Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,970, Isham Davis, S.C.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                                                     NUMBER

S C                    Davis, Isham                   W. 6,970 
                                      Wineford or
                                       Winneford  

Born in S.C.
CONTENT
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16104
North Carolina
Isham Davis of Macon in the state of North Ca who was a pri: in the company command by Captain Martin of the Regt command by Col. Purvisin the North Car line for 12 months
Indents pri. 6 mo. 5 days only -

Inscribed on the Roll of North Car: at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annun(?)  to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th. day of July '33 and sent Jno. Tatham 
Franklin N. C. 
Arrrears to the 4th of March '33 - 80
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 - 20
$100

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Miller Cle(??)
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 38
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] Superior Court of Law October Term 1832. On this  tenth day of  October A.D.  1832  personally appeared in open Court  before the Judge of the Superior Court  of law for said County now sitting  Isham Davis a resident of the County of Macon  and State of South Carolina aged seventy four 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 the 7th  1832. That he entered the service of the United States some time in the  month of April in the year 1779  under Capt. Thomas Kee. Lieutenant Edmund Martin  ( the company officers are not recollected by applicant ) , under the command of Genl. Williamson, Col. Leroy Hammons , and Major Hugh Middleton. in the State of South Carolina in the  District called  Ninety Six where he was drafted and served in turn as follows, as Militia or minute man  called by the name of  Williamson's Militia . We were marched to the place called the Bull penn where we were stationed about one month  and were  classed in three classes and were called out  on scouting parties in turns when the British left Augusta we were permitted to return home which continued a short time . he was then called
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out again under Capt. Martin , on a scouting party on the Edisto River and we were then under Genl. Pickens who succeeded  Genl. Williamson . we were  then called Picken's Militia . We were  then march across the river  Edisto on the Bridge at Orangeburg and were marched from place to place and were called out from time to time  ( all the dates not recollected )  until about the month of August 1781  at or about the time he was marched from the said District of Ninety Six  where he then lived  ( under Capt. Martin )  to the Eutaw Springs and on their way there he was appointed Sergeant  in which office he served till  their return ... ( illegible )  and was at the battle at that place under the command of Genl. Green commander in chief  and immediately under Genl. Pickens , Col. John Pervis was not there , and Major Benjamin Tutt  we were  placed on the left wing of the army in the battle and after the victory  we march across the Congaree  River at Mc Cord's ferry  and were stationed at different points  on our return home  in the fall following , and were called on scouting parties  from time to time until the spring following when he was marched by Capt. Thomas Key  to the place called Bacon's Bridge in South Carolina where they were stationed  about three months and we then returned home and were scouting on the  Edisto River and were stationed a few weeks at a place
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called the Ridge House and returned home in the fall following  and was called out again  in the pursuit of Col. Cunningham but never overtook him  , after that time he was in no engagements except in scouting  parties from time to time where nothing of note occurred and he was always  in  readiness from the time he was drafted  1779  until the end of the revolutionary war as a Minute man in the  State of South Carolina and was called out  so frequently  that he cannot recollect all the times precisely enough to give  the precise dates   & I know  no person who can prove my service except Thomas Williams who saw me  while in  the service  once or twice but was not with me  through the campaign  & whose affidavit is  hereunto appended.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 1. Where and in what year were your born ? Answer. I was born in  the State of South Carolina on the  waters of Pedee River  in  Chowan District  in the year  1758   Jany 6th. 2. Have you any record of your age  and if so where is it ?  Answer. I have a copy of it in my Bible as recorded in my Father's Bible. 3. Where were you living when called into the service  , where have you lived since the revolution and where do you now live ?
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Ans. In the District called  96, when called into service  & a few  years after and I have generally lived in North Carolina  in different Counties, I now live in the same State .  4. How were you called into service  were you  drafted,  did you  volunteer , or were you a substitute and if a  substitute for whom ? Ans. I was drafted. 5. State the names 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 service. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it ? Answer. I never received a discharge , but was marched home by Capt. Martin  &  was still ready to be called again . 7. State the names of person to whom  you are known  in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character  for veracity and good behavior  and your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  Sworn to and subscribed  the day and year aforesaid .  Isham Davis ( signed )  We Humphrey Posey  a clergyman residing in  Macon County  South Carolina  and Thomas John  Tatham  residing in the same State  and County  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isham Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  , that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Humphrey Posey ( signed ) John Tatham ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  the 15 ... ( illegible ) 1832.  Dowell  ( signed ) O.N.
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17666 Isham Davis Admit as a private  12 mo  $ 40  #4.5... ( illegible )  P . 320 Rev # claims as  Sergt. is amt and at the same time   ... the original dec - ad not claim as Sergt at ..  ( illegible )  April 4  Jno. Tatham  Macon County  N.C.  Franklin
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BRIEF in the case or Isham Davis
of Macon County
in the State of N. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court

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

3. How old is he ? 74 Years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  In 17.
Rank.  As a
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.
Years,
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.

