Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,244, for Job Manchester, Rhode Island
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.
Manchester, Job
Deborah
NUMBER
W.266.244
CONTENTS
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Rhode Island
2486
Deborah Manchester of Newport in the State of R. I.
who was a RI _____in the ____commanded by Captain ____ of the _____ commanded by ____ in the 
widow of Job Manchester dec and late a private on the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov 
1836 and sent to  John Cross Portsmouth R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $440.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending  4th Mar '37 40.00
$480.00
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book Bol./ Page///
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836.
State of Rhode Island
County of Newport

On the Eleventh day of October A.D. 1866

Personally appeared before the Court of Probate of Little Compton in the county of Newport, a court of record. Deborah Manchester a resident of said Little Compton in the County of Newport and state of Rhode Island, aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836

That she is the widow of Job Manchester late of [illegible] in this state, and late a revolutionary soldier - [illegible] been both born in said [illegible] and were married there before the revolutionary, and lived therein, in the south fort, through said war, and until my said husband went to the west after the Revolutionary war. We were married in the month of October A. D. 1771 as near as I can remember, by Elder Campbell and that a certificate of the same, if we ever had any is now lost, and is not to be found, nor is the same to be found on record. I was in my 22nd year of my age when I was married to my said husband, the said Job, I do well remember that my husband was much away in the war at that time, it seemed to be a business he had rather do than anything else, but I cannot remember the officer under whom he was at that time, or [illegible] the service as a soldier, I believe for eight months, after his time was over he returned home, in the year 1776 when Wallace was in the Bay in fall of the year he was on Rhode Island for a term. I think of at least two months in Dec. 1776 the enemy came to Newport, and the state of Rhode Island raised a brigade for fifteen months service

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