Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 966, for David Mc Anally, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McAnally, David Nancy
N. 966
CONTENTS

25374 East Tennessee
David M c Anally of Orange Co in the State of Tenn who was a S gt in the com d by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Pope in the Virginia line for 4 months Sergeant 5 " Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of Col Troup at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Feb y 1834 and John Locke Rutledge
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 175 — Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 March 35 — $ 210.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 33
Died 24 th Dec r 1834. Order to pay 15 Jan y 1838. —

1509 Impille J. M. McCall
Mary McCall widow of James McCall who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private in the Pennsylvania Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 7 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of January 48 and sent to James McCall Shattuck Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 2, 1848. Page 296 Vol. 3.

FAMILY
BIRTHS
David Wm. born was born the 5 th 1748 and was married to Pacey Phoebe the 18 th of march 1790 who was born march the 15 th 1765.

RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
and Married to Patty Parnell the first of Feb March 1768 who was the 22 d of March 1748
and Departed this Life the the 29 th March 1789 after Bringing nine children and left the youngest about two hours old..

6902 ap 18. Nancy M c Anally Ky. Tenn July 7. 1838.
papers papers under act of June 20 th 1834.
Hon. A. M c Oldham of Tennessee House of Rep.

State of Tennessee ss
County of Grainger
On this 6 th day of April 1840 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of the County of Grainger Nancy M c Anally aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
That she is the Widow of David M c Anally who was a Sergeant and Ensign in the Army of the Revolution and in the Militia of the State of Virginia and that he resided at the time he entered the service in the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia that was in several tours in the Virginia militia and received a Pension for his services
She further states that she was married to the said David M c Anally on the 18 th day of March 1790 that the records of their marriage that the family records that her husband  that the records of their marriage that the family records that her husband the before said David M c Anally died on the 21 st day of December 1835 that she was not married to him the said David M c Anally prior to this leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated and that the said David M c Anally was a revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of Grainger County and State of Tennessee and received his pension Money at Knoxville East Tennessee
Sworn to and subscribed. an day and year above written before Subito in Open Court Edward Tate Clerk. Nancy M c Anally mark

State of Tennessee Grainger County } On this 6 th day of April 1840 person- ally appeared James R. Manally a resident of Grainger County in Open court before the justices of said County and made Oath in due form of Law that the following is a true copy of the Original family record of David Manally a Revolutionary Pensioner - and he here in also encloses the Original which is in the following words David Manally senr was born August the 5 th 1788 and was married to Nancy Kyle the eighteenth day of March seventeen hundred and Ninety who was born March the fifteenth seventeen hundred & sixty five. That the above is a true Copy from the Original except the dates which are figures and that the Original is in the hand writing of the said David Manally himself and was cut out of his family bible and here with sent to the War Department by me Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Edward Tate Clerk James R. Manally
State of Tennessee Grainger County } On this 6 th day of April 1840 person- ally appeared in Open court Henry Williams and made oath in due form of Law that David Manally a Revolutionary Pensioner. (whose Widow has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration) died on the 24 th night of Dec r 1835 - Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and date last above written H. Williams E. Tate Clk
State of Tennessee County Court Grainger County } April Term 1840 And the court do hereby certify that James R. Manally & Henry Williams are creditable persons and faith and credit ought to be given to the above certificates that is sworn

and subscribed by them this 6 th day of April 1840
John J. Cull Chairman
State of Tennessee
Granger County } I John J. Cull chairman of the county court of the county of Granger aforesaid (and which is a court of record) do hereby certify that
State of Tennessee
Granger County
I Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court for said County Do Certify that Nancy W. Anally the widow named in the foregoing Declaration personally appeared in Open Court it being a court of record on the 6 th Day of April 1840. and was duly sworn to the facts stated in said Declaration and subscribed the same in presence of said Court For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Rutledge this 6 th Day of April 1840
Edward Tate Clerk

David McAnally Sen. Grazyn
1780 private Bery & Ensign 9 mths. Bery 4 m 20 — Ensign 5 — 50 — $70. —
see special letter.
John Locke Rutledge clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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. These 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 of David M c Anally
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place at which he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 1 Sergt Col Taylor. 85 Traditionary   3 " Col M c Reed. 86   1780 5 Ensign Col Pope.   a Should shew that he was commissioned as Ensign & prove his service in that capacity.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named 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 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 (s) 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 _____
Sealed in the presence of us: 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 _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &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:
(A) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &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, (1) 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

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? { 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 the 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 traditional 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 inquiry 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Tennessee } On this 7 th day of June 1833 Grainger County } personally appeared before me John Dobson one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County of said David M c Callie of said County and State aged Eighty five years and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath spake the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers my first service was by draft but in what year I cannot now through age and infirmity recollect but this I know it was to Guard the British Prisoners taken at Saratoga under General Burgoyne when they were quartered in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia my Capt was John H k kinbathum I think our Col n was by the name of Taylor when I served one month as orderly Serjeant I was discharged I think by Col n Taylor in the fall of 1780 I joined Capt John Morrison's Company of Volunteers in Amherst County in the State of Virginia in order as I understood to go to South Carolina we marched through Albemarle Sussex Counties and to the City of Richmond from Richmond we were marched to Petersburg where we were attacked by Col n M c Adams Regiment and were commanded by General Lawson and after being in the service at this time three months I was discharged by Gen l Lawson and returned home all which three months I served as orderly Serjeant in the winter of 1781 I rec d an insepar d commission from the Governor of Virginia Some time in the spring of 1781 I rec d orders from Col n John Pope

(Who was the Lieutenant Col: of the Shelby Regiment to which I belonged) to raise as many Volunteers as I could and Meet him on a given day at a certain Point. After Charlestown in Anderson County I led so from Charlestown we marched across the Country under Col: John Pope to one fork of the Rapid river where and there joined the main Virginia army commanded by the Major General. Shortly about this time we got news that General Wayne was on his march from the North at the head of about four thousand men to our assistance. We also got word about the same time that Cornwallis had commenced a retreat and as soon as General Wayne had joined us we commenced a pursuit and pursued Cornwallis to near James River below the mouth of the Appomattox or South fork our army was almost every day increasing by an addition of Militia we passed on down to Richmond at or near Richmond the Infantry was ordered to pursue on. I belonged to that Corps we pursued on to a place I think called Richmond Hill. The four mile Run at which place we came in sight of the British and there was some guns fired by the advance guard of each party a few days after we had some firing at each other at a place called the Burnt Chimneys where we had about twenty men killed and about thirty wounded we also took a quantity of Cattle from the British. At this time I was in Capt. Barnett's Company we as the Infantry was still ordered to hang on their rear and did so we pursued them to near Williamsburg then the British turned upon us and we had to retreat until we met a part of Wayne's Command we still retreated until we arrived at a place called Gunter's old fields where we met the main army

Where we halted and was drawn up in order for battle The British appeared in sight and the two armies faced in sight for several hours shortly after the British got into their Vessels and went off down the River to a place call d Jamestown and we was march d to Williamsburg some time in the month of August I was taken sick between Williamsburg and Yorktown I got a permit from Capt. Barnett in my section to return home I did so and before I joined the army again Wallis was taken at Little York I was at this time about five months as in service I was an officer four of duty by order of my Capt. in the summer of 1780 after deserters from the army we crossed the Blue Ridge at the North fork Gap and went up the Valley South of the Blue Ridge and to handsome meadows on New River then up New River and crossed the Blue Ridge and back the South side to Amherst County and got the deserters we caught for and that he was in the service in all over five months five months he states he was an Ensign and that he knows of no person now living which he can prove said service he hereby relinquishes ever claiming what ever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any state Ques t Where and in what year was you born - I was Born (in Albemarle) but what is said Amherst County in the State of Virginia 5 th of August (Old Style) 1748 have you a Record of your age and if so where is it I have a Record of my age now in my house & where were you living when called into service and when have you lived

Since Mr. Revolution then and when do you now live I lived in Amherst County in the State of Virginia when I was called into the Service in the year 1791 I moved into Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee then a Colonel in 1796 I moved into Giles County in said State where I now live. Now as you called me to the service near you drafted or a Volunteer the first hour I served for one month Gardening the British Prisoners in Albemarle County near Charlottesville I was drafted all the rest of my service was that of a Volunteer. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it I rec d a discharge for my first service Gardening the Prisoners at Charlottesville I believe from Col. John Taylor I also rec d one at Petersburg from Genl. Lawson which both discharges I have long since lost Did you ever rec d a Commission if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it I rec d an Ensigns Commission from the Governor of Virginia in the winter of 1781 and served as an Ensign from four five months in the American Army but from my age and want of Recollection I cannot now tell by whom it was signed Some of the field officers that you knew in the Army I knew the Marquis de Lafayette I knew General Lawson Genl. Wayne Genl. Macklenburg Major. Heffner Col. Mead Col. Lynch Col. Tazewell with many others When I was at Petersburg in 1780 I saw Genl. Greene on his march to the Carolinas

State the names of some persons in your present Subconscious to whom you are known and who can testify to your character for veracity and then and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Rebelious
General John Cooke Royal Jennings Coln Thomas Wheeler Secy Coln Warman Early Dist William P Clarke John Tans John Agan
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date first above written
David M'Ginley
John Dodson
Sister of the peer for Lord Locust
State of Tennessee } We Charles M'Ginley, Clearwater Granger County } and Royal Jennings both of Granger County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David M'Ginley (and have been for the last thirty seven years) who has sworn to and subscribed to the above de- claration that we believe him to be about eighty five years of age that he is Resided and believed in the Subcon- scious where he Resided to have been a soldier of the Rebelious and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above said
John Dodson
Sister of the peer for Granger County
C M'Ginley Clearwater his Royal R Jennings mark

State of Tennessee } Greinger County }
I do hereby certify that I believe that David Warneley, who has made subscription to and sworn to the foregoing declaration from his age and infirmity is unable to appear before any court of law or equity under my hand and seal this 7th day of June 1833.
John Dotson Justice of the peace for Greinger County
State of Tennessee } Greinger County }
I John Cocke Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Greinger aforesaid by my Deputy Pleasant T. Cocke do hereby certify that John Dotson whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and which appears to be in his own proper handwriting, is an acting justice of the peace for Greinger County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 9th day of June 1833-
John Cocke Clerk by his deputy Pleasant T. Cocke

(David McAnally Sen. Grange
1780 private Bergt & Ensign 9 mths. Dist 40 — 20 — Ensign 5 — 50 — $70.
see special letter.
John Locke Rutledge clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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, showing the Service of David McAnally
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. 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.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 1 Sergt Col Taylor. 86. Traditionary   3 " Col Mhead. 86.   1781 5 Ensign Col Pope.   Should shew that he was commissioned as an Ensign & prove his service in that capacity.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1878.
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, 1842.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____ with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named 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 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 (s) 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 _____
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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the _____ day of _____ A.D. 19____
 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &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 (D) 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

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 (n) 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? { 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 the 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 traditional 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 inquiry 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 presence.
[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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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 units, 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Q. & M.
WIDOW, &c.
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File No.
966
Nancy M c Anally Widow
David M c Anally Ensign 1st. Reg. Wis. Vol.
Act:
Feb 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5560 Tennessee
Nancy W. Anally widow of David M. Anally dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 21 st Decr 1834 of Manger Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Sgt & Enr. in the Compy commanded by Captain Morrison of the regt commanded by Col. Taylor in the Virginia line for 4 M. Rgt & 5 M. Enr.
Inscribed on the Roll of Hueyville at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 1840 to Hon. A. M. C. Clair , House of Reps Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40 35.00 $315.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Burdy Clerk, Book A . Vol. 2 . Page 208.

2029
Tennessee Knoxville
Macy McC Snally widow of David McC Snally who was a Serjt and Engrd in the Pa line
for 4 months Sept 25, Qu.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Sept 1843 and sent to
James H. McC Snally Thornhill, Tennessee
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book c 2 Vol. 1. Page 220.
Pension 20

Nancy M c Anally of David Tennepsee
Suspended
Act: 20 April 1820 Hon: A. McLellan Act 21 May 40 to do
Act 7 July 1835

David McAnally E. Ten city June 1832 to what time paid?
due 105 A70 ~ Pin 6 off Apr 20. 40
Due 24 th Dec 1834 paid to that period JH

6902 Nancy McAnally of David Turner
Admitted Sergt & Ensign 9 th / 70. - Co. of Morrison Cav. Taylor, Pa.
died 24 Dec 1834,
Act 9 July 1838.
Hon. A. M c Callan H. R.

War Department Pension Office December 9, 1833
Sir,
I herewith return the papers in support of the claim of David McAnally. Upon a re-examination of the papers it appears that the declaration and the signatures purporting to be those of the magistrate and clergyman are all in the same hand-writing. The only signature which appears to be genuine is that signed "John Boton". Neither has the magistrate drawn up his certificate according to the regulations. These circumstances render the claim a doubtful one. It is therefore required that the testimony of two or more of the persons to whom reference is made in the answer to the 7 th interrogatory, prescribed by the Department, should be exhibited properly authenticated, stating their belief of the applicant's service as an officer. The clergyman's certificate should be signed by himself in his own proper handwriting. The witnesses should amend their affidavits by stating their relationship to the applicant and also their respective ages.
I am, respectfully,
John Cocker Esq. Rutledge Tennessee.
Your Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards

Agents Office East Tennessee Knoxville Jan'y 11 th 1838.
Sir
You will find herewith filed enclosed the Application of the widow of David McAlly of at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum under the act of June 1832 — I find on examination of my Books that the last payment made this Pension was up to the 4 day of September 1834; I have in my possession his original certificate of Pension.
all of which is submitted for your action thereon and further instructions.
I am respectfully your ob dt Serv t
A. H. Hays Agent
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Thorn Hill June 20 th 3
9251 June 29/40 Nancy McChesney March 9, 1840 John $70 per week James H. McChesney Thorn Hill J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions Washington City

June the 18 th 1843
Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of Nancy McAnally of Grainger County who rec d five years person. for one years pension under the act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1843. If the papers are correct send your warrant for the money to me Thoms Hill Esq r
Respectfully yours
Abd. L. Gant
James M c Anally
J. J. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of pensions

State of Tennessee Granger County ss This day personally appeared John Cooke before me William E. Cooke a justice of the peace in and for the County of and State aforesaid and after being duly sworn, deposes and sayeth that he has been personally acquainted with David McAnally, who has forwarded his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. that he has resided in the same County (Granger) with the said declarant and has always since his first acquaintance been informed and does believe the said David McAnally was an Ensign in the war of the Revolution; he thinks in a Captain Morrison's Company he will remember to have heard Col Thomas Henderson now deceased who was a Captain in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War speak of his neighbour David McAnally the Applicant, being in the service of the United States as an Ensign Sworn to and subscribed John Cooke before me this 2 nd June 1834
Subscribed John E. Cooke
Justice of the peace for Granger County

State of Tennessee, This day personally appeared Granger County, Nyall Jennings before me
John Dotson one of the acting Justices in and for the County and State aforesaid and after being duly sworn as the Law directs deposeth and saith that he says been well acquainted for the last Thirty Eight years with David Moore M c Kinley who has forwarded his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 and that he has always when that subject was mentioned heard, and David Moore M c Kinley spoken of as an Ensign in the Revolution- war and that it is the opinion of the Deponent where he recalled that he was an Ensign in said war and is Con- -vinced in said opinion that I have often talked with him about the Revolutionary war in Virginia (in which war I served as a soldier) and from the many facts he has related to me that took place in said war I have not a doubt remaining but that he was a soldier in said war and served under the authority of an Ensigns Commission and that he the said David Moore M c Kinley for the last thirty eight years (the time of my acquaintance with him) has been a man who has supported a good & character as perhaps any man as an Evidence of which he has always been a man in publick business in various offices ever since I knew him until within the last four or five years when he declined sending the bill through age and informally his  Nyall Jennings Sworn to and subscribe mark before me Jan'y 9 th 1834
John Dotson Justice of the peace for Granger City

State of Tennessee This day personally appeared Grainy County Thomas Whiteside before me Joseph Cobb one of the acting Justices
in and for the County aforesaid and after being sworn as the law directs deposeth and sayeth that he is well acquainted and had been for more than seventy years past with David Warrick who has made sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Decla- -ration to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 and that he is a man from my first acquaintance with him until the present time who has supported as good a character for truth honesty and veracity as perhaps any man whatever and that it said and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier in the Revolu- -tionary war and that he also served in said Revolu- -tionary war as an Ensign and that I believe in said opinion
Sworn to subscribed { J. H. Whitfield } and done before me This 11th day of January 1834 -
J. H. Whitfield Justice of the peace for Grainy County State of Tennessee

State of Tennessee Granger County } I John Locke Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Granger aforesaid by my deputy P. S. Locke do hereby certify that Wm. E. Locke, John Dolsen and Joseph Cobb before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Locke, Rial Jennings and Thomas Whiteside were taken and acknowledged signatures appear in their own proper handwriting are acting Justices of the peace in and for the County of Granger aforesaid, duly commission- -ed and qualified, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all their Official acts as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge the 15 th day of January 1834
John Locke Clerk by his Deputy P. S. Locke -

State of Tennessee { I do hear by witness Granger County } that I believe that David M c anally who has made sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declara- tion for a pension - under an act of Congress of May 8th of June 1832 is an old and information and that it would be with great difficulty and disgrace that he could be got before a Court of Record I do further testify that I did swear said David M c anally in due form of law to the facts set forth in the aforesaid declaration and that it is reported and believed in the County where he lives that he was a soldier and an Ensign in the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and further that the names M c anally Clearman and Joel Jennings whose to third depositions was signed in my presence after being duly sworn by me and that said M c anally is a Clearman in my Neighbourhood and that my name assigned at the bottom of said Declaration and said Deposition as Justice of the peace is not in my own hand writing but was put there in my presence by my special Directions and Request given under my hand and seal this 6th day of January 1834
John Dotson (S) Justice of the peace for Granger County

State of Tennessee Granger County ss I John Cooke Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Granger aforesaid by my deputy P. S. Cooke do hereby certify that John Watson who subscribed the within certificate and before whom the Declaration of David McAnally was taken and whose signature appears in his own proper handwriting is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Granger aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and to that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts or such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge this 15 th day of January 1834
John Cooke CLK by his deputy P. S. Cooke

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2. 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of soldiers of the Revolution —
State of Tennessee — On this 28 th day of July 1848 Grainger County } Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of David McAnally who was a Sergeant and Ensign in the Army and that she rec d a pension of $70 00 per annum under the acts of 1843 & 44 She further swears that she is still a widow Sworn and subscribed the day and year last Above written —
Nancy McAnally marks
Before me Anderson Dutton
Justice of the Peace in & for Grainger County
State of Tennessee Grainger County
I Anderson Dutton an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with Nancy McAnally the above affiant, that she is the identical person who drew a pension under of $70 00 per annum under the act of 1844 and that she continues to be a widow
Given under my hand and seal this 28 th day July 1848
Anderson Dutton Justice of the Peace for Grainger County

State of Tennessee } Grainier County } S Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court of the State and County aforesaid do Certify that Anderson Dalton Esq whose name ap- -pears to the within Declaration is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected commissioned and qualified that full faith should be attached to all his offi- cial acts as such and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge this 2nd day of August AD 1848
E. Tate Clerk By W. S. Pate
Henry Wharton 209

State of Virginia } An amended declaration Greinger County }
This day came John Manally and Charles Manally before me John Harris one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid (and after being duly sworn as the law directs, deposed and saith, that they are, and have been for many years well acquainted with David Manally, who made sworn, and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration, that they were well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary War, (and that they do know that he the said David Manally served as a soldier in said War, four hours of duty, three of which they believe he served as a Volunteer, These services were performed in the summer and fall of the year 1780. (and Spring) and summer of the year 1781. (and furthermore they said John Manally and Charles Manally do well remember that in the winter of the year 1781 he the said David Manally did receive (and an Ensigns Commission signed by the then acting Governor of Virginia, and that in the Spring and summer of said year he did serve in said War five or six months under said Commission as Ensign — that he was in a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Pope but the name and number of said Regiment they have now forgot But they said John Manally & Charles Manally do well know the said David Manally had the commission of Ensign and served a such an active duty, they have both seen said Commission at various times both in time of said War and for many years after, (and that said David Manally at the time of rendering said services lived in Amherst County State of Virginia (and rendered said services in said State which services we believe in the aggregate amounted to nine or ten months and likewise that we have frequently seen discharges in his possession from said services but by whom signed we have now no recollection. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1833
John Manally Charles Manally
John Harris Justice of the Peace for Greinger County

State of Tennessee, I John Harris one of the Granger County, acting Justices in and for the County aforesaid do certify that John Warrell and P. Warrell who have sworn and subscribed to the foregoing deposition are men of Respectability and are entitled to full credit in law as well as otherwise. Given under my hand and seal this 21 st Day of October 1833 John Harris Justice of the peace for Granger County
State of Tennessee Granger County, I John Cocke Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Granger aforesaid by my deputy Pleasant S. Cocke do hereby certify that John Harris Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken and subscribed and certified the same, and whose signature appears in his own proper handwriting is an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Granger and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such In testimony whereof I

have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Vicksburg this 26 th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord 1833 and the 58 th year of American Independence
John Locke W.M. by his deputy Pleasant S. Locke

State of Tennessee (Grainger County) Personally appeared before me John Harris an acting Justice of the peace for said county. John Manally a resident of said State and County, and aged sixty mine years, Seven months twenty two days, and made oath in due form of Law that he was well acquainted with David Manally Dec d who was a Sergeant and Ensign in the revolutionary war, likewise that he saw the said David Manally Married to Nancy Manally, formerly Nancy Kyle, in the Month of March (day not recollected) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety, in the County of Amherst and State of Virginia by the Rev d Benjamin Burgher a regular ordained Minister of the Baptist Order.
And that the aforesaid David Manally departed this life in the year of our Lord 1835, and left the aforesaid Nancy a Widow, who at no time since has intermarried with any other person and who is now living in the State and County first above mentioned. Subscribed and sworn to this 11 th day of May 1840 before me
attest John Harris Justice of the peace
John Manally
State of Tennessee Grainger County Personally appeared before me John Harris an acting Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid James K Manally a resident of said County and made oath in due form of Law, that the Widow Nancy Manally who is named in the above certificate is the Identical Nancy Manally who subscribed and swore to a declaration on the 6 th day of April 1840 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of July 1838 and that she has not intermarried with any person since the decease of her husband David Manally, Sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of May 1840 before me attest John Harris Justice of the peace
J. K. Manally

John Harris
State of Tennessee Grainger County
I do hereby certify that John Manacy and Mr Manacy are men of credibility and veracity (and that full faith and credit should be given to their certificates) Given under my hand and seal this 11th day of May 1840
John Harris Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee I Edward Tate Clerk Grainger County of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Harris whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate whose signature appears in his own proper hand writing is an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Grainger aforesaid duly elected Commissioned & qualified and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such -
Given under my hand and seal of office at Offutt's Millhouse the 11th day of May 1840.
Edward Tate Clerk By Wm T. Tate D.C.
State of Tennessee Personally appeared before John Harris Grainger County an acting Justice of the peace in and the County aforesaid John Manacy named in the foregoing affidavit and made oath under form of law that the signature to the said affidavit is his genuine signature and in his own proper hand writing John Manacy
Sworn and subscribed this 15 day of June 1840 before me John Harris Justice of the peace in and for Grainger County

