Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6014, for Samuel Knap, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York Knap, Samuel R. 6014
CONTENTS

State of New York Montgomery County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for Said County David Knapp of the Town of Broadalbin  Mayfield in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is now in the sixty ninth year of his age. And this deponent says that he is the brother of Samuel Knapp of the State of Ohio: And this deponent further says that he knows of his own personal knowledge that the said Samuel Knapp enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1776 for the term of six months under Captain Jacob Derinda, Lieutenant John Coo, under Col. Gilbert Coopers Regiments he cannot state the month nor day of the month when he went out and when the said Samuel came home but thinks he the said Samuel went out in the summer season of that year and returned sometime in the winter and this deponent says that when the said Samuel returned home from this town he had a disease called the bloody flux and this deponent further says that the said Samuel Knapp at the time he went out as above stated he the said Samuel resided at Haverstraw then Orange County now Rockland County State of New York and went from his place of residence up the Hudson River and the different places the said Samuel went to this deponent does not now recollect. And this deponent says that he knows that the said Samuel in the year 1779 enlisted in the battery service for one year does not recollect the names of the officers under whom said Samuel served at that time nor the places he went to but knows that he did go and was out one year. And this deponent says that he the said Samuel was out during the whole of the war after and before the terms above mentioned for shorter periods of time but the different times he did go out and the length of time he was out at each time and the officers under whom he did serve he this deponent cannot now state and the different

places he the said Samuel went to at those different times When he the said Samuel went out he cannot now state And further this deponent says David Knapp Sworn and subscribed this 24 th day of May 1834 Before me Aaron Haring Jr. Paris of Montgomery County
I certify that David Knapp of Mayfield is a respectable person and entitled to credit. Aaron Haring

State of New York Montgomery County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Solomon Knapp of the town of Mayfield in the County of Montgomery and State of New York who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath depose and say that he is the brother of Samuel Knapp of the State of Ohio and this deponent says that he knows that the said Samuel enlisted for the term of six months in the year 1776 under Captain David Derinda Lieut John Coe in Col. Giltner Coopers Regiment of militia the time of the year the said Samuel went out and when discharged this deponent cannot state He the said Samuel went out from Haverstraw up the Hudson River the different places he went to this deponent cannot now state And this deponent further says that the said Samuel did enlist in the year 1779 in the Water Service for the term of one year and served one year under Captain Cooley Lieutenant John Ackerman the time he went out and when discharged cannot now state And this deponent says that the said Samuel went out at other times, different from the times above mentioned but when he went out and when discharged and where he went to this deponent cannot now state And how long he was out at each time And further this deponent says not
Sworn and subscribed this
Solomon Knapp
22 nd day of May 1834 Before me
Aaron Haring Jus. Pacis of Montgomery County
I certify that Solomon Knapp of the town of Mayfield is a respectable person and entitled to full credit Aaron Haring

State of New York Montgomery County ss
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that Aaron Haring Esquire before whom the affidavits of David Knapp and Solomon Knapp purport to have been made was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the name thereunto subscribed as such justice to be his own proper hand writing and that the same is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day twenty fifth Fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thous and Eight hundred and thirty four
Geo: D. Ferguson

Q. Where & in what year were you born
A. I was born in Orange near Rockland County in the State of New York —
Q. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
A. I have a record of my age taken from my Father's record — it is at my residence in this County
Q. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute for whom
A. The first time I entered the service I enlisted for six months
The second I volunteered for two months
The third I volunteered for two months
The fourth I enlisted for two months
The fifth I enlisted for one year —
Q. Where were you living when called into service — where have you lived since & where do you now live —
A. I lived in Orange near Rockland County, in the State of New York — I moved from that to Ballston & lived there five years I then moved to the Town of Burn Albany County New York & lived there twelve years I then moved to Jefferson County New York & lived there about twenty seven years — I then moved to Crawford County Ohio where I now reside —
Q. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served — such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your

service
Qn, I was acquainted with General Knox & General Green at West Point I was in the Staff Department at the time I formed the acquaintance with the aforesaid officers — I was in the service & near the place where General Wayne took Stony Point but was not in the engagement
A. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
A. I do not recollect that I ever received one
Samuel Knapp
Crawford County, set Personally appeared before  in the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting The above named Samuel Knapp & on his oath doth say that foregoing answers to the foregoing interrogatories are true to the best of his knowledge
Samuel Knapp

Mr Samuel Knapp
Sycamore Ohio.

Mayfield (Mont. Co.) July 10th. 1834.
Dear Brother
Yours of the 16th June last, enclosing $5 has been received as you will perceive and hope you will your business attend to in such a way as will be satisfactory to you.
I should have written to you in my own hand, but being from home & without specks I have got an other to do it.
My own health is good at present - all your friends are well that reside here. except Sister Yumee who is quite sick and but faint hopes are entertained of her recovery.
I remain your affectional brother.
Solomon Knapp
Samuel Knapp.

State of New York
Montgomery County
ss Jacob Parelle & Francis Gurnee of the Town of Mayfield in said County being duly sworn say that they were severally well acquainted with Samuel Knap of Sycamore in the State of Ohio in the Revolutionary War that they also well knew that the said Samuel on the 22nd day of April 1779 these deponents joined a company commanded by Captain William Cooley, John Ackerman Lieutenant in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Udney Hay, the Lieutenant Colonel these deponents cannot now state and of which one Henry whose Christian name they have forgotten was Major and these deponents then & ever since understood & believed that the said Regiment belonged to & was in the service of the United States that the said company were on that day embodied at Stony Point on the Hudson River in the County of Rockland now but then Orange County in said State that these deponents were enlisted & did duty there in sometimes at that & at West Point and Fish kills for the term of one year and that the said Samuel also served for one year therein & at those places and at the expiration of his years service he was dismissed at West Point aforesaid & that the said Samuel did duty at the same time when these deponents served as aforesaid & these deponents also always then and ever since understood that the said Samuel had been regularly enlisted in said company. that these deponents are not personally acquainted with any other Military services rendered by the said Samuel in the Revolutionary War, but they lived during the Revolutionary War not exceeding four Miles from the residence of the said Samuel that these deponents often each year during said War was informed & believed at then & never since heard it doubted or contradicted that the said Samuel frequently each year was called out & compelled to do military duty and these deponents know from his residence and the proximity of the British forces & parties that he must have been drawn into the military service & cannot conceive it to have been possible to be avoid-
ed Subscribed & sworn to this 10th day of July 1834 by Jacob Parelle & Francis Gurnee before me and I certify them to be severally credible & reputable witnesses of good character & standing.
Aaron Haring Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County N.Y. State
Jacob Parelle Francis Gurnee

State of New York, Montgomery County, Clerks Office.
ss: I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Montgomery, do hereby certify that Aaron Haring, before whom the within affidavit signed by Jacob Porsell and Francis Turner, purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace and truly believe that his name subscribed to the said within affidavit & also to the within Certificate of Character of the said Porsell and Turner is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office this tenth day of July 1834.
Geo: D. Ferguson.

34.995 Samuel Knap Ohio.
Hon. G. Sweeney A.R.

The State of Ohio Crawford County ss.
On this eighteenth day of March A.D. 1846 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County Ohio now sitting Samuel Knapp a resident of Lyecanus Township in the County aforesaid aged eighty one years and four months, 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 in the month of June 1776 he then being a resident of New Hampshire Orange County, in the State of New York enlisted in as a volunteer in the service of the United States for the term of six months, the name of the Captain of the Company to which he belonged was Jacob Serendake, the Lieutenant John Coo the ensign Andrew Shummers. The name of the commandant of the regiment was Col. Gilbert Voorhies. This regiment was then fresh raised in Orange Co. N.Y. The three companies of this regiment including the one to which the said Samuel Knapp belonged was soon after it was raised dispatched to a point on the Hudson river called Red Hill the point of opposite to Dunderberg barracks. The rest of the regiment was sent to White Plains. The three companies at Red Hill were commanded by an officer of the rank of Major, his name not recollected. The position at Red Hill was fortified and occupied for the purpose of guarding against the British shipping. The said Knapp served the full period for which he entered the service at Red Hill
In the month of November 1777 the said Knapp then being a resident of Orange County New York entered as a volunteer in the service of the United States for the term of two months. The name of the Captain of the Company to which he belonged was Robert Johnson the Lieutenant Isaac Coo. During the period of this service his company was stationed at a place called Glouster, near the Hudson river for the purpose of cutting off Country supplies from the British Army and catching Tories. Another company was stationed near the same place for the same purpose. The said Knapp served the full period for which he entered the service at Glouster.

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In the latter part of the year 1778 the said Knapp then being a resident of New Hempstead, Orange County, N.Y. entered as a volunteer the service of the United States for the term of two months. He served the full period at Chester under the same officers and in the performance of the same duties as the year previous.
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In the month of February or March 1779 the said Knapp then being a resident of New Hempstead, Orange County, N.Y. entered as a volunteer the service of the United States for the term of two months. The name of the captain of the Company to which he belonged was
Sice the Lieutenant Peter Simmons. During this period he was stationed at Stony Point on the Hudson river. The regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Olney Hays. The Major's name was Henry. At the expiration of this period of service he re-entered the service of the United States at Stony Point for the term of one year. The name of the Captain of the Company to which he belonged was the Lieutenant John Adelman Brody. While stationed at Stony Point, one business was to guard against the British and provide the American Army with facilities for crossing and re-crossing the river. When the British came up the river one company was ordered up to West Point where we staid a part of the summer and from thence we went to Fishkill Landing where we staid until the British evacuated Stony Point and New Paltz point. We then went to Stony Point where I remained until my period of service had expired.
The said Knapp was acquainted with General Washington, Green Knapp Wayne and Schuyler. During all of said periods the said Knapp served as a private soldier in embodied corps that were called into service by competent authority & during said times the said Knapp was not engaged in any civil pursuit. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. The said Knapp further states that he never had any commission or discharge for the term services by him performed nor does he know what the day of discharge is he knows that there is any person surviving who has any personal knowledge of the performance of the above services.
Subscribed & sworn to in open court before me this 18th day of March A.D. 1840
John M'Adenroll Dept Clerk
Samuel Knapp

We Conrad Bretz residing in Sycamore  Crawford Township Crawford County Ohio and Hugh Welch associate presiding in Sycamore Township Crawford County Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Knapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one years of age & born in the  State of  Ohio  that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sumner subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Mollenhoff } Judge Associate, Crawford Common Dept Clk } Conrad Bretz (Pres)
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and recited as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Knapp Hugh Welch an associate judge of said Court who has signed the preceding certificate is a legally resident in the township of Sycamore in the County of Crawford in the State of Ohio and that Conrad Bretz who has also signed the same is a resident of Sycamore Township Crawford County Ohio and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Isaac Rose Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Knapp for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18 day of March AD 1840
I. Rose Clerk.

Interrogating the several questions propounded to the above named Samuel Knapp on the day of March 1840 in open Court
1st. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer.
2nd. Have you any record of your age if so where is it?
Answer.
3rd. Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer.
5th. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & Militia regiments as you can recollect the general circumstances of your service.
6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given and what has become of it

7th. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution

27793
Declaration re H. Sams Knapp

State of Ohio
Crawford County, ss
In the Court of Common Pleas of said County
On this sixth Day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty three person who appeared in open Court before the Honorable Gaius Higgins Joseph Holuburn & George Pae judges of the said Court of Common Pleas now sitting Samuel Knapp a Resident of Crawford County in the State of Ohio aforesaid aged seventy four years & five months 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 wherein the following named officers & served as herein stated —
1 st That he enlisted on the 30 th Day of June in the year of our Lord 1776 for six months in the State Troops of New York & served under Cap- tains Jacob Deronda & Colyn Gilbert Cooper that he was stationed a short distance below Fort Montgomery & left the service at that time on the last Day of December in said year
2 nd That he volunteered in said service in the latter part of the year of 1777 and served under Captain Robert Johnson & Lieutenant Isaac Coe & served for two months the parti- cular time when he entered & left the service he does not now recollect and that he was stationed at Claster in New York
3 rd That he volunteered in said service in the beginning of the winter of 1778 and served two months under the last mentioned Officers & was stationed at Claster in the State of New York
4 th That he enlisted in said service in the

Month of February 1779 & served two months under Captain William Hoic & Lieutenant Peter Simmons & was stationed at Kings Ferry in the State of New York ————— 5th That he enlisted in said service in the Month of April in the Year of our Lord 1779 for one Year & served under Captain William Cooley & Lieutenant John Ackerman & served the full term & left the service in the month of April 1780 That he was not in any Gen- eral engagement but in several skirmishes. He also states that he has no documentary evi- dence of his service — but that the annexed depositions will show in part the service he performed — That his place of resi- dence during all said period was at Haverstraw then Orange now Rockland County in the State of New York — That he is not acquainted with any clergyman in this place who can give the Certificate required by the War Department We hereby relinquishes every claim to whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of New York —
Sworn to & subscribed { Samuel Knapp the day & year aforesaid } before me Z. Root Clerk C.C.O.
We Arthur Andrews & William Griffith residing in Crawford County in the State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Samuel Knapp who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age. That he is respected & believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed this { Arthur Andrews day & year aforesaid } before me Z. Root Clerk C.C.O. William Griffith

and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states — and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Arthur Andrews & William Griffith who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents in Crawford County in the State of Ohio and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit —
The State of Ohio Crawford County ss J. G. Rouse clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Knapp for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 6 th day of May A. D. 1833
J. G. Rouse clerk Com. Pleas C. C. O.

State of Ohio Crawford County ss
Before me James Milligan one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came William Griffith who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Knapp for about eight or nine years and he believes him to be a man of veracity and a moral man and I believe that the services he swears he has performed to be correct as I have frequently heard him tell the same at different times Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13 th day of January A.D. 1840
William Griffith
James Milligan Justice of the peace
State of Ohio Crawford County ss
Before me James Milligan one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came Isaac Gurnee who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Knapp for about thirty years or more and believe him to be a man of veracity and truth and that he bears a moral character and that the military service stated in his affidavit were perfor- med by him and I have heard my Father say that he served in the same Company for one year Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13 th day of January A.D. 1840
Isaac Gurnee
James Milligan Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Crawford County ss Before me James Milligan one of the Justices of the Peace for said County personally came Joel Samson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Samuel Knap for about twenty years or more and believe him to be a man of veracity and truth and that he bears a moral character and I believe the military services he sets forth in his affidavit was performed by him Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13 th day of January A.D. 1840 Joel Samson
James Milligan Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio Crawford County ss Before me James Milligan one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally came Hugh Welch who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Samuel Knap for about nine or ten years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that he bears a moral character and the military services he claims that he sets forth in his affidavit was performed by him Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13 th day of January A.D. 1840
Hugh Welch associate Judge in and for said County
James Milligan Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Crawford County ss Before me James Milligan one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally Came Lewis Seitz, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been acquaint- ed with Samuel Knap for about nine years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that I believe him to be a man of moral character and that the said Samuel Knap is a member of the Baptist Church of which I have the pastoral charge and that the military service he sets forth in his affidavit was performed by him Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13th day of January A D 1840 Lewis Seitz U.S.A. James Milligan Justice of the peace
State of Ohio Crawford County ss Before me Hugh Welch a Judge Associate in and for said County personally Came James Milligan Esq who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Samuel Knap about seven or eight years and that he believes him to be a man of truth and veracity and sustains a good Moral character, and that he believes that the service claimed to be performed by him in the Revolut- ionary war as true as set forth in his affidavit James Milligan Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of Jan'y 1840 Hugh Welch Associate Judge in and for said County

The State of Ohio Crawford County ss I Z. Rowse Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James McMilligan Esquire before whom the within affidavits of William Griffith Isaac Gurnee, Joel Laman Hugh Welch Lewis Seitz appear to have been taken was at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due I further certify that Hugh Welch, before whom the deposition of James McMilligan appears to have been taken then was and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid to all of whom official acts full faith and credit is due — I further certify that I am personally acquainted with William Griffith Hugh Welch Lewis Seitz and James McMilligan and know them to be men of good moral character, of sterling worth, and unyielding integrity I have also some slight acquaintance with Samuel Knap and know nothing nor have heard nothing derogatory to his good character
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 16 th day of January A. D. 1840 Z Rowse Clerk

Declaration of P
James Knapp

Declaration of Samuel Knapp in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Ohio — Crawford County } S
On this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty four personally appeared before me a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Samuel Knapp of Sycamore Township in the County & State aforesaid aged seventy five years & ten months 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 & served as herein stated to wit —
That he enlisted in the month of June A.D. 1776 in the New York State Troops in a Company commanded by Captain Jacob Dananda & Lieu- tenant John Coe in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Gilbert Cooper the other field officers this Deponent does now recollect — That he at that time resided at New Hempstead then Orange now Rockland County That he marched thence to a place called Haverstraw Landing & from thence up the Hudson River to a place called the Point of Dundeburk where he was stationed for the term of six months the period for which he had enlisted & was discharged on the last day of December A.D. 1776 — During the said term he was employed in fortifying & guarding against the British shipping — That in the latter part of year 1777 he volunteered in a Company of volunteers commanded Captain

