Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20210, Reuben Davis, Va

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Davis, Reuben.
W 20210
CONTENTS

Lynchburg Va May 20 th 1869
Post Office
8th June 1869
Free
Pension
Hon John H Eaton Secretary of War Washington City

State of Tennessee Maury County
1662
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Reuben Davis of Maury County State of Tennessee do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Robert Waring's Company in the fourth Regiment of the Virginia line and I also declare that I never did receive a certificate for the reward of my services to which I was entitled under a resolution passed the 15 th of May 1778 and I further declare that I never applied for it and that I was not on the 15 th of May 1828 on the Pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this ninth day of April 1829 Reuben Davis mark
John G. Gilchrist Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Maury County This day personally appeared Reuben Davis before me John G. Gilchrist a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Maury & State of Tennessee personally appeared this day Gilbert Brice and David Hughes of the said County & State who did severally make oath that Reuben Davis by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Army of the Revolution in so far as therein stated. Witness my hand this ninth day of April 1829 Gilbert Brice David Hughes
John G. Gilchrist Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Mary Gandy
I Thomas S
Porter Clerk of the Court of the County of Mary in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that John Gilchrist before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County of Mary & duly em- powered to administer Oaths & that his subscription is in due form. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 10th day April 1829
Thomas S. Porter CLK

Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
9 June 1829.
Reuben Davis of Maury in the county of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Warring 's company, in the fourth regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. F. H. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9. June 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Reuben Davis in the not
It further appears that Reuben Davis - not - is now on the pension list of any - not - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month
The name of Reuben Davis cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued -
John Hagner Aud

General Land Office 20 June 1829.
The name of Reuben Davis does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Va so far as they have been received.
Ed. Graham Commissioner
Bounty Land Office June 11 th 1829
The Records of this Office do not show that a Warrant ever issued to Reuben Davis a Private in the Virginia Line, or, that he was entitled to Bounty Land from the U. States.
Wm Gordon

Reuben Davis - Pat. Va. line Rev.
Tennessee
No Record in Old Books. Ref. Ref. Claims, Ad. Inv., Ad. Mts.
No Record
Det
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EXT. OLD WAR
No. 20210
Act of July 15, 1870, and Act of March 3, 1872
own
Reuben Davis
Pris
Capt. Warring
4 th Va. Line
Very Was
Died at REJECTED
other claim.
, 187 .
Clerk.
Application filed: _____ , 18 .
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence insufficient Oct-1828