Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24035, Thomas Davis, N.H.

SERVICE
SERVICE A. 16.
NUMBER _____
11. 24035
Davis, Thomas Sally
CONTENTS

6609 Declaration of Sally Davis for a pension Act 7 July 1838.
Mr. N. Clifford H. R.
Send the pension certificate to Mr. A. Hayes South Berwick Maine
Thomas Davis

State of Maine -
county of York ss. On this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Nine personally appeared before the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, Judge of the District Court for the Western District now in session at a regular term of said court now held at Alfred on the third Monday of October A.D. 1839, and continued from day to day till this day, Sally Davis a resident of Newfield in the county of York and State of Maine, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 th A.D. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the Widow of Thomas Davis late of Newfield in the county of York, who was a private in the army of the revolution, that in the early part of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five, the said Thomas Davis at Durham in the state of New Hampshire, enlisted into Capt Winburn Adams company of United States Infantry in the New Hampshire line, for the term of eight months, - Immediately after said enlistment the said Thomas Davis joined his company at Durham N.H. and marched with said company to the town of Myrick near Boston & thence to a place called Winter Hill, in which two places he served eight months to wit: till January A.D. 1776, when at Winter Hill he with the residue of his regiment was honorably discharged.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Davis on the fifteenth day of July in the year (1776) seventeen hundred and seventy five at Durham, N.H. by the Rev. John Adams then the congregational Minister of that town, and that her husband the aforesaid

Thomas Davis died on the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz; at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow, single & unmarried even since the decease of her said husband Thomas Davis — Witness Mrs. S. H. Davis
I John Starbird of Durham New Hampshire, a Pensioner of the United States, aged eighty four years last February, do hereby certify that I was formerly well acquainted with Thomas Davis formerly residing in this town — that he enlisted in the service of the Revolution in May seventeen hundred and sixty five in the Company commanded by Col. Winborn Adams then a Captain & with me, belonging to the same Company, marched to a place then called Weymouth near Boston and thence to Winter Hill where we remained until January 1776 when our Regt. was discharged, & the said Davis remained with said Company during all said term on duty as a Private — Afterward, the precise time not recollected, said Davis removed from Durham to Washington, in the new State of Maine, and now called Newfield — John Starbird
State of New Hampshire Stafford Co } Sept. 20. 1839. Personally appearing the above named John Starbird made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me,
John C. Richardson Jus. Peace —
I further state that the said John Starbird is a credible witness J. C. Richardson, Jus. Peace

Thomas Davis died on the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz; at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow single & unmarried even since the decease of her said husband Thomas Davis -
Witness
Wm. H. Hays - Sally Davis Arthur M'Artine X Monk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of year aforesaid Ezekiel Whitman
State of Maine County of York ss -
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the District Court for the Western District, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Ezekiel Whitman whose name is above signed by himself, is the Judge of said Court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this fourth day of January A.D. 1840
Jere. Bradbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts - York County
Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this sixteenth day of December A.D. 1839 -
no doubt that the within copy is a true and genuine -

I John Davis of Newfield in the County of York and State of Maine Esquire aged fifty five years depose testify and say that my father Thomas Davis late of said Newfield died on the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two and that my mother Sally Davis has remained a Widow and unmarried ever since the decease of my father the said Thomas Davis - I further testify and say that I have often heard my father say that he was a soldier serving in the American army while the British was in the possession of Boston - I also say, testify and declare that I have often heard it said by my father mother & all my friends that my mother was the first & only wife of my father the said Thomas Davis,
John Davis
State of Maine, York ss. October 22 d A D 1832, Then personally appeared the above named John Davis, who is well known to me and whom I certify to be a man of truth and whose statements are entitled to full credit if made solemn oath that the foregoing disposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace
State of Maine
County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said County, do hereby certify, that William A. Hayes is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of January 1839, and will expire on the 25 th day of January 1846. & that his signature above written is genuine In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal the fourth  sixth day of January A D . 1840 Jer. Bradbury Clerk J. A. Crafts York County

44119. Name
W. to Geo. B. Moody Aug. 23/49.
Sally Davis.
widow of Thomas Davis who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 88.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of Feb. 1849 and sent to
Samuel Adams West Newfield Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page Vol. 1.

