Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,540, for Oliver Knight, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
989
Knight, Oliver
WP 21.540
Sarah
B.L.Wt. 16.121-160-55
Sally or
CONTENTS

1392 New York
Oliver Knight
of Troy — in the State of New York — who was a Musician in the Company commanded by Captain Laurens — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Garay in the Rhode Island line for 9 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Octo- ber 1832 and sent to E. C. Gould
Awards to 24th of Sept. 1832 $ 45 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '33 15 00 $ 60 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Ceo: G. Hiles, Clerk, Vol. 5 Page 105

1415 New York Albany. Sally Knight, widow of Oliver Knight. R.R. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Yiper .
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of August 1848, and sent to
Archibald Bull Floy N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 111 Vol. 4 .

130939 Acorns
Nov 12 17
Sally Knight vid.
Oliver Knight Paris
Feb Feb 15/
Museum of Cray
Early R. L. Luce
Feb 16/12
Rev. War
Rev. Pensioner July 48-1415
No. 160 acs Feb 15/56
1000
Ms. Knight Present
13
Vol. K. 123.

State of New York
County of Rensselaer
ss. On this seventh day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Mayor's Court of the City of Troy, now sitting, Oliver Knight, a resident of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy 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 Act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following that he was born at the town of Cranston, R.I. April 17 th 1762, named officers, and served as herein stated. On the 1 st day of June 1778, he, then being a resident of the town of Cranston in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, enlisted in said service, as a volunteer, and as a musician; and entered the service on the 11 th day of the same month, having enlisted for the term of nine months. That of the Regiment to which his company belonged, Carary was the Colonel, who was of Newport Rhode Island, the Lieutenant Colonel was one Williams of Foster Rhode Island, and the Major was one Handy. The officers of the Company, to which he belonged, were Captain William Lawless of Bristol R. Island, Lieutenant Matthews, Ensign Abraham Andrews, Orderly Sergeant Wheaton Luther. That Enoch Place of the town of Foster aforesaid was adjutant of Carary's Regiment, and Perez was surgeon of same. That this deponent joined his Regiment at Providence on the 11 th day of June 1778, marched thence to East Greenwich; then to Old Point's Necktown; took ships and went to East side of Providence River, to the town of Warren; where the Regiment joined Another Regiment commanded by Colonel Tapping of Newport; and the two Regiments were commanded by General Cornell. They then marched to Bristol, then to Fall River - then to Howland's Ferry, and pitched tents there. Went to the Island of Rhode Island, in the expedition called Sullivan's Expedition, under the command of General Sullivan; and was present at, in, and during, a battle fought on the 29 th August 1778, at Battery Hill, six or seven miles from Newport. Thence the Regiment, and he with it, returned to Howland's Ferry, and went into winter quarters between Howland's Ferry and Fall River, where he stayed till the nine months of his enlistment expired; and on the 11 th day of March 1779, the Regiment was dismissed, without having any written discharges given to them. - This deponent has no record of his birth here; but it is to be found on the town Register of Cranston, Rhode Island. That he continued to live in Cranston till about

1790 - then removed to Sterling Connecticut and remained there till about 1796 - then lived again in Rhode Island, at Richmond and at Warwick Factories (now called Centre Ville), and at Anthony's Factories, till about 1808, or 1809, - then at East Haddam and Marlborough Connecticut - then removed to Greenfield in the State of New York about 1817 - then to Troy about 1820, and has lived in this city ever since. That he is known to Sedediah Tracy, and Jesse Tracy, Henry T. W. Master, and the Rev. d Benjamin M. Hill, of the said city of Troy, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and as to their belief of his having served in the revolutionary war. 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.
This deponent further says, that he has no documentary evidence, to prove his statements above made; and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Archibald D. D. Clerk
Oliver Knight
I, Benjamin M. Hill, a clergyman, residing in the City of Troy & County of Rensselaer, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Oliver Knight who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is a member, in good standing, of the Baptist Church under my charge, in this City; and that I believe him to have been a soldier of the revolution, as he above declares.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Archibald D. D. Clerk
Benjamin M. Hill

In the Matter of Oliver Knight Application for Pension
NO 4135

I, Henry V. W. Mastin
residing in the City of Troy aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Oliver Knight, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 70 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 I concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this day
H. V. W. Mastin
and year aforesaid
Archibald Bull 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 the said Court that Benjamin M c Hill, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman resident in the City of Troy and that Henry V. W. Mastin who has signed the other above certificate is a resident in the said City and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull, Clerk of the Mayor's Court of the City of Troy, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Oliver Knight for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 8 th day of August. A.D. 1832. &c.
Archibald Bull Clerk

4135
Oliver Knight
admitted
9 mo
$ 30
George South Noag. N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of of Tracy
BRIEF in the case of Oliver Knight of Troy — in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Mason County 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? Seventy years 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.     enlisted In 1778 June 1 — 9 — As a musick Gen. Sullivan Colonel Col. G. Col. Williams Major Hance Colonel Lounsbury. Lt. Mathews. Anas   
5. In what battles was he engaged? Butt Hill, 27 Aug 1778, 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cranston. R.I. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a Clugyman century to traditional evidence, so does H. O. W. Mason, 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Krutz Examining Clerk.

Oliver Knight Was Born
April 17 A D 1762
Sally Westcoat his Wife was Born
November 6 A D 1770
and was married July 16 1790
The Births of Children
Glenda Knight Was Born
February 20 A D 1791
Ditley Knight Was Born
October 23 A D 1792
Boleb Knight Was Born
May 25 A D 1794
Ann Knight Was Born
March 12 A D 1796
Duby Knight Was Born
January 17 A D 1798
Thomas Knight Was Born
March 10 1800
Lucy Knight Was Born
May 26 A D 1802

Sally Knight Was Born
May 21 1804 April the 31 1804
Oliver Knight Was Born March 3 1808
Eliza Knight Was Born May 28 1808
Alby Knight Was Born August 28 1840 and Died Jan 25 1842
Abby Knight Was Born April the 14 1843
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5661 Sally Knight, widow of Oliver Knight, application for a Pension
16246
Act July 7. 1838
Marr'd 15. July 1790 Husband died 13 Oct. 1837
Archibald Dull, Agent
Froy N.Y.
June 24. 1839 In roll of Col Crum - Rhode Island State Troops
Admitted F.F. 9 months $33.-

State of New York
Seneca County ss. On this Twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine, Sally Knight, a resident of the Town of Brunswick in the County of Seneca, personally appears before the Justices of the Troy City Justice Court, 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 & pensions to certain Widows." That she is the widow of Oliver Knight, who was a musician in the Revolutionary Army, who was a pensioner, under the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. as appears by a certificate issued by David C. Secretary of War, bearing date the 31. October, 1832. and for the services performed by the said Oliver Knight, she refers to the declaration, on file in the War Department. She further declares she was married to the said Oliver Knight on the 15 th day of July 1790. That her husband the aforesaid Oliver Knight died on the thirteenth day of October 1837. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service and the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seven hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
She further declares that she has no record proof, and that none exists of her marriage, other than the family records, the original of which, is hereunto annexed in the handwriting of the said Oliver Knight - and that the same has remained in the possession of the said Sally Knight in the family Bible up to this day when the same cut out in her presence and facts annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, in Open Court, by making her mark for the reason that she could not write - Geo. Wheeler Clerk
Sally Knight mark
State of New York
Seneca County ss. I, George Wheeler Clerk of the Troy City Justice Court do hereby certify that the above is the original of the proceedings had before the said Court in the matter and on the application of Sally Knight widow of Oliver Knight deceased for a pension. Witness my name & the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of June 1839. Geo. Wheeler Clerk

State of New York County of Rensselaer } ss.
On this Twenty Seventh day of April 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sally Knight aged Eighty/six years, a resident of the Town of Brunswick County of Rensselaer in the State of New York who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Sally Knight to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 2nd Feb. 1848 a pension of 33 dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Oliver Knight a Seaman of the Revolutionary war, and late of Rensselaer County, State of New York . She further states that her Pension
Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 2nd Feb. 1848 is numbered 1415 , bears date the 24th day of August 1848, and is made payable at the City of Albany Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Oliver Knight .
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, D. C.
Sally Knight mark
Attest: Henry Frazer Justice of the Peace John L. Cole
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Sally Knight to be the identical person she alleges herself to be—a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
H. Frazer J. Peace.
B. town of Brunswick written on an enclosure before execution H. Frazer
(For Notes, see opposite page.)

Sally Knight Act 3 d March 1855.
130939
S. M. Knight. Present,

State of New York County of Rensselaer
} ss.
On this 27th day of April 185 5 , before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John S. Cole and Lewis M. Wilber, Esq. Albany residents of Sixty Acres Road County of Rensselaer , in the State of New York known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Sally Knight who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 2 nd Feb. '48 , a pension of 3 3 dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Oliver Knight deceased, a Sister of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Sally Knight has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow; That they have known her for twenty five years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: That we both have lived for the last forty years in the immediate neighborhood and have been intimately acquainted with the above named Sally Knight .
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
16
John S. Cole Lewis M. Wilber
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
12
H. Hazen J. P.
State of New York County of Rensselaer
} ss.
I Hereby Certify, That Henry Frazee Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature therein is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, for the County aforesaid, this
1 st day of May 185 5 . J. H. Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer Co
NOTES.
 1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.  3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents.  5. Insert the full name of her late husband. 6. State what rank he held.  7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate.  9. Give its date. 10. State where made payable. 11. Widow's signature in full. 12. Magistrate's signature.  13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 14. Give their Post Office address.  15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses' knowledge is derived.  16. Witnesses' signature. 

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
aw's Dem
November 4, 1936
Mrs. Burton A. Crane 935 W. Ninth St Erie, Pa.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 21540 , it appears that Oliver Knight was born April 17, 1762 at Cranston, Rhode Island.
While residing at said Cranston, he enlisted June 1, 1778 and served nine months as a musician in Captain William Lawless' Company, Colonel Grary's Rhode Island Regi- ment, and was in the battle of Butts Hill.
He was allowed pension on his applica- tion executed August 7, 1832, while a resident of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. He died October 13, 1837.
Soldier married July 15, 1790, Sally or Sarah Westcott, who was born November 6, 1770.

She was allowed pension on her application executed June 20, 1839, while a resident of Brunsw- wick, Rensselaer County, New York.
Their children were-
Clorinda born February 20, 1791. Dutcy " October 23, 1792. Caleb " May 25, 1794. Ann " March -- 1796. Rubey " January 17, 1798. Thomas " March 10, 1800. Lucy " May 26, 1802. Sally " April 31, 1804. Oliver " March 3, 1806. Eliza " May 28, 1808. Abby " August 28, 1810, died June 23, 1812 Abby " April 14, 1813.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliner Knight , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

Sally Knight Application for Pension, under act of February 1848
admitted
Archibald D. Dule, Agent New York

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
On this Twelfth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Rensselaer, in the State of New York, Sally Knight — a resident of the town of Brunswick in the County of Rensselaer aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Oliver Knight who was a private in the army of the Revolution, on account of whose services she was pensioned under the acts of 7 th July 1838. 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844. and the annual amount of pension, which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844. was Thirty Three dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Subscribed & sworn on the day herein above mentioned before me.
Sally Knight her mark
J. F. Wells Justice of the peace
I certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me.
J. F. Wells Justice of the peace
State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
I, Nimbrose H. Sheldon Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that J. F. Wells was on the day of the date of the above declaration and certificate a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, duly elected & sworn, and that the signatures to the first of the above declaration & to the above Certificate, purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the said County, this Twelfth day of August 1848.
N. H. Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer County.

