Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 629, John Davison, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Davison, John
S. 629.
Carded.
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39988 New Jersey
9988. John Davidson
of Monmouth Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Murre of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Walton in the N. Jersey Militia time for 2 years,
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of July 1833 and sent to Thos C. Ryall Freehold N. J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sep. 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 108

Monmouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of John Da: vison for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
No 4065
no papers

Declaration of John Davison in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 -
State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss. }
On this thirty first day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Monmouth, now sitting, John Davison a resident in the township of Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey seventy one years of age on the third day of April last, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated -
That he entered the said service in the month of September 1776, as a substitute under Capt. Thos. Hearn, while residing in the town- ship of Freehold, Monmouth County, that in following months he served under Capt. John Schenck & in the month following November he served under Capt. Kenneth Hankinson - That he was a substitute served as a substitute during the said three months, the first month for his father John Davison sen r , the second month for John Conover Esq. & the third month again for his father (he himself at that time being too young to be drafted) In April 1777 that he entered a company of militia commanded by Capt. John Walton & remained in his company all

the close of the war - That while in said company he was frequently drafted to serve under other Captains, that he served under Capt. Benjamin VanClief & others whose names are forgotten - That Colonel Elisha Walton & General David Horner & Col. Asahel Holmes were the field officers during the said time - That he was chiefly employed while in said service in guarding the shores of the said County of Monmouth - Was in several skirmishes with the Tories - Was at the Battle of Monmouth & engaged in it under Capt. Walton - That he was never in service with any continental company or regiment except at the Battle of Monmouth, when he served with regiment commanded by Colonel Morgan, that he knew none of the regular officers except the said Col. Morgan - That his marches were confined to the said County of Monmouth & chiefly along the sea coast - That he has no doubt he was out in actual service more than two years - That he has a record of his age in the family Bible in his possession; That except the three first months of his service when he was a substitute, he was drafted & served in consequence of such draft or call - That he now lives in the said township of Horvell, Monmouth County, New Jersey, that he resided in the township of Freehold when he entered the said service, & that he was born in the County of Middlen - That he has resided in the said township of Horvell since the year 1892 - That he received no discharge from the said service, & that he has no documentary evidence thereof - That he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service -

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to & subscribed John Davison the day & year aforesaid - }
John Patterson
We William Davis John Saphin Newman a clergyman, residing in the township of Howell, Monmouth, New Jersey, & William & John Hurley, of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Davison Davison, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to & subscribed the day of John Saphin Newman by us aforesaid - } William his Hurley mark
John Patterson
John Hurley
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above mentioned ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that -

It appears to them that John Caplin Newman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said township of Howell, & that William & John Hurley who have also signed the same are residents in the said township of Howell, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit -
William Sloyer } Judges of John Hall } the said John Haddad } Court -
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Davidson, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
D. H. Ellis Clk
I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Davidson for a pension, made before the said Court

in firm time, on the thirty first day of July last =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this twenty sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three =
H. H. Ellis att
No 4002
John Walton & remained in his company all

Supplemental affidavit of John Davison amending his original declaration, made before a Court of Record of Monmouth County, New Jersey, on the thirty first day of July last, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County, to wit: }
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, John Davison, who, being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he is the identical John Davi- son named in the original proceedings for a pension, marked by the War Department number 4055, & that by reason of old age & 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, & in the following grades; For three months in the year 1776 I served as a private in the Revolutionary war, as a substitute for others, that is to say I served the month of September 1776 under Captain Thomas Hewes as a substitute for my father John Davison Esq., I served the month of October following under Capt. John Schenck as a substitute for John Conover Esq., & I served the month of November following as a substitute for my said father again, under Capt. Kenneth Hankinson. (I was at this time too young to be drafted into the service) Immediately after the expiration of the said month of November the Tories obtaining the ascendancy in their hands, in the said County, the Militia of said County were disbanded. Nathaniel Scudder was the Colonel & David Forman the General

at this time. On the first of April 1777 I again entered the service in a militia company commanded by Captain John Walton, under my draft or call, & I remained in the said last named company, doing service as a private, under my said drafts or calls until the close of the war; that is to say, I served five months as a private in the said militia company last named in the year 1777, to wit, the months of April, June, August, October & December; I served six months, namely, February, April, June, August, October & December in the year 1778, as a private in the said company; I served six months namely, February, April, June, August, October & December, in the year 1779, as a private in said company; I served six months, namely, the months of February, April, June, August, October & December in the year 1780, as a private in the said company. In the year 1781, I served at least four months, & in the year 1782, I served at least four months, but I am unable to state the particular months by reason of the terms of service, being, during the two last named years, irregular & at uncertain periods, & the services of the militia being at this period less; but I think I served at least four tours of service in each of the said last named years, & I know that each tour comprised the period of three months. Thomas Cook  Nassau Garrison was Lieutenant in said company during the early part of the war & after his death, Thomas Cook was appointed. William Johnson was at first the ensign, & being taken prisoner by the enemy & taken to New York, William Hilyard was chosen in his stead. I do not remember exactly

