Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 559, for Adam Mc Knight, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McKnight Adam McNitt
N. 559 B.L.M. 26088-160-55
Mercy
CONTENTS

Ohio 2323
Adam M. Knight of Licking in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Abbott of the Regt commanded by Col: Tupper - in the Maish line for 2 1/2 years from 1781-
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov: 1832 - and sent to T. H. Coffee. Newark. O
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - 120 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 40 $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk Book D - Vol. 10 - Page 41 E. 2 - 8

✓ 1962
Luo. Cincinnati Mercy McRitt widow of Adam McRitt or McKnight who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars per month per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1818. 3 rd February 1833 certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Sept r 53 and sent to
P. Woodger Galena Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818, Page 165 Vol. A
Febry 3 rd 53 1832
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 55 - 40015

40.015 act 3 March /55
April 3/55
Mercy McKittrick widow of Adam McKittrick dec'd private
Pensioner Revolutionary War
No 160 Aa, May 14/56
Bogart
11
Monroe Baagden Galena Delaware Co. Ohio
Harfedn Aug 25/51 Ohio Sept 19. "
No 1962
For 12/58 Let to R.S. Ferguson & Co. 12 Pearl St NY Mt. Vernon & forwarded to Com Gen Land Offce
Vol M1, p age 100.

Will of Adam M c Nitt dec d . The State of Ohio, Delaware County, ss. Proceedings before the Honorable Court of Common Pleas for said County on the day of Oct- a. D. 1848.
Be it remembered this day the last will and testament of Adam M c Nitt late of said County dec d . was produced and admitted to record in the words & figures following- to wit:
I Adam M c Nitt of the County of Delaware & State of Ohio, make and publish this my last will and testament, in way & manner following, that is to say: first it is my will that funeral expenses and all just debts be paid, and second that my beloved wife Mercy M c Nitt in lieu of her dower and half of my personal and real estate for ever, for her to do with it as she sees cause or proper resoking and annulling all former wills by me made, and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of August A. D. Eighteen hundred & forty one
Adam M c Nitt
Signed, published and declared by the above named Adam M c Nitt as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request have signed as witnesses to the same.
Daniel Melvin, Jacob Babb
I do certify the above to be a true copy of the last will & testament of Adam M c Nitt as taken from the records now in this office. Witness my hand & official seal this 6 th day of June 1855.
D. S. Hester Prob. Judge

Adam McKnight Ohio No 4777
From 1781 for 21 2 years, 6 mo $80
look on N York Pension Roll for claim &, name & get his papers, from the files.

BRIEF in the case of  Adam McKnight  of Licking county in the State of  Ohio  (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? 69 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.     July 1 In 17 81 2 — 6 " Private Gen. Col Tupper Col Sumner Major Staff Capt Abbott Continental Army  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Hampshire County, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? was on the Pension Roll for Act of March 18, 1818—  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? — 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Caitt
Examining Clerk.

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss On this 6 th day of June A 1853 per- sonally appeared before the courts of Pro- -bates for the County & State aforesaid (being a court of Record) Mary M c Ditt a resident of Berkshire Township, County and State aforesaid aged eighty two years who being by me first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1853 granting pensions to wid- -ows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Adam M c Ditt who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war affiant believes in the Massachussetts line and who drew a pension under the acts of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of State of Ohio eighty dollars per annum during his natural life
She further declares that she was married to him the said Adam M c Ditt in the month of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one (the day of the month not recollecting) that her said husband died at Berk- shire township, County and State aforesaid on the night between the 24 th & 25 th days of June in the year 1848, that she was not married to him prior to the 2 nd Janu- -ary eighteen hundred but at the time above stated

She further declares that she knows of no public record of her marriage to the said Adam McDevitt and that she has not any private record of her said marriage and that the accompanying affidavits of Lewis Sarto and Olive Walpula is the best evidence that she is able to furnish of her marriage with said Adam McDevitt and she further declares that she is now his widow
That her said husband informed affiant and she verily believes that in the forefront of his life he used his name "Adam McDevitt"
her Mercy McDevitt Made
I do hereby certify that the above named Mercy McDevitt personally appeared before me in open court and made the foregoing Declaration, having been first duly sworn by me, according to law Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court this 6 th day of June A. D. 1858 -
D. S. Fuller
Probate Judge

The State of Ohio Delaware county ss Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County & State aforesaid Joseph Patrick who being sworn in due form of law deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with the said Adam McEitt and transacted his pension business for him and he claimed and it was so found that at the time he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution that he assumed his name "Adam M c Knight" and that the aforesaid Mary McEitt lived with him and he always acknowledged her to be his lawful wife
Joseph Patrick
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6 th day of June A. D. 1853.
D. J. Fuller Prob. Judge

McKnight.
4777.
PO

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
The State of New York County of Schenectady ss. At a Special Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Albany in the County and State aforesaid on the 23 rd day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open Court Adam M c Knight aged sixty  years nine on the 15 th of September next - Born in Worcester in the State of Massachusetts now a resident of Granville in the County of Schenectady in the State of Ohio 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 7 th 1832 That he enlisted on the first day of January 1781 in the Town of Conway then Hampshire County State of Massachusetts in the Continental Army for the term of three years and went on immediately & joined the Army at West Point that he served under the following named officers Lieut. Col. Tappan Lieut. Col. Fannel Major Pratt Adjutant Asahel Tappan first under Capt. Sparks & afterwards under Capt. Abbot of Andover that he served out about two years & a half of his term when he rec d his discharge from the service on account of a lameness in his left leg being adjudged unfit for Camp or Garrison duty. That he was placed on the Pension List Roll of the state of New York under the Law of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. And was dropped from said List under the Law of Congress of 1820 on account of his property that he left his Pension Certificate in the State of New York & does not recollect the No. or date thereof
He hereby relinquishes every whatever claim to a Pension or annuity except the present. And he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state except

as aforesaid. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Sam M c Knight
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and served as he states.
I, A. D. Coffee, Clerk of the Court of Claims in and for of said County, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Adam M c Knight for a pension for services Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832
A. D. Coffee Clerk

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss On this 23 d day of March 1833 person = ally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary McNeill aged eighty five years a resident of Leek = ing County State of Ohio who being sworn in due form of law declares that she is the widow of Adam Mc Neill deceased who was a private (as affiant believes) affiant does not recollect who her husband's captain was; in the war of the revolution he obtained a pen sion for his said services from the = United States of eighty dollars per an = num and after his death affiant made application for a pension and obtained one under the Act of February 1833 for eighty dollars per year Do of certificate
She further declares that she was married to the said Adam McNeill in Chautauqua County State of New York in the fall of the year 1820 by one Rev. Isaac Turner of the Baptist Church and that her name before she married said Adam McNeill was Mary Sails that her said husband died at Delaware County Ohio on the 24 th or 25 th June 1848 and that she is still a widow She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land she may be entitled to under the Act ap proved March 3 d 1833 There is no public record of her marriage to her knowledge Mary McNeill mark

We J B Searles and Nancy Ann Searles residents of Licking county, Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara- tion was signed and acknowledged by Mercy Mc c Ditt in our presence and that we were present when her late hus- -band Adam Mc c Ditt died which was at Delaware county State of Ohio at her on the 24 th or 25 th day of June 1828 and we believe from a long acquaint- -ance with said Mercy Mc c Ditt that she is the identical person she repre- sents herself to be
J. B. Searles Nancy Ann Searles
I Lewis Searles a resident of Delaware county State of Ohio do make solemn oath that the foregoing declarant Mercy Mc c Ditt was mar- -ried to Adam Mc c Ditt in the town of Ellery, Chata- -que county State of New York in the fall of the year 1820 the month and day affiant does not re- -collect but affiant who is fifty five years old was present and positively knows that said Mercy Mc c Ditt was then married to the aforesaid Adam Mc c Ditt and from that time to said Adam Mc c Ditt and he was personally acquainted with both of them Adam & Mercy Mc c Ditt and does know that they lived together as man and wife and when said Adam died she was recognized as his lawful widow in the distribution of estate
Lewis Searles

