Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36642, for Isaac Johnson, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Va.
CONTENTS
Johnson, Isaac
NUMBER
S.36642
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13,707 R
Kentucky
Isaac Johnson of Bullitt Co, in the state of Kentucky who was a private - in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jno: [John] Gibson of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of June 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of August 1819 and sent to Geo. F. Pope [illegible] 
Shepherdsville Ky

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 -- $73.03
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending Sept. 4 1819 48.00
9 mo [months] 4/31 Dollars. 121.03

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued the notification sent to George F. Pope [illegible] 12th 1821. 
Shepherdsville, Virginia
Died Oct. 21 - 1833
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Isaac Johnson
13,707
Sept 1819
Continued
George F. Pope
Shepherdsville KY
Apl [April]12, 1821
[illegible]
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State of Kentucky September Term 1820
Isaac Johnson a pensioner of the United States by CertifiCate [certificate] dated the 2d day of August 1819 at Eight dollars per month came personally into this Court being a Court of Record and delivered a schedule of his Estate which the Court Valued at Eighty six dollars and fifty cents and to which the said Johnson made Oath agreeably to law. Whereupon it is ordered that the said Schedule and Oath be recorded and certified.
towit "On this 25th day of September 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the said County by the Common Law & statute laws of this State, Isaac Johnson aged Seventy two years residing in said County who being first sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. He entered in Capt. Springers Company in the 7th Regiment formerly the 15th Commanded by Col John Gibson to which Taylor was Major all of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment in the spring of the year 1779 [illegible] 4th day of March 1779. That afterwards he was sent to Pittsburg where Colo. Broadhead of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded and attached to the Company of Captain Samuel Brady and there and in the vicinity of that place he continued to do duty in the line, and during that time he was frequently a considerable distance upon scouting parties against the Indians and did so until the close of the war. The number of his Pension Certificate is 
13,707 and the date of his original application was the  day of 1818. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as the bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the Land and Naval service of the United States passed on the 18th March 1818. And that I have not nor has any one for me in trust any property or securities, contracts or
Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what
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is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed (illegible) Two Horses one seven years old the other 15 or 16 years old, 1 old plough, 1 hoe, 2 cows.
           The Declarant is by occupation a farmer.  His wife is 65 or 66 years of age is generally sickly and has been under the Care of Physicians for six years, Her health is still declining.  He has one daughter living with him,  She is married and will shortly leave him.  He has one Son who will be 21 years of age on the 12th of next October, he works for himself and this declarant derives nothing from him              his
                                   Isaac X Johnson
                                          mark

State of Kentucky
          I, George F. Pope Clerk of the Bultitt Circuit Court do hereby Certify, that the foregoing oath and Schedule hereto 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 amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighty six dollars and fifty cents.

In Testimony whereof I have
here unto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of the said
Court on this 25th day of
September 1820

Geo. F. Pope Clerk of
the Court for the Circuit
of Bullitt.
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Admitted
Rejected (crossed out)

This applicant is not found on the roll of persons who served during the war and the certificate of Lt. Harrison does not show that Mr. Johnson served 9 months. ( a diagonal line is drawn through the entire sentence)

