Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7937, for Joseph Johnson, New Jersey
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9479
New Jersey
Joseph Johnson
Monmth in the State of N. Jersey
was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Menight of the Regt commanded
Col Holmes in the N Jersey Ma
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of May 1833
 and sent [?] mth.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33
 $40.00
[Total] $200.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Book E
Vol. 3

Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
Page 117
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...take a part in the engagement; the British crossed out: had] had retreated before they had come up. He was in the engagement when the 800 were off in Middletown. At this time, Elisha Morris was wounded by a musket ball through his thigh. He has had several skirmishes with small parties of Refugees but not thought with what to record. He under the command of Capt. Mignel about three months and when he was marched from the falls under the command of Capt. Schenck. He had been out about three months. When he was at Freehold under Capt. Walton, he was there about six or seven months and was chiefly employed as a guide to the troops; sent out to scout in the Pines [Pine Barrens]. He was under the command of Capt. Stillwell about three months. He then was under the command of Capt. Shephard three months as a scout in the Pines [Pine Barrens] and on the 16th day of March, he was taken a prisoner. This, he knows because the next day was Saint Patrick's Day and thinks it was in the year 1780, but is not willing to speak certain as to dates and time of services. He is very feeble and old and his memory much impaired. He was kept a prisoner of war in close confinement for 9 1/2 months, at which time he took the small pay and held in very securely and was then exchanged for [duplicate: for] a British soldier at Elizabeth Town Point. He was out as a volunteer for more than six months; for the truth is, he dare not stay at home and was out almost all the time from the first time he entered the service until the end of the war.
s/ Joseph Johnson

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
s/ John Patterson
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS

On this 18th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said county of Monmouth Mary Johnson a resident of the Township of Middletown in the Said County of Monmouth aged Seventy two years on the Second Day of April Last pass Whom I certify from old age and [illegible] infirmities is unable to attend Court who being Duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That She is the widow of Joseph Johnson a soldier of the Revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States the amount of pension due the Said Joseph Johnson at the time of his decease was paid to this Deponent (Mary Johnson his Widow by the agent for paying pensions at Trenton New Jersey and the 
certificate of the Said Joseph Johnson returned to the Said office at Trenton all which will appear by reference there unto.
She further Declares that She was married to the Said Joseph Johnson on the 29th Day of September in the year
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF OFFICER OR SOLDIER.

State of New Jersey
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH//

On this Twenty sixth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, Joseph W Borden, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth aforesaid, Mary Johnson, aged Eighty nine years, a resident of Middletown, Monmouth County, in the State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says that she the said Mary Johnson is the widow of Joseph Johnson dec(eased). That the said Joseph Johnson was a Private Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain (blank) in the (blank) Regiment of the American Army commanded by Colonel (blank) in the war with Great Britain, declared [crossed out: by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812, that the said] on the Fourth day of July 1775 - commonly [crossed out: was married to the said] called the American Revolutionary War. And that he continued for Fourteen days and upwards in actual service in said war. And that she, the said Mary Johnson, was married to the said Joseph Johnson, deceased, about the close of said war. She does not now recollect his captain or his Colonel. That her maiden name was Mary Patterson. That her said husband, the said Joseph Johnson, died the Ninth day of September about the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three, as near as this deponent can now recollect. And that she, the said Mary Johnson, is now a widow and has ever remained a widow since the death of her said husband and for which services of her said husband in said war, she has received, and still does receive, a pension for the proper department the United States Government under the Act of Congress. And to the papers on file and to the proceedings relating to said pension, she refers for greater certainty as to the said services of her said husband and further particulars of this application. She does not now remember the number of his regiment.

The said Mary Johnson makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she, the said Mary Johnson, may be entitled under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855. And she further saith that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress.
s/ Mary Johnson (X - her mark)

Witness present:
s/ J.W. Borden

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH//

Before me, Joseph W. Borden, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally came Thomas Johnson & Thomas Seaman, residents and citizens of Middletown Township in said County. And the said Thomas Johnson and Thomas Seaman being duly sworn according to law, upon oath, they declare and say, that they are each personally well acquainted with the said Mary Johnson and saw her, the said Mary Johnson, sign & execute the foregoing declaration. That they, the said Thomas Johnson and Thomas Seamen, know her, the said Mary Johnson, to be the identical person specified in said declaration, and that the said the said Mary Johnson is now a widow.
s/ Thomas Johnson
s/ Thos. Seaman

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me this Twenty sixth day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty five. And I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself therein to be, and that the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim.
s/ Joseph W. Borden, Justice of the Peace

Standard Print, Keyport.
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6418
New Jersey
Mary Johnson, widow of Joseph [Johnson], who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 7 Nov. 1833, of Monmouth in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Pri(vate) in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. Jersey line for 14 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Increased from $46.67.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feb. 1819 and sent to Hon. W.A. Newell, H.R.

Total amount, (blank)
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by [illegible], Clerk
Book D; Vol. 1; Page 199.
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7019
Joseph Johnson, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

Capt. Menight.
Gen. Sherman

Pen(sion) 2 y(ea)rs.
$80

Adm(itted)
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Nov. 2nd 1843
Rec(eived) case.

Nov. 3rd 1843
N.J.

Mary Johnson
$46.67 per an(num).

J.M. Hartshorne
Freehold, N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Fourth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty one, personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace of said County, John L. Bennet of the Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, aged Eighty four years, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Joseph Johnson of the Township of Middletown of the County and State aforesaid. That this deponent and said [Joseph] Johnson were Soldiers in the Revolution(ary) War together. This deponent further saith he was taken prisoner; he thinks on the Fourteenth of May in the year, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, and carried to New York and put in North Church and remained there until the Fifth day of November following. Joseph Johnson was in the same Church, a prisoner, when deponent was carried there and still remained a prisoner when deponent was released. Deponent further saith that he frequently saw said [Joseph] Johnson in the service but cannot remember the particular dates of service. That he always considered said [Joseph] Johnson an active soldier in the Revolution(ary) war. And further deponent saith not.
s/ John L. Bennet

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me, Thomas Shepherd, Justice of the Peace.

I do hereby certify I was well acquainted with the above named Joseph Johnson for Thirty years before his death and that he was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Revolution(ary) War. And I further certify I have been well acquainted with John L. Bennett, the above deponent, for more than Forty years and that he is a credible person. And that his statement is entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Fourth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty one.
s/ Thomas Shepherd, Justice of the Peace
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2345
Aug 1243
LJ
Mar 3, 1843
Mary Johnson,
asks for increase under
act 7 July 1838 -
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2nd February 1848 entitled, "An act making further provisions for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution." 

State of New Jersey
Monmouth Co.,

On this Fourth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Johnson, a resident of Middletown in the County of Monmouth [crossed out: &], aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Johnson, who was a Private during the War of the Revolution and that she drew a pension of Forty six 67/100 dollars per annum under the Act of 17th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
s/ Mary Johnson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
s/ Thomas Shepherd, Justice of the Peace
s/ Rebecca J. Molsboro

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same person who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
s/ Thomas Shepherd, Justice of the Peace
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2345
Mary Johnson

[faint text: not identified]

JM. Hartshorne
Freehold
New Jersey -
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
} 85:

I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Said County do hereby certify that William Morford Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to & subscribed is now and was at the date thereof a Judge of the said Court duly qualified commissioned & sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the first day of June eighteen hundred and forty three -

Samuel Mairs Clerk