Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6040, for Joshua Knowlton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
or Knowlton, Joshua Knolton
R, 6040
Betsy
CONTENTS

5899 B. Tracy Lincoln Joshua Mass. act 7. July 38 8p 21.
5899 Betsey D. D. D. D.
E. Packard Cummington Mass.

State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County }
On this sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Hon
Richard E Newcomb Judge of the Probate Court for the County aforesaid Betsy Knowlton of Ashfield in the County of Franklin Aged Twentyone years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Joshua Knowlton who was private in the Revolutionary War that her said Husband Joshua Knowlton enlisted in the Spring of 1777 into a Company of Artillery commanded by Capt Amos Lincoln and Regiment commanded by Col Revere for the term of three years that he enlisted at or near Boston in this State and lived previously in that vicinity that said Company was stationed a part of the term at or near Boston that he went with said Company one tour to Providence in the then district of Maine and one or two tours to Rhode Island that he served the term for which he enlisted and was discharged in the Spring of 1780
She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Knowlton on the twenty sixth day of July one thousand seven hundred and sixty six and that her Husband the aforesaid Joshua Knowlton died on the twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and twenty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving she since last the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before R. E. Newcomb Judge Presiding

And the said Judge of Probate doth declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said Joshua Knowlton was a soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution and served as stated in the within declaration; that Betsy Knowlton, the within named applicant was married to the said Joshua Knowlton on the twenty sixth day of July A.D. 1786, and that the said Joshua died on the twenty third day of September A.D. 1821; and that the said applicant has ever since remained a widow.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Register of Probate for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb Esq is the Judge of Probate in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above and within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hands and affix the seal of the Probate Court for said county this seventeenth day of July A.D. 1839
E. Alvord Reg. Prob

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss On the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine before Elijah Prince a justice of the peace in and for the County of Franklin forswore per- sonally appeared Asa Sanderson of the Town of Ashfield in said County, who being duly sworn accord- ing to law by and before said justice doth on his oath depose and say, that he is the Clerk of the congre- gational Church in said Ashfield, and keeps the records of the same, which are now in his custody, and that he has recently searched said records for the marriage of Joshua Snowdon to Betsey Shattuck and has taken the following transcript and extract of said records in relation to said marriage to wit "one thousand seven hundred and eighty six July twenty six."
Joshua Snowdon and Betsey Shattuck both of Ashfield,
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is ex- pressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "1786 July 26"
Asa Sanderson Clerk of the
Congregational Church Ashfield
I Asa Sanderson above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Congregational Church in the Town, County and State as above stated and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church with the exception above named as certified by me.
And this deponent doth further depose and say that at the top of the page from which the above extract is taken, it is written in fair letters and words as follows
"A. Record of Marriages" (which is page one hundred and ten)
And this deponent doth further depose and say that at the top of the page one hundred and seven

of the same church records, it is written as follows in letters, words and figures.
A Record of marriages after the Installation of Nehemiah Porter Dec. 21: 1774)) And the inter- mediate space between said days one hundred and ten and one hundred and seven is filled up with supposed marriages! And I further testify and say that it appears by the record of said church that Nehemiah Porter was both Pastor and Clerk of said church from December twenty first one thousand seven hundred and seventy four until June twenty second one thousand eight hundred and seven  seventy  seventy  seventy  seventy and I fully believe that all the all the said records from which all the above ex- tracts are taken are in the proper hand writing of said Nehemiah Porter.
Asa Anderson Clerk of the Congregational Church in Middlesex.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the above the above deponent is a credible witness
Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alward, Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Elijah Paine Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield the seventeenth day of July A. D. 1839 E. Alvord Clerk

Betsey Wm. of Joshua Knappton
acc of July 7 th 1888 Sush d mass
N. B.—Should two or more lines join in the foreground, the plural should be substituted.

State of Massachusetts County of Franklin
Be it Known, that on this seventh day of December A. D. 185 2 , before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Madison Knowlton resident of Coltsdale in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs of the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1818 that they are directly interested as claimants in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanning and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, for true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Madison Knowlton for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Friend Knowlton Madison Knowlton
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Friend Knowlton and Madison Knowlton to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Walt Bement Justice of the Peace
State of Massachusetts County of Franklin
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Supreme Judicial Court for said County that Madison Knowlton and the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney are the children of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Walt Bement Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this Seventh day of December 185 2 Geo. Lyman Clerk
1. Claimant's name. 2. Residence. 3. "That she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man;" &c., &c. 4. Leave. 5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. 7. Claimant's signature. 8. Claimant's name. 9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." 11. Magistrate's name. 12. Clerk's signature. N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

I Jacob Nash of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years do hereby say that in the Revolutionary war in the year 1777 I enlisted in Capt Amos Lincoln Company and Col Revere Regiment for the term of three years that soon after I enlisted I became acquainted with Joshua Knowlton who belonged to the same Company and Regiment that said Company performed their three years service in the vicinity of Boston Mass at Penobscot in the then district of Maine and in the State of Rhode Island that said Knowlton served in said Company of Artillery the whole term for which he enlisted and was discharged with said company in the year 1780 Plainfield July 9 1839 Jacob Nash.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Hampshire County }
Then Personally appeared before me Jacob Nash and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person Eliphaleet Pack and Justices of the Peace

I Friend Knowlton of Pittsfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty seven years do hereby say that Jeremiah Knowlton my father died on the twenty third day of September Eighteen hundred and twenty one to my certain knowledge leaving a widow Polly Knowlton who still lives and remains his widow Pittsfield July 9 1839 Friend Knowlton
State of Massachusetts } Hampshire County } ss Personally appeared before me Friend Knowlton and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. And I further certify the aforesaid deponent is a credible person Elizabeth Packard Justice of the Peace

I Lebbus Bates of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy nine years do here now say that in the Revolutionary War I was well acquainted with Joshua Knowlton that he enlisted in Capt Amos Lincoln's Company and Col Revere's Regiment of Artillery in the Month of May 1777 for the term of three years to which Regiment and Company I was attached that said Knowlton served in said Regiment in the then district of Maine at or near Penobscot and in the vicinity of Boston and in Gen Sullivan's expedition at Rhode Island until the close of his term of service in 1780 when said Company was discharged being one of the Serpents in Capt Lincoln's Company I well recollect the aforesaid Joshua Knowlton and know that he served the aforesaid term of time Cummington July 4 1839
Lebbus Bates
State of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County } ss
July 4 1839
Then Personally appeared Lebbus Bates above named before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person
Elizabeth Packard Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalat Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Eliphalat Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Wells Clerk.

June 29. 1842.
Map.
Bull H Thos. L. Clancey
Edwards Engr
Comp. of Pensions
Pursk
Hon. G. N. Briggs
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27 June '40
Sir
Will you please give the information asked by the enclosed letter
Respectfully
Yours
G R Bugg
J L Edwards Esq

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
Erroll Sampson
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Samuel Humphrey Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said of- fice, and that his signature to the annexed certificates is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this sixth day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Erroll Sampson Clerk

I Samuel Whetmore of Weymouth in the County of Dorset and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, duly do testify and say that I know Joshua Knowlton in the time of the Revolutionary War, he was a soldier and a private in Col. Dyer's Regi- ment in the three years service which commenced in May 1777. The length of the period that he served I cannot state, but I have a distant recollection of the man, and that I saw him in Dyer's Regiment several times during the term aforesaid, and remember that he belonged to Middleborough. I served as a Major in Capt. Amos Dinsmore's Company and Dyer's Regiment three years commencing at the time aforesaid, or rather enlisted and belonged to Dinsmore's Company, but was several times detached and placed under some other Captain for several months at a time, and cannot say whether the said Knowlton was in Dinsmore's Company or in Capt. Dyer's Company. I think he was in one of these companies.
Witness
Abigail Whetmore
David Hovey
his Samuel Whetmore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dorset County ss. December 5 th 1839. I then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the County of Dorset, the above named Samuel Whetmore, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him submitted in my presence is true, and I certify that the said Samuel Whetmore is well known to me as a person of good reputation for truth.
David Humphrey, Justice of the Peace

I Timothy Stark of Weymouth in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years do hereby certify that Joshua Knowlton was a private in Col. D Brewer's Regiment in the three years service in the Revolutionary War, which service commenced in May in the year 1777. I was well acquainted with the said Knowlton, saw him often when we were stationed in Boston and when we were at Rhode Island. The length of the time that Knowlton served is unknown to me, but my opinion is that he served in Brewer's Regiment three years. I served as a Bombadier in Capt. Allen's company and Brewer's Regiment from May 1777 to May 1780. Knowlton was not in the same company with me, and I cannot name the captain under whom he served.
Witness
Daniel Humphrey
T. Stark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk, County ss
November 5 th 1837
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the County of Norfolk, the above named Timothy Stark and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him submitted in my presence is true, and I certify that the said Timothy Stark is well known to me as a person of good reputation for truth.
Daniel Humphrey, Justice of the peace.

5899 Miss R. T. G. Aug. 18 Act
Sir
Edward Gage Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Cummington Hampshire Collage August 1 1839
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
In England I forward to the Pension department the application of Betsy Knowlton widow of Andrew Knowlton a soldier of the Revolution for a pension under the act of July 7 1838
Yours Respectfully
A. Stuart Packard

N 5899 Let E Packard, Sep
30 '39 - Let to Hon. G. A. Briggs (copy of same sent) Feb'y 10, 1840.
6040 Act 7 July 38

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED 60449
P. O.
Betsey Knowlton
Service: Mass Troops
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .