Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39406, Samuel Davis, N.C.

SERVICE
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Davis, Samuel
NUMBER
S 39406
CONTENTS

15. 798 R West Tennessee
Samuel Davis
born 65 th in the state of W. Tennessee. was a private in the regiment commanded by Genl Sumner of the N Carolina line, for the term of 2 1/2 years
scribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of October 1819
ertificate of Pension issued the 8 of Nov r 1819 and sent to John Heywood Vashville Tenn e
ears to 4th of Portion of mi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 3
4 27 / 31
$ 38.95
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued No 2. Tched

The representation of Samuel Davis a resident of the State of Tennessee Warren County To the Honorable the Secretary of War of the United States. Humbly shows. that in April in the year 1776. in the State of North Carolina in Bute County. he enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States. under Captain Jacob Turner. in the Third Regiment of North Carolinians in the continental establishment. commanded by Col. Jethro Sumner. that he continued in service in said company and under the same Captain until the battle of German-Farms. at which time Captain Turner was killed. he was then attached to the company of Captain Alexander Ballad. and remained in his company during the next winter at Valley Forge. and in the next spring was transferred to Captain Benjamin Williams company belonging to the 2 d N o Carolina Regiment. and continued there until October 1778. when he was discharged. by Col. Patton. having served two years & six months. he was in two engagements at Valenines Hill in the State of New York. he was not in the battle of German Farms in consequence of being

of being ordered as one of the guard to guard the baggage of Genl. Washington after he was discharged he served six months in the Militia of South Carolina during the Revolutionary war; after the peace he lived in North Carolina about fourteen years and then he lived in South Carolina about fifteen years since which time he has been in Tennessee State. He is aged about sixty two years. He represents that he is a very poor man and that he is not able to support himself by labor without much difficulty, and stands in need of the aid of his government by receiving a pension agreeable to the act of the Congress of the United States passed in 1818. He also represents that he has not in his possession his discharge, the same having been sent formerly to the office of the Secretary of State of South Carolina, & lost or mislaid by length of time so that he cannot now furnish the same. He has never received any pay or pension from the United States & relinquishes any which he may be entitled to under any other or former law than that passed in 1818. and prays to be placed on the pension list for the State of Tennessee agreeable

to said Act
Sam Davis
State of Tennessee
This 9 th day of October 1879. appeared Samuel Davis the before mentioned person before me John Haywood one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in said State & made oath to the facts before stated. I further certify that I believe the same to be true, and that from the evidence produced to me I am of opinion, that he is a poor man & stands in need of the aid of his government and that he was a soldier of the Revolution as is stated in his petition that the respondent William Douglass, is a man of truth.
Witness my hand this 9 Oct 1879 My word one of The Judge of The Supreme Court for the Relief of Impoverished
State of Tennessee
I Randal McGavock clerk of the Supreme Court of Errors and appeals do certify that the Double John Haywood before whom the above attestation was taken is one of the Judges of the said court. Now sitting in this State Private Seal (there being no other seal) given under my hand this 11. October 1879. R. M. Gavock

State of Tennessee. Set
William Douglass a citizen of the State of Tennessee Davidson county. maketh oath. that he is aged about seventy five years. that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he served in the First North Carolina Regiment. and now receives from the United States a pension under the late act of Congress. That he was well acquainted during the Revolutionary War with the within named Peterboro Samuel Davis. and knew him to belong to the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Turner. of the Third North Carolina Regiment. and that he served in said company from the Spring of 1776. until the battle of German Town when Capt. Turner was killed and knew him as a soldier after he was transferred to Capt. Reade Ballads company and until his discharge. I know that he served the time for which he enlisted. and that he was regularly and honorably discharged.
This deponent. was in the company of Capt. Charles Dixon until he was promoted then served in Capt. Bowmans company in which this deponent. served as orderly sergeant.
sworn to before J. H. Ferguson
Wm P Douglass mark
one of the judges of the Superior Courts in the State of Tennessee

State of Tennessee } Davidson county } Set.
On this eighteenth day of May in the year 1824, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee held in said county, Samuel Davis, resident in said county, aged sixty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to attain the provision made by the act of Congress, of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820. That he, the said Samuel Davis enlisted in the month of April 1776 in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Luther Sumner in the line of the State of North Carolina in the third regiment in the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until about two years & a half had elapsed after his enlistment, when he was discharged from the said service, in Frederickburg (or Fredericktown) 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 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for

me, any property, or securities, 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 horse, saddle & bridle worth $ 40: 00 One note of hand on E. Turner for sixteen dollars & fifty cents sent to J. Allen of Montgomery County, who is entitled out of it to $ 50.00 414: 00 One note on E. Davis, my son, which I do not expect to get, because he has gone out of the state, & I do not know where he is gone 49: 50 $103: 50
I am in an infirm state of body, and have been for many years, and cannot pursue any occupation whereby to gain a support. My infirmity is in some measure owing to a hurt on the back received by a fall from a horse. I have not had any certain place of abode for some time past, & have had to shift the best way I could in order to obtain a scanty support. I have had but one dollar since last November. All my family are separated from me, and are unable to afford me a decent sustenance, having to provide for themselves, and some of them for their families. I am now indebted according to the list of my present information in about the sum of sixty dollars. That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property. —
   Names of persons to whom sold Time of Sale. Amount of money, or description of property received in return. —     Robert Dickson of Dickson County, Tennessee Bartlet Stuart the locator of the warrant of Madison County Tennessee. — 1 st September 1821 sold to Dickson. Deed was made about a year afterwards. When a deed was also made to a Majr Lynn for the locator's part due Stuart. — Forty five acres given to Stuart as his charges for location. The balance of the land 183 3/4 acres, sold for $3 per acre, amounting to $549. in notes of hand, and in a horse & cart. —  
In a few days after I received the above amount

I paid R Harris in notes the sum of ————— $120:00 which I owed him. —
at another time paid same man ————— 14:50 1822, July 1 st P. D. Davis for board ————— 57:87 1/2 at different times to J. Rumble for board, about — 50:00 To B. Whitehead in part of 1822 & 1823 ————— 15:00 To W. Balthorp in part of 1823, for board &c ————— 20:00 To S. Turner in 1822 & 1823 for clothing &c ————— 12:25 To H. Larimore for improvement of land sold — 25:00 1823 in October & November paid for expenses arising from sickness ————— 43:50 Note given my son, which I do not expect to get 49:50 1822. Paid S. Allen for H. Moody for board ————— 10:00 To note sent S. Allen (mentioned above) ————— 14:00 $428:62 1/2
The balance of the price of the land has been in- handed by me, in small sums which have escaped my recollection. The deeds, which I made for the land, should by a law of this state, be registered in the county of Madison, where it lies; owing to the dis- tance at which I am from the persons to whom I sold, and from that county, I cannot without great trouble and expense, obtain an authenti- cated copies of them, & I would throw myself on my country's generosity to have that done, if it is considered essential to my being reinstated on the pension list. I came into this county on the fifth day of this month, & have ever since been residing with Mr. Josiah Johnson, in this county —————
Sworn to, and dilettant on the 18 th day of May 1824, before me Jacob McGavock Clerk of the Circuit Court held for the County of Davidson
Sworn to in open court Sam Davis May 18 th 1824 Jacob McGavock Clk
State of Tennessee Jacob McGavock Clerk of the Circuit Court for Davidson County in said State do hereby.

that the foregoing schedule and oath are truly copied from the records of said Court, and that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred and three dollars and fifty cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal at office in Nashville (there being no seal of office) this 24 th day of May 1824.
Jac. M c Garock
State of Tennessee p
I Thomas Stuart one of the judges of the Circuit Courts of Law & Equity for the State aforesaid, now presiding judge in Davidson Circuit Court, do certify that the foregoing attestation by Jacob M c Garock Clerk of Davidson Circuit Court in said State is in due form of Law. Given under my hand and seal at Nashville this 24 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1824.
Thos. Stuart.

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[Arrangement of 1870.]

lands and a horse & colt, the consideration mentioned in deed was $700, additional deposition of claimant exhibited date 13 th Nov 1824, wherein he states that through mistake he mentioned in his former schedule he gave a deed to Stuart - that Stuart & Dys- pecated the land, and directed him to make a deed to one Warham asley, to whom they had previously sold it, copy of deed exhibited, also states that he went twice to the Western district which cost him $18; and once to the State of Ala- bama expense $21. - That he paid money at different times, the particulars of which he cannot re- collect, In a letter filed herewith it is stated that the P. or S. Bous- ton from the district in which claim- ant resides, and is acquainted with his circumstances, Restored.
Claimant aged 67, infirm, See letter Nov. 16. 1826 to J. R. Wharton -
David Barrow Esq. Nashville, Tenn.
Rec d Dec r 27. 1824 Spitalacabon Com d 19. Nov 1824
  24 3.77   17 1.77   14 20.76   55 26.30 
West Tennessee.
Annual (Dairy) Private, leased 27 years from 1776.
Schedule dated 1 st Jan y 1821, Land Warrant for 228 acres, valued by court at $228. was $549.
Schedule under the Act of 1 st March 1823, dated 18 th May, 1824.
1 horse, saddle & bridle, $40. note of hand on E. Turner $14. do. on E. Davis, 49.50 notes $100. $163.50
Agreement made between claimant and Bartel Stuart by which he gave Stuart 45 acres of land for locating the 228 acres, contained in land warrant, 183 acres sold to Robert Dixon for $549, in note of hand amounting to $500 and a horse & colt for $49 as per Randolph & R. Harris's affidavit. Transferred a part of the notes amounting to $428, to his creditors in payment of debts, affidavits of a part of his creditors given, states that some of them at a distance from him is unable to get their affidavits. Affidavit of R. R. Harris exhibits stating that he drew the deed of con- veyance of land for claimant to Dis- on and that although Dickson was one of claimant's $3 per acre for the

Nottingham sent May 8 th 1822 To W. D. Darron Esq. Charlotte, Tennessee.
Att y General Spencer G. Smith D r Dec r 15 1822 at Charlotte. Ten

State of Tennessee Davidson County, ss.
On this twentieth day of November in the year 1824, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of Records for the fourth Judicial circuit of the State of Tennessee, Samuel Davis, resident in said county, aged sixty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following additional and supplemental declaration to the one heretofore made by him in this Honourable court, on the 18 th day of May 1824, made by him in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 15 th March 1818, and 1 st May 1820, in behalf of the Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers, and to be restored to the pension list under the act of first March 1823. - That in his former declaration he stated that the deed for the locators part of said land was made to Bartlett Stewart, but now, after having obtained a copy thereof, he is enabled to state that Stewart & Lynn located said land for him, and after it was done, they directed him to make a deed for the same to one Warham Easley, to whom they had previously sold it for the price therein mentioned, as this declarant supposed. He further states that, what he allowed the locators was the usual price for such services in that section of country. He also states that he has been enabled to obtain the affidavits of some of his creditors to whom he has made payments, which will be transmitted to the war department with this declaration,

but that it is altogether out of his power to obtain the affidavits of the others. He does not know, nor can he learn, where his son Samuel Davis is, and cannot in consequence thereof obtain his affidavit. He does not know, nor can he learn by the strictest enquiry, where (Nance) Larimer lives, though he may possibly be in the Western district of this state. Turner & Whitehead live in counties distant from this, and this declarant was unable to get their affidavits, not having it in his power to go to them, for want of money to bear his expenses, nor being able to get any friend to obtain the same. This declarant has, since filing his former declaration, recollected certain other items of expenditure not therein mentioned, to wit, one of eighteen dollars for two trips to the Western District about his land, and a trip to the State of Alabama which cost him about twenty one dollars. As in his former statement, he now states that he has paid away money, of which he cannot recall the recollection to his mind, but it was in all cases for his support and comfort, and he frequently remonstrated in order to obtain support on the best terms he could. This declarant will also transmit to the War Office an authenticated copy of his deed to Robert Dickson, by which it will appear that the consideration is stated to be seven hundred dollars, but the declarant states that he never received for said land more than what is mentioned in his former declaration, and it will appear from said Dickson's affidavit that he estimated the price

too high by valuing the horses at $150, when the affidavit of Randolph W Harris is taken into view, and this affiant now thinks that the reason the seven hundred dollars was inserted as the consideration of said deed was that said Dickson might sell the same again to greater advantage to himself. This declarant has been residing in this county since his former declaration. A short time afterwards he went to line with Mr Samuel Wharton of this county, and he has been with him ever since, say from the 22 nd day of June last, and he will tend to pay him therefor whenever he can obtain any thing to pay with.
Sam d Davis
Sworn to, and declared on the 16 th day of November in the year 1824, before me Jacob W Gavock clerk of the Circuit Court held for the county of Davidson Jac W Gavock Clerk
State of Tennessee
I Jacob W Gavock Clerk of the Circuit Court for Davidson County County in said State, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the supplemental declaration of Samuel Davis as the same stands recorded in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal at office in Nashville (there being no seal of office yet provided) the 17 th day of November A D 1824 Jac W Gavock

State of Tennessee Davidson County } S ss
I, Thomas Stuart, Judge of the circuit court for the county of Davidson in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jacob McGavock, whose certificate is annexed to the foregoing declaration of Samuel Davis, is clerk of said court. That his attestation is in due form of law and that due faith and credit is and should be given to all his official acts as clerk. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 17 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1824.
Thos. Stuart

State of Tennessee Dickson County 3, Jct.
On this first day of January 1821 personally appeared in Open Court, being a court of record for the said County Samuel Davis aged sixty four years resident in the said County of Dickson & State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows; That he enlisted as a private in the month of April 1776 in the Third Regiment of the North Carolina line in the Company of Capt Jacob Turner and that he served two years and a half; That he has received a pension & that the number of his Pension Certificate is 15,798.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th 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 to wit:
One Land Warrant of 228 acres
Indebted justly seventy  fifty four dollars.
That my occupation heretofore was farming, but I am now so disabled from age & infirmity as to be totally unable to pursue that occupa- -tion and that I have no family residing with me.
Sam Davis
Sworn to and declared on the 1 st day of January 1821.
before Sterling Brewer H
John Johnston H
Watson Vestal H

my Land warrant I obtaind after proving my Service for which location I was com- -peld to give ————— 45 acres To another for a hors — \frac{40}{85} leaving a Ballance to my Self of 134 acres which I was Compfd to sell at $3, pr acre in consequence of Being struck of the pension List I think after I pay all my Just debts & get me some clothing the Ballance will be 200 dollars — — I have never dress But 37 dollars
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✓ Oct 25
Sam Davis Tenn. 1878
J. L. Bennett Esq. Comm'r of Pensions Washington City
Free

Jacob Turner Capt. 3 rd Reg t N. Carolina
War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18 th March 1818,
Samuel Davis, late a private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list Roll of the West Tennessee agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Reinstated by letter, from J. L. Edwards dated the 27 th December 1824, To take effect on the 17 th of November 1824 —
Paid the 4 th March 1825.
The above is a copy of the certificate of Sam t . Davis together with the endorsements thereon — He states that he rec d . only one payment on the foregoing certificate before he was stricken from the pension list — He was reinstated ac- cording to the above endorsement — He says that some person informed the war department that he (Davis) was worth $1200 — which was the cause of his being stricken from the roll — Said Davis states that he was not at that time worth $1200 — & he has never since been worth that sum — He now wishes to know whether if he shall make that appear, he will be entitled to receive arrears till the time when he was reinstated, & also how he will proceed if such be the fact. —
W m . Davis is an old man, much in need of the arrears of pension he claims — His present $96, scarcely enables him to live — He is a man of good character, which he can prove at any time, as well as the facts above stated — Your early attention to this matter will oblige you
Yr Most Ob t . Serv t . J. R. Wharton.
To J. L. Edwards Comm r . of pensions }

Robert Dickson of } affidavit } use
Samuel Davis
Clerk paid 11 80 3/4 Paid

November 1 st 1824
I do hereby Certify that in the year 1821 I Purchased 483 Acres of Land of Vannub Davis for which I was to give him $500 in Cash Notes And two Horses When I Presented the Notes He Refused Taking Tho' Simmons Note for between $30 And $40 Which Amt. I paid him Cash in hand the Horses Was at least Worth $150 Cash in hand
Given under my hand the day & Date above written
Robert Dickson
Sworn to & subscribed to be fore me Duncan McTear J.P.

State of Tennessee Madison County ss Do wit
I Roderick McIver Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Duncan McIver before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is now and was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified ac- cording to law as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well within the State as without. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office done at office this 4th November 1824 R M McIver Clk
State of Tennessee Madison County ss Do wit
I Jordan Haralson Chairman of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Roderick McIver whose certificate and seal of office are attached to the foregoing affidavit is now and was at the time of attaching the same Clerk of our said Court and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well within the State as without. Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of November 1824 J Haralson Ch Seal

March 1820
General Daniel
THE
rec'd June 22
Hon: John Marshall Secretary of War Washington
March 1820
Mr. [unclear]

Nashville May 24 th 1824.
Hon: John C. Calhoun Secretary of War,
Sir,
I enclose you the declaration of Samuel Davis, of Davidson County, made for the purpose of being restored to the Pension list, in pursuance of the act of 1 st March 1823. It appears from his certificate, which is dated 8 th November 1819, that he was placed on the pension list to receive pay from the 9 th day of October in the same year. His written notification, that his name was stricken from the list of Pensioners on account of the amount of his property, is dated 5 th May 1821. His declaration contains a full statement of the present amount and description of his property, and the changes which have been effected in it since his former application to the War-office. He states that the only that he received what was due him from 9 th October 1819 to 4 th March 1820, and wishes to be informed if he is not entitled to receive the amount allowed a pensioner for the time which elapsed

since that payment up to the time of his ratification. If he is entitled to any thing for that time, it is his wish that the agent at this place shall be directed to pay it to him on the production of his former certificate. It is the request of Mr Davis, if he is reinstated on the pension list, that his papers be forwarded to me at this place. The representation in Congress from this district of Tennessee is well acquainted with me, and can com- municate to the War Department, that the trust will be faithfully executed.
Respectfully, your obedt Servt
David Barrow

Nashville 17 th November 1824.
Dear Sir,
Sometime since I had the honor to receive your letter of the 12 th August last, on the subject of Mr Samuel Davis' application to be restored to the pension list. I herewith enclose to you an additional and supplemental declaration of Mr Davis, together with the deeds referred to in his former declaration, and also the affidavits of some of his creditors, whose names are therein mentioned. It will be seen by the affidavits and by his statement, that he has been unable to obtain those of all of his creditors, and that he has used all the exertions, which a man in his situation and circumstances in life could use. His utter want of money or property, his infirm state of body, and age, render it impossible that he should do what a man placed in a different situation might do. I presume that the rules of the War Department on this subject are only established to guard against imposition, and will be made to yield to cases which are just and fair, when it is shown that a pensioner has used his utmost exertions to comply strictly with those rules, but cannot do so. Mr Davis obtained some of the affidavits himself, and procured the others by the assistance of other persons as ignorant as himself and in consequence of this, some of them appear to

want that fullness and precision which they otherwise might have; which, for the reasons above stated, I hope will be no substantial objection to them. Mr Davis says that this will be his last application, and if, he does not now succeed, he will be reduced to the necessity of placing himself upon the poor list of this county, and depending upon that, and the charity of the public for his support. The government should, therefore, if possible restore him to those just claims which he has upon it. Genl. Samuel Houston, the Representative in Congress from this district, is acquainted with Mr Davis and he can give, I presume, any information with regard to his situation and real wants, which may be deemed necessary. Mr Davis requests an answer to this communication as soon as possible, that he may know on what he has to depend.
I am, Sir, your most obed t humble serv t , David Barrow J. L. Edwards Esq r Pension Agent Washington City.

