Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23292, for John Knapp, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental New York
Knapp, John
S. 23292
CONTENTS

26.044 Pennsylvania
1889 June 14 Dr TR Tuttle, brief notes Prior
John Snapp of Bedford Co. in the State of Penn who was a Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] command by [blank] in the [blank] herefor a [blank]
1832-10-10 days $18.32
Colk CB-
L. Feb 5. 1836
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 48 Dollars 37 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of March 1834 to [blank] and [blank] 1834 to [blank] H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 120.80 Semi-ann. allowances ending Feb 34 24.14 144.94
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk Book [blank] Vol. 5 Page 31 -
Died Feb 8, 1836 at

No 17. 520
John Knapp
Adm 1 yr 2 Month & 13 days.
April 9 th 1833
Dec 1832
Oct 1832
Darius Bullock
Smithfield
J 2
377
Proof of service 31 Dec 30 and Oct 16
P-200
Hon Jno Laporte Ho of Rep

BRIEF in the case of  John Knapp  of  County of Bradford  in the State of Penn a  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 June about 20 th last day of Nov r — 4 1 1/2 10 3 Private Volunteer Gen. Capt John Jackson Col Sam Drinker Gen M c Scott, ct. of Line Admiral Allison   1777 Spring — 1/2 — — Capt John M c Intosh, Col   " June — 1/2 — — Aug th Thompson, ct. of Line   1778 Spring — 1 10 — " John Little   — 3/4 10 Volunteer artillery " "Truxton" " John Little, Col Truxton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? There are Battle with the Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goshen 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, or documentary proof, or by the rolls? In addition any evidence — On living witness not certified available — 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Papers not attached Some of them are not definitely stated 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Luce Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford }
On this 18 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Bradford John Knapp a resident of Franklin township in the County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania aged seventy five 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.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated viz:
under Captain John Jackson's Company in the Company commanded by Capt John Jackson the Battalion commanded by Major Moses Halyard Regiment by Col Saml Drake & Lieut. Col Holliburt Brigade by Genl Marine Scott in the New York line - That he enlisted in the month of June 1776 between the middle and the thinks the 20 th of the month at Goshen township Orange County New York and served under the officers above named until the first of December following - at the time he entered the service he resided at the Goshen the place where he enlisted - That he was at the city of New York

When one of Genl Washington's life guards was executed for conspiring to take his life also at the time the British fleet came He was on parade in the city of New York when Independence was published to the army. into the Harbour - At the time of the evacuation of New York he was at his father's was on a furlough sick with the Camp distemper and joined the army again at King's bridge - From King's bridge the army marched to White Plains where he was when Genl M c Dougals brigade had a battle with the British - From White plains the army went to Peekskill where he was taken out for the Genl paymasters Guard in which capacity he served until the last day of November - On the first of December he went to where the army lay at Brooklyn and went that night in company with Samuel Gardner who was also on the Paymasters Guard with himself to a lodge with a brother of said Gardner about a mile from the camp and on returning next morning to the camp found the company to which he belonged had gone home when said Gardner & he went went on home after them without any Certificate of discharge.
After he had been at home about nine days there was an alarm given and he volunteered to go with the militia under in the company commanded by first lieut William Stewart Stewart in the Regiment commanded by Col: William Allison (The Major Moses Hatfield being then taken a prisoner taken by the British at New York and served a tour of six weeks and

3rd three days during which In this tour he was at Tappan near Harnstrom where he remained with the Regiment until he was dismissed - He received no certificate of discharge -
He further states that in the Spring of 1777 he was called out on a tour of duty & served as near as he can recollect half a month under Capt John Muthorn who belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. John Haythorn of the New York Militia - His duties in this tour were keeping guard and scouting -
He further states that in June of the year 1777 he was called on a tour of duty to Fort Montgomery where he served about half a month under in the Company commanded he thinks by Capt. John Little - His duties on this tour were keeping guard serving "on fatigue" -
He further states that at the time Fort Montgomery was taken he was called out on an alarm and served about ten days at Mardners Creek below New Windsor under in the Reg t commanded by Col. Benjamin Foxton -
He further states that in the Spring of 1778 he was called out with the militia to erect a garrison at West Point where he wrought at the Garrison and a month under Capt John Little in the Reg t commanded by Col. Benjamin Foxton (Col. Allison being then a prisoner at New York)
He further states that he afterwards served another tour at West Point working at the Garrison about a week or ten days -
Over