3993
Sarah Knight
Application for a pension under act of 3 rd March 1843.
$33 per an
Archibald Bell
Agent
Troy N.Y.

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. On this Twelfth day of September 1843. Personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court in & for the City of Troy, (being a Court of records), Sarah Knight, of the City of Troy, in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 8 th March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of, Oliver Knight who was a musician in the Revolutionary Army, and who served as is set forth in his original declaration on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions: and she further declares that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, of thirty three dollars per annum - She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before -
Sarah his Knight mark
H. T. M. Martin one of the Justices of said Court
Rensselaer County ss.
I William Hagen clerk of the Superior Court of the City of Troy in said County a court of record do hereby certify that on the twelfth day of September A.D. 1843. Henry V. W. Martin was a Justice of the peace of said County & one of the Justices of said Superior Court & the signature above is his genuine signature
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Troy this 12 th day of September A.D. 1843
Wm Hagen clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 2 o 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,"
Sally Knight
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Thirty three — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840. to the 4 th March 1841 —
Respectfully, yours,
James M. Tassie COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

2235 New York Albany,
Sally Knight widow of Oliver Knight who was a Fifer in the Rhode Island line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of December and sent to Archibald Bull Troy New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 108.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th Sept r 1840 to 4 th March 1841. Act verified June 11 th 1842
Albany 4246
Sally Knight widow of Oliver Knight
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 13. October 1837 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Fifer in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't. commanded by Col. Crary in the R. Island line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 33 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 14. October 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of Sept. 1839 and sent to Schibald Bull, Esq. Treas. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. '39 62. 33 Semi-annual allowance entitled to 40 16. 50
$ 78. 83
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk. Page 86

Albany
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Dec 196 90 n O. Cooper Waterloo NY 1926 Nov 4. Heir to Mrs. Burton a Crane ans.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Alive
File No. 21,540
Sally Wright
wid of
Oliver Wright
life Rec. man
Act: Feb 21  1/4
Index:—Vol. 84 Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MRS. BURTON ASHLEY CRANE 935 WEST NINTH ST. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
September 7th, 1926.
Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior;- Washington, D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions;-
May I have copy of the
Pension Record of Oliver Knight, listed as a pensioner in 1832, of R.I., having served in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War ? He is the only one of the name from R.I. that I know of.
Also of Jesse Knight, of Warwick or Cranston R.I. during the Rev. war, (having been paid in one record, three pounds for hire of his mare, to draw artillery", - but in 1783 of Killingly Conn.
If either of these have no record, could I have copy of any pension papers of Rufus

Knight, a Rev. soldier from Scituate, R.I. (Wife, Freelove, in 1795)
very truly yours,
Mary Knight Crane.

3.
your department?
Very Respectfully ymm,
Oliver C. Cooper.

JR
Waterloo, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1896. To the Rev. Com. of Pensions: My dear Sir, - My maternal grandfather, Oliver H Knight, was a soldier of the revolution - en- listed as a musician, I believe - but whether of the Rhode Island or Connecticut line, I do not know. I have recently learned that after the decease of him the son with whom his widow made her home in her latter years, a daughter of this son and his widow disposed of, to some one , for a trifle, the pension certificate and other papers which my grand- mother possessed showing that her hus- band was a revolutionary soldier.

as above stated. I do not understand what use the purchaser intended to make of these documents; and what I would like to know is, what use could he make of them, of advantage to himself? None of the other "natural heirs" or descendants were consulted before these papers were disposed of. I do not suppose they could be of any value to anyone save in the way of evidence that the said Oliver Knight was a soldier of the revolutionary war; or a grandson who, in the civil war, aided to perpetuate what he helped to establish, I consider them of immense value to his descendants in this respect.
Am I desiring too much to ask for this information from

O. W. & N. Div. W 21,540 L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
December 1, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Oliver Knight, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension August 7, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Troy, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a musician in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. William Lawless and Col. Cavity. He enlisted at Providence, R. I.
His widow, Sally, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr Oliver C. Cooper, Waterloo, New York.