Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,025, for Jesse Mann, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
PJ
Mann, Jesse
S 11025
CONTENTS
Carded

8697
New York
Lejeune Mann
Orleans Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sprague of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cornwall in the R. I. war time for 12 mo B d.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr 1833, and sent to Det. S. Goff Albion
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $81.80 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept. 20.45
$102.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 25

11,019
Jesse W. Mann Gaines Orleans Co. N. York.
5.6.14
Dec 11. '82
admitted
12 mo. 8 days Private.
H. S. Goff Albion N. Y.

11,019
BRIEF in the case of  Jesse Mann - Gains  vs of Orleans
Jesse Mann - Gains  vs of Orleans  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 1777 1/2 mo Subst Gen. S. H. Bowen Col.   June 1778 9 1/2 private B. Cornwall   March 1780 1 Cap. M. Mapple, Col.   June 1780 about 20 days " Lopping, Genl. Cornwall   Augst " about 20 " " & Sullivan   " Cap. J. Sprague  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Smithfield, Providence Co., Rhode Island.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses & Trady
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Havett Examining Clerk.

State of New York Orleans County ss: fs:
On This Eighteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before The undersigned Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Orleans, now sitting at the Court House in the Town of Barre in and for the County of Orleans. Jesse Mann a Resident of the Town of Gaines in the said County of Orleans and State of New York aged sixty nine 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 Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That He was born in the month of June in the year A.D. 1763. in the Town of Johnston in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island. That he has a record of His age in his family Bible which he transcribed from his Father's Bible. That he lived in the Town of Smithfield in the County of Providence, State of Rhode Island during the war of the revolution and at each time of entering the service as hereinafter stated That he removed from Smithfield into the State of Massachusetts where he lived two years, when he removed to the Town of Greenfield in Saratoga County, State of New York. Thinks he went to live in the Town of Greenfield in the year 1795. Removed from thence to the Town of Penfield in the County of Ontario, State of New York in the year 1810 or 1811. Removed from thence in the year 1822 to the Town of Sardinia in Erie County State of New York. Removed from thence in the year 1831 to the Town of Gaines in the County of Orleans, State of New York where he now resides. That in the month of July in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he went as a soldier in the State Militia or Troops as a Substitute for his father Amos Mann, under Lieutenant Joseph Bowen, who had the command of the company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ezekiel Cornwell. That he went to Warwick on the Providence River, to guard the shore. That only the company in which he was, which consisted of thirty two men and were commanded by the said Joseph Bowen, were stationed at Warwick. That he remained there a half month, the time for which he had engaged as a substitute and was then discharged. Received no written discharge. Thinks he was discharged the last of July 1777. That in the month of June in the year 1778 he enlisted for nine and a half months, or until the 16 th of March thereafter. That he was what they called a years man, but had only about 9 1/2 months to serve, as he enlisted after the Regular time, to fill up a Regiment that had not

Received its full quota. That he served under captain William Whipple in Colonel Topping's Regiment, in the Brigade commanded by General Cornwall of the State Troops. General Sullivan had the command of the army. That he marched first to Providence. Went from Providence to Greenwich where they staid about Two weeks. Marched from there to Warren on the East side of the River. Thence to Siverstown where he joined his Regiment. Went from there on to the Island of Rhode Island. That Colonel Orary's Regiment was of the same Brigade with his Regiment. That there was also Colonel Oney's Black Regiment, Colonel Israel Angel's Regiment, and General Glover's Brigade all of the continental Line with them on the Island Besides many others which he cannot Recollect. That he was in the Battle on the Island under General Sullivan. That after the Battle They came off the Island at Howlands Ferry to Siverstown where he staid until discharged on the 16 th day of March 1779. No written discharge was given. That in the month of March 1780. he enlisted again for one Month under Capt. Joseph Sprague. That the Company in which he was, & one other company whose Capt's name he does not Recollect went on to the Island of Rhode Island and were stationed near the South end of the Island. Two or Three miles from New Port. That there was no higher Officer than Capt. and were stationed there to watch a British vessel that threatened the Place. Staid there one month & was discharged. Verbally his time of enlistment having expired. That in the month of June in the year 1780 he was called out with the militia under captain Joseph Sprague to watch a British vessel. was stationed in New Port Court House. Staid there about Twenty days. when They were discharged. no written discharges given. That in the month of August in the year 1780. he was called out again. went under Capt. Joseph Sprague. and was stationed in Providence College where they staid watching the movements of some British Shipping. That threatened the Place. Staid about Twenty days when he was discharged. That the whole time he was in actual service as a soldier of the Revolution as aforesaid was Twelve Months & Eight or Ten days. That he has no documentary evidence of any of his said services and That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to any of his said services except Jeremiah Sprague who lived a near neighbor to him. in the adjoining Town of Gloucester during the war of the Revolution. and whose affidavit is herunto annexed
E.G.H. E.G.H.
That he is acquainted with Darius  Edmond O'Flynn a clergyman and William  George Laine who reside in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of

State of New York Orleans County .ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Orleans aforesaid. Jesse Mann a Resident of the Town of Paines in said County, who being duly sworn, deposeth and says, that he has made application for a pension under the act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832 that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. But according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For one year and eight days I served as a private soldier: and for such services I claim a pension: that I have in my declaration made on the eighteenth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty five in open court before the Judges of the Orleans Common Pleas. Set forth the names of the officers under whom I served and all of their names that I can recollect. Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of February 1833 before me
Jesse Mann
A. Hyde Cole
State of New York
County of Orleans
I J. B. Mills Clerk of the County of Orleans do certify that A. Hyde Cole before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn to have been sworn was at the time of the same a justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th day of February AD 1833
J. B. Mills Clerk of Orleans County

State of New York Genesee County, ss
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Genesee Jeremiah Sprague No Resident of the Town of Byron in the county of Genesee to me personally known to be a person of Credibility and of good moral Character and Whose Statement is entitled to full Credit, and to which facts I hereby also certify, and who being first duly sworn, secondly to be known to be such person, and is sixty four years of age, That he resided in the Town of Gloucester in Providence County in the State of Rhode Island during the Revolu- tionary war, and that he was & is well acquainted with Jesse Mann who resided during the Revolutionary War in the Town of Smithfield for there in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, a near neighbor of this deponent and that the said Jesse Mann now lives in the Town of Gaines Orleans County & State of New York, That he believes the said Jesse Mann to be sixty nine years of age, That during the Revolutionary War the said Jesse Mann was frequently called into the service as a private soldier in the Militia of the State of Rhode Island in the years 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780, That this deponent understood from the family & neighbors of the said Jesse Mann at the time that the said Jesse Mann had enlisted for one year into the State Troops of Rhode Island under Capt. William Whipple in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tapping, in the year 1778, in the month of June or July of July , That this deponent knew at the time that the said Jesse Mann was absent from home from the first  time of June 1778 until March or April 1779 and that it was universally said by the friends & neighbors of said Jesse Mann that he was during that time serving as a soldier under said officers and that said Jesse was in the Battle of the Island of Rhode Island under General Sullivan, That this deponent has no doubt from his own knowledge at the times that the said Jesse was said to have been absent as a soldier & from the facts that this deponent knows at the said times that said Jesse was called into the service including the time of enlistment as aforesaid that the said Jesse Mann served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war more than one year. And further that the said Jesse Mann has always been the reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution & a true Patriot, and a man of Truth & veracity sworn & subscribed this his day of January 1 st 1833 before Jeremiah Sprague me mark
Samuel Gossner Justice of the peace

State of New York Genesee County p 3
I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County, certify that Samuel Hoosmer Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice subscribed to the within affidavit and verily believe the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and official seal this eleventh day of January 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By D. Pringle Dep Clerk

The Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day and
Jesse Mann
Year aforesaid in open court by Esbon G. Fuller Deputy Clerk
Edmond O'Flynn
E.G.F.
We Deacon a clergyman Residing in the Town of Barr
E.G.F.
in the county of Orleans aforesaid and William  George  Spence
E.G.F.
Residing in the Town of Murray  county of Orleans hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Jesse Mann who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age That he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Edmond O'Flynn
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court by Esbon G. Fuller Deputy Clerk
George Spence
E.G.F.
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 abovenamed Jesse Mann the applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said court further certifies that it appears to them that Deacon  Edmond O'Flynn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman Resident in the Town of Barr, county of Orleans and that George  Spence who also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Murray county of Orleans and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wade William James
Samuel Telfair
Esbon G. Fuller (Deputy Clerk)
Isaac Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Mann for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 day of September In the year 1832
E.G. Fuller
Judge of Common Pleas Deputy Clerk

The interlineations & erasures to which the initials of my name are set opposite in six places in the margin were made before executed & sworn to
E. G. Fuller Depty. Clk.
State of New York Orleans County
ss
Jeremiah Sprague being duly sworn according to Law doth make oath & say. That he is sixty four years of age. That he Resided in the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. and That he was well acquainted with Jesse Mann. The Applicant who has made the above declaration, in order to obtain a pension, while the said Jesse Mann Resided in the said Town of Gloucester as stated in his said declaration. That During the Revolutionary War the said Jesse Mann was frequently called into service as a soldier in the militia of the State of Rhode Island in the years 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. That he has heard the said Declaration above signed and sworn to by the said Jesse Mann and That he believes from the information obtained at the times of the said services that services of the said Jesse Mann are correctly stated in the said declaration. That he this deponent, understood That the said Jesse Mann had enlisted for one year into the

State Troops for the under Captain William Whipple in Colonel Toppings Regiment, as in said declaration stated. That he this deponent knew that the said Jesse Mann was absent from home from June 1778 until March or April 1779, and understood at that time he was serving as a soldier, and that he has no doubt of the facts or of the truth of the facts stated in said declaration. That he this deponent was not with said Jesse Mann during any of his said services as a soldier. But derived his information from the family of the said Jesse Mann and the neighbors of the neighborhood. That this deponent has been acquainted with the said Jesse Mann, since the Revolutionary war and that he has ever borne the reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier and a true patriot to the American cause. That this deponent now resides in the Town of Byron in the County of Genesee and State of New York, and that he believes the said Jesse Mann to be sixty nine years of age and for the truth not sworn subscribed this 24 day of August 1832 before
Mariah Sprague
William James one of the judges of Orleans County courts
State of New York County of New York
Orleans County S. ss.
I, Elyon G. Fuller, Deputy clerk of the County of Orleans do certify that William James before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the judges of the County courts for the said County duly authorized to take the same and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of the said County at Albion the 21st day of Sept. 1832
E. G. Fuller

Isa Mann
Admitted
27
12 mo. 8 days. Private.

State of New York County of Erie ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Erie aforesaid. Arnold Mann, a Resident of the Town of Collins in said County, who being first duly sworn, doth on his Oath depose & say That he is the brother of Jesse Mann who now resides in Gaines, Orleans County. That the said Jesse Mann is sixty nine years of Age, and that this deponent is sixty seven years of age That the said Jesse Mann and this deponent lived in the Town of Smithfield in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island during the War of The Revolution. That the said Jesse Mann was frequently in the service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War, that is near as this deponent can recollect, in the month of July 1777 the said Jesse Mann served in the State Militia or Troops under Ezekiel Cornwell, Colonel as a Substitute for his father Amos Mann for a half month. That the said Jesse Mann in the month of June 1778, enlisted into the State Troops for nine & a half months, and that the said Jesse was absent from home during nine & a half months immediately after such enlistment, and that this deponent understood at the time and has no doubt of the fact, that the said Jesse Mann was during that time in actual service and that he was in the Battle of Rhode Island and that this deponent understood that the said Jesse Mann was enlisted & serving in Colonel Toppings Regiment in the Company commanded by William Whipple, in General Cornwells Brigade. That in the year 1780 the said Jesse Mann was called out as a Militia man three several times, thinks the Captain under whom the said Jesse served was Joseph Sprague thinks at one of the last mentioned times the said Jesse was enlisted for one month, and served that time, thinks that at each of the other times he was out about twenty days each. That the whole time the said Jesse Mann was in service as aforesaid was over one year sworn & subscribed this 16 day of February 1833 before me
Arnold Mann
J. C. Adams, Justice
I the said Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit was sworn hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Arnold Mann and

that he is a person of truth & veracity, and that his statement is entitled to full faith & credit
J. C. Shaw  Justin

State of New-York, Erie County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, John P. Sprague Clerk of the County of Erie, do hereby certify that J. C. Adams Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavit was at the time of taking said Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature " J. C. Adams " subscribed to said Affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, this twelfth day of February A. D. 183 3 .
John P. Sprague Clerk

Rechar
11.025 INVALID.
File No. 11.025-
Jesse Mann Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 238
[Arrangement of 1870.]