Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6965, Joseph Davis, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Davis, Joseph Rachel
W 6965
CONTENTS

18,537 Pennsylvania.
Joseph Davis,
Ensign 6 th in the State of Pennsylvania, was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wayne of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of five years.
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818.
tificate of Pension issued the 5 th of April 1822 sent to Hon. A. Stewart, H.R.
years to 4th of Mar: 1822. $ 373. 60 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1822 48. 00 2-4 Abanos. $ 421. 60
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 May 1820.

Pennsylvania Greene County
On this eighteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in open Court (The Court of Common Pleas in and for said County) being a Court of Record, Joseph Davis aged sixty seven years resident the said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows, from March in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five untill the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and two, in the company commanded by Capt Frederick Varnum, of the Regiment, commanded, by Col Anthony Wayne, in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, as stated in the original declaration dated the fourteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it thereby as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed; to wit,
  One old man small worth $20.00   one Cow 8.00   six Sheep 6.00   six old chairs 2.00   one old broken table .50   dispar ware 5.00   pots and kettles 10.00   a sow and pigs 5.00   $56.50 
I am a day labourer and frail. I have five sons, to wit, Granbury 16 years old Thomas 14 years, Wesley 10 years. Thornton,

8 years, and Joanna 5 years old, a daughter Nancy 12 years and a grand son Arthur, five years old, a wife aged 50 years, and very frail — Greenberry and Thomas work out among their neighbours and about maintain themselves, the other contribute very little to their support
Joseph his Davis
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court the 18 th June 1821 —
W m T. Hays Prothon
Versus Greene County Vs.
I William T. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene do Certify that the foregoing oaths and the schedule hereunto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Fifty Six dollars and Fifty Cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the County of Greene the third day of July Anno Domine 1821 —
W m T. Hays Prothon

J. Olds Jan'y 19, 1857 G.W. Potter Dec: 10/59 Same, Dec 22/59
5846 Mrs. Cincinnati Rachel Davis widow of Joseph
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pioneer Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1st " " July " Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan'y 1852 and sent to
Hon Geo. H. Rusk Secy R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 339 Vol. 4.

✓ 14,121 Rachael Davis. Declaration Ohio
m. '93-17 th Sept. h. died Dec 25. '35
Act 7 July 1838

The State of Ohio Morrow County ss.
On this twenty-second day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the open Court of Common Pleas of Morrow County Ohio, Rachael Davis, a resident of Washington Township in the said County of Morrow Ohio, aged seventy-seven 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Joseph Davis, who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, in the army of the United States; that according to the best of her knowledge the said Joseph Davis served in said Army for a period of over six years, that she has no certain recollection of the time he entered the service, or of his residence at that time, or of any particular service performed by him, or of the route or name of any officer under whom he served; Her documentary evidence the said Rachael Davis refers to the records of the War Department, the said Joseph Davis, at the time of his death on the twenty-fifth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, being in the receipt of a pension from the Government as

such Revolutionary Soldiers. She further declares that she was Married to the said Joseph Davis on the Seventeenth day of September, seven hundred and ninety three, (1793), that her husband the said Joseph Davis died on the twenty fifth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five, that she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January, seven hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time aforesaid. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Mrs. N. C. Clark
Rebecca for Davis
mother
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this twenty second day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty.
In testimony whereof I Wesley C. Clark, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Morrow Ohio, have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid, and at said Court.
Wesley C. Clark Clerk.

12202
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6965
Rachel Davis
Wid.
Joseph Davis
Port. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rachel Davis - wid. of Joseph
Dec 20 1858
ANDERSON PENSION OFFICE DEC 20 1858
Washington City D.C.

Rachel Davis - widow of Joseph
Dec 20 1859
Andrew
1859
Washington City D. C.

Rachel Davis
Joseph Ohio ad
22 Oct. 1848
Joseph Davis Cincinnati Ohio
13

Rachel Davis
Joseph Davis - ad
2226.1848
FREE
Pension Office Washington D.C.

14. 124 Rachel Stewart widow of Joseph Ohio
Suspended
See let. June 21 st 1850 Hon. C. Sweeton
Hon. J. R. Miller
May 15/51
Hon. G. H. Busby H. R. Gault
Act July 1838

Pension Office
Jany 16. 1854
Sir
Please return me an answer to the inquiries in the enclosed note of Mr
Olds.
Very Respectfuly
J. Call
for forums
For Part Esq } 3 d andr }
$24
Rachel Davis, wid. of Joseph, Paid from 4 March 1836 to 30 June 1848, at $80 per annum, and from 1 July 1848 to 4 March 1853, at $96 per annum. in her life time Her death does not appear in the books, nothing paid to her Adm?
F. Bush Auditor

Rachel Davis
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC

Rachel David
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
De

Cincinnati (C.) O. Ag.
Rachel Davis, widow of Joseph Davis, who was a private Wayne Reg't Pa troops. —
She d. July 1, 1888, &c.
2 years private - at $80 per annum from March 4, 1836 to July 1, 1838 - from That date at $96 per annum —
Hon. George H. Busby,
House of Reps.

Rachel Davis wid of Joseph Pun. of Ohio Lane, prob ably V of '38 may be of '36 I have a letter of enquiry dated Jan. 17 - '56 from Abad Joy

9144 Ohio Cincinnati Rachel Davis widow of Joseph who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Jan'y 1852 and sent to
Hon Geo H. Rusby Hog R.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2, Page 202

11.257
Ohio Cincinnati Rachel Davis widow of Joseph who died on the of Morra in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Wayne in the Penna line for two Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1852 and sent to Hon Geo H. Busby Arrears to the 4th of Aug R. Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838. Recorded by S. P. Weightman Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 Page 385

2844 Ohio. Cincinnati Rachel Davis widow of Joseph.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Entry 30 June 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Jany 1852 and sent to
Hon Geo. H. Busby H. R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 339 Vol. 4

Feb 23 1837 Letter of William Schunk relative to papers of Rachel Davis
Ohio
Some information of P. S. C. Parker the C. S. J. C.
See P. S. C. M. C.

Dear Mr. Miller Mr.
Memoranda of Receipts Washington City D.C.
Jan 1891 Jan 1892 Jan 1893 Jan 1894 Jan 1895 Jan 1896 Jan 1897 Jan 1898 Jan 1899 Jan 1900

Martinsburg Dec 29 1851
Dear sir,
Altho, at present, the clerk of neither Court, I still hold some connexion with them, and have an office in the same building; and used the privilege which is accorded me of making, myself, the search that you require.
There has always, and particularly in the early period to which you refer, been a great degree of carelessness in the record of marriages in this County - and from the difficulty of procuring persons to celebrate the rites, and perhaps loose notions on the subject, I have understood that there were very many connexions formed without the authority of law.
I had, when clerk of the County Court, commenced the only record of marriages that exists; & had, in a thorough overhauling which I had given the papers of the Office, carefully filed and recorded all the certificates that I found in connexion with the subject that the law made necessary.
I have given the whole a careful examination and find no trace of such a marriage. The only Joseph Davis, that I find on the record at all, was married to Rachael Madden 14 th Oct '93.
I am familiar with the name of Cochran

and it sounds very like a Berkeley connexion; but it is certainly I think not to be found on the records.
There is an old man by the name of Davis, in the portion of the County in which the Fochran's lived, who I think would, probably, be able to tell something of the matter, if such a couple have ever lived there
Yours with esteem regard
John Strother.
Jas. E. Heath esq

written to J Shotham clerk of Berkeley for proof of marriage

Pension Office Novr 20. 1857.
Sir,
I have carefully examined the papers in the case of Rachel Davis widow of Joseph, claiming a pension under the Act of July 7, 1828 and am of opinion that the claim should not be allowed, on the ground that the proof of the date of the marriage is not satisfactory. There is neither record nor documentary evidence to shew that the marriage took place, as alleged, on the 17 th day of September 1793 nor is there any testimony to shew that such proof cannot be procured. The only deposition on file respecting the date of the marriage is that of Sarah Cochran who swears "that same time previous to the first of January A.D. 1794 she was present at the marriage of Joseph Davis and Rachel Davis in Berkeley County Virginia". If this be true the Clerk of Berkeley Co can in all probability furnish some record of the fact and if not he can state officially that no record is to be found and thus let in parole testimony. In ad

dition to this it is proper to remark, that the alleged date of the marriage being within three months and a half of the time of the law Jan y 1 st 1794, it becomes the more necessary to require exact evidence on the subject!
Respectfully Yr Ob t Serv t
Comm ee of Pensions
James E. Heath Esq c Comm ee of Pensions.

