Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35221, Joshua Davis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Davis, Joshua
S 35221
CONTENTS

5747. Meaine
Joshua Davis Capt Jenkins Private Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Meaine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Jan y 1819 and sent to Albion K d Paris Esq r Paris. Oxford County Meaine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 mo: \frac{28}{30} = 39.46 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar ch 1819 = 48. $ 87.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Not entitled to a pension under the law of the 1 st May 1820. Notification sent to Thos Clark Esq r . 11 July 1820 - Paris 1820

Date of death not on a B
Interment

Joshua Davis Private Brewers Mass Regt
14 June '78 — 9 months discharged March 16 '79.
Officer of the 1818 admitted
Joshua Davis

I Joshua Davis of Buckfield in the County of Oxford Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, upon an oath declare that I served in the War of the Revolution as a private Soldier for the term of nine months and upwards in the continental establishment - that I enlisted into said service at Gorham in the County of Cumberland and afterwards was attached to a Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Joseph Jenkins of Gorham, belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brown and the Brigade commanded by General Patterson - at Gorham in the County of Cumberland, where I served with said Company at White Plains where I was mustered, where I moved with said company in said service to various places and was finally discharged at West Point at the end of my said nine months service having served the whole through, in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight, and I do further testify that I am poor and do beseech the gratitude of my country for support. I further declare that I am at this
time a Citizen of the United States of America Witness my hand & seal - Joshua Davis We, Samuel Jenkins of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Massachusetts & Thomas Frost of Gray in the County of Cumberland in said State testify & say that we were in the continental service during the revolutionary war and were fellowsoldiers in the same company with the above named Joshua Davis and that

to our certain knowledge he served as above said the full term of nine months
Sam Jenkins
His Witness. A. R. Parrish
Thomas + Frank mark
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John [unclear]
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Joshua Davis the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of Samuel Jenkins and Thomas Frank fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence, which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Joshua Davis the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Joshua Davis
N o 5747-
22 Jany 1819
Not entitled
49 acres fland
Jenkins' co. Brewer's est.
en. 14 June 1778 - 9 mo. Dis. 16
March 1779
Not entitled

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 and by adjournment from before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. Joshua Davis aged sixty two years, resident in Bucksfield in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Josiah Jenkins in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5744 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Joshua Davis his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
forty nine acres of land, very poor - six acres of which is chiefly a ledge of rocks - one poor dwelling house destitute of chimney, on the ground 17 feet by 24 unfinished - one small barn unfinished - two cows - two two year old steers - one yearling - five sheep - four lambs - one calf - three articles of iron ware - brockery, earthen and wooden ware to the amount of one dollar fifty cents - one pine table - one axe - one shovel - one chest - six chairs - one spinning wheel - one gun & equipments -
Joshua Davis his mark

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Davis — who by occupation am a farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of  rheumatism and other infirmity —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Betsey wife of said Joshua — 47 incapable of supporting herself by reason of weakness and consumptive complaints —   Heman a son 9 — in health —   Betsey Davis — 14 unable to support herself by reason of partial blindness and weakness —  
his  Joshua Davis marks
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 one hundred  fifteen dollars and seventy five — cents. $115 75
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for said county of Oxford —

March 28, 1932
BA-J/MLB
Miss Agnes May Montrose 16 R Street, N. E., Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request of March 26, 1932, for the record of Joshua Davis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 35221 , based upon the military service of Joshua Davis in the Revolutionary War.
Joshua Davis enlisted in February, 1777, in Gorham, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine), as a private in Captain Josiah Jenkins' company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in March, 1778, or in March, 1780 (both dates appear in the claim).
It was also stated that Joshua Davis enlisted in January, 1813, and served as a private in Captain David Bryant's company of volunteers in Colonel Denny McCobb's regiment, until June or July, 1813, when he was discharged on account of rheumatism.
On account of his service in the Revolutionary War, he was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1813, at which time he was living in Buckfield, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he was still living in Buckfield, Massachusetts (Maine), aged sixty-two years, and referred to his wife, Betsey, aged forty-seven years, a daughter Betsey, aged fourteen years and to a son, Heman, aged nine years.
In 1823 reference was made to Sam Davis but no details were given nor was relationship to soldier stated.

