Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13673, for Isaac Knapp, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
boon. continental
Knappp, Isaac
S. 13673
CONTENTS
carded

14808 New York
Isaac Knapp
Bethany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hoddard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut wore for 20 months
★ Continental Pay Conn. July 17/16. Record completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1832 and Sent Hon. P. d. Tracy Batavia N.Y.
Arrears to the 1th of Mar 33 — $33 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 33.33
Died
Dec 8, 1834
$166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Cromwell Clerk, Book 86 Vol. 4 Page 23

adm d
20mo. feri.
Hb. b. b.

State of New York } Common Pleas }
On the 5. day of October 1832 person -ally appeared before me William Kitchell Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sen- eca Isaac Knapp of the town of Bathany in the said County of Seneca and State of New York. was Eighty two years of age being 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 7th 1832.
That he was born on in the town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 12 day of May in the year 1750.
That in April 1775 and soon after the Battle of Lexington he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army under Captain David Crowbridge for eight months, at New Darnesboro; and marched to Roxbury near Boston, and was stationed there upon duty until September of that year; that in the same month he again enlisted in Captain Bennett's Company in Col. Rensselaer's Regiment. That this Regi- ment soon marched for Quebec; proceeded to Albany port, but remained there a few days; that they then embarked on boats a fleet, and arrived soon after at Fort Ticonderoga; that they then landed and remained while boats were building to ascend the Schenectady River that they ascended the river as far as the head waters of the same, and stopped as far as -hills at a place called Sedore Lake; that at that place they left their boats, and proceeded on towards Quebec by way of the Sedore River; that while marching through the woods they were put upon short allowance, and suffered much from hunger and fatigue; that they arrived opposite the City of Quebec in the month of October; that they remained at that place a short time, then crossed the River St Lawrence and landed at Wolfe's Cove: Then went on to the Plains of Abraham, and remained there until the Army under General Montgomery arrived; that he was in the Siege of the City that he was in that Division of the Army, which made the attack His Brother & children, who are young & industrious

upon the lower tower; that while in this attack, was taken prisoner by the British, and was detained in prison until September 1776. at which time he was permitted to return home, upon parole: that they returned home by way of Halifax, and were landed at Elizabeth town in the State of New Jersey, in the month of October of the same year, and was exchanged.
That in the year 1782 he enlisted at Pictou, South Ferry, in Captain Stoddard's Company, in Col. Congdon's Regiment that he was stationed at Waterbury, Conn. where he remained one year and until the close of the war, when he was discharged and went home; that he never had any written discharge;
That he continued to reside at Pictou Conn. from thence he removed to Grand Isle, in the State of Vermont, where he remained, until about four years since, when he removed to the town of Mansfield in the said County of Linn, where he now resides; that there is a record of his age at Mansfield, Conn. which he has not seen for many years.
That he knows of no evidence of his services, excepting the affidavit of Capt. D. D. D. and that of Truman Dudd, which was taken for his benefit, more than two years since, when he applied for a pension under a former law of Congress, and said affidavits are herewith annexed.
That the said Truman Dudd has either died, since making the said affidavit or gone to parts unknown to the applicant.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity whatever, under or by virtue of any former law of Congress excepting that, under which he now applies for a pension and at the same time declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me.
Isaac D. D. D.
William Mitchell one of the judges of the Genesee County Court

I William Mitchell, Judge as aforesaid hereby certify that Isaac Prapple who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration aforesaid at his place of residence in the town of Bethany aforesaid, that he was at the time of subscribing to the same and is now unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity, and he hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, that he further certifies that he is personally acquainted with the said applicant, that he is a man of truth and sincerity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
William Mitchell one of the judges of the Genesee County Courts
State of New York Genesee County ss
I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county, certify, that William Mitchell before whom the foregoing affidavit or declaration purport to have been taken and made was on the day of taking the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Judge subscribed to said affidavit and verify believe the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this first day of November 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By S. Pringle Dep. Clk.
His brother & children, who are young & industrious

