Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6872, for Isaiah Mann, Delaware
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(*-1776)

SERVICE

Del.

Mann, Isaiah
or Man

NUMBER
R6872

CONTENTS
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30,921

Isaiah Mann
Declaration


David Tod-Agent
Marion
Trumbull Co
Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County on this 28 day of April 1834 personally appeared before the Court of Common 

Please in and for said County.  Isaiah Mann, resident of Weathersfield in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States on the * of August AD 1777 (do not recollect the name of the enlisting  officer) and served in the fourth regiment of the Delaware line, under the followed names officers Col Joseph Tawrence commanded the regiment and Capt Uriah Springer the company to which I belonged, and I think that Gen Lee was our General.
That he enlisted for them years and having served out his time was discharged at Stump Creek above Trenton in August AD 1780.
That he received a discharge but the same in now lost.  That he resided in Ogletown Newcastle County State of Delaware, when he entered the Service.  That he went from Ogletown to Newport where Gen Washington entrenched, we remained but a short time at Newport, when General Washington left his entrenchment and met the enemy at Brandywine where we had an engagement with them, in which battle was engaged. .  I was also engaged in a slight skirmish near New Garden Meeting House the day before the Battle at Brandywine.
The army there left Brandywine and went to Valley Forge about 8 on 9 miles from Philadelphia where we wintered after the British left Philadelphia, our army marched into Philadelphia where we remained two or three months.  From Philadelphia we marched to Trenton N.J. where we also had an engagement with the enemy in which he was also engaged.  From Trenton we marched to Stump Creek and after remaining there some time we marched to Statton Island, where we had an
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other engagement, from which place we marched to Bunkers Hill, where we also had an engagement with the enemy.  From Bunkers Hill I went to Stump Creek where I received my discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present, and he declines that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Isiah Man 
X mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
George Pearson *

And the said court do hereby declair their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I George Pearson, Clerk of the Court of Common.  Please do thereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaiah Mann for a pension.
In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and seal of office, this 28th day of April 1834.
George Pearson *
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30,921
Isaiah Mann
Ohio

Delaware Line
Col Tawrence
Capt Springer

11 Sept 77

D. Tod, Esqr
Present
[crossed out] George Paynes
[crossed out] Clerk Trumbull Co. Ohio
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith reburned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.  
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaiah Mann

Period when the service was rendered. | 1780

Duration of the claimant's service | years | 3
                                                      | months
                                                      | Days

Rank of the claimant. | Pr.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Col Joseph Tawrence, Cap Uriah Springer.

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service | 77 | Del:

Proof by which the declaration is supported. | no proof, proof * he exhibited, see note;, no cal: belonging to Delaware line of name by applicant

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulation have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafter, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Records of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }88.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of ____ in the county of ____ and State, Territory or District of ___ age (c)___ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)___, with___and served in the ___(e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He herby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of  ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.     A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ____of the Court of ___do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and self of office (i) this day of ___&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service the the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certified, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ___ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___day of ___ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, there are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it i, and what has become of it?
      To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party,  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be mailed on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a]   The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] the declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably by mentioned.

[d]  The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.

[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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 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, 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 shown 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.

[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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pension claim of Isaiah Mann 
Act of 1832
Affidavit and Power of Atty of Sarah Lint to

J.F. Asper, 
Warren, O.
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The State of Ohio
Marion County
On this fourteenth day of February A.D. 1835 before me James M. Briggs a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Lint a resident of said county, age 54 years who being duly sworn ascending to law declares on her said oath that she is a daughter of Isaiah Mann, the identical Isaiah Mann, who, in his life time made application for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832, from the state of Pennsylvania, for services rendered in the war of the Revolution as a teamsters in the Continental Line from the state of Delaware that her father the said Isaiah Mann, died on the 30th day of June 1836, before the granting of the certificate of pension on his application, in Fayette county in the said State of Pennsylvania, leaving the * Sarah Lint, wife of Christian Lint residing near Caledonia, Marion County, Ohio.  Jane McCarty wife of Nathan McCarty residing in Weathersfield Trumbull County, Ohio, and Isaiah Mann and Thomas Mann both residing in Orange Township Hancock County, Ohio, and Eliza O'Bryan wife of Shadrack O'Bryan residing near Uniontown Fayette County Pennsylvania, his only children now surviving him; that she makes this affidavit to set up said claim in conjunction with her sister Jane McCarty and his brother Isaiah Mann and Thomas Mann and for the benefit of herself and her brother and sisters, and she states that she is directly interested in the pension claim
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of her father the said Isaiah Mann
And hereby countermanding and avoking all Powers of Attorney herefore given, I do hereby constitute and appoint J. F. Asper, of Warren, Ohio my true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of the said Isaiah Mann for any amount of Revolutionary pension which may be due and I hereby authorize and empower my said attorney to apply for and obtain from state archives or from any former certified proofs of the military service of the said Isiah Mann to examine all papers and documents on file in this case, and all papers *, and documents in any of the Departments at Washington city or elsewhere; to file additional evidence and agreements; and to receive for my benefit the certificate of pension which may be issued in liquidation of said claim which I wish  payable at the Cleveland *, Ohio to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all that I could were I personally present.  Hereby satisfying and confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sarah Lint (seal)
X {her mark}

