Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13672, for Ephraim Knap, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Knapp, Ephraim Knapp
S. 13672
CONTENTS
carded

27722
New York
Ephraim Knapp
Service in the State of New York who was a Private in the com d by Captain Cable of the reg t commanded by Col in the line for 15 months & 15 days
Mass.
Ephraim Knapp
Records corrected, Nov. 17, 1844.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of October 1834. and Little Allen & Baldwin Potosiaw
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 180.81 Pension allowance ending March 25.83 $206.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Boyd Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 4 Page 39
Letter to C. T. Hubbard, 30 May 183
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April from 4 March 1838 to 4 1838. Age Notified 9. Aug
Paid as above from 4 1838 to 4 March 1839. a Notified 20 Dec 1839.
Letter to C. T. Hubbard, 29 Nov 1841.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1840 to 4 March 1841. Age Notified 23 rd Feb 184

29601
Ephraim Knapp N.Y.
Refd Coln. Bangs
explanations req d
Admitted
Private 15 mo & 15 days
$57.66
Colonel
Stockholm
St. Lawrence Co
N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16 March 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunct notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ephraim Knapp N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlis 1777 6 private Capt Cobb. does not recollect Colo. 71 years, born in Norton Mass entered service same place now lives in Sullivan N.Y.   18 3 11 " Capt Pratt   conti 79 X 9 " Capt David Colo. Baily Documentary knows of no one living. Who can prove his service reasons for not having a Clergymans Certificate Certificate of two bread neighbors   13 15  
X alleges that he served out 3 am, respectfully. his enlistment & was discharged. By the rolls it appears that he enlisted in Baily Regt. 17 June '78 for 9 mo & is omitted 1 march '79
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Two service from March or Apr '78 would appear to enter into the term of his continental service according to the rolls. but succeeded it by more than a year according to the declaration

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said 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 served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his.
There are rolls of the Mass'ts service in the office of E. D. Bangs esq. Secy of State Boston from whom a certificate of the service should be obtained

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence"> The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[n] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[o] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In the matter of Epiphane Knapp
application for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832.
Allen & Baldwin agents. Potsdam St Lawrence County N.Y.

State of New York 3 County of St Lawrence
On the 17 th day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Court of common pleas within and for the county of St Lawrence aforesaid Ephraim Knapp a Resident of the Town of Stockbridge in said County and State aforesaid aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the Seventh one thousand eight hundred and thirty two an act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution
This deponent declares that he was born in the Town of Bristol County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts September 27 th 1762 that there is no Record of his Age within his knowledge that he entered the Service while living in the Town of Norton County and State aforesaid that some time about or before the close of the war he removed to the Town of Lyman in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire from thence to the Town of Stockbridge which is his present place of Residence that he entered the Service of the United States in the Massachusetts State Troops under the following named officers and as herein stated
Firstly in April or May in the Town of Norton County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts Enlisted in Capt Elias Cobb's Company First Battery the name of Col does not Recollect marched from thence through Norton Lyman to Canterbury from thence to New Bedford thence a while from thence to Providence in the State of Rhode Island discharged there by Capt Elias Cobb after serving six months which discharge was lost before he removed to Lyman in the State of New Hampshire
2 nd In 1778 March or April enlisted in Capt Pratt's Company marched from Norton to Providence from thence to Boston and returned thence and served three months the names of the officers does not Recollect Capt Pratt for what became of his discharge but served the term he enlisted
Some earlier in the same year than is stated

their and served three months the names of the officers does not Recdct Capt Pratt for what became of his discharge but I do not know the time he enlisted
3rd about About the first of April at the Town of Norton Enlisted in the Continental army for nine months passed through the intermediate towns joined the army at White Plains belonged to Capt Davis company he was about commanded by Lieut Dwight Smith with Capt Little Robison Stationed there a while from thence marched to Hartford in the State of Connecticut from thence to West Point Newburgh & Poughkeepsie was discharged there at Poughkeepsie after serving nine months which discharge was lost Belonged to Col. Bailey's 1st Regt Brigade commanded by Gen. Sargent
And the undersigned further declares that his place of Residence when not in the service during the Revolution was at Norton at Norton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts and at Lyman in the State of New Hampshire and that he knows of no person who served with him who can testify to his services he also knows David Dyer a resident of the town of of the Town of Stockbridge persons who know him and can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution and the said Ephraim Knapp hereby Relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity Except the pecuniary and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above said A. D. Merrill
Ephraim Knapp

