Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6789, for William Mc Manners, Virginia

SERVICE
Va
McManners, William
TR. 6789
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1892, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED 6789.
P. O. William H. Manners
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 38,687 William de Mannas
Ketchy
La P. L. Fish
Oct 17/53
6789
June 7, 1832

Sept 22, 1853. Appel 9 PM Mr. Manners, Garrard Co. Ky. Aug
Yas. S. Fish, Mr. Vernon
7 PM Mr. Vernon St Sep 16
To Col Com te of Pensions Washington City D.C.

MT Vernon Ky Sept 15 th 1853
Sir
You said if McMinns would make a declaration & file it in your office you would give him the benefit of any of your rolls. I herewith enclose his declaration. if his name can be found on any other evidence is in your reach in regard to his service please let me know it soon he is very old and perfectly blind & without any substantial friends & destitute of means if is possible to do any thing for him it should be done.
I can get other traditional evidence if it will do any good I talked to the old man asked him a great many questions & am firmly convinced he was a soldier in the revolution.
Yours Sincere Chas. Smith Jas S Fish
To
Comm ee of Pensions Washington City

No 38,367
William M c Manus,
Kentucky.
June 7. 1832.
James S. Fish
Mr. Vernon

State of Kentucky Garrard County
On this the 31 st day of May 1853
Personally appeared before me H. A. Hunt a justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid. William McMannus a resident of said County aged 75 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 the 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the Revolutionary war on or about the — day of — in the year 1778, in (Garrard County) State of Virginia for the term of 5 years and served in the — under Capt Jas Finley in the Regt commanded by Col. Wallis — until about the — day of — in the year 1780, that on or about that time at the battle of — in the State of Georgia he was wounded in the body & arm in consequence of which he was compelled to retire from the service after having served two years That he hired Thos Spencer as a substitute to serve out his term, that he was a private in said Company & that his brother Charles McMannus was Sergeant & Thos Mappin Lieut- enant. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons testifying he can procure who can testify to his service. That he has never before made any application for a pension from the fact that he knew

of no person living by whom he could prove his service. That he moved to Kentucky shortly after the close of the war & has never been able to obtain the evidence of any of his Company since the passage of the act which provides for him. That he hath never drew a pension under any previous act & he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present, and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
That by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period stated above, for which he claims a pension. That further to substantiate his claim, he very respectfully refers to the original muster rolls of his said Company now on file in some of the departments of the General Government and the several hereunto attached and accompanying his application which he trusts will be sufficient to justify the department in granting his claim as prayed for in his foregoing Declaration.
William his mark W m Manness
19 th March

State of Kentucky Garrard County
May the 31 st 1853.
I H. A. Kirtz the undersigned a justice of the peace within & for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Mr McManamen this day personally appeared before me and swore and sub- scribed to his foregoing Declaration after I had read it to him with a correct knowledge of its contents and meaning. I further Certify that he is personally known to me as a reputable Citizen of said County in whose statements entire confidence may be reposed. & that from age and infirmary he is unable to attend Court and I do hereby declare my opinion after putting the necessary interrogatories. That the above named Mr McManamen was a Revolutionary soldier and served as stated in his foregoing Declaration. I also Certify that I am personally acquainted with all those persons who have signed the following Certificate (in regard to his being reputed as a Revolutionary soldier) & that they are all reputable Citizens of said County in whose statements entire confidence may be reposed. & that I concur with them in their opinion.
H. A. Kirtz P. & C.

We the undersigned Citizens of said County do hereby Certify that we have been personally acquainted with Mr McManus who has signed the foregoing Declaration for many years past & that he is respected & generally believed in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution from Albemarle County State of Virginia & that we believe him to be of the age stated, & we further certify that he has wounds inflicted on his person which appear to have been inflicted many years since. & that there is a ball (or bullet) remaining in his abdomen between the skin & skirt, at the present time. & we believe from all the information we have that the said applicant is lastly entitled to a pension, also that he is very poor having no property or money depending entirely on the charity of the world for a subsistence.
Alb. Breton

State of Kentucky Garrard County
I William B Mason
Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the fore- going Declaration of William Wattermeyer and the proof hereunto attached being this day exhibited in open Court approved by the Court and ordered to be certified to the Court of Pensions. I further certify that the Court is of opinion from the evidence attached & other traditional evidence that the said William Wattermeyer was a soldier in the army of the Revolution & served as stated in his foregoing Declaration. I further certify that H A Kurtz Esq, Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of executing the same an acting justice of the peace within and for said County duly comm- -issioned and sworn according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lancaster on this the 7 th day of June in the year 1853. William B. Mason CLR