Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 3337, Philip Davis, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn
Davis, Philip Kannah
W 3337
CONTENTS

not
11.890
Pennsylvania
Philip Davis
Wyeth Co in the State of Pennsylvania as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Rogers of the pa  ma line for 15 mos 6 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars 65 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. W. Stewart A.T.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $101.30 Pension allowance ending Sept. 25.32
$126.62
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk.
Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 74

25335
Declaration of Philip Davis a Revolutionary Soldier
the hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Davis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3 rd day of June 1833.
Henry W. Bacon Clerk
(15 months.)

Fayette County Pa Pennsylvania
On the 3 rd day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas now sitting Philip Davis aged eighty one a resident of Sprucehill Township in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 7 th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated.
That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man against the Indians in Green- county Penna under the command of Genl Philip Rodgers and continued out one month under his command on the frontier this was in the spring (say May) 1778 he went out two other tours of a month each under the same captain in the subsequent years in 1779 in the month of April he went out and under captain Andrew Robb and went to Conemaugh and was out one month & six days he also went out one other tour of a month under the same officer in this year - in 1778 in the spring he went out one tour of one month over the Monongahela river in 1779 he served one tour of a month and one in 1781 under Capt Warble as he was also with Capt Dye and several other officers at different times Col Crawford was in command. The whole period of his service was at least nine months, and he served other short tours which he cannot now recollect he also was out a tour of six months under Capt William McMahon as a volunteer in the spring where he now lives he was marched to Wheeling and descended the Ohio in boats to 14 miles below

the mouth of the little Kenawa where they landed and marched across the country to new Chillicothe more than in Ohio where the Indians were collected about  there but they retreated without a battle that Crawford was in command. They were discharged & returned home after the end of the season in the winter about the last of December after serving out their term of six months which with the nine months before mentioned makes the whole time he was out fifteen months. Exclusive of himself other that he had of service not enumerated or distinctly recollected owing to old age & consequent loss of memory he has no discharge nor has he any documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witness or witnesses by whom he can prove his service. Residing in a distant part of the country he could not procure any clergyman to attend court to testify for him but Joseph Enrix & Peter Shultz Enrix will testify for him. He hereby claims all claims which he is any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
In answer to the interrogatories required to be put by the court he answers
 1. That he was born in Cumberland County Penn a the 18 th day of Oct 1752.  2. His age is recorded in his father's bible.  3. He was living in Fayette County where he now lives when he went out & has lived there ever since.  4. He was called into the service as a dragoon milicia & also he went as a volunteer. 

5 He was not out under any regular officers Col. Crawford and other officers named in his declaration were his commanders 6. he never recd any discharge or other documentary evidence of service nor does he know of any witness to prove his services 7. Major Joseph Ennis and Peter Stunk Esq. his Neighbours will certify to his character & the value of his services.
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court 3 rd June 1833 - H.W. Beman Pres.
Philip Davis
Mr Joseph Ennis and Peter Stunk Esq. of Springhill Road & Esq. do certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Davis who has been to a subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be right & two years of age that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion & further that the said Davis is one of the oldest & most respected citizens of the neighbourhood where he lives whose veracity is undoubted & character unimpeachable for truth & honesty.
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court 3 rd June 1833
Jos. Ennis Peter Stunk
H.W. Beman Pres.

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the court & ascertain that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Major Joseph Evin and Peter Stentz Esq. are both resident in Springfield Township Fayette County and that they are credible persons & their statements are entitled to credit.
I Henry W. Berson Prothonotary of the court of common pleas of Fayette County Pa do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Philip Davis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30 th day of June 1833.
Henry W Berson Protho
25335 Redaction of Philip Davis in Resolution of Select
(15 m. etc.)

