Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,800, for Benjamin Knox, North Carolina

SERVICE
Nb.
Knox Benjamin
NUMBER
S.8800
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
carded

Ordered to pay 16 March 1836 due to 3 d Auditor 18 June 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1838. Age Notified 1 st July 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840. Age Notified 1 March 1841
16025 16.22 North Carolina
Benjamin Max
of Rowan in the State of North Carolina who was a Priv. in the company commanded by Captain Sloan of the Reg t commanded by Col. Harnington in the North Caro- lina for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina: at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 33 and sent S. Silliman Salisbury N.C.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '33 — 4 0 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 1 0
$5 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 46

State of South Carolina Rowan County
On this 19 th day of November 1882 personally appeared in open court before the Magistrates whose Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting for Rowan County the same being a court of Record Benjamin Knox resident in said county aged seventy two 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 3 rd March 1842 That he has no record of his age - That he he was born & raised in Rowan County - That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier in the company of Capt. John Sloan in the regiment of Col. Harnight & Lieut. Col. Little went to Charleston in South Carolina where he served three months.
That he afterwards volunteered in Capt. Joseph Graham's company in Col. Pickens Regiment marched towards Camden in S. Carolina & moved about to several places between Charlotte & Camden this tour lasted three months.
That he was a private man and was often out as a soldier for a few days at a time which being added together would make about four months during which times of irregular service he was at the battle of Harrison Mill in Lincoln County at a skirmish at Colson's on Rocky River and at Cowan's Ford on the Catawba.
He has no documentary evidence of his service.
He hereby renounces all 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 to his knowledge.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
the day & year aforesaid
John Giles
his Benjamin Knox Mark

In the absence of any regular Clergy in an It is William Luchy and James Graham residing in Rowan County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Knox who has signed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that he believes him to be seventy two years of age that he served in the Army with him part of the time he mentions and having full confidence in his integrity & veracity believes that he served as he states -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
William Luchie
John Giles vs
Thomas L. Corum residing in Rowan County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Knox who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that I believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respectable and believed in the best circles where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and having confidence in his veracity & honor in that claim do hereby certify and subscribe in open Court. December 20th 1832.
Thos. L. Corum.
John Giles CLK
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after much inquiry 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 William Luchie and Thomas L. Corum who have signed the preceding certificate are respectable persons residing in Rowan County & that their statement is entitled to full credit. December 20th 1832.
J. W. Walton Chairman "

I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rowan County, do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Knox for a pension, and that Joseph Walton Esqr. acted as chairman of said Court on the day the declaration bears date. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 8 th day of December A.D. 1852.
John Giles Clerk
The foregoing Declaration having been returned from the War Department with objections, the applicant appeared before Thomas M c Neely an acting Justice of the peace in and for Rowan County, North Carolina, and offered on oath the following amendment and explanation of his Declaration.
That his first tour of Military service was as a private soldier in a Militia company commanded by Captain John Sloan, that he was drafted in said county early in the month of January 1780, and marched to Charleston in South Carolina and was there in Garrison and employed most of the time in working at the fortification that is in digging a canal across Charleston Neck and placing Abettes on the Banks, and was discharged after having served three months.
That he was a volunteer for three months in Captain Joseph Graham's company of Militia under Colonel Dickson in the summer of the year 1780.
That his service as a Minute man under the direction of General Griffith Rutherford amounts to four months in all and was at various times during the fall of the year 1780 and all the year 1781. That he was mostly on horseback in this irregular service. That the whole time of his military service was ten months.
That the only regular clergyman acquainted with him died some time before making this Declaration, and he could not procure the certificate of any one. That he has no documentary evidence of his services having lost his discharges.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 25 th day of May in the year 1833
Benjamin his Knox Mark
Thomas M c Neely
I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rowan County, North Carolina do hereby certify that Thomas M c Neely Esqr. before whom the amendment to the Declaration of Benjamin Knox appears to have been signed and sworn to is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Rowan County, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office the 25 th day of May 1833.
John Giles Clerk

19400
Benj. Knox
M C
claim for services as minister over a house back, rejected summed. D.D.G.
all but 6 mo or more $20
A. 5. 11. 14
Sp. let.
April 9th 1833
P. 327
Sam Lilliman Salisbury W.C.

BRIEF in the case of  Benjamin Knapp  County of Rowan in the State of North Carolina  (Act 7th June. 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  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.     drafted In 17 3 Private Capt Sloan & Cobhambrught   1812 3 " Capt Graham, & Dickson   out as a minute man - few days at a time, which added together would make about 4 minute man  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Ramsey's mill (Hermeske)  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rowan Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & living witness in part  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John Forrest Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
April 13, 1926.
L. W. Redington, Major, Q. M. C. Office of Quartermaster General, U.S.A. Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Sir: I have to advise you, that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8800, it appears that Benjamin Knox was born in Rowan Co. N. C. date not stated.
He served as a private in the N. C. Troops, from Jan. 1780 for three months in Capt. John Sloan's Co. Col. Warright's Regiment. and from the summer of 1780 for three months in Capt. Joseph Graham's Co. Col. Dixon's Regt. Date of death not on record. He was allowed pension, in 1833, aged seventy-three years.
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
Gary Knowe 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? No 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? No 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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
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? Witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No  as witness in court the  Court has certified
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
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? Yes
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? 6, 7.
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 20 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act 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," Benjamin Knoss, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Reckon
8800
INVALID.
File No. 8800
Benjamin Knapp
Prior Recd War
Act: June 1 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 104 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar. 19-1902 K. R. Eastman Nashville Tenn
June 2 1904 His to Miss Hattie S. Goodman Statesville N. C.
1908 Apr. 8 His to Mary to L. L. L. V. S. H.
1926 Apr. 13 Tombstone data to Edna L. M. Gen.
1926 June 17. L. M. Gen. with no other aw.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C Knox, Benjamin
June 9, 1926.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent named below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Office:
Benjamin Knox, Private Died 1832 Buried in Third Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, North Carolina.
Very truly yours,
F. H. POPE, Colonel, Q.M.C., Assistant.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C Knox, Benjamin
April 8, 1926.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent named below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau:
Private Benjamin Knox, Enl. Jan. 1780, for three months, Capt. John Slran, Col. Hamright, State of N.C. and also served with Capt. Joseph Graham, Col Dixon, State of N.C. Ref: Bureau of Pensions J.R. W. 8800 Inv. Rev. War. Date for application of pension November 19, 1832.
Very truly yours,
L. W. REDINGTON, Major, Q.M.C. Assistant.

2.8800
2.8800
1606 K St. N.W., Washington, D. C.
March 30, 1908.
Sir:
A letter was written by the Commissioner of Pensions (Mr. Ware), I think in 1904 or 1905, to Mrs. Hattie Goodman, of North Caro- lina, giving the services

OFFICE of Benjamin Knapp in the Revolution. A copy of this letter is now required to by the Registrar-General of the S. D. R. to accompany an ap- plication for membership into the society, as I am a descendent of the above soldier. If you will kindly

furnish this copy I shall be very appreciative
I believe there are two soldiers of this name, and that you have written a letter for each to Miss Goodman, but the Benjamin Knox I refer to served at one time in Capt. Joseph Graham's company.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Mary E. Lazenby

The papers in this case were inspected by
(Mrs) E. C. Jones of Washington, D.C. April 1st 1908
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J. B. KILLEBREW, PRESIDENT. A. S. COLYAR, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. A. S. REAVES, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. L. R. EASTMAN, SEC'Y AND TREAS. W. SHERIDAN KANE, ASS'T SEC'Y. GOODLOE LINDSLEY, REGISTRAR. JOHN H. DEWITT, HISTORIAN. REV. D. C. KELLEY, D. D., CHAPLAIN
TENNESSEE SOCIETY
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
JNO. P. WILLIAMS, C. H. EASTMAN, J. A. CARTWRIGHT, DR. PAUL W. KIRKPATRICK, CHAS. S. MARTIN.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
NASHVILLE, January 24 1902.
Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
I will thank you for such information as you may be able to give regarding the military history in the war of the Revolution of Benjamin Knox/ I find in an appendix to the sixth census, giving the names of Revolutionary pensioners, that Benjamin Knox was a pensioner and was then living in Rowan County North Carolina.
This information is desired to prove the eligibility of an applicant for membership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Very truly yours,
L. R. Eastman State Secretary.

on on file in this Bureau.
Revised Pensions Act
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1861 3 mos. 2d John St. John Brigadier Me.   Summer 1861 3 mos. " Joseph Crossin Dixon   Feb. 1862 4 mos. numbered at Benton Station   not abandoned until close of war 2-09  
Battles engaged in, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Antietam, Burnside, and all battles of the war.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Portland, Maine.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 1902.
Residence at date of application, Portland, Me.
Age at date of application, 60 years.
Remarks: _____

Ans Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
June 17, 1926.
F. H. Pope, Colonel Q. M. C. Office of Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that your office was furnished on April 13, 1926, with the record of the only Benjamin Knox , S. 8800, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
He was alive in 1840,
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 20 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act 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," Benjamin Enox, a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839. to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Harrison Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Knox, David GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4533 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 1, 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.