Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26189, for John Knapp, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Knapp, John Sally or Sarah
W. 26189 B.L. 7/1 t 28,593.160-55
CONTENTS

Air G. C. M c Ewen Mar 14/56
145.361 act thru 3 0/55
May 25 th / 55
Sarah Trapp Trapp John Trapp Trapp, Pa.
She is a New Pension act July 1868 at 80 per Annum —
No 2
W. H. Lef 48-5943
W. 16000, Me. 26/82 Blyth
Handwritten signature
Vol. K. 123.
George C. McEwen Warwick New York

33.131
New York City John Knapp decd. of _____ in the State of N. Y. who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary war for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per mensem, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. New York June 1832.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May 1833 and signed A. C. Robinson
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Present Pension allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book C. 2 Vol. 4 Page 39

1889 Dr J. K. Tuttle - Merely notice for June 14 See information Print
Admiral act 1832
5943
New York
Sally Knapp
widow of John Knapp
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July 1852, and sent to
Hon G. Briggs Ho. of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 111 Vol. 1

State of New York, Orange County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Record having a seal, do hereby Certify, that Daniel A. Smart before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and a Justice of the Court of Sessions of said County, be it known to all men duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature D A Smart subscribed to the said Declaration & affidavit is genuine.
to all men be it known that
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Orange the fifth day of June 1852.
N Westcott
Clerk.

State of New York } Orange County } On this fifth day of June A D Eighteen Hundred & Fifty two personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the said County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sally Knapp a resident of New Windsor in said County of Orange 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 benefits of the provision made by acts of Congress passed for the relief of widows of Revolutionary soldiers, that she is the widow of John Knapp who was a private in the Companies of Captain Smith and Captain Hall, in Colonel Davenport's regiment and General David Waterbury's brigade Connecticut line, that he enlisted in Stamford Connecticut sometime in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven and continued in active service against the British Army until the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty when he was honorably discharged which cannot now be found, that he was at the same duty and at the same time that the illustrious Van Wart, Williams, and Paulding Captured Major Andre and that he was

Stationed about ten miles from where he was taken, that he was in many actions against the Tories, that there were many incidents related to her at the time by her husband of his service which her loss of memory and great age prevents her now stating so accurately as she desires and refers to affidavits of soldiers who served with her husband and who are now pensioners of the United States, which are herewith presented in order to corroborate her statements. . . She further declares that she was married to the said John Knapp on the twenty fifth day of December Seventeen Hundred & Eighty eight (1788) by the Reverend John Shepherd, that her husband the aforesaid John Knapp died on the seventh day of June Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two (1832), that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to January first Seventeen Hundred & Ninety four (1794) by at the time above stated. She also hereby authorizes Henry E Robinson of Washington, District of Columbia to act as her attorney in prosecuting her claims against the United States and further states that ignorance of her rights has prevented her asserting her claims before this time, but now very aged

indigent and infirm is advised so to do
Witness present D. A. Stewart William Blair
her Sally X Knupp mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
D. A. Stewart one of the Judges of Court of Record in and for Orange County
I further certify that the before named Sally Knupp is the Identical Widow of the said John Knupp mentioned and that she has always been known to me as a very Respectable person is now and has lived said John Knupp's Widow since his Death which was in June 1932 as before stated
D. A. Stewart Justice of the peace and one of the Judges of Orange County Courts
I do hereby certify as to the identity of said Sally Knupp as the widow of John Knupp, also that she is a person of good moral character - William Blair
Minister of the of the Gospel, Pastor of Graceville church in the county of Orange State of New York

I also further certify that by Reason of her Bodily Infirmities she is not Able to Appear in Open Court in consequence of which I have had to Attend and Administer the Oath at her Own House June 5 1852
D. A. Stewart one of the Judges of Court of Record in and for Orange County
State of New York, Orange County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Record having a seal, do hereby Certify, that Daniel A. Stewart before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavit was subscribed and sworn to, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and a Justice of the Court of Sessions of said County, being duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature D. A. Stewart subscribed to the said Declaration & affidavit is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Orange the fifteen day of June 1852.
N. Westcott
Clerk
The Court of Record having a seal

I Edwin Scofield Jr of Stamford Fairfield County Connecticut and Town Clerk of Said Stamford hereby certify that the following Entry is on the records of Said Stamford viz "John Knapp Jun. & Sally Burnbury were married by Rev. John Shepherd."
That it is a true Copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expres- sed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Dec. 25 th 1788."
Attest Edwin Scofield Jr.
Town Clerk of Stamford
I Edwin Scofield Jr above named de- pose 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 Stamford with the Exception above named as cer- tified by me
Edwin Scofield Jr.
Town Clerk of Stamford

State of Connecticut, ss. Probate Court Fairfield County, ss. District of Stamford Personally appeared before William S. Minor sole and presiding Judge of said Court Edwin S. Field Jr. maker of the foregoing depo- sition who subscribed the same in my presence and made oath to its truth before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6 th day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two William S. Minor Judge
State of Connecticut, ss. Probate Court Fairfield County, ss. District of Stamford I Sands Seely Clerk of said Court and keeper of the seal and records thereof hereby certify that William S. Minor is the sole presiding Judge of said Court and that the signature to the above cer- tificate purporting to be his is his own proper hand writing and signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Stamford this 6 th day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two Sands Seely Clerk of said Court of Probate

145.361
Sarah Knapp

State of New York County of Orange ss On this seventeenth day of May A D one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Knapp aged Eighty five years a resident of the town of New Windsor in the County of Orange and State of New York who being duly sworn ac- cording to law declares on her oath that She is the widow of John Knapp deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That her said Husband went into service from the town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut. That She is now a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum un- der the Law or act of Congress passed by Congress on the second day of February A D 1848. She further states that She was married to the said John Knapp at Stam- ford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the twenty fifth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight and that her name before her said Marriage was Sarah Councsbury That She was married by the Reverend John Shepherd a Presbyterian Preacher And That her said Husband died at the town of New Windsor in the County Orange and State of New York on the seventh day of June A D one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two. And That She still re- mains the widow of the said John Knapp deceased For Proof of her said Husband's

Service and of his death and of her marriage She would refer to the Proofs accompanying her Original application for a Pension under the acts of 1843 and July 7 th 1838. and 1843. and 1848. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the Act Passed March 3 rd 1855. She further declares that she never applied for nor has she ever received any Bounty and and un- der this or any other act of Congress
Sarah X Knapp mark
We Jarvis Knapp and Charles E Knapp res- idents of the County of Orange and State of New York upon our Oaths declare That the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Knapp in our Presence And That we know she is the Identical Person she represents herself to be That we know that she is a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum as the widow of John Knapp deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolution- ary war. And that she is now a widow
Jarvis Knapp Charles E Knapp
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no inter- est in this claim Wm H Keay Justice of the Peace

Orange County } ss: CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of said county, and the County Court of said county,
(a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that William H. Hought whose name is subscribed to the annexed declaration & affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature Wm H Hought subscribed to the said declaration & affidavit is genuine.
In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county
this 22 day of May
1855
N Westcott Clerk

Washington May 12/53.
Sir, It is respectfully asked that an opinion of the examiner, in the case of Sally Knapp, widow of John Knapp of N. York, under Act 38 & 39, be corrected by her receiving the amount due him, under Acts of Congress, from 21 March 1831. to 7 June 1832. when he died, as per evidence on file in the Pension Office. —
Very Resp y Your Ob t Serv t . N. E. Robinson " Atty
Gen. L. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions
Will May to pl se take up this case, as it should have originally been allowed under Act 7 June '32 Cale

Brief in the case of John Knapp dec County and State of New York act June 7 1832
Claim, ("original," or for increase." ).
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Case of Sally Knapp his widow was, admitted under act July 7 1838 &c. The Examining Clerk neglected to admit under the act of 1832 from October 1831 to date of his death. — The claim is, therefore, now admitted.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Henry E. Robinson Esq Provincetown
Thurston L. Smith
Examining Clerk.

145.361

Warwick New York May 22 '80
Sir I herewith enclose the applications of Meliscent Brewster widow of Frederick Brewster and Sarah Knapp widow of John Knapp for Banty land under the act of March 3 1873
Respectfully Yours
G. M. [?]
H. G. [?]
Conway Washington

I Isaac Tinkland of Stamford Fairfield County Connecticut I do hereby certify that I am now eighty eight years of age and am a Revolutionary Pensioner. I was acquainted with John Knapp formerly of said Stamford who removed from Stamford somewhere into the State of New York about fifty years ago. Shortly after the close of the Revo- lutionary War. and while he lived in said Stamford. the said John Knapp was married to one Sally Tinkland. During the continuance of the Revo- lutionary War a Home Guard was formed. Some time in the Summer of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven (1777) this deponent knows that said John Knapp returned into said Home Guard during the sum- mer of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven (1777) and continued in service in said Guard until some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty (1780). and this de- ponent further well knows that said John Knapp served in the companies commanded by Captain Hall and Cap- tain Smith during the period of his ser- vice but cannot now recollect the partic-

ular period that he served with Captain Hall or Captain Smith. This deponent well knows that said John Knapp was serving constantly for more than two years during the period aforesaid. I saw him nearly every day as I lived only a few rods from one of the guard houses. After the close of the war said John Knapp remained in Stamford until he removed to the State of New York.
Isaac Quintard
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Probate Court list of Stamford April 29 th 1852. Personally appeared Isaac Quintard maker of the foregoing deposition before William D. Minor Judge of said Court of Probate and in open Court signed the foregoing deposition and made oath to its truth before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year last above written.
William D. Minor Judge

State of New York
City and County of New York
On this Ninth day of June A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Fifty two, personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Superior Court in and for the City County and State of New York Hannah Dean a resident of the City of New York aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement. That She has personally known Sally Knapp spoken of in the affidavits of Wylal Knapp and Isaac Quintard for over Seventy years was intimate with her previous to her marriage to John Knapp in Stamford Connecticut. I was present at her wedding. She was married on the twenty fifth day of December (Christmas) Seventeen Hundred and Eighty eight (1788) in the town of Stamford, Connecticut, by the Reverend John Shepherd. I presume to have her maiden name was Sally Lounsbury. I now am a pensioner My husband was a revolutionary soldier and served about the same time that the aforesaid John Knapp did. Some years after the Revolutionary war She with her husband moved to Orange County in the State of New York. I know her to be the identical Sally Knapp the widow of John Knapp spoken of in the affidavits before mentioned. I also

know that she has remained his widow since his death which occurred in June Eighteen Hundred and thirty two (1852) and that she has always sustained a very respectable moral character
Given under my hand and seal this 9 th day of June 1852 Witnesses: Hannah Dean Mark Edward J Knapp
William W Campbell Clerk of Superior Court
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
R G Campbell I, JESSE OAKLEY , Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of
New-York a Court of Record, having a Clerk and Seal, DO CERTIFY,
That William W Campbell whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, is a Judge
of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn.
And I do Further CERTIFY, That the said name, so subscribed, is the genuine
signature of the said William W Campbell
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed seal of the said Court, the
9 th day of June 18 52
R G Campbell CLERK.

J. L. Minnack

State of New York } ss. New York City }
I Jeremiah L. Knapp, Merchant, of this city, and County, depose and say, that Sally Knapp, widow of John Knapp a Revolutionary Soldier, who now applies for a pension, is my mother, and is the identical Sally Knapp widow of the said John Knapp who is mentioned in the Affidavits, herewith presented, of Wm Knapp and Isaac Quintard, and that my father the said John Knapp died in June 1832, as she states, & that she has not asserted her claim to a pension till this time, on account of want of the knowledge of the law and her rights, & also that on account of her bodily infirmities she was not able to appear in open Court.
Subscribed this ninth day of June 1832.
Before me William W. Campbell one of the Justices of the Superior
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss
R G Campbell I, JESSE OAKLEY , Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of
New-York, a Court of Record, having a Clerk and Seal, DO CERTIFY, That William W Campbell whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, is a Judge
of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn. And I do Further Certify, That the said name, so subscribed, is the genuine signature of the said William W Campbell
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 9 day of
June 1832
R G Campbell CLERK.

State of New York } ss. New York City }
I Jeremiah L. Knapp, Merchant, of this city and County, depose and say, that Sally Knapp, widow of John Knapp a Revolutionary Soldier, who now applies for a pension, is my mother, and is the identical Sally Knapp widow of the said John Knapp who is mentioned in the Affidavits, herewith presented, of Usal Knapp and Isaac Quintard, and that my father the said John Knapp died in June 1832, as she states, - that she has not asserted her claim to a pension till this time on account of a want of the knowledge of the law and her rights, - also that on account of her bodily infirmities she was not able to appear in open Court.
J L Knapp Sworn & subscribed, this ninth day of June 1832.
Before me William Marshall an of the Justices of the Superior Court of the City of New York
I further certify that the above named deponent is a man of respectability & a credible person New York June 9 th 1832 William Marshall Justice of Superior Court of City of New York

Wyal Knapp's Affadavit

Wyal Knapp's Affadavit

State of New York } County of Orange } ss. Uzal Knapp of the Town of New Windsor in the County of Orange being duly sworn says that he is now 78 years of age and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he knew John Knapp now deceased who was a brother of this deponent, that during the Revolutionary War this deponent and said John Knapp's place of residence when not engaged in active service was in the town of Stamford in the state of Connecticut, that the said John Knapp was married to Sally Lounsbury at Stamford aforesaid about the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty Eight and the said John Knapp and Sally his wife lived together as husband and wife up to the time of his death which was in June Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two She now survives her said husband and has lived his widow ever since his death they having moved from the Town of Stamford aforesaid to the Town of New Windsor in Orange County State of New York about Fifty years since where they lived until his death, and this deponent further saith that the said John Knapp served in a military Company in the United States service in the year 1777 (Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven) stationed at or near Stamford aforesaid under General David Waterbury and Colonel

Davenport being sometimes under Captain Hall and sometimes under Captain Amos Smith being detached as occasion required. And that he so served upwards of Three months after which the forces commanded by said General David Waterbury were divided into several Companies and Commanded by Captains Bell, Hall, and Smith stationed in said Stamford and along the Coast of Long Island Sound at different points to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the British, and this deponent further saith that said John Knapp served in one of the aforesaid Companies called Town Guards, some of the time with Captain Amos Smith and some of the time with Captain Hall being detached as occasion required until about the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty being between Two and Three years and this deponent saith that he derived his knowledge of his said brothers services at the time from his Father and other members of deponents family during his visits to his family made during the Continuance of the Revolutionary War whenever this deponent obtained leave of absence from the army for that purpose
Given this 20 th day of May 1852 before me
his Wzal X Knapp mark
D. A. Shuart Justice of the peace and one of the Justices of sessions in and for Orange County courts

State of New York, Orange County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Record having a seal, do hereby Certify, that D. A. Stewart
before whom the foregoing affidavit  affidavit subscribed and sworn was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature " D. A. Stewart "
subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.

State of New York, Orange County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Record having a seal, do hereby Certify, that D. D. Shuart
before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of the Sessions in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature " D. D. Shuart "
subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Orange the 21st day of May 1852.
Geo. McCornick Deputy Clerk.

Brief in the case of Sally Knapp, wid of John County and State of N. Y. act 7 July 38 & supplementals.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service - two pensioners who swear they had a knowledge of his service, although they did not serve with him. I find also, his name on the rolls in Capt Hall's Co. under whom they say he served.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Hon Geo Briggs Hof Reps.
Kirby. Examining Clerk.

145-361
FREE
Wm L P. Haldor Camp Pionier Washington A. T.

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11.348
New-York C Sally Knapp
widow of John who died on the 7 June 1832 in the State of N.Y.
who was a priv in the commanded Captain of the commanded e for 2 yrs
inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. City the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of July 1852 and sent to Hon. S. Briggs Treasurer to the 4th of No. Reps Semi-annual allowance ending
(Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by N.E. Robin on Clerk. Book D Vol. Page 165

June 18/52 Evidence in the case of Coll. Knapp for Rev. Pension.
June 18/52 No. 14. 618
Act 7. July 1838
Address "Care of Hon Geo. Briggs Ho of Reps

9239 New-York Sally Knapp widow of John who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the " day of July 1852 and sent to Hon Geo Briggs Ho' of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 78

Sally Knapp, wid of John.
N. York.
Act, 7 July '38 No.
2 yrs pri - $80.
per an.
Cert to Hon Geo Briggs H of Reps.

no 38. 512 John Knapp dec
My adm d . June 7 1832
27 th p er $80
per annum
from 1831 to
7 June 1832
when he died
Pay to Sally Knapp
his widow,
Cash to
A. L. Robinson
Present,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26189 Sally Kenapp Wid of John Kenapp Brn Rev-lev
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]
where lived during war & moved to New York of Stamford Conn moved to New York orange Co NY about 1832 Ind. & a son as guest Red brother Wright (not at this time)