Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5648, for Micah Johnson, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Va.
Johnson, Micah
NUMBER R. 5648
CONTENTS [blank]
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32.865
Micah Johnson's
Application for a pension
Missouri
Minute Men 
suspd
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State of Missouri}
County of Howard} Sct.
On this 6th day of August 1834 personally appeared before the county court of the county of Howard in the State of Missouri Micah Johnson resident of the county and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years [word crossed out] on the 14th day of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and [illegible 2 words] 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 was living in the County of New Kent in the State of Virginia at the commencement of the Revolutionary war - that in the year 1775 a company of men then called minute men was raised and organized in the county of New Kent for the defence of the country against the British and placed under the command of Captain Robert Turner- that this affiant was at the [illegible] organization of this company drafted into it as a private and served under the same Captain during the whole of his military service- that about the
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year 1775 / the precise time he cannot recollect / he was called into actual service and marched with his company under the command of Captain Robert Turner to a place in New Kent county, Virginia, called the "long bridge" across the Chickahominy River for the purpose of defending the country against an expected attack from the British - that during this tour he was in actual service at least a month & a half - [word crossed out] - that he afterwards on two different occasions went in the same company under the command of the same Captain to the same place for the purpose of defending the country against attacks of the British troops and was in actual service during these two last mentioned tours for at least four months, but he cannot recollect the precise times at which he rendered these services-Afterwards in the year 1781 when Lord Cornwallis marched into Virginia he was again in actual service as a drafted [2 words crossed out] Militia man in [word crossed out] a company commanded by Capt Robert Turner and marched as far as Williamsburg in Virginia and was
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stationed there during part of the time that Lord Cornwallis was besieged in York town, and that about ten days before the capture of Cornwallis this affiant was taken sick and permitted by his Captain to return home - that he was in actual service as a private upon this occasion at least two months and a half- This affiant does not recollect that he ever received any written discharge- if he had he has [word crossed out] long since lost it - he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services as a revolutionary soldier and in consequence of his great age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to give a more circumstantial statement of his services as a soldier of the revolutionary war-
He cannot state with precision the length of his formal services in the war but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below as a private-
For eight months he served upon four several occasions as a drafted militia man under Capt. Robert Turner & for these services he claims a pension -
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To the several questions directed to be propounded by the court the applicant answers
1. He was born on the 14th of August 1756 in New Kent county in the state of Virginia
2. He has no record of his age
3. He was living in New Kent county, Virginia at the several times when he was called into the service. Since the revolutionary war he removed to Franklin county Virginia, resided there until the year 1822, then removed to Patrick county in the same State where he resided until the year 1828 when he removed to ["this" crossed out] Howard county in the State of Missouri where he now resides
4- He was drafted into service - 
5. He cannot recollect the names of any of the regular officers with whom he served.
6. He does not recollect that he ever received a written discharge
7th= He states that he is known in his present neighbourhood with Reverend William M. Burton and to John Dehart and to James Hall / the second [word crossed out] of whom he has known him twenty and Mr Caller fifteen years/
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who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and thus belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services aforesaid -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 -
Micah X his mark Johnson

Sworn and subscribed to by the said Micah Johnson in open court the day & year first above written -
John B Clark Clerk
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Mr William M Burton a clergy man residing in the county of Howard in the State of Missouri and in the neighbourhood of the within named Micah Johnson and John Dehart and James Hall residing in the same county and neighbourhood last aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Micah Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be seventy seven years of age & a man of veracity- That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion-
William M. Burton
John Dehart & James Hall

Sworn & subscribed to by the said William M. Burton, John Dehart and James Hall in open court this 6th August 1834.
John B. Clark clerk
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And the said County Court of Howard County do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and 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 William M. Burton who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Howard in the State of Missouri and that John Dehart and James Hall who have also signed the same are residents in the same county of Howard and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
D R Drake
Henry Lewis
David Seeler

I John B Clark Clerk of the County Court of Howard County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
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in the matter of the application of Micah Johnson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this first day of November 1834
John B. Clark Clerk

[Seal at left : only "S" is legible]

32.865
Micah Johnson 
Application for a pension 
Missouri
Minute Men
Suspd
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32,865
Suspended
Mo Mo
See letter to A. Leonard Fayette 
Mo. 
16- March 1835 
Act. 7th June 1832
[at left bottom to top] Minute Men
[at right bottom to top] Micah Johnson
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[from left, sideways bottom to top] Johnson
Micah B Johnson 
M[illegible] Due 1832
[at right, top to bottom]
off [illegible]
nec
J Minot
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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32,865
Micah Johnson
Missouri
A Leonard 16 Mch 1835.
Wm Bradford June 26 1856.
5648
June 7 1832
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["Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1878." crossed out]
5648.
P. O. Micah Johnson
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18
Application filed: [blank], 18
[stamp] REJECTED
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contrac
[blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank], 18
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Arrow
Anno Rock Missouri
June 9th 1856

J Minot Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I am authorized by the heirs of Michael Johnson to make inquiry in regard to the service of the said Michael Johnson who was a private or regular "Minute Man" in the revolutionary war and served in the lower part of Virginia under Capt Turner also Major Bacon and Major Ragsdon and Col Denis - he got his discharge and papers all burnt up in Virginia. He was called out several term as one of the Minute Men during the revolutionary war - He was about ninety five years of age when he died in 1844 and his widow nearly the same- If his heirs can recover or obtain the amt of Pension that may be due to him they will [illegible] such slips as the Pension office may indicate as necessary
Respectfully
W. M. Bradford Agt
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[sideways at left bottom to top] Micah Johnson Nov 27. Mo
Fayette Mo}
Novr. 11th}
Free.
J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
Washington City
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Fayette, Howard County
Missouri - 11 Nov. 1834
Sir.
Enclosed you will receive the application of Micah Johnson for a pension-
Yours Respectfully
A Leonard.

J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions