Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20958, Lathrop Davis, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Davis, Lathrop Mary
W. 20958
CONTENTS

Connecticut 422
Mary Davis, widow of Lathop Davis - of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Conn of the Regt commanded by Col. Storer in the Conn. line for 2 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 120 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of January 1837 and first to Hon. O. H. Smith A. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1836. 660.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6. Mar. 37 60.00
Act July 4. 1836 } $120.00 3. Section } { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown ) 4 th July 1836 Clerk, Book ————— Vol. 1 ————— Page 77
= Act 1 st July, 1836. 3 rd section

W S Eaton, Aug 15/58.

State of Connecticut } Mansfield Oct 26 th 1886 Tolland County }
At a court of Probate held at Mansfield within cause for the District of Mansfield on the 26 th day of Oct 1886
Present John Martin Esq Judge
On this 26 th day of Oct 1886 Personally appeared before the court of Probate of the District of Mansfield Mrs Mary Davis a resident of the Town of Mansfield in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut age seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law oath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1861. Mary Davis being the Wife of Lathrop Davis who was a Sergeant in the first Regt of the Con- necticut line commanded by Col. Storrs among to my best recollection about the time that he was in the service at early times he first entered the service in 1875 and in 1876 he went to the north and in April or May 1877 he enlisted for three years or during the war

he was wounded at the battle of Stony Point and was placed on the Pension roll May 6 th 1788 and increased to $90. a year Apr 24 1816 which pension certificates are destroyed for proof of the fact of his services and pension as of course reference may be had to the records of the War Department I am further say that I was married to the said Lathrop Davis on the third day of February 1780 and before the expiration of the last term of his services I am that the said Lathrop Davis died on or about the 15 th or 16 th of April 1820 I am further say that I have remained single and unmarried since the death of my husband as will more fully appear by the proof here to annexed
Mary Davis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the court of Probate for the District of Mansfield
John Martin Judge
We Joseph Sollee and Harriet Sollee of the Town of Mansfield County of Middle and State of Connecticut do hereby certify and say that we are well acquainted with the said Mary Davis Wife of Lathrop Davis and have been for a number of years before and since the decease of her husband Lathrop Davis and that she never has been married since the decease of her said husband and that she is now his the said Davis Widow
Joseph Sollee Harriet Sollee
Sworn to and subscribed on this 26 th day of Oct 1886 before me John Martin, Judge of Probate for the District of Mansfield
Oct 26 1886
John Martin
for the District of Mansfield

Memphis December 1 st A D 1886
Hon J. L. Beavers Sir
Accompanying this are the documents of the Mrs Mary Davis asking some of the benefits of the Government in consequence of her husbands revolutionary services as provided by act of Congress of July last. In order to particularize some points act days some months of service it is very difficult for a person in her years being broken down by trouble and misfortune she being from a very respectable family a sister of the late Chief Justice Swift. It is presumed that her case is a plain one as her husband was for a long time a pensioner and his name must be on the Books of the department and can be turned to without much trouble.
There is something presumed to be due to her from Government from the pension of her late husband as you will perceive that his death took place in April and so much of his pension from the 1 st of March to the time of his death never has been paid and she wishes to know how she can obtain it as his death death and other papers are destroyed. She wishes that your Hon

would inform in what manner she will have to take in order to obtain the same
It is the request of Mrs Davis that your communication be directed to me direct to Mansfield Centre Post Office etc
Yours Respectfully
John Martin

State of Connecticut New London County Town Clerks Office
Sebanon November 29 1836
This certifies that Lathrop Davis & Mary Swift were Legally joined in Marriage on the 3 d of February 1780 as appears by the Records of the Town of Sebanon
A True copy of Record, Attest Jon. May H as Town Clerk

February 5, 1940
BA-J/AWF Lathrop Davis W. 20958
Elizabeth Davis 56 W. Kenworth Road Columbus, Ohio
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 20958, based upon disability of Lathrop Davis incurred while in the Revolutionary War, and on his service in that war.
The date and place of birth of Lathrop Davis, and names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, Lathrop Davis served in 1775 and 1776, length of this service and names of officers not given. He enlisted sometime in April or May, 1777, served as sergeant in Colonel Starr's 1st Connecticut regiment; he was wounded in the battle of Stony Point, nature of wound not shown, length of service three years.
He was pension from May 5, 1788, on account of disability resulting from the above mentioned wound.
Lathrop Davis married February 3, 1780, in Lebanon, Connecticut, Mary Swift. The date and place of her birth, and names of parents are not given.
Lathrop Davis died April 15 or 16, 1820, at the home of Assaba(?) Lewis, in Lebanon Connecticut.
His widow, Mary Davis, was allowed pension

