Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2713, Lodowick Davis, Md
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Service
MD

Name
Davis, Lodowick
Dolly Ann

Number 
R.2713
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25136
Indiana
Sodowick Davis
of Spencer Co in the state of Indiana
who was a private int he company commanded
by Captain Jacobs of the blank commanded
by blank in the Maryland Line for 2 years

Inscribed on the roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov 1833 and Hon. R Boon, present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept $200.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March $40.00
$240.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan'l Boyd - Clerk
Book E Vol 7 Page 109

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Letter to {illegible} Aug 4, 1835
Ketter to Wm Hendricks & 3 Auditor 4 June 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6h April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1838
Agt Modified 20 July 1839

Letter sent to Hon R D Owen Jany 4, 1849
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of indiana, Spencer County

On this fourth day of November 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William H Thomas, William Jones and John Jones Judges of the Circuit Court Commissioners of said county now sitting Lodowick Davis aged sixty nine years last February who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress aforesaid.

That I the said Lodowick Davis was enlisted into the service of the United States on the 23 day of June 1781 by Ensign Gabriel Jacobs in Frederick Town in Frederick County in the state of Maryland for the term of three years to serve as a private in Capt. John Reid's company which was called an Independent company which company had been in service for about one year, and was then guarding a magazine about one mile from Frederick Town, & immediately joined said company at said magazine, my officers were Capt. John Reid, Lieutenant Nathaniel Beall Magruder and Ensign Gabriel Jacobs - after a lapse of some months the said Captain & Ensign both resigned & the command of said company devolved on said Magruder. I was continued going duty alternately at said magazine & at the town aforesaid where the prisoners taken with Cornwallis consisting of about two hundred British & nine hundred Hessians were brought for quarters - i was in service as above when I saw three men hang in said town - one of them called Col. Fritchey another of them Capt. Suman - the third I do not recollect his name who were condemned as Tory's in consequence of joining a combination to take said magazine on the 25 of said month of June at night - but were betrayed beforehand by a man called Capt. Orinduff - my time thus went on until as well my memory serves until sometime in the fall of the year 1782, I think the month of November when tour Captain drew his
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men into rank and ordered me & four or five others to repair to Frederick Town & join Capt. John Lynn's company of the Maryland line who came with the said prisoner - Capt. Lynn conducted us to Stewarts shipyard on West River about 15 miles from Annapolis for the purpose of guarding a twenty two gun ship privateer - then on the stocks - as a party of refugees were infesting Chesapeake Bay and had thrown out threats it was reported for to burn the ship as they had done the like two years before at the same place - being told by one of aid Stewart's negroes - we continued at said shipyard until the month of March 1783 and then all the guard (except a few some of them invalids & some that had been prisoners & afraid to go) were led on by Capt. Lynn to the mouth of Herring Bay for the purpose of being taken on board of a couple of Barges and also one schooner commanded by a Frenchman - which vessels came down the Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis on a trip in search of the refugees in the bay - when together we numbered as well as I recollect about 110 soldiers besides the sailors - & after making the contemplated search as far as Devils Island & the Tangiers, and being informed by some of the inhabitants on Devils island that the refugees had left that place on the Sunday previous to our arrival they being called to New York by General Clinton of the British Army our party returned to Annapolis & when about on a little above the mouth of Patuxent River we heard the report of cannon I believe late in the day which proved to be as some of our men predicted a firing of joy at Annapolis for the news of peace. We landed at Annapolis where I saw the most of the sailors of one of the barges who had mutinied by Devils Island received their two dozen lashes with the cat nine tails as it was called. The soldiers from the shipyard in a short time returned to that place in a schooner & after a short stay marched back all that belonged to Capt. Lynn's company by way of Queen Annes & Bladensburg to Frederick Town & I again joined Capt. Magruder's company still guarding said magazine & was detained until the 10th day of December 1783 which I believe was the very day on which I received a discharge from service by said Nath'l B Magruder which discharge I have long since lost - making my term of service in all 2 years 5 months and 17 or 18 days under the authority of Maryland. This deponent also further saith that the officers he particularly recollects the names of besides those already name were Capt. David Lynn, a [illegible] officer at Frederick Town - Capt. or Lieut. Rouse & Lieut. Melchiah Bonham both of the Maryland line and came on with said prisoners there were several other officers who came with the prisoners but have forgot their names
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This applicant knows of no person by whom he can make positive proof of his service except Forrest Davis whose deposition he hereto annexes and he also annexes the deposition of William Cooper as corroborating testimony and moreover relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any stated. This applicant was born in the state of Maryland in the year 1764 and after the war continued to reside in Montgomery County MD until the year 1801 when he removed to the county of Ohio State of Kentucky where he resided until the month of October 1831 when he removed to the county of Warwick and from thence to the county of Spencer in the state of Indiana his place of residence at the present time.

