Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35237, William Davis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Davis, William
NUMBER 8 35237
CONTENTS

17.976 R Maine
William Davis 4th
of Somerset in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel M c Dougal of the Main line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Dec r 1820 and sent to R e vere Esq r Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1820 227.46
Semi-annual all ce ending March 1821 48
  28  13 3/4  no time  $ 275.46    8  130    224  3 46    227.46  1 1/2      Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued 17.976 March 1820
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1818 from the 14 Sept r 1818 to the 29 Nov. 1836 the day of his death Sept r 1838 Agent had paid 10
Paper copy of fund agent of Maine, by Mr. Orne, apl. 21. 1837.
Atty of Hon. C. June R. L. Vose Esq r Jan y 18. 1821

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, August 28. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of William Davis deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of — eight Dollars and — — Cents per annum month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r . 1836 to the 29 th of November 1836, the day of his death. Respectfully, yours,
Abner K. Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

William Davis
private
Col. Mr Dougall, N. York
Reg t . January 1776.
1 year
April 22 d 1818.
Somerset Co.
Proof Reuben Perry & Joseph Pelton
Ex
R. C. Vose
August Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that William Davis , a citizen of the United States, now resident in East Pond Plantation , in the said County of Somerset , in the District of Maine, on the twenty second day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  John C. West C.C.C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

I Joseph Felker, aged Sixty two years of Embden in the county of Somerset, Maine a pensioner under the law of Congress of March 18, 1818, do upon oath declare that being myself a soldier at the time I well knew William Davis within named, to my knowledge he enlisted in the year service in the year 1776 and served at Mount Independence at Ticonderoga in Capt. Rogers company and Col. Mc Dougall, New York Regiment. the said Davis served the full term of his enlistment and was discharged the last of December 1776 I served in Col. Read's New Hampshire Regiment during the year 1776 and well knew of the service of the said William Davis, our Regiment was posted at Mount Independence near the New York troops and I well knew of the service of the said Davis
Joseph Felker
Kennebec ss. Subscribed and sworn to, the deponent being a disinterested and credible witness,
Dec. 4. 1820.
Before me, Nathan Weston M.P. Not. S.P.C.

Commonwealth of the said County of Kennebec, ss. to wit: that the said NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John D. Sleeper

I Reuben Perry, a pensioner under the law of Congress of March 18 th 1818. Now on the Maine Roll do upon Oath declare that being myself a Soldier in the Connecticut troops. I well knew William Davis, named in the annexed declaration, to my knowledge he enlisted in January 1776 for one year, which he fully served out in Col M c Dougall's (afterwards General M c Dougall) New York Regt and I have no doubt he was honorably discharged at horse Neck the last of December 1776 I was then present when the said Davis was discharged, but well knew of his serving more than ten months in continuation as he hath declared
Reuben Perry
State of Maine
Kennebec County To October 10 th 1820. Personally appeared Reuben Perry, above named and he made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. And I certify that the said Perry, is to me well known and he is in my opinion a credible & disinterested witness
Before me Robert C. Dorr
Robt C. Dorr Esq. is a justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec, and I am satisfied that the deponent is a credible witness.
Nathan Weston Esq. Not. S. J. C.

I William Davis, born on the ocean between Ireland and New York where my parents removed, a citizen of the United States now a resident in East Pond Plantation Somerset County Maine aged seventy four years - do upon oath testify & declare that in January 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy after the continental establishment - I first joined Col John  Epiphany Rogers  regiment Company and Col M c Dougals New York regiment. I enlisted for the period of one year, which I fully served and was discharged at Horse Neck, Connecticut - I was in Battle at Harlem - and was Honorably though verbally discharged the last of December 1776 - And now by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I need the assistance of my country for support, and I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension here to be allowed me, if any and request to be placed upon the pension list for the District of his  Jerusalem -  attest R.C. Dore  William Mark Davis  Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec County ss April 22 d 1818 - William Davis above named made his declaration before me under oath, and on the ninth day of November 1819, he made oath to the truth of the above amended declaration by him subscribed, the same having been first read to him -  Nathan Weston Junr C. Just C. C. C. Pleas -

Wm Davis 4th
January 6. 1821. Certificate of Pension no. 18976.
R. C. Foss 100th $24,50
March 1821 Can
R. Foss. Augusta. Maine.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is twenty four dollars and fifty cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is nothing dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec
Property to be sold at auction, and to me, not have any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Witness N. Weston Jr.
This William Davis mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
I have the possession at sufferance of fifty acres of land in East pond plantation, which the proprietor may take from me at any time, with a log hut thereon, not exceeding fifteen dollars in value.
one sum of the value of four dollars. old household stuff besides necessary bedding not exceeding four dollars in value.
Two old axes, of the value of one dollar & fifty cents. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe as much as sixty dollars. I have no income. From age and infirmity I am unable to do very little, and I have no trade.
My family at home consists of nine, viz, myself, my wife Jenny aged sixty, sick and not able to labor and seven children we are very poor and often destitute of bread
Witness N. Weston Jr.
This William Davis mark

State of Maine.
172.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty seventh day of May, 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jr Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Davis aged Seventy five years, resident in Eastpond Plantation in the County of Somerset within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Rogers and Regiment commanded by Colonel McDonald & Hallibut of the line of the State of New York upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of First one year, and afterwards during the war.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the twenty second day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered . And I, the said William Davis do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Witness N. Weston Jr. William Davis mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
I have the possession at sufferance of fifty acres of land in Eastpond Plantation, which the proprietor may take from me at any time, with a log hut thereon, not exceeding fifteen dollars in value. one sum of the value of four dollars. old household stuff besides necessary bedding not exceeding four dollars in value. Two old axes, of the value of one dollar & fifty cents. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe as much as sixty dollars. I have no income. From age and infirmity I am unable to do very little, and I have no trade. My family at home consists of nine, viz, myself, my wife Jenny aged sixty, sick and not able to labor and seven children we are very poor and often destitute of bread. Witness N. Weston Jr. William Davis mark

Subscribed, sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the twenty seventh day of May 1820.
Before me Nathan Weston Junr C.J. C.C.C. Pleas.
True Copy
Attest John Davis Atty

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File No. 35-237
William Davis
His Per Ins
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]