Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33046, for Eliphalet Manning, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. 26
Manning, Eliphalet Eliphilet
NUMBER
S 33046
CONTENTS
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Publication Oct 1818 Abraham D. Briggs, Mass
(2255)
Massachusetts.
Capt Eliphalet Manning Emerson } Private, New Hampshire line 1779 whole war in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Augt 1818 and suit Hon Stephen Minot , Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 , Semi-annual ending 5 months & 30 th — $ 40.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Tucksbury, Middlesex Continued  Co

To the Secretary of the Department of War,
Sir, Please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot Esqr. of Haverhill, who will forward it to me.
Tuckerbury April 2. 1818
Elizabeth Manning

33,046
Elizabeth Manning
apt. 2, 1878 - 61 Newburyport Mass
apt. 77 -
Capt. Amos Emerson mine Mt Col Jos. Cilley
Post end of war June 83
No Rel.

33 046 Rev INVALID.
June 5-1907 Avison D Manning Rev. Rob.
File No. 33,046
Eliphalet Manning Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Eliphalet Manning resident in
Stockbury-
in said county Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. ^ now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the “ 18th March, 1818, Eliphalet Manning late a “ Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the “ Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight “ dollars per month, to commence on the second day of “ April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth “ day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  11 1 table . . . . . $ 1 00   4 chairs 0 25 1 settle 75 . . . . . 1 --   Tea kettle 0 50 6 cups & saucers . . . . . 1 00   6 spoons 0 20 . . . . . 0 20   $ 3 20 
Eliphalet Manning.
The said Manning is sixty four years old is a common labourer, but from age & lameness can do but little work, he has a wife fifty six years old he has two daughters in his family one seventeen years the other ten years old but has no one that can afford him any assistance. Eliphalet Manning.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Eliphalet Manning , do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me God & that the said schedule & statement by me subscribed are correct & true. So help me God
Eliphalet Manning
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Eliphalet Manning , took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW , Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and 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
Three dollars twenty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Eliphalet Manning
31
April 2 d 1818 C.
New Hampshire Lyme. —
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Suspended
Admitted
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I, Eliphalet Manning near 61 years of age declare & say that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to the Town of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — I further say that in April 1787 I enlisted as a private soldier into the Army of the Revolutionary war for three years; that I then entered in Capt. Amos Emerson's Company in Colonel Joseph Cilley's Reg t being the 1 st New Hampshire Reg t & served therein a little more than two years & then re-enlisted in the same Company for during the war, & served in that & afterwards in Capt. Munroe's company in the same Regiment until the Peace, & was then honorably discharged in June 1783, but my discharge is worn out or lost.
I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support; and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Eliphalet Manning
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. April 2 d 1818 Then the above named Eliphalet Manning made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minsot.
{ Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I Isaac Manning depose and say that I was in service in the Revolutionary Army at the close of the war and know that the above named Eliphalet Manning was in the said service at the close of the war, and that he served therein during the whole time by him above stated, and that he got his discharge the same day I got mine which was June 6 1783. — I also know him to be very poor & in need of assistance for support.
Isaac Manning
Middlesex ss. April 2 d August 3 d 1818 Then the above named Isaac Manning made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minsot
{ Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, &c.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Eliphalet Manning did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration of service, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon to the secretary of the department of War, circumstances in life, & in great need of assistance from his country for support I also certify that in my opinion the said Eliphalet Manning is in indigent & needy
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, John P. Batcheller, depose & say that I know the within named Eliphalet Manning; I was a soldier in the Army with him, & do know that he was in the service at the close of the war, & that he did serve therein for more than three years previously to the close of the war, as he has stated within. John P. his Batcheller mark
Teste Stephen Minot.
aug. 3. Middlesex ss. August 3. 1818 Then the above named John P. Batcheller made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me
Stephen Minot Judge as aforesaid.