Statements of service so totally destitute of pension .
in regard to dates and separate tours of service, as to
render the briefing of them wholly impracticable

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Eutaw Springs

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? District of Ninity Six S. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence,
and one living obituary, who testified to some service in 1782 alone

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are authenticated

* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

 Wm Gordon [signature]

Examining Clerk.
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( left page )  2 Certf's  1838, 1843, & 1844 Repro . ( vertical note ) ( Date of death not on AB )  ( right page ) 7989 North Carolina Wineford Davis widow of Isham Davis who was a private in the N.C. Line  Husb'd died Dec 30, 1835 . Inscribed on the  Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars __ Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.  Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Oct 1846  and sent to  N. Leake , Esq . Present. [ Act of March 3. 1843  and  17 June 1844 ]  Recorded in book A. Vol. 2 Page 183
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12,101 Wineford Davis widow of Isham Davis  P NC  act 7 July 1832  Aug 4. 1848  ' 81 6 mos 5 ds  M :  83 - d 30 Dec 1835
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September 19th  1783 . That she is now a widow and has never married since the death of her  said husband but remains a widow  as will more full appear by  reference to the proof hereunto annexed  . Sworn to a & subscribed on the day & year above written before me .  Wineford Davis ( her mark X )  Emmanuel Setser  ( signed ) JP  I the said Justice do hereby certify that  Wineford Davis who hath this day sworn to  & subscribed the foregoing declaration before me is a credible person  & to be believed on oath. I also certify  that she is by reason of bodily infirmity  unable to attend Court to make her said declaration. And I further certify  that she is the widow  of the Identical Isham Davis who was a Pensioner as stated by the declarant , that they lived together as husband and wife  up to the time of said Isham Davis' death. that she  is now a widow  & has never since married. Given under my hand  & seal  the 22nd of April 1843. Emmanuel Setser ( signed / sealed ) J.P. [ State of North Carolina Macon County ] I J K Gray  clerk of the Court of Pleas  & quarter Sessions  for the County of Macon do hereby certify  that  Emanuel Setser  whose name appears to the above is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said  County and due faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed the seal of my office at office this 27th day of April 1843. J K Gray ( signed ) clk
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] Court of  Pleas & Quarter Sessions  September Term  1843  I , J. K. Gray  Clerk of the Court of Pleas  and Quarter Sessions in  & for the County of Macon and State aforesaid , do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Winford Davis the present applicant  for a Pension, was this day  laid before the Court  aforesaid  ( now sitting in Franklin )  was examined by the Court and approved. Wherefore  it was ordered by said Court that the  Clerk certify  the same to the War Department.  I also certify that it was shown in evidence to the satisfaction of said Court  that Isham Davis, dec'd  husband of  the declarant aforesaid , was a Revolutionary Pensioner  as declared by said Winford Davis the declarant and  died in the County of Macon  in the year 1855  leaving said  Winford his wife a widow  who is still a widow . And I further certify  that it was also shown in evidence to the satisfaction of said Court  that the declarant aforesaid Winford Davis is, and was , at the time of signing  the same  unable to appear in Court  to make this her declaration by reason of old age & bodily infirmity.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  & affixed the seal of our court at office in Franklin  this 12th day of September 1843. J K Gray ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Macon Co.
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January 16, 1940

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ISHAM DAVIS
W. 6970
BA-J/MLB

Mr. John S. Davis
R. R. #1
Logan, Utah

Dear Sir:

The data which follows in regard to Isham Davis were obtained from the papers of the claims for pensions on file under W. 6970, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Isham Davis was born January 6, 1758, on the Pee Dee River in Cheraw District, South Carolina; the names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Ninety Six Dsictrict, South Carolina, Isham Davis enlisted and served in the South Carolina troops, as follows - From April 1779, three months as private in Captain Thomas Kee's company, Colonel Le Roy Hammond's regiment; from August, 1781, three months as sergeant in Captain Martin's company, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs; from the spring of 1782, six months in Captain Thomas Kee's company. He was out, also, on various scouting parties under Captains Thomas Kee and Martin.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Macon County, North Carolina. He died there December 30, 1835. 
Isham Davis married September 19, 1783, about twelve miles from Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, Wineford (name shown also as Winneford) Woodard, a widow. The date and place of her birth, maiden name, names of parents or the given name of her former husband not shown.
Wineford Davis was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, Isham, on her application executed April 22, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and a resident of Macon County, North Carolina.
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It was stated that Isham Davis and his wife, Wineford, had eight children, the oldest of whom was aged about sixty years in 1846.  N names of children were designated.

In 1846, one Elizabeth Woodard state in Buncombe County, North Carolina, that she had known the soldier and his wife, Wineford, for about fifty years, the length of time she (Elizabeth) had been married.  Her relationship to soldiers wife, Wineford, was not stated, nor was the given name of Elizabeth's husband shown.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the soldier's widow, Wineford, you should write to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:  Wineford Davis, widow of Isham, certificate #7989, issued October 21, 1846, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4,1843, Act of March 3, 1843, and Act of June 17, 1844, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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( left page ) Revy WIDOW, &c. File No 6970 Winnford Davis wid.  Isham Davis  Pvt. Rev. War  Act : Mch 3rd /43 , June 17/44 Index : - Vol. A Page 168 [ Arrangement of 1870. ]( right Page ) 1914  Apr. 6 - hist to Mr. Geo. R. Chatburn  M.B.H.  1924 Aug 1 - Hist to Mrs. W B Mixon ans. ___ 4 Feb 9 - hist to  Hon Josiah Bailey  for Mrs. Lily Doyle Dunlap -  ans.   Jan 16 - Hist to Jno P Davis M.L.B.
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10100 North Carolina Wineford Davis widow of Isham Davis  who was a pensioner under the  Act of 1832  and who died on the 30 Dec 1835  of Macon in the  State of N.C.  who was a pri in the comp. commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt. commanded by Col.  Pervis in the N.C. line for 6 mos. Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville  at the rate of 20 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Oct.  1846  and sent to  N. Leake , Present.  Total amount $ 100.00 [ Act July 7, 1838 . ] Recorded by D. H. Wood  Clerk Book D. Vol. 1. Page 287
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( check mark ) No 12101 Winford Davis  NC Let. to Elisha King  Sept  19, 1845 Let. to Nathan Leake  Mar 28t h ' 45  Letter to King, April 15/46  Act 7 July 1838
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Isham Davis N.C. Act 7 June 1832  $40.00 per an.  To what  time was he last paid ? G.C.A.  Pension Office 19th October 1846  Died 30 -  Dec  1835  pd to his death. W. Tyson
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17666
Isham Davis
Pension Declaration

