Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37137, for John Knox, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Knox, John
S. 37137
CONTENTS

11.570 R
Dist. of Maine
John Knox,
York county, in the state of Massach ts . who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey, of the Massach ts . for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June, 1819 and sent to Benjamin Greene, just York, Dist. of Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . . 87. 43.
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 11. Sept: } 48 "
  10 mo. { 24 30 }  1819 }  $135. 43.    8 1/4 31 }    
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
overdue
76-20
11.570 R

Notification sent to David & Sarah Fox Tennantuck March 21 st 1820

John Knapp ( Private ) Bailey's Mass'ts Reg't
May 1777 to May 1780
7 th April 1810 - Morton rolls
- Inadmissible
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Jerh Jr. On this sixteenth day of April A.D. 1849 before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appeared Sababod Lord and William Grant, two credible and disinterested witnesses, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, they upon their Oaths do say that from their said had they have known John Hovey - That in the Month of May A.D. 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier into the service of the United States, for the term of three years, under Capt. Samuel Dabney, of the Regiment commanded by Col. Bailey, of the Massachusetts line, that he continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment until the Month of May 1780, when he was honorably discharged, at West Point, in the State of New York - That they both served at the same time, & were intimate with the said Hovey from his first enlistment until his discharge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal, the day & year above said Jerh Jr.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this seventh day of April A. D. 1818. before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears John Knapp aged seventy three years resident in Lebanon in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his 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 engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War :"— That he the John Knapp in the month of may A D 1777 enlisted as a private soldier in the continental army, under Capt Samuel Derby of the reg t commanded by Col l Bailey, of the Massachusetts Line, for three years - That he continued to do his duty in said company and Reg t , until may A D 1780, when he was honourably discharged at West Point in the State of New-York the three years for which he had enlisted, having expired.
And the said John Knapp further testifies and by the certificate of the Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Lebanon proves.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
B G Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Knapp did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
twentieth day of June
Anno Domini, 1818.
B G Greene

John Knox
11.570
Cam
Sept. 10/19.

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment as Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice  Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County John Knox aged Seventy six years, resident in Lebanon 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. Samuel Garby in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Bailey 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 Seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11. 570 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 hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
John Knox
Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Benjamin Greene Ch. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court. Atty Daniel Sewall Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
15 acres of poor land - 1 old one story house unfinished
1 cow - 5 sheep - 1 pig -
A few articles of household furniture
I am justly indebted to sundry persons 152 dollars
John Enox
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Enox who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age & rheumatism
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Molly 76 Not able, having been under the doctor's hands for three years past -  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, William B Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York 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 one hundred & seventeen dollars and thirty three cents . as that said Enox owes to the amount of one hundred dollars and fifty two dollars IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W. B. Sewall
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York
117.33 property 152. - debts

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
March 10, 1929
H.A. Legro Somersworth New Hampshire
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37137 , it appears that John Knox enlisted in May, 1777, and served three years as a private in Captain Samuel Darby's Company, Colonel John Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was living in Lebanon, York County, Maine, aged seventy-three years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, Molly, as aged seventy-six years. There are no further data as to family.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Knox, (S.37137), you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:

John Knox, Certificate No.11570, issued June 9, 1819, rate $3.00 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, District of Maine Agency.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

37 137 INVALID. Rev
1910 Feb. 23. Mkt to Mrs. E. G. Helle C 1912 Aug. 1. Mrs. C. G. Paul - C 1922 Nov. 26. Mkt to Mrs. S. C. Smith 1929 Mar. 19 - " " H. A. Legros
File No. 37 137
John Knox P. Rev. H. A. D
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 2, Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]

POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Commissioner of Pensions Gerrit J. Smith Washington D.C.
Received of

Please give me Dis- -cussion records of John & James Knox of York Co. Maine, Very truly Yours S. J. Hills The Room, Columbia Road.
FEB 12 1923

(1224M)
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
ADDRESS REPLY TO COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND REFER TO
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
March 9, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Department, Washington, D. C.
Herewith find letter dated March 5, 1929, by H. A. Legro, Somersworth, New Hampshire, regarding date that John Knox of Lebanon, Maine, applied for Pension and date that same stopped, referred to you for the following reasons: Misdirected.
Respectfully,
D. H. Blair, Commissioner, By
F. J. Evans Head of Division.
MWA

13 ELM STREET SOMERSWORTH NEW HAMPSHIRE
January 14. 1929.
Ans Mar 19-29
Rev. War Record.
Can you give me date that John Knox (Vock) of Berwick. Maine York County, applied for pension? And did his wife receive one?
Think in some records his name is spelled "Voox"
Mrs. H. A. Legro 13 Elm St. Somersworth N.H.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS RECORD DIVISION
Briefed by AB
Orig.
Cert.
Claimant H. A. Legro
Soldier John Knox
Service
No. claim, Service record, 192
Clerk.
No. claim, ident Alph'b record 3/14/ , 192 9
Clerk. AB
REMARKS: me - In Div
(Lebanon) Data
Chief Division.

Br. Geo
Vergennes Vermont
Oct. 28, 1922
To the Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me at your earliest convenience a copy of the application papers of John Knox (Nock) who enlisted from Berwick Maine and whose residence

during the Revolution was Lebanon Maine where he was living in 1820.
The name has been written Knox, Socks Sooks.
Very truly yours, (Mrs. S. E.) Helen K. Smith-

6012 Walnut St Pittsburgh. July 28-1912.
Gentlemen.
I desire to get the residence and date of death of one John Knox an ancestor. and have the following data to aid me.
John Knox was born in Berwick Maine 1745 Served in the War of the Revolution as a private in the Massachusetts line, Col. John Bailey's Reg't. Honably discharged at West Point. N.Y. 1780 Served three years & received a pension in 1818.
The question is, where did he reside at the time the pension was granted & does your records give his resi- dence thereafter and date of death.
Any information you may be able to give me will be very gratefully received with Thanking you in advance I am very respectfully yours.
Estelle Knox Paul (Mrs. C. G. Paul.)

Shapard Co., N.H.
Somersworth, N.H.
March 5, 1029
1929 MAR 8
192 36
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To Commissioner of Rev. War Pensions;
✱
Can You give me the date that John Knox of Lebanon Me. applied for Pension ,and when it stopped?
Very truly
H.A. Legro
Somersworth, N.H.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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.  File 37137
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar 1777 3 yrs Priv. Samuel Jan John Brattle Mass.  
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, Nov 7 1818. He is now dead  Residence at date of application, _____  Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: He was married to his wife for many years and she is now living with his family

February 23, 1910.
Mrs. E. J. Hills,
The Avon,
Columbia Road,
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In reply to your undated communication received the 11" instant, you are herewith furnished a statement of the services of John Knox in the War of the Revolution, and are advised that the record of the pensioners of said war fails to afford any information in regard to James Knox described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Enclosure.