Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 351, Joel Davis, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Davis, Joel
Rebecca

Number
W351
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13810
East Tennessee
Joel Davis
of Sevier Co in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Griffith of the regiment commanded 
by Col Allen in the North Carolina
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 80 Dollars---Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the .....day of June
1833 and North Car.
T Darnold Campbells [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March      160 
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 sept   40
$200

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832}


Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol 7  page 41
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NO 3066

do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original procedings [proceedings] by the said court in the  matter of the application of Joel Davis for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office in Sevierville the 27th day of July 1832
The [illegible] hereunt attached was sworn to in open court as therein stated.  P. M. Wear Clk

Add[illegible] James Hair Knoxville Tennessee 

I Thos D. Arnold a representative in Congress from the state of Tennessee  and from the district in which Sevier county is situated I do hereby certify that  P M Wear is clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the said county of Sevier and state of Tennessee and that the signatures annexed to the pension application of Joel Davis which purports to be  his are his genuine signatures.  Tho.D. Arnold
Dec 17th 1832
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State of Tennessee 
Sevier County } SS  
On this 12th day of July 1832 Personally appeared in open court before me David Scott one of the Judges of law and equity for the State of Tennessee and for the second Judicial Circuit in the Circuit court for said now sitting Joel Davis resident of said Sevier County in the County of Sevier and state aforesaid 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 named officers and served as herein stated..
In June 1780 volunteered in Johnston County North Carolina under Capt Edmond Griffin and Col Allen . Marched from said place to Charleston South Carolina was with Genl. William Caswell served three months was in no battle was in no battle Got discharge signed by said Capt Griffin and Col Allen which is lost.

Again in November 1780 volunteered as  a private under Capt PHilliam Thomas  Lieut Hawby and Maj William Dennis in said Johnston County North Carolina Marched from said Johnston County North Carolina to the Cheaves Hills an Pee Dee agains the british was in no battle served three months got a discharge signed by said Capt. Thomas and Maj DEnnis which is lost

Again in March 1781 in said Johnston County North Carolina voluteered  under Capt Asa Briant the Cols name not recollected but was under Genl Butler Marched to [illegible] South Carolina was in the
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army at the battle of Camden Genl Greene commanded that day  Served three months got a discharged signed by said Briant which is lost.

Again in June 12th 1781 in said Johnston County North Carolina volunteered under Maj Preden Blount in the third regiment of North Carolina twelve months men there was  no Capt at the first it was a Maj Company Marched from said county to the Utaw[Eutaw]Springs in South Carolina He was in the Utaw[Eutaw] battle after the battle he was transferred into Capt Thomas Armstrongs company in the first Regiment of the North Carolina twelve months more as he believes, at this time his number in said Company was 31 he served twelve months got a discharge which was signed by said Capt Armstrong and Maj James McKee which discharge he returned into the pay masters office at Halifx and has not  [illegible] it since he believes the roll is now in the war Department at Washington
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We Thomas Hill a clergyman residing in the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee and Joseph Clark residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration  that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age [crossed out -illegible] 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 to and subscribed the  the day and year aforesaid   Thomas  Hill  Joseph Clark
Sworn to in open court July 25th 1832.  P M Wear Clk By Wiggins Dpy

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 certifys that it appears to him that Thos Hill who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county of Sevier and is a credible person and there statements is entitled to credit.
Edw Scott one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law and equity in and for the state of Tennessee aforesaid.

State of Tennessee 
Sevier County } I P M Wear Clerk of the Circuit Court of Sevier County
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State of Tennessee  Sevier County }   On this 5th day of December 1832 Personally appeared in open court before Jonah Pradgus John Mullendore John Beabran three of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions now sitting Joel Davis a resident of the said county and state in the said county of Sevier and state of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration which was made in the Circuit Court in and for the said county and State and bears date July 25th 1832 and was numbered in the War department No 3066 and sent back for amendment that he is the same Joel Davis that made the declaration above mentioned. He was born in Grandville County North Carolina but now Wake County on the 1st of October 1763. He has record of his age in his family bible at home. He lived in Johnson County North Carolina when called into the service and continued to live there till after the war was over and till the year 1785. then moved to Halafax County lived there till 1789 he then removed to Wake County lived there till 1792 then removed to Johnston County lived there about three year thence into Wain County lived there about four years thence to Greene county lived there about two years thence to Onslow county lived there about two years thence to Carter County lived there about one year thence to Onslow County lived there about one year thence into Wake county lived there about two years thence into Iredell county lived there nearly two years thence into Bunkim County lived there about two years thence into Cocke county Tennessee lived fourteen or fifteen years thence to Jefferson County lived there two years thence in to Sevier County where he now lives. He was a schoolmaster the greater part of the time. He never recd a commission. He is known in his present neighborhood Amos Clark Aaron Roberts George Bush[illegible] Daniel Layman and John Ferguson all of whom he believes could testify that hes a man of veracity and that they believe he was a soldier in the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name
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is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Sworn to in open court this 5th December 1832  Joel Davis     Geo McCown Clerk

State of Tennessee 
Sevier County }
I George McCown Clerk, of the Court of the said Court of Pleas and quarter sessions, in and for the said County of Sevier and State of Tennessee, . do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the amended Declaration of Joel Davis, in the case of his pension application; - and that the said Court is a court of Records and that the above proceeding were had in open court.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at office in Sevierville this day of December, in the year of Our Lord 1832.  Geo McCown CLK.
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Joint Resolution: Jany 23 1845
No. 125

Date of death not on AB

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5706
Knoxville, Tennessee 
Rebecca Davis
widow of Joel Davis
who was a private NC
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars-
[Crossed out- Cents] per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 
12th day of June 1844
and sent to Hon  W. T. Senter
House of Representatives 

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 218.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".

State of Tennessee 
Jefferson County } 
On this 2nd day of December AD 1843 personally appeared before me James Taff an acting Justice of the peace for said county, Rebecca Davis, a resident of the county of Jefferson aforesaid aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pension s to certain widows: That she is the widow of Joel Davis who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United Stated under the Act of the 7 June AD 1832, that he received eighty dollars per annum and was paid at Knoxville, East Tennessee Agency. and for service [illegible] she refers  to the papers and [illegible] he was pensioned. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Joel Davis on the fourth day of February in the year seventeen hundred, and eighty five, that her husband, the aforesaid, Joel Davis died on the twelfth day of February  AD 1841, That she was not married, to him prior to his leaving the services, [illegible] the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred, and ninety four, Viz, at the time above stated. Rebecca Davis (her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written.  [illegible]
James Taff
Justice of the peace JC
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I do certify that I am personally acquainted with Rebecca Davis who signed the foregoing Declaration that she is the widow of Joel Davis who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, And that she cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
James Taf
Justice of the Peace  JC

State of Tennessee 
Jefferson County }  December county Court AD 1843

On this 4th day of December  AD 1843, Thomas C. Davis a Respectable witness appeared in open court and presented the family bible of Joel Davis deceased, and after having duly sworn according to law, made the following declaration, That said Bible was the family Bible of Joel Davis deceased. Who was a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner of the United Stated. That the same has been in his possession ever since the death of said Joel Davis that he is acquainted with his hand writing having seen him frequently  write, and that the Record made therein of his marriage, age and the birth of his children and grandchildren is as he believes in his own proper hand writing. The Court after hearing the testimony and [illegible] the record [illegible] fully satisfied that the service is genuine and by order of the Court the Clerk [illegible] set in their presence said Records, they also [illegible] the proceedings here before James Taff Esq on the 2nd [illegible] and [illegible] of the [illegible]
All of which they [illegible] to [illegible] certified
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State of Tennessee 
Jefferson County }  I Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid. Do Certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings herein in the case of Rebecca Davis, an applicant for a pension, taken from the Records of my office, and that James Taff Esq. Whose name appears to the foregoing declaration Rebecca Davis and , Certificate of personal acquaintance is [illegible] and [illegible], at the time of signing  the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that his signature appears to be in his own [illegible] hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Dandridge this 7th day of December AD 1843.
Joseph Hamilton Clerk of Jefferson Couty by his Deputy James Fuller
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Family Record.

Marriages.
I Joel Davis Senior was Married to Rebecca Coats on the [illegible] day, February, the 2 the 1785
Married in Wake County North Carolina
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Family Record

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Births

I Joel Davis senior was born in Wake County 
North Carolina October the first day, and in the year of our Blessed Lord 1763

My Childrens
Aged at I had by Rebecca Coats, my lawful wife
Barbara Davis was born in Hallafax county
North Carolina October the 22 Day 1785

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[deaths- crossed out]  Births of Barbara 
Roberts childrens
ages as the [illegible] by 
Benjamin Roberts

Rebecca was born May 16th 1812

Frankey was born 
April 9th 1814

Joel was born { 1816
August 15th 

Anna was born
October 31th 1818

Peter was born 
June 13th 1820

Barbara was born
February 20th [or 30th] 1826

Ebednego was born
June 26th 1830
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Family Record
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Births


My Son, Joel Davis Junior
was born in Johnston County
North Carolina
August the 24th 1791

My Daughter Barbara Davis Roberts
[illegible] her children  ages
Thomas Coats Davis
November 6 1808

James Porter Davis Son of
Thomas: C Davis and Lavinia [illegible] Wife was 
Born July the 14th 1839

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Family Record
Noel Davis

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Births.


[crossed out - I Noel Davis was born October -illegible]

[crossed out- My children ages
Barbara Davis -illegible- born October 22th 1765]

[crossed out- my son Joel Davis
illegible]



I Joel Davis moved into Jefferson from Sevier February the 13th 1844

Joshua Roberts was Born November 18th 1802

Elizabeth Roberts was born June the 9th 1804

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[illegible] of the many I have received from the United States [illegible]
1837

520 Dollars
   40
   40

[illegible] 1838
March  1857
March 1839

1840 of money
[illegible] whole accomp[illegible]
of I Joel (Lavinia)
[illegible] to their date is 760 dollars
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December 28, 1937

BA-J/EEL
Joel Davis- W.351

Mrs. H.P. Jenkins
3900 Cathredral Avenue, Apt 406A
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joel Davis, who served from North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.351, based upon the military service in that war of Joel Davis, the only solder of that name who served with the North Carolina troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Joel Davis was born October 1, 1763, in Granville (that part which was later Wake) county, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Johnston County, North Carolina, JOel DAvis volunteered and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows: from sometime in June, 1780, three months in Captain Edmund Griffin's company, Colonel Allen's Regiment: from sometime in November, 1780, three months in Captain Phillip Thomas' Company: from sometime in March 1781, three months in Captain Asa Briant's Company and was in the battle of Camden: from June 12, 1781, twelve months in Captain Thomas Armstrongs's Company under Major Reading Blount and was at the battle of Eutaw Springs: from sometime in October, 1782, three months under Captain Robert Gillespie.

After the Revolution, he lived at various times for short periods in Halifax, Wayne, Greene, Onslow, carter, Wake, Iredell, and Buncombe counties, North Carolina, then moved to Cooke County, Tennessee, thence to Jefferson County, that state, thence to Sevier County, same state. soldier stated that during the greater part of this period, he was engaged in school teaching.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 25,
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1832, while a resident of Sevier County, Tennessee.

He died February 12, 1841, place not stated.

The soldier married February 4, 1785, in Wake County North Carolina, Rebecca Coats, date and place of her birth and name of her parents not shown.

Soldier's widow, Rebecca, was allowed pension on her application executed December 2, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-nine year and resided in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Children of Joel and Rebecca Davis:

Barbara Davis........born October 22, 1785, married Benjamin Roberts.
Joel Davis Junior....born August 24, 1791

Barbara Davis was born in Halifax County, North Carolina and Joel, Junior, in Johnston County, that State.

Children of Barbara and Benjamin Roberts:
Rebecca Robers.......born May 14, 1812
Frankey Roberts....... "      April 9, 1814
Joel Roberts...............  "    August 13, 1816
Anna Roberts ............   "    October 21, 1818
Peter Roberts.............   "    June 13, 1820
Barbara Roberts.........   "    February 20, 1825
John Roberts..............   "    June 30, 1826
Ebednego Roberts......  "     June 26, 1830

The following appears, also:
Thomas Coats Davis........born November 6, 1808
James Porter Davis, son of Thomas C. Davis and Luvinia,his wife,
born July 14, 1839.
Joshua Roberts.............born November 18, 1802
Elizibeth Roberts...........born June 9, 1804.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Rebecca Davis, widow of Joel Davis (W.351), you should address the Comptroller General, General
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Accounting office, Records Division, this city, and site the following data:
Rebecca Davis, widow of Joel Davis
Certificate No. 5706
Issued June 12, 1844
Rate, $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1845
Act of March 3, 1845
Tennessee (Knoxville) Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1922 Aug 19 hist to Mrs Mine
D. Woodling-Ew
1929- July 11. Hist to Mrs
Joseph W. Greene. EEL
1937- Dec 28.- Hist to Mrs
H.P. Jenkins. EL.


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351
Revy Widow, &c.

File No.  351
Rebecca Davis
widow
Joel Davis
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: March 5 1843
Index:- Vol A,  Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Tennessee 8470
Rebecca Davis
widow of Joel Davis
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 12th Feb, 1841
of Jefferson Co,  in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Griffitj of the 
Regt commanded by Col. Allen in 
the N. Carolina line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville
at the rate of 80 Dollars
[crossed out- cents] per annum, to commence on the [crossed out- 4th day of March, 1836.] 12th February  1841.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of 
June 1844 and sent to Hon W T. Senter, house of Reps

total amount,   $________
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by D. Brown   Clerk
Book D. Vol 1.  Page 343


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Repd   No 125

April 17. 1845
Certife.  issd under
[illegible] Reso: Jany 23 1845 at 
$80 per ann. commg on the
4th March 1836 and ending on 
the 12th Feb 1841 and 
sent to James Fuller Esq
Dandridge Tennessee 

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Dandridge Tennessee 
18th March AD 1845

Sir
You will receive enclosed the Declaration of Rebecca Davis Widow of Joel Davis who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. As soon as [illegible]
you will please [illegible] to [illegible] their [illegible]
Respectfully, 
James Fuller

J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Joes Davis a private in Capt Doherty's company of the 10th Regiment enlisted in the year 1781, and that his time was out the 3rd day of July 1782.
Given under my hand this 11th day of June 1833.
W. Hill

The above certificate is as perfect as the rolls enables me to make it.  W. Hill
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Joes Davis, East Tennessee 
 10.16
from 1780 private
2 years   $80

The pension application of Joel Davis is amended in [illegible] particular in which it was considered insufficient by the war department. He still thinks his name is in the Department either in the 3 d as first regiment of the North Carolina twelve months [illegible] or in both. He says he as numbered 31 in the 3d Regiment and his gun[illegible] was No 31 and he thinks his No was the same in the first regiment after the transfer.
James Hair

Hon T.D. Arnold
Campell's Station
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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 Joel 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 amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes
VI. Has he give the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
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?  No device, Private seal.
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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?  Yes, except that his name , as he has ben informed "is to be found in the war Dept. Old papers in office but no evidence of service,
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such as 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?  The 1st, 2nd part of 3d and 7th not answered.

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, $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."
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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.

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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

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 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.

[hand written]
"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 be sent with the papers"
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Dandridge Tennessee 
27th May AD 1844

Brother S[illegible]

About six months ago.I forwarded to J.L  Edwards Commissioner of pensions the authenticated papers of Mrs Rebecca Davis for a pension of [illegible] years in conformity with the Act of Congress, her husband Joel Davis was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and departed this life on the 12t day of February 1841. She having [illegible] the amount of Pension due to him at the time of his decease.
After writing about th[illegible] [illegible] I wrote to L [illegible] Edwards who informed me that the papers have been received, registered and would be acted on in [illegible].  As the applicant is nearly 90 years of age, in [illegible] indigent circumstances and anxious to hear the result of her application.
You will please make the necessary [illegible] and if there is any deficiency please inform me as soon as possible. if there is [illegible][illegible] the certificate send to me, [illegible] please.
Respectfully
James Fuller