I Jane L Searls do make solemn oath that that I was acquainted with said Adam & Mary M c Ell and do know that they live together as husband & wife and never heard it ques- tioned or doubted but what said Mary was the lawful wife of the said Adam M c Ell and if she had not have been the lawful wife of said Adam affiant believes that some one would have questioned it
Jane L. Lincoln Searls
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Henry Noag Notary Public

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
Be it remembered that on this twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty, personally appeared before the Judges of the court of common pleas, held at the court house in the village of Mayville in & for the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, in open court (said court being a court of record in & for the said county, because its proceedings according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeps a record of its proceedings and has a seal) Adon Mc Knight aged about fifty six years, resident in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows, to wit, That in the month of January in the year 1780, he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Pocks in the regiment commanded by Col. Tappan, of the Massachusetts line, for three years. That soon after he joined the said Regiment Col. Tappan & Capt. Pocks were drafted on a command to the southward southward & never more joined the Regiment - That Lieut. Col. Fennel then took command of the Regiment, & Capt. Abbott took command of the company to which he belonged - That he continued to serve in the said company & regiment until the summer 1783, when being examined before a board of war, he was found to be unfit for field or Garrison duty, on account of a lameness, & was honorably discharged by Gen. Washington after a service of over two years - That he was in several skirmishes, but no battles of consequence - That on or about the twenty first day of May, 1818, he made a declaration before his Hon. Zephaniah Cushing, Esquire, District Judge of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County aforesaid, in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that he has received a certificate of pension, Number 17,213, by which it appears that in conformity with of the law of the United States of the 18th of March, 1818, he is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the New York agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, which certificate was given at the war office of the United States, the twenty fourth day of May 1820. And that the said Adon Mc Knight, died on this twenty fourth day of June 1820, exhibit to the said court of common pleas before the Judges

thereof, in open court, the following oath taken & subscribed by him before his Hon. Philo P. Norton Esq.
one of the Judges of the said court, and did also at the same time exhibit to the said court the following schedule of his estate & income also subscribed by himself.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss
I Adam Mc Knight 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 other manner whatever 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 eighteenth 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.
Subscribed & sworn to before me June 30 th 1820
Adam Mc Knight
Philo Norton one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County
A true schedule of all the estate & income of Adam Mc Knight of in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York, (his necessary bedding & clothing excepted,) made & subscribed by himself, and exhibited to the court of common pleas of Chautauqua aforesaid, the 30 th day of June 1820.
Real Property
I have an article of agreement with the Holland Land company for 163 acres of said land, but I have paid only about thirty three dollars toward it, my son who lives with me & myself have partly cleared about 20 acres on it, we have built a log house covered with bark shingles which we reside, also a small log Barn.
Personal Property
I have one note against Aaron Lyon of Massachusetts for about $565, which was given about three years ago and which will be due in about three years, I have appropriated that note to the purchase of beds & bedding for myself & two daughters who are married, and clothing for the family of all which.

we are now almost destitute — ⊕ $ 556. 00    1 Yoke of oxen 50, — 2 cows 28,  78. 00    2 Yearling heifers 12, — 1 Calf 1.50  13. 50    5 small hogs, which run in the woods  10. 00    1 of chain  2. 60    1 Pitch fork ,50 — 2 hoes 1.00 — 2 axes 2.00  3. 50    1 Plough 6.00 — 1 Drogg or harrow 6.00  12. 00    10 bushels Wheat 7.50 — 15 Bushels of Indian corn 5. 63  13. 13    about 100 lbs Pork 4.00 — 4 bushels Potatoes 1.50  5. 50    1 6 pail Iron kettle 6.00 — 1 Iron tea kettle 1.25  7. 25    6 knives & 3 forks 1.00 — 1 Baking kettle 1.50  2. 50    2 old meal Bags 1.50 — 6 Tin Basins ,75  2. 25    3 Iron table spoons, ,38 — 1 Iron Crone 1.00  1. 38    1 butter platter, 3 old butter plates 1 hatchel 2 old shovels 1/2 pr 1 Bible, 1 Psalmbook 2.00  2. 00    1 Testament 2 Spelling books 2 Sumner books — 2 old pails, 1 milk pail  1. 00    1 old meat barrel, 10 forks 7 pigs —  $160. 50  
We sleep on straw beds & all the bedding we have in the house is not worth ten dollars — We have no chairs no tables tables we sit & eat on stools made with planks which we have split out of logs ourselves —
I owe the said Aaron Lyon $100, Adam Mc Knight, 50 $150. Joseph Sacket 15, Benjamin Miller 6, 21. Mr Philips 7.00 Jonathan Clark 11 Robert Bates 20, 38. J. B. Plumb 6.75 W. Smith 5.00 Jacob & Douglass 33. — 44.75 30.00
Smith Mc Knight — E. Smith 10, B. Smith 5, Dist. Jones 2, 12 Mr Sily 12.5 — Some other small debts 1, 25 I am very infirm myself & unable to labor — My son Ezra who is about 18 years old lives with me, and is the whole support of the family — My Daughter Prudence is 14 years old, and unhealthy is not able to assist me. My Daughter Molly is 12 years old and attends to the domestic affairs of the house — her mother being dead — My Daughter Harriett is 8 years old — My Daughter Alvina is 7 years old. We are very poor, and were it not for the exertions of and industry of my son Ezra we could not get a subsistence — We subsist principally on bread & the milk we get from two cows that find on the husbandry that grows in the surrounding woods — Adams Mc Knight —

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
I Adam Mc Knight as solemnly & sincerely swear that the above statement respecting my occupation, my family & my ability to support them, and respecting the situation of my property & the debts which I owe are in all respects just & true —
Subscribed & sworn to before me June 30 th 1820.
Adam Mc Knight
Philo Orton
one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County
State of New York Chautauqua County ss
70
I Thomas B. Campbell Clerk of the court of common pleas held in and for the county of Chautauqua, do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings, acts & the schedule 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 one hundred & fifty dollars & sixty seven cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 28 th day of July 1820.
Thomas B. Campbell
Adam Mc Knight Resides under the act of congress of the 18th March 1818. Schedule etc. under the act of congress approved 1. May 1820
[Handwritten scribbles]
17.2.13
See letter to Mr. Mc Knight
[Faint handwritten notes]

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April 17, 1926
Mrs. Geo. McQ. Morrison 2424 Garfield Ave., So. Minneapolis, MINN.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 559 it appears that Adam McKnight or McNitt was born September 15, 1763 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Ashfield, Massachusetts he enlisted in January 1781 and served two years and six months as private in Captains Abbott's and Parke's Companies and Colonels Tupper, Maxwell' and Fernald's Massachusetts Regiments and was in the engagement at Dobb's Ferry.
Pension was allowed on his application executed May 21, 1818 at which time he was a resident of Chautauqua County, New York. He was living in Granville, Licking County, Ohio in 1832. He died June 24 or 25, 1848 in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
In 1820 soldier referred to his children, Ezra,

Prudence, Molly, Harriett and Alvina, aged eighteen, fourteen, twelve, eight and seven years respectively, and to two married daughters, names not stated, and to his wife then dead, her name not given. He had six other children whose names also, are not given.
Soldier married in the fall of 1820 or 1821, at Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, Mercy Searles or Sarles whose former husband (name not stated) died in December 1819.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, Adam McNitt or McKnight, on her application executed June 6, 1853 while a resident of Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio aged eighty-two years. She was living in Licking County, Ohio in 1855.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 559 Mercy Mc Pitt Widow or Mc Knight Adam Mc Pitt Rev. Rev. Mrs.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. M , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

17213 New York R
Adam McKnight of Chautauqua in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of May 1820 and sent to Talle Bushing Esq. Judge of Piedonia, Chautauqua Co. at York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820. 21 mos 31 - 169.87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820. 48 -
217.87
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
171.87
Release respecting apt. for restoration, see letter to M c Crane, 4 th April 1829.

Flt Design Office 10 th Sept. 1853.
Mr. Read Certify the sum to which the Within named pension was paid on the date of his death.
Ann Nesbitt;
S. Galt
For the Commission, Adam McKnight, Act 32, $80.00. 11. ann. - Died 24 th June 1848 - Paid to his death.
J. Bush Auditor.
Francis Butts, Esq. John Moulton, Treasury

P. P. Mar. 24 1852. 48

Sir
Salina June 10 th /53
Accompanying this is application of Mary M Stitt for pension on account of her late husband's Military service in the war of the Revolution
Yours with Respect
Hon L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Perry Hodgdon

40.015

Galena Delaware County Ohio March 30 th 1855
Sir,
Accompanying this is the application of Mercy McWitt for Bounty land.
Yours Respectfully Monroe Hodgeson
Hon L. D. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

State of New York Chautauqua County ss.
On this twenty first day of May 1818. before me the subscriber Lathin Cushing First Judge of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County aforesaid, about fifty years of age residing in the said County personally appeared Adam M c Knight, aged, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons employed in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war." That he the said Adam M c Knight, enlisted at Philburn, in the state of Massachusetts, in January 1881- in to the company comman- manded by Captain Abbott of the tenth Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Col. Tappan for three years. That he continued to serve in the said Regiment & Company, about two years when the Regiment was broken up - and he transferred to the fifth Mass t Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell - where he served till the conclusion of the war about six months making in the whole three years and six months. And that he was discharged at West Point, and received a honorable discharge which is now lost. That he was in no battles of consequence, but was in a small engagement at Dobbins Ferry. And that he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
Sworn to and acknowledged before me the day and year aforesaid.
Adam M c Knight
Lathin Cushing
I Lathin Cushing First Judge of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Adam M c Knight did serve in the revolutionary war, and served as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the direction of the above mentioned act of congress. Lathin Cushing Dated 21. of May 1818.

State of New York Chautauqua County ss.
I, John Deeter, Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chautauqua aforesaid, do hereby certify that the said Luther Cushing at the time of the date of the within
declaration and certificate, was, & still is, first Judge of the said Court, duly commissioned; and I do further certify, that the name of said Luther Cushing subscribed to the above declaration & certificate is his genuine signature; in witness whereof I have affixed the seal of said Court to these presents, and signed the same with my own hand at Mayville, in said County this first day of October A.D. 1818.
John Deeter.
I, Luther Cushing Esquire, the First Judge above named do hereby further certify in addition to my above certificate that from the due examination of witnesses, under oath, I am satisfied that Adam named Adam McKnight is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of County for support - Luther Cushing
Chautauqua of Adam McKnight to be to be Adam McKnight, private Chautauqua County N.Y. Col. Tiffey's regiment. Massachusetts Line 3 years.
21 st May, 1818.
John Deeter
Luther Cushing, Judge Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York.

Mercy Mc Vitt widow of Adam

The State of Our Delaware County ss Before me Henry Wadsworth a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid duly au- thorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared A B Searles and Nancy Searles both of lawful age and sound mind who being sworn in due form of law depose and saith that they each of them have been for many years acquainted with Lewis Searles and Olive Nutfield and that they each sustain a good reputation and their character for truth and veracity is above suspicion, and that full cred- it is placed on their statements by all who are acquainted with them
A. B. Searles
Nancy Searles
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 3 rd day of September 1853. And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Lewis Searles and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statements are reliable and my acquaintance with Olive Nutfield is more lim- ited, but she has the reputation of being a woman of truth, veracity, of good standing, a church member. And I further state that A B Searles & Nancy Searles above named are both respectable persons and whose statements are to be relied upon
Henry Wadsworth Notary Public

Galena Delaware County Ohio Sept 16 th 1833
Sir
Yours of the 23 rd ultimo informing me that the claim of Mary McVittie No 100015 has been suspended on a count of the revolutionary service of Adam McVittie her husband services do not appear of record in this office was duly received
I have to state that I am probably informed that said Adam McVittie was a regular soldier in the Massachusetts continental line drew a pension of $80.00 per annum, that he has left a numerous descendants (13 children) a portion of them write their names M c Knight and suggest whether the omission may not be traced to the different manner of writing said name

