Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,908, for Nathan Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mann, Nathan Polly
N. 9908 B.Y. Mt. 8386-160-55
CONTENTS

5.10 New York A. Polly Mann, widow of Nathan Mann who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. dollars 110 cents per annum, to commence on the 21 February, 1853 31 st Dec r 1854.
Certificate of Pension issued 16 th day of March 1853 and sent to
A. W. Wood Warsaw, Wyoming Co. A. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 22. Vol. H (18)

Notification sent to Samuel Taggart Esq. 2d October, 1820. Batavia. New York.
(2262)
New York.
Nathan Mann,
private Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York.
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Augt. 1818 and sent to Saml. Taggart, Esq. Bergen, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Several other entries
4 Mo. 8/30.
$ 34. 13.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Brewer 3 years Contingent Bergen, Tennessee Co.

68. 253. Act. Mar. 3/55. Apl. 14/55.
Polly Mearns wid of Nathan Mearns, Priv.
Capt. Col.
Revolutionary Pensioner Under the Law 18th Mar. 1818
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 3 p. 253 Ref 53-5038 Rogers
Private Mass. Line
Ad. 160 acc's Oct 16/55
Doz
Coonstock & Wood Warsaw N. York.
Vol M. 1. 6.

Wattam Alison Batavia June 23 May 1892
Not called not having served mindmouth Admitted Did not Admitted
Admitted. (vice Jos. Rhodes)

District of Saratoga Genesee County ss Court of Common Pleas
on this 27 th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said County. Personally appears Nathan Mann aged fifty six years resident in the town of Warren in said County, and I think who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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" That he the said Nathan Mann enlisted in the town of Keesecker now Middlefield in the County of Washington and State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Wadsworth Regiment commanded by Lieut Col — Brown Some time in the month of October 1778 that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the month of October 1779 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York that he was an occasional skirmisher at the burning of Danbury in the State of Connecticut and at Stony Point in the State of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other income now in his power of his said service
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John D. D. [Signature] Judge

I David M c Intosh Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Mann Did serve in the revo- lutionary War as stated in the preceding declar- ation against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testi- mony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress
D. M c Intosh
State of New York Genesee County 34
S ir
I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do certify that David M c Intosh before whom the above and within affidavit appear to have been made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 27 th day of April 1818
Simeon Cummings

At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the twentieth day of June of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorally exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon.
first judge John H. Jones, Moses Hayden, Richard Smith and Isaac Wilson Judges
GENESEE COUNTY, ss.—On this sixteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Nathan Mann
aged 58 years, resident of the town of Bergen in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:—
He enlisted in October 1776 in a company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Brackins Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Gailleton was discharged at West Point October 1779 by General Stark and that his discharges was made the 27th day of April 1818 and his pension certificate was numbered 3262.
And I 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."
An Inventory of All the property of Nathan Mann aged Fifty Eight a pensioner under the late 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 excepting one bed and bedding and clothing.
Freehold I have none living, with my son Stephen Van Rensselaer Mann personal property I have as follows One Small three years old heifer one Small hog two old chairs an old pine table one pine chest two old pails.

Freehold I have none living, with my son Stephen Van Rensselaer. None personal property I have as follows one small three years old heifer one small hog two old chairs an old pine table one pine chest two old pails an old cracked pot one bake kettle one Iron Tea kettle two earthen bowls four old earthen plates three tea cups and three saucers three knives and two forks one earthen Milk pan two old Trays one old pork barrel one old Salt barrel one large spinning wheel

one old Washing tub three old Iron table Spoons two pewter tea Spoons one old ax. one old hoe one Iron brane one Quart bottle glass. one Bible. one Psalm book one Volume of Blair's Sermons one Dollar cash being the remain- der of my Pension drawn in March last.
four dung hill fowls.
one Razor & soap box.
one Bake Tray.
1 Wash Tub & Great Wheel besides I have debts due me viz
from Levi Ward Junr. fifteen dollars being part of my pension drawn in March and not yet received by me and I am owing the following Debts viz
To James M Heerten - thirty one Dollars and four years interest on the same 31 - 00
To David Parke $40. ————— $410 - 00
Levi Sherwood $33. 25 cts ————— 33 25
Samuel Saggart about 15 dollars.
To Dr. Samuel Saggart about fifteen Dollars the amount not exactly known being on bill for Medical Services. amount of bill $119 15
And this disponent further saith that his bed bedding and clothing does not exceed

