Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1513-100, for James Knapp, Connecticut
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3 - 1776 

SERVICE 
Conn

[stamped star] 
Knapp, James

NUMBER 
 B.L. NE 1513 -100 

CONTENTS
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[underlined official]

To 

William Gordon Esqr 
Bounty Land Office 
War Department 
Washington City D.C.

[illegible stamp]
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Albany. N.Y. 6th June 1829.

William Gordon Esqr. 

Bounty Land Office War Department 

Sir

Your communication of the 2d Instant, covering Land Warrant No. 1573 for Jehiel Knapp & the other heirs of James Knapp deceased, a soldier of the Revolutionary army is received and hereby duly acknowledged. 

I am 
Sir 
Yours Respectfully 
John Ogden Dep
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Jm. Knapp 
Decd.

[underlined No 1513]
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                            Albany . 20th May 1829
E. Stephens, Esq.  
          Bounty Land Office War Department

Sir:

Accompanying this I send you the application & Declaration of Jehiel Knapp, the son and one of the Heirs of James Knapp deceased. Late a soldier of the Connecticut line of the Revolutionary army for Bounty Land due by the United States to the said James Knapp for his services  The warrant you can send under cover to me, the receipt of which will be duly acknowledged ,

                            I am 
                                 Sir
                               Yours respectfully,
                                  John Ogden Dey
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Jehiel Knapp
Application for
Bounty Land
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In testimony that the within [word inserted] written Peter Hasbrouck was a commissioned duly authorised by law to administer Oaths and take acknowledgements  etc. in the State of New York at the aforesaid date and that his name there subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal and subscribed my name and Quality at the City of Albany this twenty-ninth day of May 1829.

                         C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk

State of New York
Albany City & County SS}  Surrogates Office 29th 
                       May 1829

I Certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Jehiel Knapp deceased, late of the heirs of law infer to James Knapp deceased, late a soldier in the second Regiment of Infantry of the Connecticut line of the Revolutionary Army, which regiment was commanded by Colonel Swift.

Given under my hand and Seal of Office this Twenty ninth day of May 1829.

                                        T. A. Bridgen
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 

NAME [handwritten Knapp, James] GRADE [handwritten Private] LINE [handwritten New York] 

WARRANT NUMBER [handwritten 7347] ACREAGE 100 ISSUED [handwritten Nov. 27, 179 - (torn)] 
┃┃[handwritten to - not shown -] 
 
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives