Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,802, for Jesse Kneeland, Connecticut
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SERVICE: Continental (Conn.)
Kneeland, Jesse
NUMBER: S. 42,802
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Left side:
See letter to W. Newcomb Sept. 14. 1829 
New Certificate issued 3d Oct. 1829, and 
sent to Wm. Newcomb, Prospect Hill, N. York 

Rec'd Bk B Vol. 5, page 123.

Left, crosswise:
Notification sent to L.L. Peele Esq.
19th September 1820 
Lansenburgh [Lansingburgh], New York.

Right side:
290
New York. 
Jesse Kneeland 
Private Conn.
Sheldon's Regt from
24 April 1781 for 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15 of April 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of April 1818 
and sent to Josiah Masters Judge &c
Rensalaer [sic] Co. New York

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818. 4 21/31 mos. $37.41 
[=] $37.41 
{Revolutionary claims,} 
{Act 18th March, 1818}
Continued 
Pittstown Rensselaer Co.
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Jesse Kneeland Pittstown
290
18 Apl 1818

Con

L.L. Piele, agent
Lansingburgh
N.Y.
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State of New York}
City of Troy ss.}
At a Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Cour held at the Court House of the County of Rensselaer in & for the City of Troy.
On this First day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said City according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Jesse Kneeland aged Sixty five years, resident in the Town of Pittstown in said County who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in the State of Connecticut under Benjamin Talmadge as Major in Colonel Sheldons Regiment of Dragoons and served Eighteen months in Said Regiment at Dobbs Ferry & the neighborhood of Westchester County in the State of New York. I was honorably at Danbury in the State of Connecticut- That his family consists of himself & his wife who is Seventy five years old, and are both very infirm - And that before he received his pension he was partly Supported by the Town of Pittstown - The date of his original declaration to obtain a pension under the act of 18 March 1818 was dated 15 April 1818 & his pension Certificate was numbered 290. 

AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, 
[Signed] Jesse Kneeland
Sworn to and declared on the first day of August 1820.}
Arch'd. Bull Deputy Clerk. 

State of New York,}
City of Troy ss.}
I, Joseph D. Selden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court held in & for the City of Troy do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Sixty six dollars and twenty nine cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this first day of August, 1820.
[SEAL]
[Signed] Joseph D. Selden Clerk.
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A Schedule of the Property both real & personal of Jesse Kneeland a Revolutionary pensioner, clothing & bedding excepted. 
Lance [?] growing in hired Garden $20.00. One third part of 4 acres of corn planted on shares $10.00 1 cow $16.00 2 hogs & 3 pigs $10.25 [=] $56.25
3 Fowls [?], 1 axe, 1 hoe, 1 spade, 2 Iron wedge, 2 Batle rings 1 cupboard, I pr small AndIrons 2 chains 1 Crane & 3 hooks, 2 pails  [=] 7.??
1 Small tin pail, Crockery, Cash due me [?] [=] 2.?? 
[Total] $66.29
Cash due by declarant in the whole $25.00 

City of Troy ss. Jesse Kneeland being duly Sworn deposeth & saith That the above [illegible] & schedule are in all respects just & true to his knowledge & belief  - And that he has [no?] other family than what within are mentioned 
[Signed] Jesse Kneeland
Sworn to in Open Court this first 
day of August 1820. 
[Signed] Arch'd. Bull Dep Clk
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Application for a New Certificate 
State of New York} 
Rensselaer County ss.} 
On the twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & twenty nine before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rensselaer personally appeared Jesse Kneeland who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain David Edgar in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York, that he received a Certificate of that fact under the Signature & Seal of the Secretary of War, which certificate on or about the seventh day of March last at or was [?] the house of Horace Warner in the town of Pittstown in said County he delivered to the said Horace for safe keeping and that he the said Horace (as he declares and as this Deponent verily believes) mislaid or otherwise lost the said Certificate so that after diligent Search it has not to this time been found, and further that loss of the said Certificate was first ascertained on the seventh day of September Instant at which time the search was first made for the purpose of obtaining his Pension due on 4th Inst. 
[Signed] Jesse Kneeland
Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day & year first above written}
[Signed]  Nichs. M. Masters Justice Peace
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County ss. 
On the 23rd day of September 1829 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rensselaer, Simon Newcomb of Pittstown in said County who is well well known to me & who I hereby certify is a man of truth and veracity, and he the said Simon on his oath declares that he well knows the said Jesse Kneeland to be the same person named & described in & who signed the annexed affidavit, and further saith not 
[Signed] Simon Newcomb
Sworn before me & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid}
[Signed]  N.M. Masters Justice of Peace
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County ss. 
On the 23d day of September 1829 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rensselaer, Horace Warner of the town of Pittstown in said County, Known to me as a person of truth & veracity, who on his oath declares that Jesse Kneeland the Pensioner named in the Affidavits hereunto annexed on or about the Seventh day of March last delivered to him this deponent his certificate from the Secretary of War Entitleing him to a pension for safe keeping in the manner and at the place stated by him in his annexed Affidavit, and that this Deponent lost the said Certificate as he believes in his desk & that on the seventh day of September Instant this Deponent went to the said desk for the Same, at the request of said Jesse, but could not find it & further that he has since made diligent search for the said Certificate but has not yet found it, that he has reason to believe that some one of his children, who at times had access to said desk has either lost or destroyed it. And further this Deponent saith not 
[Signed] Horace Warner
Sworn before me & subscribed to the day & year first above written}
[Signed N. M. Masters Justice of Peace
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State of New York} 
Rensselaer County} ss. 
I Certify that Nicholas M. Masters whose Signature is affixed to the within affidavits was at the time of taking the Same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Rensselaer. 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Said County this 26 day of September 1829. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Archibald Bull Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 - 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. 

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Jesse Kneeland S. 42802 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE. 
[blank] | 18 mos. | Pvt | Capt. David Edgar/Col. Elisha Sheldon's 2d Regt of Continental Dragoons

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Conn
Date of application for pension, Apl 2, 1818. His clm was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Pittstown, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 63 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he stated that his wife was 75 yrs old, her name is not given me nor is there any further data on file as to his family 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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9.4 
4.14 
4 21/31
8
[=] 32
5.41
[=] 37.41 

Jesse Kneeland 
Sheldon's Dragoons (3 yrs)
Compare this case & if 
found on the rolls admit the claim
Apr 28 [year illegible]

Ex'd & found to be correct.

Upside down:
Boyd

Crosswise:
For the Secretary of Department of War
Washington
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County}  I Jesse Kneeland a resident of the Town of Pittstown in the County of Rensselaer & State of Newyork do solemnly certify & swear that I enlisted a Soldier in Capt David Edgar Company of horse & Col Sheldon's Regiment, for the term of three years in the revolutionary war, and that I faithfully served in the sd Regiment for more than two years & untill the end of the War and was honorably discharged which is lost & that I am poor & needy & Scant of the necessaries of life
[Signed] Jesse Kneeland
Sworn the 2d day of April 1818 before me
[Signed] Jsiah Masters first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer

State of Newyork} 
Rensselaer County} Schaghticoke April 2d 1818 
I Josiah Masters first Judge of Rensselaer Common Pleas do certify that Jesse Kneeland before mentioned is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his Country and that he served upward of two years in the revolutionary war against the Common enemy, & I am fully satisfied of the same & of the foregoing 
[Signed] Josiah Masters 

State of New York}
Rensselaer County} ss. I do hereby certify that Josiah Masters Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above affidavit was first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the Second day of April inst. the time the above affidavit purports to have been taken. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed this 15th day of April in the year of our Lord 1818.
[Signed] Benj. Smith Depy Clk.
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State of New York} 
Rensselaer County ss.} 
Elijah Jones being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that at the close of the Revolutionary War, he was a Lieut. & Pay Master in the 2d Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon, that he finds on examining his acct. of the said Regiment the name of Jesse Kneeland attached to the fifth Troop as a soldier of said Regiment Commanded by Capt. David Edgar, as enlisted for three years. the said deponent knows that the said Kneeland served in the said Regiment more than one year and was Honorably Discharged and further saith not. 
[Signed] Elijah Jones 
Sworn the 14th day of April 1818 before me} 
[Signed] W. Raleigh Justice of the Peace for Rensselaer County 

I Josiah Master first Judge of Rensselaer Common Pleas, that the foregoing is the hand writing of Elijah Jones 
[Signed] Josiah Masters
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Crosswise:
Pension Office
20 Oct. 1829.

Prospect Hill Sept 28
Free [postage]
To the Hon. Secretary of War
Washington City
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Prospect Hill Sept. 28th 1819

To the Hon Secretary of War 
By request of the within named Jesse Kneeland I enclose to you the affidavits respecting the loss of his pension with a request that the new pension certificate be directed to me at Prospect Hill, Rensselaer County New York
With respect I remain yours 
[Signed] William Newcomb
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Rev. Sec.
[Postmark] U.S. Pension Office JUN 23 1919
Atlantic Iowa 
June 20, 1919. 

Commissioner Pensions 
Pension Bureau Dept. Interior 
Washington, D.C 
Will you kindly furnish me military record of Jesse Kneeland Rev. Pensioner N.Y. Data wanted for D.A.R.
Yours Truly 
Mrs. T.H. Whitney 
610 Maple St. 
Atlantic Iowa
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42802
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42, 802
Jesse Kneeland
Pri Rev. War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 5 [?], Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1919 July 2. History to Mrs. T.H. Whitney au