Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,574, for John Mc Mannis, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McMannis, John
S. 17,574
carded
CONTENTS

67697 769  Indiana
John McMannis Pike Co in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the company commanded Captain Helms of the Inf y commanded Col Rodgers in the War for 6 months
Enscribed on the Roll of Indiana the rate of 20 Dollars & 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and Settled John McIntire Petersburg
Arrears to the 14th of March 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
W. Bays Clerk,
Page 120
See letter to S. Merrill, P. i
Aug. 28. 1835-
Order to pay 5 Oct 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 20 April 1840 by
Letter to H. Bradley. $3. Aud 18 th May 1841.
Paid as above from 4 March 1839 to 4 Sep 1840. Agt notified 9 June 1841
Dead
Letter to J. McMannis 13. Oct 1843. to J. C. Sec of War 3. Aud 28 Feb 1844 Said Sec order to 3 d
And to pay 15. May 1844
Paid as above from 4 March 1831. to 31 Dec 1842, to 1. of 4 children Agent notified 5 June 1844

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 18 th 1844.
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 third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the of Four children of John M c Manus, ad d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1841, to the 31 st Dec r . 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M c Manus
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

21,316.
John M c Mannis: Indiana.
for 1778 private 6 months. $20.
John M c Intire, clk.: Pike County, In- diana.

BRIEF in the case of John M c Mannis, of Pike County, in the State of Indiana. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 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. As a Gen.     Vol. In 1778. 6. pr. Col. Geo. Rodgers Clark, Capt. Leonard Helms, Major Rodgers.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wheeling, Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. R. Sumner, Examining Clerk.

Nov 13 1843
Miss W. H. Brown
PAID
Miss J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions Washington city

Indianapolis Nov 6 1843. Hon J. S. Edwards Com. Pensions
Mr John M c Manus a Revolutionary pensioner recently died in Boone County in this State, before his death a short time he lost his Certificate. His son John M c Manus who is heir of the estate wishes to make proof of that fact to enable him to draw the balance due to his deceased father. Please forward to him at Royalton Boone County Indiana the necessary instructions,
I am very Respect fully yours &c Wm. H. Brown

John W. Mannix
21315

State of Indiana } 386 County of Pike }
On this 13 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court of Pike County, John M c Mannis now sitting John M c Mannis a resident in the County of Pike and State of Indiana aged Seventy two years who first being 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 9 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, That he entered the service in March 1778 with Capt Leonard Helmes for the term of six months, his Col o was George Rodgers Clark and he entered the service at Wheeling Virginia. his major's name was Rodgers. he served at Wheeling when he entered the service - he went with the troops from Wheeling to the falls of Ohio in an the island. Battureaux where we built a fort, and remained during the whole of his term part of Clark's troops came through by land and joined us at the falls. he was discharged in September by discharges written by Capt Helmes which discharge he has not - The

discharges were written in Illinois and dated in August but not received by him until September when they took effect in Chester County Pennsylvania. He was born in the year 1766, - he has no record of his age. He lived at Wheeling when called into service. He has lived in Kentucky Ohio and Indiana when he now resides ever since. He entered the service a volunteer. He is known to Elias Arbun and David Milly Pyles.
John M Mannis
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Geo M Tuten C.P.C.
We David Milly and Elias Arbun residing in Pike County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John M Mannis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy two years old 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
Elias Arbun
David Milly
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 certify that it appears to them that Elias Arsen and David Milly are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
M c W. Foster Judge of Probate
I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Probate Court of Pike County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John McManus for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office This 13 th day of November A.D. 1832
John McIntire C.P.C.

November 13, 1935
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Mrs. H.A.Beck 912 N. Lebanon Street Lebanon, Indiana
BA-J/EEI John McMannis-S.17574
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John McMannis, John Roberts, both pensioners of Boone County, Indiana, in 1840 and the record of John Reese who came to America in 1719.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply with each request in full, which requires time and research. The record of John McMannis is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.17574, based upon the military service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War.
John McMannis was born in 1760, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing at Wheeling, Virginia(West Virginia), John McMannis volunteered in March, 1778, as a private in Captain Leonard Helm's Company, Colonel George Rogers Clark's Virginia Regiment, went by boat to the Falls of the Ohio, built a fort on an island at that place and was discharged in September following.
After the Revolution, the soldier lived in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1832, while residing in Pike County, Indiana.
He died December 31, 1842, in Boone County, Indiana.
Four children survived him; the only name given is son John, who in 1843, was living in Royalton, Boone County, Indiana. The name of soldier's wife is not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Capt in Clark's Regt - was captured at Vincennes
Corn Island

17574 INVALID.
File No. 17574
John M c Manus Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 11, '08. Hist. to Mrs. S. W. Chappell, R.F.D. 1, Petersburg, Ind. For Monument. 1935-Add 13-7 test to Mrs. H. A. Beck - Ex

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 7 th 1848.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833, 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," John McManus, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Ind. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 2 d , 1841.
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," John Mc Manis — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Ind: Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 1 st June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1839, to the 1839 . 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John M Mannis , — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. Two citizens.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No.
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Lebanon Ind Oct. 18 1935-
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Please send me Rev. was record of following men who served in Revolutionary war
(1) John M c  Mannis age 81 Borneo. list of 1840. 2 John Roberts p 23 Born July 14 1760 died Oct 7, 1840 Borneo. Indiana (3) John Russ . married Catherine Evans . came to America 1719- Thanking you for your trouble Yours truly Mrs H. A. Beck 912 N. Lebanon St

for a statement of the military history of John M c Manus 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1778 6 mos Priv Leonard Helm George Rogers Clark Va.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wheeling, Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832. His claim was all'd.
Residence at date of application, Pike Co., Ind.
Age at date of application, B. 1760, Chester Co., Pa. He died in Posey Co., Ind.
Remarks: Left about children a mere time

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME McMannis, Henry GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8565 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 11, 1789 To Matthias Denman, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.