Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30527, for Nathaniel Knight, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Knight, Nathaniel
S. 30527
CONTENTS

10.968
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Knight
Reside in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Brinsley the regt commanded by _____ in the Mass line for _____ P of Infy
1 Year " " " " City
Massa Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of May 1833 and due to Merrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $123.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 33.33
$156.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 45
[Faint handwritten notes on the reverse page, possibly bleed-through from the other side of the leaf]

9086
Nathaniel Knight

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Nathaniel Knight , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 78 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, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That early in the summer of 1775 he at Salem as a Volunteer enlisted as a private in Capt King's Company of Massachusetts Militia which was one of two Companies raised to do duty in the Fort at Salem and to guard the coast in the vicinity thereof: he thinks there were no field officers: he did duty five months therein and was discharged, not in writing about the 1 st Jany 1776: -
That in the beginning of 1776 at Salem he enlisted as a private in a Company of Guards under Lieut Gould to serve one year as a Guard to Gen Lee at Cambridge: when the British evacuated Boston Gen Lee himself went to New York: the Guards at first did duty for Gen Ward: orders soon came from New York for all the men that could be spared: the Guards not being arranged in the line of the Army, he enlisted as a private in Capt Burbeck's Company of Artillery under Gen Knox, marched to New York served till end of the year and was discharged at Peek's Kill - he was at the Battle of White Plains.
This last term of duty was stated & proved on his application in 1818 as on file in War Department, he having been placed on Pension List Roll of Massachusetts Agency N o 1113 dat d 30 June 1818, meaning his Certificate formerly issued;

He was born in 1754 at Middleton - when 7 years old was carried to Topsheld - came to live in Salem in 1764 and has made Salem his residence ever since. had no written discharge or record of birth: is known to Hon B. Pickman & Hon B.W. Crowninshield
He knows no one living that can testify to his service in Capt. Hays Com- pany in 1775: ~
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.
Nathaniel Knight
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
John Purdie  a clergyman, residing in  Salem , Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem, aforesaid, do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Knight who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he believes him to be 78 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 he concurs in that opinion.
John Purdie
Subscribed and sworn to before
Merriy Inst. Pease

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that John Pynchard Esq who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Magistrate  assisted by the said  the said Magistrate resident at Salem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. A. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Knight for a pension, and that Brig. Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and his signatures on the annexed affidavits are genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September , A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

(4) I, Sarah Cloutman, of Salem in Massachusetts, wid- ow, aged 87 years, on oath say that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Knight, now of Salem, & well recollect that in the summer of 1775 he was a soldier serving at the Fort in Salem under Capt. King: this was soon after the Battle of Lexington: I remember he was there and afterwards was at the Fort. He was at that time courting a half-sister of mine, and I often saw and heard him talking about the War.
Sarah her  + Cloutman mark
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss: Aug t 20. 1832 Then the above named Sarah Cloutman, a credible & disinterested witness, subscribed & made oath to the above before
J. Merrill Just. Peace

9086
Nathl Knight
old case
Pr at 1 year of Arty 3 mos of Infy
$6.66.
B. Merrill Esq Salem Mass

9086  BRIEF in the case of  Math Knight  of Essex Co  Mass  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)  (5)
 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  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.     early Summer 75 Private Genl King — thinks there were no field officers   beginning of 76 — till the 1 X " Lieut Colonel a Comp y of Guards to Genl Lee   end of the year artillery Capt Burbeck — Genl Knox  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
The papers not properly authenticated.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
* This term of duty was proved on his application in 1818 — His Certificate is No 1113.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 15 Feby 1833

Nat. Knight
Helped
Not on Rolls
DA
Correct

(1) I, Nathaniel Knight of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn oath declare that I enlisted into the service of the late United Colonies in the revolutionary war, on the Continental establishment, in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six: that I was a private soldier in the Company then under the command of Ensign Gould, and called Gen: Lee's Life Guard, belonging to the Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Col: Little; that I continued in the service of the said United Colonies against the common enemy until the month of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, when my term of service expired and I returned home - And I further declare as aforesaid that I have no recollection of having received any written or printed discharge and, to the best of my recollection and belief, it was not usual at that period of the war, to give such discharges to soldiers whose term of service had elapsed; and I also say that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for my support - Nath l Knight
I, Nathaniel Knight of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby relinquish my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States - Nath l Knight
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss. On this fourth day of April A.D. 1818 Nathaniel

Knight, named in the foregoing declaration, personally appeared before me, Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said Commonwealth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the said declaration, and subscribed the same and also the abovenwritten relinquishment -
And it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Knight served as a soldier in the revolutionary war on the Continental establishment against the common enemy for the term of nine months and more, I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War -
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court, at Salem this fourth day of April A.D. 1818 -
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass.
I Joshua Cross of Salem housewright, on oath testify that in January 1776 Nathaniel Knight now of Salem, and myself enlisted as privates for one year in Ensign Gould's company of guards in Col. Sill's Continental Regiment then at Winter Hill near Boston - we served at Winter Hill and Boston till August when we marched to Fort Washington; Nathaniel Knight and myself were permitted to enter Capt. Burbeck's Company of artillery for the rest of our time and I know said Knight served out the whole time, and at the end of the year we were both honorably discharged at Peeks-kill in New York J. Cross
Exhibit: June. 10. 1818 Then the above named Joshua Cross subscribed and made oath to the above written affidavit before me
Brig. Merrill Just. Pac. S.

(2) I, Edward Lang of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say that I have been well acquainted with Mr Nathaniel Knight of Salem ever since the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy four - and I know that he enlisted into the service of the late United Colonies soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and that he continued in the said service for one year, to the best of my recollection and belief, at the expiration of his term of service he returned home to Salem -
Edward Lang
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Essex ss. On this fourth day of April A.D. 1818 personally appeared Edward Lang, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed - before me -
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass s .
I Samuel Putnam, Judge as aforesaid further certify that I Edward Lang and Joshua Cross aforesaid are credible and disinterested witnesses. I know him to have served on the Continental Establishment more than nine months at one continued period of service, and I know him to be in very low and reduced circumstances.
S. Putnam Just } S. J. Court of Mass s }
June. 15. 1818

Nathl. Wright
Not on Rolls
24
Connect
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Whereas I Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said Commonwealth, in & for the county of Essex, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the within signature is his proper handwriting, & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court.
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
I further certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths, and the above is his
Sig ture
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Massachusetts Roll.
(1,113)
(6)
Nathaniel Knight
Private
Massachusetts line 1776. 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Mass & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Jan 1818 and sent to Sam l Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Semi-annual ending
4 months 31/30. $ 40.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Salem, Mass.

30527 Recy  INVALID.
(8)
File No. 30,527
Nathaniel Knight
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 225-
[Arrangement of 1870.]