Sworn to and certified
in Macon Superior
Court
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] Personally appeared  before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace Isham Davis who being duly sworn deposeth and saith upon oath that in the year 1779 he did serve a three month  tour  as a drafted  man  and in the year 1781  served a three month  tour as a Sergeant and in the year 1782  served six months as a volunteer . Sworn to and subscribed this day 2nd  May 1838  before me. John Tatham ( signed )  Isham Davis ( signed )   [ North Carolina Macon County ] Personally came before me  one John Hale , Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  for the County of Macon  aforesaid ( who by law am authorized to administer oaths and affidavits at my office )  Isham Davis  and being duly sworn before me  as aforesaid  saith on his said oath that he is  acquainted with  Thomas Williams  who made the affidavit to which this is attached , and that he has the character of a  correct citizen  and a man of truth. Sworn to  and subscribed before me  the 3rd day of May  1833.  John Tatham ( signed )  John Hale ( signed ) clk  [ North Carolina Macon County ] I John Hale clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  for the County of Macon  aforesaid  do hereby certify that  John Tatham  whose name is signed to the above affidavit  and declaration , is and was at the time of signing the same  , an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of  Macon  aforesaid and that due faith and  credit is  and ought to be attached to his signature  as such . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and have affixed the public seal  of my office at office the  3rd  May 1833. John Hale ( signed ) clk
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Thomas Williams swears that he saw the said Isham Davis in the service of the United states  in the South Carolina Militia  he thinks some time in the year 1782  and that he believes from the statements made by the said Isham Davis in his declaration and also from his  statements at different times since and from report in that Country  of the Revolution that he has served as in his declaration. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  this 11th day of October  A.D. 1833 . Thomas Williams ( signed ) M. Dowell ( signed ) JGS
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And the said Court doth 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  Humphrey Posey  who has signed the  preceding certificate is a clergyman resident  in Macon County  and State of North Carolina and that John Tatham   who has also signed the same is a resident of the same State and County  and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  I Silas Mc Dowell  Clerk of the Superior Court  of law for the County of Macon  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Isham Davis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this 11th day of October  A.D. 1832. Mc Dowell ( signed / sealed ) clk
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[ State of  North Carolina Macon County ] On this 5th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared be fore me James D. Franks a Magistrate in and for said County  Sarah Ammons  and after being duly sworn according to law  doth upon her oath declare that she is personally acquainted with  Wineford Davis of Macon County  North Carolina  who is now an applicant for a pension and widow of Isham Davis who was a Pensioner of the United States  and who died in said County in the later part of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. that she became acquainted with the said Isham Davis and Wineford Davis  the above named applicant  in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine   that the said  Isham Davis  and Wineford Davis was living together as man and wife when she first knew them  ( viz )  as  the date above , 1789. and continued to live together as man and wife up to the time of the death of the said Isham Davis. Sarah Ammons ( her mark ) Sworn to and subscribed to before me . James D. Franks ( signed )  C.C.P.
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County [ I James D. franks  certify that  Sarah Ammons  the affiant who was sworn to and subscribed  the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that the statements by her  made in the foregoing affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit, and I further certify that the affidavits above named  was  distinctly read to her and by her  understood , this the 5th day of June 1845. James D. Franks ( signed ) J.P.  [ State of North Carolina Macon County ] I J K Gray Clerk of the  Court of Pleas and  Quarter Sessions  for said County  do hereby certify that  Sarah  Ammons  is personally known to me  that she is  a credible person  and the statements made by her in the foregoing affidavit  is entitled to full faith and credit.  Also that James D Franks whose name appears to the foregoing  affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in  & for the said  County  and the signatures thereto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and entitled to full faith and credit as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office at office this 6th day of June  1845.  J K Gray ( signed ) Clerk of Macon County
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12.101 Wineford Davis Declaration  May 25th 1843  Wm Woodward   Winford Davis ... 53 then Winford Davis  WW King (?) State of North Carolina   Jacob Barnes ( vertical on page ) ( Capt. Stephen Alexander Mecklenburgh County ) ( upside down notes are illegible )
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Hendersonville  12th Oct. 1845 Dear Sir, Herewith you have the Compt. Genl.'s certificate in the case of Winford Davis  which is the only additional proof in  support of her claim . I am able to furnish and that does not perhaps prove as much service as he actually rendered or as he proved by  indifferent testimony when his claim was passed be fore the department. I presume it is known to the  Department that the  Archives in the Compt. Genl. 's office  of So. Ca. is not a  correct  & complete standard for measuring the services of Revolutionary soldiers rendered by the Militia of that  State. You say that it must be shown to the satisfaction of the Department  that no documentary or  Record proof of the marriage does exist: we do not see that any further  means of doing this  is in our power, that what is already before the department , we have  made oath that no such proof does exist to our knowledge  & to  prove that  there was no such would be to prove a negation which is impossible , we could procure the certificate of the Clerk of the Court  in the  District in So. Ca.   where she was married certifying that there is no such in his office, but that would only be to prove what the department already knows  as there are no such records kept in that  State  . you say again that  the testimony of such persons as signed their  affidavits  by making their mark  cannot be satisfactory as to dates.  as to the credibility of the two witnesses , who testify as to the time they first formed an acquaintance with Mrs. Davis  & her husband  and they then lived together as man and wife  it is sufficiently certified as we think, though should it not be there can be more said on that subject . they  seem to render a very satisfactory reason why they recollect the dates to which they certify one of them   fixes the time at which he knew them to live together as man & wife in the year
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1784 . Can he be mistaken by ten years. The other fixes the date at 1789. Can he be mistaken  even five years. having settled in the same neighborhood in which applicant  & her husband lived at that time, the  buying of a farm  and settling a known country in an area  in the History of a man's life which he is  unlikely to forget.  The dates of such an event is not likely to be forgotten by a man of ordinary observation  though he may be illiterate. I doubt  not but those circumstances  will be duly considered by you.. I shall  not  speak of the old lady  indigent  & helpless condition  as that is a circumstance which you cannot take into consideration. I hope you will  excuse a long letter as I feel some anxiety. I have the honor to be with  sincere respect your obt servt.  Elisha King ( signed )  J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions  Washington City D.C.
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Comptroller Genl.'s Office Columbia So. Ca. June 7 / 45  Dr Sir , Yours of the 13 inst.  / enclos'd  $2  came to hand this morning . Subjoined is a copy and certificate of the evidence in support of the Revolutionary services and claim of Mr. Isham Davis. Very Respectfully  For Comptroller Genl.  Laval ( signed )  Comptroller Genl.'s Office Columbia So. Ca. June 19th / 45  [ Book U Indent 282 ] Issued  the 11 August 1785  to Mr. Isham Davis for seven pounds fourteen shilling and three pence farthing  sterling for Militia duty as private pr. acct audited. Princl  Lbs. 7.14. 3/4 Int Lbs. 0: 11.9 [ Book Y Indent 89 ] Issued the 24th October 1785  to Mr. Isham Davis  for four pounds two shillings and ten pence sterling  for duty as horseman  twenty nine days in  1781 pr acct. audited, one inn which no Interest will be paid as allowed until one year becomes due.  Princl Lbs. 4: 2: 11 Interest Lbs. 0 : 5: 9 I certify the above  to be a true copy from the records in this office  For Comptroller Genl. Laval ( signed )
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Hendersonville SC July 28  Paid 20  J.L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.  ( vertical notes ) ( 12,101 Aug 4, 1845  Winford Davis July 7, 1838 )
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Hendersonville 28th Aug  1845 Dear Sir, Enclosed you have the Declaration of  Wineford Davis  with such proof in support of her claim as I hope will satisfy  the department of its  validity. If it should be so regarded please forward to this place &  to my address her certificate of Pension if not then inform what is lacking. Very Respectfully  Elisha King ( signed ) Please inform me as early as convenient of the condition of the claim of William Tramell or Trammel who filed his  declaration several years ago & who was a citizen of either Macon or Haywood County  of this state  No. Ca.  Elisha King.  J L Edwards Com.. of Pensions Washington City Dist. of Columbia
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Jam 29, 1846 Adal to case Winnifred Davis  ( vertical on page ) Hendersonville NC January 23rd J. L. Edwards  Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dist. of Columbia
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Hendersonville  23rd Jany 1846  Dr Sir, Enclosed you have  some further proof in support of the marriage of Wineford Davis .  This is all the proof  which I have any knowledge of or which  the widow can cite me to on this subject. I hope  it will be satisfactory  when taken in connection with that already on file & that you  will be satisfied to forward her a certificate at once through  my Agent  Mr. Leakes. This poor old  Mrs. Davis is purely  an object of charity  almost entirely helpless without the means of a subsistence . Her children is very poor   & unable to make her comfortable . I have  rode about one hundred miles to make  & form  to make this proof , more for charity's sake  than otherwise, and this is the last effort I shall be able to make in her behalf. I regret  that so many of our  elderly people  in the mountains are illiterate  & unable to write their names , this however is easily accounted for when we consider that they are the hardy emigrants of the frontiers of our Country. I have the honor to be  very respectfully  your obt servt. Elisha King ( signed )  J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City  D.C.
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[ State  of North Carolina Macon County ] On this 5th day of June one thousand eight hundred and  forty five personally appeared before me James D. Franks a Magistrate in and for said County Thomas Williams a pensioner of the United States  and after being duly sworn  according to law doth upon his oath declare that he is personally acquainted with   Wineford Davis of Macon County  North Carolina  who is now  an applicant for a pension  and the widow of Isham Davis  who was a pensioner of the United States  and who died in said County  in the later part of the year  one thousand eight hundred and thirty  five. That he became acquainted with  the said Isham Davis and  Wineford  Davis his wife in the year one thousand seven  hundred and eighty four , as he the said Thomas Williams  settled on an adjoining farm  where the said Isham Davis & Wineford Davis lived in the year above named ( viz )  in the year one thousand seven hundred and  eighty four ( 1784 )  that they were at that date ( to wit )  living together as man and wife  and continued to live together as man  and wife up to the death of the said Isham Davis . Sworn to and subscribed before me  James D. Franks ( signed ) J.P, Thomas Williams ( his mark )
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] I certify that Thomas Williams who was sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is personally known to me  , that he is a credible person and that the statements by him made in the foregoing affidavit is entitled to credit, and I further certify that the said affidavit was read to him and by him understood this the 6th day of June 1845. James D. Franks ( signed ) J.P. [ State of North Carolina Macon County ] I J K Gray  clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that  Thomas Williams is personally known to me  that he is a credible person and that statements made by him in the foregoing affidavit  is entitled to full faith and credit. Also James D Franks whose name appears to the  foregoing affidavit   & certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County  and the signature thereunto annexed  purporting to be his is genuine and entitled to full faith and  credit as such. In testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed the seal of my office at office this 6th day of June 1845. J K Gray ( signed ) Clerk of Macon County
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This day personally appeared before me Thos. S. Deaver a Magistrate in and for the County of Buncombe  State of North Carolina  Elizabeth Woodard and after being duly sworn  doth on her oath make the following statements. That she was well acquainted with  Isham Davis  & his wife Wineford Davis  who is now  an applicant for a Pension fifty years ago or more she believes now  but  she knows it has been that long since her first acquaintance with them  and at the time of her first acquaintance with them the said  Isham & Wineford  his wife they were living together  as man and wife & had six or eight children she thinks she knows as many as six  children and from her knowledge  of their oldest child  age she believes it to be now sixty years of age  & they continued to live together as man and wife up to the time of the said Isham's death. and the said Winford now resides in Macon County  North Carolina. The fact of her knowing that she became acquainted with the said Isham & his wife Wineford as much as fifty years  ago she knows from  the date of her own  marriage , as she was married  near that length of time  ago & she knows she knew them  several years she thinks as much as four, five or six years before her own marriage  as they lived together in the same neighborhood in which affiant did for many years.  Elizabeth Woodard ( her mark X ) Sworn to  and subscribed before me the 20th day of January 1846. Attest Thos. S. Deaver ( signed / sealed ) J.P.
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[ State of North Carolina Buncombe County ]   On this 21st day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared  before me Thos. S. Deaver a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid  Reuben Keith  Snr. and after being duly sworn  doth on oath make the following statements , That he became personally & intimately acquainted with Isham Davis, dec'd and his wife Wineford Davis who ow resides in Macon County  in this  State & who is now an applicant for a Pension, upwards of fifty years ago between that & fifty five years, he knows upwards of fifty years and at the time of his first becoming acquainted  with them they the said Isham & Wineford  is that he moved  into the  immediate neighborhood  when they the said Isham & wife  lived in two or three  years after his marriage with his present wife, which enabled him to know that it was between fifty & fifty five years ago that he formed the said acquaintance with the said Isham & wife Wineford  who was a person of good character  & in good standing in the Community in which they lived, he is still acquainted with the said Wineford  & several of her children  & they are persons of good character. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day  & date above. Reuben Keith ( his mark )  Attest Tho. S. Deaver  ( signed / sealed ) J.P.
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I. Thos. S. Deaver  , Magistrate as aforesaid do hereby certify that Elizabeth Woodard  & Reuben Keith  who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing  affidavits before me  and both personally  & intimately  acquainted with me  &  knows me that they are both persons of  truth  and veracity  and persons whose statements are entitled to credit. I further certify  the affidavits to which their names are subscribed was  read to the affiants  who subscribed it  & by  them professed to be understood by them before sworn to & subscribed. Certified by me this 21st day of January  A.D. 1846. Tho. S. Deaver ( signed / sealed ) J.P. [ State of North Carolina Buncombe County ] I Alexander Henry Clerk of the  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid , do hereby certify that  Thomas  S. Deaver whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits and certificate is an acting Magistrate in and for the  County aforesaid  and that the signature  thereunto  annexed and purporting to be his is genuine and entitled to full credit  and faith as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 21st day of January  A.D. 1846.  A. Henry  Clk  By J.H. Coleman ( signed ) Dep Clk
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Mar 14, 1846 rec case  Winnfred Davis ( vertical on page ) ( Hendersonville NC   10  Mar 7 1846 J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City D.C. )
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Hendersonville 6th Nov. 1846 J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir , I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of two pension certificates in favor of Wineford Davis  widow of Isham Davis, dec'd  in  which I am certain  there must be a mistake, they should have issued for Moro Gray more that  $20 per annum, from your report  on this case of 19th Sept. 1845.  I learn that  Claimant's husband alleged in his declaration that he entered the Militia of   South Carolina in 1779 , and performed  various tours of  service under Captain Key  & Martin for which he was allowed a Pension for twelve months  & I  understand from other sources that he was allowed  $ 40 per annum, which is more  than he would be allowed  for twelve months service as a Private of the Infantry . but the  overplus or in other words the amt over  $40 per annum is  accounted for by the Compt. Genl.'s certificate which shows that a part of his service was rendered as a Horseman . I then learn from your next report  in the case of  Dec. 1845  that the Compt . Genl.'s  certificate is rec'd  and that it is satisfactory to show that claimants husband  served six months  & five days as a private in the Militia of that State, and if all this service was rendered as a private footman  the pay would be more that  $ 20. per annum, but when we refer to the Certificate of the Compt. Genl.  of  So. Ca.  we learn that a part of the service was rendered as horseman , which would increase the amount of pay  very considerably.  Is there not a mistake .  I am very respectfully your obt servant. Elisha King ( signed )   J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City
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Please let me hear from you & Inform me how the certificates are 
to be corrected.   E.K.
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Pension Office Novem. 24 1846 Sir , In  answer to your letter of the 6th inst. respecting the case of Wineford Davis . I have to state that it appears from the certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina that Isham Davis  rec'd an Indent  for & Lbs 7.14. 3 1/2 sterling  for service in the Militia and also one for 29 days service as a horseman  in 1781 . A widow cannot be granted a pension at a rate beyond per annum or half pay . If the amount received by  Davis be computed at the  pay of a dragoon it will reduce is services below 6 mos. and consequently  would take from his widow the  stipend  which has been allowed her, but as it has already been  admitted that he served 6 mos 5 days , 29 days of which is shown  by the records of South Carolina to have been rendered as a horseman , if  Mrs. Davis will return the certificate she now  has a  new certificate will be issued  corresponding herewith which will increase her pension from $ 20  to $ 21. 15 per annum . Elisha King Esq. Hendersonville N.C.
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No 12101   9086 1257 Wineford Davis widow of Isham NC act  7 July 1838 Admd 6 mo pri $ 20 .00 per ann. Admd acts 3 March 1843  and 17 June 1844  $ 20.00 per ann. N. Leake Present
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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  
                    Isham 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 assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No 

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 is changed to No with a check mark)  No

VI.  Has he given 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?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 

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

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 

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

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                                                                     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_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served.
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too 
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrisonand for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape-or nerrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate. 

(note) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of N. Carolina Macon County  Dear Sir, I reviewed your pension returns from the war office for further  amendments we have tried to make satisfactory  answers , you must pardon me for requesting further information from you  there was the declarations of Thomas Williams  & Jessee Fulton  and as there is no return of them we want to know what is done with them and like wise the old man wants to know what their amount will be for one year  - all from yours respectfully  May 2nd 1833. John Tatham ( signed )
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[ South Carolina Pickens District ] Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston  who is an old  and highly respectable as well a truthful old lady , a citizen of the District and State aforesaid , and made oath in due form of law , that in her young days she knew Wineford Woodward a widow, who married Isham Davis, deponent was at the marriage which she thinks was about twelve miles from  Edgefield Court House in this  State, the  ceremony  was performed according to custom of the country , at that time by Aquilla Miles who was a Magistrate - she cannot recollect the precise date of the marriage , but is certain it took place previous to her own, nor does she recollect  precisely when hers took place but recollects very well that he oldest child was sixty one years old last February  22nd day - and the marriage alluded to of Isham and Wineford Davis , she is certain  took place sometime previous to  that event, she thinks about two or three years : Deponent was at the house of Davis in North  Carolina  20 years ago  last April, she thinks in Macon County  - she has heard that  Davis died about six or eight years ago and she supposed  , until applied for to prove her marriage  that his widow was dead, as she had not heard of her for some time ; but supposes that she yet lives in Macon County N. C.  Elizabeth Jonson ( signed ) Sworn to  25th Sept.  1846  before  Miles M. Norton ( signed ) Notary Public & Ex . Off . M.P.D.   I, William L. Keith  Clerk of the Court for Pickens District S.C. certify that Miles M. Norton  is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing  signature purporting to be his is genuine, and also that  Mrs. Eliz.  Johnston is respectable  & truthful. Witness my hand  & seal of office 25th Sept. 1846 .  E. L. Keith ( signed ) Clerk of the Court of Pickens District  So. Ca.
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Hendersonville 5th Oct. 1846 Dear Sir, Enclosed you have the affidavit of  Mrs. Elizabeth  Jonson  proving the marriage of Wineford Davis  to her husband Isham Davis  which  I hope  will be satisfactory  in her favor  to enable her to get her pension. the last proof  in this case which was forwarded  was sent in January  last  & I have  not  been able to hear from the case since, whether  it has been  through the system of  my agent  Mr. Leake  or whether the case has not been reported . I have not been able to  learn. I hope you will be so good as to  speak it to me now , as I do not  intend any longer to be  perplexed with an agent.  Very Respectfully Elisha King ( signed )  J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City  ( vertical on page )  Pickens County  29 Sept.   Col. Elisha King  Hendersonville Henderson County N. C.
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] On this 28th day of June eighteen hundred and  forty five personally appeared before me James D. Franks one of the acting Justices of the peace  in and for said County Wineford Davis  of Macon County , North Carolina who is now an applicant for a pension and after being duly sworn  according to law  doth upon her oath declares that she is the widow of Isham Davis  dec'd  who was a pensioner of the United States  and died in said County on the 30th day of December in the year 1855. and that she was married to the said Isham Davis on the  19th day of September 1782 . and she further declares  that she has no record proof of her marriage, that she was married in the State of South Carolina  where there was no license or records of marriages kept. neither has she any family record of her marriages or the ages of her children, that she does not know of any person living  that was present at her marriage or that can prove it.  Wineford Davis ( her mark X ) Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above.  James D. Franks ( signed ) J. P.  I J D Franks certify that he foregoing  affidavit was  read to the affiant and by her understood. James D. Franks ( signed ) J.P.
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[ State of North Carolina Macon County ] I J K Gray  clerk of the Court of Pleas  & Quarter Sessions  for said County  do hereby certify that  James D. Franks  whose name appears to the above is and was at the time of signing  the same an acting Justice of the peace  in and for said County  and that due faith and credit ought to be given to all of his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 22nd day of July  1845. J K Gray ( signed ) clk
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
LINCOLN
DEPARTMENT OF
APPLIED MECHANICS AND MACHINE DESIGN

