Samuel Knox Revolutionary War Pension File Jackson County, GA 1832 Last Pension Payment to SAMUEL KNOX File #S31802 National Archives GEORGIA 8143 SAMUEL KNOX of Jackson in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cowan of the Regt. commanded by Col. Davy in the N. Carolina ? for 8 months. Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension approved the 13th day of March 1833 and Sent to Hon. M. Clayton, Athens, Ga. Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $53.33 Semi-Amt. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $13.33 $66.66 Revolutionary Claim Acts. June 7, 1832 Recorded by Geo. C. Stile, Clerk, Roll D (?) Vol 8, Page 136 BRIEF in the case of Samuel Knox of Jackson County in the State of Georgia (Act 7th June, 1832) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (No answer to this) 3. How old is he? 86 years 4. State his services as directed in the form annexed. In 17- not recollected. Duration of Service no yrs. 3 mo. no days as a private under Capt. Thos. Cowan, Col. Davy. No year no months 14 days as a private, under Capt Ralph Dixon, Col. Lock No year 5 months no days as a private under Capt. Thomas Cowan No years no months 14 Days as a private under General Landon. States that he served nine months in all. 5. In what battles was he engaged? Ramsours Mill 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rowan County North Carolina 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls. Traditionary evidence. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. B. F. Pleasants, Examining Clerk Note. a Commission is appended to the declaration but I do not perceive for what reason, no claim is made for service under it State of Georgia, County of Jackson On the 3rd day of October personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of said County Jackson Samuel Knox of the County of Jackson and State of Georgia aged Eighty Six 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 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated. That he was drafted in the State of North Carolina year not recollected, under Col. Davy and under the immediate command of Capt. Thomas Cowan and was marshall below Charlotte in North Carolina and was there Stationed near three months. This expedition was immediately after Gates was defeated at Camden in South Carolina and during which time the British army under Cornwallis was at Charlotte. That he was in the Service at this time near three months, that he again volunteered under Capt. Joseph Dixon in Rowan County and joined the regiment commanded by Col. Locks and was engaged in watching the movements of the British army while in Charlotte and helping in the Scouting and foraging parties of the British Army in this service he was engaged two weeks. That he again Volunteered in the same County under Capt. Thomas Cowan and joined companies commanded by Captains Armstrong and Fall, and fought a Battle with Tories at Ramsour's Mill where Capt. Armstrong was killed and where the Tories were defeated and afterward was employed in attempting to prevent the British under Lord Cornwallis from crossing the Catawba sometime before the Battle at Guilford. That he went out in this service some more these two weeks. That General Donaldson was killed on the bank of the Catawba when the British crossed, and that after the British crossed the Catawba he was with the army in pursuit of Cornwallis as far [as] the horse fields in Orange County North Carolina and was at that place sent as an express to General Green who was marching to the South and met with Genl. Green's army at a considerable distance on the other or East side of Dan river and then returned to the Horse fields with an express from Genl. Green to Col'n. Dickson which express Genl. Green had enclosed in his saddle pad. That he was out in the last service Five months or more. The Declarant States that he had omitted a Tour of duty he had performed before the Battle at Ramsour's Mills under Genl. Davidson. That he volunteered and went under him to scout a party of Tories that had collected at Colestons near the Yadkin river North Carolina, had an engagement with the Tories at that place and routed them, does not recollect the name of the Tory commander. In this service he was engaged two weeks or more. The above and foregoing are all the Service that he recollects of performing in the Revolutionary War, and that he rendered the whole as a mounted Militia furnishing his own Horse and arms etc. To the following Interrogations propounded to him his answers as follows viz. lst. Qst. Where & in what year were you born? Ans. I was born in Hanover County Pennsylvania in 1747. 2nd. Qst. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans. I have a record of my age in my family Bible 3rd. Qst. Where were you living when you entered into Service, where have lived since the Revolutionary War and where are you now living? Ans. I Lived in Rowan County North Carolina. 4th I removed to Georgia in the year 1786 and Settled in Wilkes County and afterwards moved into Jackson County where I now live. 4th Qst. How were you called into Service? Ans. The first tour of duty for three months I was called by a draft, in all the other tours I volunteered. 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served with continental and Militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your Service. Ans. Genl. Green was the only continental officer that I knew. I understood that Col. Davy also was but did not know. I have mentioned the regiments that I was acquainted and the Genl. circumstances of my Service in my General Declaration. 6th Qst. Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Ans. I have no recollection of receiving any discharge. If I did, I know not what has become of it. About the close of the War I received the commission attached to this declaration. 7th Qst. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to character for veracity and good behavior, your service as a revolutionary soldier. Ans. Joseph R. Cunningham, James Liddell, Edward Story, Middleton Brooks, Andrew Cunningham. I served nine months in the several tours and have no documentary evidence by which to establish my claim nor do I know any person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to that service. I have no claim whatever except the present to any pension or annuity and my name is not upon the pension roll of any State agency. Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Robt. Smithwick (?) J.J.C. (?) Seal (Signed) Joseph (unreadable) J.J.C. (?) Seal Samuel Knox unreadable J.J.C. (?) Seal I Sylvanius Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County, State of Georgia, do hereby certify, that William McMullin before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was executed, was at the time a Magistrate as he is there represented, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my private Seal being no sent? Of office And subscribed my name, this Sixth day of June Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six. Sylvanus Ripley Clk I. C. STATE OF GEORGIA Chatham County SS BE IT KNOWN, That on the Eleventh day of June 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Joseph Cumming the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of the pension therein authorized to be received by him. Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me. [Signed] Jos Cumming Joseph Felt J.P. PLANTERS' BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA NO. 1858 Savannah, 11 June 1836 RECEIVED of Jno R. Lloyd Casher pro tem Agent for paying pensions, Twenty Six 66/100 Dollars, being for Twelve months pension, due to Samuel Knox from the fourth day of March 1835 to the fourth day of March 1836 for which I have signed duplicate receipts. $26 66/100 [Signed] Samuel Knox Pay by Atty Jos Cumming STATE OF GEORGIA, Jackson County} SS BE IT KNOWN, That before me, William McMullen a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Knox and made oath in due form of Law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy: "WAR DEPARTMENT. "REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. "I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United Sates, of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Knox of the State of Georgia who was a Private In the Revolutionary Army "Is entitled to receive Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six "Cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the "4th of March and 4th of September in every year. "GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 13th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three Examined and Countersigned} Lew Cass J. L. Edward SECRETARY OF WAR Commissioner of Pensions That he is entitled to a pension of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain Thomas Cowan's Company of Cavelry in the Locks Regiment; that he now resides in Jackson County, State of Georgia, and has resided there for the space of Upwards of thirty Years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Rowan County North Carolina. Sworn and Subscribed this Sixth day of Samuel (his x mark) Knox June 1836 William McMullen J. P. STATE OF GEORGIA, Jackson County }Ss THIS Sixth day of June 1836 Conformably to the regulations of the War Department of the 19th June, 1824, I William McMullen a Magistrate of the County above named, to hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz.:-my own personal knowledge that Samuel Knox who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of Identity, is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate, which he has exhibited before me, numbered 8146 and bearing date at the War-Office, the 13th day of March 1833; that the said Certificate was originally issued for him; that he now holds the same in his possession, and claims all the benefits arising therefrom. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, at Office in Jackson County, Sate of Georgia, on the day and year above written. [Signed] William McMullen J. P. KNOW all MEN by these PRESENTS, That I, Samuel Knox of Jackson County, State of Georgia, A Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Cumming my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States of paying Pensions in Savannah, State of Georgia, my Pension from the fourth day of March 1835 to the fourth day of June 1836. Sealed and Delivered [Signed] Samuel (his x Mark) Knox In presence of William McMullen J. P. STATE OF GEORGIA, Jackson County }ss BE IT KNOWN, That on the Sixth day of June 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Samuel Knox above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, the day and year last above mentioned. William McMullen J. P. ------------------------------------------------------ (Below information in a letter from the National Archives to Mrs. N. A. Godby) May 17, 1935 Mrs. N. A. Godby Samuel Knox College Park S31802 Georgia BA-L/MLB Dear Madam: Reference is made to your request of recent date for the records of Samuel Knox, of Jackson County, Georgia, and of Benjamin Shipp, of North Carolina, soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land was found based upon service in that war of a Benjamin Shipp, under any spelling of this surname; such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. The record of Samuel Knox was found and is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S31802, based upon his service in that war. Samuel Knox was born 1747 in Hanover County, Pennsylvania. The name of his parents are not given. While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he enlisted, date not stated, served two weeks or more under General Davidson and was in an engagement at Colestons near the Yadkin River. He again enlisted, served five months or more in Captain Thomas Cowan's company, Colonel Davis's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted, date not given, and served two weeks in Captain Joseph Dixon's company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment. He was commissioned May 15, 1782, lieutenant in Captain Cowan's company in the Second Battalion of Rowan County; no statement as to service rendered under this commission. In 1786, Samuel Knox moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, and from there to Jackson County, same state, where he was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832. There are no data on file as to soldier's family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death,you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Samuel Knox Certificate 8143 Issued March 13, 1833 Rate $26.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Last June 7, 1832 Georgia Agency Very truly yours. A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 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