Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10920, for Isaac Johnson, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Johnson, Isaac

NUMBER
S10920

carded
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CONTENTS
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2069
New York
Isaac Johnson
of Cayuga in the State of New York who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Stanton of the Regt commanded by Col. Mead in the Connt line for 8 mo 10 ds
$26.66
1.10
$27.76

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 27 Dollars 76 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1825     and sent to A. Gould   Auburn

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '23   $69.41
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] '24  13.88
$83.29

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [illegible]  Clerk
Book E   Vol. 4   Page 63
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Isaac Johnson
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Pension papers

22833
A Gould
Auburn
NY
his Agent
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State of New York
Cayuga County Is On this 17th day of June 1833
personally appeared before me the undersigned
a justice of the peace in [illegible] said County
Isaac Johnson who being duly sworn says
that when he entered the Service as Stated in
his declaration for a term of "ten days", he was
drafted for the purpose of entering said service.
that he cannot set forth the general nature of
his service further than stated in said declaration

Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid 

Isaac Johnson - [signature]
John Grove Justice of the Peace - [signature]

I certify that said Isaac Johnson is a man
of truth & veracity June 17 1833

State of of New York
Cayuga County
John Grove - [signature]
Is I Michael S Myers [illegible] of said County
do certify that John Grover before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made
was on the day of the date of the same
a justice of the peace in & for said County
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of said Justice & believe his signature to said affidavit
and the above certificate to be genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office The 17th day
of June 1833
W. S. Myers - [signature]
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State of New York}
Cayuga County}ss

On this eleventh day of February AD 1833 personally appeared before me first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in aforesaid County of Cayuga, Isaac Johnson of Mentz in said County, aged seventy two 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 7th 1832.  That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That he was born in old Canaan in the County of Litchfield in the the State of Connecticut in the month of October AD 1760 and has a record of his age in his family bible.  That he continued to reside in old Canaan foresaid until the time of the time of the Revolutionary War.  That about the first of July AD 1776 at  old Canaan aforesaid he enlisted into a company of Connecticut State troops as he believes commanded by Captain Joshua Stanton & Ensign Redfield, in the Regiment commanded by Col Matthew Mead for a term of eight months. That he cannot remember the names of his other Regiment and company officers. That he marched with said company to Horse Neck where he was stationed and continued to serve during the whole of said term, and was discharged in the month of March AD 1777.  That he was stationed at that place for the purpose of keeping guard  against  the enemy who then occupied New York & Long Island.  That there was but one Regiment stationed at that place during said term which was commanded by Col Matthew Mead as aforesaid.  He further says that in the fall of the 1777 after the capture of Gen Burgoyne's Army, he again entered said service in a company of militia commanded by Capt William Bunnell & Ensign Hanis, as a guard for some prisoners of Burgoyne's Army from Suffield in the State of Massachusetts to Sharon in the State of New York.  That he marched
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from home to Suffield aforesaid where the company to which he belonged took the charge of a Hessian Regiment and guarded them through the state of Connecticut to Sharon aforesaid.  That he continued in Service at this time, a term of 10 days when he was dismissed and returned home.  That he served in no Regiment nor under any field officers at that time.  That he never served with any Continental Regiment or under any Continental officer, nor with any militia or other Regiment or under or in company with any other officers than those belonging to the companies & Regiments aforesaid.  That he never received a written discharge from service and has no documentary proof thereof.  That he has not the testimony or proof of any living witness to said service and cannot procure it.  That he continued to reside in  old Canaan aforesaid until about twenty years ago when he removed to Mentz in the County of Cayuga aforesaid, where he has resided ever since.  That his whole term of service amounts to eight months & ten days as a private soldier.  That John Jeffries is a clergyman resident in said town of Mentz and Philip King is also a resident of said town,  That they both reside in his neighborhood, are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Isaac Johnson
J. L Richardson, first Judge of Cayuga
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We John Jeffries a clergyman residing in the
town of Meritz in the County of Caynge and Philip 
King of the same town do certify that we are
 well acquainted with Isaac Johnson who has
subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration 
that we believe him to be seventy two years of age 
that he is reputed and believed in the 
neighbourhood where he resided to have been a 
Revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that 
opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforsaid John Jefferies 
J L Richardson Phillip King 
first judge of Caygne
And I the said judge do hereby declare my 
opinion after an investigation of the matter and after 
putting the interrogatorys prescribed in the war de-
partment that the said Isaac Johnson was a 
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. 
And I further certify that John Jefferies who 
has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate is 
a clergyman resident in the said own of Meritz 
and Philip King who has also signed the same 
is a resident of Meritz aforsaid and is a credible 
person and that their statement is entitled to 
full credit and further that the said Johnson is unable to attend court 
by reason of bodily infirmity J L Richardson 
first judge of Caynge 
State of New York 
Caynge County J G Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in for said County do certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of Joseph S Richardson in the matter of the 
application of Isaac Johnson for a pension. 
I further certify that the said Joseph L Richardson 
before whom the foregoing dedications and certificate were made 
and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was
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on the day of the date of the same first judge of Said Court, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said judge and believe his signature to the Said declarations & certificates to be genuine.  Witness my hand & seal of office the twelfth day of February AD  1833.

M. J. Myers   Clerk
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N 22833

Isaac Johnson
Cayuga Co.
N.Y.

M.

Admitted
Private -     8 mo & 10 days

5553
1388
______
6941

A Gould
Auburn
Cayuga Co.
N. Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31, 1833

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 shew what is necessary to be done.  These 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, shewing the Service of Isaac Johnson Cayuga Co. N Y 
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(Line 1)
Period when the service was rendered.
enlisted July 1776 dischd March 77}

Duration  of the claimant's service.
Years                  Months           Days
                                8

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt [   ]ton, Ensign Redfield

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col Mead

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Blank

Country through which he marched.
Horse Neck, Suffield Massachusetts

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
72 years old, Old Canaan County of Litchfield, Connecticut

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional

(Line 2)
Period when the service was rendered.
Fall 1777

Duration of the claimant's service
Years            Months           Days
                                              10
______________________________________
                          8                    10

Rank of the Claimant.
Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Captn Burrell, Ensign Harris

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Mead

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Blank

Country through which he marched.
Sharon, N. Y.

Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period.
(Same as above)

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
     Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 person, 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}
                 County of                         }ss.

        On this              day of            personally appeared (a) before                   A. B.  a resident (b) of                 in the county of           and State, Territory of 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 and county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he engaged, and the country through which he marched.    This  form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and person 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 the 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 proceeding 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 the 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 D. C. 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 know at the Department.  A very full account  of the services of each person
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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.
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10.920
Rev war

INVALID.
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File No.       10.920
Isaac Johnson
Priv. Rev War
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Act: June 7" 1832

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