Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,285, Henry Davis, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Miss
Davis, Henry
S. 34285
CONTENTS
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7609 Massachusetts
Henry Davis
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one Year
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of March 1819 and sent to Mrs. Watson Esq. Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 88.49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 1819 48.
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Massachusetts Act 18th March 1818 Revolutionary claim

Henry Davis,
1848
Wapachusett Line 1 year
Admille

State of Massachusetts
I Henry Davis — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on in December A.D. 1775 or January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to to and January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, for one whole year
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Porter & the Regiment of Colonel Hutchinson in the Massachusetts line of the Army; I also served one year onboard the Continental frigate Hancock, commanded by John Manly Esq.
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid being then honorably discharged.
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty years My discharge thro' lapse of time is lost & I have no other evidence in my power to offer than which is herewith exhibited,
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Henry Davis
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law 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," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed Henry Davis
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. The testimony
Whereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. I further certify that the within named Deponents are credible witnesses & have been duly sworn. June 15 1818.
Wm. Wetmore

We the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Gloucester, do testify & say that we are acquainted with the declarant within named & believe him to be in his circumstances in life reduced & indigent & needs assistance from his country for support & we never knew his character for veracity called in question —
John Athedge } Overseers Ebenezer Dole } of the Poor
I the subscriber now residing at Gloucester in the State of Massachusetts & late a colonel of Militia in said State & a lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam & in the companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war. Do testify that the within named declarant served in said war & as I will believe for the term stated by him. —
John Tucker
Sworn to 3 rd April 1818.
before me W m Wetmore Judge within named

I Zebulon Elwell of Gloucester in the county of Essex of commonwealth of Massa- -chusetts of the age of sixty two years testify and say: That I served as a sailor on board the Hancock Frigate commanded by capt. John Manley in the Revolutionary war, from March 1777. to March 1778. and was captured in said Frigate by the Reign Bow twenty gun ship, commanded by George Collier, and during the whole of said period Henry Davis of said Gloucester was a sailor on board the Frigate Hancock: I further depose that the said Henry Davis is the same person who is here present, and who served with me as aforesaid: And further the deponent saith not.
Zebulon Elwell
Essex ss. June 9. 1818. Then Zebulon Elwell made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposi- -tion by him subscribed. Gov. Lanson Nash, Jus. Peace

Henry Davis
1 st March
1819
bapt Sep 25
1820
(16)
cm

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, 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, Henry Davis resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7609 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Henry Davis late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen twenty. J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No estate real or personal, no income nor debts due to him - He is seventy years of age, by profession a fisherman, has been supported in the Almshouse in this town the last ten years, is incapable of labor, and has no means of support but his pension, and has no family - He served as a private in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Porters company, in Col: Hutchinson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line all the year 1776 - Henry Davis
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge above named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Henry Davis do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Henry Davis
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Henry Davis took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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
dollars  nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

34285 Pay INVALID.
File No. 34285
Henry Davis Pis Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]