Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2707, Daniel Davis, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Davis, Daniel
R. 2707
CONTENTS

State of Indiana } Clinton County } ss
On this 13 day of October 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Daniel Davis a resident of the County of Carroll State aforesaid (who by reason of age & consequent infirmity, is unable to appear in open court or to appear before a more astant Justice) aged from the best of his recollection about ninety nine years on Dec 25 next ensuing, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. I was born in Reading Berks County Pennsylvania. I have no record of my age the church in which my register of Birth & Baptism having been destroyed & the family record in my Bible having been destroyed by fire with my house. From the best of my knowledge & comparison of my oldest childs age, with other events I will be ninety nine years of age on the 25 Dec next. I was living in Reading Pennsylvania at the time I was called into the service of the United States army. I was enlisted on the 4 th of July 1778 (I believe that was the year of the day, I am certain) in Captain Beagles Company, Col Lutz Regt of (I believe) 10 th Regt U.S Infantry. 1 st Lieut. Jacob Fries. 2 d Lieut Jacob Livesgood, Serjt. Anderson. First went to Valley Forge at head quarters. was during my time of service at the Battle of Brandywine and Strong point & the taking of the British at the Trap Fort near Philadelphia besides other places where in the course of service the company was ordered. I was in the same company & Regt all the time. When enlisted was enlisted of five years unless sooner discharged. I was discharged at the Board of War in Philadelphia & received a certificate of discharge there on 4 th of July I believe 1783. When enlisted was promised beside bounty money, 200 acres of land which I never got nor any part thereof nor any thing in lieu thereof. Gave my certificate for pay to John Contine to collect, who said he lost it & I never received any pay thereon. The certificate was given me by Lieut Riley. West-Coat was paymaster of the Regt. And the said Daniel Davis further declares that he has made diligent search & can find no person who is alive to testify to the facts of his being in the Army or any of the facts above stated except one the name of Lung who says he heard one Kitzger (with whom he said Davis was acquainted in the Army) say he was a sol-

died in the army of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any state, that he once applied through Jacob Hepman M.C. from Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania when Jefferson was President, but never rec d any word concerning it nor ever saw his papers again. Daniel X Davis Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid } Witness present at signing John Glendinning J.P. } John Steen JAN 22 1847
We Elias Morkert a clergyman residing in the County of Clinton and John Steen residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Davis who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration, that in his neighborhood & through this region he has the reputation of being a soldier of the Revolution & of being upwards of ninety years of age & from his appearance we are led to believe that he is as he represents himself a soldier of the Revolution and upwards of ninety years of age.
Sworn to & subscribed } Elias Morkert the day & year first above } John Steen written. John Glendinning J.P.
And the subscriber does hereby declare it as his opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And he further certifies that Elias Morkert is a clergyman resident in the County of Clinton and that John Steen who has also signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the same County & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. John Glendinning J.P.

State of Indiana } Clinton County } p
John Barner Clerk
of the Circuit Court of the State of Indiana for the County of Clinton do hereby certify that John Glendinning Esqr who has signed his name to the foregoing certificate and before whom the fore- going affidavits & certificates were acknowledged is an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Clinton duly elected commissioned and qualified, that his signature thereto is genuine & that the same is in due form of law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Frankfort this
16 th day of October 1843.
John Barner Clerk 66,9
State of Indiana } Clinton County } p
Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Davis of Carroll County & State of Indiana do hereby constitute & appoint Isaac H. Wright of Tippecanoe County & State aforesaid, my true & lawful attorney for me & in my stead & for my use to prosecute my claim for pension for Revolutionary services, before the War Department of the U. States & for me & in my stead & for my use to receive any pension or arrearage of pension which may be due me by virtue of any act or law of Congress passed for the relief of Revolutionary Soldiers. Witness my hand & seal this 13 day of Oct 1843. } John Stern Daniel X Davis Witness present } Thompson Henderson (mark)

Personally appeared before the Subscriber Daniel Davis & acknowledged the signing the foregoing power of attorney to be his voluntary act for the uses & purposes therein contained. Witness my hand & seal this 13 th day of Oct 1845. John Glendinning P Seal
State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I John Barner Clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court in and for the County of Clinton in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that John Glendinning Esquire before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is and was at the time of the taking of the same a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due all of his official acts such that his signature thereto attached to the foregoing instrument are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Clinton Circuit Court at Office in Frankfort this 16 th day of October A. D. 1845 John Barner Clerk

