Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15500, for Thomas Mc Knight, Connecticut

SERVICE
born.
McKnight, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 15500
CONTENTS
carded

N o 18402 Vermont
Thomas W. Knight
Orange Co., in the State of Vermont was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Fitch of the Regt. commanded by Col. Terry in the Count. Troops time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Aug. 1833 and sent to Mrs. Hubbard East Randolph Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E, Vol. 3 Page 77
Date of death not on A.B. J.R.R.

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas M c Knights of Cambridge  County of Bangor  in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted in May 1775 private Gen. Jedidiah Huntington } Count   In 1776 7 1 Capt Ellsworth } troops   volunteered spring 1776 2 Col. Terry } do   Enlisted April 1778 1 Capt French } do   volunteered when Danbury was burned (1777) 2 Col. Asa Eno } do   Enlisted 1781. or 82 9 Capt Roswell Grant } do   thinks 1781. Col. Terry } do   Capt Day } do   Capt Bull } do  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
East Windsor, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By living witnesses as to 19 months service By traditional evidence, as to his revolutionary service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached, the witness resides in another State
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
24. July 1833

State of Vermont,
ORANGE COUNTY ss.
& District of Randolph
At Randolph in said County on this 15 th day of August
A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. the Probate Court within and for said District
in the State of said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Thomas M c Knight a resident of Danbridge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 76 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the Service of the United States in the Month of May he thinks in the year 1775 and in the whole about two years and a half. He first enlisted at East Windsor now Ellington in the State of Connecticut for Seven Months in Col. Adams Connecticut Regiment. - This was in the month of May of aforesaid. - and that he served Seven Months . - In the Spring of 1776 he was not recalled but volunteered to go to New York in Captain Tracy's and Col. Jerry's Regiment and served there two Months . - of this he has no proof. - He next enlisted in the month of 1776 at said East Windsor for the term of the year under Captain Russell Grant in Col. Roger Great Regiment. That he went to White Plains in the State of New York and then to New Paltz and remained in both places three Months and then by permission returned home a few days only and was ordered to Horse Neck on the Sea Shore in the State of Connecticut and there staid in Service during the remainder of the year. He next volunteered in Captain Day's Company in Col. Jerry's Regiment at Danbury was wounded and was at Danbury two Months. of this he has no corroborating testimony. He next served for three Months in the year 1781 or 1782 he thinks it was the former in Captain Bull's Company and not recalled. - General Rawson was then in Command, and stationed the whole time Seven Months at Half Moon in the State of New York. - It was the year and at the time that Granville was taken. - He has corroborating evidence of this fact. - He has no other evidence in his power of which he at present has any knowledge except what he has furnished to question 1 st I was born in Westford in the State of Connecticut in the year 1756 My age is recorded in the Town Clerks Office in Westford and in my family Bible. - 3 rd At each time that I entered the Service I was living at East Windsor now Ellington State of Connecticut and have since lived in Norwich in Connecticut, and in Brookfield in the State of Vermont now reside in Danbridge in the State of Vermont. - 4 th I enlisted for Seven Months , and for one year , and for Nine Months , and I volunteered at two different times for two months each. - 5 th I can state nothing particular about my enlistments and service than I have before, - on the names of officers. - The names of many other officers I have forgotten. - 6 th Recd no discharge. - 7 th William Wright John Gifford Nathan Moxie.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

Frederick Gaiswold Judge of Probate
We Cyrus Tracy & William Wright both and residing in the said who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 76 been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
residing in Tenbridge in said County of Orange hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas M c Knight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
Cyrus Tracy William Wright
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Frederick Gaiswold Judge of Probate
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 certify that it appears to them that Cyrus Tracy & Wm. Wright who have signed the preceding certificate, are both resident in Tenbridge in said County, and that  the same, is a resident in the same place, and is an credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. who has also signed
Frederick Gaiswold Judge of Probate
J. B. Parish hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas M c Knight 15 th day of August
as Reg. Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this A. D. 1832.
J. B. Parish CLERK. in Reg.

