Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44118, Squire Devanport, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Devanport Squire Davenport
S 44118
CONTENTS

16. 729. O. Pittsburg R. New York.
Guine (Davenport Seneca Col. in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded colonel Swift of the Connec. ne, for the term of 3 years War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10 Dollars per month, to commence the 12 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Apr: 1820 and sent to Honb. M c Richmond A. Rep t U. States.
Arrears to 4th Mar: 1820 - 182.09 Semi-ann l all pending 4 Sept: 1820 - 48.00
22 Mo 29 1/4 / 30 31 $ 230:09
Continued
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Seneca Col.
In a li Transf d to Alb y from 2 (1837) -
Dut 19 36. to O. Pittsburg from 4 Sep 1836 - Jan
notif. sent to the Gen.
Richmond - Aurora, Cayuga Co NY March 21. 1821.
Letter to A. Phelps. 10. May 1843. " James Hathaway 8 May 1844.
Deed
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4 Sep 1842. to 15 Feb 1843 Age not died 26. Oct 1844

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 28 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, - Four of the 8 children of Squire Lawrence, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of — Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1842 to the 15 th Feby 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
James M. [unclear]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

DISTRICT OF  New York } Schenck County — }
, ss.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
John W. Dan
Squire Devankoff
I, John W. Dean Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Quincy Davenport did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War , pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Dated April 5. 1820
John W. Dean Jr.

State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office Gs: —
I certify that John M c Lean Junior whose hand writing I am acquainted with & whose signature appears to the certificates of the within declaration & the annexed Affidavits in his own proper hand writing as I verily believe, was, at the time that the same bears date, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Seneca duly commissioned & sworn under the authority of this state.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County at Waterloo this 5 th day of April 1820 —
J. H. Halsey Clk. of Seneca County.

John Davenport
Pension Papers
16.729
April '20
Con
The pensioner has not stated his residence

Original Claim having been allowed the Certificate granted, taking effect from May 1848
District of Columbia
County of Sussex on this 3rd day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty persons appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas there held in and for the County of Sussex in said State and district before the Judge Judges of the same Court, it being a Court of Records Because it is so declared & established by the laws of this State and process according to the Common Law with a return unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings and a  Common seal of the town of Lewes in the county of Sussex & State of New York first known to be such and that the said Isaac  who being he  Isaac in the revolutionary war as follows that that he enlisted for the term of three years in the month of March in the year 1776 in the town of New Bedford in the County of Sussex in the State of Connecticut Isaac Commiss in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift in the line of the State of Connecticut in the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the month of October or November 1778 when he was enlisted during the war with Great Britain in the same Company and Regiment & under the same officers as above stated to wit in the Company commanded by Capt Isaac Commiss the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift in the line of the State of Connecticut Connecticut and in the Connecticut Continental establishment that his said last enlistment was at the Highlands or West Point in the State of New York that in the fall of 1779 he was transferred from the aforesaid Regiment to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Schuyler at West Point that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the month of December 1782 when he was honorably discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York that the date of his original declaration was the 12th April 1818 that he has received a Pension Certificate Certificate Number 16,729 and bearing as a date

the eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty and that he has deemed it best to pay them out
That he was in the Battle of White Plains, Delaware, & at Yorktown in the taking of Cornwallis
his X mark
Conceding in pursuance of the act entitled an act of the 18th day of March 1820 I do hereby certify that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 12th day of March one thousand eight hundred eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or part thereof with intent thereby so as to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Eastern persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary wars passed on the 18th day of March 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 more other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by the me subscribed to wit I have personal property which I now am entitled to the sum of $700.00 Then kettle one tea set kettle three old silver Chairs & forks four old spoons two empty Barrels one quart fifteen Bushels of Corn the ear & ten Bushels of Wheat in the sheaf. That my family consists of six persons to wit myself my wife and four Children all Boys the eldest is 14 Years old and entirely blind dependent on me for his support the next son 15 Years old Blind with one eye in a feeble state of health altogether unable to labor & entirely dependent on me for support the next son is 13 Years of age and the fourth son is 10 years old and also dependent on me for their support. I have no other occupation than a day laborer at the Barrens of learning that my health is extremely poor & my limbs much injured

