Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,907, for Samuel Johnson, Vermont
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(Illegible--1776)
SERVICE
Vt.
Johnson, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 18.907
Carded
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Vermont 18.701
Samuel Johnson.
of Orange CO in the State of Vermont.
Who was a Private in the Company commanded by
Captain Barnes. of the Reg't commanded by
 Col. Budell in the N. H. Ma & Vt.
line for 2 yrs. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate 80 Dollars (crossed out) Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Sep
1833. and sent to Joseph Berry
Newbury Vt

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '36
$200.00
60.00
$260.00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Eli Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 71

Dec'd
Letter to (Illegible) B. Mattocks
$3.00 Aud 12 Jany 1844
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4th March to 15 June 1841. Agt notified 11 April
1844
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Treasury Department, 
Second Controller's Office,
Jany 14th, 1844. 
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, 
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm. of Samuel Johnson, decd., 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Montpelier, Vt. 
Agency, at the rate of eighty dollars
['and cents'-crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 4th Jany 1832, has been paid at this Department, From the of March to the 15th June 1841. 
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, 
Present.
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Sam'l Johnson
application [for]
3914

Return to Joseph 
Berry of Newbury 
Vermont Orange County
agent for applicant
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Sam’l Johnson
State of Vermont
Country of Orange Vt - On this 2nd day of August 1832
personally appears in open Court before the Probate Court of the district of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont now sitting - the same being a court of record - Samuel Johnson a resident of Newbury in the County of Orange - aged sixty nine years the 29th Nov
1831 - who being first duly sworn and according to Law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under
the following names officers & served as herein stated.
He enlisted the first of April 1778 into a company commanded by Captain Timothy Barnes Regiment Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment in the New Hamps. line or regular troops
 at Haverhill in the state of New Hampshire for
the term of one year and was discharged the first day
of April 1779 - The Regiment & Company to which he
belonged was stationed as a guard against the enemy
from Canada who were habitually in the practice
of wandering and capturing the frontier citizens of Newhampshire
 and Vermont on the Connecticut River.
He enlisted again the Spring of the year 1779 into a
Company commanded by Captain Frye Bayley belonging
to Colonel Peter Olcott's Regiment and served for a term of one year
 and was discharged on the conclusion of said term
in April 1780.
He enlisted again at Newbury in the month of
February 1781 for a term of ten months into a company
 commanded by Capt Nehemiah Lovell in a
Regiment commanded by Colo. Samuel Fletcher.
Was stationed six months of the time at Peacham
Vermont - assisted in building a Patrol fort there, 
from which scouting parties were [kept or sent] out all of the
time. one of our scouts of four men were captured by the
Tories & Indians two of whom were killed & two carried
prisioners to Canada-- Our scouts took & brought
in two of the [rising?] during the term. He was
dismissed by Capt Lovell on the 23d of November 1781
as he now thinks.
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He further states that he has no dockumentary evidence
and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure other than the such as is hereunto annexed
and he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension Roll of any agency
of any State.
Samuel Johnson
Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid-

We, Clark Perry,  Clergyman resident in Newbury Orange
County, Vermont & Joseph Berry of said Newbury, hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Johnson
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & believe him
to be 69 years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
 where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution that
we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid-
Clark Perry
Joseph Berry

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter & hearing the testimony of Zebulon
Hunt & Stephen Powers contained in the annexed affidavits which
they subscribed & was duly sworn to in Court, that the above named
 applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that Clark Perry who has signed
the preceding certificate is a resident of [kind] Newbury & that
Joseph Berry who has also signed the same is also a resident of sd Newbury & 
his credible person & their statement entitled to credit. And the Court also
 certify that the said Zebulon Hunt & Stephen Powers are
credible witnesses -

I, Simeon Short Clerk or Register of the
said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the matter of Saml Johnson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 2d day of August AD 1832.
Simeon Short Clk
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I Zebulon Hunt of Bath in the County of Grafton State of
Newhampshire aged 73 years hereby certify that I am
well acquainted with Samuel Johnson who has subscribed the
foregoing declaration & that I served in Capt Barn’s Company
& Col Bedel’s Regiment with him in the year 1778 the term
of one year & knew that he served in Capt Frye Bayley’s
Company in the year 1779 or 1780, the latter, as he thinks. & that he
was stationed at Newbury Vt. & Haverhill Newhampshire. & I have
no doubt that he served faithfully the whole time that he
mentions in his declaration & further say not.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Zebulon Hunt his mark

I Stephen Powers of Newbury in the County of Orange, 
State of Vermont aged 70 years hereby certify that I
am well acquainted with Samuel Johnson who has
subscribed the foregoing declaration that I served with him
in Capt Frye Bayley’ Company & Peter Olcott’s regiment
the whole of the year 1781 & was stationed at Newbury. That
I served with him six months in the same company & Regiment
in the year 1781 & was stationed at Peacham Vermont. &
I think we were enlisted for the time of ten months, but did not
and march to Peacham until some time after our enlistment.
Sworn to & subscribed the day
year aforesaid in Court
Stephen Powers

I, Simeon Short Reg’r of the Probate Court within for
the District of Bradford, certify that Zebulon Hunt &
Stephen Powers above named men duly sworn in [said?]
Court to their respective affidavits are credible witnesses.
Simeon Short Regr Probate
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State of Vermont
County of Orange on this 12th day of June AD 1833
Personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court
of the district of Bradford in the County of Orange now
sitting, the same being a Court of record-- Samuel Johnson
a resident of Newbury in the County of Orange aged Seventy
years in November 1832 who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in addition to his former declaration made
before this Court on the 2nd day of August 1832 in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he
 cannot swear more positively than he has already in his aforesaid
 declaration sworn 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 one year in Captain
Timothy Barne’s Company, for one year in Captain Frye
Bayley’s Company and for ten months in Captain
Nehemiah Lovell’s company and for such services [‘I claim a pension’-crossed out]
he claims a pension - He further says that he
has no recollection of ever having had a written discharge
in either case-- and that he knows of no surviving witness
that can testify any further or to any more facts than
is contained in the affidavits taken before this court. 
The following interrogatories were propounded by the
Court and the subjoined answers given by P. Applicant
1 Where & in what year were you born? 
Answer In the town of Haddam in the State of Connecticut
in the year 1762.
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer - I have none-
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Question 3rd - 
Where were you living when called into service - where
have you lived since the revolutionary war
and where do you now live?-
Answer
I was living in Newbury when called into service
I have lived at Newbury & Ryegate Vermont ever since
 the war and now live in said Newbury
4th
How were you called into service, were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute - 
And if a substitute for whom?
Answer
I volunteered in each case & was not a substitute
5th
State the names of some of the Office Regular Offices
who were with the troops when you served. Such continental
 and militia Regiments as you can recollect
and the general circumstances of your services-
Answer
Colonel Timothy Bedel, Lieut Colo. John
Whelock, Majr Jonah Stow –Captain
Simeon Stevens, Capt. Wm Tarleton Capt Luther
Richardson and Captain Ezekiel Ladd

Col Peter Olcott, Capt Frye Bayley
Capt Nehemiah Lovell, Genl Jacob Bayley
Colonel or Major Joab Hosington, Capt Benjamin
Wait-- and as to the general circumstances I
cannot be more particular than is already Stated
6th
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given & what has been
of it?
Answer
I never had any written discharge


7th
State the names of persons to whom you are known
in your present neighborhood and who can testify to
your character for veracity and their belief of your
Serving as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer
Isaac Bayley Esquire, Colo Joshua Bayley,
Capt Jacob Bayley, Mr Moses Johnson, David
Johnson, James Spear, James Johnston, Colo
Simeon Stevens, Dudley Carleton Esqr, Saml
Powers, Charles Chamberlain

Samuel Johnson

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this 12 day of June AD 1833
Wm Spencer Judge of Probate
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WCS

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
August 10, 1926

Mr. George H. Johnson, Jr.
499 Sibley St.
Hammond, Ind.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 18907, it appears that SAMUEL JOHNSON was born November
29, 1762, at Haddam, Connecticut.
While a resident of Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, he enlisted and
served as private with the Vermont Troops as follows:
From April 9, 1778, one year in Captain Timothy Barron's Company,
Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment.
From the spring of 1779, one year in Captain Frye Bayley's Company,
Colonel Peter Olcott's Regiment.
From February, 1781, ten months in Captain Nehemiah Lovewell's
Company, Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832,
at which time he was a resident of Newbury, Vermont.
In 1833 he stated that he had lived in Newbury and Ryegate, Vermont,
ever since the Revolution.
He died June 15, 1841.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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P 18907
INVALID.
File No. 18907

Samuel Johnson
Pri Rev. War
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Act: June 7” 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 385
(Arrangement of 1870.)

1910 July 1 Hist to
Mrs. A. W. Johnson V. L.M.

1910 Oct. 18 Hist. to Mrs.
Kate Cudding and Mrs. 
Jennie M. Jones V. L.M.

1913 July 5 Hist to Mrs. A. A. Wright

1914 Jany 22. Hist. to Mrs. C. M. Norton

1914 Jany 26 Lucille L. Sprague advised
no mention of being marked or of children.

1914, Sept 3. History to Mrs. Edith
R Johnson (Letter in R. 7519
Daniel Murray) M.B.H.

1925 July 26 Hist to Sen. F.H.
Gillett, See letter in David Johnson
W. 15779 AWF

1926 Aug 10 Hist.
to Mr. Geo. H. Johnson MCS
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I Moody Bedel of Bath in the County of Grafton and
State of New hampshire of the age of Seventy years do depose
and say that Samuel Johnson of Newbury and myself were
School fellows together about sixty years ago and I have
been acquainted with him ever since that time to the
present. The Regiment of my father the late Colonel Timothy
Bedel was raised in the month of April 1778 and about
that time. I know that said Samuel Johnson was a soldier
in Captain Timothy Barne’s Company in said Colonel Bedel’s
Regiment. I recollect him as a soldier of said company
perfectly well, and in addition I have now before me the
muster roll of said Regiment which came to me from
my father, containing the name of said Saml Johnson
as having enlisted into said company and Regiment on the
9th day of April 1778. I have no knowledge or belief
other than that said Johnson served out his enlistment
honorably and well-- the enlistment was for one year.
said Johnson is a little older than I am and he must
consequently at the time of his enlistment have been over
sixteen years of age and he was a good able bodied solder
and passed muster as such. After said Johnson left my
father’s Regiment in April 1779 I know but little of him
for a year or two but I well recollect him as a soldier in
Capt Nehemiah Lovell’s company in 1781. I know also
that Capt Frye Bayley had a company of Soldiers
 Stationed at the fort at Newbury in the year 1780.
Moody Bedel
Subscribed & sworn to in open
Court this 12 day of June AD 1833
Wm Spencer Judge of Probate
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I Simeon Short Clerk or Reg’r of the Probate Court
within for said District of Bradford, do hereby certify
that the foregoing paper signed by Samuel Johnson
contains his additional declaration in the matter
of his application for a pension with the interrogatories
 prescribed by the war department & propounded
by said Court & his answers thereto to which he was
duly sworn in said court on the said 12th day of
June AD1838- I also certify that Genl Moody Bedel
duly subscribed & was sworn to the foregoing deposition
in Court at the same time is a credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
 seal of said Court this 12th day of June AD 1833
Simeon Short C Ck
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3914
Samuel Johnson
Admit
2 years
 [illegible]
Joseph Berry Esq
Newbury
Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
26 April 1833
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 shew 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, showing the service of 
Period when the service was rendered┃ Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. |  Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr Samuel Johnson
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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 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 or Territory, County of
On this ___ day o ____ fA. B. a resident (b) of ____personally appeared (a) before ____
in the county of ___  and State, Territory or District of _____
Aged ___ 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 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.
____ 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 certifies, 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.
_____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

Under what authority was the reg. of Col. Olcott raised?
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It 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.
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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 service 
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
an officer 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 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 in 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.
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 rules laid down for his guidance.
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.
 The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
 The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

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 year months, and months and - days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension
is in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law that he 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. 
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the court is always required.
 The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by  which can be distinguished many 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.
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 claimants 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.
The notes from a to i are 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. 
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.


Gen’l Moody Bedel of Bath may probably throw light on the service of the
Claimant in his father’s reg. The claimant then being but 16 years [afores’d], a 
Violent [??] assumption against the [correctness] of the declaration.
16 years old
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Seattle Wash
June 23, 1913
Commissioner of Pensions
Gentlemen,
the enclosed letter will explain
itself. We are very anxious to find
the proof of these questions. this
enclosed letter referred us
to you. We will be very thankful
 if you can help us.

Mrs. A.A. Wright
1624-7th Ave West 

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S 
JUN 30 1913
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Seattle - Wash

June 23, 1913

Commissioners of Pensions

Gentleman, 

this enclosed letter will explain itself. We are trying to find those proofs. We do not know how to find it.

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S 
JUN 30 1913
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Fredonia, N. Y. 

June 18, 1910

Department of Interior 

Bureau of Pensions: - 

Please send me the military history of Samuel Johnson of 
Newbury, Vt. 
Also of Samuel Johnson of Ryegate Vt. whom I judge to be the 
same as above. Both are on 
the Pension list of 1840. 

Sincerely Yours, 

Edith Johnson
Mrs. A. W. 
44 Temple St
Fredonia 
New York
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to Mrs. Jennie M. Jones of 
Fredonia,  N. Y. 

44 Temple St.
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Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C. 

Please send me the military history of Samuel Johnson, of Newbury, Vt. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and his name is on the Pension list for 1840. He resided at Newbury and Ryegate 'ever since the war'! He was 78 years of age in 1840. 

Sincerely Yours, 

Mrs. Kate Cudding
Bolivar
New York 

October 11, 1910. 

Please send duplicates of above  
[over]
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[round stamp] 
PENSION OFFICE  U S
JUN 30 1913

Seattle June 10th 1913
Adjutant General’s Office
We are trying to find certain data
regarding Samuel Johnson who served
in the War of the Revolution. Extract from
the "Vermont Revolutionary rolls” compiled by
John E. Goodrich page 369, 371. 390, 527,
627. Samuel Johnson on the pay roll of Captain
Simeon Steven’s Company in Newbury, from
May 1779 to May 1781 of service done in guarding
and acting under the command of Col Peter
Olcott and others. Now we have it all
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except place of death and date of death, name of wife and date of marriage and whether married more than once and names of children. From his having been on the pension list we thought it possible you could find it for us. Now if you should be to any expense to do this we will gladly pay the expense if you will inform us. We do not know what is required in order to get this data which we want very much. 

Yours Respectfully, 

Mrs. A. A. Wright
1624 7th Ave (x)
Seattle, Washington
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Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Jan. 17, 1914,

Pension Bureau
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me if the birthplace of the wife, of George Cadman, an ancestor of mine and a Revolutionary War Pensioner, Desiah Beebe is given in the affidavits or the name of her parents. 

Also please to give me the name of wife and children of Samuel Johnson who lived at Ryegate Caledonia Co, Vermont, with one Hugh Johnson
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I have every reason to believe he is an ancestor of mine; he was a Revolutionary pensioner. 

I am requesting these facts; to aid me in joining the D. A. R. 

Kindly let me hear from you as soon as possible. Thanking you in advance I am, 

Sincerely Yours, 

Mrs. C. M. Norton
1935 Plainfield Ave
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499 Sibley Street, 
Hammond, Indiana

June 14, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Sir: 

We are interested in obtaining a military record of Mr. Elihu Johnson and have been referred to your office by Senator James E. Watson. 

Another of our relatives is very interested in tracing the family back to the time of the Revolution. We thought the following excerpts from a recent letter of his would be helpful in tracing this record. 

"Elihu was born in the town of Haddam, Conn., February 24, 1728-29, married Sarah ______, April 8, 1750. His children except the last one, were born there. 

He later went to Newbury, Vermont, and in 1783 to Ryegate, Vermont. Elihu and his two sons, William and Samuel, were in the Revolution from Vermont. 

Samuel was a pensioner. William, I believe applied for one which was denied him as he was not in active service but acted as a guard on the Canada frontier. 

Elihu, I think has a fine record which I have seen. I do not think he applied for a pension. I think you will have no difficulty in joining the D. A. R. from his service. 

If you will write to your Senator or Representative in Congress asking him to obtain the record of service for Elihu for you at the Pension Office, I think he will be very glad to do it for you. 

You are also entitled to join the Colonial Dames from the service of Captain Isaac Johnson who was killed leading his men in battle with the Indians on December 19, 1675." 

We are interested also in obtaining a record of the Captain Johnson mentioned and should appreciate anything you could find concerning him. 

If the records of these two men can be obtained, we believe that the ladies of our family will be entitled to join both the D. A. R. and the Colonial Dames.
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At any rate, the matter is of great interest to us and we shall be pleased to have you take it up at your convenience. 

Thanking you for your favor in the matter, I am

Very sincerely yours, 

Geo. H. Johnson, Jr.
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(pen)sion on file in this Bureau. Samuel Johnson (x) File 18907

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  April 9, 1778  |  Spring 1779  |  Feb 1781
Length of Service:  1 year  |  1 year  |  10 months 
Rank:  Pvt 

Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered.
Captain:  Timothy Barron  |  Frye Bayley  |  Nehemiah Lovewell 
Colonel:  Timothy Bedel  |  Peter Alcott  |  Samuel Fletcher 
State:  VT  |  VT  |  VT

Battles engaged in:   X
Residence of soldier at enlistment:  Newbury, Orange Co., Vermont
Date of application for pension:  August 2, 1832 - First Class Mail
Residence at date of application:  Newbury, VT
Age at date of application:  b. Nov 29, 1762 at Haddam, Conn.

Remarks:  Soldier lived at Newbury and Ryegate ever since the war.   X    No family data - died June 15, 1841.
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Rev. War Section. 

January 26, 1914.

Miss Lucille C. Sprague, 
1601 Plainfield Avenue N. E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 

Madam:- 

In response to your letter dated the 18th instant, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim 3. # 18,907, of Samuel Johnson, who lived at Newbury and Ryegate, it is not stated the he was married or had children. 

Very respectfully, 

G. M. Saltzgaber 
Commissioner.
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim 8. 18907, it appears that Samuel Johnson was born November 29, 1762 at Haddam, Connecticut. 

While residing at Newbery, Orange County, Vermont, he enlisted April 9, 1778 and served one year as a private in Captain Timothy Barron's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment. 

He enlisted int he spring of 1779 and served on year in Captain Frye Bayley's Company, Colonel Peter Olcott's Vermont Regiment. 

He enlisted in February 1781 and served in Captain Nehemiah Lovewell's Company, Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Vermont Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, while a resident of Newbury, Vermont. 

He died June 15, 1841. There is no data on file as to his family.