Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6707, Manring Brookshire, N.C.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
N. C.
Brookshire, Manring
or Mannering
NUMBER
S.6707
Born in N. C. 		carded
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
321143
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
UNITED STATES PENSION OFFICE
Fayetteville, N. C., April 26th 1852
OBERVER OFFICE, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
Received of James Huske, Agent for paying Pensions, Seventeen hundred & fifty Dolls. 55 Cents, being for 105 months and 19 days Pension due Nancy Reynolds from the 4 day of March 1835 to the 23 day of December 1843, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$1760 55/100 Wm. Huske
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State by Roll Call 26 Apl 53
Save 	27 Dec
Hon C. C. Clay 3d Apl. 1854.
Nancy Reynolds Aug 10, 1854
J. G. Payne 8 Nov. 1854.
Hon. D. B. Wright 19 Jany. 1855.
Nancy Reynolds 19 Jany. 1855.
[typed form, with handwritten responses]
32.991
North Carolina
Mannering Brookshire decd.
Of 	in the State of 	who was a Lieut. in the Cavalry commanded by Captain		of the		commanded by 	in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville at the rate of 200 Dollars – Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835 send on 22 December 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Feb 1852 and sent to Geo. C. Ames present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolution Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by R. McRae Clerk,
Book Vol. 6 ½ Page 47
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State of North Carolina
Randolph County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
November Term 1832
On this 5th day of November A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting Manring Brookshire aged seventy five years, a resident of the County of Randolph & State of North Carolina, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated vig---
He states that in the year 1776 as he supposes, he was drafted to fight against the Indians, & went under Captain Edew and Williams to Cass’s Fort, somewhere in the N. Western part of North Carolina, or the edge of Virginia, & was placed under the command of General Ramsay – but does not recollect the month in which he was drafted – in about a month he was discharged in consequence of some disagreement among the officers at the fort. He further states that in the year 1777 as he believes from a comparison of dates, month not recollected, he enlisted in the service of the United States, during the continuance of the war, & entered the service as lieutenant under Capt. John Knight, Lieutenant Col. Andrew Balfour, & Col. Collier. He states that he had a commission from the Governor of North Carolina, whose name he does not recollect, & that the commission itself was thrown away by his wife, for that having a huge beeswax
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-seal attached to it, the vermin had it eaten it, & utterly defaced it & his wife threw it out of doors many years ago.
He states that he was in many engagements with the troops tories under Colonel Fanning, and his officers & that the whole of his service which he estimates at 5 years, was amidst scores of tory warfare in the Counties of Randolph, Chatham, Montgomery & Rowan – that he was taken prisoner by them three times; twice at Col. Shepards, & once at Col. Balfour’s in Randolph County. He states, that he never served with any continental troops, nor did he know any continental officers, & that from the time of his enlistment untill after the conclusion of peace he served in the manner above stated, for long after Cornwallis’s defeat, he thinks, the tories were as dangerous, & troublesome as they ever had been.
He states that his recollection is so much empaired, that he is unable to give dates, & that many of the circumstances of his service are like a disconnected dream; he cannot recollect the order in which they occurred. He thinks however that he will be able to prove his service, & establish his reputation by Rev. Micajah Hill & Peter Vun Kannon
He was born, raised & always from this County
He states that he does not know in what year he was born, but by a comparison of some certain events in his life he thinks he is now about seventy five years of age. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Manring Brookshire
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Amendment
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, Manring Brookshire, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that in answer to the 2nd interrogatory prescribed by the War Department “Have you any record of your age?” he states that he has not: & that the names of two his neighbors and acquaintances by whom he proved service, & character for truth, are mentioned in his declaration, a reference to which will show
He says that it is impossible for him to collect the incidents of his service into a coherent, & regular narrative, & that by reason of old age & 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 before, & in the following grades: “For five years I served as a Lieutenant in the Cavalry service for one month I served as a private & for such service I claim a pension”
Sworn to & subscribed before me March 26th 1833
Manring Brookshire
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Thomas Gibson, residing in Randolph County, North Carolina, certifies on oath that to the best of his recollection, from about the year 1778, to time he (Gibson) entered the service under him, in 1781 he saw Manring Brookshire who he has made the above declaration, frequently in the service of the U. States: that he was called Lieutenant & obeyed as an officer by his men: that in the year 1781, he (Gibson) entered the service under Capt. Knight, & that said Brookshire was there, & continued to the end of the War – to act as Lieutenant: that he (B.) was taken prisoner twice after this affiant joined his company, at Col. Sheppard’s in Randolph, (then a part of Guilford Cty.): that the whole of his service so far as he has any knowledge of it, was as a light horse man: & that Brookshire served four years within his knowledge – He states that Brookshire’s service was entirely against the tories who were very numerous & destructive in their operations, & that the whole of his services within the knowledge of this affiant was in an organized company commanded by Capt. John Knight Thomas Gibson
Sworn to and subscribed before me – March 26, 1833
Thos. Branson
Peter Vun Kannon, and Daniel Willams Senr. residing in Randolph County, North Carolina, being duly sworn certify as follows to wit:
Peter VunKannon says that to the best of his recollection
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in the month of September 1781 he joined the service of the U. States as a volunteer under Capt. John Knight, who commanded a company of light horse, regularly organized, and that Manring Brookshire who has made the above declaration, was at that time acting as Lieutenant in said company, & continued to act as such & was called Lieutenant during the whole of his (VunKannon’s) service, which was six months.
