Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17373, Joseph Davis, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Davis, Joseph
S. 17373
carded
CONTENTS

33002 Connecticut Joseph Davis
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 22 months comm. & continental
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of March 1832 and _____ J. L. Edmonds Arrears to the 4th of _____ Pension allowance ending
Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832. D. R. Wrightman Clerk Recorded by Book A. 2. Vol. 3. Page 9

28 Let's M. Tazzer June
Aug 8 Sept 1852
Hon J. Joyce 8 Sept 1852
" J. C. Perkins 24 " "
" O. S. Chapman " " "
" J. C. Perkins 30 " "
same " Oct "
Let's Joyce 7 Oct 52
" 3 Add 10 28 Dec 52

Letter Mr. Taylor June 28 1852
1832 Philip S. A. Sept 1832 Hon. J. Dugray S " J. G. Pennington July " " " Col. S. H. Russell " " " " J. C. Pennington 30 " " " James M. Dec " " Sept 1832 " Oct 5th " Oct 28th 1832

State of Connecticut } S.S. Fairfield County }
On this first day of July A D eighteen hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a County Judge in and for said County and State at a special term of said Court held on the day and Year aforesaid in the Town of Weston State and County aforesaid, Joseph David aged Eighty eight Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth declare and say; That he enlisted December about the fourth day of said Month in the Year A D Seventeen hundred and eighty in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B Webb in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut That his Captain was Thomas Nash That he served in his company for one year and upwards; That he re-enlisted under Captain Stephen Betts in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B Webb That he was on duty at West Point State of New York on the Hudson river That he first entered the service of the said Revolutionary War as a Private and acted in said capacity till the close of said War, The Spring of Seventeen hundred and eighty three That at the time he was at West Point there was a chain run across the river from West Point Fort, to the other side, and when the British come up to it, they run against the chain and it stopped their shipping; Declarant states That he then with many others fired from the Fort on the shipping; That the British named the chain the Pumpkin Vine Declarant further states that he never received or applied for a pension previous to the date of this application; The reason of which is he supposed he must produce some of his old army papers which he could not do as they are lost and

the papers that Captain Nash had were destroyed as he has been informed and that he did not know from ignorance of the law what kind, or how long proof of service was requisite, in order that he might establish his claim for a pension; And he hereby relinquishes therefore makes this application in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the passage of an act of Congress; And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State.
Joseph Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written
Edward Layton Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
I also certify that I believe the person who hath sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration to be of the age therein stated and I am of the opinion he served or performed such service as he states in his said Declaration
Edward Layton Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County

Records of John Lewis

Hon E. G. Abernethy W. J. Commissioner for the State of Connecticut

Records of John Davis from M rs Mary Davis Hainfield Co
David Davis was born Apr 24. 1764
John Davis was born Oct 13. 1765
Joseph Davis was born Feb 28 1767
Samuel Davis was born Nov 6 1768
Asa Davis was born Feb 15 1771
Abner Davis was born " " 1773
Daniel Davis was born June 30 1775
Docia & Sarah was born April 27. 1778
Hainfield July 9.
1779

17 373 INVALID. )
File No. 17 373
Joseph Davis Ex Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 422
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 28
Ingham County Court Act 7 June 1832 Set forth that the said at 3 o'clock in the afternoon returning counsel
See Mr. Prior, abt. this case Act 7 th June 1832

Letter from 3 d Auditor's office

3 rd Auditor's Office
Dec r 29. 1839.
Si Sir.
Enclosed please find the Report on final sett le of W.C. Anderson's ac ct . The Collecting Branch have written to his sureties, & replies have been recd - tho' not definite.
Your Office borrowed some years ago the vouchers upon which the pension of Joseph Davis, Ad vt June 7. 1832. Connecticut roll, was paid. It was a fraud. Some of the money was refunded.
Mr L. B. Lane has

been making enquiries in relation to it. I refused day before yesterday to let him see the vouchers. He "appealed" to the Chief Clerk who also refused. He then said he would get an "M. C." to make the enquiries.
The vouchers have not been returned by your office. Please see whether they are with the original papers in the case. I'll write for them to day.
Yours &c Ed. T. M.
J. N. Prior Esq Pension Office

Joseph Davis Count
Act 7 June 1832.
Ann o 22 mo fin. $73.35
per Ann:
J. S. Edward Present,

Mr. Heath Sir
Stamford March 23 d 1852
There is a claim in your department of Joseph Davis a Revolutionary Soldier the old man is getting rather feeble; and is desirous that I should write you as he is much necessitated at present, I am in hopes you will give it your immediate attention The Claim is sent to Edwards & Smith for prosecution & it is now time it was heard from; I have several good Revolutionary Claims & I wish you would be kind enough to refer me to some good agent at Washington to prosecute the same; Please favor me with an early reply & much Oblige
Yours very Respectfully W. Taylor P.S.
Will you also inform me if any new decisions have been made by you or the Secretary of the Interior Mr. Stuart in regard to revolutionary claims and if so the particulars of such decisions and by so doing you would confer a favor on one who feels an interest and will ever maintain the rights of an Honest & worthy Patriot W. T.

