Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6873, for John Mann, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mann, John Mary
R 6873
widow's Penn. residence in 1853
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Northampton County }
On this fifteenth day of November A. D. 1853 personally appears before me, the Subscriber, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County. Mary Mann who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is a resident of said County & State aged about 71 years. That she is the widow of John Mann a revolutionary soldier, & who drew a pension of $40 per annum from 1st of January 1839, under the act of 7 th of June 1832, and said until the 25 th day of August A. D. 1849 and that since she has remained the widow and now is the widow of the said John Mann. That she was married to the said John Mann on the 24 th day of December A. D. 1832, by the Rev. Nicholas Mensch in said County and State. That she knows of no public or private record of her marriage with the said John Mann but can prove the same by her neighbours. That her name before marriage was Mary Den. That she makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of 3 rd of February A. D. 1853 & appoints J. H. McClintock to prosecute her claim.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court held at Easton Pa. before me, & I certify that I have no interest in the above claim & that Mary Mann is a person entitled to credit, being a person of respectability.
Walter M. Cartwright Judge
Mary K Mann mark

State of Pennsylvania } R. Northampton County }
On the 15 th day of Novem- ber A. D. 1853, personally appeared John Derr & Peter Leith Jr ————— who being duly sworn according to Law declare that they are neighbors to Mary Mann that she is a resident of said county. That she is about 70 years of age that she is the widow of John Mann a revolutionary Soldier who drew a pension of $40 per annum from the 1 st of January 1837, under the act of 7 th of June 1832. That the said John Mann died about the 25 th day of August 1849, and since that time she the said Mary was the widow, and is now the widow of the said John Mann and has never married since the death of the said John Mann. That she was married to the said John Mann on the 24 th day of December 1832 by the Rev. Nicholas Mensch in the said county & state, and that her name before marriage was Mary Derr. And that we are disinterested witnesses. Sworn & subscribed before me, And I certify } John Leith Jr that the witnesses are } Johann B. Derr persons of credibility and that I have no interest in the said claim.
Mark M c Carthy Judge

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Northampton County }
I John A. Ames Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Washington McCourtney Esq. 1 before whom the foregoing affidavits were made & whose genuine signature as appears thereunto is and was at the time of signing the same President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, that full faith and credit and due respect should be given to all his official acts of which the foregoing is one, and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a court of Record having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & 2 affixed the Seal of said court at Easton Pennsylvania the 15 th day of November One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
J. A. Ames
Protho.

No 3645
Pennsylvania
Mary Mann widow of John
1853 Nov. 21. At. J. H. L. Mc Culloch
6873
Act 3 Nov 1853

Nov. 17, 1853. Appl. of May Mann, Widow of John Mann, Revolutionary Pension Pa $40 per annum, Northampton Co. Pa. Act 3 rd Feb 1853, 2 nd Section.
Rev.
Not on Penn.
old Act 1832
J. H. G. G. G. G. G. Present -

REJECTED
6873.
P. O. _____
May Mann
Service: _____
The pension the Soldier is alleged to have received must have been granted
Enlisted: by the State of Pa n March 18
Discharged: p c to Revy Soldiers 40 p s , 18 Annum
Application filed: _____, 18
This name is not found on the list of Pa. State or U.S. pensioners in Vol. XI. 2 nd Series Pa. Archives or
Alleges: in the list of Pa. pensioners 5 th Series Vol. 4 - aw. Mar. 7. 1919.
Re-enlisted: _____ Widows claim
filed too late to be entered on list of rejected claims filed in 1852
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Nov. 21 1853 J. A. G. Mc Culloch

Pension Office Nov. 21. 1853
107
Sir
In the application of Mrs. Mary Mann, as widow of Jn o Mann, for a pension under Act 3 Feb. 53 - She declares that her husband was a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, at $40 - pr annum - John Mann's name is not found on the Pennsylvania roll of Pensioners, under that Act. Her case is therefore suspended until for evidence of his service, which is the foundation of the widows claim.
I am very Resp y Your ob t S er v t .
J. A. G. M c Cutcheon Esq y Comm r Present.

Wellesboro Pa. Sept. 29 1884
My Dear Sir-
Mrs. Mary Mann called on me to day, to inquire in relation to her application for pension.
If she could not under any circumstances get any pension from the U. States. She requests that her papers may be returned together with the Petition of her late husband for an annuity, in order that she could present it, to our next Legislature for an allowance of an annuity.
Yours Respectfully, J. H. G. McCutcheon Esq. J. H. Boyer Washington City D.C.
Hon J T Waldo Comry Pensions
May I ask the withdrawal of the papers of Mary Mann. filed under Act 3 rd July 53 2 nd section for the purpose above stated. If they cannot be withdrawn please give certified copies thereof and state the rule against the withdrawal so they (the copies) will be available as evidence before the Pa Legislature. & much obliged
Oct 4 th 1884
J. H. G. McCutcheon Ag t of Mary Mann