Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6879, for Ferdinand Mano, Other
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                                              NUMBER
Sea Service       Mano, Ferdinand                       R6879
Tenn. residence in 1822
CONTENTS
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6819

Frederick Mano


REJECTED
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Ferdinand Mano
Signature of Ferdinand Mano





Rejected not Counted
See batch to S.R. Rucker 25 Oct. 1822
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District of West Tennessee on this the 9th day of July 1822 personally appeared in open court the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Bedford in the State aforesaid, the same being a court of record Ferdinand Mano----Resident in said County of Bedford about sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in  order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 under [illegible] in the service of the United States as a Marine on board the sloop [illegible] commanded by Capt Dunn that he continued in said service for nine or ten months-He was engaged in the battle of Mud Island and the defence of the at [illegible] where he was wounded by a Splinter upboard a floating battery, which so disabled him that hew was left in the care of a surgeon at Burlington in New Jersey on account of his wound he was never afterwards able to do sworn service. He never obtained any discharge but the surgeon of the Sloop pronounced him disqualified and unfit for service- He [illegible] of no means in his power to his said services except by his own oath.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that  I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish [illegible] to bring my self within the provision of an act of Congress in titled an act to provide
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State of Tennessee
Bedford County July quarter Sessions 1822

On this 9th day of July 1822, came into open court Abram B. Morton Physician surgeon in the town of Shelbyville and made oath that he has this day examined a wound on the left leg of Ferdinand Mano, said to have been produced by a splinter in the battle of Mud Island in the Revolutionary War. from said examination he is of opinion that said ulcer is of long standing and could not with safety be cured and the the same must have materially affected and does now affect the health of said Mano.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 9th July 1822
Signature of [illegible]
Signature of A.B. Morton
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for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War [illegible] [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have no property whatever, besides my wearing apparel, nor has any person [illegible] for [illegible] any property or [illegible] contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income whatever.  His reputation is that of a tailor, but owing to his age, weak eyes, his wound before described which has more or less afflicted him since its infliction, as also other frailties [illegible] and body. He cannot support himself; but is compelled to resort to the charity of others. He has no family- his wife and two children having many years ago died in Philadelphia.

Sworn to and subscribed on this the 8th day of July 1822 in {illegible} court. 

Signature of Ferdinand Mano

Signature of [illegible]