Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,451, Samuel Davis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Davis, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 43451
CONTENTS
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9776 D
New York.
Samuel Davis 2 o
Cincinnatus in the state of N.Y. (York) who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Simeon of the Mass. line, for the term of three years. 1777
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Apr. 1819 and sent to B. Niles Esq. Cincinnatus, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 mos. 4/4. 81. 03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Apr. 1819 48.00
$129:03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent Nov. 4/1820 to Joshua Ballard Postmaster New York N.Y.

Samuel Davis Pension Papers
Service admitted
The 10  20  10  20  10  20  10  20 as John B. 10  20 in 10  20 and 10  20
See J. Raymond's papers

Clerks Office
Cattaraugus County, To wit,
I hereby certify that John Nup Eng. whose signature appears to the within is his lawful writing & that he is now & has been for Eight years anterior to this time first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County — his acts therefore in that Capacity are to be regarded as such —
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 16 May 1818
Sam l Hotchkiss Jr. S pr . Clerk

State of New York } On this 12 th Day of May A 1818 Cortland County } before me the subscriber First Judge of
The Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Cort- land in the State of New York personally appears Samuel Davis aged fifty nine years resident in the Town of Cincinnati in the county of Cortland and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress in titled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war that he enlisted the said Samuel Davis enlisted in Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Green in Col. Nelson's Regiment in General Nelson's Brigade in the Massachusetts line about the middle of March 1777 and continued in the said company in service of the United States until the nineteenth of March 1780 when he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York That in the spring of 1781 he enlisted at Brookfield aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain Witchard in Col. Grafton's Regiment and that he continued in the same until the close of the war when he was discharged he thinks at Westpoint in the State of New York. That he was in the battle at Dan- bury and in the last battle in the taking of Burgoyne. That he is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services. That his house was burnt and his discharge was burnt in it. Samuel Davis sworn to and declared before me } marks
The day and year aforesaid
John Keep First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cortland
I John Keep First Judge of Cortland Common Pleas as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Davis did serve in the revolution

ary was as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; 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 above mentioned act of Congress
Dated this 1 st Day of May 1862
John Keen Smith Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cost. land —

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State of New York § Cortland County § ss. On this 10 th day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court, being the September Term of the court of common pleas, a court of record, in & for the county of Cortland aforesaid, Samuel Davis , aged sixty one years resident in the town of Freestown in the said county of Cortland who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - To wit - He the said Samuel Davis served in Colonel Hixons Regi- ment, Captain Spurr's company of the Massachusetts line, from May, he thinks, in the year 1776 to March 1779 under one enlistment when he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York - He also served three months the summer following his aforesaid discharge - The year thereafter, being 1780, as he thinks, he again enlisted & served till the end of the war under said enlistment, being but little short of three years in this last term of service which was done in Colonel Grayson's Regiment, Captain Brechet or Brichard's Regiment company of the Massachusetts line - This deponent was a private all of his said service aforesaid -
The original declaration of this deponent under the act of Congress of the 10 th March 1818, was made on the first day of May 1818, as he believes -
The pension certificate which this deponent has heretofore received under the act of Congress of the 10 th March 1818, given at the war office of the United States the 24 th day of April 1819, at eight dollars per month, is numbered 9776 -
And I the said Samuel Davis do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United

States on the 10 th day of March 1818; 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 thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 10 th 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 & by me subscribed —
My occupation has been farming — but my health for about five years past has been such that I have not been able to labor at any business, except an occasional light job or errand. It is not probable it will ever be better, owing to a nervous complaint which afflicts me, and renders me weaker as I grow older — My family consists of a wife and one son — My wife is sixty two years old — is of a rather weakly constitution but is generally able to labor moderately a considerable part of the day — My son Alvin Davis is twenty years of age the 15 th inst — He is usually healthy and able to work —
I can therefore declare that I am in such indigent and reduced circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country —
Given to me this 13 th day of September 1820 before
Baraboo Mills
Edward C. Root
Oliver Winwell
Judges of Common Pleas
his mark Samuel Davis

Schedule of property of Samuel Davis.
Of Real estate I have none.
Of Personal estate I have one bow — 1 hog — 1 chest — Table — 5 kitchen chairs — 2 pewter plates — 6 earthen plates — 2 pewter basons — 2 iron bacons — 1 spider — 1 pot — 2 pails — 2 spinning wheels — 1 bible — No bedding or clothing except what is purely necessary for the daily use of my family —
Joshua Ballard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cattaraugus do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court, And I do further that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fourteen Dollars & Eighty Seven Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this Thirteenth day of September Eighteen hundred & Twenty
Joshua Ballard

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Rev
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File No. 43 451
Samuel Davis
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]