Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,877, Samuel Davis, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Davis, Samuel
NUMBER
840877
12 L.H. 578 - 200 - debit. Issued Apr. 19. 1791 to Alexander Power, assignee No papers
CONTENTS

3786.
Pennsylvania Roll.
Samuel Davis, H Capt Henderson 3786
Lieut. Pennsylvania line 14 th reg t the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Oct r 1818 and forwarded to Hiram McNeill Norristown Penn a
arrears to 4 th of Sep r 1818 82.66 semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 120.00
$202.66
4 mo 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18 th March, 1818. }
Continued
Montgomery Pa
Application sent Dec r 27. 1820 to the Provost Genl. Norristown Montg ry Co Pa
File No. 6.1524 A. G. Hunt

Louise Davis
Lieut. 1 st May.
Admitted on the bath of Mrs Henderson
Foxham St Neils

Pennsylvania ss
Personally appeared before me one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, Samuel Davis, and upon his solemn affirmation doth declare and say, that in the month of November Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, he was commissioned a lieutenant in Captain Matthew Henderson's company, in the ninth Pennsylvania regiment, then commanded by Lieutenant Col George Magee, and afterwards by Col Richard Butler, in the Revolutionary army of the United States - and that he served till the month of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight, at which time he was clapped with superannuity officers, and suspended but called upon, after serving one year & seven months, that the paper on which his commission was printed is worn out, and no longer readable - That he is now in the seventy second year of his age, that he is too infirm to obtain a subsistence by manual labor, and that he has no means of obtaining it - And this deponent further saith that he has never received any pension from the United States, nor from Pennsylvania - And this deponent further saith not - Sworn and subscribed before me the first day of May { Sam t Davis AB 18 Hiram McNeill
The above named Hiram McNeill one of the judges of the court of common pleas &c as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Davis did serve as a lieutenant in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. That he is now in indigent circumstances and does stand in need of the support of his country. Therefore I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the secretary of the department of War pursuant to an act of passed in March 1818 for the relief of revolutionary officers and soldiers. Hiram McNeill

Montgomery County ss State of Pennsylvania
I George Wach Recorder of Deeds &c in and for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Hiram McNeal the person before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time thereof duly Commissioned and sworn in as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas &c in and for the
County aforesaid Witness my Hand and the Seal of the said Office this 2 nd Day of May A.D 1818
Geo Wach Recorder
Montgomery County ss.
Personally appeared before me Hiram McNeill Esq. one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery William Henderson aged fifty two years or thereabouts and on his solemn oath did declare that Samuel Davis mentioned in the foregoing part of this paper is the brother of Samuel Davis that was the first Lieutenant in a Company of United States Troops commanded by his late father Captain Matthew Henderson and that he repeatedly saw him doing duty in that Capacity and further this deponent saith not.
Wm Henderson
Sworn before me May 28, 1818 Hiram McNeill

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Sam l Davis an old soldier
Whitmarsh Montgomery Co Pa
3786
21 Oct '18

Among the Records of the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County. —
Is contained as follows. Viz.
State of Pennsylvania Montgomery County ss. } to wit
This sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas for being a court of record for the said County of Montgomery in the Common- of White Marsh Township Montgomery County wealth of Pennsylvania. Abner Davis , in the seventy fourth year of his age who being duly affirmed according to law doth on his solemn affirmation declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, he was a Lieutenant in Captain Matthew Henderson's Company of Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard Butler, That he entered into the service in said Company in or about November seventeen hundred and seventy six and continued therein nearly two years, at which time he was honou- rably discharged, That he was in the Battles of Princeton, Germantown and Brandywine and several others during his said service — That he received from the war department of the United States a certificate dated the 21 st day of October 1818 — certifying that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 he is inscribed on the Pension list roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of twenty dollars per month commencing on the first day of May 1818 and numbered 3786. And he does further solemnly affirm and declare that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that he has not since that time, by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of his property or any part there- of with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself within the provisions of an Act of Con- gress 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 18 th day of March 1818, And that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed.
The declarant is a joiner and cabinet maker by trade, That he occasionally works at his trade but from his age and want of sight and other infirmities he is rendered unable to pursue it for a living, That he has no family residing with him, And has no member or members of his family capable of contributing to his support
Affirmed & declared (Signed) Sam l Davis on the 16 th day of August 1820 in open Court before W m Powell Prot.
An Inventory of All the goods and credits of Samuel Davis, Clothing excepted
Joiners tools $10.00 A Cherry Desk 15.00 A sewing stand 6.00 Boards 5.00 A pension from the state of Pennsylvania per annum 80.00
(Signed) Sam l Davis
Samuel Maulsby being duly Affirmed according to law doth depose and say that he is acquainted with the above mentioned goods and chattels of Samuel Davis and believes the appraisement and valuation put upon them to be just and true.
Aff d August 16. 1820 (Signed) Sam l Maulsby W m Powell Prot.

