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Request & Response

Pension Approval

Cover letter 1
                                   Washington
                                        March 25 1858
     Hon. Geo C. Whiting, Esq.
          Comm'r of Pensions  Sir
                                 I have the honor to enclose
          herewith the declaration &c. of Sarah Manker widow
          of William Manker deceased for the benefits of the
          2d sec. Act 3d Feby 1853.
                              Very Respectfully
                                   Your Ob't. Serv't.
                                        C.W. Bennett

Brief Statement
[Transcriber's note:  Italics represent wording of pre-printed form.]

     Brief in the case of Sarah Manker widow of William
     Highland County and State of Ohio
     act 3 Feb. 1853
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     Claim, ("original," or "for increase,")

     Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

     Husband was pensioner under the Act 7 June 1832, @ the rate of

     #20. per An.  Marriage proven by family record thereof & proof of

     reputation ????????????????? of Marriage & cohabitation.

     Pensioner died 29 Apl 1839 as appears from testimony of

     three witnesses & report of Hus'd auditor.
                                                 Three credible
     Affiants testify to & establish the widowhood & w'sntity of the

     Claimant.

          C.W. Bennett, Esq.
          Present.                              S.C. Bo?????
          Name and residence of Agent           Examining Clerk.

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State of Ohio       }
                    } ss.
County of Highland  }

On this 20th day of March

in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred

and fifty eight, before the Judge of the

Probate Court in and for the said Coun-

ty personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Manker,

aged nearly seventy three years, a resident

of Highland County and State of Ohio

who being duly sworn according to law,

doth on her oath make the following

declaration in order to obtain the benefit of

the provisions made by the act of Con-

gress approved on the

       granting pensions to widows of persons

who served during the Revolutionary war:

That she is the widow of William Manker

deceased who was a private of the Virgin-

ia Militia in the war of the Revolution, on

account of which service he was placed

upon the pension list under act of 7th

June 1832 at the rate of $20. per year.

That for the particulars of his services

she refers to the papers on file in the

pension office upon which her said

husband was pensioned.  That at the

time he was pensioned he resided

in the county of Highland in the State

of Ohio.

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She further states that she was mar-

ried to the said William Manker, in

Champaign County in the state of

Ohio on the 1st day of July A.D. 1817.

by one John Thomas a Justice of the

Peace and that her name before

her said marriage was Sarah Pow-

ers.  That her husband the said Will-

iam Manker died in Highland Cou-

ty in the State of Ohio on the 29th day

of April A.D. 1839 all of which will

more particularly appear by the evidence,

as well as the proofs accompanying

the application of this deponent for

Bounty Land under the act of 3rd March

1855 upon which Land Warrant number

73.506 for 160 acres was issued to her.

And this deponent further states that

there is no public record of her said

marriage she having made an effort

to obtain a certified copy of the record of

her marriage from the Clerk of the Court

of the county in which she was married

to accompany her application for Bounty

Land and failed, and that there
                           said
is a private record of her ^ marriage

a copy of which she still possess the

original she forwarded with her application

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for Bounty Land and which she sup-

poses is now on file with the papers of

said application in the pension office.

That she has not intermarried

since the death of her said husband,

the above mentioned William Manker

but has remained and now is his

widow.

She hereby appoints C.W. Bennett her

true and lawful attorney to prosecute

this her claim for a pension to receive

the certificate when issued and to

do all other acts necessary and proper

in the premises.

Witness:                       her
                          Sarah X Manker
Henry Rhoades                  mark
Abram Shoemaker

Sworn to a subscribed before me, on

the day and year first above mentioned.

R.D. Lilley Probate Judge H.C.O.

State of Ohio       }
                    }  ss.
County of Highland  }

On this 20th day of March

A.D. 1858 personally appeared before me Robert

D. Lilly Judge of the Probate Court of Highland
            Mary Ann Shomaker
County Ohio Sarah Manker a resident of High-
                 ^
land County to me will known as a credible
witness, and who, being by me first duly sworn

doth on her oath state, that she is acquainted

with Mrs Sarah Manker the above name appli-

cant for a pension -- That she has has known

her for thirty five years last past, that she

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[Transcriber's note:  The top right corner of the record is missing.]

has examined her family record that she be.....

the same to be genuine -- That she knows t.....