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Philip Davis Fayette County Penn a
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ADM C
15 mos 6 days
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Andrew Steward Union Town Penn a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 h 183 }
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Philip Davis Fayette County Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was required. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft May 1776 — 1 — private Capt Rogers 81 years Traditionary   Served " " — 1 — " Capt Rogers Grey Co paper correct   Served " " — 1 — " Capt Rogers County   Served Apr 1777 — 1 6 " Capt Robb Pennsylvania   Served " " — 1 — " Capt Robb   Served Apr 1778 — 1 — "   Served 1779 — 1 — "   Served 1781 — 1 — " Capt Vanlear   Served June 1774 — 6 — " Capt McMahan, Col Bransford   14 6  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Some proof of this service expected

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

6685
Rep?
Philadelphia, Penn a
Hannah Davis
widow of Philip Davis
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Pennsylvania
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of February 1845 and sent to Hon. A. Stewart.
House of Representatives
[Acts of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844.
Vol. 2. Page 106.

Elizabeth Davis the Daugh- ter of Hannah and Phillip Davis was born in 2 nd 1779 November.
Owen Davis the son of Hannah and Phillip Davis was born on March the 3 1782
Sarah Davis the Daughter of Hannah and Phillip Davis was born June the 28 1789
Ruth Davis the Daughter of Hannah and Phillip Davis was born on December the 18 1791
Elizabeth Davis the Daughter of Sarah Davis was born May the 15 1810
Ezra Davis the son of Elizabeth and John S. Davis was born March the 27 AD 1837

John L. Davis the son of Owen & Mary Davis was born September th 9 AD 1807
Ezra H. Rees the son of Abel & Ruth Rees was born May th 6, 1839
Philip Davis the son of Owen & Sarah Davis was born October th 18 AD 1751
Hannah Davis was born in the year of our lord August th 27 1761

4058 11,669
Hannah Davis
Ia
act 4 July 36-
6mo. in 74 allowed to her husband
Hannah Davis the above named applicant will accept a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838
Attest of the Ho of Reps July 2 nd 45

State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County }
On this twentyfifth day of November A. D. 1863. personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Hannah Davis a resident of Springhill Township - in the County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty two 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 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of Philip Davis who was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Militia and a pensioner of the United States under act 7 th June 1832. at the rate of $50. 65 / 100 per annum, on the Pennsylvania Agency.
She further declared that she was married to the said Philip Davis on the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy nine; That her husband the aforesaid Philip Davis died on the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven; And That she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written, before }
Hannah Davis
Eli Abrams Associate judge
Test Same Sackett
I do hereby certify that Hannah Davis the above claimant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court; and that she is a credible witness as I believe Eli Abrams associate judge Daniel Hertz

State of Pennsylvania Fayette Co. ss.
On the 30 th day of Nov. 1843 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said county the under signed John Davis and being duly sworn according to law sets forth and says that he resided with Philip Davis the person mentioned in foregoing affidavit or declaration of Hannah Davis for the space of five years previous and at the time of the decease of the said Philip Davis and that the said Philip Davis deceased on the 25 th day of September A. D. 1837 and the family record accompanying this affidavit is in his possession and that it is the family record of the said Philip Davis and Hannah his wife.
John S. Davis
Sworn & subscribed before me Asst. Brownfield J. P.
Fayette County ss.
I Daniel Haine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Pennsylvania do certify that Alexander Brownfield Esq. is a Magistrate as above stated duly commissioned. Sworn & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. I also certify that the Hon. Eli Abrams is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county as stated in the affidavit on the preceding part of this sheet of paper duly appointed & qualified and the two preceding signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court at Union Town this 5 th day of December A.D. 1843.
D. Haine Protho & CLK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. No. 3337
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May, 1776 1 mo. Pvt. Philip Rodgers Pa.   June, 1776 6 mos. William McMahon Crawford "   1777 2 mo. 6 da. Andrew Robb "   1778+1779 2 mos. Officers not specified "   1781 1 mo. Vanlear "   In other trans under Capt. Philip Rodgers, Dyer & others. Crawford "   amounting to 3 mos.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fayette Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, June 3, 1833 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Springfield Twp., Fayette Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, Cumberland Co., Pa. Oct. 18, 1751; d. Sept. 25, 1837
Remarks: m. Feb. 8, 1779 Hannah Jenkins. She was allowed pens on an apl. rec. Nov. 25, 1843, while 82 yrs. of age and a res. of Springfield Twp., Pa.
A brother Samuel is referred to.
Very respectfully,