He further states previous to the period spoken of he saw Brookshire in the service: but cannot recollect the particulars of his service: and that the said Brookshire is reputed & believed by the neighborhood in which he resides to be a man of truth, & to have served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.
David Williams states that about the year 1781 being there about nine years old, & from that time to the conclusion of the war he recollects frequently to have seen Manring Brookshire serving in a light horse troop, & that he was called Lieutenant & one John Knight Captain of the company. He further states that said Brookshire has always had the character of a man of honesty & truth, & the reputation of having served in the Revolutionary War. He states to the best of his recollection said Brookshire was an active & efficient soldier, & has that reputation
Peter VunKannon
D. Williams
Sworn to & subscribed before me March 26, 1833
Thos Branson JP
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State of North Carolina
I, Hugh McCain, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Randolph County, do certify that the name & signatures of Thomas Branson Esq. which appears to the annexed to the annexed certificates, is in the proper hand writing of the said Thomas Branson Esq. & that he was at that time, an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County seal at Ashboro, this Thirtieth day of March A. D. 1833
Hugh McCain Clk
Declaration of
Manring Brookshire
Act 7 June 1832
Randolph N. C.
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[type form, with handwritten responses]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Wake County, ss,
BE IT KNOWN, that before me, Wm. D. Haywood a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Nancy Reynolds and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:-
Department of the Interior: Claim for military service,
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Manring Brookshire decd, who was a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the Revolution was entitled to a pension, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum, commencing the 4th day of March 1833 & ending 23d December 1843, when he died.
And that the amount due, is payable to Nancy Reynolds his only surviving child.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Alex H. H. Stuart
Examined and Countersigned,
L. S. J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions.		Secretary of the Interior.
that she now resides in the county of Wake State of North Carolina, and has resided there for the space of one day; and that previous thereto she resided in Montgomery County of the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied.
Sworn and subscribed, this 9th day of April 1852 before me,
W. D. Haywood J. P.
Nancy Reynolds
Witness, W. D. Haywood
(Signed by the pensioner.)
Know all men by these presents, That I Nancy Reynolds in the County of Wake and State of North Carolina, a pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Wm. Huske of Fayetteville, in the County of Cumberland, and State of North Carolina, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Fayetteville, my Pension from the 4th day of March 1835 to the 23d day of December 1843
Witness my hand and seal, this 9th day of April 1852
Sealed in presence of two witnesses,
Witness, W. D. Haywood
Witness, J. L. Lewis
Nancy Reynolds
L. S.
L. S.
L. S.
L. S.
L. S.
L. S.
VOUCHER
Received from GAO
[there is one handwritten note]
32. 105 Mr & d/5 $1760.55
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Wake County, ss.
Be it known, That on the 9th day of April 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Mrs. Nancy Reynolds above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
I further certify the interrogatories and [illegible] were made before signing
W. P. Haywood J. P.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Wake County.
I, Wm. D. Haywood a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: from the reputation of others and my own knowledge that Mrs. Nancy Reynolds who has appeared this day before me, to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate which she has exhibited before me, numbered 32.991 and bearing date at the Department of Interior the 16th day of February 1852 and signed by Alexander H. H. Stuart Secretary of Interior
Given under my hand, this the 9th day of April 1852
W. D. Haywood J. P.
I, James T. Marriott Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wake county, certify that Wm. D. Haywood is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 13th day of April in the year 1852.
James T. Marriott
Clerk of the Court of Wake County.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Cumberland County—ss.
Be it known, That on the 26th day of April 1852, before me, a James Huske in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared William Huske the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatsoever in the money he is authorized to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer, and he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatsoever.
Wm. Huske
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
James Huske Agt
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
NEE/HMM
September 5, 1929.
Mrs. C. C. Peters
1619 Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Worth
Texas.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6707, it appears that Manring Brookshire was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, where he always lived. The date of birth is not shown.
He enlisted in 1776, served one month as a private in Captain Edward Williams’ North Carolina Company, and marched to Cass’ Fort in an expedition against the Indians.
He was commissioned, date not shown, Lieutenant, and entered the service in 1777 in Captain John Knight’s Company, Colonel Collier’s North Carolina Regiment of Cavalry, served about five years and was in many engagements with the Tories, by whom he was three times taken prisoner.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 5, 1832, at which time he was aged about seventy-five years and resided in Randolph County, North Carolina.
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The soldier married, date not given, Prudence. He died November 23, 1843, leaving no widow but was survived by eight or nine children, of whom only two names are given.
1 – Nancy, the oldest daughter who was aged fifty years in 1840. She remained in her father’s house until her marriage at the age of twenty-four years. In 1854 she was living in Montgomery County, North Carolina (Post Office address Troy) and was then the wife of John Reynolds
2 – Son, James, who, in 1854, was living in Old Town Creek, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
One Benjamin Brookshire was Justice of the Peace in Randolph County, North Carolina – no relationship to the family is stated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Payment to be made at Fayetteville N Ca. by James Huske Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book	Volume 6 Page 47 by R. McRae Clerk
1832
Mannering Brookshire
Nancy Reynolds
$1760.55
Fayetteville N. C.
2nd A 1852
B 56
C-364
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 June 1832, Mannering Brookshire decd, who was a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum, commencing the 4th March 1835 & ending 23 December 1843, when he died.
And that the amount due is payable to Nancy Reynolds his only surviving child.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Alex H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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W. D. Simmons Jr.	W. D. Simmons Sr., Manager	Pauline Simmons Rosichaux
Frank M. Simmons						Mary Emma Simmons
SIMMONS PROPERTIES
RETAIL STORES LOCATIONS
OWNERS SINCE 1862
HIGH POINT, N. C.
July 30, 1932
Director of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will appreciate if greatly if you will give me any information that you have regarding Manring (Mannering) Brookshire. I find records where he applied for a pension in the “Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution”. This is found on page 453 listed under Randolph County. He was a lieutenant in the Cavalry, and was granted a pension of $600 March 4, 1831 at the age of 77 years.
Yours very truly,
Pauline Simmons Robichaux
PSR-B		Pauline Simmons Robichaux
P. S. The above information was found in the North Carolina pension roll on page 104 and 105.
[there are two stamps]
RECEIVED
AUG 1 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
RECEIVED
AUG 2 1932
MAIL SUB-DIV
D. S. Y. B.
READER 23
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1929 – Sept. 5. Hist to Mrs. C. C. Peters, see letter in claim of Wm. Brookshire S. 6706, M. E. E.
1932 – Sept. 9 Hist to Pauline S. Robichaux
EEL
[typed form, with handwritten responses]
6707
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 6707
Mannering Brookshire
Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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September 9, 1932
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Manring Brookshire- S. 6707
BA-J/EEL
Pauline Simmons Robichaux
Simmons Properties
High Point, North Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to Jarell Fitzjarrell and Manring or Mannering Brookshire, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of Jarell Fitzjarrell, or similar spelling, in that war. The land to which you refer may have been granted by the state of North Carolina.
The history of Manring Brookshire follows:
Manring (the name also appears as Mannering) Brookshire was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, where he always lived, date not given.
He enlisted in 1776, exact date not stated, served one month as a private in Captain Edward William’s North Carolina Company, and marched to Cass’ Fort in an expedition against the Indians; he was commissioned, date not shown, lieutenant, and entered the service in 1777, in Captain John Knight’s Company, Colonel Collier’s North Carolina Regiment of Cavalry, served about five years and was in many engagements with the Tories, by whom he was three times taken prisoner.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 5, 1832, at which time he was aged about seventy-five years and resided in Randolph County, North Carolina.
The soldier married Prudence. The date of their marriage, her maiden name and the date of her death are not given.
Manring Brookshire died December 23, 1843, leaving no widow, but was survived by eight or nine children: only two names are given: Nancy, the oldest daughter, who was married when she was twenty-four and in 1840, was aged fifty years: in 1854, she was living in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and was then the wife of John Reynolds: and son James, who, in 1854, was living in Old Town Creek, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
In 1840, one Benjamin Brookshire was a Justice of the Peace for Randolph County, North Carolina- no relationship to the family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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State of North Carolina
County of Randolph
I Benjamin F. Hoover Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited at the office of said County, upon the oath of Solomon Latham, that Mannering Brookshire, formerly a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and who died on the 23rd day of December 1843, left Nancy Reynolds wife of John Reynolds of the County of Montgomery and State aforesaid who is the only child of the said Mannering who is known to be living
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at office in Asheboro on this the 22nd day of January 1852.
B. F. Hoover, Clerk
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Declaration
of
Manring Brookshire
for a pension under
the Act of Congress 1832
Filed Nov Term 1832
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We Micajah Hill a clergyman, & Petter Vun Kannon residing in the county of Randolph, State of North Carolina hereby certify; that we are well acquainted with Manring Brookshire, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 75 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Vun Kannon states, that the said Brookshire was engaged in the service of the United States, & served he thinks, according to his own knowledge & recollection more than two years - & that he was called Lieutenant & acted as such – that he served under Brookshire 6 months, & saw him at other times in the service
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter Vun Kannon
Micajah Hill
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter; & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Micajah Hill who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County & State aforesaid & that Peter Vun Kanon who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident of the County & State therein named, & are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
J. Wood Chr
I, Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Manring Brookshire for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this tenth day of November A. D. 1832
Hugh McCain Clk
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Washington
May 6th/42
Dear Sir,
I have been requested to present the claim of Manring Brookshire of Randolph Cy North Carolina to Congress and ask for a pension from the Legislation. Will you therefore be so good as to send me the papers on file in your office for that purpose.
With high respect
Yr obt servt
N. Rencher
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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Lawrenceville, N. C. Sept. 20th, 1844
Sir
At the particular request of Mrs. Reynolds the daughter of Manring Brookshire, late a pensioner of but whose pension has been suspended (the old man having died last fall or winter) I write these lines to request that you would have the goodness to inform me what was the cause of the suspension of his pension as she hopes to be able to show that he was justly and legally entitled to the same up to his death
Mrs. R is the only surviving child of Mr. Brookshire in N. C. and requests to be informed of the defects in the papers of her father if any there be as early as may be in your power to give me the information
Respectfully
E. Deberry
Mr. Edwards C. of P.
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H of Reps January 3rd 1840.
To
G. W. Crump Esq
Acting Comr. of Pensions
Sir,
On the 6th day of June 1833, a pension was allowed to Manring Brookshire of Randolph County North Ca, of $200 per annum, for services as Lieutenant of Cavalry in the army of the Revolution – The pension has since been stopped, and I am now written to asking me to ascertain why the pension has been stopped. Will you please to inform me of the cause, and what may necessary for its renewal
If you have any spare copies of the pension acts, & the regulation, I will thank you for one or two of them
Yours very respectfully
Chs. Fisher
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Pension Office,
April 3d 1854
Sir:
Yours of the 28th March, 1854 enclosing a letter from Mr. James Brookshire, has been received.
Under the Act of 7th June, 1832, Mannering Brookshire drew a pension of $200 per annum, up to 4 March 1835, when his pension was suspended. Mannering died 23d December, 1843. On 16th February, 1852, a certificate of pension was issued to Nancy Reynolds (who alleged she was the only surviving child of Mannering) at the rate of $200 per annum, from the date of suspension till his death. The agent to whom the certificate was sent, is Mr. George C. Ames, of Washington, D. C. It is not known who receipted for the amount; but James may easily ascertain that fact from the Pension Agent in North Carolina. I have been informed, unofficially, that Mrs. Nancy Reynolds is willing to pay over to the proper claimants their portion. Each of Mannering’s children alive on 1 February 1852, was entitled to his or her distributive share; and the child or children of any of them who have died since that period, would be entitled to his or her portion. I return Mr.
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Brookshire’s letter
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Srvt,
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner
Hon. C. C. Clay Jr.
W. S. Senate.
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Washington October 24, 1857
James E. Heath Esq
Sir
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney from Nancy Reynolds, daughter of Manering Brookshire, she asks for arrears of pension alleged to be due her father, which was withheld from him
I understand that Brookshire was placed upon the Pension Role under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $200 per ann for his services as a Lieutenant of Cavalry. After having drawn for sometime his stipend was withheld upon the grounds that his service was not military. Since the suspension of his pension evidence from the Comptroller’s Office showing that Brookshire received several certificates for military service has been filed, and although these certificates do not cover the period of service which was allowed yet they establish clearly the military character of that service, and as the office once decided that the evidence adduced was sufficient to show that was engaged for 12 months as a Lieutenant of Cavalry I hope that no further objection to his restoration
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will be raised
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Geo. C. Ames
PS I wish to have the privilege of examining the papers on file in this case
G. C. Ames
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Was N. C. Apl 2 1855
Dear Sir
I have been handed two letters from your Dept. directed to Nancy Reynolds in reference to the Pension of her father Mannering Brookshire with a complaint that she refers to pay to James Brookshire & others their show said service Mrs. Reynolds also exhibited to me a receipt from James Brookshire for his share of the amt as she alleges and says she holds herself in readiness to pay the others their parts respectively as they are presented deducting from the whole count and by her the last attending the proceeding said pension & pay for her trouble she did not know as she alleges that any of her brothers or sisters were alive & is willing to do right by them
Yours Nathl. Knight
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12.859
Manring Brookshire
N. C.
Letter sent to J. L. & A. Thos. Smith 15th apl’ 44
Set to Hon. D. M. Barringer March 7th 1848
“ Hon A. H. Sheppard 26 Jan 7 1850
June 7 1832
Set G. C. Ames Jany 6/52
3 Card Jan 2
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From C. C. Clay, Jr.
Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Commr. of Pensions,
Washington City.
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Mannering Brookshire N. Ca 1832
Letter to Nancy Rennels
10 August, 1854
Papers
Lom.
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Ja 22, 1846
Adal ter can
Manring Brookshire
Look at Regt & Judge
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
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May 7 ’42
Manring Brookshire
Say they will be Cop
Mr. Niles
2 pap!
Co pos prened. May 7, 42
Hon. A. Rencher
HOR
Reynolds to the Comptroller Office all for show how he served
Free
James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
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[illegible] 28 46
Manring Brookshire
N. C. rate 32
Lawrenceville N. C.
Sept 23d
Free
E. Deberry
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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Hon. Chs. Fisher
Recd 10 March 1840
Amt same laz.
Respectfully [illegible] to the Commissioner of Pensions by the [illegible] so informed.
3d Auditor’s Office
March 11 1840.
Manring Brookshire
N. C. M11 – 1832
Hon C. Fisher
HOR
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H of Reps March 9th 1840
Sir,
Manring Brookshire was placed on the pension list, to draw pay from 4th March 1834 as a Lieutenant of Dragoons in the army of the Revolution
He drew his pension for some time, when it was stopped.
Please to inform me why it was stopped.
He lives in Randolph Co. North Ca. allowance $200
Yours very respectfully
Chs Fisher
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Washington City Jan 20th, 1846.
Sir
We have the honor to enclose the certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina, in the case of Manring Brookshire, and respectfully ask your early action.
Most respectfully
J. L. & A. Tho. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. Pensions
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Mr. Henry H. Sylvester
Manring Brookshire
decd NC
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March 11th 1845
Sir,
You are hereby authorized to prosecute my pension claim-
I am the only child living of the late Manring Brookshire decd. who was a pensioner under the act of 1832, at the rate of $(200.) Two hundred dollars per annum, and whose pension was stopped in the year of 1835.
My father the said Manring Brookshire died in December 1843.
Yours Respectfully
Nancy Reynolds
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
Brief in the case of Manring Brookshire decd.
County and State of N. C.
act 7 June 1832.
Claim, (“original,” or [crossed] “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claim was allowed under act of ’32 for 12 mo service as Lt $200 & pd. to 4 Mch 1835, when it was suspended under the supposition that it was not of a military character. Since then it has been clearly shown from the records of N. C. that it was military service, payment having been made to
(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
him and various ones to his Capt. for himself and Co. I therefore restore him to the roll and order payment to be made up to the time of his death.
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Nov. 21, 1845
Proof of service of
Manring Brookshire
[upside-down text]
filed by J. L. & A. Thos. Smith
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Raleigh N. C.
Comptr Office
I William F. Collins Comptr of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the name of Manring Brookshire appears of record in this office as having had issued in his name the following specie certificates for military service (vig) one for thirty four pounds  two shillings and six pence (£34.2.6) due Book No 5 page 34 and another for twenty two pounds seventeen shillings and six pence (£22.17.6) given under my hand and seal this 24th day May 1845.
Wm. F. Collins Comptr
34.2.6
22.17.6
57 20
11 4
28 50
142
72.25
26
13 15
6
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Washington City D. C.
Feby 12, 1848.
Sir,
I wish to know when & why the pension of Manring Brookshire Montgomery Co. N. C. was discontinued – [illegible] his heirs have made application for arrears – or other pension on his account for services in the Revolutionary War And of so what is now the condition of the application H. H. Any information you can give at your earliest convenience, will be most acceptable.
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
D. M. Faninger
Col. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions.
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Washington
Apl 6/34
Dear Sir:
I have just recd. the truth[?] in response to your letter & hope it will enable you to ascertain who receipted for the money & to receive your share of it.
I am told that Geo. C. Ames, the agent alluded to by the Commr., is not now here, but I have addressed him a letter, asking all the information he has on the [illegible], & if I get a reply that will serve you, I will enclose it to you.
I am respectfully,
Yr. friend & svt.,
C. C. Clay, Jr.
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Pension Office,
December 27th 1853
Sir:
In answer to the enclosed letter, I have to inform you that the arrears of pension due Manring Brookshire, at his death were payable to the children living at the date of issuing the certificate, to wit: on the 16th of February, 1852.
The representatives of the children who died prior to that date, are not entitled to any portion of it.
It appears, however, that more than one child was living when the certificate was issued, and as I have been informed, unofficially, Mrs. Nancy Reynolds, to whom the amount due was made payable, is willing to pay over to the proper heirs their portion.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Svt.
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner.
Hon. W. R. W. Cobb
Ho. of Reps.
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Papers claiming amount due James Brookshire one of the heirs of Manring Brookshire
Pin under act 1832
N. Ca
Cols
F. E. Hassler
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Papers claiming amount due James Brookshire one of the heirs of Manring Brookshire
Pin under act 1832
N. Ca
Cols
F. E. Hassler
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40 Acres Swath entered at courtland by Johnathan Fortour
This case is to be [illegible] and issued[?] to F. E. Hassler
S. W.
F. E. Hassler
Present
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H of Reps
Washington Decr 30” 53
Dear Sir
Please see the letter from the Dept on the other side as to the time the pension should [illegible] he is only allowed pay from the 4th of March 31 no news
James Brooksire
Ellistown
Miss
I have the honor to be your obt servt
W. R. W. Cobb
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller’s Office
November 5th, 1851
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears of record in my office, that the troops of this State, both Regular and Militia, were regularly organized, and in actual service, in the Revolutionary War, as early as July 1st, 1775.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, the day and year above written
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.
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Manning Brookshire
N. C. Act ’32, at $200
to what time paid?
F. F. Kirby
Pension Office
Jany. 2, 1832.
3 and: 		Pd to 4th March 1835.
B. S. Boyar
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PS For information I refer you to Mr. Cole who was clerk in your dept. when I left he is personally acquainted with the case Mr. Brookshire was pension from N Carolina
I will at the request of one here C
Bellefonte Ap 2d 53
Dear Sir
Please inform me what course is proper for the heirs of Manring Brookshire of Rev army a pensioner whose arrears of pension say $1700 - $1800 has been paid to a lone heir who stated she was the only heir known to be living and got it when they are know known to be living not less than 8 and perhaps 9. It is a matter I investigated when in Warning and joined the many had been improperly paid to this heir. Please inform me further if the money was paid back into the treasury of the KS what would be the necessary proceeding for the heirs to recover their respective accounts. Your early reply will [illegible] a favor upon many (am your ob servt)
I have the honor to be your ob svt
W. R. W. Cobb
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pen
Washington DC
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Washington March 28/54
Dear Sir: You will oblige me by answering the enquires of the accompanying letter to me – especially that undiscovered by me, & return the letter, with yr answer, at your earliest convenience to
Yr. Obt. Svt.
C. C. Clay, Jr.
Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions
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Pension Office
January 6 1852
Sir:
In the case of Manring Brookshire of N. C. who was allowed a pension under the Act of 7 June 1832 and was subsequently stricken from the rolls, it is shown that he died on the 23rd Decr. 1843 but it is not satisfactorily proven that Mrs. Reynolds is the only heir.
When you produce evidence of that fact the pension will  be paid from 4th March 1835 to the time of his death.
Very Respecty
Your Obt Svt
J. Wilson
for Commr of Pensions
G. C. Ames Esq.
Present
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[typed form with handwritten responses]
BRIEF objections in the admissions of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Manring Brookshire which require further proof or explanation.
I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war where he served? Yes
V.	* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
Each term of actual service in the field should be specified so as to enable the dept to test the accuracy of the aggregate
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
alleged – no service can be taken into the computation of a pension which is not stated with the particularity pointed
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
out & requested by the regulations – the witness should state in detail his knowledge of claimant’s services
VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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* Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is their any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ---
XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? A witness
XIV.	If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? -----
XV.	Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? Yes
XVI.	Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ----- year ------ months and ---- days I served as a ---------. For ------ months and --------- days I served as a -------; for such service I claim a pension.”
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3
It is important 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 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the 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 officers, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of North Carolina
Randolph County
This day Elizabeth Bell aged forty years old personally appeared before me Benjamin Brookshire one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid And after being sworn in due form of law deposeth and sayeth that she [illegible] the family of Manring Brookshire thirteen years ago and that she distinctly recollects to have been shown a printed paper which she was informed was the was the commission that Manering Brookshire bore as an officer of the Revolutionary War and that deponent further sayeth that she distinctly recollects that the commission had a large Beeswax seal attached to it by a small piece of tape, and that deponent further sayeth the Prudence Brookshire the wife of Manering Brookshire was particularly careful of the commission and that it was an old paper and much decayed when she last saw it and this deponent further that she has lived with Manering Brookshire a few years ago and that she has been informed by Prudence Brookshire wife of Manring that that she had carefully kept the commission until the moths and other insects and age had so destroyed it untill it all crumbled away But the Beeswax seal and this deponent further sayeth she has the utmost confidence of the truth of the statement
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made by Prudence Brookshire as to the destruction of the commission and further this deponent sayeth not sworn to and subscribed before me the 23d of April 1840 Elizabeth Bell
Benajmin Brookshire JP
I Benjamin Brookshire do hereby certify that Elizabeth Bell is a credible witness
Benjamin Brookshire JP
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decd.
Mannering Brookshire
N. C.
Act 7 June 1832.
1 yr Lieut Cavalry $200 per an: from 4 Mch ’35 when last paid, to 23 Decr. 1843, when he died.
Payable to
Nancy Reynolds, only surviving child.
Sent to
Geo. C. Ames
Present,
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July 16/54
State of Mississippi
County of Pontotoc
Dear Sir
James Brookshire one of the lawful heirs of Manring Brookshire decd, is claiming his portion of the amount drawn by Nancy Reynolds who is his sister, she has drawn from the pension office sum $1600 and has applied it at her own use and has refused to pay over to James Brookshire his portion of the money he visited her in North Carolina some 18 months ago she paid him $88.80 and told him if he saw the balance of the children to hell them she would not pay over any more – also George Little the pension agent told Reynolds not to receive the money if he did he would by himself liable to pay over to the children their portion of the amount the money is in the hands of Nancy Reynolds who alleged to be the only surviving child when she knew well she had brothers living 4 Children is living including Nancy Reynolds if Nancy has made a long statement to obtain this money is she not liable to a prosecution
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Mr. Brookshire offers a good fee which will compensate you for your trouble he will send you a power of attorney when you call for it I send you all the letters pleased to help them [illegible] for Mr. Brookshire
Yours Truly
J. T. Paper
F. E. Hassler Esq.
Write to me as soon as this comes to hand.
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Nancy Reynolds lives in N. Carolina Montgomery Co.
Troy P. O.
James Brookshire receipted Nancy Reynolds for $88.80 C and she has refused to pay over any more.
He is willing for you to hold the amount if you git it until he pays you fees.
Amount coming is $311.20 hold the amount in hand until your fee is sent to you
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State of North Carolina
Randolph County
This day Thomas Gibson age seventy eight years of age personally appeared before me Enoch Burnes one of the acting justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and after being sworn in due form of law deposeth and sayeth as follows (to wit) that he has been acquainted with Manring Brookshire all his siblings served and served under him in the War of the Revolution and that he is confident that Brookshire was a regularly commissioned officer that this deponent understood it from Brookshire and from all the officers under who he served that Manereing Brookshire was commissioned by the Governor of the State, and this deponent further sayeth that he does not recollect to have seen the commission but that he is as confident that Brookshire was commissioned by the Governor as he is of any circumstance that transpired during the Revolutionary War and this deponent further sayeth that he has on several occasions heard Prudence Brookshire the wife of Manering Brookshire say that she kept her husband’s commission for a great number of years after the war, until the moth and other insects had destroyed it entirely except the Great Beeswax seal and further this deponent sayeth not Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day of April 1840
I hereby certify that Thomas Gibson is a credible witness
Thomas Gibson
E. Burns J. P.
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State of North Carolina
Randolph County
I Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions for Randolph County do hereby certify that Benjamin Brookshire and Enoch Byrns Esq who took the foregoing affidavits of Thomas Gibson Nancy Reynolds & Elizabeth Bell were at the time of taking said affidavits acting Justices of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified in & for the county of Randolph aforesaid & that full faith and credit are to be given to their official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said Court at office in Ashboro this 23rd of April AD 1840
Hugh McCain Clk
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller’s Office
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War as follows
Captain John Knight
Vol. C. No. 3638 £78S9. D9 specie for Militia services of self and company
“            “       3639 £157S6. D9 specie for Militia services of self and company
“            “       3641 £484S16. D specie for Militia services of self and company
The foregoing allowances were made by the auditors of the District of Hillsborough
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 27th day of December A. D. 1851
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.
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North Carolina
Randolph County SS
Be it remembered that at a Court of pleas & quarter sessions begun & held for the County of Randolph at the courthouse in Asheboro on the first Monday of May AD 1846
Present Henry B. Elliott Thomas Rice and John Robbins Justices [illegible] to rule the peace & hold said court
The following entry was made upon the minutes of said Court (amt, V3)
It approving to the satisfaction of the Court upon testimony of [illegible] that Manring Brookshire departed this life in the County of Randolph aforesaid on the 23d day of December 1843 intestate and that he left no widow [illegible] surviving the Court doth therefore grant letters of administration on the estate of the said Manring to John Reynolds in right of his wife Nancy who is a daughter of the said Manring whereupon the said John Reynolds [illegible] in the [illegible] of eight hundred dollars with Salomon Latham & Hill Lassiter as his [illegible] for the forceful pursuance of his duties as such administrator & took oath persecuted by law in open Court.
I Benjamin F. Hoover Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for Randolph County, hereby certify that the above is a true & perfect transcript of the record in my office in relation to the appointment of John Reynolds admr on the estate of Manring Brookshire decd.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office at Ashboro this the 21st day of May 1846
Benjn. F. Hoover Clk
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12859
North Carolina
Manring Brookshire
of Randolph in the State of N Carolina who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Knight of the Regt commanded by Col. Collins in the N. C. Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N Carolina at the rate of 200 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1833 and sent Clerk of Randolph Co
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $400.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 $100.00
$500.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 34
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Pay Susp. 19 Mar: 35
Sent H. McCain 9 Apl “
Hon. A. Rencher Mar 6 1837
Hon C. Fisher  24 Feby 1840
same June 5, 1840.
G. Luther 20 Mar 1840.
To Hon. A. Rencher 16 May 1842
“ Hon E. Deberry 28 Sept. 1844.
J. E. & Thos. Smith 15th Apl 46
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State of North Carolina
Randolph County
This day personally appeared before me Benjain Brookshire  - one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Nancy Runals aged fifty years old who after being sworn in due form of law deposeth and sayeth as follows (to wit) That she is the oldest daughter of Mannering Brookshire
That she lived with her father and mother until she was twenty four years old, and this deponent further sayeth that she distinctly recollects as long ago as she can remember that she she saw a paper that was shown to her as her father’s commission that he had as an officer in the army of the Revolution she further states that her mother had made a small bag for the purpose of safe keeping her father’s papers in which all were deposited and that she being the oldest whenever her father had a reason for a paper it frequently happened that she was sent to the chest to get the bag containing the papers. And this deponent further sayeth that she very distinctly recollects that whenever he father’s commission was taken out that it exacted a considerable curiosity amongst the children in consequence of the large Beeswax seal which was attached to the commission by a small piece of paper and that her mother was particular not to let them handle it or [illegible] it, And this deponent further sayeth that she thinks that her father’s commission was in his possession un[?] when she was married and left her father’s which is about twenty six years ago
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upwards and that she has no knowledge how it become destroyed except what her mother informs her and that is that she kept it until it was destroyed by age and insects until it all crumbled away except the beeswax seal which she always understood to be the governor’s seal or the great seal of the state and this deponent further sayeth that she is confident that the commission has been destroyed as stated by her mother. And further this deponent sayeth not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 23d day of April 1840
Benjamin Brookshire 	Nancy Reynolds
and I Benjamin Brookshire do hereby certify that Nancy Reynolds the deponent is a highly Reputable Lady and a credible witness 23d April 1840
Benjamin Brookshire
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
State of No Carolina
County of Montgomery ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this the 26th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty one before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Nancy Reynolds, a resident of Montgomery County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Manring Brookshire late of County of Randolph and State of North Carolina who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of U. States and suspended therefore at the rate of two hundred Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said pension ought to be allowed: that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, Jeremiah Luther J. Peace.
Nancy Reynolds
I, Jeremiah Luther Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Nancy Reynolds who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Jeremiah Luther J Peace.
I, John McLennan Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Luther before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorize by law to administer oaths; and the name thereto subscribed. is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 26th day of August A. D. 1851.
John McLennan Clerk
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Nancy Reynolds of Montgomery County State of North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint George C Ames Esquire my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Manring Brookshire for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me (Nancy Reynolds.)
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and Seal this 26th day of August A. D. 1851
Nancy Reynolds
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Jeremiah Luther JP
State of North Carolina
County of Montgomery ss:
On this the 2th day of August A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Nancy Reynolds and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Jeremiah Luther J. Peace
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Mannering Brookshire
N. C. 1832
old town creek mis	paid
Oct 23
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Cy
D. C.
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Oct 23/54
Old Town Creek
Pontotoc Co Miss
Dear Sir
Some time since I understand Nancy Reynolds living in North Carolina made out a claim for pension that was coming to her father Manring Brookshire she claimed to be the only living child and anew to Hon’ Manring Brookshire has four heirs living of which I am one my name is James Brookshire a lawful heir of Manring Brookshire decd, I wish to know how I am to obtain my part she has refused to pay over to the balance of the heirs their parts of said many will you be so generous to inform me about the matter John G. Payne is my agent here who is acting for me you will address him when you write he has wrote to his agent, who is living in Washington Cty Mr. Hassler, but has not got no answer as yet. Please write direct your letter to J. G. Payne Old Town Creek PO Pontotoc County Miss, and oblige
Yours,
James Brookshire
L. P. Waldo Comr. of pensions