[illegible] for [illegible] May
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Hous
House Rept June 6- 1844

Mr J L Edwards

Sir be so good to examine the 
enclose letter and answer as soon 
as will suit your convenience.
W. T. Senter
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Rebecca Davis
Under join resolution of 23rd
Jany '45  and act of 
July 7 1848
Adend c $80 per ann:
from 4 March 1836
to 12 Feby 1841


James Fuller Esq
Dandridge
Tenn.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23rd January 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited me from receiving a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned, I am the widow of Joel Davis who was a private in the War of the Revolution; I have received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the 12th day of February 1841. and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 12th day of February. When my [illegible] pension commenced in the year 1841. [illegible]  [signed] Rebecca Davis (her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 6th day of March 1845.  James Taff Act.Justice of the Peace 

I Certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.  James Taff Act. Justice of the Peace

I James Fuller Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson do hereby certify that James Taff Esqr. who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed and sworn and affixed my seal of office this 7th day of March 1845 at Dandridge in the State of Tennessee.  James Fuller Clerk of Jefferson County
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Dandridge Tennessee 18th December 1843
I herewith transcribed the application of 
Rebecca Davis for a pension. When seated
sec please [illegible] I [illegible] this please.
Respectfully
James Fuller

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rebecca, widow of
Joel Davis - to
whom she was mar.?
4 Feb. 1785 - died
12 Feb. 1841 -
$80 per arres. to come:
12 Feb. 1841 - act'38
Ifrue another
cut: act '43.6031
(Enter it @ no. under act
'43)
Knoxville toll
Land cert : letter
W.T. Senter,
H.R.
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James Kearney Chapter
National Society United States
Daughters of 1812
Kansas City, Missouri

U.S.D.
Officers
Regent
Mrs. D. L. Shumate
First Vice-Regent
Mrs. Judson M. Tipton
Second Vice- Regent
Mrs. Dorothy W. Russell
Third Vice-Regent 
Mrs. Hugh Miller
Rec. Secretary
Miss Mattie Burton
Cor. Secretary
Miss Cecile Burton
Treasurer
Mrs. J. H. Foresman
Registrar 
Miss Elizabeth Austin
Historian
Mrs. Ernest Estes

319 North Spring St
Independence, Mo
July 8, 1922

Pension Department, Washington D.C
Hon. Commissioner:  Kindly send me the record of my ancestor, Joel Davis. Received pension in Tennessee 1833-1840. Eastern District- aged 77 in 1840- with any family data, and oblige, Respectfully Mrs. Minor D. Woodling.
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Missouri Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. BENJAMIN L. HART, STATE REGENT
3660 CAMPBELL STREET
KANSAS CITY, MO.  13
CHAIRMAN REAL DAUGHTERS
MRS. JOSEPH W. GREENE
INDEPENDENCE, MO.   
Independence Mo.
Commissioners of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
My Revolutionary ancestor Joel Davis I was a private in Doherty's 60. 10th Regiment North Carolina Troops. only write N.C.
His son, Joel Davis II enlisted at the 
age of seventeen from Johnstone County,
N.C. He was granted a pension while
a resident of Jefferson Co. Tennessee, July
25, 1832.
Please send military record and family 
history of Joel Davis I, for Daughters of
American Revolution.
Sincerely
Mrs. Joseph W. Greene
319 North Spring
Independence, Mo.
P.S. Please reply as
soon as possible.
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[stamped]
Recieved Dec 16 1937 
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Vets A[illegible] 23

Washington, D.C.
Dec. 15, 1937

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,
I would like to know whether you have record of a soldier of the Revolutionary War by the name of Joel Davis, of North Carolina. I would be interested in anything you have on record about his service, and please state whether any mention is made of members of his family.
Yours very truly
Myrtle B. Jenkins

Mrs. H. P. Jenkins
3900 Cathedral Ave Apt. 406 A
Washington, D.C.

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Record Division
Revolutionary War Records Section
3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 8 [illegible] 48, 1922

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Joel Davis a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 351

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Length of Service. Rank. Officers under Whom Service was Rendered. Captain. Colonel. State.

June 1780 3 mos. Pvt. Edmond Griffin Allen N.C.
Nov. 1780 3 mos. Phillip Thomas ✓
* Mar. 1781 3 mos. Asa Briant ✓
* June 12, 1781 12 mos. Thos. Armstrong ✓ Major Preden  2 NC
Oct. 1782 3 mos. Rob't Gillisple ✓ Reading Bloomt

Battles engaged in, Camden, Eutaw Spgs.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnston Co., N.C. 
Date of application for pension, July 25, 1832, Al.  ✓
Residence at date of application, Sevier Co., Tenn. 
Age at date of application, b. Oct. 1, 1763 in Gransville (later Wake) Co., N.C.

Remarks: He mar. Feb. 4, 1785 in Wake Co. N.C. Rebecca Coats b. Oct. 22, 1785 Halifax Co. N.C. he d. Feb. 12, 1841 [illegible] was al. [illegible] Dec. 2, 1843 while living in Jefferson Co., Tenn aged 89 years. Barbara b. Oct. 22, 1785, Joel Jr. b. Aug 24, 1791. Barbara mar. Benjamin Roberts date [illegible] ch. Rebecca b. Mar. 14, 1812; Frankey b. Apr. 9, 1814; Joel b. Aug. 13, 1816; Anna b. Oct. 31, 1818; Peter b. June 13, 1820. Barbara b. Feb. 20, 1825. John b. June 30, 1826, Ebedngo b. June 26, 1830. =Thomas Coats Davis (relationship not stated) b. Nov. 6, 1808. James Porter Davis, son of Thomas C. Davis & his wife Leorna. b. July 14, 1830. 

Respectfully, Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL
July 11, 1929
Mrs. Joseph A. Greene
319 North Spring Street
Independence, Missouri
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 351, it appears that Joel Davis was
born October 1, 1763, in Granville, later Wake County,
North Carolina.

While a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina,
he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:

From sometime in June, 1780, three months in Captain
Edmond Griffin's Company in Colonel Allen's Regiment from sometime in November, 1780, three months in Captain Phillip Thomas' Company; from sometime in March, 1781, three months in Captain Asa Briant's Company, and was in the battle of Camden; from June 12, 1781, twelve months in Captain Thomas Armstrong's Company under Major Reading Blount in the Second Regiment and was at the battle of Eutaw Springs; from sometime in October, 1782, three
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months under Captain Robert Gillespie.

After the Revolution he lived at various times for short periods in Halifax, Wayne, Greene, Onslow, Carter, Wake, Iredell and Buncombe Counties, North Carolina, then moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, then to Jefferson County, Tennessee, and then to Sevier County, Tennessee. During the greater part of this period he was engaged in school teaching. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 25, 1832, while a resident of Sevier County, Tennessee. 

He died February 12, 1841.

The soldier married February 4, 1785, in Wake County, North Caroloina, Rebecca Coats. 

She was allowed pension on her application executed December 2, 1843, at which time she was residing in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and was aged eighty-nine years. 

Children of Joel and Rebecca Davis:
Barbara born October 22, 1785, married Benjamin Roberts.
Joel, Junior " August 24, 1791.
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Children of Benjamin and Barbara Roberts.
Rebecca born May 14, 1812.
Frankey " April 9, 1814.
Joel " August 13, 1816.
Anna " October 31, 1818.
Peter " June 13, 1820.
Barbara " February 20, 1825.
John " June 30, 1826.
Ebednego " " 26, 1830.
The following record also appears on the family record:
Thomas Coats Davis, born November 6, 1808: James Porter Davis, son of Thomas C. Davis and Luvina, his wife, born July 14, 1839; Joshua Roberts, born November 18, 1801; Elizibeth Roberts, born June 9, 1804.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Joel Davis who served with the North Carolina Troops that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Respectfully, 
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.