The following children of Joshua Davis and his wife, Betsey or Betsey G., were living in 1858:
Betsey Davis Sally, wife of John N. Hodge Abigail, wife of Thomas Gann
Soldier died about 1848, in Canton, Oxford County, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

35 221
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 35,221
Joshua Davis Rev Rev Mas
Act: 15 March 18
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 27/44 Phil. Hist. Soc. Miss Ruth G. Rich. C 8 Midland St. Dorchester Mass. 1932-Mar. 28 Studied Miss Agnes May Montrose - D.L.B.

Maisie
Joshua Davis - Price
aged 65 yrs - a farmer unable to labour, in consequence of rheumatism.
= Daughter, aged 16 yrs. feeble constitution, & not able to support herself - Son, aged 12 - nearly 13 to support himself.
Served 9 months from 1778 -
1 st sched: (15 th June 1820, ) exhibit "49 acres of very poor land - a piece of which is a ledge of rocks. House & barn, unfinished. 2 cows 2 two yr old steers - 1 yearling & 5 sheep & 4 lambs - etc." whole amt of sched: $ 115.75. -
Off. 11 th July 1820 - application for restoration, as N o 2 nd sched. (21 st Aug t 1823). This last sched: exhibit only, 1 cow one yearling. 1 calf - 3 articles of iron ware - 12 articles of crockery ware - 2 of earthen ware, & a few other small articles - whole amt of sched: $ 10.00
March 179
sold his land to John Loring 9 th Jany 1821, for $ 300. which was paid by giving up to applicant a note held against him for newspaper furnished the family, & by paying sundry debts. An authenticated copy also, of notes to prove the above facts of the deed is within.
The 2 yr old steers sold in Feb y 1822 to Lucas Loring, money applied to pay a debt of $ 50, due to J. Davis.
1 yearling sold in March 1823 to J. M. Hodge, for $ 6. never expected to receive the money.
The cow, kept a lamb continued for the support of the family. See letter March 16. 1837 to Hon. A. K. Parris
A duly authenticated copy of the discharge of application from prison as an insolvent debtor, is within - It bears date 9 th Feb y 1821
Res d Feb y 27. 1824 for the Hon ble A. K. Parris
H. R.

KNOW all Men by these Presents,
THAT  Joshua Davis of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine Yeoman
in consideration of the sum of four hundred Dollars paid by John Loring of said Buckfield Esquire
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto him the said Loring and his heirs and assigns forever, a certain piece of land situated in said Buckfield being the north west end of lot number six in the first range and east division of lots in said town being one full half of said lot number six on the north west end and the same land whereon the said Davis now lives and the same land that he purchased of John Buck by his deed dated the eighth day of February A D 1798. duly recorded. the other half of said lot being now owned & occupied by Josiah Brien.
Original Deed of Joshua Davis to John Loring dated Feb 8th 1821 and recorded from the original for Samuel F. Brown Esquire
To have and to hold, the same, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Loring and his heirs and assigns, to their sole use and behoof forever. And I do hereby for myself  my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Loring & his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that have good right to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid: and that I and my heirs will warrant and defend the same to him the said Loring — his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful demands of all persons—
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF Samuel F. Brown - Nathan Conant.
Joshua Davis mark
Oxford ss. January 9th 1821.
Then the aforesaid Joshua Davis personally acknowledged the aforesaid instrument, to be his deed, before me Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace.

Oxford ss. Paris May 24. 1823 I hereby certify that the within is a true copy from Oxford Records from Book 10. Pages 271 & 272. P. M c Hanson Mellin Register of Deeds for Oxford County
Copy of a Deed. Joshua Davis to John Loring
State of Maine Oxford ss. I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Oxford, hereby certify that Hanson Mellin Esquire is, & was at the time of the date of the above certificate by him subscribed, Register of Deeds for the County of Oxford, having been elected & qual- ified agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State, & that he has this day acknowledged before me that the above is his signature. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of one of said Courts. Done at Paris in the State & County aforesaid this twenty second day of November A.D. eighteen hundred & twenty three. Rufus King Goodenow

John Davis
March 1819

State of Maine.
County of Oxford ss. Court of Common Pleas August Term 1823.
On this twenty first day of August 1823. personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Records for the County of Oxford, proceeding according to the course of the common law having the power of fine & imprisonment & jurisdiction unlimited in amount Joshua Davis, resident in the County of Oxford aged sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 10th March 1810 and the 1 st May 1820; that he, the said Davis enlisted for the term of three years in the month of February in the year 1777, in the state of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Josiah Jenkins, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until March 1780 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the state of New York; that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property -
And in pursuance of the act of the first May 1820, I do solemly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March 1810, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, 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 services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 10th day of March 1810; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contract or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
one bow, one swine, one calf, - three articles of iron ware - twelve articles of brockery ware, - two articles of earthen ware - one pine table - one axe - one chest - five old chairs - one spinning wheel - one gun and equipments -
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property -