State of New York
Genesee County ss Freeman Judd being duly sworn saith that he has been acquainted with Isaac Knapp a Soldier in the Continental army in the War of the Revolution, since he was a young man, and that this same Isaac Knapp, did soon after Lexington Battle in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five, Enlist in the Revolutionary army at New Haven, in Connecticut for the term of Eight months in Captain Benedict Arnold's Company of Wooster's Regiment, and was mustered in April of that year at New Haven, Connecticut by Captain Tobridge and marched to Boston with said Judd and did duty at Roxbury until September and then entered Colonel Arnold's Continental Division for Quebec under Captain Oliver Hanchett, and marched thence through the Wilderness with this Deponent where we suffered many privations, our provisions being expended, and we ate our dogs and the broth of our Cartridge boxes with every thing else in our power that would have a tendency to save life, and were perishing by cold & hunger; - We marched to Quebec, and were in the battle when Montgomery fell - the said Isaac Knapp was taken prisoner on the morning of the first of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was confined there about Eight months when he was sent to New York by Water, and remained on parole till exchanged - This Deponent further saith that the Company in which he and said Knapp served contained about fifty five men when they entered Canada who all perished but about fifteen and he is not aware that any of that number are now living except himself and said Isaac Knapp - That said Knapp is a cripple about Eighty years of age and cannot help himself and was never married and would be chargeable to the publick as a pauper were it not for the charity of his brother & children, who are young & industrious

though possessed of any immproperty — Subscribed and affirmed February 8 th 1832 before me Freeman Jacob James Crocker, Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Freeman Judd by whom the above affidavit was subscribed and affirmed before me as a Justice, appeared from the acquaintance I had with him to be a credible person and I was informed and believe that he was, and is (if yet living a Clergyman and that his statement is entitled to credit — Dated June 12. 1833 James Crocker Justice
In the Matter of Grace Knapp vs J. Judd's Affidavit
of Bethany in the said County
Q. 1. — my own according to some date unknown

Jan 14
State of New York.
Genesee County
of Bethany in the said County
being Duly Sworn according to Law doth Depose and Say that in the year 1775 he enlisted into the Service of the United States in the Company Com- manded by Capt Henry Dearborn and the Regiment commanded by Col. Benedict Arnold. That he marched in the said Company through the Woods by the way of the Kennebec River to Quebec That he was at the Siege of Quebec and taken prison- er in that City that he well knew a private Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Houchet in the same Regiment by the name of Isaac Knapp that the said Isaac Knapp was taken prisoner and remained in prison with this Deponent that he now is acquainted with a man residing in the Genesee County poor house in the State of New York by the name of Isaac Knapp who this Deponent believes to be the same Isaac Knapp whom he formerly knew in the Regiment commanded by Col Arnold. That the said Knapp is now more than eighty years of age and very much broken with age and hardships. that this Deponent has had frequent conversations with the said Knapp and that he the said Knapp remembers many of the circum- stances of the Siege and imprisonment which could be known to no one but a Soldier who saw and took part in the said Siege - and that he has no doubt that said Isaac Knapp now in the said County poor house is the one which this Deponent knew in the said Siege and further this De- ponent knows it to be true
Sworn to before me Sept 31 1832 Isaac Wilson Justice of Peace County
Caleb Edgerton

State of New York Genesee County
ss I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County certify, that Isaac Wilson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of taking the same First Judge of the County Courts in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Judge subscribed to said affidavit and verily believe the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this first day of November 1839
(Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep Clerk)
I Isaac Wilson first Judge of Genesee County Courts do before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Calib Edson was subscribed and sworn to certify that I am acquainted with said Calib Edson and that his Statement is entitled to Credit.
Isaac Wilson First Judge of Genesee County
Knapp
A. H. M. n

State of New York Yenaw County ss
Isaac Knapp being duly sworn saith that Isaac Knapp was of the age of eighty two years in April last - that he lived at New Haven in the year 1775. That he enlisted in the Service of the United States at New Haven and this Deponent then understood that he went directly to Boston - and he afterwards understood and now believes that he went with the American forces commanded by Genl Arnold, in Captain Hanchett's Company to Quebec - This Deponent served that season in another part of the country and was at Ticonderoga when General Montgomery passed on his way to Quebec - He was also in the service the next year when said Isaac Knapp was set at liberty and met with him at Kingsbridge the day after he landed from the Ship in which he had been imprisoned - The said Isaac as this Deponent then understood was liberated on parole and was not exchanged till long afterwards. And this Deponent further saith that said Isaac Knapp as he was informed and believes served one year in the State troops of the State of Connecticut near the close of the War, though this Deponent was then in the service on the Continental Establishment and did not serve with him - He was informed by Captain James Stoddard that said Isaac served in his company and he has been so informed by said Isaac (who is his brother) and by others and verily believes that he did so serve the United States as a Soldier - He has often heard him relate the hardships he endured on the March to Quebec and while on board the British Ship as a Prisoner -
Isaac Knapp - Subscribed & Sworn October 8th
1832 before me
James Crocker, Justice
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Isaac Knapp and that he is a credible and respectable man and is generally esteemed as a man of strict honesty and truth - Dated June 12th 1833
James Crocker, Justice

State of New York
Genesee County ss
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county, certify, that James Crocker before whom the foregoing affidavit of Freeman Ladd and Isaac Knapp severally purport to have been taken was at the time of taking said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice subscribed to said affidavits and justly believe the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this first day of November A.D. 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep. Clerk
Enclosure at Marj Washington
Sir
Please to make such returns in relation to the within application, as from its merits you may think proper. William Mitchell of Bethany, Genesee County N.Y.
In the Matter of Isaac Knapp Affidavit
1810.5

Genesee County ss James Crocker of Warsaw in said County being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Isaac Knapp of Warsaw an Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 - that he went to see said Knapp on the eighth day of June instant for the purpose of obtaining his Affidavit stating further particulars supplementary to his Declaration recently returned from Washington by the Commissioner of Pensions - This Deponent found said Knapp so feeble in health and his faculties and memory so much impaired by age and debility, that he could not make a connected Affidavit understandingly , for which reason he did not draw an Affidavit for him to subscribe to - And this Deponent further saith that he conversed with said Knapp to learn as well as he was able the particulars of his service - He could not understand all he said, as his articulation is sometimes quite indistinct - When asked how long he was in confinement while a prisoner to the British, he could not tell - but on interrogating him particularly I learned from him that he was taken prisoner at Quebec, the last day of December 1775 - that he was in close confinement either at Quebec or in the ship in which he was transported by the way of Halifax to New York until he was landed in New York in September 1776 - He also said he served one year under Captain Stoddard and that this service was the last year of the War - This Deponent wishes to be understood to state that Knapp did not in the conversation above mentioned, say in so many words that he was taken prisoner in 1775, and discharged on parole in New York in 1776, for he did not name the year , but he went into the service the first year of the War - was taken prisoner at Quebec the last day of December , and landed at New York in September - seemed incapable of telling how long it was from December to September - would frequently cry in telling his story - and wonders why Congress do not make provision for him when he suffered so much - He appears much like a child in intellect - But from what he stated I believe he served at least eight months before he was taken

prisoner - that he was a Close prisoner a little more than eight months - a part of the time in Irons - that he was discharged then on parole - I cannot learn when he was exchanged - and he says he afterwards served one year which was the last year of the War -
And this Deponent further saith that in the Month of February 1830, he prepared a Statement of the services of said Isaac Knapp, addressed as a memorial to Congress, on which occasion the Affidavit of Freeman Judd annexed to the papers of said Knapp recently returned from Washington, was taken. This Deponent had had no previous acquaintance with Judd but from what he learned respecting him believes he was a credible man - He was then said to be a preacher - called himself seventy six years of age and related some particulars of a personal application for a pension, at Washington, a short time previous - and while Mr Eaton was Secretary - He was a very active man of his age, spoke very loud and I should think would be recollected by some who were then Clerks in the Department as rather singular, or peculiar - He stated that he obtained a pension - Jared Knapp the other Witness whose Affidavit is certified by this deponent as a Justice, is well known to this Deponent and is a respectable and credible man - The above Statement in relation to said Judd and Knapp is made by reason of the Omission of this Deponent to certify to the Credibility of the Witnesses at the time the Affidavits were taken -
This Deponent further says that he believes the Applicant, Isaac Knapp to be a man of fair Character and reputation, as well for truth and veracity as for good morals otherwise and he was much more intelligent when this Deponent prepared his memorial

in February 1830 then he is at present and his statement now corresponds with what he then said, so far as he can state now, but it is only by careful interrogation that anything can now be learned from him Subscribed & sworn this 19th day of June 1833 before me —
James Crocker
Honore S. Turner
Judge of the Genesee County Courts
I Honore S. Turner the Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit of James Crocker was subscribed and sworn do certify that I am well acquainted with the said James Crocker and that he is a Justice of the Peace and a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Honore S. Turner
State of New York Genesee County ss
I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county certify, that Honore S. Turner before whom the above affidavit was taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Judge of the county courts in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and justly believe his name subscribed to the above affidavit and certificate to be genuine — I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of James Crocker and justly believe his name subscribed to the annexed certificates to be genuine and that he was at the time said certificates bear date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this twentieth day of June A.D. 1833 Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep. Clerk

18105-
Isaac Knapp
8
William Mitchell Belknap Genesee Co 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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Knapp County of Genesee New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Rank and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the claimant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Apr. 1775 " 8 " priv Capt's Howland Col's Roxbury Stamford Fairfield   Sept 1775 " " " priv Hanchett Arnot Siege of Quebec Quebec Connecticut   1782 1 " " Stoddard Stamford Malvern Living witness, as to part part Laubury  
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) _____ 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 day 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.

October 7, 1936
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The Reverend Alvah E. Knapp Fort Johnson New York
BA-J/EEL Isaac Knapp-S.13673
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Isaac Knapp, born in 1750, in Connecticut, served in Captain Caleb Trowbridge's Company, Colonel David Wooster's Regiment, Connecticut Troops, Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13673, based upon the military service of Isaac Knapp in that war.
Isaac Knapp was born May 14, 1750, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
Isaac Knapp enlisted at New Haven, Connecticut, in April, 1775, soon after the battle of Lexington, served as a private in Captain Caleb Trowbridge's Company, Colonel Wooster's Connecticut Regiment and was stationed at Roxbury: in September, 1775, he enlisted in Captain Oliver Hanchett's Company, Colonel Benedict Arnold's Regiment, marched through the wilderness to Quebec, was in the siege of that city and in the attack on the lower town, where he was taken prisoner December 31, 1775 or January 1, 1776, and held until September, 1776, when he was paroled and returned home by boat and was exchanged in October, 1776. He enlisted sometime in 1782, exact date not given and served one year in Captain James Stoddard's Company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment.
After the Revolution, he resided at Litchfield, Connecticut; then moved to Grand Isle, Vermont, where he remained until 1828, when he moved to Warsaw, Genesee County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, while residing in Warsaw, New York, or in Bethany, Genesee County, New York.

Isaac Knapp died December 3, 1834, place not shown.
It was stated that soldier was never married.
In 1832, Jared Knapp, a brother of the soldier, Isaac Knapp, made affidavit in Genesee County, New York, in support of Isaac's claim for pension. Children of a brother of the soldier are referred to but their names are not given, nor is the name of their father designated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid, in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Isaac Knapp(S.13673), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Isaac Knapp, Certificate No. 14808, issued June 28, 1833, rate $66.66 per annum. commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Left. 12/87
Mrs. Eva Knapp Manson, Warsaw, N.Y.
1881 Apr 3 - Hist. to Rev. Samuel B. Root, B.D. 1913 June 27 Hist. to - Mrs. Eva Knapp Manson T.L.M.
1924, Apr. 4 - Hist. to Mrs. Edward H. Jones
1931 Jan. 2 - Hist. to Hon. Freeman for Mrs. Mary Bishop - Sec. Ch. Univ. Adams, S. 11946. N.C.S.
1932 Nov. - Hist. to Mrs. A.P. Garrison - Edh.
1936 Oct 7 - Hist. to Rev. Abraham E. Knapp, Edh.
Reborn
13643 INVALID.
File No. 13.673
Isaac Knapp Brn. Rev. Knapp
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index: - Vol. _____, Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Warsaw Wyoming Co., Aug. 16, 1897
Bureau of Pensions
I wish a statement of the Military history of my grandfather, Jared Knapp also his brother Isaac Knapp who were sons of Mearns Knapp of Stamford Ct. & later of Litchfield Ct. They served through the Revolutionary War. Jared Knapp was born in Stamford Ct. July 27, 1751. His brother Isaac Apr. 14, 1750.
Jared came to this place in 1825- or 1826. I do not know when he ap- plied for a pension but think he recd it between 1827 & 1831.
I wish I might receive this information soon & oblige Mrs. Eva Knapp Mearns Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N.Y.

