Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30509, for Edmond Johnson, Virginia
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Va.
Johnson, Edmond
S.30509
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Edmond Johnson Sen. of St. Landry in the State of Virginia who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain Winn of the Regm. commanded by Col. Mason in the Virginia line for —

Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] at the rate of 2 dollars & [illegible] cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day of [illegible] and [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833 — 50.00
Semi-anl allowance ending [illegible] 1833 — 10.00
$ 60.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [illegible] Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 8 - Page 35
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J. L. Edwards
Pension office
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Home of Reps. 10 Jan. 1834
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions

I [illegible] to you herewith proceedings had of the instance of Edmond Johnson, to obtain a revolutionary pension. Presuming that the proofs are such as the law contemplates, I respectfully [illegible] Their confederation, and [illegible] the pension papers be furnished [illegible], for the applicant.
Your Ob St,
E D White
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29.129
Edmond Johnson
Proceedings to obtain a pension.

Adn. 6 Months
      $20—

S/ E. D. White
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In the Matter of Edmond Johnson Sr } District Court Parish of St. Landry November [illegible] 1833
            Present the Honorable [illegible] Judge of the said Court to hereby declare their pension after the investigation of the matter of Edmund Johnson Sr. and after putting the interrogations presented by the War department that the said Johnson the applicant for the pension aforesaid was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to it that the Honorable Judge Garrard & the Honorable George King who have certified to the credibility of Edmund Johnson are residents & inhabitants of the Parish of St. Landry are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit

Done in open court this 5th Dec 1833
                            S/ [illegible] Dreott Judge



State of Louisiana Parish of St. Landry } [illegible]

               Edward W Taylor deputy clerk of the fifth District Court in and for the Parish of St. Landry do certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the minutes of said Court of Record in the Office of the Clerk of said court in the Matter of Edmond Johnson Sr. an applicant for a pension under the act of 7th. June 1832 entitled “an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution

                Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 23 day of Dec 1833
                                                                                                              S/E W Taylor Dep Clerk
                                                                                                             

[illegible] 16th. Jan.y 1834} I certify the oral and attestation to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine. 
S/E D White
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6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Answer. He says that he never received any discharge from the service that he served out his time of service and was detained two months afterwards with the baggage wagons as a guard on their march home to protect them from the Tories that at that time he was dismissed the whole Corps were also dismissed.

7th State the names of the 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? 
Answer. The Hon. George King; William Garrard; and Hon. Seth Lewis

Mr. William Garrard, George King, & Seth Lewis; inhabitants & residents of the State of Louisiana Parish of St. Landry to [illegible] in open court that we are well acquainted with Captain Edmond Johnson who has made his declaration in open court being a court of Record of the State of Louisiana and that we believe him to be of the age of seventy two years that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & [illegible] to in Open Court this 5th day of December 1833
S/W. Garrard; S/Geo. King; S/S. Lewis

S/E.W.Taylor Dep Clerk


George King Parish judge of the Parish of St. Landry [illegible] in open court beforeth and saith that upwards of twenty years ago he was travelling in company with Edmond Johnson when they overtook or were overtaken by major Vick of Mississippi that is the course of conversation; the said Vick & Johnson recognized such other as fellow soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the circumstances related by each the other; bye no doubt on the mind of this deferent that they served together as soldiers of the revolution.

Sworn in open court & [illegible] this 5th Dec 1833
S/George King

S/E.W.Taylor Dep Clerk
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Thursday 5th Dec 1833
Proceeding Had on the application of Edmond Johnson for a Pension.

The honorable Seth Reeves judge of the fifth District Court of the State of Louisiana holding session in & for the Parish of St. Landry. December [illegible] 1833
The petition of Edmond Johnson junior a resident & inhabitant of the Parish of Saint Landry state of Louisiana with respect represents that he is desirous and anxious to [illegible] an applicant for a pension under the act of congress passed 7th June 1832 entitled “an act supplementary to “an act for the relief of the surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution”. Your petitioner refers specifically to said act which he produces here in court & also [illegible] to this petition a circular or letter of instruction [illegible] from the pension office June 27th 1832 of the War department.
The [illegible] considered your petitioner therefore prays that such proceedings may be had in the premises as are in conformity with the said act and said letter of instructions and such as are agreeably to law and Justice and in duty bound will ever pray
S/ E. Johnson

State of Louisiana Parish of St. Landry } Ss.
               On this 5th day of December personally appeared in Open Court before the 5th District Court of the State of Louisiana at its November Term 1833 holding session in & for the Parish of St. Landry the Honorable Seth Lewis presiding , Edmond Johnson Sr an inhabitant & resident of the aforesaid Parish & State, who being duly sworn according to law & who says his age is about seventy two years makes oath to the following declaration. That he [illegible] the service under the following named officers in the service of the United States. He says that he was duly in the Virginia Militia & [illegible] duty in January or February 1779 & was discharged in August or September following is certain that he was on that [illegible] of duty in the service of the United States more than six months continuously, He was under the immediate command of Captain Joseph Winn & belonged to the regiment of Colonel David Mason, Colonel James Mason was the pay Master, at the time he was drafted he lived in Lunenburg County, State of Virginia, That immediately after he entered the service his company marched to Halifax in North Carolina Here they remained a considerable time until arms & ammunition were procured from Petersburg, state of Virginia. That said [illegible] event by [end of page]
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order of his captain several times to Petersburg to procure arms & ammunitions, That after leaving Halifax his company precedes to South Carolina and joined General Lincoln at Colonel Parker’s ferry on the [illegible] River. That he was engaged in the battle of Stono in South Carolina which he thinks took place on the [illegible] of June 1779. Says that he was at the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina was a volunteer under the command of Captain Dawson but during that battle was under the immediate command of Captain Walker. He says that he has received from the State of Virginia four bushels of salt and has never received any other pay for his revolutionary services. Said affiant further says that he came to Natchez to live in 1788 and has lived there and in Louisiana ever since. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.

Sworn in Open Court this 5th Dec 1833 
S/ Edmd Johnson
S/ E.W. Taylor    Dep. Clerk

Interrogatories propounded by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. That he was born in the year 1763 in Caroline County Virginia.
2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? 
Answer. He has no record of his age.
3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War; where do you live now?
Answer. He was living in Lunenburg County Virginia. That he has lived in Georgia, Mississippi, and that now lives in the Parish of St. Landry and State of Louisiana.
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer—he says he was drafted in the militia for six months but did not get home for eight months.
5th State the name 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 service.
Answer—He cannot recollect any except Colonel David Mason who commanded the regiment and Captain Joseph Winn under whom affiant marched that Major Brodnax marched with the troops from Lunenburg to the town of Halifax where he left them.
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30509
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File No. 25.309
Edmond Johnson, Senr
[illegible] Rev War
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Act: June 7th ‘32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 215

[Arrangement of 1870.]