Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2807, for Charles Mc Mannis, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.
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McMannis, Charles
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NUMBER
S.2807
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Ohio  22.381

Charles Mc Mannis 

of Brownley in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shannon of the Regiment commanded by Col Broadhead in the Penna line for 21 months.

Pa and Va Line.... Records corrected

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Inscribed on the roll of Ohio Jan'y 28  at the rate of 70 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

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Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Octl 1833 and sent to Wm Shepherd, Georgetown  BC Ohio

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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1833  - 175.

Semiannual allowance ending 4 March 34 -  35

(Total)  $210

Revolution Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm R Palmer
Book E Vol 8 Page 17

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let to Pen agt & Hon D A Startweather 16 Jany 1840  (origl corres - see Joseph McMannis)

Date of death not on act
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Charles McMannis  Amendment to His Declaration for a Pension

State of Ohio
Brown County 

Personally came before the subscriber one of the associate judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Brown aforesaid, Charles McMannis who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832. 

That under his first engagement under Capts Shannon and Knox he served twelve months - said company was 
attached to Col. Daniel Broadhead regiment in the Pennsylvania line; he cannot state under  what division of
the army Broadhead's Regiment was attached to.

That under his second engagement in Capt Thos Campbell's Company in Col Gibsons Regiment he served as an enlisted private soldier for nine months.

He is unable from loss of memory to state the names of any other officers under whom he served

Answer to 1st Interogatory:  he was born in York County Pennsylvania in the year 1762

Answer to the 2d: He has a record of his age which is in the possession of his son John in the State of Indiana

Answer To the 7th:  I am known to Samuel Cooper Esq, Thomas Sargeant, William White, John Cox, and Robert Shaw who can testify as to my character for truth and veracity

Charles McMannis (his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of October AD 1833

David Johnson
Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio
Brown County

I George W King, clerk pro tem of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby cerity that David Johnson Esqr is one of the associate judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Brown aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Georgetown this 8th day of October AD 1833

George W King, Clerk
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July 31 1832 
Pension
Office
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832

State of Ohio
Brown County 

On this 24th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas of the County of Brown and State of Ohio Charles McMannis a resident of Jackson township in the County of Brown and State of Ohio aged seventy years past 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 passed June 7th 1832. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein
stated

that in the month of September 1778 his father and family were driven by the Indians from their dwelling on the frontier settlement of the Western part of Pennsylvania and took shelter at a station called Leganier Garrison in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania under the then command of Capt Samuel Shannon who the spring following left the garrison which was afterwards commanded by Capt Robert Knox, Lieut Edward McDowle and Ensign James Clifford. that he continued in said Garrison and performed his duty as a militia soldier for about twelve months although at the commencement of his service he was only in his sixteenth year. he drew his regular rations and monthly pay from Thomas Galbreath who was a commissary. He is unable to state whether Colonel Charles Campbell ,Col Gibson or Col Broadhead had the command of said station, but he thinks it was under the command of a Pennsylvania officer as it was in that line the service was performed.
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He further states that in the summer of the year 1780 he enlisted at Laganier garrison with Capt Thomas Campbell for the term of nine months in the army of the United States and served in the ninth attached to the thirteenth regiment in the Virginia line on Continental establishment. said Regiment was commanded by Col John Gibson, Lieut Col Campbell Major, and other officers not recollected. the officers in Capt Campeulls company were Lieut John Cummings, Ensign George Cohan, First Sargeant Morris Roach and
John Crow of Abner Meek 4th not recollected. Shortly after his enlistment said company consisting of sixty
four privates and their officers were marched to and stationed at fort Crawford situated on the Alleghany river about eighteen miles above Pittsburgh where they remained about five months when said company returned to Pittsburgh where they remained nearly all winter when they marched to Hannahstown Pennsylvania and about the first of April in the year 1781 he received a regular discharge from his captain which has been lost or mislaid.

He hereby relinquishes every 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

Charles McMannis (his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court

James Finley, Clerk

I James McMannis a resident of Brown County Ohio hereby certify that I am well acquainted with my
brother Charles McMannis who has subscribed and sworn to to the above declaration, that I believe
him to be seventy years of age and I further state that from personal knowledge I do believe that
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the said Charles McMannis did perform twelve months service at Ligonier Garrison as stated by him having myself served with him one half said term under the same officers named by him as above. He further states that he enlisted in the Continental service at the same time with his brother in Capt Campbell company and Col Gibsons regiment and knows of his own knowledge that he did perform the services in the manner and for the length of time above stated by him

James McMannis (his mark)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court

July 26th 1832
James Finley Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Charles McMannis was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. The court further certifies that it appears to them that  James McMannis who has signed the proceeding certificate is a resident of Brown County and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit

State of Ohio
Brown County 

I James Finley Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Brown aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles McMannis for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of July 1832
James Finley Clerk
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May 12, 1937

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BA-J/EEL
Charles McMannis - S.2807

Mrs. W.M. Gardner
R.D. #2
Russellville, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Charles McManis, of Pennsylvania, who moved to Brown County, Ohio, about 1815, and Samuel Daniel or
Daniels, who received land in Adams (later Brown County, Ohio.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request
pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of Charles McMannis is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2807,
based upon the military service of that soldier in said war.
Charles McMannis was born in 1762, in York County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.
In September, 1776, the father of Charles McMannis with his family were driven by the Indians from their dwelling on the frontier settlement of Western Pennsylvania and took shelter at Ligonier Garrison in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Charles McMannis served twelve months in this garrison under Captain Samuel Shannon and Robert Knox and Colonel Brodhead; in the summer of 1780, he enlisted at said Ligonier Garrison, served as a private in Captain Thomas Campbell's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment and was discharged about April 1, 1781, having served nine months. During this service, he was stationed at Fort Crawford on the Allegheny River about eighteen miles above Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh
and at Hannahstown, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832, while residing in Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio.
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In 1833, John McMannis, son of Charles McMannis, the soldier, was residing in the state of Indiana. The name of soldier's wife is not given and no other names of children are shown.
In 1832, soldier's brother, James McMannis, was residing in Brown County, Ohio, and stated that he served with his brother, Charles, at Ligonier Garrison and also, was with him in Captain Campbell's Company, Colonel Gibson's Virginia Regiment. There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a James McMannis, under any spelling of the surname.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charles McMannis (S.2807), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Offfice, Records Division, this city, and cite the following dat:
Charles McMannis
Certfficate No. 22381
Issued October 24, 1833
Rate $70 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1933 Oct 17 - Hist to Hon Jas G Polk - EEL

1937 May 12 - Hist to Mrs Wm Gardner - EL

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2807

Rev War

INVALID

File No:  2807

Charles McMannis
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7, 1832

Index:  Vol A, Page 243

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Priv Age 75
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22.381. 
Charles McMannis
Ohio

Adm 1 year & 9. months
40
30
70

Wm Shepherd
Georgetown
Browne County 
Ohio
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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 Charles McMannis 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 of pension he is entitled?    NO - Amended.  Not found on PA Rolls and shoulr therefore prove
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  No.  Service by two credible witnesses.  Proved by James McMannis and William Thomas

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment 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?  YES
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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?  No (struck through)
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No (struck through)

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?
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?  YES
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? YES
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
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?  YES
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? YES
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   AMENDED

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how "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 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 ____ for ____ Months and _____ days; and for such service I claim a pension.
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William Thomas 
Deposition
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The State of Ohio
Adams County Ss
personally appeared before the Subscriber an
acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
William Thomas aged one hundred and seven years who being
Duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well
acquainted with Charles McMannis that in the year 1780 he saw
him in the Regular Service of the United States in the Company
commanded by Capt Thos Campbell in the Regiment commanded
by Col John Gibson in the 13th Virginia Regiment that from circumstances 
related by said McMannis he does verily believe that
he performed a nine month tour as an enlisted Soldier under the
above named officers in said line that said McMannis was
Honorable Discharged at Hannahs Town in the spring of 1781
William Thomas [a hand drawn "X"] his mark

Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day of September 1833 by
Robert Pence J. Peace

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
William Thomas who has signed the foregoing affidavid and
know that he is a person entitled to credit under oath
Robert Pence J. Peace

The State of Ohio Adams County Ss
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby
certify that Robert Pence Esq before whom the above deposition 
of William Thomas was taken & who has signed
the above certificates at the time of signing the same &
still is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid
duly commissioned and quallified and that full faith & credit
are due to his said certificate & all other official acts by
him done as well in Courts of Justice or thought and that
his signature above written is genuine In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal
of the said Court at West Union this 23d day of
September in the year of our Lord 1833 and
in the 31t year of this State
Joseph Darlinton Clk A.C.
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Georgetown Brown County Ohio
October 8. 1833
Sir,
Enclosed you have the application of Charles
McMannis for a Pension which has heretofore been
presented to you and returned for the want of a
Witness he has procured that witness by which he
proves his service as an enlisted soldier in the
Virginia line for nine months. He has proven
his service as a militia man for 12 months by his
brother James in the Pa. line which I under
and to be [crossed out: "again real"] the amount of testimony
required in such cases.
the amendment to his
Declaration will meet the objections made by the brief
which is herewith returned.
Your early attention to this case is respectfully
and most earnestly solicited
very Respectfully yours &c
Wm Shepherd