Lodowick Davis

Subscribed & sworn in in open court
James Wakefield - Clerk SEAL

Question 1 - where and in what year were you born?
Ans 1 - Maryland and in Montgomery County and in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four.
Question 2 - Have you any record of your age?
Ans 2 - None nor never hand only from tradition.
Ques 3 - Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans 3 - Montgomery County State of Maryland but enlisted in Frederick County and state aforesaid. In Montgomery County and state aforesaid until the year 1801 after that in Kentucky Ohio County until 1831 then
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in the month of October and now live in Spencer County and state of Indiana
Ques 4 - How were you called into service where you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Ans 4 - By enlistment for the term of three years
Ques 5 - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
Ans 5 - Capt. John Reed, he resigned and then under Nathaniel Bell Magruder and after under Capt. John Lynn one trip against *** and guarding a privateer and ship at Stewarts Shipyard & from sometime in April or May 1783 was again under Magruder until discharged.
Ques 6 - Did you ever receive a discharged from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans 6 - Received a discharge from Capt. Nathaniel Bell Magruder and have lost it long since.
Quest 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.
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State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
Ans 5 - Capt. John Reed, he resigned and then under Nathaniel Bell Magruder and after under Capt. John Lynn one trip against *** and guarding a privateer and ship at Stewarts Shipyard & from sometime in April or May 1783 was again under Magruder until discharged.
Ques 6 - Did you ever receive a discharged from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans 6 - Received a discharge from Capt. Nathaniel Bell Magruder and have lost it long since.
Quest 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.
Ans 7 - John M Barnett, John B Graham, Edward Irvin (John W Graham associate judge of spencer County
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We John M Barnet - Clergyman residing in the county of Spencer and John B  Greathouse residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lodowick Davis who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration and that we believe him to be 69 years old and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

John M Barnet - SEAL
John B Greathouse - SEAL

Sworn to and subscribed before me.

James Wakefield - CLERK

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 name applicant Lodowick Davis was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that John M Barnet who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Spencer County and that Forest Davis & William Cooper whose depositions are hereto annexed and John B Greathouse who has signed the preceding certificate are creditable persons & their several statements are entitled to full credit - in which opinion we the said court concur.

Wm G Thomas
John Jones
W Jones

Judges
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Lodowick Davis
Indiana.
from June 1781 point[?] or yrs.
[illegible] $80

Hon R. Boon.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,

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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Lodowick Davis
[table] Period when the service was rendered.
June 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
2 Years.

Rank of the claimant.
Pr.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap Jacobs

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
69
Md.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & witnesses. [/table]

The certificate of Mr Boon should be made on the same paper with the clerk certificate & his signature should be certified to be genuine. see note i over leaf

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered 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 places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general 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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application y transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of [blank]
County of [blank] } ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers :

[bracket] 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. [pointing hand] 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. [/bracket]

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 [blank]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.

[bracket] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. [/bracket]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 pensions 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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.

[bracket] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. [/bracket]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the service 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 application, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, theses 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 subscribed 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 part. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry 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 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period which each applicant served, and the particular rank he hold, 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 [italics] about three or four months [/italics], 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; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.

[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.

[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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 the seal of office.

[pointing hand] The notes from [a] to [i] are 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] The 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.
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V (A) 8727
Pension Papers of Dolly Ann Davis Lodowick
Declaration

[illegible]
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State of Indiana
Warrick County [illegible]

On this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Zachariah Skelton [illegible] judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warrick in the State of Indiana aforesaid, Dolly Ann Davis, a resident of said County, and State aged Seventy two years who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions, to certain widows." That she is the widow of Lodowick Davis who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served in the manner set forth in the original Application (or Declaration) of the said Lodowick Davis to obtain  the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832, on file in the War Office of the United States, to which she refers for particulars as to the service of the said Lodowick Davis. The said Lodowick Davis was a pensioner of the United States, on the Indiana pension Roll under the Act of the 7th June, 1832, at the rate of Eighty dollars and [blank] Cents per annum. She further declares, that she was married to the said Lodowick Davis on the twelvth day of January in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and ninety, in Montgomery County in the state of Maryland. And that her husband the said Lodowick Davis died in the County of Spencer in the state of Indiana on the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four; viz: at the time above stated.

Dolly Ann Davis her mark
[illegible] J.J. Thornton

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Zachariah Skelton [illegible]
Judge Probate Court, Warrick County Indiana
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State of Indiana
Warrick County [illegible]

I Zachariah Skelton [illegible] Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warrick, in the State of Indiana (aforesaid) do hereby certify that on this the 13th day of February, 1842, the within named Dolly Ann Davis was by me duly sworn to and in my presence subscribed (after it was distinctly and correctly read to her) the foregoing Declaration.

I further certify that the said Dolly Ann Davis, is unable from bodily infirmity to attend said Court at its usual place of sitting. I further certify that the said Dolly Ann Davis is a credible person, in whose statements the utmost confidence is to be placed

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2 day of December, AD 1842.

Zachariah Skelton [illegible]
Judge of the Probate Court.

State of Indiana
Warrick County [illegible]

I, J.W.B. Moore clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warrick in the state of Indiana, (aforesaid) do hereby certify that Zachariah Skelton [illegible] is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and state aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Boonville this 15th day of February AD. 1843
J.W.B. Moore Clerk

Probate Court Seal Warrick County
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[illegible] them. I herein will discover that [illegible] day and warning them of their danger of [illegible]

Hezekiah Davis was born Nov. 29th. 1790
Sally Davis was born June 29th. 1792 and died in Aug 1794
Lucey Davis was born January 15th. 1794
Polly Davis was born Jany 15th. 1796
Amos Davis was born Sept. 25th. 1797
Jemima Davis was born June 2nd. 1799
Joshua Davis was born March 7th 1801
Dicky Davis was born April 3rd 1802
Leroy Davis was born August 7th 1804
Forrest Davis was born March 19th 1807
Harper Davis was born Dec 18th 1808
Miranda Davis was born Oct 13th 1810
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August 22, 1939

BA-J/AWF [illegible]
Lodowick Davis
R. 2713

Mrs. J. H. Cockrell
511 West High Street
Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Lodowick Davis, who served from Maryland, and died in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 2713, based upon service of Lodowick Davis, in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Lodowick Davis found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

Lodowick Davis was born in the month of February, 1764, in Montgomery County, Maryland. The names of his parents are not given, his mother was living in Montgomery County, Maryland during the Revolution.

While residing in Montgomery County, Lodowick Davis enlisted in "Fredericktown," Maryland, June 23, 1781, served as a private in Captains John Reid's, Nathaniel Beall Magruder's, and David Lynn's Maryland companies, and was discharged December 10, 1783.

He continued to live in Montgomery County, Maryland until sometime in 1801, when he moved to Ohio County, Kentucky, there until sometime in October,
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1831, them moved to Warrick County, Indiana.

The soldier, Lodowick Davis, was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, then living in Spencer County, Indiana. He died in that county, August 13, 1841.

Lodowick Davis married January 12, 1790, in Montgomery County, Maryland, Dolly Ann. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not stated.

She was living in 1843, in Warrick County, Indiana, aged seventy-two years.

The following data in regard to the children of Lodowick Davis, and his wife, Dolly Ann, are shown in the claim:

Hezekiah born November 29, 1790
Sally " June 29, 1792, died August, 1794
Lucey " January 15, 1794
Polly " January 15, 1796
Amos " September 25, 1797
Jemima " June 2, 1799
Joshua " March 7, 1801, died May, 1801
Dicky " April 3, 1802
Leroy " August 7, 1804
Forrest " March 19, 1807
Harper " December 18, 1808
Miranda " October 13, 1810

One Forrest Davis was aged in 1833 about seventy-one years and living in Hardin County, Kentucky, his relationship to the soldier is not shown.

In 1843, Miranda McCool stated that she was thirty-two years of age, then living in Warrick County, Indiana, it is not shown that she was identical with the daughter, Miranda, named above.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Nov. 1, 1904. His[?] to Dr. F. L. Davis
Evansville Ind.
1909 Feby 23 Hist. to Dr. F. L. Davis J. L. M.[?]
1936-Jan. [illegible] -- Hist. to Mrs. Frank R. Butler
1939. Aug 22 -- " " " J. H. Cockrell

REJECTED
2713.
P. O. Polly Ann Davis
Service: widow of Lodowick
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank].
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank].
Applicated filed: [blank], 18[blank].
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension
Alleges: "For proof of marriage"
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Vontract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Search for [blank], 18[blank].
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No 8727.
Dolly Ann Davis
Indiana
Suspended
J.W.B. Moore, Apr. 3, '43
Set to Hon RD. Owen Jany 4, 1844
" " [illegible] Lockhart June 30/52

Act 7th July '38
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State of Indiana
Spencer County

Personally appeared in open court before the Honourable the Judges of the Commissioners Court now sitting in Rockport in the said County on teh fourth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three Edward Irvin aged fifty three years who being duly sworn deposeth & says that he has been acquainted with Lodowick Davis who has this day made his Declaration for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 for thirty one years that he was also well acquainted with Mr Davis Mother and several of his neighbours who moved from the state of Maryland from all of whom he understood that the said Davis was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and this affiant states that during the whole of his acquaintance with the said Davis he has uniformly believed him to have been a soldier of the Revolution nor has he at any time heard it disputed or questioned

Edward Irvin
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Kentucky Ohio County Sct.

Personally appeared before me on this 12 day of October 1832 William Cooper and deposeth and saith that he was a soldier in the Revolution and knew Lodowick Davis in the state of Maryland, as early as 1782, and in the autumn of that year the said William Cooper was at the residence of the mother of said Lodowick in Montgomery County Maryland and saw the said Lodowick Davis on a visit under furlough from the army at Frederick Town, he then understood him to be a soldier in the army, and saw him frequently after his return from the army, and from that period to the present have believed him to be a solider in the revolution and that he performd the services Required under Capt John Reid and other officers which he the said Lodowick Davis reports to be a little short of two years and a half service

William Cooper

Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the peace for Ohio County, Kentucky

I also further state that the said Wm Cooper is a reputable witness

John Phipps J.P.O.C.

State of Kentucky Ohio County Sct

I Charles Henderson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that John Phipps whose name is affixed to the above Depostion was at the time of signing and is now an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit are due

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Caused my seal of office to be affixed this 12th day of October A.D. 1832
Charles Henderson [illegible]

State of Indiana
Spencer County Sct

I James Wakefield Clerk of the Spencer County Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the empirical proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of Lodowick Davis for a Pension in Tetimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this 5th day of November 1833[?]

Seal
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State of Kentucky
Ohio County 
I Charles Henderson Clerk of the County
Court for the County aforesaid do certify that John Phipps whose
name is affixed to the above depostion was at the time of signing
and is now an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County
duly commissioned and qualified to all whose official acts
as such full faith & credit are due
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused my seal of
office to be affixed this 12th day of
October A.D. 1832

State of Indiana
Spencer County
I James Wakefield Clerk
of the Spencer County Court do hereby
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedintw of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Lodowick Davis for
a Pension in
Testamoney whereof I have here
unto Set my hand and affixed
the Seal of said Court this -
5th day of November 1833
James Wakefield
{Seal}

