Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13580, for John Johnson, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey
New York

Johnson, John

S. 13580

carded
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New York 14761.
John Johnson
of Ontario Co in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the company command
by Captain Loward of the Regt commanded
by Col L. Martin in the NJ line for
13. Mo. 28 days-
 NJ. and N.Y. Records completed May 28/06
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate
of 46 Dollars 43. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of June 
1833 and sent to
C. Loomis, Rachville N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.   92.86
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 23.22
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$116 08.
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by T Franciori, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 63.
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Deced.  sen letter to P. Agt.
Sept. 13, 1883
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1st Brief
No. 10787
John Johnson

admd
4.5.8.13.
9 Sep 32
6 De. ---

C Loomis
P134.
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No 10787.
BRIEF in the case of John Johnson, of Richmond, County of Ontario in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  ["Before a Judge ? Open Court" struck through]
Before a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he?
71  Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1776.
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Duration of Service.
5 Months, 14 Days
more than 3 Months 14 Days
about 1 Month
" " 1 Month
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John Johnson 13 mo

Rank.
As a private
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Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Scuyler
Capt Loward, Col E. Martin
Capt Danl Gerno, Col Malcom
Capt Davis
Capt Chambers
Capt O Neill
Capt Davis,
Capt Westbrook,

5. In what battles was he engaged?
White Plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Wantage, County of Sussex N. Jersey.-
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
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I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
James Ord
Examining Clerk.
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State of New York
Ontario County. Ss.
On this twenty fourth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two
before me Chester Loomis, one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ontario, aforesaid personally appeared John Johnson, a resident of the town of Richmond in the County of Ontario aforesaid, aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated
In the month of June or July of the year 1776 he enlisted for the term of five months to serve as a soldier in a company of State troops or militia of the State of New Jersey, under the command of Capt Loward, Lieut. John Martin, and Ensign John Welling in Col. Ephraim Martins Regiment, and the said Company
marched to the City of New York immediately after the enlistment of deponent as aforesaid at which place the said company were attached to the said Regiment-
After remaining a short time in the City, deponent with  said Company and Regiment passed over to Long Island and were stationed between Brooklyn and Flatbush
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Within a few days after being so stationed, a battle took place in which deponent with the said Company and Regiment was engaged. In a Skirmish which preceded the general engagement Col. Martin was severely wounded and Capt Loward succeeded in
command of the said Regiment, Soon after the battle the troops were conducted to New York in the night time and shortly after deponent was marched to Kingsbridge where the company and Regiment to which deponent belonged remained a few days and were then marched to White Plains. The Battle at
White Plains took place soon after, in which deponent was again engaged. Soon after the battle deponent was marched up the Hudson River and crossed over to Peekskill with the Army, from whence he marched, to Newark and thence to Elizabethtown in New Jersey
where deponent was discharged the term for which he enlisted having expired. At the earnest request of Gen. Washington several soldiers of the Company to which deponent belonged, including the deponent
volunteered to continue in service till the army
should be reinforced by the southern troops and deponent marched to Princeton where having joined the said troops deponent was again dismissed having been in actual service as a soldier, from the time of his first enlistment as aforesaid five and a half months.
In the same year in which Gen. Arnold attempted
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to deliver West Point into the hands of the British but in what year deponent cannot now recollect he the deponent enlisted or volunteered to serve as a soldier for the term of three months in a company of Militia of the State of New York, commanded by Capt. Daniel Gano, Lunt not now recollected & Ensign Bradley & in a Regiment commanded by Col. Malcolm - Deponent so volunteered at Warwick in the County of Orange and State of New York and marched thence to Fiskill, where the said Company Joined the said Regiment. After remaining a few days at Fiskill the said Regiment was put on board Sloops and conveyed to West Point. Deponent assisted
in remounting the Cannon which had just been
dismounted by order of Arnold, at West Point - Soon after which the said Regiment embarked on board of Sloops and proceeded to Albany and thence marched to Johnstown where deponents company was stationed several weeks. From Johnstown deponent in the said company marched under the order of
Gen Schuyler in the night to Fort Plain where a
large number of troops under Gen. Schuyler were collected. The troops were divided into two detachments one of which, with deponent marched up the Mohawk River above where a body of hostile Indians were stationed in a bend of the said River, while the other
detachment attacked them from below. The indians
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were defeated, driven across the river - pursued through the German Flats as far west as the Oneida Lake.  At the Oneida Lake a number of the dead bodies of Soldiers of Capt Drakes Company was found and buried by the troops with whom deponent was then serving
From the Oneida Lake the deponent and the Company to which he belonged returned to Johnstown the State of New York where they were discharged deponent having served as a soldier in the said company more than three and a half months and into the month of December
Deponent further saith that he served as a soldier on several other occasion for short periods, the particular dates of which it is impossible for him now to recollect - particularly at one time he served about one month under Capt. Davis up the Delaware River at and near a place then called
Peenpack-
About one month under Capt Chambers at
Minisink-
At Paramus in New Jersey about one month
under Capt Edsell or Atsell
At Elizabethtown N.J. about one month at
which place deponent and the company to which he belonged under Capt Davis was engaged in a Skirmish with the British-
And also about one month or more under Capt Westbrook at Red Bank and Mud Fort below
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Philadelphia. 
The said Deponent further saith
1st That he was born in the town of Readingstown in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey on the 25 day of March 1761
2. Has no other record of his age than a memoranda thereof made many years since in his family Bible
3. When first called into service he lived in the
town of Wantage in the County of Sussex N. Jersey
Several years after the war aforesaid he removed from Wantage aforesaid to Wyoming in Pennsylvania - where he lived about three years and then returned to Sussex County in New Jersey from whence he removed about thirty one years ago to the town of Richmond in the County of Ontario and State of New York where he has since resided and now resides
4. He went into service when he enlisted as
aforesaid as a volunteer, and at other times was drafted from the militia
5. He recollects. Gen. Greene at New York and in the Battle on Long Island - Also Gen Sterling
Also Gen. Putnam at New York - Col. Bond
Capt. Broderick, in addition to those herein before named
6. He has no distinct recollection of ever receiving