Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,332, for Jacob Johnson, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Pa
Johnson, Jacob
NUMBER
S22332

CONTENTS
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11.831
Pennsylvania
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Jacob Johnson
Montgomery Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a  pri & segt; in the Company commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt: command
by _____  in the 2 . J.  //////
line for 2 mo pri   
4mo sergt
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June
1833 and sent to
Hon. Joel K. Mann Jenkintown
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 13.33
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book  2  Vol. 5  Page 29
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Jacob Johnson
Act 1832. 11831
admitted Penna
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Columbia

Be it Known, That on this twelfth day of July A. D. 1853 before me, the undesigned, 
a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared;  William Johnson
resident of Greenwood Township in said County, and made oath according to law  that he is one of the legal heirs
of Jacob Johnson who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of
the Pension Act of ____
That he is directly interested as a claimants in said Pension, and this affidavit to be files with such additional evidence or arguments
as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Power of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Jacob Johnson for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents
in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitute under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney shall; lawfully do in the premises.

Sworn to, Subscribe, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the ////
William Johnson to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
therein alleged.

Jacob D Kline JS

State of Pennsylvania 
County of Columbia  ss
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of Columbia County that William Johnson the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration  and Power of Attorney is the Child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that Jacob D Kline Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and 
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office
this fourteenth day of July 1853
Jacob Eyerly Prothy
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1. Claimant's name or names in full. -2. Post Office address.
3 "That he is the identical man, or that she is the widow of the identical man, or that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank 5."He is, "she is," or they are." 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. 7. Claimant's signature  8. Claimant's name  9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." -- 11. Magistrate's name." 2. Clerk's signature.

N. B. -- Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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Declaration and
Certificate of Jacob Johnson
a soldier of the revolution
4 mo segt
2 mo soldier

Admitted
4 mos Sergt 20.00
2 mos Private 6.66
$26.66

21 Feb
Hon. Joel K Marin
Jenkintown
Pa
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Declaration of Jacob Johnson of the County
of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania an old
Soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June the seventh, one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty two ---

State of Pennsylvania
and County of Montgomery  ss

On the twenty second day of November in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of
the Court of Common pleas of the Seventh Judicial district
of Pennsylvania now sitting at Norristown in and for
said County of Montgomery in the State aforesaid Jacob
Johnson a resident of the township of Montgomery
in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania
aged Eighty years who being first duly affirmed according 
to law doth on his affirmation make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed the Seventh of June in the
year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served for six
months as herein stated ---

In the year one thousand seven hundred and
Seventy Six in the month of August he was drafted as a
Militia man, & was placed under the command of Captain
George Smith of Montgomery township aforesaid he
marched to Trenton from there through Princeton and
Brunswick to Amboy in New Jersey where he remained
two months as a common soldier and was discharged
he was in no battle during this campaign, during the summer
of Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he was again drafted
and served as orderly Sergeant under Captain Stephen Bloom
they marched to Philadelphia from Philadelphia they went
to Wilmington, and afterward to Brandywine war Chadds ford
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on the day of the Battle of Brandywine he was stationed
some distance below the principal scene of action to assist
in guarding a passage where it had been supposed the enemies
light have intended to cross, he was then under the command
of Colonel Magaw and General Potter, he served this campaign
two months and was discharged, whilst the british was
in Philadelphia he volunteered under Lieutenant Bloom
Several different times & had frequent skirmishes with the
foraging parties of British & Hessians. He was again drafted
a third time and served under Captain Stephen Bloom.
He marched through different parts of Chester County in the
State of Pennsylvania was under the command of Colonel
Hogan he was in a severe skirmish at the White horse
near Brandywine Creek Colonel Bush there acted as aidecamp
and was wounded he served during this campaign
two months as orderly Sergeant and was again discharged
he never received a written discharge; He was never
a regular soldier, he was well acquainted with John
Sparrs and Philip Stilwagon when they were in the
service of the United States, he has lived in the township
of Horsham and County of Montgomery aforesaid from
the close of the revolution to about
five years since he now lives in Horsham township in said County

The the said claimant do hereby relinquish every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any State only that of the agency of the State of
Pennsylvania ---
Jacob Johnson /s/
affirmed and subscribed in open
on the day and year aforesaid
J Fry Jr  Prot

Interrogatories
1. Where and in what year were you born
Answer.
was born in the year one thousand seven hundred
and fifty two, in Toamencin in Montgomery County in Pennsylvania
2. have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer
There was a record of my age in a family bible which
was sold after the death of my further
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3. where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the revolutionary war
and where do you now live
Answer
I was living in Gwynedd township Montgomery
County Pennsylvania when called into service, I have lived in Montgomery county ever since the revolution, I live in Gwynedd 
until about five years ago, since that time I have lived in
Horsham township in Montgomery County

4. How were you called into service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and
if a substitute for whom
Answer.
I was drafted as a Militia man & not a substitute

5. State the names 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 circumstance of your service
Answer
I cannot recollect any regiments but those
I was in set forth in my deposition

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given and what has become
of it
Answer.
I never received any written discharge
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7.  State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighbourhood and who
can testify as to your character for veracity and
good behaviour, your services as a soldier of the
revolution
Answer
The Reverend George Wack and John Heist Esquire
Jacob Johnson  /s/
affirmed and subscribed in
open Court the day and year
aforesaid --
J. Fry, Jr. Prot.

We George Wack a clergyman residing in the township
of Whitpain and County of Montgomery aforementioned
and John Heist Esquire residing in the township of Whitpain
and County of Montgomery aforesaid hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Jacob Johnson who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we
believe him to be about Eighty-- years of age, that he
is reputed and beleived in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we
concur in that opinion --
Geo Wack /s/
John Heist  /s/
Sworn and subscribed in
open Court the day and year
aforementioned
J. Fry Jr. Prot. 

We Philip Stilwagon of the township of Gwynedd
and John Sparre of the township of Gwynedd
and both of the County of Montgomery do certify that we
knew Jacob Johnson the aforenamed applicant when
he was in the service of the United States and were with him
when he was at Amboy --
And that we believe the statement made by him
in the foregoing declaration to be true
John Sparre  /s/
Philip Stilwagon   X his mark
affirmed and subscribed in
open Court the day and year aforesaid
J. Fry. Jr. Prot
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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 George Wack who has
Sworn and subscribed the preceeding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the township of Whitpain
and County of Montgomery, and that John Heist who
has also signed the same is a resident in the township
of and County of Montgomery and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit
John Fox Presd. Judge
Hugen M McNeill associate
for Montg County
Richd. B. Jones  asst Judge

I Jacob Fry Jr Clerk of the said Court of Common
Pleas in and for Montgomery County do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of Jacob Johnson
for a pension ---
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this twenty second day of
November in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two ---
J. Fry Jr. Prot
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Montgomery County ss

Personally appeared before me the subscribed
one of the Justices of the peace in and for Montgomery County
aforesaid, Jacob Johnson the petitioner named in the foregoing
petition who being duly affirmed doth say that he has no
documentary evidence of his services, nor can he prove
his services by any living witness further than the testimony of
John Sparre and Philip Stilwagon whose affirmations are
among the foregoing proceedings ---
Jacob Johnson /s/
affirmed and subscribed the 
twenty first day of May Anno
Domini one thousand Eight
hundred & thirty three
John Heist /s/

I Adam Hemmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas
in and for
the County of Montgomery do certify that John Heist whose name
is subscribed to the above affirmation is a Justice of the peace in and
for the said County of Montgomery  And that the signature annexed
is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said office
this twenty second day of may anno domini
one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty three ---
Adam Hemmer Prot.
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Revolution

INVALID.
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File No. 22,332
Jacob Johnson
Sergt Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 212
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Johnson, Jacob
GRADE Private
LINE South Carolina

WARRANT NUMBERS 12290 and 13246 
ACREACE 100
ISSUED September 28, 1796 John Young, assignee

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.