February 19, 1934.
Mrs. Withers Clay 2214 Hibbing Avenue Hibbing, Minnesota.
BA-J/ILL Thomas McKnight S. 15500
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas McKnight of East Windsor or Ellington, Connecticut, Thomas McKnight of the Albany County militia, John and David Randall, sons of John, the former enlisting from Sharon, Connecticut, and the latter from Massachusetts, also, Civil War record of Walter McKnight of Wisconsin, Co. F, 21 st U.S. Infantry.
Data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension based upon disability and service.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service or disability of a David Randall who served in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary War, or of the Civil War soldier named above. The data given by you in regard to John Randall are not sufficient to identify his record. If you can furnish approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow, a further search of the records will be made for you. The record of only one Thomas McKnight has been found and is given below as shown in pension claim, S. 15500, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas McKnight was born in the year 1756 in Hartford, Connecticut; the day, and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of East Windsor, later called Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as private in the Connecticut troops as follows: from sometime in May 1775, seven months in Captain Charles Ellsworth's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's regiment; in the spring of 1776, two months in Captain Fitch's company, Colonel Terry's regiment; at the time of the burning of Danbury, two months in Captain

some time Day's company, Colonel Terry's regiment; from in the spring of 1778, six months in Captain Roswell Grant's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment; and from about the fall of 1781, nine months in Captain Bull's company, stationed at Half Moon in New York state.
After the war, Thomas McKnight resided in Norwich, Connecticut, and in Brookfield, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he resided in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont.
There are no data relative to the soldier's family in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

15500 INVALID.
1921 Nov. 14 Hist. to Mrs. H. H. Nipper. 1934 - Feb. 19. Hist. to Mrs. Withers Clay JRL
File No. 15500  McKnitt Thomas McKnitt Rev War
Act: June 7" 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Lemuel Priney of Ellington in the County of Addison & State of Connecticut of lawful age Testify and say that Thomas McKnight of Cambridge in the State of Vermont enlisted under Capt Charles Charles Ellis at Pownal of 2 d B t Battery in May or June 1875 for the term of seven months in Col. Jacks's New Hampshire Regiment and he served said seven months in the same company with me and discharged with the rest of 2 d Regiment and further the Deponent saith not. Ellington July 10 th 1832. Lemuel Priney
The foregoing Deposition was
Addison County ss. Ellington July 10 th 1832 Personally appeared Lemuel Priney signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn Oath that said Deposition contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. taken at the request of Thomas McKnight to be improved before the Hon. County Court to be held at Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont in respect not to be improved before said Court for the purpose of obtaining a pension for said Thomas McKnight. Sworn to before me Asa Willey Justice of Peace.

I certify that the within named Lemuel Piney is a man of Truth - Asa Willey Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } S. S. Tolland County of Tolland }
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq before whom the within deposition of Lemuel Piney on the 10th day of July 1832 was executed was at that time & still is a Justice of the Peace within & for sd County legally appointed & authorized to administer oaths and take depositions out of court - & that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be Justice Willey's as I believe -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of May A D 1833
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

I, Philip Cogswell of Randolph in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age depose testify and say that in the Month of April in 1778 at East Windsor now Ellington in the State of Connecticut I was well acquainted with Thomas M c Knight of Tunbridge in said County and that he enlisted in the State Service for one year under Capt. Russell Grant in Col. Roger Enos . Regiment and that I enlisted at the same time in another Company and was in the same Regiment with him during the whole year. We first went to White Plains in the State of New York and there staid three weeks and then went to North Point and staid so long as to make three months in the whole. — We then returned home and staid a few days and were then ordered to Worthington in the State of Connecticut and there staid the rest of the year for which we enlisted. I am personally knowing that he served the year aforesaid. — And further say not. Philip Cogswell
State of Vermont  Randolph July 20. 1832 Orange County p y Personally appeared the above named Philip Cogswell and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just and true before me Calvin Broadbent Justice Peace

Secretary of State's Office Montpelier Vermont.
I hereby certify that the within named Calvin Calvin Bloodgett is a Justice of the Peace and within the within designation to be qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this 20 th day of August in thousand eight hundred and thirty two Timothy Merrill Secretary of State
I certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Calvin Calvin Bloodgett Justice of the Peace and that he is a credible witness.
Calvin Bloodgett

