Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16909, for Titus Knapp, Connecticut
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CONN

KNAPP TITUS
S16909

CARDED
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Connecticut No 28316
Titus Knapp
Greenwich in the State of Connectic
who was a private in the County commanded
by Captain Lockwood of the Regt commanded
by Col Warry in the Court
2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of May
1834
and
S.H. Minor Stamford C
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 240.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 "
40.00
280.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R Burdin
Clerk,
Book E Vol. Page 23
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26566
Titus Knapp

Admit as a Private
2 year $811
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
40
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.
Period when the
al
A Statement, showing the Service of
Duration of the
claimant's service.

Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field of
officers under whom he served.
in Lockwood
Tim Lockwood

I am, respectfully
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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 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:
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
S. ┃
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, mucicians 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, Territy, or District
On this
day of
County of
of
A B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
aged (
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
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.
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
thereto will and on the last page opposite his seal
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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
aregiment account be idea of hand
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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?
8. 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 givon
, and what has become of it?
To has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 traditionary 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
inquiry 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.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
conforming to the rule.
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
The age of the claim
ant me
must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
claim cannot be had. Every claim
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
nite 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 athelivia in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being only 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 the then the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Fordays
, I served to Formonths
anddays
, I served as amonths
, andand
for such service I claim a pension."
in important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
firects the pension to be paid according to the grave of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase warrior mines
intendent, 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 tours; the name of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is
highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served within embodied corps called into service by competent
pursuit.
they had in re-
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must is his seat and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubpapers
.
seal of one, the certficate of terror cure or an annual character and ague or the certifying her, should accompany the
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 unthenticated, the curnicate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
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.
⌨ 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 witness
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
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must county 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
applies to continental troops only.
The notes from all uncle he was an iron roof rye
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Titus Knapp
26. 566
Titus Knapp
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State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield vs Stanford Probate District
On this 25th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District
now sitting, Titus Knapp a resident of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged eighty years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his 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: viz. about the 1st of April 1779 has entered a Company of State Troops Commanded by Capt. Timothy Lockwood, employed as a Coast Guard for the time of nine months under this enlistment he was taken a Prisoner at Greenwich by the Refugees & [illegible] first to Lloyds Neck on Long Island & then kept for three or four days & from there was sent to the City of New York & confined in the Sugar [illegible] as a Prisoner of War. He was taken on the 18th of June 1779 & was held Prisoner of War for ten weeks, he was then exchanged returned & joined his Company & [illegible] out the time of his enlistment. In July, 1781 he believes the 1st he again enlisted into the same Company commanded by the same Capt. Timothy Lockwood for the term of nine months & served out his time & was discharged on the 1st of April 1782. He enlisted for nine months into a Company under the command of Capt. Henry Waring of State Troops or as they were [illegible] time called Coast Guards, that under the two last enlistments he served as a Sergeant for the whole term. That he was [illegible] at Greenwich on the 29th day of Nov. 1751 or he has heretofore understood from his Parents he has no [illegible] of his age - has always resided in Greenwich with Mother under whom he [3 illegible words], as he believes [illegible] a with Discharge.
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He refers to Revd James Smith of Stamford & Simeon H. Minor of the same place
of his neighborhood who are acquainted with him & who will testify as to his character
for veracity & their belief of his servisces as a soldier of the revolution
---
The said Titus Knapp
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 the agency of any State,
Titus Knapp
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Hawley Judge
We, Daniel Smith a clergyman, residing in the town of Stamford
and S H Minor
residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Titus Knapp
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be eighty
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 27th day of July 1833
Daniel Smith
S.H. Minor
John Hawley Judge
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 Daniel Smith
who has signed the
preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stamford
and that no
who also signed the same, is a resident in
the town of Stanford and that S H Minor who also signed the same is a resident off the town of Stamford
and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit,
J. Hawley Judge

I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford 
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Titus Knapp
for a Pension,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
Office, this    day of    1832.
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I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the district of Stamford in Connecticut do herebycertify

that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Titus Knoff for a Pensions
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
1
hand & Seal of Office this 27th day of July 183
⎬
Sam Lockwood Clk
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Stanford Probate District Augt 25th 1832
-
Personally appeared before the Court of
Probate for said District now selling in
open Court Ebenezar Jessup of Greenwich in said District
who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath say
that he is well acquainted with Titus Knapp who has subscri
bed & sworn to the foregoing declaration & has been from
deponant election having always lived in his neighbor
---
hood he knows that the said Titus Knapp served as a
Sargeant in a company of State Troops or guards from
about the 1st of July 1781 to the 1st of April 1782 the term
of enlistment was for nine months- the Company was command
by Capt Timothy Lockwood the Deponent was an enlisted
soldier in said Company for the same time & knows the said
and in said Company the whole nine months. He also knows
that said Knapp served as a Sergeant in a company of State
Troops Commanded by Capt Henry Waring for the lien of
nine months communing about the 1st April 1782. The deponant does not know the spring day of the month that said
he enlisted, but does know that the term was for new
all as the Deponent was an enlisted soldier &
in said Company for the whole term
the Testifies
the Deponent for
his own
that before he was old enough to duty on
he now
account he was serving in the guard for his Father &
that said note was then serving as a soldier under Capt
Time. Lockwood & that was taken & caused off as a Prisoner & was
one for more than two months Deponent understood at the
time only believes the said Knopp was detained as a prisoner
of War in New York until changed
Day aforesaid
Sworn to submitted
Respectfully
Harley Judge
certify that Ebent Jesse thereon despondant
credible person
John Hadley
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Kumford
Probate District August
25th 1832
Personally appeared before the Court
of Probate District now selling in open Court Charles Lockwood
of Davis in said District who being first duly sworn according to
Law on his oath says that he is well acquainted with
Peter Kemp who has subscribed & Sworn
foregoing
Declaration - He well remembers that in the Revolutionary the
said Knopp was taken a Prisoner by the Refugees & carried away
from Green in what for this happened the Deponent
can not say
the Deponent at the time lived in Greenwich
right to said Knopp, but was not at that time old
enough to be liable to militia duty Charles Lock
Sworn to subscribed the
by aforesaid
Crawley Judge
Justly that Charles Lockwood the above
deponent is a credible person
C. Hawley
Judge
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Titus Knapp

diplomatical
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State of Connecticut ss Greenwich April 23d 1834
Fairfield County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Notary Public within & for said County Titus Knapp of Greenwich
applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith
that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he count
swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less than the period
before & in the following grades, viz, I served as a Private in Capt
Timothy Lockwood Company of East Guard for nine months from
the 1st of April 1779 sept about two months & a half I was detained
a Prisoner of War - from the 1st of
July 1781 I served as a Sergeant in
the same Company for nine months & from the 1st of April
1782 I served as a Sergeant for nine months in a company of
State Troops Commanded by Capt Henry Waring
the whole of
this service was performed in the field & I was for no reason at
the time employed in any civil pursuit I have no knowledge
of ever having received a Sergent Warrant if I were I
have no knowledge that he becomes of it I know that I
enlisted & served as a Sergeant as I have
Sworn & Subscribed the day &
Stated
Titus
Knapp
date above written In testimony
whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name & affixed my office
Seal
JH Minor Notary Public
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