Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,536, for Abraham Knight, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Knight, Abraham
................Hannah

NUMBER
W. 21,506
B.L. Wt. 29023-160-55

CONTENTS
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1198
Maine
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Hannah Knight 
widow of Abraham Knight 
N.H.
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Inc'd from $56:88 
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96 Dollars 00 Cents 
per annum, to commence on 
the 1st of July, 1848. 
["4th day of March" stricken out]
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
14th day of July 1837 
and sent to G. C. Ames Esq.
Present
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Me Agency Book gives date of widows death as Feb. 11, 1857

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 20 Vol. 1. 

[in the right margin, written vertically]
Reg 5 Mar 55-165540
Feb. 11, 1857
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165.540 Act March 3/[18]5v[page torn]
June 11/[18]55

Hannah Knight wid of Abraham Knight Pvt

Capt Cilley
Col Mooney
No29023 of May 29/[18]56
Revolutionary War

Me Feby 28 1198

[illegible] 160 [illegible] My, 24/[18]56
B [illegible]

David Dunn Poland Maine

[page torn] D. Dunn Apl 25/[18]56

Vol. K 123
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Notification sent the 3d June 1820 to John Mussey Junr Esq Portland Maine

13.139
R
Maine
Abraham Knight of Portland in the state [crossed out] Dist [District] of Maine who was a private
in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year
War
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. [District] of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819
and sent to J. Mussey, Esq
Portland Maine

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 3/30 4/31 81.83
Semii-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 - 48.00
[Total] $ 129.83
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
Continue
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Bounty Land Claim
DECLARATION OF CLAIMANT.
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Androscoggin SS.
On this thirty first day of May A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorised to administer
oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Knight aged eighty seven years, a resident of
Poland in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abraham Knight deceased,
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Cilley in the [blank] Regiment of [blank]
commanded by Col Mooney in the war of the Revolution
That her said Husband enlisted at Nottingham N.H. on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 18[blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days and more and
she thinks for several years. and was honorably discharged at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 18[blank]
She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Knight in Falmouth on the twenty first day of
July A.D. 1788 by one Peter Noyes a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Woodward; that her said Husband died at Poland, Maine, on the twenty first day of September
A.D. 1844 and that she is now a widow. And she refers to her former declarations and the evidence connected therewith. Her last Pension certificate issued from the Department of the Interior Feb 1st 1855
She further declared that she has never received a Land warrant under any Act of Congress and has never made any application therefor.

[crossed out] She further declares, that she heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the Act of  [blank] 1885[blank], and obtained a Land Warrant, No. [blank] for [blank] acres, which she has since legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled
under the act approved March 3, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I the said Hannah Knight do hereby constitute and appoint David Dunn Esq of Poland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and I fully authorise and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Hannah Knight her Mark
Witness
John Partridge
Caroline Patridge
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165.540
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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
We, John Partridge and Caroline Partridge residents of Poland, Androscoggin County in the State of Maine upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Knight in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John Partridge
Caroline Patridge

The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed, and the Power of Attorney
acknowledged, before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify, that I know the affiants to be
credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
David Dunn Justice of the Peace.

CERTIFICATE OF CLERK OF COURT.
STATE OF MAINE.
County of [blank] SS.
I [blank] Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that [blank] whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate, is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of Office, at [blank]
this [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 1855.
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Nathaniel L Ingersoll is a Magistrate as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date October eighth. A. D. 1840, and will expire October eighth A.D. 1847.
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twenty fourth day of June Anno Domini 1845
Charles Cobb Clerk
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Hannah Knights

Marriage
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I Joseph Colley of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine and Clerk of said town hereby certify that in the records of marriages solemnised by Peter Noyes Esq deceased in said town the marriage of Abraham Knight and Hannah Woodard is recorded as follows, namely 1755 July 21, Seventeen hundred and eighty eight, July twenty first List of marriages by Peter Noyes Esq Abraham Knight and Hannah Woodard.

I Joseph Colley above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk of said Falmouth and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Town with the exception of the date which is inpressed on the records in fair legible figures namely 1755 July 21
Joseph Colley Town Clerk

State of Maine (illegible) June 2d 1845
Subscribed and sworn to before me. 
Nathaniel L Ingersoll Justice the Peace
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1818 55/1763
To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge
of the United States for Maine District.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS... Abraham Knight of Portland of N H [illegible] in said Maine District, that he served as a private
in the war of the revolution on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Portland
aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support and aged fifty five years of age
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a [blank]
to Capt Frys Company of the 3d Regiment, of the New Hampshire Line, that he entered said service on or about the
15th day of June one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two
 and that he left said service on or about the 8th day of June
one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three, was discharged at New Burgh in State of New York by Gen Henry Knox Major General and it out of my power to get the certificate from my commanding officers
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your
applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States. Abraham Knight

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, ALBION K. PARRIS, District Judge of the United States for the Maine District, Abraham Knight the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Knight farther offered evidence the depositions of William Willee and John Knight and William Knight (taken pursuant to dedimus potestatem by me issued), the
said deponents being certified as credible witnesses to the
Magistrates taking the same stating that the said Abraham
served for the period of nine months in continuation in the New Hampshire Line of the Continental Establishment and it also appearing to my satisfaction that the said Abraham by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Abraham Knight served in the
revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris
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N 154 Abraham Knight
Copy
(13,139)
(Sept 1819)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DISTRICT OF MAINE, SS.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at
Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Albion K. Parris, Judge of said Court.
On this fourteenth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having the "power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Abraham Knight aged fifty six
years, resident in Portland in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private
in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Frye in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.139 was granted. 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 day 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Abraham Knight
Sworn to and declared, on the fourteenth
day of June A.D. 1820.
Before Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the
District of Maine.
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Schedule of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate I have none
Personal estate one swine and a few articles of necessary household furniture
Abraham Knight
Sworn to June 14 1820
Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist [District] Judge

Schedule of the family residing with me Abraham Knight who, by occupation am a Laborer which I am able to pursue by reason of [crossed out] generally
Names. | Ages | Capacity of each to contribute to their support
Hannah Knight (wife) | 53 | invalid and unable to work
Moody Knight | 14 | as well as boys of his age
Hannah Knight (daughter) | 17 | a cripple and unable to work
Sally Knight | about 10 | healthy child
Lewis Knight (son) | about 8 |
Caroline Knight | about 5 |
Abraham Knight
Sworn to Before Albion K. Parris
U.S. Dist. [District] Judge
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Maine District, SS.
I, John Mussey, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is seven dollars and eighty seven cents and no more.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr Clerk of the U. States District Court for the Maine District.
$7.87
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12111
Hannah Knight
Maine
Act 7 July [18]28
M [Married] [17]88 d [died] [18]44
Rolls 12 mo 82 and 3
5.2.80
17.2 [illegible] pri [private]
Rejected
Act 3 March [18]43
Rejected
Act 17 June [18]44
admd [admitted] 17 mo 2 ds pri
56.88 from 21 Sept [18]44
Joseph Inley
Portland Me
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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. and also the benefit of the act of 3 March 1843 and Continued 1844
State of Maine, Cumberland County SS
On this twenty fourth day of June A.D. 1845, personally appeared before the Honorable Barrott Potter, Judge of Probate in and for the County aforesaid, Hannah Knight a resident of Poland in said County of Cumberland aged seventy 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 the acts of March 3d 1843 and Continued in 1844. That she is the widow of Abraham Knight late of said Poland who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the act of 1818. She is not able to state the names of any of the officers under whom he served or what part of the Country he served in and therefore refers
the Commissioner of Pensions to the said Abraham's
Declaration on file and other documents in the war office.
She further declares that She was married to the said
Abraham Knight died on the twenty first day of July 1788 and that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Knight
died on the twenty first day of September 1844, and
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, namely
at the time above stated, and that she has not since the
death of her said husband intermarried but has remained
and is still a widow. She therefore claims a pension
under the act of July 1838 and 3 March 1843 and continued in 1844. from the death of her said husband which was as before stated on the 21th day of September 1844
Hannah Knight her Mark X
Witness
Nathaniel L. Ingersoll

Cumberland June 24th 1845
then personally appeared Hannah Knight above
named being a credible witness and in open Court
made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration
by her signed before me and in testimony whereof and in [illegible] of the Register of Probate I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court
Barrett Potter Judge
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I further testify that it has been satisfactorily proved that the said Abraham Knight within named died on the twenty first day of September 1844 and that Hannah Knight within named is his widow--
Barrett Potter  Judge of the Probate Court
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
Owc

October 5,1929

Mrs. I.A.Sutherland
27 Elm Street
Brookline, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21536, [underlined] it appears that Abraham Knight [name underlined] enlisted at Exeter, New Hampshire, June 15, 1782, as a private in Captain Isaac Frye's Company, Colonel Henry Dearborn's New Hampshire Regiment and served until June 8, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, while residing at Portland, Maine, aged about fifty-five years.  He died at Poland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 21, 1844.

He married at Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, July 21, 1788, Hannah Woodard.  She was allowed pension on her application executed June 24, 1845, while living at Poland, Maine, aged seventy-seven years.  She died February 11, 1857, place not stated.

In 1820, soldier referred to his daughters, Hannah, aged seventeen years, and Sally, aged ten years and his
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son, Lewis, aged eight years.  He also referred to Moody Knight, aged fourteen years, and Caroline Knight, aged five years as living with him, but did not state their relationship to him.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Abraham Knight that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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No -9-

Hannah Knight
AA
92-44

Admitted

AWH Clapp
Portland  Maine
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STATE OF MAINE.
_______________________
CUMBERLAND, SS.

CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS.  )
Portland, June 28th A.D. 1848.           )

I, Chas C. Harmon CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Tillson Waterman is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Waterman is dated Feby 29th A.D. 1844 ["is dated" stricken out] and will expire Feby 29th A.D. 1851 and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his is Genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon  CLERK.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S.

On this twenty sixth day of June 1848, personally appeared before me Tillson Waterman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Knight, a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of pensions wh served during the revolutionary war, that She is the widow of Abraham Knight wh was a private in Capt. Cilley's Company in Col Mooney's Regiment. and died on the 21st Sept. 1844.  She further declares that she has received the benefits of the act of Congrefs passed 17 June 1844 at the rate of Fifty Six dollars 88/100, per annum

She further declares that she is still a widow and has not intermarried since the decease of Abraham Knight her last husband.
Hannah Knight
Her Mark   X

Witnefs  John Partride
              Moody Knight

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me  Tillson Waterman  Justice of the Peace
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Abraham Knight f

New Hamp line
3d Colo Dearborn

15 June 1782
June 1783
________________________1 yr

28th  April  1818

Admitted.
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United States of America
District of Maine fs

To John Harvey of Northwood in the State of New Hampshire Esquire

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]

Greeting

Whereas Abraha Knight of Patterson in the District of Maine has requested that the depositions of William Willee and John Knight may be taken in due form of Law, touching the service performed by him during the Revolutionary War and in support of his declaration made before me pursuant to the Act of Congrefs passed the 18th March A.D. 1818

Therefore to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had you are hereby appointed and authorised to take the depositions or testimony under oath of the persons aforesaid or such others as the said Knight may cause to come before you touching the service and application aforesaid and the same with your certificate of the credibility of the witnefses aforesaid, together with this dedimus potutatem you will return to me without unnecessary delay

Given under my hand & seal official this first day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and nineteen

Albion H. Parris
U.S. Dist. Judge &c
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I William Willee of Northwood in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire being duly sworn depose & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that in the month of july 1782 we were stationed at Saratoga at which time Abraham Knight joined the army and served untill the first of June 1783 at which time the said Knight was discharged & returned with me to Nottingham in said State of New Hampshire, said Knigh stated to me that he enlisted for three years that he hired a substitute for the remainder of his enlistment--
William Willee

