Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 48926, for William Johnson, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 

Johnson William 

NUMBER 
S. 48926 

CONTENTS
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[left side]
See letter to G. Park Feb. 28, 1832 
1889 Dec 23 Leroy L Goodrich - brief note for his information Letter 10 925 Prior
Information sent to the Hon R Monell 14 Decr 1820 HR 
See letter to Hon. John A Collier 3 Jan 1832.
No blue wrapper with this claim.
1921 Oct. 8 Hist. to Edith E. 

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Weisenfelt
48.926
3642.
New York Roll 
William Johnson 
Private 4 
New York line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York --- at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 11th of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of October 18 [prob. 18, but not sure] and sent to F. Robinson Binghamton Chenango Point.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  38:40 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th March 1819.  48. 
[totals] $86:40
4 months 32: 
24 /30 -6.40 
Weisenfelt
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
82 nine months
Dropt from Roll 9 April 1831 – not continl
Continued
Chenango
[bottom line illegible]
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State New York [crossed out, DISTRICT OF] Boone County, ss 
On this 5th day of October 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County personally appeared William Johnson aged fifty one years, resident in Chenango in the said county who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said William Johnson enlisted near Poughkeepsie in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain Percy of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wysenfeldt, in the New York line, for the term of nine months (on the 1st April 1782 or 1783); that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of December or January following, when he was discharged from service in Marbletown state of New York [crossed out, that he was in the battle of] having served the term of nine months and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. 
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
[signed] Wm Stuart
I, William Stuart Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Johnson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I also certify that he is in reduced circumstances 
[signed] Wm. Stuart
Broome County Clerks office Oct 5, 1818 
Wm Stuart Esq is a Judge of the Court of Com Pleas for this county, & the above signatures are his proper hand writing 
[signed] Jno. S. Doubleday  Dept Clk
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Wm Johnson 2 
$17.59 
3642
[crossed out, Suspd]
Con 

Hon Robt Monell 
Hos Reps
M Whiting 
Chenango Point N Yk.
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State of New York 
Broome County ss. } On this fourteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Broome being a court of record, having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Johnson of Chenango in said County of Broome, aged fifty four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he was enlisted in 1781 for nine months by by Capt. Johnson, and served that time, in Capt. Piercys company, in Col. Wiessenfelt’s regiment in the New York line - that he has received a pension certificate, that the date of his original declaration the 11th day of April A.D. 1818, and the number of his pension certificate is 3642. 
The following is a schedule of the property of the said William Johnson. The undivided moiety of one hundred acres of land in said Chenango, purchased by this deponent and Abraham Johnson of Ammi [?] Doubleday, about a year since for three hundred dollars, and mortgaged [crossed out, to the said sum] to the said Doubleday for recovering the payment of that man with interest - the land when purchased was and still is unimproved, and in a state of nature, and is not worth more than the
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amount of the purchase money and interest.
Personal property - one cow- one table - five chairs, one old pair fire [illegible, doss?], one old kettle, one old chest - one nail hammer - one pair steel yards - six knives and forks - one clock reel - sixteen fowls, [signed] William Johnson

And the said William Johnson doth further on oath declare that from a complaint in his breast be is unable to labor more than half the time - His family consists of his wife aged fifty nine and upwards - she is now and for several years has been afflicted with the Murmuration and has one stiff knee, occasioned by it - one son Jacob Johnson aged fifteen years and upwards, of a weak constitution, sickly and unable to labor - at present entirely confined to his bed by illness - one daughter Sarah Johnson, aged thirteen years and upwards - lame in one leg, occasioned by an accident in a mill
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and I do solemnly swear that I was resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to 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, in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed 
[signed] William johnson
Sworn to and declared the 14 day of September 1820 before -
[signed] A. Doubleday Clerk 

State of New York ss.  I Ammi Doubleday Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Broome do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventeen dollars and fifty nine cents   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 30th day of September 1820 
[signed] A. Doubleday Clerk of Broome County
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  S.F. 48926 
3-525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., 19__ 
In reply to your request of --- received --- for a statement of the military history of William Johnson soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   |  LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |  RANK.  |   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  | COLONEL.   |  STATE.  |
April 4  |  9 mos.  |  Pvt.  |  Perry  Pearsee  |  Weisenfels  |  N.Y.  |
[END OF TABLE]

Battles engaged in, none stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment enlisted near Poughkeepsie N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 11. 1818 His cl. Was al.
Residence at date of application, Chenango, Broom Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 51 years.
Remarks: In 1820 his wife was 59 years old and children Jacob 15 years and Sarah 13 years. Soldier was not alive Jan’y 2. 1832 
Respectfully, Commissioner

as clmt. alleges to have enlisted in 1781, 1782 or 1783 I have not put any date of enlistment in.

6-2856
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Chenango Point
Oct. 6
J. C. Calhoun Esquire 
Secy 
Wash[ington]
Admitted
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Binghamton 5 Oct 1818 
Inclosed, is the application of Wm Johnson in a corrected form, which was returned for in formality - I have also sent his original affidavit, which will shew the date of his first application - from which date, his pension in justice to him should commence -
Yours respectfully 
[signed] J. Robinson
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John A. Collier
H R

Peter Hagner Esq
3d Auditor
Treasury Departmt
Washington
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Washington City 
House of Rep 1832 2 Jany 
Dear Sir,
I have lately recd a letter from Maj. Hawley a highly respectable merchant of the town of Chenango Broome County N.Y. in which he states that he is administrator of the estate of William Johnson, who was upon the Pension list as a revolutionary soldier, and who died leaving something due him on acct of his pension 
The principal object of taking out letters of administration it seems, was to get the balance of his pension, but upon application to your department he received for answer that Johnson was stricken from the pension roll before his death, upon the ground that he was not entitled to a pension 
Maj. Hawleys letter does not inform me to what regiment Johnson belonged, or where he enlisted, or give me particulars on that score
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but perhaps you are able to ascertain from the fact that he was upon the pension roll and was stricken off.
Maj. Hawley now wishes me to ascertain the particular grounds upon which he was stricken from the pension roll. You will oblige me by stating these grounds, and the evidence which induced you to strike him off; or how it appears that he was not entitled to a pension 
With great respect 
Your obt. Servt
[signed] John A. Collier 

P. Hague Esq
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State of New York 
Broome County ss 
William Johnson of the town of Chenango, in the County of Broome, & State of New York, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith - that on or about the first day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & eighty three, this deponent enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States, in the New York line of troops, in a company commanded by Capt Percy in Colonel Wysenfeldt's regiment, for the term of nine months - that this deponent served the said term of nine months against the common enemy, & in the month of December following the date of his enlistment, this deponent was discharged from the army in an honorable manner, but that this deponent did not receive a written discharge - And this deponent further says, that by reason of his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support and further saith not
[signed] William Johnson
Sworn & subscribed this eleventh day before me of April 1818 before me
[signed] Wm Stuart one of the Judges of Broome Com. Pleas.
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State of New York 
Broome County Clerks office 
I certify, that William Stuart Esq. is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Broome, & that full faith & credit are to be attached to his official acts as such –
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court this 11th April 1818 
[signed] A. Doubleday Clk
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316 N. 7th St. 
Yakima, Wash 
Sep 12, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C 
Dear Sir, 
My son wishes to establish his ancestry through his Fathers line of the family, and as his time is occupied in the service of the U.S. Navy, he has requested me to do this for him. 
I have spent some time already in research on this family line and find that during the Revolutionary period they were living in Orange Co. N.Y. 
After studying the “N.Y. in Rev.” have decided he must be the one given
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as serving in the N.Y. Line of 4th Regt. as William Johnson (p. 51 N.Y. in Rev.) altho I believe his name may have been also spelled with a t. sometimes. 
They lived in the Minisink Country and that even took in Uls. Co. (Southern part) now northern part of Orange Co. - and also some of Sussex Co., N.J. I am informed. So that it is hard to tell just which is his real service - altho in this 4th Regt. of N.Y. Line contains other names of those marrying into the family; besides several other Johnsons whom I believe were his Brothers 
I am in hopes that you will have some record of himself and family - if he was a pensioner. Will you kindly assist me to perfect my record by sending what you may have of either Wm. Johnson of N.Y. Line 4th Regt or of a Wm. Johnston of N.Y. Line. {?Uls. Co. or Or. Co.)
And greatly oblige, 
Mrs. Edith E. Johnson 
316 N. 7th St.,
Yakima, Wash.
widow of Chas. M. Johnson

Cols. Holmes  Livingston  Weisenfels

[stamped U.S. Pension Office Sep 19 1921]