Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42906, for William Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mann, William
S 42906
CONTENTS

11 Oct 17/59
Date of death unknown
William Mann of Sheldon in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year and Three months 1782
11,850
New York
4
William Mann
of Sheldon in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year and Three months 1782
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of July 1818-
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of June 1819 and sent to Samuel Lake, Batavia New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. $11.85 3 / 31 64:77
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 th Sept. 1819 48:—
112:78
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

State of New York
Genesee County ss On this 2 nd day of July 1818 personally appears before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County William Mann aged fifty four years Resident in the Town of Sheldon in the County aforesaid. who being by me duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he the said William Mann some time in the month of September 1782 enlisted in the Continental Service for three years, in Capt. Ely Smith's company in Col. Tupper's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line that he continued in service until the month of January 1784 when he was discharged at West Point then (by transfer & consolidation) belonging to Col. Sprout's Regiment that he was in service at the close of the war but never was in any Battle. That he is in reduced circumstances, and states in need of the assistance of his Country for support. That he has no other evidence in his possession of his said services and that he never received any pension
The above is a true and correct transcription made on this page before signing J. M. H. H. H.

From the United States. Sworn & declared this 2 d day of July 1818 before me.
William Mann
James W. Stevens Judge as aforesaid.
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Mann did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the forgoing declaration, against the common Enemy, and that he is in absolute need of Assistance from his Country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony herewith taken before me to the Secretary for the war department pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress before mentioned.
James W. Stevens Judge as aforesaid
State of New York Grundy County } William Mann Jr. being by me duly Sworn doth depose and say that he is a son of William Mann named in the above declaration, and is personally acquainted with his circumstances. That he the said William Mann is not the Owner of any Lands, or personal property, except a little Household furniture of inconsiderable value. That he is considerably dependant on his Children, and is in absolute need of assistance for support. That he

not able to procure a comfortable living by labor and has an aged wife to support, and further saith not Sworn and subscribed this 2 nd
day of July 1818 Before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
his William X Mann Mark
William Pegels being by me hereby sworn deposes and saith that the above mentioned William Mann has no land & but little personal property that he is unable to procure the means of subsistence by his labor & that he is considerably dependent upon his children for support.
William Pegels
Sworn & subscribed
July 14. 1818 before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
State of New York Genesee County
I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James W. Stevens before whom the forego- ing affidavits were made is and was at the dates thereof a Judge of the Court of Com.
Pleas for S d County acting under the author- ity of this State & that the foregoing articles & signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto Simeon Cummings At my hand & County Seal August 1 st 1818 by Sam. Lake Dep.

Wm. Marin
Private Col Tupper's Regiment Massachusetts Line 1782 - 14 months
Further evidence of service granting
21 April 1884

William Mann
Copy
Inventory
Property $188.55
Debt - 500.00
11.850
Sept 1819
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
Ex. 2

At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee in the State of New-York; on the fifth day of September of the term of September 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John H. Jones Moses Hayden Isaac Wilson Ralph Parker & Richard Smith Judges
GENESEE COUNTY, ss. —On this sixth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) William Mann aged fifty six years, resident of the town of Sheldon in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— about one and a half years, that he Enlisted for three years served in Capt Smiths Company in the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment Com d by Col. Tupper was discharged late in the fall or 1 st of the Winter of the year 1783 that his Original Declaration was dated the 2 nd of July 1818 & his Certificate is numbered 11.850 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Inventory or Schedule
Real Estate I own none
Personal Property
   1 Old horse worth $ 12.00   1 Old Saddle & Bridle “ 2.50   1 Cow & Calf “ 14.00   1 Small Swine & 4 pigs “ 3.00   1 Shovel “ $ 1.00   2 Old hoes “ .25   1 Old sickle “ 12 1/2   1 Old scythe “ 1.00   1 Old pitchfork 0.25   2 Old axes 1.50   6 Knives & forks 0.75 0.75   18 Com Earthen plates 14 - 0.74   1 Old block-tin tea-pot “ 0.25   1 Cream Cup “ 0.06   6 Tea Cups & Saucers “ 0.25   1 Mug “ 0.09   1 pint Tumbler $ 0.10   1 pint Bottle “ 0.09   1 Old pewter platter $ 0.37   1 Brown Earthen g. bowl 0.06   1 Do. Milk pan “ 0.19  
$ 12.00 2.50 14.00 3.00 1.00 2.37 2.13 2.33 1.12

  1 pint Tumbler $ 0.10 " $   1 pint Bottle " 0.09 "   1 Old pewter platter $ 0.37   1 Brown Earthen gr. bowl 0.06   1 Do. Milk pan " 0.19   4 Old 2 qt. tin pans 0.50     1 pair And-Brong " — $ 1.50   1 pair old shovel & tongs 1.00   1 Old Flat Iron " 0.37   1 6. Gallon Iron Kettle 2.00   1 Small size pot " 1.00   1 Tea Kettle " 1.00   2 Small dish Kettles 0.75   2 tin plates old 0.38   1 Trammel " 1.25   2 Old Iron Candlesticks 19     1 Bible " 2.00   1 Psalm Book 0.50   2 Old Chests " 1.00   4 Old flour Barrels 1.00   1 do. meat Do 0.25   1 Half Bushel 0.25   1 Corn Basket 0.25   1 Wash Tub " 0.25   6 Old Kitchen Chairs 1.50   1 Churn " 0.50   1 Old linen wheel 1.75   1 Large Wheel 1.25   1 Old Kitchen table 0.50   1 Small looking glass 0.13   1 nail Hammer 0.25   1 Hay Knife " 1.00     4 Old Spoons " 25   1 pair Small nutcrackers 50     075   61.92 
9.44
12.28
I have a bond given by Peter Watters for One Hundred & Twenty Dollars - and have a mortgage for the payment thereof on 50 acres of Land in the town of Sheldon " " $120.00
I have a debt due to me from Fitch Chipman of ten Dollars 10.00
$ = 191.92

I am owing debts to the following persons viz to Samuel Blue of Glastenbury Connecticut
about $ " $ 400.00 to Martin Reed of Granby " " 50.00 to a Mr. Grozard of Granby " " 50.00 to Dr. Oliver Brewster of Becket in { " " 50.00 Massachusetts " "
besides several other small debts and some = $ 500.00 Interest which has accrued on the above = debts some of which have been of long standing as I have not been able to pay the same
And the deponent further says that he is a farmer by occupation but is able to do but very little labor is much troubled with a weak- ness in the breast that he has a wife named Rebecca aged 51 years is a weakly woman - One son named Ira Ware aged 18 years who is a de- formed person is able to do some labor but the deponent expects that he will always remain with him and he expects in case of any - accident that he shall have him to support and one daughter named Almira aged 12 years which compose his family
Sworn & subscribed the Sixth day of September 1820 Before me in open Court
William Ware
S. Cummings Atk

Sworn & subscribed the Sixth day of September 1820 Before me in open Court
William Maun
S. Cummings Atk
Genesee County ss
I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars and fifty five Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Eighth day of September 1820
S. Cummings Clerk of Common Pleas

Wm. Maud
from Sept. 1782 to Jan'y 1784 in Smiths Comp. Sprout's Regt. Mass a line — Service proved —
Certificate to be forwarded to Samuel Lake Babaria N. York — —
Wm. M.

State of New York Greene County ss.
Nathan Mann and David Mann now of the Town of Bergen in said County, of lawful age being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that they were personally acquainted with William Mann in the time of the Revolutionary war, and that they each of them know that he the said William Mann enlisted in the Continental Service for three years, in the month of September 1782 in Capt. Ely Smith's Company in Col. Puffers Regiment of the Massachusetts line. That he the said William lived until the winter of 1784 when he was Honorably discharged the Service. That he was discharged as belonging to Col. Sprout's Regiment into which Regt. (as they understood) he had been transferred. That they the Deponents have frequently seen the said William Mann's Discharge, which was in the usual form of Discharges of Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, and according to the best recollection of the Deponents, was signed by Col. Sprout - and further, that the said William Mann was in the Continental Service at the close of the Revolutionary war -
Esther Mann
Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of May 1819 Before me
David his X Mann mark
Amos Hewitt Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Nathan Mann and David Mann and believe them to be entitled to full faith & credit
Amos Hewitt Justice of the peace

State of New York - ss { Genesee County - {
I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid. Do hereby Certify that Amos Hewitt before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the Peace for the said County acting under the authority of this State and
that the within are his signatures Whereof I have set my hand and affixed the County Seal at Batavia this 10 th Day of May 1819-
Simeon Cummings by Ralph C. Mead Dep. Clk " " " "

Wm. Maud
from Sept. 1782 to Jan'y 1784
in Smith's Comp. Sprout's
Regt. Mass. line —
Service provided —
Certificate to be forwarded to Samuel Lake Babaria N. York — — —
Wm. Maud

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
July 13, 1932
BA-J/REL
Honorable Gale H. Stalker House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Stalker:
Reference is made to your letter of June 6, 1932, and to that of Mr. F.W. Severne, of Watkins Glen, New York, which have been referred to this office for further response in regard to William Mann, son of William, who lived in Chester or Blanford, Massachusetts, and applied for pension from Sheldon, New York, and to Samuel Parker, who at one time lived in Coventry, Connecticut, and made application for pension from Genesee County, New York.
The records of these soldiers are given below.
The data contained herein were obtained from papers on file in their respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
William Mann S. 42906
William Mann enlisted in September, 1782, and served in Captain Ely Smith's Company, Colonels Tupper's and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiments and was discharged in January, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-four years and resided in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not stated.
. In 1820, the soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Rebecca, aged fifty-one years, her maiden name and the date of their marriage not shown; a son, Ira, aged eighteen years and a daughter, Almira, aged twelve years. In 1818, soldier's son, William Mann, Junior, made affidavit in Genesee County, New York, in support of his father's claim for pension.
In 1819, Nathan and David Mann were residents of Bergen, Genesee County, New York; no relationship to the soldier was shown.

From the papers in the pension claim, S.42906, it appears that William Mann enlisted in September, 1782, and served in Captain Ely Smith's Company, Colonels Tupper's and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiments and was discharged in January, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1818, at which time he was living in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York, aged fifty-four years; the date of his b. & names of parents not stated In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife, Rebecca, as aged fifty-one years; to a son, Ira, aged eighteen years; and to a daughter, Almira, aged twelve years. A son, William Mann, Junior, is also referred to, his age is not given.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
The first of these letters is William Mann S 5050. addressed to Hon. Hale H. Hale
1818 50 204

House of Representatives
Feb. 16. 1859
Hon Geo C. Whitin
Dear Sir -
Will you oblige me by giving me the information required in the enclosed letter of James Mann.
And much oblige
Yours truly
J. H. Farnsworth
P.S. Please return the enclosed, with yours
J. H. Farnsworth

42 906 Rev INVALID.
File No. 42 906 William Mann Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 807
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 25-99 Adams Eugene Dello

1929 Feb. 23 - Hist. to Hon. Gale H. Stalker - see his letter in William Mann S. 5050
1932 July 13 - Hist. to Hon. Gale H. Stalker. Letters returned to him Request from F. W. Berne, ECH at Kings Glen N.Y.