Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6041, for Christopher Knowlton, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Knowlton, Christopher R. 6041
War of 1812
CONTENTS

W 35,164 Christopher Knowlton Michigan
Hn. A.S. Pote Senat. U.S. AD

State of Michigan County of Oakland
Present Court for the County of Oakland of the September Term A.D. 1840 To wit of the 20th day of November A.D. 1840
William M c Conkey being duly sworn in open court before the Presiding Judge and the Associate Judges thereof on the twentieth day of November A.D. 1840 Aforesth & Saith that he is of the age of forty nine years that he now lives in the Township of Southfield in the County of Oakland Aforesaid That he is well acquainted with Christopher Knowlton That once about the second day of June in the year of our Lord 1813 this deponent first became acquaint- ed with said Knowlton That at the time last mentioned this deponent saw the said Knowlton at Cleveland in the State of Ohio who was then serving as a private in the Company of Pennsylvania Artillery in the service of the United States of North America which Company was Command- ed by Captain Stanton Sholes which Company of Artillery composed a part of the Army Under the Command of General William H Harrison This deponent further States that he was a private in the same Company of Artillery aforesaid and that he enlisted therein on the second day of June at Cleveland aforesaid That said Knowlton continued to serve as a private in said Company until he was regularly discharged by a discharge ren- dered the hands of John Biddle at Detroit in Michigan as this deponent thinks sometime in the month of December in the year of our Lord 1817 This deponent further Saith that while the Army or that portion of it to which said Company was attached was stationed at Lower Sandusky in the State of Ohio the said Knowlton was employed in the capacity of Butcher to slaughter cattle for the use of the Army and while so employed said Knowlton was wounded and in consequence of being so wounded was disabled from active service for some time, how long this deponent does not recollect This deponent further States that being disabled by sickness he was not present at the Battle of the Thames but this deponent distinctly remembers that said Knowlton was at the Battle of Mackinaw where he said Knowlton behaved like a good and faithful Soldier, that during the whole of the time this deponent served with said Knowlton he said Knowlton faithfully and honorably served his coun- try and after the time of service for which said Knowlton Entered had expired he was honorably discharged at Detroit

as aforesaid. This Deponent further Saith that from the time said Knowlton was discharged as aforesaid until the present time said Deponent has been acquainted with said Knowlton and that he said Knowlton has sustained the character of a good Honest and industrious Citizen and among his Neighbors and friends is esteemed to be a man of truth and veracity. Deponent further Saith that said Knowl- ton is now disabled by age, Poor, and dependent entirely upon the the labour of his own hands and the charity of his friends for support. And further Deponent Saith that
sworn & subscribed to in open Court before me this day personally known to be the person described in the foregoing
J. Patterson
Associate Judge Oakland County
Mrs. M. G. Cook

State of Michigan County of Oakland
In Open Court before the judges of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland aforesaid September Term AD 1840
Simon Reynolds being duly sworn deposes and saith that that he is of the age of twenty five years that he now resides in the Township of Waterford in the County of Oakland aforesaid where he has resided for the space of seven years last past. that he has known and been well acquainted with Christopher Knowlton for the space of seven years aforesaid. that said Knowlton has lived in the neighbourhood of this depo- nent's residence during the time above mentioned and has always conducted himself honestly in his dealings with others, is an industrious and hard working man and now is and ever has been. Since this deponent became acquainted with him esteemed among his neighbours and acquaintances a man of truth and veracity. This deponent further saith that said Knowlton is poor and de- pendent entirely upon his friends and the labour of his hands from day to day for support.
Simon Reynolds
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court before me on the first day of December AD 1840
D. Paddock A Special Judge O. G. G. G.

State of Michigan } County of Oakland } Witnesseth: That I, the undersigned, Clerk of the Court for the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that on this day personally appeared John D. Sleeper , known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of November A.D. 1840.
On this Twentieth day of November A D 1810 in open Court before the Presiding Judge and the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court aforesaid came Christopher Knowlton who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is now of the age of Seventy years That his Father & Mother were Natives of Germany in Europe and that while they were on their passage from Europe to America this Deponent was Born That he was bred up in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania - That sometime in the fall of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six as this Deponent well believes he was drafted into the service of the United States of North America into the Continental Army this Deponent being at that time fourteen years of age. That he was a private in a company of Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Captain William Irvine or Ewing in the Regiment commanded by Hugh Pinnock or Ewing in the war of the American revolution That he entered the service of the Continental Army aforesaid Sometime in the month of December in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six, and that Sometime in the last part of July or the first of August in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven in this Deponent was Honorably discharged from said Service by a discharge under the hand of General George Washington Commander in Chief of the Continental Army - Deponent further states that he was in the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey - That his discharge executed as aforesaid was in his believes forwarded to the Seat of Government - Deponent further saith that he has not before made any Application for a pension. That after his discharge as aforesaid he resided in Bucks County aforesaid until he was about twenty five years of age - That he then removed to Sussex County in the State of New Jersey where he resided several years - and afterwards from thence he removed to Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania where he remained until the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and twelve - This Deponent further saith that in the month of November in the year last aforesaid he enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States under the command of General William H Harrison which Enlistment was for the term of five years - That he served as a private in a company of Artillery commanded by Captain Stanton Sholes in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Miller whose christian name this Deponent does not remember - That in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen he was Honorably discharged from the service last aforesaid by a discharge under the hand of John Biddle who was then Stationed at Detroit in the State of Michigan - Deponent further saith that he continued in the service aforesaid during the whole time for which he enlisted - That he was in the Battle of Lundy's Lane

