Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13662, for Samuel Knickerbacor, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Konickerbacor, Samuel
S. 13662
Konickerbacker,
B.L. Mt. 43,504-160-55
Judith
CONTENTS

252. 399
Act. man. 3. II July 21. '16
Judith Katchko, mil. Samuel Katchko, fin.
43504 up
Comm. Mar.
Rev. J. W. W.
Par. Act 7. June 1882. N.Y.G.
June 22-20184
Ad: 160 aa, Sept: 11/82
Boyer
K-125
J. F. Baldwin
K Lockport N.Y.

See letter to Albany Agt May 6, 1836
Ordered to pay. 10 Jan'y 1838
Letter to Pen: Agt 3 Mar '38
Stricken from roll - etc
Bundles 20 - No 1 - 3 mo men - did not serve 6 mo
Let to Hon. H. Ingham,
March 7, 1838.
Let to Hon. W. H. Sibley,
March 26, 1838.
J. Baldwin May 8, 1839.
New York Sept 184 Samuel Knickerbaker
of Albany in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp - command by Captain Becker of the Regt. - command by Col. Mott in the Genl - time for 6 mo 28 day
Inscribed in the Roll of N. York at the rate of 23 Dollars 11 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Aug. 1833 - and with V. B. Hart Pockport
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $ 46.23 Remain. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33 10.55 $ 57.77
Revolutionary Claim, not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. H. H. 195 Clerk Book 6. Vol. 3. Page 64.

No 25435
Samuel Reichbauer Niagara County New York
Admitted
Paroled June 28 day 1893.11
Seth C Hart Lockport N.York

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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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, shewing the Service of Samuel Knickerbauer Niagara County New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted April 1778 - 6 - private Capt Beecher, Col Ennis 72 years Town of Salisbury Connecticut Traditionary - paper Authenticated   Drafted Sept 1779 - - 28 " Capt Moore,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, musicians 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, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, 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

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 traditional 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 or 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 different 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 of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months 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 , is 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 places 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 field 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Sam. Knickerbaron
25435

State of New York Niagara County ss.
1
On this twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Niagara new sitting at the Court house in Lockport in & for the County of Niagara and Samuel P. Rich a resident of the Town of Cambria in the said County of Niagara age seventy two years & upwards who being first duly sworn, said to wit: on his oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers & men as hereinafter stated. In the month of April seventeen hundred & seventy eight eight (the exact day this declarant cannot state) the declarant enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States in a Company of Militia of the State of Connecticut of which Company one David Beecher was Captain. Ives (given name not remembered) was first Lieutenant. Heuer (given name not remembered) was second Lieutenant. The names of the sergeants were Thompson Lyman & Grinnell (given names not remembered). The names of the corporals were Parry Church & Freeman (given names not remembered). At the time this declarant so enlisted he resided in the Town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut. said company consisted entirely of volunteers and the time this declarant was to serve therein by the terms of said enlistment was one year. When this declarant enlisted as aforesaid it was agreed by him and said Captain Beecher that inasmuch as the company was not then complete that the deponent need not then enter on duty but should hold himself ready for service at a moment's warning - similar arrangements were made with the other members of said company until the enlistment was complete as this deponent says. This deponent believes true. As early as the middle of May seventeen hundred & seventy eight this deponent joined said company by the direction of said Capt. Beecher the said company being then complete. and the deponent from that time remained in & done duty in said Company as a private soldier until discharged as hereinafter stated. That this declarant joined said company at the House of said Capt. Beecher in the said Town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut and the next day said company commenced their march for & continued the same until they arrived at White Plains. When said company arrived at the place last aforesaid said company was attached to a Regiment of Connecticut Militia commanded by Col. Eno (whose given name is not remembered) said company remained at White Plains for the period of two or three weeks the exact time not remembered during which time this deponent was engaged in guarding that place & in drilling. This Regiment to which this declarant was attached was then ordered from White Plains to West Point in the State of New York. The Regiment accordingly took up its line of march under said Col. Eno for West Point. They crossed the Hudson River a few roads below the Cheyenne River or large Creek which the Americans had thrown across said River to prevent its navigation by the enemy. This deponent remained at West Point until sometime in the month of November of the same year when the company into which deponent enlisted as above stated was dismissed from further service until the next Spring. When said Regiment arrived at West Point there was then there one Regiment of Regular Army who less soldiers commanded by a Col. Malvern of the Regular Army who then took the command & charge of both Regiments. The Generals of other troops then at West Point during deponent's stay there - and this deponent cannot state the names of any other field officers at that place during the time he was there & he thinks there were none - before which time he was principally engaged in drilling & drilling there then until. This deponent cannot state the exact day he was discharged in the month of said November nor did he receive a written discharge. This deponent well recollects that when he was thus dismissed as aforesaid it was talked over between him & said Capt. Beecher that deponent had been six months from the time he began to march for White Plains until discharged as aforesaid. When said company were thus dismissed for the fall as aforesaid that each soldier was to be in readiness to resume his duty again in the Spring and

