Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,919, Phillip Davis, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Davis, Phillip Hannah
W. 22.919 B.L.W.E. 11189-160-5-5-
CONTENTS
872

Maine - 3739.
Philip Davis
of Fayette in the State of Maine who was a private of in the Artillery Comp y commanded by Captain Burbank of the Reg t commanded by Col Crane in the Mass: troops line for 11 months & private of Infantry 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 89. Dollars 16. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of Dec r 1832 and sent to Robert C. Vose - Augusta Me.
Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832. $133. 74. Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4. March, 33- 44. 58.
$178. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Francis T. Francioni Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 54.

Philip Davis Private - Mass. troops Fernald's Co. Phoenix Regt. 1 year Watkins " Brewster. " 3 years Burbank " Crane " 3 years.
admit
3 years private
188 11 th Artillery } private 3 years Infantry } $89.16
R. C. Vose. Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this nineteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Phillip Davis a resident of Haydelle in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Truold and served in Col. Phinney's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Truold's company. Phinney's regiment he enlisted as a private in which company and regiment for one year - and that he served out this period and was at the end of the year discharged at Fredericksburg . That in January 1777 he again enlisted as a private for three years in Capt Dunnell's company and Col Brown's regiment of the Massachusetts line served out the period, and at the end thereof was discharged at West Point . That in January or February 1782 he again enlisted for three years as a private in Capt Burnham's company and Col Crane's regiment of artillery of the Massachusetts line. That he served until July 1783 and was honorably discharged at West Point .
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6064 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. now being made a schedule That at that time he resided in Haydelle in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and now resides in that town .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Phillip his Davis mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before Nathan Weston Jun Just S. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Philip Davis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 19 th day of July
A. D. 183 2.
J. A. Chandler Clerk

11319 Thomas Davis Maw of Philip Mr
Act 7 July 1838 & Amer Resolution of 23 July 1845 In force 1794 Died 9 August 1840 Admitted 11 mos pro. Artillery 3 years Infantry $ 89.16
Also 3 March '43 & 17 June '44
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." And an Act to Amend the same approved August 23. 1842
STATE OF MAINE.
County, ss.
On this thirteenth day of March A. D., 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Kennebec, in open court, it being a court of record  Hannah Davis
a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of And an Act to amend the same approved August 23. 1842. That she is the widow of Philip Davis, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of eighty nine dollars and sixteen cents per annum, that it was paid to him up to March 4. 1840 at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine, that from the said March 4. 1840 to the 9th day of August 1840 the pension was paid to her as his widow, she refers to a declaration made by him of his service in the War of the Revolution on which his pension was allowed, in support of her claim
She further declares, that she was married to the said Philip Davis on the not as collected day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five; that her husband, the aforesaid Philip Davis died on the ninth day of August 1840, at Fayette in Kennebec County, Maine ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that her maiden name was Hannah Hiller that she was married to the said Philip Davis in the town of Exeter New Hampshire by Rev. Mr. Mansfield and that she has remained unmarried even since his death.
Hannah Davis
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
Williams Enmore Judge of the Court of Probate in for the County of Kennebec.

STATE OF MAINE.
Winnipeg 88.
I the subscriber Registrar of Probate for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. William Evans before whom the proceedings were had, is the Judge of Probate Court for said County of Winnipeg I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Hannah Davis for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Seventeenth day of September A. D., 1844.
Francis Davis

Town Clerk's Office Acton S.H. Oct. 13. th 1845
I hereby certify that the marriage of Phillip Davis and Hannah Hilton is not recorded in the records of this town Joseph T. Porter Town Clerk
Rockingham S. October 13. th 1845 Personally ap- peared the above named Joseph T. Porter and made oath that the above certifi- cate by him subscribed is in his belief true
Before me J. B. Coitt Justice of Peace

Reported
1820.
Name
Hannah Davis. widow of Philip Davis. Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri. Infy Hartshill
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 89 Dollars 16
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of August 1848 and sent to
G. W. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page
9 Vol. 1.

ack 3/83 9/14/22 Cpl 23/00
Hannah Davis, W. of Philip Davis, dec.
now Private Reel War 1891 Col Brewer Trap Line
Pensioner Me Ref 48-1220
ad. 160 acres Nov 27/55 Dodge
W. Morton Augusta Me
Vol. D. 5.