Department of the Interior Washington July 28. 1857.
Sir.
Your letter of the 23 d inst. appealing from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Rachel Davis has been received and referred to the Commissioner for a report, on the receipt of which the case will receive due attention.
I am very Respectfully Your obedient Servant Alex r H. H. Stuart Secretary.
William Shunk Esq. Ithaca Ohio

28
July 29-1857 Ithaca Ohio
July 23/57
William Shunk
Appeals from the decision of the Com of Pensions in the case of Rachel Davis for Pension under act of 1837 etc
Leah Finkle
Ref to Com of Pensions for reports written do acknowledged Sept 2nd 33 July 28/57

Interior
Yberia Morrow County Ohio July 23. 1831
Millard Fillmore President of the U.S.
Sir
Some time in April 1830. I transmitted to the commissioner of pensions through the Hon C. Sweetzer, the application of Rachel Davis for pension under the Act of Congress of 1837. The commission replied that the only objection to the allowance of the application was a deficiency of proof with regard to the marriage contract. By a reference to the papers you will find the proof on this point to be the testimony of one individual who was present at the time, and was a witness to the marriage ceremony. The commission demands some written or record evidence in addition, in default of which, he says, the application must fail.
We have made diligent search and enquiry but can find no further evidence of the fact. Mrs Davis is an aged woman, in indigent circumstances, unable to employ counsel and has requested me to call your attention to her application, resting assured that the government will not demand of her more proof than is required.

by the written instructions of the commissioner of pensions on this point, to wit: "In the absence of written or read evidence of the marriage certificate, parole proof by one or more witnesses will answer." I will only add that I have known Mrs Davis for 15 years and am well satisfied that a more just and proper application for pension has never been made to the government. Whatever attention you might be pleased to give this matter will be gratefully and thankfully received.
Yrs Truly
William Sherrill
P.S. The papers are all on file in the pension office.

I M Davis Letter

Sheila Morrow, W. O. Dec. 6 th /51
Hon. G. H. Busby
Sir I direct those lines to you to inform you that the case of my mother applying for a pension is still without being settled. As you agreed to attend to the case when you arrived at Washington City. You will find by referring to the papers on file in the Pension office that she has proved by her own affidavit and by the affidavit of Mrs. Clark who was at the Marriage which is positive proof that she was married before the first of January. (1794)
The instructions I rec d from the pension require that the Marriage record must be produced and where there is no such record the Marriage may be proven by one or more witnesses. And as there was no family record of the Marriage except Rachel Davis (Widow) of Joseph Davis a Revolutionary Soldier has proven out her case according to the instructions of the Pension Law you will please have the case investigated immediately and inform me of the Result.

If the pension can't be drawn under the Law that she has applied under there certainly is some Law of pensions that will give her her pension as there is widows of soldiers that is drawing pension and I think if others is entitled to a pension she is
Where is persons Applied for a pension for the heirs of a Revolutionary soldier and say they have the necessary proof so that they can draw it
If there is any such a Law pleas send me the Law and instructions what proof is necessary for the heirs to draw a pension
Your Most obedient Servant J. M. Davis
To, Hon. J. H. Burley

Shepherd Ohio
Dec 14 1859
Dear Sir
Rachel Davis widow of Joseph Davis was Reclining Pensioner and Due her Pension at Cincinnati Ohio
Rachel Davis Died on the 4 th Day of December 1852 is there any Pension Due her or Not and What is the amount
Please answer this
and oblige
Yours Truly
G. M. Satter
Atty of
heirs