4 p.m.
He further states that he volunteered to go to Newburg, in a company of Artificers, to repair waggons &c for the Continental service in which capacity he served as near as he can recollect for the term of three months under the last command of Captain James Young -
He further states that in the years 1778 and 1779 there were frequent alarms by the Indians approaching the frontiers & that he was called and frequently went out with the militia to protect them that he was at the Delaware battle with the main so called on the Delaware River about 30 miles in the wilderness called the "Delaware battle" - was out on an alarm when Peapack was burnt and on frequent alarms until the close of the war.
He has no documentary evidence of his service there is no pension living within his knowledge when he can prove his services - his mother, Mary, is in Sussex County New Jersey & he is aged 80 - during the war and for the ten or fifteen years thereafter - from there removed to Luzerne Co Pa & resided there years & afterwards removed to Bradford Co Pa as he lived there at the time of his service no record of his age
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present Delaware State name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state.
Believing I have said the true as far as I know
John Knapp
M c Nell, Prob
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John Knapp
175-20 v
Stearns Drive postmark

Bradford County, I Selah Arnout being duly sworn- says that John Knapp now of Franklin Township in said County of Bradford lived in Goshen Township Orange County New York at the time deponent went to live with his (deponent's) brother which was he thinks in the year 1777 - That in the years 1778 and 1779 which (as near as he can recollect as to time) there were frequent alarms by the Indians approaching the frontiers and that said John Knapp was called & frequently went out with the militia to protect the frontiers - That said Knapp belonged to the same Company of which deponent's brother was the orderly sergeant - That said Knapp resided about a mile and an half from deponent's brother with whom he (deponent) lived -
Selah Arnout
Sworn and subscribed before me Sept. 11th 1852
State of Pennsylvania I certify that the above named John Selah Arnout is a man of good character for truth & veracity - is considered by in the vicinity where he resides Feb. 12. 1833
Eliza Mafon Justice of the peace

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Brad- -ford & state of Pennsylvania John Knapp who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & 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 five months and ten days I served as a private in Capt Jenkins company as set forth in the foregoing declaration.
For one month & fifteen days I served as a private in Col Allison's regiment as set forth in the foregoing
For fifteen days I served as a private under Capt Mumford as set forth in the foregoing
For fifteen days I served as a private in a company com- -manded by Capt John Little as set forth in the foregoing
For ten days I served as a private in Col Benjamin's Infantry Regiment.
For one month I served as a private under Capt John Little as set forth in the foregoing
For ten days I served as a private at West Point
For three months I served as a private in a company of artillery commanded by Capt James Young
For two months in all I served at various times in plans as set forth in the last paragraph of the foregoing - and for such service I claim a pension sworn and subscribed this
18 th day of February 1833
before me (two words erased before signing)
Hiram Pierce Justice of the peace
John Knapp
1 02261 John Knapp

November 24, 1933 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Knapp-S.23292 BA-J/ATF
Mr. Wilmot E. Knapp 431 Realty Bldg. Elmira, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Knapp, a Revolutionary War pensioner from Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.23292, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Knapp.
He was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, date not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Goshen Township, Orange County, New York, John Knapp enlisted in June, 1776 and served at various times as a private in the New York militia, under Captains John Jackson, John Hinthorn, John Little, Lieutenant William Stewart, Colonels Samuel Drake, William Allison, John Hathorn, Benjamin Tusten, and three months in Captain James Young's company of artificers. He was out in many scouting parties, was in a battle with the Indians on the Delaware River; length of all his service one year, two months and fifteen days.
He continued to live in Goshen until five or six years after the Revolution, then moved to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where he lived three years and moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
John Knapp was allowed pension on his application executed, September 13, 1832, then a resident of Franklin

Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. John Knapp died February 5, 1836.
There are no data in this claim pertaining to the family of John Knapp.
In order to obtain the name and address to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all the following data-
John Knapp Certificate No. 36044 Issued March 3, 1832 Rate $48.32 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

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WILMOT E. KNAPP ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 431 REALTY BUILDING ELMIRA, N. Y.
3-525
Revolutionary War Records Section
M. B. H. S. F. 23292 Rev. War.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Oct. 24, 1913.
Mrs. W. E. Knapp 925 College Avenue, Elmira, N.Y.
Madam:
In reply to your request of October 17, received Oct. 20, 1913, for a statement of the military history of John Knapp, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau:
   Dates of Enlistment or appointment Length of Service Rank OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED   Captain Colonel State     June, 1776 Served at various times in all 11 1/2 months. Pvt. John Jackson Samuel Drake N.Y.   Lt. William Stewart William Allison   John Hathorn   John Minthorn Benjamin Juston   John Little       Artificer James Young  
Battles engaged in, With Indaina on Delaware river.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen Twp, Orange Co., N.Y. Date of Application for pension, Sept. 13, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Franklin Twp., Bradford Co, Penn. Age at date of application, 75 years, born in Goshen, Orange Co. N.Y.
Remarks, died Feb. 4, 1836.
There is no family data on file.
Respectfully
G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Knapp 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. S. 23 292
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 Served at various times in all 11 1/2 mos Pvt. John Jackson, Lt Wm Stewart, John Menthorn, John Little Samuel Droke, Mr. Garrison, John Hathorn, Benjamin Tuston N.Y.   ✓ 3 mos Artificer James Young ✓  
Battles engaged in, With Indians on Delaware river Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen Township, Orange Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept 13, 1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Franklin Twp. Bradford Co. Penn. Age at date of application, 75 Years Born in Goshen, Orange Co. N.Y. Remarks: died Feb 8, 1836. James A. B.  There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Washington Feb 27 1834
Sir
with this Mrs. You will receive the application of John Knapp of Bedford County Penn a for a pension and accompanying documents; and we desire these unattached to add our testimony to the excellent character of the applicant Mr. Knapp and are sure that this may remain on the file of the department as such, we have both been acquainted with Mr. Knapp for nearly thirty years during which period he has been an exemplary member of the Baptist church and universally considered to be a man of sincere and practical piety we have the most unlimited confidence in his probity and integrity and have often heard him relate his revolutionary services and sufferings.

Mr Knapp is now aged desolate and des- titute and has beyond doubt procured all the testimony within his reach in addu- tion to which he has reiterated his denunc- and attests it by his solemn oath. The veracity of which will never be doubted by those who know him and it is all and the test that he can do & obtain in his last hours the horrificalness of his conveying me are with great respect your obedt servt
John M. Hearn John Laporte
Hon. Lewis Cass

U.S. Chamber Feb 24 - 1834
Sir
I have received a letter from John Knapp of Penn a informing me that his pension documents have been sent to the War Dept e and desiring me to call the attention of the proper officers to his case case. I have known Mr. Knapp for more than thirty years there is not a more honest man living. He is quite aged and very poor
I hope you will examine his case and grant him that relief which his country has designed Very respectfully Yours
Sam l Matthews
If Mr. Knapp's case is admitted Please send the certificate to me
SW Ken

I Hezekiah West a clergyman residing in North Lounsbury Bradford County Pennsylvania do certify that I have been acquainted with John Knapp of Franklin Township of the County and State aforesaid for the last fifteen years and that I believe him to be seventy five years of age and that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion, and that the said Knapp has since I have been acquainted with him has sustained a good character and is considered to be a person of truth and veracity Sworn & subscribed before me Hezekiah West the 10th day of Sept. A.D. 1832
Fr's L. Hamet , Justice of the Peace
I Eliphalet Mason a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bradford Pennsylvania and a Commissioner of said County do certify that I am well acquainted with John Knapp of Franklin Township in the County and State aforesaid and have been so acquainted with him for twenty five years or more that I believe him to be about seventy five years of age and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution- ary war in which opinion I fully concur and that during the whole time that I have been acquainted with him he has maintained an unblemished character for truth and veracity sworn & subscribed before me Eliphalet Mason the 10th day of Sept 1832
John L. Webb Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania, I James R. Bell Postmaster and clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certify and make known that Eliphalet Mason & James L. Webb are at present the time of their signing the foregoing entire justice of the Peace and Commissioners as such in said county and that the official proceedings in this behalf are entitled to full faith & credit as testimony whereat I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 13th day of Sept 1832 Postmaster

And the said Court do hereby declare that in view of the investigation of the matter and after a full hearing thereof as provided by the War Department that the above named officers and non-commissioned soldiers are hereby reinstated in the service of the United States and are hereby restored to all rights and privileges to which they are entitled to the satisfaction of the War Department. As a consequence thereof the following are hereby reinstated in the service of the United States and are hereby restored to all rights and privileges to which they are entitled to the satisfaction of the War Department.
For the Court
J. M. Bull, Prob;
I, James M. Bull Prothonotary of the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original findings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Knight for reinstatement.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of
October 1882
J. M. Bull

And the said Court do hereby declare that in order to the satisfaction of the creditors and debtors of the estate of the late James M. Mason, deceased, the undersigned has been appointed a commissioner of the said Court to hear and determine all matters and questions which may be referred to him by the said Court and to report the same to the said Court and to the said James M. Mason, his heirs and executors and administrators.
W. B. Bull, Pro.
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
I certify that Elephal Mason Esq whose sole position
in the case of the application of John Knapp for a pension to which this certificate is appended was taken before me on the 10th day of September 1832 is repeated on a matter of truth & accuracy & so considered in the neighbor- hood where he resides - certified the 12th day of Feb'y 1833
John L. Webb Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
I James R. Bull Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do
certify that Elephal Mason who signed a certificate as a paper hereto attached on the 12th day instant - Albin Paine who signed his name to the accompanying declaration on the 11th day instant and John L. Webb who signed the foregoing were at the times of their respective signing true Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid and duly commissioned as such & that their official acts proceedings in this matter are entitled to full faith & credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the 12th day of Feb'y 1833
for W. B. Bull Pro E. L. Goodrich

Darius Bullock Esqr Smithfield Pa

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Knapp which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No - see Quere 16 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
As his name cannot be found on the record in the Dept. of the corps of Artificers he must prove his service as directed in Quere 14.

Reproduction
23292 INVALID.
File No. 23,292
John Knapp Pa. Rev. 1882
Act: June 7 th , 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby. 8 th 99.
Mrs. H. J. Cooper, Taylor, Pa.
1913 Oct 6 - Hist to Mr. Henry E. Knapp M.B.H
1913 Oct 24: Hist to Mrs. W. E. Knapp. M.B.H.
1913 Oct 30: Hist to Mrs. Meltha 1914 Jan 19, P. Smith.
1914 Apr 13: Hist to Mrs. Nellie A. Perkins M.B.H
1917 Sept. 10 Hist. to Alice Reynolds.
1933 - Nov. 24 - Hist - to Wilmer E Knapp

Columbus Ohio is only address see envelope -
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
I have secured all the data necessary, in my Knapp line, to fill out application papers for membership to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution except positive proof that John Knapp (my 1st-gt grandfather) was in

The Revolutionary war, at time of Revolution John Knapp lived in Orange County N.Y. and removed to Bradford Pa. in 1796.
In "Bradford Pioneer & Patriot Families" page 274 I find he was granted a pension under act 1832. I wish to know if you can find records proving that he received a pension for service in Revolution.
Thanking you in advance Very Sincerely Oct 24-1913. Martha P. Smith.

Columbus Ohio
Jan 12 - 1914
To The Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Department Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, I am searching for Revolutionary War records of two ancestors. Would you kindly tell me if they received a pension for service in the Revolution, and if so what their services were? One ancestor

was John Knapp who enlisted from Goshen N.Y. and after the Revolutionary war removed to Bradford Co. Pa. where he died in 1836.
The other ancestor was Mr. James of Hanover Pa. Lewis who was a surgeon in the Revolution.
Thanking you in advance
Very Sincerely Yours
Wettha Purney Smith

HENRY E. KNAPP. Oct 1-1913. MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- There died in 1836 at Springfield Township, Pa. John Knapp who served in RevWar. probably from Orange Co. N.Y. He is said to have drawn a Pension under Act of 1832. Will you please give me copy of his record.
Yours truly
Henry E. Knapp.
His wife was Eunice Wilcox + Children Samuel, Aaron, Mary Eunice, Amos, John, Prudy, Betsy William, Janet, Mahala. These may aid you in finding him

Rev. War.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Will you please give me Pension Bureau report of John Knapp . He was born in Goshen, N.Y. in 1757. Died Franklin township, Bradford Co. Pa. (age 75 years.) in Feb. 4. 1836. He was married Nov. 6. 1780, to Eunice Wilcox in Goshen, N.Y.
He applied for pension Sept. 1832.
address, Mrs. W.E. Knapp, Oct 17. 1913. 925 College Ave. Elmira, N.Y.

Connersport, Pa.
April 6, 1914.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the military record of John Knapp, my great grandfather who married Eunice Wilcox, applied for pension in 1882 which he received. He was at that time living in Franklin township, Bradford Co., Pa. He died Feb. 4, 1886. At time of enlistment he was living in Goshen Orange Co., N.Y.
Respectfully,
Nellie A. Perkins.

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WILMOT E. KNAPP ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 431 208 REALTY BUILDING ELMIRA, N. Y.
November 14, 1933
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned is the great grandson of John Knapp, a Revolutionary soldier, who for many years before his death resided in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and died on February 4, 1836 at the home of my grandfather.
I am about to apply for membership to the Newtown-Battle Chapter Sons of the American Revolution in this city, and consequently have to present data in regard to it. What I desire, is the usual Revolutionary war record of him from the Commissioner. I have in my possession at this time a certificate made by your Department, in answer to a letter written by my former wife,, of which the enclosed is a copy for your information. I would like a certificate of the same character for the purposes mentioned.
Yours truly
WEK:GM Encl:
W. E. Knapp