Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12740, Joseph Davis, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Davis, Joseph
S12740
boarded.
CONTENTS

New York
Joseph Davis
of Ulster Co in the State of N. York who was a炮手 (gunner) in the Company commanded by Captain D. D. D. of the Regt. commanded by Col Taylor in the N. Y. Mil. fine for p. 1. 2 mo p. 10 " } 3.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and sent to Mrs. J. O. Brodhead
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 25.00 $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book Vol. 4 Page 17

J.R. Goldsmith June 20/60
Date of date not on AB

J. H. Greenfield June 20/60
Date of date not on AB

State of New York Ulster County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace of the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster, and State of New York, Joseph Davis, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods, mentioned below and in the following Grades -
1 st . In the year 1777 I served as a musician tour as a fifer, for the full term of Four Months in Fort Montgomery as more particularly detailed in my declaration hereto appended -
2 d . That in the year 1778 I served as a private in a detachment of Militia stationed at Tobias Wykops in the town of Saugerties in Ulster County as a Volunteer, that this detachment was commanded by Lieutenant Hummel, and Captain Snyder and also that part of the time I was stationed in the town of Woodstock at the house of one Peter Short that at Woodstock the detachment was under the command of Lieutenants Tobias Flyer and Petrus Osterhoedt, that I served at both of the last above mentioned places during the Revolutionary in the said year 1778 for the full term term of Two months, that I have no discharge, or any documentary evidence in my possession of this service, that owing to my not being able to prove this service I did not include it in my declaration hereto appended, and I do not now know of any living witness by whom to prove it -
3 d . In the year 1779 I served as a musician tour as a fifer, for the full term of Three months at Fishkill in Dutchess County as more particularly stated

in my said declaration hereto appended. 4. th And that in the Year 1780 I served for the term of "Three" Months at Tappan, Haverstraw, and on the Mohawk River as a Musician to wit as a fifer as also more particularly detailed in my said declara- tion hereto appended - And Lastly For " Ten " Months I served as a fifer - For " Two " Months I served as a private Soldier and for such Service I claim a pension -
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th day of April 1833 before me J. W. Gausbeck Justice of the peace
Joseph Davis

Declaration,
I N ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7th JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF Ulster } ss.
On this _____ day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Ulster aforesaid, now sitting, _____ Joseph Davis a resident of the town of Saugerties in said County, aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st That he was born in the town of Saugerties Ulster County on the fifth day of July one thousand Eight hundred and  seventy one - That the record of his age is contained in his father's book of accounts. That when he was called into service he lived in the town of Saugerties aforesaid, has lived there since the revolutionary war and lives there now - That he voluntarily entered the service
1 st That he served in the Revolutionary war in the militia of the State of New York in the United States Service at Fort Montgomery as a fifer for the term of Eight months in the Company of John L. DeWitt in Colonel Snyder's Regiment of which Philip Hoop later was Major that General Clinton commanded, that Captain Hudson Nelson later was there at the same time, that Colonel Brown of the Continental Army was there then - That he obtained no written discharge but was honorably discharged from said service by his Captain - That this service was in 1777 - began in April and ended in August - that Michael van Emmeneck, Ephraim Buchanan, and others, unless as per affidavit
That he served in said war as a fifer in the year 1779 in the Company of Cap- tain Evert Bogardus at Fishkill in Dutchess County in Colonel Hasbrouck's Regiment for about Three months, in the fall of the year, that at the end of said service he was verbally discharged, that there were no continental officers or Regiments there but several militia Companies but does not remember who commanded them except one John L. DeWitt was one of the Captains, and that Michael van Emmeneck and Ephraim Buchanan and others living at the time of his service Abraham Whitehead & living at the time belonged to the same Company that his affidavit is hereunto annexed -
That he served in said war in the year 1780 at Tappan, Haverstrom, and on the Mohawk River in the Company of Captain Moses Cantine, company of infantry as a fifer in Colonel William Malcom's Regiment for the term of Three months - That he was in the battle with Sir John Brant & Butler, that this service commenced after harvest and ended in the fall of said year, that he was verbally discharged from this service, and that John D. Low was a Lieutenant in the Company of Captain Moses Cantine, Company, and now a living witness whose affidavit is hereunto annexed - That he does not remember any Regular Officers or Regiments in this service, nor any other militia Reg- iments except Col. Malcom's in which he served
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a Pension or Annuity, except the present, and de- clares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Joseph Davis
Sworn to and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. } in open Court A. G. H. Lansing } Judges John Lansing Abm. D. Deyo

WE, John Gorman a Clergyman, residing in the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and Peter Van Gaasbeek of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. } in open Court
John Gorman P. V. Gaasbeek
A. H. Vandenberg John Pansen Abm A Deyo } Judges
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, sitting this twelfth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two at the court-house in Kingston in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Gorman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Kingston in the County aforesaid, and that Peter Van Gaasbeek who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. H. Vandenberg John Pansen Abm A Deyo } Judges
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Davis for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder

13049
Joseph Davis
admitted
10 mo. Piper 2 mo. Private
5. 14 2 '73 P. 298 Mar 14 '73
Hon
J. C. Broadhead M. C.

REPEAT in the case of Joseph Davis of Sangerfield County of Ulster in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered again In 1777 4 Infantry Gen. Snyder  (N. York) Capt John L. D. Witt  Verpl.   ditt. 1779 about 3 do Col. Houghton   ditt. 1780 3 do Capt Ebenezer B. D. D. D. Col. Miller Capt Munro  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not answered  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sangerfield, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wilson Examining Clerk.
8. March 1833

Rev War
12.740 INVALID.
Ann
File No. 12.740
Joseph Davis & Wife Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Davis request to examine papers,
Joseph Davis Purs act 7 th June 1832 New York
Ex - Sep 3 - 1852
Le M c Clusky Esq r Please examine these papers for me, W m L o Word

Wapsli New York August 1852
Sir
This is to request that you will permit W m L s Weld of Rose N Y to examine the papers filed in your Office by my father Joseph Davis pensioned Oct 11 th June 1832 N Y
Commissioners of Pensions
Washington
D C
Eber Davis

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify , That Peter Van Gaasbeek Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbeek Jr." ————— subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this nineteenth day of April — 1833.
Jacob Snyder

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office, }
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify , That Peter Van Gaasbeek Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " P. V. Gaasbeek " subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office,
{ ss.
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Henry Tappan Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " Henry Tappan " subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder

13.049 State of New York Ulster County
In the matter of the application of Joseph Davis for a pension
J. V. Gaasbeck Jr. Agent & Atty
Hungton Ulster County N.Y.
admitted
10 mos. Fifer. 2 mos. Pirate.
26 13 4 33 6 66 19 99

Joseph Davis

it is the of John J Low being duly sworn
STATE OF NEW-YORK, ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Henry Tappan Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verify believe the signature "Henry Tappan" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
Before me - Henry Tappan Justice of the Peace
John J Low
Ulster County ss: I do hereby certify that John Low with whom I am personally acquainted is a credible witness and that he is to appear and more than seventy years of age, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York Ulster County ss:
Wilhelmus Emerick and Dierck Burkhard being duly sworn do depose and say that they severally served in the war of the Revolution in Fort Montgomery in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Johannes Snyder, and Major Philip Koughteling for the period of four months - that during said period they distinctly recollect that Joseph Davis of the town of Kingston, Ulster County acted in the Capacity of Officer in said Regiment in the Company under the Command of Captain John L. Powell.
Sworn this 10th day of September 1832 before me
Wilhelmus Emerick
Henry Tappan Justice of the Peace
Dierck Burkhard
State of New York
Ulster County ss: I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John J Low, Wilhelmus Emerick and Dierck Burkhard, that I believe them to be more than seventy years of age that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Henry Tappan Justice of the Peace

State of New York } John J. Loun being duly sworn Ulster County ss - Both depose and say that in the year One thousand, seven hundred and eighty, this Deponent, under a commission from George Clinton then Governor of New York, served as a Lieutenant, in Colonel William Malcoms Regiment, in Captain Moses Cantins Company of Infantry, that during the then term of Service, which was three Months, Joseph Davis of Ulster County, served in the capacity of fifer in said Company, at Tappan, Ulster County, on the Mohawk River and was with this Deponent in the battle with Sir John Brant & Butler known this 18 th August 1832
Before Me -
Henry Tappan
Justice of the Peace
John J. Loun
Ulster County ss: I do hereby certify that John J. Loun with whom I am personally acquainted is a credible witness and that he is to appear and more than seventy years of age, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York
Ulster County ss: Wilhelmus Emerick and Dierick Burkhard being duly sworn do depose and say that they severally served in the war of the Revolution in Fort Montgomery in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Johan- nes Snyder, and Major Philip Koughtling for the period of four months - that during said period they distinctly recollect that Jo- seph Davis of the town of Kingston, Ulster County acted in the capac- ity of Fifer in said Regiment in the Company under the Command of Captain John L. Pervitt.
Sworn this 10 th day of September 1832 before me
Wilhelmus Emerick
Henry Tappan Justice of the Peace
Dierick Burkhard
State of New York
Ulster County ss: I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John J. Loun Wilhelmus Emerick and Dierick Burkhard that I believe them to be more than seventy years of age that they are credible persons, and that their state- ments are entitled to credit.
Henry Tappan Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Ulster County
Abraham Whitaker of the town of Hurley Ulster County aged 72 Years being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Davis a Soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Service of the United States in the lines of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war, and was in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Rozards, Company Lieutenants Howell and Person Ensign Isaac Burkans in Colonel Matthews Regiment and well knew the said Joseph Davis belonged to the said Company and Regiment with this deponent that this deponent saw the said Joseph Davis in said Service for about Three months in the Year 1779 and knows that the said Joseph Davis continued to serve in said Corps in the Capacity of a Fifer until he was discharged That the said Company was stationed at Fishkill in Dutchess County during where the whole time. and discharged there.
Subscribed & Sworn having first read the same to him this 12 th day of September 1832
His Abraham Whitaker mark
Before me J. V. Gausbeck Esq. Justice of the Peace
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Whitaker, who was duly Sworn by me to the above affidavit, that he is a person of credit, and that his Statement is entitled to credit.
J. V. Gausbeck Esq. Justice of the peace