from the following accident to wit while digging a well & attempting to blast the rocks at the bottom the confined power suddenly took fire while I was in the well whereby I was thrown some distance from the well spot and one of my thighs broken in two places & my left arm and side much lacerated and bruised since which time I have not been able to perform constant labor, & I have used I further solemnly swear that for ten years past I have made charitable assistance more or less every year from my neighbors and the towns where I have resided without which I should not have been able & am not now able to support and keep together my family and I further solemnly swear that I have indebted to Physicians for medical attendance on my self and family & to others for medicines for myself and family in the sum of ten hundred and ten dollars or more  I swear  solemnly swear J. G. Davenport ment
I declare to Halsey Clerk of the County of Somerset and of the Court of Common Pleas that as here by certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I 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 twenty six dollars & twenty five cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court - the 3 rd day of October 1820
J. H. Halsey Clk. etc.

Hampden Pa Nov 25
free
Dec 7 '43
M rs Swan
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

Hon J. L. Edwards Compt of Pensions
Dear Sir
Squire Davenport a Pensioner of Hamblen Township Leaveng County State of Ohio died about the 15 th of February 1843 and that his widow Lucy Davenport on the 7 th day of April 1843 made out papers before Alfred Phelps a Notary Public to draw the arrears of her said husbands pension, when in a low state of health and at the same time made a will disposing of said pension money if she did not live to receive it giving one half to a son of said Squire Davenport that is blind and one half to her daughter the papers was sent to the agent Pension agent at Pittsburgh and by him sent back stating that he was directed by the department not to pay any pensions on papers made before a Notary Public which must be a new order from the department the said Lucy Davenport died before the return of said papers I have been appointed Administrator with the will annexed on the Estate of said Lucy Davenport I am informed that the arrears of said pension belonged to the said Lucy Davenport and that the only failure of getting it on the above mentioned papers was on account of new regulations in the department in not paying pensions on papers made before a Notary Public Were Sir I wish to know what course best for me to pursue in order to obtain the arrears of said Pension in order to carry the will of said Lucy in effect or if I can not obtain the said arrears of pension in the capacity above stated I would wish to know who is intitled to receive it
Respectfully Yours James Hathaway
Hamblen November 24 th 1843

Copied E.E. Luke's List 7/22/38. January 3, 1939.
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Mr. J. W. Davenport 230 West Second South Salt Lake City, Utah
BA-J/ady Squire Devanport S.44118
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Squire Davenport, all spellings of the names searched.
The record of the only Squire Devanport that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.44118, based upon his military service in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Squire Devanport or Davenport are not shown.
Squire Devanport enlisted in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, March 10, 1778, served as a private in Captain Converse's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment, and after serving about three years, was transferred to Colonel Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battles of White Plains, Red Bank (Fort Mifflin), in a skirmish at Dobbs Ferry and at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged December 10, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed April 5, 1820, at which time he was residing in Junius, Seneca County, New York, and gave his age as fifty-seven years. He signed Devanport, name borne on the pension rolls, Davenport.
In October, 1820, soldier stated that he was aged fifty-nine years, no explanation made for this discrepancy in age, and that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife and four sons, aged respectively twenty-four, fifteen, thirteen and ten years, the two oldest sons blind. He did not give the names of wife or sons. In 1831, he had moved to Hambden, Geauga County, Ohio, to be near his children who had moved to that locality.
He died February 15, 1843, in Geauga County, Ohio. He was survived by his wife, Lucy, who died April 7, 1843. It was stated that she was his second, wife, but there are no data in regard to her or to the marriage. It was stated that he left eight children. A daughter by his wife, Lucy, was referred to, also a blind son of his first marriage. No names of the children are given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: "Squire Davenport, Certificate No. 16729, issued April 18, 1820, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 12, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 29. 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
The Adm rs of Squire Davenport, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month, under the law of the 18 March 1818 48 of arrears due him has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1842 to the 15 th Feb'y 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

