Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,920, Daniel Davis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Davis, Daniel Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 22.920 B.L.W. 82.555-160-55
CONTENTS
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7,899
444
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Daniel Davis
Cumberland Co., in the State of Maine
who was a Matross in the Company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded
by _____ in the Revolution
for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland
at the rate of 75 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Set Dicken & Hoombs Nov 7, 1857.
Nov 23/52
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th 12 th day of July 1837 and sent to Dicken and Hoombs Present
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Wightman Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1 Page 12

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. The undersigned Daniel Davis makes application for the evidence of his service in the Fort at Cape Elizabeth under three several enlistments from the spring of 1781 to the peace in 1783. during which time David Stuart was com- manding officer of the Post and for Royse was Commissary.
He says that the Company or Guard in which he served consisted of about 20 men for the most of the time and were employed in taking care of the Fort in Cape Elizabeth and were subject to strict Military discipline. That the Com- pany was quartered in the Fort received their rations regularly and that he served from the time of his enlistment in the spring of 1781 to the month of July 1783 except at one short interval of a few weeks between the last of May & the first part of July 1782 constantly. That there served with him at the same time and place Ephraim Sawyer James Sawyer George Sawyer John Mc- Lellan Joshua Woodbury George Webster & Thomas Simonton. The Secretary is requested to state whether there is any evidence of the service of any of the above.
And this applicant also requests the Secretary to state whether there is any resolve authorizing troops to be raised for the defence of Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth in 1781. and if so whether

there is any rolls of the Matrosses thus authorized to be raised and to be in service for that year. Subsequent to May 6- Whether there is any rolls of a Company of Guards raised by a resolution of July 6 1782 consisting of 20 men to serve in Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth until discharged - Also whether there is any rolls of the same Compa- ny of Guards authorized to continue in service by resolution of 22 d March 1783-
And this Applicant further requests the Secre- -tary to examine the account of Joseph Hoys Commissionary to ascertain whether said Hoys did supply the troops at Falmouth & Cape Elizabeth , during the year 1781 1782 & 1783 or any part of that time.
Witness
Freeman Bradford
Daniel his J Davis mark
Signed before me this 10 th October 1848.
Freeman Bradford J. Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Oct 28 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that there is no evidence of the service of Daniel Davis, Ephraim, George and James Sawyer, John McLellan, Joshua Woodbury, George Webster and Thomas Simontone in the Fort at Cape Elizabeth under Capt Davis, about during said war. No roll of said Capt Street subsequent to the year 1775. It does not appear from any document in this Office that Commissary Joseph Noyes supplied troops at Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth in the years 1781, 1782 & 1783. It is not known whether there is any Record authorizing the raising of troops for defence of Falmouth In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. in 1781.
W. B. Russell Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. On this 13 th day of March AD 1857 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Daniel Davis a resident of Cape Elizabeth in said County and makes the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of June 7, 1832.
And this declarant states that he is 87 years of age - that he was born in the town of Falmouth & has resided in said town and in Cape Elizabeth from his birth. He states that he entered the service in the Revolutionary war in the month of March 1781, under an officer by the name of Strong of Cape Elizabeth and was stationed in the Fort in that town and that he continued in the service under a second enlistment for one year. He further states that in 1782 he continued in service under the same officer and that his service was continuous (except for a short period in 1782 not exceeding six weeks) to the latter part of the year 1783. This declarant states that he was in actual service more than two years, that in the summer season the number of troops in the fort was larger than in the winter season that in summer they were under the command of said Strong who was a comman-

sional officer, but in the winter the Garrison was reduced to a Sergeant's Guard. This declarant states that his original application was rejected by the Commissioner of Pensions and that he then applied to Congress and that a Committee reported favourably upon his application as will appear by the annexed report. This declarant further states that inasmuch as he was unable to show that his name was borne upon the rolls of Capt Strout and others that doubts arose whether there were any organized bodies of troops raised by Massachusetts for the defence of Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth in the years 1781 1782 & 1783. For proof of such service he refers to copies of resolutions annexed and also to the testimony of John McLellan who served with him a part of the time that he was a soldier in Cape Elizabeth. He therefore claims a pension as a Matron for two years service.
Witness J. H. Hannon
Daniel X Davis mark
Cumberland ss. Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Davis, on the day and year first above written and made oath that the same is true.
Before me J. H. Hannon Jus. Peace