I William Knight of Tumbidge: - the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn depose testify and say that in April 1778 Thomas M c Knight at East Windsor now Elling- -ton in the State of Connecticut enlisted in the State Service for one year under Captain Russell Grant in Col. Roger Cross' Regiment - and that I enlisted in the same Company myself - and we started from Ellington and went to White Plains in the State of New York and Staid there weeks and were ordered to West Point in the same State, where we staid long enough to make three months, and were permitted to go home and after staying but a few days we were called for to go to Horn Meche on the Sea Shore in the State of Connecticut and there staid the remainder of the year. - I was personally knowing to the aforesaid Thomas M c Knight performing the aforesaid year's Service. - and further say not. William Knight
State of Vermont Randolph July 20. 1832 Orange County ss Personally appeared the above named William Knight and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is is just & true before me.
Calvin Blodgett Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Knight and that he is a credible witness. Calvin Blodgett Justice of the Peace

Secretary of States Office Montpelier Vermont I hereby certify that the within Nomina Calum Blodgett is a Sister of the Peace and believe the signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State this office this 20 th day of August in the thousand eight hundred and thirty two Timothy Merrill Secretary of State
Mr. W. G. D. Deposition

State of Vermont Orange County ss District of Randolph ss
At Randolph in Said County and District this 5 th day of June AD 1833 Personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. the Probate Court within and for Said District in Said County of Orange now sitting being a Court of Record. Thomas McWright of Tun-
bridge in Said District being the same Thomas McWright named in the foregoing Declaration to which this is in addition who being duly sworn deposes and says, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state precisely as to the length of his Service, but according to his best recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades -  1 For seven months I served as a Private in the year 1775 under Capt. Ellsworth and Col. Huntington at Roxbury Mass.  2 For two months I served as a Private in the year 1776 under Capt. Fitch and Col. Tenny at New York.  3 For six months I served as a Private in the year 1778 under Capt. Grant and Col. Enos at White Plains and Red Bank . West Point and Red Bank.  4 For two months I served as a Private in the year under Capt. Day and Col. Tenny at Danbury.  5 For thirteen months I served as a Private in the year 1781 or 1782 during the year that Cornwallis was taken under Capt. Bull. Col. not recalled Gen. Parsons.  26 at Wolf Mountain. Making in all Twenty Six Months , and for such Service I claim a Pension.
THOMAS MCWRIGHT
Sworn and subscribed to day and year aforesaid Calvin Blodgett Judge of Probate
William Webber Clerk on Register of the Court of said District hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before this Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Thomas McWright for a Pension
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this 5 th day of June AD 1833.
Wm Webber Clerk on Register

Bracketville, Texas
Oct 17, 1921
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington H.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly tell me if you have on your Revolutionary Pension record , one Thomas Mc Knight whose wife's name was Mary Jeannette. Is believed to have enlisted in New York

Connecticut or Massachusetts
If you can assist me I shall appreciate it.
Respectfully
Mrs. W. H. Niffer
Address
Mrs. W. H. Niffer Brackettville Texas

2214- Hibbing Ave., Hibbing, Minnesota Feb. 9, 1934.
Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I have been told that I could get the War Record of the following by writing you.
no pension # 80274 2-13-34 1. Walter McKnight , 21 st
Infantry Co F. (in Civil war and died or killed). I believe he enlisted from Oakfield, Wisconsin.
2. Thomas McKnight , son of John McKnight, from East Windsor. or Ellington, Connecticut. (in Revolution).
3. Thomas McKnight , from New York or militia in the 12 th Albany Infantry, I believe. (In Revolution).
I am desirous of getting

their records as well as the names of their wives and children and also their residences.
Could you give me the same information about the following
4. John Randall Jr. (with Washington in the Revolution) who enlisted from Sharon, Connecticut.
5. David not a Randall, the above's brother, son of John Randall Jr and Lois (Bumpus) Randall. He perhaps enlisted from Rochester, Scituate or Wareham, Massachusetts.
I am especially anxious to get a list of the children of the these men so as to prove war service and connections.
I thank you. If this is not under your department could you tell me who to write? Yours truly — Mrs. Withers Clay.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas McKnight a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 7 mos. Pvt. Ellsworth Jedediah Huntington Conn.   Spring 1776 2 mos. Fitch Terry   1777 2 mos. Day Terry   Apr. 1778 1 year Russell Grant Roger Conner   1781 & 1782 9 mos Rall  
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Windsor, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1832. His el. was also
Residence at date of application, Juniper Ridge, Orange Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 76 yrs. born in Hartford Conn. in 1756
Remarks: This is no data on file as to his family. The only soldier of this name etc
Respectfully,
Commissioner.