Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,912, Richard Davis, New York

SERVICE
New York
Davis, Richard Temperance
NUMBER
W 22912
{ B. & W. 1016-100-Pvt. Issued July 20. 1790. No papers
CONTENTS
8

Refutation sent to S. B. Strong Esq. Brookhaven, L. I. June 9. 1870
Dead. See letter to S. B. Strong July 22 d 1839-
11857
New York 4
Richard Davis a
of New York in the state of New York who was a Serf. in the regiment commanded by Colonel Livingston of the New York line, for the term of 6 years 6 months 1775.
Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of June 1819 and sent to Peter A. Jay New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 29 4  30 31 $72.76 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1839 48.
$120.76
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1822

City of New York ss: Jeremiah Petty being duly sworn saith that he is a neighbor of the within named Richard Davis who lives in Brookhaven in Suffolk County & that he knows him more than Ten Years that he goes on board a Coasting Vessel. that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support Jeremiah Petty sworn the 1 st June 1819 Before P. A. Jay
P. A. Jay Esq. New York
Adm. @
Richard Davis 35 Nassau St New York

To the Hon. Richard Dikeman
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Richard Davis formerly a Sergeant — engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth
THAT the said Richard Davis  Enlisted sometime in the month of July 1775 in Second Regiment of New York Continentals under the Command of Henry B. Livingston and in Capt. Daniel Griffins Company and that he served Six Years and Six months as will more fully appear by his the Deponants Discharge here- unto annexed, and when he was Discharged he was in the Regt. Commanded by Col. Cortland and Company commanded by Capt. John Francis Hamtramck and that he served Six years and Six months in the Continental Army of the United States, and that he the Depo- nant is Sixtyone years of age And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Richard Davis is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by rea- son of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support and that the said deponent was at the taking of Burgoyne's Army 1777 and was slightly wounded on the top of the Head by a Musket Ball.
Therefore the said Richard Davis — conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Richard Davis refers to Jonathan
S. Jennings as a subscribing witness in his case to substantiate his delineation in the foregoing instrument. Richd. Davis
City and County of New-York, ss. Richard Davis of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this
25 1818
Richard Davis
P. Pike
Recorded of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
Jonathan S. Jennings
of the City of New York — being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with Richard Davis and knew him to have served in the Continental Army agreeable to the foregoing delineation.
Jonathan S. Jennings
Sworn before me this
25 1818
P. Pike

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Dikeman Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Richard Davis
who being by me duly Sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and I having further evidence in the case by the Honorable Discharge signed by Genl. Washington and the testimony of Jonathan Jennings of the City of New York
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Richard Davis did serve in the Army of the United States as a singer in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this second day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Richard Dikeman
City of New York ss. The above named Richard Davis being duly sworn saith that he will be sixty two years old in this present month of June; that he supports himself his wife & one child by his Compensation as a seaman on board a Coasting Vessel . That by reason of his age he fears he shall not much longer be able to pursue this occupation. That he is in reduced circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Country for support - Sworn the 1 June 1819 Before me P. A. Ives

City of New York ss: Jeremiah Petty being duly sworn saith that he is a neighbor of the within named Richard Davis who lives in Brookhaven in Suffolk County, that he knows him more than Ten Years that he goes on board a coasting vessel. That he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support Jeremiah Petty sworn the 1 June 1819 Before P. A. Jay
P. A. Jay Esq. New York
Adm. @
Richard Davis - 33 years
Richard Davis
I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the City of New York and one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court of the City of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Richard Davis is in reduced and indigent circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - Given under my hand this second day of June 1819
P. A. Jay

Richard Davis,
11.857.
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Richard Davis Debt & Schedule. B
8135.54

State of New York County of Suffolk ss.
On this thirtieth day of May 1820 personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk, being a court of record for the said County, so constituted by an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, Richard Davis aged sixty three years, resident in the Town of Brookhaven in the said County who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare as follows to wit -
I Richard Davis do swear and declare that I served in the revolutionary war in a company commanded by John Francis Hamtramck, in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Phillip V. Cortlandt; and in various other companies as a sergeant in the New York line in the Army of the Revolution as stated in my original declaration dated the second day of June 1818, and that I have received a pension therefor the certificate whereof is dated the twelfth day of June 1819 and numbered 11. 857 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner dispose 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 18 th day of March 1818; and 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; and I do further swear that I am a boatman, that owing to my bodily infirmities (being afflicted with the Rheumatism) I am frequently incapable of attending to my business, that my family consists of my wife and one son, that my wife is aged about fifty seven years, and in consequence of ill health is unable to contribute to my support, that my son is aged about twenty three years, is a Boatman and pursues his occupation for his own benefit. And I do further swear that I am unable by means of my property and the exertions of myself and

my family, to support myself and my family, and am in such indigent circumstances that I am unable to support myself and my wife, without the assistance cooperation and aid of my country.
(signed) Richard Bours
Sworn to and declared the 30 th day of May 1820 in open court before the Judges thereof ——— Chas H. Haining Clerk
I Charles H Haining Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and thirty five dollars and thirty four cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court. on this 30 th day of May 1820.
Chas H Haining Clerk

A schedule containing the whole estate and income of Richard Davis named in the annexure of affidavit. (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) —
Real Estate
34 acres of cultivated land situate in the town of Brookhaven 25 acres of pine plains in the county of Suffolk, on which there 1/2 acre of salt meadow. } is a mortgage for $350 — Heirs of land.
Personal Estate
1/2 of a boat of 29 tons
1 yoke of oxen — 2 bones — 3 hogs — 2 calves — 1 cart — 1 plough — 1 Harrow — 2 hoes — 2 pitch forks — 2 rakes — 1 shovel — 2 axes — 1 Bradle — 1 Sythe.
1 Bureau — 1 case of drawers — 3 Tables — 1 cub-board — 1 Chest 1 Desk — 1 wooden block — 15 common chairs — 1 pair Andirons. 1 pair of shovel and tongs — 2 looking glasses — 1 pot — 1 kettle 1 weaving loom — 6 tea cups and saucers — 6 tea spoons — 6 Table spoons — 6 plates — 6 knives and forks — 1 pitcher — 2 Tumblers — 2 decanters — 2 jugs — 2 pails — 1 tub — 1 broom — 3 candle sticks — 1 Bible and 1 Pilgrim book and several small books — one silver watch —
one promissory note from Little Dayton for seventy two dollars, the said Dayton being now confined on the limits for debt and is insolvent —
The amount due from the said Richard Davis to several persons is $1812.50, the interest of which, the income of the whole property is insufficient to pay.
Dated the 30 th day of May 1820.
(signed) Richard Davis

5941 The declaration of Temperance Davis the widow of Phebe Davis etc
Mar 8 June 1785 Her husband died 15 Jan 1830 - the declaration
Col Van Cortlandt N.Y. Capt Hunttramm N.Y. Line In Bolding Book
Admitted Right Surgeant 2 years
S. B. Strong Esq Situakir New York

State of New York Suffolk County.
On this eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the undersigned one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk in the State of New York. Temperance Davis a resident of the Town of Brookhaven in the said County of Suffolk aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Richard Davis late of the same place deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war and who received a pension for his services in that war his pension certificate being numbered 11857. That this deponent was intimately acquainted with her services during the war but states the following particulars as to those services from information and belief that he enlisted as a private in a company commanded at first by Captain Daniel Cox and subsequently by Captain Jonathan Piles in Col. Henry B. Livingston's Regiment in the spring of 1775 but she cannot state the day or month that he then joined in the said Town of Brookhaven. That he at first enlisted for a term but for how a long a term she cannot state that he served out that term and immediately afterwards enlisted for the remainder of the war and continued to serve until the conclusion of it and received a regular discharge at Newburgh. That she has understood that he acted a part of the time as sergeant. That he was engaged in the battle with General Burgoyne at Saratoga when his head was guarded by a lal. That he came with General Sullivan on his expedition against the Indians and that he was present at the siege and surrender of Yorktown. That she has understood that he

enlisted as a volunteer, and that she has not in her possession any documentary evidence in support of her claim, except the entry in the bill hereinafter mentioned.
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Davis on the eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five by the Reverend Benjamin Tallmadge who was then the pastor of the Methodist Church in Sandwich in the said Town and the said Richard Davis deceased in which there is an entry of which the following is a copy "Richard and Temperance Davis was married January 8 th A. D. 1885", that her husband the aforesaid Richard Davis died on the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty of which an entry was also inserted in the said bill which is exhibited to the said Judge of which the following is a copy "Richard Davis was born June the 17 th 1857 and died January the 15 th 1880 aged 22 - 5 - 28 days". That the book which she now produces to the said Judge and from which the foregoing entries have been taken is in her possession and is the family book of the said Richard Davis deceased that she has no other documentary proof of her said marriage that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first of January eighteen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated. That she has not married since the death of the said Richard Davis but is still his widow. That she is in ill health being much afflicted with the rheumatism and is unable to appear in any court by reason of her bodily infirmity and that her hands are so lame from the rheumatism that she cannot subscribe her names -
Temperance Davis mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
John M. Williamson
a Judge of Suffolk Court

On the said 8 th day of August 1839 personally appeared Charity Phillips of the said Town of Middlesex and County of Suffolk who being first duly sworn by the said Judge according to law depose and said that she resides in the same place with the late named Temperance Davis and was acquainted with her at the time of her marriage that this deponent saw Richard Davis late of the said Town of Middlesex deceased who subsequently became a prisoner of the United States for his services in the Revolutionary war married to the said Temperance Davis by the Reverend Benjamin Palmeridge that the marriage took place at the residence of the bride's father and the said John of Middlesex was in the winter season and within three years after the close of the Revolutionary war, that this deponent recollects hearing Mr. Palmeridge say to the bride's father that he had officiated at the mar- riage of all his children but one, that the said Richard Davis and Temperance Davis live together as husband and wife and had four children, that the said Richard Davis died in the winter about nine years ago, and that the said Temperance Davis is still his widow and has not since married. and this deponent further says that she is hereby the wife of Nathan Phillips a prisoner of the United States for revolutionary services.
Sworn to and subscribed this } 8 th day of August 1839 before me } John N. Williamson a Judge of Suffolk County Common Pleas
Charity her Phillips mark
On the said 8 th day of August 1839 personally appeared before the said Judge Nathan Phillips of the said Town of Middlesex who being first duly sworn by the said Judge depose and said that he is a prisoner of the United States for his services in the Revolutionary war, that the late named Richard Davis resided in the same

company with this deponent which was commanded by Capt. Daniel Dyer, and subsequently by Capt. Jonathan Dyer, and fought by the men of this deponent at the battle of Saratoga. That the said Richard Davis subsequently became a prisoner of the United States, and in order to secure that the said Richard Davis was married to the said Temperance Davis, and that the said Richard Davis the said Temperance Davis, that this deponent does not recall being present at their marriage, but remembers very well when it took place, that the said deponent was in the room where it took place, and was a united by marriage with the said Richard Davis. That the said Richard Davis and Temperance Davis lived together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage until his death about twenty years ago, and that the said Temperance Davis has since been married.
Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of August 1859 before me } Walter Phelps
John N. Williams a Judge of Suffolk County
And I the said Judge do further certify that the original family Bible of the said Richard Davis deceased was exhibited to me and that I saw therein the original entries which are correctly copied in the preceding declaration, that I am satisfied that the declarant Temperance Davis was married to Richard Davis a revolutionary soldier and pensioner after the expiration of the last period of his service (and before the 1st day of January 1794) that the said Richard Davis died the 15th of January 1830, that the said Temperance Davis is not since married and is his widow. And I further certify that the said Temperance Davis from bodily infirmity cannot attend any Court of Record - Given under my hand the day and year first above mentioned. } John N. Williams
a Judge of Suffolk County common Pleas

I John M. Williamson the Judge named in the annexed declaration depositions and certificate and before whom such declaration was made and oaths taken do further certify that Charity Phillips and Nathan Phillips who subscribed and were to the said depositions are known to me and that they are credible persons
Given under my hand the 8 th day of August 1839
John M. Williamson a Judge of Suffolk County Common Pleas
State of New York } Suffolk County }
I George S. Phillips Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk certify that the said Court is a Court of record of the said County, that John M. Williamson Esq before whom the annexed declaration and affidavits were made and who subscribed the annexed and pending certificates was at the date of the said declaration affidavits and certificates and still is a judge of the said Court, that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing and the signature of his name to the said declaration affidavits and certificates is his genuine signature -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Geo. S. Phillips Clerk

3706
Let to Wm D. Lord Feb 9, 49
Reputed Feb 11/49
New York City
Temperance Davis widow of Richard Davis N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
J. B. Strong Setanket N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 60 Vol. 4.

Richard and Temperance Davis was married January 8 th A 1785.
State of New York } Suffolk County } ss:
on the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the undersigned one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk in the State of New York (before whom the declaration of Temperance Davis the widow of Richard Davis late a United States pensioner deceased was made on the eighth day of August last) Richard Davis a resident of the said State and County who as I have always understood is the son of the said deceased who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that this sheet of paper containing the foregoing entry of the marriage of the said Richard Davis deceased and the said Temperance Davis and the annual entries of their births and his death was torn out of the family bible of the said Richard Davis deceased on the fourth day of November instant, that the said deponent is the son of the said Richard and Temperance Davis and was forty two years old on the seventh day of February last, that the attached paper is in the hand writing of the said Richard Davis deceased and contains the account and as this deponent believes a true account of the births of the children of the said Richard and Temperance Davis and that this deponent also cut that out of the family bible of the said Richard Davis deceased - that the said Richard Davis deceased was in his life time a pensioner of the United States for his revolutionary services his pension certificate being numbered 11857. And the said deponent further deposes and says that this sheet of paper was attached by the said deponent to the family bible of the said Richard Davis deceased, and

The entries thereon of the marriage of the said Richard and Temperance Davis of their birth, and his death were written thereon by this deponent within two months after the decease of the said Richard Davis, that such entries were made from, and corresponding with, the statements made to this deponent by his said father and also by his said mother and this deponent has always understood that the entries on a cert. that all the said entries on this sheet are in this deponent's usual hand writing and that they were made by this deponent to be retained by him as a family record and for no other purpose. That the said bill with this sheet is it have been retained by his said mother and this deponent who have always used together and in one family, ever since the said entries were made. And the said deponent further deposes and says that he has never seen nor heard of any other record of the marriage of his said father, but that this deponent and his then sister married in the attached paper have always been considered and treated as the lawful wife of the said Richard and Temperance Davis, that they always called each other husband and wife, were considered and treated by their friends and relations as husband and wife, this deponent never heard or doubted but that they were husband and wife and is confident that they were husband and wife, and that they were lawfully married at the time stated in the entry which forms this deposition. And the said deponent further says that the said Temperance Davis

Richard Davis, was born June th 17 th 1757. And died January th 15 th 1830. Aged yrs mo 72, 6, 28. days. Temperance Phillips was born April th 27 th 1764.
is still living but is very infirm and unable to attend any court of record.
Richard Davis
sworn to and subscribed this 8 th day of November 1839 before me
John M. Williamson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Suffolk County
And I the said Judge do further certify that Richard Davis who subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition is known to me and that he is a credible person.
Given under my hand the 8 th day of November 1839. John M. Williamson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Suffolk County
State of New York } Suffolk County }
I George S. Phillips Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk certify that the said Court is a Court of record of the said County that John M. Williamson Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made and who subscribed the above certificate was at the time thereof and still is a Judge of the said Court, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and the signature of his name to the said affidavit and certificate is his genuine signature.
for witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
George Phillips Clerk

Richard Davis His Bible - 1807~
Fanny Born December the 14 - 1785~
Betsy Born April the - 8 - 1791~
Clarissa Born April the 27 - 1794~
Richard Born February - 7 - 1797~

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Davis, Richard GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7016 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 20, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

Rev WIDOW, &c.  Rev
File No. 22912
Temperance Davis widow of Richard Davis Sergt New War
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V New York
Temperance Davis
Act. 1838
Marr'd 8. Jan 1785
Husband died 15. Jan 1830
lit. to S. B. Strong 29. Oct. 1839

New York 4729
Temperance Davis widow of Richard Davis
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 15. January 1830 of Suffolk Co. in the State of N. York who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Vantraneck of the regt. commanded by Col. Van Cortland in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of Dec. 1839 and sent to S. B. Strong Setauket, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 320.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March '40 60.00
$380.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2. Page 74

Rep. Sub. Com. S. B. Strong Oct. 14th 1848.
2874 New York (city.)
Temperance Davis widow of Richard Davis who was a Sergeant in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of November 1843. and sent to
S. B. Strong. Schenectady N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 105

St. Anthony, Minn. 15 th Sept r 1898
Sept 24/98
2874.63 M c Adams
21/98 Duquesne
Genl James L. Edwards
Pennsylvania & pension
Washington
District of Columbia
J. B. Schuyler

Schuylkill - September 15 th 1848
Sir -
I am requested by Mrs. Temperance Davis to inquire what measures she must adopt for the continuance of her pension under the act of 2 nd February 1848. She was married to a revolutionary soldier between the close of the war and the 1 st of January 1794. She drew a pension under the act of 8 th March 1843 and 17 th June 1844. I have not seen the act of February last nor any instructions which have issued for the pension office under it. Will you as Mrs. Davis the form to communicate the required instructions to her. and inform me also whether any steps which may be required can be taken before me as a Justice of the Supreme Court of this state.
Yours respectfully
W. H. Strong
Hon. James L. Colvard
Commissioner of Pensions

FREE
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia
July 22

Setauket L. I. 18 th July 1839
Sir
I wrote to you several months ago requesting information as to the proof which would be required to support the application of Temperance Davis, the widow of Nathan Davis a deceased pensioner (who died in 1830) for five years pension under the act of 7 th July 1838.
Davis enlisted during the Revolutionary war for three years - served out that term - enlisted again during the war and obtained his discharge at Newburgh. It is supposed that his discharge is now in the files of your office.
There is no question as to his services, nor as to the marriage of the applicant previous to January 1 st 1794. They lived, and she still resides, in my neighbourhood. His character was respectable and so is hers. I sent for a copy of his declaration in your office in order that we might have the original dates, if it should be necessary to have her to state them. But it appears to me that as her services were fully proved when he made the application for his pension it would be an act of supererogation to prove them again. I should suppose that all that could be required of old Davis would be to prove that she was, in fact, married to the pensioner previous to 1794.

and that she is still his widow and unremarried.
As this is only a memorandum, I trust that I am not unreasonable in expecting a speedy answer to this communication, conveying to me the desired information.
Yours very respectfully
W. H. D. M.
His son has just called on me. He says that his father enlisted under Col. Livingston was at the battle of Bunker Hill, went with Gen. Sullivan on his expedition against the Indians and was at the battle of Red Bank and Brandywine at the surrender of Gen. Cornwallis. He married his present widow on the 8 th of January 1785 and died on the 15 th January 1830.

4654 July 20, 1843
J. Davis,
March 5 th / 43.
My $128 per annum
Resident of Columbia
Hartwick N.Y. 16 th July
Hon. James L.
S. B. Strong Setauket N. York

Setauket 13 th July 1843
Sir
I enclose the declaration of Mrs Temperance Davis to obtain a renewal of her license under the act of March 3 rd 1843. I believe that it is made out fully in compliance with your printed instructions. Please to forward her certificate should one be issued, to me. Yours very respectfully P. S. Strong
Hon. J. L. Edmands
Committee of license -

Newark N.J. 14 th March
14
A. Davis Myself James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington District of Columbia

Schuylkill 12 th March 1839.
Sir.
I have been requested to assist Mrs. Temperance Davis the widow of Richard Davis late of Northhampton in the County of Suffolk and State of New York a Revolutionary Pensioner in procuring for her a certificate granting to her a pension for five years from the 4 th of March 1836 under the act of Congress approved July 7 th 1838. I have the report of the Secretary of War on the subject of pensions made to the House of Representatives on the 18 th of January 1838, but as there may be some new questions under the act of July 7 th I am under the necessity of applying to you for information -
Richard Davis enlisted for, and served, three years during the Revolutionary war, and then enlisted again during the war and served until the end of it, and was then honorably discharged, I believe at Newburyport. He married the applicant on the 8 th of January 1785. He applied for and received a full pension under the act of 1818. He then of course forwarded his declaration and his discharge which are now on file in the office. He died in 1830 -
From this statement you will perceive that the department has satisfactory evidence of his service, and I should suppose that all that is now necessary for the officer would be to prove her marriage to the pensioner, the time of her marriage and his death -
Would it be necessary for her to make a statement of the times and places where and when her husband served, the

could not possibly do so, as she was married to him while he was in the service. In that case she would need a copy of her husband's declaration now on file in the Pension Office, and she requests that a copy may be made and forwarded to her.
Please to communicate to me the requisite information as soon as may be convenient.
Yours very respectfully
W. H. Burroughs
To James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions -
On looking at the Rules of evidence in pension and other claims adopted by the department on the 5 th of July 1835 it appears to me that the 7 th and 13 th apply to Mrs Davis' case - As she is informed can her declaration be made before me as a Supreme Court Commissioner? A Supreme Court Commissioner is authorized to perform the duties of a judge of the Supreme Court at chambers - but not in court.

5941
Miss
July 17. 1838
Anna L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of pensions
Temperance Square
and Washington City
District of Columbia,
FREE

Setauket L. I. 10 th August 1839
Sir
I enclose the declaration of Temperance Davis the widow of Richard Davis demand made for the purpose of procuring for her the pension allowed by the act of July 7 th 1838. She has stated a few of the particulars of her engagements and services more for the purpose of identifying her as the late pensioner than to prove that such engagements were made or services performed. The rules of the department which you thought not to some very properly dispense with such proof when the husband was a pensioner. Mrs Davis knowledge of these particulars is quite imperfect and she may be mistaken as to dates the dates of her late husband's services and engagements. But as to the facts that her husband served above seven years, that he was honorably discharged, that she was lastly married to him in 1785 that he died in 1810 and that she has not since married, there can be no doubt. She drew a small sum, as the widow of her pension at the time of his death, shortly afterwards, and then found that she was his widow. That proof or rather the certificate of the date as to the fact is now I presume in the file of the pension office.
I have known the parties and their children since 1800 Capt Davis and his wife always returned from rebellion and there is not in her case any charge of an attempted composition after the department -
Have the goodness to communicate the results of this application to me here -
I am Sir
Yours very respectfully
W. Sterling

Stanton L S 20 th November 1839
Sir
I send herewith the leaf from the family bill of the late Richard Davis deceased agreeably to the requirement of your last note to me. No doubt many frauds are practiced upon the department in these applications for pensions, and strict rules, and a rigid adherence to them, are necessary to prevent imposition - But it seems to me that it is going very far indeed to require the applicants to mutilate their family records, and thus destroy what is often an important and necessary part of their monuments of truth. It seems the more unnecessary in this case as the past evidence is sufficient to establish a marriage in any court of law or equity -
I trust that no further evidence will be required -
Yours very respectfully
W. B. Strong

Brown meadow L. I. 3 rd June 1820
Hon. J. C. Calhoun -
Enclosed are the papers to pro- cure a continuation of the pension of Richard Davis - Mr. Davis is in firm and greatly in debt. There is no doubt but that he is a proper object for the charity of the government. Please to com- municate the result of Mr. Davis' application to me at the office in this place -
Yours very respectfully
Selah B. Strong -
The certificate of the Court is so drawn as to exhibit the value of the applicant's property after deducting the amount of his debts - It ought to be stated in addition that his property is unproductive and that the income therefrom will not pay the interest of the money owing by him -

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Richard Davis in the Second N. York Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States six years and six Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 6 th day
of June 1703
G. Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
John M c Call Esq r
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
William L. Adjutant

State of New-York, } ss. I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of City and County of New-York, } the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY , Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P A Jay subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this third day
of June 1819
Benj. Ferris Clerk

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this sixteenth day of July — 181 8 .
Benj. Ferris Clerk

4654
Temperance Davis:
Declaration to obtain a renewal of her pension -

Declaration of Temperance Davis
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of New York } ss. County of Suffolk }
On this twenty eighth day of June 1843 personally appeared, before the subscriber Charles Phillips a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Suffolk, Temperance Davis a resident of the Town of Brookhaven in the said County of Suffolk aged seventy nine years who is personally known to the said Justice who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Richard Davis late of the same place deceased who was a sergeant in a company commanded by Captain Daniel Roe and subsequently by Captain Jonathan Ives in Colonel Henry B. Livingston Regiment in the Revolutionary war, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 (under a certificate dated the 17 th day of December 1839 and numbered 4729) was one hundred and twenty dollars.
And the said Temperance Davis further declares under the said oath administered to her by me as aforesaid.

That she is still a widow and that she is unable to sign her name from a rheumatic affection.
Given to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Chas. Phillips, Justice of the Peace
See Temperance X Davis Crafts
The foregoing declaration was made to after the addition of the clause partly interlined stating the cause of the inability of the said Temperance Davis to sign her name.
Chas. Phillips
State of New York } ss: County of Suffolk }
I Samuel A. Smith Clerk of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that Charles Phillips Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed to me at the date of such declaration and is now a Justice of the Peace of the said County, that I am acquainted with his handwriting and that the signature of his name to the said declaration and to the certificate under it is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Samuel A. Smith, Clerk

State of New York } Suffolk County }
On this 22 nd day of October, 1848 personally appeared before the Subordinate Judge B. Strong one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Temperance Davis a resident of the Town of Brookhaven in the County of Suffolk and State of New York aged eighty four years to me personally well known who being first duly sworn according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Richard Davis deceased who was a sergeant in the army of the Revolution, that he enlisted as a private in a company commanded at first by Captain Daniel Roe and subsequently by Captain Jonathan Titus in Colonel Henry B. Livingston's regiment in the Spring of 1778 and served out his term and immediately afterwards re-enlisted for the war and served until the surrender of it and received a regular discharge at Newburgh that he acted a part of the time as sergeant, that he was present at the battle of Saratoga, next with General Sullivan in an expedition against the Indians and was present at the siege and surrender of Yorktown.
That she received a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars a year under the act of 19 th June 1844.
The further deponent states that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed by the affiant by making her marks as she is unable to sign her name by reason of a rheumatic complaint in the arm and general feebleness before me.
Temperance her X Davis mark
B. Strong Justice of the Supreme Court -

I have been long well acquainted with Temperance Davis who made her mark and sworn to the within declaration before me and know and hereby certify that she is the widow of Richard Davis who was a revolutionary pensioner and that she is the identical person who drew a pension as she has stated in the said declaration -
Dated Brookhaven, Suffolk County. State of New York within 27 th 1848
Witness my hand of the Supreme Court of the State of New York,
Clerk.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, } STATE OF NEW-YORK } ss.
I, J. Wickham Chase Clerk of the County of Suffolk, Do Hereby Certify, that whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Supreme Court for said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 20 th day of Octo 1848
J. Wickham Chase Clerk
Clerk.

Selma, Ala. Sept. 24 th October 1848
Dear: J. L. Brown
Sir -
Should the accompanying letter to Mr. Davis have the good fortune to find a certificate for Mr. Davis to me here -
Yours very respectfully
W. B. Harkness

Nb. of R. July 7. 1849
To the Commission of Pensions Sir
Please send the papers, when executed, for Mrs Temperance Davis, widow of Richard Davis, in whose behalf I enclosed a day or two since a letter from Judge Strong to me and I will attend to its being forwarded as desired
I have the honor to be yours - Obt Sect Y. H. Lord

(No of Rep. July. 4. 1849
Sir
I enclose a letter of Judge Strong of New York which explains itself.
After its rec d , I wrote him to state more precisely when he forwarded the papers to your office, and his reply is, that " you can find them without difficulty ", but that I may say, "it was somewhere between July 1 st and Nov 1 st P. 48. He thinks, some time during the month of September - last although he is not sure on that point.
I have the honor to be To the Com of Pensions your O bt Servt Heck W. Lord

Supreme Court James A. Bartus
vs
Fitzgerald Insdall. Charles Hickman & Robert Bailey
Opinion
— — — — —

Albany N.Y.
28 th Nov
Nov 25
Dear
My
Asst. Prov.
of
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia
Temperance Dept.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Davis, Richard GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7085 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 25, 1791 To Israel Rogers - assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.