Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6964, Sampson Davis, N C

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Davis, Sampson Ruth
W. 6964
B.L. 17575-160-55
CONTENTS

South Carolina 30.594
Sampson Davis
of Bladen Co in the State of South Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ellis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Robinson in the North Carolina line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of April 1836 and sent Hon. J. J. McKay H of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $116.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 11 11.66 $128.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by McGadaw Clerk, Book E Vol. 672 Page 57

Sampton Davis
Declaration of ~
32.001

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Cumberland County. } September Term 1834
On this 5th day of September A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court the Court aforesaid now in Session Sampson Davis a resident of Bladen Bladen County and State aged twenty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following Officers and served as hereinafter stated [viz] He entered the service in the month of March 1777 in a company commanded by Captains William Ellis & William Handon as a Volunteer for six months and served out the full term, this company was attached to Col. Thomas Robinsons Regiment during this service he was marched from the Town of Bladen in this State to the Town of Wilmington where and at Grumpy Run in the neighborhood of Wilmington he was stationed till his term expired. He again entered the service in the month of October following in Bladen County under Capt. Wm Ellis and served three months. He entered as a Volunteer he was marched from Bladen County to Caswells Camps in the neighborhood of Wilmington where he was stationed until his term of service expired. He again entered the service as a Volunteer in Captain James Whites Company for three months but served one month only while in this service he was marched to the Pee Dee River Capt. Whites Company was attached to Col. James Lockardss Regiment.
The following answers were made to the Interrogatories presented by the War Department.
1st I was born 12th March 1755. in the County of Edgecombe North Carolina 2nd I have not. 3 I lived in Bladen County still continue to reside there 4 I volunteered 5th I know Genl. The Brown Col. Owen, Major Raiford & others

6 I do not recollect of receiving any discharge if I did I have lost it.
7 I would refer to Gov. and Sur. his Honor Esq. of Bladen & to Stephen Hollingsworth Esq. of Cumberland County
8 I have made my Declaration in this Court because it was more convenient to procure my testimony
Sworn to and subscribed his Sampson Davis in open Court Sept. Term 1834 Mark Arch d M c Lean Jr. Clk.
And the said Sampson Davis exhibited in Open Court the Affidavit of Stephen Hollingsworth Esq. in support of his claim for a Pension which was taken before Mrs. Abigail Ely one of the Justices of this Court.
I John Haire of Bladen County Certify that I am well acquainted with Sampson Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that I believe him to be seventy nine years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and I further certify that there is no Minister of the Gospel residing in my neighborhood
John Haire
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 4 th September 1834
Arch d M c Lean Jr. Clk.
And the said Court do certify & declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories presented by the Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states & they further certify that Stephen Hollingsworth Esq. & John Haire Esq.

Who Affidavit & Certificate in here enclosed & attached are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit
John Kelly J.P. (Seal) John Shaw J.P. (Seal) Lauchlan Smith J.P. (Seal)
I Archibald McLean Junr. Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County in the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of said Court in the matter of Application of Sampson David for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my Office and of the said Court, at Fayette- ville the 8 th day of September A.D. 1834 and in the 59 th year of American Independence
Archd. McLean Jr. Clerk

4024 Fayetteville North Carolina Ruth Davis widow of Sampson
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pirate . S. 6
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $3 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 12 th day of April 1853 and sent to
D. N. Brink Elizabethtown N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 34 Vol. A
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95483

State North Carolina. Bladen County.
On this 2 nd day of August 1853. personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of the County of Bladen and States aforesaid, Ruth Davis, a resident of the State of North Carolina and County of Bladen aged 70 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth now her death make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1853, that she is the widow of Sampson Davis a Revolutionary pensioner, who drew annually twenty three dollars and 33 cents. Said Sampson Davis being a resident of Bladen County in the State aforesaid, and received his pension at the agency in Fayetteville North Carolina. She further declares that she was married to the said Sampson Davis on the in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen; that her husband, the aforesaid Sampson Davis died on the 27 th day of Feb. 1840.; that she was married to him at the time above stated, She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before the said Court. Ruth Davis per

North Carolina } Bladen County }
I James I McRae Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Do hereby Certify that the within declar- ation was duly Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court by Ruth Davis the maker thereof, and I further Certify that the said Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof I herunto Set My hand and affix My seal of office at Elizabeth Town on the 3 rd day of August A D 1853
J. I. McRae

95483 act 3 March 55
April 29/55
Ruth Davis, widow
Sampson Davis
Pension of S. Carolina,
Private J. B. Militia
Revolutionary War
Ref 53-41024
Ad. 160 acres Feb 2/56
Dodge
M
Thos A. Norment Lumberton N.C.
Rev. T. A. Norment Dec 1/55
Vol. D. 8.

Ruth Davis widow of Sampson Davis -
Revolutionary War
Declaration for bounty land
95.483.
all bounty land
The Attorney agent Lum berton chb

State of North Carolina
Robeson County } On this 18 day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me Edmund W m Lucien an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County and State aforesaid Ruth Davis aged twenty three years a resident (now of the County of Robeson) in the state of North Carolina who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Sampson Davis deceased who was a private in the Revolu- tionary War, and is inscribed on the Pension list, at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853 - as the Pension list in your department will fully show, And as her original certificate from the Department of the Interior, dated the 12 th day of April AD 1854, will also fully appear,
She further declares that she is now a widow, and makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant whatever. That the evidence of marriage, and death of her said husband Sampson Davis, is already on file in your department.
Ruth her Davis Mark

We Richard W Taylor and Riley Sinclair residents of Robeson County in the State of North Carolina, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Ruth Davis and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,
Richard W. Taylor
Riley Sinclair
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim,
Edm. M c Queen J. D.

State of North Carolina } County of Robeson } I Shadrach Howell clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Edmund McQueen whose genuine signature is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, Given under my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of April AD 1855,
S. H. Howell Clerk " " " "

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6964
Ruth Davis
Wid.
Sampson Davis
Pr. Rest. War
Act: _____
Feb. 3/53
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A
Page _____
167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6964
Ruth Davis
Wid.
Sampson Davis
Pr. Rest. War
Act: _____
Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. _____
A
Page _____
167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6964
Ruth Davis
Wid.
Sampson Davis
Pr. Rest. War
Act: _____
Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. _____
A
Page _____
167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6964
Ruth Davis
Wid.
Sampson Davis
Prv. Rest. War
Act: _____
Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. _____
A
Page _____
167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—♦♦♦— Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6964
Ruth Davis Wid.
Sampson Davis Prv. Rest. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]