State of Tennessee { This day came Saml J. Allen before Dickson County { me Joseph Wilson one of the Justices In & for sd county & maketh oath that Saml Davis paid him sd Allen ten dollars for H Moody in part for Board at his sd Moody's fathers in 1819 & 6 June 1822
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th of Oct. 1824
Saml J. Allen
Test
J. Wilson J.P.
State of Tennessee { This day came Randolph R Harris Dickson County { Before me Joseph Wilson one of the Justices of the peace in & for sd county & maketh oath that he sd Harris was present when Saml Davis & Robert Dickson contracted for 183 acres of land at three dollars p acre which make 529 dollars a horse & cobb given for the 49 dollars & improvements as well as I recd about the first Sept 1821 altho he wrote the deed for seven hundred Sworn & subscribed before me this 7th of Oct. 1824
Randolph R. Harris
Test
J. Wilson J.P.
State of Tennessee { This day came William W. Balthrop Dickson County { before me Benjamin Thurdivant one of the Justices of the peace in & for sd county and maketh oath that Samuel Davis paid him the said Balthrop in the year one thousand eight hundred - & twenty three about twenty dollars for board and some corn & oats
W. W. Balthrop
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th day of September
1824
Test
Benjamin Thurdivant J.P.

State of Tennessee } This day came Randolph Dickson County } R Harris before me Joseph Wilson one of the Justices of the peace in & for said county & maketh oath that Samuel Davis paid him the sd. Harris in the month of Sept. 1821 One Hundred & Twenty Dollars in notes, some time afterwards perhaps one month paid him the sd. Harris fourteen Dollars & fifty cents more Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27 th of Sept. 1824
Randolph R. Harris
See
J. Wilson J.P.

State of Tennessee } Field Farrar clerk of Dickson County } the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County certify that Benjamin Studi- -vant and Joseph Wilson Esqrs. whose names appear to be signed officially to the annexed affidavits in and was at the time of signing them names thereto officially two of the acting Justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that all by all faith and credit is and ought to be all acted to their official acts as such
In as to money whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9th day of October 1834
Field Farrar clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Dickson State of Tennessee

of Tennessee } This day Joseph Kimbell Dickson County } ally appeared before me & maketh oath that there has been various dealings between Him and Samuel Davis and that he has received some pay of him within two years past but cannot tell exactly the sum but thinks it was as much as Fifty Dollars in the whole and the said Joseph Kimbell further states that Samuel Davis sent by Messrs John Nettles to the register of Madison County for a copy of two deeds one from S d Davis to Robert Dickson the other from the same to Joseph Lynn which dud to said Lynn said Nettles said was not to be found on record S d Kimbell further states that he has seen the articles of agreement between Samuel Davis and Stewart & Lynn copartners in Locating Lands in which agreement S d Samuel Davis bound himself to give Forty Five acres of Land to them for Locating a Two Hundred & then by Eight Acre Warrant
Joseph Kimbell
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of September 1824
Benjamin Shurdenant D r

Samuel Davis of West Tennessee
15798
March 1820
File in Orr Iowa
File # 39406
S Davis
not entitled
Property amounts to upwards of $200

em Edwards for reconsideration Rec. 23 May 182
Joe Monahan Esq Sec. of War Washington

Dickson County May 4. 1822
Sir,
I received a letter from J L Edwards of date May 5 th 1821 informing me that my name had been stricken from the list of pension agents by your order, in consequence of my conduct of the amount of property owned by me.
The object of this letter is to beg the favor of you to reinstate me as a pensioner. The inclosed paper will show what I am now worth. I fear that unless I am aided by government, that I will in a few years, have nothing to support on, being old and unable to labour in consequence of an injury received by a fall from a horse forty years ago.
I am one of the few that fought for the Independence we now enjoy that still lives; and if placed on the pension roll, I cannot expect, but that by the ordinary course of nature, I shall soon be stricken from it, and that therefore I shall

not be a great charge to the government.
I submit the matter entirely to your discretion.
I am with sincere
respect yours MOORE
Sir
Sam L. Davis
If you will have the goodness to write some direct to Charlotte Dickson Correspondence