4 Dec 53
Wiltshire Ohio January 10 th 1854
Dear Sir
Will you have the kindness to inform me of the amount of Arrearages of Pension drawn by Rachael Davis Widow of Joseph Davis deceased (a Revolutionary Soldier) in February AD 1852 also what she drew in March in Sept. and what was drawn by her Admin after her decease
Truly Yours James Olds
Ps my reason for inquiring is for the purpose of investigating the account of the Administrators
J Olds
Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Sarah Cochrane affidavit

State of Ohio Franklin County ss
Before me G W Kelmick a justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Sarah Cochran who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that sometime previous to the 1 st first day of January A D 1794 she was present at the marriage of Joseph Davis & Rachel Davis in Berkley County Virginia and further this deponent saith not
Her Sarah x Cochran Marks
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of April A D 1850
G W Kelmick
Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Sarah Cochran is a person of respectability and full credit may be given to her affidavit
G W Kelmick J.P.

Office of the Clerk of Franklin Common Pleas,
Columbus, April 20 th 1850.
State of Ohio, Franklin County, ss.
I, LEWIS HEYL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the said county and State, certify that G. W. Helmick before, at and after the date of the annexed affidavit & certificate was and still is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 8 th day of February
A. D. 1848, and will expire on the 8 th day of February A. D. 1851; that the signature attached to said certificate  ~~~~~ and purporting to be his, is true and genuine; and that full faith and credit are due and given, both in and out of Judicature, to all of his official acts as such Justice of the Peace.
Witness, my hand, and the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Lewis Heyl Clerk.

My opinion is that the marriage in this case is sufficiently proved
J. E. Heath
Jan 16. 1852.
M married 1793 He died Dec 25, 1835

Pension Office Jan 7 15 th 1852.
Sir
The claim of Rachel Davis, widow of Joseph, for a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838, has been heretofore disallowed, on account of the want of satisfactory evidence of the date of the marriage. Neither record nor documentary evidence on this point has been adduced, and, although it appears that the marriage records of the County in which she says she was married have been carelessly kept, so much so perhaps as to account for the want of record proof in this case, there is no parole testimony on file which would justify the allowance of the claim. The only evidence of the latter kind on file is the deposition of Sarah Cockran who testifies "that sometime previous to the 1 st day of Jan y 1794 she was present at the marriage of Joseph and Rachel Davis in Berkeley County Virginia". This statement is considered entirely too vague to justify, unsupported by other testimony, the allowance of the claim. There are in all probability persons still alive who knew the parties when married, on the 17 th Sept r 1793 as alleged, and who can

testify of their own knowledge, in connection, with collateral events, calculated to impress the precise date upon the memory. The ages of the children, may also be established so as to shew that their parents were, in all probability, married before the 1 st of January 1794 or at all events previous to 1800, in which event, a pension might be allowed under the Act of July 29. 1848. commencing
I have the honor to be Very Resp d Yr Obed t Serv t
Hon G H Busby.
House of Representatives

Iberia Ohio Dec 3 1859
Dear Ar Rachel Davis Widow of Joseph Davis Pensioner of the rebellion war
Died on the 4 Day of Dec 1852 is there any Pension due her heirs or Not she drew her Pension at Cincinnati Ohio yours with respect G W Potter Atty for heirs

Pension Office. June, 1 st 1850.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Rachel Davis widow of Joseph Davis under act 7 th July 1838 have been examined and filed. The proof of the period of marriage is not sufficient. The certificate of the Clerk of the County where she was married should be produced showing what evidence of the marriage the records in his office afford. If there be no public record there may be a family record of the marriage or of the birth of the children, and if neither, some additional parol evidence should be produced to establish the claim under act 7 th July 1838. If the claim cannot be established under act 7 th July 1838, it may be allowed under act 29 th July 1848 upon the exhibition of the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of the County where she was married.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Obedt Servant, J L Edwards
Wm Charles Sweetser, House of Rep s ,

C. Frederick M c L
William Lloyd Jones Ionia, Monroe & Ohio,

Dear Sir Washington, June 15 th 1858 Yours is received, I forwarded the Papers of Mrs Davis, to J. L. Edwards. Commencement of Pensions, on the day you left there with me, it is true that I had an answer, as soon as it is received I will forward it, say to Mrs Davis that the demand upon the Pension Office, is very great, and some delay is always expected, particularly where a claim has merit upon its face.
J. L. Edwards is the proper person to address in all matters in relation to Pensions, I regret that I have not a single copy of the Patent Office Report left, we have had only 12 Copies in set. Since our Cat. is still on, and it may be that we can forward you with a Copy Yours truly
William Shunk Esq. Ionia Ohio
Charles F. Smedley

Brief in the case of Rachel Dantz , Mono — County and State of Ohio act July 7, 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioner Oct Mar 18, 1815 & May 1, 1820. 3 Commissioners decided that the proof of Marriage was satisfactory. See his endorsement upon the papers.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
For George H. Busby, Hear of Reps.
Examining Clerk.
G. de Pals

Green County } ss On the twentieth day of June Pennsylvania } in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and twenty, before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, personally appeared James Gardner, resident in the county and state aforesaid, and being by me, first duly sworn according to law, cloth, on his oath, say, that on the seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, he enlisted in the town of Chester in the county of Ches- ter in the state aforesaid, in the company commanded by Capt n James Moore, of the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment com- manded by Colonel Anthony Wayne. that while the Reg- iment lay at Chester, he the said deponent, became acquainted with Joseph Davis, now a resident of Green county in the state aforesaid, who was of the company of Capt n Frederick Warman of the same Regiment, That he the said deponent continued to be acquainted with the said Joseph Davis in the said Company of the said Capt n Frederick Warman for several years, and well knew the said Joseph to serve in the said Company of the said Capt n War- man for five or six years, and he well knows that the said Joseph Davis did serve faithfully, the whole time he was acquainted with him, and never knew or heard of any complaint being made of the said Joseph Davis. and that he so served in the said company of the said Capt n War- man five or six years
Sworn and subscribed before me the twentieth day of June 1820
David Gray
James Gardner

I hereby certify that James Gardner the above mentioned deponent, is a credible and disinterested witness
June 20 th 1820
David Gray Esq seal
Greene County ss. I William T. Hays President of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene, aforesaid do certify that David Gray Esq seal before whom the annexed Deposition appears to have been taken and whose name appears to a Certificate of the same is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified, and as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the first day of August Anno Domini 1821.
Wm T Hays Pres t

Davis

Green county Western District } ss. Before me one of the associate judges of of Pennsylvania } the court of Common Pleas in and for said county, personally appeared Joseph Davis. and being first duly sworn according to law did on his oath declare, explanatory of his former declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818. Entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war; that although he had stated and believed that he was discharged the winter next after Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in Virginia; yet he very well remembers that he was still in the service in his own Regt then com- manded by Colonel Frederick Varnum under the command of General Coeyne in the State of North and South Carolina, and in Georgia. That while there he was with his Regiment, in Hillsborough Guildford, at Dan River, and Yadkin River, at Charleston after the British army left it; and also at Savannah where he was in a skirmish with the indians one of whom was called Captain George and usually carried a pole on his shoulder studded with american scalps, and that his escape was much re- gretted. — That these facts occurred to him as hav- ing passed before the capture of Cornwallis That when returning from the South with the army he, this deponent, was taken sick near Fredericksburg in Virginia and left at a farm.

house, of the name of Kennedy with orders to go to the hospital at Fredericksburg when able, - That shortly after, he was taken to said hospital, and remained there till he recovered, which was in the winter, and then went to work in the neighbourhood, to obtain the means to carry him home to Chester county Pennsylvania, and afterwards arrived at home in the summer, - That it was the fall of the year when he took sick, and that he had considered himself discharged when he left the hospital but did not receive a written discharge till after he arrived at Chester Penn. where he received an Honourable discharge, in writing from Captain Pease Frazier of the same Reg't in which he this deponent had served, The soldiers of the army having then been some time disbanded, - That he must have been mistaken, as to his being dis- charged the winter next following Cornwallis' capture, because, if, as he the deponent is told, General Wayne was not in any Southern campaign until after Cornwallis' surrender, he this deponent must have served a campaign in the South after Corn- wallis' surrender, and have left the hospital at Fredericksburg the latter part of the second winter after said surrender, and arrived at home the second summer after
Sworn and Declared before Joseph his Davis mark me the 22 nd Feby 1822
David Gray

