Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 8286, Burwell Davis, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Davis Burwell
S 82 86
boarded.
CONTENTS

6734 North Carolina
Burwell Russell Davis Women in the State of N.C. who was a Pa in the Com commanded by Captain Harris of the Regt commanded by Col Polk in the N. Carolina Militia 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Nor. Car at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. M. G. Havkins M. C. Parent Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.22 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sep 4, 1833 13 30 $66 52
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book L Vol. 8 Page 28
Order to pay 25 th April 1839. Order to pay 3 rd May 1843. do do 24 March 1846.
Dated death not in AB

State of North Carolina } August County Warren County } Court of Pleas and quarter sessions
On this 29 th August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of said Court, now sitting - it being a Court of Record - Burnell Davis of the County of Warren aforesaid aged seventy eight years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. To wit,
That he was born in the County of Butte, now the County of Warren N th Carolina, near the place he now occupies - where he has always lived and still lives - That by a reference to the Register of his age now in his possession he was born 14 th August 1756 - That he was drafted as a Militiaman for six months in the fall of the year 1778 - and marched under the command of Capt. Brittain Harris - and joined the Regiment of militia under Col. Thomas Patten and Genl. Ashe at Butte old Court House - Thence we were marched to Kingston on Reuse River Thence thro' the lower Counties of N. C. and crossed Great Pee Dee near Georgetown in S th Carolina Thence we marched towards Charleston S.C. crossing the Santee River at Monk's Corner - Thence to within six miles of Charleston where we were detained six or eight days - Thence we marched to a place in S.C. called the White House in the direction of Savannah which was then in possession of the British - This was in the month of January 1779 - Thence we marched upon the Savannah River on the North side, to the Town of Augusta in Georgia - where we crossed and entered the Town of Augusta - Col. Campbell with the British forces had just left there - we pursued them down the River to Brier Creek and remained

Three several days - and on the 3 rd of March 1779 after the middle of the day, we were attacked by the British - not having had any previous intimation of their approach - after an engagement for a short time the N. Carolina Regiment fled. - He understood some Regiments under his command, one Col. Elbert continued the engagement where others prior were - after the British fled we were re-assembled in a few days and were employed and stationed at a place called Black Swamp the side of the Savannah River where we remained till sometime in May - when we were marched in the direction of Cross Creek, near Fayetteville R.C. where we reached there having performed nine or ten months service. I received a discharge signed by Col. M c Intosh of the 1 st Regiment of Riflemen, which discharge I had lost a few years after but it was now lost or destroyed so that it cannot be reproduced. I reached Home in May 1779 - some short time before the Battle of Guilford in March 1781 the Company was drafted again for three months - The Company had the option of furnishing a Horse & Saddle three months, instead of the three months - I furnished a Horse and was marched under the command of Capt. W m Alston of Warren and Col. Malcolm a Frenchman and Col. Charles Eaton in Granville - where we stayed three or four days. There we crossed Hanes River at the Falls and marched thro' Chatham County to within a few miles of Guilford Court House - and was sufficiently near during the engagement to hear the firing - a few days after the engagement we joined the forces under Genl. Greene at the Iron Works - the wains of which we does not recollect - and were there dismounted and our horses sent home and when we reached with the Army under Genl. Greene to Ramsay's Mills on Deep River. after a stay of about a week we were marched to Camden S. Carolina - after two or three days at this station my two months service expired and I was discharged and came home - My

discharge has been lost or destroyed - and cannot now be produced - before I reached home I heard of an engagement between Genl. Green's forces and the Enemy at Camden.
This affiant relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension all other except the present - and declares that his residence is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state - He has no documentary evidence of his services aforesaid - and is able to produce no person by whose personal knowledge he can establish the same.
The only proof in his power is the affidavit - which is hereto annexed - Burnett Davis sworn to in open court Gaswell Drake  McFalls  clergymen and Peter R. Lee  Harris Davis Justice of the Peace, both residents of the County of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Burnett Davis who has sworn to subscribed the foregoing declaration - That we believe to be of the age he states - and that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Henry Fitts
Peter R. Davis
sworn to in open court Gaswell Drake
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department - That the above named affiant - was a revolutionary soldier - and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Fitts who has signed the above Certificate is a clergyman - resident in the County of Warren aforesaid - and that P. R. Davis who has also signed the same is a resident of said County - is a credible

person and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Carmell Drake Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Burnell Davis for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 29 th August 1832.
C. Drake C.M.C.
State of Maryland Warrum County } I. Henry Pitts R. Justice in the Court of Deas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Carmell Drake whose attestation appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of said Court and that his Certificate and attestation in such is in due form of Law given from under my hand & Seal this 3 rd day of September A.D. 1832 Henry Pitts R. Justice
Burnell Davis 46/76

