Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42940, for Christopher Mc Manus, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Mc Manus, Christopher or Mc Manus
S. 42940
B. L. W. 1589-100.
CONTENTS

15.785 P
New York
Christopher M. Mann
of Chautauqua County in the state of New York who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden of the New Jersey line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Nov. 1819 and sent to Luther Cushing & Isaaconia New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1820 40.00
Semi-annual allowance ending
5 Mo
$40.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Application sent to the [illegible] of [illegible] 1819-22 Sep 1820 Isaaconia New York

Hanover N.H. 28 Jan'y 1831
To Hon John St Eaton Sec'y of War
Sir This serves to acknowledge the receipt of Bounty Land Warrant No 1589 granted me for services rendered the United States in the New Jersey line of the Army of the Revolution
Yours respectfully
Christopher H. Morris

Christopher M. Mannus Sergeant 77 to 83
Ogden N. Jersey
Resg
on Roll
Admitted

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
1819
On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen, before me, Zetha Cushing, First Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Chautauqua personally appears Christopher McManus aged about sixty two years, resident in the said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". That he the said Christopher McManus enlisted into the continental army in the revolutionary war into the company commanded by Captain Andrew McHugh of the First Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden in the New Jersey line, at Princeton in the county of Somerset in the state of New Jersey. During the war. That he joined the army in the spring of 1777 at a small town called Spotsylvania that he enlisted as a corporal and served as such in the said company & regiment until a short time after Monmouth the battle at Elizabeth town, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. That he served as a sergeant some time and was promoted to a corporal and did the duty of orderly sergeant till the close of the war. That Joseph Tilton was first in the roll. That he served in the said Regiment about six years and three months and was honorably discharged at Newburg in the state of New York in June 1783. That he was in the battles of Short hills near Amboy, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Yorktown at the taking of Cornwallis, and several other battles of his consequence. And that he is now in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That the circumstances of his life are as follows: Sworn to and declared before me Oct 5th 1819. Christopher McManus
Zetha Cushing
I Zetha Cushing First Judge of the court of Common Pleas of Chautauqua County do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that it appears to my satisfaction, that the above mentioned Christopher McManus served in the revolutionary

was as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy but I do further certify that from the due examination of the subject I am convinced that the said Christopher W. Mann is now in actual circumstances and absolutely stayed in aid of the assistance of his country for support. And I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress. Dated Oct. 5-1819 -
Zalmon Cushing
State of New York Chautauqua County
I John Daxter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that the within named Zalmon Cushing at the date of the within Declaration & certificate and the annexed Affidavit & the certif- icates thereto annexed was and still is First Judge of the said Court duly appointed commissioned and sworn residing in the said County. And I do further certify that the name of the said Zalmon Cushing subscribed to the above Declaration and certificate and the annexed Affidavit & certificate thereunto belonging is his genuine signature. I testify whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court to these presents, and signed the same with my own hand at Mayville the sixth day of October 1819 -
John Daxter
State of New York Chautauqua County
I Nicholas Pickard being duly sworn with that that in the year 1797 he was well acquainted with the above named Christopher W. Mann, that he knows he the said

W m Manes served in the revolutionary war in the Regiment above stated as he has stated in the annexed declaration, that he this Deponent joined the said Army in the fall of 1777, and that from that time he worked, mired and lodged with the said Christopher W m Manes for about two years, that he was in several of the above mentioned battles with him, that he the said W m Manes is now present before this deponent that he well rec- lects him, and knows him to be the same person mentioned in the above statement and the one who performed the above service. And this deponent further saith that he left the service soon after the expiration of the above mentioned two years - and that the said W m Manes still rem- ained in the same - And this deponent further saith that he is in no wise interested in the above application of the said W m Manes for a Pension - nor does he expect to be in his pension if he obtains one -
Sworn before me Oct 5 th 1819
Nicholas Pickard
Leah Cushing
I Leah Cushing First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said, do hereby certify that the above named Nicholas Pickard who has this day appeared before me and made and subscribed the above affidavit, is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity and a credible witness. And I do further certify that I am convinced that he is in no wise interested in the application of the the said W m Manes for a Pension - Dated October 5 th 1819 -
Leah Cushing

State of New York Chautauqua County p 3
Be it remembered that on this twenty third day of June, in the term of June, in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty, personally appeared before the Judges of the court of common pleas, held at the court house in the village of Mayville in & for the county of Chautauqua & state of New York, in open court, (said court being a court of record for the said county, because it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeps a record of its proceedings & has a seal) Christopher McManus, age about sixty two years, resident in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, that in the year 1777 (after having served five months in the militia) he enlisted in capt. A. W. Mays company in the first Jersey regiment, commanded by Col. M. Ogden which regiment belonged to Gen. Maxwells brigade, for three years or during the war, as a private, that he served in the said regiment six years & three months, the last part of the time, in the capacity of a duly sergeant, and was honorably discharged at Newburgh in June 1783, and that he was in the battle the short hills, the battle of Brandywine, of Germantown, and Monmouth, at the taking of Fort Mifflin, and several others of like consequence. That on or about the fifth day of October 1819, he made a declaration before his Honor Bolton Cushing Esquire, First Judge of the court of common pleas, aforesaid, in order to obtain a pension under the 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 18th March 1818, and that he has received a certificate of pension numbered 15,785, by which it appears that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th March 1818, he is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the New York agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred & nineteen, which certificate was given at the war office of the United States the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred & nineteen, and

that the said Christopher McManus, did on this twenty twelfth day of June 1820, exhibit to the said court before the said Judges thereof, in open court, the following oath taken & subscribed by him before his Honor Philo
Porter Esq. one of the Judges of the said court, and did also at the same time exhibit to the said court the following schedule of his estate & income, also subscribed by himself —
State of New York
Chautauqua County ss
I Christopher McManus, do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eigh- teenth day of March, 1818, 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not since the time 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 —
Subscribed & sworn to before me June 30 th 1820
Christopher McManus
Philo Porter one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County
A true schedule of all the estate & income of Christopher McManus of Pamelia in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, his necessary clothing & bedding excepted, made & subscribed by himself & exhibited to the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County the 30 th day of June in the term of June, 1820 —
Real Property.
I have the possession of about 65, acres of land, about twenty five acres of which are nearly cleared from timber, with a poor barn and an old log house on it, but I have no title to the said land, I held it under an article of agreement made with the Holland Land Company, the terms of which I have broken by non payment of the purchase money, but I have some hope that the said company will yet give me a title, if I can pay the balance of the original purchase money & interest, which is about $500, but this money I cannot at present raise without the assistance of some of my friends — My equitable right to the said land in its present state, may be worth to any person who can pay the purchase money due on the same, the sum of $300.

Person al
Property
 1 Yoke of oxen worth about 50.00  3 Cows 25.00  10 Sheep 10.00  6 Lambs 5.00  2 two yea old cattle 20.00  4 Yearlings 28.00  2 Calves 6.00  3 hogs 6.00  2 Pigs 20.00  1 old blind horse 1.50  3 geese 1.25  10 Fowls 1.00  1 old waggon which is broken 8.00  1 old wagon of sled 1.00  1 dry nest from both 2.62  1 Plough 15 years old 1.50  2 hoes 1.00  2 Scythes which have been used 4 years 1.00  2 Pitch forks 1.00  13 acres of Ry on the ground  I have two barrels of shot in the whole about 7 bushels 3.5.25  10 Bushels of Indian corn 3.75  4 Bushels of potatoes 1.00  about bushels of flour which I have planted  I have one note for $10. payable in grain next January 10.00  House hold Furniture  6 knives & forks 2.50  4 earthen cups & saucers 2.25  3 do plates 3.87  1 Iron five pail Kettle 2.50  1 do Pot on leg broken off 1.00  1 do Dish Kettle 1.50  1 do Tea Kettle 1.50  2 do Iron Spoons 1.75  about bushels of flour  4 tin milk pans 1.50  1 brown earthen bowl -6  3 small tin basins 3.37  1 Weaving Loom & Riggin 10.00  1 Axe 1.00  1 fanning Mill (old) 2.25  1 of chain 2.25  6 old Retchen chairs 3.25 
Debts Which I Owe
 Save $12. for labor  Done on my land - $28. for  $10. or 12 for lumber  $15.40 for masonry which I purchased at a neighboring place 
W. Smith & Co 30 35
My occupation is Farming but I am in firm & not able to pursue it but a part of the time, my strength & ability to labor has failed much in the last 2 or 3 years -
My Family consists of my wife who is about 45 years old, she is lame in both feet and with much difficulty attends to her domestic affairs -
I have one son 18 years old whose name is Jacob & who is a great help to me in the support of my family -
My Daughter Mary is about 12 years old, and is of some service to her mother in managing her household affair -
My Daughter Mary is about 12 years old, and is of some service to her mother in managing her household affair -
My Daughter Lucy is about 10 years old.
My son James is eight years old.
My Daughter Lydia is 5 years old.
My Daughter Faa is 3 years old.
My children are at present all healthy but I have not been able to give them even the rudiments of a common education -
My net worth is about $1000.00
Christopher W. Mann
more & more than, and to

