Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26759, for Joseph Knight, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Knight, Joseph Barnah
W. 26759
CONTENTS

13,544
Maine (28)
Joseph Knight
of Pidgeburgh in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Mass line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of July 1819 and sent to Sarah Dapha, Pidgeburgh Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 86 36
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th 1819 48
10 20/50 4/31
$134.30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Verification sent to Secretary Pagan April 26th October 1820 Stephen Maine

3392 1 J. Munn Dannah Knight dec d , widow of Joseph Knight (37) who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Increased from $40. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March , 1848, and end 27 th October 1849- Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Dec r 1856, and sent to
John Knight N. Freyburgh, Me:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 148. Vol. 36
26 John Knight May 54. Same Oct. 20/57

Joseph Knight of Lynchburg (Baldwin M.P. Ky) one year 11. Apr 1818)
Hamilton
Wash D.C.
The official character signature of Mr Adams is not properly authenticated. The certificate of the Sec- retary of State, which the Clerk of the Supreme Court is required to magistrate, must certify the authenticity of the signature. The Notary Public has means of ascertaining the fact of a Justice of the Peace being now or have been in the execution of his office except from official reports.

27 County of Lynd Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1)
On this eleventh day of April 1882 before me the undersigned of the Court of Probate in said County of first described Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the First District in said County on oath personally appeared Joseph Knight aged sixty two years a resident of Fryeburg in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Joseph Knight enlisted at Fryeburg Maine in January A.D. 1776, for one year into the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Pitkin gill in Col. Baldwin Regiment, in General Heath Brigade & served out the aforesaid term and two months more and was regularly dismissed, & have long since lost his discharge if he ever had one, that he was in the engagement at Long Island & Brigs Point etc., that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Judith Dana Judson

5. JUDAH DANA Judge of oaths do certify, that from the foregoing taken before me the subscriber statement and from the testimony of Joshua Kelly one credible witness that said Knight did & who testifies who declares on oath that he well knew said Knight in the revolutionary war & that he performed the service as he in his affidavit of oaths has stated —
It appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Knight did service in the war of the revolution, as stated in the pre- ceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establish- ment, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and laid before me to the Secretary for the Department of War — pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress & also appears that the said Joseph Knight is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support —
JUDAH DANA Judge
Jan'y 22 d 1819 I hereby return this application with additional evidence of the annexed deposition to the Hon. Secretary in the Dept. of War — J. Dana Judge
May 29 1819 I herewith transmit the Deposition of Timothy Walker which is annexed J. Dana

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford
The subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County, do at Ryebury, in said County on this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Judah Sams who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate, & first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, & that said instrument is under the seal of said Probate Court.
Attest Tim. D. Ladd Register of Probate
I Timothy Walker, of Fairfax Kennebec County & District of Maine do upon Oath testify and declare—that I well knew Joseph Knight a Continental Soldier in the war of the revolution, the said Knight to my knowledge enlisted January 1776. for the period of one year, into the company commanded by Col. Joseph Pettengill & Regiment commanded by Col. Baldwin of the Massachusetts Troops the said Knight fully served out the period of his enlistment & was discharged at Ridgefield Connecticut first of January 1777. — I further knew of his having the full term of one year as I have above stated without interruption — I am now on the pension list for the District of Maine —
Timothy Walker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec County P. May 19 th 1819.
Personally appeared Timothy Walker, above named, well known to me as a credible witness, and he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed —
Before me Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In Testimony that Robert C. Vose, Esquire, before whom the above deposition was taken, was a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County of Kennebec on the day the above acknowledged Oath was made — of the subscriber clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Kennebec do subscribe my name and affix the County Seal this twentieth day of May A.D. 1819 —
J. M. DROBS

Joseph Knight N o 13544

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and held at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of July and by adjournment A.D. 1820 - before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. Joseph Knight aged 64 years, resident in Hageburg in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Pettengail in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Saoni Baldwin in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 10th day of April A.D. 1818 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 18544 - was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Joseph Knight
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
1 Yoke of small oxen, 1 Cow, 6 sheep - household furniture, and I am owing to the amount of seventy two Dollars -
Joseph Knight

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Knight who by occupation am a husbandman — which I am un able to pursue by reason of  old age & bodily infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah my wife 59 years  a slender woman  Joseph Knight   
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is seventy six dollars and cents. $76 00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th — day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Twenty —
Thomas Clarke { Clerk of the Circuit Court of C. P. for said county of Oxford