A copy Samuel Davis To 3 Deed Warham Easley
Clerks fees 80 cts Regs 81 1/4 paid

This Indenture made this the 25 th of September 1822 between Samuel Davis of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee of the one part and Warham Easley of the County of Madison and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Davis on his part for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred Fifty Dollars to him in hand paid by the said Easley the receipt is hereby acknowledged hath given granted, bargained sold aliened conveyed and confirmed unto the said Warham Easley his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being in Mad- ison County and State aforesaid in the 9 th District 9 th Section and 2 nd Range. bounded as follows to wit, Beginning at a Stake and white oak it being the beginning corner of a tract of two hundred and twenty eight acres granted to him the said Samuel Davis by Number 16941 Running thence South with the west boundary line of sd tract thirty nine and three fourth poles to a Stake there East one hundred eighty two and one half poles to a Stake on the East boundary line of sd tract thence North thirty nine and three fourth poles to the North East corner of sd tract to a hickory and black oak thence west with sd line to the beginning. Containing by estimation forty five acres be the same more or less to have and to hold the above described land and bargained premises and to the said Warham Easley his heirs and assigns to their only proper use benefit and behoof and the said Samuel Davis for himself his heirs, executors, and administrators doth covenant and agree to and with the said

Warham Easley his heirs and assigns to quit claim and forever release all his right title claim and interest to and in the same or any wise thereunto appertaining - and the said Samuel Davis doth further agree to warrant and defend against the claim or claims of all persons whatsoever lawfully claiming in testimony whereof the said Samuel Davis hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and date first above written Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Joseph Linn Robert Dickson
Samuel Davis Seal
State of Tennessee } December Term 1823 Madison County }
Then the foregoing Deed of conveyance from Samuel Davis to Warham Easley was produced in open court and the Execution thereof duly proven by the oath of Robert Dickson the probate of Joseph Linn being heretofore taken and ordered to be certified for Registration
Test R. M. Iven, Clerk
Registered 16 th March 1824 A copy
State of Tennessee } Register's office Madison County }
I John T. Porter Register for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy taken from the Records of My office Book 3 d and page 190 & 191 November 4 th 1824
Test John T. Porter Regr By John T. Bryan I Re

State of Tennessee ss To wit, Madison County ss
I Roderick M. Ever Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that John T. Porter whose Certificate to the foregoing copy of Record is thereunto attached is now and was at the time of causing the same to be done Register of our said County and that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such as well within the State as without
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court done at office the day of November 1824
R. M. Ever Clerk Madison County Court
State of Tennessee ss To wit Madison County ss
I Duncan Haralson Chairman of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify that Roderick M. Ever whose Certificate and seal of office are attached to the foregoing Record is now and was at the time of attaching the same Clerk of our said Court and that his Certificate is in due form of Law. full faith and credit is and should be given to all his attestations as such as well within the State as without. Given under my hand as seal this day of November 1824
D. Haralson Chairman

Copy Samuel Davis To 3 Dec Robert Dickson
Elizabethton 80 Paid

This Indenture made this 25 th of September 1822 Between Samuel Davis of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee of the one part and Robert Dickson of the County of Madison and State afore- said of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Davis on his part for and in consideration of seven Hundred Dollars to him in hand paid by the said Dickson the receipt is hereby acknow- ledged hath Granted, bargained, sold, aliened, convey- ed and confirmed unto the said Robert Dickson his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in Madison County and State aforesaid in the 9 th District 9 th Section and 2 nd Range. Bounded as follows (To wit) Beginning at a Stake and Ironwood Thirty nine and Three fourth poles South of the Beginning corner of a tract of two hundred and Twenty eight acres Granted to him the said Davis by No 16941 Running South one hundred and Sixty poles, and one fourth to a Beech and white oak Thence East one hundred and Eighty two and one half poles to two white oaks Thence North one hundred and sixty and one fourth poles to a Stake Thence west to the Beginning containing by estimation one hundred and eighty three acres be the same more or less. To have and to hold the above described Land and bargained premises to the said Robert Dickson his heirs and assigns to their only proper use and benefit and behoof and the said Samuel Davis for him- self his heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and agree to and with the said Robert Dickson his heirs and assigns to quiet claim of forever release all his right title claim and interest to and in the same or in any wise