Whereas the David Baggett and Ashbel Skinner of the Town of Hoochland in St Lawrence county and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Knapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that his character for truth and veracity stands fair and we do hereby further certify that there is no clergyman Residing near us or the said Ebenezer Knapp who can testify to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed this Sixteenth day of Sept 1833
David Baggett Ashbel Skinner
Before me Chauncy Pettibone Judge of Law Com Pleas
State of New York St Lawrence County } 6
I, Simon A. Love Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify, that Chauncy Pettibone Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verify believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this
17th day of September 1833

to be his proper his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17 th day of September 1833.
A. C. M c Cl
And the said 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 Revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them David Duggett and Ishbel Skinner who have signed the foregoing Certificat are residents in the Town of Stockholm in the County of Herk and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. H. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Knapp for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 23 rd day of Sep r 1833
A. C. M c Cl

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 25 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ephraim "Snapp", as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Silas Cobb's Company, in Col. Danforth Heyes' Regt. where he is allowed from August 29 th 1777 to Jan'y 2 nd 1778, four months and four days. m do 4=4
Ephraim Snapp's name is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Israel Frowns Company, in Col. John Daggett's Regt. where he is allowed from Jan'y 21 st to March 31 st 1778, for services and travel two months and eleven days. 2=11
Ephraim Snapp's name is borne on a list of Men Procured from the County of Bristol Town of Norton for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at "Fish Kill", where 6=15

Amount brought over 6 - 15
he is allowed from June 6 th 1879 in the 5 th Company, in Col Daggett's Regt.
End.
Edward D Bangs. Leg
after the investigation of the matter... the investigation... that the above names apply and are a part...

State of New York } St Lawrence County. } ss:
Ephraim Knapp of Stockholm in said County being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he person- ally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of St Lawrence on the 17 th day of September A.D. 1883 and made application for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. That the foregoing papers were prepared upon such application and forwarded to the War Department at Washington and were afterwards returned to this Deponent at Stockholm upon said with directions to procure the cer- tificate of "E. D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of State, Boston." He further saith that he has procured such certificate from the said E. D. Bangs Esq. dated June 25. 1834. which is hereto annexed. And further he saith that said certificate shows that the first period of service sworn to by this deponent in his declaration commenced about three months later than is stated in said declaration and continued for four months & four days instead of six months as stated by him. and the second period commenced some earlier in the each year than is stated

in said declaration and continued for two months & eleven days instead of 3 months as therein stated and in the company of Capt Issac Trow in- stead of Capt Pratt as stated in said de- claration. This Deponent would fur- ther say that when he made his verbal statement to be written down in his de- claration by his attorney, he called the name of this captain Pratt or Clapp or something like it. Professing not to remember exactly the name, but the statement appears to have been taken down without any qualification. but when he had the name of Trow con- tained in said certificate it was very familiar to him and he well remembers now that such is the name of the Captain under whom his  his second term of service was performed. And he further saith that in respect to his said last period of nine months service in the Continental Army, this Deponent's declaration and the said E. D. Bangs' certificate and the rolls of the War Department as stated in the papers returned to him do not, either two of them, agree with each other. This Deponent stated that said term of service commenced in the spring (April) of 1779. Said certificate of Bangs it commenced June 6. 1779 in Col Daggett's Regt. and the rolls of the War Department, as appears from a

makes it commence June 17 1878. Col Daggett Regt. and the rolls of the War Department, as appears from a memorandum on deponent's papers. makes it commence 17 June 1878. This deponent has no doubt upon mature reflection that said service did commence in June 1878. as stated on the rolls at the War Department. He had no date by which to refresh his memory when his statement was given in, and he recollected that con- siderable time elapsed between the expiration of his first term of ser- vice and the commencement of his third term of service and supposing the second term commenced in the spring of 1878 he naturally con- cluded that his third term did not commence till the spring of 1879. But as the said certificate of said Bangs is correct in relation to his two first terms of service, making the first com- mence in Augt 1877 and Jan'y 2, 1878. and the second commence Jan'y 21. & end March 31, 1878 it would leave about 2 1/2 months to the 17 June 1878 the commencement of the last term of service according to the rolls of the Department. And this deponent now recollects of enlistment in the Continental Army before he went home after his second term of service and having a furlough to go home and be gone a few

100 North
before he should enter upon his term upon his term of Continental service. From his age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot recollect the dates and circumstances of his different services very accurately, but he is is quite sure that not many months elapsed between the different periods of his said service, and he verily believes that the said certificate is correct as to the two first periods of his said service and the rolls of the Department as to his third period of service.
As to his enlistment in the Continental army for nine months service, he supposes his name was entered before he returned home after his second term of service, as a soldier from the town of Boston, for he recollects going home under some furlough or some agreement to return and pass muster at Providence. In relation to the said Certificate of said Bangs as to the last term of service, he is unable to comprehend the same. He has no recollection of a person by name Col. Daggett as stated in said Certificate. He is quite sure that his colonel's name in that term was Bailey. Still Col. Daggett might have been Lieut. Colonel, Commandant some of the time or he might have been the Colonel of the Regt. some time, but he has no recollection of the name whatever.

Colonel of the Regt. some time, but he has no recollection of the same whatever.
neither does he recollect for a certainty, as he has above stated, whether it was in the year 1878 or 1879 that he enlisted for the said last period but is strongly of the im- pression now that it must have been in the year 1878, for the reason above stated. This deponent further says that the rea- son why a Clergyman's Certificate as to his services, was not procured with his first papers, is stated in the affidavit of David Daggitt and Asahel Skinner originally annexed to his said declaration, to wit, that no Clergyman did then, or does now, reside near this deponent or within several miles of him, who could testify in respect to his said services as to the dispu- tion of them.
He further saith that he has no documentary evidence of his said services and knows of no person living who could testify as to his services. and further he saith not.
Sworn this 18 th day of August 1884 before me, Horace Allen Justice of the Peace
Elhaim Snapp

17 th day of September 1833.
State of New York St. Lawrence County } ss:
Benjamin G. Baldwin of Potsdam in said County being duly sworn saith that the annexed pension papers of Ephraim Knapp which were returned from the War Depart- ment for explanation & further proof, were presented to him to aid in procuring such explanation & proof. That he wrote to Boston and procured the annexed certificate of E. D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of state of Massachusetts, that in their suit for the said Knapp to call at his office and on asking him the name of the Captain under whom he performed his second service. He said he could not recollect his name, but thought it was "Clapp" or "Pratt" or something like it, and said he so informed Mr. Heile who first drew his declaration. This deponent then asked him if he knew a captain by the name of "Howe". He replied at once that that was the name of the Captain under whom his second service was performed, and he then appeared quite familiar with the name. All this Com.

referred, and he then appeared quite familiar with the name. All this con- versation occurred previous to this de- ponent's showing said Knapp said certificate of said Bangs, and previous to his having any knowledge of its con- tents, as this deponent believes.
In reference to the discrepancy in the different statements, as to the time of the last service of said Knapp, this deponent saith that he asked said Knapp how long time in- tervened between the expiration of his second service and his the commence- ment of his last service, and he re- plied between 2 & 3 months. This conversation took place before he knew of such difference in said state- ments, and it will be perceived, is about the actual length of time which did elapse between the expiration of his second term of service and the commencement of his last term of service as taking the certificate of said Bangs as comt in reference to said second term of service, and
the statement of the War Department as to the last term of service as comt - Sworn this 27 th day of August 1834 before me B. G. Baldwin Yonas Clark Justice of the Peace

17 th day of September 1833.
I the said Justice do certify that Benjamin G. Baldwin, the above deponent, is a person of fair character for truth & veracity - Ymas Clark. Just. Peace.
J.P.
State of New York } St. Lawrence County } ss.
I, Alvin C. Low Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that Ymas Clark, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Ephraim Knapp and Benjamin G. Baldwin purport to have been taken, was at the date thereof, as justice of the peace in & for said County of St. Lawrence,
and that his name thereunto respectively subscribed is in his own hand writing with which he is well acquainted.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the my seal at Office this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four -
A. C. Low Clerk

April 8, 1938.
Mr. Dickson Q. Brown 342 Madison Avenue New York, New York.
BA-J/ILL Ephraim Knap S.13672
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ephraim Knapp, who was a pensioner of St. Lawrence County, New York, in 1840.
The data which follow are found in pension claim, S. 13672, based upon the service of Ephraim Knap in that war.
Ephraim Knap (as he signed his name) was born September 27, 1762, in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Norton, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private in the Massachusetts troops, shown as follows: from August 29, 1777, four months and four days in Captain Silas Cobb's company, Colonel Danforth Keyes' regiment; from January 21, 1778 until March 31, 1778, in Captain Israel Trow's company, Colonel John Daggett's regiment; and from June 17, 1778, nine months, 5 th Company, Colonel John Daggett's regiment.
The soldier moved "about or before" the close of the war to Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire, from which place he moved to Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1833, at which time he resided in Stockholm, New York. His name was borne on the pension roll as Ephraim Knapp. The soldier died October 19, 1841; reference was made to sons who survived him, but their names, and the name of his wife and date of their marriage are
The soldier changed all of his statements to agree with Mass. State Report, so I used it as given.

not shown.
In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Ephraim Knapp Certificate #27722 Issued October 8, 1834 Rate $51.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Apr 11-1902 Hy. G. Knapp Chicago Ills.
1938 April 8 - Dict. to Dickson & Brown - J.S.R.
File No. 13 672
Ephraim Knapp Priv. Beer War
Act: June 7 " 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Ephraim Knapp Record corrected. Nov. 17/04

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 7 th 1839.
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," Ephraim Knapp, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of fifty one Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Wm. B. Parish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

29. Nov 1841
C. T. Hubbard
G. L.

312.
Pension Office 29 Nov 1841
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19 th inst in the case of Ephraim Knapp, I have to inform you that the enclosed printed instructions should be strictly complied with, and when the vouchers shall have been prepared, you will please forward them to S. Hagner Esq Third Auditor of the Treasury.
I am &c
Calvin S. Hubbard Esq Brooks Hall St Lawrence County N.Y.

