, 1924.
Mrs. W. B. Mixon,
421 Louisiana Ave.,
McComb, Miss.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2496, it appears that John L. Davies (pensioned Davis), while residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina enlisted in April 1780 and served six weeks as a private in Captain John Brownfield's Company, Colonel Robert Erwin's North Carolina Regiment.

He enlisted July 29, 1780 and served one month as a private in Captain John Brownfield's North Carolina Company, and was in the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock.

Soon after he enlisted and served two months as a private in Captain John Brownfield's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment.
Soon after he enlisted and served in Captain Samuel
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Hart's Company, Colonel Davie's North Carolina Regiment of Cavalry and served four months.
He enlisted February 1, 1781 and served six weeks as a private in Captain John Brownfield's Company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, aged sixty eight years.
It is not stated whether soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.