(State of Penna) Montgomery County.
I Wm Powell Proth. of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery and state of Penna do hereby certify that the foregoing Affirmations and the schedule thereto 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 valuation of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is correct.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Norristown this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1820.—
Wm Powell Proth. of the Court of Com. Pleas for the Co. of Montgomery
N.B. The words "of Whitemarsh township Montgomery County" in the 11th line from the beginning were inserted November 16 1820 on motion made to the court for that purpose.
W.P.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
Am
August 21, 1930
Mrs. Frederick B. Hinrichs 801 Monroe Street Evanston, Illinois
Dear Madam:
I did not use Lt. Col. Eagle because I was in 1776 Col. of the 1st Pa. Key Stone Battery. He was commissioned under Butler. You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40877 , that Samuel Davis was commissioned in November, 1776, First Lieutenant and served as such in Captain Matthew Henderson's Company, Colonel Richard Butler's Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and served until June, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was in the seventy-second year of his age. Application was made in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, he was residing in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he had no family residing with him.
He died April 6, 1824.
From AB
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

ist to
DS
40 877
1892 Apr 25
H.S. Ostrich Easton Pa
93
Rev
INVALID.
my P. Davis to Col. N.Y.
File No. 40,877
Daniel Davis
Lieut Gen Davis
Jan. 16-18
Hist to New
New York 1914 Jmest. Brief outline of claim to Mrs. Charles J. Mundy - her letter ret. & 1919 Apr. 7. to Mrs. Maggie Lockwood. P.
1930-Aug 20 - Hist. to Mrs. Frederic B. Hinrichs EER
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 8 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(3-464.) O. M. [unclear] DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. May 6 , 189 2
Respectfully returned to Henry Davis Esq New York N.Y.
Please forward  send the soldiers discharge  discharge of residence before and after service and also the Christian name of his widow if one survived him. Return these papers Ino I # 40877
Green B. Raum Commissioner.

Bureau of Pensions.
from Montgomery Co Penn. May 1, 1818, aged 72 yrs.
Name of parents date & place of death name of widow & name of children not given
From the data given no record is modified is found of the other persons mentioned in your several comm. etc.

Repl to my for el of ser of S.D. under the field desd in for.
as said in above
month Feb
Nov 1776, since
at Com. had in
Capt M. Arthur
Henderson's Co in the 9th Pa
R Com by Lt Col Geo Nagle and afterward by Col Butler
serv until month of June 1778
after for...

WILLIS S. HETRIC, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 44 CENTRE SQUARE.
REPRESENTATIVE OF "AMERICAN LAND AND TITLE REGISTER ASSOCIATION," ST. PAUL. "NATIONAL LAW AND COLLECTION ASSOCIATION," BALTIMORE. "MARTINDALE MERCANTILE AGENCY," CHICAGO. "UNITED STATES LAW ASSOCIATION," NEW YORK CITY. ETC.
EASTON, PENNA.,
Jany 28 th 1892.
Sir:-
Can you find the name of Daniel Davis, (called "Captain Daniel" by an aged person now living) upon the Records of the War of 1812 or Mexican War?
He was born about 1760 - I think he was too young for the Revolutionary War - and I re- fer to the nephew of the Dan- iel Davis, mentioned in another Enclosure -
I was once informed that your Office was about to in- dex the names of all soldiers of Genl. Washington. If that has been done you can readily find me the record, (residence, age, and other facts proper for communication) of this soldier - Residence Philada - Co - Pa - until

1784, afterwards Montgomery Co. Pa. Home was at or near Plymouth, Montgomery Co. Pa.
If there is any impropriety in my imposing this task upon your Office, please return my present communications unanswer- ed - This information is desired for the same purpose as in the other two cases.
FEB 8 18
Your obedient servant D. S. H. Mitchell
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

WILLIS S. HETRIC, H, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 44 CENTRE SQUARE.
REPRESENTATIVE OF "AMERICAN LAND AND TITLE REGISTER ASSOCIATION," ST. PAUL. "NATIONAL LAW AND COLLECTION ASSOCIATION," BALTIMORE. "MARTINDALE MERCANTILE AGENCY," CHICAGO. "UNITED STATES LAW ASSOCIATION," NEW YORK CITY. ETC.
EASTON, PENNA., Jan'y 28 th 1892.
Sir:-
Would you be able to give me the military Record of Stephen Davis, * said to have been in the Revolution-ary Army-
Residence Philada. County. Pa-
I would like to know the name of his widow, if any, and names also of his children, if any-
Yours truly,
Willis S. Hetrick,
Hon. Commr. of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
P.S. I presume you will send me any information your records afford to complete some family historical records-
* Said Stephen Davis had brothers John, Daniel & Daniel, all supposed to have been Revolutionary Soldiers. Do any of these names appear on your records?

WILLIS S. HETRICH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 44 CENTRE SQUARE.
REPRESENTATIVE OF "AMERICAN LAND AND TITLE REGISTER ASSOCIATION," ST. PAUL. "NATIONAL LAW AND COLLECTION ASSOCIATION," BALTIMORE. "MARTINDALE MERCANTILE AGENCY," CHICAGO. "UNITED STATES LAW ASSOCIATION," NEW YORK CITY. ETC.
40877
EASTON, PENNA., Jan'y. 28 th 1892
Sir:-
I am informed by the State Librarian at Harrisburg, Pa., that a Samuel Davis was a First Lieutenant in the 9 th Pa. (Rgt.) in the Revolutionary War. Would it be possible for me to determine from any records in your office or in any other office in any of the Gov. Depts., relating to this soldier:-
 1 st His parents' names;  2 nd His age at any time fixed by his Army record;  3 rd The time & place of his death;  4 th His widow's name (if any);  5 th His children's names (if any.) 
Your obedient servant, Willis S. Hetrich.
Hon. Commr. Pensions, Washington, D. C.
I presume that the desired information will be furnished at upon your records, gratefully -
Information is sought to complete some family historical records -

ROOM 55, FOURTH FLOOR, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY,
Inv F # 40877
NEW YORK, 20th. April, 1892.
Hon. Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Do the records of your Office show the name of Samuel Davis, of Pennsylvania, as having served in the Revolution. From the information I can get, I think that he was one of Gen'l. Lacey's men.
Yours very truly.
Henry C. Davis

ROOM 55, FOURTH FLOOR, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK, 19th. May, 1892.
Hon. Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
In reply to yours of 5th. inst., which I return as requested, I am as yet unable to find the first name of Samuel Davis's wife. She was a Maulsby.
Samuel Davis lived at Plymount Meeting, now Montgomery Co., Penna., both before and after the Revolution. At that time, I believe that Mont'g. County formed a part of Philadelphia County.
In the records of one branch of our family, I find Samuel Davis named as having been a Captain in the Revolution.
In making the enquiry, it is with no intention of seeing if any pension, to due three generations of our family have served in the armies of the United States and have never claimed any pension.
Several of my friends are urging me to join "The Sons of the Revolution" and I am desirous of getting the Official facts to make me eligible.
Yours very truly.
Henry P. Davis

MRS. FREDERICK B. HINRICHS 801 MONROE STREET EVANSTON, ILL.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Am much interested in obtaining all possible informa- -tion concerning the military and family records of the Samuel Davis who received pension for his Revolutionary military service while living in Montgomery Co., Penna. He died there in 1824.
Sincerely
Mabel W. Hinrichs Mrs F.B.
801 Monroe St., Evanston Ill
July 23, 1930

Personal inquiry Apl. 5, 1919.
Address Mrs Maggie Lockwood 572 E 23 a St - Indianapolis Ind.
April 5, 1919
Samuel Davis, Penn. S 40877 David Davis cont (Pa.) S 35878 -
Nothing for Samuel base Butler base Giles Davis

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 40,877
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1776 to June 1778 Lieutenant Matthew Handewan Lt. Col. George Magel Col. Richard Butler 9 th Penn.                                     
Battles engaged in, Princeton, Germantown, Brandywine.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, seventy-one years.
Remarks: in 1820 he lived in Whitemarsh Township, Montg. Co. He stated that he had no family residing with him. He died Apr. 6, 1824 (Agency book).
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

June 4, 1914.
Her letter of June 4 Mrs. Charles I. Mundy.
Box 50, R. D. 1.
Ellensburg, Washington.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 28 th ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search fails to show such claims on file for Peter Suplee, Josiah and Jonathan Philips or Phillips, William Owen or Owens, and Benjamin Davis, described by you.
The only Samuel Davis of the Pennsylvania troops found on said records, was allowed pension (Sur. File No. 40,877. Rev. War.) on his application executed May 1, 1818, for one year and seven months' service from November 1776, as Lieutenant of Captain Matthew Henderson's company, Colonel Butler's 9th Pennsylvania regiment, and was in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown.
In 1820 he stated that he was a resident of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "was in the 74th year of his age" and had no family residing with him.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.