~ IN MEMORY OF ~

Clem Davis, Pvt.

Thanks to Joe Irons for the photo!

VITAL STATS
b 2 Feb 1835 Buncombe CO, NC d 14 Apr 1914 per tombstone Old Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
son of Reason & Sevilla Davis of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1857 TO
Rachel Emeline Peek, b 12 Sep 1837 Buncombe CO, NC d 6 Mar 1906 buried Old Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
dau of Jesse Allan Peek & Harriet Wilson

residence: Coker Creek, Monroe CO, TN
service: first served in Capt Goldman Bryson's Union Volunteers of 1863
next served in CO G 3rd TN MTD INF REGT, USA (100 day Union Volunteers of 1864)

pension claims: filed 17 Mar 1871 & refiled 3 more times
At first, Clem Davis claimed that he received gun shot wounds in left thigh, but later he claimed it was the right thigh. Special pension examiner, J. Speed Smith of Pension Bureau, made personal inquiry at Coker Creek 22 May 1895 and confronted Clem Davis with allegations that he was shot after leaving service. Then, Davis signed a statement withdrawing claims for pension. Later, Davis refiled under general law on account of age. No pension was received. Claim was rejected since total actual service was less than 90 days.

Confederate service:
Clem Davis enlisted in Capt C. C. Berry's CO A, Lt Col William C. Walker's Battalion of Thomas' NC Confederate Legion at Beaver Dam, Cherokee CO, NC 18 Jul 1862 for 3 yrs. service but deserted 11 Jul 1863.

Witness:
Clem Davis was a witness for the government in Federal Court at Knoxville, TN during the trial of Thomas G. Boyd and others for multiple frauds against the U. S. Boyd, a lawyer in Monroe CO, TN, forged Clem Davis' name to scores of phony pension cases. Boyd filed Clem Davis' first claim for pension, using J. H. Kelso's name.

by
Sandra Ratledge, gr-gr-gr-gr-niece

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