Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2705, Conrad Davis, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Davis, Conrad
R. 2705
CONTENTS

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of New Jersey Warren County ss.
On this twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common Pleas of the County of Warren afore said now sitting Conrad Davis a resident of the Township of Mansfield in the aforesaid County aged seventy six years on the 22 nd day of October last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a teamster volunteer in the brigade of team wagons commanded by Captain George Allen Wagon Master on the last of March or first of April seventeen hundred & seventy seven. The brigade was composed of twelve teams. The names of the volunteers in said brigade were John Glasp, Thomas Fleming, James Kinney, William Glasp, John Smith, William Allen, William Likens, Matthias Parr, Amos Wilmet, John Wortman, James Likens, & this deponent all of whom he understands & believes are now dead excepting

excepting himself. Applicant volunteered at Hacketts Town at the time aforesaid in the County of Warren (Then the County of Sussex) aforesaid & marched immediately with the Brigade to Acquack-nock on second river with provision & feed for the United States Army & deposited said provision & feed in the military stores at Acquack-nock, he returned & was engaged in the service to the last of December in the same year carting provision & feed to & from the different military stores & to the army. Among other places from Hacketts Town where Robert Wilson was quarter master or commissary, from Belvidere in the County of Warren (Then Sussex) aforesaid where Robert Hoops was quarter master or commissary, from Col. West's in Greenwich in said County of Warren then known as Severs' old mills, from Pitts Town in the County of Hunterdon where Moore Firmans was quarter master or commissary, from Abraham Hunts in Trenton, from Newton in the County of Sussex where Edmond Duncalf was quarter master or commissary & also wheat from Flatbrook in the County of Sussex & from other places to Hacketts Town to be manufactured into flour & feed for the use of the Army. That this applicant served in the same detachment & under the same regulations that Capt n William McCullough did excepting that he was an officer & this applicant was a teamster. That the brigade aforesaid drew provisions & feed as rations from the different military stores aforesaid & was discharged in December aforesaid when the army retired into winter quarters having

9- been in the service nine months. Applicant again volunteered in the same brigade at Hacketts Town aforesaid on the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight commanded by the same officer & was continually engaged in the same duties to & from the same & other places until the army went into winter quarters in the latter part of December of that year & was then discharged having been in the service in that year 9- nine months making his whole term of service eighteen months. For which service he received his pay in continental money which at the time he received it was so depreciated that it was not worth more than half the amount it called for. Applicant was born in the Township of Greenwich in the County of Warren aforesaid (then Sussex) on the twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty nine. There is a record of his birth & age now in the possession of his sister's heirs in the state of Ohio. When he went into the service as aforesaid he resided in the Township of Mansfield in the said County of Warren (then Sussex) & has resided there until this day excepting a residence of seven years in the County of Hertford in New Jersey from 1813. to 1820. That he never received any written discharge from the service. Nor any Commission & that he has no documentary evidence of his service as aforesaid. That

he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service from their own personal knowledge. That he is known to William McCullough & John A. Fleming of his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his services as aforesaid
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. That the reason of his not making application until this time is because he had been heretofore in better circumstances & he had hoped to have lived the remainder of his days without asking his pension from the government but by reason of his misfortunes & the removal by death of those who could under him their assistance in supporting him he is now under the necessity of claiming that from Government which in more prosperous days he would not have asked.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
"not" on last page interlined
John Moore 11
Genl. Davis

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
November 24, 1930
Rosabell Davis R.D. Washington, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.2705, that Conrad Davis was born October 22, 1759, in Greenwich Township, Sussex (later Warren) County, New Jersey.
While residing in Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey, he applied for pension August 26, 1836, and stated that he volunteered at Hackettstown, Sussex (later Warren) County, New Jersey, about the first of April, 1777, served as teamster under Wagon Master George Allen and was discharged the last of December in same year; that he again volunteered April 1, 1778 and was in same service under same officer and was discharged the latter part of December, 1778.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
He stated that he resided in Warren County, New Jersey, from the time of his enlistment until the date of his application for pension, with the exception of seven years, from 1813 to 1820, when he resided in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Conrad Davis found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
9715
P. O. Conrad Davis
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 gives as cause of Alleges: suspension
"Team service - not provided by army returns" Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1930-Nov-24-Viet. to Roadside Davis - 832

33,860
New Jersey
Conrad Davis -
Supintnd -
Lib to G.B. Wall, Senator
March 1827
to J.P.B. Maxwell 4/7 1838
27.05
act, 7 th June 1832
Revolutionary pension
Conrad Davis of Jersey Nov 1832
W Johnson's letter Dec 21 1855