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Maine ) On this first day of August Oxford ss ) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of Probate and wills of the county aforesaid, Hannah Knight of Fryeburg county and state aforesaid aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joseph Knight who was a private in the Revolutionary War in the Massachusetts line and enlisted at Cambridge under the name of Joseph Knight second. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Knight on the thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven- hundred and seventy nine, that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Knight died on the eleventh day of February A.D. 1839 that she was married not prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January A.D. 1794, viz: at the time above stated, and that the said Joseph Knight was a pensioner and that she still remains his widow and that he belonged to Capt. Patten gill's company in Col. Weston's Regiment. her
Hannah X Knight Subscribed & sworn to in open court the day & year above written Before Gurnea Pease Judge -

17 Extract from the record of Marriage in the Town of Fryeburg County of Oxford and State of Maine, Seventeen hundred and seventy nine January thirty first Married Joseph Knight and Hannah Day of Fryeburg -
I Charles Abbott Town Clerk of the Town of Fryeburg, certify that the above is a true copy of the records of said town with the ex- ception of the date, which is recorded on the record in fair legible figures, as follows
1779
January 31 st Married Joseph Knight and Hannah Day of Fryeburg -
Charles Abbott Town Clerk for 1843.
I Charles Abbott, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of town Clerk, in the County Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Fryeburg, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Fryeburg Maine } August 2 nd 1843 }
Charles Abbott Town Clerk,
At a Probate Court held at Fryeburg in the County of Oxford State of Maine on the first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared Charles Abbott who appears to be a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before Byman P. Cushman Judge

STATE OF MAINE. } ss. COUNTY OF OXFORD, }
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ALVAH BLACK, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, the same being a Court of Record, hereby certify,
that A. R. Bradley
was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Paris, in said County, this Twenty eighth day of August 1856
Alvah Black Clerk.

I James O c Millan of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford, upon oath depose and say that I was acquainted with Hannah Knight, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and widow of Joseph Knight of Fryeburg, Oxford County, and State of Maine, and know her to be a daughter of said Joseph Knight and a Revolutionary pensioner, having in her life time made out her pension papers; that I am acquainted with the family of said Joseph and Hannah, and know, that Eliphale Knight, John Knight, David Knight, Noyes Knight, and Priscilla Knight are living and Caleb Knight, Moses Knight, Stephen Knight & David Knight and also Judith Harrington, wife of Stephen Harrington are reputed to be dead; The said Hannah Knight is now deceased and the above constituted the family of the said Joseph & Hannah Knight
James O c Millan
Oxford ss. Aug 26. 1856
Subscribed & sworn to this day
Before me
A. R. Bradley Jus. Peace
Mr. Black Pardon me for this

(23) Northumberland May 2, 1857, Mr. Whiting
Dear Sir,
I wish you to attend to a balance of pension in the name of Hannah Knight, having furnished all proper papers for that purpose, I repeat a circumstance being of important one, my Father died ninety five Salem In- dian, who died February 11 1839, my Mother died October 27, 1849, You will perceive there is a balance now due, in addition to an act of Congress March 3 rd 1843, I wrote you a private letter have not received your reply, I desire you get this,
Yours Respectfully,
John Knight,
Geo. C. Whiting Com,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 6, 1900
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Job Knight 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. No. 26759 -
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1776 1 yr. 7 mo. Priv. Job Pettengill Jeremi Baldwin Mass.          
Battles engaged in, Long Island - Frog's Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Freyburg, Me. Date of application for pension, Apr. 11/1838 Residence at date of application, Freyburg, Oxford Co. Me. Age at date of application, 62 yrs.
Remarks: He mar. Jan. 21, 1779 Hannah Day of Freyburg, Me. He d. Feb. 11, 1839 & did she was al. pen in an ap. ex. Aug. 1, 1843 while res. in Freyburg, Me. as 82 yrs. She d. Oct. 27, 1849 survived by the fol. ch: Eliph- alel; John; Daniel; Noyes & Lustram. Chidre d. prior to said date were Caleb; Moses; Stephen; Day, & Judith wife of Stephen Garrison.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Twentieth day of August A. D. 1856 it has been satisfactorily proved in open COURT OF PROBATE, for said County of Oxford, being a Court of Record, that Hannah Knight late of Fryeburg was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that she died at Fryeburg on the Twenty-seventh day of October 1856 And that John Knight - Eliphalet Knight - Daniel Knight - Noyes Knight and Peirson Knight
was the only surviving children of the said Hannah Knight deceased, and that he left a will
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Office Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this Twenty-First day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six
J. R. Carter
Register of the Court of Probate, Oxford County, State of Maine.

3342 (31)
Maria Hannah Knight widow of Joseph — who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug 1849 and sent to J. H. Sibley Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 20 Vol. 1
Reported Aug 26/49
John Knight 15 th Dec r 1853. Same John Knight Sep 26 1856

7779 (29)
Maine
Inst Act 11
Heavenah Knight widow of Joseph Knight who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 11th Feb 1839 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Mass line for One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Oct 1843 and paid to Stephen Meserve Dona Wallis Clerk
Total amount, $ 200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. Venable Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 13

✓ 4829 Maine (B)
Hannah Knight widow of Joseph Knight who was a private in the Mass ts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 do day of Feb y 1844 and sent to
Stephen Merrill Lower Bartlett N.H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 6

5227 Hannah Knight
$40 per an
Stephen Meservey Levi Bartlett N. H.

STATE OF MAINE. (8)
EDWARD KAVANAGH, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Sylvanus B. Bean of Brownfield in the County of Oxford Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the twentieth day of November A. D. 1840, appointed and Commissioned, and on the twentieth day of April A. D. 1840 qualified as a Justice of the Peace within and for our said County of Oxford that he still continues to hold said Edward Kavanagh Esq; and that the signature pur- porting to be his is genuine. —
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- three and in the sixty- eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Philip C. Johnson Secretary of State.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to certain widows who have recd Pensions under the act of July 7. 1838
State of Maine
• Oxford Co. ss.
On this fourth day November One thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Oxford Hannah Knight a resident of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law to all her call make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Joseph Knight who was a private in Revolutionary war and she recd forty dollars per year under the act of July 7. 1838 She further declares that she is still a widow
Hannah Knight
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Stephen H. Bragdon Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant
Lyman B. Bean Just of the Peace

9392 Marmah Herring

(6.) I Stephen Harrington of Fryebury in the County of Oxford & State of Maine of lawful age depose & say that I was personally acquainted with Joseph Knight late of said Fryebury deceased, formerly known and late of said Fryebury deceased, formerly known and called on the Pension Roll, by the name of Joseph Knight second, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that I was present at his decease, that he died at my House on the eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty nine & I have been the Agent of said Knight to draw his Pension - I am also personally acquainted with Hannah Knight, who is the widow of said Joseph Knight, and she still remains a Widow and unmarried since the decease of her said husband, and now resides with me -
Stephen Harrington
At a Prebendal Court held at Fryebury in the County of Oxford State of Maine on the first day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three Personally appeared Stephen Harrington who appears to be a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before Simon Pearson Judge -

State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, within & for said County, hereby certify that Symon Ransom, whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration of Hannah Knight, & also to the foregoing Deposition of Charles Abbott, & Stephen Farrington, is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid, duly appointed and qualified, and full faith & credit are due to his acts as such, and the foregoing contain the original proceedings in the matter of said Hannah Knight's application for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this first day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register

Manner by the Rev. Mr. Wm. G. Gundersen January thirty first - seventeen hundred and seventy nine. Married Joseph Knight and Hannah Day.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: January 31. 1879
Joseph Chandler Town Clerk
I Joseph Chandler Town Clerk depose and say that I held the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Houlton, County of Aroostook and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above mentioned as certified by me
Joseph Chandler Clerk of the Town of Houlton
Oxford p. March 25. 1856
Subscribed & sworn to before me
A. B. Bradley Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Oxford Clerk's Office Supreme Judicial Court I, Noah Black Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine within and for said County of Oxford, the same being a Court of Record hereby certify that J. R. Bradley whose genuine certificate signature appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds and Other Instruments in said County
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of April A.D. 1855
Noah Black Clerk

u u 19529

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, September 6 A. D. 1848
Charles C. H. Cameron
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Ada Charles is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Oxford as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Charles is dated October 14, A. D. 1841 and will expire Oct 14, A. D. 1848.
and that the his are following Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. H. Cameron CLERK.

State of Maine County of Oxford ss.
On this 14 th day of September 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Hannah Wright a resident of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the Widow of Joseph Wright who was a private in the Revolutionary War, in Captain Patten's Company in Col. Baldwin's Regiment. She further declares that she is still a Widow, and has received the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed, on the 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum. her Hannah Wright
Witness Stephen Harrington Frederick Harrington
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me Asa Charles Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant Hannah Wright is personally known to me to be the person as above stated Asa Charles Justice of the Peace

Hingham November 18.53, (10)
Mr Waldo,
Dear Sir, I wish for some one in Boston business, I have made an attempt with out success, with a Country Agent,
My Father was a Soldier in the Revolution, he drew ninety Six Dollars per year, his name was Joseph Knight, this Town ever was his usual resident, he died February, 11. 1839. Hannah Knight his Wife my Mother, died October 27. 1849, for a number of years she drew forty eight Dollars per year, She drew up to the first of Sept 1849,
please to let me know from you as soon as may be convenient,
As I am Respectfully Yours, To Mr L. D. Waldo,
John Knight

9392
Hannah Knight
Maine
Act July 7 th 1838
Adm de
1 year priv
$40 per an
Stephen Merrill Lower Bartlett Coos Co N Hampshire

(120) North Greenburg Maine, March 25. 1836.
Sir,
My object in speaking to you is, to obtain a just balance of account of pension as my Mother Hannah Knight, of Greenburg disse. documents has been sent to the 3. auditor's Office, he said five Dollars & 42 cts was all that is due, I think he must be under a mistake. my Father drew $600. per annum & died February 11. 1839, my Mother drew $40. per annum up to Sept 4 th 1849, died October 27. 1849, leaving a share unawarded, $5. 42 cts. has been remitted, please to look to the act of Congress in 32, & other, my Father & Mother were Married in 1779, Should there be any thing for me to receive or to do to make all as it should be please to answer when convenient, much has been said on this subject I do not wish to spend one moment improperly,
J. Minot Esq. Commissioner
Yours Respectfully,
John Knight,
North Greenburg Oxford County Maine

North Grafton Maine, March 25, 1836,
Sir,
My object in speaking to you is, to obtain a just balance of account of pension as my Mother Hannah Knight, of Grafton Maine, documents have been sent to the Auditor's Office, he said five Dollars & 42 cts was all that is due, I think he must be under a mistake. my Father drew 96 Dollars per annum & died February 11, 1839, my Mother drew $40 per annum up to Sept 4 th , 1849, died October 27, 1849, leaving a space undrawn, $5. 42 cts has been remitted, please to look to the Act of Congress in 32, Father, my Father & Mother were Married in 1779, Should there be any thing for me to receive or to do to make all as it should be please to answer when convenient, much has been said on this subject I do not wish to spend one moment improperly,
J. Minot Esq. Commissioner
Yours Respectfully,
John Knight,
North Grafton Oxford County Maine

3 d Auditor's Office
April 23, 1836.
Sir: Hannah
Knight, Maine
Act 2 Feb'y 1841, at $400.00 per annum, died 27 Oct 1849, & her pension was paid in full on 9 Nov 1850, to John Knight, one of the children per order of the others, viz. Noyes, Eliphalet, S. D. & Daniel Knight. There was no Administrator.
Very Resp'y Your obt. Servt
J. Moulton Esq. { Clerk of Court Auditor Account of Pension
Pension Office April 15, 1856
Sir.
Hannah Knight. Maine - act 2 d Feb'y '48 at $400. When did she die & to what time paid?
Please give the name of her Administrator, if any, & names and names of surviving children - and date when the annuity was paid
Very respectfully
J. C. Cole
for Comm ee
R. J. Atkinson Esq. } 3 d Auditor }
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(15)
Northumberland
May 12, 1856.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 25 th April, you speak of filing certain papers in your Office, that I may receive one long looked for, if you have access to the auditor's Office, where I have filed a number of papers, perhaps some or all of them may be of use in this case. Sir, please to look at them, & tell me what I have further to do, please to look at an act of Congress July 7, 1832, I have an impression that the heirs of Hannah Knight, might receive the same sum per annum, that Joseph Knight did, un til the death of him, which was $96, per annum, un til the death of Hannah Knight, which was nine years & about eight months & sixteen days, who received forty $ per annum, I desire that there may not be long delay, I hope to have it closed, while we remain in Office, a number has passed by since the commencement of this application,
Yours respectfully,
J. Minal Esqr. Com, Washington D. C
John Knight,

(17) STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD:
I, Samuel R. Cartin , Register of Probate for said County, certify that it appears on the Records of the Probate office for said County, that John Wright of Fryeburg in said County, has been duly appointed and commissioned Administrator of the goods and estate which were of Hannah Wright late of Fryeburg deceased in said County, and that he remains at the present time Administrator as aforesaid.
Given under my hand, and seal of the Probate Court of said County, this Twenty-first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six
S. R. Cartin
Register.

Sept 19. 1856.
(29)
Mr. Asahel Root - in relation to a balance of pension by the way of my Mother, as to the time of her marriage you have in testimony. Your records will show the amount received, the remainder please to make payable at Boston Mass.
Respectfully Yours,
John Knight
North Englewood Maine.

Sir
3 rd Auditor's Office
Sept. 27, 1836.
Hannah Knight: Maine, Act 2 Feb'y 1824, at $40. (name at $80 on the roll) died 27 Oct: 1849, her pension has been paid in full to that date.
Minot P. Dyer Commr of Pensions
Very Resp W. D. Taylor Actg Auditor

Pen Off. Sep 26 1856
(24)
Sir
Please state when Hannah Knight of Maine has last paid at $80 under the Act of July 2 1848.
Respectfully F. A. D. A.
A. Platt
Respectfully B. Hove. for him.

North Grafton Dec. 15. 1856. Mr. Whiting
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Dear Sir: I hand you a print- script, in hopes you will have the first view of it. I do not know but Mr. Minot had of what I sent him, do not know whether it would make any difference, from circumstances. I have to believe a proper view of a subject which I am about to allude to. never has been taken, which is in relation to a pension, in the name of Hannah Knight, where it appears to be a near now back, I made application for the balance, in answer to it was I could have it, by producing proper vouchers. I think I have answered to every requirement, if not I wish to be informed what more is required. I have sent to the pension office, orders from all of the surviving heirs of my Mother Hannah Knight, which P.S. I suppose was all I should be required to do, after doing much before, Mr. Minot's letter April 28. 1856. In answer to your letter, I have to inform you that upon your filing in this office a certificate of the appointment of an Administrator of the estate of Hannah Knight, deceased, of Maine, also evidence of the number and names of her children now surviving, duly certified by a copy of the record, a certificate will issue for the balance of pension due her at the time of her death, I have complied with the above.
Please to answer on the receipt of this Yours Respectfully, G. C. Whiting Com. of Pension. John Knight. Paper supposed to be in file in your office, of Oxford City, Maine.

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South Scituate Oct 11, 1857, Mr. Whiting,
Dear Sir,
Please to look at the acts of Congress July 4th 1836, or March 3rd 1837, in reference to the case of Deborah Knight, formerly a pensioner; you will soon be obliged,
Yours in haste,
John Knight,

Grief in the case of Hannah Knight dec'd wid of Joseph County and State of Maine act 18 th 1848 (25)
Claim, (" original " for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the acts of 1832 at $56 a year -
She was pensioned under the acts of 1838 & 40 at $40 a year for her husband's actual service .
By the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848 she became
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
entitled to the same amount that her husband received - viz. to $56 instead of $40 -
proof of her death in 1845 Oct 17, admin- istration upon her estate & her husband's record especially to our Repetition
Name and residence of Agent
John Knight Esq R Fryeburg Me
Thurston Examining Clerk.

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South Hackney Jan 7 th 1858,
Mr Whiting Dear Sir,
I think there is a balance due the heirs of Hannah Knight who was a pensioner, if so you will very much oblige to forward the same.
Yours Respectfully, John Knight.
Geo C Whiting Cam.

New York Sept 30/20
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Rev K.W.
Wish to ascertain if Joseph Knight of Freyburg Oxford Co Maine served as Soldier in Revolution. wife's name Hannah Doy. was a Pensioner? was he in detachment sent by town of Freyburg for relief of inhabitants on Aroostook river series Aug 4-1784 & again Aug 28-1784. ?
Mrs. J. P. Marshall
305 West 87th
New York
N.Y.

1920, Nov. 6 Hist to Mrs. J. P. Marshall - Es
26759 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26759 Hannah Kenright wid of Joseph Kenright Pvt Pa. Cav.
Act Feb. 2 d 1862
Index : Vol 9 , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hannah Knight dec d Widow of Joseph Maine
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Inc d , 1 July 1848
$96 a year from 1
July 1848 to 27 Octo
1849 when she Dies
Pay to John Knight 1
and to her children
Elizabeth 2 Daniel 3
Mary 4 & Tristram
Knight 5 or any other
to Deduct $40 a year
bequeath
John Knight Esq
N. Freeland Esq M.P.