I certify that James Wakefield, whose
signature is affixed to the above
Certificate, is the Clerk of the
circuit Court for Spencer County
Indiana, and that his signature is genuine.
P. Boon
Member of Congress
Nov. 28th 1833.
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State of Kentucky.   Hardin County Sct
Personally came and appeared before the
undersigned a justice of the peace for said County, Forrest Davis aged
about seventy one years, and upon his corporal Oath deposeth and saith
that Lodowick Davis now a citizen of Spencer County Indiana was a 
Revolutionary ^soldier^ in the State of Maryland, that the said Lodowick Davis
was enlisted in the year 1781 by Ensign Gabriel Jacobs for the term
of three years in the Town of Frederick in the State of Maryland, and
the said Lodowick Davis was [atta]ched to the company then commanded
by Capt John Reid who some months thereafter resigned and the 
command devolved on the Lieutenant whose name was Nathaniel Beall
Magruder, and the said Lodowick Davis served until after peace was
concluded and was then discharged by the said Magruder, This
deponent served three years in the aforesaid Company & frequently saw
the said Lodowick Davis in service and knows that he served as a
private between two and three years in the company and under the
officers aforesaid, Commencing in June 1781, and the said Forrest Davis 
states that his age added to his infirmities are so great as to prevent
his being able to attend at the residence of said Lodowick Davis in
the State of Indiana to testify to the service of said Lodowick, and the
said [lined out: Lodowick] deponent signs this deposition this 21st day of
September 1833.  The said Forrest resides in Hardin County Ky.
about 75 miles from the residence of L. Davis
Forrest Davis (seal)

State of Kentucky Hardin County Seat
I do hereby certify that Forrest Davis
personally appeared before me, and signed and swore to the
preceeding deposition as to the service of Lodowick Davis in the
revolutionary army & I do further state that he is old and very
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infirm, and unable to travel without great inconvenience & moreover
I consider him a reputable witness, Given under my hand as
justice of the peace ^ in &^ for said County this 21st day of September 1833
Robt. R. Crutcher JP (seal)

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
I Samuel Haycraft clerk of the Court of Hardin
County certify that Robert R Crutcher is a magistrate
as above and that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is genuine.  In Testimony whereas
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and
subscribed my name this 23d day
of September in the year 1833
Sam Haycraft Clerk
of the Court of Hardin County
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[written sideways left margin:] Mail

Feb 7 1844
G. G. Brewer
Annp Md [Annapolis Maryland]
Lodowick Davis

[written sideways center:]
L. Edwards, Esq
Commission of Pensions,
Washington City,
D.C.

[stamped:]
FREE
Page 27

Land Office, Annapolis,
5th February, 1844,
Sir,
Your letter of the 1st Inst., was received, - In reply I have to inform you, that I have very carefully examined the Muster and pay rolls of the Revolution in this office, and they afford no evidence of the service of Lodowick Davis, his name is not to be found upon any of the rolls.
I have the Honor to be,
Yr. Ob. Svt,
G. G. Brewer
[To]
J. L. Edwards, Esqr.
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[written sideways left margin:] Aug 4

Rockport Ia [Indiana]    Free
24th July

Secretary War Office, or
The Treasury }
Whichever manages } United States
Pension affairs
Washington City

[written sideways:]
Lodowick
Davis
[illegible]
23,136
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Indiana Spencer County July 18, 1835

Secretary War Officer,
Sir, Being one of the pensioners on the list of the United States, and formerly directed to apply at Corydon in the state, I acted accordingly and received what was allowed as far upas March 1834. Since that I made application at the same place for six months more and owing to a small omission in the power of attorney I got nothing. Again I sent on for twelve months pension, but there was no money at Corydon for the above named use - I have lately been informed that a pensioners may make choice of any place of deposit in the United States for his pension - should that information be correct, and I can be accommodated to choose - I will prefer Louisville in Kentucky as most convenient - but if confined to this State - Maddison on the Ohio River - I depend on you sir for instruction on this case - you will please to write by mail to Rockiest - State of Indiana. Spencer County giving me all the information necessary
Lodowick Davis
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TREASURY DEPARTMENTS,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 1 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Lodowick Davis, -- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at
the rate of Eighty Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th Sept., 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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8727
Booneville Ind
Feb 27, 43
J.W. B. Moore
his declarations of
Elizabeth Musgrave
&
Dolly Ann Davis
M. 81. Rec Mch 18 /43
Pension Office
July 4 1836
& July 7. 1838
Lodowick 32
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Boonville, Indiana
Feby 27, 1843
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send the declaration of Elizabeth Musgrave + Dolly Ann Davis + accompanying affidavits. Any error in making out the papers please make known - Address J. W. B. Moore, Boonville, Indiana
I am Sir very respectfully
Your Obt. Serv't
J. W. B. Moore
[To]
Honl. J. C. Spencer
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
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State of Indiana }
Warrick County SS } Be it remembered that on this the
thirteenth day of February eighteen hundred & forty three
 that before me Zachariah Skelton sen Judge of the Probate
Court of Warrick County in the state of Indiana personally
came Miranda McCool a resident of said county & state
who being by me duly sworn according to law doth uppon
her Oath say that she is thirty two years [lined out: years] of age
according to the record [illegible] of her parents & that to her
knowledge Lodowick Davis departed this life on the
thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred & forty one and that
Dolly Ann Davis is still the widow of Lodwick
Davis and has not intermarried since the death of
her said husband, and also that the paper marked
B is a paper which was kept by the said Lodwick
Davis as a Register of the birth of his children by
Dolly Ann Davis & that it was declared to be such by
the said Lodwick Davis in his lifetime
Miranda McCool

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Zachariah Skelton [illegible]
Judge Probate Court Warrick County Indiana

State of Indiana }
Warrick County SS }
I, Joel W. B. Moore clerk of Probate Court in and 
for the County of Warrick in the state of Indiana (aforesaid) do certify that
Zachariah Skelton Senr is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County
and state aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that
the foregoing signature purporting to be his is Genuine
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office at Boonville this
fifteenth day of February A.D. 1843
J W B Moore Clerk

{Probate Court}
{Seal}
{Warrick County}
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Office of
F. L. Davis, M. D.
No. 209 Locust Street
Evansville, Ind Feb 11th 1909
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Dear Sir: Pardon
this intusion on your time, and please allow me
to Ask you to correct an EROR in this paper
and return it to me at your earliest convenience
The mistake is in the date of the DEATH OF my xx
GRANDFATHER "Lodowick Davis".  You say in the
Statement here with that he was born
in 1764 and died August 13th 1741. That makes
the death appear 23 years before he was born.
5 Ladies, alleligible, and applicants to the
Society of The DAUGHTERS of the AMERICAN
REVOLUTION are now waiting for the return of
the corrected Paper. Please oblige
Yours Respectfully,
Dr. F. L. Davis.
209 Locust Street,
EVANSVILLE,
INDIANA.
[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  A  FEB 13 1909
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AVY
OCT 17 1904
FILES 
Office of 
F. L. Davis,  M. D.
No. 209 Locust Street 
Evansville,  Ind., Oct 12, 1904
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
My Grandfather, Lodowick Davis was a Revolutionary soldier, in Washington's Arm. I think from Baltimore or Delaware.
There was a pension from him to his heirs, which was never collected - but for this I do not care nor want. I only mention this to aid you in the record. 
Please send me a statement of his enlistment or service in the USA Army Revolution. So that my Nieces So that [Crossed out] can be properly vouched for That they may join the Daughters of the American Revolution and oblize yours 
Respectfully 
Dr. F.L. Davis 
Evansville Indiana 
[Stamped]
PENSION OFFICE 
USA 
OCT 16 1904
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Mrs. Frank R. Baker
5427 Julian Ave
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov, 27, 1935
Veterans Administration
Rev War Records
Washington D. C,
Dear Sirs:
Please send the revolutionary service of Lodowick Davis Pri Ind State troops; pensioned 
1831, while a resident of Spencer County, Indiana to above address.
Very truly
Mrs, Frank R.  Baker

[date stamp]
RECEIVED 
Nov 30 1935
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Mrs. J H Cockerel
511 W high Street Mt Sterling Ky
July 19, 1939

Pension Office
Washington, DC
Dear Sir, 
 I am trying to get some information Lodowick Davis, Revolutionary soldier who died in Bourbon Co., Kentucky leaving an estate, came
to Ky. from Maryland. Want his war record, if grew a pension or county land that record and if any record of his family, want that also.
Yours truly,
Mrs. J. Howard Cockerell
511 W High St
Mr. Sterling, Ky
Received
July 21 1939 Mail Sub-Div
Reader No. 2
VETS Adm
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O. W. and N. Division  3-52 5
DEPARTMET OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.  Nov 1, 1904
J.R.W.
2713  Rej
Rev War
 Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of  Lodowick Davis, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this bureau.
 Date of enlistment or appointment
June 23, 1781 to Dec10, 1783
RANK
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDEDED
Captain
Reid, Lynn Magruder Independent Co
Colonel
- none-
STATE
MD
Battles engaged in  None
Residence of soldier at enlistment 
Montgomery Co, Md
Date of application for pension
Nov 4, 1833
Residence at date of application
Spencer co, Ind
Age at date of application 
born 1764 Montgomery co, MD
Remarks:
His claim was allowed He married Sally Ann (surname not stated Jany 12, 1790 and died Aug 13, 1741 in Spencer co, Ind  
Very respectfully 
D. L. Davenport
Actg Commissioner
Dr. F. L. Davis
Evansville, Ind
[date stamp]
US Pension Office FEB 13 1909
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau. Lodowick Davis Ref. 2713
Date of enlistment or appointment
June 23, 1781 to Dec10, 1783
RANK
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDEDED
Captain
Reid, Lynn Magruder Independent Co
Colonel
- none-
STATE
MD
Battles engaged in None
Residence of soldier at enlistment
Montgomery Co, Md until 1801
Date of application for pension
Nov 4, 1833  His c. was al.
Residence at date of application
Spencer co, Ind
Age at date of application
born Feby1764 Montgomery co, Md
died in Spencer Co, Ind Au13 1841
Remarks: Soldier married Jan 12, 1790 in Montgomery Co. Md Dolly Ann  She applied for pension Feby 13, 1843 while a resident of  Warrick Co. Ind, aged 72 years Her claim was not completed for lack of record evidence of marriage children Hezekiah b. Nov 29, 1790 Sally b.  June 29 1792 died Aug 1794, Lucy  b.  Jan  15 1794 Polly b. Jan 15, 1796 Amos Sept 25, 1797  Jemima b, June 2 1799 Joshua b Mch  7 1801 died May 1801 Dicky b. Apr e 1802 Leroy b. Aug 7 1804 Forrest b. Mch 19 1807 Harper b. Dec 18 1805 Miranda b, Oct 13, 1810
Very Respectfully Yours
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January 11, 1936
Lodowick Davis-R.2713
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Frank R. Baker
5427 Julian Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Lodowick
Davis, private in the Maryland Troops, pensioned in
1831 in Spencer County, Indiana.
The Revolutionary War record of Lodowick Davis
which follows was obtained from the papers on file
in pension claim, R. 2713, based upon his service
in that war.
Lodowick Davis was born in February, 1764 in
Montgomery County, Maryland, names of his parents
not given. His mother was living in Montgomery
County, Maryland during the Revolution.
While residing in Montgomery County, Maryland,
Lodowick Davis enlisted in "Fredericktown", Maryland,
June 23, 1781, served as a private in Captains John
Reid's, Nathaniel Beall Magruder's, and David Lynn's
Maryland Companies, and was discharged December 10,
1783.
He continued to live in Montgomery County until
in 1801, when he moved to Ohio County, Kentucky, there until October, 1831, then to Warrick County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, then a resident of Spencer 
County, Indiana. He died in said Spencer County, August
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3, 1841.
The soldier, Lodowick Davis, married January 12,
1790 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Dolly Ann. Her
maiden name is not stated, nor is it showed when and
where she was born. In 1845 she was seventy-two years
of age and living in Warrick County, Indiana.
The children of Lodowick Davis and his wife,
Dolly Ann:
Hezekiah born November 29, 1790
Sally  "  June 29, 1792, died August, 1794
Lucey  " January 15, 1794
Polly  " January 15, 1796
Amos  "  September 25, 1797
Jemima  "  June 2, 1799
Joshua  " March 7, 1801, died May, 1801
Dicky  "  April 3, 1802
Leroy  "  August 7, 1804
Forrest  "  March 19, 1807
Harper  " December 18, 1808
Miranda  "  October 13, 1810

One Forrest Davis in 1833 was aged about seventy-one
years and living in Hardin County, Kentucky, his relationship to the soldier is not stated.
In 1843 Miranda McCool stated that she was thirty
two years of age and then living in Warrick County,
Indiana; it is not shown that she was identical with the
daughter, Miranda, named above.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator