Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6042, for William Knox, New Hampshire
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SERVICE 
N.H.  Knox, William  R6042
Anna
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22478
William Knox
Vt

Adm@
13 mos. - $23:33 per arm

Hon B F Deming
A R

H F Redfield
[illegible]
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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 show what is necefsary 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, showing the service of William Knox Vt

Period when the service was [illegible]
Duration of the claimant's service  Years  Months  Days
Rank of the claimant
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

NH troops  
Col forgotten  Marched to Winter Hill Boston  71 born in NH entered these now living in Peacham Vt
Jay 1776 enter  2  Private  Cp Bunting
[illegible] " " 5  Cp Dern  Wingate  Vt to N York

Service proved by two surviving
witnesses
Certificate of Clergyman
and a Citizen

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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 as 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
County of } ss.
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 provion 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 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 enered 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 the  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 day 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 applicacation 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
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Willm. Knox & Anna Buntin both of Allentown married
April twenty sixth seventeen hundred and eighty five.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows "Apr 24 1785"

Hezekiah Eldredge { Town Clerk of Pembroke

I Hezekiah Eldredge above named depose and say that I
hold the office of Clerk in the town of Pembroke in the County
of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, and that the
above is a true extract from the records of said town with
the exception above named as certified by me

Hezekiah Eldredge { Town Clerk of Pembroke

Merrimack ss: July 11, 1834.
Sworn to the said first day of July A.D.
Eighteen hundred and thirty nine -
Before me 
Aaron Whittemon Jr Justice of the Peace
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Danville June 17, 1840

Dear [illegible]

In Aug 1839 I sent the declaration
of Anna King widow of William Knox for a pension
not having heard from [illegible], and the widow
having died on the 10th April last, I now forward
the certificate of the Probate Court proving the
death of the widow & the names of the surviving
children - Please say if the declaration is
sufficient & form and the same

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Sam B. Mattock

Hon J.L. Edward,
Washington 
D.C.
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REJECTED
6042
P.O.
Anna Knox
Service: Widow
William Knox
Enlisted: , 18 .
Discharged: , 18 . 
Application filed: , 18 . 
Alleges:
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P.O.
Recognized  Contract
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for , 18 .