=Ablebodied in the state of Ohio and also at the Battle of the Thames & Sandwich Mackinaw, Aforementioned further saith that sometime in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen as this Aforementioned thinks while the Army was Stationed at Lower Sandwich this Aforementioned was Selected by the Quartermaster to act in the capacity of Butcher to Slaughter Cattle for the use of the Army and that while engaged in this Service in attempts ing to catch and slaughter an ox he had one of his legs broken and his ankle put out of joint by which Accident he was disabled for some time from active Service and as soon as he was able Aforementioned again returned upon active Service and continued faithfully to discharge his duty until his discharge as aforesaid - Aforementioned further saith that since his discharge as aforesaid he has resided in the State of Michigan and that he now resides in the Township of Watford in the County of Oakland aforesaid where he intends to remain with his friends That he is poor and disabled by age and has no means of support save the labor of his hands and the charity of his friends and in consequence of age and its attendant weaknesses and infirmities he is compelled to throw himself upon his country for support - Aforementioned further saith that there is not to his knowledge any person now living by whose testimony he can corroborate the facts stated in this affidavit so far forth as the same relates to the services he has rendered his country in the war of the American Revolution That in consequence of living at a distance from any place where the services of the sanctuary are statutorily performed and the Gospel preached, he is unacquainted with any minister of the Gospel whose testimony he can procure as to his character for truth and veracity & that he must rely upon the certificates of those of his acquaintances with whom he has resided for many years past and in whose neighborhood he has lived
Sworn & Subscribed to before me Open Court this 31st day of No- =vember 20 1840.
Christopher his  mark (Mowat)
D. Paddock
Associate judge O. C. C. C.

State of Michigan County of Oakland
In open court before the Presiding Judge and the associate judges of the circuit court for the County of Oakland of September Term in the year of our Lord 1840
David Parker being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is of the age of forty four years that he now resides in the Township of Pontiac in the County of Oakland where he has resided in the space of seventeen years last past. That he is acquainted with Christopher Knowlton and has known and lived in the neighborhood of said Knowlton for six years last past. His affiant further saith that during the time he has been acquainted with said Knowlton he said Knowlton has been esteemed a man of truth and veracity amongst his neighbours and acquaintances. Said Knowlton is poor and infirm by age and dependent entirely upon the labors of his hands and the charity of his friends for support.
David Parker
Sworn and Subscribed to in open court before me December first 1840
David Paddock Special Judge O. C. C. C.
State of Michigan County of Oakland
I Pierce Patrick Clerk of the circuit court for the County of Oakland aforesaid do hereby certify that said circuit court is a court of Record and that the above affidavits were taken in open court before Samuel Sattelle and David Paddock who are the associate judges of said circuit court and that the signatures of David Paddock and Samuel Sattelle above subscribed to said affidavits are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said circuit court this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty one.
Pierce Patrick Clerk

No. 41
St. Louis Nov. 20. 1850.
Dear Sir,
I remember Christopher Mal- ton, perfectly, & that when I first knew him in 1815 he was unfit for duty by lameness. He was employed to cook for the other men. But unfortunately I know nothing more of him from his own statement of the cause of his lame- ness. He has told me that he was disabled by an accident which occurred while he was slaughtering cattle for the Army at Sanders- burg. I have no doubt that this is true & as the accident occurred while he was in the line of his duty, I presume that he is entitled to a pension. But this accident happened two years before I knew him & the question is who at this late day can corroborate his state- ment. I will try my best to see if I could be in- strumental in procuring a pension for the old man, but I presume it would be need- less.
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my to prove (probably under oath) how he was discharged If the unit was discharged in 1817 it could not have been by me. I left my Company in Detroit in the fall of 1816 and never returned to command it again, having been ordered to other duty - I afterwards returned to Detroit but not to the Company -
Yrs very
Shadrach
E. L. Richardson Esq

Pension Office, February 6, 1852.
Sir.
Agreeably to the request in your note of 3rd instant, I herewith enclose to you, the papers embracing the evidence forwarded to this office, and filed, in support of the application of Christopher Knorrthun, for an Invalid Pension. Numbered from one to five, inclusive. for the use of the Committee on Pensions, of the United States Senate, and ask the favor of you to acknowledge the receipt of the same. I also return you two letters, written from this office, one to Charles Deane, dated June 13, 1850, and the other to O. D. Armstrong, dated March 15, 1851. which explain the views of this office in regard to his claim. And I am not now able to make any additional suggestions on the subject, which would be of advantage to the Committee.
The petition forwarded by you to this office, in your note of 3rd instant, is herewith returned.
I have the honor to be.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt. Servant,
J. E. HALL Commr. of Pensions.
Hon. Geo. W. Jones,
Chairman, Committee on Pensions,
United States Senate.

Pension Office
March 6 th 1882
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, in reply to your letter of the 2 nd inst. that all the papers containing any evidence in the case of Christopher Knowlton, an applicant for a Small Pensions, were forwarded to you on the 6 th February last. And that unless the affidavit to which you allude be among them it is impossible for this Office to show any thing at all in relation to the matter. The files have been examined.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours &c.
D. McCall
Compt. of Pensions
Rev. Geo. H. Jones Chairman Com. on Pensions U. S. Senate.