some of the remainder of his time if called on for that purpose. Declarant then returned to his place of residence & remaining there through the winter was ready to reenter the service of the country in the Spring of 1779 to serve out the remaining period of his enlistment. Declarant was not called on to serve nor was his Company called forth in said Spring of 1779. This declarant served in said Company under his enlistment for the period of 12 months.
In the month of September eighteen hundred & seventy nine this declarant was drafted into the service of the United States in the Town of Salisbury in the said State of Connecticut where the deponent then resided. After this draft and as then drafted he was attached to a Company of Connecticut militia commanded by Capt. Roger Moore. Said Moore had first Lieutenant Gregory and second Lieutenant (given name not remembered) Haines and Lillie were sergeants in said Company (given names not remembered) there were two other sergeants belonging to said Company but declarant cannot recall their names. It is the declarant's then membership in said Company to have sneaked from them to Fairfield in Connecticut. When said Company arrived at Fairfield the British Fleet or a part of them lay within light of anchor & an attack from them was hourly expected. The approach of the British Fleet near that was at was the occasion of deponents being drafted. He served under this draft four weeks was then discharged but not in writing. The deponent understands at this time that Companies of militia were stationed four or five miles up & down the coast for a considerable distance to prevent the landing of the enemy. To watch their motion & to be ready to assist their withdrawal at whatever point the enemy might choose to attempt to effect a landing. This declarant does not recall the names of any field officers that were then stationed at Fairfield nor was there any troops at that place at that time except the said Company to which declarant belonged. Declarant cannot state the day he entered the service at this time nor the day he was discharged but when discharged by said Capt. Moore at Fairfield it was agreed that deponent had served four weeks under his draft. Deponent received no further discharge of his service nor is there any person living to declarant's knowledge by whom he can prove said services above specified nor has he any documentary evidence of such services. Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declarant that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
 1. Declarant was born in the Town of Salisbury in the said State of Connecticut on the 12 th day of January Seventeen Hundred & sixty two.  2. Declarant has a record of his age in his family bible which was made by declarant & was made after declarant's house was burnt at which time his record of his age taken from declarant's father's bible was also burnt. Declarant's record is now at his residence in the said Town of Canaan.  3. When declarant was called & entered into the service as aforesaid he resided in the said Town of Salisbury in the said State of Connecticut & when declarant resigned until Seventeen Hundred and sixty two when declarant moved to Saratoga in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York. When he resided until the year Seventeen hundred & sixty six when declarant moved to Platts in the County of Onondaga in said State when declarant resided until the year 1804. When declarant moved back to Saratoga aforesaid when he resided until 1805 when he moved to the Town of Seneca in the County of Ontario in said State when he resided until 1810 when he moved to the Town of New Fame in the County of Niagara when he resided until 1815 when he moved to the Town of Lockport. 

in the said County of Niagara where he resides until 1833 in the month of January when he moved to the Town of Newfane in said County he now resides
 4. The first time quite entered the Service he entered as a volunteer - The second time he entered the Service he was drafted -  5. Declarant cannot state the names of Regular officers further than he has above. nor the contingent Regiments except a Regiment of horse commanded by Col. Samuel Sheldon which was at White Plains when Declarant joined there as aforesaid. Nor can he state the general circumstances of his Service further than above  6. Never received a Discharge from his Service but was dismissed by parol.  7. Declarant refers to William Adams, David Carlton, Josiah Warner as persons to whom Declarant is well known and who can testify as to Declarant's character for truth & veracity & their belief as to his services as a soldier of the revolution - 
Given under my hand this 10th day of May 1833 Henry Carlton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of New York County of Niagara
Samuel Rinkerboar
We Josiah Warner a Clergyman residing in the Town of Lockport in the County of Niagara and Samuel Rinkerboar of the same place hereby certify that Warner well acquainted with Samuel Rinkerboar who has all his life been known to the above declarant that he believes him to be a Revolutionary soldier & upwards of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that Warner concurs in that opinion
James M. Warren James M. Roberts
Sworn & subscribed before me in open Court this 7th May 1833 - Henry Carlton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of New York County of Niagara
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories received by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier & serves as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Josiah Warner who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Lockport in the County of Niagara and that the said Samuel Rinkerboar who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Lockport in said County & is a creditable person & that this statement is entitled to credit
J. M. Collum & Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Calvin H. Hildreth
The Clerk of Niagara County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Rinkerboar for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of May 1833 -
Henry Carlton Clerk

Judith Knickerbacker
90
Commissaire of Pensions
Application under act of March 3 d 1853 for Land Bounty
for service in the
Revolutionary War
252.599

in the state of New York her attorney to act for her in the aforesaid matter and desires all correspondence relative thereto directed to him
Signed in Presence of
Judith her Knickerbacker mark
Michael Denbow Alpheus Clark
We Michael Denbow and Susan Street both residents of West Woolwich in the Province of Upper Canada each upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Judith Knickerbacker in our presence & said signature was by her making her mark because she is unable to write from the effects of age & its attendant infirmities and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the affiant she is the identical person she represents herself to be and each for themselves further say that for more than fifteen years previous to the death of the aforesaid Samuel Knickerbacker who is described in the foregoing declaration they were well acquainted with both him and the aforesaid Judith Knickerbacker who both lived together as Husband and wife until the death of the said Samuel Knickerbacker which occurred at the time & in the manner stated in said declaration & that deponents both attended his funeral. That they never heard the marriage doubted & believe it true that they were husband & wife & further that they knew of children of the said Samuel & Judith Knickerbacker who lived in the family

with them. That since the death of said Samuel Knickerbaker they have been well acquainted with said Judith Knickerbaker and she still remains a widow.
Michael Kershaw
Signed in presence of J. G. Bullock of Lockport N.Y. A Clerk of Lockport N.Y.
Susan her Streeter mark
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents to that I have no interest in this claim & I certify the above Susan Streeter signed the above affidavit by making her mark on account of being unable to write
A Clerk Justice of the Peace

and of the ... Alaska
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State of New York } County of Niagara }
On this 25 th day of October AD 1885 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid county & duly authorized to administer oaths Judith Knickerbacker aged 98 years past a resident of West Woolwich in the Province of Upper Canada who being by me duly sworn says she is the widow of Samuel Knickerbacker deceased & was by him informed and now verily believes he was a Private in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary war. That he received a Pension for said services as she is informed & was placed on the New York Pension Roll as a Private at the sum of twenty three dollars and eleven cents as she believes on the 9 th day of August AD 1838 & received said pension from the 1 st day of March 1831 but of the above dates she is informed by said Roll. That she has been shown the following information from the Pension Office the following being as she believes a correct copy of the letter and the whole thereof.
Sir
Pension Office, May 8 th 1854
The reason that Samuel Knickerbacker of New York failed to receive his pension for several years before his death is that his name was stricken from the Roll of Pensioners, he having been improperly pensioned. He did not serve six months. His pension cannot be continued to his widow or children. Respectfully
J. A. Baldwin Esq Lockport NY
Your Afft Servt. L. P. Waldo Commissioner

That said Samuel Knikesbacker received said Pension in the county of Niagara in the State of New York and she is informed & believes he continued in service in said war for more than fourteen days but refers to evidence of Record either the Rolls or other matter now in the pension office to show the exact statement of the same as she is unable to furnish other evidence in the matter. She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Knikesbacker in Sharon in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut on the month of February 1781 as she believes but cannot recollect the day with certainty and that her name before her said marriage was (Judith Wright) Judith Wright. That her said Husband died at Woolwich being West Woolwich aforesaid in Waterloo County Upper Canada some time in the month of February 1842 as near as she can recollect and that she is now a widow and knows of no public record of said marriage or death nor has she the family Record now with her. That all the aforesaid statements are made upon information or belief except some few of the facts herein stated & that her memory is not as good as it once was. That she has never received any Bounty land and makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 8 d 1835 That she constitutes James V. Buelman of Lockport

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
1862  En 13 662  Rev War
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Knickerbaker , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 78 6 mos. Pvt David Beebe Enos Conn.   Apl. 79 1 mo. Roger Mear        
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salisbury, Conn. Date of application for pension, May 7, 1833. Residence at date of application, New York, Niagara Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, B Jan 12, 1762 Salisbury, Conn. Remarks: Allowed.
Very respectfully,
93-613-614

Perman
13662
INVALID.
1906 Nov. 6 - History to Mrs. Frank B. Steele
File No. 13662
Samuel Knickerbaker
Dis New York
Act: June 1 st 32
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application on account of services in the Revolutionary War
252.379
FREE
Hon. J. Minto
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Samuel Knickerbocker
NY
Dear Col. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Brooklyn

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Cluett. May 1836

Merchants & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency April 19. 1836.
James L. Edmiston Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
Samuel Knickerbacker a Pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, claims pay on the enclosed vouchers for the period of two years & six months - Be pleased to instruct us whether or not we shall pay him - Very respectfully Yours at Servt.
Thos M. Cleland
If we are to have the payment of invalid pensions there under the act of March 18 1828 as intimated in your letter of the 11 th inst it is extremely desirable to have early notice in order to make the necessary arrangements - We shall want new books & printed forms & to give timely notice throughout the State to those concerned. It will be seen by the enclosed printed notice from the New York Agency that they only expected the then approaching 4 th of March stipends. Early instructions from your office will be important to us & the public
Most respectfully
Thos M. Cleland

☞ The invalid and revolutionary pensioners, hitherto paid at the U. S. Branch Bank, New-York, will, at the approaching 4th of March payment, be paid at the Mechanics' Bank in the city of New-York. It may not be improper to apprise those pensioners that the practice of executing powers of attorney, leaving a blank for the name of the attorney, to be afterwards inserted, is inadmissible. They should be in all respects filled up and completed at the time of their execution and acknowledgment, otherwise they will be rejected at this agency. Editors of newspapers throughout the state will confer a favor on pensioners by inserting the above.

liver their respective accounts and demands to the said receivers, or one of them, at their office afore said, on or before the 30th day of April next.
Notice is also hereby given, to all persons holding any open or subsisting contracts of such Company, to present the same in writing and in detail to such receivers, by the 30th day of April next.
HENRY RANKIN,
ISAAC CAROW,
JAMES HEARD, Receivers of The Globe Insurance Company.
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CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK
—Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the act in such case made and provided, that Messrs. J. Smith, Richard L. Tucker and Anthony L. Cenderhill have been duly appointed receivers of all the estate, property and effects of The Fulton Fire Insurance Company in the city of New York.
The subscribers the said receivers of said company.

752.399

Lockport July 15 1855
Hon. J. Minton
Commissioner of Pensions
Will please direct all correspondence relative to enclosed application for Land Bounty to me at Lockport N.Y. If it be rejected or suspended a full report is desired to enable claimant to establish facts of case from State records or otherwise.
Very Respectfully &c J. H. Baldwin

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W. Lee
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Hon. Joel H. Penrose Secretary of War Washington City

Lockport Niagara Co. N.Y. Sept 10-1838
J. H. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Sir Allow me to trouble you with enquiry why the enclosed Pension Vouchers is rejected, it is said the pensioner Sam l Knickbacker's name is struck from the Roll as appears from a note wrote with pencil on margin of the paper, which note was I suppose was made at the Pension office in Albany if so probably by direction of the Agt. Mr. Alcott. Mr. Knickbacker wishes me to enquire of Sec y of War if he is hereafter to be deprived of this small pittance & if his name has been struck from the Pension Roll, if so on what account it has been done. These enquiries please answer soon by so doing you will much oblige a Revolutionary Patriot & an infirm old man
Respectfully Yours
Sidney Smith

San Francisco
May.
20/87
Ans transfer of pay - Mr. Rivers act 7878 - Heafner
James L. Edwards Esquire Commr. of Pensions War Department City of Washington.

J. L. Edwards Commisr. of Pensions
President Mechanics & Farmers Bank Pension Agent Albany New York

Reg. W. 13663
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send the undersigned a report of the service of one Samuel Knickerbrouer of Niagara Co. N.Y. in list of 1831.?
A prompt compliance will

very greatly obliged
Yours in
Helen V. Steele
* Mrs Frank B. Steele
183 St James Pl.
Buffalo N.Y.
Oct. 28-1906.

Lockport April 28 th 54 Hon L. P. W. W. Commr of Pensions } In relation to enclosed application
Please direct all communications to me at Lockport N.Y.
There is on the line of Canada several persons entitled to pension & other gratuities for Military Service. Would it be proper for a justice or other officer to go to Canada & then take testimony In many cases it would be impossible for claimant to come here In the case of Mrs. Knickerbacker She is over one hundred miles distant & being deaf & in bad health is unable to come
Very Respectfully &c J. F. Baldwin

Samuel Huekerbaker Albany N.Y. Act 7 June 1831
To what time last paid
Pension Office
9 Aug 1835
to the 4 March 1837
2/4
1 yr not paid from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1836
Feb. Aug - Sept

This man's son Seymour Knickerbacker applied for pension for service in War 1812 see Old War. Reg. File 15719

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Sent Brown

Was he not stricken from the Rolls?
Very Respectfully
S. C. Gilfillan
A. Burleson
Third Auditor
J. N. Plott

Pension Office May 3 1884
Sir
Samuel Knickerbaca, N Y Rolls. ad June 7 1832, at $23.11. Please state to what time paid.

Samuel Knickerbaker, Act 1832. $23.11 for Annual, paid to 4 Sept 1837. The books of this Office do not show that he ever was struck from the rolls.
F. Root Account