And this deponent further saith that his bed clothing and clothing does not exceed thirty Dollars in value and that he has for nearly fourteen years been so afflicted with the Rheumatism and Piles as to disqualify him for bodily labor for more than two thirds of the time for that period and that he has a wife named Betsey aged sixty four years last January who in addition to her age is also very feeble and he has also a son named Jacob aged 36 years who has from an infant been so feeble as to be unable to do but very little for his own support and also deponing upon this deponent for support is a little grand Daughter named Deborah Horton aged 8 years which comprise his family and who together with this deponent are all dependent upon Stephen Davis Mussellman Marion may be  for for support —
Sworn and subscribed to in open Court the 17 th of June 1820 Before me —
Nathan Mann — S. Cumings Clk of Gen. Com. Pleas

J. Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty three Dollars and fifty Cents. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 17 th day of June 1820.
Almon Stevens dep y . Clerk of the Court for the County of Genesee. —
Nathan Mann
Copy
[Large stylized letter M monogram]
2262
14 Aug. 1818
Notice sent to Samuel Saggart By Batavia NY 3 Oct 1820
Sep 18

I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
thirty three dollars and fifty cents cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of
June 1820.
S. Cummings Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.
J. S. at h

Polly Mami 18 Declaration for Bounty Land
68.353
Comstock & Wood. Atty's Warsaw. Wyoming Co. N. Y.

State of New York County of Wyoming ss: On this fifth day of April A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Polly Mann, aged seventy nine years or will be of that age on the 15 th day of July 1855, who being first duly sworn according to law, de- =clares that she is the widow of Nathan Mann deceased, who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, but under what Officers this deponent does not now recollect, although she has heard her said husband say, that her said husband the said Nathan Mann drew a pension and had, in his possession during their living together a pension certificate of which the following is a true copy: Viz:
"War Department, "Rev't Belair
"I certify, That in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818, Nathan Mann late a private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars — cents per month, to commence on the Twenty Seventh 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. L. Calhoun Secretary of War
L. L. 3

Deponent further says that inside as said certificate is folded it is numbered in brackets thus (2262) and superscribed on the outside thus "Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th Sept in each year at the Branch Bank W. S. City of New York" "Nathan Mann's certificate" & below this "Recorded". Deponent further says that the said Nathan Mann drew his pension semi-annually thereon, during all the time after their marriage until the time of his death, and since which deponent has held and possessed said certificate, until she surrendered, the same this past winter, to the agent for paying pensions at Albany in the State of New York, to obtain the balance of said pension due on said certificate, at the date of her said husband's death, and she begs leave respectfully to refer to the Rolls of the United States Department & to said certificate as she supposes on file in proof of her said husband's services and to entitle her to the benefit thereof.
She further states that she was married to the said Nathan Mann in the month of September, (day not remembered) A. D. 1832. at the town of Barrington in the County of Genesee (now Wyoming) & state of New York by one Strong Hayden , an acting justice of the peace, who has been dead a number of years, and there is no record of said marriage, that there was a record thereof in the family bible of Iason Adams, deponent's son, but the dwelling-house of said Iason Adams was burnt

in June about the 11 th day A. D. 1847. that her name before her said marriage was Polly Adams. that her said husband died at the town of Sava in the county of Wyoming & State of New York on the 31 st day of December A. D. 1854, and that she still remains his widow, and resides at the town, county, & State aforesaid, and begs leave to refer to the annexed affidavits.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Jason Adams John S. Rogers
Polly her X mark
We Jason Adams Resident of Spelderg and John S. Rogers residents of the town of Sava, both in the county of Wyoming & State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed by the said Polly Adams making her mark in our presence, and that we know the applicant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and the said Jason Adams for himself says that he is a son of the applicant and knew her said husband for over thirty five years, & heard of the marriage soon after the time stated in said declaration, and said Polly Adams & said Nathan Adams came to line with deponent in his family, & lived with him until within one & half years before his death and then within a short distance of deponent & deponent attended his funeral, he having died on the 31 st

day of December A. D. 1854 at the town of Ithaca in the County of Thyoming & State of New York, where deponent now resides , and during all the time aforesaid the said Polly Mann & Nathan Mann lived together as man & wife the said Nathan supporting, and in all things holding himself out as her husband, and the said John S. Rogers for himself says that he knew of said pension certificate and often made papers for the said Nathan Mann to draw his semi-annual pay on said certificate & knew the said Nathan & Polly Mann over fifteen years & that they lived together as man & wife and said Nathan paying all debts contracted by said Polly at deponents store & always calling her his wife, he also knew of said Nathan Manns death as stated in said declaration & of his funeral and both affiants say that the said Polly still remains his widow, and that they are disinterested in this Claim. The said Jason Adams further says that his dwelling-house burnt up about the 11 th day of June A. D. 1847 and in it the family bible mentioned in said Polly's aforesaid declaration, and as to all the facts set forth therein, they believe it to be true.
Jason Adams John S Rogers
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were

And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim,
J. C. Warren Justice of the Peace
I certify that the interlineation in the foregoing affidavits of Jason Addams & John Rogers of the words (Resident of Sheldon) and (both) & also the erasure of the words (where Defendant now resides) were so interlined and erased before the execution of the same
J. C. Warren Justice
to the claimant to be used in the claim

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I CERTIFY That D. C. Warren Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County this 11 day of April A. D. 185 0 .
A. P. Burrill Clerk.

State of New York County of Wyoming ss: At a Surrogate Court held in and for the County of Wyoming on the 12 th day of February A.D. 1855. before Hon Maurin Trall, Wyoming County Judge, acting as Surrogate;
On this 12 th day of February A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Five, personally appeared before the Surrogate's Court of Wyoming County aforesaid, Polly Mann a resident of the town of Java, County of Wyoming & State of New- York, aged seventy nine years, and will be that age on the fifteenth day of July 1855, 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 of the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853, and of all other acts and provisions of Congress for the Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, granting them half pay or pensions in certain cases, allowed by law, That she is the widow of Nathan Mann who was a private soldier in the Revolu- tionary Army of the United States, but under what officers this deponent does not now recollect, although she has heard her husband say, but that her said husband the said Nathan Mann drew a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month amounting to ninety six dollars per year, & deponent further says that her said husband the said Nathan Mann the said Revolutionary Soldier as afore- said, had in his possession during their living together as man and wife, and continued to hold and possess and draw the said sum of ninety six dollars per year, during his life time, and had at the time of his death a pension certificate of which the following is a true copy & which has been in

the possession of this deponent ever since the death of her said husband Nathan Mann aforesaid. Viz: " War Department. " Rev d M c Laine.
" I certify That in conformity with the Law of " the United States, of the 18 th of March, 1818, " Nathan Mann late a private in the Army " of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension " List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate " of eight dollars — cents per month, to com- " mence on the twenty seventh day of April one " thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
{ S. S. }
" Given at the War Office of the United " States, this fourteenth day of August, " One thousand eight hundred and " eighteen,
J. M. Calhoun Secretary of War
and deponent further says that inside as said cer- tificate is folded it is numbered in brackets thus (2262) and was superimposed on the outside thus, " Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September each " year at the Branch Bank U. S. City of New York"
" Nathan Mann
" Certificate" & below this the word
" Recorded"
& deponent further says that she respectfully refers the Department to the said Certificate for proof, as she believes the same is on the Rolls of the U. S. Department made at the time of issuing said above described certificate to her said husband the said Nathan Mann as aforesaid, and to entitle her this deponent to the benefit thereof.
She further declares that she was married

to the said Nathan Mann on the month of day not remembered) September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, by one Strong Hayden, in the town of Bemington in the then County of Genesee (now Wyoming County) in the State of New York and the said Strong Hayden was then an acting justice of the peace for the, then County of Genesee, & that it was not necessary by the laws of the State of New York, under which laws the said Nathan Mann and the said Polly Mann, this deponent were married, to record said marriage and no record thereof was kept, further than is herein after stated, & to this, deponent says that one Jason Adams (a son in law of this deponent in whose family she and the said Nathan Mann lived a number of years,) made a record of said marriage in his family bible, that on or about the 11 th day of June 1847, the dwelling-house of the said Jason Adams, situated in the town of Lona aforesaid, was burnt & in it the family bible aforesaid, so that there now remains no record of said marriage, and the said Strong Hayden has been dead a number of years, but she begs to refer to the annexed affidavit of her son the said Jason Adams in reference to, and in corroboration of said aforesaid marriage, and also as to the death of the said Nathan Mann.
And this deponent further says that she has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Revolutionary Soldier Nathan Mann aforesaid, that her said husband the said Nathan Mann died on the 31 st day of December A.D. 1854, at the town of Lona, in the County of Wyoming and State of New York.
Sworn to and subscribed by her making her mark in open Court the day & year first above written. before me.
Mr. Trall,
Wyoming County Judge.
Polly her Mann mark

State of New York County of Wyoming ss; On this 12 th day of February A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber County Judge of Wyoming County aforesaid -said JASON Adams, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath did depose & say that he is the son of the foregoing affiant Polly Mann, that he has known the said Nathan Mann during all the time mentioned in the declaration of the said Polly Mann, that he has also known of said Nathan Mann's drawing his said pension semi-annually even for a longer period than set out in said Polly Mann's affidavit, for deponent knew the time when the said Nathan Mann drew his first pension on said certificate in the year 1818 and has known of his drawing the same nearly every time since, that deponent was not present at the marriage of the said Nathan Mann & Polly Mann, but he heard of it at the time & heard their marriage spoken of before said marriage, & soon after, within a month after, they the said Nathan Mann & the said Polly Mann came to live with this deponent & have lived with him ever since with the exception of about six months, the latter part of the life of said Nathan Mann & then this deponent lived within one & a half miles of them, & knew of the death of the said Nathan Mann & that he died on the 31 st day of December 1854 & this deponent attended his funeral, Deponent further says that the said Polly Mann has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Nathan Mann, the said Revolutionary soldier as stated in said Polly Mann's affidavit hereto annexed, and

that they, the said Polly Mann & Nathan Mann lived together as man and wife during all the period after said marriage as aforesaid and until the death of said Nathan Mann as aforesaid.
And deponent further says that facts set forth in Polly Mann's affidavit, about the record and family bible & the burning of the house and bible as therein also stated, are true to the knowledge of this deponent, and the facts therein stated generally are true to the knowledge of this deponent, & further says not.
Sworn to & subscribed to in open court this 12 th day of February A.D. 1858 Mr. Trall Wyoming County Judge. Jason Adams
And I further certify that the said affiant Polly Mann informed me that she never learned to write, and that she made her mark in my presence in open court as in the annexed affidavit made by her will more fully appear, & I further certify that upon credible information both she the said Polly Mann & the said affiant Jason Adams are both persons of good moral character & that their & each of their statements are worthy of full credit.
Mr. Trall Wyo. County Judge
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I CERTIFY That M. Trall Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a County Judge in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 21 st day of Feby A.D. 1858.
J. P. Busnir Clerk

aw
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Mann a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
77.9908
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1776 Oct. 1779 Nathan Mathews Brewer Mass.   Discharged at New Paltz N.Y. Nov 27 79 Carlton                              
41.7.
Battles engaged in, Stony Point, burning of Danbury & several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Beckett, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 27, 1817. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Bergen, Genesee Co., New York.
Age at date of application, 56 years.
Remarks: at first * soldier married at Bennington, N.Y. in Sept. 1832 Polly Adams. born July 15, 1776. He died Dec. 31, 1854 at Java, N.Y. and she was allowed pension in 1855 while a resident of Java, N.Y. Her son Isaac Adams alive in 1855. * In 1820 soldier stated that, he; his wife Betsey at 64 in Jan'y 1820; son Jacob at 36 yrs; & grand daughter Abba Horton at 8 yrs; all resided with his son Stephen Van Rensselaer Mann. There is no further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
September 23, 1916.
Mrs. William F. May, Plymouth, Wisconsin.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the eighth instant, you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau show that Nathan Mann, W. File No. 9908 Rev. War, claimed to be only fifty-six years of age in 1818 (born approximately 1762) and that he died December 31 , 1854 at Java, New York.
In order to determine whether he is the soldier whose history you desire, it will be necessary for you to state the name of his wife, widow, or some of their children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Honorable Sir:-
Oct. 9, 1916
I find the following the names of children of Nathan Mann. Stephen Van Renschler Mann, who married a widow by the name of Betsy Holcott, and Betsy Mann who married Jason Adams (these are my grandmother's parents).
The name of Nathan Mann's first wife was Polly I can not find the last name.
Nathan Mann had a brother who fought in the Rev. War by name of Wm. Mann.
How near correct I am in all of these references I do not know, for my grandmother was 90 yrs old at the time she gave them to me, and was very feeble, and is not alive now.
Yours. Truly, Mrs Wm F. May.

1916 Nov. 8. Hist. to Mrs. N m F. May. P
Res t
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9908
Polly Mann
Widow of
Nathan Mann
Rev War
Act: July 3 d  1863.
Index:—Vol. 116 , Page 6
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Auditor's Office. March 14 th 1855.
Sir: 4054 Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
L. Malaco Commissioner.
Return
R. J. Atkinson Esq. The Auditor. Read. p. 3
Nathan Mann paid to 4 Sept 1854.
Robt Johnson
Auditor
Mr. Randall.

No. 68353
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 14, 1855.
Nathan Hoam Rev. War
Warrant 8386-160-55
Comstock & Wood Warsaw NY

✓ 8386
?
168 Aug

Warsaw March 9 th 1855
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, Enclosed please find Copy affidavits of Polly Mann and Jason Adams heretofore sent you in the originals, with the clerks Certificate of the Official character of Judge Hall, annexed to the same. In answer to which is the following, Viz:-
"Pension Office July 24 1855.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Polly Mann for a pension as the widow of Nathan, has been examined & suspended. The affidavits of at least two credible witnesses should be filed in proof of reputation of marriage & of the widowhood & identity of the applicant.
I am, respectfully
A.W. Wood Esq Warsaw, Wyoming Co N.Y."
Your Obt. Servt, L.P. Waldo Commissioner."
Please also find the additional evidence in the affidavits annexed to copies of

those heretofore sent, which are deemed to be in accordance with your requirement
Very Respectfully Yours
A. M. Woods
Hon. P. Waldo Pennsylvania Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Roy Mann, M d of Nathan, Wyoming County and State of New York. act 3 rd Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
In husband was pensioned under the Act of 18 th March, 1818 Sec t 1 st at the rate of $96. 00 per An m . Three witnesses testify to the general reputation of marriage & cohabitation. Pensioned for since 31 st December, 1854, on the affidavits of two credible witnesses & report of the Thurs Auditor.
M d hood & family is
established by the affidavits of three credible Affiants. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A. M. Wood, Esq., Warsaw, Name and residence of Agent Wyoming Co: N.Y.
S. C. Bay, Jr. Examining Clerk.

