Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13675, for Moses Knapp, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Knapk, Moses
S. 13675
CONTENTS
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New York 28.628
Abner Knapp
Conesaga Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shepherd of the Reg't in the New York mil line for 7 mo 11 days
inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon W. Taylor & Heers
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 $83.32 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 14 1834 12.22
$85.54
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 92

30.236 Moses Knapp of Pompey, Onondaga Co. N.Y. Application for A. Pension, Act of 7 June 1832
Direct to Isaac W. Burdick P.M. Jamesville Onondaga Co. New York. —

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. On this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Onondaga now sitting at the Court House in the Town of Salina in & for said County of Onondaga Moses Knapp a resident of the Town of Pompey in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty eight 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 th 1832 - and to entitle the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated.
And first He was born at Port Church in the Town of Wonsick County of Orange & State of New York on the third day of September 1765 according to the best of his knowledge and belief, That he has now no record of his age that he formerly had a copy of the family record kept by his father in his Bible but it is now lost. That he continued to reside in the same place until he entered the said Service as follows - That in the latter part of August or first of September in the year 1777, according to his best recollection, himself and six others were drafted for three months from the Company of Militia Infantry under the Command of Capt Calvin Shipburn Lieut. Inman Holly and Sergeants in Col. John Hathorn's Regiment and went to Fish Hill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York under Capt. David Minton where the drafted Militia who went from that place constituted but one Company that recited the Lieutenant or Ensign or whether there were any

There were at that time stationed at Fish Hill between 500 and 600 regular troops, I do not recollect the names of their officers. I staid there three months and received a written discharge from the Colonel of the regular troops (Cannot recollect his name) about the first of December 1777. I kept the discharge some time but it is now lost was in no general engagement during this time
In the spring of 1778 Declarant taking some of his and a few of his friends around by their own at New York after their passage into the service of the United States and declared volunteer and went with them to New York to take care of them, went to West Point and was there three months or more drawing materials for building or repairing the fort - Capt. Crook had the command of the troops. Col. Greene had command of the fort while Declarant was there was then was promoted to Brigadier General. I was a small man, after the expiration of three months Declarant & others came to the fort and saw Genl. Greene and got permission to take the army home. This Declarant had at the same time permission to go home but did not go until about one week then after received no written discharge, saw Genl. Washington frequently while at the fort
In April or for part of May 1779 this Declarant was ordered into service by Capt. Col. John Shepherd a forward with half of said Shepherd's Company (about 28 men) and sent to Allentown. Declarant's fort in the forks formed by the junction of the Delaware & Schuylkill Rivers in the town of Allentown after we arrived we were placed under the command of Captain Jacob Chambers who had the command of the fort. remained there three months and were then relieved by the other half of said Shepherd's Com- pany taking our place. received no written discharge There were about forty men stationed at the fort

party taking our place, received no written discharge. There were about forty men stationed at the fort Consisting of half of Shipheuds Company and the men of the neighborhood, was in no engagement while there. Principal business was to keep guard and recollect any Commissioned officer there except Captain Chambers, In the Spring of 1780 (thinks in April) at Warwick aforesaid Did I enlist Volunteered as a Minute Man for the remainder of the war to go when ever called upon, under Capt Shipheud aforesaid and was frequently called into Service in Seve- ral parties in pursuit of Indians and Tories during that and the subsequent years of the war but from advanced age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state every particular time or length of each time, but recollects distin- ctly that in the year 1781 he was called out in the fore part of the summer and sent to Mohans Dikes fort aforesaid and remained there under the Command of Captain Chambers three weeks and was then relieved by the others as before stated taking our place, received no written discharge. After Harvest in the same sum- mer Did I enlist served in like manner at the same place another four of three weeks and was again relieved in like manner That all the above service was in the Militia of the State of New York as a private, and he was not in any general engagement, that he was in other Service besides the above at short periods but from the reasons above assigned is not able to state it more particularly than above is stated nor can he state the precise dates of entering or leaving the service at each particular time but from the best of his recol- lection and belief he served as such private at least nine and a half months. That he was ac- quainted in the Service with Genl Washington & Genl Gage as above stated and also with Genl Morgan who was a fortnight recruiting officer in Warwick

He recalls seeing General George Clinton once at West Point while there with the team That he has no documentary evidence of such service and knows of no person now living by whom he can prove the same That he was living when called into service and until two years after the close of the war at Port Chinch in the Town of Washington said, then moved to Delaware Super County New Jersey lived there three years, then returned to Port Chinch lived there seven years then moved into the Town of Poughkeepsie Orange County New York where he has lived ever since and now lives. That he is acquainted with Cornelius Wallis and Cornelius Jones in his present residence who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one, declares that his residence is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid, MOSES KNAPP R. S. Hess clerk of Orange County
We Cornelius Wallis and Cornelius Jones residing in the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Orange do hereby certify that we are near neighbors to and acquainted with Moses Knapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is respected and esteemed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid R. S. Hess clerk of Orange County  Cornelius his mark Wallis Cornelius his mark Jones

the day before appointed
R. S. Hess clerk of court
Cornelius mark Wallis Cornelius mark Jones
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a voluntary soldier and served as such soldier, and the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Cornelius Wallis who has made his mark to & Cornelius Jones who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of the place as stated in said certificate and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that it is the opinion of said Court that said Moses Knapp cannot furnish a charge upon in court to certify as to his reputation without too much expense and inconvenience to him. No one living near him with whom he is acquainted.
John H. Morton Judge David ...

I Richard L Dyer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the mat- ter of the application of Moses Knapp for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of said Court this tenth day of March 1834
R. L. Dyer clerk

20236 Moses Knapp of Pompey Oneida Co Application for
A Pension Act 7 th June 1832 with supplemental affi- davit -
Deed to Isaac M c Bratton P.M. Hannsille Oneida Co New York
admd 7 mo. 10 ds. / m c $24.44
Hon M c Taylor -

State of New York
Onondaga County 3 rd On this nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirtyfour personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Marlin in the County of Onondaga, Moses Knapp of Pompey in said County who made the declaration hereto annexed, and who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was born, as stated in his said declaration, on the third day of September 1788 as he has ever understood from his parents and from the records of his age which he distinctly recollects of being in his father's family record that he was twenty eight years old on the third day of September last, that his age in his said declaration hereto annexed was called sixty eight by mistake, that he supposed it was then called twenty eight until the said declaration was returned and he was informed of that difficulty, that he can not give any reason for his age having been called sixty eight years in said declaration other than in a mistake, or a mistake in the person who drew his declaration in subtracting the 1788 from 1800, and this deponent not having observed that error when the declaration was read to him, and this deponent further says that at the time mentioned by him in his said declaration, when his father came & got permission to take the team home from West Point this deponent was informed by his father that he had permission to go home with him, but this deponent chose to stay and did stay a week longer and that he did not intend in his said declaration to convey the idea at all that he was detained or that he had a discharge from said service by any military authority and he further says that he

was timely five years old at Thurnham where he was first drafted into Service, and that he has made diligent inquiry for the persons who were drafted with him and others that he recollects being at the various places where he was stationed but is not able to find any one of them or any other person by whom he can prove any of his actual Service. He was acquainted with Moses Runsey and Isaac Runsey who were consens to this deponent when at Fishkill in the same Service with this deponent (but drafted from another Company) and helped with this deponent. He has been acquainted with them since the war but they are both dead - That he has made inquiry of persons residing in Warwick and cannot hear of any of the persons being living who knew of his actual Service. That he was then about eight years since and made inquiry for the persons with whom he was acquainted when he lived there and could not find a single person of them, they all having died or moved away - and further saith not -
Dated April 19 th 1834
100-100-100-100
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Moses Runsey to me known this 19 th day of April 1834 before me
Eljah C. Rust J. Peace
State of New York
Onondaga County ss On this 19 th day of April 1834 before me Eljah C. Rust a Justice of the peace of the town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga personally appeared Cornelius Jones and Cornelius Wallis who being first sworn to the Certificate annexed to the annexed declaration of Moses Runsey who being duly sworn before me and say that they are well acquainted with the said Moses Runsey

and believe him to be seventy eight years of age. That he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and they concur in that opinion and that they did not particularly notice that his age in the Certificate of his said swears to by them, was called sixty eight years, their attention being more particularly directed to that part of the Certificate which speaks of his being reputed a soldier & their belief of the truth of that reputed and they merely supposed until since the return of said Knapp's papers, that his age in said Certificate was called seventy eight years. Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Cornelius Jones and Cornelius Wallis to me known to be persons of good reputation for truth and veracity. This 19 th day of April 1834 before me
Cornelius Jones his Cornelius Wallis mark
Elijah C. Root J. Pease
State of New York Onondaga County ss. On the nineteenth day of April in the year 1834 before me Elijah C. Root a Justice of the Peace of the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga personally came Isaac H. Brewster an attorney at Law of Jamesville in said County who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he knew the declaration of Moses Knapp made and subscribed and that previous to drawing the same he was informed by said Knapp that he said Knapp was born on the 3 rd day of September 1755 and that deponent calculated his age from the time of his birth and by same means (this deponent now supposes in calculating said 1755 from 1833) made a mistake of two years

and called it sixty eight when it should have been seventy eight years which from inquiry since the return of said Knapp's papers, this deponent has learned and believes was said Knapp's true age last September, and this de- ponent further says that he did not understand and from said Knapp that he was under any an obligation to the military authority when he went to West point as a transfer as stated in his said declaration, nor did this deponent un- derstand him that he was detained by any restraint after the train was taken away. Nor did this deponent intend to convey such an idea in drawing said declaration, though such an idea may be drawn from said declaration by implication and further saith not
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Isaac W. Brewster to me known to be a man of good reputation for truth & veracity the day and year first above written before me
Isaac W. Brewster
Elijah C. Root Jr. Pres.
State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss:
I, Reuben S. Hoss, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Elijah C. Root before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn to have been sworn to as at the date of the same one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the journals of the said affidavits to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 26 th day of April 1834
R. S. Hoss clerk

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 _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 12 1775 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Dec 1776 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Dec 1777 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1778 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1779 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1780 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1781 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1782 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.   Apr 1783 1 year Private Genl. Washington Pa.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

WILLIAM MC AULIFFE, MANAGER
THE FLORIDA EAST COAST HOTEL COMPANY.
HOTEL PONCE DE LEON ROBERT MURRAY, MGR. HOTEL ALCAZAR WILLIAM MC AULIFFE, MGR. HOTEL ORMOND D. J. TRUDEAU, MGR. HOTEL ROYAL POINCIANA THE REMIS, MGR. THE BREAKERS LELAND STURTEVANT, MGR. HOTEL ROYAL PALM JOSEPH P. GREAVES, MGR. HOTEL COLONIAL J. W. GREENE, MGR. LONG KEY FISHING CAMP F. P. SCHUTT, MGR.
SUMMER RESORT THE SINCLAIR BETHLEHEM, WHITE MTS., N.H.
St. Augustine, Fla. Apr 2 1914
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send to me copy of Rev. War Record of Moses Knapp.
If you have more than one of that name send all who lived in Conn. + in Orange Co. N.Y.
Yours truly
A. E. Knapp Menomonie Dunn Co.
Wis.

Reuben
13645
1914 Apr. 11 Hist. to H. E. Knapp
INVALID.
File No. 13,675
Moses Knapp Pris Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]