Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,323, for Joshua Johnson, New Hampshire
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SERVICE N.H.

Johnson, Joshua

NUMBER S. 21,323
B.L.Wt.2365-160-55
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Vermont
9578
Joshua Johnson
of Orleans  in the State of Vermont who was a Priv in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regt commanded by Col Mooney  in the N Hampshire line for 6 months and 24 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May '33 and sent I. Bridgman Lyndon Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - - -  40.88
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  - 10.22
[total] $51.10

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm Miller  Clerk
Book E  Vol.3  Page 71

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Hon Alvah Sabin
Jny 25 -1835
Let. S.D. Kimball, Aug 3/55

Reg No 10239 3d M 55
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10.239}  Act of 3d March
Recd 22d March 1855
Joshua Johnson, private
Col. H. Mooney
N.H. Contl. line
Admit 160 acres,  July 13th/55
[illegible]
Revolutionary War
Pension bears date 30th May 1833
Boynton

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Let to S.D. Kimball June 16"/55.
Vt
act 32 9578
Nov. 12/55,
Warrant Cancelled
Issue Duplicate and send to
S. D. Kimball
Barton Vt.

[written across left side]
160 Done as duplicate Nov 28/55
Act /55
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State of Vermont
County of Orleans } S.S.
On this 16th day of March A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Joshua Johnson, aged 99 years, a resident of Albany, in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joshua Johnson, who was a private, in the War of the Revolution and for said service rendered in said war is drawing a pension at the rate of Twenty dollars & forty four cts per anum, that his pension certificate bears date May 30th A.D. 1833, and is no [blank space] for proof of said Service the Hon Com of Pension is respectfully referred to the evidence filed in the Pension office where he was placed on the Pension roll, his service was a term of more than fourteen days, and he was honorably discharged.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled to under the act appeared March 3d 1855. He also declares that he has not received a Warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
[signed] Joshua Johnson
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We Oscar E. Johnson and Aurilla Johnson, residents of Albany in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by the aforesaid Joshua Johnson and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
[signed] Oscar E. Johnson    Aurilla Johnson

The foregoing declaration and affiants were sworn to before me and subscribed, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible witnesses, that the Claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this Claim
[signed] S.D. Kimball, Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss}  I George W. Hartshorn Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that S.D. Kimball whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the within and for said County duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer oaths
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16th day of March AD 1855
[signed] Geo. W. Hartshorn } Clerk
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J. Johnson's Declaration
22464
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State of Vermont 
Orleans District ss }  At a Probate Court holden at Irasburgh within and for the County of Orleans on this 13th day of September 1832 personally appeared in Open Court Joshua Johnson, a resident of Albany in said district aged 68 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 which is as follows-
I Joshua Johnson of Albany County of Orleans & State of Vermont depose & say that I was born in Greenland in the County of Rockingham & State of Newhampshire that I was born on the 29th day of October A.D. 1763. I think there is a record of my age in the town Clerks office in Greenland. I lived in Greenland until I was about twelve years old - Then I lived in Portsmouth N.H. when I enlisted. I enlisted in Greenland as a volunteer about the 16th of July A.D. 1778 being past fifteen years old- I enlisted for six months to fill the [illegible] from the town of Stratham for the term of six months service[.]   Captain Robinson of Stratham N.H. at that time commanding a company was engaged to furnish recruits. I mustered at Portsmouth I think the Monday after I enlisted which I think was on friday preceding before Gen. Whipple of Portsmouth.  I was attached to the N.H. Militia[.]   I was mustered again the next day at Exeter - The reason of my being mustered again was the apprehension of the recruiting master that my youth might perhaps be an objection to my being received into the service I was ordered to Providence Rhode island. The soldiers went in detached partices & were not embodied until they arrived there.  I think I started from Greenland on the 23rd of July in company with Nathan Haines & Theodore Fuller  The second day after departure I passed thro. Boston Mass. the fourth day I arrived in Providence about noon.   when I drawed rations for the first time. I was embodied in the company of Capt Samuel Runnels of New Durham N.H. My Lieut
[the last line is illegible]
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Nathan Haines, & Theodore Fuller The second day after departure I passed thro Boston Mass. the fourth day I arrived in Providence about noon when I draw rations for the first time. I was embodied in the company of Capt Samuel Runnells of New Durham N.H. My Lieuts name was Saml Piper of Stratham N.H. Ensign James Runnels, brother to the Captain.  I was in Col. Mooney's Regt who was from Old Durham N.H.  Genl Cornwall, or Connel was the chief commander during the first part of my service. Our company stayed in Providence one day only. The next day the company went down the river in batteaux & first landed at Howland's Ferry & staid two days,  then marched to Fogland Ferry, & remained there keeping guard against the incursion of the enemy until the 28th day of October-- There was no other company with us during this service.  On the 29th day of October being the day I was sixteen years old our company marched to Howlands Ferry where we crossed over on to the island of Rhode island. We were here embodied into a Regt under the commanded [sic] of the Col. Referred to as Gen. Nathl Green a continental officer was commander in chief Col Tapping   Col Green commander of a Regt of Blacks & other officers whose names are not remembered were on the Island.  We marched to a place called Butts Hill where we encamped for the night-- the next morning we marched to Newport & were stationed at a place a little out of the town called White House & remained there five or six days, then went down into the town & my company were stationed in a house by themselves.  I was frequently on guard & fatigue alternately. The second day after our arrival the British sailed for New York.  Some five or six days after our arrival at Newport a British Brig came into the the harbour and passed by the lower Fort & come to anchor.  At this time the American Fort had English colors hoisted-- as soon as the brig had anchored the English colors were  run down & American colors were hoisted.  The brig had on board about 80 men who were mostly officers, & immediately endeavored to escape but soon surrendered after some guns from the Fort and the officers were lodged in the prison.  They were detained a few weeks at Newport & were then transported to Providence where they were lodged in the guard ship. In the latter part of Decr we were ordered to Providence where we were chiefly employed in guarding the coast.  I remained at this position until the term of my enlistment
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were ordered to Providence where we were chiefly employed in guarding the coast. I remained at this position until the term of my enlistment expired when I was verbally discharged by my Col. Mooney some time past the middle of Jany 1780. This was all the service rendered  by me during the war. I returned to Portsmouth-- Thence I moved to Kittery, Maine. When about twenty years old I went to Cornish N.H.  I have lived in Cornish in Iasburgh & in the town in which I now reside since the Revolutionary War.  I have no documentary evidence in my possession. Nathan Haines of Roxbury Vt. David Davis of Cornish N.H. were with me in the service & were both living when I last heard-- I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Joshna Johnson

We Nathaniel Killam Deacon of the Baptist Church residing in Irasburgh in Orleans District & Ira H Allen Clerk of the Supreme & County Court residing in said Irasburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Johnson late of said Irasburgh who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty Eight 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
[signed] Nath. Killam    Ira H. Allen

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Nathaniel Killam and Ira H Allen who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Irasburg aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] John H. Kimball Register of the [end of page]
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that we concur in that opinion
[signed] Nath. Killam    Ira H. Allen

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Nathaniel Killam and Ira H Allen who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Irasburg aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I  John H. Kimball Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that [the] foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Johnson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September 1832
[signed] John H. Kimball Register
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22464
Joshua Johnson
Vt.

on Rolls
NH
Admt f
6 mos and 4 days
$20.44
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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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins 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, showing the Service of Joshua Johnson Vt.

Jul;y 1776 vol'd - 6 months - private - Cp Robninson, Co Mooney - Age 68, born in NH and entered there  Lives now in Vt - Certificate of a Deacon and citizen 

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2   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 served 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, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application 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 first 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 7, 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: 

[in brackets:] 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. (L.) 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. [end of brackets] 

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 for the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [in brackets:] 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 to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[in brackets:] 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person [end of page]
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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 corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 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 of 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 the 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 clergymen, 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 Clergymen, 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 inquiry 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 the 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 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 authorized 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 [in italics: about three or four months,] 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. [double brackets] 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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Barton, Vt. October 24, 1855,
Sir, Will you be so kind as to cancel the Enclosd Warrant No 2363, issued to the benefit of Josh Johnson, and send me another one in said Johnsons name. My reason for making this request is that I had purchased of Mr. J  his warrant and intended to locate it in my own name but a son of Mr. Johnson, now intends to go west, and is anxious to locate his fathers Warrant.
I suppose this Warrant as it now is assigned will not do for them - if you will send me one that they can locate I will return it to  them. 
Very Respectfully yours
[signed] S. D. Kimball

Hon. J. Minott
Comr. Pensions
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Revolution
21323
INVALID.

File No. 21,323
Joshua Johnson
Priv Rev. War 

Act:  June 7th '32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 212

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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No. 10239
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 18, 55 187
Joshua Johnson
Col H Mooney
N. H. Contl. Line
Revolutionary War


Warrant No 2365-160-55 

L. D. Kimball
Barton
Va [Vt]
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2365

[illegible]
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Pension enlarged

Hon Alvah Sabin
Member of Congress from Vermont
Washington City
DC

[written across addressee]
Albany
[Jany?] 17
Joshua Johnson
Vt act 1832

Cole

Hon A. Sabin 
H.R.
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Pen act '32  [ft?]

B[illegible]
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[postmark] BARTON VT  JUN 10

FREE

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[along left side] 
[illegible]
Joshua Johnson
Rec 3d M '55 No 10239
[?] 1832    9578
Boyntyn
July 12/53
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Barton Vt
Oct 26

Free

Hon J. Minot
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[along left side] 
Joshua Johnson
2365 -[16?]
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[postmark] BARTON VT 
MAR 19

Free

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[along left side] 10239
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For value Recd I Joshua Johnson to whom the within Warrant No 2365 was issued I do hereby sell and assign unto Sylvester D. Kimball of Burton in Orleans County & State of Vermont and to his heirs and assigns forever the said Warrant & authorize him to locate the same and receive a patent therefore
Witness my hand and seal this 21st day of July A.D. 1855
Joshua Johnson X his mark
Attest [signed] Orrel Johnson

State of Vermont
Orleans County ⎬ S.S.  On this 20th day of July in the year 1855, personally appeared before me, Joshua Johnson to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed; and I certify that the said Joshua Johnson, is the identical person to whom the within warrant [was] issued and who executed the foregoing assignment thereof.
[signed] Parley Hyde    Justice Peace

Know all men by these presents that I Sylvester  D. Kimball of Barton in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, do hereby constitute and appoint Hogen Kimball of St. Paul in Minnesota Territory, my true & lawful attorney (with power of substitution  for me and in my name to locate land Warrant No 2.365 for 160 acres of land which issued under the act of March 3d 1855,
[signed] Sylvester D. Kimball
Signed in presence of Orrel Johnson [&] [Charles?] Johnson

State of Vermont
Orleans County ⎬ S.S. On this 21st day of July in the year 1855, personally appeared  Sylvester D. Kimball  and acknowledged the within & above  power of attorney, to be his act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Sylvester D. Kimbell and that he is the same person who is described in the within power & who executed the same.
[signed]  Parley Hyde  Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Orleans County ⎬ S.S.  I Geo Nye Dept. Clerk of Orleans County Court in the state of Vermont. Hereby Certify that Paley Hyde &
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[both corners:]  160 Acres
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bounty Land
Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
It is hereby Certified that under the Act of March 3rd 1855 entitled " An Act in addition to certain  Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States "
Joshua Johnson
Private
Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES at any [Land?] Office of the United States in one body and in conformity to the legal [obscured] divisions of the public lands upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduate [?]  Given under my hand and the seal of the Department of the [the rest of the line is illegible] July 1855
No 2365

You can [?] this certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located [?] General land office on the return of it, with your request to that office and  [indexed?] thereby specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the [?] made.  If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.

To the Register in the Land Office - Locate this certificate in the [blank space] [illegible] in [blank space[ in township [blank space] of Range [blank space] [illegible] Register
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Barton, Vt. July 9 - 1855,
Sir
Enclosed please find a certificate from the Sect. of the State of N.H. to prove the service of Joshua Johnson  - his declaration is on file in your office under Bo Land act 3rd March 1855, & numbered " 10.239."
Respectfully yours &c
L D Kimball


Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Com of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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10239


L D Kimball
Barton
Vt
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Barton Vt. March 17- 1855
Sir,
Enclosed please find the declaration of Joshua Johnson, Rev. Soldier, Claiming Bo. Land under act March 3d 1855,
Also the declaration of Jno. Cook, Claiming an increase of Bo. Land, under said act.
Respectfully, your
Obt. Sevt.
[signed] S.D. Kimball


Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify that, from examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution which remain in this office it appears that the name of "Joshua Johnson" is borne upon "A Return of the men raised by the State of New Hampshire under the command of Colo Hercules Mooney for the continental service at Rhode Island 1779" in the manner following - to wit - 
Vol 6, Page 114}
Regt Col Wentworth
6 mo
Joshua Johnson
Time of enlistment 1779, July 8th
Town Stratham

Also the name of the said Joshua Johnson is borne upon a account written as follows "Paid (1779 July) 5 soldiers inlisted in Colo Mooney's Regiment raised for the defence of Rhode Island and mustered by Colo Joshua Wentworth'

Vol 10, p 115}  in the manner following - to wit - "Joshua Johnson/ Bounty L 30/Travel to Providence L11-41-"-" "
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The name of "Joshua Johnson" is also borne upon a "Pay Roll of Cap Saml Runnels Compy in Col Her Mooney's Regt raised by the State of New Hamp. for the defence of Rhode Island 1779 - allows a 1 days pay for every 20 miles travel home" in the manner following - to wit - 
Vol 3, Book L, page 14
No 40 - Joshua Johnson - private - gagement 1779, July 8th - discharge 1780 Jan 11 - 6 mo 4 days - Rate pr month 12 - amount wages 73,,12 - 
Bounty 100 dollars L30,, - Amount Travel 2/p miles out & 3 home L25,,  ,, - Subsistance L14,,10 - Whole amount L143,,2,,--- - Advanced by the State L40,,  ,, - Balance L103,,2,,  "

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State this 6th day of July, 1855
[signed] Samuel A. Pattee  Secretary of State
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Barton N.H.  July 21--1855.

Sir,

Enclosed, please find Joshua Johnsons pension Certificate, you will see by the Certificate that he is drawing but 20.44 per annum--you will please examine the Sect of N.H. Certificate now on file in your office re Bo Land and case (act 3d March 1855,)  No. 2365, which proves him 6 Mo. & 4 days service--if you find Mr. Johnson entitled to an increase, you will please send me a new Certificate but if I am wrong and he is not entitled--Please return me the one enclosed.

Respectfully yours,
&c
S.D. Kimball

Hon L.P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions
Washington, D.C.