therunto appertaining and the said Davis doth further agree to warrant and defend against the claim or claims of all persons whatsoever lawfully claiming -
In testimony whereof the said Samuel Davis hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and date first above written In the presents of
Test Joseph Linn Warham Eastly
Samuel Davis Seal
State of Tennessee } June 10th 1823 Madison County } 3
The within Deed of Bargain and sale from Samuel Davis to Robert Dickson for one hundred and eighty three acres of Land and the Execution thereof duly proven by the oath of Warham Eastly and Joseph Linn subscribing witnesses there to be the act and Deed of the said Samuel Davis and ordered to be certified
Test Frederick R. McIver Clk
Registered 13 th December 1823
A copy
State of Tennessee } Register's Office Madison County } 3
I John T. Porter Register for said County do hereby certify that the above is a true copy taken from the records of my office - Book A. page 161 & 162.
November 4 th 1824 Test John T. Porter Reg By M c Intosh Bryan D.R.

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I Roderick M c Iver clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for said county do hereby certify that John J Porter whose certificate to the foregoing copy of Record is thereunto attached is now and was at the time of causing the same to be done Register of our said County and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court done at office 4 th day of Nov r . 1824 R M c Iver Clerk Madison County Court
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I Leonidas Haralson Chairman of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Roderick M c Iver whose Certificate and Seal and Seal of office are attached to the foregoing is now and was at the time of attaching the same Clerk of our said court and that his certificate is in due form of Law full faith and credit is and should be given to all his attestations as such as well with the State as without Given under my hand and seal this day of November 1824
L Haralson

State of Tennessee Davidson County } This day Edm Jones of Rutherford County, came before me & after being duly sworn, on the Holy Evangelist, deponeth & saith that he was acquainted with the Bearn Sam Davis, in the years 1792, 1793, & 1794 & lived a neighbor to him & purchased part of his Land, in Warren County State of North Carolina, about six or seven Miles from the residence of Capt Jacob Turner who, Report says belonged to General Nash's Brigade & was killed at the Battle of Germantown. & then often heard said Davis talk of his Enlisting with said Turner & talk with others about his being with him, until his Death & afterwards, the said Davis has since my Removal to this State, came to my House & reported himself, poor & Afflicted & solicited some Charitable aid from an Old Friend & have no doubt, from him

some Testimony to the that he is extremely poor & afflicted.
Sworn before me this 5th day of Feb y 1819 O. Olden in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. H. Hays Clerk

State of Tennessee Davidson County October the 12 th 1819 -
This day Howell Tatum appeared before me John Haywood one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Errors & Appeals & made Oath That he never knew Samuel Davis personally but is convinced from a particular examination of s d Davis, as to his marks & many other circumstances that took place with the continental of North Carolina between the month of May or June in 1776 & October in 1778 while he s d Tatum was with said line - that he said Davis was with the army as a soldier during that period & was dischar- ged with others of the 2 nd Regiment near Fredericksburgh in the state of New York - - I give this oath not -
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from before me - the Aff d 7 Octbr 1819 J. Haywood - med of the

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State of Tennessee } Dickson County } Jct
On this first day of January 1821 personally appear- -ed in open court it being a court of record for the said County Samuel Davis aged sixty four years re- -sident in said County of Dickson & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolution- -ary War as follows: That he enlisted as a private in the month of April 1776 in the Company of Capt Jacob Turner of the Third Regiment of the North Caro- -lina line, & that he served two years and a half; that he has received a pension & that the number of his pension certificate is 15798.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citi- -zen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my pro- -perty 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person for me in trust 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 one subscribed to wit,
1 Land Warrant of 228 acres
I am justly indebted $54.
That my occupation heretofore was farming, but that I am now so disabled from age and infirmity as to be totally unable to pursue that occupation, and that I have no family residing with me.
Samuel Davis
Sworn to and declared on the 4 th day of January 1821. before.
J. Brewer J. p. Jno. Johnson J. p. N. Nesbitt J. p.
State of Tennessee } Dickson County } I Field Farrar Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule (after deducting fifty four dollars) is one hundred & seventy four Dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 2 nd day of January 1821.
Field Farrar Clerk of the Court for Dickson County. Ten

Suspended.
See letter of the 12 August  July 1824, to David Barron, Esq.