Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9104, for William Knick, Maryland
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Md.

Knick, William
or Nick

Flora

NUMBER
W 9104

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

7375 
Virginia 
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Flora Knick, or Nick, dec'd 
window of William Knick or Nick, Md 
who was a Private, 
in the Revolutionary War, 
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars ----- 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843. & Ending 
on 28 April, 1845, when she died 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
25th day of Oct 1845
and sent to Brockeubrough & Paxton 
Lexington, Va 
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[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
+17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 2 Page 141. 

28th: Oct: 1845 Ref'd to agt by letter 
Let to Hon. A Kennedy Dec 10. 1845. 
Let to P. Agt. Dec. 24. 1845. 
1858 - Decr 18 Let to Hon G Letcher
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Virginia
 At a Court held for Rockbridge County at the Courthouse thereof on the first day of September 1845. The Court doth know it to be certified to the War Department of the United States that it appears from satisfactory evidence that Flora Knick who was an applicant for a pension died on the 28th day of April 1845 in Rockbridge County, leaving the following children to wit Catharine Cunningham, wife of John Cunningham residing in Fayette County Va, William Nick residing in Fayette County Ohio, Betsey Armstrong, wife of John Armstrong residing in [illegible] County Ohio, Polly Morris, wife of Thomas Morris residing in [illegible] County Virginia, John Nick and Adam Nick, residing in Miami County, Virginia. 
In testimony that the foregoing is a true and correct copy from the records of said Court, I Samuel Mc D Reid, Clerk, thereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at this 23d day of September in the year 1845, and in the 70th year of the Commonwealth.
Sam’l Mc D Reid C.R.C.
[signed]By David Hutcheson D.C.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" also of the act of Congress of March 3, 1843 entitled "An act granting a pension to certain widows of Revolutionary soldiers and also of the act of June 17, 1844 entitled “An act to continue the pensions of certain widows"

State of Virginia Rockbridge County }  SS.
On this twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Five personally appeared before the undersigned Addison Gilmore a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Flora Knick a resident in the said County of Rockbridge aged Eighty seven years who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" and of the act of Congress of March 3, 1843 entitled “An act granting a pension to certain widows of Revolutionary soldiers”, and also of the act of June 17, 1844 entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain widows" That she is the widow of William Knick deceased late of said County of Rockbridge who was a private soldier of the Revolutionary War: That the said William Knick enlisted in the County of Frederick in the State of Maryland under a certain Captain Henry Betty, was attached to a company commanded by Captain Chisil and belonged to the Brigade or Division under General Horatio Gates. that the said William Knick her
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husband enlisted originally for three or five years, deponent thinks five, and served out his full term of enlistment. That at the expiration of said first term of enlistment he reenlisted for and during the war which did not terminate untill two years after his second enlistment. That said William Knick her  usband was in the southern Campaign and was taken prisoner at the battle of Camden and during his confinement lost all his papers evidencing his service as a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Krick on the Twenty Fifth day of  December Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Four. That she has no record evidence of her said marriage nor any other evidence thereof than the evidence of Mary Cunningham accompanying this declaration: that her husband the said William Knick died on the eleventh day of February eighteen hundred and twenty nine.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four, viz at the time above stated.
[right] her
[right] Flora    X   Knick [X being her mrk in lieu of signature]
pright] mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written viz: on the said twenty second day of January eighteen hundred and Forty five before me one of the Justices of the Court of the County aforesaid it being a Court of Record
[signed] A Gilmore J P
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1639
Flora Knick
Wid. of William

Received 
January 27, 1845.