Brasher Falls N.Y. Nov 19
C. J. Hullund PM
Free
Nov 27. 1841
Mr. Groom.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

St. Lawrence County N.Y. Brasher Falls November 19/1841
A. S. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
A pension Certificate was issued to Ephraim Knapp of the Town of Stockholm this County and State - on the 8 th day of October 1831, under the Act of 7 th June 1832 - the last time he drew was in August 1840 - Since that he has been some of the time absent from the County and from other causes he has neglected to draw - last month he died - I have kept his Certificate and as Magistrate have made out his papers for him since he commenced drawing - Some 10 days ago one of his sons called on me for the Certificate and I cannot find it - I suppose it was mislaid by me in August 1840, the last time it was used - I have searched but cannot find it -
I write Sir, to ask what course to pursue - The Heirs wish the Certificate to enable them to draw what is in arrear - Hon John Dine of Ogdenburgh (late member of Congress from this County) and  and  and and the Hon. Silas Wright Jr of Canton are acquainted with me - and would doubtless reply to any inquiries that might be made respecting me - Hoping to hear from you as soon as convenient
I am Sir
Respectfully Yours
Calvin H. Hubbard

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, July 26 th , 1839.
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," Ephraim Bonap, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Fifty one Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838, 6 months.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 15 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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," The adm ra of Ephraim Knapp, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Fifty one Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 4 th March 1841. *
Respectfully, yours,
Almon L. Darracott Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
* Died Oct. 19 th 1841,

Mr. Estlin May 18
Stockholm May 10
Full
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

St Lawrence County New York
Stockholm May 11 th 1839
J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir
By a recent regulation of the Pension Office any Pensioner who neglects for more than 8 months to apply for and receive his Pension is required to make application for the same at Washington - Ephraim Knapp of this Town and State holds a Pension Certificate (numbered 27722 - Recorded in Book K o 2 vol. 4 Page 39) by which he is entitled to receive Fifty one Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum - he neglected to apply last September - in March his papers were made out, but owing to some informality they were returned by the Pension Age - at Albany, before they could possibly be prepared (owing to the absence of the magistrate to whom they were addressed) the time had expired the 1 st of May had past. Mr Knapp now wishes to know - what to do

St Lawrence County New York
Stockholm May 17 1859
J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir
By a recent regulation of the Pension Office any Pensioner who neglects for more than 8 months to apply for and receive his Pension is required to make application for the same at Washington - Ephraim Knapp of this Town and State holds a Pension Certificate (numbered 27722 - Recorded in Book K. 2 vol. 4 Page 39) by which he is intitled to receive Fifty one Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum - he neglected to apply last September - in March his papers were made out, but owing to some informality they were returned by the Pension Age - at Albany, before they could possibly be prepared (owing to the absence of the magistrate to whom they were addressed) the time had expired the 1 st of May had past. Mr Knapp now wishes to know - what steps to take

in order to obtain his Pension - yet must be drawn at Washington, what papers are to be made out? he further wishes that the name of some person should be given him at Washington who will draw the money for him, without taxing him the amount of his Pension for doing the business -
Please address Yours Very Respectfully Calvin G. Hullard

Dickson Q. Brown ROYALTY FINANCE CORPORATION 342 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK
March 24-1938
Veterans Bureau Washington D.C. Gentlemen -
I am anxious to secure the Revolutionary War Pension Records of EPHRAIM KNAPP . -
He was on the Pension Rolls and living in St Lawrence Co N.Y. Town of Stockholm. age 83 in 1840. I believe he died in 1841.
If you could furnish me with the war record and any other information his pension papers show I would greatly appreciate it.
Very truly yours
Dickson Q Brown 342 Madison Avenue New York NY

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March 6th 1902
Mr. H. Clay Evans,
Com. of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please advise if Ephriam Knapp who served in Captain E. Wallis' Company of Vermont Militia in 1780, Captain Elijah Galusha's Company from Arlington, Vermont, in 1781 and in Blakesley's Company Malcolm's Regiment, New York State Troops in the Revolutionary War , was a pensioner. If so kindly furnish particulars and oblige,
Yours truly,
Henry G. Knapp 610 Fisher Building

Potsdam 1 st Sept. 1834.
Sir. Enclosed are returned the papers, with additional proof & explana- tions, in the case of Ephraim Knapp's application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. Please examine the papers as soon as the business & rules of the office will permit & send the result to us.
With sentiments of respect. I'm an Mr. Woodhull Knapp. Allen & Baldwin.
H. L. Edward Esq. } Coun. of Pension. }
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