6002
Name
Elizabeth Davis
widow of Daniel Davis
Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Mahross
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 75 - Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
27th November 1851
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct, 1852 and sent to
J. Bradford Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 12 Vol. 1.
292 490

State of Maine
Cumberland ss
On this 13 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. personally appeared before me, Josiah Pierce judge of Probate in and for the County aforesaid. Elizabeth Davis a resident of Cape Elizabeth in the County and State aforesaid aged 83 years and upwards who upon oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed February 2 d 1848. and also an increased rate of pension due her late husband under the act of 1832
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Daniel Davis late of said Cape Elizabeth who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. She states that her said husband served more than two years during the latter part of the war in a company of Matross at Cape Elizabeth and that she well recollects of his being a soldier there. that in the summer of 1851 he was allowed a pension at the rate of $75- per annum only, and that soon after he was placed on the roll at that rate, he made application for an increase, all which will appear by reference to papers

now on file in the pension office. This declar- ant states that her husband Daniel Davis was in the service in the Revolutionary war more than two years.
She further states that she intermarried with Daniel Davis on the third day of May 1788 at Cape Elizabeth and that her name before mar- riage was Elizabeth Simonton. She further states that her late husband Daniel Davis died at said Cape Elizabeth on the 27th day of November 1857 and that she is now a widow.
Elizabeth her mark Davis
Witness
H Bradford
Signed & sworn before me on the day and year first above written. and I certify that in consequence of bodily infirmity that the said declarant is unable in my opinion to attend court. and that the oath was ad- ministered by me at her residence in Cape Elizabeth.
Josiah Pierce Judge

State of Maine
Cumberland Co. Probate Office Jany 13th 1852
I Freeman Bradford Register of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon Josiah Pierce before whom the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Davis was made is Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland and duly qualified as such that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit should be given to his official attestations.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Official seal of said Court and set my hand the day and year first above written Freeman Bradford Regr

State of Maine Cumberland ss. } Clerk's Office Sup. Courts Portland January 14th A.D. 1832 }
I hereby certify that the following marriage appears in the list of Marriages returned to this Office by the Rev. Ephraim Clark Minister of the Gospel for the years 1788 & 1789 and recorded in the "Sessions Records" for said County to wit "Mr Daniel Davis and Miss Elizabeth Simonton both of Cape Elizabeth Married May third in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty eight. And I further certify that the foregoing is a true extract from said Records of said Marriage excepting the words 'third in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty eight' which are plainly and legibly expressed in the records and figures following to wit. "May 3 d 1788" —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court of Said State the day and year above written
C. C. Harmon, Clerk

292.490 act Mar 3/53
July 24 5 / 58
Elizabeth Davis
Dear Sir,
Daniel Davis
Private
Revolutionary War AD: 1600-1783
Dear B. G. Miller,
File 48-6002
H. Bradford Esq Portland, Maine
6/18/70
Vol D, page 34.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Notary of the  Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Davis (in August next) aged 90 years, a resident of Cape Elizabeth in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Daniel Davis deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the in the Company commanded by Captain Regiment of  commanded by Colonel  Served in a Company of Malcross at said  in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.  Cape Elizabeth during the last years of the Revolutionary war and that she well recollects his service
That her said husband made application for a pension in his life time  day of  18 for the term of  Congress passed June 7th 1832 and was  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of  placed on the Pension roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of seventy five dollars per annum. That after the death of her said husband to wit in January 1852 she made application for a pension under the act of February 1848 and was placed on the Pension roll at the rate of $75 per annum
She further states, that she was married to the said Daniel Davis in Cape Elizabeth on the Third day of March A. D. 1788 by one Ephraim Clark a Clergyman , and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Simonton ; that her said husband died at Cape Elizabeth on the 27th day of November A. D. 1851 and that she is now a widow. She further declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Daniel under this

or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. For evidence of marriage and other facts she refers to her application for a pension and states that her pension certificate is numbered 6,002.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855, & the 2 d Section of the Act of May 14, 1856.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Elizabeth Davis do hereby constitute and appoint William Bradford of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Elizabeth her Davis mark
We Rebecca Goveitt and Susan Goveitt residents of Wape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Davis  above named in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration.
Rebecca Goveitt Susan Goveitt
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Elizabeth Davis the declarant above named, and by Rebecca Goveitt and Susan Goveitt witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. B. Hannon Notary Public Justice of the Peace.