7 July 18[46.]

NV 84 C 29. W. and 1844

Service satisfactory
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I hereby certify that Flora Knick who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration is unable by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity [to] attend Court. Given under my hand this twenty second day of January eighteen hundred and forty five
[signed] A Gillmore J P

I further certify that I was personally acquainted with William Knick the husband of Flora Knick. That I have frequently heard him speak of his services, during the revolutionary war. That he had served during the whole war, and that he was at the battle of Camden and was there taken prisoner. That the said Knick was always believed in his neighbourhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, and I have no doubt that he served as he stated, as he was a man of veracity, and his statements were made at a time when he did not expect a pension. The said William and Flora Knick have raised a large family of children, and have no doubt that they were lawfully married. Given under my hand the day and year above written
[signed] A Gilmore J P
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State of Virginia Rockbridge County sc
I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of the County Court of said County of Rockbridge in said State, do hereby certify that William C. Lewis whose commission bears date on 20th day of January 1841, and Addison Gilmore whose Commission bears date on the 7th day of May 1842, and whose genuine signatures appear to the annexed affidavits of Richard Morris, Adam Knick, Charles Armintrout, Henry McCorkle, and Flora Knick, were at the date of said affidavits and now are acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that all their official acts are entitled to full faith and credit ~
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Lexington in said County this 23rd day of January 1845, and in the 69th year of the Commonwealth-
[signed] Sam’l Mc D. Reid

[illegible Court Seal affixed lower right]
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State of Virginia Rockbridge County ss:
The affidavit of Richard Morris made before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace and for the County aforesaid at Lexington in said County in said County on this 20th day of January 1845.
This affiant states that he will be sixty three years of age on the month of October next. That he  has lived in the town of Lexington Rockbridge County Virginia for forty one years past carrying on the business of merchandise during that whole period in which business he is still engaged.
That he was well acquainted with William Knick late of Rockbridge County, Virginia; that the said William Knick lived in the said County of Rockbridge for a great number of years previous to his death, probably not less than forty years and that said William Knick was always reputed to be the lawfully married husband of Flora Knick who is still living in said County at a very advanced age; that said William and Flora Knick raised a large number of children of whom seven are still living, the youngest of whom Adam Knick is about thirty seven years of age and the eldest of whom Katy Cunningham is nearly sixty years of age; that the said William and Flora Knick were highly respectable people in
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humble circumstances and the affiant does not entertain a doubt that they were lawfully married.
That the said William Knick died in Rockbridge about fourteen or fifteen years ago that the said William Knick and the affiant had repeated conversation with reference to the services of said Knick in the Revolutionary War, which conversations extended from the year 1803 when their acquaintance commenced untill the time of his death. That said Knick always stated to this affiant that he was in the service during the whole or nearly the whole war: that he repeatedly related to the affiant the circumstance of his being taken a prisoner at the Battle of Camden and of his being carried to Charleston South Carolina where he remained a prisoner untill he was exchanged: that he was in the regular service but whether he was marched to the Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery affiant cannot distinctly remember, but his impression is that he stated that he belonged to the Infantry.  That this affiant always considered the said William Knick as a man of veracity and that the said conversations were held at a time that he had no expectation of receiving any remuneration for his services. That the said William Knick was always reputed in
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his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution. And affiant never doubted and does not now doubt that he was so and served as he stated to this affiant in the conversations referred to above. Signed with the proper hand of said affiant and sworn to on the day and place stated in the caption. 
[signed] Richard Morris

The affidavit of Adam Knick made on this 20th day of January 1845 at Lexington Rockbridge County Virginia before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said Court.
That affiant states he is the youngest child of William Knick deceased late of Rockbridge County and state aforesaid: That this affiant often heard his father say that he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution originally for five years and after serving during the full period of his first enlistment he again enlisted to serve during the war: that he has often heard his father say that he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Camden, that he enlisted under Captain Henry Bety or served under him, the affiant cannot distinctly remember which, that he
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was detailed on one occasion to take a fort in South Carolina along with ninety four other picked men called "Rangers" which service was performed & affiant thinks he called the fort "Liberty Pole”.
That during this march the company had to march through a marsh or swamp which was very deep.
That before entering the swamp the whole company stripped off their shoes and knee buckles and
piled them up on the edge of the swamp, expecting to return by the same route & recover them, which they did not do and was equally the articles were lost & other like articles drawn in lieu of them.
Subscribed with the proper hand of said Adam Knick & sworn to the day & at the place named in the caption. 
[signed] Adam Knick

Rockbridge County, State of Virginia to wit:
I William Lewis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above affidavits of Richard Morris and Adam Knick were made subscribed & sworn to by the parties respecting  as stated in the caption and the said affiants are persons of veracity whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand this 20th day of January 1845 
[signed] Wm C. Lewis J.P.
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his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution. And affiant never doubted and does not now doubt that he was so and served as he stated to this affiant in the conversations referred to above. Signed with the proper hand of said affiant and sworn to on the day and place stated in the caption. 
[signed] Richard Morris

The affidavit of Adam Knick made on this 20th day of January 1845 at Lexington Rockbridge County Virginia before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said Court.
That affiant states he is the youngest child of William Knick deceased late of Rockbridge County  and state aforesaid: That this affiant often heard his father say that he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution originally for five years and after serving during the full period of his first enlistment he again enlisted to serve during the war: that he has often heard his father say that he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Camden, that he enlisted under Captain Henry Bety or served under him, the affiant cannot distinctly remember which, that he
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State of Virginia Rockbridge County SS.
The affidavit of Charles Armantrout made before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, at Collins town in said County on this 22d day of January 1845.
This affiant states that he will be seventy three years old upon the 5th day of January 1846.
That he has lived in the County of Rockbridge State of Virginia for about fifty years, that he was well acquainted with William Knick late of Rockbridge County Virginia, that the said William Knick lived in the said County of Rockbridge for a great many years previous to his death. And that said William Knock was always reputed to be the Lawfully married husband of Flora Knick who is still living in said County at very advanced age; that the said William and Flora Knick raised a large number of children, that the said William and Flora Knick were highly respectable people in humble circumstances, and the affiant does not entertain a doubt but that they were lawfully married, that the said William Knick died in the County of Rockbridge about fifteen or sixteen years ago. That the said William Knick and affiant had repeated conversation with the said Knick with reference to his services in the
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Revolutionary war; that said Knick always stated to this affiant that he was in service during a considerable part of the war, but for what length of time he does not recollect nor does he know whether said Knick was attached to the Infantry Cavalry or Artillery. That this affiant always considered the said Knick as a man of veracity. That the said William Knick was always believed in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution. And this affiant does not doubt that he was such. Signed with the proper hand of said affiant and sworn to in the day and place stated in the Caption.
[signed] Charles Armentrout

The affidavit of Henry McCorkle made on this twenty second day of January 1845 at Collins Town Rockbridge County State of Virginia before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County. This affiant states that he will be fifty four years old upon the 14th day of February next. That he was raised in the County aforesaid. That he was well acquainted with William Knick during a period of fifteen years before the death of said Knick, that the said William Knick lived in the County of Rockbridge Virginia for a great many years previous to his death, and that said William
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Knick was always reputed to be the Lawfully married husband of Flora Knick who is still living in said County, at a very advanced age, that said William Knick raised a large number of children, and that the said William and Flora Knick were highly respectable people in humble circumstances. And the affiant does not doubt but that they were lawfully married; and that the said William Knick died some fourteen or fifteen years since.
That this affiant has had repeated conversation with said Knick in reference to his revolutionary services, that said Knick always spoke of having served in the war of the Revolution, but from the great lapse of time the affiant cannot recollect any of the particulars of the service of said Knick. That this affiant always considered 
said Knick a man of veracity and that he has no doubt but that he was in service during the revolution, and that the said Knick at the time of the conversation with the affiant had no expectation of any remuneration for his services.
That the said William Knick was always reputed in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and this affiant does not doubt that he was not. 
Signed with the proper hand of said affiant on the day and place stated in the caption and sworn to.
[signed] H McCorkle
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Rockbridge County State of Virginia to wit
I Addison Gilmore a Justice of the peace in and the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of Charles Armentrout and Henry McCorkle were made subscribed and sworn to by the parties respectively as stated in the caption and that said affiants are persons of veracity whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand this 22d day of January 1845
[signed] A Gilmore J P
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In the name of God Amen, I, Flora Knick of the County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia, do hereby make my last will and testament in the manner following, to wit;
1st I desire that my just debts and funeral expense be paid, out of the first monies that may come into the hands of my Executor.
2d I give and bequeath to my son Adam Knick the Money due to me, as widow of William Knick, a Revolutionary soldier, supposed to be about six hundred Dollars also the land due as a soldiers right, when ever it can be had.
and lastly I appoint my son Adam Knick Executor of this my last will and testament Revoking all other or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of April in the year 1845.
[right] her
[right]    X   Flora Knick { seal }  [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
[signed] W. A. Wilkinson
[signed] William G. Hamilton

At Rockbridge County Court June 22nd 1845
The last will and testament of Flora Knick deceased was produced in Court proved by the oaths of William A. Wilkinson and William G. Hamilton the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded: And in the motion of Adam Knick the executor therein named, who made oath thereto, and together with Martha White his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of seven hundred dollars according to law, certificate is granted him to obtain a Probate of said will in due form.
Test
[signed] Sam’l McD Reid Clerk [Samuel McDowell Reid Clerk]
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State of Virginia Rockbridge County } sc
I Samuel McD Reid [Samuel McDowell Reid] Clerk of the County Court of said County of Rockbridge in said State do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the last Will and testament of Flora Knick dec'd from the
records of my office. In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 21th day of June 1845 and in the 69th year of the Commonwealth
[signed] Sam'l McD Reid Ckl [Samuel Mcdowell Reid Clerk]
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

9696.
Virginia
===============
Flora Knick or Nick, deceased,
widow of William Nick
who was a pensioner under the Act of ____
and who died on the 11 Feby 1829,
of Rockbridge in the State of Va.
who was a private in the compy
commanded by Captain Bayly of the ____
commanded by ________ in 
the Maryland line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 80 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836.
===============
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of
Oct. 1845 and sent to Brockenbrough 
& Paxton, Lexington, Va.
===============
Total amount,
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$400.00
=====
[ Act July 7, 1838. ]

Recorded by H W Stewart Clerk.
Book D Vol. 1 - Page 271.
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[page torn] 39
Flora Knick dc’d [deceased]
Va
Let to Brockenbrough & Paxton
July 30 ‘45

Act 7 July 1838
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No 11639
Flora Nick dec’d
Widow of William
Va
Act 7 July 1838
Adm ‘d 2 years pri
$80th pr ann

Payable to 
Catharine Cunningham, 
William Nick
Betsey Armstrong,
 Polly Morris, John Nick and
Adam Nick only surviving
Children of Flora Nick dec’d

Adm’d Acts 3 March 1843 and
17 June 1844. $80 per ann
from 4 March 1843 to 28 April 1845
the day of her death. Payable to the
above children
Brockenbrough & Paxton
Lexington, Va
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No 11.639
Flora Knick
Va
Let to Brockenbrough & Paxton
March 22 1845

Act 7 July 1838
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

WAR DEPARTMENT
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, March 3d 1843 and June 17th 1844, Flora Knick or Nick, deceased, who was the  widow of William Knick or Nick, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $80 per ann commencing on the 4th March, 1836, and ending on the 4 March, 1841. The said Flora Knick or Nick, was also entitled to a pension under the acts of 3d March 1843 and 17 June, 1845, commencing on 4 March, 1843 and ending on the 28th day of April, 1845, the day of her death, which will be had upon the production of the proper voucher to Wm, John and Adam Knick or Nick, Catharine Cunningham, Betsey Armstrong and Polly Morris,  nly children of Flora Knick or Nick, deceased.

[printed parts of form lined thru]
widow of
who was a
and died on the
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of
dollars and ___cents per annum, commencing on the
and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
[/printed parts of form lined thru]

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25th day ofOctober one thousand eight hundred and forty five 
[blank]
Secretary of War.

Payable at Richmond
Virginia

Examined and
Countersigned [blank]
Commissioner of Pensions
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No 11639
Flora Knick
widow of William
Va
Act 7 July 1838
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At Rockbridge County Court June 7th 1843. 
Rockbridge County State of Virginia to wit: We the undersigned Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Mrs. Mary Cunningham personally appeared before us sitting in open court on this 7th day of June 1843, at our Court house in said county being first duly sworn she deposed as follows. To wit:
That she is Seventy four years of age, that she is the half sister of Flora Kinck widow of Wm Knick late of said county. That her half sister intermarried with the said Wm Knick shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war and deponent thinks within one year after that event and altho' she cannot state that she saw the marriage ceremony performed (being then but a child of but twelve or fourteen years of age) yet she distinctly recollects that the company assembled at her father's house near winchester virginia, for the purpose of attending the marriage of her said sister & very distinctly remembers the wedding dinner given by her father on the occasion to the new married couple that she was at the house if not in the room where the marriage was solemnized and well recollects to have seen the minister there who officiated on the occasion, and that his name as well as she remembers was Mishler- she furthermore states that the said William & Flora Knick lived together as husband and wife form the time of their marriage to the period of his death and were always reputed to have been lawfully married, that they have reared a large family of children and that he died on the 11th day of February 1829.- that as regards the fact of his being a soldier of the Revolution she knows nothing of her personal knowledge, but besides his own often repeated declaration, on that subject and his frequent conversation about the battles in which he was engaged. He was universally reputed and believed amongst his neighbors to have been a soldier of the revolution, this deponent further states that the said William and Flora Knick resided in the neighborhood of winchester some twelve or fourteen years after their marriage, and then removed to the county of Rockbridge where they have lived ever since up to the period of the said Wm Knicks death which occurred, as before stated on the 11th February 1829, and that the said Flora Knick widow of said Wm Knick is still living in said County of Rockbridge, and that she has not since intermarried with any other person. The undersigned parties sitting in open court.
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As aforesiad further certify that Adam Knick, personally appered before them and being first duly sworn deposed as follows, to wit: That he the said Wm Knick late of the County of Rockbridge died on the 11th day of Feby 1829. he the said Adam being his son and being with his father at the time of his death. 
We further certify that the above nemed Mrs. Mary Cummingham is a highly respectable lady, and that full faith and credit are due to any statement made by her under oath. 
Given under our hands and seals this 7th day of June 1843
[signed] Robt. White { seal  }
[signed] David Edmonson { seal  }
[signed] Hugh Barclay { seal  }
[signed] Wm C. Lewis { seal  }

State of Virginia  Rockbridge County  } sc

I Samuel McD R[McDonald]eid clerk of the County court of said County, of Rockbridge in the said state, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true Copy from the records of said County Court. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 23rd day of January 1845, and in the 69th year of the Commonwealth  ~
[signed] Saml Mc D Reid Ckl [Samuel McDonald Reid Clerk]
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Land Office, Annapolis, 26th April, 1845.
I hereby Certify, That it appears by the Muster Rolls of the Revolution, remaining in this office, That William Nick, enlisted as a private, in Captain Bayly's Company, in the 7th Maryland Regiment, for during the War, on the 5th day of May, 1778, and on the 18th day of August, 1780, was missing. And, I further Certify, that I do not find his name upon any of the pay rolls to have received pay for his revolutionary services. 
[signed] George G. Brewer 
Regr. Land Off. Md. 

missing at the battle of Camden
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Washington
Dec 9th 1845
Sir 
I inclose a letter from one of my Constituents upon some matters connected with your office.
Will you at your earliest convenience compare the enquiries proposed[sp] in said letter.
And particularly whether the files of your office shows that such a pension was ever granted.
If so, has it or any portion of it been paid?
If so, to whom? At what time &c. Whether there is any portion of it unpaid? What amount
was allowed &c? Was there any land ever allowed  to the pensioner &c.
Here return the letter.
In haste yours truly
[signed] A Kennedy

Mr Edwards
Com’r of Pensions
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Lexington July 10, 1845
Sir
We send you enclosed the affidavits of the Clerk of Rockbridge County and of Margaret Green. The first with the certificate of the Court will we think be sufficient to satisfy the department that the name Nick was originally spelled without a K. The time of the death of Flora Knick is proved by the affidavit of Margaret Green.
Most Respectfully
Your Obd’t Sev’ts [Obedient Servants]
Brockenbrough & Paxton

Col J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Certificate
respecting William Knick
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Virginia
I Thomas Allan Tidball, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that I have examined the Register of Marriages kept in the Clerk’s office of the said Court from the year 1782 to the year 1787 and do not find any return of the marriage of William Knick, or Nick or any name resembling it. 
I further certify that the bonds taken upon issuing licenses for marriages for the year 1784 have not been preserved as I cannot find any for that year in my Office.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of the said Court the 5th day of April 1845 and in the 69th year of the Commonwealth
[signed] T A Tidball
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At Rockbridge County Court March 31st 1845
It is ordered to be certified that on this day Richard Morris, Henry McCorkle and Adam Knick personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Rockbridge sitting in open Court, at the Courthouse of said County, the same being a Court of record, and being first duly sworn according to law, a paper was submitted to them purporting to be a declaration made by Flora Knick widow of William Knick deceased pursuing a Pension under the act of July 7th 1838 and two subsequent acts, and purporting also to contain the of affidavits of the said Richard Morris, Henry McCorkle and Adam Knick annexed thereto, on which said paper there is an endorsement in figures and words following to wit: 11.639 Received January 27th 1845, whereupon the said parties having severally read over in the presence of the Court the affidavit purporting to be his, each of the said persons did solemnly declare that the same was made by him, as it is set forth in said paper, and that the statements therein contained respectively, were true.
And the Court doth further certify that the said Richard Morris, Henry McCorkle & Adam Knick are respectable & credible witnesses, whose statements under oath are entitled to full faith & credit. And the Court doth further order it to be certified that Charles Armintrout, alias Armantrout, alias Armentrout whose affidavit is contained in said paper hath departed this life since the same was given, and that he was a credible person whose statements under oath are entitled to the fullest credit, and the Court doth further order it to be certified that the word William in the line next to the last of the affidavit of said Adam Knick was erased in the presence of the Court,and the word "Adam" interlined above it, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the word "William” was erroneously inserted instead of Adam. The foregoing is a true transcript from
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The records of Rockbridge County Court
In testimony whereof I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of said Court have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 21st day of June 1845 and in the 69th year of the  Commonwealth
[signed] Sam’l M D. Reid Ckl[Samuel McDonnel Reid Clerk]

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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FREE

James L Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington City
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Lexington Va June 21st 1845

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
We duly received your letter of the 22nd March 1845 returning the papers in the case of Flora Knick widow of William Knick dec’d for further proceedings. The difficulties suggested by you we think are most satisfactorily removed by the amended and additional evidence now submitted. The these following. objections were made to allowing the claim in the aspect in which it was
presented on the original proceedings, viz:
1. "You required that the proceedings before the single Magistrate should be submitted to and approved by a Court of Record. This direction has been complied with.
2. “The alleged date of the marriage should be established by a certified copy of the marriage bond or license from the Clerk’s office in the County where the marriage took place, or by some record or documentary evidence, public or private.” The certificate of the Clerk of the Court, Court of (Winchester,) Frederick now seat shows that there is no such record evidence of the marriage in his office and further that the marriage bond taken for the year 1784 have not been preserved. The absence of record evidence being thus established the proper foundation is laid for letting in the secondary evidence of Mrs Cummingham who [knows] the marriage expressly & the traditionary evidence detailed by the witnesses.
3. You required the certificate of G G Brewer Esq Register of the land office at Annapolis to confirm
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or discredit the statement of the service in this case. 
We accordingly wrote to Mr Brewer for the required certificate & he informed us by letter that no such name as William Knick was to be found in the Rolls in his office. We submitted this letter to his son Adam who suggested that there was an error in the proceedings in spelling the name Knick instead of Nick. He brought us his father’s old papers in which the name is almost uniformly spelt without the K. Among these papers now in our possession is a Patent for a tract of land granted to William Nick August 9th 1804 signed by John Page Governor of Virginia. These papers will be retained by us & submitted to your inspection if desired.
We accordingly wrote a second letter to Mr Brewer requesting a certificate of the services of William Nick if any such name occured in his rolls, & he returned to us the enclosed certificate which conforms in a very remarkable manner the justice of the claim. It shews a service from 5th May 1778 to Aug 16. 1782, when he was reported as missing. Now it so happens that the battle of Camden was fought on the 16th of August 1780 and the evidence shews that William Knick or Nick was taken prisoner in that battle. This accounts most rationally & conclusively for his being reported as missing on that day. Human testimony cannot go beyond this.
Flora Nick (as we will now write the name) died on the 28th day of April last, having first made & published her last Will & Testament which has been duly admitted to probate by the County Court of Rockbridge. By this will she bequeathed her pension to her son Adam who is also appointed sole executor of her Will: & he has duly qualified as such
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An authenticated copy of this will & certificate of qualification of the Executor is now enclosed.
Proof that the name of the claimant was usually spelt Nick instead of Knick untill recently, [proof]
the widow died on the 28th of April 1845 will [be] furnished immediately after our next Court.
We are very Respectfully
Your obt. servants
Brockenbrough & Paxton
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State of Virginia Rockbridge County } ss

Affidavit of Samuel McD Reid Clerk of the Court of said County made in Open Court on this 30th June 1845
The affiant having been first duly deposed as follows to wit that he knew William Nick deceased who was generally said to be a Revolutionary soldier, from his earliest recollection about the year 1798 until his death that said decedent’s name was always written in the books of his office Nick, and that he never saw or heard of its being written with the initial K until the children of said Nick grew up and began to write it with a K. The said affiant once, many years ago remarked to one of the sons of said Nick, that he had changed the way of spelling his name from that of his father, who replied that he spelled it the way his school master had taught him.
[signed] Sam’l Mc D Reid [Samuel McDonnel Reid

Affidavit of Margaret Green made in open Court before the Court of said County of Rockbridge on the 10th June 1845
The affiant having been first duly sworn according to law deposed as follows to wit, that she saw Flora Knick alias Nick die. That her death occurred on the twenty eight day of April 1845. That the said Flora Nick was the widow of William Knick, and was an applicant for a pension before her death.
[right] her
[right] Margaret    X   Green [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark
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State of Virginia
At a Court held for Rockbridge County at the Courthouse on Monday the 30th day of June 1845.
The written affidavit of Samuel McD Reid Clerk of this Court and Margaret Green were produced in Court, and duly sworn to by said affiants in Open Court, and on the motion of Adam Knick Executor of Flora Knick dec’d, the Court doth order it to be certified to the War department of the United States, that said affiants are credible persons, and from their statements, the court is satisfied that William Nick deceased, in his lifetime, spelled his name Nick without the initial K. That Flora Nick deceased, was the widow of the said William Nick dec’d and died on the 28th day of April 1845.
The foregoing is truly copied from the records of said Court, and the within are the affidavits above referred. In testimony whereof I Samuel Mc D Reid Clerk of said Court, have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 3rd day of July 1845, and the last day of the 69th year of American Independence
[signed] Sam’l Mc D Reid C. R.C.

[illegible Court Seal affixed lower left]
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[circle stamp]
LEXINGTON, VA
[JAN 23]

11.639
Jan 27, 1845
Knick
Let. Flora Knick
July 7, 1838
Ky

FREE
Hon. James LEdwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Lexington Va January 23rd
Sir, 
We enclose a declaration and affidavits touching a claim to a pension on behalf of Mrs Flora Knick widow of William Knick dec’d.
Very Respectfully
Your obt servants
Brockenbrough & Paxton

Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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William Knick not [?[ entitled to Bounty Land
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WIDOW, &c.
9104
Flora Knick or Nick
Wid.
William Knick or Nick
Privt Rev. War.
Act : March 3d 1843
Index: Vol A Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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