Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29952, for Jonathan Knapp, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Knapp, Jonathan
S. 29952
CONTENTS

10.581
Massachusetts
Jonathan Rapp
of Frank in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Williams of the regt commanded by Col Walker in the Mass line for 20 days.
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 13 th day of April 1833 and sent to Ward Washington Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1832 $ 133.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 33.33 $166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H B Blair Clerk Book 2, Vol. 2, Page 25,

3490
Jonathan Knapp
Rate 1 year 8 Mos
Noting no change to be credible
W.B.E.
Mar 8 1832
$ 66.66
address to him at W Ward End Worthington Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Knapp of Cummington  Hampshire Co in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
80
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.     last of Apr or 1 st May '75 to 1 st Jan'y '76 — 8 — Private Capt Williams Col. Walker   about 1 st Jan'y '76 1 — — — Capt Payson Col Reed  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Roxbury
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
no living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no Clergyman's Certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Abel Easton Examining Clerk.

No 3496
Jon. Knapp Declaration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss
On this eight th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Hon Samuel Hunkley Judge of Probate for the County of Hampshire now sitting Jonathan Knapp a resident of Cummington in said County, aged Eighty One 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 of passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. viz.
That the last of April or first of May 1775 he enlisted at Roxbury in Massachusetts into the Company of State Troops for Eight Months commanded by Capt. Moses Williams and in Col. Walker's Regiment and served that term in Roxbury, Dorchester & the neighbourhood but was discharged about the first of January 1776. 8 mos.
That on the expiration of his first term of service say about the first of January 1776. he enlisted into the Company of Capt. Samuel Payson at Roxbury and after the for One year and after the British evacuated Boston (as he believes sometime in the month of March) he marched for New York where he joined Col. Joseph Reed's Regiment and was detached as an Artificer in which service he was employed till sometime in September when he again joined his Regiment and continued with it in its retreat to Kingsbridge & White Plains where

he continued till the term of his enlistment expired & was discharged or dismissed
12 Mo s
That he was born in the Town of Raynham in the County of Bristol as he believes in the year 1752. but has no record of his age (except his own family record). and that at the time of his enlistment he resided in Easton in said County. where he continued his residence till he removed to Bournemouth in the year 1778 where he has ever since. on the same farm. and that he has no recollection of having had a written discharge for either of the periods of 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 whatever
Jonathan Dorr
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
sworn

We Joshua Lovell of Cummington and Branch Leonard of Worthington do hereby certify that we have been well acquainted for nearly forty years with Jonathan Knapp who subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age, and 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.
Joshua Lovell Branch Leonard
Sworn & subscribed before me & I certify that The said Joshua Lovell & Branch Leonard are respectable men & credible witnesses
William Ward Justice of the Peace
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
Samuel Hinsely Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Knapp for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
Sam l F. Lyman Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ward Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of November A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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Nathan Snow
affidavit - J Knapp
3496 15 Jonathan Knapp

I Nathan Snow of Cummington in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty One years do hereby say that in the year 1775 I was and have been ever since, acquainted with Jon a Knap now of Cummington in the County of Hampshire that I was in the Eight Months Service at Roxbury in the year 1775 in Capt William Reeds Company & Col John Baileys Regiment & that the said Jonathan Knap was in the same service in Capt Williams Company 4 th Col Walkers Regiment & continued there till about the 1 st of January 1776.
This deponent further says, about the 1 st of January 1776 he enlisted into the year service at Roxbury in the same Company & Regiment and marched to New York.. & that the said Knap enlisted into Capt Paysons Company & marched for New York. sometime before we reached New York I found the said Jon a Knap there in Col. Reeds Regiment. and he continued in the same service to the close of the year. I was particularly acquainted with the said Knap as we were both mechanics & were frequently detached together to perform the duty of artificers during the campaign.
Nathan Snow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. July 16 1832
Personally appeared before me Nathan Snow who subscribed the foregoing affidavit & made oath to its truth and I do certify that I have known the deponent for thirty years and that he has uniformly sustained a good character for truth William Ward Justice of the Peace July 16. and is a credible Witness

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ward Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ward Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Seventeen day of November A. D. 1832.
Samuel F. Lyman
Register of Probate.

Washington MS Dec 17
Thu
Dec. 17
Mp.
Hon. Lewis Cope
Care
Rev. Dr.
Sunday of War
Washington City
Pension claim

Worthington Ms. Dec. 10 1852
Hon. Saml. Gaps
Sir
I enclose the papers of Jonathan Knapp for a pension which were returned from the War Department, for correction
I have not had added the certificate of the Colbryman because I judge by a Memorandum on the "King's Orders" that it was not in this case deemed necessary. The affidavit of Nathan Snow being sufficient, if his credibility was certified by the Magistrate and I know of no man more implicitly entitled to credit.
Yours respectfully
William Ward

1895
John Knapp
1882-80
Cummington Mass
Easton
Capt. Isaac Williams
Col. Walker
Apr - 8 1860
Capt. Samuel Dyer
Col. Jos. Peck
Apr 12 1860
Am. Republic 1860
No. B...

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
Additional service _____
Remarks _____
_____ Chief of Division.

29952 INVALID. Rev
Jan 30-1903 Rev. Shepherd Knapp new York C. 5
File No. 29,952
Jonathan Knapp His Rev. Rev.
Act: James J. 897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]

288 Lexington Avenue,
New York City.
To the Bureau of Pensions - Washington D.C.
I wish to secure as soon as possible a certificate of the Revolutionary Services of Jonathan Knapp of Easton, Mass. of whom record appears in the printed records of "Massa- chusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution" p 332.
If a fee must be paid in advance, please let me know what it is at the earliest convenient date.
Yours truly Jan 22 1905 (Rev.) Shepherd Knapp