Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,417, for James Johnson, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Johnson, James

NUMBER
S.45417

CONTENTS
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6551.
New York
James Johnson
[unable to read all of left margin due to damage]
f Bath
in the State of New York
ho was a Private in the regiment commanded by
lonel Wyllis of the Connecticut
e, for the term of two years one mo.
Dec. 1775.

scribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence o
the 13 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Feby. 1849
and sent to the Honb. Eben. Huntington
House of Reps. U. States

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.  40.20/30   37.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819  48.00                                                                 
Wyllis                                                      $85.33 

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Bath, Steuben County.

(far right side of paper written sideways)
Issued on the Roll under the law of the
1 May 1820.
Certification sent to Henry Willis Esq 14 July 1820.
Bath. Steuben County
New York
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James Johnson's
Heirs
Revolutionary Pensioner
on
New York files
filed 30th June 1851
F. E. Hassler
Attorney
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State of New York} ss.
Steuben County}
James T. Johnston being sworn
according to law says that his Father James
Johnson Deceased was a Revolutionary Soldier
and drew a pension from the United States of
Ninety Six Dollars per year. That he died about
the year 1843. That he now appoints, F.E. Hassle
Geal. Agt at Washington City D.C. to Examine
the files at the Pension and War office
to ascertain if the heirs are entitled to
Public  land or back pay
Sworn and Subscribed}         J. T. Johnson
before me this 25th day June 1851.}
N. Sawyer, Justice of the peace}  

State of New York}
County of Steuben} to Wit:
I Phila P Hubbell Clerk of the County
of Steuben and State of New York do hereby certify
that Nathan Sawyer before whom the foregoing 
declaration was made, was at the time thereof a Justice
of the peace in
and for the County and State aforesaid
and duly authorised to administer oaths for general
purposes
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my seal this 26 day of June 1851
P. P. Hubbell
Clerk of the County Court
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State of New York}
Steuben County}   ss
On this 20th day of June 1820
personally appeared in open Court being
the Court of Common pleas held in &
for the County of Steuben & also a Court
of [illegible]
James Johnson aged 68
years the 8 day of August next
Resident of the town of Bath in the
said County of Steuben who being first
duly sworn
according to law doth on
his Oath declare that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows (to wit)
That I enlisted on or about the
first day of December 1775 in the town of
Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts
& etc
in a Company
Commanded serviceively
by Capts Huntington, Hyde
and Hanehet of a Regiment Commanded
by Col Willis which Regiment
was of the Connecticut line that I continued
to serve in the said Corps
in the service of the United States
until the first day of Jany 1777
when I was discharged from the service
at Parks Hill in the State of New York.
That I was again enlisted on or about
the first day of Apl 1777 at Parks
Hill in the State of New York in or
Company commanded by Capt Campbell
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of a Dropical complaint to do but
little Laborer, 2 Daughters Luisa &
Anna, the former aged 27 years & the
[illegible] 19 both (in consequence of
ill Health) partially dependant
on me for support.
James Johnson

Sworn to & declared on the 20 day
of June 1820 before Stephen Prentis
one of the Judges of the Court of
Common pleas in & for the County of
Steuben and also in open Court
Stephen Prentis

(written statement below has a large X thru it) 
Steuben County} 
Clerk offices}   ss: I, Edward Howell, Clerk 
of the County of Steuben, do hereby certify,
that the preceeding is a true copy of
the original Declaration & affidavit
now on file in this office---
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
at said County, at Bath, this 27th day of June 1820.
EHowell Clerk

Steuben County}
Clerks office} ss:
I, Edward Howell Clerk of the County of
Steuben, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
and schedule thereunto annexed, are truly
copied from the record of the said Court; and
I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court that the total in value of the property exhibited in the said 
aforesaid schedule, is twenty nine dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on
this 30th day of June 1820
EHowell Clerk.
(written on right margin sideways)
James Johnson

(written on left margin sideways)
6551
continued
value $29--
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State of New York}
Stuben County} ss
James Johnson of Bath in the County
and state aforesaid being duly sworn on
his oath saith that he was a private soldier of
the Revolution in the Continental establishment
and that by reason of his reduced
[illegible]stances in life he in need 
of assistance from his country
[illegible] [illegible]
And further this deponent saith that he
was first enlisted by Ensign Phelps at
Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts
on or about the first day of December
in the year one
thousand seven hundred & seventy five that he this deponent was enlisted for a term of time to expire
on the first day of January 1777
that he was attach to a company
Commanded by Capts. Huntington,
Hanchet and Hyde [illegible] by which
Company was attached to a Regiment
of the Connecticut line commanded
by Col. Willis of Hartford in the State of
Connecticut. That he this deponent
served the said term of time at the
expiration of which on the said first
day of January 1777 he was discharged
at Parks Hill in the state of New York
which discharge at this distance of time
it is out of the power of this deponent
to produce
And this deponent further saith that
afterwards in the spring of the year 1777
he was again enlisted
in the Continental
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service aforesaid by Capt Campbell at Parks
Hill in the State of New York for the sum
of one year from the date of his said
enlistment under the Command of the
said Capt. Campbell of a Regiment
commanded by Col. Hughs of the New York
line, of the quarter Master Generals department
that he served the said term of one
year and was thereupon [illegible] discharged
at Fish kill in the State of
New York aforesaid which discharge it is
also out of the power of this deponent
to produce and that he has no further
evidence with in his power to give
concerning the above premises and
further this deponent saith not
Wm Helm               James Johnson

State of New York}
Steuben County}  ss
To the Secretary of the department of War
Be it [illegible] that on the thirteenth day
of April in the year 1818 personally
appeared
before me William Helm one of the Judges of the Court of Common was in and for
the County aforesaid
the above named James Johnson and made
oath that
the facts as set forth in the above
affidavit by him subscribed is the truth
in substance and in fact. And I do hereby
Certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the above named James Johnson
served in the Revolutionary War against the
Common enemy as by his said affidavit
Wm. Helm
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section      MMHF
                                                            oue

July 8, 1925
 
Honorable Gale H. Stalker        
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Stalker:
In response to your letter of the 6th instant, I
have the honor to advise you that from the papers in 
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 45417 it appears that
James Johnson was born August 8, 1752, the place not stated.
He enlisted in Roxbury, Massachusetts December 1,
1775 and served as a private in Captains Ebenezer Huntington, Hanchet and Hyde's Company, Colonel Wyllys' Connecticut
Regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1777.
He enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served one
year as a private in Captain Campbell's Company, 
Colonel Hughes' New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 13, 1818 while a resident of Bath, Steuben County,
New York. He died about 1843,
Soldier married Eunice born September 7, 1760, her
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maiden name not stated, and the date and place of marriage not given.
A son James T. Johnson is referred to, and two daughters Luisa aged twenty-seven in 1820 and Anna aged nineteen in same year.

Yours very truly,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Exact Date of death not on A.B.

1 enclosure
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Papers care of 
James Johnson
18 March 1818
from the New York
files
M Cole
June 30 1837

filed 30th June 1851
Ex by-
F.E Hassler
Attorney
July 3rd 1851
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Washington City DC
June 30th 1837

Honorable I E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
Enclosed please find my
authority for asking that the papers in
the case of
James Johnson's in the New York
state files may be taken therefrom for the purpose
of being examined by 
Yours respectfully
F. E Hassler
Attny.
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James Johnson
Willis' Cont Reg.
1st Dec 1775 to 1 Jany 1777
[illegible] 2 y, 1 mo:

[illegible] April 1 [illegible]

Additional testimony
Admitted
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About the third of April Just. papers
& documents in relation to James
Johnsons
application for a pension under the late act of Congress  were forwarded
to the Secretary at war, but in consequence
of not fully understanding the
Law on the subject there were omissions
in the said proceedings, which the
documents herewith sent are intended
to rectify-Dated April 13th 1818-

State of New York}
Steuben County}  ss
Clerk office}
I John Metcalfe Clerk of the said
County of Steuben do hereby certify
that the within named William Helm before whom
the within affidavit and certificate was taken was
at the time of taken the same and is still are of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said
County and is duly commissioned and qualified as
such and that full faith and crediance ought to
be quien to his official act
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said County of Steuben at Bath
this 13th day of April AD 1818
John Metcalfe
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(top of page)
Steuben County  SS
I do hereby certify that
the within named James
Johnston is in Reduced & Indigent circumstance
and needs the assistance of his Country for support
Bath November 10th 1818

W McBurney

(sideways at bottom)
William Helin, Bath,
Steuben County, N.Y.

James Johnson

There no evidence by the rolls, that this
applicant served in the regiments to which he says that he was attached.
The testimony, an oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the service of 9 months continuance at least, on the Continental establishment, is required and the judge is also desired to certify that he is satisfied, the applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country,
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State of New York}
Steuben County}    SS
Clerks Office}                         

I Edward Howell Clerk
of the County of Steuben in the State of New York
Do hereby certify that Thomas McBurney
whose name appears
to the annexed
citificate, that James Johnstone is in
indigent circumstances & was on the day
of the date of the same and now is first
Judge
of the Court 
of Common Pleas in & for 
Steuben County in said State, duly
commissioned & qualified that full faith
& credence
are due to all his official ats
as such-
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed
the seal of the said County the 10th day
of November A.D 1818

E Howell
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James Johnson
Willis' Cont. Regt.
1st Dec.1775 to Jan 7 177
May 29th 1 mo:
13th April 1 mo
Additional testimony
Admitted.
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Norwich [illegible]
Sept. 14th
18 1/2

Mr James Johnson
Town of Bath County of Steuben
State of
New York
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Mr James Johnson  Norwich 11th Sept 1818   
Sir
Your letter of 6th has been recd
requesting a deposition from me to 
your military service
during the war
of the revolution as I have[illegible]
for a rule, to give no
certificate but from
such minutes made at the time as will
unable me to certify
without [illegible] to recollections
I find myself wholly
unable to meet your wishes respecting
the length of your service but I find
by my books that I paid you your monthes
wages for  January 1776 - & I also find
that I hold your receipt under date
of the 8th August 1776 for the wages then
due to the 1st July proceeding,
which an the only facts I am able to state
nor am able at this distance
of time to state, why & here a Lieutenant 
I should pay you months pay for
January 1776
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January 1776, and when a Captain in
August pay you your months pay for June,
but so is the fact
I hold no receipts
for payment to the Company
after June 1776,
from which I conclude some other
made was adopted by Congress for paying
the troops, than the one before [illegible]
I shall be in Washington in the
month of Nov next and will make
oath to the facts before stated,
should
it be necessary

I am your humble serv
Eben: Huntington
Lt Col  in the revolutionary war

Mr James Johnson
Bath 
Steuben County
State of New York
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James Johnson
(Private)
Refd. to  Mr. Edwards
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Jany 20 1818

James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
The inclosed papers were forwarded
to me by mail svea (service) this day
When  I wrote
the in closed letter I was at home & examined the
book from which I gave him the information 
contained in my letter & had no doubt of Mr
Johnson having served under my command
as he stated, finding no entry of a discharge
given him, or of his having deserted; but having
adopted  as a rule to give no certificate,but
from written entry, not trusting to recollections
I wrote the in coled(closed) to him as my reply
to his request
I believe he served as he
states to the end of the year 1776
I am your humble {illegible](servant0
Eben Huntington
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45417
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 45417
James Johnson
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3,  Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(written on far right edge of page)
1925- July 8 Hist. to Hon. G.H. Stalker for Newman G. Worden.    MMWF
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GALE H. STALKER
37TH DIST. NEW YORK

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

COMMITTEES:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PENSIONS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
INDIAN AFFAIRS

Elmira, New York,
July 6, 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:
I inclose letter from Newman G. Worden of
Hammondsport, New York, relative to some information
which he desires concerning James Johnson, a
Revolutionary War Veteran, which is self explanatory.
I would greatly appreciate any data that
you might forward to me, which you have available on
Mr. Johnson.
Respectfully yours,
G H Stalker 
P. S. Kindly return  
the inclosure after the same has served its purpose.

(stamped)
PENSION OFFICE
L
JUL 7 1925
U. S.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
S.F. 45417 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,______, 19____

In reply to your request of____,
received_____ for 
a statement of the military history of James Johnson
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [(or his widow's)crossed out] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Dec.  1 1775
Sprg. 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Jany 1 1777
1 yr.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.                                COLONEL.
Huntington                             Wyllys
Hancket 
Hyde
Campbell                                  Hugh

STATE.
Conn.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 13 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Bath Steuben  County, N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Aug 8.1752, died about 1843
Remarks: his wife Eunice was born Sept 7 1760 date
of marriage not stated In 1820 children Luisa 27 yrs.
Anna 19 years and James T.

Respectfully,
                       not sent.                
Commissioner.

6--2858

(written in left margin)
1820
    68
1752

1820
   60
1760