Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16933, for Thomas Manning, New York

SERVICE
New York
Manning Thomas
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 16933
barded.
CONTENTS

24973
New York
Thomas Manning
Efex Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Com.
by Captain Livingston of the Regt. - recruited
by Col Fraser in the N York
line for 9 months
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Mar 1834 and sent Hon R Whallon A.G.O.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 $90 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 15
$105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Thos. Cromwell Clerk k E Vol. 4 Page 108
24973-1437
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Children of Thomas Manning NY Act June 7. 1832.
J D Woodward

State of New York County of Elizabet ss.
On this Second day of July 1855 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Frederick Manning a resident of the town of Lewis in said County aged 54 years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be due to Thomas Manning of N.Y. who was a res. Pen - since at June 7. 1832
and he hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes his said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
In the presence of
B. W. Livingston Theodore F. Wright
his Frederick Manning mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
B. W. Livingston Justice Peace.
State of New York County of Essex ss. I, the subscriber, Clerk of
said County, certify that B. W. Livingston before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the Second day of July 1855 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Elizabethtown in said County this Second day of July 1855.
E. A. Adams Clerk.
[L. S.]

Thos. Mannings Affidavit for a Pension 13.789
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State of New York County of Essex ss.
On this Twenty Seventh day of September in the year of Our Lord 1832 Personally Appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex against Thomas Manning a Resident of Milfordburgh in the County of Essex and State of New York aged Seventy four Years, Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his said Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777. Captain Gilbert Livingston and served in Colonel Frazier's Regiment of the Continental Line under the following named Officers Col. Frazier. Captain Gilbert Livingston Lieut. Astor and Sergeants William McIntirey & John T. Bogart. That he can not recollect any other of his field or company officers names, that he left the service in the month of January in the year 1778 at Esopus in the State of New York. That he resided in Dutchess County in the State of New York when he entered the service, and that at the time he enlisted he drew a bounty of $75. That during the term of his service he was in a skirmish with the British Indians at Sandaken where his Regiment was stationed keeping Garrison, at the time the British came up the north on Hudson River & burnt Esopus. They marched from Sandaken to Esopus but did not arrive there until the British had embarked on board their shipping and were across the River, that they then returned to Sandaken at their Quarters & remained there until their time was out when they were marched to Esopus and discharged by Col. Frazier, did not receive a written discharge, the Regiment were paraded & dismissed by the said Col. Frazier. That he enlisted for three months service and served his time out.
And he further declares and says that in the early part of the Spring of the Year 1778. he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for his Brother Joseph Manning who was drafted for the purpose

of Spring Creek from Poughkeepsie where he resided. to West Point to work on the Fort and that he did go and worked on the Fort under the charge of the Engineer (whose name he does not recollect) for eight days being at the expiration of that time dismissed from staying any longer by the said Engineer.
And that on his return to Poughkeepsie he again took the place of another person who was drafted for five days to work on the Barracks at Fishkill and that he did go and worked five days. does not recollect who had command of that Artillery. nor the persons name for whom he was a substitute.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity. Except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. That he made application for a Pension under the Act of March 18 1818. and made proof of his service by the Affidavit of Nathaniel Whartson, and believes his papers are now in the War Office. Thomas his Manning Under
Second Subscribed the day I have been said before me Second Subscribed of Court and Pleadings And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and service as he states.
Signed by the court - Second Subscribed of Court and Pleadings I Leonard Stow. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Thomas Manning for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 21 st day of September 1832.
Second Subscribed The Court propounded the following Interrogations to the Applicant as prescribed by the War Department. First 1 st When and in what year were you born?

2 nd Have you any record of your Age, and if so, which is it. 3 rd When were you living when called into the service when had you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live. 4 th How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom. 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service. 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given & what was the form of it. To the foregoing interrogations the above Applicant made the following Answers:
To the 1 st he was born in Westchester about eight miles south of White Plains in the State of New York the fourteenth of September in the year 1758 as he believes. " " 2 nd he has no record of his age, it was recorded in his father's Bible which is destroyed. " " 3 rd he resided in Poughkeepsie when he entered the service in Dutchess County New York, lived there during the war and about twenty years after the close of the war, when he removed to Ottertown in the province of Lower Canada. He first town on the line lived there about eighteen years, removed from there to Willoughby Essex County New York where he has resided since and now resides. " " 4 th Answered in the Declaration. " " 5 th he cannot recollect any other Regiments or Continental Officers that were with the troops when he served, he has stated such Gen l circumstances as he can recollect. " " 6 th he never received a written Discharge.

13, 788.
Thos. Manning. Essex County New York.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Manning.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 17/7/7 9. Private Capt. Livingst. Lt. Astor Sgt. M'Vancy Col. Frazer none From Landa Reu to Esopus. Duchess New York. Traditionary   Substituted 7/7/8 8 P. not stated none From Poughkeepsie to West Point to work at the Fort. aged 74 yrs.   Substitute 4 5. P. From Pough Keepsie to work on the Barracks at Fishkill  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

16.933 INVALID.
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No. 16.933
Thomas Manning
Pr. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 82
Ex:—Vol. 1 , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Thomas Manning Application for a Pension
1805 working at
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9 mo per
working on Certificate not military -
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9 mo per
M c Whallou