History to Mrs D. Bailey buryport Mass. (Hid-15-982)
Rev WID WIDOW, &c.
Apr. 7-97 Anna new (see)
File No. 22920
Elizabeth Davis
wid of
Daniel Davis
Mass Rev war
Act: Feb 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No. 41—
Elizabeth Davis, wid. of Daniel,
Maine,
Act 2. Feby 1848.
Sec. 23 d April 1832.
Fe y Bradford Portland Me.
✓ 38.179.
Daniel Davis
Maine,
Act 7 June 1832.

Bounty Land claim War of the Revolution
Geo. Whiting Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.
July 20, 1890

Maine Agency.
Elizabeth Davis, widow of Daniel, who was a p. Matross in the Army of the Potomac.
Ad. 2 d Feb. 1848.
Due 18 mo. $75.00
for ann. com November 27. 1851, when he died
F. Bradford, Portland, Maine.

32,899
Maurice Daniel Davis
of Amberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Revolution for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Yorkland at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of July 1858 and sent to _____ Dickens & Corns
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending _____
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____
Clerk,
Book _____
Vol. 1 Page 12

292.490
Bounty Land Claim of Elizabeth Davis widow of Daniel Davis Acts of March 3 rd 1855 & May 14 th 1856 War of the Revolution
F. Bradford Portland Maine

We John Lovell and Lemuel Cobb on oath depose and say that we were intimately acquainted with Daniel Davis in his life time. Said Davis was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we know that he received a pension a short time before his death. Daniel Davis died in the fall of 1851, and left a widow Elizabeth Davis who is now living and has not been mar- ried since the death of her husband. Elizabeth Davis is now a Pensioner of the United States, & We have no in- terest in this claim. We now reside in Portland Cumberland County Maine, and were formerly residents of Cape Elizabeth and have known the family of Daniel Davis deceased for more than forty years last past.
John Lovell Lemuel Cobb
State of Maine
Cumberland ss Be it known that on this twentieth day of July, A.D. 1858 personally appeared John Lovell and Lemuel Cobb known to me to be cred- ible witnesses and made oath in due

form that the foregoing Affidavit is true according to their best knowledge in- formation and belief
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Notarial Seal and subscribed my name This 20 th day of July, afore said.
J. K. Harmony Notary Public.

Dear Davis, of Maine
Supplemental Declaration.
Dickins & Coombs

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND,
August 7th A. D. 1851 }
I, — Freeman Bradford _____
Register of Probate,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
_____ Henry C. Babb , is an _____
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is
DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said
Babb
is dated
November 19th
A. D. 1850 and will expire
Nov. 19th.
A. D. 1851/_____
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be
his is _____
genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

State of Maine Cumberland County ss.
On this 7th day of Aug t , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the subscri- ber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Daniel Davis a resident of Cape Elizabeth in said County aged 87 years who upon his oath makes the following additional declaration in order to obtain an in- creased rate of Pension under the act of 7th June 1832.
And this declarant states that he was a resident of Cape Elizabeth in the time of the Revolution and that he enlisted into a Company of Artillery in the month of March 1781 commanded at that time by Capt. Streat that he continued in the service until the time of Peace under several enlistments except for one short interval of about six weeks that he was stationed in the Fort in said Cape Elizabeth during the time he was in the service and that he was in actual service more than two years. He states that in the summer season when the coast was liable to be attacked by the vessels of the enemy the company was under the command of a commissioned officer but in

The winter it was reduced in number and consisted of a Guard for the most of the time commanded by a non commissioned officer He refers the Commission to his declaration made on the 13 March 1851 and to the additional testimony therein adduced and claims a full pension as Matross Witness H. Bradford Daniel his Davis mark
Cumberland Co. August 7 th 1851
Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Davis whom I know to be the identical person he represents himself to be in the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is wholly true. Before me
H. C. Babb Justice of the Peace

Elizabeth Davis widow of Daniel
Maine
Act 2 o Feby 1848.
Act 23 Apr 1857.
Freeman Brulford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Probate Office, PORTLAND, January 14, A. D. 1852
I, — Freeman Bradford — REGISTER OF PROBATE,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Charles C. Harmon, is an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Harmon is dated May 4th A. D. 1847 and will expire May 4th A. D. 1854.
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the SEAL OFFICIAL of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford Register.

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this thirteenth day of January 184 2 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Daniel Davis late of Cape Elizabeth was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said Cape Elizabeth on the twenty seventh day of November 184 1 . — And that Elizabeth Davis is the widow of said Daniel Davis deceased.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this thirteenth day of January in the year 184 2
Nucuman Bradford
Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

I Samuel Cobb Jr of Portland in the county of Cumberland on oath say that I am 49 years of age and have known Daniel Davis of Cape Elizabeth several years. Daniel Davis was allowed a pension last summer at the rate of seventy five dollars per annum and due in the month of November 1851 and left a widow Elizabeth Davis now living who is a claimant for a pension. Elizabeth Davis is an aged woman and I should judge she was over eighty years of age. She and Daniel Davis have lived together as husband & wife ever since I knew them which is over thirty years past.
Samuel Cobb Jr
State of maine Cumberland ss Portland January 14. 1852 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Cobb Jr and made oath that the foregoing by him signed is true according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Before me
A. A. Harmon Jus of Peace

Portland August 5 1852
Sir
Enclosed you have the testimony of the Undertaker in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Davis, widow of Daniel Davis, a claimant for a pension under the act of 1848. I refer to your report in this case, made on the 23 April 1852,
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt; Servt. Freeman Bradford
James E Heath Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Portland Jany 14 1852
Sir
Enclosed I send to you the declaration &c in matter of a Pension claimed by Elizabeth Davis under the act of 2 d February 1848.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt: Servt:
Freeman Bradford
James E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pension Washington D.C.

Additional evidence in the Revolutionary Claim of Elizabeth Davis. Widow of Daniel Davis, F. Bradford Portland, Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, PORTLAND,
August 3, A. D. 1852 }
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
J. K. Harmon Esq. is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Com- mission is dated November 23 A. D. 1850 and will expire
Nov. 23. A. D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon CLERK.

Portland Nov. 28 th 1851
At Mr Caleb Willard Dr To H. A. Weston For one Baffin for Daniel Davis $9 00
Recd Payment H. A. Weston

I Hermon A Weston of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Undertaker on oath Say that I furnished on the twenty eighth day of November A D 1851 a Coffin for Daniel Davis of Cape Elizabeth and delivered the same to Caleb Willard as appears by memorandum on my books and also by my bill of the Coffin just annexed - marked A Mr Willard informed me when he called for the Coffin that Daniel Davis died the day before.
Hermon A. Weston Cumberland ss August 2 d 1852 Then personally appeared the above named Hermon A Weston a man of truth and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed. Before me
J. W. Harmon Justice of Peace

Payment to be made at Orleans by W. Woodbury Agent for paying pension= ees, in the Agency of
Name
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 1 Page 12 by
Henry J. Wrightman Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832,
Daniel Davis of Maine who was a private in the
Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty dollars and 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 Department of the Interior, this Ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. H. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington, Aug. 13 th 1857.
Sir:
Enclosed please find the supplemental declaration of Daniel Davis, of Maine, claiming a full pension, for services two years as a Matrop. He was lately allowed a pension at the rate of $78 per annum. The evidence now on file is believed to be sufficient to establish the claim for a full pension.
Very Respectfully Maurice Dents Dickins & Coombs
J. E. Heath Esq. Comm. of Pensions

Daniel Davis Maine, Act 7 June 1832 Matrop $75 Ad? 218 Mo per $60 per An from 4 March 1831.
Payable to him
Best to Dickens Hoombs Present.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Davis, mid of same Cumberland County and State of Maine .
act.
2 d Feb. 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband perished Oct 7, 1832. Record evidence of marriage prior to 1794.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. Bradford Portland, Me
Examining Clerk.
Ode Niles

March 17 - 1857 38.179 Add. Ev. in case of Daniel Davis
Act 7 June 1832.
Me - original additional evidence - No papers in Feb Duff
Dickins & Coombs Attys
I have one account the papers of Mr. Estlin which he was allowed to possess for 12 mo on the condition that he would not publish. On the same condition I allow him 18 mo.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND, March 13, A. D. 1851 }
I,
Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Ezra Garter Jr. was an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, at the time of taking the annexed affidavit. Said Garter's Commission was dated December 26th, A. D. 1843 and expired Dec. 26th, A. D. 1850, and that Zebediah H. Harmon is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the papers hereto annexed, that his DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Harmon is dated November 23 A. D. 1851 and will expire A. D. 185
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be their are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

I, John McLellan of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that I am eighty two years of age and upwards, I am a native of Cape Elizabeth and resided in that Town until I was fourteen years of age, since I have resided in Portland. I was a Soldier in the Revolution and am now a petitioner of the United States. I entered the service in the fall or Summer of 1781, at Cape Elizabeth and continued in the service at that place until the peace in 1783. During the time that I was in the service, there were two or three periods of service for which the guards at that place were enlisted and I served out two if not three enlistments. When I enlisted into the company of Capt. Strout in the fall or Summer of 1781, I found Daniel Davis in the company as a Soldier, and said Davis continued to serve as a Soldier until the troops were dismissed at the close of the war. I have known Daniel Davis intimately from the time I was fourteen years of age until the present time and I was also well acquainted with his father William Davis who was also a Soldier of the revolution belonging to the Continental army.

Said William Davis the father of Daniel returned home unwell and entered the service at the fort at Cape Elizabeth, where he continued a short time and by reason of ill health was obliged to leave and his son Daniel took his place. William Davis died shortly after of sickness he contracted while in the service and Daniel continued to serve until the end of the war.
I well recollect the following persons who served in the same company with Davis and myself viz. Ephraim Chamberlain, Lemuel Leach, Thomas Simonson, George Webster, Joshua Woodbury, Job Sawyer and James Sawyer, I know none of the above except Daniel Davis who are now living.
In the computation of my service I was allowed one year only but I actually served longer than that time, Daniel Davis was in the company when I entered it and continued to serve with me during the whole time that I was in the service. Daniel Davis is nearly three years older than myself.
John M. Lathan
Cumberland ss Oct. 11 A.D. 1868
Then personally appeared John McLean and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Ezra Cleeve Jr. his Place

I further certify that said John M c Lean is personally known to me to be a credible person and his statements are in my opin- ion entitled to belief
Ezra C. Gilmore Jr. Jus. Peace

DANIEL DAVIS.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 811.]
JANUARY 4, 1837.
Mr. MORGAN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Daniel Davis, have duly considered the same, and report:
That the petitioner alleges to have enlisted in an artillery company commanded by Captain Strout, in the month of March, 1781. This company was raised for the purpose of defending Cape Elizabeth, in the then district of Maine, and was stationed at that place. The petitioner continued in strict and constant service, (being obliged to live in the fort and lodge in the barracks,) under three several enlistments, until the treaty of peace in 1783, at which time he received, with his companions in arms, a public but verbal discharge. During this whole term of service he received regularly pay and rations from Joseph Noyes, who was known as their commissary and paymaster. He is now seventy-one years of age, and has been usually a resident in said Cape Elizabeth.
In proof of these allegations, the deposition of James Sawyer is produced, in which Sawyer swears that he has been well acquainted with said Davis since his boyhood, and that in the spring of 1781 the said Davis enlisted in a company of artillery under the command of David Strout, and was of the Massachusetts line, and stationed at the fort in Cape Elizabeth. He further states, that he well remembers that the said Davis continued to be an enlisted soldier in said Strout's company until the news of the treaty of peace in 1783, and that, with the exception of two terms of temporary absence, one of two months and the other of six weeks, both on leave, he continued to perform regular duties and receive regular rations and pay from Joseph Noyes.
John McLellan of Portland, Maine, aged sixty-nine, swears that he has always known Daniel Davis well since he was eight years of age; that he knows that said Davis was an enlisted soldier in the company of Captain Strout, at Cape Elizabeth, from September, in 1781, until the news of peace in 1783; being also an enlisted soldier during the same term, in the same company, and stationed at the fort in Cape Elizabeth: and that they received regularly the usual rations and pay of regular soldiers from Joseph Noyes.
Sarah Fernald, of Portland, Maine, swears that she is seventy-one years of age, and that she is a daughter of Captain David Strout, late of Cape

2 Elizabeth; that her said father commanded a company of artillery, which was stationed at the fort in Cape Elizabeth, from the year 1781 to the time when peace was made in 1783; that, early in the spring of 1781, Daniel Davis, of Cape Elizabeth, enlisted as a soldier in said company under her father's command; and that said Davis continued to be an enlisted soldier in said company from the time of his said enlistment until the close of the war; that the company received pay and rations from Joseph Noyes, who was commissary to the company.
These witnesses are all certified in the usual form to be credible, and some of them are known by the honorable member from the district in which they reside, and by him pronounced worthy of belief.
The committee are of opinion that the said Davis rendered more than eighteen months' service, and report a bill for that time.

Resolve for retaining in service the guards, Stationed at Falmouth, and Cape Elizabeth, to the first of March next, and discharging the guards at Plumb Island, and other places upon the sea coast. November 2. 1781.
Resolved, That the guards Stationed at Falmouth, and Cape Elizabeth, consisting of one sergeant and twelve matrosses, and the guard at Marble head, consisting of one sergeant and four matrosses, be retained and continued until the first day of March next, upon the same establishment made in the resolve of February 20th. 1781.
And it is further Resolved, That the guards at Plumb Island, Gloucester, Beverly, Salem, and the Gurnet, be forthwith discharged, and the commander in chief be desired to dismiss them accordingly, and give such orders as he shall think proper, for securing the cannon and stores belonging to this Commonwealth, in the forts on Plumb Island, Gloucester, Beverly, Salem, and the Gurnet.
We have copies of printed Resolves in this Office Mass! Chas. Harmon, Clerk of Judicial Courts Cumberland County,

Resolved for raising a number of guards, to be Stationed at certain places upon the sea-coast in the Counties of Cumberland, Essex, Plymouth, and Bristol, and making an establishment. July 6, 1782.
Whereas it is essential to the public Safety, that suitable guards be provided and Stationed at the several posts hereafter mentioned, within this Commonwealth:
Therefore, Resolved, That there be raised in the County of Cumberland, and Stationed at Falmouth, one Sergeant and twelve matrosses; and at Cape Elizabeth, one corporal and six matrosses: That there be raised in the County of Essex, and Stationed at Plumb Island, one corporal and three matrosses; at Gloucester, one Sergeant and eight matrosses; at Beverly, one corporal and three matrosses; at Salem, one Sergeant and five matrosses; at Marblehead, one Sergeant and eight matrosses: That there be raised in the County of Bristol, and Stationed at Dartmouth, one Sergeant and fourteen matrosses: That there be raised in the County of Plymouth, for the fort at the Gurnet, one Sergeant and eight matrosses.
And be it further Resolved, That there be allowed and paid to each Sergeant, forty-eight Shillings per month; to each corporal, forty-two Shillings per month; and to each matross or private, forty Shillings per month: And that the Commissary General be, and he is hereby

directed, to supply the several new-Commissioned officers and men above-mentioned, with such rations as are delivered to soldiers in the Continental army, either in provisions or money, as he may agree.
And be it further Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to give orders for raising the several detachments before mentioned, and that they be properly supplied with ammunition; and that the said guards be added to or diminished, and to continue so long as the Governor, with advice of Council, shall judge for the advantage and safety of the Commonwealth.
A true copy of printed Resolves in this Office. Attest!
Chas. H. Cannon, Clerk of Cumberland County Judicial Court,

CCXXII.
Resolve on the petition of the joint committees and Selectmen of the County of Cumberland, empowering the Commissary-General to procure a small vessel and a whale-boat, to cruise on the Eastern coast, and directing him to collect fire-arms, &c, and requesting the Governor to commission a suitable person, and to continue the guards at Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth. March 26, 1783.
Extract.
And it is further Resolved. That His Excellency the Governor, be requested to give orders for continuing the guards at Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth, on the same establishment as last year, for so long a time as the Governor, with the advice of Council, shall judge for the advantage and safety of this Commonwealth.
A true copy of one Section of the above named Resolve.
I Charles H. Harmon, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the County of Cumberland, hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies and a correct extract of certain printed Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now in this Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this thirteenth day of March A.D. 1857.
Chas. H. Harmon,