I William McCullough residing in the Township of Mansfield in the County of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Davis who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the 8 th day of January A.D. 1841 Wm McCullough John H. Nasre
State of New Jersey Warren County ss: I John H. Fleming residing in the Township of Oxford in the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Davis who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be a man of the strictest ver- acity & honesty that I have known him upwards of twenty years & believe him to be of the age set forth in the above declaration. That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to

have been a teamster in the revolution & to have served as he states in the army & that I concur in that opinion not only from the general reputation of the neighbourhood but from the fact that my deceased father in his life time frequently told me that he & the said Conrad Davis were in the service of the revolution together in a brigade of teams carting provisions & feed from Flat Brook in the County of Sussex & other places.
Sworn & subscribed in open court this first day of December 1886
John H. Fleming
John Moore
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that William McCulloch who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the Township of Mansfield & John H. Fleming who has also signed the same is a resident of the Township of Oxford in said County & that they are both credible persons & their statements are entitled to credit.
John Moore

Warren County of the State of New Jersey Personally appeared Before me Harry Bright one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County William Gary after being sworn on the Holy Evangelism of Almighty god on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with Edward Davis in the time of the Revolution war as a teamster he saith the said Davis departed from his house a few days after his Deponent was married in company with a number of other teams all in the united States Dennis also saw said Davis at a number of other times going to and from times the country with baggage for the army But knew not how long he was in that employment he does not know and further saith not Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 13 Day of William Gary Feb 1837 (H: Bright)
State of New Jersey Warren County ss I Harry Bright one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Warren do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Gary who has sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit & that he is a man of the strictest veracity & so reputed in the neighbourhood that he is entitled to full faith & credit when under oath dated Feb 13 th 1837. (H: Bright)

State of New Jersey. Warren County ss. I, Phoebe B. Kennedy Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing con- =tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the

Warren County of the State of New Jersey — personally aff before me Barney Bigler one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County John A. Johnson who Being Duly Sworn according to law on his oath Saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Davis also was acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary war and saw him driving teams in Company with a number of other teams at different times which teams & under Stars Belonged to the United States General under the Command of Captain Allen and further Saith
Sworn and Subscribed Before me This 9 Day of February 1837. —
John A. Johnson
B. Bigler
State of New Jersey Warren County ss. I Barney Bigler one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Warren do hereby cer- tify that I am well acquainted with John A. Johnson who hath subscribed to the above affidavit & I be- lieve him to be a man of the strict- est veracity as so reputed in the neigh- bourhood & is entitled to full faith & credit when under oath dated Feb 13 th 1837. —
B. Bigler

State of New Jersey. Warren County ss. I, Philip B. Kennedy clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Conrad Davis for a pension. And further I do certify that Barney Bright before whom the affidavits of William Gary and John A. Johnson were taken is a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn into office as such, and that his signature to said affidavits are genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Belvidere this 18 th of February A.D. 1837.
P. B. Kennedy Clerk

Henry D. Wake
March 8. 1837
Q. 6
Rec. Vol. 40. p. 185

War Department Pension Office March 8 1837
Sir The papers of Conrad Davis are have been examined and placed on file - The Claimant states that he served nine months in Capt George Allen Company of Continental Regiments in 1777 under General to the 2 d Brigade 1778 a complete return was made of all the tenants then in the Continental service: But neither at that time nor at any other time in the list of his Company or Captain is born there the name of the Claimant officer  on the return there under no is there any  Conrad there of the name of Allen - It may be added likewise that there were no enlist- ments at that time in the service for nine months -
For G. D. Wall Scribe. N.Y.

Wm J. P. B. Maxwell
9 Jan 1858
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War Department Pension Office Jan. 9, 1838
Sir For information respecting the claim of Conrad Davis, whose case is referred to in your letter of the 20 th ulto. I beg leave to refer you to my letter on the subject under date of the 8 th March last addressed to the Hon Genl D. Wall a copy of which is herewith enclosed
Ent.
Hon J. P. B Marshall Home Reps NY

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Stamp Enclosed
R. Davis, R.D. Washington, N.J.
Nov. 4. 30.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Conrad Davis Sr. lived East of Anderson town, N.J. received a pension for services a large tract of land, south side of W. Washington Ave. Washington N.J. for services rendered in Rev. War as head-quar- ter-master. Gen. Washing- ton stopped at Conrad Davis Sr. house and took dinner en route to Valley Forge. Warren So. History tells me Washington encamp

ed on an acre of ground at Witter's , Miller's Inn the adjoining village on an acre of ground and lost a man. There is a small burial ground there en- closed with a stone wall have been trying to visit it will do so as soon as I have an opportunity. Have I been correctly informed, Enclose stamp for reply.
Very sincerely,
Rosabell Davis.