On Rolls- L33.12.6
June 1819
On the Judge being satisfied of the services & reduced circumstance of The applicant  as stated in the declaration his certificate to that effect must accompa-ny the papers.
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Alfred Metcalf
Virginia line
7th Regiment Col. Gibson
Spring 78
83
War
Supported by the evidence
[illegible] John Harrison
[illegible]
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I, John Harrison of the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, do certify that Isaac Johnson served as a Sergeant in Capt. Springer's Company in the 7th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. John Gibson during the revolutionary War. As witness my hand this 20th day of May 1818.
John Harrison
Late Lieutenant in the 7th Regiment
[remainder text is a duplicate of that on the next page]
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To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, Alfred Metcalf, Circuit Judge of the fifth Judicial District of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court in said District, do certify that this day Isaac Johnson came before me and made oath, that he is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Bullitt County aforesaid, that in the spring of the year 1779, he enlisted as a soldier in the army of the revolution, to serve during the war, in Capt. Jacob Springer's company, in the 7th Regiment of the Virginia line on continental establishment commanded by Col. Jno. Gibson; that soon after his enlistment, he was appointed a corporal and served as such for about eight months when he was appointed a sergeant, and served as such till the end of the war in 1783, when he was regularly discharged; but his discharge is lost, worn out or destroyed; that he does not know any person by whom he can establish the fact of his service as aforesaid, except John Harrison, whose certificate is hereto annexed; that he is nearly 70 years old, feeble and infirm, that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support; and that he has never been allowed any pension under the laws of the United States.
I do further state that I know John Harrison, whose certificate is hereto annexed; that he lives in Jefferson County, a considerable distance from this place; that he is an aged and infirm man not able to travel any considerable distance without great inconvenience; and that I believe that the signature to the said certificate is the proper handwriting of said Jno. Harrison. 
Given under my hand this first day of June 1818.
Alfred Metcalf
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State of Kentucky
I, George F. Pope, Clerk of the Bullitt Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that Alfred Metcalf, whose Certificate appears within, was at the time thereof and still is Circuit Judge of the fifth Judicial District of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Office this second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and in the Twenty-Seventh year of the Commonwealth.
Geo. F. Pope
I, Alfred Metcalf, Circuit Judge in and for the fifth Judicial District of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court in said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of Geo. F. Pope, who is Clerk of said Court, is in due form and entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand this second day of June 1818.
Alfred Metcalf
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I, John Bell, Presiding Justice of the Peace of County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky, do certify that the within Certificate and attestation of [illegible] Pope, Clerk of said Court, is in due form of law and entitled to full faith and credit. Witness my hand and seal this 21st May 1819.
John Bell [seal]
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State of Kentucky
Jefferson County, to wit
This day, John Harrison of Louisville, Kentucky, made oath before the undersigned, a Justice of said County, that Isaac Johnston, named in the annexed Certificate of Judge Metcalf, served as a Sergeant in Captain [illegible] Company Seventh Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel John Gibson during the Revolutionary War, and that said [illegible] was in the said Regiment acting as Sargent in the month of August 1779 - Seventeen hundred and Seventy-nine and served until [illegible] discharge of the Army in the Summer, Seventeen hundred and Eighty-three. The undersigned also certifies that the said affiant, John Harrison, is a person of credit and veracity.
Given under my hand this 21st day of May, 1819.
J. Ferguson
I, Morden Pope, Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky, do certify that James Ferguson, Esquire, whose signature appears to the above certificate was on the 21st day of May 1819, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that to all his acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 21st day of May 1819 and in the 27th year of our Commonwealth.
Morden Pope
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I, Jno. P. Oldham, Circuit Judge in and for the fifth Judicial district of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the af. applicant, Isaac Johnston, was in continued service as a soldier in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war for a longer term than nine months and that he is in [illegible] reduced and indigent circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support.
Given under my hand at Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky, this 8th day of June, 1819.
Jno. P. Oldham
State of Kentucky, Set.
I, George F. Pope, Clerk of the Bullitt Circuit Court in the State aforesaid, do certify that John P. Oldham, whose certificate appears above, was at the time of signing said Certificate and still is a Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Kentucky and Sole Judge of the Bullitt Circuit Court and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as Judge as aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix my seal of Office at Shepherdsville, this Eighth day of June, One thousand Eight hundred and nineteen and in the Twenty-Eighth year of the Commonwealth.
Geo. F. Pope
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
June 1, 1925
Beulah Johnson
Elk City, Box 491
Okla.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36642 it appears that Isaac Johnson or Johnston enlisted March 4, 1779, the place not stated, served as private, Corporal and Sergeant in Captain Jacob Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment, was transferred to Captain Samuel Brady's Company, Colonel Brodhead's Pennsylvania Regiment and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818 while a resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky.
In 1820 he was aged seventy-two years and referred to his wife aged sixty-five or sixty-six years and stated that he had a married daughter and his son born October 12, 1799 both living with him, their names not given. He died October 21, 1833.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner.
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36.642
Revy INVALID.
File No. 36.642
Isaac Johnson
Private Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. L, Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 - June 1 - Hist to Miss Beulah Johnson
1927 - Oct 3. Hist. to Mrs. John Adon May
1927 - Nov. 11 Mrs. John A. May, advised only one of Ky. etc.
1928 Oct 23 Hist to Mrs. A.D. Paden. A.D.Y.
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[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office, Jan 25, 1928]
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Indianapolis,
1930 Mansfield Avenue,
January 23, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir,
In seeking information concerning my grandmother's grandfather, Isaac Johnson, of Virginia, I was told to write to you. He served in the Revolution
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as a corporal in Lieut. Col. Richard Campbell's Co. 9 Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. John Gibson. would like to know when he enlisted. His name is last borne on the co. muster rolls for the months of Oct. Nov. and Dec. 1779, dated Fort Pitt, Feb. 13, 1780. Would like to know when and where he married his wife, Christina Miller, and where I can get a copy of his discharge paper. If you have any other information about him, would be glad to receive it.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. A. D. Paden,
1930 Mansfield Avenue
Indianapolis
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246 West Ivy St.
San Diego, California 5/9/27.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Do your records show any pension granted to Elizabeth, widow of Isaac Johnson (surname also known as Johnston) who served in Revolutionary War, 9th Regiment, commanded by Col. John Gibson.
War department says his name appears on company muster roll for June, July, Aug. Sept 1779 - dated Fort Pitt Feb 3, 1780, with remarks on the roll "Commanded Fort McIntosh."
After the war, he moved to Ky. Jessamine County.
What was his title?
Would you furnish me a copy of data upon which pension was granted?
Respectfully,
Mrs. John Adam May
246 West Ivy St.
San Diego, California
[Stamp: US Pension Office, May 16, 1927]
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246 West Ivy St.
San Diego, Calif. Oct 31, 1927
Dept. Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC
Rev and 1812 War Sections
Rev War Claim 536642
Dear Sir,
I am in receipt of yours of Oct 3rd and thank you for the information.
Will you give me the name of his wife.
We are trying to complete Revolutionary record of Isaac Johnson - wife Mary - who died, we think, in Jessamine Co., Ky. about 1814.
As so many Isaac Johnsons served in war, have had some difficulty in procuring record of our ancestor.
Is there a record of any other Isaac Johnson, dying in Ky, who received a pension and whose wife was named Mary.
An answer and any information will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Mrs. John Adam May
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Jonas Hedlund & Sons
Authorized Ford and Fordson Sales and Service
Elk City, Oklahoma
March 23, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me as to service given by Rev. William Marshall, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia during the Revolutionary War?
Also, to service given by George Marshall, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky? [handwritten: in war of 1812. No pension]
Also, to Isaac Johnson, who served as Corporal in Lt. Col Campbell's Co. 9th Va. Rgt., commanded by Col John Gibson?
[handwritten: in Revolutionary War]
If there are any charges for this service, please inform me.
Very truly,
Beulah Johnson
Miss Beulah Johnson
Box 491
Elk City, Okla.
Insist on Genuine Ford Parts
[Stamp: US Pension Office, Mar 26, 1925]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
November 11, 1927
Mrs. John Adam May
246 West Ivy St.,
San Diego, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the history furnished you on October 3, 1927, is that of the only soldier named Isaac Johnson (all spellings searched) of Kentucky found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and in the papers on file, the name of his wife is not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
October 3, 1927
Mrs. John Adam May
246 West Ivy St.,
San Diego, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary war pension claim S. 36642 it appears that Isaac Johnson, or Johnston, enlisted March 4, 1779, place not stated, served as a private, Corporal and Sergeant in Captain Jacob Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment, was transferred to Captain Samuel Brady's Company, Colonel Brodhead's Pennsylvania Regiment and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818 while a resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky.
In 1820 he was aged seventy-two years and referred to his wife aged sixty-five or sixty-six years and stated that he had a married daughter, and his son born October 12, 1799 both living with him, their names not given. He died October 21, 1833.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
COPIED BY ADY
October 23, 1928.
Mrs. A. D. Paden,
1930 Mansfield Avenue,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36642, it appears that Isaac Johnson or Johnston enlisted March 4, 1779, the place not stated, served as private corporal and sergeant in Captain Jacob Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment, was transferred to Captain Samuel Brady's Company, Colonel Brodhead's Pennsylvania Regiment and served to the close of
the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818 while a resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky.
In 1820 he was aged seventy-two years and referred to his wife aged sixty-five or sixty-six years and stated that he had a married daughter and his son born October 12, 1799 both living with him, their names not given. He died October 21, 1833.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.