Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,927, for Amos Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Mann, Amos
N. 23,927
Mary
CONTENTS

521.040
Madame Amos Mann
of Penobscott in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Compt commanded by Captain Wallin of the Regt. commanded by Col. ... in the Maine line for 10 months $120. " "
Inscribed on the Roll of Madame at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Dec. 1833 and Sue H. Mann of Bangor
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $86.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo. 33 170.33 $257.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Recd June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Stiles Clerk, Book E , Vol. 2 , Page 31 .
Letter to Thida Auditor of Accts Dated 12 th June 1843.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep 1841. to 1. Nov 1841. Age Notified 18 Oct '44

2655
Name
Mary Mann widow of Amos Mann who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported Dec. 28/48
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Dec. 1848 and sent to Hon. W. H. Askin U. S. Senate
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 22 Vol. 1

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. Proctor col
that the 1 st May 1879 he enlisted under Capt Robbins for six months. That the troops were stationed at Machias for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants from the encroachments of the British and that he remained there during the period of his enlistment & was voluntarily discharged. In June or July 1880 he again voluntarily enlisted under Sgt Robbins in Col. Robbins Company, Regiment 1 st the time of the attack on Castine and remained in the service one month. Private Woodworth commanded the land & Saltonstall the sea forces. In 1881 in the summer he again enlisted under in Col. Capt  Robbins  Company and was stationed at Fort William on the Kennebec. The troops were stationed there to protect the inhabitants & to guard the provisions &c. He remained there three months the period of his enlistment & was voluntarily discharged - having served ten months in all.
And to the interrogatories submitted  in question under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
on St. Croix Island in Georgetown  Kennebec in 1762. There is no record of his age or his parents. He resided in Eastport now in Penobscot County at the time of his revolutionary services. He now resides in Portland. He was a volunteer at Castine - like other instances he enlisted & in both instances was verbally discharged. There were no regular troops stationed here. I recollect Capt. Rank and also Col. Allen & Genl. Wardworth Lovell. He adduces the evidence of Joseph Merrill as to part of his Revolutionary services. There is no clergyman in his town. He knows of no one living except Joseph Merrill by whom to prove his services. He brings the certificate of the  the  clergyman  clergyman & that was
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.

State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Christian Warren who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
Clergyman resident in the Town of Kirkland and that Malachi Warren
who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same Town and is a
creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. - and that said Court is a Court
of record according to the laws of the State
William D. Williamson Judge and then said
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—I, Alexander Savage  Judge of Probate for the County of (Kennebec) hereby certify that the Hon. W. D. Williamson before whom the within proceedings was had, is Judge of Probate of said State ; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Moses Hann for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 4 th day of April A. D. 1835
Alexander Savage

State of Maine.
Tristram Warren
WE, Beall Warren  a Clergyman , residing in the town of Franklin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Hann who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Tristram Warren Beall Warren
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln ss. Sworn and subscribed this first day of April
A. D. 1833
Before me,
Edmund B. Bowdoin Justice of the Peace.
Penobscot ss. I Alexander Savage Register of Probate hereby certify that Edmund B Bow is a justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot and that the above is his genuine signature. In testimony of which I have affixed the seal of said Court & my name this 4 th day of April 1833
Alexander Savage

24 5 5 1/2
Amos Mann Penobscot Maine
Application must be made to the Secy of the State of Maine for evidence of the elements since
Bagaduce
Private 10 mos 1/2 days Adm'd
Allen & Appleton Bangor Penobscot Co Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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 Amos Mann. Penobscot Co Maine
   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.     May 1779 " 6 " Priv Col. Allen Cap Robbins 70 years Penobscot Co Me Witness Jos. Mansel   July 1780 " 1 " " Col. Lovell & " Wadsworth Cap Buck " " " "   Feb 1781 " 3 " " Cap Brown  
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 (f) 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 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:
(k) 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, (l) 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 enquiry 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 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.
Joseph Rowen

9762
Mary Mann
Maine
act 7 July '38
decl n Sept. 43.
m 81. d 41.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
State of Massachusetts  Maine , ss. County of Penobscot
On this twenty sixth day of September eighteen hundred and forty three. Personally appeared in open Court before the Subscriber Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot, Maine , Mary Mann a resident of Hirland in the county of Penobscot aged eighty one 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 provision 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 Amos Mann late of said Hirland , who was a Soldier in the Army of the American Revolution and was placed on the pension Roll  December the sixteenth 1838 whose pension commenced March the 4th 1839 .
She further declares that she was married to the said Amos Mann on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband, the aforesaid Amos Mann died on the first day of November eighteen hundred and forty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Samuel Coney
First Copy
Judge of Probate for Penobscot County
Penobscot ss. September the twenty sixth A.D. 1843. I hereby certify that Samuel Coney is the Judge of Probate within and for the County of Penobscot in the State of Maine and that the signature above purporting to be his, is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of September eighteen hundred & forty three - John Williams Register of Probate of Penobscot County

Mary Mann of Amos Mann Mime Alm.
D D Alderson Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY— Revolutionary Pension Claims.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Sylvia Mann of in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine
hereby constitute and appoint Geo. B. Mowry & Daniel D. Addison my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of the Heirs of Mary Mann & Amos Mann for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent, to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to
The Heirs
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 16 th day April A. D., 185 3 .
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
H. S. Briggs
Sylvia Mann
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Penobscot ss.
On this 16 th day of April A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sylvia Mann and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
H. S. Briggs
Justice of the Peace.

Claim of  Heirs of Amos Mann & Mary Mann Act of  June 7, 1832 - July 7, 1838 & subsequent acts
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Penobscot ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 14 th day of April A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sylvina Mann a resident of Hicksville in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Amos Mann who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 and of Mary Mann his widow who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of thirty five  66/100 Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agents may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me
H. S. Briggs } J. Peace.
Sylvina Mann
I, H. S. Briggs Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Sylvina Mann who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
H. S. Briggs J. Peace.
State of Maine Penobscot ss: 8
I, Nathan Weston Jr. , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that H. S. Briggs Esquire , before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, this fourteenth day of April A. D. 1853.
Nathan Weston Jr.
Clerk.

STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Penobscot } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk of all the Judicial Counties for the said County that Amos Mann & Mary Mann was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ thirty five 66 2/3 per annum and that Amos died on the first day of November eighteen hundred and forty one and said Mary on the 2nd day of November 1852 leaving surviving children - Thomas Mann - Joel Mann - Syl via Mann and Hannah Wentworth
and that they are
the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Amos Mann & Mary Mann
I also certify that I have no interest in the claim & no concern in the prosecution of it -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this fifteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
Nathan Weston Jr., Clerk

March 17, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. C. S. Hamilton Mellette South Dakota
AMOS MANN W. 23927 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Amos Mann, who died November 1, 1841, in Maine; Andrew Mann, who died October 5, 1846, of Hebron, Connecticut; and Joseph Mann of Hebron, Connecticut, who died April 25, 1799, aged eighty-six years.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and the lack of a clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war for one person.
The record has been found of an Amos Mann of Maine and it is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23927, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Amos Mann was born in 1762 in Georgetown, on Arrowsic Island, Massachusetts (Maine); the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Eddington, which was later in Penobscot County, Maine, Amos Mann enlisted May 29, 1778, and served as private in Captain Thomas Robbins' company, Colonel John Allen's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged December 1, 1778. He volunteered in July, 1779, and served one month as private in Captain Buck's Massachusetts company, and was on the Penobscot Expedition. He enlisted in the summer of 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Brewer's Massachusetts company at Fort Halifax on the Kennebec River.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 6, 1832, while a resident of Kirkland, Penobscot County, Maine. He died November 1, 1841.

Amos Mann married Mary Blagdon or Blagden in Castine, Maine, September 1, 1782; the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Mary Mann, was allowed pension on her application executed September 26, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and a resident of Kirkland, Penobscot County, Maine, where she was still living in 1848. She died November 2, 1852.
The following names of children of Amos Mann and his wife, Mary, are shown in the claim: William Mann born sometime in the summer of 1784; Thomas Mann; Joel Mann; Silvyna Mann who was living in Penobscot County, Maine, in 1853, and Hannah Wentworth (given name of her husband not shown, and no ages given except for William). Only the four children last named survived their mother. No reference was made to the death of William.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Samuel Garland of Newburg, State of Maine, do testify and say, that I have resided within one half mile of Abigail Davis of said Newburg. She is a woman of truth and veracity, and full confidence can be placed in her statements - the time I have been acquainted with said Abigail Davis is over ten years. Samuel J. Garland
State of Maine
Penobscot ss. January 16, 1846
Personally appeared the above named Samuel J. Garland, a credible and disinterested witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me,
Nicholas Thomas Jus. of the Peace.