Hon. L. P. Waldo Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York Feby 21, 1855.
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Please find enclosed Declaration of Polly Mann, with corroborating affidavit, to enable her to procure a pension as the Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier, Nathan Mann, her late husband.
Very Resp ly Your Obed t Serv t
A. W. Wood

Sir,
Bergen Genesee County N.Y. August 3 rd 1878
I have taken the liberty to return the inclosed application to the Department of war for reconsideration under the idea that the application has been mislaid as the affidavit states a service of three years instead of less than nine months as appears by the endorsement that Mr. Mann did serve the time mentioned in the affidavit can be proved by a number of credible witnesses by sending to the State of Massachusetts for evidence and a service of more than nine months can I believe be proved by witnesses in this place which I will forward to you if necessary but believing there has been a mistake with regard to the time of his service made in reading the application I have returned it with other proof of his necessity being acquainted with the situation of Mr. Mann with regard to his health and necessity I feel a degree of anx- iety for his success as I consider him a worthy citizen if there is any other

proof of his not being in the service in the war department or any other military with regard to his drawing his pension - I wish the Honorable the Secretary would take the trouble to in- form me please to direct to Dr. Samuel Taggart Bergen Genesee County New York... if there is any mistake I wish to have it rectified and if the claim is just I have no doubt that you will coincide with me in allowing the same I am with respect you Humble servt Saml. Taggart
after Mr. Mans's term of service as stated in the application to the Department of war he again served Nine Months at one time and six at another and if it appears on the records that he served less than nine months it must refer to his after service

Sathan Mann
Abner Hall being by me duly sworn asked before and say that Sathan Mann who has heretofore made application for the provisions of the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain per- sons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war: has had no visible property for more than a year past excepting some household furniture of inconsiderable value and owing to ill health the said Sathan Mann is unable to labor but a small part of the time and is almost entirely dependent upon his son Steven V. P. Mann for support. Sworn + subscribed by Abner Hall Aug. 3. 1818 before me James W. Stevens Judge I certify that the said Sathan Mann stands in absolute need of the assistance of his country for support Watkins August 3rd 1818
James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County New York.

State of New York Genesee County ss
I Simeon Cunnings Clerk of the County of Genesee aforesaid do certify that James W. Stevens, before whom the within Affidavit was made, and who made the within certificate is a Judge acting under the authority of this State, and that the within are his signatures —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 3 rd day of August A.D. 1818
S. Cunnings

6624 Polly Mann. wid: of Nathan. N.Y.
Set to A.W. Wood. Feb: 24 th 1855.
Act/53.

State of New York County of Wyoming ss; At a Surrogates Court held in & for the County of Wyoming on the 12 th day of February A. D. 1855, before Hon. Martin Trull, Wyoming County Judge, acting as Surrogate;
On this 12 th day of February A. D. 1855, personally appeared before the Surrogate Court of Wyoming County aforesaid, Polly Mann a resident of the town of Ithaca, County of Wyoming & State of New York, aged seventy nine years, and will be that age on the 15 th day of July 1855, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853, and of all other acts and provisions of Congress for the Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, granting them half pay or pensions in certain cases, allowed by law, That she is the widow of Nathan Mann who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, but under what Officers this deponent does not now recollect, although she has heard her husband say, but that her said husband the said Nathan Mann drew a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month amounting to ninety six dollars per year & deponent further says that her said husband the said Nathan Mann the said Revolutionary Soldier as aforesaid, had in his possession during their living together as man and wife, and continued to hold and possess and draw the said sum of ninety six dollars per year, during his life time, and had at the time of his death a pension certificate of which the following is a true copy, and which has been in the possession of this deponent ever since the death of her said husband Nathan Mann aforesaid, viz;
"War Department,
"Rec d ly. M c Lean"
"I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818, Nathan Mann late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight

"dollars — cents per month, to commence on the twenty- seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
E. L. S. }
"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."
and deponent further says that inside as said certificate is folded it is numbered in brackets thus (2262) and was superscribed on the outside thus "Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th Sept in each year at the Branch Bank U.S. City of New York" Nathan Mann's Certificate & below this "Recorded" and deponent further says that she respectfully refers the department to the said certificate for proof, as she believes the same is on the rolls of the U.S. Department made at the time of issuing the said above described certificate to her said husband the said Nathan Mann as aforesaid, and to entitle her this deponent to the benefit thereof. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Mann in the month of (day not remembered) September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, by one Strong Hayden, in the town of Bennington in the then County of Genessee (now Wyoming County in the State of New York) and the said Strong Hayden was then an acting justice of the peace for the then County of Genessee, and that it was not necessary by the laws of the State of New York, under which laws the said Nathan Mann and the said Polly Mann this deponent were married, to record said marriage and no record thereof was kept further than is herein after stated, & to this deponent says that one Jason Adams (a son of this deponent in whose family she and the said Nathan Mann lived a number of years) made a record of said marriage in his family bible, that on or about the 11 th day of June 1847 the dwelling-house of the said Jason Adams situated in the town of

Said aforesaid, was burnt & in it the family bible aforesaid. So that there now remains no record of said marriage, & the said Strong Hayden has been dead a number of years, but she begs to refer to the annexed affidavit of her son Jason Adams in reference to & in corroboration of said aforesaid marriage & also as to the death of the said Nathan Mann. And this deponent further says that she has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Revolutionary Soldier, Nathan Mann aforesaid, that her said husband the said Nathan Mann died on the 31 st day of December A. D. 1854, at the town of Ithaca, in the County of Wyoming & State of New York, Sworn to and subscribed by her making her mark in open court the day and year first above written before me, Mr. Frall, Wyoming County Judge, (Copy)
her Polly Mann mark
State of New York
County of Wyoming ss: On this 12 th day of February A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscribed County Judge of Wyoming County aforesaid, Jason Adams, who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath did before and say that he is the son of the foregoing affiant Polly Mann, that he has known the said Nathan Mann during all the time mentioned in the declaration of the said Polly Mann, that he has also known of said Nathan Mann's drawing his said pension from annually even for a longer period than set out in said Polly Mann's affidavit, for deponent knew the time when the said Nathan Mann drew his first pension on said certificate in the year 1818 and has known of his drawing the same nearly every time since, that deponent was not present at the marriage of the said Nathan Mann & Polly Mann, but he heard of it at the time & heard their marriage spoken of before said marriage and soon after, within a month after they the said Nathan Mann & the said Polly Mann came to live with this deponent and have lived with him ever since with the exception of about six months, the latter part of the life of said Nathan Mann

and then this deponent lived within one and a half miles of them, & knew of the death of the said Nathan Mann, and that he died on the 31 st day of December 1854. This deponent attended his funeral. Deponent further says that the said Polly Mann has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Nathan Mann the said Revolutionary Soldier as stated in said Polly Mann's affidavit hereto annexed, & that they the said Polly Mann & Nathan Mann lived together as man & wife during all the period after said marriage as aforesaid and until the death of said Nathan Mann as aforesaid.
And deponent further says that the facts set forth in Polly Mann's affidavit, about the record, & family bible and the burning of the house & bible as therein also stated, are true to the knowledge of this deponent, and the facts therein stated generally are true to the knowledge of this deponent & further says not.
Sworn to and subscribed to { Isaac Adams in open Court this 12 th day of February A. D. 1855. Me. Small. Wyoming County Judge
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And I further certify that the said affiant Polly Mann informed me that she never learned to write, and that she made her mark in my presence in open court, as in the annexed affidavit made by her will more fully appear, and I further certify that upon credible information both she the said Polly Mann and the said affiant Isaac Adams are both persons of good moral character and that their and each of their statements are worthy of full credit.
Me. Small. Wyo. County Judge
(Copy sent to L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.)