Tenn a Greene County P.
I William J. Hays Prothon ry of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid do Certify that the Honorable David Gray Esq r before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken is one of the Ablest Judges in and for the County of Greene duly Commissioned and qualified; and as such full faith and Credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the twenty fourth day of Jan y Anno Domini 1823.
W m J. Hays Prothon ry
We the undersigned do certify that from long acquaintance with the character of Joseph Davis who made the above declaration and thereto subscribed his name, we are enabled justly to say that he is entitled to the highest credit as a man of honesty and truth
W m J. Hays
B Buchanan Thomas Layton

Joseph Davis Private Col (Wayne) Regiment Pennsylvania Line 1777-5 years
The deposition of how credible & disinterested witness, duly to be taken & authenticated, (on the certificate of an Officer of the Regt.) to prove the service of Applicant, is required -

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss.
On the fourteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Greene, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Joseph Davis aged sixty four years, resident in the county of Greene aforesaid, and Commonwealth aforesaid, who being, by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make, the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress intitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said Joseph Davis enlisted at Lebanon for the term of one year, some time in March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, in the town of Chester in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company of Captain Frederick Varnum of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne, in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, until the winter following his enlistment; and just before the expiration of his time of service for which he had enlisted, he enlisted in the same Company, and Regiment, still commanded by the same officers; during the war; and continued to serve in the said corps, till the winter after the taking of Cornwallis in York, when he was discharged at in Chester county near Chester in the state of Pennsylvania; That he was in the battles of Ticonderoga, the White Plains, Brandywine, and Monmouth, and York town where Cornwallis was taken, that he was wounded at White Plains for the head, by the stroke of a cutlass, and was thereby a considerable time unfit for duty, was afterwards taken prisoner by the enemy near Kings Bridge and kept in the long church, in New York, was afterwards released, and returned to the Army in Virginia near Williamsburg; - And that he is in reduced circumstances

and stands in need of his country's assistance for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service,
Sworn and subscribed the day and year within written before me
Joseph his Davis mark
David Gray
I David Gray associate judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Green and Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Davis, did serve in the revolutionary as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, and more, at one time in the Continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress; I am also satisfied that he meets the assistance of his country for support
given under my hand and seal the day and year first within written
David Gray
Pennsylvania @ Greene County ss
I Wm T. Hays, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that David Gray Esquire before whom the foregoing Deposition appears to have been made is & was at the time of taking & signing the same an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County; and that full faith & Credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office, April 1 st March 1819.

Nancy Williams affidavit

The State of Ohio Morrow County ss
Before me William Shump a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Nancy Wilson who made solemn oath that Joseph Davis died at Maysburg Green County Pennsylvania on the Twenty fifth day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty five That said Joseph Davis deceased was the husband of Rachael Davis. That said Joseph Davis deceased was a soldier in the revolutionary war. That said Joseph Davis deceased during his life time re ceived a pension from the Government of the United States for services rendered. the United States as a soldier in the revolutionary
Nancy Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 th day of April A.D. 1830
Wm Shump S.P.
State of Ohio Morrow County ss
I Wesley C. Clark Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County & State certify that Wm Shump is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified as such that his commission was dated April 30 A.D. 1828 & will expire on the 3 rd day of April A.D. 1837 and that his signature above is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said court of common Pleas within and for said County this 22 day of April A.D. 1830
W. C. Clark Clerk

Shem Williams affidavit

The State of Ohio Morris County ss
Before me William Shunk a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Shem Ulton who made solemn oath that Joseph Davis died at Wagnersburgh Green County Pennsylvania on the Twenty fifth day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty five That said Joseph Davis deceased was the husband of Rachael Davis. That said Joseph Davis deceased was a soldier in the revolutionary war and that said Joseph Davis deceased during his life time received a pension from the Government of the United States for services rendered the Uni- ted States as a soldier in the revolutionary war
Shem Ulton
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 th day of April A.D. 1850
W. Shunk C.P.
State of Ohio Morris County ss
J. Wesley C. Clark
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County State aforesaid certify that William Shunk is an active Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified as such that his commission was dated April 3 rd A.D. 1848 & will expire on the 3 rd day of April 1851 and that his signature above is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said court this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1850
J. W. C. Clark

Hon Andrew Stewart Esq Member of Congress
D. C.