Washington June 14, 1852,
Sir,
I have just received and enclose to you herewith the affidavit of Charles Draper and David Parker to be used in the application of Christopher Knowlton for an Invalid pension. The papers of the applicant were filed and long time ago and on examination at the request of Gov. Richardson of Michigan, recently it was ascertained that some affidavits previously sent had miscarried or been mislaid. This affidavit is intended to supply the deficit. I do not know Mr. Parker, but the other affiant, Chs. Draper Esq. I know well, and can state that he is a highly respectable gentleman whose word is entitled to the most implicit confidence. Allow me to call your attention to the examination of this case.
Allow me also to call your attention to the enclosed papers relative to the application of John Robertson an applicant for bounty land. The writers, D. E. Harbaugh and C. A. Frowbridge, are highly respectable gentlemen residing in Detroit.
Very Respectfully
Yours &c,
Alpheus Fitch
Hon. J. C. Heath Com. of Pensions Washington

To The Senate & House of Representatives of the U. S. in Congress assembled.
The undersigned, Christopher Knowlton of Waterford in the County of Oakland in the State of Michigan, represents that he is now of the age of eighty years & upwards, that in November 1812 at Big Beaver in Pennsylvania he enlisted as a private soldier in the United States army for five years or during the war, in a Company of artillery commanded by Capt. Sholes, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Gratiot, that he served faithfully for five years & was honorably discharged at Detroit in the State of Michigan. That he had a regular discharge which was sent to the Pension office in Washington where he applied for a pension & there he supposes the discharge now is; that he was in the battle of Lower Sandusky where the Fort was attacked which was so bravely defended by Lieut. Brogdon - he was also in the battle of the Thames.
At Lower Sandusky while in the service he was detailed to act as butcher for the time being, & while so acting, butchering some cattle for the troops, he was injured by an ox falling upon his leg, dislocating his ankle joint & breaking the bone, a portion of which was taken off, that your petitioner has suffered from said wound ever since & was thereby disabled to do the ordinary duties of a soldier, & therefore acted as cook during the remainder of his service. Since his discharge he has been constantly lame by reason of said wound, & has suffered much pain & has not been able to get his living without help from charitable persons, that he is now wholly sustained by charity & altogether unable to attend to any kind of business.
The undersigned has applied (in 1840) for a pension to the Pension office, but as his officers are dead or scattered abroad, his proof he was informed some years ago were not quite sufficient to bring his case within the law. He therefore prays that a law may be passed granting him a pension from the time

of the termination of his service to the present time. Jan. 1852.
his Christopher X Knowlton mark
Witness O. D. Parkhurst
State of Michigan } Oakland County } On this 24 th day of Jan. 1852 personally appeared before me the above named Christopher Knowlton and made oath to the facts set forth in the foregoing petition. George W. Morris Justice of the Peace

32 Cong. 3 1 Sess. 3
Petition
of Christopher Knowlton praying a pension for services rendered during the last war with Great Britain.
1853 Feb. 2, Referred to the Com. on Pensions. " May 19. Bill S. 4264 Report.
April 15. wrote to B. Anderson for information relative to the M c Gregory case to the B. of D. Drapers
Mr. Felch

Copy
No. 5,
War Department, Hear Auditor's Office September 17 th 1849
It appears from the Rolls of Capt. Sholes Company of Artillery from date of enlistment to the 1 st of January 1814, that Christopher Nulton , a private enlisted the 22 nd December, 1812, for the period of 5 years, and is mustered present; and reported Officers Writ. - The above mentioned Rolls embrace the period in which he claims to have been wounded, but they afford no evidence of the fact.
Signed, J. Thompson Acting Aud r
Pension Office Department of the Interior

STATE OF MICHIGAN, } Oakland County Clerk's Office.
I, John S. Rayner Clerk of said County of Oakland, do hereby certify, that Samuel E. Beach , Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument  affidavit in writing was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace .
within and for said county, duly elected and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to the certificate of proof of acknowledgment to be genuine; and that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court for said county, at Pontiac, this 21 st day of June A. D. 1852.
John S. Rayner Clerk.

State of Michigan County of Oakland } ss
Charles Draper & David Packer both
of Pontiac in the County of Oakland, both said Draper and Packer being of lawful age do severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with Christopher Knowlton of said Pontiac. That in the year 1840 they assisted said Knowlton in obtaining evidence that he was wounded in the war of 1812 so called while in the army of the United States and while serving as a private in an Artillery Company in the army commanded by General William Henry Harrison. Depositions further say that among other evidence which said Knowlton about that time obtained was the deposition of one William McConkey and the same was duly taken and certified and was as these deponents believe forwarded to the Pension Department at Washington. Depositions further say that in said deposition of said McConkey, he said McConkey did state and swear, that he McConkey knew said Knowlton or Nulton when the the army under General Harrison was stationed at Lower Sandusky Ohio, and that he was a soldier in the same Company of Artillery with said Nulton. That he knew said Nulton or Knowlton was wounded at that place while in the service of the United States in the war of 1812, and while he said Nulton was in the line of his duty. That he said Nulton was sent to Butcher Cattle for the army and these deponents say that as nearly as they can now recollect the said McConkey stated that while in the act of butchering an ox.

by some accident or casualty, the ox when knocked down fell onto said Knowlton and broke his leg near the ankle and that said accident happened while he said Knowlton was butchering for the army as aforesaid and at Sandusky aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed before me this 4 th day of June AD 1852 Samuel O'Beach Justice of the Peace
Charles Braper David J. Parker

Pension Office June 13, 1838
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 30 th Ult. in which you inquire what further proof is required to establish the claim of Christopher Knowlton to pension, you are respectfully informed that as there appears on the Muster Rolls no evidence of his having received any injury while in service, there is needed the testimony of a commissioned Officer, showing that the injury on account of which he claims a pension was incurred while in the service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. If the officers under whom he served are all dead, or from other causes it is impossible to obtain their affidavits, it will be necessary that this fact be proven, and the other testimony called for in the enclosed Regulations of 1834 be presented.
Very respectfully
Your obed Serv
J L Edwards Comm'r of Pensions
Mr Charles Draper Poniac Michigan

Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, September 17, 1849.
It appears from the Rolls of Capt. Sholes' Company of Artillery from dates of enlistment, to the 1 st February 1814, that Christopher Hulton , a Private enlisted the 22 nd December, 1812 for the period of 5 years, and is mustered present; and reported Officer's Winter. The above mentioned Rolls embrace the period in which he claims to have been wounded, but they afford no evidence of the fact. —
Thompson Acting Secy
Union Office Department of the Interior.
M. 5, {copy of this sent to Com. on Pensions U.S. Senate as No. 5.

Pontiac Mich. June 10. 1857
To the Govt. of Penns va Sir
Your letter of the 27 th ult. relating to the application of C. Knowlton for an invalid pension was duly received. I am informed he sent to the Department the testimony of one Mr. Conkey showing that his services were performed & that the wound was received while in the line of his duty. This evidence was all he could procure of those facts aside from his own statement. He also procured & sent on the certificate of two surgeons, taken in pursuance of the printed directions. His disability & poverty were proved by C. Dapper & D. Parker. Within the last year Mr. Conkey has died, & I sent you thro' Mr. Bingham of the House a letter or affidavit of Mayor John Biddle & also the affidavit of Gov. Woodbridge showing something about Knowlton's services & the death of the officers required by the rules. This I supposed was all the law required him to do. He cannot perform impossibilities - he cannot cause the dead to testify for him - but he has proved he has done the services & that he was wounded while in the line of his duty, & has shown to what length his disability extends.
You say in your letter of the 15 th May (March) 1857 to Mr. J. D. Armstrong a copy of which you sent me, that it is still necessary for him to prove that he received the injury while he was in the line of his duty & - that there is no proof of his service & disability other than his own statement & that of his surgeons, "in one case untested & in the other so far as relates to the injury having been received in the service is not from

their own knowledge &c. Now if you will take the trouble to look at the roll of the army you will readily find sufficient & incontrovertible proof of the service, which is also proved by Knowlton's own statement, that of Major Biddle & that of Mr. Conney.
Next you have the positive evidence of Knowlton & Mr. Conney, strengthened by the statement of Major Biddle as to the wound having been received while in the line of his duty. By reviewing them the case I apprehend you will perceive that you are mistaken when you say there is no proof of his service & disability other than his own statement &c. I am not aware that any person has testified in support of his claim as a witness who has any interest in the result of the application. And to the objection that the surgeons have not certified from their own knowledge it may be answered that the officers who were in the service with the applicant are all dead, & this is the very evidence which the rules require. The rule of the 23 d Dec. 1817 you sent me requires the applicant in case he cannot obtain the certificate of the U.S. Surgeon to get that of one or more surgeons of the army or citizens, describing the wound &c, which has been done in this case & the certificate duly authenticated transmitted to the Pension office.
This claim is clearly a meritorious one, & should be allowed from the time at least of the application for a pension; the pension law was passed for the benefit of just such men as this claimant; his case comes manifestly within both its letter & its spirit, & I cannot but hope you will see the propriety of its immediate allowance.
Should any of the papers above attached to not be on file, please inform me of that fact.
Very respectfully Yours obed servt O. D. Richardson

Pontiac March. 27. May '57
To the Comt of Pensions Sir
Sometime since I sent to your office (thru Mr. Wainburn M.C.) additional papers in the case of the application of Christopher Knowlton for a pension on account of wounds recd. in the war of 1812. Please inform me what has been the action of the depart- ment upon the claim.
Very respectfully &c J. H. Barnard

February 3 d , 1852
Hon. Jas E. Heath
Comm ee of Pensions.
Sir
Information is wanted from your bureau relative to the case of Christopher Knowlton, whose petition is enclosed. From a perusal of the petition it seems necessary that certified copies of the papers in his case, filed in the pension office, should be sent for the use of the committee on pensions. Any views or suggestions from yourself touching the case will be acceptable.
very respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
Gro. W. Jones S. U.S.
Ch s Compens "

10 Feb 1848 Christopher Knowlton Invalid 1812
Commiss.

Poulaie Jany 31. 1818
To the Commission of Pensions
Sir the Enclosed application of Christopher Knowlton is forwarded with a hope of obtaining for him a Pension, the evidence of his enlistment Service and discharge is presumed to be in the War department.
Yours &c.
J. Drake

P.S. Genl. Coffs the old man says knows him & something of his services & warrant.
Refer to the Pension Office for the proofs in this case.

Providence June 24. 1852
Hon. A. Folsom
My dear Sir
Herewith I send you the petition of an old soldier now in our poor house, who has applied at the Pension Office in vain for a pension. His case is no doubt a meritorious one, & he ought to succeed - but as but one witness testified to his wound being received while in the line of his duty it was disallowed. Please present the petition & get it referred & then by borrowing the papers at the Office his case will be fully made out.
Yours as ever O. H. Richardson

Postac Oct 20 '50
Hon H. S. Benjamen Dear Sir
I enclose herewith to you several papers in support of the claim of Christopher Knowlton for a pension. Two of them are to be presented to the Court of Pensions.
The claimant has already filed his papers, & his claim is not yet allowed for the reasons set forth in the enclosed letter of Mr. Edwards. Knowlton proved by one witness that he was wounded while in the line of his duty, & that testimony is there on file. That witness and all his officers he says are now dead, & he does the only thing in his power - obtaining the testimony of Gov. Woodbridge. There is no doubt of the old soldier's right to a pension, & if these papers do not bring the case within the rules, the rules must be unreasonably rigid. Gen. Cals knows the old man & will do all he can for him.
I hope you will present these papers & press the claim upon the attention of the Court, as a meritorious one - & let me know the result.
Yours respectfully Truly J. D. Sleeper

7 Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, April 25, 1852.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15 th Instant, requesting to be furnished with information from the Rolls of Capt. Sholes Company of the 2 d Artillery in regard to the services of William McConkey, during the late war with England, and in reply have to inform you that upon examination he is found to have enlisted the 1 st June, 1813, for the period of 5 years, and is mustered present together with Christopher Fulton, on the Rolls of Capt. Sholes Company to the 1 st January, 1814.
With Great Respect, Your Ht. Servt.
J. B. Gallaher And
The Honble.
George W. Jones, Chairman Com te on Pensions, United States Senate.

Pension Office.
March 15, 1857.
Sir -
In the case of Christopher Knowlton, an applicant for an Invalid Pension, it is still necessary for him to prove in conformity to the enclosed Regulations on Rules, that he received the injury complained of, and from which his present disability proceeds, while he was in the service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. There is no proof of his service and disability, other than his own statement, and that of his surgeons - in one case intangible, and in the other, so far as relates to the injury having been received in the service, is not from their own knowledge.
It must clearly appear that the injury from which his present disability proceeds was received by him, while he was in the service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. I send you also, a blank form for surgeons affidavit, in case it becomes necessary to make another.
I am, respectfully,
O. D. Armstrong Esqr. Pontiac. Michigan.
Your ob't. servant, H. P. Evans for Com

Portage May 30. 1850
Dear Sir
Some years since I assisted a Mr. Christopher Knowlton who resides near this place in making out his papers for the Procurement of a Pension as a revolutionary soldier and also for services in the last war of 1812. Mr. Thomas I Drake also aided in the matter, and about one year ago Drake Recd a letter from the Department in reference to the claims of Knowlton which letter has been lost or mislaid.
I supposed at the time the papers were sent that the facts were all sufficient, proved to obtain a Pension for the Applicant, but Mr. Drake informed me that the letter to his address states that something else was required. I never have seen that letter and Mr. Knowlton is quite anxious that I should again interpose in his behalf.
It was proved by the papers heretofore forwarded I think by the Deposition of one Conkey that Knowlton was wounded while in service in the War of 1812.
Now what I wish to know is in what particulars there is a lack of Proof, and what further statement of facts is required in order to make the Application Effective. I am very sorry to trouble you with further Ex n of this matter but the Applicant is a poor man and quite helpless and if he is honestly entitled to the aid of Government, and a little more effort will procure that aid for him, I shall freely extend my assistance to him. I wish

I wish you would address me at Pontiac Oakland County Much as soon as your other duties will allow upon this matter.
I have frequently called on Mr Drake but he has been unable to furnish me with your last communication to him.
Yours Obt Servt Charles Draper
Wm H Edwards Comm Peersons

Affidavit of Geo. Woodbridge Dec. 17, 1850

No. 3.
State of Michigan Wayne County to wit
I William Woodbridge of Springwells in the County of Wayne & State of Michigan do hereby solemnly affirm that I was personally & intimately acquainted with the late Maj Thomas Rowland now deceased — That he was a native I believe of the State of Pennsylvania, & prior to the late war with Great Britain a Citizen of Ohio — That upon the breaking out of that war or soon after, he volunteered his services & raised a company of soldiers which he commanded & joining Cap Henry Brush (of Chillicothe) the two companies were marched to the Territory of Michigan having charge of a large quantity of provisions & public stores designed for the relief of Gov Hull at Detroit — And that having reached the River Aux Raisins — he there first heard of the capitulation of Detroit & the surrender of the forces under the Gov's immediate command — That from the imminently perilous situation in which he was he with Cap Brush & the forces under their command extricated themselves & retreated into the interior of Ohio — That soon after he reported himself to Gen Harrison, then recently in command of the forces up the North western Frontier & served with particular

= particular distinction until the close of the war when he left the army of the United States with the rank of Major - and established his residence in civil life at Detroit - where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred but a few years ago - He died universally beloved - respected & regretted - I attended at his funeral. - I was acquainted also with Col. Lewis Morgan & with Gen. Gratiot both formerly in the public service & both now reported to be dead: - But of the circumstances at- tending their decease, respectively, I am not person- -ally acquainted.
In witness of the foregoing statement I hereto set my name at Springville aforesaid this 17th day of Dec. 1850. Wm Woodbridge
State of Michigan Wayne County to wit
In verification of the above written statement the above named William Woodbridge personally appears before me the Undersigned, one of the Justices of the Peace of said County & State, & makes solemn Oath that the above & foregoing statement by him signed, and the matter therein contained, are, accor- -ding to his best knowledge & belief just & true. Springville, Wayne County, John S. H. Hott. December 17 th 1850. Justice of the Peace Wayne County, Mich.

State of Michigan, } ss. COUNTY OF WAYNE. }
I, SILAS A. BAGG , Clerk of said County of Wayne, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that John S. Abbott whose name is subscribed to the Certificate or proof of acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and therein written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Elected and qualified, and duly authorized to take the same: AND FURTHER, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate or proof of acknowledgment is genuine: I FURTHER CERTIFY, that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, at the City of Detroit, this twenty six day of December A. D. 18 80

Michigan, Oakland County Pontiac Dec. 28. 1842
M m . Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is a petition of Christopher Knowlton, who thinks he is entitled to a pension. Mr. K. is a very old gentleman and since my acquaintance with him 17 years has borne a good character. That he was in the army as stated in his petition there is no doubt. Is he entitled to a pension? If so by what means can he get the requisite testimony before the department? Mr. Hastings the Pension agent at Detroit recommended me to write to you, saying that he thought you would give me the necessary information on the subject. You will confer a favor on an old worthy soldier and perhaps save him from winding up his career in the poor house, by informing me
1 st Whether he is entitled to a pension? 2 d What testimony the department will require? 3 d Before whom must the oaths of witnesses be taken? 4 th How many witnesses does he want? 5 th How much is he entitled to? &c.
Respectfully
Geo. W. Wisner
atty Pontiac A.C. Mich.

Ans d March 6. 1852
To Comm te of Pensions

March 5, 1852
Hon Jas E Heath
Comm d of Pensions,
Sir,
I am informed that among the papers filed in the Pension Office in the case of Christopher Knowlton, there was an affidavit of a man who was a comrade of Knowlton's at the time he received his hurt; which affidavit was forwarded from Pontiac, Michigan to the Pension office, by Charles Draper, Esq. Perhaps the affidavit alluded to was sent by Mr. Draper with his letter of the 30 th May, 1850, to which that of the Comm d of Pensions of June 13, 1850, is an answer; — Will you be so good as to cause an examination to be made, and send me the affidavit, if found.
very respectfully
Your ob d Serv t
Geo. W. Boring Bus
Ch s Cummins

Treasury Department.
Third Auditor's Office.
Washington March 18. 1852.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers appertaining to the claim of Christopher Nuttall, transmitted to this Office for the purpose of re-examination with reference to the alleged disability incurred by the above-mentioned soldier, which a member of Capt. Shales Company of Artillery. Christopher Nuttall is found to have enlisted in the above Company, as a private, on the 22 d day of December 1812, for 3 years, and is found mustered "present" without remark, except to note the fact of his being employed as an "officer's waiter" up to the 12 th day of January 1814. This period of service, as stated in certificate rendered September 17 th 1849, herewith enclosed, embraces the period at which the disability is alleged to have been sustained, but not the slightest evidence

of the fact can be found amongst the documents on file in this Office. It may be proper to add that Captain Shales' Company, subsequently to the period for which service had been returned, was broken up into detachments commanded by Capts. Pickett and Morgan, but for Kirtland's service in either, it has not been considered necessary to make an examination.
Very Respectfully, Samuel W. D.
J. B. Gallaher Auditor
Genl. George W. Jones Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, Washington, D.C.

March 3 d , 1852
From Adjt Genl
Records afford no evidence that Peter was disabled in the service.
March 16.
Sent papers in this case to P. Aud. for information

Adjutant General's Office Washington, March 3. 1882
Sir
In reply to your inquiry of the 26 th ult. I have respectfully to inform you, that Christopher Nulton , formerly a Private in Capt. Sholts' Company, Corps of Artillery, enlisted December 22, 1872, for five years, and was discharged from Capt. Biddle's Company, Corps of Artillery, Peace Establishment of 1875 - (to which he had been transferred,) December 10, 1875. The records afford no evidence of his having been disabled while in the service.
I am Sir
Very respectfully, Your obt. servt.
Hon. G. W. Jones, Ho. Reps. Washington, D.C.
H. H. N. H. A. J. C. Greene

No. 1, State of Michigan } County of Oakland } ss. I Christopher Knowlton do declare that I was late a private in the Company Commanded by Capt John Biddle of the first Regiment of Artillery that I was enlisted at the Mouth of the Big Beaver in the State of Pennsylvania by Captain Gaston Shroder on the Eleventh day of December in the Year one thousand Eight hundred & twelve and served faithfully until sometime in the year One thousand Eight hundred & seventeen when I was honorably discharged at Detroit in what was then the Territory but now the State of Michigan, by I believe Capt John Biddle and General Macomb. Having served my full term of service, I was last paid by Major Gwinn Paymaster, and my discharge which duly testified all these particulars was sent to Washing- ton and has never been returned to me, I therefore cannot state where it is.
His Christopher X Knowlton Mark Subscribed & sworn to before me this 5th day of January A.D. 1848. Alfred Readway Justice of the Peace

No. 2, State of Michigan, County of Oakland, S.
It is hereby certified that Christopher Knowlton a Private in the Company of Artillery in the first Regiment of the United States Artillery is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a Soldier by reason of an injury inflicted while he was actually in the service of said, and in the line of his duty viz. By satisfactory Evidence and accurate Examination it appears that on some in the month of July one thousand Eight hundred & thirty being Engaged in Butchering for the army at or near a place called Lower Sand Asky, in the State of Ohio he received an injury in his left leg by having the bone broken about five inches above the ankle Joint and by having the ankle Joint dislocated. The Tibia about five inches above the Internal Malleolus appears to be in a state of Sub acute inflammation and ulceration and he is thereby not only incapacitated for Military duty, but in the Opinion of the un- dersigned is wholly disabled from obtaining his support from manual labor.
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 5th day of January A.D. 1848.
J. Paddack Physician & Surgeon
W. Redclay Justice of the Peace O.C. Mich McLemont Bagg Physician & Surgeon
State of Michigan, County of Oakland,
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with J Paddack & McLemont Bagg, whose names are Subscribed to the above written certificate and that they are both of the reputable in their profession as physicians & Surgeons.
W. Redclay Justice of the Peace O.C. Mich