GEORGE R. CHATBURN, Head Professor
PIETAP K. STAYMAKER, Associate Professor
J. E. RASMUSEN, Assistant Professor
CLARK E. MICKEY, Assistant Professor

March 24, 1914.

U. S. Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

I shall be greatly pleased if you will
do me the favor of having the records looked up
concerning a pension to Isham Davis, a revolutionary
soldier from North Carolina and will send me
as much as you can concerning soldier and
also the names of his immediate family, if available.

Thanking you sincerely for the favor, I am,

Very truly yours,
Geo. R. Chatburn
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MoComb, Miss.,
June 20, 1924.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

In the Report of the Secretary of War,
in obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the
5th and 30th of June, 1334 and the 3rd of March,
1835, lst Session of the 23rd Congress, U. S. A,
(14)•1834-1338

On the Pension Roll for North Carolina, I
find Isham Davis, Private N. C. Mil., age 76,
granted a pension in 1833 - Vol III, page 97,
living in Macon Co., N. C.

And in the same Report Vol. III, Page 113
of the Tennessees Pensioners, I find John L.
Davis, Private & Cor. N. C. line living in Wilson
County, Tennessee, granted & pension 1833 - age 69.

Please give me everything relating to the
service and family of the above men, given in their
application for pensions and when ending, and to whom paid, and oblige,

Respectfully,
Mrs W. B. Mixon

[Partly illegible Stamp]
Pension Office
US 
Jun
30


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United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS
Feb. 2, 1934•

JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, N.C., CHAIRMAN
PARK TRAMMELL FLA
HUBERT D. STEPHENS, MISS.
HUGO L.  BLACK , ALA.
MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS.
M. M. LOGAN, KY.

ARTHUR CAPPER, KANS.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.
WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., MAINE
FREDIC C. WALCOTT, CONN.
WARREN R. AUSTIN, VT.

THAD PAGE, CLERK
HARRY B. STRAIGHT, ASST, CLERk


Mr. E. W. Morgan,
Director of Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Morgan:

I am directed by Senator Bailey to enclose communication 
from Mrs. Lily Doyle Dunlap of Ansonville, N. C., requesting information 
relative to Isham Davis and to say to you that he
will appreciate it if you will forward Mrs. Dunlap 
available information relative to this 
Revolutionary soldier.

Very truly yours,

Thad Page
Secretary.
P:H.
[ Illegible rectangle stamp]

[Stamp upper right corner]
RECEIIVED
FEB 3 1934
MAIL. SUB-DIV.
READER 19
VETS. [illegible]
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Logan , Utah December 27, 1939  The Veteran's Bureau Washington , D.C.  Dear Sirs : I am a veteran of the world war, I am interested in  geneology and would like for you to send me some information. My for bearers are of  the State of North Carolina. I have just recently  visited the geneology library  at salt Lake City  and  this in  " the Colonial State records of N.C. Vol. 22 Page 63 " it says Burrell Davis, Army rank pensioner, also Isham Davis pensioner. Burrell Davis who was my  direct great great grandfather  was a private in Sharp's Company and enlisted in 1781 . Also a William  Cheek  ( my grandmother  Davis was a Cheek ) who was in  Captain Harris's company .
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Will you please consult your records and give me  all the information you have on these three men . ( check mark ) Burrell Davis , ( check mark ) Isham Davis , and  William Cheek  ( only 1 & 2 ) ( William  Franklin Co. Ga )  revolutionary  war veterans . When and where born, parents names, children's names. All the dates possible. Burrell and Isham were pensioners  then there might have been land grants. These people were from North Carolina in the vicinity  of what is now  Warren Co. Bute Co. was abolished in 1779 . out of which  Franklin and Warren counties were formed. Any information you can furnish me will be appreciated. Yours truly John S. Davis ( signed ) Logan , Utah RR #1
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington , D. C.   In reply to your request of __ received __ for a statement of the military history of Isham Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau .  Wt. 6970  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT . Apr. 1779, Aug 1781, Apr 1782 . LENGTH OF SERVICE .  3 mos pvt , 3 mos Sgt, 6 mos  Pvt. RANK. Pvt. , Sgt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED . CAPTAIN .  Thomas Key  , Martin.  COLONEL. LeRoy Hammond. STATE. S.C. Battles engaged in , Eutaw Springs . Residence of soldier at enlistment Dist. Ninety Six S.C. Date of application for pension. Oct. 10, 1832  His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application Macon Co. N.C. Age at date of application , born Jan. 6, 1758  in Cheraw Dist. S.C.  Remarks : he died in Macon Co. N.C.  Dec 30, 1835. He mar.  in  S.C.  Sept. 19, 1783  Wineford or Winnford Woodward , a widow  and she was allowed pension as the widow of Isham Davis  on an ap ex, Apr 22 , 1843 while a resident of Macon Co. N.C. aged 82 years . Isham and  Wineford or Winnford Davis had children , no names stated. there is no further family data.
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January 16, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MLB

Mr. John S. Davis
R. R. # 1.
Logan, Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Burrell Davis and Isham Davis of that part of Bute County, North Carolina, which became later Franklin and Warren Counties, and William Cheek who served in Captain Harris' North Carolina company.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
Unon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Cheek of North Carolina service or residence.

The records of Burwell Davia and Isham Davis are furished
you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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February 9, 1934

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Isham Davis-W.8970
BA-J/AWF

Honorable Josiah W. Bailey
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:

Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mrs. Lily Doyle
Dunlap of Ansonville, North Carolina,
who desires the record of Isham Davis.

The record given herein is that of the only
Ishan Davis found on the Revolutionary War records
of this office. The data furnished below were ob-
tained from the papers on file in pension claim,
W. 6970, based upon his sevice in that war.

Isham Davis was born January 6, 1758 in Cheraw
District, South Carolina on the
Pee Dee River; the names
of his parents were not given.

While residing in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina
Isham Davis enlisted and served the South Carolina troops
as follows-
From April 1779 three months as private in 
Captain Thomas Kee's company, Colonel LeRoy Hammond's
regiment; from August, 1781 three months as sargeant
in Captain Martin's company and was in the battle of
Eutaw Springs; from the spring of 1782 six months in
Captain Thomas Kee's company. He was also out on various scouting parties under Captains Thomas Kee and Martin.

He was allowed pension on this application
executed, October 10, 1833, at which
time he was a resi-
dent of Macon County, North Carolina.
Ishan Davis married,' Septenber 19, 1783 about twelve
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
miles from Edgefield Court House, South Carolina,
Wineford (Winneford) Woodard, who was then a widow;
her maiden is not shown nor is the name of her
former husband given.
The soldier, Isham Davis, died December 30, 1835 in Macon County North Carolina. His widow, (Winneford) Davis, was allowed pension on
account his services, on her application executed April 22,1843,
at which time she was living in said Macon County,
aged eighty-two years.

Ishan and Wineford (Winneford) Davis had several
children, the oldest of whom was about sixty years of
age in 1846.  Names of their children were not stated.

The letter of Mrs. Dunlap was not enclosed with
yours of February 2.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[note]
There is writting that is too light to transcribe on the letter]
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Rev. and 2813
War Section.

August 1, 1934.

Mrs. W. B. Mixon,
431 Louisiana Ave.,
McComb, Miss.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6,970, it appears 
thạt Isham Davis was born January 6, 1758 in Cheraw 
District, South Carolina.

While residing in District of Ninety Six, he 
enlisted in April 1779 and served three months as a 
private in Captain Thomas Kee's Company, Colonel LeRoy 
Hammond'a South Carolina Regiment.

He enlisted in August 1781 and served three months 
as a Sergeant in Captain Martin's South Carolina Company 
and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.

He enlisted in the spring of 1732 and served six 
months as a private in Captain Thomas Kee's South Carolina
Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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October 10, 1833, while a resident of Macon County, North 
Carolina, and he died there December 30, 1835.

Soldier married in South Carolina, September 19, 
1733, Wineford or Winneford Woodard, a widow, and she was
allowed pension as the widow of Isham Davis, on her 
application executed April 22, 1843, while a resident of Macon
County, North Carolina, aged eighty two years.

Isham and Wineford Davis had several children, no 
names are stated and there is no further family data on
file.

Respectfully,


Commissioner.