Burnell Davis
- admit - pri 8 mo
$26.66 -
Hon. M. J. Hawkins Ho. of Reps.

BRIEF in the case of Barwell Davis  County of Warren  in the State of  North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Full In 1778 6 Private Gen. Lord Cornwallis Col. Patton  Gen. Greene   2 " Capt. Alston Col. M'Leod  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warren Co. North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Alston  Examining Clerk.

March 14, 1940
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Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson 489 Fifth Avenue New York City
BURWELL DAVIS S. 8286 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Burwell Davis (as he signed) as shown in the papers of pension claim, S. 8286, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Burwell Davis was born August 14, 1756, in that part of Bute County which later was Warren County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Warren County, North Carolina, Burwell Davis enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain B. Harris' company, Colonel Thomas Eaton's regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek, length of tour six months. He enlisted again in March, 1781, a short time before the battle of Guilford Court House, and served two months as private in Captain Thomas Alston's company, Colonel Malmedy's Regiment.
Burwell Davis was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while residing in Warren County, North Carolina. His application was executed before one Peter R. Davis, Justice of the Peace for Warren County; his relationship to the soldier is not shown.
It is not stated whether this soldier ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Burwell Davis, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Burwell Davis, certificate #6734, issued March 7, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1921 May 17. Hst to Hon J. M. L. Simmons and 1929 July 27. Tombstone Data to Gene Br. very all corresp. returned 1940 Jan 16 Hst to Mrs. Davis (th in clu of John Davis, N. 6970) MK 1940 Mar 14 Hst to Mrs. Flora K. Dickinson — M. P. B.
Rev Wm
8286 INVALID.
File No. 5286
Burrell Davis
Rev Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1882
Index: — Vol. 12 , Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr G. W. Cram Apr 23.
James I. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions Washington 3.
RECEIVED

Post Office Nashville April, 20 th 1879
James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
In order for your inspection the postage of Bureau Pensions application under the Act of 1832. at the rate of $26.66 per annum paid here on the 16 th April 1838—
I am Sir
Your obedient
James M. Kuske Agt.

Prison Office.
Pay. Term. June 26, 47
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Prisons, Sir.
Please return the pay sheet.
for - Act of 1832. Daniel Lockhart 12 mo. £30. " - " " " 12 mo. 26. 10
for Penitentiary melodeon.
I send you Mrs. Atkinson.
Yours Respectfully
John

Mar 23 46
Mr Evans
16
Jammy L Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington.

Union Office
Philadelphia Mar 19/46
James L. Edmuns Esqre
Consumption of Printing
Sir
Please direct the payment of Arnold Davis, when something is ordered
1832 12 mo - $ 26.66
Respectfully John Quackenbush
John Quackenbush
JQ

BOIES PENROSE, PA., CHAIRMAN. PORTER J. MCCUMBER, N. DAK. FURNIFOLD MC L. SIMMONS, N. G. REED SMOOT, UTAH. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, MISS. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, WIS. CHARLES S. THOMAS, COLO. WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM, VT. THOMAS P. GORE, OKLA. GEORGE P. MC LEAN, CONN. ANDRIEUS A. JONES, N. MEX. CHARLES CURTIS, KANS. PETER G. GERRY, R. I. JAMES E. WATSON, IND. JOHN F. NUGENT, IDAHO. WILLIAM M. CALDER, N. Y. HOWARD SUTHERLAND, W. VA.  LEIGHTON O. TAYLOR, CLERK.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
May 16, 1921.
Rev M.C. 1
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have received the following letter from Mr. R. E. Davis, Warrenton, N. C.:
"Can you tell me to whom to write in order to get information relative to my grandfather, Burwell Davis, who fought in the Revolutionary War. He was born in 1755 and died in 1846, and was a soldier (private, I think) in the war of 1776. I think he enlisted in Virginia and came to North Carolina sometime after the war."
I will be glad to have you advise me whether your records disclose the name of any such soldier.
Very truly yours,
2-3

Cemetery Bn. Adjutant General - sent this slip with request for Rev. War record of Burwell Davis - all corresp. returned.
Sent July 27-1929

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
7/23/29 19
MEMORANDUM TO:
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
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Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
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The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
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The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.

489 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1940
Veterans' Administration Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
In order to complete records for two D. A. R. application papers, which I am anxious to complete and send in right away, kindly send me copies of the pension papers for the following, which are listed as pensioners of the Revolutionary War:
m.c.s.
 1. JONATHAN NICHOLS , d. at Providence, R. I. ae-71, Feb. 13, 1829 
rl. Mar. 25, 1819. Com. Mar. 30, 1818 (Ser. in Conn.) also see "Conn. Men in the Rev. Jonathan Nichols, P. 641..residing in R. I.
Any other data with the pension papers will also be appreciated. and
 2. BURREL DAVIS ...North Carolina m.c.B. See..N. C. Soldiers in Rev...D. A. R. Roster P. 120 P. 465..Pensd..5332..militia..Mar. 4, 1831..78 yrs. 
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Thanking you in advance for this information and hoping to receive it soon, I am
Gratefully yours,
(Mrs.) Flora Knapp Dickinson

March 14, 1940
BA-J/MCS
Burwell Davis, S.8286
Jonathan Nichols, S.39829
Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson 489 Fifth Avenue New York, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Revolutionary War pensioners, Burwell Davis, and Jonathan Nichols.
You are furnished herewith, the records of Burwell Davis, S.8286, and Jonathan Nichols, S.39829, as shown in papers on file in their claims for pensions.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 16, 1940
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BA-J/MLB
Mr. John S. Davis R. R. # 1 Logan, Utah
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Burrell Davis and Isham Davis of that part of Bute County, North Carolina, which became later Franklin and Warren Counties, and William Cheek who served in Captain Harris' North Carolina company.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Cheek of North Carolina service or residence.
The records of Burwell Davis and Isham Davis are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 16, 1940
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Mr. John S. Davis R. R. # 1 Logan Utah
BURWELL DAVIS S. 8286 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herein the record of Burwell Davis (as he signed), as shown in the papers of pension claim, S. 8286, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Burwell Davis was born August 14, 1756, in that part of Bute County which later was Warren County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Warren County, North Carolina, Burwell Davis enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain B. Harris' company, Colonel Thomas Raton's regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek, length of tour six months. He enlisted again in March, 1781, a short time before the battle of Guilford Court House, and served two months as private in Captain Thomas Alston's company, Colonel Malmedy's Regiment.
Burwell Davis was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while residing in Warren County, North Carolina. His application was executed before one Peter R. Davis, Justice of the Peace for Warren County; his relationship to the soldier not shown.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Burwell Davis, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Burwell Davis, certificate #6734, issued March 7, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HCM
July 27, 1929.
The Adjutant General, U.S.A., Cemeterial Branch War Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8286, it appears that Burwell Davis was born August 14, 1756, in Bute County, North Carolina, later called Warren County.
He enlisted there and served six months in Captain B. Harris' Company, Colonel Thomas Eaton's Regiment and was in the battle of Brier Creek. He enlisted in 1781 and served two months in Captain Thomas Alston's Company, Colonel Malmady's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while living in Warren County, North Carolina.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

May 17, 1931.
Hon. W. McL. Simmons, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the 16" instant, requesting information for Mr. E. R. Davis, Warrenton, N. C. I have the honor to furnish you the history of the only soldier named Burwell Davis found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
I ask you  Rev W. McL.  8286 From the papers in the pension claim, Survivor File 8286, it appears that Burwell Davis was born August 14, 1756, in Pute Co. N. C. later called Warren County. Pa He enlisted there in 1778 and served six months in Capt. B. Harris' Company, Col. Thomas Eaton's Regiment and was in the battle of Brier Creek. He enlisted in 1781 and served two months in Capt. Thomas Alston's Company, Col. Malmedy's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while living in Warren County, N. C.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.