State of New York Chautauqua County
I, Christopher McManus do solemnly & sincerely swear that the above statement respecting my occupation, my family, & my ability to support them, and respecting the situation of my property & the debts which I owe are in all respects just & true -
C. McManus
Subscribed & sworn to before me June 30 th 1820
Phil. Norton
one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua County
State of New York Chautauqua County
I Thomas B. Campbell Clerk of the court of common pleas held in and for the county of Chautauqua, do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings, oaths & the 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
four hundred and fifty seven and ninety seven cents -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court on this 28 th day of July 1820
Thomas B. Campbell Clerk
Christopher McManus
in session under the act of April 18 th March 1818
schedule &c. under the act of con- solidation, 1. May 1820
(Copy)
15785
5 Nov. 1819
Mar 20
McManus

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant:
State of New York }
County of Chautauqua }
I, Christopher McManis aged Seventy one 1/2 years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. first or one under the command of Colonel Matthias Ogden of the New Jersey line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the first New Jersey regiment, commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; but that I did many years ago, give to a certain Mr Bell, a Land Speculator for a trifling consideration and under false representations from him of the value of the land a Power of Attorney to obtain the said Land, but which power I understand has never been used by him, or any other person. Know all men by these presents, that I,
constitute and appoint to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Albert H. Camp
Christopher McManis
I, Thomas Frink aged Sixty seven years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Christopher McManis who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Albert H. Camp
Thomas Frink
Before me, Richard Smith Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chautauqua personally appeared the above named Christopher McManis subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney therein contained; and, likewise, personally appeared Thomas Frink who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this Twenty first day of December 1829
Richard Smith Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten Richard Smith was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Mayville this Twenty fourth day of December, 1829
Z. Young Deputy Clerk, &c.
* insert in the place of the words erased the following
This law expires 3d March 1827.
"But that I did, many years ago, give to a certain Mr Bell, a Land Speculator, for a trifling consideration, and under false representations from him of the value of the land, a Power of Attorney to obtain the said Land, but which power I understand has never been used by him, or any other person

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Christopher McManus a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 42940
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1777 5 yrs. Private ✓ ✓ militia N.J.   discharged June 1783 Corporal Andrew M'Mircus Matthias Ogden   Orderly William Piatt   Sergeant        
Battles engaged in, Short Hills, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Yorktown & several others of the campaign not specified.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Raritan, Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 5, 1819. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Chautauquauga Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, about 62 yrs.
Remarks: 1820 referred to info at 45 yrs. dilleden Jacob or Isaac, Army off. 12 yrs - Army 10 yrs - Sarah 8 yrs. Lydia 5 yrs. & Ida 3 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917 Feb. 20. History to Miss L. Martha Johnson, & 1923 March 10 - Filed to Mr. C. R. Moore - MMH
42940
Revy INVALID.
File No. 42,940
Christopher W. Mann Seiz Her Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 321
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Logrich J. D.
No 2 Sch. St.
May 30. 1821 in that he could not be reunited

1178 Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Christopher McManus of Hanover in the county of Chautauqua in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain William Piatt's Company, in the 1 st New Jersey Regiment, of the New Jersey Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.† "new Jersey" erased before signing
Witness my hand, this 30 th day of Septm r , in the year Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Eight Christopher McManus
In the county of Chautauqua in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, James Mullen and Maria Smith of the said county, who did severally make oath that Christopher McManus by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 30 th day of Septm r in the year Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Eight John Crane Justice Peace
I, John Dexter Clerk of the Court of the County of Chautauqua in the State of New York do hereby certify, that John Crane before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. s.] said Court, this 30 th day of Septm r 1828
John Dexter, Clerk.
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
8 Nov 1828.
Christopher McManis of Hanover in the County of Chautauque in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a sergeant in captain Piatt's company, in the first regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F. D. Dickins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12 th November 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Christopher McManis in the New Jersey line
It further appears that Christopher McManis is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
John Hagner Aud
25076

Recd 11 Dec: 1820
Indiana Spc Nov 21
Nov 18
Hon. Secretary of War Washington City.

Hanover 18 Nov 1820 Schenectady County, State of New York
Honoured Sir
It appears that Property is all that hinders me from a Pension Sir I most heartily wish you knew exactly my Circumstances. A true account I will give you in this way for I know no other as I never see the Law nor heard it read; my land which consist of 65 Acres was priced at $300 we Supposed $50 more would Command a Deed; the first Contract ended Last Sept I was left then I then to leave it and look what I had Paid or taken due & Mortgage it back for $79 or here about; Liable in 6 years. This Sum I am certain I cannot get even should I live that period; it is very heavy timber & hard to Clear so that I have some bread grain to buy every year. Hence I lived on it but about 6 Tons of hay yearly I can rent as good a farm almost any where in the country for $30 a year therefore with these incumbrances it is worth no more to me than a place with 6 years rent Paid my waggon was valued at $10 it has since broke all to pieces I sold the Iron to the best advantage I could for $4 & 37 1/2 cent my sawing Mill $18 it is so old & worn that nobody would give more than $10 my Plow & other utensils are so worn I need new ones none was able to get them my wife altho 18 years younger than me is a cripple by reason of a scrofulous humour in both her feet so painful is it at times that she cannot walk across the house without a staff - I am so afflicted with a pain in my breast & right side that for 9 months past I have not been able to labour at all: the greatest part of the labour is done by a Boy a bout 19 years old & a Girl 13 years old you may well think my breeding & clothing is thin my children are almost without learning the oldest cannot write her name the youngest 5 years old cannot spell her name; this State has provided well for Schools but we are so thinly settled here in these woods that we have not Schollars a mes in this district to keep a lawful School so that we have no benefit of that as yet But the worst of all is my Debts which amount to a bout $60 all the Property I have would will not fetch that Sum so scarce is money here and since my Pension is stop't my Creditors threaten me with the Law: I always feared it

2 I did not apply for a Pension until Necessity drove me to it After I drew the first which was last March I that I should draw again and being in a Pinch I Borrowed of W Smith merchant in Fredonia $16 and Bought Salt Leather & other Necessary to the amount of $16 more I see no other way but my Oxen must go for this debt and then I may lay by farming the Rent I owe to Doctor Blacksmith & Clothes So hard have I strove to pay for a Piece of Land that I have not had more than 3 Pounds of Tea in my house since the last war with Britain & after all I shall never be a Freeholder.
These lines is a fact with I can prove By any or all my Neighbours

There is one thing you ought to have been informed of a very remarkable farmer about the end of our last war with Brittan while money was plenty Emigrated into this New Country settled this Children well & live with them Reserving to themselves only a bed & Cow &c these are the best Livens in the Country & are actly prepared for a Penstion while others which have family, & are in debt more then all they Posses will Pay If it was an act of Merit I should Repine but seeing it is of Grace the Lord has forbid me to murmur
Sir I am with Greate Respect your uncoartay Servant Christopher Moranus
at a 18 the

1178. to Mr. M c and Rec d 16 Dec 1828.
22 Nov. 300
Inverness N.Y. Dec 7
W I n
Hon. Daniel G. Garnsey Member of Congress Washington City.
Oct 1828 J. M c and as Dreary and with James file # H. 940

C. G. Garnsey Esq.
Dec. 6. 1828.
Sir,
at request of Mr. Christopher M c Manus, an old Revolutionary soldier, I send you annexed affidavit. He requests you to present it to proper department.
His principal papers were forwarded to Mr. Aaron Ogden of Washington in Sept. or Oct. last. Since which time he has heard nothing from them or him. He has been on the pension list before now.
He wishes to state one circumstance, as a proof of service & soldiership, which he says must be known to Mr. Ogden who at the time, was Capt. & Brigade Major of the Jersey Line Brigade to which M c Manus belonged. It is as follows.
"I was on command at Sidmans Grove when our Brigade revolted. Knowing that I had enlisted during the war, I aided Capt. Wazema in his efforts to prevent his men from going with the revolt but in vain. The Captain, myself with two more returned to camp. — Capt. Piatt obtained a furlough for me of 40 days and I went home. — As soon as I heard that our Brigade had returned to duty, I joined my company at the Old Huts, near Morristown, & was soon informed that Serjt. Gillmore & John Tuttle were shot for attempting a second mutiny.
He further says, that some years after the war, Mr. Bell of Amboy employed Judge Adams of Sussex County, to buy soldiers lands or Rights. — that he sold his to him, & gave him a power of Attorney, & at the same time gave him his discharge signed by Genl. Washington, as a voucher or proof of his soldiership or service, supposing, at the time, he would have no further need of it.
This is his reason for not now having his Discharge to forward to the Department with his other papers.
He requests you to do all you can for him in obtaining a favorable result. Mr. Ogden has his papers, if not handed over. — As soon as any thing is known, he wishes you to drop him or me a line, as he has been a long time waiting, anxious to hear from his application. a line will relieve his mind very much.
Respectfully J. Crane

State of New York Chautauque County
James Mallett Juror of Redonia in said county being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted Christopher M c Manus of Hanover in said county. That he this deponent made out the papers to enable the said M c Manus to draw a Pension under the first act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, and that the said M c Manus received a certificate of Pension under the said act. And this deponent further saith that afterwards, and he believes in eighteen hundred twenty two or there the said M c Manus appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Chautauque aforesaid and exhibited an inventory of his property for the purpose of having his pension continued pursuant to an amendment of the said act of Congress and that this deponent again made out the papers for the said M c Manus And this deponent further saith that soon after transmitting the papers last above mentioned to the Secretary of War he received a note stating that the name of the said M c Manus was struck off the pension list on account of its not appearing by the said Inventory that he was in necessitous circumstances. and this deponent further saith that the said Christopher M c Manus is the same person as the Christopher M c Manus who has applied for relief under the

act of Congress entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution"
Sworn before me Decr 6 th 1828 J. Mallett
John Crane, one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County & State.

Christopher M c Manis N o 1589

Hancock. Chautauqua County N.Y.
Jan'y 1. 1830
Hon John H Eaton
Secy of War
Sir. Enclosed
I forward you my declaration for obtaining my Lands from the United States, filled up & executed as directed —
I have not appointed any Attorney preferring to have the Warrant or title issue directly to myself
I am Sir most respectfully Your Obt Servant
C McManus p A. H. Camp

William B Goff Decem r 10 th 1829
Read Nov 16 1829
Recorded P 450 Vols.

Wm B. Goff Hakimer New York
War Department Bounty Land Office Dec 10 1829
Sir
Your letter of the 4 th Inst, covering a Receipt for Land Warrant N o 1370, came duly to hand — In relation to the case of Christopher McMannis, I have to inform you that, since the receipt of your first communication on the subject of his claim, I have received a letter from himself, containing a candid statement of the facts connected therewith, to which I have given a reply, and at the same time transmitted a form of "Regulations", such as he may consistently comply with, in order to obtain his Bounty Land
Respectfully &c Wm Gordon

By J. P. [unclear] 10th Dec 18 [unclear]
Herewith [unclear]
To the Hon.
Free
John H. Eaton Esquire Secretary of War of the United States City of Washington

Haverhill Dec. 4th 1829
Dear Sir
Enclosed I transmit the Acknowledgement of the Receipt of Land Warrant N o 1570 for John Putnam who was a private in the Armands Corps
N o 13. The Information Required in the case of Mr Christopher W m Mannis - is whether a Mr Bell of Newjersey ever took out his Warrant for his bounty Land - Mr Mc Mannis informs Me that he gave Mr Bell a power of Atty so to do. Long since and could never learn any thing from it since, as he moved from the State of Newjersey many years ago to the Western part of this State, he informs Me he Enlisted for and during the Revolutionary War & served to the close of it in the Newjersey Line, If Mr Bell or any other person has taken out his Land Warrant, I you will have the Goodness to inform me in your next, you will confer a favour On him & Oblige your most Ob t & Humble Serv t . Yours Affec ly H. H. Goss

Johnson

Rev sec M 1
Sheridan, N.Y., Feb. 8, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send the record of the service of Christopher M c Manus, Who served as Sargent in a Connecticut Regiment in the Revolution, and Who received a pension for his services during the remainder of his life? He died in Forestville N.Y. in 1849.
Thanking you I am
Most sincerely
(Miss) L. Martha Johnson

Alma Mater
Dr. Jos. G. Bulloch, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
The Librarian of Congress advises me that you do genealogical research work. Kindly advise me as to your price in looking up the Revolutionary service of Christopher Mac or Mac Manus who served in the War as a Sergeant and was born in — Connecticut — — 1753, died and buried at Forestville, New York on the — day of July, 1849. He served in

a New Jersey line and received a pension according to record in, "Census of Pensioners for Revolution 1840"
The main facts I would like to know are:-
Christopher Mac Manus' place of residence during the war.
Name of Company he served in, and who was in command of this Company.
Any service he may of rendered in the establishment of American Independence.
I do not know anything of his wife excepting her first name was Alice - and that five of their sons served in the War of 1812.
Thanking you for an early reply, as to price and how quickly the work could be gotten out, Sam.
Yours very truly
Madora Mac Manus Moore.
March 5" 1923
Mrs. C. R. Moore
Garland, Penna. Warren Co.
This is his letter referred to the claim by Dr. Callahan