If you please examine and if any amendment to the declara- tion is needed advise me
Yours with Respect
Monroe H. Boddy am
Hon J. Minton Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Galena Sept 4 th 1853
Sir
Yours of the 27 th ultimo was duly received in regard to the application of Mercy M c Ditt for a pension the accompanying affidavits I hope will prove satisfactory according to the requirements of the Department. If not please return the papers that I may correct the same as I do it from memory, and I will return them on such correction I trust in doing so it will not lose its regular claim for allowance
Yours with Respect
Derry M c Douglass
Hon L d P at M c Maldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

McKitt

Brief in the case of Mercy M c Britt, widow of Sam Delaware County and State of Ohio, act 3 d February, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or  revised )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act 7 th June, 1832,
Parole proof of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Perry Hodgdyr. Esq. Gale Ohio, Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Adam McKnight which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? No 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? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? MS 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 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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

New York Feby 1 st 1888
Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Dear Sir
On the 2 nd Feby we sent you land warrant No 26.088 issued to Mary Preston for the approval. As we have not heard from it, we are fearful it has miscarried, if not please approve & return it as soon as convenient & oblige
No 26088 (60 acres)
Yours Respectfully
R. S. Luyker & Co.
122 Pearl St
N. York

State of New York Chautauqua County } I, Nathan Smith of the County of Chautauqua aforesaid, being duly sworn saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one he this deponent resided in the town of Aspelund in the state of Massachusetts, that he was then and still is well acquainted with Adom McKnight and the family to which he belonged who all lived in the neighborhood of this deponent - That in the winter of seven hundred & eighty one he understood that the said Adom McKnight entered into the Continental Army for three years, that that was the common opinion and conversation in the vicinity where he lived, & Although this deponent did not see him enter he has no more doubt of the fact than if he had - That soon after the said Adom McKnight entered or offered he this deponent saw him with others who had entered, and March off together as he supposed & believes to join the continental Army - And this deponent further saith that he continued to reside in the said neighborhood during the whole re- volutionary war and long since, and has at all times been well acquainted with the said McKnight family and with the said Adom - That during the war, after the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one he frequently heard from the said Adom in the army, saw persons who were acquaint- ed with him there, and with whom this deponent was acqu- ainted. And this deponent at that time understood and believes that the said Adom belonged to Capt. Abbotts company of Col. Tappans Regiment - And this deponent further saith that after the said Adom had been gone about two or three years he returned to his father's house in the year of the continentals, and had a honorable discharge. And this deponent further saith that he has no doubt the said Adom McKnight served in the said continental Army according to his declaration herein to annexed - And further that the said Adom McKnight in this affidavit mentioned in the same person who made the an- nected declaration statement and no other -
Nathan Smith
Sworn before me June 9th 1819
Leffey Bushnell First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chautauqua County

Lathan Carling First Judge of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County aforesaid do certify that the above named Jonathan Smith the subscriber and maker of the above affidavit, and also Philip Phillips signer and maker of the annexed affidavit are persons to me well known to be credible & respectable persons, and reflecting to sustain a good reputation as to truth and veracity; and that I am satisfied that they are not interested in the annexed application of the said Adm. M c Knight for a pension either directly or indirectly
Dated June 9 th 1819.
Lathan Carling

State of New York Chautauqua County Philip Phillips of Chautauqua County being duly sworn saith, that he was well acquainted with Adam McKnight then of Ashfield in the state of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, that he saw him enlist at Shelburne in the said State of Massachusetts, in January in the said year, for three years, into the Continental Army in the Company then commanded by Captain Abbott of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, then commanded by Col. Tappan as he this deponent was informed & believes. That soon after he saw the said Adam McKnight in company with others who had enlisted into the said Service, went off together & he supposed & still does suppose & believe they joined the said Army. And this deponent further saith that he continued to live in the neighborhood of the Father of the said Adam & knows he was gone from there between two and three weeks, as he understands & believes in the said Adversary. That when he returned he was drafted in the work of the Continental & had a discharge in which he was stated to be honorably discharged, and further this deponent saith he does not doubt that the said Adam McKnight served in the revolutionary war according to the annexed statement. And this deponent further saith that the said Adam McKnight

in this affidavit mentioned is the same per- son and no other who is mentioned in the annexed application, & that he is well acquainted with him & cannot be mistaken —
Given before me June 4th 1819
Philip Phillips
Latin brushing first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charlotte

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss Before me a Notary Public legally authorized to administer oaths in and for the county and State aforesaid personally appeared Lewis Cartis aged fif- ty three years and Olive Matfield aged fifty one years who being Sworn in due form of law by me, depose to and saith that they each were acquainted with Mary McEitt widow of Adam McEitt deceased late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States when she lived with her former husband who died in December 1819, that they were each personally present when she was married to her late husband Adam McEitt above referred to that she was married to him in Chautauqua County State of New York by the Reverend Asa Turner of the Baptist Church (old School) in December in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one the day of the month not recalled that they each of them were personally acquainted with said Adam McEitt and his wife Mary all the time after his marriage until his death and with his widow up to the present; that they have no doubt but said marriage between said Adam McEitt and his wife was lawful and that they never heard it questioned by any person whatever

That they each attended his funeral Adam M c Ditt's aforesaid and that said Lewis was present when he died which event took place on the night between the 24 th and 25 th days of June 1848 and that said Mary M c Ditt continues to be the widow of the said Adam M c Ditt at the present time according to the know- ledge and belief of affiants Lewis Lewis Oliver H. H. H.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 4 th day of 1853
Given under my hand and seal of office
Henry Nodding Notary Public

MRS. GEORGE MC Q MORRISON 2424 GARFIELD AVE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Feb. 28-1926.
U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Rev. soldiers' Dept. -
Dear Sirs. - I am asking for information for D.A.R. lineage work. I understand that Adam Mc c ritt was a pensioner having seen service in Rev. War.
Served as private for 23 mos + 3 days, from Jan 28-1781. Can you give me any information as to service, and dates of birth death and marriage? If possible to whom married. It will be fully appreciated.
Thanking you in advance I am, Yours truly.
Dency Morrison (Mrs. G. McQ) 2424 Garfield Ave S.

1782 W. B. CALDWELL, D. D. S. MATOAKA, W. VA.
Aug. 28, 1922
U. S. Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Do you have a record of the death of Adam McNeill, a soldier of the American Revolution? He received a pension for serving three years from Jan 28, 1781 under Col. Benj. Tupper's (10th) regt. He died 15 miles from Columbus, Ohio at the age of 86.
I will send the fee for a certificate of the official record if you have it. Or kindly advise me where I could get the same.
Thanking you, I am
yours truly
Mrs. Walton B. Caldwell

Rev. War Section
mmh September 28, 1922
W. B. Caldwell, D. D. S. Matoaka, West Virginia
Sir:
In reply to your letter received August 30, 1922, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 559 it appears that Adam McKnight or McNitt was born September 15, 1763 in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Ashfield, Massachusetts he enlisted in January, 1781 and served two years and six months as a private in Captains Abbott and Parke's Companies and Colonels Tupper, Maxwell and Fernald's Regiments, Massachusetts Troops. He was in the engagement at Dobb's Ferry.
Pension was allowed on his application executed May 21, 1818 at which time he was a resident of Chautauqua County, New York. He was living in Granville, Licking County, Ohio in 1832. He died June 24 or 25, 1848 in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
In 1820 he referred to his children, Ezra eighteen years, Prudence 14 years, Molly 12 years, Harriett 8 years

and Alvina seven years old, and two married daughters, names not stated, and to his wife then dead, ( her name is not given).
He had six other children but their names are not given.
In the fall of 1820 or 1821 soldier married, in Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, Mercy Searles or Sarles whose former husband ( name not stated) died in December 1819.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 6, 1853 while a resident of Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio, aged eighty- two years.
She was living in Licking County, Ohio in 1855.
Very respectfully,
Chief Clerk.