the time or periods, when the said charges in the office of Lieutenant & Ensign occurred - Asher Holmes was the Colonel & David Forman the General during the time I served in the said last named company - During the time I was in the said Company last named I always served therein as a private under my draft or call - While I was attached to the said Company when not in actual ser- :vice under my regular draft or call, I was very frequently at the musters that took place in consequence of the General alarms as they were termed, that frequently occurred - At these times, I served at irregular periods, & under other officers beside those attached to my regular company, but I cannot now remember either the exact times when these periods of service occurred, or for what length of time they continued, or under what officers they were performed, except I remem- :ber being out on one occasion under Capt. Benjamin Vanleaf - and for such service I claim a pension - I was born in the County of Middlesex in New Jersey, on the 3 rd of April 1781; I have a record of my age in the family Bible in my possession; I lived in the town- :ship of Freehold, in the said County of Monmouth New Jersey, when I was called into the service when I lived until the year 1802, when I moved to the township of Howell in said County, where I now live. I first entered the service as a substitute as above stated, for the persons above named, & afterwards served under my draft or call as above stated; I do not remember anything  noting about any of the Regular officers, or Continental or militia Regiments, except as is above stated, & in my original declaration, & I have generally stated

all such circumstances of my service as I can remember, & think important; I never received any discharge from the service, except by word of mouth; I am known to Joseph Combs & John Holshat Esq. who were out with me during the war; & I have obtained the testimony of the Rev. John Saphire Newman, William Hurley, & John Hurley, to whom I am known in my present neighborhood, & who have testified in the proceedings annexed to my original decla- :tion to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Rev- :olution; I always served with an embodied corps, called into service by the authority of the State of New Jersey, I always served in the field & never in garrison; & for the time during which the service was performed, I was not employed in any civil pursuit.
Sworn & subscribed { this 25 th day of June { A.D. 1833, before me — { "Master Davis," on 2 nd page, & { "any thing" on 3 rd page, hereof { being interlined, before being sworn { to —                     William Lloyd
John Davison

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John Davidson Proctor of Laws
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth county, to wit; }
Personally appeared before the subscribed one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Monmouth, John Holsheat Esq: who being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he is seventy four years of age & a surviving soldier of the Revolu- tion & as such hath applied for his pension under the late act of Congress; that he is well acquainted with John Davison, who has sworn to & subscribed the annexed amended affidavit, that he knew the said John Da- vison at the time, & during, the Revolutionary War, that he has seen the said John Davison out time after time, during the said War, doing actual service, as a private, in the militia of New Jersey, that the said John Davison was formerly a justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Monmouth, & is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that this deponent knows he was a soldier of the Revolution, having seen him out as before mentioned, doing actual service, during the Revolutionary War
Sworn & subscribed } this 25 th day of June A.D. } 1833, before me - "of age" } being intimated before deponent } was sworn - William Lloyd } 3
John Holsheat
William Lloyd, one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the

County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, & a justice of the Peace in & for the said County, Do hereby certify, that I was one of the Judges of the said Court, at the time the forgoing named John Davison made his original declaration for his Pension, & that it appears to me, that the said John Davison who has sworn to & subscribed the forgoing supplemental affidavit is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit, that he is advanced in years, & that his statement statement is reputed & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion; & further that I am personally ac- quainted with John Holshat Esq: who has sworn & subscribed to the forgoing affidavits before me, & Joseph Coombs who has sworn & subscribed the following affidavit before me; that they are both far advanced in years, & have both made application under the late act of Congress, for a Pension, that they are both credible persons, the said John Holshat Esq: having been for a number of years a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, & that the statements of each is entitled to full credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of June, A. D. 1833 = an interlineation being made in the 6 th line from the top hereof, & an erasure, in the 10 th & 11 th lines, before signing cert- ificate =
William Lloyd

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County, to wit: }
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County Joseph Combs, who being duly sworn, doth depose & say, that he is ninety one years of age & a surviving soldier of the Revolution & as such hath applied for his pension under the late act of Congress, that he was acquainted with the forgoing named John Davison, who has sworn to & subscribed the forgoing supplemental affidavit, during the Revolutionary War, & that he remembers having seen the said John Davison out in actual service in the War of the Revolution, during the said War -
Sworn & subscribed this 25 th day of June. A.D. 1833 before me
William Lloyd
Joseph Combs
I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that William Lloyd Esquire, by & before whom the forgoing proceedings were done, sworn to & subscribed, was at the several times the said proceedings were performed, & still is, a Judge of the said Court, & Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, duly enrolled in my office, & commissioned & sworn into office as such Judge & Justice, & that full faith and credit is due, & ought to be given to his official acts as such Judge

& justice, & further that the name "William Lloyd", signed to the first to the foregoing supplemental affidavit of John Davison, & to the first to the foregoing affidavit of John Holshart Esq., & to the foregoing certificate of the said William Lloyd, & to the first to the foregoing affidavit of Joseph Coombs, are severally the genuine signatures of the said William Lloyd Esquire, Judge Justice as aforesaid =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three = " and credit " in the 12 th line of certificate being interlined before signing =
H. H. Ellis the

Supplemental affidavit of John Davison amending his original declaration for a pen- sion, under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 #

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esquire. Commissioned of Pension Washington =
$80 per ann

Rehoboth June 28. 1832.
Sir
I enclose to the Department the original proceedings as together with amending affidavit in the case of the claim of John Davison for a Pension. This old man is poor, sickly & infirm, which will induce the Department to extend to him his claim their earliest attention.
Resptly: Mott: over:
Thos. B. Ryal
J. L. Edwards Esqr.