Daniel Davis Ind. Act. 1832 suspended
To see pages.
May 1857
EB J. H. Gough

State of Indiana } ss Carroll County }
On this 31 st day of March A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Israel Davis aged 27 years a resident of the above named county and State who being by me first duly affirmed according to law, does on his affirmation make this follow- ing Statement (Viz)
That he is one of the children and heirs of Daniel Davis deceased, and that his father the said Daniel Davis was a soldier of the war of the Revolution: as he has always heard from him and believed. His term of service according to my best recollection was five years. He then lived in the State of Pennsylvania. He never drew any pension for his services, although I have frequently heard him say that he was entitled to one. He made an effort through Dr. Wright of Lafayette Indiana some ten or eleven years since, and I refer to the papers in that application for the names of his officers, Regiment etc. etc. My father was a weaver by trade. I do not know

knew whether he was before the war or not. He was a brick or stone mason also. He lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania after the war until he moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. I cannot state the year but have always heard that his three oldest children were grown at the time, inasmuch as they remained in Pennsylvania. My father and mother were married in Pennsylvania. I believe it was in Berks County. My mother's maiden name Sarah Albright as it is pronounced in English but how it is in German I know not. She was of German descent. My father I believe was born in Pennsylvania; His father was a Welch- -man. My father resided in Columbiana County, Ohio until the time when I was about three years old. My mother died there the year before. When my father left there he came to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he resided for about twelve years. He then came to Clinton County, Indiana; and resided alternately in that County and in this one until the fall of the year A.D. 1846, when he started back to Columbiana County, Ohio, and stopped with Mr. Daniel Miller a Quikard preacher in Preble County, Ohio, where he was taken sick; and Mr. Miller's family being sick also

also: he was removed to the poor house where he died in the month of November AD 1846, as I was informed in about two months afterwards by letter from Mr Miller but which letter I have lost or mislaid I will have to get statement from those of the day and date of his death  My mother as stated above died when I was about two years old in Columbiana County Ohio. My father and mother left the following children and heirs at Law (Wm)
 1 Elizabeth, married and living in Berks County Pennsylvania. Her husband's name I do not know that I ever heard  2 John Davis Berks County Pennsylvania  3 Daniel Davis Berks " Do  4 Christian Davis lived about 25 miles north between Mansfield and Cleveland Ohio about 3 miles from the "Danish Plains" in what county I do not know, I once lived with him but I was small at the time  5 Adam Davis Columbiana County Ohio  6 Jacob Davis Columbiana " Do  7 Peter Davis Jackson " Do  8 Samuel Davis Williams " Do 

9 Emanuel Davis Columbiana County Ohio 10 Henry Davis Jackson " Do 11 Jonathan Davis Williams " Do 12 Susana intermarried with Levi Sly. They live in Jackson County Ohio 13 Levi Davis Mahoning County } Davis 14 Israel Davis Carroll County Indiana the declarant }
The above is the full list of the children and heirs of My father and Mother. I may not give their relative ages correctly as I have never been much with them. Three in Berks County Pennsylvania I never saw at all that I know or ever heard of. I give their respective resi- -dences from my latest information. There were three more children viz Benjamin, Michael and Sarah all of whom died without heirs as I believe. I have never before made any application for any pension as one of the heirs of the above named Daniel Davis deceased. I do not know of any one living by whom I can prove my fathers service. From the best information I can obtain my father was about one hundred years old when he died. This was from his own account. Some of my older brothers may perhaps know better

better as my father had been quite frail ever since I was old enough to remember. I make this declaration and application for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land, pension, arrear or increase of pension, pay, back pay, extra pay, arrear or increase of pay, to which I may be entitled under any law or laws of Congress, to the benefit of which I may be entitled. I forgot to mention above that I have heard my father say that he was at the battle of "Brandywine". I have heard him talk of a place called "Painted Post," but whether there was a battle fought there or not I do not remember. My belief however is that it was there he was discharged from the service.
I refer to the following affirmations of Peter Pippinger and Solomon Cripe for further information as they knew my father for many years previous to his death.
Witness C H Barclay
Israel his Davis X mark

State of Indiana } ss Carroll County }
On this 31 st day of March AD 1852, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, Israel Davis, and subscribed the foregoing declaration or affirmation and duly affirmed to the truth thereof in due form of law, and I do certify that I am fully satisfied in regard to the truth of his affirm- -ation or declaration, and that he is of the age above stated, and that the word "him" on page 3 was interlined before signing
Samuel Moore Justice of the peace
Know all men by these presents that I Israel Davis of Carroll County Indiana have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint George H. Monsarrat of Louisville Kentucky, my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name, to take charge of all business connected with the prosecution of my claims against the United States as one of the children and heirs of Daniel Davis deceased, to receive from the

7 the United States the bounty land certificate or warrant or pension certificate or warrant and any money or moneys due me by the United States either for pension, pay, back pay, extra pay, or arrears or increase of either, or on any account whatever and to which I may be entitled as one of the children and heirs of Daniel Davis deceased as set forth in my foregoing declaration or affirmation. I authorize my said attorney to do all lawful acts and things whatever touching the premises; an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and at his pleasure revoke; hereby confirming all and whatever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in or about the premises. Witness my hand in Carroll County Indiana this 31 st day of March AD 1852
Israel his Davis mark
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for Carroll County Indiana day and year above written the word do interlined before signing
Samuel Moore a justice of the peace

State of Indiana \text{ss} Carroll County \text{ss}
On this 31 st day of March AD 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for Carroll County Indiana, Peter Pippinger and Solomon Cripe both residents of the above named county and state aged 57 and 36 years respectively who being by me first duly affirmed according to law, do on their affirmation make this the follow- -ing declaration or affirmation Viz , That Israel Davis who has signed the foregoing declaration or affirmation has been known to us for many years We knew his father Daniel Davis deceased as early as the years 1829 and 1841 respectively He was a man who always bore the rep- -utation of having been a soldier of the war of the Revolution. We have heard and believed so from our earliest ac- -quaintance with him. We knew him first Peter Pippinger knew him in Montgomery Co. Ohio in 1829 and the said Cripe knew him in Carroll Co. Ind. in 1841 He resided in this and the adjoining county of Clinton for the last seven or eight years of his life. He is now dead, as we have heard and believed for more than five years

7 years (Viz) The statement of Israel Davis in his foregoing declaration agrees with what we have all the time heard about the time, place and circumstance of his death. He never drew any pension for his services in the war of the Revolu- -tion so far as we know. He was a very old man when he died and we would suppose him to be, as set forth by the said Israel near 100 years old. And we do further affirm that we are disinterested witnesses Peter Pippenger
Witness C. H. Barkley
Solomon his Cripe mark
Subscribed and affirmed before me a justice of the peace in and for Carroll County Indiana, the day and year above written and I do certify that they, the said Peter Pippinger and Solomon Cripe are persons of undoubted veracity whose evidence would be received in any Court of justice, and that they are of the respective ages which they state themselves to be and that the extra line giving the time of the said Cripe's first acquaintance was not made before signing same. More just as they -

State of Indiana
Carroll County to  Personally appeared before me the undersigned , James N. Stewart, Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court do hereby, that Samuel More Esq whose certificate appears to the within affidavits in his own proper hand writing, is at this time, and was at the date of taking Administering the oaths aforesaid, and signing his name to said Certificates, an acting Justice of the Peace of said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official acts as such.
Witness James N. Stewart, Clerk of the said Court, and its seal at Delphi this 10th day of April 1852.
James N. Stewart, Clerk
3.

August 16, 1924
A. Vernon Davis Bryan, Ohio
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2707 it appears that Daniel Davis was born December 25, 1746 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
While living in Carroll County, Indiana he applied for pension on October 13, 1845 and alleged that while living at Reading, Pennsylvania he enlisted July 4, 1778 and served in Captain Neil, or Nail, or Nagle's Company, Colonel Lutz' Pennsylvania Regiment until the close of the war, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
He married Sarah Albright, date not stated, and he died in November 1846.
They had the following children: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Christian, Adam, Jacob, Peter, Samule, Emanuel, Henry, Jonathan, Susana, Levi, Israel, Benjamin, Mich-

ael and Sarah.
The above noted is the only soldier named Daniel Davis, of the Pennsylvania Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

9907
P. O. _____
Daniel Davis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleged The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as Re-enlisted: "He did not serve six months in the Rev-olution."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1923 Rev. Dr. Nath. Hon. Peter Warfield Rev. 1924 Jan 7. sent to Hon. Peter Warfield and others of Co. Sharp 1924 April 2. from Peter Warfield to others of Co. Sharp 1924-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-100 1929 Jan 17. Hon. Peter Warfield advised for S. T. Almond, eleven pages to him Explained instead of known. (M. M. F.) See Cl. of Jesse Almond, N. 1722 N. (1929)

1921-Feb. 2-E. F. Atwood further adv. cost of photos MSTF

37.124.
Daniel Lang
Ind a
Act to J. H. Wright
Nov 26th '43
same day. 11. 1846
J. H. Coombs Jny 26 '53
Act of the June '32

Second Regiment 1780
We and each of us whose Names are hereunto subscribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Bournon, and Captain Eccarius Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line the several Sums opposite to our Names respectively, in Certificates, dated July 1. 1784, bearing Interest at six per cent. from January the first 1781, signed by John Pierce, Commissioner, and described as below, being for the Balance of a Settlement between the United States and us for Pay from August 1 st 1780 to January 1 st 1781
   Date of Issue no of Certificate Letter Names Sums Signers.   dollars 90 th     July 27 th 1787 72.289 A Philip Wannismager 2012 33. 30 Philip Wannismager                     Aug t 14 th 8 Ex Paul Davis 137 33 30 Conrad Miller  
Auditor Generals Office Harrisburg Jan. 21 st 1853
I certify the above to be a true abstract copy of Pay Roll V. Page 4 remaining on file in this Department. Witness my hand and seal of Office the day and year aforesaid Enoch A. Banks for Aud. Gen

May 11. 1896
J. H. Wright

158 Pension office August 11. 1846
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 12 th June last I have to state that the name of - Nagle, Nail or Neal is not found upon the records of this office as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Continental Line. Nor do I find of any of those military or naval said to have been with Daniel Davis' father Capt Neal before them.
The explanation in your letter does not remove the objections to the admission of Mr Davis' Claim
Isaac H. Wright Esq La Fayette Indiana

Original 1832
Oct. 28. 1845.
Samuel Davis.
June 7, 1832.
James Deputy Mar. Edward G. General of Pension Washington City D.C.
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24 June the to att the to the public the the

La Fayette Supremacy Co La
Oct 20 1845
Edw. D. D. D.
Sir
Enclosed I have the honor to give to you the papers in the case of Daniel Davis a Revolutionary Soldier & applicant for pension under the act of June 1832.
Allow me briefly to explain the circumstances under which the papers were made. Mr Davis is so very infirm that he declares it utterly impossible to go to the County Seat (20 miles) to attend in open Court beside Court was not in session & would not be for 10 or 12 months. He lives just over the line between Carroll & Clinton Co. There is no Justice of the peace within 8 miles of him in Carroll Co in which he resides, whereas there is one near him in Clinton accordingly I had him removed across the line to a near neighboring Court for the justice I had the papers made and acknowledged there. May I trust although the letter of the law has not been fulfilled in having the papers acknowledged in open Court as in the County where the Applicant resides yet that the Spirit of the law has been fulfilled & that from the necessity of the case the deviation from the usage of the instructions in this case will not be important nor militate against the absolute duties of your Dept!
In the case of John Miller of Col. Brills Regt in the late war, of whom I wrote you - & whose name you said was not returned to the Office "as wounded" I would say that if his own oath in the case is unsupported

no better evidence can be adduced. Unfortunately the Surgeon & all the officers of that Co. are dead & no proof exists or can be found of his having been wounded there as he represented except the proof of general belief when he returned & since, in the neighborhood where he resided that such was the fact. Of such kind is his brother Officially accompanying his Application for pension.
As I have duties which in the course of 3 or 4 weeks will call me to be absent from home for some time, if it be not in oppo- sition to your established rules, in your offer to attend to business before its regular order I should be happy if you could attend to the enclosed pension papers as speedily as possible after they reach you & let me know the result. If Mr. Davis is placed on the list please let us be on the Cincinnati Ohio Agency list as that is most conven- ient for him to draw his pension.
I have the honor to remain your respectfully
Isaac H. Wright M.D.

J. H. Wright Nov 26. 45-

Sir
Gen Off Nov 20. 45
The claim of Daniel Davis asserted for the first time for service from 4 July 78 to 4 July 83 under Capt. Nagle (St. Lutz) of the 110 Regt of the Pa. Line, according to an enlistment for 5 years during which he was in the battles of Brandywine (11 Sept 77) & of Stoney Point 16 July 79, has been examined & disallowed. His claim is discredited by the delay of presenting it while the means of proof were constantly diminishing and by the ignorance he shows of the service in which there were no 5 years enlistments nor any Capt. by the name of Nagle found on the rolls -
J. H. Wright Secy Ladys etc
Supercanal Co. Lord

No. 11413 Certificate for $ 53. 19. 11 Specie.
We do certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Daniel Paris late private of the second Pennsylvania Regiment in the sum of Fifty three pounds nineteen Shillings & eleven pence Specie, with lawful Interest from the tenth Day of April 1781 being the amount of the Residue of the Repreciations of his Pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia, the 18th of December 1780. and the 10th of April 1781 &c
Philadelphia } 3. 10. 15. 53. 19. 11 May 13 th 1784 } 12. 11. 1 1. 26. 85 66. 11. 5
Wm. Nicholson
Auditor Generals Office Harrisburg Jan. 21 st 1853.
I Certify the above to be a true copy of the original remaining on file in this Department.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day & year aforesaid.
Enoch A. Banks for Aud. Gen

J. H. Coombs Jan 26/53

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Pension Office Jany 26 1833
Sir
I have examined the claim of Daniel Davis dec of Indiana, Act June 7 1832, in connexion with the Record evidence filed by you, and have to inform you that there should be, at least, some reputation of service shown. A man of his name served over two years, but he is not sufficiently identified with that service.
A certificate of court should be furnished showing the date of his death and the number and names of his children surviving at that date.
J. H. Coombs Esq Present

£53.19.11 - Pa. currency
is ————— $144.00
add ————— 33.30
$177.30
more than 2 yrs
pay —————

Harrisburg Jan'y 24 th 1853
Mr J. Bloombs Esq Sir
Enclosed are the certificates. You will observe that one of the certificates is for pay from August 1780 to August 1781 January 1781. The other certificate is dated in 1784 which proves that he must have served until the close of the war, or else his depreciation pay could not have amounted to fifty three pounds and more. He must have served a long time, otherwise his depreciation pay would have been small. I found the name of Lutz but unfortunately I cannot find what regiment he belonged to. I found he was a Lieut Colonel. Which shows that the applicant was right so far as the colonels name is concerned. I also found that Benj Noiley was a captain, but his certificate is also not to be found.
Daniel Davis no doubt served from 1780 in August to the date of his certificate enclosed, which was in 1784 for that was the time they were paid off, as the certificate shows.
Truly Yours &c.
J. Sieglar
Let me hear from you

June 22 1878
Recd
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
David Davis.
Dept of War
L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

La Fayette Twp. Co. Pa. June 12/46
Col. Edwards Esqr.
Sir: Yours of Nov 26/45 was duly rec. Since then I have seen Mr Daniel Davis and made known the contents to him and at his earnest request I am again induced to write you on the subject. With regard to the 1 st difficulty in the way which I confess is great viz having enlisted in 1778 & being in a battle fought in Sep 11, 1777 I would state that Mr D still asserts that he was in the Battle of Brandywine but asserts that his age & want of memory precluded the possibility of entire exactness in dates. With regard to the second difficulty viz there being no Captain by the name of Nagle on the rolls, I think that is possibly very reconcilable. Mr Davis is a German & gives all names their German pronunciation. He speaks English very imperfectly Nagle is a common name in Pennsylvania & is the name applied in German settlements to those by the name of Stahl of which origin Nagle meaning literally nail . It may be therefore that the Captain's name is inserted on the rolls as Stahl . I think this the more probable because an old German gentleman of Reading Pa now a neighbor of mine (Mr Brown) who was a boy at the time of the Revolutionary war says he knew a Captain by the name of Nagle at Reading at that time but does not know to what Regt. he belonged as he was too young. I had myself some doubts as to the real identity of Mr D after the receipt of your letter until I took Mr Brown to him & had them talk together Mr B. knew the family into which Mr D. married well & Mr D knew Mr B.'s father well but the parties did not know each other personally Mr D being then a man & Mr B a boy. They spoke of neighborhood matters known to each other in such a way as to convince me that Mr D correctly represented himself to me. Mr Davis has given me a

list of his Genl officers as also the names of as many of the members of his company as he could recollect (many of the men were known to Mr Brown as soldiers at that time) and I think you will agree with me that if a Captain is found on the Rolls by the name of Doyle or Neal & these names be found in it the probability is very strong in favor of Mr D that he is a soldier as he represents himself & his statement worthy of credit. I mean as a matter of course provided his name is found on the rolls of said Company.
Genl Hester. Surgeon: Michael Leon. Col Jacob or Henry Lutz. Mays Mifflin & Lowen or Law, enlisted under Capt M c Henry & turned over to Capt Nash (or Neal) Lieut's Hay & Free, Q.M. Miller, P st Sergt Andrew. Sworn in the service in the office of Esq r Pierson. Mr Clay administered the oath. Fry, Green & Lutz soldiers were present when sworn.
Privates in the Company Algeir. Peter Wall, Weisscarner (English White Tanner) Andrew Nickels - Kessel, Jacob Livergood, - Beasly Drum mays Ulrich Kissingen, - Fox, Christy Risser, Jacob Wall, Jacob Miller, Capt Riley was Capt of the next Company.
In connection with this matter allow me to state that at the suggestion of Mr Davis I wrote to Mr Samuel Stober in Ohio & in reply Mr S. stated that he when a boy about six or seven years of age saw Mr Davis in uniform but cannot say positively whether he was a soldier or not. He referred me to his father whom he said knew Mr D well & could if able to bring his mind to bear on it give me all the information desired. I wrote and learned that Mr S r was not of sound mind generally & could not be gotten to state anything concerning it.
I have now fulfilled the task imposed on

by Mr Davis urgent request. I do so readily because always willing to transact business for any soldier & the more readily because I am led to believe from circum- stances, that age & want of memory has in part been the cause of his failure to make out his case & because the name of Doyle seems to bear the other handicap & may be so on the rolls. With regard to "his ignorance as to the Pension Service in wh. there were no 5- years enlistments" he says he does not know anything about it. He could not read They told him that he was enlisted for 5 years or during the war unless sooner discharged - that he would get his pay & land for his service. He says they forced him to enlist having put money by  secretly & with- out his knowledge in his pocket which they called brown- ty money. That they took him to the office & said he took the oath & had it in his pocket - that he denied it until search was made & it was found there.
I submit this matter now finally, and before consideration hoping you will be - En- be pleased to reconsider the case and if upon reexamination of the rolls a Capt by name of Neal with such privates & Davis as above named are found, that you will make all the allowance the nature of the case will allow for such errors as are only the errors of great age & loss of memory.
Mr D has 10 children alive for whom he says & not for himself alone he wishes the money if he can get it. He still persists that he has used means to bring his case before the Department & that this is not the first time he has tried to assert his claim although it may be the first that has reached the Dept!
Be kind enough to communicate to me the result of your deliberation on this case and
Believe me with respect
Your Obt Serv!
Isaac H. Wright M.D.

PETER NORBECK, SOUTH DAKOTA.
United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
December 27, 1923,
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would be pleased to receive information as to the service record, if available, of one Daniel Davis, who, it is claimed, in all probability was from Lancaster County, Pa., and that he served in the second and fifth Pa. Regiments seven years in all, during the period of the Revolution. I am informed that a record exists of a claim for added pay to offset depreciation. Inquiry is made of me as to whether this man received any land scrip on account of his services as a Revolutionary soldier. It seems that he possessed some land twelve miles south of Delhi, Carroll County, Indiana, about 1831, and my constituent asks the method of payment in this case.
I would be pleased to receive information as to what your records disclose relative to the above points, and thanking you for same, remain,
Very truly yours,
Peter Norbeck

PETER NORBECK, SOUTH DAKOTA.
United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
January 5, 1924.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I would like to have information as to Revolutionary War what your records show with reference to one Daniel Davis, born December 25, 1746, enlisted July 4, 1778, at Reading, Pa., in Capt. Neal's (Nagle's) Company of Colonel Lutz' Pa. regiment for the war, said to have served "seven years".
Thanking you for your attention, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Peter Norbeck

REUNION THE LAST SATURDAY IN AUGUST, ANNUALLY
THE DANIEL DAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE REUNITING OF DANIEL DAVIS' DESCENDANTS
PUBLISHER OF THE DANIEL DAVIS NEWS
BRYAN, OHIO
July 26, 1924
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a copy of all the records you have of Daniel Davis, of Berks, Lancaster or Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, who served for seven years as a private in the Revolutionary War.
If you have records of more than one Daniel Davis please send all of them.
Respectfully yours,
A. Vernon Davis
Send P2707 Pa
D State that it is the only one of Pa

PETER NORBECK, SOUTH DAKOTA.
United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
April 1, 1924.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Herewith I enclose letter from a constituent Mr. H. F. Atwood of Sisseton, South Dakota, making inquiry relative to some of his revolutionary ancestors. What is wanted is a military record of any Daniel Davis of Pennsylvania with the exceptions noted.
Thanking you for what information you may be able to furnish I remain.
Very truly yours,
Peter Norbeck

CITY OF SISSETON
OFFICE OF THE CITY JUSTICE E. F. ATWOOD
Rev Records
Com. Pensions
SISSETON, S. DAK. May 3, 1927
Dear Sir:— My cousin, Arthur Greenwood, N.C., tells me he found, in connection with application of Daniel Davis for pension 1845-6, other papers, including a statement by my grandfather Israel Davis.
I would like to get copy of latter paper and to know if any other papers give any family data. I have your report on Daniel Davis himself.
What would be cost of reproduction of:—
# { Israel Davis' statement?
Daniel Davis application?
Please give price separately, so
I can order at different times.
Respectfully
E. F. Atwood
R. File 2707 Daniel Davis of Pa + Ind - his ap. consists of 4 pages - afs. of Israel - 7 "

Sisseton, S. Dak., Oct. 2, 1930.
Pension Bureau
Revolutionary Records,
Dear Sir:— I have reason to believe that Nathaniel Pritchard , at one time of Woodbury Conn. , was a Revolutionary soldier. He was ancestor of my grandchildren, and if he had pension record I particularly want name of wife and to know if his son Asa Pritchard, is named in papers. Asa was at Granville, N.Y. later on and barely possible Nathaniel Pritchard was of N.Y. troops, but think Ct. Would like, if possible, to avoid getting photostat copy of records, until more certain we can use them.
Thank you,
2. What is price of photostat copy of pension record of Daniel Davis , sent in from Carroll Co., Ind., about 1846? I know contents fairly well.
Sincerely E. F. Atwood

6. Hiram Kelsey Atwood, Apr. 29, 1844—Aug. 20, 1870; unm.; Civil War.
7. Clara Jeannette, June 28 1847—Oct. 31, 1863.
8. Albert Franklin Atwood, Mar. 18, 1850—Mar. 6, 1895 at Hutchinson, Kan.; m. Hutchinson, Sept. 22,
1886, Anna May Briggs, Aug. 28 1863—Nov. 4, 1899; had Arthur Franklin Atwood b. July 4, 1889 who m. Oct. 22, 1819 Cornelia Ryker b. Dec. 30, 1892, dau. of Charles Albert and Evaline (Dickenson) who were m. May 19, 1882. He was in the World War and Overseas.
Luke Atwood, J5593, and Abagail Atwood, J55x12
First Generation; John Atwood and Sarah (Masterson); 2nd. Nathaniel Atwood and Mary (Morey); 3rd, Nathaniel Atwood and Mary (Adams), parents of Joseph 4; Nathaniel Atwood and Abigail (Shaw), parents of Stephen 4.
Luke Atwood son of Joseph 4 and Elizabeth (Shaw) who were m. Plympton Oct. 17, 1765; Elizabeth Shaw b. Plympton, June 4, 1744, d. Apr. 7, 1786, dau. of Nathaniel 5. (J5231 and Hannah (Perkins) b. Plympton May 27, 1723, d. Carver, May 2, 1802, dau. of Luke 4-3-2 (Abraham) Perkins and Ruth 5 Cushman (Robert 4, Thomas 3-2 Robert 1,) who were m. Jan. 28, 1716-17.
Abigail Atwood dau. of Stephen 4 and Jennet (Murdock) (see J55x1), dau. of James 3 (John 2-1) and Hannah (Tilson) dau. Edmond 3 (Ephraim 2, Edmond 1); John 2 Murdock m. Ruth Bartlett, dau. of Benjamin and Ruth (Pabodie), dau. of William and Elizabeth (Alden), dau. of John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins.)
LUKE ATWOOD b. Plympton 1771; died Stowe, Vermont 1849. (Priv. Record); m. Carver, Mass., Jan. 7, 1796, ABIGAIL ATWOOD b. Plympton Mass., June 1772; d. Stowe, Vt., in the spring of 1861, both buried at Stowe, Vt.
J5593. 1. Col. Stephen Atwood b. Feb. 2, 1799; d. Stowe Feb. 28, 1868; m. Artemissia Rice, b. N. H.; d Stowe Apr. 27, 1885 ae 82.
J5593 11. George Rice Atwood b. Sept. 3, 1826; d. Oct. 7, 1892 at Morristown; m. Stowe, Mch. 1850. Mary Emeline Chaffee; b. Feb. 3, 1831, d June 3, 1902, at Morristown, Vt.
12. Henry Luke Atwood b Oct. 2, 1830; d San Bernardino, Calif., Jan. 27, 1915; m Cordelia Wilkins, b Stowe Aug. 20, 1833; d. Morristown, Feb. 1916; Civil War Veteran. Children b Stowe.
121. Roberto Henry Atwood, b Feb. 22, 1853; unm; resides Calif.
122. Alberta Atwood, 1855-1862.
13. Stephen Gardener Atwood, b
Stowe June 27, 1833; d. Sept. 9, 1902. m (1) Jan. 17, 1756 Martha G. Chaffee, d. Aug. 18, 1858 at 20; m (2) July 30, 1860 Mary Towne, b Elmore, Vt. Mch. 15, 1835; d Apr. 9, 1917; No. ch. from 1st marriage one from 2nd.
131. Blanche May Atwood, b May 8, 1876; m. June 1, 1905, George W. Clark b. Hyde Park, Vt., June 10, 1846; d Morrisville Dec. 23, 1925. Ch. Francis Atwood Clark, Feb. 23 1907. Elvira May Clark, May 4 1908.
114. Jane Murdock Atwood b. Stowe, Mch. 7, 1840; d. Montpelier May 7, 1888; m Stowe, Jan. 1 1866 Leonard Samuel Thompson d. Denison, Texas, Jan. 21, 1913.
He was b. Aug. 26, 1842, to Truman T. Thompson and Louise (Bicknell), who were m., Jericho, Vt. Mch. 24, 1837.
141. Elwin Atwood Thompson b. Irasburg, Vt., Dec. 28, 1869; d Denison, Tex., Oct. 6, 1910; m. Oct. 20, 1897, Margaret Buckley; had a Denison, Edwin Bulkley Thompson May 7, 1901 and Jane Louise Oct. 20, 1905.
142. Alice May Thompson b. Irasburg May 16, 1872; d Ft. Worth, Tex. Jan. 31, 1911; m. Apr. 2, 1896 Robert Channing Hearne and had
1421 Edith Alice Hearne b Denison, Texas, Oct. 27, 1897; m. Ithica, N. Y., Jan 28, 1922 Stewart Allerton Cushman, b Buffalo, N. Y. Nov. 27, 1894, son of Richard Marriott 10, (Charles Haddock 9, Gustavus Grout 8, Clark 7, Paul 6, Joshua 5 Robert 4, Thomas 3, 2, Robert 1,) and Alice (Putnam) Baker. Child, Margaret Carnell b East Aurora, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1924. Reside Evanston, Ill.
1422. Margaret Atwood Hearne b Texas, 1897.
J55932. Luke Atwood Jr., b. Woodstock, Vt., May 4, 1801; d. Champaign Co., Ill., Dec. 5, 1875; m. Stowe, Vt., Oct. 13, 1828, Roxana Kelsey, b Stowe, Feb. 3, 1808; d Ill. Apr. 8, 1892; dau. of Nathan and Eunice (Churchill) b. Woodstock Vt. Oct. 10, 1779; d. Stowe, Aug. 26, 1827; dau. of Ichabod 5, (1746-1826) (Joseph 4, Barnabas 3

February 2, 1931.
Mr. E. F. Atwood, Sisseton, South Dakota.
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Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to cost of photostatic copies from Revolutionary War claim of Daniel Davis (R.2707) Pennsylvania and Indiana, also information in regard to wife and son Asa of one Nathaniel Pritchard.
You are advised that the Revolutionary War records show only one Nathaniel Pritchard. His record is being prepared and will be mailed to you very shortly.
On May 10, 1927 you were advised that photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim of Daniel Davis, above named, would be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page and that the number of pages to be copied is eleven, that if you desired to have them certified the additional cost for the set is twenty-five cents.
No reply was received from you.
Should you desire these copies please remit by money order drawn to the order of the Acting Commissioner of Pensions and forward same to this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

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May 10, 1927.
Mr. E. E. Atwood, Sisseton, S. Dak.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2707 of Daniel Davis of Penn. and Ind. they will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages in the pension application of said man, is four and the number of pages in the affidavit of Israel Davis, is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, ( not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

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April 2, 1924.
Honorable Peter Norbeck, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the first instant, and the enclosed letter of Mr. E. F. Atwood, of Sisseton, South Dakota, I have the honor to advise you, that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension, or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of any Daniel Davis of the Pennsylvania Troops, other than Daniel Davis, R. 2707, whose history was furnished you on December 28, 1923, and again on January 7, 1924, and which Mr. Atwood states he does not wish again.
Sincerely,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

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January 7, 1924
Honorable Peter Norbeck, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-seventh, instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2707, it appears that Daniel Davis was born December 25, 1746, in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
While living in Carroll County, Indiana, he applied for pension on October 13, 1845, and alleged that while living at Reading, Pennsylvania, he enlisted July 4, 1778, and served in Captain Neil, or Nail, or Nagle's Company, Colonel Lutz' Pennsylvania Regiment, until the close of the war, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
He married Sarah Albright, - date not stated, - and he died in November 1846.
They had the following children: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Christian, Adam, Jacob, Peter, Samuel, Emanuel, Henry, Jonathan, Susana, Levi, Israel, Benjamin, Michael and Sarah.
Sincerely,
Mayo A. Reynolds Acting Commissioner

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December 28, 1923.
Honorable Peter Norbeck, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-seventh, instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2707, it appears that Daniel Davis was born December 25, 1746, in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
While living in Carroll County, Indiana, he applied for pension on October 13, 1845 and alleged that while living at Reading, Pennsylvania, he enlisted July 4, 1778 and served in Captain Neil, or Nail, or Nagle's Company, Colonel Lutz' Pennsylvania Regiment, until the close of the war, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
He stated in his application that he never received bounty land, nor does it appear from the records of this Bureau that land was ever allowed to him.

December 28, 1852.
He married Sarah Albright, - date not stated, - and he died in November 1846.
They had the following children: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Christian, Adam, Jacob, Peter, Samuel, Emanuel, Henry, Jonathan, Susana, Levi, Israel, Ben- jamin, Michael and Sarah.
(There is no provision of law that would entitle the descendants of soldiers of the Revolution to pen- sion or bounty land.)
Sincerely,
Acting Commissioner.