Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8287, Daniel Davis, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Davis, Daniel
S 8287
barded.
CONTENTS

See letter 25 July 1835 to W. G. Singleton " 5 Sept. " Pr. Agent " " " J. Samuel
Virginia 23.111
Daniel Davis Cabell in the State of Va who was a P.O. in the Company commanded by Captain Henderson of the --- commanded by --- in the --- line for 14 1/3 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 47. Dollars 77. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Feb. 1833 and said J. Samuel Cabell Cr. Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 115.62 Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec 1834 23.88 $142.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. Price Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 9

27.449-
Adm. as private 14/3 mo. 47.77

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
Cabell County, Virginia to wit, On this 23rd day personally appeared On this 23rd day of September 1833 personally appeared before the county Court of said County Daniel Davis a resident of said County aged seventy four years the 11th day of February last, 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 the the 7th 1832. That in the year 1877 he entered into the service of the United States as a militia man under the command of Capt John Henderson as as a volunteer as a private soldier and on the first of April they marched from the hills Levies in the County of Greenbrier then the County of Augusta and from thence we marched through a wilderness tract of country to the mouth of the Great Kanawha, This declarant understood that the object of Col. Hen- -derson's march to that place was to take possession of the Garrison at Point Pleasant in the place of Capt Westfall's Company who immediately marched from said Garrison Eastwardly with a company of regular troops. This declarant further states that himself and ten or fifteen others were sent by Capt Arbuckle with crafts to meet Col. Dickerson at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers and there aided Col. Dickerson and Col. Nelson to cross Elk River and then they brought their baggage down the Kanawha to Point Pleasant while the two Col's aforesaid marched about five hundred miles then by land to Point Pleasant This declarant further states that he marched in company with Officers and soldiers from the mouth of Elk River to the Mud Laps at which time eighty Men went into a hollow sycamore at one time and this declarant concluded one of that number at that place This declarant left the troops aforesaid and returned to the Fort at Point Pleasant and some short time afterwards the aforesaid troops arrived at said Fort and soon after their arrival Col Col. Gilmore one of their Lieutenants was killed by the Indians on the lower and west side of Kanawha River which circumstance led to the murder and cruel murder of King Cornstock and his son Moses and two other Indians over whom this declarant was one of the guards and this declarant further states that in a few days from that time he with thirty four or five men volunteered upon a scouting party under the command of Lieutenants Estill & McIntire and ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of the Scioto Scioto and returned to the mouth of Big Guyan where where they remained from six to ten days and from thence to the Fort where they remained until the fourth 20th of December 1878 the same year at which time he was discharged by Capt Henderson having served seven months and twenty days This declarant states that the Fort at Point Pleasant was under the command of Capt Matthew Arbuckle and this declarant further states on the fourth day of June in the year 1878 he entered into the service of the United States as a substitute for William Davis and as a private and marched from the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia under the command of Capt William Renfrow up the Roanoke to Kings Fort and from thence to Potts Fort on Sinking Creek and on the fourth day of September this declarant was discharged by Capt Renfrow

which said term of Service was for the term of three months, and this declarant further States that immediately after he was discharged by Capt Ruffron as aforesaid, he as a private soldier volunteered under the Command of Capt William Thompson to guard the frontiers and the next day marched from Fincastle through Glanton to Runney by Lorill Hill and crossed the Monongahela River and from thence to the mouth of Big Beaver there he entered into M c Intoshes Fort and then joined M c Intoshes Army and from thence we marched to Luskoroa River and there we built a fort at which time Capt Thompson received orders from Genl M c Intosh to march back to Mackenbach Fort at which place then he received a discharge from Capt Thompson on the 20th of December which completed a term of Service of three months and twenty days. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity, except the present one he declares, that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Omit the Signature here but add it after copying below Daniel Davis And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Interrogatories Put by the court 1 Where and in what Year was you born Answer I was born in the County of Chester in the State of Pennsylvania in the 17th of February 1759 2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer I have a record of my age taken from my Father's Bible 3 Where was you living when called into service; were you drafted, and you volunteered and where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live. Answer When called into service I lived in the County of Greenbrier, then the County of Augusta in the State of Virginia and since the war I have lived in the Counties of Kanawha Greenbrier and Cabell and am at this time resident of Cabell County add Signature here 4 How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom Answer I volunteered the first term of service I volunteered The second term of service I was a Substitute for William Davis and the third term of service I volunteered 5 State some of the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such as Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect; and the General circumstance of your services Answer at point pleasant the Fort was commanded by Capt Matthew Arbuckle Col Skillman and Col Dickerson commanded men there but not the Fort the 2nd term I guarded Genl Andrew Lewis's house four weeks and the balance of the term I was engaged in guarding the Kings Fort on Roanoke and Potts Fort on New River creek under the command of Capt William Rinfrow