Washington 20 Sept. 1857
Sir.
Enclosed are the Declaration & proofs of service & identity in the case of Joseph Davis an applicant for a revolutionary Pension. Please report to us Very Respectfull Edwards & Smith
J. E. Heath Esq. Comm. Pens.
P.S. If the records show Mr. Davis to have served til the end of the war, as claimed, we desire to claim under the act of 15 May 1828, if not, under the act of 7 June 1832 — E. & S.

No. 1. D. M. Smith also -
38.200. Joseph Davis My Adas
Edwards & Smith agents

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford April 23 d 1857
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Joseph Davis in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the books & documents remaining in this office, and find the name of Joseph Davis in a Pay Roll under the following heading, viz. Settlement with the 3 d Connecticut Regiment, Samuel B Webb Esq. Colonel for the year "1781," and of whose said name are the following entries, viz, / Rank private / Comm ce of Service Jan 1 st 1781 / Expiration of Service Dec 31 st 1781 / Term 12 months / Amt. of Wages £ 24. / Amt. of Retained Rations &c £ 0. 18. / Amt. of Debt, £ 24. 18. / Money W th for Wages £ 6. / Supplies to family, £ 12. / Amt. of Credit £ 18. / Balance £ 6. 18.
R. G. Purney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

Sir,
Washington 17 Dec. 1857
Enclosed we hand you the affidavit of Rachael Ogden aged 90 years, as additional evidence of identity in the case of Joseph Davis, an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. This claim was suspended on the 26 th ult. The Report suspending it says the name of the claimant is not found on the Rolls of the wars men. This is only denying what was never claimed. We well knew that he did not belong to the wars men, for, although he may have served til its close, as he probably did, he did not enlist for & during the war, but for a specified term, & hence his name could not be found on the roll of the wars men, and besides we believe there are no Rolls in the Department of that service subsequent to 1781.
The evidence of service in this case is the Certificate of the Comptroller of Conn. and there is on file the affidavit of Lydia Adams, aged 94, as to identity. These two witnesses upon this point, disinterested, & certified to be credible.

were well acquainted with the claimant from his boyhood and swear positively as to his serving in the Regiment to which the Comptroller certifies said Davis belonged to
We believe this is a full & strict compliance with the require- =ments of the Department & respectfully ask the allowance of the claim.
Very Respectful Your Obt. Servt Edwards P Smith
J. E. Heath Esq. Hon. Pensions

Joseph Davis Claim for Revolutionary Pension
Edwards & Smith Agents

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Aug. 23 d 1857 Hartford,
I certify that on application for further evidence of the service of Joseph Davis in the war of the Revolution, I have examined documents which have been deposited in this office, and which are supposed to be original Rolls, made out by Nathan Burs, Pay Master, to Col. Webb's Regiment. The heading of the first of these Rolls is as follows, viz, "Roll and Muster of the 2 d Company, 3 d Regiment of Connecticut Troops, commanded by Colo. Sam l A. Webb, for May 1782." The other Rolls, are for the months of June, July, September, October, and December 1782, and January & February 1783, and on each of said Rolls, I find the name of Joseph Davis, as a private,
R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk,

State of Connecticut Hartford County
Personally appeared before me on this first day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty one Mrs Rachel Ogden aged Ninety Two years who being first duly sworn makes oath and says that she is a resident of said State & County, that she is personally acquainted with Joseph Davis a Resident of the Town of Weston Fairfield County in said State; That she has known the said Davis from his Boyhood; That the said Joseph Davis was a Private in the War of the Revolution between the United States & Great Britain; That he entered the service in the month of December in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred & eighty in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Saml. B. Webb and that he went to West Point in the State of New York and that he served till said War was all over before he returned home; This deponent makes the foregoing statement,

Joseph Davis Rev. Pension Claim add Evidence Edwards Smith
from the fact of being intimately acquainted with the said Davis family and while visiting their house she saw officers and men who saw the said Davis in said service and she speaks also from the fact of her being an eye witness to the burning of the said Davis Parents house by the British and she saw the said Davis at the time he returned home from the said war; This Deponent further states that she is disinterested in the application of the said Joseph Davis for a Pension and that he is the identical Joseph Davis who performed the service as aforesaid
Rachel Y Ogden
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
Jas Stevens Notary public
I also certify that the statements of the foregoing deponent are entitled to full credit & belief and I believe her to be of the age stated in the foregoing deposition
Jas Stevens Notary public

(B.) State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
Personally appeared before me on this eleventh day of August ad Eighteen hundred and fifty one Mary C Salmon aged forty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is personally acquainted with Joseph Davis who has applied for a pension that the said Davis is reputed and always believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that she concurs in that opinion having frequently heard said Davis relate circumstances which corroborate statements made by her the said Deponents mother in regard to the said Deponents ancestors property and effects being lost and destroyed; This Deponent also states that she has been acquainted with the said Joseph Davis for the space of thirty years and up- wards and that she is disinterested in the application of said Joseph Davis for a pension as a Soldier of the Revolution Sworn to and subscribed Mary Catharine Salmon before me on the day and Year first above written
Isaac Stevens
Notary Public
I also certify that the person who hath sworn to and subscribed the foregoing deposition is a person whose statements are entitled to credit and I believe her to be of the age above stated
Isaac Stevens Notary Public

State of Connecticut (P.S.) County of Fairfield
In this second day of July a eighteen hundred fifty one Lydia Adams being duly sworn, declared she is a resident of said State & legally and legally entitled for four years, that she is now and was during the Revolutionary War, well acquainted with Joseph Davis who makes this application for a pension; that her memory is good in regard to his military service in said War, she residing near the said Davis at the time and knows positively that he belonged to Captain Nash's Company in Colonel Gamm's 10 Webb's Regiment of Connecticut Troops and she remembers from circumstances which happened about the same time that he joined the Army about the first part of the month of December and seventeen hundred and eighty and remained in said Captain Nash's Company one year and upwards that he then transferred under Captain Stephens Bell in the same Regiment under Colonel Webb in said County State and marched on for West Point on the Hudson River and also served there and he remained in said service until the end of the War, that during said service or the period of said service she constantly saw soldiers, who knew the said Davis and kept her well advised of his service in addition to her own knowledge and she further states she is not interested in the result of the said application and she verily believes the facts set forth in his declaration to be true and correct
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
Horace Smith Justice of the Peace
Lydia X Adams mark

I also certify that the foregoing Deponent is a person whose statements are entitled to credit and that I believe her to be of the age stated by her in the foregoing instrument of writing
Horace Smith Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid and Keeper of the Seal thereof and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County do certify that Horace Smith Esq was on the 2 nd day of Aug. 1857 a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned sworn & acting as such & duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds and that the foregoing deposition purport- ing to be his and his genuine office deposition and I also certify that Edward Taylor Esq was on the first day of July 1857 a Judge of the County Court in and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned sworn and acting as such & duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths - I also certify that the deposition foregoing & purporting to be his is his genuine office deposition - Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court in Norwalk this first day of August 1857 Thomas Robinson Clerk

Pass of the Bets
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South, Lake June 21 1883

Dear Mr. Davis
Ponca 8/11/1885
Paths of the 32nd

Know all Men by these Presents, THAT I Joseph Davis a Resident of the Town of Weston Fairfield County & State of Connecticut have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint James I. Edwards of Washington City D.C. or Walter Taylor of Norwalk Connecticut my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name, place and stead, to obtain evidence, & proof of my service in the Revolution, as a soldier in Colonel Webb's regiment, & to prosecute on my accounts, my claim for a Pension, for said service
giving and granting unto my said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution, and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorneys or their substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Witness my hand this first day of
July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Joseph Davis
Acknowledged before me, this first day of
July 1851
James I. Edwards
Notary Public for Fairfield County
Sealed and delivered in the presence of

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County } ss.
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid and keeper of the seal thereof do hereby certify that Richard Taylor Esq before whom the person of the  the defendant on the other side hereof was acknowledged and whose own proper free act and deed the same to be as genuine is confirmed. Whereby it was at the date thereof, the first day of July 1851, before me the County Court in and for said County duly convened, sworn and acting as said
his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Newmilford this first day of August 1851
Thomas Robinson Clerk