State of Maine.
HANCOCK, ss....CLERK'S OFFICE, ELLSWORTH.
I George H. Brown _____ Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Nicholas Thomas _____ whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the  each & every County of Hancock  in said State , duly commissioned and qualified, and that as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this Eighth _____ day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five .
G. H. Brown { Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

I Rhoda Gunner of Newbury in the State of Maine, aged fifty three years do testify and say, that Abigail Davis has resided in the same dwelling house with me, for the space of seventeen years past - I have always found her a woman of strong memory, and will relate the transactions of her life with more than common correctness, her eyesight is at present so good that she does not use glasses. She has always Sustained a good character for truth and veracity.
Abigail Davis
State of Maine Penobscot County ss. January 18 1846 Personally appeared the above named Rhoda Gunner, a credible and disinterested witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed Before me, Nicholas Thomas Just of the Peace.

I Abigail Davis of Sweden, in the State of Maine, aged Eighty three years, do testify and say, that I was present at the marriage of Amos Mann to Mary Blagden - She was married by a Eng. pagan at the new town of Castine in this State on the first of September one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two, why I am confident that I am correct is, that I was married to Ezra Davis in September one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three - he went down with me to attend the wedding of the aforesaid Amos Mann I well recollect that the next Summer after I was married, Mrs. Mary Mann had a son born, which they named William. In April one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty four, I had a son born by which, and other circumstances I am fully confident that the above date of Mary Blagden's Marriage to Amos Mann is correct - Witness, to the mark of Abigail Davis her  mark Samuel J. Goss Gilman Harriman
State of Maine Penobscot County ss January 16 1846 Personally appeared the above named Abigail Davis, a credible and disinterested witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by her subscribed. Before me, Nicholas Thomas Jus. of the Peace.

I hereby certify that having been requested to take the deposition of Abigail Davis and likewise the depositions of such persons as were well acquainted with her for years past, to be used in a pension case of the widow Mary Mann, I cautioned and carefully examined said Abigail Davis in all her statements respecting the time of the marriage of Amos Mann to Mary Blagden - She appeared to retain her memory well, for a person of her age and I fully believe that her statements may be relied on as being substantially correct.
Nicholas Thomas justice of the peace

H. J. Thomas April 17 th 1865.
This alone is avoiding a dis- honorable discharge from the service. I am truly yours H. J. Thomas

9389
Maine
Mary Mann
widow of Amos Mann who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1 November 1841 at Penobscot in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Collins, of the regt. commanded by Col. in the Mass a line for 10 mo. 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June '45 and sent to Nicholas J Thomas Eden
Total amount, $ Maine [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book D. Vol. 4 Page 11 Swann Clerk.

2 Certs.
1 act 1838
1 " 1843 & 1844
Rep d
Wt to Hon H Hamlin July 22 d 46
Maine,
6971
Mary Mann widow of Amos Mann who was a Private in the Massa Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June 45 and sent to Nicholas J Thomas Eden Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 6

me able to send mail Lake gets no mail.
Hilton + Mann
Three
1. Colburn's Gap
Conway of Portland Washington Vt.

10532 7th 10642 2nd
4570
7364
Col. Hancock Me. March 31, 1844
9762 9th
Dear Sir. Not having received any communication from your Department for some months past, and agreeable to the conditions of your Circular, I now take the liberty of addressing you in regard to certain pension claims, many months since, mailed for your Department and from which I have not received any answer. Sir, the declaration of Lydia Hilton for a one year pension, sent, I think in September or October last, also the case of Hannah Thompson for a five years pension, and about 4 or 5 weeks past I sent the declaration of Mary Swanson and there may be some more that at this moment I do not recollect but while I feel confident you are discharging the duties of your important Office in an impartial manner, so as to render the utmost service to Revolutionary Soldiers and their Widows, yet in the multiplicity of such complicated business as is to be disposed of in your Department it cannot otherwise be than that some cases should be overlooked in their regular turn. This I expect has been the case of Lydia Hilton and Hannah Thompson declarations if they aimed at your Office, as we in this section of the country are placed nearly 1000 miles from your Department letters sometimes fail of reaching the place they are directed too. This may have been

The case in regard to some of the above mentioned cases, and believing that you will see that all is right in regard to the above mentioned cases, I remain Yours Very Respectfully
Nicholas Thomas
N. E. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C.

April 19, 1845.
Recd of Maria Mann.
Shee Barnes Attention. Commission Walbridge

Ebenezer Place Apr. 14 th 1845
Sir,
Some three or 4 months since I procured all the evidence I considered necessary to prove the marriage of Mrs. Maria Widow of Amos Maine, and forwarded the same to you; and as the amount due her was quite small & the proof of Marriage so satisfactory, I have no doubt, to you, she has weekly looked for the allowance of her claim - She is now a sick woman and probably will not live long, and if there is any thing justly due her from Government it would truly be acceptable to her at the present time - Will you do me the kindness to inform me of your decision soon as convenient and truly oblige me & the Widow
Very respectfully Yours
Hon. S. L. Edwards.
Nicholas S. Thomas
Dear Sir in the case of Mrs. McIntire I have not received any word from you what further proof you stand in want of in her case, if you would inform me I would attend to it, as there is not a doubt, but that she is intitled to a small pension is it not hard that she cannot have the opportunity to know what further proof you request in her case. Yours - Nicholas Thomas

Eden County of Hancock Maine Feb. 8. 1845
N. L. Edwards Esquire,
Dear Sir. I herewith enclose to you the deposition of Abigail Davis and likewise the deposition of Rhoda Swinburn and Samuel V. Garland in support of the Deposition of Abigail Davis in regard to the marriage of Amos Mann to Mary Blagden which pension case is now pending in your department. I have delayed for some months past taking the aforesaid deposition hoping I might find some record proof, but having searched all the County Records of Hancock, Penobscot, and Lincoln without success I must rely on Mrs. Abigail Davis' deposition as proof of said marriage, and believe you will grant Mrs. Mary Mann a certificate for such sum as you may find her due.
Most Respectfully Yours. Nicholas L. Thurston.

Washington May 12 th 1853
Sir,
I enclose herewith powers of Attorney in the following cases and have respectfully to request permission to refer to the papers in each case, on file in your Office.
 1. Geo Dunkle or Dunkel NY. act '32 admitted.  2. James Lowry New York suspended. Act 1832  3. John Craig Maine admitted. Act 1832  4. Ruth Johnson Widow of John, admitted. Act Maine  5. Jeremiah Young NY. suspended. Act 1832  6. Mary Mann of Amos, act - adm. Maine will 
I am respectfully M m o o b S D. D. Aldis
L. P. Waldo Esq. Com r of Pensions

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmh
August 18, 1924
Blanche E. Thompson 53 Laurel St., Suite -2 Somerville, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23927 it appears that Amos Mann was born in 1762 in Georgetown, Arrowsic Island, Maine.
While living in Eddington(in what was later Penobscot County), Maine he enlisted May 29, 1778 and served as a private in Captain Thomas Robbin's Company, Colonel John Allen's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 1, 1778.
He enlisted in July 1779 ,served one month as a private in Captain Bucks' Massachusetts Company and was in the Penobscot Expedition.
He enlisted in the summer of 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Brewer's Massachusetts Company at Fort Halifax on the Kennebec River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

October 8, 1832 while living in Kirkland, Penobscot County, Maine, where he died November 1, 1841.
Soldier married September 1, 1782 in Castine, Maine, Mary Blagdon, or Blagden, who was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1843 while a resident of Kirkland, Maine aged eighty-one years. She died November 2, 1852 leaving the following children: Thomas, Joel, daughter Silvyna Mann, and Hannah Wentworth.
Soldier's first child William was born in the summer of 1784.
Respectfully,
Soldier gave date of birth as 1779 - but Mass. Report gives 1778 - so it is presumed that he got the date of 2nd child wrong too, as instead of 1780 it should be 1779, John Penobscot Jr.
Commissioner.

Suite 2-53 Laurel St., Somerville, Mass., July 31, 1924.
Dear Sir:-
I am wondering if it is allowable, and if you have the information I need, if you can help me out about my D. A. R. record.
The pensioner, who was my ancestor, was Amos Mann. I should have the date of his birth and death or at least the date of marriage with the name of wife. Certain very incomplete records give his death as at Kirkland (now Hudson) Maine, but I have no date -
His descendants were located in Bangor, Maine and I have tried to get assistance through

vital statistics there but without success.
My great-aunt was admitted to the D. A. R. over twenty years ago on this incomplete record but they will not accept it now. I have been trying to complete it for over a year and should be very grateful if you have any help you can give. I have hunted the records in Boston but without much information.
Very truly yours,
Blanche E. Thompson.

25
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
War - Revolution 1775-83.

Pension Dept Rev. War Family data wanted
Kindly send pension records of ✓ Amos Mann - b. 1750 d - Nov 1 1841 - in Me -
✓ Andrew Mann - died Oct 5. 1846 Hebron Conn - age 91 - 6 -
✓ Joseph Mann - d. Apr 25. 1799 Hebron Conn - age 86 -
Thank you - Very truly Mrs C. S. Hamilton Mellette. S D

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23927
Mary Mann Wid. of Amos Mann Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb 2 d 1848
Index : Vol 11 , Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924-Aug 18 - Feb , re Blanche E. Thompson 1936 Mar 17 - to  Mr. C. A. Hamilton 7/2/18

5. 9762 Oct 9. 1843 Mr Mary. Adams act 1838  Lydia Adams act 1843 See letter to A. D. Thomas Oct 9. 1843
Free.
Edward Esq Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

18th Dec 1844
Capt. Edward
2/12
Comd of Pension
Washington

STATE OF MAINE.
S. S.
County, }
Be it Known, That before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:—
No.
WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, late a _____ in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the _____ Agency, at the rate of _____ dollars per month, to commence on the _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and _____
Given at the War Office of the United States, this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and _____
Secretary of War.
That he now resides in _____, and has resided there for the space of _____ years past; and that previous thereto he resided in _____
Sworn and subscribed this _____ day of _____ 18_____
Before me,
J. P.
Note.—Where the pension has been increased, since the certificate has been given, the Magistrate will note that fact.

Bangor Nov 4. 1848 Col J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I send the declarations of Mary Mann. and of Susannah Brooks for pensions under the act of Feb 2 1848. The certificates when ready they will be sent to me.
I hope soon to receive the certificate of Sally Bucknam. Sarah Putnam. Lydia Parker. Leah Gortellet. and Ruth Sterling. all used over applying under the same act. Whose papers have been some time since forwarded by me.
I also renew my request long since preferred to have copies of the acts and instructions as to pensions & pensioners, of the last Congress. and also as to bounty-lands. Perh. pay arrears of pay. & half pay to widows &c. under the acts relating to the Mexican war sent to me. I have frequent applications for information as to these matters, & wish to be able to answer them correctly.
I am very respectfully y- W. H. Allen

Eden Co. of Hancock Maine May 6th 1845.
Dr. Sir
I herewith send you the declaration of Mrs Mary Mann made out agreeable to the Instruction you sent me - And as Mrs. Mann's case has been entered at your Office for more than one year, and one circumstance after another has prevented her from receiving the amount so justly due her I cannot but hope that you will be pleased to forward a certificate for the amt. you may find due her, as she is very poor and feeble and needs all that legally belongs to her - Very respectfully Yours Nicholas L. Thomas
Hon. S. L. Edwards

June 27 1843

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 24 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Amos Mann, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Thirty four Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 1 st Nov: 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
J. B. VANCE
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 21 st 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Amos Mann , as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Robbins' Company, in Col. John Allen's Regt. where he is allowed from May 29 th to Decem r 1, 1775, for services and travel, six months and twelve days. m d 6-12 Amos Mann claims for services under Capt. Buck, in 1780, also under Capt. Brewer, in 1781, the rolls of which are not found in this Office.
Ex. N.
Edward D Bangs

Joseph Mansel a soldier of the revolution aged eighty two years do hereby say that I well knew Amos Mann of Kennebec that I was Lieutenant of the Company under the command of Capt Robbins in Col Allen's Regiment that in 1779 this company was stationed at Machias. Amos Mann was a soldier in this company I enlisted him in May/June 1779 for six months which time he faithfully served out & was discharged.
I have repeatedly understood him to have been in the service at Castine but I was not present then . I have known him from his youth to be a man of truth & veracity.
Penobscot 5 Oct 1832
Joseph Mansel
Sworn to before me
John Appleton I hereby certify that said Joseph Mansel is a man of truth & integrity - John Appleton J.P.
Penobscot ss I Alexander Savage hereby certify that the above is the genuine signature of John Appleton - that he is a justice of the peace for the County of Penobscot. In testimony of which I have affixed my name & the seal of the Court this fourth day of the April 1833
Alexander Savage

Penobscot ss September sixteenth Eighteen Hundred forty three & Abigail Davis of Kennebec in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine do testify that I was present at the marriage of Thomas Mann to Mary Blagdon married September first seventeen Hundred and eighty two and that I was married by Esd Pagan of Cartago Attest Gilman Harriman Abigail Davis Her Ex. Mark
Penobscot ss Sept sixteenth seventeen eighteen Hundred forty three Personally appeared the above named Abigail Davis and made oath that the aforesaid certificate is true Before me Joshua Pickard Justice
State of Maine.
Piscataqua ss. I William H Williams Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County of Piscataqua hereby certify that Joshua Pickard Esquire whose name appears in the foregoing instru- ment is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that the signature purport- ing to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three.
Wm H Williams Clerk.

Mary Mann, widow of Amos Mann, private, Under joint resolution of January 23 d 1845 & act July, 7. 1838 & its supplements
Adm d . of $34.66 per ann. from 11 March, 1836 to March 11, 1841 & from 4 March, 1843 to 4 March, 1844 - act June 17. 1844.
act 43 7877 " 44 642
Nicholas J. Thomas, Esq. Eden
Maine. —

I Mary Maria Widow of Amos Mann, hereby make the following statement under oath to attain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of the twenty third day of January 1845. That I am the Widow of Amos Mann who was a private in the war of the Revolution and was placed on the pension list in 1833 at the rate of $4 66 2/3 per annum - I made my declaration before the 30th day of April 1844 under the Act of Congress passed in 1833 which declaration was filed in the pension office before the 23 d day of January 1845 but have not received any certificate for a pension under either of the above acts or Resolutions - Witness to Mary Maria Mark - Mary her Maria Mark William Larned S t
Johnathan Hemenway
State of Maine - Penobscot, ss. Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirtieth day of April eighteen hundred and forty five - Sam l P. Dinsmore Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit - Sam l P. Dinsmore Justice of the Peace
I C lerk of the Court for the County of Penobscot hereby certify that Sam l P. Dinsmore who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot in the State of Maine and that the above is his signature - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my

name and affixed my Seal of Office This twelfth day of April 1845 at Bangor in the State of Maine —
Wm. T. Williams

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1848 entitled "an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Maine County of Penobscot ss
On this second day of November A D 1848 per- sonally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Penobscot, Mary Mann a res- ident of Kirkland in said County of Penobscot aged Eighty seven  sixty 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 act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Nanos Mann who was a private in the Revolutionary War that she cannot from recollection state the Regiment or Corps in which he served but for the same refers to her declaration on file in the Department & the accompanying papers, that the an- nual amount of pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was thirty four dollars and sixty six cents She further declares that she is still a widow,
Witness Wm S. Wells Gorham Davis
Mary nee  X Mann math
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above stated
Gorham Davis Justice of the Peace I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me Gorham Davis Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Penobscot s.s.
I, William T. Williard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Gorham Davis is an acting Jus- tice of the Peace in and for said County, that he is duly qualified to act as such, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this, fourth day of November, Anno Domini, 1848
W m T Williard Clerk