6 did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given
Answer I received three discharges one from Capt Henderson and one from Capt Renfrow & one from Capt Thompson but have lost them all
7 State some the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer John Samuels Edmund McGinnis James McEdwards and William McGomas
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion
We Burrill Spurlock a clergyman residing in the County of Cabell and John Samuels residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
John Samuels Clerk of Court County Court in open court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a that Burrill Spurlock States. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them Burrill Spurlock who has signed the preceding certificate as a clergyman resident in the County of Cabell and that John Samuels, who has also signed the said statement in the County aforesaid, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John Samuels Clerk of the Court of Cabell County Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Davis for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1833.
John Samuels
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November 24, 1937
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Dr. Charles S. Davis 406 West Springfield Avenue Champaign, Illinois
Daniel Davis B.L. Wt. 1199-100 *****
Daniel Davis S. 8237 *****
Dear Sir:
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Reference is made to your letter in which you make further request for information in regard to your ancestor, Daniel Davis of Virginia. You state that Warrant No. 1199, for one hundred acres of bounty land, issued to Daniel Davis was not issued to your ancestor by that name, that the will of your ancestor, Daniel Davis, has been found in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, which shows that he bequeathed a bounty land warrant for one hundred sixty acres of land to his son, Asbury Davis.
When the report of May 18, 1937, was furnished you in regard to Daniel Davis of Virginia, S. 8237, and Daniel Davis who received bounty land Warrant No. 1199-100 acres, Revolutionary War soldiers, you will recall that no pension or land record was found of any other Daniel Davis who served in the Virginia troops.
The bounty land warrant for one hundred sixty acres which you state Daniel Davis bequeathed to his son, Asbury Davis, may have been issued in the name of some other soldier and purchased by Daniel Davis, as many of the soldiers sold their warrants; however, if you will give the date of the will of your ancestor and the date it was probated, as you state that you do not know the number of the warrant, then that information will reveal in a measure when the warrant was issued. If you have obtained any other information in regard to your own ancestor, such as approximate dates of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow, please include the data in your reply. This office will gladly make another effort to aid you upon receipt of all information you have.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev War
8287 INVALID.
File No. 8287
Daniel Davis
Pri Rev War
Act: June 1 st 92
Index:—Vol. 101 , Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Feb 23 Mrs. Margaret D. R. Mead. V.P.M. that it is not stated whether Soldier ever married. And for Int. for date of death etc.
1910 March 19. J. W. Perry furnish ed date of birth & that he knew nothing about marriage, & that and for Int. Dept. may probably give date of death. V.P.M.
1936 July 21. Capt. McNeil Adv. Rel. to reference to Jacob McNeil. See his let. in Jacob McNeil, S. 5745.
1937 May 18. Rec corres. of this date with Dr. Chas. B. Davis in Daniel Davis. B.L.H. 1199. Rev. War. MSB
1937 Nov. 28. Letter to Dr. Chas. B. Davis in re his soldier & Daniel Davis B.L.H. 1199. as in wh. case is his letter. MSB

Pocahontas County Virginia to wit
This is to certify that on this day Jacob Kimmons of said county personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid in the State aforesaid and made oath that Daniel Davis of the county of Cabell
then of the County of Greenbrier served with him the said Jacob Kimmons "Seven months at Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Kanawha River under Captain Matthew Ar...
Francis M. Hill Judge

Virginia State Pocahontas County
I Henry M. Moffett Clerk of Pocahontas County Court do hereby certify, that Thomas Hill whose signature appears to the within certificate, is and was at the time of making the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Pocahontas aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 11 th day of September 1833 H. M. Moffett

Daniel Paris - always to have served 14 3/4 mos. in the Philadelphia Col. Independent Col. Battery Penn. Arty.
I the undersigned Daniel Paris in pursuance of the requisition of the Secretary of War, make the following as a declaration of my Revolutionary Services to wit.
I am a native of Pennsylvania was born February 11 th 1759. When a child my Father moved to Maryland and there he remained at the commencement of the war I lived on my Father's farm until this was destroyed.
In the year 1777 there was a draft in my company for men to go into service at Point Pleasant. Jacob Herrmann Jacob McNeil and myself are mentioned in the draft company for the purpose of relieving the company from the draft volunteered our services, the company consigned on the road to Point Pleasant and there to the Point under Capt. Henderson, and joined Capt. Arluckh, commandant of that station. which at the Point we entered, dismantled the Indian warrior there at the Indian settlement. Then Prisoners to Capt. Arluckh were marched on both sides to the house of Col. Dickerson where I went into the service in the first of April remained in it until the 20 th of December following and was then discharged.
In the Spring of 1778. I went to Red Bank to assist my Father in his family. Shortly after my getting there the Indians surrounded the settlement in the heavy of the river. Genl. Andrew Lewis who lived in that region called a company of militia into service to beat off the Indians & protect the settlement. My Father William was drafted for the service to took his place. We marched from Red Bank early and William Pennypack, Capt. & King Fort. and from there to Potts Fort on the Schuylkill at the latter place our time expired. our company consisted of from 50 to 60 men. our Captain's name was McNeil. our company was divided and subdivided into parties of 3. 4. 5. 6. & 7. and stationed up and down the river for the purpose of more effectually protecting the settlement. I was in this service when I got a wound discharged which was lost.
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on the 4 th day of September 1758, I volunteered for Genl. McIntosh's Company as an Artillery under the command of Capt. William Thompson ready to march at a moment's notice. We marched down the Valley by the way of Staunton to New River's Swamp and across the Alleghany Mountains following the Braddock road, and thence to the mouth of Big Beaver and found Genl. McIntosh at that place. This army was marched to Lawrence Ohio and there built Fort Laurence where I returned to Fort McIntosh, where I met with Col. Dotty McIntosh in June - year 1760 discharged. - I then went to New River - the statement now given is in substance the same as given to Mr. McComas, who took my deposition. He charged me with perjury. - I have not answered the affidavit of Jacob Stevens, perjured since I was placed on the Pension Roll, in reference to which let proper for me to remark that he is mistaken as to the length of service referred to in his affidavit. The last thing of an affidavit I think I have by me and dated Sept 26. 1835.
Respectfully J. M. McComas
Paul Davis
a true copy W. G. Wright

Danue Davis Pocahontas County,
He is a gentleman and contains a good character. He gave his statement with composure & frankness. I believe him to be entitled to the claim. W. G. Grayson,

Omer Michigan.
February 7-1909.
Chief of Pension Office, Washington.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to know the name of the wife of Daniel Davis, my great, great grandfather, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and whose name is on the Pension Roll.

Daniel Davis died in Cabell County, Virginia.
I am sure this is a very unusual re- quest but I have no idea how to go about this and if you will tell me to whom to write, I shall deem it a very great favor.
Sincerely, Margaret D. R. Head.

J. W. PERRY, ASST. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Huntington, West Va., March 2, 1910.
Bureau Of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Daniel Davis, whose pension was stopped March 4, 1838, and held Pension Certificate No. 23111, is supposed to have resided at Huntington, West Va. at that time.
Mrs. Pearl Maupin Peyton, of this city, is applying for membership in Daughters of the American Revolution, and desires to either ascertain the birth, death or marriage of the above named pensioner.
She has wholly failed in so far as her efforts in this community is concerned, and will be very much obliged to you if by any means you can ascertain the information from the Department at Washington. I will thank you very much for this information, and remain,
Yours very truly,
J. W. Perry
MAR 5 - 1910

Feb. 23, 1925-
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs -
Please send me date of death and birth of "Daniel Davis" Certificate No 2311 issued Nov 7, 1833 act. of June 7, 1832 Va. agency. if this can be obtained thru your office, I shall be very glad.
Respectfully
Mrs. Jack Lawrence Council Grove, Kansas

July 21, 1936
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Mr. Robert McNeil 508 Luck Avenue, S. W., Roanoke, Virginia
Daniel Davis, S. 8237 Jacob McNeil, S. 5745 John Stephenson, W. 6204 BA-J/MHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of June 19, in which you request that examination be made of the pension claims of Daniel Davis and John Stephenson, two soldiers referred to in the claim for pension, S. 5745, of Jacob McNeil, to ascertain whether or not said Jacob McNeil made any affidavit in support of either claim.
In the claim for pension, S. 8237, of Daniel Davis, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, no affidavit by Jacob McNeil is on file. Daniel Davis stated that Jacob McNeil served in Captain Henderson's company with him. Said Daniel was living in Cabell County, Virginia, in 1833.
In the claim for pension, W. 6204, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John Stephenson, who resided during that war in Henry County, Virginia, after which, in Greenbrier, Kanawha and Cabell Counties, Virginia, no affidavit by Jacob McNeil is on file.
Said John Stephenson married in 1791, in Greenbrier County, Virginia, Miss Sally Morehead. She stated that her husband was called frequently, John Stephens.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
April 23, 1925
Mrs. Jack Lawrence Council Grove Kansas
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Daniel Davis, S.8287, it appears that he was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1759.
For the date of last payment and possibly the date of death of said pensioner you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, citing all of the following data:
Daniel Davis, Certificate 23111, issued November 7, 1833, rate $47.77 per annum, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner

Record Division.
March 19, 1910.
Mr. J. W. Perry,
Huntington, W. Va.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 2" and received the 4" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Daniel Davis, Sur. File No. 8,287, (Ctf. No. 23,111,) Revolutionary War, it appears that he was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1759. It is not stated that he was ever married nor is the date of his death on record in this Bureau.
For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Daniel Davis: Ctf. No. 23,111, issued November 7, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the Virginia Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Record Division.
February 24, 1909.
Mrs. Margaret D. Mead, Omer, Arenac County, Michigan.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 7 th and received the 10 th instant, you are advised that in the claim of Daniel Davis, Sur. File No. 8227, Revolutionary War, it is not stated whether soldier was ever married.
For date of last payment of his pension, person to whom paid and the probable date of death, you should apply to The Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Daniel Davis; Certificate No. 23,111; issued November 7, 1883; Act of June 7, 1832; Virginia Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.