State of Michigan County of Oakland S. ss.
I Joseph R Bowman Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland in the State of Michigan do hereby certify that on the fifth day of January A.D. 1848. Alfred Treadway before whom the declaration of Christopher Newellton and the Certificate of J Paddac & M c Lamont Bagg, physicians and Surgeons were Subscribed & sworn to, was and now is a justice of the peace in said County of Oakland & duly author- ised by Law to administer Oaths, take depositions and affidavits, &c. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Alfred Treadway, and that the signatures of the said Alfred Treadway to the Certificate of the said J Paddac and M c Lamont Bagg, and to the declaration of the said Christopher Newellton hereto attached are genuine and in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the Seal of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland at Pontiac this 6th day of January A.D. 1848.
Joseph R Bowman Clerk

Christopher Knowlton
Ad. Long. 3 1 Sept. 3
139 with 86
Recd March 23 of 52
Annual Memo 30. 1852.
Documents in relation to the claim of Christopher Knowlton to a pension for services during the last war with Great Britain.
1852 April 1, Referred to the Comm. on Pensions.
" May 19. Bill S 426 & Report.
6 Feb pension
Mr. Folsom

State of Michigan } on this 22 d day of County of Oakland } March A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County of Oakland Charles Draper and David Packer both of said County who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that they are well acquainted with one Christopher Knowlton who resides in said County that sometime in the year eighteen Hundred and forty the said Christopher Knowlton made application to the Pension Department of the United States for a Pension for services rendered in the war of 1812. and the Application was made upon the Basis that he said Knowlton was wounded and disabled in that war and his wounds were received at or near Sandusky in Ohio and while he was in the line of his duty that among other proofs taken was a Dep- osition of one William M c Conkey or M c Coukey which Deposition was duly and regularly taken and the oath administered by a person Compe- tent under the laws of Michigan to administer oaths these Deponents further say that they both well recollect distinctly that in said Deposition the said William M c Conkey did state and swear that he knew the said Christopher Knowl- ton and that they both said Conkey and said Knowlton belonged to a Company of Heavy Artillery, and were with General William Harrison in Ohio. and said M c Conkey also in his affidavit or Deposition stated that he knew said Knowlton was wounded

at Sandusky Ohio and while he said Knowlton was in the line of his duty when he was so wounded. Three deponents further say that the said McConkey has been dead several years. and the Deponent Draper states says that he forwarded to Washington the Deposition of said McConkey with the other papers nor has he the same in his possession nor any recollection that he has seen said Deposition of said McConkey since the same was forwarded to Washington That he has made diligent search for said paper but cannot find the same nor has he any reason to believe that the same is in his possession. and he said Draper always supposed and still supposes that said Deposition of said McConkey was and is in the Pension office at Washington unless the same was lost on its way thither or is mislaid. and these deponents Parker and Draper both state and say that they distinctly remember that said McConkey stated in his Deposition affirmatively without any doubt and as of his said McConkey's own knowledge that said Knowlton was in the actual service of the United States as a member of the same Artillery Company to which he said McConkey belonged in the war of 1812 and that while so serving and while in the line of his said Knowlton's duty he said Knowlton was wounded and disabled and he said McConkey stated that said Knowlton's wound was a broken leg and

STATE OF MICHIGAN, } Oakland County Clerk's Office.
I, John C. Rayner Clerk of said County of Oakland, do hereby certify, that Samuel E. Beach Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit to instrument in writing was made, taken & certified  proved or acknowledged , was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace
within and for said county, duly Elected and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and thereof verily believe his signature subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledg- ment to be genuine; and that the annexed instrument is execu- ted and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court for said county, at Pontiac, this 22 nd day of March A. D. 185 2 . John C. Rayner Clerk.

that the said wound was received while said Knowlton was Butchering for the Army at or near Sandusky in Ohio
David Parker Charles Diaper
The above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Charles Diaper & David Parker at Painesville in the County of Ashtland on the 22 d day of March AD 1852
Samuel O'Leach Justice of the Peace
I am well acquainted with Charles Diaper Esq. the Witness whose affidavit is above, and have known him for many years. He is a gentleman of character and great respectability, and his statements entitled to the fullest credit and the most implicit confidence.
Stephens Fitch

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
S-426 MAY 19, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
6041 R 15724 R
Mr. JONES, of Iowa, made the following
REPORT:
[To accompany bill S. No. 426.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Christopher Knowlton (or Nulton), report:
That the petitioner enlisted the 22d day of December, 1812, for five years, in Captain Sholes's company of artillery. He deposes that while the company was at Lower Sandusky he was detailed to butcher cattle for the troops, and while thus employed an ox fell upon his leg, by which it was broken and his ankle dislocated, producing permanent lameness, and rendering him unable to perform the ordinary duties of a soldier. In consequence, he served as a cook. He was discharged from Captain John Biddle's company of artillery (to which he had been transferred,) on the 10th of December, 1815. Application was made by the petitioner for a pension some years ago, but not being able to produce such proof as the regulations of the department required to show that he was disabled while in the service and in the line of his duty, his application was rejected. In aid of the claim of the petitioner to a pension, it is set forth in the deposition of Charles Draper and David Parker, made on the 26th of March, 1852, that among the proofs sent on to the Pension Office, sometime in 1840, in behalf of the petitioner, to enable him to obtain a pension, was the deposition of William McConkey, setting forth that the said McConkey knew the petitioner, and served in the same company with him, and also knew that the petitioner was wounded at Sandusky in the line of his duty. The deposition of McConkey, who has since died, could not be found at the Pension Office, and in consequence the petitioner relies upon that of Messrs. Draper and Parker to make good the loss. The statements sworn to by the petitioner, touching the cause of his disability, appear to be true from coincident proofs. 1st. A letter from Major John Biddle (in whose company the petitioner served in 1815,) to O. D. Richardson, esq., dated November 20, 1850, says:—"I remember Christopher Knowlton perfectly, and that when I first knew him, in 1815, he was unfitted for duty by lameness. He was employed to cook for the other men. He has told me that he was disabled by an accident which occurred while slaughtering cattle for the army at Sandusky. I have no doubt that this is true." 2d. The Hon. A. Felch certifies to the high character and respectability

of Charles Draper, Esq., one of the deponents above mentioned. 3d. A letter from the Third Auditor to the chairman of the committee shows that William McConkey was a soldier in the same company with the petitioner, and mustered present with him in Captain Sholes's company to the 1st of January, 1814. A letter of the Third Auditor to the chairman, dated March, 18, 1852, states that the petitioner is noted on the rolls in the fall of 1813 as "officers' waiter," and not then engaged in the ordinary duties of a soldier. The depositions of two physicians, whose professional reputation is certified to by the magistrate before whom they depose, state the petitioner's disability to be total. It does not appear from the rolls in the department that the petitioner was wounded while in the service, but from the evidence before the committee they are satisfied that the petitioner was disabled while in the service, and in the line of his duty, and they therefore report a bill for his relief.

State of Michigan } County of Oakland } Portia Dec. 28. 1842.
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions The undersigned, Christopher Knowlton represents that he is eighty-one years of age - that he was born, according to his best information and belief on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were on their passage from Germany to this country - that he resided in the State of Pennsylvania from his birth up to the year 1862 when he enlisted in the army of the United States at the mouth of the Big Beaver - that Stanton Hoal, was the captain of the company into which he was placed for service - that Lewis Morgan was the first Lieutenant of said company - that was the colonel of the regiment to which the said company belonged - that in April 1863 the petitioner came to Cleveland, Ohio with the army under the command of Major Lessup - that the petitioner then went to Lower Sandusky - that about the last day of July in said year the petitioner the petitioner with three other soldiers went by the direction of Colonel Cronk about one mile from the fort to butcher some cattle for the army - that while the petitioner was engaged in butchering said cattle his left leg was broken by an ox falling on the same, which ox this petitioner had knocked down with an axe - this petitioner was immediately carried to the fort and placed under the care of the surgeon James Webster whose name this petitioner cannot remember - about six weeks from that time this petitioner came to Detroit with the army.

where he remained until 1814, when he went to Mackinaw where he remained seven weeks during which time he was engaged in the battle on the Island of Mackinaw, and behaved himself with the courage and bravery becoming an American soldier - he then returned to Detroit where he remained until July 3 d 1815 when he again went to Mackinaw and remained there six months, and returned to Detroit when I was discharged in December 1817.
The petitioner left leg since the time it was broken as above mentioned has been shorter than the others so that this petitioner is compelled to limp. At some times the leg is so painful this petitioner is compelled to use a crutch and this petitioner has not been able to walk without a cane for the last twenty years. This petitioner is poor and has labored on a farm by the month or most of the time since he left the army. This petitioner is now so old and feeble that he cannot obtain a subsistence, and for the last two or three years has in a great measure depended on the charity of his friends. This petitioner thinks he is entitled to a pension from his government in whose service his leg was broken
In presence of Geo. N. Wisner
Christopher his X Knowlton mark
Oakland County ss On this 28 th day of December 1842 appeared before me the above named Christopher Knowlton known to me, and made solemn oath that the facts contained in the above petition are true
Calvin L. Parks Justice of the peace

Senate Chamber
Feb. 20. 1841.
Sir
I Enclose certain papers, acc d. by to days mail in support of the claim of Christopher Knowlton, for a pension
Requesting an examination of the decision on them, and a reply at your early convenience Sir
Yours resp
Mr. Schrank
A. S. Paine
Hon J. C. Edwards, Com d of Pens d

E. 104. No. 2  Dec. 24. 1816 Christopher Norton Pri. left Biddle, 1st Art'y Waterford, October 6. 1816 - Will the Third Auditor be so good as to give the necessary certificate in this case
Pension Office July 26. 1849 J. L. Edwards
Recd 27 July '49
After Letter to Hon. Geo. W. Jones, wh. learn. in Pensions, and = closing papers of pension, No. 1. to 5, inclusive July 6. 1852, due to same March 1. 1853 Reg d p 104. No. 3.
Letter to J. L. Drake, Sept 27. 1849 do " C. Draper, June 13. 1850 do, to O. D. Sammons, March 15, 1857. Do. to O. D. Richardson May 27, 1857 - but copy of former letter & R. 49 - Letter July 3. 1852, to Hon. Stephen Belch U. S. Justice
[Signature]

Christopher Knowlton Michigan
Rejected
See let: 22 d . Feb: 41 Hon. A. S. Porter,
6041
did not serve six months during revolutionary war
Act 7. June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED Levy 6041
P. O.
Christopher Knowlton
Service: _____
Enlisted: Was also in war 1812, 18
Discharged: as stated within 8 yrs, 18 his application ref'd 15.724
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
, 18

15724
April 24, 1816
1812
Christopher Knowlton
Waterford
Michigan
Was also in Revolutionary war as Stated in application no 6041
REJECTED
1394
1394