[Vol 15, p 506]
WHEN the cry "To Arms!" was heard in the days of the American Revolution, Richard Knight, a lad of but eleven summers, bravely stepped into ranks, as drummer boy, in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmer. He appears as drummer and fifer in Captain Thomas Bull's company and as a private in the company of Captain Walter Finnery of the above-named regiment ; having been transferred to Captain Bull's company in October, 1778.
When Richard Knight entered the army he enlisted for the entire period of conflict, and was one of the youngest and bravest soldiers in the annals of the war. Having safely passed through the first great struggle of our country, he stands again in the forefront of the second conflict in 1812. His name now appears as captain in the First (Kennedy's) Regiment of Pennsylvania militia, and continues on the roll until December 5, 1814.
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[Note: see DAR record above for corrections to this original "story."]
