Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,308, Rufus Davis, Navy. Mass. Agency And Residence

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy
Davis, Rufus
S 34,308
Mass. agency & residence.
CONTENTS

Duplicate certificate issued 13 January 1830 and sent to Charles F. Adams, Esq. Boston, Mass.
Application dated September 25th 1818 to Rufus Davis Esq. of Boston, Mass. from the Hon. Rufus Davis Esq.
6580
Massachusetts
Rufus Davis
Maine
Ship Draw. Capt. Manly. 17 years In the navy of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Feby 1819 and sent to Hon. Eno. (Davis Esq)  Judge Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 . 4 \frac{28}{30} \frac{4}{30} m l . 38. 39 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th  Mar. 1819 48 00
$86 39
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Continued

No 301 Rufus Davis (Mariner)
The Dean, (afterwards) the Hague - Capt. Manley.
Enlisted in 1700 for
1 Year -
(see surgeon's certificate)
Aff d 11 th April 1810 -
Adm c
10!
Wanted, the certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "redwood circumstances in life, &c"
Dr J. M. Medary, who was Surgeon on board the Dean Frigate, see that the effects can't be seized on board in the custody of the present Owner before sale Paxton

United States
Massachusetts District.
Rufus Davis Davis of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and in the District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under an Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the service of the United States of the Revolutionary War, to wit: That he served as a mariner in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution for upwards of nine months in Massachusetts ship called the Dean commanded by Captain Manley and served on board said ship one year. When he was honorably discharged.
Rufus Davis
Massachusetts District S. } Boston 11. April 1818 }
Sworn to before me
M c Adams
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Dr. P. M. Medard, who was surgeon on board the Dear Frigate, recollects the unpleas- ant thing on board in the capacity of Master - remember me
Yours D.?
No 391 Rufus Davis (Mariner)
The Bear (afterwards the Hague - Capt. Manley
Enlisted in 1700 for
1 Year - (see surgeon's certificate)
Left 11 th April 1701
Adm. ©
Wanted, the certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "redacted circumstances in life, &c"

Copy Schedule &c of Cyrus Davis
65.00
Feby 4. 1809
Cont d 25 Sep
1820.
Am
Mar 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Rufus Davis aged sixty two years, resident in Quincy in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: a Mariner or
Yarns in the Naval Service of the United States on board the Frigate Hague commanded by Commodore very more than one year and six months in the same Ship while under the Command of Commander Nicholson, and that I served with fidelity from my first entrance engagement until peace took place and I was discharged all which will appear by the said Ship's papers in the proper Department upon which I obtained from the War Department a pension Certificate, dated the fourth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, upon my application made the twelfth of April 1818.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Rufus Davis
Sworn to and declared, on the 17th day of July A. D. 1820 before
Jamies Ware Judge of C.C. C.P. H. C. C. Davis
I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Fifty dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

The applicant has no estate of any description except a life lease of three quarters of an acre of Beach and replaced with a poor house on the same, whole income appraised at ten dollars per annum - his wife aged sixty seven & deranged, and has been in that situation a number of years.
Rufus Davis

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Rufus Davis by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c David
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Rufus Davis subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c David
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Application for a New Certificate
County of Suffolk. S. S.
On this twelfth day of January 1830, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Suffolk personally appeared Rufus Davis of Quincy who in his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Naval Service of the United States as a Mariner - that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Massachusetts - that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which Certificate on or about the fifteenth day of September 1829 at or near Spring Street in the City of Boston, he, the said Davis lost in consequence of injury to his arm by him then sustained, occasioned by a Fall from a Wharf - and from that time said Davis hath not heard or known of said Certificate -
Suff. ss.
Sworn and subscribed before me } George Gay Justice of the Peace the day and year aforesaid.
Rufus Davis
Also on the day and date abovenmentioned appeared Samuel Sawyer Davis a person of veracity and made oath that he well knew Rufus Davis to be the identical person described in the above affidavit.
Suff. ss. City of Boston
Sworn and subscribed to before me
Sam l Sawyer Davis
this 12 th day of January 1830. George Gay Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss.
Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk hereby certify, that the within named George Gay, was at the time the within affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before him, a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly qualified to administer oaths &c. & that the within, are his signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty.
Chas. A. Parker, Clerk

Hon. J. H. Eaton, Secretary of War. Washington-
Boston. January 12 th 1830.
Sir.
I herewith transmit the application of Rufus Davis for a Duplicate Pension Certificate in lieu of the original one said to be lost- Will you please to direct the Duplicate Certificate to my care-
Very respectfully
Chas. Wal Adams.

Invalid
File No. 34308  very  am
Rufus Davis LeMaine
N. J. Ship Dean Rev War
Act March 18. 1818
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[Arrangement of 1870.]