Record Division.
September 22, 1911.
Mrs. Frank Purocell, 208 East Boulevard, Charlotte, N. C.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Philip Davis, Wid. File No. 3,337, you are furnished the following family data found in the papers in said claim:
Philip, son of Owen and Sarah Davis, born October 18, 1751, died September 25, 1837, married February 8, 1779, Hannah Jenkins, born August 27, 1761.
Children:
Elizabeth born November 29, 1779. Owen " March 3, 1782. Sarah " June 28, 1789. Ruth " December 18, 1791.
A son John is also referred to, date of birth not stated.
John S. Davis, son of Owen and Mary Davis, born September 9, 1807.
Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Sarah Davis, born May 15, 1910.
Edgar F. Rees, son of Abel and Ruth Rees, born May 6, 1833.
Ezra Davis, son of John S. and Elizabeth Davis, born March 27, 1837.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev's
WIDOW, &c.
1911 Sept. 22. Hist. 15 Mrs. Frank Purcell
File No. 3337
Kannah Davis Widow
Philip Davis Rev. Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3, 1843
Index: —Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

43-6685
11669 act 1838
Hannah Davis widow of Philip Davis
Private 9 months $30 per ann
act '38 - 11.669
43 & 44 - 430
to commence 4 March '36
married in 1788
husband died in 1837
Philadelphia Role
E
Hon. A. Stewart House of Reps

Town Jg 5 th 1833
Send your direction to the Philip Davis which were the note & some proof of the which has accordingly been affidavit of Ebenezer Dinsley and with him in the same company very high & respectable. —
Very Respectfully
Yr mo Obed Servt
Thos Stewart

Rep?
9060
Pennsylvania
Hannah Davis
widow of Philip Davis
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25. Sept. 1837 of Fayette Co. in the State of Penn. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Rogers of the regt. commanded by _____ in the Pa. militia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of February 1845, and Hon. A. Stewart Member of Representatives
Total amount, $150 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 27

State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Commonwealth's justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Daniel Stultz who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he was well acquainted with Philip Davis of Springhill Township in said County & State reputed a soldier of the Revolutionary war & one whom I know drew a pension from the General Government for several years before his death - that I knew the said Philip for the term of fifty seven & upwards having resided within two & a half miles from him in the Township aforesaid - I also was well acquainted with Hannah Davis his wife, and have heard Davis father & Sam c Davis brother of Philip now deceased and his step mother tell of the wedding and marriage of Philip & Hannah - formerly Hannah Jenkins - that they were always reputed and taken as man & wife in the Township that they raised a family of five children and from the first time of my acquaintance with them more than 57 years ago they continued to live together as until his death man & wife. The names of their children are Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Sarah, & Ruth. Philip Davis died the 25 th day of September A.D. 1837.
Sworn & Subscribed
By John James Lindsay Jan 30 1845
Daniel Stultz
Fayette County ss: Daniel Raine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the

County of Fayette & State of Pennsylvania, Do Certify that James Lindsay Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly com- missioned and sworn, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Union Town this 30 th day of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty five
O. Haine Prothonotary

A Stewart Esq.
In the reason of the long delay of the accompanying document was "your letter to D Stone dated 5 th Dec last did not reach him for fifteen days after date and at that time I was in the State of Ohio and did not return until a few days since
The youngest Child of Hannah Davis which is the only one an affidavit could be had from that is in this County lives beyond Morgan Town Va if you can't get along without her qualification write to me and I will go to Virginia and procure it if you should desire. Send me a copy of form-
With respect yours Sam Sackett
July 30 th 1845