J L Edwards
Com. of Pensions
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send only one

Russellville. O. April 19, 1937
Veterans administration
Washington D.C.
Sirs;
For Charles McManis or Mahan
was a Rev soldier from Penn
wife name Ellen is given
by Brown Co history as a Rev
Pensioner, his son Joseph was
born in Penn in 1796, would
like to know if there is a record
of this pension or a land grant
for this service he came first
to Brown Co Ohio in about 1815
but died in Adams Co Ohio
near Winchester
also do you have a Rev Service
for Samuel Daniel or Daniels
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he got a grant of land in
Adams Co (Now Brown) Ohio in
1808 this land was surveyed
by Isaac Hile there was 1569 a
Samuel Daniel was from Virginia
some histories give Fairfax Co some
London & some Frederick Isaac
Hile was from Fredrick Co
Samuel Daniel afterwards
transfered this land to Joseph
Daniels supposed to be his
son Joseph Daniel was born in
1784. had sisters who came to
Ohio with him, Mary Daniel
Hiett & Isabella Daniel Anderson
there is no record of Samuel
Daniel living in Ohio if
you can help me with these
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Will appreciate it very
Much
Sincerely
(Mrs W M) Agnes Gardner
Russellville
R#2 O
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JAMES G. POLK
SIXTH DISTRICT OHIO
COMMITTEE: 
AGRICULTURE
OSCAR L. PYLE
SECRETARY
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

October 6th 1933

Mr. W. E. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. Re: McMANIS, Charles
Pvt. Penna. Militia
War of Revolutation.
Dear Mr. Morgan:
I hereby respectfully request all
the available service record of the above veteran.
I might mention that I have received
a request for assistance in securing a grave marker
for the grave of this veteran alleged to have served
in the Pennsylvania Militia who is buried in the
cemetery at Cherry Fork, Ohio.
I have been advised that there is no
record in the office of the Adjutant General regarding
his service and was referred to the Department of
Public Instruction, State Library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 
and have been advised by the Genealogist
that this veteran does not appear on their records but
they have information which would indicate that he had
served from Pennsylvania. He was pensioned October 24th
1833, pension to commence March 4th 1831, age given as
72 years; they have suggested that I communicate direct
with you.

Yours very truly,
P. G. Polk

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"RECEIVED 
OCT 7 1833
MAIL [illegible]"
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON  October 17, 1933
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Honorable James G. Polk
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
BA-J/EL
Charles McMannis-S.2807

My dear Mr. Polk:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of Charles McManis who served in the Pennsylvania
Militia, and who was pensioned October 24, 1833.
The record of that soldier is given below as found in pension
claim, S. 2807, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Charles McMannis was born in 1762, in York County, Pennsylvania.
The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension
claim.
In September, 1778, his father and family were driven by the
Indians from their dwelling on the frontier settlements of western
Pennsylvania and took shelter at Ligonier Garrison in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania; Charles McMannis served twelve months in this
garrison under Captains Samuel Shannon and Robert Knox and Colonel
Brodhead: in the summer of 1780, he enlisted at said Ligonier Garrison, 
served as a private in Captain Thomas Campbell's Company, Colonel
John Gibson's Virginia Regiment and was discharged about April 1,
1781, having served nine months. During this service, he was stationed 
at Fort Crawford on the Allegheny river about eighteen miles above
Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh and at Hannahstown, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832,
while residing in Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio.
In 1833, son John McMannis was residing in the state of Indiana.
The name of John's mother is not shown and no other names of children
are given.
In 1832, soldier's brother, James McMannis, was residing in
Brown County, Ohio, and stated that he served with his brother, Charles,
at Ligonier Garrison, and also was with him in Captain Campbell's Company
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Colonel Gibson's Virginia Regiment. The length of James' service
was not shown, and there is no claim for pension on file on account 
of the service of a James McMannis, under any spelling of the 
surname.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, Charles McMannis (S.2807), you should address
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, citing the following data:
Charles McMannis, Certificate No. 32381, issued October 24, 1833,
rate $70 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.