Affidavit of Thomas H. Hays
J. Thomas Hays, of the county of York and state of New York do hereby certify that I am

I, Thomas Adams, of Newfield in the county of York and state of Maine do hereby certify and say, that I am seventy years of age and am the son of Rev. John Adams, late a minister in Durham, New Hampshire, deceased - that I came to Newfield, fifty eight years ago, and have resided in said Newfield, during said fifty eight years, & previously thereto, I resided in Durham, aforesaid - I farther testify that I have in my possession, two Books of Records, which were my father's, and in which are recorded more than two hundred marriages & baptisms solemnized by him. These records I have always kept in my possession since the decease of my father, which happened on the 4th of June 1792. I know these to be the records of my father - have seen him write in them. I farther testify that I have made diligent and careful search for the marriage of Thomas Davis with Sally Davis and that I find no record of such marriage - that from January 30th 1763 to Feb'y. 28, 1781 I find no record of any marriages solemnized by him - that I know of no other records of his, than those above refer'd to, in which my father made a record of the marriages he solemnized. I farther testify that the said Thomas & Sally formerly resided in Durham N.H. and since that time, in Newfield, till the decease of said Thomas, which occur'd about the year 1832 - and that said Sally still resides in Newfield, and that she has remained single and unmarried ever since the decease of the said Thomas Davis - that my father mov'd from Durham to Newfield (then call'd Washington) in the year 1781 - and that the said Thomas and Sally were joined in marriage

David - that my father moved from Durham to Virginia (then called Washington) in the year 1781 - and that the said Thomas and Sally were joined in marriage
by his aforesaid father prior to his aforesaid removal to said Knofield, as I have always been informed that she has been familiarly acquainted with the family for more than fifty years, and am now ac- quainted with children of the said Thomas & Sally forty five years of age and upwards.
Newfield, Nov. 18, 1889
Signed in presence of:
Samuel C. Adams,
Thomas Adams
John A. Plummer,
York county, ss. Newfield, Nov r 18, 1839. The above named Thomas Adams, personally ap- peared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true. —
Before me, Samuel B. Adams, Justice of the Peace
I testify that the words "eight & of his" were erased before signing - also that I have known the said Thomas Adams for more than thirty years and consider him a credible witness, & competent to testify. - Sam. B. Adams, Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine County of York ss - I here
State of Vermont County of York to - I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County of York & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Samuel H. Adams is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated on the 21 st day of March 1834 and will expire on the 28 th day of June 1841, and that his signature above written is genuine Given under my hand & the seal of the District Court affixed this fourth day of January A.D. 1840 Jer. Bradbury, Clerk of all the Jud. Courts York County
Gen. Brackenridge, blocks of all the good courts work beauty

off; Hist. to N.W. Davis L.W. a, Mass.
Ref
WIDOW, &c.
Aug. 18. '79 Concord
File No. 24035-
Sally Davis Widow of Thomas Davis Phil Rev. na.
Act Feb. 2 nd 1848.
Index: Vol. A , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine - Act 1838 - 6609
Sally Davis, widow of Thomas Davis -
Let to Hon. N. Clifford 4 Febry '40 - do. to same Feb. 5. 1840 -
Act. '38

3973. Maine
Sally Davis widow of Thomas Davis who was a Private in the New Hampshire line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars Eighty Eight Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of December 1843 and sent to J. B. Davis.
West Newfield. Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 3.
Reported Dec. 20 1843

Declaration
For increase of Pension and arrears of Pension under the acts of 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843, 17 th June 1844, 7 th May 1846, 2 nd February 1848 and 26 th June 1848 and for the benefits of Joint Resolutions of 23 rd January 1845 and 1 st July 1848 -
State of Maine } ss York County }
On this second day of August 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mrs Sally Davis a resident of Newfield in said County aged ninety three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain such increase of pension and arrears of Pension as she may be entitled to under the provisions of the several Acts and Joint Resolutions above recited -
I am the widow of Thomas Davis who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and who prior to his de

cease draw a Pension from the Uni- ted States under the Act of 7 th June 1832 - I have drawn a Pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844 and 2 nd Feb- ruary 1848 at the rate of Twenty Three dollars eighty eight cents per annum I further declare that I am still a Widow.
Sally her Davis mark
In presence of Lydia Willard S. C. Adams.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned, before me
Samuel C. Adams, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Samuel C. Adams, Justice of the Peace

D 4054
Sep. 21. 1843.
Jolly B. Davis
Oct 1843
Maine City
$23:88 per annum
J. B. Davis West Street
Maine
Pension
W. Newfield Me Sept. 18

West Newfield Youke. County Sept. 18 1843
• Please direct the papers to me
Yours Respectfully Joseph B. Davis

Sally Davis Wid of Thomas St H Maine Ad July 7. 1838 Married 1776 died 1832 Allan. June 5 th p.m. Capt Adams W.B. Militta
Ad H Clifford H.R.

Dunham W.A. Thomas Davis A 1832
Sally m. 76
75 8. Adam.
75 Re Sec. Cert.

Apl. 20. 1840
One.
J. Davis
Hn. N. Clifford H.R.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Cosa of Purvis Washington City D.C.

Washngton City, April 20 1840
Dear Sir
I call your attention to the additional measure in the case of Miss Davis within the suspensions of Judge Hays - If any personal explanation of mine can be of some use please inform me
Yours very Respectfully Walter Clifford

16609 Jan 30. 1840
My sister me July 7. 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
N. Clifton A.R.

From N Clifford to whom the answer may be denied -

J. R. Colwards Esq. Home of Nemesis

Bangor Aug. 10. 1869
James L Colwards Esq Commr of Pensions Sir
Accompanying this I send the Declaration & old certifi- cate of Sally Davis for arrears & increase of Pension - as she is a very old lady & very poor needing all she can get at the moment it is due as her friends as seen me, I trust I may receive returns from this so that she can get the amount as near as possible to the 4 th September
I am very Respectfully Yours Obedt Servt Geo. B Moody

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, J. M c Intire
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that Samuel D Adams of Newfield in said County of York is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated June 22 1848 and will expire June 22 1855
and that the accompanying
signature purporting to be
his
genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court
Court for said State, this Seventh day of August
Anno Domini 18 47
J. M c Intire
Clerk.

No. 1.
Payroll of Capt William Adams Com- pany in Col. Genl. Rains Regiment to the 1st of August 1775
Name Thomas Davis
Time of Entry May 25 Time in Service 2:12 Rate per Month 40/ Amount of Wages 4:17:2 No. Miles Traveled 60. 5-
State of West Hampshire Office of Secretary of State
Feb y 20. 1840
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original now in this office.
In testimony of the foregoing I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Josiah Stevens Jr
Sec y of State

STATE OF MAINE.
York County.
On this thirteenth day of August 1843 Personally appeared before the Subsister a justice of the Peace and for said County, Sally Dais
a resident of Newfield in the County of York aged eighty seven years—who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress pas- sed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Thomas Davis who was a Private in the
War of the Revolution, and that she has received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of twenty three dollars and eighty eight cents per annum.
she further declares that she is still a widow her Witness Samuel G. Stackpole  Sally X Davis Spina Williams  mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me, me, and I further certify that the Said Sally Davis is personally known to me to be identical person she has declared her self to be
State of Maine, } ss. Joseph B. Davis justice of Peace York County, }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within (and for said county of York) do hereby certify that Joseph B. Davis is an acting Justice of the Peace within (for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 18 th day of June 1840, and will expire on the 18 th of June 1847, and that his signature above written is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this fourteenth day of September, 1843.
William Drafton, Clerk.
After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pen- sion which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

Alfred Mead Oct 6
Mr. Cole S. D. an 3972
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

State of Maine. York County, ss.
On the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Sally Davis, a resident of Newfield in said county of York aged ninety two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the Widow of Thomas Davis, late of said Newfield, deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution; and that she is the identical person, who received a Pension of Twenty three dollars, eighty eight cents per annum under the act of June 17, 1848. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Signed in presence of Lydia Willard Lewis Nuttall
Sally her X Davis mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year abovewritten.
Before me,
Samuel C. Adams, Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine. York County. } ss.
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Samuel C. Adams is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated the twenty second day of June 1848, and will expire on the twenty second day of June, 1855, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State , this fifth day of October, A.D. 1848. William Trafton, Clerk.

West Newfield, York Co. Maine, Sept. 30, 1828.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com. of Pensions.
Sir,
I herewith forward the Declaration of Wid w Sally Davis. Please send her the necessary Certifi- -cate at your earliest convenience. she
Yours respectfully,
in three Samuel C. Adams.

Medford Oct 4. 1775
We the Subscribers belonging to Capt. Adams Company in Col. Dorr's Regiment do hereby acknowledge that we have each Man received of Genl. Wetherbee one Pound Four Shillings & 6 m s in full for a Regimental Coat promised by the Colony of New Hampshire
Jeremiah Young (and 38 others)
Received of Genl. Wetherbee one Pound Four Shillings in full for each of the following persons for the Regimental Coat promised by the Colony of New Hampshire viz Thomas Davis (and 16 others)
Being seventeen in number which I promise to deliver to the above Men
William Adams Capt.
State of New Hampshire Office of Secy of State
Feb y 25 = 1840
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original now in this office and the list on which the names of Jeremiah Young is bound contains the names of thirty eight men

and the list on the same paper on which the name of Thomas Davis is bound contains the names of seventeen men
In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
Jonah Stevens Jr Sec y of State

I Mrs Catherine Morris now eighty one years of age, do depone and say that Mr Thomas Davis and Miss Sally Drew come to my Father in the Town of Durham in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, and were Married by my Father John Adams, the Marriage took place some years before My Father Mr John Adams moved to the Penobscot in the County of York and State of Massachusetts as it then was and Maine as it now is in the year eighteen hundred & eighty one
I further say that I am acquainted with children born of Mr Thomas & Mrs Sally Davis that are now more than fifty years of age, I further say that I think that the above named were married sometime about the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six
Witness Alvin Burbank John M. Dyer
Catherine Morris
At Limberick in the County of York and State of Maine on this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared Mrs Catherine Morris a woman of good moral character and made oath to the above certificate before me Alvin Burbank Esquire Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the stands  8"bow" was interlined before the above affidavit was signed, and that the said Catherine is well known to me to be a woman of truth and veracity Alvin Burbank Justice of the Peace

I Mrs Deborah Allen now Seventy Seven years of age do depose, testify and say that Mr Thomas Davis and Miss Sally Drew came to my Father's House and were married by my Father, Mr John Adams, I think that I was about fourteen years of age, My Father, Mr John Adams moved to Newfield in the County of York and State of Maine as it now is in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one
"further say that I am now acquainted with the children of Mr Thomas and Miss Sally Davis that are more than fifty five years of age, they were married in the year I think Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six
at the time that the above named were married my Father lived in the town of Dunbar in County of Strabane and State of New Hampshire,
Witness Almon Burbank
Deborah Allen
Deborah Allen
at Limerick in the County of York and State of Maine on this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine the above named Deborah Allen a resident of this town personally appeared and made oath to the above statement and certificate before me Almon Burbank Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the words, "some, with" & "the town of" were inserted before this affidavit was subscribed & sworn to, and that the said Deborah Allen to my knowledge is a woman of truth and veracity Almon Burbank Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of York ss-
I Jeremias Bradbury, Clerk of all the judicial courts of the County of York & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Abner Burbank is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the second day of February 1837 and will expire on the second day of February 1844 and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing & annexed affidavits & certificates is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this fourth day of January A.D. 1840
Jer. Bradbury, Clerk, Jud. courts York County