Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7672, for John Night, Virginia

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Night, John
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No 30.293
Declaration of John Knight Report to R H. Luther Weston Lewiston Me
J. H. Allen Jr no
J. Samuel
to the Hon. the

State of Virginia Nicholas County ss on this 7 day of October 1833 personally
Appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Nicholas and State of Virginia John Wright aged a resident of the County aforesaid aged 70 70 years old 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 that in the year 1780 in the months of March Declarant thinks about the day he volunteered his services for nine months as an Indian Spy in the County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia and was placed under the Command of Capt Mores Mann Ensign James Ran Bebb and was Marched to the Great Kanawha River thence to the mouth of said River thence up the Ohio River to Bellelle Station where declarant was Stationed Declarant was engaged in spying the frontier of Virginia bordering on the Ohio River from Bellelle up to the mouth of Little Kanawha a distance of about 18 miles by land and much further by water and from Bellelle near the mouth of Lee Creek a small branch of the Ohio River on the Virginia side of said River to the mouth of the Great Kanawha River where Point Pleasant now stands declarant was engaged in guarding said Station and spying untill the expiration of the time for which he had volunteered declarant was then discharged by his Captain Mores Mann at Bellelle Station aforesaid having served nine months a private Soldier an Indian Spy declarant then returned to his home in Greenbrier County Virginia declarant states that he has no documentary evidence of his service he hereby relinquishes every

claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above said
John his Wright mark
To the several interrogatories presented by the undersigned relevant answers as follows
1 He was Born in the County of Greenbrier state of Virginia in the year 1768 2 He has no Recourse of his age he has the recollection of his parents who told him the year he was born 3 When Called into service I was living in the county of Greenbrier state of Virginia since the Revolution : my home I have lived in the County of Nicholas where I now reside 4 I Volunteered my services and served as such for nine months
5 In consequence of the severe and rainy of my service I saw and became acquainted with but very few officers and Ridgements but I saw and became acquainted Col Dorsey of Greenbrier County (as Major Grimm of the same place and Major Hamilton if I was attached to any regiment I do not now recollect
6 I was discharged by the Officer under whom I served but all my discharges are all lost or mislaid
7 I have known to John his Wright and David Brown who can testify to my age my character and as to their belief of my having been a soldier in the Revolution Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above said John his Wright mark

We John Fraine and Israel Brown Residant in the County of Nicholas and State of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Knight who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he is Reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Fraine Israel Brown
And I the said justice of the peace do hereby declare my 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 I the said justice further certify that it appears to me that John Fraine, and Israel Brown who have signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit, And I the said justice further certify that there is no Clergyman residing in the Neighborhood of the Above named Applicant, And that he from bodily infirmity is unable to travel to the Courthouse of the said County of Nicholas from whence he lives ten nineteen miles, And I the said justice further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of myself in the matter of the Application of John Knight for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14 th day of October 1833
John Brown

I Samuel Price Clerk of the Court of Nicholas County do hereby certify that John Brown who has signed the preceding Certificate is a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Nicholas and that his official acts is entitled to credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 8 th day of October 1833 and in the 58 th year of our foundation Samuel Price
I Samuel Price Clerk of the County Court of Nicholas do hereby certify that John Brown Esquire who ap- pears to have signed the within certificate was on the 7 th day of October 1833 and yet is a major that in said County of Nicholas duly commis- sioned qualified and acting as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 20 th day of Novem- ber 1833 & 58 year of our foundation Samuel Price

John Night Virginia
Rejected
Det. 21 st March 1835 County Clk of Nicholas Co.
7672

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7672.
P. O. _____
John Knight
Service: _____
Enlisted: REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Winchester Jan 18. 1841.
Dear Sir:
In looking over my papers to day, I came across the accompanying declaration of Jacob Chapman & John Knight - as no proceedings were had in these cases, I think proper that they should be returned to the Pension office.
Very Respectfully Yours Sir. W. G. Singleton

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W. S. L. S. John Wright
Memo: for Handbury.
Redruth
Spencer Hill Bury. Leucastree G. N. L. S. Dr. McMillan
under several lights too young -
Two. W. S. L. S. suggest that before a decision is made -
Send Price - calculated club

John Knight - 4/15/1846
Nicholas County
Not Filed
Reynolds

John Night - Applicant.
Spencer Willoughby aged 73 yrs - says he has known John Night from infancy - that Night was certainly a closer man of Paterson county - and that he is not exceeding fifty five years old - Mr. Will. Joseph Allcutt, Benjamin Rader, & Hugh Demaster all concur in saying that Night does not exceed fifty five years old - all say they have known him for many years - their statements may be relied upon.
Hospy.
W. G. Livingston
Aug 13. 1835