Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Charles Davis, [BLANK]

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SERVICE
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Davis, Charles

NUMBER
Dis.
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Va. Agency

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Charles Davis - Dis - 
Va. Agency - No pap.
[Illegible] Rev Sec

The TILLER AND TOILER
By HARVEY ECKERT and LESLIE WALLACE
LARNED, KANSAS

Pension Rolls, Vol. 2, Report from the Secretary of War
in relation to the pension establishment of the 
U. S. -- printed by Duff-Green -- page 26, Charles
Davis, Pr., 20, 348.05. Sept. 4, 1789
June 7, 1785
Died Feb. 1, 1807.

Gentlemen:--
Will you please give me the record as on file in Pension Department of above Charles Davis?

By giving me this information you will aid greatly in proving my claim to the D. A. R.

Thank you in advance, I am,

Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Gertrude Eckert

Published in Pawnee County, Where 7,000,000 Bushels of Wheat Grew in 1914
Average Weekly Circulation in 1914, 2,650 Copies

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[Letterhead]
J. W. STEPHENS, PRESIDENT
JOHN F. DEAN, CASHIER

BEREA BANK & TRUST COMPANY
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000
BEREA, KENTUCKY

July 2nd, 1935

U. S. Pension Department,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir: I am desirous of information concerning Chas. Davis a private in the Revolutionary war wo was placed on pension roll Sept. 4th. 1789 and Died Feb. 1st. 1807. This informations is needed for the purpose of perfecting records necessary for admission to the organization known as the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Would also appreciate what information you have available concerning John Dean of Culpepper County Va.

Yours truly,
[signature] John F. Dean

[Date stamp]
Received Jul 5 1935
Mail Sus-Div.
Vets. Adm.
Reader # 72

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[Date Stamp]
Received Nov 2 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 10
VETS. ADM.

107 Brown Street,
Martinsville, Va.,
October 31, 1935.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please give me information as to the war record of one Charles Davis who served in the Revolutionary War?

I am giving you a brief history that it may enable you to trace and verify his war record and pension. If your records show who his mother and father were, I would greatly like to have that information also.

According to family tradition, Charles Davis came from England, settled in Charles County Maryland, and married first Sarah Moreland in Trinity Parish, May 11, 1762, in Charles County, Md. Children by this marriage: Moses, Rachel, Lydia, Isaac and Joshua.

He married the second time Anne Dent of Maryland, supposedly, Charles County. Children by this marriage: Eleanor, Benjamin, Thomas Blackburn, Peter and Anne.

He came to Henry County, Virginia, prior to 1785, taking up a boundary of land in the Reed Creek District. He had previously served in the Revolutionary War, and at the time of his death in 1807 was receiving a government pension.

I shall appreciate any data that you may be able to  give me.

Very truly yours,
[signature] Grace H. Stover
Mrs. Emmett A. Stover.

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November 6, 1935.

BA-J / ady
Charles Davis

Mrs. Emmett A. Stover
107 Brown Street
Martinsville, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Charles Davis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

In the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835 in regard to the Pension Establishment, the name of one Charles Davis is borne on a list of Invalid Pensioners who were paid at the Virginia agency, but whose places of residence could not be ascertained because of the destruction of papers in the War Department in 1814, and who had not been paid since that period.

In the report cited, Charles Davis was listed as a private, pensioned at the rate of $20.00 per annum under the Act of June 7, 1785, which pension began September 4, 1789, and the date of his death February 1, 1807.

This office has no further information in regard to this Charles Davis because of the destruction of papers as stated.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

AWF/HMM

May 3, 1930.

Mrs. William Armistead Porter
Richmond
Virginia.

Dear Madam:

I advise you that in the report of the Secretary of War in relation to the pension establishment of the United States, printed in 1835, the name Charles Davis appears on the list of invalid pensioners who had been in receipt of pensions at the agency of Virginia, and whose residence could not be ascertained, in consequence of the destruction of the papers when the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1814.

Said list shows that he was a private in the Revolutionary War, and was pensioned from September 4, 1879, under the Act of June 7, 1785.

He died February 1, 1807.

There are no further data relative to this man due to the burning of papers as described above.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

[Handwritten]
See Mrs. [Illegible] G. Porter's letter in Jonathan Pratt S.11263

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Rev. War Section.

November 4, 1915.

Mrs. Gertrude Eckert,
Larned Kansas.

Madam:

In response to your letter without date, received the 30th ultimo, you are advised that in the Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States, which was printed in 1835, on the list of Invalid Pensioners on the Virginia Agency, whose residence, etc. could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of papers in the War Office in 1814, it appears that Charles Davis, a Private in the Army of the Revolution, was pensioned at the rate of $20. per annum from September 4, 1789, under the Act of June 7, 1785, and died February 1, 1807.

This Bureau has no further data relative to the pensioner. 

Very respectfully,

[Signature] G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

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July 16, 1835.

BA-J/ady

Mr. John F. Dean
Berea
Kentucky

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Charles Davis, Revolutionary War soldier, who was placed on the pension roll September 4, 1789 and died February 1, 1807, also, that of John Dean of Culpeper County, Virginia.

The records of those soldiers are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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July 16, 1935.

BA-J/ady
Charles Davis

John F. Dean
Berea
Kentucky

Dear Sir:

In the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835 in regard to the Pension Establishment, the name of one Charles Davis is borne on a list of Invalid Pensioners who were paid at the Virginia agency, but whose places of residence could not be ascertained because of the destruction of papers in the War Department in 1814, and who had not been paid since that period.

In the report cited, Charles Davis was listed as a private, pensioned at the rate of $20.00 per annum under the Act of June 7, 1785, which pension began September 4, 1789, and the date of his death February 1, 1807.

This office has no further information in regard to this Charles Davis because of the destruction of papers as stated.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator