Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 597-500, William Davies, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa.
Davies William.
B.L.W. 597-500- Col.
Issued May 7, 1797.
No papers.
CONTENTS

December 8, 1937
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Mrs. William McKoy Bellamy 203 North 15th Street Wilmington, North Carolina
WILLIAM DAVIES B.L. Wt. 597-500 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 27, in which you request the record of Colonel William Davies of Virginia who, you state, served from 1775 to the close of the Revolutionary War as Captain, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the First Virginia Regiment, and you desire to know the place of his birth, and names of his parents, wife and children.
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 597, for five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued May 7, 1797, on account of the services of William Davies, Colonel in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
This office has no record of statements made in the application for bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800 and is therefore unable to furnish the date and place of birth, names of parents, wife or children of Colonel William Davies, nor the date and place of death.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to above, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

   ROUTED TO-  DATE      H. V. RUSSELL  NOV 22 1937    .....  .....    .....  .....    .....  .....   
203 N. 15th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, Nov. 20, 1937.
Department of Archives, ( Revolutionary Records ) Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs:
Will you please give me all facts you have of one
Ensign William Brown , born about 1724, Salisbury, Mass. He had a daughter born in Salisbury, 1767. He lived at one time in Newberry, and Newberrypore, Mass. (Spelled, also, Newbury, Newburyport). Want to know where he died.
If these statements do not tally with your records, please give me the birth and death records of any William Brown, from these places, who was an ensign or lieutenant, in the Revolution.
Cordially yours,
(Mrs. William McKoy Bellamy).
Anne H. S. Bellamy
P.S.
Also, give me all the facts the famous Col. Davies, of Virginia , during the Revolution.

4438 Greenwood Ave Chicago Ill Jan-8-1927
Chief of Records & Pension Office War Dept. Washington D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to request that I be advised of the military record of the the following named persons who were my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War.
✓ William Davies: Lieut.-Col. 10th Virginia Volunteers
Richard Kennon: Lieutenant Virginia Volunteers
Isaac Barr: Lieutenant Leis' Regiment Virginia Cavalry

I will be greatly obliged if you will give me specific information as possible regarding dates of service and name of troop, as I desire to make application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Truly yours Beverly Githens

Davis and Davis Attorneys at Law Gainesville, Texas
October 13th, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
In the Revolutionary service of Virginia, there was a William Davis from the Isle of Wright County. He was first Captain but was afterwards Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th. Virginia Regiment and was then Colonel of the 14th Virginia. The Revolutionary records of Richmond Virginia show that the heirs of this William Davis were entitled to a bounty for his three years' service as Colonel. It has occured to me that the records may show that this bounty was paid to his heirs and in that way the names of his heirs may be ascertained. Please let me know what your records show in regard to the matter.
If your records contain nothing in reference to the payment of the claim of this bounty, please let me know where the records can probably be found. I had an ancestor of the name of William Davis, who was an officer in the Revolutionary Service, is my reason for making the inquiry, but I am not hunting up any claim against the Government, understand.
Yours truly,
W. Davis

203 N.15th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, Nov.27, 1937.
Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D.C. My dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the following data:
2y va only officer ✓ I. Where was Col. William Davies , of Virginia, born?
This Col. Davies was Captain of Ist. Va. Regiment, 30 Sept., 1775; Lt. Col. 14th Va. Regiment, 1778; Col. of Ist. Va. Regiment, 12th Feb. 1781, and served to close of the Rev.
I want to know where he was born , where he died , names of parents and children , and wife .
Thanking you, Cordially yours,
(Mrs. William McKoy Bellamy).
Anne H. S. Bellamy

December 8, 1937
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BA-J/MCS
Wm. Davies, B.L.Wt. 597-500
Mrs. William McKoy Bellamy 203 N. 15th Street Wilmington, North Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter addressed to the Department of Archives, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ensign or Lieutenant William Brown of Massachusetts and Colonel Davies of Virginia. Your letter was referred to the Veterans Administration, the custodian of Revolutionary War pension records, for reply.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States and based upon the military service of soldiers in this war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a William Brown who enlisted from Massachusetts and served as ensign or lieutenant.
You are furnished herewith, the record of Colonel William Davies of Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

February 24, 1927
Beverley Githens 4438 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 597 for five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued May 7, 1797 on account of the services of Colonel William Davies of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further data as to his services, and no data as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
October 17, 1914.
Mr. W. O. Davis; Gainesville, Texas.
Sir:-
In response to your letter of the thirteenth instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land filed on account of the services of William Davis, described by you, but said records show that Warrant No. 597 for five hundred acres, was issued May 7, 1797, on account of the services of William Davies, a Colonel, Virginia troops, Revolutionary War.
The claim is not on file in this Bureau, the papers in many bounty land claims granted prior to 1814, having been destroyed when the British burned the War Office.
In order to ascertain whether said bounty land was ever patented and located, and for other information relative thereto you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., giving the following data: Bounty Land Warrant No. 597, for five hundred acres, Revolutionary War, issued May 7, 1797, William Davies."
For information in regard to a bounty land warrant that

may have been issued by the State of Virginia, you should address the Secretary of that State.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Lienan.
Acting Commissioner.