Joseph Davis Application for pension by Mr. Harvey. Dawson's papers not rec d
dep d by Hon A. Stewart, H.R. Feb. 11. 1822.

Dear Sir,
I take the liberty of transmitting to you the papers of Joseph Davis an old soldier, who had applied for a pension, and had his papers returned to explain some inconsistencies. He made an explanatory declaration which is inclosed together with all his papers. — Hays, Buchanan, and Layton have signed a certificate of the honesty and morality of the declarant. Your knowledge of these gentlemen will enable you to be of great service at the war office, and your attention there, with the inclosed papers will confer a favour highly appreciated,
I some time since inclosed to you a power of Attorney to receive money for Conrad Deneau — A few lines from you on the subject will oblige
Yours Humbly
Com. J. Harvey
Andrew Stewart Esq r . Weymouth Green & P o
July 29 th 1822

Green County Pa. Before me one of the justices of the peace in and for said county in the state of said person personally ap- peared Patrick Martin a Revolutionary pensioner, who being first by me duly sworn according to law, upon his solemn oath, saith that while in the United States service as a sol- dier in the Revolutionary war, under Col Antho- ny Wayne, he was acquainted with Joseph Da- vis of the county and state aforesaid, who is an applicant for a pension for Revolutionary services, and that the said Joseph Davis was a private in the company of Col Frederick Shamoun of Col Anthony Wayne's Regt. and to the best of his recollection he served a long time in the service, though at the time cannot say exactly how long. And the said Deponent further saith on his oath aforesaid, that he now draws a pension from the United States for Revo- lutionary services by certificate numbered
his Patrick Martin mark
Sworn and subscribed before me the 18 day, of July A.D. 1821. Jno. Spruance
I hereby certify that Patrick Martin the above Deponent is a credible and disinterested witness July 18th 1821. Jno. Spruance

Green County, ss. I William J. Hays, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green aforesaid, do Certify that William Hunter Esq. before whom the within Deposition appears to have been taken, and whose name appears to a CertIFICATE thereto annexed, is a justice of the peace in and for the County of Green duly commissioned and qualified, and as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, the eighteenth day of July Anno Domini 1821.
Wm. J. Hays Protho

Berea Ohio January 29
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John W. Miller
Home Plantation, Washington D.C.

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John R. Miller House Representatives, Washington D.C.

House of Reps Feb 5 1857
Sir I beg leave to refer the enclosed letter to you and have to request the favor of an answer Very Resp. Jno H Miller

Dear Sir
Washington July 2 nd 1870
Ingrat. That the answer of Mr Edwards in the case of Mrs Rachel Davis, was sent to the wrong Party here. which my apology for the delay. The regular proof of the marriage I suppose you can supply without trouble.
I have not a Copy of Patent office Report I think they are and after some time I succeeded and forwarded it.
You are aware that in the multiplicity of Papers, sometimes, we will get a wrong direction. Please accept my best wishes
William Lloyd Egan Florida Avenue N.E.
Yours truly
Charles Sumner

Dear Sir      March of Reproduction May 3rd 1880
I have returned the Enclosed Papers - and regard them as full.
Yours will please forward me the answer at an Early day -
Charles Sumner
Rev J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions -

Joshua M Davis Esq

$24 ✓ 4 Dec Pension Office Jany 17, 1854
Sir The Pension Agent at Cincinnati reports the within named Pensioner to have died 4 Decr 1852 - and "Paid in the first quarter of 1853." Is there no corresponding entry in your office? It seems there is an Executor. Very Respectfully
J. Cole for Commissioner
For But Engr 30 and 3
Rachel Davis. Died 4 Decr. 1852, payment of $24 made to Mrs. M. Davis, Exr, from 4 Sept 1852 to 4 Dec 1852. at $96 per Ann. When answered before the entry had not then been made on our books
J. Burt Auditor