on her application executed October 24, 1836, at which time she was living in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, aged about seventy-five years.
In 1836, it was stated that the widow, Mary Davis, was sister of the late Chief Justice Swift.
Roxana Swift a resident of Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1836, stated that she was present at the marriage of Lathrop Davis, and Mary or Polly Swift, and was well acquainted with both. No relationship shown.
The children of Lathrop Davis and his wife, Mary were referred to in 1836, but their names were not designated.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Mary Davis, use the same address as given in pension claim, William Brown, W. 73, and furnish the following data:
Mary Davis, widow of Lathrop Davis Certificate #432 Issued January 28, 1837 Rate $120.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 4, 1836 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20958
Mary Davis
wid of
Lothridge Davis
Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 186
Index:—Vol. 18 Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1918 Mar. 6. Met to Mary R. 1925 Apr. 13 Met to Irving R. Smith colony. 1928 Feb. 29. Hill to New Neosho S. Patchany 1940 Feb 6 - link to Flat Dana - see her little William Brown N. 73

Mary Davis Lathrop Con Sept 1836-
Memoranda of Friends Washington Co.
CON 31

Mary Davis Lathrop Con Mar 1836
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

From Mr. H. B. Sturgis
Dear Sir,
$120 per ann. act 4 July 1836 3 d section - Conn t roll -
Commission of
Admiral
Hon. O. Holt H.R.

$120 per ann. act 4 July 1836 30. section Conn. roll
Hon. S. Edwards
Commission of Pensions Washington
Hon. O. Holt H.R.
Fund by Mrs. Abie Gay

I Roxana Swift of Lebanon in New London County of lawful age Do testify & say that I was personally acquainted with Lathrop Davis who was in the service of the revolutionary war, he was an inhabitant of the town of Lebanon where he last lived when he some years since deceased. I am also well acquainted with Mary Davis widow of the sd Lathrop Davis. Her name before her marriage was Mary Swift then called Polly Swift. She was then one of my near neighbors & one of my intimate friends. I was present when she was married to sd Davis & I saw them married - she sd Mary now lives in the town of Mansfield in Tolland County. She has little or no property and has been now is supported by her children on charity - and further the deponent saith not.
Roxana Swift
New London County ss Lebanon Sept. 26 th 1836 Personal by appeared Mrs. Roxana Swift the aforesaid deponent being very credible witness after being examined & cautioned made solemn Oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth according to her best recollection
Before me _____ Isaac Dewey Justice of the Peace
I Asaph Lewis of Lebanon in New London County of advanced age but of sound mind Do testify & say that Lathrop Davis of Lebanon who died according to my recollection about fifteen years ago, lived with me sometimes before he died & till he died, his death took place at my house suddenly in Sept. I can further say that his papers were kept

in one of my drawers in my case of drawers in my chamber & they remained in my drawers till about two years ago, and supposing them to be of no value I put them into the fire & burned them up what they contained I know not not being able to read them
Asa Lewis
for { much Lewis
New London County, St. Barbara.
September 26th 1896. Personally appeared Mrs. Asa Lewis the above said Depo- nent & after being examined & sworn made solemn oath that the afore- said deposition to which she affixed her mark as a signature, is the truth & nothing but the truth according to her best recol- lection.
Asa Lewis Justice of the Peace

The foregoing Depositions were taken at the request of Peter Saunders Agent acting for Mary Davis to be used in the petition & application of Mary Davis for a pension, she being the widow of Lathrop Davis a Unitarian who was wounded in the revolutionary war & received a pension during his life - She is now petitioning under the law of Congress making provision for the widows of such persons -
The reason of taking the Deposition of Roxanna Swift is that she is an aged person & so much unwell as to be unable by bodily infirmities to attend the Probate Court and the reason of taking the Deposition of Affaba Lewis is that she is so infirm by age & bodily weakness that she is wholly unable to attend Court & could not with safety be carried to Court - I consider the sd. Roxanna Swift & the sd. Affaba Lewis to be competent, & they are both of them credible witnesses -
Asahel Dacey Justice of the Peace
I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern.
THAT Asahel Dacey Esquire, is, and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said
Asahel Dacey in Court and Country
IN testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 29th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six -
Royal R. Hinman Secretary

No. 574 Mary Davis Connect 3. Sec.
on roll 1 st con next sect three years as Supt discharged Apr. 1780
husband died Apr 1820
no marital papers before 1801

State of Connecticut } Memphis Probate District Tolland County }
Be it known that on this 26 th day of October 1886 The application of Mrs Mary Davis for a pension and the Deposition of Joseph Tolland and Harriet Tolland were taken before me in Court and each of them are credible persons and their statements are entitled to full credit Also the Deposition of Roxana Swift of the Town of Lebanon showing that she was present at the time of the marriage of the deponent Mary to the said Lathrop Davis which is herunto annexed and also the deposition of Abigail Lewis of Lebanon which is herunto annexed Which Depositions are taken according to the laws of this State and are deemed legal evidence in the courts of justice in this State
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and caused the Clerk of this Court to make a certificate of my official action and affix thereunto his signature and seal of office
John Martin Judge

State of Connecticut } Tolland County }
for Mansfield Probate District
Be it known that on this 24 th day of Oct A.D. 1836 John Martin Esquire Judge of Probate for the District of Mansfield is legally appointed to said Office and has been for the year last past and that full credit and faith ought to be given to his acts as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing. and his signature to the affidavit of Mr Joseph Solace and Mrs Harriet Solace and application of Mrs Mary Davis &c is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk of said Court of Probate and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Attest Frederick F. Hawks Clerk

Mary Davis -
Newfield Centre Conn Dec 1 free
Dec 5.
July 36
add 188
Rev James A. Williams Commissioner of Pension Washington

Mary Davis -
Dec 5. Mansfield Centre Conn Dec 1 Free
ct. H. July 36 add. 1888 Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Wensum Centre December 1 st 1836
Hon J L Bellows
Sir
Your requiring proof of
the period of Marriage in the case of Mary Davis for a pension was received in due season Enclosed I now send you the certificate of the Town Clerk of the Port of Salem in relation to the Marriage of Lathrop Davis Yours Respectfully
John Martin

House of Reps January 27 th 1837
Sir
I herewith transmit by Mr Abel Gay my views of the official character of Col John Watts of Lebanon etc. together with a blank certificate for Mr Gay to sign when he shall be satisfied of the genuineness of the certificate as he has not yet seen it. If the reasons herewith transmitted shall be satisfactory you will have the goodness to furnish me the Pension Certificate as soon as convenient
I am Sir your Obedt & humble Servant
Hon S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Orin H. Hark

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Col. John Watters of Lebanon, Connecticut, and do know that he has been Town Clerk in said Town, for the last eighteen months and that he still is Clerk and legally qualified to act in that capacity. I am also familiar with his hand writing and am fully satisfied that the certificate her presented certifying to the Record of the Marriage of Mrs. Mary Davis is his own proper signature.
Heb. Gay Washington Jan'y 26 th 1837

I certify that Mr. Abel Gay of Lebanon St. Loundon County Connecticut is to me individually known, and I consider his statement entitled to full credit. I am also acquainted with Col. John Wallis of said Lebanon and have no doubt of his being legally qualified to act as Town Clerk in said Town and that his official acts are also entitled to full credit as such, I am likewise acquainted with the hand writing of Col. Wallis and I do not hesitate in saying that I believe the signature, connected with the certificate of the marriage of Wm Mary Davis is Genuine
Washington Jan y 26 th 1837
Orin Holt

Mansfield Centre Conn Aug 1 st /58
Commissioner of Pensions Dr Sir
Will you please inform me if there has been any money drawn on the acc t of W id of Luther Davis since Mch 1843. The reason of my writing is that soon after Mary Davis died a man come and took her pension papers and he have recd nothing from them since I think he had no business with them, her own name was Mary Davis. please write soon and much oblige
Yours Truly H. S. Eaton

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Frances Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City
February 26, 1918.
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I beg to thank you for your favors of the 25 and 26 inst., giving the revolutionary service of James Riley and Moses Webb.
If it is not too much trouble, I would like to have the service of Lathrop Davis who was born in Lebanon, Conn., 1750 and died before 1833. His widow obtained a pension by Act of Congress of { 1833 3 rd Section July 4, 1836 -
Yours very truly, Henry Russell Browne Secretary.

