Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22865, for Lemuel Knapp, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Knapf, Lemuel
1,22865
CONTENTS

33.243
New York, Albany, Samuel Knapp decd of Washington Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolution time for 9 months Commanding
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 3 Cents 3/4 April 1841 Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1854 and sent to H. H. C. Triplett Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. C. Triplett Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4 Page 39

20381
Lemuel Knapp
Washington county
New York
John C. Parker
North Granville
New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 24
1833
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. These 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 Samuel Knapp, Washington, N. 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. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant 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.     Volunteer 1779 9 private Captain Stanton Colonel Mead Quakerhill Dorsey Hornbrook King's Bridge 70 Canaan Conn. testimony  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Service in the State Troops of Connecticut is susceptible of proof. Claimants are required by the Regulations to produce the best evidence in their power.

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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.
Feb. 1832

State of Connecticut
Comptroller's office
Hartford
26 th Sept r 1834
On examination of the Books of this office, it appears, that, in May 1779, there were two regiments ordered to be raised, by voluntary enlistment for the defence of the Sea-coast and frontiers of this State, and not to be subject to join the continental Army, or to be called to serve out of the State, except in case of great necessity and then only in an adjoining State; to be holden in service untill the first day of March next, and every able bodied man that enlists, and equips himself by the 15 th July to the satisfaction of his Captain, to have a premium of twenty four Pounds Lawfull money. That Mathew Mead, was Colonel of one of said Regiments. That Joshua Stanton, was Captain in Col Meads' Regiment.
That said Regiment served, on the Western frontiers, & vicinity.
That on the 3 rd day of June 1780, Captain Joshua Stanton exhibited, the abstract of wages etc for his company in said service amounting to £37.38 s . 12. 6 which was paid by this State and charged to the United-States. no payrolls in this office of said service.
Certified by Roger Huntington
Comptroller of Public Accounts

State of New York Washington County ss. I Lemuel Knapp of the Town of Granville in the County & State aforesaid being a clergyman do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Lemuel Knapp of the Town County and State aforesaid who lives in my neighborhood and do also certify that he is reputed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that such reputation is general and I believe him to be of the age of seventy years years and I do cheerfully concur in the opinion of his having been a soldier of the Revolution and state that he is esteemed a man of truth in which I also concur and that it is not convenient for me to attend Court Sworn & Subscribed this 20th day of November 1832 before me - Lemuel Knapp John C. Parker Just Peace in for the County of Washington
State of New York Washington County ss. Luke Hitchcock of the Town of Granville in said County being duly sworn saith he is well acquainted with Lemuel Knapp named in the annexed Declaration and believes him to be seventy years of age has been acquainted with him for fifteen or twenty years past and that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that such reputation is general and I hereby concur in that opinion and he further saith the said Lemuel Knapp lives in the neighborhood of this Deponent and has done so near twenty years, this Deponent is aged forty four years & upwards, and he saith his business is such he cannot conveniently attend to make this affidavit in open Court and that said Knapp is a man of truth Sworn & Subscribed this 29th day of November 1832. Luke Hitchcock John C. Parker Just Peace and I certify that I have long known the Deponent Luke Hitchcock and can and do hereby certify that he is a credible Witness and is so reputed wherever known John C. Parker Just Peace

I, Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York that John C. Parken before the within certificate of Samuel H. Haynes and affidavit of Luke Mitchell purport to have been sworn was at the several dates thereof a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signature thereto is his proper handwriting well known to me as such
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - J. S. Leigh C.P.
State of New York Washington County ss.
Noah Day of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn saith he has been acquainted with Samuel Knapp the Declarant in the annexed Declaration between thirty and forty years last past and that during the period of his acquaintance with him he has heard the said Samuel Knapp state before the passing of the Law of June 7th 1832 in Relation to pensions several times before that he had served under Col Mead in Captain Stanlards Company according to his best recollection the list at Horse Neck as stated in his description which he has just heard read and that it is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides that the said Samuel Knapp was a revolutionary Soldier and this deponent saith that the said Samuel Knapp is deemed a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood where he resides and wherever known and this deponent believes the Declaration of the said Samuel true from having known him as a man of truth and of his former declarations to him but he knows nothing of his actual service otherwise - that he resides in the same neighborhood with said Knapp
Subscribed this 23rd June 1834 Before me
John Parker Dean and I certify that this deponent is a credible Witness as I know of him many years acquaintance with him and that he is a Deacon in a Congregational Church in Granville
State of New York Washington County ss.
Ezra Dool of Granville in said County being duly sworn saith he has been acquainted with Samuel Knapp in the annexed Declaration between thirty and forty years and from such acquaintance he believes the said Samuel Knapp has adhered to the statement in said Declaration and that he is deemed a man of truth where he resides.
Subscribed this 23rd June 1834 Before me
John Parker Dean and I certify that the said Ezra Dool is a credible person and respectable man

State of New York Washington County ss. On this 4 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington aforesaid now sitting Samuel M c Asp a resident of the Town of Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York aged Seventy years on the sixteenth day of September last past W th 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 under the following named Officers and served as herein stated to wit That he was living at Canaan in the State of Connecticut and there came Orders for Drafting and the militia companies were called together at Canaan aforesaid on the first of June 1779 and it was proclaimed that those who would volunteer and find their own arms and Equipments should receive twelve Dollars bounty in continental money that he this Declarant volunteered (and received his bounty) Equipt himself in Captain Joshua Stanton's Company of Militia Lieutenant Benjamin Seely, Ensign Ambrose Redfield, Captain Stanton was from Salisbury Lieutenant Seely from New Milford Ensign Redfield from Killingworth all in the State of Connecticut and this Declarant so volunteered for the term of Nine months in Col. Matthew Mead's Regiment of Militia that the Company rendezvoused at Sharon in the State of Connecticut about sixteen Miles from this Declarant's residence immediately after he volunteered and was marched from thence to Quakerhill in the State of New York from thence to Danbury and from thence to Stamford and to Horse neck in the State of Connecticut where he was Stationed at Horse neck for the term of his Engagement and until the first of March 1780 with said Regiment and served in said Company and Regiment the term of Nine Months faithfully from the first of June to the first of March aforesaid when the Regiment was marched out as far as Norwalk about twelve miles from Horse neck and Dismissed having been Stationed all the said term at Horse neck aforesaid in Connecticut adjoining New York.
That during the Campaign he knew the officers of his Company aforesaid, named his Colonel Mead and Major Tyler of said Regiment that there was no other Regiment Stationed there at the time aforesaid, there was a Company of Light horse Stationed near by but he does not remember the names of any of its officers having had but little connection with them.
That during the time he was Stationed at Horse neck aforesaid one hundred and fifty of his Regiment and this Declarant marched to Kingsbridge

where they took Eleven British as prisoners and a number of heads of battle and marched back for horse neck but were pursued by the British Light horse who came up with the rear guard, Killed and took forty of our men this Declarant being in the main body sadly reached horse neck - That he was never in any Battle.
And he further saith he has no Documentary evidence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 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 or Territory whatever.
And this Declarant in answer to the Interrogatories required by the war Department answers as follows.
1 st That he was born on the 16 th day of September 1762 at Danbury in Connecticut. 2 d That he has no record of his age 3 d That he was living when called into the service in Canaan in the State of Connecticut and after the Revolution removed from thence and lived in New Lebanon in the State of New York three years. From thence he removed to Powney in the State of Vermont where he lived about three years. From thence he went to Orwell in Vermont where he lived two years from thence he came to Granville in the County of Washington State of New York where he lived about eight years from thence he went Schoon in Essex County New York where lived seven years from thence he removed back to Granville aforesaid at the commencement of the last war and has remained at Granville ever since being twenty years last June where he now resides 4 th That he volunteered when he entered the service was never drafted and never served as a substitute. 5 th That he cannot state the names of his officers further than he has in the body of his Declaration 6 th That he never received a discharge from the service being only dismissed 7 th That in his present neighborhood he is known by Suke Hitchcock Rev Samuel Haynes Joseph Brown Nehemiah Huntt Noah Day and others who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution. — Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid

in open court J. S. Leigh C.R.
Samuel H. Knapp
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating 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 Samuel H. Knapp who has signed the annexed certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington State of New York and that Luke Hitchcock who has signed the affidavit on the same half sheet hereto annexed is a resident in the Town of Granville County of Washington State of New York and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that in the opinion of the court the Declarant could not conveniently and with just to such expense produce the said Samuel H. Knapp & Luke Hitchcock in open court. I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel H. Knapp for a pension. And I further certify that John C. Parker before whom the annexed certificate of Rev. Samuel H. Knapp and annexed affidavit of Luke Hitchcock purport to have been subscribed & sworn was at the several dates thereof a Justice of the Peace of the County of Washington aforesaid and authorised to administer oaths and that the signature thereto is the proper handwriting of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. copy top of first page J. S. Leigh C.R.

18 1 Samuel Knapp -
to dissent from War Department to John C. Parker against North Hawaiian Wash. Co. N. York
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Samuel Ruan Sec d Act 1832. N o 9
A. H. Markland
Samuel Ruan

State of New York County of Washington
Be it Known, that on this twentieth day of January A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ira Vinapp
resident of Abie Gravelle in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the Legal Heir of Lemuel Vinapp who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as his Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Lemuel Vinapp for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Ira Vinapp
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
Ira Vinapp
to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
herein alleged.
Raymond H. H. H. Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Washington
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of County and State that Ira Vinapp the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the Legal Heir of reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Raymond H. H. H. Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this Twenty first day of January 185 3
R. Hitchcock Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of New York County of Washington ss. It is hereby Certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before the County Court of the County of Washington, being a Court of record, by the evidence of Dexter Hitchcock & Huldah H. Brown their depositions being hereto annexed, that General Knapp, a reputed Revolutionary soldier of the United States, died on the third day of April 1848 leaving him surviving, the following named Widows, viz; Thankful Knapp who also died on the 20 th day of July 1851 & that Hulda Knapp, Ma Knapp, General Knapp & Ma Knapp are the only surviving children of the aforesaid General Knapp &endants.
And it is further Certified that said Witnesses are known to said Court & are Credible & disinterested.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & the seal of said Court this first day of August 1853
N B Millman
Clerk

Samuel Knapp
1732
A. H. Markland Present

State of New York County of Washington } ss. Disposition of Dexter Hitchcock & Sturtevant Cowen taken before the County Court of the County of Washington, in open Court held at the town of Salem the first day of August in the year 1853 before James Inbrow sole Judge of said Court:
The said Dexter Hitchcock being duly sworn, says: That he well knew General Knapp in his life time now deceased. That he was a reputed Revolutionary Soldier of the United States. That he departed this life on or about the third day of April in the year 1821 leaving him surviving a widow named Thankful, who has also since deceased. That she died on or about the 21 st day of July 1851. That said General Knapp also left children as follows: - Maria Knapp, Ma Knapp, General Knapp & Anna Knapp who are all now living & who are all the children of said deceased now living or who survived the said deceased.
And the said Sturtevant Cowen being also duly sworn, says that he is familiar with the facts, above detailed by Mr. Hitchcock & concurs therein.
And the said witnesses each further deposed that they had no pecuniary interest

interest in the application of the Children of said deceased for pension sworn examined & subscribed } Doct. Mitchell in open Court Aug. 1. 1858 } Sturtevant & Cowan A. B. McManus, Elk. Dist. Col. Court.
returned Knapp ch 7 32
A. H. Markland Present

Addl In care of Lemuel Knapp N.Y. 1852 Sept 5
A. H. Marklands Recd March 23 rd 1854

Washington City February 11th 1834
Hon J P Waldo,
Sir,
I enclose, herewith, an order of court in the case of Samuel Knapp of New York, suspended under act 7th June 1832. I insist that the evidence which was filed in 1834, is amply sufficient to establish the claim. Mr Knapp in December 1832, asserted his claim in which he claimed to have served in Capt Joshua Stanton's company, Col Matthew Meads Regt of Vermont Militia for 9 months, commencing in June 1779 & ending in March 1780, he was required to produce evidence of his services. He succeeded in 1834, (two years after his declaration) in getting a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut, which corroborated fully his statements respecting the time of his enlistment & the duration thereof as well as the names of the officers under whom he served, he also stated in his declaration that his Captain was from Salisbury, which statement is sustained by the records of your office. I hope the case will now be allowed.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours Obedient
A. H. Markland

Dear L. P. Bales
Herb Cummins

Washington, Apr 11 1854
Sir:
In response to the letter of Mr. Knackland relating to the case of Samuel Knapp, of N.Y. At '32, your Office says that no evidence has been filed since the date of the previous letter suspending it. As it was now intended intended that any such evidence had been filed, there is no reply, for in case case of the impression that the evidence then filed was insufficient. Mr. Knapp alleged murder under Cape Ann. Mr. & Col. Marden. We found that he was a man of distinguished character and unexpected hospitality; that he had always been the opponent opponent of having been a Revolutionary soldier, less than for many years before the passage of the Act of June, 1832, when he could have no interest in perpetuating the truth, he had made the same statements which he then made of his services. It would be a strange rule of construction which would require that a man whose word was implicitly relied on by his neighbors had been in the habit of always misrepresenting the facts in a matter from which

he could hope to claim no advantage, and that every body knew him. Inasmuch as to this, we show by a record from V. that precisely the service he claimed was performed and that his name is not found beneath the sign of the private is preserved - so that if he did not have the faculty of telling the truth as to the point, he had that of discovering evidence not then known to exist, and it must be conceded either that his state- ment was based upon facts or upon such a marvellous power of conjecture as is more improbable -
My wife
A T. Wippler

Washington July 6th 1803
Hon J c R Waldo,
I respectfully ask an examination of the case of Samuel Knapp of New York under act June 7th 1852. Sustaining the evidence which was filed in 1834 is amply sufficient to pass the claim.
I am very
Respectfully
A. H. Markland

Grief in the case of Samuel Knapp, deceased Washington 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.
Service shown by certificate of Comptroller of Connecticut.
Date of death of Samuel and hereditary of documents shown by certificate of Court accompanied by affidavits —
(If for increase.) Claim admitted by order of Commissioners
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. H. G. Priplett Esq. Present
Name and residence of Agent
Becker Examining Clerk.

Samuel Knapp
18th Jan 32 A. B.
Dear L. P. Waldo
Congress

Washington Apr 15 1884
Sir:
In your communication of the 14 th inst., that the claim of Samuel Knapp is not sufficiently established - As I think it is, there is a slight difference of opinion between us, and I would like to know in what the difference consists -
Yrs truly
A. T. Chaplin

Free
Recd
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Office Washington D.C.

North Granville Mass. Co. N.Y. Sept 30th 1834
I have rec d from Connecticut a certificate which I have annexed to the Declaration of Mr Knapp, and have added the aff s of Noah Day and Ezra Doolittle Mr Knapp's neighbors which is all the proof in his power to obtain that he now knows of and as he is very poor he hopes the additional proof now sent will be sufficient as the certificate of the Comptroller corroborates his Declaration in relation to the officers, there being no pay notes. Your obed t Servant
J Parker
J Edwards Esq Comm r of Revisions

Samuel Knapp
NY
Suspended
Let to H. Parker - 1000 34
A. H. Markland Sep 8 1853
H. H. C. Triplett April 14/54
To Same April 24/54
Same " 26/54
Set 7 June '32

No 20.381
Samuel Knapp, deceased, Washington County New York
Admitted - Act June 7. 1832 9 months - private Infantry at rate of $30 per annum commencing 4 th March 1831 and ending 3 rd April, 1841 when he died.
Pay to
Almira Knapp Ira Knapp Samuel Knapp & Asa Knapp, only surviving children of said Samuel, dec'd.
Certificate to
H. H. C. Triplett Esq. Washington D.C.

Provisions
22865
INVALID.
File No. 22,865
Emil Knapp
St. Paul, Minn.
Act: July 1, 1892
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Knapp, Lothrop GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4516 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 29, 1792
To Turrell Tufts —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.