Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13579, for Jacob Johnson, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Johnson, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 13579
carded
CONTENTS
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7661
Kentucky
Jacob Johnson of Morgan Co in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain -- of the Regt commanded by Colonel Belter in the South Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1833 and sent to James G Hazelrigg West Liberty
Arrears to the 4th of March 160.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol 7 Page 15

susp sa the heirs to the penbern it
and J C Calla May 14 1835
also SR Turner same date
Dead - see letter written of JS Elliott in files of Daivd Ellington
No 26.696 Kentucky act 7 June 32
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State of Kentucky
Morgan County } Set
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justice of Morgan County now [illegible] Jacob Johnston a resident in the county of Morgan and state of Kentucky aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
He state that he served under General Francis Marion Col Barton that Capt Goodwin Pathigs he served under immediately He states that he entered for five years at the Eutaw Springs that he had been about one year in the service before he enlisted under a draft that he was in the battle at the Eutaw Springs and the Battle at Qainbec about seven or eight miles from Charleston that he remained in this regular service two years and six months that he lived in Morgan County in the state of South Carolina was born on the 8th October 1758 and was born in Rowan County Pennsylvania, that he knows of no one who can now testify to his service in this country that he received a discharge from Genl Marion which he has lost and has no documentary evidence of his service that for a number of years
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after the close of the war he resided in Morgan County, South Carolina that about twenty years since he removed to the state of Kentucky and is now a citizen of Morgan County in said state
He hereby relinquishes 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 
Question by the court:
Where and in what year were you born 
Ans I was born the state of Pensylvania in Rowan County 8th Oct 1758
Q Have you any record of your age
Answer No
Q Where were you living when you entered the service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
Ans I lived in Morgan County on [illegible] River in South Carolina and have lived in South Carolina & Kentucky ever since
Q how were you called into the service were you drafted or did you volunteer, or were you a substitute
Ans I was drafted when I first entered the service and afterwards I enlisted
Q State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served
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Ans Genl Marion Col Baster Capt Goodman Partrige and Lieutenant Maynard I cannot recollect the names of all the officers I served in and about the Eutaw Springs in the neighbourhood of the Bigger [illegible] and [illegible] the neighbourhood of Charleston
Q did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
An I received a discharge from GEnl Marion and have lost it
Q State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character & veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier in the Revolution
Ans I am known by William Levis Esq Thos Lewis sent and a number of others 
sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Jacob Johnson
his X mark
Mr William Coffee clergyman and Isaac Nickell both residing in the county of Morgan and state of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacon Johnston who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be as old as he stated that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Coffee
Isaac Mitchell
llppl
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigations 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 The said court further states that although the applicant may not have made as full a statement as may be desirable by the department they think the deficiency is owing to the great age of the applicant and his seeming want of a sufficient intellect but to the opinion of all who know him and from general reputations also that he was a revolutionary soldier And the court further4 certify that it appears to them that Willaim Coffe who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Morgan county Kentucky and that made Nekell who has signed the same is a resident in the same county and state is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
William Lewis
John Rose
Jas Bell
John Williams
James McGuire
Jas Lumpkins

State of Kentucky
Morgan County } set
I James Hazeling clerk of the court of Morgan county afsd do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original prosecution in the matter of the application of Jacob Johnson for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal there being no seal of office yet provided this 27th day of Sept 1832
James Hazeling clk

11667
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No 11,667
Jacob Johnson
Morgan Co
Kentucky
SC Roll
Roll 
Hon paral
2 year $80
Col Bexter
JC
West Liberty
James G Hazelvegg Clk
Morgan Co
Kentucky
Morgan CH
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
183
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Johnson  Morgan Co Kentuc  Ky

Period when the service was rendered 
drafted 
enlisted 
Duration of the claimants service 
Years/months/days
1 year
2 years 6 months
Rank of the claimant 
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served 
Genrl Marion
Col Baxton
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service 
74 Years 
Morgan Co S Carolina
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who serviced on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will in the first instance, make applications by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)      years who being duly sworn, according to law, 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                             A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certified, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of      for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
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 circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For  year  months, and  days, I served as a  For  months and  days, I served as a  ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.

March 11, 1927

Miss Hallie Baker
316 Laurel Ave
St. Louis, Mo

Madam: 
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.13579, it appears that Jacob Johnson was born October 5, 1758, 1758 in Pennsylvania.
While residing in South Carolina, he served as private in the South Carolina Troops, under Captains Goodman, and Pathrigh (?), Colonel Baxter, and General Francis Marion, he was in the battles of Quinby and Eutaw Springs, and served about two years and six months, no dates of service stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, while a resident of Morgan County, Kentucky. There is no data file as to family.
The above notes Jacob Johnson is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, who was pensioned, while a resident of Kentucky.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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1916 July RE VAn Lyckle inf
SC res & Service during 
Rev AW
1927 Mckill Hist to Miss Hallie Baker awf

13579
Rev War
INVALID
File No 13577
Jacob Johnson
Priv Rev War

Act June 7 1832
Index Vol 1 Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870]
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James L Edwards [ ]
Comm. of Pensions 
Washington City
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Frankfort 2d May 1835
Dear Sir
Mr Allison arrived here to day in good health By him I was informed that Mr Loughborough would most probably not be here during the approaching term of the court I hoped that he would before this time have been sent out as an agent to investigate the pension claims in this state knowing as we all do that a large proportion of them are based on fraud One of my deputies had handed me a list of some pensioners who were pointed out to him as coming within that description while I shewed to Mr L Whilst he was here last year He then felt confident that an agent would be appointed and requested me to hold them until then The message of the president to Congress last December recommended such a measure; and I felt greatly surprised when I was informed that no investigation was to take place here although it has been done in other states and where it is not more loudly called for The following names were handed to me as impostors and the witness to prove it
In MOrgan Co K David Allenton witness Reuben Coafer
Wm McGinnis witness Thomas Cassidey, a connexion
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John Smother Senr an old tory of S Carolina witness M MClure near Sharpsburg and Ben Smellen on Flat Creek
Jacob Johnson about 60 years of age
Mr Saml R Turner of Owensville will give Mub in formation on these and other cases There are many others in same county The Haselriggs were the principal agents in the cases
Now Sir you can make what use you think proper of this news and as it is the business of the government to determine upon the course to be pursured I have destroyed my list after having htransferred  it to this sheet
With personal regard I remain
yours respectfully
Jno M McCalla

JL Edwards Esqr
Washington City}
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JM MCalla
14 May 1835
GC

Record Vol 17 Page 27
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War Dept.
Pension Office,
May 14. 1835
Sir,Your letter of the 2d inst. has been received.
Wm. Loughborough has been appointed Chief Clerk in the Post Office
Dept. and cannot therefore leave the seat of government, it is
preferred, to act as an agent in the examination of pension claims.
You say that it is known that a large proportion of
these in Kentucky are fraudulent. From the number who have
claimed there can be no doubt that such is the fact; but
what particular cases are so, we are unable to determine;
and we have no means of ascertaining the
facts unless we make a thorough examination of every
case through someone appointed and paid for the
express purpose. If you can suggest any mode by which we
can arrive at a full knowledge of the cases, any hints from
you will be received most cheerfully.
I have stopped the payment of the Pensions of
John Smethers and Jacob Johnson.
The other names to which you allude,  [ ] David
Allentown and William Ginnis [ ] are not on any of
the Books.
I have  written to Samuel R. Turner, Esq. of
Owinsvill. So soon as I hear from her, I will write to
you again.[  ]
J. M. Salea, Esq
Frankfort
Ken
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Saml A Turner
14 May 1835
G. C.
Record Vol 27 page 28_
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War Dept.
Pension Office
May 14, 1835
Sir,
I have been referred to you for information
touching the cases of David Allenton, William McGinnis, John Smother, Sen. and Jacob Johnson, who are said
to be fraudulently claiming Pensions from the revolutionary
pension laws. If you could furnish me with any 
information which
would enable this Dept. to bring the offenders to trial
it would confer a favor on the Dept. and subserve the cause
of justice. Be pleased to let me know the facts so far
as they may have come to your knowledge, and who [ ]
witnesses are by whom the allegations against them can
be proven.

Samuel R. Turner Esq
Owingsville
Ken.
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Miss Hallie Baker
316 Laurel Ave.
St. Louis
[stamped]
U.S. Pension Office Jan 24 1927

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
I find that in a list
of Pensions granted in Kentucky
1854. Jacob Johnson was granted
pension under Act of Jan 7- 1832
He then lived in Morgan Co,
Kentucky. Also was given 100
acres in Kentucky for 3 years
service as private on the Virginia
line. There were at that time
2 Jack Johnson's - father and 
son.
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Miss Hallie Baker
316 Laurel Ave
St Louis
Can you designate which one this refers to and also the name of the wife of each Jacob was the service during the revolution or after?
Yours truly
Hallie Baker
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July 12, 1916.

Mr. R.E. Van Syckle,
1729 Ford Building,
Detroit, Mich.

Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 25th ultimo, you are advised that Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 13,579, named Jacob Johnson, who resided in Morgan Co. Ky. served in the S.C. Troops and lived in S.C. during that war.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Jacob Johnson who lived in Delaware or Maryland during the war moved to Ky. in 1805 and later to Indiana. []
You are further advised that in the Report of the Secretary was War in relation to the Pension establishment of the United States, (1835) Volume 2, page 27, on the list of invalid pensioners paid at the Virginia Agency, whose residence could not be ascertained by reason of the destruction of papers in the War Department in 1814: appears the name Jacob Johnson, Private, annual allowance $50, dead. The nature of his services, name of war in which he served and family data are not matters of record, owing to the loss of papers when the British burned Washington in 1814.
Very respectfully,
E.B. Trieman
Acting Commissioner.