Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S., Josiah Davis, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
conv.
Davis Josiah
8
no papers
CONTENTS

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT, GANSON DEPEW BUFFALO, N. Y. 1ST VICE-PRES., BRIG.-GEN. OLIVER B. BRIDGMAN 7 WALL ST., NEW YORK CITY 2ND VICE-PRES., HAROLD S. HULL 320 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 3RD VICE-PRES., HON. CHARLES S. WHITMAN 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY SECRETARY, MAJOR CHARLES A. DUBOIS 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY TREASURER, JAMES DE LA MONTANYE 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY REGISTRAR, TEUNIS D. HUNTING 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY HISTORIAN, R. B. M. FAIRBANKS 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY CHAPLAIN, REV. J. LEWIS HARSOCK, PH.D. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
THE EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ORGANIZED FEBRUARY 11, 1890 HEADQUARTERS 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
MANAGERS
COL. WM. P. ALEXANDER MARTIN S. ALLEN LOUIS ANNIN AMES WARD BELKNAP GEORGE ROYCE BROWN JOHN H. BURROUGHS ALBERT A. CARY HON. ROYAL S. COPELAND CAPT. REGINALD FAY NORMAN P. HEFFLEY WILLIAM A. MARBLE FREDERICK F. MOON GEORGE K. MORRIS HON. C. A. PUGSLEY GEORGE MC K. ROBERTS COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT COL. HENRY W. SACKETT GEORGE B. SAGE ROBERT SHAW THOMAS H. SYLVESTER EUGENE T. TANKE HON. JAMES W. WADSWORTH, JR.
TELEPHONE BRINKMAN 6235
Room 2419, 120 Broadway
November 17, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you be kind enough to forward me a record of the pension granted to Josiah Davis, born in 1761? This pension was granted him under Act of May 15, 1828, when the pensioner was a resident of Erie County, N.Y. for service in the Revolutionary War as musician in Captain Solomon Strong's Company of the Fifth Regiment.
This data is desired in connection with verifying application for membership in one of the patriotic societies.
Yours very truly,
GMcKR.VC

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT, BRIG.-GEN. OLIVER B. BRIDGMAN 7 WALL ST., NEW YORK CITY  1ST VICE-PRES., WILLIAM C. DEMOREST 509 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY  2ND VICE-PRES., MAJOR CHARLES A. DUBOIS 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY  3RD VICE-PRES., MESSMORE KENDALL 1839 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY  SECRETARY, CHARLES A. HALE 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY  TREASURER, WARD BELKNAP 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY  REGISTRAR, WILLIAM L. ALLEN 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY  HISTORIAN, R. B. M. FAIRBANKS 154 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK CITY  CHAPLAIN, REV. A. EDWIN KEIGWIN, D.D. 324 WEST 103RD ST., NEW YORK CITY
THE NEW YORK CHAPTER  SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  1812-1912 (THE TRIBUNE BUILDING)  NEW YORK
MANAGERS
COL. WM. P. ALEXANDER LOUIS ANNIN AMES GEORGE M. BOYNTON GEORGE ROYCE BROWN JOHN H. BURROUGHS FREDERICK H. CONE CAPT. REXFORD CREWE WILLIAM S. DENISON CAPT. REGINALD FAY RICHARD V. GOODWIN EDWARD HAGAMAN HALL, L.H.D. NORMAN P. HEFFLEY HAROLD S. HULL SAMUEL H. KRESS HON. WILLIAM L. LOVE WILFRID T. PRATT GEORGE MC K. ROBERTS ROBERT SHAW THOMAS H. SYLVESTER ALBERT J. SQUIER HON. CHARLES S. WHITMAN
TELEPHONE  BR 3355
Room 2419, 120 Broadway
January 7, 1927.
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Recently, in answer to some requests for Pension Records of Revolutionary soldiers, you informed me that owing to not having a clerical force you were unable to supply the information. The particular requests were for use in a genealogy of the Denslow family which I am compiling and I can appreciate that it may not be feasible to furnish such data in any quantity.
However, there is one soldier's record which I am very desirous of obtaining, not for the genealogy but for the purpose of establishing the military record of and descent from a soldier in the Revolution with the object of applying for membership in one of the hereditary patriotic societies.
The subject of this is Josiah Davis mentioned in my letter to you of November 17, 1926. He was pensioned under the Act of May 15, 1828 as a resident of Erie County, New York for services in the Revolutionary War as musician in Capt. Solomon Strong's Company of the Fifth Conn. Regiment.
Acting upon your suggestion I applied to the Treasury Department for this information and they in turn referred this request to the War Department. The latter has a record of his service but nothing regarding the statement made by the soldier when he applied for his pension.
As there seems to be some confusion regarding his marriage, one record is to the effect that his wife's name was Louisa Pierce while the other states her name was Rebecca Lobdell, I desire to establish the authenticity of either or both of these marriages and believe it possible that there may be some reference to the name of his wife and children in his application for pension. If this is the case I will greatly appreciate anything you may do for me on the subject.
Yours very truly,
GMcKR.VC

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
December 13, 1926.
Mr. George McK. Roberts, Room 2419, 120 Broadway, New York City.
Sir:
edit letters returned corrected before mailing. In response to your seven  five letters of the 10", 17", and 20" ultimo, and the 2" 7" and  10" instant, I have to advise you, that owing to the great pressure of current work, the large number of similar inquiries and the lack of a cler- ical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is not able to make a series of investigations and reports in re- gard to a number of soldiers of the Revolution and War of 1812, for any person, or organization.
It is therefore not practicable to take up for con- sideration, your requests for the histories of seven  five sol- diers of those wars, in order to enable you, to compile a family history of the Denslows.
The Revolutionary and War of 1812 records of this Bureau are open to the public, for research work, under the provisions of the Act of Congress, dated March 3, 1901. You, or anyone designated by you, may examine and collect data from the archives, by calling at the Bureau. This is the usual practice in these matters.

The Bureau of Pensions was moved last summer from the original Pension Office Building, to the Interior Department Building, which occasioned great delay in answering letters of inquiry, owing to this fact and to very large number of requests for Revolutionary War data, it is not possible for the limited clerical force to make immediate replies to such letters. They are taken up in the order of their receipt.
There are no papers in this Bureau relative to Josiah Davis of Erie County, New York, who is reported on the list printed in 1835, as having received $88 per annum on account of his services as a Musician in Swift's Connecticut Regiment, under the provisions of the Act of May 15, 1828.
The claims under said act were adjudicated in the Treasury Department, and payments were made there also.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars on.
January 11, 1927.
Mr. G. McK. Roberts, Room 3419, 130 Broadway, New York City.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 7 th instant, I have to advise you, that there is no further data on file in this  bureau relative to the Revolutionary soldier Josiah Davis of Erie County, New York, who was pensioned under the Act of May 15, 1828. This is due to the fact that said claims were adjudicated by and paid by the Treasury Department.
It is regretted that the bureau is unable to aid you further in this matter.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Davis, Josiah GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5692 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 5, 1791
to B. Tallmadge
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.