Payments to be made at Pittsburgh by Chas. U. S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
P Louis
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 5 Page 74 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Philip David of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the war of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Fifty dollars and Sixty Five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eleventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John B. M c Kim Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

FREE
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

April 17 1840
Col Nels
Norman Blackledge roots
J. Edwards Esq
Compt of Public Works
Genl Stewart
Home of Reps
Wm Dept
Genl Stewart
H.R.
April 17/40

Wadsworth Pkgs 15 up 1/16
Dr Sir
Will you do me the favour to let me know what further evidence is required in the case, of Catherine Mitchell alias Muske & Hannah Davis referred to in the within letter.
Yrs respec. Servt
A. Stewart
J. L. Edwards by Pur off.

may 18 46
Han Davis Paddle
no.
6685-act 43
J. L. ...
in part May 23. 1846
Rev
by
H. A. Stewart M.R.

May 18 1826
J. S. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir Philip Davis rec'd a pension I think of about $60 under the act of 1832 after his death his wife Hannah Davis applied to obtain a pension of only $40 now under the late act I conceive that she is entitled to the same pension her husband received. will you have the good to examine this case & let me know the result?
Yours Respectfully
A Stewart

Pa 4058 Decm 11. 1843 Hannah Davis act 4 July 1836
Report to the hon. A. Stuart, H. N.
Phil 32, Edward Ely our wife's son of H. Davis Washington City D. C.
FREE

Mion Town Fayette County Penn a December 17 th 1843.
Dear Sir.
Inclosed you will find the pension Claim of Hannah Davis under the act of 4 th July 1836.
The proof is defective as to the time of her marriage to Philip Davis but the enclosed record shews the births of their children. — The proof of the marriage before the last term of his marriage is also wanting both of which we hope to be able to supply — W. Blackledge
J. L. Edwards Esq.
I also send the pension Certificate of Philip Davis dec d handed to me by his widow the applicant — W. B.

Day of the County Pennsylvania 34.
Before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county formally appeared Ebenezer Finley resident in said county who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he is well acquainted with Philip Davis resident in said county who is an applicant for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 and further saith that he knows that the said Davis was a soldier in the Revolutionary war that he served with him and in the same way on the Conemaugh in the year 1778 that they were stationed together at Fort Wallac that they belonged to Capt Andrew Robb's company of Drifted Militia that they had a battle with the Indians at Fort Wallac at which 23 Whites were attacked by 110 Indians that some of the 23 were killed & it was said 11 Indians were killed, and he believing (such was the general report & opinion among the men) that the said Davis shot & killed at least one of the said 11 Indians, that after their time was out they were discharged & returned home together and further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 4th day of July 1833.
Ebenezer Finley
James Piper
I certify that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Finley the above named witness and that he is a man of undoubted veracity & that his statement to implicit confidence & belief
James Piper 4th July 1833.

I hereby certify that foregoing copy is a true copy of the original now before me. The original is in my possession and that the within affidavit was taken & subscribed by the witness & I further in my presence said further that I have known Ebenezer Finley for about thirty years, during most of which time he has been an Elder in the Presbyterian Church as a man of the most unquestionable veracity of the highest respectability. I have also known Philip Davis the applicant for some of the same length of time whose character for truth & integrity has never been doubted or called in question and who I believe to be utterly incapable of misrepresentation.
Andrew Stewart
July 4. 1833

Remembrance of Thomas Nashville Tenn. U.S.A.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me the name of General Davis & his Fayette Co., Ky. M.P. m. 3337

Summ d in Revolution In filing out application for P.A.R. official record in Messrs. Aug.
Send all information re Pam. or Family Bible me destroyed and I have no way of getting date of birth - re death.
Philip Davis also served in war of 1812
They were from Fayette Co Pennsylvania, & Quakers in Pa. - If you have age when they Quakers would

Am so glad to get it. Thanking You.
Very truly Yours Mrs Sarah Small 208 E. Blvd Charlotte - N.C.