Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23752, for James Knight, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Knight, James
S. 23752
CONTENTS
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4434 New York
James Knight
of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McKinstry of the Regt. commanded by Col. McKinstry in the New York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March, 1833 — " — and sent to Mrs. Martha Knight patentee
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 45 Pension allowance ending Mar '33 15
$ 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book D
Geo. H. Hays
Vol. 5
Page 105
Clerk
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838, from 4 March 1841. to 31. Aug 1841. Age Notified 17. Aug. 1844

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 15 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Two of the three child ren of James Knight, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, have been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1841, to the 31 st Aug. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

6905
James Knight-
Page 71
admitted
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Testimony taken by Leven & Phelps
7 Apr 1831 17 Nov 1832
Bloore & Ristland Waterford Saratoga co. N. York

6905
BRIEF in the case of Co. of Saratoga
James Knight, — Clifton Park, in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? 73 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.     Spring In 1778 9 private Gen. Col. M c Kinstry, Col. J. M c Kinstry.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort at Cherry Valley  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

6905.
del James Knight
payor
admitted 9 mo per diem

in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7 th 1832.
State of New York. Saratoga County, ss
On this day, second day of August 1852 personally appeared before me, David Van Schoonhoven one of the Judges of Saratoga County Court. James Knight a resident of the Town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged seventy three 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 - That he enlisted in a company of militia commanded by Captain Thomas or David McKinstry in a regiment under the command of Colonel John M. McKinstry, Early in the Spring of the year 1778 at the now town of Clifton Park aforesaid, then being a part of the County of Albany, for the period of nine months - that he marched from Clifton Park aforesaid to Robbstown in the State of New York where the said company met with other companies, and then marched under the command of Colonel M c Kinstry to the City of Albany, and from thence to Cherry Valley by the way of Schenectady, - that he was in the fort at Cherry Valley aforesaid when the same was attacked by the Tories and Indians under Butler H Brandt , and when Colonel M c Kinstry & Station & Major Patton were surprised and taken prisoners of war by the enemy, and he well recollects that the said M c Kinstry was rescued from death through the interference of Brandt, and, as was supposed at the

times, by some masonic signs which he said M c Inty, communicated to the said Pratt - that this Deponent remained at Cherry Valley aforesaid until the expiration of the nine months for which he enlisted, and was then and there discharged from the service - that Deponent had such discharge in his possession for several years thereafter, but that the same is not now in existence, but was lost by this deponent many years since - and that the same was signed at this Deponent's think by the aforesaid Colonel M c Inty - And this Deponent further saith that he had no documentary evidence of his service as aforesaid, and that he knows of no person now living, other than John C. Van Sice, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed, whose testimony he can procure to testify to such service - that the said John C. Van Sice at the time this Deponent enlisted as aforesaid resided in the neighborhood of this Deponent and that they were well acquainted with each other and that the said Van Sice knew the fact of this Deponent's enlistment as aforesaid, and of his return home after he was discharged from the service as aforesaid - And this Deponent further saith that he was born in Bradford in the County of Wiltshire in England in the year 1759 & that he came to this Country when he was seventeen years old - that he had no records of his age, the same having been destroyed by his wife in a fit of insanity - that he lived at the now town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga when he entered into the service, and had resided there since the revolutionary war down to the present time - that he entered into the service as a volunteer militiaman as aforesaid - that owing to the infirmities of age

and the decay of memory, he is unable to give the names of the officers who were with the troops at Cherry Valley, aforesaid otherwise than as above stated - that he did receive an honorable discharge from the service as above stated and that the same is lost - and that William Shephard Esquire, Elder Visher, Dennis Am- =ger William Peters to whom this deponent is known and who resides in Deponent's neighborhood can at this deponent's has no doubt testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state - Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
J. S. JOHNSON Judge of Saratoga County Court
I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he stated and further do hereby certify that the said applicant cannot attend court by reason of bodily infirmity - that I have been personally acquainted with the said applicant for many years and that in my opinion his oath is entitled to full cred- it.
Dated August 22 nd 1852.
J. S. JOHNSON Judge of Saratoga County Court

John Cornelius Van See of Middletown in the county of Delaware and state of New York being duly sworn says that he was in the war of the Revolution & was acquainted with James Knight of the town of Clifton park in the county of Saratoga & that said Knight enlisted as a private in Albany county in the American Service in the New York line in the year 1778 according to the deponent's best recollection knowledge and belief - that said Knight enlisted for the term of nine months & remained in the service during that period, but this deponent is unable to state the company or regiment to which he belonged - And this deponent further says that he was in the regular service at this time & recollects when said Knight came to the town of Clifton - park then the town of Halfmoon Saratoga county after he was discharged from the service at the expiration of the nine months - And this deponent further says that he this deponent now draws a pension from the government & that he has no interest whatever in the application of said Knight for a pension.
JOHN C VAN SEE
Sworn & Subscribed this 25 June 1832
Before me William H Satterlee Justice of the Peace

State of New York Saratoga County
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that William H. Satterlee, before whom the within affida- vit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of office the fourth day of January 1833 -
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York } Saratoga County p }
I Abijah Peck a clergyman residing in the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is ac- quainted with James Knight of the town of County aforesaid that he he lives the said James in the Seventy three years of age and that he is a man of undoubted truth and veracity Abijah Peck
On this 24 th day of September 1832 Abijah Peck was sworn to the aforesaid in the Court - Edward G. Palmer Clerk
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 27 th of August 1832
Danl B. Edwards Justice

State of New York Seneca County ss William Shipshue residing in the town of Clifton park in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with James Knight of the town and County aforesaid - that he believes the said James to be thirty three years of age and that the said James has frequently made the statement which statement he believes that he was a soldier of the Revolu- -tion in the nine months service in the year 1778. belonging to Regiment. commanded by Col John M c Kenster
Sworn and subscribed before me 22 nd day of August 1832 William Shipshue James B Edwards Justice

State of New York
Jacobs Co. ss
On this 4 th Day of September 1832 in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting the foregoing declaration and other documents being submitted to the consideration of the said Court, they do here by declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter that the above named Samuel Knight was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated - And the Court for their certainty that it appears to them that Abijah Peck who had signed one of the foregoing affidavits is a clergyman resident in the town of Clifton Park in the said County, and that William Shepherd who had also signed one of the foregoing affidavits is a resident of the same place is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit - And the said Court do further certify that the foregoing affidavit of the G. Van Sice is in their opinion entitled to full belief - and that the said Shepherd's Van Sice cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience to the applicant - Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Knight for a pension that David Van Schoonhoven Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made is one of the Judges of the said Court and that the signatures annexed to the said declarations and to the certificate accompanying the same are the genuine signatures of the said Judges - And I do further certify that William H. Satterlee Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit of the Van Sice was made, is a Commissioner of Deeds for the County of Saratoga duly authorized by law to take affidavits to be used in any Court of record and is also a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga and that Samuel R. Edwards before whom the foregoing affidavits of Abijah Peck & William Shepherd were made is also a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County - and that the signatures of the said William H. Satterlee & Samuel R. Edwards are severally their genuine signatures - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this fourth day of September 1832.
Thomas Palmer Clerk

W. H. J. Con.
March 18, 1927
Mary Knight Crane 935 West Ninth St., Erie, Penn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23752 it appears that James Knight was born in 1752 in Bradford, County of Wiltshire, England and emigrated to America at the age of seventeen years.
While a resident of Clifton Park, Albany County (the part which was later Saratoga County), New York he enlisted in the spring of 1778, served nine months as private in Captain Thomas, or David, McKinstry's Company, Colonel John McKinstry's New York Regiment and was in the battle of Cherry Valley.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832 while a resident of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York.
He died August 31, 1841 leaving three children, their names and the name of his wife not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Knight a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( enlistment ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
L. 23,752.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1778 9 mos. Private Thomas or David McKinstry John McKinstry N.Y.                                     
Battles engaged in, Cherry Valley - Residence of soldier at enlistment, "the now town of Clifton Park, Saratoga Co. then Albany Co. N.Y." Date of application for pension, Aug. 22 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, born in 1759 at Bradford, County Wiltshire, Eng. Remarks: Emigrated to America when he was nineteen years old; (his wife & 3 ch. referred to - names not stated in)  He died Aug. 31, 1841.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

RS. BURTON ASHLEY CRANE 935 WEST NINTH ST. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
January 27th, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions;-
Will you please send me copy of the Pension Record, or application, of Jo Knight, listed in Pension list as living with Elijah Knight, in Ellenburg, New York, in one of the pension lists, ? I am not sure whether it was 1840 or not.
Also of James Knight, aged 85, listed in living in Clifton Park, Saratoga, N.Y. in this same list ?
Think it was 1840 from film records.
Thanking you, I am very truly,
Mary Knight Crane.
full name etc

177-11-2 CENTRAL TRUST BUILDING ROOMS 202-229
NORTH IOWA CLINIC STAFF OF ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MASON CITY, IOWA
TELEPHONES 2102 AND 2103
April 3, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of James Knight, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, according to a record I have it will be found in I. (or F) S. C.-SFile 23,752 Rev. War.
The data is requested for the purpose of establishing my eligibility in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Kindly inform me of any expense which may be incurred and I will remit at once.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Nina M. Chenoweth
Mrs. Nina M. Chenoweth 913-4th St. S.W. Mason City, Ia.

Jane Knight S. 23,752 P

UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
way Per Sect
United Spanish War Veterans
SOUTHERN BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C.
October 3, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Interior Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I desire to secure the military record and any other data you may have on file concerning Mr. James Knight, who came from England, fought for the Colonies in the Revolutionary War, and lived in Saratoga County, New York.
The Adjutant General, War Department, informs me that "the name of James Knight appears as that of a private on a company pay roll of Capt. Clugage's Company, 1st Continental Troops, raised in Penna., for January, 1776. Nothing has been found of record to show the date of his entry into service, nor the date or manner of his separation therefrom.
General McCain suggests that the Commissioner of Pensions might be able to give me additional information in the matter, and I am writing for that purpose.
The data is requested for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of great grand-children and great great-grandchildren in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Any information you may furnish will be appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
James E. Maynard ADJUTANT GENERAL.
JEM/MF

BLANCHARDVILLE, WIS.
Sept-12/16
Rev Gen
I wish the record of a soldier in the Revolutionary War. - One named James Knight . He was an Englishman fought with the New York troops. near or around Saratoga. settled at Rexford Flatts near Schenectady. - If there is any charge for this I will gladly recuit I am his great-granddaughter & wish to join the D.A.R. Address me. over,

Mrs Annie Knight Blanchard Blanchardville Missouri.
If Jansee Maynard who was in The Office a few years since is still there kindly refer this to him.

Genealogy of the family, all particulars in regard to him and family, would be greatly appreciated, if there is any expense attending the preparing of the informa- tion, please let me know.
Respectfully Adkins Mrs. W. E. Lyke Catalinas Arizona
Santa Cruz Co.
I enclose stamp for reply.

O.W.R.N. 1902 Pulaskas Feb. 22 nd
Commissioner Pension Office.
Would you kindly give me any infor- mation concerning Mr. James Knight, who enlisted in the Rev- olutionary War in the Spring of 1778 from Grafton Park, Saratoga County, New York & whose name was on the Pension Roll of that period. His name is needed for the

Revolution
23752 INVALID.
File No. 23752
James Knight Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 995
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb 15 1900 Mrs. Chas. R. Dozier Cleveland Ohio
Apl. 4 1902 Mrs. M. E. Sykes Calabasas Ariz
1916 Sept 25. History to Mrs. Annie K. Blanchard & 1916 Oct 31 to James E. Maynard &
1923 May 12 hist to Mrs. Nina M. Chemnitz - Eur
1927 - Mch - 18 - hist to Mrs. Rulon J. Evans MMATZ