Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2751, Nathaniel Davis, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born,
Davis, Nathaniel
R. 2751
CONTENTS

Nath l Davis Declaration Ohio
File 2 o Ap r 1835.
33.103
Nathaniel Davis Ohio,
4 June 1835. Report Pension Office
Guard at Killingsworth was not in actual service more than 3 m o according to the amount of pay roll.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. th 1832
State of Ohio } Medina County } ss. On this first day of April 1835- personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas for Medina County aforesaid, now sitting Nathaniel Davis of Copley in the County of Medina & State of Ohio aged sixty nine 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 June 7. th 1832 — That he entered the service of the Uni- ted States under the following named officer and served as herein stated — That in the month of May 1782 (the day he cannot now recollect) at Killingsworth in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut, he enlisted for the term of six months , under Capt. Ezra Gail Bristol, into a company composed of twenty men raised to keep guard on the coast, that he served during six months under the command of said Bristol as his Captain, that he was stationed during the whole time at Killingsworth aforesaid on the coast, that there was no other officer except said Captain Bristol belonging to said company; that he does not know that his company was attached or belonged to any Regiment, that no other troops were stationed at Killingsworth except his company; that his duty & that of his company was to keep guard on the coast and watch the movements of the enemy's ships whenever they appeared in the sound; that he was discharged in the month of November 1782 ( the day he cannot now remember) having served the full period of six months the term for which he enlisted that he knows of no person in this State by whom he can prove his service, & he knows of no person elsewhere whose

testimony he can procure who can testify to his service unless it may be some person in Killingsworth aforesaid who may be yet alive & that he has no documentary evidence to prove his service; - that he was born in Killingsworth aforesaid on the 17 th February 1762 that he has no record of his age; - that he resided in Killingsworth aforesaid at the time he enlisted into the service & continued to reside there until the year 1808 when he removed to Riga in Genesee County, State of New York where he remained about nine years, when he removed to Copley, Medina County, Ohio, where he yet resides; that entered the service as a volunteer; that there were no officers with his company except his captain; that he never received a written discharge from service; that Jonathan Starr Esq r Mr. Isaac N. Lacey & Mr. Allen Bosworth of Copley aforesaid, and Stephen N. Sargent Esq r of Medina are personally acquainted with him, and can testify as to his character for truth and veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State Nathaniel Davis
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 1st day of April 1835. Tim d Hudson clk.
We Jonathan Starr and Stephen N. Sargent residing in the County of Medina aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Davis, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him

to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Son & Starr
Alpheus N. Sargent Sworn & subscribed to before me this 1st. day of April A.D. 1835.
Tim s Hudson Clk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Starr & Alpheus N. Sargent who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Medina, and are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio Medina County ss
I Timothy Hudson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original declaration & proceedings of said court on the application of Nathaniel Davis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto sign my name and affix the seal of said court, at Medina, this 27 th day of May A.D. 1835.
Tim s Hudson (Clerk).
(A.D. By some oversight this has been delayed in my office beyond the time intended)

Power of attorney for Examining Revolutionary papers
Base of Nathaniel Davis Ohio or Connecticut
Copied Medina Co., Ohio
Nathaniel Davis, attested
Sep 27 - 1852
L. E. Harker Clerk

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Summit ss Noah M Green William Davis aged fifty six years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Nathaniel Davis who was a revolutionary soldier in the State of Connecticut and that he died on the twentieth day of March 1846 and that his mother, named Electa Davis, died on the third day of February 1826 and that they were married on the day of ... in the year 17 ... and that they were residents of Killingsworth in the State of Connecticut and that they resided there eighteen years, and that he resides in Copley aforesaid and that furthermore he BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due him as son of Nathaniel Davis who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, he has on this sixth day September 1852, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Noah Davis
Witness: [Signature] Noah M Green
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that said William Davis has always by the community been known as the son of Nathaniel Davis deceased Dated on this sixth day of September 1852.
Noah M Green Just of Peace
State of Ohio COUNTY OF Summit to wit:
I hereby certify, That Noah M Green Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County Court, this sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
D. Milton Clarke Clerk.
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." † State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Davis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
R. File 2751
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1782 6 mos. Pri. Bazaleel Bristol sta. at Killingworth to guard the coast. ✓ Conn.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingworth, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1835.
Residence at date of application, Copley, Medina Co., Oh.
Age at date of application, b. Feby. 17, 1766, Killingworth, Conn.
Remarks: mfr. Electa d. Feby 3, 1826 Col. Recd. Mar. 20, 1846
In 1852 son William at 56 testified
Pension was never allowed for the reason that claimant failed to furn. proof of six months actual service as required by the act of June 7, 1832
under which he applied.

1910 Oct. 20 Hist. to Mrs. Ada Allen f.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O. _____
Watham Davis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____, 18

Rejected as not seen at most in letter 5 June 1885 to J. Madison.
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Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Did Nathaniel Davis, who lived in Copley Summit County, Ohio, draw a pension His wife's name was Electa. He died in 1846. And please send me record of Henry Van Hyning, who lived in Norton, Summit County, Ohio. He died 1839 aged 102 years. Address Mrs. Ada Allen. Revolutionary Soldiers Crosby St., Akron, Ohio.

Act.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. Mar 2, 16/10/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
res. Ohio Claimant _____
Soldier Nathaniel Davis
Service _____
Additional Service Rev,
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Inv. 7, 18, 370 (mass.) no other Inv. & any service " Wid — " " " Reg. 2, 751 (Ohio rev.)

Record Division.
October 30, 1919.
Mrs. Ada Allen, Grosby Street, Akron, Ohio.
Madam:
In reply to your undated letter received on the 13 th instant, you are herewith furnished a statement relative to Nathaniel Davis, R. File No. 2,751, and are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Henry Van Hyning described by you.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.