State of New York County of Onondaga ss. I, Guil Davenport whose declaration is annexed being duly sworn deponeth and and saith that on the Twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen this deponent applied to and employed Lemuel W. Ruggles Esquire to assist him in procuring his pension Certificate under the 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" that the said Ruggles on the said 12th day of April 1818 drew up the declaration of this deponent agreeable to the forms then prescribed by the war department which said declaration was sworn to by this deponent on the same day before John Sayre Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County & duly certified by the Clerk of the said County as the said Court, which declaration & papers aforesaid the said L. W. Ruggles has frequently told this Deponent he sent to Mr. Adirondack Pension agent of New York with directions to forward the same to the City of Washington for the purpose of obtaining a pension certificate from the war department. & this deponent further saith that he has recently received information from the war department that his papers declaration &c have never been presented at the war department & further saith not -
Guil Davenport
John subscribed & sworn 5th April 1820 before
John Atkinson Judge Com. Pleas N.Y.

Squire Davenport Col. Swift Conn. Regt 1701-3 years 5 Ap. 1820
Adm o —
Hon. M c Richmond.

State of New York
County of Seneca Co: Lemuel Warner Ruggles being duly sworn (say) that the Act An Act Dunnock of James in the County of Genesee do apply to Judge John Taylor of said County and make oath under the late act granting pensions to the Revolu- tionary the Soldiers on the twelfth day of May 1818
Given this 3 rd day of April 1826 }
Lemuel Warner Ruggles
John M c Lean 1 st Judge Sen. Co. N. Y.

0586
Beefy Mr Birdine
L. Edwards Esq n Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dec 29. Mr. Budme
James L. Edwards Esq. Commssr. of Pensions War Department City of Washington

Heck. & Harris, Bank Albany Pension Agency December 23 d 1836
James L. Edwards Esq r , Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 19 th inst. I have to state that Lydia Davenport, a Pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 1818, was last paid to 4 Sept. 1836.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
R. M c Clusky Pro t Paymaster

Chardon, Geauga Co. O.
Dec r 8 - 1836 -
Please to address returns to Edwin F. Phelps -

The State of Ohio County of Geauga ss
On this second day of December 1831 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Geauga, personally appeared Squire Davenport, who, on his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Saylor in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Schamel in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio, (Pittsburgh Agency), where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Niagara Falls in the State of New York to Hambden County of Geauga State of Ohio, to wit: That having children residing in the State of Ohio where he now resides, he removed for the purpose of living near them.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me The day and year aforesaid James Hathaway Justice of the Peace
Squire Davenport
William Coldrick of Hambden in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio being duly sworn, do on my said oath declare that I am well acquainted with Squire Davenport who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and know him to be the identi- cal person therein described
Sworn to and subscribed by the said William Coldrick, before me, with whom I am well acquainted, and know him to be a person of truth & veracity Given under my hand at Hambden in the said County of Geauga this eighth day of December - 1836 -
William Coldrick
James Hathaway Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Seneca County By J. D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that James Hathaway Esq. before whom, the foregoing oaths appear to have been taken on the second day of December, A. D. 1836 and on the day of the date hereof was, on the said second day of December A. D. 1836, and still is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn according to law; and further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and do verily believe the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are true and genuine -
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Chardon this 8th day of December A. D. 1836.
J. D. Aiken, Clerk

Charleston SC May 5
May 10 1843
Mr. Evans
B
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City

Chardon Grange Ct., Chic, May 3 d 1843
Rev. J. L. Edwards - Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
The pension papers of Lucy Davenport widow of Simon Davenport deceased a Revolutionary pensioner, for the arrears of his pension have been returned from the Agency of Pittsburgh, with objection that they are made before a Notary Public & they are instructed to pay none such. - I hope the order is not so inflexible, but that for the strong reasons I have to offer, you will Sir, order the money due for arrears in this case to be paid upon the papers already executed & sent to Pittsburgh. - As Notary Public I have made out & certified the papers of great numbers of pensioners, down to a few days before the execution of the papers in question, and the money has been paid upon them, and I had no reason for doubt as to their being good. - The deceased pensioner left, besides the widow, who is his 2 a wife, a blind son, by his first wife, with very little, if any, more property than will pay his debts. He left also several other children by his first wife all of age & in circumstances to provide for themselves. - The widow made the necessary proof in Court, and I made out the papers to draw the arrears, not conjecturing they would be insufficient. She was then, in a very low state of health, & fearing that she might not live until the money came, she expressed a wish that in case of her decease it might be divided equally between her daughter and the said blind son of her husband by his 1 st wife, and I drew a short will for her to that effect. - She has died within a few days, and of course no new papers can be made until new proof be made

in Court, and then the money will go differently from her intention, & contrary to what is right.
Now, although the arrears in this case is a small sum, it is of considerable consequence to the persons to whom it would go by her will-viz; her daughter and the said blind son of the deceased - For these reasons I hope you will be pleased to direct the pension Agent to pay these arrears upon the papers now executed. - If so - please communicate the fact to
Your Obs t . Serv t
Alfred Phelps

July 22, 1938
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Mr. F.C.Paine Pavilion New York
BA-J/EEL Richard Davenport-S.43443 Squire Devanport -S.44118
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Richard Davenport, of Connecticut, Squire Davenport, also, of Connecticut, pension number S.44148, Jacob Whitney and Benjamin Curtis Halifax, of Massachusetts, and Jonathan Peterson, of Vermont.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. You are furnished herein the records of Richard Davenport and Squire Devanport.
Richard Davenport S.43443
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43443, based upon the military service in that war of Richard Davenport.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Richard Davenport are not shown.
Richard Davenport enlisted at Fort Griswold, Connecticut, in May, 1777, served as a private in Captain Elijah Blackman's Company, Colonel Henry Sherburne's Regiment, was in the battle on Rhode Island, and was discharged May 4, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 6, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-seven years and resided in Smithville, Chenango County, New York.

In 1820, Richard Davenport stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Catharine, aged fifty-nine years and two daughters, Eliza, aged sixteen and Mary, aged fourteen years. There are no further data in regard to wife or children and no names of any other children are stated.
The soldier died May 8, 1845, place not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Richard Davenport (S.43443), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Richard Davenport Certificate No. 11823 Issued June 11, 1818 Rate, $8.00 per month Commenced June 1, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
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Squire Davenport S.44138
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.44138, based upon the military service in that war of Squire Davenport or Devenport.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Squire Devenport are not shown.
Squire Devenport enlisted at New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, March 10, 1778, served as a private in Captain Gervase's Company, Colonel Ethan Swift's Connecticut Regiment, and after serving about three years, was transferred to Colonel Scamell's New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battles of White Plains, Red Bank (Fort Mifflin), in a skirmish at Dobbs Ferry and at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged December 10, 1781.
I left out captain's 1 st name Then the said Capt made Concourse but Conn. book shows he served in Capt Thomas Concourse Co. To Conn. book this sol. was mixed up on his dates. He said he was transferred in 1779, but was said not to use - but write it as I have done

Squire Devenport was allowed pension on his application executed April 5, 1820, at which time he was residing in Junius, Seneca County, New York, and gave his age as fifty-seven years. He signed Devenport, was borne on the pension rolls, Davenport.
In October, 1820, soldier stated that he was aged fifty-nine years, no explanation made for this discrepancy in age, and that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife and four sons, aged respectively twenty-four, fifteen, thirteen and ten years, the two oldest sons blind. He did not give the names of wife or sons. In 1831, he had moved to Hambleton, Geauga County, Ohio, to be near his children who had moved to that locality.
He died February 15, 1843, in Geauga County, Ohio. He was survived by his wife, Lucy, who died April 7, 1843. It was stated that she was his second wife, but there are no data in regard to her or to the marriage. It was stated that he left eight children. A daughter by his wife, Lucy, was referred to, also a blind son of his first marriage. No names of the children are given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Squire Davenport(S.44118), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Squire Davenport Certificate No.16729 Issued April 15, 1820 Rate,$8.00 per month Commenced April 12, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Ohio(Pittsburgh)Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nov 19-1938.
Veterans Administration
Washington.
Sir; will you please send me a copy of Squire Davenport's war record, he is my great grandfather and I would certainly appreciate it, also of any other Davenports you may have, Squire Jr. in the war of 1812.
Respectfully
J. H. Davenport
230 W 2 nd So
Salt Lake City
Utah.

44118
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44118
Sydney Davenport P.O. Box 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 8, Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1938 - July 22 - West to F.L. Paine. Letter in care of Richard Davenport (44118) 67 1939 Jan. 3. West to W. Davenport. L. copied.