Rockingham fs   June 19th 1819
Personally appearing the above named William Willee and made Solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
before me   John Harvey  Justice Peace

And I hereby certify that the above deponent William Willee is a credible witnefs--
John Harvey  Justice Peace
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William Willees

affidavit
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I John Knight of Northwood in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire being duly sworn depose & say that in the autumn of 1781 I enlisted in the army of the revolutionary war that in the Spring of 1782 I pased muster at Exeter in said State  that the first of June I marched from said Exeter in Company with Abraham Knight & a number of others that we Joined the army at Saratoga & then served untill the first of June 1783 at which time the said Knight was discharged & returned with me to Nottingham
John  x his mark  Knight

attes   John Harvey

Rockingham fs.   June 19th 1819

Personally appearing the above named John Knight and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
John Harvey   Justice Peace

And I hereby certify that the above deponent John Knight is a credible witnefs--
John Harvey   Justice Peace
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John Knight

Affidavit
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i William Knight of Poland in the District of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty one years being duly sworn do depose and say that I well know Abraham Knight of Portland in said District and who enlisted about the last of June or first of July 1782 at Exeter in the State of New Hampshire for three years service on the Continental Establishment New Hamp and marched to Saratoga:  the said Abraham returned to Nottingham in said New Hampshire about the last of June 1783.  that I have understood said Abraham served one year and then hired a substitute for the remainder of his enlistment
William  x his mark  Knight

attest  J. Mussey  Jun.

Cumberland fs.
April 30th 1818

Personally appeared the above named William Knight and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed:  the said Knight being a credible witness
Before me  J. Mussey Jun'r   Justice of the Peace

Taken in pursuance of a didimus potestatem to me directed and issued by the Hon A.K. Parris Judge of the District Court of the United States for Maine District dated the 28th April A.D. 1818.
John Mussey Jun'r  Justice of the Peace
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
_________________________
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.

To Simon Greenleaf or--Daniel W. Green of Gray--of John Mussey, Jun'r. esq'r in the District of Maine

GREETING.

WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Abraham Knight of Portland in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:---And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Poland, in the District aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:---

THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dodimum Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.

GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.

Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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Abraham Knight
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[illegible seal affixed in upper left corner of page]

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary of State's Office.

I do hereby certify That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Abraham Kight is borne upon ++ "A return of the Men raised by the State of New Hampshire under the command of Colo Hurculus Mooney for the Continental Service at Rhode Island 1779."  Town he went for:  Barrington.  And that upon a "Pay Roll for the New Levies raised by the State of New Hampshire in the year 1780 to serve in the Continental Army for the term of Six Months" is borne the name of Abraham Knight as a private, for five months & fourteen days, commencing July 5th and ending Dec'r 6, 1780.  12 days allowed to travel home.  Town he went for" Nottingham.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the State, this 4th day of July, A.D. 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State

++not her husband
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Portland   Augt. 8, 1845

Sir,

I herewith forward you the declaration of Hannah Knight widow of Abraham Knight for the benefit of the acts of Congrefs passed 7 July 1838.  3d March 1843 and 17 June 1844, which is correct  will thank you to forward me a certificate--

Yours Respectfully
Joseph Inley

J.L. Edwards Esq'r.
Commifsioner of Pension
Washington,
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Hannah Knight

Payment to be made at Portland
by William Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Maine

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 20,  Vol. 1.

Leo. Jenkins  Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
WIDOW'S PENSION.
_________________________
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Hannah Knight widow of Abraham Knight who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty six dollars and eighty eight cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W.L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]

Examined and Countersigned,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F.S. Evans
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No. 1198.  [circle drawn around it]
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STATE OF MAINE.
____________________________________________
CUMBERLAND, SS.

Probate Office,     )
PORTLAND,          )
Nov. 7 A.D. 1850  )

I, Freeman Bradford REGISTER OF PROBATE, In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Jonas Jordan is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Jordan is dated June 22d A.D. 1848 and will expire June 22d A.D. 1855 and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford  Register.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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State of Maine  )
Cumberland SS.)

On this Third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Hannah Knight a resident of Poland in and for the County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty two years, who upon oath declares that she is the widow of Abraham Knight late of said Poland deceased:  that her late husband was a soldier of the Revolution in the New Hampshire Continental line and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum.  She further states that her late husband the said Abraham Knight died on the twenty first day of September 1844.

This declarant further states that since the death of her husband, she has been placed on the Pension Roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of Fifty Six dollars & eighty eight cents per annum as will appear by the Certificate hereto annexed and herewith transmitted.  She further states that she is still a widow.  She therefore claims all increase
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of Pension by virtue of the existing Pension Laws and the Joint Resolution of Congress of the 1st of July 1848
Witness  Z.K. Harmon

Hannah   x her mark   Knight

Cumberland SS.   November 3d 1850.
Then personally appeared the above named Hannah Knight, known to me as the identical person she represents herself to be, and made oath that the same is true.
Before me,  Jonas Jordan   Justice of the Peace.
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Inc'd $96  ded'g former payts
at $56:88 per annum,
Com'g 1 July 1848

G. C. Ames
Present
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Washington,  Nvmr 15 1850

Sir

Enclosed you will please find Application of Hannah Knight widow of Abraham Knight, for Increase of pension under the Joint Resolution of 1st July 1848.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Geo C Ames

James L Edwards Esq.
Comm'r of Pensions
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Poland, Maine.   June 1, 1855.

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Com'r. of Pensions.

Dr. Sir,

Enclosed I send you the Declarations of Josiah Jordan & Hannah Knight for Bounty Land.

Mrs. Knight is now a Revolutionary Pensioner and her last Certificate issued February 14, 1851.

Please to issue the Land Warrants and enclose them to me.

Yours Respectfully
David Dunn
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Poland, Maine.  June 1, 1855.

To the Hon. R. McLelland
Secretary of the Interior.

I John J. Perry Representative to Congress from the second Congressional District in said State of Maine.  do certify that I am well acquainted with David Dunn Esq. of Poland in said District.  that he is Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum throughout the State of Maine and that his signatures are genuine to the accompanying papers.  To Wit.  the Declarations of Hannah Knight & Josiah Jordan
John J. Perry
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165.540
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North Fryeburgh Me.
24th Apl / 54.

Jno. knight
Rec'd 2nd May / 54.


Resp'y referred
to the Comm'r of
Pensions &
Mr. Knight
so inform at
3 Auditor's Office
May 5th 1854.
F. Bush
Third Auditor

Mr Randall.
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North Fryeburg  Apl. 24, 1859

F Burt Esq'r.
Third Auditor
Washington, D.C.

Sir,

In reply to your letter 15th instant, it appears that John Patterage obtained a power of attorney from Hannah Knight, two years & fifty one days after her death, by which meanes, he obtained her pension, up to the 4th of Sept 1851, the Heirs of Hannah Knight, did not know any thing of the transaction above mentioned, until you spoke of it in your letter to me, it appears that Mr. Patterage did not speak of the Town in which he transacted, important business,   Sir, I wish you to assist, drive away the fog, in this case, that the sun may shine clearly on the principals of equity & morality should you condecend to do so.  please to tell me in your next, how much Mr. Patterage received, of the pension of H. Knight and how much remains,  please to let me hear from you the Rec't of this,

Sir I am Respectfully,
Yours,
John Knight

N.B.  If there [illegible] Patterage [illegible] at this day, I hope they will catch John Patterage, that he may sho by what authoraty he drew the pension of Hannah Knight,
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I cannot find any note of an answer to this letter or any affidavit re the claim giving power of attorney to a John Potterage or similar name.  One John Partridge appears as a witness in the widow's County land claim, but David Dunn is appointed attorney in that same paper.

The Agency Book of Maine gives date of widow's death as Feb. 11. 1857.

The widow claims the wrong service for her husband, using that on report of Secretary of State of N.H. but as she knew her husband got a pension of $96 under the Act of 1818, that makes no matter & this Abraham is the only one on pension roll & gives his wife's name as Hannah in 1820

AW.   July 16, 1925
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No.  21,536

Hannah Knight
widow of
Abraham Knight
Pri  Rev  War

Act  Feb 2d  48

Index:  Vol A. Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mch. 12--1904 - His to
Mrs. Georgia P.K. Eastman
Louisville  Ky
________________________________________
1925  July 16--Hist.
to Mrs. F--Therriault
AW
________________________________________
1929-Oct. 5--Hist to
Mrs. J.A. Sutherland
AWF.
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[across the top of the page]
GEORGIA P. EASTMAN, President, Louisville.
SARAH M. MARTZ, Secretary, Louisville.
BELLA C. SMITH, Treasurer, Louisville.

[picture of a cross medal hanging from a bar & ribbon on the left of the letterhead]

HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF KENTUCKY

***Woman's Relief Corps***
AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC     W

JANE E. MOORE, Bellevue, Senior Vice President.
NELLIE ABERT, Newport, Junior Vice President.
HANNAH DAVIS, Covington, Chaplain.
ALICE BREITENSTEIN, Dayton, Counselor.
ELIZABETH WUELLER, Dayton, Inspector.
MOLLIE KUHLING, Covington, Instituting and Installing Officer.
AMANDA DAVIS, Covington, Patriotic Instructor.

Louisville, Ky.,   February 14, 1904

1468

To Chief Clerk
Pension Bureau
"Old War Record dept--
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

I am Trying to establish my connection as a Great Grand Child--and Grand Child of Revolution and War Independence 1812 Soldiers, [illegible--ink blot over word] names--My Great Grand Father was born 1765--when he married his wife he lived in Vassalborough or Scarborough Maine   his wifes name was Hannah Woodward--His name was Abraham A Knight.  he married 1787.  after the War had ended--There were 12 children born--but I have only to speak of my Grand Father--Abraham Knight born 1792.  This Grand Father served in the 1812 war.  The old Family bible record sayes he died April 1827.  My belief he was born in Vasselborough or Scarborough Maine.  The record does not say.  My Great Grand Mother drew a Pension as the Widow of a Soldier of The Revolution--My Great Grand Father Abraham Knight.  My Grand Mother drew one as a Widow of Soldier 1812.  Now please help me all that is possible--
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My reason in writting this letter to you is this  I desire to establish my relation to the Soldier That I may Join the Society called The Daughters of the American Revolution--I was given your ["the" stricken out] addrefs by a Regent of D.A.R.  I have also written to several ["four of" stricken out] Bureau of ["Labor" stricken out] and Industrial and Labor Statistics  The reply came but not elabrote enough--I was referred to Mass State record, but first I write you

Kindly reply and you will greatly assist me in my endeavor--

Respectfully
Mrs. Georgia P Knight Eastman

[stamp]
U.S.
OLD WAR & NAVY
FEB 18 1904
FILES.
P.B.

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION
F
FEB
17
1904
OFFICE.

2332 W Walnut St
Louisville
Kentucky

The Matter I have written was sent me by my 2nd Cousin Mary V Partridge of Lewiston Maine.  She has the Family Bible--and knows facts relative to my ansestors--
GPK Eastman
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19 Hampshire St
Auburn Maine
May 28, 1925.

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION
L
JUN
12
1925
OFFICE

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

I would like to join the D.A.R.  I have an ancestor named Abraham Knight and it says on his tomb stone that he served in the Revolutionary War.

Please send me a full copy of all the data you have concerning Abraham Knight, residence near the N.H. line, served in Cumberland Co. and received a pension when he was 73 years old.

If you will give information concerning more than one person please give me all the data you have concerning the Abraham Knight who resided in Poland, Maine Cumberland Co. Me and received a pension when he was 74 years old.  see 1840 Census.

Prompt service will be greatly apreciated.  Thanking you.

Yours truly
MRS. FREDERICK THERRIAULT
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19 Hampshire St
Auburn Me
June 8, 1925.

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

Some time ago I wrote you for data concerning my ancestor Abraham Knight who served in the Revolutionary War and received a pension.

Will tell you a few things to help you locate the right man as I think there were two men from about the same locality by that name who received pensions.

My ancestor lived in both Maine and Louisianna.  I think he enlisted at Portland (then Falmouth) Me.  After the war he lived for a time in Louisianna & also in Portland Me during which time he was Captain of his own trading vessel.

He received his pension in Poland Me.  The last 20 years of his life he was a farmer at Poland & is buried there.

In the Revolution he was badly wounded in the legs.  He also served in the war of 1812.

he was born dec 14, 1765 and died Sept 21, 1844.  Age 79 years.

His wifes name was Hannah.

I hope this will assist you in finding the right persons record

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION
C
JUN
11
1925
OFFICE
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Page 2

Please send me a full copy of all the data you have concerning him

I want to join the D.A.R. and have been anxiously awaiting an answer to my first letter.

Will appreciate it very much if you will please be prompt.

Thanking you
Yours truly
MRS FREDERICK THERRIAULT.
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Only [underlined] from any where

27 Elm St.
Brookline, Mass.
July 9, 1929

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.:

Rev. War Records Section,--

Will you kindly send me Rev. pension record of Abraham Knight [underlined]    I have before me a copy of Sprague's Journal of Maine
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the entire record of each & especially [underlined] any thing pertaining to family history etc. as that is what I hope to find.   Thanking you most sincerely, I am

Truly yours
Anne H. Sutherland
(Mrs. J.A. Sutherland)
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History, vol. 7, No. 4:  for Feb. Mch. & April 1920.  On p. 222 it says "35c-Abraham Knight--N.H. line, private, 73, Cumberland, ('20).    On the next line is a record of what appears to be another [underlined] Abraham Knight & this one lived ["died" stricken out] at Poland Maine.  I cannot tell which is the Rev. ancester I am seeking & so must ask for both [underlined] records.  I would like
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.     AW

July 16, 1925.

Mrs. Frederick Therriault,
19 Hampshire St.
Auburn, Me.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 21536, it appears that Abraham Knight enlisted at Exeter, N.H. June 15, 1782, as a private in Captain Isaac Frye's Company, Colonel Henry Dearborn's New Hampshire Regiment and served until June 8, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, while residing at Portland, Maine, aged about fifty-five years.  He died at Poland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 21, 1844.

He married at Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, July 31, 1786, Hannah Woodard.  She was allowed pension on her application executed June 24, 1845, while living at Poland, Maine, aged seventy-seven years.  She died February 11, 1857, place not stated.

In 1820, soldier referred to his daughters Hannah aged seventeen years, and Sally aged ten years and his son Lewis aged eight years.  He also referred to Moody Knight aged fourteen years and Caroline Knight aged five years as living with him, but did not state their rela-

[written vertically in left margin of letter]

see N.H. Archives
Vol. 3, p 805
for this man
recruited July 16, 1782
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...tionship to him.

The above noted Abraham Knight is the pensioner who resided at Poland, Maine in 1840.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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1198
Maine
===========================
Hannah Knight,
widow of Abraham Knight.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
===========================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
56 Dollars 88 Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
===========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 
16 day of August 1848
and sent to
Hon. A.W.H. Clapp
Portland ME
===========================
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 20  Vol. 1.

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Let to C. Ames  Feb 8, 1831

Reported
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92.
________________
Maine.
===========================
Hannah Knight,
widow of Abraham Knight,
who was a private,
in the New Hampshire line.
===========================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
56 Dollars 88 Cents
per annum, to commence on the
21st: of September, 1844, when he
died ["4th day of March, 1844" stricken out]
===========================
Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of Sept. 1845.
and sent to Joseph Ilsley,
Portland,
Maine
===========================
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D.
Vol. A----Page 9.