Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5594, for Zachariah Johns, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Va. [Virginia]
[there is a star located above the name]
Johns, Zachariah
NUMBER R. 5594
CONTENTS [BLANK]
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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873]
5594
P.O. Zachariah Johns
Service: [BLANK]
Enlisted: [BLANK], 18 [BLANK].
Discharged: [BLANK], 18 [BLANK].
Application filed: [BLANK], 18 [BLANK].
Alleges: [BLANK]
Re-enlisted: [BLANK]
Attorney: [BLANK]
P.O. [BLANK]
[BLANK] Recognized.
[BLANK] Contract.

[stamp] REJECTED
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No 38,523
Zachariah Johns
N.C.
M.O. Dickerson May 31/83

5594
Rejected
Did not serve six months
Act June 7 1832
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Rutherfordton N Carolina
Jany. 16th 1853
The commissioner of Pensions will please inform me at this place, the decision on Zach [Zachariah] Johns, declaration
M. O. Dickerson
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State of North Carolina
Rutherford County
On this the 13th day January 1853 personally appeared before me M O Dickerson Clerk of the Superior Court of Law and Commissioner of affidavits for the County and State aforesaid Zachariah Johns aged about 88 years a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he was born in the State of Virginia about the year 1765 near the South branch of the Potomac River about thirty miles from Winchester in said State of Virginia he does not now recollect the name of the County that he served as a Malitia [Militia] soldier in the Revolutionary war two weeks, at one time, and three months at another time, the two weeks service was at the request of General Daniel Morgan with the consent of declarants Father, it was in a scouting party, the object of which was to take persons who after having been drafted for service in the army deserted. Not long after declarants return home from the two weeks service discribed [described] above, he was for the first time placed on the muster roll, (he being too Young to be placed on the muster roll when the aforesaid two weeks service was performed) and drafted for a three months tour, this, affiant believes was in the year 1781 about the time Cornwallis was taken at Yorktown in said State of Virginia, that he marched to Winchester
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and soon after he arrived there, the prisoners taken at the surrender of Cornwallace [Cornwallis] was brought there, and he served his three months guarding said prisoners, declarant believes that the company to which he belonged was commanded by one Captain Caruthers, that when his term of service expired he was honorably discharged and received a written discharge, which he took home to his fathers house, that some time after that he left his fathers house in Virginia being then to the best of his recollection about 25 years old, and came to Rutherford County in North Carolina where he has lived ever since, and he declares that he has not, had, nor seen, his discharge since, he does not know who had command of the army at that place but he saw Genl Morgan there and knew him well, having been with him in the two weeks service before described, he remembers James Dunbar Sergeant Major, James Botts Adjutant, their quarters were in the same lodge, he heard not long after he left the service that peace was made, and that the prisoners then were marched to the sea, but dont remember at what place, declarants oldest Brother Moses Johns went into the regular army, a listing Master named Pigman listed him for five years, and they both went into the army
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together and both said to have been killed, his Brother William Johns was drafted and served at the siege of Yorktown, the declarant was young and illiterate and does not now recollect where his Brother Moses was killed he further declares that he was detached from his company the most of the time he was in service, and was in the immediate service of the aforenamed Dunbar & Botts He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension money that may be due him for his services discribed [described] in his foregoing declaration under any Act or Acts of Congress applicable thereto
[signature] Zachariah Johns, his mark

State of North Carolina
Rutherford County
On this the 13th day of January 1853 personally appeared before me M O Dickenson Clerk of the Superior Court of Law and commissioner of affidavits, Andrew Miller a resident of said County who after being duly sworn according to law says that he has been personally acquainted with Zachariah Johns who makes the foregoing declaration for more than forty years having lived near him, and that he is a man of good character, and that it is generally believed in his neighborhood that
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he was a revolutionary soldier, and that he is about the age stated in his declaration, and be further states that he has often heard the said Johns discribe [describe] his service within the last forty years, and his discription [description] has always been substancially [substantially] the same as described in his foregoing declaration
[signature] A Miller

State of North Carolina
Rutherford County
In this the 13th day of January 1853 personally appeared before M.O. Dickerson Clerk of the Superior Court of Law and commissioner of affidavits, Robt G Twitty who being duly sworn according to law, says that he was well acquainted with Zachariah Johns who makes the foregoing declaration, [crossed out: and has been] for forty years, and that he is a man of good character, and that it is generally believed in his neighborhood that he was a revolutionary soldier.
[signature] Robt G Twitty

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written, & I hereby certify that the declaration was interlined with the words "he does not now recollect the name of the County" and with the word "he" before it was signed, and also with the word "the", and I further certify the Andrew Miller & Robt G Twitty who makes the foregoing affidavits are men of credibility and that they are disinterested.
Witness my hand & seal of office
M.O. Dickerson Clerk of the Superior Court, & commisr [commissioner] of affidts [affidavits]
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38,523. Jan 26. 1853
Appl. [Application] of Zachariah Johns
N.C.
Act 7 June 1832
M.O. Dickerson
Rutherfordtown N.C.

Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[stamped: RUTHERFORDTOWN N.C. JAN]