92. 422
Hannah Davis widow of Philip Davis
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land. Revolutionary Pensioner. Act Feb 2. 1848.
Philip Davis, husband was a Private in the Revolutionary War.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this thirteenth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, Howard B Lovejoy a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Davis aged eighty eight years, a resident of Fayette in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Philip Davis who was a Revolutionary soldier, and she is the identical Hannah Davis, who is a Revolutionary Pensioner and named in a Pension Certificate of which the following is a true copy. Viz;
"No 1220 War Department. Widow's Pension I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 1848 Hannah Davis widow of Philip Davis who was a private of Inftry & Artilly in the Revolutionary War , is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Eighty Nine dollars and Sixteen Cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the War Office of the United States this 17th day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Seal Examined & Countermanded. W. L. Marcy Secretary of War P. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and that she is still a widow having remained even since the death of her late husband Philip Davis -
Hannah Davis
We, Cyrus B. Fulkins and Mary M. Fisk residents of Fayette in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Davis in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents her self to be, and we further state that we are intimately acquainted with the said Hannah Davis and that she is now a widow having remained even since the death of her late husband Philip Davis -
Cyrus B. Fulkins
Mary M. Fisk
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; that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Howard B Lovejoy Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Hannah Davis of Hayden in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 13th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five Witness: Cyrus B. Folsom  Hannah Davis  Mary M. Fiske
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:—On the thirteenth day of April 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Hannah Davis and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Howard B. Lovejoy Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } COUNTY OF Kennebec } ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Howard B. Lovejoy before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this 20th day of April 185 5
Wm Stranahan CLERK.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 22919
Hannah Davis
Wife of Phillip Davis
Rev Rev war
Act Feb 2 nd /48
Index : Vol A , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

D. 92422
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 23 rd 1855.
Philip Davis Dec. Pi-
Rev war
Mass Line
11189 - 160 - 55
C. W. Montro
Augusta
Me.

2 11.189
} 1600 am

11319 Keamah Davis
Mr see let: to Geo. Morton 19 th
Nov: 44.
Act 7 July 1838

6064.
Maine. —
Phillip Davis, private,
Massachusetts line — 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of January 1819. and del d Robert C. Vose. Augusta Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 m o 20/31. 4/30 30. 22 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819. 48. 00
$78. 22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Fayette,

9731.
Maine
Hannah Davis, widow of Philip Davis, who was a pensioner under the Act of '18. and who died on the 9 August, 1840, of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a priv: In v arty in the commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by _____ in the Massachusetts line for 13- " Infatry: -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 89 — Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
No 7991
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d — day of Nov: 1845 — and sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine —
Total amount, $445.80
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Joint resd: pay: 45 Recorded by Call Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 3

7420. Maine.
Hannah Davis, widow of Philip Davis, who was a priv: Inf: & Artillery, in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 89 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Nov. 45 and sent to G. H. Norton,
Augusta,
Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
x 17 June 44.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 2.
Paper 25

Philip Davis Fayette p o b d Sprouts, Mass. Reg. 1775 to 1783.
✓ May 12. 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Phillip Davis, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the United States, born in Durham New Hampshire, now resident in Fayette in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in June 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the remainder of the first eight months' service, then about six months in Capt Fernald's company, and Col. Scammon's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops. This period I fully served out, and then immediately entered the same service and upon the continental establishment for one year, as a private soldier, from January 1. 1776 in Capt Fernald's company and Col. Phinney's regiment, Massachusetts line or troops. This period I also fully served out, and then immediately enlisted again January 1777 for three years in Capt Watkins's company afterwards commanded by Capt Durrell then by Capt Williams, and regiment commanded by Col. Brewer then by Lt Col. Fernald of the Massachusetts line. This period I also fully served out, and was honorably discharged at New Windsor January 15. 1780. My discharge I have since lost and it is not now to my knowledge in existence. From June 1780 I afterwards served as a private upon the continental establishment for nine months in Col. Nixon's Regiment. In May 1782 I again enlisted as a private soldier for three years in Capt Burbank's company and Col. Crane's regiment of artillery of the Massachusetts line. Under this enlistment I continued to serve until the last of July 1783 when I was finally

and honorably discharged at West Point the last of July 1783.
I was in the battle of Hubbardton and of Monmouth. From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. I could once write but from lameness in my right hand am now unable. My last discharge I have since lost, and it is not to my knowledge now in existence.
Phillip his J Davis mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the twelfth day of May A.D. 1818 Phillip Davis above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him. Before me, Nathan Weston Esq. C. Dist. Court C. Plus 2 Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Henry Small an Officer in the revolutionary war, and a Maj. Gen. of the Massachusetts militia, upon oath testify and declare, that I well knew Phillip Davis within named as a continental soldier in the years service, and in the first three years service by him within mentioned; and I fully believe that he served the whole time by him within stated.
H. Small
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hemlock Jp.
On the twelfth day of May A.D. 1810 Henry Small above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston her C. Just C Court C Plus 2 Eastern Circuit

Hannah Davis
aa
7420
admitted
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine,

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec
On this 25 th day of July A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Hannah Davis a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec aged eighty one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Philip Davis who was a Private of Infantry & Cavalry during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Philip Davis at the rate of Eighty nine dollars and Sixteen cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS:
Samuel S. Walton Howard B Lovejoy
Hannah Davis
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Howard B. Lovejoy
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Howard B Lovejoy
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Howard B. Lovejoy is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 31 st day of July in the year 18 48 .
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

State of New-Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell , Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Ezra B. Hoitt — is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated on the — 29 th — day of June — 1843 and will expire on the — 29 th — day of June — 1848 and his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this twenty-second day of October 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.

The Deposition of Theodore Marston, of East Litchmore in the County of Kennebec, State of Maine -
I, Theodore Marston, being of lawful age (72 years) do testify and say - That, I was, in early life, acquainted with Philip Davis, late of Fayette in the County of Kennebec, Deceased - We then resided in the Easterly part of New Hampshire. I was also acquainted with Hannah Hilton when she was a young  single woman - She was afterwards married to the said Philip Davis - I was not present at their marriage, and only know that they lived together in the character of husband and wife - After their marriage, they occupied a room in my Father's dwelling-house in the town of Nottingham in the State of New Hampshire - They afterwards removed to the State (then District) of Maine - Fifty one years ago, I came from New Hampshire to Fayette, Maine, and found said Philip and Hannah living together as Husband & Wife; and I know that they were recognized as such by their relatives and acquaintance at the time they lived at my Father's in Nottingham, and ever afterwards until the decease of the said Philip Davis - I never, at any time, heard any of their acquaintance ex- press any doubts respecting the legality of their marriage -
Theodore Marston
On the 24th. day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1844, the aforesaid Deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him

him subscribed, taken at the request of Hannah Davis, and to be used at the Pension Office in the War Department of the United States, in substantiating the claims of said Hannah Davis to a Pension, as the widow of Philip Davis, a revolutionary soldier and Pensioner, late of Fayette in the County of Kennebec, Deceased.
Taken by me, Erna Fisk , Justice of Peace.
I certify that the said Theodore Marston is a reputable, and in all respects a competent Witness, and as such he is entitled to belief.
Erna Fisk , Justice of the Peace.

I Francis A Fisk of Fayette, in the County of Humboldt and State of Maine aged thirty nine years, do affirm and say, that I was acquainted with Philip Davis who was a prisoner of the United States and that he died in the said town of Fayette in the month of August 1840, that his reputed widow Hannah Davis now living in said town has remained unmarried since his death, that they lived together as husband & wife from my earliest recollection till his death, were respectable persons, and sustained a respectable standing in the neighborhood when they lived.
Francis A. Fisk
State of Maine.
Humboldt County, ss. On the thirteenth day of March A.D. 1843 personally appeared Francis A Fisk, being a reputable witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Geo. W. Morton Justice Peace.

State of Maine } County of Kennebec } I the Subscribed Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Ezra Fiske and George W. Morton Esquires, several copies of the pleas as named in the foregoing certificates, and that the certificates purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1844 -
J. R. Nichols

The Deposition of James Bamford, of Fayette in the County of Kennebec, State of Maine.
I James Bamford, being of lawful age (76 years) do testify and say That I became acquainted with Hannah Davis, widow of Philip Davis, late of Fayette, Maine some time before the close of the Revolutionary War. We then both lived in the same neighborhood in the town of Nottingham, in the State of New Hampshire; and the said Philip Davis came to that place about one year after the close of the war, at which time I became acquainted with him. Soon after this, it was currently reported in the neighborhood that the said Philip Davis was courting Hannah Hilton; afterwards, it was there reported that they were married, and I know that they ever afterwards sustained the character of Husband and Wife, and they were so considered by their relatives & acquaintance. No person, to my knowledge, ever doubted that they were lawfully Husband and Wife.
his James Bamford mark
On the 25th. day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1844, the aforesaid Depponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the aforesaid Deposition, by him subscribed, taken at the request of Hannah Davis, and to be used at the Pension Office in the War Department of the United States, in substantiating her claims to a Pen- sion, as the Widow of Philip Davis, a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner, late of Fayette, in the County of Kennebec, Deceased.
Taken by me, Erna Fisk , Justice Peace.
I certify that the above named James Bamford is a reputable Witness, and is entitled to belief.
Erna Fisk , Justice of the Peace.

The Deposition of Philip Morse of Fayette in the County of Kennebec - State of Maine.
I Philip Morse, being of lawful Age (88 years) do testify and say - That, in the month of September A.D. 1785, being on a journey from the town of Candia in the County of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire, I called at the house of one Marston, in the town of Nottingham, New Hampshire, and there Philip Davis & Hannah Davis were in- troduced to me as husband & Wife. - I was not acquainted with either of them before that time; But I was familiarly acquainted with them from that time until the decease of said Philip Davis, as he and I both settled in the town of Fayette, County of Kennebec, and lived as neighbors - I also know that said Philip & Hannah were recognized as Husband & Wife by their relatives and acquaintance, from the time of my first acquaintance with them, until the Death of the said Philip Davis; And I never heard any intimations given by any of their ac- quaintance that they were not, lawfully, Husband & Wife.
Philip Morse
On the 25th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1844, the aforesaid Deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the aforesaid deposition by him Subscribed, taken at the request of Hannah Davis, and to be used at the Pension Office in the War Department of the United States, in substantiating the claims of said Hannah Davis to a Pension, as the Widow of Philip Davis, a Revo- lutionary Soldier and Pensioner, late of Fayette in the County of Kennebec, deceased. -
Taken by me, Emma Fisk , Justice of Peace.
I certify that the character of the said Philip Morse, for truth and veracity, is unimpeachable -
Emma Fisk , Justice of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Phillip Davis , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Fayette , in the said County of Hennebec , in the District of Maine, on the twelfth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, until the end thereof against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, as stated by the oath of the party for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. J. C.C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, likely that of the Clerk, positioned to the right of the attestation text.

Philip Davis,
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March — next,
at the Cumberland Bank
Portland Maine
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Phillip Davis - late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 12 day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty  eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Anglo-Indian
Sept 18. 1844
Sir
The papers herewith enclosed are transmitted to you, for the purpose of establishing Mrs Hannah Davis (widow of Philip Davis) claim to a pension under Act of July 7. 1838. She is unable to prove her marriage from any record, although everything she having been to much trouble and expense to obtain record evidence of it, which has failed. It is hoped that the affidavits accompanying her declaration will be deemed sufficient to establish the fact of her marriage. It will be seen that her late husband Philip Davis was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832, and that he died on the ninth day of August 1840. Should the papers be satisfactory I would respectfully request you to allow her claim. The Mrs Davis is a respectable woman, and of good standing in the neighborhood where she has lived & continues to live, her papers are made in good faith and full confidence may safely be placed on her statements. Should the papers be satisfactory I would respectfully request you, to send me for her a certificate.
Very respectfully
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Yours Obedient Servant
Geo W. Morton

