Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6038, for John Knowles, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Knowles, John
P. 6038
CONTENTS

State of Tennessee } ss
White County }
On this 16 th day of August A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Joseph H. Herd  William H. Herd an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State John H. Herod a resident of the County of White and State of Tennessee aged Eighty four 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He volunteered his services for Twelve months under Captain William Riffe in the year 1775 as well as he can now recollect, in Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania. His Lieutenants names were Matthew Scott & William Smith according to his present recollection. Captain Riffe's company met at Carlisle in said Cumberland County. From thence declarant marched to Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River where he remained about two weeks. He then crossed the above river at this place and marched to Amboy on the banks of some stream the name of which this declarant does not remember. At this place he fell in with the Main Army. The Army were here but a short time when they were marched from Amboy and this declarant among a number of others were left with the pack horses. Captain Riffe directed him to remain and made it his business to provide provender for the horses. Here this declarant remained discharging the above duty until Captain Riffe directed him by letter to carry the horses back to Cumberland County to a place called Shipensburg and there vendue the horses off stating as a reason for thus disposing of the horses that they intended getting waggons and thereby supercede the necessity of pack horses. He went back with the horses and disposed of the horses as above directed. His instructions were to return the papers in relation to the sale of the horses to Robert Peoples Esq m and Peter Dickey a merchant in Shipensburg which he done. His twelve months had now expired and he returned to his family consisting of a wife and one child about four miles from the above town. In the year following 1775 to the best of his recollections he again volunteered under Captain William Sharp - Joseph Culberson he thinks

was the name of his lieutenant. He was under Major Smith of Yellow Britches Creek, by whom he was appointed to provide provender, pasture &c for the Continental Cattle. He continued in this employment from the year 1776 until the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis. During this time he frequently had an opportunity of seeing his family - by providing cattle for the army and starting them on to head quarters, he would have an opportunity of calling by to see his family - Head quarters was at Morristown some considerable time - During this service the Battle of Lexington and Bunker Hill was fought but he was not in either, being then out providing cattle for the Army - He recollects to have seen Genl. Green and General Washington, but had no acquaintance with either of them. Thus he continued to serve his country until the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, when he was discharged and returned home - Having served his country as above something like six years in all - He is informed that he can only claim pay for two years service he therefore states that he served two years - for which he claims a pension - He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. 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: -
Answers to the questions prescribed by the War Department and propounded by the Justice.
1. He was born in Ireland in the town of Belenimah in Antrim County parish of Enochel - the 4 th day of July in the year 1749. 2. He has a record of his age here in the house - 3. He was living in Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania when called into service as stated - Since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Augusta County Amherst County - Pendleton County in the State of Virginia - From Pendleton County in the year 1807 he moved and settled in White County Tennessee where he now resides and has resided ever since -

 4. He volunteered each time when called into service.  5. He has already stated the names of all the officers he recollects who were with the troops where he served together with the general circumstances of his service.  6. He received a discharge from his last service which discharge is lost. —  7. He states the names of the following persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution viz. Rev. Peter Buram. Rev. Abel Hutson. Isaac Taylor and Major James Randalls. 
Sworn and Subscribed, the day & year aforesaid Joseph Herd Justice of the peace
John Pennington
We Peter Buram and Abel Hutson both clergymen residing in the County of Ulster and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Pennington who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Herd Justice of the peace.
Peter Buram Abel Hutson
State of Tennessee } I Joseph Herd do hereby declare Ulster County } my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further

Certify that it appears to me that Peter Buram and Abel Hutson who have signed the preceding certificate are chergymen resident in the County of White and State of Tennessee are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I do hereby further certify that John Knowles the forgoing applicant is aged and infirm and that he is unable to attend at Court in Sparta a distance of ten miles -
Joseph Herd (S) Justice of the peace.
John Knowles 26. 597.
State of Tennessee White County
I, J. M. [unclear] Clerk of the Court of [unclear] do hereby certify that Joseph Herd Esquire whose name is subscribed as a Justice of the peace to the foregoing several [unclear] was at the time of signing the same thereon as such one of the said Justices of the peace, in and for said County of White, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that full faith and credit in and should be given to all his official acts and attestations as such, and that said [unclear] in the foregoing [unclear] of said Joseph Herd.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 21 st day of August A.D. 1833. one of the Justices of the peace from the [unclear] [unclear].
J. M. [unclear] Clerk White County Court

State of Tennessee
White County ss before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County and State of Tennessee duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths personally appeared William Parsons a Resident of said County aged about fifty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due to the heirs of John Par- -sons under the act of congress of the 7 th of June 1832 or in subsequent acts of congress This declarant states that he is the Lawfull child of John Parsons Late of said county affiant states that his said father applied for a pension but the same never was granted him and that his said father died on the 21 st day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty eight the said John Parsons Left no wife surviving him but Left the following children Sally about the age of 68 years John about the age of sixty six years Elmer about the age of fifty eight years and all the children that the said John Parsons Left surviving him and are all living at the time I wrote and

and subscribed before me this the 30 th day of October 1851
W. W. Moore (S ub ) was known Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee
White County ss I hereby certify that from my personal acquaintance with William Parnels I am well satisfied the foregoing statements are true as stated given under my hand and seal this the 30 th of October 1851
W. W. Moore (S ub ) Justice of the peace
Know all men by these presents That I William Parnels of White County Tennessee have this day appointed the Moore & Dohell my true and lawfull attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute my claim against the united States for the amount that is due the heirs of John Parnels deceased for his services as a commissary & saloon of the Revolutionary war under act of 7 th June 1832 or any subsequent acts hereby certifying in that in my said attorneys my Lawfully do in and

about the premises in as full and ample manner as if I was present acting for my self give under my hand and seal this 30 th of October 1851 Signed in presence of Indimon B Moore Wm Womack
I William Moore trustee of the probate for White County hereby certify that William Prunels came before me this day and acknowledged the execution of the above power of attorney for the purposes therein contained give under my hand and seal this 30 th day of October 1851 W. W. Moore
State of Georgia White County On this the 30 th day of October 1851 Personally appeared before me Indimon B Moore and William Womack who are persons entitled to full faith and credit and who are disinterested and makes oath that they were personally acquainted with John Prunels who died on the 21 st day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight that they saw the said John Prunels after he was dead and that he left no

wife surviving him but left four children which were also acquainted with William Maurals his daughter Sam and Sally Maurals John Maurals and Edward Maurals which are all his natural children & he never took his and that he left no wife surviving him and the above named children are all that he left surviving him at the time of his death and are all living at this time in this country sworn and subscribed before me this the 30 th day of October 1851 William M. Moore (Seal) Indimon B. Moore Justice of the peace William Womack
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Indimon B. Moore and William Womack the above officers they are men of veracity in whose statements full confidence may be placed given under my hand and seal this 30 th of October 1851
W. M. Moore (Seal) Justice of the peace

26.597
John Knowles White Co Pa
Report Engaged in taking care of horses and providing provisions for them. See letter 29 Sept 33 to Hugh L. Carrick Spates Pa - do 9 Apr 1836 to Rev J. B. Mowat.
Hugh L. Carrick Spates Pa

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunct notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Knowles
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 1 Col Rippee 84 Pa. Tractates,   1776 to 1781 Maj Smith  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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

Missam Missam Missam Missam

John Knowles
To be Amended
Pension Declaration
Hon. J. B. Forrest

State of Tennessee } S.S.
White County } On this 18 th day of March 1834 personally appeared before me William Knowles an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, John Knowles and made the following unsworn statement after being duly sworn according to law in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
He was enlisted for one year under Captain William Riffred, in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, This was as well as his memory now serves him in the year 1776. The Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel Robert Stewart. He states that he remained with the troops in actual service until the expiration of Ten months of the twelve the period for which he enlisted as above mentioned. When and not till then had he any charge of the horses as mentioned in his original declaration, at the expiration however of the Ten months he declarant was sent home by his officer with the horses and ordered to take care of the horses and sell them which he done as stated in his original Declaration, & thus only two months was spent otherwise than in actual service. He states that he presumes in his former declaration he was not explicit as to the precise time he was engaged in actual service and in charge of the horses, believing as he then did that he would under the act of Congress be entitled to pay for the latter as well as the former kind of service. He states that in 1777 as well as he remembers he again enlisted for twelve months under Captain William Robinson in the same County and State (his first year having expired) The Regiment to which he this time belonged was commanded by Col Samuel Culberson, The Majors name was William Sharp. He was together with a number of other

Troops was marched to Carlisle Barracks, in Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania where he was station- ed and served out his term of One year in guarding said Barracks - He does not remember whether he mentioned this latter service in his original declaration or not he cannot now remember. He is aged & quite infirm and cannot remember recent events as well as events of long standing - He received written discharges at the end of each of the above tours of service which have long since been lost - He served four or five years in addition to the above in taking care of cattle and providing forage for them, which last service he understands from a letter from the Honorable J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions is not embraced in the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 - He was in actual service as before stated in all One year and two months, leaving out of view the two months devoted to taking care of and selling the horses - The first tour of duty he served as a private. The second at the Barracks, he served as a Sergeant - But should there be any difficulty in the departments allowing him the pay of an officer for the twelve months he acted as Sergeant, he would prefer waiving his right to draw as an officer and receive the pay of a private for the whole time he served - He much needs whatever his services may entitle him to - but does not anticipate that he will live to enjoy the same a great while - He respectfully asks the department to examine his claim aided by the foregoing additional statement -
John K. ...

State of Tennessee } This day being the 18 th day of March White County } 1834 personally appeared John En- =wokes the foregoing applicant before me William Enwokes an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of White aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing amended declaration is true to the best of his knowledge and belief -
Sworn to & subscribed before me this date above
WM
Enwokes
John Enwokes
Justice of the Peace -
State of Tennessee White County
I hereby certify that
William Enwokes an acting Justice of the peace in and for said White County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 22 nd day of March A D 1834
One of the Independence of the United States the fifty eighth
Jacob H. Hays Clerk By J. A. Orham D.C.

REJECTED
61138
P. O.
John Knowles
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Tennessee
White County
I George B. Dohrall clerk of White County Court hereby certify that William W. Ware Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and Certificates is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Sparta the 31 st day of October A D 1851
G. B. Dohrall clerk of White County Court

Shattit 7 23 March
for
Mail
John Knowles amended declaration. Transfer (W) see original papers on file
John B. Forrester Washington City D. C. -

Sparta March 20 th 1834
Genl B. Forster Esq r
Dear Sir:
I herewith enclose you the Amended Declaration of John Svenson - Will you be kind enough to hand it to the proper officer and have the old man's claim re-examined - William A. Wade Esq r of Carth- age died a few days since of Consumption - We have nothing new.
Your friend
John H. Anderson

26,597
John Knowles Ten -
6658
act 7 June 1832

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ingraham, Robert GRADE Private LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER 10805 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 26, 1790 To — not shown —
*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.