Robert John son & Lieutenant Isaac Coe - which Company was stationed at Gloucester that he served at that time a period of two months - That he again enlisted in the latter part of the year 1778 in a Company commanded by the last mentioned Officers & was stationed at the last mentioned place for a period of two months - That during said two last terms he & the Company to which he belonged was employed in cutting off supplies from the British then in possession of New York -
That he again enlisted about the 20 th of February 1779 in a Company commanded by Captain William Shaw & Lieutenant William Simmons for a period of two months & was stationed at Stony Point on the Hudson & was discharged about the 20 th of April 1779 That this Deponent does not now know of any person or persons now living by whom he can prove his service during all or any of those three last mentioned terms -
That he enlisted for the last time about the 22 nd day of April A.D. 1779 in a Company Com- manded by Captain William Cooley & Lieutenant John Ackerman in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Hovey that the said Regi- ment belonged to & was in the United States service - That he at this time he enlisted at Stony Point & done duty at that place and West Point & at Fish Kill - That he served at this time a period of one year & was dis- charged about the 22 nd of April A.D. 1780 - That at all those several times of enlistment his place of residence was at a place called Hampton in Orange County now Rockland County in the State of New York - That he has no documentary evidence of his service -

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
Sworn & subscribed
Samuel Knap
the day & year aforesaid before me -
George Roe
We Peter Baun & William Caughey - both residing in Crawford County & State of Ohio aforesaid do certify that we reside near & are well acquainted with Samuel Knap who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy five years of age
That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Peter Baun
William Caughey -
George Roe
And to the said George Roe - as declare it as my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - and I further certify that it appears to me that Peter Baun & William Caughey - who have signed the preceding certificate reside in the neighbourhood of the said Samuel Knap & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
George Roe
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County Ohio

Declaration of Trust
The State of Ohio Crawford County ss I Z. Rouse Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George Poe whose signature is hereunto attached and who has signed as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County Ohio, is one of the Asso- ciate Judges of said Court duly commissioned and qualified according to law full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to his official acts as such I further certify that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Common Pleas seal of Crawford County at Bucyrus this 21 st day of February A.D. 1835
Z. Rouse Clerk C.C.O.

Sam. Knap - of Ohio Petition of
Same Knap 30 June 1774 Colo Cooper Colo Hwy not presented
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To the Honorable the Senate & House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled —————
The petition of Samuel Knap formerly of Rockland County in the State of New York now of Crawford County in the State of Ohio most respectfully represents —————
That your Petitioner was a soldier in the Revolutionary war served as a private under different enlistments in all a period of about two years — that he has made application to the war department to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 but owing to the death of his acquaintances & those who knew his fellow soldiers he has been unable completely to comply with the regulations of the said Department — but as the papers herewith exhibited contain pretty satisfactory proof of his service he humbly prays your Honorable Body to take his case under consideration & pass an act authorizing his name to be placed upon the pension list & he will ever pray &c &c, Samuel Knap
We the undersigned Citizens of Crawford County in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are acquainted with the above petitioner

That we believe him to be upwards of seventy years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in the opinion - that he is a man of respectability & veracity a fit object for the favor of Government & a person upon whom a pension would be worthily & deservedly bestowed —
G. Sweeney —
J. Scott
J. Woodworth
J. McBracken
R. W. Musgrave
John Calacucca

State of Ohio Crawford County
p.
Before me James Miligan one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county personally came Samuel Knapp. Sen. who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that he did perform service in the Revo- lutionary war. That on the first day of June A.D. 1776. he enlisted under Capt. Jacob Osundah Lieut. John Cox & Andrew Thompson Ensign all under the Com- mand of Col. Gilbert Cooper (the Major's name not recollected) for the term of six months and served said term in guarding the Pass on the Hudson River in the State of New York. — And further states that he again enlisted in Nov A.D. 1777. and served for the term of two months under the Command of Capt. Robert Johnston Lieutenant Isaac Cox and further saith that in the latter part of the year A.D. 1778. he enlisted and served for the term of two months under the Command of said Capt. Johnston and Lieut. Cox and further saith that he served for the term of two months namely February & March in the year A.D. 1779. under the Command of Capt. Shaw & Lieut. Peter Simons on the Hudson River and State of N.Y.
And further saith that in the April following he enlist- ed and served for the term of one year next following under the Command of Capt. William Cooley Lieut. John Aukerman all under the Command of Col Henry Hayes & Major Henry. This last term of service deponent saith was performed while stationed at Stony Point from thence they were driven by the British to West Point from thence to Fishkill Landing and in the next fall when Stony Point was evacuated by the British, we returned to Stony Point and remained there until this last term of service expired all of which service was performed in the New York line of troops —

I respond further deponeth and saith in regard to his age that from the record kept by his parents which is still preserved in the family that he was Eighty one years old on the twenty fourth day of last November,
Samuel Knap
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 13 th day of January A.D. 1840
James Milligan Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Crawford County ss I Z Rowse Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Milligan Esquire before whom it appears that Samuel Knap made the above affidavit was at that time and now is an acting justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified according to law full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 16 th day of January A.D. 1840
Z. Rowse Clerk

6014.
P. O. Samuel Knapp
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Samuel Knapp Ohio.
Suspended.
Set 1 April 1840 Hon. J. Sweeney to same 15. April 1840
6014
Act 7 June 1832

Washington City 11th Sept 1840
Sir
I have the honor to submit to your consideration certain facts within my knowledge, relative to the application for, & the right of Samuel Knapp of Crawford County Ohio, to receive a pension under the pension laws of the United States —
In the spring of the year 1834 or 5- according to the best of my recollection the said Samuel Knapp applied to me, who at that time was attending to professional business in the County & State aforesaid, to draw up his papers to enable him to make application for a pension — I had before me the regulations of the Department showing the proof of service that would be required from each applicant — said Knapp at that time handed me the written proof of the service mentioned by him in the declaration accompanying this statement — and upon the examination of such proof I found it to be such as was required by the

regulations of the Department to entitle him to a pension —
As the Court of Common Pleas of said County was to commence its session in a few days thereafter, I drew up the papers for the said Knapp, & together with the written evidence of his said service placed them in a desk in my office — On the night before the said Court commenced its session, my office & the office of the Clerk of the said Court, were broken open by some person unknown, & nearly all the papers taken therefrom, including the papers of the said Samuel Knapp, & the written evidence of his said service, & as was supposed destroyed, as no part of them have ever been recovered to my knowledge —
J. L. Edwards Esq. } Counsel of Petitioner }
J. S. Wm. Wm.

Comm of Pensions.
Hon. George Tweney, House of Representatives.

Pension Office, April 1. 1840.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Samuel Knap have been examined and filed with suspended cases. The first alleged term did not exceed five months; and the terms of service for two months, each, are considered doubtful, as it regards their having been under military obligations.
The alleged service for one year, as an enlisted soldier, should be proved by witnesses from personal knowledge.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. J L Edwards
Hon. George Sweeney, House of Representatives.

Banking House
OF
WILLIAM P. CASE,
Cedar Falls, Iowa, March 10 th 1860
Sir,
The heirs of Samuel Knapp deceased inform me that said Knapp was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & consequently was entitled to a Revolutionary Claim. That soon after his death the heirs rec d a Circular from S. M. Knight of Washington, stating that if they would send him a Power of Attorney, he would procure the Claim for them. They sent the said S. M. Knight a Power of Attorney since which they have not heard from him. Please inform me if said claim was ever obtained & if so whether the said S. M. Knight resides in Washington, Samuel Knapp over

resided in Watertown N.Y. until a few years before his death when he removed to Ohio
Yours truly W.P. Chase
P.S. If said claim has not been obtained Richard Sison will give me some instructions in reference to obtaining it

(B-223.)
Rev
No. 21.707
, Ex'r.
REJECTED
OLD WAR INVALID.
Samuel Knepp of NY Private Col Hary NY troops
Service: Rev
Enlisted : , 18 ,
Discharged : , 18 ,
Application filed : , 18 ,

Mass
1910 Jan. 21. Hist. to Hon. Mrs. Greene
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15004
Lydia Knapp widow of Philip Knapp Pr. New War
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. A , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]