Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 959, for Ancil Manley, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Manley or Manly, Ancil
Elizabeth.

NUMBER
W959
B.L. Wt. 29024-160-55

CONTENTS
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13786

East Tennessee

Ancil Manley of Anderson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Henderson of the Reg commanded by Col Spencer in the Virginia line for 6 months & 21 days

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 22 Dollars 34 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of June 1833 and sent to Hugh Barton Knoxville

Arrears to the 4th of March 44 68
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 11 17
55.85

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 52
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160.101

act March 2./18
June 6./55

Elizabeth Manly
widow of
Ancil Manly Priv

No 29024 iss Mar 29/56

Revolution
Pensioned Act Feby 2. 1853

Tenn Feby 48  6299

[illegible]

R

Ansel W. Manley
Oliver's
Anderson Co Ten

[illegible] A, W, Manley, Apl 7 56

Vol. M 1-19.
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6.299

Tennessee Knoxville
Elizabeth Manly_
Widow of Ancil,
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Virginia Mil.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars 34, Cents per annum, to commence on the 22ᵈ June 1853 ~

Certificate of Pension issued the 27ᵗʰ   day of Septʳ 1854 and sent to A. W. Manly 
Olivers, P. Office
Anderson Co. Ten.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 296 Vol. 3.

Reg M55 - 160101

Hon. Wm. Maynard May 11/60
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No 15530
Ancil Manley
Knoxville
Tennessee

10, 11, 12, 16, 17

from 1780 private
6 month 21 days
$22.34/100

Hugh Barton clk
Knoxville Tennessee
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BRIEF in the case of Ancil Manley of Anderson County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge?
Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[blank]

3. How old is he?
69 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
[illegible] in 1780
drafted 1781.

Duration of Service.
- Years, 4 Months, 21 Days
2 Months ~

Rank.
private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Stephens
Capt Handen
Col Spencer
Capᵗ Paser
Col Waylor

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Camden

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Fluvannah(sic) County Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
clerk's seal warranty

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

JW Clagett
Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee Anderson County}

On this 9 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before John Chiles Aaron Stoner and Isaac Miller ~ esqs. Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Anderson now sitting Ancil Manley resident of the county and State aforesaid and District of east Tennessee, aged 69 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 of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated Brigadier General Stephens, Col. Spencer Commander of 2nd Regiment of the virginia Militia, Capt Joseph Haden of Fluvannah(sic) County Virginia 18ᵗʰ  June 1780 he entered the service of the united states under the above named Captain and discharged from said service 7ᵗʰ November 1780, was at the battle of Camden 16ᵗʰ august 1780, under Captain Thomas Leftwick, Lieutenant Austin Leftwick, my former Captain Haden having been discharged from service I then resided in Fluvannah(sic) County Virginia at the time I entered the service of the united states

☞ The certificate to this applicant of these papers if [illegible] will be directed to "Knoxville Tennessee"
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and was a substitute ^for [illegible] Manly I was at the battle of Camden as before stated, Marched through the south part of Virginia into north carolina to Hillsborough and was stationed there from the 2nd of July, to the 2nd august 1780 under General Stephens from there we march under General Gates to Camden in South carolina where the battle was fought by General Gates and Cornwallis and [illegible] Gates [illegible] Claimant states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person [illegible] testimony he can procure who can testify to his service he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state, Claimant also states that he entered the service of the united states and served under Capt Richard Passer, Col. Taylor of Caroline County Virginia Commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Militia he entered the service of the united states as aforesaid. about the 12ᵗʰ Sept. 1781, we rendevoused(sic) at the Moblin hills under Samuel Lawson and marched under Col Taylor to south west point Virginia where the Mataponie(sic) and Pamonkey(sic) Rivers come together he was drafted, he was not in any General ingagments(sic), but had several brushes with Tarleton on the lines of virginia and Maryland he also states that he has no Documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who can testify to his service Claimant states that
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he served the united states in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid about Six months and 22 days, he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his agency of ^any state
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Ancil Manly [signature]
Jas M McCann D clk