State of New York County of Clinton Co. ss.
Nathaniel Chatterton of Larch in the Province of Lower Canada, and a Revolutionary Pensioner drawing a pension from the United States under the Act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved 10 May 1828, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Thomas Manning of Pleasant Valley in Essex County & State of New York; that he is the same identical Thomas Manning, who served in Col Van Benschoten's Regiment, and Captain Gilbert Livingston's Company, in the New York Militia of the Revolution. that deponent is personally knowing that said Manning entered in the Regiment & Company aforesaid, for the term of nine months, & that he commenced said service as a substitute for Isaac Brainerd in the latter part of March  month of  March in 1781, & ended his service the twenty fourth a fifth of December 1781, at Kingston in the State of New York where he was discharged there was no written discharge & they were dispersed by shaking each other's hands. - And deponent further saith that he lent the necessary money to said Brainerd in order to pay said Manning for entering as his substitute. - - Nathaniel Chatterton
State of New York County of Clinton ss. Be it known that before me Calvin H. Arvin a Commissioner of said in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Nathaniel Chatterton & subscribed his name & made oath in due form of law to the foregoing deposition and I certify that the said Nathaniel Chatterton is to me personally known & that he is a credible witness. The words "month of April" erased & "latter part of March" substituted in the eighth line over said Chatterton's name before signing Given under my hand July 2 d . A.D. 1833 Calvin H. Arvin Comr of Ins.

State of New York County of Clinton } ss.
I James Vanderborgt of Odeltown in the Province of Lower Canada, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Thomas Manning of Pleasant Valley in the County of Essex & State of New York, that he is the same identical person, who resided at Nine Partners in the County of Dutchess & State of New York in 1780: that deponent understood at the time; he relates, that said Manning entered into the Militia Service in the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Benschoten, but deponent is not personally knowing that he served in said Regiment. That from the declaration of the said Manning after the war was over, & at the time Peace was declared, he has no doubt but he served in Col. Van Benschoten, Regiment & Capt. Livingston's Company in the New York State Militia for the term of Nine Months - that he was also reported & believed to have served in Marine above stated.
And further deponent saith not
his James Vanderborgt mark
State of New York County of Clinton } ss.
Be it known that before me Calvin K. Ainsworth a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the County of Clinton aforesaid personally appeared James Vanderborgt to me personally known & subscribed with his mark and made oath in due form of law to the foregoing deposition and I certify that the said James Vanderborgt is a credible witness - Given under my hands this second day of July A.D. 1813
C. K. Ainsworth Comt. of Deeds

State of New York ) County of Clinton )
I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton do hereby Certify That Calvin K. Averill Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the foregoing Depositions was on the day and date of the said Certificate a Commissioner in and for the County of Clinton dwelling in said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgements of deeds and discharges of Mortgages and to administer oaths and take the depositions of Witnesses &c And That I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Calvin K. Averill and verily believe that the signature of the said C. K. Averill Commissioner subscribed to the said Certificate is Genuine — In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1833 —
Nathan Taylor Clerk

State of New York
Essex County
On this 10 th day of July in the year 1833. At Essex in said County personally appeared before me Edward S. Cuyler a Commissioner of Courts in and for said County — Thomas Manning — late a Resident of Essex and now of Phasant Valley in said County. To me known as the same person who subscribed and swore to the annexed Declaration made by him for the purpose of procuring the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1835. Who being by me duly sworn, doth upon his said Oath depose and say That in consequence of sickness and old age & being in a measure deprived of his mental faculties he did not at the time he made his said Declaration recollect the line to which he belonged during his nine months service in the Revolutionary War as therein set forth. That he then believed he served in the Continental line — but on conversing with Nathaniel Chatterton who served in said Regiment with him he now more clearly recollects — that his service was in the New York Militia or State Troops. And that he served in Captain Gilbert Livingston's Company & in Colonel Van Rensselaer's Regiment — that he did suppose the Regiment was commanded by Col. Frayne — but now recollects that Col. Frayne was only the Inspector or Master Master as he was then called — Deposes also believes that he was mistaken in the year in which his service was performed. (And that instead of being in 1777 as he stated in his Declaration that he served from the 24 th March to 25 th Dec r in the year 1781 — and that his service was performed as in his said Declaration stated — and Deposes further saith that although when his memory is refreshed by conversing with others who are known to the circumstances

Attending the Revolution yet at times his memory is so treacherous as to disqualify him from swearing to succession respecting it - but Defendant is Certain that he served not up than the nine full Months in said Regiment and that his service was performed as a private being a substitute for one Zachariah Crann, who paid him the Bounty & fined him something in addition - And that he made to sign his name to the Clap paper - which led him to believe he enlisted - That he believes that said Crann gave him seven or eight bushel of Wheat in addition to the Bounty & Wages for taking his place & that said Crann borrowed money of Nathl Chattleton to pay him - in sum of letting him have the Wheat Defendant further says that he has traveled on foot and without any money to bear his expenses to Allentown in Lower Canada to procure the affidavits of Nathaniel Chattleton & James Van der bogart - which are sworn to affirmed and that they are the only persons living to his knowledge who know or can testify to his service - And further saith not
State of New York
Essex County
Thomas Manning Mark
Be it known that before me Edward J. Cagles a Commissioner of the U.S. in and for the County of Essex aforesaid personally came the above named Thomas Manning and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the statements made in the foregoing affidavits And I further certify that I have known defendant with the said Thomas Manning and have known him for more than fifteen years and that he was always reputed

And believe to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and in the Neighborhood where he Resided And I am ever in the Opinion that I further Certify that I am Knowing to his having been Sick for Considerable time and that during his sickness and since his Mental faculties have not been so good as they formerly were and further I believe him to be a Respectable Person as to both Morality —
Edward G. Gayle Com. of Quorum
State of New York Essex County ss.
State of New York
Essex County ss. I Edward Gayle Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby Certify that Edward G. Gayle by whom name is subscribed to the first of the above affidavit and before whom the said property taken thereunder was at the date of the same a Judge Commissioner of clerk in and for said County duly appointed sworn and that by the laws of said State he is authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits; and further am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavit to be his genuine signature and hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twenty seventh day of September in the year 1833
Edward Gayle Clerk