Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,796, William Davis, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Davis, William
S. 15.796
Born in Md
Carded
CONTENTS

Virginia 23562
William Davis of Albemarle in the State of Va who was a P. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Tompkins of the ————— commanded by ————— in the Va line for 12 1/2 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of $1, Dollars 66. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Febr y 30 and dated Hon. J. J. Allen, D.H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833, 104.15 Pension allowance ending March 4 20.83 $124.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath: Price. Clerk Book C Vol. 6 p Page 4
Date of death not on a/b
Pension act. act. to office on the 18 th of March by Mr. Allen sent same day to Hon. S.P. Hild. one to whom it should originally have been sent.
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State of Virginia
Allegany County To Wit
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On this first day of February, 1834, personally appeared before John Pearsinger a justice of the peace for said County, and as such one of the Justices of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Records, William Davis a resident in the said County and State aforesaid, age Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That He entered the service of the United States in the year 1779 under the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated. On the first day of October 1779 he entered the service in Captain Pamplin's Company of Virginia Militia in Albemarle County & State of Virginia as a substitute for John Tinsley a private in said Company, and served a tour of two months at the Barracks in said County of Albemarle, where he was discharged on the first day of December 1779. On the first day of December 1779 he again entered the service in the said County of Albemarle as a substitute for a soldier whose name he does not now recollect, a private in a company of Virginia Militia commanded by Captain Bullinger and served one month in the said County of Albemarle in the neighbourhood of Charlottesville & was discharged on the first day of January 1780. On the 4 th day of January 1780 he again entered the service in the said County of Albemarle as a substitute for John McDaniel a private in a company of Virginia Militia commanded by Captain William Tucker and served a

36 Tour of three months and a half. during the period of the service last above mentioned, he was marched from the said County of Albemarle, to Williamsburg, York Town, Gloucester County, and what is called the "Half Way House" in the said State of Virginia, and was detained a short time at each place and was detailed as a guard to take charge of some British prisoners, taken at Nupas Roos in the said County of Gloucester, after remaining upwards of three months upon the tide water country of Virginia, he was marched to the City of Richmond in the said State & was there discharged on the 18 day of April 1780. On the first day of June 1780 he was drafted in the County of Amherst in the said State of Virginia for a three months Tour in a company of Militia Commanded by Captain Barret and was marched to Williamsburg in the said State of Virginia where after having served the Tour of three months he was discharged on the second day of September 1780. He was again drafted in the said County of Amherst and served a Tour of three  four months in the said County in a company of Militia Commanded by Captain Dillard. This company was stationed at Amherst Court House where they remained until discharged on the 21 day of December 1780. He was drafted for this last Tour & entered the service on the 21 day of September 1780. In consequence of advanced age and a constitution broken down by age and affliction many of the incidental circumstances attending his Revolutionary Services have either escaped his memory entirely or too indistinctly remembered to be embodied in this declaration with necessary accuracy. He is satisfied that the above statement of the periods of his services is substantially correct & that he served as a private in the army of the Revolution twelve months and a half as stated above, for which he asks a pension. He does not recollect the particular Regiments to which he was attached during the service & the only field Officers of the Regular Service with whom he was acquainted or whom he knew and  that  he can now recollect he can now recollect, were Col. Taylor, Bland & Matthews, the two first named were at the

Albemarle Barracks, whilst he served there & the last nam- ed he knew & served under during his second tour on the Virginia Seaboard. He was in no engagement with the enemy during his service. He received no written discharge from the service. He was born in the County of St. Mary's in the state of Maryland in the year 1756
The Register of his age has been lost or destroyed. He was living in the County of Amherst in the state of Virginia when he entered the service & lived there since he quit the service until the year 1822 when he moved to the County of Alleghany in the state of Virginia where he has resided un- til the present time. He is unable to produce any document- ary evidence of his services as a soldier of the Revolution nor does he know of any living witness by whom he could prove the same. He refers to Deoclesian Reynolds and William H Davis two of his neighbours who have long known him, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution & whose Certificate is hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes and renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present. He declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year first aforesaid John P. P. P.
his William X Davis mark
We Deoclesian Reynolds and William H Davis residing in the County of Alleghany and state of Virginia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he now

resides & also in the neighbourhood from which he last removed to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion
Dioclesian his Reynolds
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year first above mentioned
mark William H Davis
John Pessinger J.P.
And I the said John Pessinger a justice of the peace for the county of Alleghany in the state of Virginia and as such a justice of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Records, hereby Certify that the above named applicant is unable to attend the Court of his County for the purpose of making the above Decla- -ration in order to obtain a pension, by reason of great bodily infirmity & affliction; the said Applicant is entirely blind and greatly afflicted in other respects. And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolu- -tion and served as he states, And I further Certify that it appears to me that Dioclesian Reynolds and William H Davis who have signed the preceding certificate are res- -idents in the said County of Alleghany, are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit. I also further Certify that there is no minister of the Gospel residing in the vicinity of the said Applicant. Given under my hand in the said County of Alleghany this day & year first above written
John Pessinger J.P.
* names not recollected
N.B. The erasures on the sixth & eighth lines from the top on the third page were made before signing - John Pessinger J.P.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 15 796
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1, 1779 2 mos Pvt. Pamplin - Va   Dec 1. 1779 1 mo Ballinger Matthews   Jan 4. 1780 2 1/2 mos Wm Tucker -   June 1. 1780 3 mos Barnet -   Sept 21. 1780 3 mos. Dillard -  
Battles engaged in, None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 1. 1834. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Alleghany Co. Va.
Age at date of application, Born in  Md. in 1756.
Remarks: There is no family data on file
77 - 1834
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

27.070 29.659
Adm't a. paroch Bimo $ 41.66
Han S. ch D. Moore

State of Virginia Alleghany County Vot. 3
I Andrew Fudge, Clerk of the County Court of Said County of Alleghany, which is a court of Record, hereby certify that John Pisinger (before whom the foregoing Declaration of William Davis was made) is a justice of the peace in and for the Said County of Alleghany and as such is one of the Justices of the Said County Court, and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at the Court House of Said County this 3 rd day of February 1834.
Andrew Fudge C.M.

AUTOMATIC GAS MACHINE CO.
916 PHELAN BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
G. N. SCOTT, MANAGER
April 9, 1910.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Building, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send to me at the above address the pension record as furnished in your abstract of the following Revolutionary pensioners (Virginia militiamen) residing in Virginia and West Virginia (what is now the latter) in 1835 (name of county in which they resided and age in 1835 following the name): William Davis , Alleghany County, Va., 77 years old; William Gillespie , Bath County, Va., age 79 years; John Kincaid , Bath County, Va., age 76 years; Tunnis Muckelwaine , Ind. Spy, Lewis County, West Va., age 75.
Hoping to receive this by return mail, I am,
Yours truly,
G. N. Scott
MANAGER
(Address as above)

15796 INVALID.
1914 Apr. 20 History to Mr. G.C. Scott. M.B.H.
File No. 15796
William Davis
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]