We Charles Y. Oliver ^high sheriff of the county of Anderson residing in the County of Anderson and District of east Tennessee and Arthur Crozier an acting Justice of the pease for sᵈ County residing (in the same) truly certify that we are well acquainted with Ancil Manley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we beleive him to be 69 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revoultion and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
C. Y. Oliver [signature]
A. Crozier [signature]
Jas M McCann D Clk

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 certifies that it appears to them that Charles Y. Oliver who has signed the preceeding certificate
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Resident in the County of anderson 6 District of east Tennessee and that Arthur Crozier who has also signed the same is a Resident in sd County of anderson and is a cridable(sic) person ^and is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that his statement is entitled to Credit
Isaac Miller {signature]
Aaron Stover [signature]
John Child [signature]
Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for Anderson County_

15530
Ancil Manley

I Hugh Barton Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of anderson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ancil Manley for a Pension the 9ᵗʰ day of October 1832
Hugh Barton [signature] Clk
By his deputy Ja M McCann [signature]

L S

State of Tennessee Anderson County}
County Court April Session 1833

Personally appeared in open court at a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid on the 9ᵗʰ day of April 1833 Ancil Manley a citizen of said County, who subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaraition, and who having been sworn doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress of the 7ᵗʰ June 1832

[remaining writing stricken through]
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That he was born in Fluvanna County Virginia on the 28ᵗʰ Dcember(sic) 1763 that he has no record of his age

that the reason why he did not procure the testimony of a clergyman to his former declaration was that there is none living in his neighbourhood nor none that he could procure who could testify to the report of his service
that the individuals in his neighbourhood who can testify to his veracity and his reputation for having performed services in the Revolutionary war are, Charles Y. Oliver Arthur Crozier Alexander Gilbreath and others

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 9ᵗʰ of April 1833

Ancil Manley [signature]
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15530

☞ The certificate to this applicant will be directed to W. B. A. Ramsey, Knoxville Tennessee

[the following paragraph was written, then entirely stricken through]

I Hugh L. White a senator in Congress from the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that Hugh Barthan is a clerk of the county court for Anderson County Tennessee, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Clerk, and I believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine
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Revolutionary Claim

Pension Declaration
Elizabeth Manley

address to the care of
Ancel W Manley, at
Oliver's Post Office
Anderson County, 
East Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Anderson County} ss

on this 22ⁿᵈ day of april 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned Richard Oliver ~~~ a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Anderson aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, Elizabeth Manley a Resident of the County of Anderson aforesaid, aged Eighty Six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7ᵗʰ, 1838, [illegible] entitled "an act Granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows" and subsequent acts" that she is the widow of Ancel Manley, Who was a private in the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War ^ and served for the term of six months, She cannot specify the services performed by her Husband the said Ancel Manley, but for proof of his Service, she ask for Refference(sic) to be had to his ^written declaration and other paper now on file in the Pension department, she states that her said Husband the said Ancel Manly was placed on the Revolutionary Pension list Roll at the agency at Knoxville East Tennessee, on the 17ᵗʰ day of June 1833, as appears from his Pension certificate, of No 13786 and drew his Pension to the 4th March 1853, She further declares that she was married to the said Ancel Manley, on or about the 9ᵗʰ day of November 1785 in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia She has no documentary evidence by which she can prove her marriage, she having no Register of said marriage She offers the family Register of her childrens birth, and their no and the affidavits of other witnesses which are hereto annexed, she further declares that her said Husband the said Ancel Manly died on the 22ⁿᵈ day of June 1853, and that she is still a widow, she further declares that she was not
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married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated 
Elizabeth Manley  X her mark

her name before she married the said Ancel Manley, was Elizabeth Butler
Elizabeth Manley  X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that owing to bodily infirmity applicant cannot attend the court
Richard Oliver [signature]
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Anderson County} ss

on this 24ᵗʰ day of april 1854 personally came William Peak aged forty two years, before me Richard [illegible] a Justice of the peace for said County of Anderson authorized to administer oaths for General purposes and made oath in due form of law, that he was personally acquainted with Ancel Manley and Elizabeth Manley for thirty years before the death of the said Ancel Manly that they lived together as Husband and Wife he believes they were he never heard any thing to the contrary, he is still personally acquainted with the said Elizabeth Manley Knows she is a widow and that her husband the said Ancel Manley us dead he died on or about the 22ⁿᵈ June 1853.
Wm Peak [signature]

Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year above written and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Peak the above affiant, that he is a credible person and his testament is entitled to credit-
Richard Oliver [signature]
Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee Anderson County} ss

on this 29ᵗʰ day of april 1854 personally appeared John H Kington fifty eight years of age, before me Richard Oliver a Justice of the peace within and for the county of anderson aforesaid authorised to administer oaths for General purposes, and make oath in due form or law, deposeth and saith that he, has been personally acquainted with Ancel Manley and Elizabeth Manley for more than forty years past, that they have during his acquaintance with them been Reputed and Recognized to be Husband and Wife, he believes they were Husband and Wife he never heard any thing to the Reverse, Knows that the said Ancel Manley is dead he died on or about the 22ⁿᵈ June 1853, he also knows that the said Elizabeth Manly is still a widow
John H Kington [signature]

subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John H Kington the above named affiant, he is a credable(sic) person and his statement is entitled to credit
Richard [illegible] [signature]
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Anderson County} 

I R. H. Coward Clerk of County Court for the County of Anderson aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard Oliver Esqr, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits was made, was at the time of making the same and still is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid and duly authorised to administer oaths for General purposes. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal this 1ˢᵗ day of May 1854
R. H. Coward [signature] Clerk
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No. 15,166

Revolutionary Claim

Pension Declaration

Elizabeth Manley

address to the care of
Ancel W Manley, at
Oliver's Post Office
Anderson County, 
East Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Anderson County}

On this twenty fourth day of April 1860 personally appeared before me John Frazier a Justice of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Elizabeth Manly aged ninety two years a resident of the County of Anderson in the state of Tennessee (and her plase(sic) of residence for the last fifty five years) who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the full benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 3ʳᵈ of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Ancil Manly deceased who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary was & from the state of Virginia Cambell(sic) County. She further declares that she was married to her said husband Ancil Manly in Camble(sic) County Virginia on or about the [blank] day of November 1787 or 88 and that her said husband died on the 22ⁿᵈ day of June 1833 in Anderson County Tenn. She further declares that she is now a widow that she has remained a widow eversice(sic) her said husband's death She further states that her said husband drew a pension of twenty two dollars & 34 cts per anum(sic) and that she is pensioned & now draws at the rate of twenty two dollars & 34 cts per anum(sic) & an account of her said husbands Revolutionary services under the act of Congress past(sic) the 3ʳᵈ of February 1853 that she draws her pension at the agency at Knoxville Tenn. that she makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3ʳᵈ of February 1853
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and all other acts past(sic) by Congress for her benefit for an arrearage of a pension (viz, from the 4ᵗʰ of March 1848 to the 3ʳᵈ of February 1853 She refers to the records on foil(sic) for the truth of her said statements she gives all dates from recollection and may be irroneous(sic) in past at least.

know the true intend(sic) of this is to qualify and irrevoakably(sic) appoint and impower(sic) William C, Griffith of Anderson County Tennessee my true and lawful attorney in fact with power of substitution to investigate substantiate demand and receive the avails of my said claim or claims and say and do all things relation thereto as ample as I myself might do I hereby ratifying and affirming every thing said and done by my said attorney or his substitute

She desires her pension made payable at Knoxville Tenn. And his certificate for a pension ^to be sent to his said attorney, viz, Wm C Griffith. Oliver's P. Office Anderson County, E. Tennessee
Elizabeth Manley  X her mark  seal

Attest
A. Williamly [signature]
Mary Buttes [signature]

State of Tennessee Anderson County}

Be it known that on this 24ᵗʰ day of April 1860 persona[lly] appeared before me the underneath assigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid Elizabeth Manly a resident of Anderson County in the state of Tennessee the subscriber to the foregoing ^ declaration of Power of
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159 160.111
Bounty Land Claim

Elizabeth Manley
of widow of
Ancel Manly
Revolutionary Claim

Send Land Warrant
to Ansel W Manley
at Olivers Post off
Anderson County
E Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Anderson County} ss

on this 23ʳᵈ day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace authorized to administer oath for general purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Manly aged eighty seven years a Resident of Anderson County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Ancil Manly deceased who was a private in the company commanded by,, She cannot give the name of his Col,, in the Revolution War, She believes that her said husband was a volunteer, but, for the proof of these facts, and as ^to the term of his service and being honorably discharged and the time and place where he was discharged, she ask for Refference(sic) to be had to his Pension declarations and the proof thereto attached and on file in the pension department, and be Taken in evidence in support of her Claim, she further states that she was married to the said Anecl(sic) Manly in Campbell County Virginia on the 9ᵗʰ day of November 1785 She believes, by our Parson Holt. and that her name before said marriage was Elizabeth Butler, that her said husband died in Anderson County Tennessee on or about the 22ⁿᵈ June 1853 and that she is now a widow She ask(sic) also for Refference(sic) to be had to her Pension declertion(sic) & other papers of hers now on file in the Pension Department and to be taken in evidence in support of her Claim She States that she was placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensions at the agency at Knoxville Tennessee on the 27ᵗʰ day of September 1854 at the Rate of $22.34 cent per anum(sic) as the widow of her Husband the said Anecl(sic) Manly She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3ʳᵈ 1855

Elizabeth Manly  X her mark
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We Elijah Cross and John H Wright Residents of Anderson County in the State of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the forgoing(sic) declaration was signed signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Manly in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and Statements of the applicant that She is the Identical person she represents her self to be this 23ʳᵈ day of May 1855
Elijah Cross [signature]
J H Right [signature]

the foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person She Represents her self to be, and that I have no Interest in this Claim
Richᵈ Oliver [signature]
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Anderson County} 

I certify that Richard Oliver before whom the foregoing declaraion and affidavits were sworn to and whose genuine official signature is thereto attached is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and state and was at the date thereof and I have no interest in this Claim

Witness my hand and seal of office at office [illegible] the 29ᵗʰ day of May 1855
R. H. Coward [signature] Clerk
County Court for said County
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Sary Ann Manly was born July the 19ᵗʰ 17 [page curled at this point]

Caleb Washington Manly was born March the [page curled at this point] in the year 1790

William Woolen Manly was born July the 11ᵗʰ year 1792

Ann Ducket Manly was born September the 6ᵗʰ in the year 1795

Fanney Jackson Manly was born February 18ᵗʰ in the year 1798

Polly Ellender Manly was born June the 9ᵗʰ in the year 1800

Thoᵐˢ Alexander Butler Manly was born March the 2ⁿᵈ 1803

John Alxᵈʳ Manly was born [illegible] 17ᵗʰ in the year 1805

Elizabeth Odle Manly was born February The 26ᵗʰ in the year 1808

Ancel Washington Woolen Manly was born the 4ᵗʰ of June in the year 1812

[remainder of page looks like random scribbling]

Caleb Cleb Mandey
Mandey was borne 1820 of
October 1828

Mary Ann Manly was born in the year
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[this paper appears to be filled with doodling]

[illegible] John Manly hand and pin [illegible]
[illegible] often times [illegible]
David grifith Doty and [illegible]
David grifith Doty and [illegible]

William [illegible]

Caleb Manley was born
in the year 1825

William Wright &
William William Wright

John Manly

John Mandley I John Mandley

John mandley this first day of September one thousand eighteen hundred and twenty Seven when you see this [illegible] Remember me when I am Dead and gone. John Mandley this the 1ˢᵗ the 1 of September 1827
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[Ju]ne 13. The pension certificate
the husband under act 1832
to obtain arears(sic) of his
[pe]nsion. Sent back with letter
A. W. Manley
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29.024

[illegible]
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Rev. WIDOW, &c.

File No. 959
Elisabeth Manly
widow.
Ancil Manly
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:- Vol. M., Page 1

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1921. June 20. Hist. to Mrs. L. M. Jones  aw
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Elizabeth Manly widow
of Ancil.

Tennessee.

Admitted.

Act 2ᵈ Feby. 1848.

6 mos. 21 days private $22.34
from 22ᵈ June 1853, when he
died. ~

Pay,
Elizabeth Manly, widow.

Certificate to,
A. W. Manley Eqr.
Olivers Post Office.
Anderson Co.
E. Tenn.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ansel Manly which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ✔

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout(sic) of pension he is entitled?
yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes

VII. Has he made a relinquisment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
No
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2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
[words "2 citizens" crossed out] NO

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
yes

XIV. ⍭ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
[no answer]

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
[no answer]

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
[no answer]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No witnesses

XVI. ₮ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered?
1 - 2

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

* QUERE V. 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 of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of 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.
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3

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' is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state the served two years 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 shewn 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.

⍭ QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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.

₮ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Pension Office.
16ᵗʰ May 1854.

East Tennessee Rolls.
Act 7ᵗʰ June 1832.
$22.34 per annum. 

Ancil Manley.
To what time paid?
When did he die?
S. Cole
for Com

Francis Burk Esqr
Third Audition.
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Ancel Manley Act 1832 $22.34 per annum 
Paid to 4 March 1853.

F. Burk
Auditor

h m 53
22 34
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3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
W959
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  [blank], 19[blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Ancil Manley or Manly a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (of his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment.
June 18 1780 to Nov. 7 1780

July 12, 1781 to Sept. 12, 1781

Length of service.

Rank.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.
Joseph Haden
Thomas Leftwich

Richard Naper

Colonel.
Spencer

Taylor

State.
Va.

Battles engaged in, 
Camden

Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Fluvanna Co. Va.

Date of application for pension.
Oct. 9, 1832. His cl. was al.

Residence at date of application,
Anderson Co. Tenn.

Age at date of application,
69 yrs. He died in Anderson Co Tenn June 22, 1853

Remarks:
Sol. mar in Bedford or Campbell Co Va. Nov. 9, 1785 Elizabeth Butler. She was al pen. on her ap [illegible] Apr. 22, 1854 while living in Anderson Co. Tenn. aged 86 years Children: Sary Ann b. July 19, 1787. Caleb Washington b. Mar- 1790, William Woolen b. July 11, 1792, Ann Ducket b. Sept. 6, 1795, Fanny Jackson b. Feb. 18, 1798. Polly Ellender b June 9, 1800 Thomas Alexander Butler b. Mar 2 1803. John Alexander Butler b. Mar. 17, 1805 Elizabeth Odle b. Feb 26 1808 Ancil Washington Woolen b. June 4, 1812

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856

X-dates
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Mrs Laura May Jones
Wheat Tenn.

thro desk
Mr C. W. Linnell
Room 307.

personal inquiry June 18, 1921.
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State of Tennessee Anderson County} ss

I R. H. Coward, Clerk of the County Court of Anderson County and State of Tennessee holden at Clinton in said County, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Ancel Manley was a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of Twenty two dollars and thirty four cents per annum was a Resident of the County of Anderson in the State of Tennessee, and died in the County of Anderson in the State of Tennessee in the year 1853 on the 22ⁿᵈ day of June, that he left a widow whose name is Elizabeth Manley.

ANDERSON COUNTY COURT
TENN [seal]

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office in Clinton this 13ᵗʰ day of September 1854

R. H. Coward [signature]
Clerk
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State of Tennessee Anderson County}

on this 24ᵗʰ day of April 1860 personally appeared before me John Frazier an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid Ancil W Manly and Mary Butler reseidents of Anderson County in the state of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares that they are and were personally acquainted with Elizabeth Manly and her husband Ansel Manly is now dead that he died in Anderson County Tenn on the 22ⁿᵈ of June 1853 And that Elizabeth Manly is now a widow she having remained a widow ever since her said husbands death all of which facts they know of their own knowled(sic) they having lived a neighbor and [illegible] of their family for many years that they saw Ancil Manly after he was dead this 24ᵗʰ of April 1860
Ancil W. Manly [signature]
Mary Butler [signature]

sworn to and subscribed before me And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the affiants that they are persosn of truth and veracity & entitled to full faith & credit in any court of record this 24ᵗʰ of April 1860
John Frazier [signature]
Justice of the peace
for Anderson County
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Attorney and acknowledged the signing sealing and delivering the same to be her^own act and deed of her own [illegible] will for the purposes therein set forth
And that the said Elizabeth Manly is unable to appear in open court on the account of bodally(sic) infirmaty(sic) and that I have no interest in this claim

In Testimony Whereof
I have and do hereunto set my hand and seal this 24ᵗʰ day of April 1860
John Frazier [signature] seal
Justice of the peace
for Anderson County

State of Tennessee Anderson County}

I RH Coward Clerk of the County Court for said County and State do hereby certify that John Frazier Esq whose genuine official signature appears officially signed to the two foregoing affidavits is and was at the dates thereof an acting Justice of the in and for said county and State duly and Constitutionally elected commissioned and qualified to administer Oaths for general purposes And all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and and(sic) seal of Office at Office in Clinton this 1ˢᵗ day of May 1860
R. H. Coward [signature] Clerk
County Court Anderson County
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Pension claim
of
Elizabeth Manly

PENSION OFFICE.
MAY
9
1860. [ink stamp]

send pension to
Wm C Griffith
Olivers P Office
Anderson County
E. Tennessee
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Olivers Anderson County Tennessee
24ᵗʰ april 1856

Sir

I here with acknowledge the Receipt of yours of the 11ᵗʰ Inst in Relation to the claim of Elizabeth Manley Widow of Ancil Manley applicant for bounty land of No. 160 101 under the act of 3ᵈ March 1855, and to say in answer that it is impossible for the widow to prove by Record evidence the service of her Husband a soldier in the Revolutionary War, other, then(sic) that furnished by him in his life time and now on file the Pension Department, which Evidence shows that her Husband the said Ancil Manley served for a Period of six months in said War, and for which his name was placed on the Roll of Pensions, and after his death his widow the said Elizabeth Manley made application and from the Record furnished by her said Husband then filed in the Pension department as well as that furnished by her, she was declared a Pensioner, and her name placed on the Roll of Pension. I understand the 3ʳᵈ section of the above named act, Requires Record evidence from all those who claim for services rendered for a shorter period of time, then(sic) fourteen days, it is impossible for Mrs Manly to furnish Record evidence to establish her claim other then(sic) that she has alluded to above I hope her claim will be considered and allowed

Richd Oliver Atto,
for
Elizabeth Manley

Hon
Commr
of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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House of Reps
May 8. 1860.

Sir,

Enclosed is application for a pension of Mrs. Elizabeth Manly of Tennessee which [illegible] doubt [illegible] usual [illegible] 

[illegible] Respectfully
your obt. sevt.
Wm Mayment [signature]

Mr J. C. Whitney
Com. of Pensions.
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Breif(sic) in the case of Elizabeth Manly widow of Ancil.~

Anderson County and State of Tennessee.
act 2ᵈ February 1848.

Claim, ("original," or "for increase"[stricken through])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Ancil Manly a pensioner at $22.34 per annum, under Act 7ᵗʰ June 1832.~
Ancil and Elizabeth married before 1794 - proved by family Record &c.
Ancil died 22ᵈ June 1853,_ proved by Order of Anderson County Court. Wm Peak and report of Third Auditor.
Elizabeth still a widow_ proved by Wm Peak and order of Anderson County Court.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
A. W. Manley, Esqr
Oliver's P. Office
Anderson Co.
E. Tennessee

Charles H. Rhett [signature]
Examining Clerk.