Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37133, for Daniel Knight, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Knight, Daniel
S.37/33
CONTENTS

D. Jan. 21, 1853
Copied for Land age
7889
Maine 4
Daniel Kilbright
of Norway Dist. in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Mass me, for the term of two years.
scribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Mar. 1819 and sent to S. K. Davis, Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 - 1. 20/4 86.36 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48.00
$134.36
Sept 19
Continued { Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. } on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification put to the Dept. 2 July 1820. Paris Maine

We the subscribers do certify That we are person- ally acquainted with Daniel Knight of Lowry and from what we know of his circumstances we believe that he is in need of assistance from his country for support. —
Lowry April 10 th 1848
M c Cart J m } one of the select men of Lowry
The subscribers hereby concur in the opinion that Daniel Knight is needy as is above stated
William Reed

I Levi Morse of Gray in the District of Maine on oath declare that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States, from the 28 th of December 1781 to Dec. 25. 1783. that Mr Daniel Knight of Norway enlisted at the same time & continued the same two years in said service, part of which time he was in the regiment commanded by Col. Smith of the Massachusetts line, in the continental es- tablishment & that he was regularly discharged: which discharge I have seen in his possession.
Levi Morse
Cornwall Me. June 4 th 1818. Then the above named deponent appeared made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me, & I certify the deponent is a man of credibility.
Jeremiah Perley Justice of the Peace.

I Abraham Young of Gray in the District of Maine on oath declare that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States, that I know that Daniel Knight of Norway enlisted in said service on the continental establishment in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty three & continued in said service two years, & that I knew of his taking a bounty on said enlistment.
Abraham Young
Cumberland
June 4 th 1818. Then the above named deponent appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me, and I certify that the deponent is a credible person.
Jeremiah Perley Justice of the Peace.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Jeremiah Purley of Gray and Daniel Green of said Gray in the District of Maine
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GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Davis in said District, on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Jeremiah Knight of Norway in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Gray aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcove H. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

203 11-18-18 I, Daniel Knight, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Norway in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do certify and say, that on the twenty fifth day of December A.D. 1781, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment, for the term of three years, as a private soldier, in Capt. Benjamin Howards company, Colonel Smiths regiment numbered six, and Gen. Rufus Putnam's brigade in which company I served about one year and a half, when I was transferred into Captain Adams Bayley's company, Col. Ebenezer Sprague's regiment of the Massachusetts line, in which company I served until the twenty second or twenty third day of December A.D. 1783, when I received from Gen. Henry Knox an honorable discharge, since accidentally lost. I further certify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not on any pension list of the United States. Dossill Knight

Daniel Knight (private)
Smith's & Proots Mgmt. Rep.
25. Dec. 1781 to 23. Dec. 1783
11. April 1810-
Admitted
Daniel Knight

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Daniel Knight the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of Abraham Young and Levi Morse fellow soldiers with him in the revolutionary war taken before Deacon Asa Perley a respectable magistrate appointed by Deddums for this purpose, and the certificate of Henry Rust Jun. a municipal officer of the corporation to which said Applicants belong, & of William Reed a respectable citizen relative to said Applicants circumstances in life, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Daniel Knight the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Official
Alcion H. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Daniel Knight.
N o 7089 -
Continued
19 March 1819
Continued
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STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 14th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford - Daniel Knight aged sixty years, resident in Norway - in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Howards in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 11th day of April A.D. 1818 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7889 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Daniel Knight
Sworn to and declared, on the 14th day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green } Judah Dana }
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
one bow - one half - two sheep - one old plough - one chain - one axe - one hoe - one spinning wheel - earthen & crockery ware valued at two dollars - one tub - one pail - three chairs - one chest - one kettle - one tea kettle - one pot - one shovel -
Daniel Knight

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Daniel Knight who by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of  more than half my time by reason of the rheumatism
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sarah - wife of said Daniel - 60 can do but little   James - a son 12 wells childs   William - son 4 weakly -  
Daniel Knight
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty dollars and fifty cents. $ 30.50
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clarke Clerk of the circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

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.     Dec 25. 81 1 1/2 yrs. Pri. Berg. Howard Lynch Mass   transf- Adams Bailey Stearns Sprague   dis Dec 9   1783          
Battles engaged in, none mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Apr. 11-1818. Residence at date of application, Norway, Oxford Co. Maine. Age at date of application, 58. died Jan 31, 1853
Remarks: His claim was allowed. In 1870 he mentioned his wife Sarah 60 yrs of age and children James 12 and William 4 years of age -

37133
Rev INVALID.
File No. 37133
Daniel Knight Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 13/97 Chas. E. Stevens Northampton, Mass. July 31, 1905 History to C. F. Whitman South Paris, Me.

REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, ELECTRIC ST. RAILWAY AND HIGH GRADE INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
Charles E. Stevens,
78 MAIN STREET, LAMBIE BUILDING.
OLD WAR & NAVY NOV 8 1897 FILES.
Northampton, Mass., Nov 4 1897
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
Will you kindly send me the record of Daniel Knight in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted two or three times was in the 3 rd Mass Reg. a part of the time I think he married Sarah Dolly and enlisted from Falmouth, now Portland, Maine.
Yours truly, Chas E. Stevens,
P.S. Also the record of Jacob Tubbs, if you have it

Clerk's Office.
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Supreme Judicial Court, Oxford County.
C. F. WHITMAN, Clerk of Courts.
South Paris, Me. July 25 1905
Hon. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir,
I am interested to ascertain the date of death of Daniel Knight late of Norway Maine, a Revolutionary soldier.
He was a Pt. of Capt. Benjamin Howard's company of Col. Smith's Regt. in the line of the State of Mass. on the Continental Establishment. He was pensioned under Act of 1818 ex. no. of Pension 7889.
He was living as late as 1852 at the age of 92. At what time did his pension cease?
Quite frequently I am called upon to furnish the Department with information for which I charge nothing, and I feel that I can ask for this without imposing upon the officials.
Most respectfully C. F. Whitman
O. W. & N

L. W. B. I. 37133.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
November 12, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Daniel Knight, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 10th, 1818, at which time he was 58 years of age and residing at Norway, Maine, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Howard and Col. Smith. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Charles E. Stevens,
Northampton, Mass.
78 Main St.