In the presence of 
James M. Briggs
***

Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me the undersigned duly authorized by law to administer oaths and I do hereby
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certify that I believe the said Sarah Lint to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged on that am not interested in the result of  the pension claim of the said Isaiah Mann nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
In witness of where of I have hereunto * my hand the day and year * above written.

James M. Briggs  Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio
Marion County

I John R. Garbenson clerk of the Court of common Pleas * and for said county do hereby certify that James M. Briggs Esquire before whom the above affidavit was and acknowledgement was taken was at the time the  * was * done a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and legally authorized to administer onto and take acknowledgements and to whose official acts full faith and * are due, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said James M. Briggs and his signature above written purposing to do his * to be true and genuine, and that I am not instructed on this result of the pensions claim of the said Isaiah Mann, nor can I command in the prosecution  there of.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court of Marion, 15th day of February 1835.
* R. Garberson, Clerk
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October 22, 1938.

Miss Margaret Finch
R.R. 2, Box 4
Portland, Indiana.
BA-J/ILL
Isaiah Mann
R. 6872

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaiah Mann, who was born in 1757 and died in June 1836, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6872, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Isaiah Mann, who was the soldier cited by you.
Isaiah Mann resided in Ogletown, Newcastle County, Delaware, at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War.  The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
He applied April 28, 1834 for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War; at that time he was a resident of Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, aged seventy-seven years.  He alleged then that he enlisted, was in the battles of Bunker Hill and Trenton, and wintered at Valley Forge, no officers' names given for said service; that he enlisted again 1, 1777, served in Captain Uriah Springer's company, Colonel Joseph Tawrence's Delaware regiment, was in a skirmish at "New Garden Meeting House", was in the battle of Brandywine, and was discharge in August 1780.  It was alleged also that he served as a teamster.  
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws.
Isaiah Mann died June 3 or 30, 1836, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Isaiah Mann married Hannah, whose maiden name was not stated; the date and place of their marriage are not shown, nor the exact date of her death, however she was deceased in December 1852.
In 1855, the only surviving children of Isaiah Mann were shown
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as follow:

Sarah, aged then fifty-four years, a resident of Caledonia, Marion County, Ohio, the wife of Christian Suit;
Jane, aged then forty-six years, a resident of Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, the wife of William McCarty;
Isaiah Mann and Thomas Mann, both residents of Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio;
Eliza O'Bryan, the wife of Shadrack O'Bryan, residing then in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1932-June 8-
* to Edith
* Cook letter
in case of Edmund *
S 3106-*
1938 Oct 22 Hist to Mrs. ***

REJECTED

6872
Isaiah Mann
P.O.
Service:
Enlisted:____, 18__
Discharged:____, 18__
Printed list of 1835 shows cause of pension for further proof of service
Application filed:_____,18__
Alleges:______
Re-enlisted:_____
Attorney:_____
P.O._____
_____Recognized.     _____Contract.
_____Cert.of Dis.   Searched for __,18__
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FINLEY MAY 25

To the Commissions of Pensions
Washington City  D.C.
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30921
Isaiah Mann
Ohio.
Suspended.
[The following is crossed out]
* Setter to David Todd Esq.
March 25, 1836 do to M.*
Oct 24, 1839
****
R. *
*** Aug 10 1833
**
Mrs. * McCarty 29 * 1855.
*** 27 1833

* 7th June, 1832
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WARREN  FEB 20 OHIO
FREE
Commissions of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Isaiah Mann
Ohio **
Cole
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Isaiah Mann-R.6872
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Edith G. Cook
1429 Meadowbrook, S.E.
Warren, Ohio

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R-6872, based upon the military service of Isaiah Mann in that war.

Isaiah Mann applied for pension April 28, 1834, at which  time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, and alleged that while residing at Ogletown, Newcastle County, Delaware, he enlisted and was in the battles of Bunker Hill and Trenton and wintered at Valley Forge; no dates or officers' names are given for this service; that he again enlisted August 1, 1777, served in Captain Uriah Springer's Company, Colonel Joseph Tawrence's Delaware Regiment, was in a skirmish at "New Garden Meeting House" and in the battle of Brandywine and was discharge in August, 1780.  It was also alleged that he served as a teamster.
[Could not find any such officer as the Col. Uriah Springer is given * as of Va]

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months' service as was required by the pension laws.

He died June 3 or June 30, 1836, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

The soldier married Hannah; the date of their marriage, and her maiden name not given.  She was deceased in 1852, the exact date of her death not shown.

In 1855, the following were the only surviving children of Isaiah Mann:
Sarah, wife of Christian Suit.  She was then aged fifty-four years and resided in Caledonia, Marion County, Ohio.
Jane, wife of William McCarty.  She was aged forty-six years and resided at Niles or at Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio.
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Isaiah Mann, residing in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio.
Thomas Mann, residing in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio.
Eliza O'Bryan, wife of Shadrack O'Bryan, residing in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennyslvania.

Very truly yours


A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Margaret Finch
Registrar Mississinewa Chapter
Portland, Indiana

[Daughters of the American Revolution]

September 14, 1938

Pension Department
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Would you kindly give me a summary of the application papers of Isaiah Mann, a Revolutionary soldier who was born in 1757, married Hannah_______, and died in June 1836 at Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  He received a pension while living in Fayette County.

Mr. Mann was a Bunkerhill, Trenton, wintered at Valley Forge, at New Garden meeting house and Battle of Brandywine.

Please give any information as to names of children given in pension.

Very sincerely yours,
(Miss) Margaret Finch
Registrar
Mississinewa Chapter

R.R. #2, Box #4
Portland, Indiana
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Pension Office
Feby 27 1833

Sir
Isaiah Mann of Ohio declared that he served 3 years in Delaware under Captain Uriah Springer & Col Joseph Tawrence.  He furnishes no proof of service, nor is it believed there was any such officer in the Delaware Line as the Col mentioned by him.  The care cannot be admitted until the service claim can be proved by the *.  Many of there who served with him or were in a position to know that he did serve as alleged, or by record from the state Department of the State of Delaware.

J. F. Asper Esq
Marion
Ohio
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Sir

The claim of Isaiah Mann has been examined. * papers placed on file.  His service showed he established  * two credible * * heretofore required and this will be the more insisted upon as his * is inconsistent with the known incidents of the service * to his statement he entered in Aug 77 just before the action at Brandywine (11 Sept 77) in which he alleges he was engaged and yet was in the action at Trenton (* 76) & at Bunker Hill (75).
In the case of ** on the alleged service at Honenick in 78 as waiter to * Beele is ** by the rolls of Capt Olmstead to whose company he reports he belonged.  Capt Olmstead in that year served in New York under Col Enos lineup he was detailed from the ranks his service as waiter would not entitle him to the benefit of the Act of 7 June '32 and as his name is not
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borne on the roles of the company which he
alleged he belonged the conclusion is very
strong that his engagement was purely
that of a waiter. Excluding that item
the other term is insufficient to bring
his case within the provisions of
act.
The terms of service set forth by Jacob
Cole of 4 & 6 mo. duration are not consistent with the militia service of New York
that service was occasional & of short
duration-- Governor Clinton was elected in
the fall of 77 and could not have granted commissions in 76 as asserted - The
records however at Albany should establish
the fact of his commission and a certificate
of it should be obtained -
Their papers are placed on
our files.
David Todd Esqr.
March 25, 1836
D.C.
Ohio
David Tod Esqr.
Capital 
Record Pol 28. P 397
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413
Pension Office
Feby 28, 1854

Sir

I return the letter of Mr. Speaker and have the honor to inform you that Isaiah Mann of Ohio declared that he served three years in Delaware under Captain Uriah Springer & Col Joseph Tawrence.  He furnishes no proof of service, nor is it believed that there was any such officer in the Delaware Line as the Colonel  mentioned by him.  The case can not be admitted until the service claims can be proved by the testimony of there who served with him or were in a position to know that he did serve or alleged, or by record from the state Department of the State of Delaware. 

Hon H. W.  Green
*
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320
* Dept
Pension Office
Oct 24, 1839

Sir,

I herewith return * Mann's letter, and in reply I have to inform you that a pension has not been granted in the case of Isaiah Mann of Trumbull County Ohio.  His claim was examined on the 24th of March 1836 and the papers placed on file for reasons stated in a letter to D. Todd, Esq, and extract from which so far as it relates to the case, is hereunto enclosed.  No proof [crossed out word] * to have been exhibited [crossed out word] since that date.

M. Irwin, Esq
UnionTown pa,
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Marion O.* Feby 19, 1835

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comms of Pensions

Sir,

Hereunto I forward you the affidavits of Jane McCarty and Sarah Lint to set up new claim of their father Isaiah Mann late of Pa. act of June 7, 1832 for a pension.  Each also give power of atty to me.

Please state to me the conditions of claim, & what further proofs are necessary to support the claim.
I have the honor to be *
Your **
J. F. Asper
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Pension Office.
29th Jany. 1855.

Madam,
Yours of 15th instant, relating to the claim of Isaiah Mann of Ohio has been received.
Your father Isaiah asserts in his Declaration, that he entered the service in the Revolutionary war in August 1777 under Capt. Uriah Springer and Col. Joseph Tawrence of the 4th Delaware Regiment, and after serving three years was discharged in August 1780.  He addressed no evidence of his services, and his claim was not allowed.  You should apply to the Secretary of State of Delaware for such evidence as he may have of Isaiah's services.  The claim cannot be favorably adjudicated unless his services are clearly proved.

Mrs. Jane McCarty Niles
Trumbull Co.
Ohio
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Com of Pensions

Jane McCarty 
Niles Trumbull Co. Ohio
January 15th 1855

Regarding the claim of Isaiah Mann's now pending in the pension office for serving in the revolutionary war.
* Ohio 1837 *
Respectfully referred to the comm of pensions Dept
Jan 25/33
**
Cole

*26 Jany 1858
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Files Trumbull Co Ohio
January the 15, 1855

Dear sir you will think it strange to receive this letter from a stranger but I am stating to you my  true condition. I am the daughter of Isaiah Mann who fought in the war of the revolution and whose claim is now in the pension office but I have no one to investigate the claim for me.  I am the wife of a hard working democrat and the mother of nine boys and one little girl the youngest child she is four years old it has been the will of my beloved master to afflict me with some disease for four years to I have not been able to do one days work and dear sir we are reduced to poverty and now I appeal to your benevolence we have got some * and a * out of your thousands would help us till spring when we hope times will be better for how can   I bear to have my only daughter tore from my arms if you are a father reflect one moment by the first of february my husband will have to be torn from me if I do not relief.  Now sir I ask your aid & sympathize with me and do send me some money to relieve my distress. 
 I feel confident you cannot deny my request if you think proper to answer this you will direct to Niles Trumbull Co Ohio again do something for me and your god will bless you and increase your income by hundred fold if you knew me you would say I was worthy I must say again know you won't deny me on hundred dollars would set us free.

Yours truly
Jane McCarty
Niles
Trumbull Co Ohio
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Washington July 19th 1854

Hon L P Waldo
Comm of Pension

Enclosed I hand you the letter of * Speaker of Caledonia Marion County Ohio, in relation to the claim of Isaiah Mann for services with the Revolutionary War.
Your * please give me such information on the subject, as you can, consistent with the regulations of the office.

**
** Green
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179
Pension Office Aug 10 1853

Sir

Isaiah Mann of Ohio ** three years service in Delaware under Cap Uriah Springer & Col Joseph Tawrence.  He furnishes no proof of service.  Nor is it believed that there was any such officer in Delaware Line as the Col mentioned by him.

** Esq
Finley 
Ohio
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Findlay  May 24th/53

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Dear sir
Last fall I sent a power of attorney to * Ellis of Washington City which was given by the heirs of Isaiah Mann deceased who served in the Revolutionary war and was entitled to a pension.

Isaiah Mann during his lifetime made application for a pension and the heirs do not know certain whether it was established or not; but at any rate he never drew any of the money.

The above mentioned power of attorney was given to Ellis in order that he might investigate the matter and establish the claim if it was not already established.
Ellis wrote to me sometime ago that he had investigated the matter and found from the records that Isaiah Mann in his lifetime had made application; but had made some error in his application and congruently failed and that in consequence thereof the claim cannot now be established.  I am not entirely satisfied in relation to the matter; and if you would do me the favor to let me know the situation of the matter I would be much obliged to you.

* Gribbens
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PS
Direct to Findlay Hancock Col. Ohio and oblige your to 
**
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219
Pension Office
January 25, 1853

Sir,
Agreeably to your request I enclose here with a copy of the declaration of Isaiah Mann, dec late of Ohio for a revolutionary pension.

Hon G. * Busby, * of R
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265
War Dept Pension Officer
Jany 20 1840

Sir
I herewith return the letter of John Crowell Esq in * and have to state in * care of Ames Pension a letter was addressed to him on the 18 Nov but * that the credibility of the witnesses who had testified in the case should be certified at the magistrate before when they made their affidavits.  It would appear that he made a dedaction in 1833, and alleged a tour of service in 1776 of four and a half months and a tour in 1778 of six months.  In the dedaction * exhibits his claim for six months in 1776. { but does not set forth} and ten months in 1777 and two months in 1780; but does not set forth any service in 1778.  The claim may be allowed for four and a half months in 1776 and for two tours of two months each so soon as the * of the witnesses  ** here certified and for
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service in 1778, provided satisfactory ** of * exhibited.

Isaiah Mann made application for a pension from Trumbull Co., Ohio, and not Pennsyl in 1836 and his claim was * for proof of service.  The claim he's never been allowed.  If proof of service can be obtained a * letter to David Todd Esq of the 25 March 1836 a copy of which is herewith enclosed, the claim may be allowed from *1831 to the period of his death.

Jany 20 '40
*

Hon J. R. Gidding
N. R.
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Washington City
Jany 19, 1860

Sir

Will you do me the favor to answer the *** in the enclosed letter & greatly oblige.

****
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Oct 24

Isaiah or Isaac Mann
Ohio

Pension Agent
Washington City D.C.
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**, Pa
Oct 21st *

Sir,

I feel disposed to assist the writer of the enclosed and desire to know whether Samuel Lutten ever obtained a pension for her father & if so,  the amount & when obtained.
If he failed to obtain it would be well to know the probability of surrendering in the effort in which case I request the return of her letter & any confirmation you can furnish me to enable the family to accomplish their object.

Respectfully
***
**
To the Pension Department Washington City D.C.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.

Know all men by these presents, That I Jane McCarty of the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, and one of the children and legal representatives of Isaiah Mann a Revolutionary soldier, and Hanah Mann his wife,, who is now deceased, do hereby, irrevocably, constitute and appoint John L. Neely Esqr, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim that may be due, or found to be due, the children and legal representatives of Isaiah Mann and I Jane McCarty in virtue of said Isaiah Mann's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts and resolutions of Congress relative thereto, and that might have accrued to either of the said parties, and not drawn during their lifetime, and now due to their legal representatives, and to receive the certificate of Pension, &c., when issued by, the Department:  I hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorney may do, or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money on the said claim, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this day of December, 1857.

Jane McCarty    SEAL

Signed in presence of 
1.  ***
2 * R. Noble

State of Ohio
County of Trumbull } set.
On this 4th day of December, in the year 1852, personally appeared before me, Jane McCarty, and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.

Thomas *    J.P.
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The State of Ohio 
Trumbull County }

I Johnathan Ingersoll Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Trumbull and state of Ohio, certify, that Thomas Evens Esq, before whom the written acknowledgement was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said certify duly * and qualified thereafter that I am acquainted with the said *handwriting and believe the signature proprietary to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Marion this 7th day of December AD 1852.
Jonathan Ingersoll Clerk
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Know all men by these presents about * Isaiah Mann & Thomas L. Mann a party interested in the claim herein mentioned do hereby constitute and appoint * Ellis of Washing City our true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of Isaiah Mann desc who died on the 3 day of June AD 1836 for any amount who served in  the revolutionary war; for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of pension that may be due and * do hereby authorize our said attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington city or else where to file additional evidence or agreements and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim and to do all things that * might or could * were all personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall * * in the premises.  Witness our hands & seals this 22 day of Sept/52 is presence of 
witnesses
*Paul * } Isaiah Mann
Thomas R. Mann
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State of Ohio Hancock County *
On this 22nd day of September AD/52 before me the subscriber personally appeared Isaiah Mann & Thomas * Mann and acknowledged the within power of attorney to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned and also made oath that they are a party directly interested in the claim * their mentioned as claimants.
Paul Sours *

State of Ohio Hancock County 
I Absalom P. Byal Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Paul Sours Esqr before whom the foregoing papers were * was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace within and for said bounty, duly authorized by law to administer oath; and that the name thereto subscribed, is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 22nd day of September AD 1862.  

A.P. Byal
Clerk of Court


Isaiah Mann
Ohio
1832
***


Oct 6-1852
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Isaiah Mann
Pension & Bounty Land
Claim
Act June 7. 1838
affidavits & Power of Atty of Jane McCarty to J.F. Asper * O.
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The State of Ohio
Trumball County }

On this 16th day of February 1855 before me H.H. Mason, a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Jane McCarty, of Weathersfield, in said county aged 46 years, who being duly sworn according to the law, declared on her said oath that she is a daughter of Isaiah Mann, the identical Isaiah Mann, who in his life time made application for a pension under the act of congress passed June 7, 1832 for services rendered on the War of the Revolution as a Teamster in the Continental Line of the state of Delaware, then a resident of Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania; that her father the said Isaiah Mann died on the 30th June 1836, before the granting of a certificate of Pension on his application, in said Fayette County, Pennsylvania, leaving the affidavit, Jane McCarty, wife of William McCarty, residing in Weatherfield, Trumbull County, Ohio.  Isaiah Mann and Thomas Mann both residing in Orange Township Hancock County, Ohio, Sarah Lint, wife of Christian Lint residing in Caledonia Marion County, Ohio, and Eliza O'Bryan, wife of Shadrock O'Bryan residing near Uniontown Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania, his only children now surviving him; and she makes this affidavit to set up the said pension claim of the said Isaiah Mann, her same father for the benefit of herself and her brothers and sisters, to enable them to draw the means of pension which her said father was entitled to at the time of his decease, and also to receive the warrant for Land Bounty which he was entitled to at his decease; that she is directly interested in said claim and makes this affidavit to be filed with such evidence as her attorney may
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use in prosecuting the said claims.
and hereby countermanding and reworking all Powers of Attorney hereto fore given, to any, and all person, whoever they may be or whereever they may be, I do hereby Constitute and appoint J.F. Asper, of Warren, Ohio, my true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of the said Isaiah Mann for any amount of Revolutionary pension that may be due and to recover a Bounty Land  ** for Revolutionary Service and for the purpose of establishing the service by the said Isaiah Mann, for whose military duty in the Revolution his pension and land warrant is claimed.  I hereby authorize and empower my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from state archives or other sources, certified proofs of service; and to examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Department of Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive, for my benefit the Certificate of Pension which may be issued in liquidation of said claim, and also to receive the Bounty Land Warrant which may be issued on said claim, and the pension certificate Isaiah made payable or their agency for paying pensions located at Cleveland, Ohio, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
In presence of 
1  H.H. Mason
2 **

Jan 11 County (Seal)
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Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before now the and ensigned justice of the peace as aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oath, the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that I believe the said Jane McCarty to be directly entrusted in said claim as set forth, and to be this identical party therein alleges, that the words "of" and "appoint" were * before signing; and that I am not entrusted in the result of the pension claim, Bounty of Land claim of said Isaiah Mann, nor are I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
In writing whereof I have hereunto set my hand official the day and year first at me written, at Weathersfield, no said county.

H.H. Mason Justice of the Peace


The State of Ohio, Trumbull County *

I, Almon D. Webb, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that H.H. Mason, Esquire, before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the time the same was so executed, a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by said to administer oath and take acknowledgements, and to all his official acts full faith and * due; that [crossed out: I believe] the signature of the said H.H. Mason Esq. above written purporting to be his.  I believe to be true and genuine; and that I