   Property sold, viz. To whom sold. Time of sale Descriptions of payment     Thirty nine acres of poor land with dwelling house and barn thereon John Eoring January 9th 1821- Three hundred dollars, which was paid by my notes given up, held by Eoring against me, and necessaries supplied my family, and by sundry debts paid by him for me to other persons.   2 two year old steers and one cow Lucius Eoring February 1822 Rec d . payment by discharge of my debt to Sam Davis of fifty dollars -   one yearling John N. Hodge March 1823 six dollars which I have not yet received and do not expect to receive.  
The other charges in the articles included in said schedule are as follows, viz. one cow was exchanged for a beef cow, which was consumed in my family, five sheep and four lambs and one half have been consumed in the family for food -
My occupation has been that of a farmer: but of late years my ill health occasioned by rheumatic complaints has deprived me chiefly of ability to labour - My family consist of myself, my daughter Betsy aged sixteen of a feeble constitution and weak eye sight, and not able to support herself - and my son Heman aged twelve nearly able to support himself -
his Joshua Davis mark
Sworn to in open court this 21 st August 1823 -
Ezekiel Whitman Chf. Justice of said court.
I am satisfied the articles named in the foregoing schedule do not exceed in value the sum of thirty dollars -
Ezekiel Whitman -

State of Maine.
Oxford ss. I Rufus K. Goodenow clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Oxford, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records 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, does not exceed thirty dollars -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 13 th day of October A. D. 1823 -
Rufus K. Goodenow, Clerk.

I Lucius Loring of Bethfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, testify and say that sometime in the latter part of the year 1822. I purchased of Joshua Davis of said Bethfield a pair of steers for which I paid him as I now think the sum of fifty dollars which he received partly in credit towards a claim and that he owed my father John Loring of said Bethfield and partly in good out of my said father's store. In this purchase I acted as agent for my said father.
Lucius Loring
State of Maine - County of Oxford - May 29 th 1823 Then personally appeared Lucius Loring above named to me well known as a man of truth & duly deputed in the office to whom the foregoing affidavit was made and subscribed before me
Samuel H Brown Justice of the Peace
I John Loring of Bethfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine Esquire, testify and say that on the ninth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty one. I purchased of Joshua Davis of said Bethfield a certain piece of land situated in said town being one half of a lot and supposed to contain fifty acres for which I paid said Davis the sum of three hundred dollars and said Davis made and executed to me a deed of the same land - The manner of my paying for said land was by giving up to said Davis certain notes that I then held against him, by discharging him from a book account then due me from him and by paying sundry debts to other creditors of said Davis by his request and by some supplies then found for the use of said Davis family.
John Loring
State of Maine - County of Oxford June 12. 1823 To me well known as a man of truth & duly deputed in the office to whom the foregoing affidavit was made and subscribed before me
Samuel H Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus Kinggoodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken, is a reputable Justice of the Peace for said County, appointed & sworn agreeably to the constitution & Laws of this State & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the within is his signature! Given under my hand & the seal of one of said Courts this 22 day of November A.D. 1823.
Rufus Kinggoodenow.

1855
Dear born
Canton mills Stee
2 N. Spile
R. H. May

Canton April 27th 1855
Mr Hassler I have a neighbor that thinks they are entitled to some money from the government on account of their father being a revolutionary soldier the facts of the case are as follows the mans name was Joshua Davis he died about seven years since he was in the revolutionary war six or seven years it being at several enlistments when the first pension act was made he drew a pension and was cut of on account of a little property he had and then he was put on the pension list again and this space of time that he did not draw is what they think they are entitled to, because they say others have drawn the time amounts to five or six years, they employed one Knight they paid him $3,00 but he does not make any headway in the business and they wish me to write to you to see if you could do any thing for them
Yours &c B. Dearborn

Rev Pension for no debt can Joshua Pierce
Maine admitted
1832
Cole Joshua Davis Me. - b 18 m 1828 filed 5 May 1855. F. E. Hassler Ottumwa

Washington City D.C. May 5th 1855. Hon. Dr. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
I respectfully ask to be informed whether the heirs of Joshua Davis could under any law get anything for arrears of pension from the fact of said Joshua Davis not having received during his life all he was entitled to
Yours truly
F. C. Hassler
3

Examination Revolutionary Papers Joshua Davis
act 1818
Maine
filed 12 March 1832

Power of attorney
Know all men by these presents: That the the subscribers, heirs or loan of Joshua Davis lot of Conton, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the County of Oxford & State of Maine whose Constitution & appointed, & by these presents do constitute & appoint T. S. Hopley my true & lawful attorney, irrevocably for us & in our name to receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate & all such sums of money due us on account of arrears of pay, three months extra pay, fringe mileage, for horses & other property lost or destroyed in the Military service, expenses incurred, or money expended for organizing volunteer companies before being mustered into the service of the United States any money which may be due us by the United States on any account whatsoever, & generally to do all lawful acts & things whatsoever touching the premises I am attorney under him for the purpose aforesaid to make & at his pleasure to revoke hereby confirming all & whatsoever any said attorney shall in any wise lawfully do in or about the premises. In testimony whereof we have set our hands & seals this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1852 Sally Hodge
Attest
Alvarado Hildreth Justice of the Peace
Abigail Hodge his mark John Hodge his mark Thomas Hodge his mark

her the subscribers hereby certify that we have well acquainted with Deborah Davis & Betty C Davis his wife for more than twenty years before their death, that they during that time lived together as husband & wife, & were ever reputed as such & that they are both dead & that the undersigned Sally Hodge, Abigail Gorman & Betty Davis are their children & legal heirs, & that the undersigned Thomas Gannons and John M. Hodge are their husbands
Daniel Parsons
George Parsons
Moses
Benjamin Parsons
State of Maine
Coventry Feb. 24, 1802
Subscribed &
sworn to before me
Notary
Moses B. Bartlett
Public
Sally Hodge

Joshua Davis.
N o 5747-

The subscribers hereby certify that the family of Joshua Davis of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and state of Maine consists of himself his wife one son and one daughter Mr Davis is unable to do much labour on account of the Rheumatism with which he has for a number of years been much afflicted. His wife within a few years has been repeatedly so unwell for some months together as to be unable to attend to the concerns of her family and for six months past she has been so sick as to require the constant medical aid of one or the other of the subscribers Mr Davis has besides been at considerable expense for nurses and articles of foreign growth necessary for her comfort and support. Mrs Davis may continue some time but it is not likely she will ever recover her health. The son is a lad apparently nine years old of course can contribute nothing by his labour towards the support of the family. The Daughter is fifteen years old but has a defect in her sight and is otherwise so disordered as to be unable to support herself -
October 23 d 1820 -
Oxford J y Nov. 28 th 1820 personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above before me -
Luther Cury (Scratchers) of physick in Turner
W m Bridgham of Middlefield the above and Luther Cury certificate by him signed
Oxford J y February 3. 1821 Then the above named William Bridgham made oath to the truth of the above certificate as here subscribed before me Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace
Francis Cury Justice of the Peace
We the subscribers Selectmen of Buckfield certify that the above statement relative to the family of Joshua Davis is correct and that said Davis is in fact so reduced in his circumstances as to be a proper subject of public or private charity
November 24 th 1820
Enoch Hall Thomas Long David Garrison

I David Bryant of Buckfield in the county of Oxford (State of Maine), hereby certify that in the year 1813. I was commissioned a captain of a company of Volunteers in the service of the United States in which station I acted, being attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Denny McCobb - that Joshua Davis now of Buckfield aforesaid did enlist into my said company as a private soldier in the month of January of that year, and did duty in said company until the latter part of June or former part of July of that year when he failed in duty in consequence of the Rheumatism and was afterwards discharged for that reason as I understood, having left the army myself some weeks before him
David Bryant David Bryant
Oxford ss. August 16. 1820 Then the above named David Bryant made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed
before me Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I John Loring of Bethfield in the County of Oxford and state of Maine, Esq. do hereby certify that sometime in the month of December or January last I purchased of Joshua Davis of said Bethfield a piece of land situated in said Bethfield being the farm whereon said Davis has lived for several years past consisting of about thirty and acres being the only lands that I have known said Davis to possess for a long time and that I paid said Davis for the same by discharging him of a debt due me and by becoming accountable for and paying sundry other debts owing by him to other persons —
Bethfield Feby 20. 1821. John Loring
Attest Samuel D. Brown
Exfd. Feby 24. 1821. Then the above named John Loring made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me Samuel D. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Oxford, do hereby certify, that Francis Gary and Samuel D. Brown Esquires - before whom the annexed affidavits appear to have been made, are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, acting under the authority of this State, and that the annexed are their several signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one -
Thomas Clark

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I Joshua Davis do solemnly swear, before Almighty God, that I have not any estate, real or personal, in possession, reversion or remainder, sufficient to support myself in prison, or to pay prison charges, except the goods and chattels by law exempted from attachment and execution; and that I have not, since the commencement of this suit against me, or at any other time, directly or indirectly, sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed or disposed of, to, or entrusted any person or persons whomsoever, with all or any part of the estate, real or personal, whereof I have been the lawful owner or possessor, with any intent or design to secure the same, or to receive, or to expect any profit or advantage therefor; or have caused or suffered to be done, any thing else whatsoever, whereby any of my creditors may be defrauded. SO HELP ME GOD.
his Joshua X Davis mark
Seal Peaford ss.... To Elizabeth Griffiths the Keeper of the gaol at Purvis in said the County Greeting
WE the subscribers, two Justices of the Peace for the said county of Peaford and each of us of the Quorum, hereby certify, that Joshua Davis a poor prisoner, confined upon execution for debt, in the gaol at Purvis aforesaid, hath caused Janice D. Mansford the creditor, at whose suit he was so confined, to be notified according to law, of his the said Joshua Davis
desire of taking the benefit of the said act intitled An act for the relief of poor prisoners who are com- mitted by execution for debt that in our opinion the said Joshua Davis hath not any estate real or personal sufficient to support himself in prison except the goods and chattels by law exempted from attachment and execution, and that he hath not conveyed or concealed his estate with design to secure the same, to his own use, or to defraud his creditors and that we have after due examination to the said Joshua Davis and ministered to him the oath prescribed in an act intitled an Act in further addition to an Act intitled. An Act for the relief of poor prisoners who are committed by execution for debt —

Joshua Davis - col minister to him the oath prescribed in an act entitled an Act in further addition to an Act entitled An Act for the relief of poor prisoners who are committed by execution for debt -
Witness our hands and seals, this ninth day of February Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Thomas Clark
Alanson Mellen
A true copy Attest Thomas Crocker Prison keeper

State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County, hereby certify that Thomas Crocker, whose name is subscribed to the within, is keeper of the prison in & for said County of Oxford that he was duly appointed & qualified & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & that the within is his signature; That Thomas Clark & Alanson Mellen Esquires were severally Justices of the Peace & each of them of the Quorum, in & for said County at the time of the date of the within certificate, & were legally authorized to administer the oath, of which the within purports to be a copy.
In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix the seal of one of said Courts this ninth day of December A.D. 1823.
Rufus King Goodenow

4 5 Merland St., Dorchester, Mass.,
May 30, 1891.
Will you please inform me if the name of Joshua Davis of Maine, appears as a Revolutionary pensioner, on your books?
I think he must have enlisted at Canton, or Hartford.
(Miss) Ruth G. Rich.

6. 45 + 1/2

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Joshua Davis
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
State of Maine
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Canton, Oxford Co., Maine.
Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1845.
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received a pension.
Remarks:
I think he used to draw it semi-annually at Portland, Maine.
Your name and address:
(Miss) Ruth L. Rich, 8. Midland St., Dorchester, Mass.

W. and N. DIVISION.
F. S.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., June 7, 1894.
Respectfully returned to
Miss Ruth G. Rich,
8 Midland St.,
Dorchester, Mass.
For purposes of identification please fill up the enclosed slip as fully as possible and return it to this Bureau.
Wm Lochren
Commissioner.

#16-R- Qtr. N.E., Washington, D.C.
March 26, 1932.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me the Rev. war record of Joshua Daine, who served nearly thru the entire war and died in Canton, Me. about 1847. Am sorry I can give no other information concerning him as the records at Canton were burned.
Respectfully, (Miss) Agnes May Montrose.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joshua Davis , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1777 3 yrs Pri Josiah Jenkins Brewer Mass                                                   
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gorham Maine Date of application for pension, April 7, 1818 Residence at date of application, Rutfield Maine Age at date of application, 60 years
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Betsey was living aged 47, a son Herman aged 9 and a daughter Betsey aged 14 yrs.
Very respectfully,
Miss Ruth G Rich 8 Middle St Dorchester Mass.
Commissioner.