Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1178-450, for Robert Johnston, [Blank]
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
General Hospital

Johnston, Robert

NUMBER
B L Wt 1178-450 Physicians & Surgeons
Issued Oct 15, 1789
No papers

CONTENTS
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Port Deposit, Md.
2. August, 1926
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
“Heitman's Historical
Register of Officers of the
Continental Army shows Robert
Johnston or Johnson, Surgeon
6th Penn, Battalion 9th January,
1776 to Jan. 1777 - Hospital Physician
and Surgeon, Southern Dept.
15th May 1780 to close of war
(Died 25 Nov. 1808).” This is quoted
from letters by the Adjutant General’s
Office.
Here is a will, a copy of which
I am enclosing, recorded in
Elkton, Maryland 1778 which
seems to indicate the above
data covers two men instead 
of one.
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The Dr. Robert Johnson whose
will is enclosed had a son,
Dr. Robert and this son is
buried in West Nottingham
Cemetery, Maryland,, having
died Feb. 1819 age 41.
The record at Elkton, Md
show the estate was settled
and that the widow Margaret
of Dr. Robert, Sr. married
Abner White 1784.
Any information you
can give me, I will
more than appreciate.
Many thanks
Respectfully
Mrs Wm G. Bond

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AUG 3 1926
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Dr Robert Johnson's Will
I, Robert Johnson of Cecil
Md. now in the City of
Philadelphia, Surgeon in the
Continental Service, considering
the uncertainty of this transitory
life, do make and declare these
presents to contain my last Will
and Testament, that is to say,
I give and bequeath unto my
darling and loving wife Margaret
Johnson and my three children
all prize money and pay that
may be due me from any
Ship or vessel whatsoever or
otherwise, however from the
continental Army in whose
service I am, and all the
rest of my estate real and
personal, wherewith at the
time of my decease I shall
be possessed or invested
or which shall belong, or of
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which shall belong, or of
right appertain unto me. I do
 give, devise and bequeath
unto my said wife and
3 children, their heirs and
assigns forever to be equally
divided between them
share and share alike. And
I do hereby nominate and
appoint my said wife
Margaret Johnson to be sole
Executrix of this my last
Will and Testament hereby
revoking all former Wills
and Testaments by me made
and do declare this to be my
last Will. 
In Witness whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and seal
this 10 day of Dec, Anno que
Domini one thousand seven
hundred and seventy six.
Robt. Johnson
 Signed, sealed and declared
to be the last Will and Testament.

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AUG 3 1926
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of him the said Robert Johnson
in the presence of Jno Gons,
Jno. Ord, Wm Wells

Cecil Co. ss
Oct 19, 1778
Then came Margaret Johnson
and made oath on the Holy
Evangels of Almighty God that
this instrument of writing is
the true and whole last Will
and Testament of Dr. Robt Johnson
late of said County, deceased,
that hath come to her hands
and that she doth not know
of any other. Sworn before
David Smith Regr.

On this 19th day of Oct 1778 came
Margaret Johnson, widow of
Dr. Robt Johnson late of said Co.
and quitted her claim to the
Executorship and the several
bequests and devises made
to her in the last Will and
Testament of her said husband,
deceased, and elected in her
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thereof her dower or third
part of the deceased Estate
both real and personal.
Before David Smith
Regr of Wills
Cecil County

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mcs
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section OWN
September 22, 1926

Mrs. William G. Bond
Port Deposit
Maryland

Madam:

I have to advise you that it appears from the records of this Bureau that four hundred and fifty acres of bounty land were allowed on Warrant 1178 which was issued October 15, 1789, on account of the services of ROBERT JOHNSTON as a physician and surgeon in the General Hospital during the War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file relative to the soldier and no
data as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1814.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner