Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 10182, for Moses Knight, South Carolina
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SERVICE
S.C.
CONTENTS
Knight, Moses
Marian H.
NUMBER
W.10182
B.L. Wt. 24988-160-55.
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9.295  A01 Mar 3/ 53
Marian H. June 15/55
Marian H. Knight widow of Moses Knight Pri
Num
No 24988 iss May 15/56
Revo. War
Nee Rennion  A. C. Crin  Ind. July 48 – 794
AO: 160 ac. May 14/56
Boynton
Miller & Brandeburg Present
July 24/56  let [letter] to S. V. Niles [unreadable]
what [unreadable] his service
Feb 20/77 let to Aaron H. Knight Salesbury Olh
Facts as supp & issue
12
Vol K. 123
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22236 Indiana Moses Knight Daviess in the State of Indiana who was a prof 600 in the column commanded by Captain McIntosh of the regt. commanded by Gen. Green on the S.C. line for 2 years    
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.    
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct. 1833 and John Van Trees Washington Arrears to the 4th of Sept $250.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March $50.00      
$300.00      
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk Book E, Vol. 7, Page 118
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Moses Knight in the Revolutionary  as a Private of Cavalry Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 per annum to commence on the 2nd day of April 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of may 1837 
Sent to B. M. Thomas  Vincennes
On Roll of Pensioners under the act 1818 Page 189 vol A
S. A. Smith Jan 4 9 18
Let [letter] same March 23/57
1839 Septr 23 – Transferred from Morralburg Indiana to Springfield Illinois
From April 1848
4 March 1859 & note M. Cook 1859 Galester Ill
1859 Nov 15th Let to Pens A. 
1882 April 11 Aaron H. Knight that discuss of pension prohibited after death of the original claimant
1886 April 27 A. H. Knight no law authorizes a claim for arrearages of pay for services in Rev. War
1883 July 18 McGill that a claim was presented by Aaron H. Knight and rejected 
1883 July 24 Mr C. McGill no arrears due to heirs
1885 Sept 29 A. H. Knight
No increase or arrears of pension are due
1886 Jany 20 Tho McRee that A. H. Knight has no claim as heir to any pension 
Precr
Reg 8 Mar 55 169295
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State of Illinois Kent County } ss   Aaron H. Knight being by me first duly sworn on his oath states that he is a son and heir at law of Moses Knight deceased who was a private of Cavalry in the South Carolina Militia and placed on the pension roll of the U.S. Oct 18, 1833 he further declares that he the said Aaron H. Knight has never received a warrant for the bounty land promised said Moses Knight on the part of the United state, nor does said Aaron H Knight believe that said Moses Knight received a warrant for the Bounty land & transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever    A. H. Knight 
Subscribed and & sworn to before me the 5th day of September A. D. 1880
G. L. Hanaway
Clerk Circuit Court Knox C. Ht.
And the said Aaron H. Knight hereby applies to the Government of the United States for a Warrant for the bounty and above mentioned    
Witness my hand this 8th day of September AD 1880 A. H. Knight     
Witness W. Davis Notary Public }
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Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension List under the Act of the 18th March 1818
County of Daviess S.S
On this 26th day of March 1831. personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for the County of Daviess and State of Indiana, Moses Knight resident in said County, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said Moses Knight enlisted for the term of five years on the day of [Blank] in the year 1779 in the State of South Carolina, in the company commanded by Captain James Fonteroy, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jack McIntosh in the line of the State of South Carolina on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the year 1782, when he was discharged from the service in Windsor in the State of South Carolina; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State except the one aforesaid; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension: That it was but lately he found the witnesses to prove his services, having heretofore resided in Maryland
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1878 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, enter
“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 since the 18th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property
Description of Property
80 acres of this land. 
66 do of good do 82 of Maryland & others.

Debts owing by applicant
$313.31 Joseph Miller

Property on the 18th day of March
1818.
A few cattle & hogs of
small value say from
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1 Mare  $45
5 Small Shoals $207.00 
1 Bed and Bedding
1 little wheel
1 big dog 
1 smooth [Illegible, appears to be a weapon of some kind]
1 plough
1 pot
1 kettle
1 [Illegible]
1 hoe
Occupation Farmer

Number of Family
Six in Family
1 Wife 54 years
1 son 17 ditto
1 ditto 10
1 daughter 8 or 9
1 grandson 9 or 10

Names 
Maryann Knight
Abraham Knight
Issac Knight 
Avalina Knight 
Elijah Knight 

I have no dues or debts coming to me of any consequence, nor has any one any property of mine in trust. There are some doubtful claims in my favor in the hands of a Mr. Webb in Maryland. I do not expect to receive fifty dollars on the same, but upon the contrary the probability is, that all are lost. My wife is afflicted with the Rheumatism – I am occasionally afflicted with the same complaint also.
Moses Knight
Sworn to and declared, on the 26th day of March 1831 before the Honourable [sic.], the Judges of the Daviess Circuit Court. 
I John Van Trees Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Daviess aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Moses Knight did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of three years under one engagement, on the continental establishment.
I also certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the
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total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred and seven dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
John Van Trees, Clerk of the Court of Daviess County Indiana
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832 State of Indiana, County of Daviess On this thirteenth day of May, A.D. 1833, personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Probate Court of the County aforesaid, Moses Knight, a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.     
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1779, with Colonel Jack McIntosh, and served in the regiment of the South Carolina line, under the following named officers: Colonel Jack McIntosh other field officers not recollected, Captain James Fontleroy, Lieutenant Marryweathers; that at the time of his enlistment he resided at General Alexander McIntosh's on big Pee Dee River, about three miles below the long bluff and four miles below Culps Ferry in County, South Carolina; that Colonel McIntosh was the commandant of a Troop of Light horse, and was called a Regular Officer, and that at the time he (the said Moses Knight) enlisted, two other individuals by the name of John O'Neal and James O'Neal, brothers and one other by the name of McClary enlisted under said McIntosh;  that they were marched to Camden where they were placed under Capt Fontleroy and Lieut Marryweathers, and where they joined the Army. That he continued to serve in said troop of horse and the officers aforesaid, until the year 1782, when he was discharged from the service at Windsor in South Carolina.    
That during his service, he was marched into North Carolina; was at the Shallowford on Yadkin River; was guarding horses in hearing of the guns at the time of the Battle at Guilford Courthouse, that he was at Princess Ann Courthouse, Virginia; and that he was near Savannah in Georgia. That his service was principally against the Tories; and that he was engaged against the Tories, and rode by the side of one George Storms, at the time the Tories killed Colonel Culp and burned his house at Culp’s Ferry on Pee Dec.     
That sometime in the year 1782, he was appointed and commissioned a press Master to take a boat load of corn from Culp’s Ferry to Windsor, and that he did press hands, and take 800 bushels of corn, from said Ferry to Windsor, for the support of General Green's Light Horse, where he received his discharge, as aforesaid. And the said Moses Knight further States, that in March 1831, he filed a declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the Act of the
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18th March 1818, and the subsequent acts in relation thereto, stating in substance, the same facts, 50 far, (so far as he was advised was necessary) that are contained in this declaration; and that sometime in May, following, he was informed by the War Department that, “No officer of that name” (alluding to Colonel McIntosh), “commanded a South Carolina regiment on the continental establishment.” “There was a Colonel of that name in the Continental Army, but it does not appear that the claimant belonged to his regiment.” “As the law providing for Revolutionary soldiers extends to none but those who served or the continental establishment, and as the regiment to which the claimant was attached, did not belong to that establishment, a pension cannot be granted.”  He states positively, that Colone Jack McIntosh, was called a regular officer, and that he understood from Col McIntosh himself, that he was a regular officer with full power to enlist men, and as such be the said he did, as he was informed and verily believes, enlist under, that he does not know, whether Col McIntosh was a resident of South Carolina or not, but believes he was a resident of Georgia.    
He also states that he was sometimes called Moses Sharper, and sometimes Moses McIntosh, he having been raised by General Alexander McIntosh, and sometimes Moses Knight, and that if Col. McIntosh, was not a regular officer, he was deceived by him and others; but that he did serve as above stated, which services the proved by living witnesses on the filing of his former declaration. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.    
Moses Knight     
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. John Van Trees, Clerk     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Moses Knight, was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. James McDonald Probate Judge
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The said Moses Knight, states further for the satisfaction of the War Department, that during the whole period of his service, he served as a private soldier, except the period of his service in the capacity of Press Master as aforesaid, which he believes could not have been more than thirty or thirty five days; That Colonel McIntosh was generally called “Jack McIntosh,” but that his proper name was John McIntosh, That he cannot recollect with more certainty than he has above and within related, the particulars and precise length of his service, but he knows that he served not less than three years under the officers aforesaid during the whole period of his service as aforesaid.
Move Knight
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, of the Daviess Probate Court aforesaid this 13th day of May, 1833.
John Van Trees, Clerk

I, John Van Trees, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and ex officio Clerk of the Probate to Court of Harness County in the State of Indiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Probate Court in the matter of the application of Moses Knight for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the attached seal (which is by order of the said Court, there being no seal yet provided for the same, at Washington this thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
John Van Trees, Clerk

State of Indiana
County of Daviess
On this third day of August, A.D. 1833, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid the above named Moses Knight, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, That when he filed declaration in March 1881 as stated in the foregoing declaration, he proved his service by the only living witnesses to the know of, or now knows of who could testify to his service that Joseph Warner by who attended to his business kept the affidavits of John H. Laymount and Philip Jones the witnesses above stated, proving his service, with the intention of forwarding the same, with his declaration, to the Secretary of War, that he does not know whether Mr. Warner did send said affidavits or not, but supposed he did. That since the summer of 1833, the said John H. Laymount, the most material witness to this affiant, in the investigation of this claim, has died, which will appear by the accompanying affidavit of Luther C. Cochran, marked (S. leaving no living witness, except Philip Jones, (whose affidavit is herewith enclosed marked (B.) whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, that this affiant knows of; that he believes
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The affidavit of the said Laymount was forwarded with his former declaration in 1831, to the Secretary of war, and may now be found on examination of the proper office. The said Moses Knight further states, that he knows of no other living witnesses who can testify to his service, but would respectfully refer the department to the following affidavit of the Revd. Abner Davis and Jno. Vance Esq. as to their belief of his service in the Army of Revolution, and as to his character as a man of good moral character, and as to their belief of his character for truth and veracity.
Moses Knight
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. 
Stephen Masten, Justice of the Peace

We, Abner Davis, a Clergyman, residing in Washington, Davies County, Indiana ,and John Van Trees, residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Knight, who has subscribed & sworn to the fore going declaration, and the foregoing affidavits; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that we believe him to be a man of unquestionable character, truth and veracity.
Abner Davis
John Van Trees

Stephen Master Jus Peace
The State of Indiana
Daviess County
I, John Van Trees, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that Stephen Marten Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and to all his official acts as such full faith and credence are due and ought to be given; and I further certify that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and I also certify that the within seal, purporting to be the seal of the Davies Probate Court, is the proper genuine seal of said Court, until a seal with the proper inscription and devise can be procured, and that due credence should be given it accordingly all of which appears of record in said Probate Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause to be hereunto affixed the seal of our Circuit Court, at Washington, the third day of August.
John Van Trees, Clerk
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State of Indiana
Knox County 
On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, before me Thomas Bishop, one of the associate Judges of the Circuit Court of said County, at Vincennes in said County, personally appeared Marian H. Knight, a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy five years on the first day of January last, who being 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 29, 1848, entitled “An act for the relief of certain living widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army” and also “Joint Resolution relative to evidence in application for pensions” approved July 1, 1848. That she is the widow of Moses Knight deceased who was a Private of Color in the Army of the Revolution, as conclusively appear by reference to the Pension Certificate of her said husband, given a  the War Office of the United States the 18th day of October A.D. 1833 signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and countersigned by Geo. W. Crump, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, and numbered 22236 and which said certificate was sent to the Agency for paying pensions at Madison in the State aforesaid on or about September 14. A.D. 1848 when she applied for the means of the pension due her after the decease of her said husband to which and to the vouchers accompanying it, and upon which she received said arrears, she hereby make reference.
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Knight deceased on the twenty fifth day of December (Christmas day, but her failing memory does not enable her state whether it was in the year A.D. 1796 or A.D. 1795, but by reference to the birth of her oldest child who was born as stated in the family record of births on the
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Fifteenth day of September A.D. 1778, she believes it was A.D. 1796, and that her husband, the aforesaid Moses Knight and in the month of April A.D. 1848, but from defect of memory she cannot state the exact day, but refers to the vouchers accompanying the certificate of pension, sent to the agency at Madison as hereinabove stated; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January One thousand eight hundred viz at the time above stated; and further that she has never been married except to the said deceased. And she further states that she has no record proof within her reach or knowledge of said marriage and also that she was married at Pleasant Valley, Washington County Maryland, nor has she any family record of said manager.
Marian H. Knight
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Thomas Bishop an associate Judge as aforesaid, and I do hereby certify that the said applicant. Marian H. Knight cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court, “she believes” being interlined before oath and signature.
Thomas Bishop, Associate Judge and Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana
Knox County 
I, William R. McCord, Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that the above-named Thomas Bishop is and was on the 4th day of December last an associate Judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine and further that Benjamin M. Thomas is and was on the 4th day of December last a Notary Public duly commissioned, qualified in acting in and for said county and that the signatures on this that purporting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and official seal this 23rd day of January A.D. 1851.
William R. McCord, Clerk
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State of Indiana
Knox County 
On this 4th day of December A.D. 1850 before me a Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared Catherine McGill who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the above named applicant is her mother and the above named Moses Knight was her father, (her family name having been Knight before her marriage that she is rising fifty years of age, that her above named father and mother have always within her knowledge been reputed as legally & regularly named, and as long as she can remember have always lived together as husband and wife, and I the Notary certify that she is credible, as I believe.
Catherine McGill
Sworn to and subscribed before a Notary Public the day and year last above written.
B. M. Thomas, Notary Public

State of Indiana
Knox County
Before me a Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared Thomas Bishop the above named Associate Judge on this 4th day of December A.D. 1850, and being sure according to law deposeth and saith that her collect the above and within named Moses Knight deceased and Marian H. Knight for about 18 or 20 years ever since they came into this County and that during all that time they have lived together as husband and wife, and were so reputed, and I, the Notary certify that he is with.
Thomas Bishop
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
B. M. Thomas 
Notary Public
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Please address all communication and the certificate when paid to B. M. Thomas
Attorney at Law,
Vicennes
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State of Indiana Knox County }     
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in and for said County and State Marian H. Knight aged Seventy Eight years a resident of the County of Knox and State of Indiana who being by me first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Moses Knight late of said County deceased that the said Moses in his life time drew a pension as a soldier in the revolutionary war with Great Britian as a private of Cavalry and that since the death of her said husband to wit since the 2nd day of April 1848 she as his widow has drawn a pensioner One Hundred Dollars each year under and by virtue of the the following certificate viz  “Department of the Interior”    Widows Pension    
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29 1848 Marian H Knight Widow of Moses Knight who was a private of Calvary in the Revolutionary or is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of the Hundred dollars per annum commencing on the 2nd of April 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which on the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage  
From as the Department of the Interior this Sixth day of May one thousand
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Eight Hundred and fifty one [seal]  (Signed) J. J. Crittenden 
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined & Countersigned J. E. Heath Comissioner of Pensions      
upon the back of this certificate is the following endorsements     
Payment to be made at Madison by Joseph Chapman Esqr. Agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Indiana Payable on the 4th September & 4th March Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act July 29th 1848 Page 189 Vol A. A R Weightman Clerk-     
And this deponent further says that the does not remember the name of the company nor the regiment in which her deceased husband served nor by whom he was commanded for the exact date she was married to the said Moses he that she is informed and believes that she is informed and believes that the foregoing facts are abundantly proved by the papers on file in the Pension office addressed by her for the purpose of obtaining the foregoing person mentioned in the aforesaid certificate. that her said husband died as she believes in April 1847 but of this she is not certain.  She only miles that he died. This part she also believes is proven by the papers aforesaid
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[unreadable] my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 7th day of June A D 1753 M [unreadable] clerk  
Marina H. Knight
Applications for Bounty Land
Filed by Miller and Brandebury
14 June 1835
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That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under act of March 3rd 1855, never having received or applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress. 
The hereby appointed J. J. Miller and L. G. Bradbury, her Attorneys present and receive her Warrant. 
B. F. Thomas
Marina H. Knight her mark
Test B. F. Thorne
Marina W Knight 
We B. F. Thorn       Revd Lemuel Ackley residents of Knox County in the State of Indiana upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Marian H. Knight in our presence and that we know she is now a Widow and we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant together with are acquaintaned with me that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and also know that she is a Pensioner under the aforesaid certificate.   B. F. Thorn  Lemuel Ackley his mark  
Attest P. Usher   B. F. Thorn    
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the seventh day of June in the year 1855 and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons. That the claimant is the person she represents.
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herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Witness my hand and official Seal.
Nathaniel Usher

State of Indiana
Knox County 
I, William Denny, Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County and State, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Usher before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Notary Public within  and for the County and State of Indiana, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 7th day of June AD 1853.
William Denny, Clerk

169,995
Marina H. Knight
Application for Bounty Land
Filed by Miller & Brandebury
14 June 1835
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No 28497
Moses Knight Daviess County
Indiana
from 1779 Private
of Cavalry 2 years
$100.
Indiana

John Van Trees, Clerk, Daviess County, Indiana
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Moses Knight Daviess County Indiana

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1779 
Appointed 1782 

Duration of the claimant’s service.
About 3 Years
Not Stated

Rank of the claimant.
Trooper 
Press Master

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. McIntosh, Capt. Fonteroy
Gen. Green

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
77 years
Big Peedee River County, South Carolina

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
No evidence. Paper defection in the seal. 

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832,
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” “Militia” and “Volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory of District of 
County of 

On this day of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer of soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the inferent grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason old, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year months, and served as a month and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months. too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Washington, (Ind) August 3rd , 1833
Sir, 
The declaration in support of the claim of Moses Knight has been amended by the affidavit of the declarant, and of Messrs. Davis & Van Trees - also by the Depositions of Messrs. Cochran & Jones herewith enclosed the money two living witnesses by whom the declarant could prove his service. As it is believed that the former affidavits of Messrs Laymount and Jones were forwarded with the declaration in 1831, and are now on file in the office of the department, and as the declarant is now deprived of the testimony of the said Laymount in consequence of his decease, he has thought proper to add the best proof he can procure, and also proof of the said Laymount death And as it has not been convenient to procure the certificate of a member of Congress (as required in note) without creating too much delay, I have thought proper to certify to the Probate seal, under the seal of the Circuit Court, being ex officio, as Clerk of the Circuit Court, Clerk of the Probate Court.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
John Van Trees
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Galesburg Printing Company, East Side Public Square.
COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
KNOX COUNTY.
I, JOHN S. WINTER, Clerk of the County Court of said County and State, do hereby certify that Thomas McKee, whose name appears to the attached [Illegible], dated June 28, 1880, was, at the time of the issuing thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County, regularly commissioned and qualified, and as such FULL FAITH AND CREDIT are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the City of Galesburg, this 29th day of June 1880.
John S. Winter, Clerk.
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State of Illinois Knox County } sct    Be it remembered that before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally come Aaron H. Knight and made oath in due form of law, that he is the son of Moses Knight, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and whom a certificate of pension was issued which is herewith surrendered, that the deceased pensioner resided in Vincennes, Knox County, State of Indiana and died at Vincennes, Indiana in the year 1848 aged 102 years according to the best information we had of his age.    
Moses Knight on the list 1833    $100.00 per annum    A. H. Knight     
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of June A.D. 1883. Thomas McKee, Justice of the Peace 
The name of widow Miriam H. Knight  
Book Chapter 15 Exodus V. 21
I A. H. Knight make this complant [complaint] because we believe we have bin [unreadable] de frade out of Fathers Land warrent and the pension and out of the parceled and in trust of none do to my Father even served 1776 and 1780 my father war and offson [officer] in the Revlution War he was a  [unreadable] and Chulah By Blood as I am informed the way this certs be done is by dignassis from my mother name won Miriam H. was of Moses Knight on pension at $100 offson in the Revlution war he was a April and Church By Cload as I am in for med the way this cents be done in By Dignasses from my mothers name won Miriam H. was of Moses Knight on pension at $100 per year iff it is wanting I will send a coy of his will please answer soon.  
This name is given and is not to be miss used by de fraud [unreadable] wish it this examanation and satisfatence to this we was have Gooten thing and we have maid influence but there faled to uptain as yet
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL 2 1880
Pension Rev War
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL 2 1880
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April 9, 1935
Mrs. Martha Risley
20 West Q Street
Washington, Indiana
RA-J/EEL
W. 10182

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request there words of James Kever and Moses Knight, soldiers of the Revolutionary and Pensioners in 1831 from Green County, Indiana.
The histories of those soldiers are furnished you herewith, the data for which are obtained from their claims for pension.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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April 9, 1935
Mrs. Martha Risley
204 East 8" Street
Washington, Indiana
BA-J/EEL
W. 10182

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of James Kever and Moses Knight, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and Pensioners in 1835 from Daviess County, Indiana.
The histories of these soldiers are furnished you herewith, the data for which are obtained from their claims for pension.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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April 9, 1935
BA-J/EEL
Moses Knight W.10183

Mrs. Martha Risley
204 East 8th Street
Washington, Indiana

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.10182, based upon the military service in that war of Moses Knight. 
Moses Knight was an African by birth and was reared by General Alexander McIntosh, who lived on the Big Peedee River, about four miles from Culp's Ferry in South Carolina. He was known, also, as Moses Sharper and Moses McIntosh. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He was stated to be a free colored man at the time of his enlistment in the Revolutionary War shown.
While residing at the home of General Alexander McIntosh, Moses Knight enlisted sometime in 1779, and served until 1782, exact could dates not shown, as a private in Captain James Fauntleroy's Company, (Colonel Jacob John) McIntosh's South Carolina Troop of Horse. In 1782, he was made “press master” and took a boat load of corn from Culp's Ferry to General Greene's Army, length of this service not shown.
After the close of the Revolution, he lived in Maryland, then moved to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Daviess County, Indiana, and gave his age as seventy-seven years.
He died April 2, 1848, at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. It was stated that he was then aged one hundred two years. No explanation was made for this discrepancy in age.
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Moses Knight married December 25, 1795 or 1796 (both dates are shown) in Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Maryland, Marina or Maryann Hopewell, who was born January 1, 1773, place of her birth and names of her parents not shown.
Soldier's widow, Marian as she was pensioned) was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1850, while a resident of Knox County, Indiana.
In 1859, she was residing in Galesburg, Illinois, to which place she had moved to be with her children and grandchildren, and where she died May 22, 1863.
The names of the following children are shown:
Son Abraham Knight in 1831, aged 17 years.
Son Isaac Knight 10 Years
Daughter Analiza Knight 8 or 9 Years
Son Aaron H. Knight. 1882, living in Monmouth, Knox County, Illinois.
Daughter Catherine McGill. 1850, aged fifty years; in 1883, living in Louisville, Kentucky; name of her husband not stated.
The widow stated that her oldest child was born September 15, 1798, but she did not give the name of this child.
In 1883, Aaron R. Knight and Catherine McGill were the only surviving children.
In 1831, grandson Elijah, was aged 9 or 10 years; the names of his parents are not shown.
In 1856, Moses Knight, Junior, was a resident of Galesburg, Illinois, no relationship to the family was shown.
In 1882, one Rachel McGill lived in Knox County, Indiana, and in 1883, one Arthur McGill lived in Louisville, Kentucky. No relationship of Rachel McGill to Catherine McGill, daughter of the soldier, was shown.
Arthur McGill stated that he was one of the heirs of Moses Knight, but did not give the degree of relationship.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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The Book Mo – XII
Isaac [unreadable]
Brother Stubbs
W. 11111
[unreadable]
Please return this letter to A. H. Knight when you have examined it, and he wants you to tell him where the money was sent to this man. D. P. Wilder who drew the last money, the children claim they never knew Wilder and never got that money. Yours, Thomas McKee
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Washington
September 23rd, 1868.
Aaron Knight, Esq., Monmouth, Ill.

Dear Sir,
Touching the pension case of your late mother, Maria H. Knight, widow of Moses
Knight, I find upon examination of the records of the pension, and Harry Dept, that she was paid in full by May 22 1863, the date of her death last payment was made to D. P. Wilder as attorney for the children, in August 1863, amounting to $21.64.
The name of your mother as given by you, “Miriam,” does not agree with the records which give it as “Maria H.”  
Very Respectfully,

21-64
21-64
21-64
64 your year 80 cents
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Galesburg Sept   To Geo C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions }    Dr. Sir, 
The Blank on which you sent me to be filled up in the case of the application for a transfer for Mrs  Marien H. Knight which I have herewith transmitted to you, tho I am unable to fill up fully, Her Certificate does not state the name of the Captain & Colonel under whom, Moses Knight served.  I  have therefore sent along with the “Application” her certificate which you will oblige returning to me. Please inform me at what [unreadable] if any in this State, if there is more than one who will obtain her pension.  Yours respectfully W. D. Cooke
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Moses Knight - Revd Soldier
Aaron H Knight - a son & claimant & has been writing to Pension Office for the last 6 years to obtain a pension, or to get an increase or arrange of pension
The Soldier and his widow received pensions during their lifetime. The soldier did not serve to the end of the war and was not entitled to bounty land in his lifetime.
The son could not have been a minor on the 3rd March 1855 and has no tittle to land under that act of the claim is for pay for the service of the soldier in the Revolutionary War, there is no law authorizing any one of the Executive Departments to receive & adjudicate a claim of that kind
The present letters are so vague that it is uncertain whether he is presenting a claim for service in the War of 1812, but the son states his mother received Land for service in the War of 1812 of her husband in Maryland. The Revolutionary Soldier lived in South Carolina and was living in Indiana in 1833 and widow also in 1848.
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Pension Agency, Madison Indiana
Sept. 17th 1859
Sir,
In reply to yours of the 13th instant enquiring the time to which Marian H. Knight, widow of Moses a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, had been paid I have to inform you that she was placed upon the Roll on the 6th day of May 1851, but never paid here.
Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant,
J. W. Chapman
Pension Agent

George. C. Whiting, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Department of the Interior 
Pension Office 
Washington D.C. September 7, 1886

Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 30th ult, addressed to the President of the United States, by him referred to this office, relative to a pension which you claim to be due to you as a descendant of Moses Knight a Revolutionary Soldier, I have to state that this claim has not only been previously presented and urged by you, but it rejection has been so fully explained in several communications from this office, that it is unnecessary to repeat them.
Very respectfully,
John Black
Commissioner

Mr. Aaron H. Knight
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
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PENSION OFFICE SEP 20 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEROR RECEIVED SEP 6 1836  
From Executive Mansion
Interior – [unreadable] sates that his claim is for [unreadable]
President Cleveland  
Sir with regard to the within I wish to say that it is not pension I ask for but pay. The reason I referred Mr. Butler is because he understands the law on that questions.   However perhaps you can refer yourself to the pension law under Gen Jackson administration the Revolution Soldiers to Continental officers you will find there the same received only alludes to his annual pay.  Look in Pension & Revolutionary Law and with regard to 1812 where my father Moses that was called El 80 & Baltimore by all in what way that Gen Coss could be defeated the to be sent the challenge in that he would take his dinner in Garrishes hotel for Will find his name on that list also. This is the last time he was called out Please look up the matter and send me the money as soon possible. It is to be hoped that you kept a copy the letter referred and Gen Black,   Respectfully A. H. Knight
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Dld, war Div.
Ins Ex’r
No.
Co.    Regt.
Return this letter with your reply
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE Washington D. C. May 1886
U.S. PENSION OFFICE May 29 1886
Sir, Yours of the 21st relt is received relative to the commencement of the pension to the widow of Moses Knight, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.   
The pension to the above widow was allowed to commence from the date when her husband died and has been paid from that date     
Very respectfully, John C. Black 
Commissioner 
Mr. A. C. Mason Galesburg, Ill. Dear Sir, I read your last and return with previous answer, with such information as to ask for. Moses Knight was the Revolutionary soldier, Miriam his widow, he died in 1848, it was some years before she made proof of being the widow, they lived at Vincens Ind [Indiana]  After the death of Moses Knight after the widow’s pension was allowed her. The family moved to this place in 1857, and the widow lived here and drew her pension each year till her death in 1863. Aaron H Knight and Rachael McGill live here, and are the heirs of the widow, the only surviving children.  The widow lived with her daughter Mrs. McGill & died there.  Mrs. McGill attended to the widow in Vincens, and says that her mother only drew $100, the first time she drew money, only $100 a year to the time of her death at her house and that she was several years in making her proof and these two heirs desires to know what became of the money that the widow was entitled to from 1848 over
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The death of Moses Knight for the years that it took the widow to make the proof the proof there shows the time of his death, and it also show when the widow commenced to draw money from U.S. 
These two heirs children of Moses & Miriam Knight desire to know the dates, as shown by the proof there in the office, when their father died, and when the first payment was made to their mother of Pension, & how much the first payment was.
Galesburg, Illinois May 25. 1886
Very Truly Yours
A. C. Mason
P.S. If I have not made it plain, please ask me further. It may be proper to say that after the widow moved here the transfer was made to pension office of Illinois.
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Galesbury Ill. Aug 30th 1886  Pres. Cleveland [unreadable]   Dear Sir
After my regards you [unreadable]    noticed in your words respecting the money due Aaron Knight, my father and grandfather services in the Revolutionary War.  It has been declared and well proved in the days & the [unreadable]  & judged person and declared by [unreadable] Secty of War and not his pension in the last year of revolutionary bestowed on the officers was an part of the pay due him for his services but was given him to keep him honorary and the [unreadable]
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There is [unreadable] then your honor will send this after your honor will read this and after you have read it put this an envelope and send it off [unreadable] that he may assist me in obtaining my money so long [unreadable] in the treasury and still unpaid and it is the duty of the Scty of War as we understand it.  [unreadable] in the Continental Congress [unreadable] and settle all these claims.  I wish Mr. Butler as Secty of War call yourself before your honor to the intent that you may receive immidate relief [unreadable] I need it very much [unreadable] Yours truly A. H. Knight Answer soon in [unreadable]
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PS: Also the land due me as his heir. 
Aaron H. Knight
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LAW OFFICE
JOHN B. BRADY
ROOM 6
LIBRARY BUILDING
Aaron Knight Esq
PEORIA, IILL. 
November 2, 1885

Sir,
I have examined your papers  herewith returned, and can see no evidence that you have any claim whatever against the government or anybody else. The Land warrant was disposed of by the Grantee, as shown by the assignment in the back of it, and this wishing to show that any Pay for Bounty is due you.
Yours truly,
N.E. Worthington
Mr. Jones will you rite to someone in the [unreadable] thing this with [unreadable] is a witness my grandfather was on a monten [unreadable] at the time he went to this countre with [unreadable] and brought the gol with him he is not to get it out of his hands A. H. Knight
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[Illegible Ink Marks]
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Maryland Washington County to wit:
On the 28th day of December 1850 before the Subscribed, a Justice of the peace for the State and for the County aforesaid, appears Daniel Brown and solemn affirms and declares that sometime between the year 1790 and 1795 a certain Moses Knight and Mariam Hopewell were married that he see them leave her father’s home and returned as was said from the Clergy mans with several others, and lived together as man and wife and that several years afterwards left this County and have understood the went west, and that he believes are now in the State of Indiana. 
They were married in Washington County State of Maryland.
Affirmed before Elie Crampton

Maryland, Washington County to wit:
I hereby certify that Elie Crampton, Gentleman before whom the above solemn affirmation was made and who hath thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn: In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Washington County Court this 17 January 1857.
Isaac Nesbitt, Clerk.
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(A)
State of Indiana
Knox County 
On the thirty first day of July AD 1835, personally came Luther C. Cochran before me, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, who being by me duly sworn according to Law on his oath says that of he was well acquainted with John H. Lamount of the County and State aforesaid and that to his personal knowledge the said Lamount is now dead and has been since some time in the face of 1832.
Luther C. Cochran
I do hereby certify that he above named Luther C. Cochran was sworn by me and signed the above affidavit in my presence and that I am acquainted with said deponant and that he is a man of a good moral character. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the date first above within
Martin Robinson, Justice of the Peace
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State of Indiana
Knox County 
On the 31 day of July A.D. 1833, personally came Philip Jones before me Martin Robinson, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, who being by me duly sworn on his oath says that he was acquainted with Mrs. Knight during the War of the Revolution and he at that time lived on the Big Peedee River in the State of South Carolina, that he saw said Knight in the service of the United States with a large Company of Troops, among which Troops.
When General Alexander McIntosh and Colonel John McIntosh who were called Regular officers in the United States Army and that he afterward [Illegible] directly after the Battle of Charleston he was then called a Press Master and from his uniform Dress has no doubt but that he was a Press Master.
Philip Jones

I, Martin Robinson, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Knox and State of Indiana, do certify that the above Philip Jones was by me duly sworn and signed his name to the above deposition in my presence, and that I am well acquainted with said Jones and that he is a man of good moral character. 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal July 31, 1833.
Martin Robinson
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State of Indiana, Knop County
I, Alexander Scott Clerk of the Knop circuit court, do certify that Martin Robison before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Knox and that full faith and credence is due to his official acts as such and I believe the signature to be his.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of August A.D. 1833.
Alexander D. Scott, Clerk
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War Department
Pension Office
City of Washington
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State of Indiana, Knox County
Be it remembered that on this third day of August Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred & thirty. Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in for said County, personally came Henry Lamont alias John Henry Lamont and Philip Jones, both known to me as men of respectability  in point of veracity, who being duly sworn according to law, Depose and declare that they are personally acquainted with Moses Knight alias Moses Sharper alias Moses McIntosh, (who now applies for a pension).
That he was regularly enlisted in and belonged to Capt. James Fouthery’s company of South Carolina light have in the regular troops commanded by Col Jack alias John McIntosh under General Green in the Revolutionary War; that he served in said Company as a Private, from the time of his enlistment which was some time in the year 1779, until he was discharged at Windson in South Carolina sometime in the year 1782. And further the deponents say not.
John H. Lamont
Philip Jones
Taken and signed before me at my Office in [Illegible], the day and year above written.
John Collins, Justice of the Peace
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State of Indiana, Knox County 
I, Homer Johnson, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the said County of Knox, do hereby Certify that John Collins Esquire, before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken is, and was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that due faith and credence is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office at Vincennes this 3rd day of August AD 1830.
Homer Johnson, Clerk
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Washington D.C. 
September 27, 1886

Sir,
There is a person by the name of Aaron Knight, who lives within the delivery of your office, with whom this office has been corresponding for several years. If Mr. Knight is known to you, or if not will you kindly try to ascertain and inform the office in the reverse side of this sheet, what his standing for credibility is, or his general standing in the community.
Your reply will be gratefully received and confidentially regarded.
Very respectfully,
William E. McLean
Acting Commissioner

Postmaster
Galesburg, Illinois
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Galesburg, Ill. July 29, 1886
Hon. Sir,
I have the honor to say that I know Mr. A. H. Knight who lays claim to D.D. M.D. Philanthropist Etc. etc.
He is an old colored man who is a crank. He has corresponded with Pres. Cleveland Ex-Secy, Lincoln Gor. Oglesby Hon N. E. Worthington and other notables on various subjects. He lays claims to lands lot and houses get into litigation and has had some chancery suits of some importance but invariably gets left. 
He always had some great scheme on hand, is a veritable Col. Sellers. His reputation for truth and veracity have long since departed if it ever existed
Respectfully,
M. J. Daugherty
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR
In October, 1780, the Congress of the United States resolved that a monument be erected in Annapolis, Maryland, with the following inscription: 
“Sacred to the memory of the Baron De Kalb, knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit brigadier of the armies of France, and for general in the service of the United of America. Having served with honor and reputation for three years he gave a last and glorious proof of his attachment to the liberties of mankind and the cause of America in the action near Camden, in the State of South Carolina, on the sixteenth of August, seventeen hundred and eighty, where leading on the troops of the Maryland and Delaware lines against superior numbers, and animating them by his example to deeds of valor, he was pierced with many wounds, and on the nineteenth following expired in the forty-eighth year of his age.
“The Congress of the United States of American gratitude to his zeal, service, and merit. have erected this monument.”
February 19th, 1883, congress appropriated the sum of $10,000 for the erection of said monument. An organization of Knights will be effected, and monthly meetings held in this city, at which there shall be prayer and music. An admission fee of twenty-five cents will be charged, and every member shall pay one dollar to be sent to the Secretary of War at Washington, D. C. Doors will be open June 4, 1884, to receive members.
Nothing to be known outside of the membership of the Society. All the boys and girls under the age of eighteen and twenty should be organized into Society.
Members of the Society shall have protection in any court of the United States, from one to one hundred dollars fees paid by the Society.
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Washington, D.C.
January 3rd, 1886

Sir,
Your letter without date enclosing other papers were received on the 28th ult but from the illegible character of the writing the information which you desire is not understood, therefore, all the papers received are herewith returned to you.
Very respectfully,
John C. Black
Commissioner

Mr. A. H. Knight
Galesburg, Illinois
John C. Black, Esqr. 

Dear Sir
Mr. A. H. Knight, wants me to say to you that the name of the man he was inquiring about was Moses Knight, and says you will find his name on the pension list rack when Jackson was president and he thinks there is a portion of his pension that the widow nor him never got he says it was in 1832 his father first got his pension, and that he belonged to the South Carolina militia Wight is colored man has a free man if you can help the old man.
Yours respectfully,
Thomas McKee
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Mrs Knight should apply accounting in the attached form
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.  State of Illinois   County of Knox  
On this thirtieth day of May, 1859, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Knox personally appeared Marian H. Knight, who, on her oath, declares that she is the widow of Moses, who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain          in the regiment commanded by Colonel       in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana, whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State (District or Territory) of Illinois  where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Indiana to Illinois to wit she is a very aged woman and her children and grand children were residing in Illinois principally nearly all her relatives either have or are about removing to this State from Indiana.  Her mark  Marian H. Knight   Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid } M. D. Cooke
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. Mode of authenticatin papers in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of Illinois Knox County }  I Charles H. Gilbert being duly sworn depose & say that I am acquainted with Marian L. Knight whose name attached to foregoing “application for transfer” and that she removed from the State of Indiana some time in the fall of the year one thousand Eight Hundred fifty Eight that she is an aged colored lady is the identical person who took the foregoing oath and whose name appears signed to the same.  C. H. Gilbert 
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 3 day May A.D. 1857  M. D. Cooke
State of Illinois  Knox County }  I Arthur McGill being first duly sworn depose and say that that I am acquainted with Marian L. Knight  whose name appears signed to the foregoing “application for transfer” that she removed from the State of Indiana to the State of Illinois some time in the fall of the yar of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Eight that I was acquainted with her in the State of Indiana and knowing to the fact of his receiving the pension in that State that she is an aged single colored lady that she is the identical person, who subscribed the foregoing oath & application for transfer  Arthur McGill
 Subscribed & sworn to before me this 30th day of Aug A.D. 1859 M. D. Cooke  J. P.
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State of Illinois Knox County }  I Milo D. Cooke a Justice of the Peace in & for said County hereby certify that Charles W. Gilbert and Arthur McGill whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavits of Identity are credible persons with whom I am personally acquainted and furthermore that I did [unreadable] for the said Marian L. Knight  from the Pension Office at New Albany Indiana her last semi annual payment up to the 4th of March A.D. 1859  M. D. Cooke J. P.

