Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23291, for Nathaniel Knowlton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Knowlton, Nathaniel
S. 23291
CONTENTS

New York N o 24,664
Nathanial Knowlton of Albany Co. in the State of New York who was a Pr. Artil. in the company commanded by Captain Durkee of the Regt. commanded by Col. M c Lelland in the Conn t Troops for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars each per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Feb. — 1834 and sent to Hon. J. Pierson H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1833 125.00 Pension, allowance ending March 34 25.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 64

State of New York Albany ss.
3 Nathaniel Brewster of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York the person named in and who made the annexed declara- tion for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 being duly sworn according to law maketh oath and saith, that when the annexed declaration was drawn he was under a mistake of one year as to the date of his enlistment which he corrected before making oath to the same before the Court of Common Pleas of Rensselaer County, that the alteration was made by erasing the word three, and inserting the word two in its place That since his papers have been returned by Mr. Edwards from the Pension Office he has been to the State of Connecticut and obtained the depositions of Thomas Brewster and Deborah Robinson which he intends to forward to the Pension Office with this affidavit, and his said former declaration, That he is the identical Nathaniel Brewster described in the said depositions of said Thomas and Deborah which depositions were made at his instance That from a memorandum of the enlistment roll under which he enlisted which memo- -randum he found amongst the papers of his father Lieut. Daniel Brewster during his visit to Ashford Connecticut since his said papers were returned to him from the

the said pension office, it appears that he the deponent enlisted as a soldier in the company of Capt. Benjamin Dunke on the twenty or twenty first day of July 1782. That the said original enlistment roll has been forwarded to the pension office at Washington with the papers of Thomas Knowlton, who made the deposition herewith forwarded, to which roll the deponent refers. Sworn and subscribed Nathaniel Knowlton to the fifteenth day of June 1833 before me
Sam l Cheever First Judge of Albany County Court. Counsellor
State of New York,
Albany County ss:
I Bernard A. Van Eyck Clerk of the said city and county do hereby certify that Samuel Cheever Esq. before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn to at the date of the same First Judge of the Albany County Court, duly authorized to administer oaths. That I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 18 th day of June 1833.
B. A. Van Eyck Clerk

I Samuel Cheever First Judge of the County Court of the County of Albany of the degree of Chancellor at Law in the Supreme Court of this State do hereby That I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Knowlton who made the annexed affida- vit before me, and who also in my presence before the County Court of the County of Rensselaer on the 28 th day of January last past, made oath to the Declaration which is now hereto annexed And that I am also well acquainted with Mansah Knowlton who made the affidavit annexed to said Declaration as a witness for said Nathaniel. That I have known them in Greenlawn where they reside for many years, say twelve to fifteen. That they are both respected very honest and discreet men. That their testimony or their word, or that of either of them, is entitled to the fullest credit.
I further certify that the annexed deposition of Thomas Knowlton and of Annasa Robinson were procured by my direction by the said Nathaniel, and by him brought to me after the return of his papers from the Pension Office, through Mr Linsley an member of Congress.
Dated Albany June 15 th 1833.
S. Cheever First Judge Albany County Court.

State of New York County of Albany } ss:
I Bernard A. Van Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel Cheever Esq. whose name is subscribed to the preceding Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the First Judges of Albany County Court. That I am ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the same is his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 18th day of June 1833.
B. A. Van Eyck Clerk.

I Thomas Knowlton of Willington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged sixty seven years ten months and twenty Days Depose and say that on the ninth Day of August A D 1782 I enlisted as a Soldier in the revolutionary army of the United States under Capt. Benjamin Durkee first Lieut. Daniel Knowlton second Lieut. Thomas Robbins for for the full term of one year the Deponent further says that Nathaniel Knowlton then a resident of Ashford Connecticut now of Greenbush was an enlisted Soldier in the same Company for the same term of time and that I served as a Soldier in said Company the full term for which I enlisted and according to my best recollection that Nathaniel Knowlton served as a Soldier in said Company the full term for which he enlisted and that said Company were first stationed at Fort Trumbull in the Town of New London for four or five months from thence a Detachment under the Command of Lieut. Daniel Knowlton was stationed in Fort Grisevold in the Town of Groton and that said Company belonged to M c Clannahan regiment and further the Deponent saith not Thomas Knowlton
Windham County vs. Ashford June 3 d A D 1833 Personally appeared Thomas Knowlton signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the same was true before me
Daniel Knowlton Justice of the Peace Thereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Knowlton signer of the foregoing Deposition and that I consider him to be a Man of truth and veracity Attest Daniel Knowlton Justice of the Peace

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Daniel Knowlton , Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Thomas Knowlton was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Thomas Day

Thomas Robinson of Ashford in the County Windham and State of Connecticut aged sixty eight years five months and three Days Depose and say that I was an enlisted Soldier in the revolutionary army of the United States in the year 1782 and that I enlisted sometime in the month of July for the term of one year under the Command of Capt Benjamin Dunklee first Lieut Daniel Knowlton second Lieut. Thomas Robinson in Col. M'Clannell regiment and that I served the full term of my enlistment the Deponent further says that Nathaniel Knowlton then a resident of Ashford at now of Greenbush in the State of New York was an enlisted Soldier of the same Company and served the whole term of one year and that we were stationed in Fort Ann all and that the said Knowlton remained at Fort Ann about four or five months and then went to the Town of New London and then went with a Detachment under the Com- mand of Lieut Daniel Knowlton to Fort Griswold in the Town of Groton where he served the remainder of his term and further the Deponent sayeth not Thomas Robinson
Windham County ss Ashford June 3 D 1833 Personally appeared Thomas Robinson signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the same was true Before me Daniel Knowlton Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Robinson signer of the foregoing Deposition and that I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
Attest Daniel Knowlton Justice of the Peace

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern.
That Daniel Knowlton Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Amasa Robinson was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- three .
Thomas Day

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. On this twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York now sitting Nathaniel Knowlton a resident of the town of Greenbush in the said County of Rensselaer and State of New York aged sixty two 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 hereinafter stated.
That he entered the service as a private soldier on or about the month of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in a company commanded by Captain Benjamin D. Barker Lieutenant Daniel Knowlton and Ensign
Hotchkiss attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel M c Clallen of the Vermont Line. That he enlisted at the town of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut where he then resided with his father who was the said Daniel Knowlton the Lieutenant of the said company, and who succeeded to the command of the same

afterwards when Capt. Durkee was broken or cashiered
That immediately on his enlistment he proceeded to Fort Trumbull at New London Connecticut where he was stationed and did garrison duty as a soldier for about four months until November of the same year when he went with a detachment of the company over to Fort Griswold at Groton Connecticut where he continued in service until the last part of July or first of August of the following year making what are full years service for which term he enlisted when he was discharged That there were several alarms during his station at Fort Trumbull and for misconduct on one of the occasions Capt. Durkee  he was dismissed the service
That soon after he went to Fort Griswold his father, the said Lieutenant Branton, succeeded to the command of the fort in the place of Capt. Latham
That he has no documentary evidence within his power to produce to prove his enlistment and service.
That he has no written discharge from said service and cannot now tell whether he ever received it or whether his father the said Lieut. Branton received it and retained it for him
That he resided at Ashford Connecticut until 1793. Then removed to the town of America in the County of Dutchess and State of New York. Lived there until about the year 1800. Then removed to the town of Greenback

aforesaid, where he now resides, and has ever since resided.
That he very well remembers that the Brig. Marguis Van American privateer brought into the port of New London the second day after he arrived at Fort Trumbull a ship and a brig as prize and that the same privateer brought into the same port a Schooner in October of the same year. That in February following the same privateer brought into the same port as prize a craft called a "Three holed Gull."
This declarant says that although he was very young at the time, he was large for his age and performed the duty of a soldier to the entire satisfaction of all his officers.
That there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood to testify in his behalf.
That he the said Nathaniel Brantton 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 Brantton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Nathaniel Brantton Henry R. Bristol Clerk of Renss Co.
I James Ward residing in the town of Greenwich hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Brantton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be sixty two 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 I concur in that Opinion Sworn to and Subscribed this 30 th day of January 1833 before me Henry R. Bristol Clerk
James Woods
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that James Woods who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the Town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to Credit and that said James Woods is one of the Judges of this Court
I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Knowlton for a pension In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 30. day of January 1833. Henry R. Bristol Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. On this Twenty eighth day of January 1883 before the court of Open Sessions of the County of Rensselaer and State of New York in open court came Manasseh B. Brewster of the town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid and being duly sworn according to Law says that the said Nathaniel Brewster named in the annexed Declaration for obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, is his true brother that the facts set forth therein so far as they relate to his age and his residence are true
That this deponent was in the service of the United States from about the month of May 1843 until the month of August of the same year as a subs- tute for his older brother Daniel Brewster junior and was attached to the same company and under the same officers as set forth in the said declaration of the said Nathaniel herein annexed and he knows that the said Nathaniel Brewster served as a private in said company for the term of about three months whilst this deponent was in the same company at Fort Gratiot That the said Nathaniel did enlist at the time as set forth in his said declara- tion for the term of one year in said company and left home to perform

Said Service and he understood and believed at the time and still believing that he served in said company for the term of one year at the time and place and under the circumstances set forth in the said annexed declaration.
And this deponent further says that he this deponent was appointed a justice of the peace in and for the town of Greenland in the County of Rensselaer about the year 1820 and continued to discharge the duties of that office for more than one year. That he commanded a company of Militia in the town of Greenland for about five years as captain previous to 1822.
Wanassaah Knowlton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court.
Henry R. Bristol Clerk of Rensselaer County

State of New York City and County of Albany ss.
Samuel Glazier of the City of Albany - Councilor at Law being duly sworn according to Law says That he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Rootes and Marshall Rootes named in the annexed declaration and affidavit. That they both enjoy the reputation of honest and honorable men, that their declaration, under oath or otherwise will command the fullest credence where they are known
That he is well acquainted with the Honorable James Wood whose affidavit is annexed to the declaration of said Nathaniel Rootes. That the said James Wood is now one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer, and was chosen by the people of the State a Presidential Elector for the 9 th Congressional District of the State at the late election and of undoubted veracity.
Sworn this 31 st day of January 1833 before me
S Glazier
John Martin Clerk

I certify that Nathaniel Knowlton resides in the District which I represent & that I have not personally acquainted with him his reputation for truth & veracity is reported to be good among his neighbors & acquaintances J. Brown
No. 29. 457 Nathaniel Knowlton Russian Gap, Pa.
Admitted Candidate of Anti-Slavery Name
Hon. Mr. Purvis House Reps N.Y.

Rejection
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INVALID.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 2, 1896 Sold. pencil to letter. Stocking, E. Grange. N. J. Woodhull, 13 1/2 Inv 3