Henry Rhoades the agent of Mrs Sarah Manke.....

to obtain her Bounty Land Warrant received

her Marriage certificate which was her private

family record of her marriage and I know that

she still retains a copy of the same.

She states that there is no family record

of the death of said William Manker the hus-

band of said Sarah Manker but she further

states that William Manker the husband of

said Sarah Manker died on the 29th day of April

A.D. 1839.  That she was present when he died

and was at his burying.  And deponent

further states that she is not interested

and that she resides in the county and

state aforesaid.

Sworn to and subscribed      }
                             }
before me the day and year   }
                             }  ss.
above written and I certify  }
                             }
that I am not interested in this claim as agent

or otherwise.
                                her
                        Mary Ann X Shoemaker
                                mark

         Witness my hand & the Seal of said office

         R.D. Lilley Probate Judge H.Co.

State of Ohio    }
                 } ss.
Highland County  }

On this 20th day of March

A.D. 1858 personally appear before me the sub-

scribed Judge of the Probate Court of High-

land Cournty Ohio Abram Shomaker and

Mary Ann Shomaker who are to me well

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well known and whom I certify to be

credible witness and who being by me

duly sworn depose and say that they are

each well acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Man-

ker the above named applicant for a

pension.  That they have known her for

twenty five years last past, that they were

acquainted with William Manker her late

husband having known him for about
seven
twenty five years previous to his death.

That the said Wiliam Manker was a

pensioner of the United States at the rate

of $20. per year and was a resident of

Highland County in said State, that

the said William Manker and Sarah

Manker lived together as husband and

wife and were so reputed to be.  That

deponents never heard the facts of their

marriage disputed or questioned.  That

the said William Manker died on the

29th day of April A.D. 1839. and the said

Sarah Manker has since that day been

reputed to be his widow, never having been

intermarried since the death of said

William and is now his widow, and

that her said husband was the iden-

tical man named in her declaration above

as a pensioner, and deponents further

state that that they were present and

saw the said Sarah execute the above

declaration by making her mark and making

oath thereto in due form of law and that

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these deponents reside in the county afores-

aid.

                         Abram Shomaker
                              her
                       Mary Ann X Shoemaker
                               mark

Sworn to and subscribed  }
                         }
before me this 20th day  }  ss.
                         }
of March 1858.           }

And I hereby certify that I know the deponent

Sarah Manker mentioned in the first affi-

davit on this paper and believe her to be

of the age therein stated, and that owing to

bodily infirmity I attended at her residence

and took her affidavit, and that I am not

interested in this her claim as agent or

otherwise.

               Witness my hand and the seal

               of said court affixed by me Court

               being now in cession

               R.D. Lilley Probate Judge H.Co.

Pension Office request
for information

[Transcriber's note:  It should be noted
that the file for William Manker has been
confused with the file for William Marker.]

No. 6995
            Pension Office
            April 8, 1858
Sir:
     Be pleased to Certify
the time to which the within
named pensioner was paid
or the date of his death.
           Yours Resp'y
           ?????
                Commissioner

R.J. Atkinson, Esq.
Third Auditor, Treasury

Auditor's Office response
to Pension Office request

3d Auditor's Office
April 9, 1838

Sir:
     Wm Marker,
Pittsburg, 7 June 1832,
appears to have been
paid to Sept. 4, 1838.
      Very Respy
      Your ob't. Serv't.
      ?????
      Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq.
Comm'r of Pensions

Pension Approval for Sarah Manker

Ohio
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Sarah Manker
widow of William Manker
Va
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 20 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued
12th day of April 1858
and sent to
C.W. Bennett,
Present,
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853 Page ?????