Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12721, William Davis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Davis, William
S. 12721
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CONTENTS

6473 New York
William Davis
of Westchester in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the New York line for 21 months _____
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 70 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Feb'y, 1833 — and Supt. H. A. Miller No. 2 R.
Arrears to 4th of Apr. 1832 $105 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb. '33 35
$140
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Geo. C. Steele Clerk
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 5 Page 161
letter to Pensioned 13. July 1835 " " J. Fleming do " do " " " same Apr. 22 1836 " " " " " 23. 1836

Mr Davis of New York
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nature of employment in 2 Walter B. Dyer
8/24/37
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Mr. Ward

BRIEF in the case of Wm Davis of West Chester County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67  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.     1 Apl In 17 80 1 As a Gen. Col Hays   Apl 1781 0 9 Infantry do   by 1782 Infantry   1 9 — Private  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? West Chester by New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mahon Examining Clerk.  By 19/1833

Mr Dean
NY
Mar 24 57
43 on HHS
April 7-57
June 14-57

Sing Sing N.Y. March 21 st 1858
Sir
I am one of the children of William Davis who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of seventy Dollars per Annum, and who died at Sing Sing N.Y. on the seventh day of December last. And I hereby authorize & request William Valentine of Albany N.Y. or his substitute to examine the papers, of said Davis, on file in the pension office preparatory to an application for an increase of his pension which it is believed he was entitled to. And the Commissioner of Pensions is respectfully requested to permit said Valentine or his substitute to examine said papers.
I am Yours very respectfully
Ann the Stanton mark
To Mr. Valentine Esq. Albany N.Y.
Witness, Maria Stanton Albert M. Southard

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Westchester
On this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of common Pleas in and for the said County of Westchester, now sitting William Davis a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in the County of West Chester aforesaid aged sixty seven 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 United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say he enlisted in the army of the United States on or about the first of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty for the term of one year in the quartermaster's depart- ment under the command of Colonel Hews of the line of the State of New York (the declarant saith that he does not now recollect the name of his captain): that he was stationed at Verplank's point in the said County of Westchester and served under the command of said Hews in the Quartermaster's department and at the expiration of said term of one year, which was on or about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred seven hundred and eighty one, was honorably discharged at said Verplank's point.
And the declarant further states that on or about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thou-

And seven hundred and eighty one he again enlisted for the term of one year in the army of the United States in the quarter master's department under the command of Colonel Hews of the line of the State of New York. (The declarant further saith that he does not now recollect the name of his captain): that he was stationed at Verplank's point in the said County of Westchester for the term of nine months from his said last mentioned enlistment and served in the quarter master's department under the command of said Hews, and at the expira- tion of said nine months to wit on or about the first of January in the year 1782 he was Honorably discharged at said Verplank's point from said service, in consequence (as he was then informed) of peace having taken place, and that it was no longer necessary to keep up the entire military establishment at said Verplank's point.
1 st And the declarant further states that he was born in the said County of Westchester on the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five at Philips Manor now town of Mount Pleasant
2 nd That he has no record of his age
3 That he lived in the manor of Philips now town of Mount Pleasant in the said County at the time he entered the service as aforesaid: that he has always resided in said town with the exception of about 20 years years during which he resided in the County of Green in the State of

New York: And that he now resides in the said town of Mount Pleasant and has for the last 14 years years
4 th That he entered the service as herein before set forth and served as a private
5 th that the only regular officers whose names he now recollects who were with the troops where he served, were Captain Sumner and Lieutenant Nestles: that the general circumstances of his services are as herein before stated.
6 th That he does not now recollect that he ever received a written discharge from the service
That he has no documentary evidence of his service: And that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for ve- racity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are Robert Brown and John Cyples residents of the said town of Mount Pleasant.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed his William X Fay this 3 rd day of December mark 1832 before me in open Court
N o Dayles Atty of said Court

We Robert Brown residing in the town of Mount Pleasant in the county of Westchester in the State of New York and John Gypher residing residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that We believe him to be sixty seven years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution: And that We concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed Robert Brown this 3 rd day of December John Gypher 1832 before me mark in open Court N. D. Cuyler Clk of said Court
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 Robert Brown and John Gypher who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Mount Pleasant in the county of Westchester in the State of New York and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Nathaniel Bragdon, Clerk of the court of com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Westchester

in the State of New York So hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Davis for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this — third — day of December — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
VV Bayles Clerk of said Court

William Lewis
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

apl 22.
My.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Hon. Allens JR
Pension offer

3 H. J. R. April 21. 1830
Dear Sir
Some time since you restored William Davis of Ulster Co. N.Y. to the Pension list but it seems you have not notified the agent in N York thereof. Davis was of the Quaker Master Department and engaged in the bottom work at New Paltz Point. Do me the favor to give the necessary order & give me information of your having done so that I may write to the old man
Yours &c
A Ward
Dear M c L. Edwards

Rev man
12.721 ✓ INVALID. ) am
File No. 12.721
William Davis Pris Brew War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York County of Westchester
Be it known that on this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned Edward Kenney one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, of the degree of Counsellor in the the Supreme Court of the said State, William Davis a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County aged sixty seven years in May last, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he is the identical William Davis in the annexed pension declaration, certificate, and affidavits, named: and who made the said declaration, in manner, form, and effect, as is therein set forth.
And the Deponent further saith that he entered the service of the United States (as is mentioned and set forth in the said declaration) as a soldier; that he received pay as a soldier, and drew rations and clothing as a soldier, from the United States: that he entered the said service under Colonel Hews as set forth in his annexed declaration, and was immediately detailed to serve as a ferryman at a public ferry at Verplank's Point in the State of New York and that he served as such ferryman during the term of service mentioned in his annexed declaration.
And the Deponent further saith that he cannot state positively, the name of his Captain, but that to the best of his recollection and belief it was

Dennis Macquire or Jonathan Jonathan Knapp but of this he is not positive, and further Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed his this 12th day of February William X Davis 1833. before me mark
Edward Kennebec on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for West Chester County ————— Counsellor
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Edward Kennebec whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration of William Davis and before whom the same was sworn to is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly appointed & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and believe the signature subscri- bed to the above as his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 13th day February 1833
N. Bayles CLK of said County

In the matter of the application of William Davis for a pension under Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
adm d 21. mo. per 70 $
Ward

State of New York County of Westchester ss Benjamin Becker of the town of Mount Pleasant in said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with William Davis in the pension Declaration to which this affidavit is annexed named and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war: that the said William Davis to the personal knowledge of this deponent served one year in the army of the United States in the quartermaster's department under the command of Colonel Hews of the line of the State of New York and was at the ex- piration of said term of one year honorably discharged: that the said term of the said Davis commenced on or about the first of April in the year 1780 and ended on or about the first of April in the year 1781: that the said Davis served during said term of one year at Kings ferry and Verplank's point in the said County of Westchester, and that he the deponent was in the service of the United States at said Verplank's point at the same time the said Davis was.
And the deponent further saith that the said Davis to the personal knowledge of this de- ponent again entered the service of the United States some time in the Spring of the year 1781 in the quartermaster's department under the command of Colonel Hews of the line of the State of New York: that said Davis continued in said service at Verplank's point in the County of Westchester, from the period of his said last mentioned enlistment until some time in the fall or winter following and was then discharged at said

Verplank's point. The Deponent further saith that he well recollects that said Davis was discharged about the time the news of peace having taken place, reached this country and in consequence thereof.
And the the Deponent further saith that said Davis served as a private during both of said terms, and that he as well as the said Davis belonged to the military establishment of the United States and received pay and drew rations from the government. and that their service was not under a civil contract. And further Deponent saith
not Sworn to and subscribed
this 1 st day of December 1832 before me
Benjamin B Atkin
J. Grahams Commissioner
I Andrew Graham the above named Commissioner do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Atkin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. and that he is a credible person and that his statement is in my opinion entitled to credit. Sited King King December 1 st 1832
J. Grahams

State of New York County of Westchester ss Abraham Hitecock of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with William Davis in the Pension declaration to which this affidavit is annexed named, and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war, And the deponent further saith that he knows of his personal knowledge the said William Davis served one year in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war, in the quarter masters department under the command of Colonel Hews. and was stationed during said term of one year at Kings ferry on Verplanks point in the said County of Westchester on the bank of the River Hudson, that said year term of one year commenced on or about the first of May April in the year 1780. and ended on or about the first of April in the year 1781. at which time the said William Davis was honorably discharged at said Verplanks point. from said service and served during said term as a private.
And the deponent further saith that he knows of his personal knowledge that the said William Davis again entered the said service under the command of said Hews on or about the first of April in the year 1781. and that the said William Davis continued to serve under the said Hews at said Verplanks point until the expiration of nine months from the said first day of April in the year 1781 when he was honorably discharged at said Verplank Point. that said William Davis served

during both of said terms as a private in the Quartermasters department under the command of said Colonel Hews of the line of the state of New York. that he served in the served as a volunteer and not on civil contract. And further deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed Abraham Hitchcock This 30 th day of November 1832 before me A. Graham Commissioner V.C.
I Andrew Graham the above commissioner do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Hitchcock who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and have been acquainted with him many years; that he sustains a fair character for veracity. And that he is a credible person and that his statement is in my opinion entitled to credit Dated November 30 th 1832
A. Graham
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester. State of New York do certify that Andrew Graham before whom the foregoing affidavits and certificates of Benjamin B. Yoker and Abraham Hitchcock were taken is, and was at the date of said affidavits a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and believe the signatures

Subscribed to said affidavits & certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office this third day of December 1832
• V. Bayles Atty of said County •