Rev + 1812 War
Burlington Apartments 1723 West Ninth Los Angeles California
February 23d 1928
Secretary Department of The Interior Washington.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly confirm, or correct to conform with records, the following data relating to a soldier of the war for independence.
Lathrop Davis 8th regiment 10th company
Captain John Ripley
Colonel Jeddiah Huntington.
Enlisted July 10th 1775 Fifer.
Discharged November 12th 1775
Re-enlisted April 6 1777 Sargeant
Discharged April 6 1780.
Became a pensioner by act of Congress 1833
for the benefit of his widow.
I wish to apply for membership in the D. A. R.
Much appreciating such courtesy as you may extend in connection with this request I remain.
Respectfully.
Mrs Hester S. Latcham

Secretary of The Interior
Katoomba N. S. W. 12 January 1925
To Pension Office for reply to writer
Department of Information
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly impart such information as may be of record relating to the following soldiers.
Lathrop Davis enlisted from Mansfield Connecticut in the year 1775 as a fifer. Reenlisted in 1777 as sergeant.
Believe the name of the Captain of his company to have been Jeddiah Huntington but am not certain also that its number was ten.
Warren Farnam soldier in War of 1812 who enlisted from Massachusetts or possibly Connecticut. Believe that his widow Marila Farnam drew a small pension during the years 1879-80.
I would much appreciate such information regarding these two soldiers as the records may show.
Thanking you for such courtesy I am
Faithfully
K a t o o m b a
N. S. W.
A u s t r a l i a.
Irving H. Smith

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Rathrop Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 2095.8
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 ✓ Officers not stated. Conn.   Apt. 30 1776 ✓ " " "   May 1777 3 years. Sergeant ✓ Starr  
Battles engaged in, wounded at Stony Point, nature of wound not stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon, New London Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, by widow: Oct. 24, 1836. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, she was seventy-five years old.
Remarks: soldier married at Lebanon, Ct., Feby. 3, 1780 Mary Swift
(Polly Swift) He died Apl. 15 or 16, 1820.
The records show that soldier was pensioned for disability under the act of June 7, 1785 Apl. 24, 1816, but there are no papers on file in this Bureau, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office in 1800.
Respectfully,
Chil. no names
Allowed under Act July 4, 1836 3rd section
Commissioner.

AWJ
April 13, 1935.
Irving G. Smith Katoomba, N. S. W. Australia.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20958, it appears that Lathrop Davis, while residing at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, served in the Connecticut Troops as follows-
In 1775 and 1776, length of service and officers not stated.
He enlisted in April or May 1777 and served three years as Sergeant in Colonel Starr's Regiment and was wounded at the storming of Stony Point, nature of wound not stated.
He was allowed pension from May 5, 1788, on account of disability resulting from above mentioned wound. He died April 15 or 16, 1820.
Soldier married February 3, 1780 at Lebanon, Con-

neoticut, Mary (Polly) Swift. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 24, 1836, while a resident of Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, aged seventy-five years.
Children are referred to, no names stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

February 29, 1928.
Mrs. Neosho S. Latcham, Burlington Apartments, 1723 West Ninth, Los Angeles, California.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.20958, it appears that Lathrop Davis, while residing at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, served in the Connecticut Troops as follows-
In 1775 and 1776, length of service and officers not stated.
He enlisted in April or May 1777 and served three years as Sergeant in Colonel Starr's Regiment and was wounded at the storming of Stony Point, nature of wound not stated.
He was allowed pension from May 5, 1788, on account of disability resulting from above mentioned wound. He died April 15 or 16, 1820.
Soldier married February 3, 1780 at Lebanon, Con-

neoticut, Mary (Polly) Swift. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 24, 1836, while a resident of Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, aged seventy-five years.
Children are referred to, no names stated.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

February 5, 1940
Elizabeth Davis 56 W. Kenworth Road Columbus, Ohio
BA-J/AWF William Brown-W.73 William Carr-S.39289 Lathrop Davis-W.20958
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to the following persons, who applied for pensions, War of the Revolution:
Cornelius Carr, deserted the British Army, and joined the American Army, under an assumed name, and later lived in Gallia County, Ohio; William Carr, served from Connecticut, later lived in East Tennessee; John Cornelius, served from Connecticut; Mary Davis, living in 1840 in Mansfield, Connecticut.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found, based upon service of any Cornelius Carr, under any spelling of the surname.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of William Brown, whose widow, Mary Carr, received pension on account of his service in that war, the Revolutionary War record of William Carr, and the Revolutionary War record of Lathrop Davis, whose widow, Mary, received pension while a resident of Mansfield, Connecticut.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
See her letters in William Brown W. 73