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Captain Job Knapp
The headstone of the Revolutionary War hero, Job Knapp in the Douglas Center Cemetery of Douglas, Massachusetts.
In addition to his service as a captain in the Continental army, Job Knapp served on a committee "appointed to take into the consideration the resolves of the General Court relating to the to furnishing and mean for the war" in the town of Douglas. According to William Emerson’s 1879 book "History of the Town of Douglas Massachusetts, "John Taylor, Aaron Benson, Caleb Whiting, Ezra Whiting, Isaac Martin, David Thompson, and Job Knapp ... presented their report, which was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted. They declared it to be the duty of and for the interest of the town to engage the men called for, without delay, for three years or during the war, and that they should have the public bounties, clothing, refreshments, and pay granted by the town, state, and continent. Furthermore, it was declared that no man should be accepted who had not been a resident of the town for three months, and that no prisoner or deserter from the British army should be accepted in any case."
Captain Job Knapp
The headstone of the Revolutionary War hero, Job Knapp in the Douglas Center Cemetery of Douglas, Massachusetts.
In addition to his service as a captain in the Continental army, Job Knapp served on a committee "appointed to take into the consideration the resolves of the General Court relating to the to furnishing and mean for the war" in the town of Douglas. According to William Emerson’s 1879 book "History of the Town of Douglas Massachusetts, "John Taylor, Aaron Benson, Caleb Whiting, Ezra Whiting, Isaac Martin, David Thompson, and Job Knapp ... presented their report, which was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted. They declared it to be the duty of and for the interest of the town to engage the men called for, without delay, for three years or during the war, and that they should have the public bounties, clothing, refreshments, and pay granted by the town, state, and continent. Furthermore, it was declared that no man should be accepted who had not been a resident of the town for three months, and that no prisoner or deserter from the British army should be accepted in any case."