Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2736, Jonathan Davis, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Davis, Jonathan
R. 2736
mass
CONTENTS

Jonathan Davis' Pension Declaration
226-2
Dear Sir,

The State of Ohio
Geauga County p 3 On the Eighteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in & for the County of Geauga & State aforesaid Jonathan Davis a Resident in Thompson in said County aged seventy four years . Who first being duly sworn according to law. doth on his said Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers. and served as herein stated to wit. —
He he enlisted for the term of twelve Months at Western in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts. on the fifteenth day of December 1775 in a Company Commanded by Captain Asa Danforth of Brookfield. in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel William Shepard (of which Sprout was Major) Lieutenants Field & Fisher & Ensign Spring. served in the Company the whole year) And immediately after joined said Regiment at Roxbury. and remained there until about the first of March 1776. Early in that month he was ordered to Dorchester Point in the night. and assisted in commencing the fortifications on that point. and afterwards performed various tours of service on the point & continued there until the British Army left Boston in the latter part of the same month. — About two weeks after he was marched to Providence thence to New London and sailed from that place to New York where he arrived with the Company on the 22 nd April. — Remained in New York until after the Battle on Long Island. — When the main Army retreated he being sick was sent across to the Jersey Shore with two or three hundred other sick. — He traveled to Hackensack

and staid there with a Dutchman five or six weeks untill he recovered, and then joined the army at or near Hogs Point - was engaged in a skirmish at East Chester - moved to White Plains & was in the Battle at that place - retreated to Peekskill & was there 8 or 10 days & was then marched to Morristown thence to Newtown where he joined the main army - soon after crossed to Trenton in the night and assisted in taking the Hessians &c - was in the Battle near Prince town - after the Battle marched to Chatham & was stationed there about three weeks & was discharged about the 13 th of February 1777 having served about one & half months after his first term of enlistment expired
In May 1777 he enlisted for two months at Western in Capt. Hodges Company & marched to Providence & East Greenwich & was quartered Obaid Newtown and was stationed at that place two months until dismissed
In June 1778 Enlisted for two months in Capt. Company in Colonel Whitney or Whitmore Regiment - marched to Newport was in active service until after the army retreated off Newport Island then marched to Providence and was dismissed. Jonathan Davis
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
D. Aiken, Clerk
that he continued to reside at Western for about four years, & then removed to Northampton Massachusetts where he resided until the year 1816 or 17, when he removed to Thompson aforesaid, where he has ever since resided - that he has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service. 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 any agency of any State. - Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid before me  Jonathan Davis  D. Aiken, Clerk

We Jacob French of Perry in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio, & John Atkins of the township of Thompson, in the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age. That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood, where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution. And that we concur in their opinion -
Sworn and subscribed
This 18 th day of Sept
1832 in Open Court
Jacob French John Atkins
J. D. Aiken, Clerk
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 & served as he states. And the Court do further certify that it appears to them that Jacob French & John Atkins who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the same neighborhood of said applicant, the said Jacob residing in Perry in said County, and the said John in Thompson in the same County, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jonathan Davis Pension Declaration
The State of Ohio } Geauga County } J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Davis, for a pension -
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 20 th day of September, A. D. 1832 J. D. Aiken, Clerk.

22 602
Jonathan Davis Ohio
Return J.
Arrin Metcalf Chardon Geauga County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Davis. Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec 1775 mustered 1 1 15 private Col Danforth Shepherd 71 entered in Mass now Lives in Ohio   May 1777 - " 2 " Col Dodge   June 1778 " 2 " Col Whiting or Whitman Certificate of Three Citizens  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Must prove service for the first term see Note 15

Before CHRIST cir. 397.
16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
¶ Or, Precious treasure.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
CHAP. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law; 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.
FOR, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Before CHRIST cir. 397.
2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
a Luke 1. 78.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
b Exod. 20. 3.
5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
c Matth. 11. 14. Mark 9. 11. Luke 1. 17.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
1823 The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.
Johnathan Davis served five years
The 16 of march 1823
Sharon

Phoebe
Phoebe Davis
March 29 1833
my wife dyed in the 76 year of her Age and left me alone
Jonathan Davis
Died September 11 1833
Luther Davis Died July 8 1838 69 year
Sydria Davis died June 6 1846 58 year

State of Ohio Geauga County } ss.
On this 16. day of February, A.D. 1853,
Before me a Notary Public in and for said county, authorized by law to administer oaths generally personally appeared Rachel Balch a resident of Thompson, in the county aforesaid aged 64. years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the arrears of pension due her father Jonathan Davis deceased, under the act of June 7 th 1832, for his surviving children That her father the said Jonathan Davis, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and made his application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832, as appears by his application herewith presented, on the 18 th day of Sept r . 1832, that the said Jonathan died at Thompson, in the county of Geauga and State of Ohio, on the 11 day of September, A.D. 1833, leaving the following surviving children his only children now living to wit, Rachel Balch & Sally Kellogg. that he left no widow, that his wife died the 29 th day of March 1833 and that he did not marry after her said decease that the Record of the Deaths of said family is which hereto attached was made partly by the said Jonathan. in a after his death was finished by the Deponent, which was in his bible & by me taken from it. Rachel Balch
Sworn and Subscribed Before me the day and year first above mentioned and I certify from my own personal knowledge the above Deponent is a person of unsworn truth & probity Witness my hand and seal Officially Isaac Hathaway Notary Public

The State of Ohio
Geauga County p }
I Alfred Phelps Judge of the Probate Court in & for said County of Geauga, do hereby certify that at a Court of Probate held by me this day, it was satisfactorily proved, in open Court, that Jonathan Davis late of Thompson in said County, was an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier, and died at Thompson aforesaid, on the Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three (1833) leaving no widow, but the following, his only surviving children now living, to wit: Rachel Balch a resident of said Thompson, and Sally Kellogg residing in Trumbull County of Ashtabula & State of Ohio
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 28 th day of February A.D. 1853
Alfred Phelps Probate Judge

RECEIVED OWN
2736
P. O. Jonathan Davis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

22,602
Jonathan Davis dec? Ohio
Ja s Hathaway June 16 1853- Lewis Elliott Feb 5 1856-
2736
June 7 1832-

March 7. 1855
App't of Jonathan Davis deceased by Rachel which his daughter
Ohio
Act 7th June 1832
J. S. Hathaway Chardon Ohio
He was the owner of person Washington letter
Large cursive signature

Hambleton, O Jan 23/48
Jonathan Davis Ohio - Jan 1832
Cole
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

FREE
Hampton, Va. Jan 23/82
Senator Davis
Friday - Jan 28/82
Cole
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Hampden Geauga County Ohio
January 21 st 1856
Hon. Commissioner of pensions
Sir
I have the honor of transmitting you two certificates from the Secretary of State of Mass. also further proof relating to said claim. It appears by said certificate that part of the service rendered by Jonathan Davis as he alleged he served is found in the State department. The years service rendered in 1776 is not found for one of the best of reasons and that is the pay rolls of that year were not returned. The men in the year 1776 were enlisted for one year and were to be paid monthly and in most cases the Captains received the money and paid off the men once a month therefore there is no pay roll rolls of that year of any amount. This I have learned from a book written by Richard Shaw in the army near Boston in the winter 1775 and 1776. Now Sir it is for you to say whether this claim shall be granted or not Respectfully yours Lewis Elliott
Hon. Commissioner of pensions
VB The last letter received from the Pension Office relating to this claim is dated June 16: 1853 Declaration made by Rachel Balch Sept. 26 th 1853 L.E.

Chardon Geauga Co Ohio. March 1 st 1853.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your office the original pension application of Jonathan Davis, made before the court on the 18 th day of September, 1832, which appears by other papers that said application or some other one made by Mr Davis was sent to your office and returned for some amendment, all the papers that are found in the case are herewith referred, together with the application of Rachel Balch one of the surviving children of said John Davis and also the certificate of Alfred Phelps Probate Judge, of the proof made before his court of the date of the decease of said Jonathan Davis and names & residence of his only surviving children now living to wit, Rachel Balch & Sally Kellogg
Truly your most Obt. Servant
James Hathaway
Hon J. E. Heath, Comm r of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Copy of said Davis's Dec
The State of Ohio } On the eighteenth day of September Geauga County } A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common pleas now sitting in and for the County of Geauga & State aforesaid Jonathan Davis a resident of Thompson in said county of Geauga aged seventy four years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated to wit. — Tho' he enlisted for the term of twelve months at Western in the county of Worcester & state Massachusetts on the fifteenth day of December 1775 in a company commanded by Captain Asa Danforth of Brookfield in a regi- ment by Colonel William Shepherd (of which Sproul was Major) Lieutenant Field & Fisher & Ensign Spring served in the company the whole year) and immediately after joined said regiment at Roxbury and remained there until about the first of March 1776, early in the month he was ordered to Dorchester Point in the night and assisted in commencing the fortification on that point, and afterwards performed various terms of service on the point & continued there until the British Army left Boston in the latter part of the same month — about two weeks after he was marched to Providence, thence to New London and sailed from that place to New York where he arrived with the com- pany on the 22 nd April — remained in New York until after the Battle on Long Island — when the main Army returned, he being sick was sent across to the Jersey Shore with two or three hundred other sick — He trav- eled to Hackensack and staid there with a Dutchman

five or six weeks until he recovered, and then joined the Army at or near Frogs point was engaged in skirmishes in a skirmish at East Chester moved to White Plains & was in the battle at that place, returned to that place Peekskill & was there 8 or 10 days & was then marched to Morristown thence to New London New York where he joined the main Army - soon after crossed to Trenton in the night and assisted in taking the Hessians &c was in the Battle near Princeton after the Battle marched Chatham & was stationed there about three weeks & was discharged about the 13 th of February 1777 having served about one & half months after his first term of enlistment expired.
In May 1777 he enlisted for two months at Weston in Capt. Hodges company & marched to Providence & East Greenwich & was quartered Obediah Newton and was stationed at that place two months until dismissed.
In June 1778. Enlisted for two months in Capt. Company in Colonel Whitney or Withnors reg-iment marched to New Port was in actual two service until after the Army returned off Newport Island then marched to Providence and was there dismissed that he continued to reside at Weston for about four years & then removed to Northampton Massachusetts where he resided until the year 1816. or 17. when he removed to Thompson aforesaid where he has ever since resided that he has no documentary evidence & that knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his services. He hereby relinquishes every other claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of any agency or state.
Sworn to & subscribed in full } Jonathan Davis on the day year aforesaid }
Before me D. D. Allen Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 11 th 1856.
I hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Capt. Asa Danforth's Comp. does not appear on the rolls in this office, in the year 1776.
There is no regular Continental Service in this office for the year 1776, and very little of any kind for the said year.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
D. D. D. D. D. D. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Aug 30. 1853.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan Davis is borne on pay roll of Capt. Hodge's Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. from May 5. to July 5. 1777. 2 mos. 7 days - from Western Also on pay roll of Capt. Peter Porter's Comp. Col. William's Regt. from July 10. to Aug 12. 1777. 120 miles 1 month 9 days. Also on muster roll of Capt. Samuel Hill's Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. from Oct. 2. to Oct. 26. 1777. 24 days 130 miles S. 2. 2. 10.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Daniel Gilbert Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. R. Island Service from Aug. 2. to Sept. 13. 1778. 1 month 12 days.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Ebenezer D. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chardon Ohio, January 6.
The Secretary of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Revolutionary Records in your office of the service of my father Jonathan Davis. That he enlisted for the term of twelve Months at Weston in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 15th day of December AD 1775 in a company commanded by Captain Asa Danforth of Brookfield in a regiment commanded by Col William Shepherd (of which Sprout was Major) and continued in actual service till the 13th day of February AD 1777 at which time he was discharged.
That afterwards to wit in May 1777 he again enlisted for two Months at Weston in Capt Nages company and continued in service for said period and at the expiration he was discharged.
That afterwards to wit in June AD 1778 he again enlisted for two Months in Capt. — company in Colonel Whitney or Whitmores regiment and continued in service for said period and at the expiration was he was discharged at Providence R.I.
Rachel Balch
Taken and signed in my presence this 11th day of July AD 1833 Witness my hand and seal officially.
J. H. Hathaway Notary Public

Ruth Davis Voth Depositions
Jonathan Davis Case
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State of Ohio Guadalupe County Shenandoah Township
ss } Before Me John G. Glos Justice of the peace for said County formerly known as Lucy Bartlett who being Duly Sworn according to law Depeneth and saith that she has been personally acquainted with Jonathan Davis fifty five years or more and it has always been her understanding that Jonathan Davis was a soldier in the Revolution War. She says that she lived with Jonathan Davis fifty five years ago and that it was the common talk and understanding in the Neighborhood that Jonathan Davis who is now about seventy four years of age had been out in the Service of the United States and for the time Deponet saith Not
Lucy Bartlett
Sworn to and subscribed before Me this 17 Day of Sept. A.D. 1832
John Glos Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Guadalupe County ss
I, D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that John Glos and Charles Good- rich Esquires, were on the seventeenth day of September A.D. 1832 & still are, Justices of the peace, within & for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, according to Law; & further, that I am acquainted with the signatures of the said Justices, and do rightly believe the foregoing, purporting to be theirs, are true and genuine. In Witness whereof, I have unto set my hand & Seal of Office, this 20th day of September, A.D. 1832 D. Aiken, Clerk.

State of Ohio Greene County ss
Before Me Charles Goodrich a Justice of the peace for said county personally came John Glas who being Duly Sworn according to law Deposed and saith that he has been acquainted with Jonathan Davis above thirty years and when he first became acquainted with him he always understood by him and others that he served three times in the Armies of the United States During the Revolution War.
John Glas
Sworn to and subscribed before Me at Thompson this 17 th Day of Sept. 1832
Charles Goodrich. Justice Peace

State of Ohio Guadalupe County
ss
Before Me John G. G. Clerk a Lister of the peace for said County personally came Prath Davis who being duly sworn according to Law Depose and swith that she has been personally acquainted with Jonathan Davis who is Now about Seventy four years of age.
To all to whom this may concern This may certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Davis more than ten years and I have always considered him to be a man of truth and veracity and is so considered through the circle of his acquaintance I Believe Chompron Sept 17 th 1832 Charles Goodrich Justice of Peace
Prath Davis
Sworn to and Subscribed before Me this 17 th Day of Sept 1832
John G. G. Clerk

State of Ohio Greene County
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Before Me John G. Clegg a Justice of the peace for said County personally came Ruth Davis who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith that she has been personally acquainted with Jonathan Davis who is Now about Seventy four years of age and when she first became acquainted with him then which is about thirty five years ago it was the common talk and understanding in the neighborhood that he had been a soldier in the Revolution War and she has often heard him further say that he was out in the army with him and for the the Deafant South Nat
Ruth Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th Day of Sept 1832
John G. Clegg Justice Peace