Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 36107, for Charles Mc Mannis, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
U.S.
McMannis, Charles McManus or
8 36107
CONTENTS

Kentucky 14. 873 R
Charles M'Gannis
of Bullitt County in the state of Kentucky who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Posey of the Virginia line, for the term of Five Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Sep r 1819 and sent to M c G. W. Weyington Shepherdsville Kentucky
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep. 1819  14. 9    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar 1820.  48. 0    1 Mo 23 4      31 32        $62 91  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Submitted the Application and for Pensions etc. Apr. 10th 1821.
Approved Charles M'Gannis

Charles McManus Private Kentucky 77 to 82 Posy Virginia Regt
Charles McManus Kentucky
Handwritten signature
W.G. Wissinton Shepherdsville Kentucky

State of Kentucky
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secy of War
I John P. Oldham, Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court do Certify that on this day Charles McMannis, a Citizen of Bullitt County in the State aforesaid, made oath, that he was a Regularly enlisted Soldier in the Sixth Virginia Regiment, of the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war, that he entered the army in the Spring of the year 1777, at Staunton in the State of Virginia, that at that time he was a Resident of the County of Albemarle in the said State of Virginia, that he belonged to the Company of Captain Thomas Warmann, as an orderly Sergeant in the said Sixth Regiment Commanded a part of the time by Colonel Thomas Posey, Colonel or Lieut. Colonel Gaskins And a part of the time by Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel Febucher, And that there is no Witness living within his reach to his knowledge, by whom he could prove the facts as herein set forth,
He further States that he faithfully served out the period of his enlistment which was Five years, And that during the time of his Service, he received a flesh wound in his right thigh in the engagement between the American army Commanded by the Marquis De La Fayette and the British army at Yorktown upon James River in the State of Virginia, And that by reason of the wound received whilst in the army and the privations he endured during his term of Service joined to his frailness of Body and his age, being upwards of

"Fifty five years old and his reduced and indigent circumstances "he is unable of himself to procure a comfortable subsistence by hard "labour, and therefore needs the assistance of the Government to "procure a support in the decline of life,
"He further stated that he was discharged from "the army some time about the Fall of the year 1782 and "that he was honorably discharged as an orderly sergeant, and that "he lost his discharge by an unavoidable accident
"We therefore apply to be placed upon the pension list "in the Rank of an orderly sergeant.
Given under my Hand and Seal this 9 th day of July One thousand eight hundred and nineteen
for P. O. Oldman
I for P. Oldman judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said Oldman has as far as in the records of the war as stated in the preceding decla- -ration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the Continental Establishment and I am also satisfied that he meets the as is lawful of his Country for support given and a very hand the day of year before and for P. Oldman

State of Kentucky
George F. Pope Clerk of the Butts Circuit Court in the state of Kentucky do certify that John P. Oldham Esquire before whom the foregoing proof was made and whose certificate also appears within was at the time thereof and still is Judge of the District Judicial District in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Butts Circuit Court and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his Judicial Acts.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and affix the seal of my Office this 28 th day of July 1819 and in the 28 th year of the
Geo. F. Pope

Charles M c Manus
M c Manus
14 873
March 1820
Continued
George B. Pope Richardsville
Ky.
Apr 12. 1821 sent

State of Kentucky, September Term 1870
Charles M c Manus, a pensioner of the United States by certificate dated the 9 th day of July 1879 at the rate of Eight dollars per month came personally into this Court being a Court of Records and delivered a schedule of his Estate which the Court valued at $129. 50 cents and to which the said M c Manus made oath agreeably to law Whereupon it is ordered that the said Schedule and Oath be recorded. Certified Viz: "On this 25 th day of September 1870 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Records for the said County by the Common Law, Statute laws of this state Charles M c Manus aged sixty one years residing in said County, who being first known according to law took on his Oath declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. He entered in Capt. Harris's Company of which Capt. Thomas Payne soon took the Command in the Regiment or Detachment Commanded by Col. Gaskins and then Col. Pacey to which was Major Poinston all of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment in the Spring 1779. He was at the Siege of York and then marched to the Southward and served to the end of the war. The number of his Pension is 14 873 and the date of his original application was the _____ day of _____ and I do solemnly swear that I was Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 & naval services of the United States" passed on the 18 th March 1818. And that I have not nor has any one in trust for me any property, 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 to wit One blind man 8 years old valued to $20. 2 cows valued to $30. 30 head of hogs valued to $30. 3 Reys valued to $40. one plough valued to $5. one axe valued to $2. two Weeding Hoes valued to $1. 50 cents. The Declarant is by occupation a farmer. His wife is aged about forty five years. He has failed much in two or three years past. He has living with him 8 Children Four of which are daughters, the other four sons. His eldest son is named Thomas aged about fourteen years, William his next son is about ten years old, Felix his third son is about eight or nine years old, Fielding his fourth son is about Eighteen months old. The names of his daughters Nancy, Polly, Margaret & Sally aged Respectively about 16. 13. 5 and 3. His Children are as healthy as ordinary persons. I know to and declare the 25 th day of September 1870 before the Court aforesaid. Signed Charles M c Manus
State of Kentucky,
I George H. Pope Clerk of the Butts County Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of the said Court; And I do 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 and ninety nine dollars and fifty cents.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 25 th day of
September 1870
Geo. H. Pope Clerk of the Court for County of Butts

36107
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 36107
Charles McManus
Dis Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 18 7
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 265-
[Arrangement of 1870.]