Mumford, N. Y.,
190
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To FRANK B. BOOTH, Dr.
DEALER IN
Pure Milk and Cream.
Bureau of Pensions:
Can you give me any information concerning Isaac Knapp who served in the war of the revolution from 1775 to 1777?
Would like date of birth & death.
Name of wife
When married.
Names of children.
Any information will be gratefully received.
Yours.
Mrs. Frank B. Booth.
Mumford
Monroe Co,
N. York,
Nov. 9-1908,

Warsaw, Wyoming Co. N.Y.
June 24, 1913.
Department of Interior Q. M. V. M. Div. Rev. War.
I have been informed recently that an old Report (or something of the kind) of the Expedition against Quebec, Can., starting from Cambridge Mass. Sept. 13, 1758 under Col. Benedict Arnold, with list of names of Soldiers in that detachment, has been found in the Pension Office at Washington, D. C. I wish to know if this is true & if I can get a copy of this report. Isaac Knapp (my father's uncle) was among those Soldiers & taken prisoner at Quebec & nearly starved coming back to Albany N.Y. or near there. Isaac Knapp enlisted in New Hampshire El; & was a part of the time under Capt. Stoddard & Col. Langfield, his brother Jacob Knapp (my grandfather) was also a Rev. Soldier during the War.
May I hope for a reply soon, I greatly oblige Yours truly (Mrs) Eera Knapp Manser Warsaw, New York.

Ex. um Div. Rev. War Sect.
RE JONES PLACE CAGO, ILL. 3125
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28, 1924
Mr. Gardner
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow Mary Gould Knapp No. of claim, Isaac Knapp Name of soldier Isaac Knapp
you please furnish me with napp, of Conn..
P. O. address of soldier claimant at enlistment & after service Conn. Company B company Regiment.
TS For John Jones Battle of action
✓ State where enlisted First Conn Reg't Date of birth enlistment 5/25/1775 Date of discharge death 10/3/1778 = 11/1/1777
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Col J (Capt) Trobridge Col Capt Oliver Hawkbell
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

RE JONES 2004 WEST 101ST PLACE BEVERLY HILLS, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE BEVERLY 3125
To The Honorable Washington Gardner
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C..
My dear Mr. Gardner:
Will you please furnish me with Rev. war record of Isaac Knapp, of Conn..
Very truly yours
Charles Edgar Jones Forsey J. Bassi Action
February twenty-five
1 9 2 4.

910 WEST CALIFORNIA AVENUE, URBANA, ILLINOIS.
Oct. 15, 1932
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
The Pension files of the state of Connecticut show a pension, no. S13673, granted to an Isaac Knapp .
I should like of full record of this pension, with dates, places, names etc., and will be glad to pay for such. Can you have this made for me? Isaac Knapp was born about 1750 in Connecticut and died in N. Y. in 1833/4. Very truly yours (Mrs. A. P. Carman) Claude S. Carman

HOWARD W. AMELI Department Commander 189 Montague Street BROOKLYN, N. Y.
HERMON L. BROCKWAY Senior Vice Department Commander 412 South Albany Street ITHACA, N. Y.
WILLARD B. STEPHAN Junior Vice Department Commander 42 Oxford Avenue BUFFALO, N. Y.
CHRIS. F. CONNELL Chairman, Department Council 606 Central Avenue ALBANY, N. Y.
HAROLD T. BEILBY Department Council 164 Woodbine Avenue ROCHESTER, N. Y.
ANSON R. EMMONS Department Council 12 East Genesee Street AUBURN, N. Y.
JULIUS ISAACS Department Secretary-Treasurer Room No. 5 City Hall NEW YORK, N. Y.
FRANK P. MALPASS Department Counselor 831 University Bldg. SYRACUSE, N. Y.
ARA V. STONE Department Patriotic Instructor 18 Columbia Ave. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
REV. ALVAH E. KNAPP Department Chaplain FORT JOHNSON, N. Y.
NEIL D. CRANMER Department Press Correspondent 204 Robinson Building ELMIRA, N. Y.
CARL F. HILL, Chairman Bath & Oxford Home 8 Baird Avenue BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
New York
Department
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Fort Johnson, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1936
Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me the Pension record of
Isaac Knapp, born in Connecticut in 1750, a Private in Capt. Caleb Trowbridge's Co., Col. David Wooster's Regiment--the 1st Reg. Connecticut troops, in the Revo- lutionary War.
I shall greatly appreciate the favor.
Respectfully yours,
Alvah E. Knapp
Alvah E. Knapp

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. See copy No. 13672
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 1775 Dec 1775 Pt. Caleb Housbridge Forster Conn.   Nov 1775 Dec 1775 Oliver Hanchett Benjamin Housbridge   was taken prisoner by British while on siege of Sullivan and returned in Nov until Sept 1781 when returned on parole & left service   1772 1800 776 James Stoddard Keeney  
Battles engaged in, siege of Sullivan Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Britain Conn Date of application for pension, Dec 3 1847 Residence at date of application, New Britain Conn Age at date of application, 75
Remarks: He was taken prisoner while on siege of Sullivan and returned in Nov until Sept 1781 when returned on parole & left service. He was 75 years old at time of application.

November 1, 1932
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Isaac Knapp-S.13673
Mrs. A.P. Carmen 910 West California Avenue Urbana, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Isaac Knapp, S.13673, a Revolutionary War pensioner.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13673, based upon the military service of Isaac Knapp in that war.
Isaac Knapp was born May 14, 1750, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at New Haven, Connecticut, in April, 1775, soon after the battle of Lexington, served as a private in Captain Caleb Trowbridge's Company, Colonel Wooster's Connecticut Regiment and was stationed at Roxbury: in September, 1775, he enlisted in Captain Oliver Hanchett's Company, Colonel Benedict Arnold's Connecticut Regiment, marched through the wilderness to Quebec, was in the siege of that city and in the attack on the lower town, where he was taken prisoner December 31, 1775 or January 1, 1776, and held until September, 1776, when paroled, returned home by boat and was exchanged in October, 1776. He enlisted sometime in 1782, exact date not given and served one year in Captain James Stoddard's Company, Colonel Ganfield's Connecticut Regiment.
After the Revolution, he resided at Litchfield, Connecticut; then moved to Grand Isle, Vermont, where he remained until 1828, when he moved to Warsaw, Genesee County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, while residing in Warsaw, New York, or in Bethany, Genesee County, New York.
Sol. stated he lived in Warsaw at head of ap. it was stated that he was a resident of Bethany.

From AB
He died December 3, 1834.
It was stated that soldier was never married.
In 1832, soldier's brother, Jared Knapp, made affidavit in Genesee County, New York, in support of Isaac's claim for pension; children of a brother of the soldier are referred to but their names are not given and there is no further family data.
No charge is made for this service.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

April 4, 1924.
Mrs. Edward H. Jones, 2004 W. 101st Pl., Beverly Hills, Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13673, it appears that Isaac Knapp was born at Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, May 14, 1750. He enlisted at New Haven, Connecticut, in April 1775 and served as a private in Captain Caleb Trowbridge's Company, Colonel Wooster's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in September 1775. He enlisted in September 1775 as a private in Captain Oliver Hanchett's Company, Colonel Benedict Arnold's Connecticut Regiment, was taken prisoner while in the siege of Quebec and detained in prison until September 1776 when released on parole and exchanged in October 1776. He enlisted in 1782 and served one year as a private in Captain James Stoddard's Company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, while a resident of Bethany or Warsaw,

Genesee County, New York. He died December 3, 1834.
In 1830 it was stated that soldier had never married.
1833
Respectfully,
Commissioner.