State Knox of Illinois County } ss   I John S. Winter Clerk of the County Court of said County & State do hereby certify that Milo L. Cook whose name applied to the signed to the foregoing application, affidavits was at the time of the said application and affidavits were made & now is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County regularly commissioned & qualified as such full faith & be credit of right ought to be given to all his official acts. Given under my hand & the seal of said Court at the City of Knoxville this 30th day of Aug. A.D. 1839 John S Winter Clerk
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Gatesburg Knox Co. Illinois   
Nov. 20, 1856 Commissioner of Pension Sir 
A. Mr Moses Knight a private of Cavalry in the Revolutionary War made [unreadable]  of his being such soldier about the year A. D. 1832 and has Recd. an annual pension of One hundred dollars since that period, and has rec’d no back pensions.  His widow thinks he is entitled to back pensions from the passage of the Act [unreadable] to the time pay was made during when he rec’d no pensions.  She also states
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that her husband was a Press Master in the army and wished to know of he is entitled to a larger pension on that account.  Please answer as soon as [unreadable]   
Moses Knight per A. A. Smith
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Knox Co. Illinois Galesburg   Feby 23, 1857    
Comm [Commissioner] of Pensions   
Dear Sir Your letter is Recd of the 10 of January.  We haven’t the particulars [unreadable] information case this Moses Knight was not able to make the proper proof when the act first passed but many years after he was enabled to make the paper [unreadable]  Now the question is is Mr Knight entitled to a pension from the date of making proof back to the date of the passage of the act.  If it would not be asking too much please communicate the information   Truly A. A. Smith
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Mar 15/47
Triplet
13 Mar
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Vincennes March 8, 1851
To the Commissioner of Pensions
The enclosed papers are on behalf of Miriam Knight, widow of Moses Knight, Revolutionary pensioner under the various acts of Congress entitled in her declaration.
I would respectfully request an early answer in order that she may obtain relief or time she being now from [Illegible].
B. M. Thomas
Attorney at Law
Vincennes, Indiana
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Office U. S. Pension Agent  Springfield, Ill.  Oct 4 1859
Sir 
[unreadable] your letter of 23rd Sept I was informed that Marian H. Knight had been transferred to this agency from Indiana & was to be paid at the [unreadable] from 2nd day of April 1848. Application has been made to me for the amt due from 4 March 59 to 4 Sept 59 & that pensioner states that she has recd Every thing due her prior to the first named date (4 Mch 59).  Please advise me how to proceed.   
 In case where pensioners have been placed on the roll, by relocation or otherwise, due 4 Sept shall I require the usual Surgeons certificate before paying them?  
Very Respectfully    Your obedient servant    
Harry Wilton Pension Agt   
by C Ridgely     
Geo C. Whiting Esq 
Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Washington, D.C. 
April 11, 1882

Sir,
In reply to your application, as heir of Moses Knight, a Revolutionary Soldier from South Carolina, for an increase in the rate per annum, over and above the amount that has been allowed, and for arrears, supposed to be due him of his widow, on account of an error in the commencement of the pension to either, you are informed that, during the last thirty years the parties who have made similar claims, were notified that the full amount to which each was entitled, by any law of Congress, had been allowed to both.
You will observe by the enclosed printed circular that this office is prohibited, by law, from favorably considering any claim that may now be presented of the above description.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner

Mr. Aaron H Knight
Galesburg, Illinois
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Washington, D.C. 
January 20th, 1885

Sir, 
In reply to your enquiry in behalf of Mr. A.H. Knight, who claims that there is some pension money due him as heir of Moses Knight who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war from South Carolina you are advised that said Moses Knight and his widow were allowed a pension for the full amount to which each was entitled. There is no law existing which will authorize a pension, or additional pension to be paid to the children, or other heirs, of the above-named soldier. 
The above information was by letter from this office dated April 11th, 1882, communicated to Mr. A. H. Knight.
Very respectfully,
John C. Black
Commissioner

Mr. Thomas McKee
Galesburg, Illinois

What became of the fragment of the pension between the death of Moses Knight and the time that his widow proved the pension money 1848 to 1852?
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Washington, D.C.
September 29th, 1885
In answer to your application of the 10th inst for an increase and for arrearages of pension, which you have claimed to be due to Moses Knight, and his widow, on account of his services in the War of the Revolution, your attention is invited to the enclosed printed circular which refer to the law that prevent the favorable consideration of a claim for increase, or for arrearages of pension, when presented after the decease of the Revolutionary soldier and his widow.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner

Mr. A.H. Knight
Galesburg, Illinois
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H. W. S. 3-646.  RECORD DIVISION  Department of the Interior  PENSION OFFICE  Washington D. C. Mch 25 1884.  Old War
Sir:  
To aid in tracing the claim referred to in the inclosed papers, THEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE with answers as FULL AS POSSIBLE to the subjoining interrogatories, which answers should be inscribed on the blank lines below.  Any communications heretofore received from this office relative to the claim should also be returned.  Very Respectfully, WM. W. DUDLEY, Commissioner. A. H. Knight Monmouth, Ill. INTERROGATORIES. 1st. What No. was given to the claim by the Pension Office?     
2d. What is the claimant’s full name? Name,      
3d. What is the SOLDIER’s full name? His COMPANY and REGIMENT? Name, Co. Regt. 
U. S. PENSION OFFICE APR 1 1884
4TH When or about when, was the claim filed?    
5th If Pension has been paid, at what Agency?
(Signature: )
[43019-25M.]
If this will d pleas return
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Monmouth, Illinois 
April 19th, 1882
Mr. Dudley Sir, 

I thank you kindly For the Applications that you referred to the laws shoe, yet none of these interfere with my case. Excepting as might be the payment of a Pension which should have been sown before now, if any I again call your attention to the special act of long as passed for Special Benefit of officers of the Revolutionary War in the Continental line, that Moses Knight was one of those officers with General McIntosh and Colonel John McIntosh in South Carolina on the Pension list, designated
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as Pri not Private at $100.00 gratio Pension for his Bravery as an Honorable officer. Bestowed upon him by the government this was not part of His pay and why.  Because there was no Private receiving over or $80.00 or $96 per year, if the Reduction and one half of Reduction to $100, There were no $200. Services to no Officer or Private. This is plain so far, then the Reduction of Moses Knight for $600 per year to $300 as he only received $300 as one years Pay as this will prove plainly by the Act passed by Congress from 1826 to 1833 the acts and supplementary act and clearly distinguished in which there proves or vested right Congress ordered the Secretary of the Treasury to pay all the money due from 1780 and 81 -
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The from 1826 during his natural life received $100.00 per year then his widow to receive the same amount of Pension this Being clear when you read the law, from 1826 until 1848 and from that to 1863. You will then discover that there is pay due that never was pension which is not covered by an act of Congress. Neither indeed do we believe that it can be. This is the money that’s we wish to look up for us and correspond with the Auditor and have him send the money or Draft for the money as fast as he can if the law is carefully examined in the case then will be no more trouble.  It is got my on purpose for the Continental Soldiers and Officers there is no other act like it.
2nd
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3rd  The Secretary being ordered to pay as soon as he has the money to spare, and as we have waited patiently and here is plenty of Money in the Treasury we would like to have Back Pay now. Even 80 $ 00. per year there is that money due that is pay and not Pension so we don’t think that if it is covered over by any Act of Congress.  Both we claim them there is $300 per year Due from the time of Reduction Hand this to the Secretary of War if you please and he will help  you look it up  A. H. Knight   Truly
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December 16, 1882. Letter to A. H. Knight
1885 Letter of A. H. Knight August 19 of Galesburg, Ill. With Copy of Land Warrant
Refined to G.O. Mc

No. 169.295
ACT OF March 3, 1855
Received [Blank], 18
Marian H. Knight, Widow of Moses Knight, Private  South Carolina Militia
War Revolutionary
Warrant No. 24988
For 160 acres.
Miller and Brandebury
Present
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SAMUEL V. NILES  ATTORNEY No. 1733 I Street Between 17th and 18th Streets  Washington D. C.     

WASHINGTON
July 24th, 1872
Hon. J. H. Baker,
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
As the attorney of the heirs of Moses Knight, who was a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. John McIntosh, South Carolina Vol. War of 1812. I will be obliged if you will furnish me the No. of the Land Warrant issued in 1859, to Maria H. Knight, widow of said soldier.
Your early attention is requested.
Very Respectfully,
Samuel V. Niles
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Before 1781 State of Illinois Knox Co SS  Come to the Mercy Sect
 Before me a Clerk of the above Co. came Aaron H. Knight an after hearing read what is contain in this Affidavit he makes Oath to the best of his knowledge and belief that their is money in the Treasury in the City of Washington due to him as heir of Mosses Knight Revolutionary Officis  of South Carolina Militia Pri. of Carass he makes claim of the same and wishes to obtain the money at the Hands of some Officer as Commission of Pensions whose duty it is to the pay the same. The object of the information that is request the difference between Pri an Private answers the Question he declares by his self an others Phineas Mosses Knight he was [unreadable] call them days Press Master General
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[unreadable] an wishes to obtain the money at the hands of some officer as commission of pensions, whose duty it is to pay the same - the object of the information that is request – the difference between Pri an Private answers the Question he declairs by his Self an others Witness Masses Knight – he was preveyous call them days Press Master General he settled up with the United States 1834 an received three Hundred dolas due him of decrepancy that was due him allowed one hundred dolars a year during his natural life to the best of my knowledge and belief.  A. H. Knight yous briefly send my money soon as you can  A. H. Knight
And also came Rachel Magill a competent witness who very first duly sworn deposes and says We the Witness who horses are atached to this paper being well acquainted with Moses Knight an Merrian H. Knight – his Both Deceased during their Natural life we have herd them claim this Mass Aaron H. Knight to be their son and we have been books and papers in his hands which Seem to us to be all right we have Seen a Copy of the will of Masses Knight an other Books which Declares to our best understanding that his is the Proper Person as his claims to go in the foregoing affidavit.  Rchel McGill
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of march A D 1881 and I certify I have no interest direct or indirect in this prosecution of this claim.  
Witness my hand and official seal this day and year last above written  
John S. Winter
County Clerk
Knox County, Illinois
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Pension Agency
New Albany ss } Oct 25 1859
Dear sir,
In reply to your inquiries relative to Marion H. Knight, widow of Moses, a revolutionary pensioner under the last of July 29 1848 at one hundred dollars for annum, was last paid March 4th 1859.
Respectfully yours Obedient Servant
B. C. Kent, Capt.

George C. Whiting, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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WM. H. SELDEN.
ATTORNEY AND SOLDITOR FOR CLAIMANTS.
1429 NEW YORK AVENUE.

Washington, D.C., 11 November 1857
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I am requested to obtain the information sought per the enclosed letter of 22nd [Illegible] from Mr. A. H. Knight to Hon W. L. Trenholm.
Please advise me as to the facts and your rulings, and therewith return said letter to me.
A question of back pay to heirs being involved I may require to refer it to another Department.
I am very respectfully, 
W.A. Selden
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4 of 4 g. v
Land Div
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Galesberg, Illinois
January 25th, 1877
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Washington D.C.

Will you please examine the proof made for bounty land Warrant No. 24988 for 160 acres under Act of 1855. Said Warrant was issued to Marion H. Knight, widow of Moses Knight. I want to know whether in the affidavits they declared they had no interest in the prosecution the claim or in obtaining said warrant.
Aaron H. Knight of Galesburg, Illinois
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Land Office
Knight Business
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Washington D.C. 
October 17th, 1872

Gentlemen,
I am in receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, respecting Warrant No 24.988, for 160 acres, Act of 3rd March 1855. In reply I have to state that the same was issued to Marion H. Knight, widow of Moses Knight, May 15, 1856, who assigned it to Matthew N. DuBois, of Scott County, Minnesota, and who located it at Red Wing, Minnesota, November 27, 1856, upon the N W ¼ of Sec. 15. Town 113 N. of Range 23 West, and to whom the Patent was issued October 1. 1859.

Very respectfully, 
Willis Drummond 
Commissioner
Mssrs Stewart & Phelps Monmouth Illinois
Dec 86
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Act 18 March 1818
Moses Knight
Revo. Indiana
Rejected. See letter
to Hon W. Hendrick Apl 15 1830
to J. Van Trees
May 20, 1831.
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Galesburg, Illinois 
April 21, 1886
Hon. John C Black
Commissioner
Dear Sir, your favor of the 15th to Thomas McKee in relation to the pension of Moses Knight, Revolutionary soldier, came to hand. In your favor you say the widow would commence on and after the death.
He died in 1848. The widow was several years in making the proof, and then only received $100 and so on each year until her death in 1863 in this city.
What the heirs desire me to ask is this was the money over drawn from 1848 up to the time she commenced to receive the $100 which was several years after, if so by whom and when, if not, when she drew the first money.
Very Truly Yours, 
A.C. Mason
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State Co of Illinois County of Knox    of this to Certify A. H. Knight right is the Idenical to the Knight an son of Moses Knight – the Revulitionary War [unreadable] Officer or Privat in the Continental Line who served seven years the Great Battle with England for the [unreadable] of all [unreadable] American [unreadable] being instill Title by the Sons of the Continental Corps was in title to land which land as Pensional Papers was will be line A. H. Knight his son the land Warrant being give to his Father by Congress is in by the Act of 1848 it was [unreadable] in 1855 [unreadable]
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Knight Under of [unreadable] Knight to his land Warant Cancel or move it – the service [unreadable] she got is so will [unreadable] at pattent is the service of Knight [unreadable] being the land wife be use by bury father deceased Knight  Please inform me so as [unreadable] by the next [unreadable] law I do not believe that Mirian Knight had any Right to Sign my father Land Warrant away for the Benefit of no others [unreadable] for the same
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The Clerk of Knox Co. do certify that I [unreadable] in the Presence of A. H. Knight

Questions to be answered by the Commissioner of Pensions
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Galesburg 19 mo the 1886   I will estate this thing was a True [unreadable]  I cannot as yet allow the youn men Color not [unreadable] the please [unreadable] money is due is Moses Knil  Knight me officer of South C line [unreadable] 1775 [unreadable] Gen. 1812 War all is to be Found R Y
Lukan in the Book of the nam of my mother is Right in the gen office [unreadable]
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I see iff the name of my mother is menand [mentioned] I never saw it in my fathers will in his Life it out seme as it [unreadable] what shall it be called Did the united States Even [unreadable] the name of my mother please let it yours A. H. Knight
U. S. PENSION OFFICE Nov 24 1885
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Galesbury 19 mo the 1886   I will astate this thing was a True [unreadable] I canot as yet [unreadable] not kind the please whe as money is due 75 Moses Knil Knight prime officer of South Clina [unreadable] 1775 enlist Gen 1812 [unreadable] all it to be found By Lukan in the Book of the nam [name] of my mother is Right in the to Gen Office Right ther
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No 923
Marian H. Knight
Widow of Moses
Ia.
Act 29 July 1848
Married before 1800
Has Died 2nd April 1848
[unreadable] 2 yrs Pri of Cavy
$100 per annum, commence
2 April 1848
Madison
B. M. Thomas
Vincennes Ia.
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Interior  10182    Galesburg   Sept. 12th 1886    
President Cleveland     
Dear Sir, I wish you to revel this and then send it where butter. I wish to refer you to the Continental Pension Law 5 page act of 1828 gives to every Officer and Soldier of the Continental army full pay no matter when enlisted so that he served to the end of the War, he was a purveyor in one part of the time. I wish the law may be referred to and may get rights, my mother that was given his pension whose name was said to be Mary Ann, her name is Mariam.  She only got the land warrant of his service in the 1812 War. I wish to refer you to the book, Continental & Land Laws.
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part sixth page 1 3 6 and 1 3 7 relates to my case. Place request Mr Butler to fix a blank and send me to at home filled.  Not knowing Mr. Butlers address I send a you and desire an answer as early as convenient.
Yours truly
Aaron H. Knight
114/71
To CHF Oswald Action Ans Sep 29 1886 COMMISSIONER
OLD WAR 7 NAVY DIVISION OCT 4 1886 Oct 10
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Letter U. S. Pen Galesburg Ill for informaiton as to Mrs Knight standing in the comments

OLD WAR & NAVY
SEP 27 1886
DIVISION
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bd. Pens. Appeal
RECEIVED. SEPT 6, 1886
OW & U
Clerk
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR.
Sept. 17, 1886
Respectfully referred to the
Commissioner of Pensions

George M. Lockwood
Chief Clerk
U.S. PENSION OFFICE  SEP 20 1888
From Ex. Mansion.
Informed of this reference. W.
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Commissioner of
Pensions,
Washington D.C.
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MILITARY LAND-WARRANT DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Washington, D. C. February 1, 1877

Respectfully referred to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, and writer so advised.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE FEB 3 1877

J. A. [unreadable]
Commissioner.
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10590
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Louisville, Kentucky
July 14, 1883
Commissioner of Pensions
Yours of the 10 received. You asked the name of the soldier of whom I spoke of in my letter of the 4th last. His name Moses Knight (Colored). The State from which he served in North Carolina He served as a Private Cavalry. The No. of the Pension claim of my mother Marian H. Knight is 7940.
His widow, who's Pension ceased at her death in 1863 (about), my father commenced having his pension about the year 1832.
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Our claim is for the arrears of Pensions, from our father Moses Knight for service in the Revolutionary War; from 1776 to 1832.
Please answer and oblige, 
Catherine McGill
No. 938. Mary H.
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Louisville Ky,
June 18.
To the Pension Agents – Department,
Will you please inform me there has been any claim allowed on the behalf of [Aaron H. Knight and] the heirs of Moses Knight for services in the Revolutionary War or claim of any kind due to the heirs, and oblige. 
Catherine McGill
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Commissioner of Pensions
Old War
U. S. PENSION OFFICE JUNE 2 1882
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Hon. Secretary of War, please send this to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, in answer to his letter of April 27 1882. Your Truly, A. H. Knight
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Monmouth, Illinois May 28, 1882    
Sir, You say there is no law to authorize the payment of this money to the Officers and Soldiers in the Revolution of the continental line. And as I don’t understand what you mean by this I will ask your then what this means, the Resolution in Congress. October 20th 1780 & 81 then in 1826 as a commencement to pay Soldiers and Officers out of any money. Before and after the former debt and the debt that should be after what does this mean, I don’t understand this to be for the dead but for the survivors and to their surviving Childrens matters not what age they are
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Today is not pension we are asking for back pay and I think we can find law for it. Virginia Half Pay. Was there any law for that, when half pay in any such cases commence May 1783.  This is no pension Virginia made the Secretary of Treasury pay the sum of $139,543.66 and $241,345 was due and I am for that now Sir this is in answer to your letter of April 27 1883.
Your truly,
A. H. Knight
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before it a vested right not be paid while the soldier living but to his representation after his death. 
Now these supplementary acts up to 1828 and 1833 at which time Moses Knight, by identifying himself as the law required, settled up with the government and the government ordered the Secretary to him at such time that he could spare the money.
Now sir, will you please tell me why the government devided one to be paid right away and the other semi-annually. Where is the due back pay? Page 1790 in Congress, what does this mean?

U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUNE 2 1882
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Madison, S. Roll Act 7 June 1832
Moses Knight pri of Cav'y $100 per annum.
To what time last paid and died 2nd April 1848 pd to his death.  BDB
Pension Office
Mr. Bogan
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In reply to your enquiry in behalf of Mr. A. H. Knight, who claim that there is some pension money due him as an heir of Moses Knight, a Soldier from S. C. in the War of the Revy [Revolution]. You are informed that said Moses Knight’s widow, Marian, drew the full amount to which each was entitled. There is no law which will authorize a pension or additional amount of pension to be paid to their children or other heirs – the above information was communicated to Mr. A. H. Knight under date of April 11 1882.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Galesburg, Illinois 
September 10 1885

My mother Marrion Knight was the first and only wife of Moses Knight, married to him prior to the year 1794. She made that proof after his death and drew his pension during his lifetime. I am the only Heir of Moses Knight and all many due to him at the time of his death belong to me as his lawful heir.
Yours Respectfully
A. H. Knight

If any more proof is required please inform me.
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H. H. Selden   
Yours of the 11th [unreadable] is rec’d together with the letter enclosed of the 22nd from A H Knight addessed to the Hon W. L. Trenholm  Claiming in behalf of the heirs of Moses Knight of South Co [Carolina] "back pay that is suffered to be due on account of his service in the war of Revy   The act of May 15 1828, to which reference is made in the letter of Mr. Knight  provided no other compensation than pension to the officers and soldiers who may have served on the Continental line to the end of said war as he Knight did not serve as a private or as an officer in that organization [unreadable] he was not entitled the to a pension or other compensation under that act. In his application for a pension he stated his service was “generally against the Tories” which indicates that employed in the party at warfare that exerted in South Carolina where he then resided -  By the act of July 5 1832 to which Mr. A. H. Knight also refers  Congress assumed [unreadable] liability of the State of Virginial to her officers but no officer or soldier of other States were included in its provisions 
Immediately after the close of the Revy War, the Continental Congress provided for the presentation to & settlement by the Paymaster General of all Army claims and limited the time for that purposes to the year 1787 since the organization of the present [unreadable] Govt, no fixed [unreadable] been designated, or any one of the Executive Dept authorized, to receive & adjudicate Such laws.
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For Several years Mr A H Knight has set forth in his correspondence various claims around the Service of his Father, Moses Knight, in said war, but as the soldier and his surviving widow have rec’d during their respective Collections all the [unreadable] to which each was entitled.  He has been respectably informed that a claim for additional compensation to the heirs of the Soldier cannot receive a favorable consideration under existing laws Mr. Knight’s claim as raised is herewith returned
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6/80 Letter to Aaron Knight that no allowance can be made. White.
April 15 Thomas M. received that the pension commissioned from and after her husband died
Proof
May 5. A. C. Mason that the widow was allowed [pension] from [soldier death].
June 1. A.C. Maaon that voucher of [Illegible] are on file with 3rd Auditor to whom referred for pay.
Sept 7. A. H. Knight [Illegible], as a descendant of the Soldier & the [Illegible] of his claim has been previously explained.
W. H. Selden. (See copy of letter [Illegible] had [notified on] conditional compensation [Illegible].

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10182 
Marian H. Knight, Widow of Moses Knight, 
Private, Revolutionary War
Act: July 29, [Illegible]
Index: Vol. A, Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]