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared J. R. M c Anally Grainger County } named in the second foregoing affidavit before me John Harris an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of Law that the signature is H s is genuine signature and in his own proper hand writing Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of June 1840 before me } J. R. M c Anally John Harris Justice of the peace for Grainger County
State of Tennessee } I John Harris an acting Justice of the peace Grainger County } for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John M c Anally and J. R. M c Anally came before me and was sworn to and subscribed the above affidavits then in my presence and that the subscribed signatures are in their own proper hand writing Given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of June 1840 John Harris Justice of the peace for said County
State of Tennessee } I Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court Grainger County } for said County do certify that John Harris Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is now (and was at the time of signing the same) an acting Justice of the peace for Grainger County aforesaid duly Elected Com- missioned and qualified according to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Tennessee and that said signature ap- pears to be in his own proper handwriting Witness my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge 16 th June 1840. O. J. E. Tate Clk

An amended affidavit
State of Tennessee Grainger County
This day came John Wmally and Charles Wmally before me John Harris - one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid and after being duly sworn as the Law directs deponeth and saith that said John Wmally is sixty four years of age and said Charles Wmally is fifty nine years of age and that the aforesaid John & Charles Wmally are natural sons of David Wmally, who made sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and further saith that they were well acquainted with said David Wmally during the latter part of the revolutionary war say the years 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 that they well remember that the aforesaid David Wmally served as a soldier in said war four tours of duty in the above stated three years, three of which tours they believe he served as a volunteer these services were performed in the summer and fall of year 1780 and spring of the year 1781 - and furthermore they the said John Wmally and Charles Wmally do well remember that sometime in the winter of the years 1780 & 81 he the said David Wmally recd an Ensign Commission signed by the then acting Governor of Virginia and that in the spring and summer of the year 1781 he did serve in said revolutionary war five or six months acting under said Commission as Ensign and that he was in a regiment commanded by Colonel John Pope and they believe in company commanded by Captain John Morrison but the name and number of said regiment they do not now remember. But the said John Wmally and Charles Wmally do well know that the said David Wmally had the aforesaid Ensign Commission and served under virtue of the same as above stated; they have both seen the said Commission at various times in time of said war and for many years after and that the said David Wmally at the time of rendering said services lived in Amherst County state of Virginia and rendered said services in said state which services we believe in the aggregate amounted to nine or ten months and likewise that we have frequent discharges in his said Wmally's pension from said services by whom signed we have now have no recollection sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of January in the year 1834
John Wmally
John Harris Justice of the Peace for Grainger County
Charles Wmally

State of Tennessee I John Harris are of the action Grainger County do hereby certify that John McAnally and Charles McAnally who both sworn and subscribed to the foregoing deposition as men of respectability and entitled to full faith and credit when on oath another said Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of January 1834
John Harris (seal) Justice of the peace for Grainger County
State of Tennessee Grainger County I John Cooke Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Grainger aforesaid by my deputy P. S. Cooke do hereby certify that John Harris before whom the foregoing affidavit of Charles McAnally and John McAnally were taken who subscribed the same and whose signature appears in his own proper handwriting is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Grainger aforesaid and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge this 15th day of January 1834
John Cooke Clerk by his deputy P. S. Cooke

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 Granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pension under the Act of July 7. 1838
State of Tennessee Grainger County } ss
On this 16 th day of June 1843 personally appeared before me Henry Williams an acting Justice of the peace for the State and County aforesaid Nancy McAnally a resident of said County aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting half pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of David McAnally who was a Sergeant and Ensign in the Militia of Virginia, and that she has received five years pension at Seventy dollars per annum under the Act of July 7 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of June A.D 1843 before me Henry Williams Justice of the peace for Grainger County her Nancy McAnally mark
State of Tennessee Grainger County } ss
I Henry Williams an acting Justice of the peace for said County do certify that I am personally acquainted with Nancy McAnally who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that she is the identical person who received five years pension at $70 per annum under the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 and that she still continues a widow. Given under my hand and seal this 16 th day of June 1843
Henry Williams Justice of the peace

State
State of Tennessee Rutherford County } ss
I Edward Tate Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do certify That Henry Williams Esq r whose name appears to the foregoing certificates is an acting Justice of the peace duly Elected Commissioned and qualified that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official Acts as such and his signature appears to be genuine Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rutledge this 16 th day of June Anno Domini 1843
Edward Tate Clerk
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mc Anally, John GRADE Private LINE Cranes Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER 4740 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 28, 1790 to Eliphalet Downer
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.