Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7400, for Isaac Manning, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Manning, Isaac & Rosanna | W.7400

CONTENTS
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New Jersey No. 28,437
Isaac Manning of Somerset Co. in the State of New Jersey, who was a private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain McCoy of the reg(iment) commanded by (blank) in the New Jersey line for 17 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June 1834 and (sent to) Hon. F.S. Schenck, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834......$169.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep.....28.33
                                     =======
                                     $198.31

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. Burdine, Clerk,
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 122.

Let(ter sent) to Hon. S. Kirkpatrick, Jan. 6, 1844.
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New Jersey
Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, N.J. who served in the Revolutionary war as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jan. '49 and sent to Hon. H.C. Murphy, House of Reps.

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners, Act February 2, 1848, Page 303; Vol. 4.

Report.
Let(ter sent) to Hon. H.C. Murphy Jan. [illegible}] same week.
Death not on A.B.; J.L.L.
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Relative to Mrs. Rosanna Manning for a pension.

Sam'l B. Miller, Newark, New Jersey
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Isaac Manning was born December the 31st 1758
Rosannah Runyon, his wife, was born March the 13th 1765.
They were married [crossed out: November] October the 31st 1785.

Their Children's Ages:
Rhoda Manning was born December the 4th 1786.
Anna Manning was born March the 22nd 1789.
Sarah Manning was born March the 5th 1792.
Margaret Manning was born July the 29th 1794.
Elizabeth Manning was born May the 15th 1800.
Zeruah Manning was born May the 8th 1805.
Runyon Manning was born August the 31th 1808.
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Blessings to those that fear God. | CHAP IV. | The study of the law recommended.

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another and the LORD hearkened and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. And they that be mine, faith the LORD spoke in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, a man spareth his own son that serveth behind. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

CHAP IV
God's judgment on the wicked, and his blessing on the good. He exhorreth to the study of the law, and telleth of Elijah's coming and office. Or, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, faith the LORD of horeb, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But up to you that call my name shall the Sun of righteous souls arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the hall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this; saith the LORD of horeb. Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will lead you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.
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In the matter of the application of the widow Rosanna Manning for a pension.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Be it known that before me Samuel B. Miller, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Martin Runyon, a respectable person residing in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey. Personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Sixty second year of his age and that the s(ai)d af(fidavit) which is hereunto annexed purporting to be a family record containing the ages of Isaac Manning and his wife, whose maiden name was Rosanna Runyon. And the date of the marriage of the said Isaac Manning to the said Rosanna Runyon. And the births of their several children was taken by me from an old family Bible, wow in the possession of the said Rosanna Manning, which record and Bible this deponent saith he has known for more than Twenty six years last past and is, as this deponent verily believes, a true record of all therein stated. And this deponent further saith that he has been well acquainted with the said Isaac Manning and Rosanna Manning, his wife, for more then fifty years last past. He having married their daughter. And that they always resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the said Isaac Morning, which took place on the Thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord...
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...[duplicate: Lord] One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three. And that the said widow, Rosanna Manning, is still living and now resides at Plainfield in said County of Essex, New Jersey, and is now in the Seventy ninth year of her age. And further saith not.
s/ Martin Runyon

Sworn to and subscribed this Ninth day of December in the year of our Lord 1844 before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas

State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, John P. Jackson. Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Martin Runyon was made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn. And that the signature "Sam'l B. Miller" to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and official Seal the Thirteenth day of December A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Forty four.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.
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Isaac Manning
25807

If allowed, send certificate to W. Thomson, Somerville N. Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Manning for a pension. And that William D. Stewart, before whom the appended affidavit of Jeremiah Coon was made was at the time of the taking of the same and still is a Judge of said Court in full commission. And that his proper signature is subscribed to said affidavit. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of office this Ninth day of March Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ J.M. Mann
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Somerset County//

Personally appeared before me, Wm. D. Stewart, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Jeremiah Coon, who being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God did depose and say that he was acquainted with Isaac Manning, the present applicant, during [crossed out: during] the Revolutionary War and was out with him as a Militiaman several times once in Bergen and one at Elizabeth Town and likewise at the Battle at Rahway and thinks he was at the Battles at Bound Brook and Springfield and thinks and believes was out several other times which he cannot at this time not precisely recollect and further saith not.
s/ Jeremiah Coon

Sworn and subscribed before me this First day of October 1832.
s/ Wm. D. Stewart, Judge of the County of Somerset
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We, Morgan R. Cox, Clergyman to the Township of Paramus and Wm. D. Stewart, Township of Bernards in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Manning, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age and he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be have been a Solder of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Morgan R. Cox
s/ Wm. D. Stewart

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.
s/ Wm. B. Guston

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 Morgan R. Cox, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset and that the said William D. Stewart, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Somerset, are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled
to credit. In open Court.

s/ Wm. B. Gaston, Pres. Judge.
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The State of New Jersey 
County of Somerset//

On the Second day of October A.D. 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, now sitting Isaac Manning, of the Township of Warren, County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy four years, and 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 in the War of the Revolution in the month of June 1776 as a drafted Militiaman under Capt. Degroat and served one month at the (((fence))) between Bergen and Newark. Served one month tour at Bergen and one month Paulus Hook under Captain Sebring; one tour at Elizabeth Town under Capt. Logan & was engaged in the Battle at Rahway and likewise at Martin Town while on a three months tour under Capt. Cory & was engaged at the Battle at Bound Brook & while [duplicate: while] on a month's tour under Capt. Parker, was on a seventh months tour under Capt. McCoy, stationed at different places. During that time was on a month's tour and engaged in the Battle at Monmouth and further [crossed out: says] that he was out as a Minute Man and at different times during the Revolutionary War. Thinks and verily believes about two years never received a written discharge from the service nor has any documentary evidence of his service. Says he was born in the year 1758, in the month of December, 31st day; Agreeable to the record in his family Bible & was born in the Township of Warren County and State aforesaid. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on any Pension Roll of any Agency of any State.
s/ Isaac Manning

Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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9851
Mrs. Rosannah Manning's declaration & evidence for a pension under the Act of July 7th 1838.

Husband died March 31st '43.

Rejected.

Sam'l B. Miller, Newark, New Jersey
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed July 7th 1830 and August 23rd 1842 and a Resolution approved August 16th 1842 granting pensions to certain widows.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three, personally appeared before me, Samuel B. Miller, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, the widow Rosannah Manning (whose maiden name was Rosannah Runyon). A respectable person residing at Plainfield in the Township of Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey, aged Seventy eight years (who I hereby certify cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court). 

Who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and August 23rd 1842 and a Resolution approved August 16th 1842 granting pensions to certain widows. That she is the Widow of Isaac Manning, late of Plainfield in the Township of Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey and formerly a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey, deceased. Who was a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. And also a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress of July 7th 1832, at the time of his death at the rate of Thirty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum. And the said Rosanna Manning further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Manning on the Thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five by the Rev'd Mr. Runyon, then pastor of the Baptist Church at Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey. And that her husband, the aforesaid...
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...[duplicate: aforesaid] Isaac Manning died on the Thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Forty three at his late residence in said County of Essex. That she was not 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. And this deponent further declares that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Isaac Manning, decease. And for further particulars the said applicant would most respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the record evidence of marriage and affidavits hereto annexed and the papers on file in his office relative to said claim.
s/ Rosannah Manning

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and and year first above mentioned before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex

Mrs. Rosannah Manning
Declaration
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Seventeen Hundred and Eighty five, October Thirty first.
Isaac Manning &c. Married.

I, Reane D. Runyon of the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Record of Marriage kept by my grandfather, the Rev'd Mr. Reane Runyon, then Pastor of the Baptist Church of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible letters and figures as follows.:

1785 October 31st, Isaac Manning &c. Married.

s/ Reane D. Runyon

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

I. Rene D. Runyon above named, do depose and say that the Marriage Record [duplicate: Record] kept by the Rev'd Reane Runyon Sr. in the possession of this deponent and has been in his possession since the death of his father, Rene B. Runyon, and that the above is a true extract from the Marriage Record kept by the said Rev. Reane Runyon whilst paster of said church with the exception above named as certified by me. And further saith not.
s/ Reane D. Runyon

Sworn to and subscribed this Nineteenth day of October A.D. 1843 before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that the above named Reane D. Runyon, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate and affidavit is a respectable person and entitled to full credit as a witness. October 19th 1843.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace
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In the matter of the application of the widow Rosannah Manning for a pension under the law of Congress of July 7th 1838.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Be it known that before me, Samuel B. Miller, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared John B. Osborn, a respectable person residing in the Township of Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey, and personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Ninetieth year of his age. And that he has been well acquainted with Isaac Manning
and Rosannah (Manning), his wife (whose maiden name was Rosannah Runyon) of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey for more than Forty years last past. And this deponent further saith that the said Isaac Manning and Rosannah, his wife, always resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the said Isaac Manning, which took place in the latter part of March or first of April Eighteen Hundred and Forty three at his residence in said County, New Jersey. And this deponent further saith that the said Rosannah Manning is still living and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of the said Isaac Manning, her said husband. And that the said Isaac Manning and wife resided in Somerset County, New Jersey, until about two years [duplicate: years] last past since which time they have resided in Essex County, New Jersey. 
s/ John B. Osborn

Sworn to and subscribed at Westfield in said County of Essex this Twenty seventh day of October A.D. 1843 before me.
s/ Saml B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex
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In the matter of the application of the widow Rosannah Manning for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1830.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Be it known that before me, Elisha Runyon, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Reane Runyon, a respectable person residing in the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, and personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Seventy eighth year of his age and that he has been well acquainted with Isaac Manning and Rosannah (Manning), his wife, (whose maiden name was Rosannah Runyon) who formerly resided in the County of Somerset, New Jersey. And at the death of the said Isaac Manning resided in Plainfield, Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, And this deponent further saith that his wife is the sister of the said Rosannah Manning and that he has examined the Marriage Record kept by the Rev'd Reane Runyon whilst Pastor of the Baptist Church at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and verily believes that the said Isaac Manning, as named in said Marriage Record, is the identical Isaac Manning that was married to the said Rosannah Runyon by the Rev'd Mr. Runyon aforesaid. And this deponent further saith that the above named Isaac Manning died on the Thirty first day of March Eighteen Hundred and Forty three at his residence in said County of Essex and that he has left a widow named Rosannah Manning, who is still living in said County of Essex, New Jersey and that she has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband, and is now as much as Seventy eight years of age and this
deponent...
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... [duplicate: deponent] further saith that the said Isaac Manning and Rosannah (Manning), his wife, always resided together as husband and wife until the death of the said Isaac Manning and had a number of children together. And further saith not.
s/ Reane Runyon

Sworn to and subscribed at Plainfield in said County this Second day November A.D. 1843 before me.
s/ Elisha Runyon, Justice of the Peace

I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings in the matter of Rosannah Runyon for a pension. That Samuel B. Miller, before whom such proceedings were had and the affidavits hereto annexed of said Rosannah Manning, Reane D. Runyon and John B. Osborn were severally made and taken was one of the Judges of said Court and a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn. And that the signatures "Sam'l B. Miller" to the Jurats of said affidavits and the certificate above written respectively are genuine.

I further certify that Elisha Runyon, before whom the annexed affidavit of Reane Runyon was made and taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that the signature "Elisha Runyon" to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and official Seal at the City of Newark in said County the Seventh day of November A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Forty three.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clerk
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June 6, 1933.

BA-J/ILL
Isaac Manning
W.7400

Dr. W.J. Blackburn
661-64 Reibold Building
Dayton
Ohio.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Isaac Manning, a Revolutionary War soldier.

The record of Isaac Manning is given below as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W.7400, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.

Isaac Manning was born in Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, on December 31, 1758; the names of his parents are not shown.

He enlisted in Warren, New Jersey, sometime in June 1776, served at various times in each succeeding year until sometime in 1780, amounting in all to about seventeen months, as a private under Captains Jacob DeGroat, Sebring, Logan, Corey, Parker, McCoy, Jacob TenEyck, and Rickey, and Colonels Frelinghuysen and Winds in the New Jersey troops; during his service he was in the battles of Bound Brook, Monmouth and Springfield, and (next time) an engagement at Rahway.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he resided in Warren Township, New Jersey.

The soldier died March 31, 1843 in Plainfield, Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, in which county he had resided only about two years; he had been a resident Somerset County up to that time.

Isaac Manning married in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Rosannah Runyon, who was born March 13, 1765. They were married by Rev. Reune Runyon, Pastor of the Baptist Church of Piscataway, New Jersey; no relationship to said Rosannah stated.

Rosannah Manning, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her...
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...application executed [duplicate: executed] October 19, 1843, at which time she resided in Plainfield, New Jersey. She resided there in 1848.

The names of the following children of the soldier, Isaac Manning, and his wife, Rosannah, are shown:

Rhoda Manning, born December 4, 1786
Anna Manning, born March 22, 1789
Sarah Manning, born March 5, 1792
Margaret Manning, born July 29, 1794
Elizabeth Manning, born May 15, 1800
Zernah Manning, born May 8, 1805
Runyon Manning, born August 31, 1811 (?)

In 1843, Martin Runyon, a resident of Essex County, New Jersey, aged sixty-one years, stated that he married a daughter of the soldier, Isaac Manning, but he did not give her name. At that time, one Reune Runyon, a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey, aged seventy-seven years, stated that his wife was a sister of Rosannah Manning, the widow of Isaac Manning, but he did not state her name. Reune D. Runyon, a grandson of the Baptist minister who married Isaac Manning and Rosannah, his wife, was living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1843; he was the son of Reune B. Runyon, then deceased. One Elisha Runyon was a Justice of the Peace for Essex County, New Jersey, in 1843, no relationship to the family stated.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Sd. page 677 -N.J. book.
I did not use battle of Rahway (Hist. 1781, June)
The battle seems to be 1777-1778.
Rahway called Spankstown; may had been Brunswick - Piscataway or some other N.J. battle or Springfield - could be either.
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9851
Rosannah Manning, N.J.

Registered under Act 7th July '38.
Suspended under Act March 3rd '43.

[crossed out: Let(ter) to S.B. Miller, Newark N.J. May 18, 1844]

Act 7th July '38.
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3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. (blank)
Certificate No. (blank)
Claimant (blank)
Soldier. Isaac Manning
Service. N.J.
Additional Service. Rev(olutionary) War
2nd Lieut. Capt. Smalley's Co. N.J. Militia
No. (blank) claim, State records (blank), 190 (blank)
No claim, combination records (blank), 190 (blank)

REMARKS:
No claim except W#7400, Pri(vate), Somerset Co. N.J. Militia

O-8 | Chief Division
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No. 6340
Rosannah Manning, N.J. & was pensioned.

Let(ter sent) to Sam'l B. Miller Aug. 30, 1849
Let(ter sent) to Hon. W. Wright Jan. 21, '48
Same June 23, 1846.
C.A. Lay Dec. 18, 1846.
Act 3rd March '43
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540 H. Rep.

N. Jersey, 10,282
Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 31 March 1843, of Somerset Co., in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McCoy of the reg(iment)commanded by (blank) in the N. Jersey line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton at the rate of 30 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of May 1847 and sent to C.A. Lay, Esq., New York.

Total amount........$120.

{Act July 7, 1838 and a Res(olution) 23rd Jan. '45.}

Recorded by D.H. Wood, Clerk.
Book D; Vol. B; Page 207

Rep(orted).
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H. Rep. 540 
N. Jersey 8108

Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, who was a Private in the N. Jersey Line.
Husb(and) died 31 March 1843.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843, to 31 March 1843, when her pen(sion) con(tinued).

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of May 1847 and sent to C.A. Lay, Esq., New York.
{Acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844 and Res(olution) 23rd Jan. 1845.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 98.

2 Cert(ificates) 1838 & J. Res.; 1843 &c.

Rep(orted).
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10,282 | W.R. No. 540

New Jersey
Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 31 March 1843 of Somerset in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain McCoy of the reg(iment) commanded by (blank) in the Revolution [crossed out: line] for 17 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jan. 1849 and sent to Hon. H.C. Murphy, H(ouse) of Rep(resentatives).

Total amount.......(blank)

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by the H. Dumpkin, Clerk.

Book D; Vol. 1; Page 201.

Increased from $30. Deduct all former payments.

Reported.
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New Jersey | 8108

Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, who was a Private in the N. Jersey Line.

Husb(and) died 31st March 1843.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 31st day of March 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1847 and sent to Hon. W. Wright, Newark, N. Jersey.

{Acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 98.

Let(ter sent) to C.A. Lay March 25th 1847.

Rep(orted) to same Apr. 13, 1847
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New Jersey | 8108

Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, who was a Private in the Revolution.

Husband died 31 March '43.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jan. 1849 and sent to Hon. H.C. Murphy, House of Reps.

{Acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 98.

Increased from $30.

Deducted from payments.

Reported
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Rev(olutionary War)

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7400
Rosanna Manning, wid(ow of) Isaac Manning, Pri(vate), Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2, '48
Index: -; Vol. M; Page 4.

{Arrangement of 1870.}

1908 Dec. 7 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. L.C. Healy. V.L.M
1916 Jan. 19 -  Hist(ory sent) to H.S. Martin.
1933 June 6 - Hist(ory sent) to Dr. W.J. Blackburn. I.L.L.
1933 Sep. 6 - Dr. W.J. Blackburn advised only N.J. Soldier. I.L.L.
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September 6, 1933.

BA-J/ILL
Isaac Manning
W.7400

Dr. W.J. Blackburn
661-64 Reibold Building
Dayton, Ohio.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Isaac Manning who was born July 25, 1742, a Revolutionary War soldier, whose family moved from New Jersey to Ohio.

A further search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf, and the record of Isaac Manning, from pension claim W.7400, which was furnished you June 6th, is that of the only Isaac Manning of New Jersey that is found on the record of this office.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
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[omitted: In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Letts, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen]sion on file in this Bureau. Isaac Manning, Wid. File 7400.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
June 1776 | And served at various times under the following officers. | Pri(vate) & Minuteman | Jacob DeGroat, Sebring, Logan, Corey, Parker, McCoy, Jacob TenEyck & Rickey | F. [illegible] Frelinghuysen and Winds | N.J. Militia

Battles engaged in, Bound Brook, Monmouth and Rahway.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren, Somerset Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832; His cl(aim) was al(lowed). 
Residence at date of application, Somerset Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, [crossed out: 74 years] Born Dec. 31, 1758 in Warrent Twp., Somerset Co. N.J.; Died Mar. 31, 1843 in Plainfield, Essex Co., N.J.
Remarks: Soldier married in Middlesex Co., N.J. [crossed out: Mar.] Dec. 31, 1785 Rosannah Runyon, who was born Mar. 13, 1765. She was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 19, 1843. Soldier a resident of Plainfield, Twp. of Westfield, Essex Co., N.J. Children Rhoda b(orn) Dec. 4, 1786; Anna b(orn) Mar. 22, 1789; Sarah b(orn) Mar. 5, 1792; Margaret b(orn) July 29, 1794; Elizabeth b(orn) May 15, 1800; Zernah b(orn) May 8, 1805; Runyon b(orn) Aug. 31, 1811 & a son-in-law was a resident of Newark, N.J. in 1845. The above noted is the only soldier of that same N.J. service &c. Samuel B. Miller, not a son-in-law. I.L.L

Very respectfully,
[omitted: Commissioner.

20581b3m11-05]
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W.J. BLACKBURN, M.D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
661-34 REIFOLD BLDG.
DAYTON, OHIO

August 28th 1933.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Sometime ago, I wrote you a letter relative to the Revolutionary War Record of Isaac Manning. (Only of N.J.; Miss Ford.)

In your reply of June 6th 1933, you gave me the record of an Isaac Manning, who was born in Warren Township, Somerset County, N.J., on December 31, 1758.

This is not the Isaac Manning, about whom I am seeking information. This Isaac Manning, was born July 25, 1742. He was married to Elsy Merald, May 29, 1769. He was my wife's Great, Great, Grandfather. His son, Clarkson Manning, my wife's Great Grandfather, came to Miami County, Ohio, from Plainfield, N.J., in 1818.

I am wondering, if you will be able to give me the Record of the Isaac Manning, who was born July 25th 1742.

Appreciating your courtesy in this matter, I am very truly yours,
s/ W.J. Blackburn

WJB-gmo

Only I(saac) M(anning) of N.J.
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W.J. BLACKBURN, M.D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
661-34 REIFOLD BLDG.
DAYTON, OHIO

May 27th 1933.

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -

I would like information as to the date of birth, and Revolutionary War Record, and any other information which would be of interest to one seeking membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution - of Isaac Manning. (Only N.J. sold(ier))

This gentlemen, formerly lived in New Jersey, around Palinfield [Plainfield], or Elizabeth, in Union County. He was, I believe, the Great Great Grandfather of my wife, and she is anxious to know of his war record, with a view to making application for membership into the D. A. R.

I would appreciate any information you may be able to give me along this line.

Cordially yours,
s/ W.J. Blackburn

WJB-gmo
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Rev. Sec. 1

East Orange, N.J., Jan. 13th, 1916.
#5 Emmerson St.

Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

According to record which I have Isaac Manning of Westfield, Essex County, now Union County, New Jersey, served in the Revolutionary War as a private, for which services he received a pension.

If it is entirely consistent, I would appreciate it very much if you would kindly verify this record, as I would like to have the information in connection with application for membership in the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Thanking you in advance for your courtesy in complying with this request, I remain,

Yours respectfully,
s/ H. Martin
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Pension Department
Record of Revolutionary Soldiers
Washington, D.C.

Kindly advise me if Capt. John Sebring, who commanded a company in the 1st Battalion, Somerset Co., New Jersey Militia and Isaac Manning 2nd Lieut., Capt. Smalley's Co., 1st Battalion, Somerset Co., New Jersey Militia were carried on the pension roll for service in the War of the Revolution, at earliest convenience and oblige,
s/ (Mrs.) L.C. Neely
165 W. 140th St.
New York, N.Y.

November Twenty fifth Nineteen hundred and eight.
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Isaac Manning, Service Militia, N.J.

'76, 1-m(onth), Capt. DeGroat, Bergen & Newark
'76, 2-m(onths), Capt. Sebring, Bergen & Paulus H(ook)
'77, 1-m(onth), Capt. Logan, Elizabeth Town
'77, 3-m(onths), Capt. Corey & Col. Wines, Battle of Bound Brook
'77, 1-m(onth), Capt. Parker
'78, 8-m(onths), 1-m(onth) tours every 3 months, Capt. McCoy, Elizabeth Town
Drafted under Capt. Ten Eyck
'79, 1-m(onth), Capt. McCoy, Elizabeth Town
'79, 1-m(onth), Capt. Richey & Col. Frelinghuysen, Col. Wines
Say 9 tour of 1 mo. each.
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25807
Isaac Manning
Admit(ted) as private 17-mo(nths) $56.66
D.C.I.J.

Hon. F.S. Schenck, H.R.

[crossed out: W. Thomson, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.]
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
July 9, 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, shewing the service (blank).

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(blank)

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations 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, drafted, 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 Record 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//

On this (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of (blank) in the county of (blank) and State, Territory or District
of (blank) aged (c) (blank) 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 (sp.) made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank), with (blank) and served in the (blank) (e) regiment of the (blank) line, under the following 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 (sp.) 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 hereby 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 (blank).

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, (blank) of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the applicant of (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blank) day of (blank) &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 in 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 (blank) and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank) 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 day 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, (blank), Clerk of the Court of (blank), do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application (sp.) of (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal (blank) of office, this (blank) day of (blank) &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, these 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 given and what has become of it?
6. (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 he 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 enquiry 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 made 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 can 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 be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or 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 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 (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); 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, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they 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 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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515

Sen(ate) Off(ice)
June 23, '46

Sir,

I have the honor to return you the petition of Rosannah Manning & to enclose her own & her husband's papers.

He was allowed a pension when the knowledge of the militia service on the part of the Examining Clerk's was very limited & the collections of Militia Rolls were inconsiderable When therefore his widow asserted her claim & his papers were examined for the necessary proof, to adjust it, it was discovered that he asserted 3 mo. & 7 mo. tours in the Militia of Somerset County at a time when the militia tours were limited by law to 1 mo. in rotation of 8 classes and that the alleged service under Capts. Sebring & Ten Eyck was not confirmed by the rolls of those officers...
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...obtained since her husband's pension was unadvisedly allowed. These objections have not been removed by any definite statement or evidence, which would enable the clk. to determine understandingly the rate of pension to which she is entitled.

Hon. Wm. Wright, H.R.

Hon. Wm. Wright
June 23, 1846
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[crossed out: Receipts for cash paid (blank) years' interest on] Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties for Militia Services.

No. of Voucher | No. of Certif(icate) | Date | Signed by | Payable to | Amount  | 1 Yrs. Int(erest)
Indent | 853 | May 12, 1784 | Wm. Verbryke | Isaac Manning | £2.5.0
Indent | 997 | May 12, 1784 | Wm. Verbryke | Isaac Manning | £2.0.5
Indent | 1217 | May 12, 1784 | Wm. Verbryke | Isaac Manning | £0.6.3
Indent | 36 | May 12, 1784 | Wm. Verbryke | Isaac Manning | £2.11.8

STATE OF NEW JERSEY:

I, Charles G. McChesney, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true abstract from a book headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original, now remaining in my office. And I do further certify that Wm. Verbry & Thos. Clark [crossed out: was] were by Act, passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed [crossed out: a] Commissioners for the Counties of Somerset & Essex for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State this Eleventh day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
s/ Charles. G. McChesney, Secretary of State
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Newark, New Jersey, November 8th 1843.

J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

Sir, 

I herewith transmit to you the declaration and evidence of the widow, Rosannah Manning, for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838, which you will please to have the goodness to file in your office and examine and decide on according rule.

With the highest respect and esteem I remain yours &c.,
s/ Saml B. Miller
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6340
Rosanna Manning
N.J.
Act 3 March '43

Act 3rd March 1843
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Newark, New Jersey, August 26th 1844

J.L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,

In answer to your letter of May 10th 1844, I herewith transmit to you Mrs. Rosanna Manning's new declaration under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843 for a pension, which you state cannot be allowed under the Act of July 7th 1838.

You also state in said letter the marriage record mentioned should be submitted to the Court and a certificate thereof of its genuineness under seal should be produced. In answer to which I can only say the record evidence of marriage stated in Mrs. Manning's declaration was only intended to refer to the copy of the Marriage Record kept by the Rev'd Mr. Runyo, which I think was transmitted to you with her declaration and evidence under the Seal of Court. If that with the other evidence of marriage is not sufficient, I will transmit to you Mrs. Manning's family record, which I should have done at the time had & not thought the other record sufficient. And Mrs. Manning, having a desire to retain the same if the other was considered sufficient.

Please have the goodness to the re-examine her said claim and let me know whether you will require her said family record and whether any further proof of service will be required after a re-examination of her husband's papers now on file in your office.

With the highest respect and esteem I remain yours &c.,
s/ Sam'l B. Miller
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New York, Oct 19, 1846.

Sir,

I have the honor to herewith enclose to you a letter this day received from the Commiss(ioner) of Pensions in the case of Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, by which you will perceive that the department cannot make a decision on the additional widowed submitted by me unless her own and her husband's original papers are returned.

It is respectfully desired that you will see that they are returned as I have very reason to believe that the evidence submitted by me will overcome all the difficulties that exists in her case.

I have the honor to be very respectfully your most obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ C.A. Lay

Hon. Wm. Wright, House of Reps., Washington, D.C.

N.B. Please to return the letter of the commiss(ioner).
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Newark, N. Jersey, December 10th 1845.

Hon. William Wright

Dear Sir,

I herewith transmit to you the petition of Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, deceased, for a pension, which you will please to present to the House of Representatives for their examination and allowance as soon as convenient. 

It being the same claim that you attended to for me before the Commissioner of Pensions last winter. 

You will find on file in the Pension Office the declaration of Mrs. Manning under the Act of July 7th 1838 and also a new declaration under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1844, which last declaration was made under the direction of J.L. Edwards, Esq., as per reference to his letter to me of May 10th 1844. You will find on file with said declaration the affidavits of Ruene D. Runyon, John B. Osborn and the affidavit of Reune Runyon. You will also find the affidavit of Mr. Martin Runyon and a Seal containing the family record of the said Isaac Manning & wife and children's ages, which the said Commissioner of Pensions states in his letter to you of Jan. 21st 1845 to be satisfactory as to marriage, which letters are now in my possession, and should you want them, I will forward them to you.

Your attention to the above will much oblige. Yours with the highest respect &c., 
s/ Sam'l B. Miller
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9837
6340
136,9.

Rosanna Manning
N.J.
Act 7 July '38
husband d(ied) '43
Rejected

Acts 3 March '43 & 17 June '44.

Adm(itted)

9 mos. Pri(vate).

30
From 31st March 1843, the day of his death.

Hon W. Wright
Newark, N.J.
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Pension Office
June 23, 1846

Sir,

I have the honor to return you the petition of Rosannah Manning and to enclose her own & her husband's papers.

He was allowed a pension when the knowledge of the Militia Service on the part of the Examining Clerk's was only limited and the collections of the Militia Rolls were inconsiderable.

When therefore his widow asserted her claim and his papers were examined for the necessary proofs to adjust it, it was discovered that he asserted 3 months & 7 months tours in the militia of Somerset County at a time when the militia tours were limited to 1 month in rotations of 8 classes, and that the alleged service under Capts. Sebring and Ten Eyck was not confirmed by the rolls of those officers, obtained since her husband's pension was unadvisedly allowed.

There objections have not been removed by any definite statement or evidence, which owned...
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...enabled the department to determine, understandingly, the rate of pension to which she is entitled.

I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully your ob(edien)t servant,
s/ J.L. Edwards

Hon. Wm. Wright, House of Reps.
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House of Represents
Jan. 26, 1849

Sir, 

I have rec'd from you office the Pension Certificate of Rosana Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, granted on the 16th Jan. 1849. I am at a loss to know to whom [crossed out: they] it is to be sent & therefore have to request that if I transmitted any letter besides my own to you, you will send it to me or give me any other information you may have by which I may give it a proper direction.

Yours respect(fully),
s/ Hon. C. Murphy

Jas. L. Edwards, Esq.
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New York, Dec. 9, 1846.

D(ea)r Sir,

I herewith enclose to you a supplemental declaratory statement of Mrs. Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, late a pensioner of the United States on the New Jersey Roll for service in the Militia of New Jersey. It appears that Mrs. Manning's claim has been resisted by the dept. for want of provision in her husband's declaration and for want of further proof of the date of each time of his services, which however cannot at this distant day be furnished by parole proof. You will therefore confer a favor by annexing to this deposition such evidence of her husband's services as may be found in your office and authenticate the signature of the Justice to the deposition and in order to save postage, you will confer a favor by enclosing them to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington with a request that he will report to me. Please to inform me as to the amount of fees in this case and what evidence you find of his service on record.

Very respectfully your most obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ C.A. Lay


C.G. McChesney, Esq.
Secretary of State
Trenton, N.J.
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New York, March 24, 1847.

Sir,

I have received information that the claim of Mrs. Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning of New Jersey, has been allowed and her certificate forwarded to S.B. Miller, Esq., of Newark. If my information is correct, the department will confer a favor by informing me whether or not its favorable action was founded on the proof caused to be filed by me in this case in December last and if it was why the department disregarded the claimant's authority to me and its own established rules in transmitting her certificate to a person who had furnished no new proof and whose authority to act as her attorney had ceased as will be seen by reference to her supplementary declaration.

Very respectfully your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ C.A. Lay

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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New York, April 28th 1847.

Sir,

I have received your letter of the 13th inst. in the case of Mrs. Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning of New Jersey. Since the receipt of your letter, I have learned from the Hon. Wm. Wright that upon the examination of Mrs. Manning's papers, which resulted in the allowance to her of a pension of $30 per annum. No reference was had to the evidence forward(ed) by my direction to your office and referred to in your letter to me of the 18th of Dec. last. It also seems that the department has allowed nothing under the Act of 7 July 1838. I presume the failure to allow her under the Act of 7th July 1838 was an oversight, arising I suppose from the failure of the Examining Clerk to review her old declaration or the date of it, as it was made long previous to the 30th of April 1844, and was long before that period on file in the Pension Office, which according to the decision of the Attorney General (made May the 9th 1845) places her within the reservation of the Joint Resolution of Congress of 23rd of January 1845.

I have now most respectfully to ask the department to review her case and give her the benefit of the evidence filed in the case by me in December last, and also to allow her her pension under the Act of 7th July 1838.

With great respect, I am Sir, your most obed(ient) serv(ant),
s/ C.A. Lay

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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356 | May 20/'47.

Resp(ecting) claim of Rosanna Manning.

A Pension Certificate under Act of 7 July '38 & Joint Resolution.
30$

Also Act 3 March '43 to 31 March '43 when her present pension commenced.

C.A. Lay, New York
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New York, May 18, 1847.

Sir,

I herewith enclose to you the declaration of Mrs. Rosanna Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, claiming the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of 23rd January 1845. She desires that the result of the examination will be reported to me.

I am very respectfully your obed(ient) serv(ant),
s/ C.A. Lay, J.P.

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commission of Pensions
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Treasury Department
3rd Auditor's Office
May 21, 1847.

Sir,

The Treasurer of the United States will remit to you, as attorney for the widow of Isaac Manning, a deceased pensioner on the New Jersey Roll per Act 7 June 1832, the sum of Four 35/100 dollars, being for his pension from 4th to 31st March 1843, the day he died at $56 66/100 per annum for which please forward your receipt to this office.

Very respectfully your obed(ient) serv(ant),
s/ Peter Hagner, Aud(itor)

C.A. Lay, Esq.
New York
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House of Representatives
Jan. 26, 1849.

Dear Sir,

I enclose you a letter from C.A. Lay, Esq., to which I beg to call your attention.

Yours resp(ectfully,) 
s/ Hon. C. Murphy

Jas. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
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Increase.

Rosannah Manning, wid(ow) of Isaac.
N.J.

Act 7 July 1838 and Joint Resolution of 26th July 1848.

Adm(itted) $56.66 per annum 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841, deducting what has been paid at the rate of $30 per annum for same time.
Adm(itted) 4 March 1843 & 17 March '44; $56.66 deducting what has been paid at $30 per annum.
Adm(itted) Act 2 July '48; $56.66 per 4 March 1848.

Hon. H.C. Murphy, House of Reps.
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Williamsburgh, New York
November 13th 1848.

Sir,

I have the honor to herewith enclose you the declaration of [duplicate: of] Mrs. Rosanna Manning, claiming an enlargement of her pension request to the amount received by her husband, authorized by the Resolution of Congress of the 1st July last and also the benefit of the provisions of the Act of the 22 Feb. last as it would seem there had been considered in relation to the amount of her husband's pension in consequence of the loss of his certificate. I herewith enclose a letter from the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury which specifies the true amount. I know not the rules prescribed to carry into [crossed out: effect] the Act of the 2nd Feb. last but I hope I have practicably complied with them. The dept. will see that this claimant has received the benefit of the provisions of the Act of 7th July 1838 and 3rd March 1843 by virtue of the Resolution of Congress of the 23rd of Jan. 1845 at the rate of $30 per annum and it will be understood that she claims an enlargement of her pension under these acts as well as under the subsequent ones.

I am very respectfully your most obe(dient) servant,
s/ C.A. Lay

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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Pension Office
May 18, '44

Sir, 

The papers in the case of Rosannah Manning, widow of Isaac Manning, claiming a pension under the Act of July 7th '38 have been examined and filed. The proviso of the Appropriation Act passed on the 30th ult acts that no pension shall be hereafter granted to a widow for the same time that her husband has received one. Isaac Manning received a pension up to the day of his death, March 31, '43, consequent by a claim under the Act of July 7th '38, which expired on the 3 March '41 cannot be allowed. If application he made under the Act of March 3rd 1843 and the requisite proof be produced, a certificate will be issued for such [crossed out: times] services on the claimant's husband have [crossed out: served] perform [crossed out: for one year]. The Marriage record mentioned should be submitted to the Court and a certificate thereof of its genuineness under seal should be produced. The section of Isaac Manning should be established by the certificate of the seal of N. Jersey. He says in his declaration that he served in 1776 under Capt. DeGroat & Capt. Sebring & Major Davison - in 1777 under Capt. Logan, Capt. Cornay - in 1778 Captain McCoy - in 1779 under Captain Ten Eyck, McCoy & Richey, Cols. F Frelinghuysen & Col. Wines.
s/ Samuel B Miller
Newark, N.J.

1851 the '38 Act July 7
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Pension Office
Aug. 30th '44

Sir,

The papers of Rosanna Manning claiming a pension under the Act of March 3rd 1843 have been examined & filed. The record of the Rev'd Mr. Runyon being a private document, no copy thereof is available as testimony in this office without the formality of a certificate from the Court under its seal, vouching for its authenticity. The original family record of Mrs. Manning would avail if it be of sufficient antiquity in the opinion of the dept. The service of the claimant's husband should be established in the way prescribed in my letter of May 18th '44.

s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Esq.
Newark, N.J.

No. Act Mar 3rd '43
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Pension Office
Jan. 21, '45

Sir, 

I have the honor to state that the add'l evidence of the date of marriage in the case of Rosannah Manning forwarded by you together with a letter from S.B. Miller, Esq., has been examined and filed as satisfactory. Isaac Manning, on his original application alleges service inconsistent with the course pursued by the militia; in some cases doubling or trebling the length of the tours; and in another claiming to have served eight months by tours in one year at 3 months apart.

The rolls of some of the officers named by Isaac Manning are in this office but his name is not found thereon. Unless the tours be specified and the dates & names of officers given, it is impossible to come to a right conclusion, and further efforts sh(oul)d be made to furnish this dept. with exact date on...
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...which its decision may be formed, Mr. Miller's letter is herewith returned.

Hon(orable) W. Wright, H. of R.

6340
Act 3 Mar '43

Hon. W. Wright
July 21, '45
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C.A. Lay.
Dec. 18, '46.
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Pension Office
Dec. 18, 1846

Sir,

The amended declaration and accompanying papers in the case of Mrs. Rosanna Manning have been examined and filed. The original declaration of Mrs. Manning and the papers upon which her husband was pensioned were enclosed, on the 23rd June last, to the Hon. W. Wright of the H(ouse) of Rep(resentatives) and before any examination of the case can be had, it is necessary that all these papers shall be returned to this office.
C.A. Lay, Esq.
New York
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This affidavit was drawn up in 1842.

I, Isaac Manning, an oath testify as follows. I am aged 83 years and upwards. During the Revolutionary War, I was well acquainted with Cornelius Vermesile. He and I resided within one house of next neighbors in the town of Warren, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was two years older than I was. We was both enrolled in the militia at the commencement of the Revolut(ionary) War. The first time the militia was called out we was together in the same company (we were both privates). Capt. DeGroat was our capt(ain). We were organized into a reg(iment) under Col. Frelinghuysen and stationed at Elizabeth Town. After two weeks service, the reg(iment) was divided; one half was discharged. Vermesile and I was at that time both discharged. After that I had regular tours of one month each to serve for, I think, more that four years. I think it was three tours of one month each in [crossed out: (illegible)] every year I served all my regular tours during the whole time as private, except one. That time I was sick, the said Vermesile was a private in all my regular tours with me except (one) (or two) then he was sick. We always went from home together to render our tours of service and always messed together and returned home together. I think it was but one tour that I was out without him. I cannot now remember of any other this tour I was sick. I think (he was out) it was his turn to be out (he must have ben out) he nor I never hired a substitute to serve for us. We always went ourselves...
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...every time or turn came. I cannot now remember how many tours we served but it was a great many. I think as many as eleven regular tours. That is by serving every time our turn came around. The most, if not all, of that service was in Col. Frelinghuysen's Regt. and during all the these tours we was stationed at Elizabeth Town and I think we was in all cases, except one, in all them tours in Capt. Becoy's Company. That one was in Capt. Seaburns Company (Capt. Becoy was our regular captain). Then beside our regular tours (and the two weeks we were first out) and beside the guard duty, we rendered together. The winter the enemy laid at Brunswick (and the several times we was out in alarms), the said Vermesile and I was drafted out as privates and served in the same company during the time as I have related. That we was serving our regular tours as follows. Soon after we returned home from one of our regular towers, the whole reg(iment) was called out and stationed at Bound Brook for one month's service. The said Vermesile and I was during that tour in Capt. Parker's Company, Col. Frelinghuysen's Reg(iment). Soon after, that the whole reg(iment) under the same col(onel) was called out again for one month's service in Bergen County, during which tour he was in Capt. Becoy's Company. We was most of the time at Paulus Hook, opposite New York. The said Vermesile was a private with me during that tour. I cannot say positively that Becoy was our capt(ain) during that time. (I think he must have been.) Soon after which the...
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...whole reg(iment) (under the same col(onel)) was called out again for a month's service down in Monmouth County, during which tour the said Vermesile was in the same company with me under Capt. Becoy. We served during that tour in the Battle of Monmouth. After the battle, (one month was not quite up) he was discharged. After which, the whole reg(iment) was called out again for one months service (under the same col(onel)). During that tour the said Vermesile and I was in the same company (the capt(ain's) name I cannot now remember) during that tour. We was stationed at Springfield and about that neighborhood the enemy was then in them parts. We had several brushes with them down there during that tour. After the militia stopped to serve these regular tours, I do not know anything about the said Vermesile. Only about two years after we served together, he married Old Col. Middagh's daughter, Elizabeth. (I was not at the marriage.) It to place in our neighborhood and about one year after that, we made him a capt(ain) (in Capt. Becoy's place), after which he lived all his days in my neighborhood. He died here about fifteen years ago and left the said Elizabeth, his widow. She, soon after his death, removed to New York. I have occasionally understood that [crossed out: that] she was living with some of her children in that city. The said Vermesile was wounded by a canister shot at a brush we had with the enemy at Bound Brook. His brother, Capt...
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...Vermesile, put him onto his horse and sent him home, to the best of my recollection. The said Cornelius Vermesile was a private in every tour that he served with me. We may have been under some other col(onels) for a short time or under some other capt(ains) but if we was, I have no recollection of it now. His brother, Capt. Vermesile, died in the early part of the war.

City and County of New York//

Chauncey A. Lay, being duly sworn says that he wrote out the proceeding & affidavit from the said Isaac Manning own lips in exact accordance with his statements, and after it was drawn up, it was read to him, and he expressed his entire willingness to make oath to the truth of it. But this deponent ascertained from him at that time from what he himself remembered to have set out in his declaration that [duplicate: that] he had confounded his guard duty. That he said he remembers in the winter of 1776 & '77 while the enemy laid at New Brunswick, with his actual militia service and in consequence of which, this deponent was fearful that the discrepancies would probably be so great between this statement and his own declaration, that it would endanger in his own pension. And as a further reason why this deponent omitted to get him to verify to the truth of the affidavit, was that the said County, Vermesile had a credit on the record at Trenton for about as much service as Mr. Manning set out and his testimony was therefore not deemed to be important in the case, as this deponent was not aware at that time that the "notes" issued to the militia as pay for their service
was confined to a period of the war subsequent to the year 1779.
s/ C.A. Lay

Sworn to this 9th day of December 1846 before me. And I do further certify that the said C.A. Lay is a credible witness in the premises.
s/ Pearson H. Jeremiah, Cor. of Sec'y
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK//

I, James Conner, Clerk of City and County of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Pearson H. Jeremiah, whose name subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County the 10th day of Dec. 1846.
s/ James Conner, Clerk
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The amended declaration of Isaac Manning, a Soldier of the Revolution in the service of the United States.

The said Isaac Manning, being sworn according to law on his oath say that he entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution in the month of June 1776 under Capt. Jacob DeGroat as a drafted Militiaman and served one month at the ferry between Bergen and Newark. After this in the mother of September, I was again called out under Capt. Sebring and served as a private in the militia at Bergen & Paulus Hook and served two months. Major Davison was then in command. In the year 1777, I served one month under Capt. Logan at Elizabeth Town. In the year 1777, I served a three months tour under Capt. Corey. At this time I was engaged in the Battle at Rahway and at Piscataway, where he took a number of baggage wagons. Col. Wines commanded at the battle here. In the spring of the year 1777, I served one tour of one month under Capt. Parker. After that time was in the Battle at Bound Brook. We were here commanded by a Continental Field Offices, whose name I do not now remember. In the early part of the summer of 1777, three companies of the militia classed together and made up one to go the whole time. That is, one third of each company at a time. I went out every third month. I went out, upon this third of duty, eight times of one month each, making eight months I served. All these several times under Capt. McCoy, and during which time was in the Battle of Monmouth, which took place in the month of June 1778. We lay and done duty the most part of this service of Elizabeth Town; some part of the time at Rahway, one month at Woodbridge. I was on a month's tour in the militia, drafted under Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck and lay...
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...Springfield; this was in 1779. After this same year, was one month drafted in the militia under Capt. McCoy. We lay at Elizabeth Town, and one [crossed out: (illegible)] other month under same cap(tain) at the same place in the winter of same year. It was very cold weather. In the year following, I was twice out at alarms; each time one week at Elizabeth Town [crossed out: I do not recollect the captain] under Capt. Richey. I served under Col F. Frelinghuysen, Col. Wines, who was after appointed general, and further says that all the duty done by him was as a private militiaman.
s/ Isaac Manning

Sworn and subscribed before me this 1st of September 1833.
s/ William Todd

Somerset County//

Before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, appeared Jeremiah Coon, aged Seventy four years, and being by me sworn according to law on his oath saith that he was out with the above named Isaac Manning in the War of the Revolution in the year 1777. I served with him at the Battle of Rahway (then called Spanktown). In 1776, I served with the said Isaac (Manning) in the militia at Bergen under Capt. Sebring and Major Davison.
s/ Jeremiah Coon

Sworn and subscribed before me this first day of September 1833.
s/ William Todd
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Somerset County//

Before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, appeared Garret Cornelius, aged Eighty five years, and being by me sworn on his oath saith that he was in the War of the Revolution and served in the militia [crossed out: under] with the above named Isaac Manning at Bergen in 1776 under Capt. Sebring and Maj. Davison. I served in the militia with the above named Isaac (Manning) at Elizabeth Town under Capt. McCoy in 1777 and at Springfield. I served with the said Isaac (Manning) several times at Elizabeth Town at different tours under Col. Wines.
s/ Garret Cornelius (X - his mark)

Sword and subscribed before me this 1st day of September 1833.
s/ William Todd

Somerset County//

I, William Todd, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Coon & Garret Cornelius, who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavits, are men of truth and veracity and that their word may be relied on and upon whose statement the utmost faith and credit may be attached. Dated 1st Sep. 1833.
s/ William Todd
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Todd, before whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the within certificate was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court and a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this Twenty eighth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty four.
s/ J. M. Mann

Hon. H.S. Schenck
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3

6340

Rosannah Manning
Declaration under the Act of March 3rd 1843.
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Thirtieth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred & Forty-four, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Rosannah Manning, residing at Plainfield in the Township of Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey, aged Seventy nine years. Who being by me 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 on the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Isaac Manning, late of Plainfield, Essex County, New Jersey, deceased, and formerly a resident of Somerset County in said State. And who was a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. And was also a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress of July 7th 1832 at the time of his death at the rate of Thirty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum. And that she is the identical person who heretofore made a declaration under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838 on the Nineteenth day of October 1843. And the said Rosannah Manning further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Manning on the Thirty first day of October One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five by the Rev'd Mr. Runyon, then a pastor of the Baptist Church at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. As stated in her said declaration and...
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... [duplicate: and] that her husband, the said Isaac Manning, died on the Thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three at his late residence in said County of Essex. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four. Viz.: At the time above stated and that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Isaac Manning, deceased. And for further particulars, the said applicant would more respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to her said husband's declaration and evidence and also to her own declaration and evidence now on file in his office.
s/ Rosannah Manning 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas

And I do hereby certify that the declarant in the foregoing declaration named is a respectable person and has been personally known to me for more than Thirty years last past. And to be the identical person who made a declaration under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838. And also to be the widow of the said Isaac Manning, deceased. July 30th 1844.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas

State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of the County of Essex & also of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, before whom the annexed affidavit of Rosannah Manning was made & taken at the time of taking...
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...the same was and still is one of Judges of said Court, duly commissioned and sworn. That the signatures, "Sam'l B. Miller" to the Jurat of said affidavit & the certificate thereunder written respectively are genuine. And that full faith & credit may be given to his official acts.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand & official Seal at Newark in said County the Twenty second day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Forty four.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.
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DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d January, 1845.

WHEREAS, the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Isaac Manning, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum from the 31st of March 1843, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 31st day of March 1843 [crossed out: when my former pension commenced.] when my former pension commenced. I made my declaration before the 30th of April, 1844, and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23d of January, 1845.
s/ Rosanna Manning (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this 17th day of May in the year 1847 at Plainfield, Essex County, New Jersey.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, Justice of the Peace

I CERTIFY, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey, Essex County//
I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of the County of Essex, do hereby certify that Elias Kirkpatrick, who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex in the State of New Jersey and that the above is his signatures.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, Seventeenth day of May at Newark in the [illegible] of New Jersey in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty seven.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.
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To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress convened.

The petition of the widow, Rosannah Manning, an inhabitant of Plainfield in the Township of Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey, respectfully represent.

That she is the widow of Isaac Manning, late of Plainfield, in the Township of Westfield, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, under the law of Congress of July 7th 1832, at the rate of Thirty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum. That her husband, the said Isaac Manning, died at his said residence on the Thirty first day of March Eighteen Hundred and Forty three. And that she made a declaration on oath to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 and August 23rd 1842 and a Resolution approved August 16th 1842 granting pensions to certain widows and having received information by letter from the Commissioner of Pensions dated May 18th 1844. That the said Isaac Manning, having received a pension up to the day of his death, no pension could be granted to his widow for the same time that her said Husband received one. But if application be made under the Act of March 3rd 1843 and the required proof be produced, a certificate would be issued for such service as the claimant's husband may have performed.

Therefore, the said Rosannah Manning on the Thirtieth day of July 1844 make a new declaration on oath under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843 and transmit the same to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City. And on the 21st of January 1845 received...
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...[duplicate: received] for answer by letter from s(ai)d commissioner that the proof as to marriage was satisfactory but as to the services of the said Isaac Manning in the War of the Revolution, was not satisfactory. He, having stated in his declaration, eight monthly tours of militia service in one year, three months apart; which could not have been rendered. And is very evident a mistake made by the person who drew said Isaac Manning's declaration, said Manning not having understood at the time he executed the same. And feeling myself justly entitled to the amount of my said husband's pension and knowing that my said husband would not knowingly make such a mistake nor stated in his declaration any more service then he was justly entitled to. I pray that your honorable body will examine my claim and grant me such amount of pension as in their wisdom they believe me justly entitled to, having no further evidence to transmit. Plainfield, November 26th 1845.
s/ Rosannah Manning

Petition
Manning, Isaac
widow of.

July 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

Aug. 8, 1846. Bill 549.

W. Wright
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Rosannah Manning, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the widow of Isaac Manning, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States on the Rolls of the New Jersey Agency and that she is an applicant for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband, the said deceased Isaac Manning. She further declares that her efforts have been made to comply with the requisition of the Commissioner of Pensions but without success, which is attributable to the loss of memory of the old people who knew her said deceased husband in the war. And that she will be satisfied to receive such a pension as the department may deem itself warranted in allowing her, from the accompanying proof together with the proof already on file in the department. And further that she has appointed C.A. Lay, of New York City, her attorney and agent in the further prosecution of her claim and desires that he may be so recognized.
s/ Rosanna Manning (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of December 1846 before me.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Elias Kirkpatrick, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, [crossed out: and power of attorney acknowledged,] was, at the time of the doing thereof, a...
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Rosannah Manning, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the widow of Isaac Manning, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States on the Rolls of the New Jersey Agency and that she is an applicant for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband, the said deceased Isaac Manning. She further declares that her efforts have been made to comply with the requisition of the Commissioner of Pensions but without success, which is attributable to the loss of memory of the old people who knew her said deceased husband in the war. And that she will be satisfied to receive such a pension as the department may deem itself warranted in allowing her, from the accompanying proof together with the proof already on file in the department. And further that she has appointed C.A. Lay, of New York City, her attorney and agent in the further prosecution of her claim and desires that he may be so recognized.
s/ Rosanna Manning (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of December 1846 before me.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Elias Kirkpatrick, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, [crossed out: and power of attorney acknowledged,] was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Essex in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Elias Kirkpatrick.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this Eleventh day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
s/ Charles G. McChesney, Sec'y of State
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New York, March 8th 1847.

Sir,

Your letter of the 18th of December last in the case of Mrs. Rosannah Manning was duly received and wrote to the Hon. Wm. Wright of New Jersey enclosing him your letter requesting him to return the papers referred to, to your office, but from him I received no answer. The Hon. Henry I. Seaman, in a private letter, informed me that he is a member of the Committee on Rev(olutionary) claims, reported a bill for her relief intending to place her on the Roll of Pensioners at the same rate of her husband in conformity with existing laws, but be made two important errors. One was, "as to the rate of her husbands pension," he in the bill makes it $20 per annum, less them her husbands and listed the time of the commencement of her pension on the day her husband died. When she was saved by the Joint Resolutions of Congress, which will under existing laws give her a pension from the 4th of March 1836. Upon my making a representation of this facts to Mr. Seaman he recommended the withdrawal of the papers from the files of the House of Rep(resentatives) and the return of them to your office for the purpose required. But Mr. Wright refused to make a motion to that effect and Mr. Seaman did not think it practicable for him to do so. Mr. Wright, declaring that in the event of Congress failing to pass the bill, he would return the papers to the person from whom he received them (meaning I suppose, Mrs. Manning's former attorney) as the duly constituted attorney of Mr. Manning.

I feel it my duty to notify the department that it will be held accountable for the papers that you enclosed to Mr. Wright, if now within its reach. And inasmuch as I informed the committee of the House of Rep(resentatives) that Mrs. Manning would not accept the pension proposed to be given her by the bill reported as a satisfactory adjustment of her claim. She should not ought to be compelled to take it as such. If the bill passed, I have to inform you that she refuses the offered pension until the dept. makes a decision on the additional proof furnished by me and referred to in your letter of 18th December last.

I am very respectfully your obe(dient) servant,
s/ C.A. Lay

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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Declaration under the Act of 2nd February 1848 and Joint Resolution of 1st July 1848.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Be it known that before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Rosanna Manning of Plainfield in the State and County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved the 2nd of February 1848 entitled, "An act making further provisions for the surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution," and the benefit of the provisions made by a Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1st 1848.

That she is the widow of Isaac Manning, who was a private in the Militia and other troops of New Jersey during the Revolutionary war. That her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Manning, was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of $56 66/00 per annum. That she has received a pension on account of the service of her late husband, the said Isaac Manning, under the Acts of July 7th 1838, 3rd of March 1843 and 17th June 1848, at the rate of $30 00/00 per annum. And that she now asks that her pension may be continued pursuant to the provisions of the above recited act and also that it may be increased pursuant to the above recited Resolution equal to the pension that her husband received. That she has not intermarried but still continues a widow and still continues to reside at Plainfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey. 
s/ Rosannah Manning (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of October 1848 before me.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Rosanna Manning, who has made the foregoing declaration before me. She is known to me to be the person as she has described herself and to have received a pension as she states.
s/ Elias Kirkpatrick, J.P.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

I, J.P. Jackson, Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elias Kirkpatrick, Esq., before whom the foregoing deposition of Rosanna Manning purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and is by law duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and do verily believe that the signatures subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing deposition and certificate are his own genuine signatures and proper handwriting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the County this Thirteenth day of November 1848.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.