State of New York County of Wyoming ss: John S. Rogers of the town of Lava in the county and State aforesaid, on the Eighth day of March A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the county and State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and being by me duly sworn according to law did depose and say, that he is a resident of the town of Lava aforesaid, that he has heard read annexed copy affidavits of Polly Mann and Sason Adams and that the same is true in the following particulars, to this deponent's knowledge viz: that the said Nathan Mann had a pension certificate in his life time of which the copy given in the said copy of Polly Mann's affidavit is a true copy, and on which said certificate as early as the year A.D. 1840 or 1841 this deponent made the papers upon which the said Nathan Mann drew his pension therein mentioned from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the city of Albany and State of New York, and that he has made papers for said Nathan Mann several times since upon the same, which he has also drawn his semi- -annual pay on as aforesaid. Deponent also says that he has known and been well acquainted with the said Nathan Mann men- -tioned in the foregoing copy affidavits and the said Polly Mann and the said Sason Adams, and that he has so known them over fifteen years having resided within a few miles of them & having sold them store goods from year to year both in the town of Sheldon which adjoins the town of Lava aforesaid, and in the town of Lava aforesaid, where deponent now resides, doing

business as a merchant, that the said Nathan Mann & the said Polly Mann have always during said period aforesaid lived together as man and wife, and been reputed such by all acquainted with them so far as deponent has knowledge, that the said Strong Hayden mentioned in Polly Manns copy affidavit, was a justice of the peace in the town of Bennington adjoining the said town of Shelton, and has been dead for a number of years, that said Nathan Mann used to pay all debts contracted by the said Polly Mann for goods at this deponents store, as the wife of the said Nathan and always recognized her as such wife, that the said Nathan Mann died at the town of Iowa aforesaid, on the 31 st day of December 1854, within about one mile of this deponents residence and that the said Polly Mann still remains unmarried and the widow of the said Nathan Mann, and as to the facts generally stated in both of the aforesaid copy affidavits of the said Polly Mann and the said Jason Adams, this deponent believes them to be true & further says not.
Sworn to and subscribed this 8 th day of March 1855 before me
L. W. Smith, Justice of the Peace in & for Wyoming County
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid affiant John S. Rogers and know him to be a person of good moral character & that his statements are worthy of full credit.
L. W. Smith, Justice of the Peace in & for Wyoming County.

State of New York County of Wyoming ss: On this eighth day of March A. D. 1855, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace, in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths Alonzo W. Wood who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he has read the annexed copy affidavits of Polly Mann & Isaac Adams and the affidavit of John S. Rogers & knows the contents thereof and believes them to be true.
Deponent further says that he has been personally acquainted with the said Nathan Mann the said Revolutionary soldier over fifteen years, that he resided in the town of Sheldon in the County & State aforesaid six years while the said Nathan Mann was also residing there in the family of the said Isaac Adams, and that deponent only lives two and a half miles from them and saw them all frequently, that the said Nathan & Polly were reported to be man and wife & lived together as such during all that period, and have accor- ding to deponent's information which he has received of them from time to time, ever since, that a number of persons have spoken to this deponent about the death of the said Nathan Mann, who lived in the town & immediate vicinity where said Nathan Mann died, & further says not.
Sworn to & subscribed } Alonzo W. Wood to before me this eighth day of March 1855. }
L. W. Smith Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said affiant Alonzo W. Wood and know him to be a person of

good moral character and that his statements are worthy of full credit.
L. W. Smith
Justice of the Peace in & for Wyoming County.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, NATHAN P. CURRIER, Clerk of said County, do hereby CERTIFY That
L. W. Smith Esquire, was, at the date of the Jurat appended to the annexed affidavit in writing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said jurat is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 9th day of March A.D. 185 5
N. P. Currier Clerk.