I hereby certify that I have examined the Records of the First Parish in Eyeter otherwise called the Town of Eyeter exclusive of any Parish from the year 1758 to the present time, and do not find any record of the Marriage of Philip Davis to Hannah Milton therein Eyeter October 14 1845 James M. Goveing Clerk of the First Parish in Eyeter

Augusta, Maine.
Oct. 25. 1845.
Sir,
In the case of Hannah Davis (widow of Philip Davis) for pension, whose papers are on file in your Office, the enclosed are forwarded in support of her claim: Her late husband was pensioned under Act of June 7. 1832 at $89.16 per annum, it appears by the Certificate of the Sec'y of War that his service in Col. Cramers Artillery is not found. the service in Col. Spragues regiment would I suppose have entitled him to $80. per annum his having been allowed $89.16 that is $9.16 more than the service in Spragues reg't would have entitled him to, was for his Artillery service in Col. Cramers regiment, and at the time his pension was allowed, you probably was satisfied he performed the service and there may be some evidence among the proof he exhibited in support of his claim that relates to his Artillery service, if not she will be unable to prove this service. You may rest assured that her papers were taken in good faith and that the time of her marriage took place as asserted by her. She is a respectable person. It is hoped that her papers now on file and the enclosed ones will be deemed sufficient to establish her claim, and should they be I would respectfully request you to transmit to me for her a certificate.
Very Respectfully
Jamess L. Edwards Esq. Censor of Pensions City of Washington
Your obed Servt
Geo. W. Morton

* not needful here.
I Hannah Davis of Fayette, in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, being of lawful age (79 years) do testify and say - That I was married to Philip Davis, late of Fayette aforesaid, deceased, on the — * — day of January, 1785, in the town of Exeter, County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire - that I lived with him from the day of our marriage to the day of his death - that we did not at any time keep a family Record of any kind, as my husband was not in the habit of using a pen for any purpose excepting to write his name - & that I have no definite means of fixing the day of our Marriage, excepting from Memory. —
Hannah Davis
Kennebec ss. June 13th. 1845. — Then the above named Hannah Davis, after being cautioned and examined, made solemn Oath that the above statements, by her subscribed, were in every part true. — Before me, Ezra Lusk { Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum. —
The above was taken at the request of the aforesaid Hannah Davis, to be used in the War Department of the United States, as evidence of her claims for Pension, as the Widow of the late Philip Davis, a revolutionary Pensioner, Deceased. —
Witness — Ezra Lusk, Justice of Peace & Quorum. —
I hereby certify - That I have been acquainted with the above named Hannah Davis from the early part of the year 1800, to the present time, having resided in the same town, Fayette, during that time - That she and and her late husband, Philip Davis, lived together in the character of husband and wife, and were recognised as such, by the community in which they resided, from the time of my first acquaintance with them, to the time of his death - That I never heard any person express any doubts respecting the legitimacy of their connection as husband and wife, And that the said Hannah Davis has uniformly sustained a fair character for truth and veracity. —
Fayette June 13. 1845.
Ezra Lusk.

State of Maine Kennebec County ss.
I, William M. Stratten Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Ezra Fish is a Justice of the Peace as stated in the within instrument and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine this twenty fifth day of October, A. D. 1845.
W. M. Stratten

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 0. 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Philip Davis served as a Soldier in Capt. Williams' Company, and Col. Sprout's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 1. 1777 to Decr 31. 1779, being Three years and months.
Helen Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 7 1815.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Philip Davis of Wenham, is borne upon an account in the Army Books as a private in Capt n A. Williams' Comp y , Col. Sprout's reg t , and there credited by his service from Jan y 1, 1777 to Dec r 31, 1779 - 36 months. The name of said Davis is not found upon any records of Col. Cram's reg t .

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of Nov r 19, 1841, was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.