Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,124, for Henry Knight, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Knight, Henry
S. 7124
carded
CONTENTS

North Carolina N o 27821
Henry Knight of Rock m Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mason in the Virginia Troops time for 8 months, 12 days
Inscribed on the Rolls of North Carolina at the rate of 28 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of June 1834 and sent to Hon. A. H. Shepherd N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 84.00 Semi-annual allowance end of Life. " 14.00
$98.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 62

North Carolina Rockingham County
On this 27 th day of August 1893 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, now sitting, Henry Knight a resident of the county of Rockingham and state of North Caro- lina aged seventy three years the fifteenth day of February last, 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, 1872.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that he entered the service in the county of Surry and state of Virginia, Captain Lawrence Smith sometime in the year 1780 in the spring as well as he now recalls, the month not remembered at this time, that he does not recollect the name of his lieutenant nor ensign, that Col David Mason & Col Lewis Brantley com- manded his regiment that he entered

the service as a drafted militia man for the term of six months, that he together with his company marched directly for South Carolina, that they crossed Roan- oke, at Halifax in North Carolina, that they passed through Camden, crossed Pungo at Col Thompsons; that they joined the troops under General Sims at a place called the Long Cause- way, in the neighborhood of Stone that he continued in that vicinity until some five days after the battle of Stone when he and all his regiment was dis- charged, they having served out their time to wit six months that he well recollects that he was on guard in the morning of the battle, at the foot of the long causeway, that the battle was fought on Sunday, that the firing commenced a little after day break, that he well remem- bers that the company of guards to which he was attached was to have been relieved at eight o'clock but that the relief did not come that day that he served six months during the tour, he remembered General Sims and one Major Moore who was said to be a Yankee, that he well recollects that Major Moore came to him, that he

was not permitted to hear the charge of a couple of field pieces, which he wished to have fired against the enemy as they crossed the bridge; that he again entered the service in the County of Fauquier and state of Virginia under Captain Lawrence Smith as a drafted militia- man, for the term of six weeks, that his Col. was named Miley & others, that his major was a Frenchman by the name of De Clonan as well as he recollects, that they marched to a place called Barks old field, that they remained in that neighborhood which is not far from Portsmouth in the state of Virginia until his six weeks had expired that when the men came from his county to relieve them, there were three men lacking, that he with one Nicholas Prince and Stephen Pate served six weeks longer to supply their place & was made two towns, when he was dis- charged, having served three months, that he received no written discharge, that as well as he now recollects the service was performed in the year 1781, that he is not certain as to the year.

that he again entered the service in the county of Sussex and state of Virginia under Captain Lawrence Smith about one month before the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown, that he entered the service at this time for no defi- nite period, that he served not less than one month at this time, that he was at the taking of Cornwallis, that he was discharged a few days after his surrender, that his regiment was commanded by Col Benjamin Blount and Major Robert Brabury, that he recollects seeing General Washington at Yorktown, that the service was performed in 1781.
That he knows has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove any part of his service except Hadwell Baskin of the county of Stokes, and Elizabeth Knight of the county of Rockingham whose attendance at court he is unable to procure, as they are old and infirm that they both lived in the county of Sussex and state of Virginia during the revolution near neighbors to applicant

applicant, that he hereby relinquishes every claim 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. In answer to the first question he states that he was born in the year 1760 in the county of Sussex and state of Virginia.
In answer to the 2 nd question he states that he has no record of his age.
In reply to the 3 rd question he states that he was at that time living in the county of Sussex and state of Virginia when called into the service, that he continued to reside in said county until about the year 1803 or 1804, when he removed to the county of Rockingham & state of North Carolina where he resided about three years when he removed to the adjoining county of Guilford where he resided about twenty years when he removed to the county of Rockingham again, where he has resided ever since. In answer to the 4 th question he states that he was a drafted militia man.
In answer to the 5 th question he states that he has mentioned in the body of his declaration the names of such officers as he now recollects. In answer to the 6 th question, he states that he never received any commission nor did he ever receive a written discharge.

In reply to the 7 th question, he states that he is well known to John Winchester, Moses Taylor Blake the Brasil & many others who can and will testify, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He further states that there is a clergyman by the name of Henry Salmon  Henry Knight, to whom he has been well known for more than twenty years & who will also testify as to his character for veracity and his belief in his services as a soldier of the revolution, he states that he is unable to procure the attendance of said clergyman at this court on account of his engagements in preaching, the Sworn to, and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
A. B. H. S. D. C.
Joseph Holdery clk.
Henry his Knight mark
We John Winchester & Moses Taylor
residing in the neighborhood of Henry Knight hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Knight who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be

30.768
N.C.
Henry Knight Declaration
H. A. Shepherd
Rockingham
admitted - private
8 mo: 12 days
$28 —
H. A. H. Shephad

of the age stated in his declaration, 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, & that he is a man of truth and veracity.
Moses Taylor John Winchester
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid at Bloomsbury D.C. Joseph Holdery Clerk.
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 Moses
Taylor & John Winchester who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and that they are highly creditable and respectable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Joseph Holdery - Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county of Buckingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of application for a pension for the services of Moses Taylor as a revolutionary soldier, and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office this 29th day of August 1834. Joseph Holdery Clerk.

Joseph Holden Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Rockingham County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of application, Henry Knight, for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of August 1834
Holden clk.

February 25, 1933
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Mr. Ed. Young Stokesdale North Carolina
Henry Knight, S. 7124 BA-J/MCS Am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Henry Knight who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 7124, based upon the military service of Henry Knight, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born February 15, 1760, in Sussex County, Virginia.
While a resident of that place he enlisted and served in Captain Lawrence Smith's company in a Virginia regiment commanded by Colonels David Mason and Lewis Burrell, was on guard at the long causeway during the battle of Stono and was discharged soon afterward, having served six months. He enlisted in 1781 and served three months in Captain Lawrence Smith's company in Colonel Meriwether's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in 1781 and served one month in Captain Lawrence Smith's company in Colonel Benjamin Blount's Virginia regiment, was present at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was discharged a few days after the surrender.
After the Revolution he lived in Sussex County until about 1803 or 1804 when he moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina, where he lived about three years when he moved to Guilford County, North Carolina. After living there about twenty years he moved back to Rockingham County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1833, at which time he was living in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

One Elizabeth Knight stated in 1833 that she lived near Henry Knight when he enlisted, but she did not state that she was related to him. It was not stated that Henry Knight was married.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

North Carolina) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Stokes County March term 1834
This day personally appeared in open court Hartwell Bachman and made oath that he is well acquainted with Henry Knight an applicant for a pension, that during the war of the revolution he lived a neighbor to him in the county of Sussex and state of Virginia, that he well recollects after his return from the army Henry Knight applied to this applicant for the loan of his threshing machine, stating that he was then going into the service as a militia man, that he went out under Col David Mason, that he was gone six months or more, when he re- turned. This applicant states that he believes that said Knight served at this time six months
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
Hartwell Bachman
M c Kee J. Hartwell Bachman And the said court declare their opinion, that the said Hartwell Bachman is a credible witness, & that his statement is entitled to belief
M c Kee

Nathaniel Boydston Surry County North Carolina

State of North Carolina } This day personally appeared Guilford County } Elizabeth Knight before me James Nelson one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and made Oath in due form of Law that Henry Knight of the County of Rockingham an applicant for pension by declaration was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and did serve three times in the Militia and she states the first time said Knight was gone six months and the second time he was gone about twelve weeks the third time he was gone four weeks or upwards when Henry Knight went into the service we lived near Neighbours in the County of Sussex in the state of Virginia and have been acquainted with him ever since
Sworne to and subscribed before me this the 4 th day of September 1833 Witness Elizabeth her Knight Mark Jas. Nelson (JN)
I James Nelson do certify Elizabeth Knight by information and of my own knowledge is a woman of Truth given under my hand & seal this 4 th day of September 1833 - Jas. Nelson (JN) (read)
I know the signature above to be the proper hand writing of Jas. Nelson a Justice of the Peace for Guilford County N. H. Stephens

Revised
7124
INVALID.
1913 May 20. History to Hon. Charles F. Booker &. 1915 June 20. Hist. to Lily Doyle Dunlap. & 1933 Feb. 25. Ind. to Mr. Ed. Young. M.C.S.
File No. 7124
Henry Knight Post Civil War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 1 st , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

P.O. Box 276. . . . . Rev see Ansonville, N. C. C 14 June 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear sir,
The Colonial Records of South Carolina state that Henry Knight was a Rev. War pensioner from this state. Have you any record of him? Thank you truly.
Yours most sincerely Lily Doyle Dunlap.

Stokerdale, N.C. Feb. 8, 1933.
Veteran administrations Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: (over)
Will you please give me what information you have relative to Henry Knight , a Revolutionary War soldier of Rockingham County, North Carolina? I understand this soldier was a pensioner.
Yours Very truly Ed. Young Stokerdale, North Carolina

Rev. War Section.
June 21, 1915.
Mrs. Lily Doyle Dunlap, P. O. Box 276. Ansonville, N. C.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 14 th instant, you are advised that the papers in claim, Sur. File No. 7,124, Rev. War, show that Henry Knight was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1833, in Rockingham County, North Carolina, where he had resided from 1803 or 1804.
He stated that he was born February 15, 1760, in Sussex County, Virginia, where he resided and was drafted in the Spring --, under Captain Lawrence Smith and Colonel David Mason, he marched through North Carolina to Stono where he was "on guard" at the long causeway during the battle, after which he was discharged with his regiment, having served six months.
He was drafted in Sussex County, in 1780 or 1781, under Captain Lawrence Smith and Colonel Meriwether, and served at Bab's Old Field, in the neighborhood of Portsmouth, Virginia, three months.
He again entered the service in Sussex County, in

1781. under Captain Lawrence Smith and Colonel Benjamin Blount, was at the taking of Cornwallis and was discharged a few days after the surrender, having served one month.
The date of his death is not shown, and there is no family data on file.
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Henry Knight, Certificate No. 27,821, issued June 2, 1834, for $28. per annum, from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the North Carolina Agency."
The above is the only Henry Knight found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Buchanan Commissioner.

May 20, 1913.
Hon. Charles F. Booher, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Booher:
In response to the letter of Mr. W. G. Hine of Savannah, Missouri, dated the 13 th instant, and received in this Bureau to-day, by your reference, I have the honor to advise you, that the papers in claim Sur. File No. 7,124, Rev. War, show that Henry Knight was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1833, in Rockingham County, North Carolina, where he had resided from 1803 or 1804.
He stated that he was born February 15, 1760, in Sussex County, Virginia, where he resided and was drafted in the Spring---- under Captain Lawrence Smith and Colonel David Mason, he marched through North Carolina to Stono where he was "on guard" at the long causeway during the battle, after which he was discharged with his regiment, having served six months.
He was drafted in Sussex County, in 1780 or 1781, under Captain Lawrence Smith, Colonel Meriwether, and served at Bab's Old Field, in the neighborhood of Portsmouth, Virginia, three months.

He again entered the service in Sussex County, in 1781. under Captain Lawrence Smith. and Colonel Benjamin Blount, was at the taking of Cornwallis and was discharged a few days after the surrender, having served one month.
The date of his death is not shown, and there is no family data on file.
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him him all of the following data:
Henry Knight, Certificate No. 27,821, issued for $28 per annum from Mch 4, 1831. June 2, 1834, under the Act of June 7, 1832. at the North Carolina Agency."
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
1 enclosure.

State of N. Carolina } This day came Henry Guilford County } Satum a clergyman before me James Nelson one of the acting Justices of the peace of said County and made oath that from Information he had reason to believe and did believe that Henry Knight of the County of Rockingham the above applicant for pension by declaration was a soldier in the revolutionary war and that he is a man intitled to full credit sworn to before me
This 10 th day of September 1833
Henry Satum
witness
Jas. Nelson

I James Nelson do certify Henry Tatum a Clergyman whose affidavit is within given under my hand and seal this 10 th day of September 1833 J. Nelson (seal)
I am well acquainted with Henry Tatum who has certificate above He is a very respectable Clergyman I also know that the applicant Henry Knight is reported a very honest man & that he is generally believed to have been a soldier of the revolution A. H. Stephens

Oct 26 1850 App Salience Tracey for Increase 35 16 36
Mary Anderson 11 3- 4734
Salvatore Power of Attorney Washington W.C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Twight, Howard GRADE Private "in the Artillery" LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9770 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 10, 1792 To Alexander Pomer, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.