Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5033, for Joseph Johnston, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Johnston, Joseph
or Johnson 

NUMBER
W.5033

Nancy
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

12,449
North Carolina
Joseph Johnston
of Randolph in the State of N. C. who was a pr [private] cav [calvary] in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col. Balfour in the N. Car. line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 41. Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apl. [April] ‘33 and sent to Elliott Asheboro

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833        83.32
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept. – 20.83
$104.15

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathaniel Rice, Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 45
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 7312
North Carolina
Nancy Johnston, decd. 
widow of Joseph Johnston
who was a private of Cavalry
in the N. Carolina line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 41 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & Ending 14 March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of October 1845. and sent to E. F. Brown, Present.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 156 -

[right side] Ref [refer] to agt [agent] by the 2d Oct. 1845
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10977

Declaration
Nancy widow of Joseph Johnson 
Act 7 July 1838 N. C 

M. 86. d. 38!
claimant died 43! 

H. H. Sylvester 

[line through - Return made to James at Craig 
Ruffins Mills N. C.]
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[duplicate]

10977
Declaration
Nancy widow of Joseph Johnson 
Act 7 July 1838 N. C. 
M. 86. 38! 
claimant died 43!

H. H. Sylvester 

[line through - Return made to James at Craig Ruffins Mills N. C.]
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Declaration order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, 

State of North Carolina}
Randolph County} Court of Pleas & quarter Session May Term 1844
On this the 7th day of May 1844, Personally appeared before the Court on of pleas & quarter sessions for the said County of Randolph now in session. Joseph Johnston a resident of the aforesaid County & State aged 45 years who being first duly sworn according to Law maketh Oath that he is one of the Children and heir at law of Nancy Johnston widow of Joseph Johnston who was a Militia Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was placed on the N Carolina Pension roll for Randolph County sometime in April 1833, at $41.66 cents per annum, that said Pensioner died on the 16th day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight [1838], leaving a widow Nancy Johnston surviving him who died on the 14th day of March Eighteen hundred & forty three [1843] leaving the following 4 Children surviving her to wit: Sara who intermarried with David Brown Lytle Johnston Robert Johnston & the declarant Joseph Johnston all of lawful age. 
The declarant in behalf of himself & the other heirs of the said Joseph & Nancy Johnston, further sets forth upon his said oath that to the best of his understanding & belief the aforesaid Joseph & Nancy were lawfully married in the year of Seventeen hundred & Eighty Six [1786], and that they did live together as husband & wife till the death of the aforesaid Joseph Johnston, which will
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more fully appear by refference [reference] to the proof hereto annexed. That the aforesaid Joseph & Nancy were not married prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit: at the time before stated 1886, Seventeen hundred & Eighty six in further proof of the said marriage the declarant has procured the original Family Record and herewith sends it that it is in his fathers own propper [proper] handwriting and he verily believes it contains the facts as they transpired. 
Sworn to & subscribed on this the 7th day of April A.D. 1844, in open Court.
Hugh McCain Clk [Clerk]}
[signed] Joseph Johnston

I Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for the said County of Randolph now in session do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been furnished the said Court. That Joseph Johnston Pensioner of the United States died on the 16th. day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty-Eight. That Nancy Johnston died on the 14th day of March Eighteen hundred & forty-three leaving surviving her the following 4 children to wit Sarah who intermarried with David Brown Lytle Johnston Robert Johnston & the declarant Joseph Johnston all of lawful age whereupon the said Court ordered the Clerk to certa [certify]
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[certi]fy the same to the war department 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at Ashborough [Asheboro] this 7th May 1844. 
Hugh McCain Clk [Clerk]
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Joseph Johnston’s
Declaration
for a pension under the Act of Congress 1832

Filed Nov. Term 1832
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State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions November Term A.D. 1832 
On this 6th day of November A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting, Joseph Johnston, a resident of the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, aged Seventy nine years May 5th last; 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. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated, viz.:
He states that he was born in Paxton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania May 5th, 1753. [He] Has a record of his age. In the year 1772 he removed to North Carolina & settled in Randolph County (then a part of Guilford [County]) where he resided at the time he entered the Service of the United States. He states in the early part of the year 1779, perhaps the month of January, he volunteered for three months under Col. Collier [John Collier] & Col. Balfour [Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Balfour]. From the perilous condition of the Country, it was deemed expedient to raise some troopers; & he, with John Graham [S.6936], who served with him through the whole of his revolutionary Service, agreed to arm & equip themselves as troopers, being informed by their commanding officers, that if they would do so, two months service as a trooper, would be equivalent to three months service on foot. We were then placed under the command of Captain Thomas Dougan who commanded a troop of light horse. Our first service consisted in bringing in some drafted militia from the lower part of Randolph County, who were suspected of being inclined to join the Tories. We were employed in keeping down the Tories in the County of Randolph & in adjacent
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Counties; & our service was particularly dangerous & arduous being subject to being dispatched at the shortest notice on Tory expeditions in the most inclement weather & at all hours of the night. We however were not in any battle with the Tories previous to Gates' defeat [Horatio Gates' defeat at the Battle of Camden, August 15-16, 1780]. After that disastrous defeat of the American Army at Camden, Young Davie [William Richardson Davie], then Col. of the Cavalry & afterwards General also General Locke [Francis Locke] & Genl. Davidson [General William Lee Davidson], apprehensive of the ruinous consequences of that defeat, & the subsequent approach of Lord Cornwallis to North Carolina, thought it best to raise as large a body of Cavalry as possible in this State; to which end they sent requisitions to Col Collier of Randolph (among others) to send a quota of Troopers. Whereupon Captain Dougan was ordered to join Col. Davie with his troop, which he did at or near General Locke's in Rowan County. 
We then immediately marched to meet the invading army under Cornwallis; we met it at Charlotte where we had an engagement [Charlotte, September 26, 1780] principally with the Cavalry, in which in a brave & promising son of Genl Locke was killed by my side. We were compelled to retreat, being overpowered by numbers; our object being principally to harass & impede their march. We retreated to the neighborhood of Salisbury in the Phifer settlement. From this place we were marched under Davie to Rocky River in Mecklenburg County, the British being still in Charlotte. This engagement at Charlotte was about the latter part of summer or first of the fall of 1780. We lay at Rocky River until the battle of Kings Mountain, I think Oct. 7th [1780] when Cornwallis retreated to South Carolina for reinforcements, & was pursued by Col. Davie as far as the Catawba; & I was sent over the river with a reconnoitering party, & returning the same night found John Graham standing sentry. Col. Davie thence marched us back to Mecklenburg, & finding his troop a good deal fatigued & exhausted with their active service, he thought as Cornwallis had left North Carolina, he would give us some respite. He accordingly gave us per=
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=mission to quarter about in the neighborhood for a few days, with directions to assemble with energy & promptness. We did so, & he then marched us into South Carolina, near the Waxhaw Settlement, where we continued until we were dismissed. While there, we (Graham & myself) were sent out with a reconnoitering party, with direction to quarter with Mrs. Doby, a Whig lady, & to get what information we could respecting the movements of the enemy. When we returned to Camp we found Genl. Morgan [General Daniel Morgan], Col. (William Augustine) Washington [William Washington] of the Cavalry, & Col. Howard [John Eager Howard] with his infantry, who had joined Col. Davie in our absence. At this place we were discharged, sometime in the month of December 1781 [sic, 1780], so well as we can recollect for before our discharge Genl. Morgan, with Col. Washington & Col. Howard, had left us & gone South & after our discharge, some few weeks the battle of the Cowpens was fought. We received no written discharge, for that was considered not so much a final discharge as a respite until again called on: for being troopers we held ourselves always ready. Up to this time we (Graham & myself) had served at the least nine months. Shortly after this I went with others to guard the property of many of the citizens across the Roanoke [river], & upon my return, it being understood by the Tories that Graham & myself had returned home, they came down upon us and made us prisoners & we were detained by them two days & nights: when by the generosity of Col. Fields (a Tory Colonel) a quality very rare among them, we were discharged on parole: & thus saved in all probability from the halter or the dungeon. All of this occurred some short time before the battle of Guilford [March 15, 1781]. Graham & myself were also in some other excursions after Tories, who had on one occasion inhumanely murdered my brother Henry; & one Tucker, but these excursions did not amount to much length of time, say one month although there was a considerable amount
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of danger in them. I have resided since the revolution in this County & now reside in it. I have no documentary evidence of my service, but expect to be able to prove some portions of it by Dan Merrell [S.7222] & can prove the whole of it by John Graham, who was my brother in arms throughout the whole of it. I can establish my reputation for revolutionary service by Genl. George Hoover & General Alexander Gray & John Elder. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid} 
[signed] Joseph Johnston

We Dan Merrell & John Graham, residing in Randolph County, State of North Carolina, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Johnston who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine [79] years of age: Dan Merrell certifies that he saw said Johnston on several occasions serving as a trooper before he was ordered South, saw him on his way South in Salisbury & also on his return after his discharge passing through Salisbury where he was stationed. John Graham certifies that Johnston served with him as he has stated in his declaration. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid} 
[Signed] Dan Merrell
[Signed] John Graham

We George Hoover, Alexander Gray, & John Elder, residing in the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Johnston, who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to
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be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. John Elder certifies that he saw said Johnston while serving as a light horse man, & recollects hearing that he was gone southward to fight the British. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Alexander Gray
John [his X mark] Elder
George Hoover 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, and after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldiers & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Dan Merrill, John Graham, George Hoover, Alexander Gray & John Elder, who have signed the preceding certificates, are residents of the County & State therein mentioned, & are highly respectable & credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Wood [Illegible] 

I, Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Johnston for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this Tenth day of November A.D. 1832

Hugh McCain CCC
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Amendment 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Randolph State of North Carolina, Joseph Johnston who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that he did not deem it necessary to procure the affidavit of a clergyman inasmuch as he had the testimony of witnesses as to his service, & furthermore there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood, & knows of no one (clergyman) from whom he could procure the requisite affidavit. In answer to the seventh interrogatory, he stated in his Declaration the names of George Hoover, and Alexander Gray, his neighbors, by whom he proved his character for veracity & reputation for revolutionary service. 
He further swears that by reason of old age & 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 period mentioned below, & in the following grade For ten months I served as a private of Cavalry, & for such service I claim a pension 
Sworn to & subscribed before me April 17th, 1833} 
[Signed] Joseph Johnston
Thos. Fentress, JP
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State of North Carolina 
I, Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Randolph County do certify, that the name & signature of Thomas Fentress Esquire which appears to the preceding amendment of Declaration is in the proper hand writing of the said Thomas Fentress Esqr. [Esquire] and that he was at that date an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned & sworn, & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office, this Nineteenth day of April Anno Domini 1833 
Hugh McCain CCC
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State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} 
On this the 30th day of April 1844. Personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the acting Magistrates in and for the said County of Randolph Rosanna Johnston, a resident of the aforesaid County & State, aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following statement to wit: That she was well acquainted with the late Joseph Johnston decd [deceased], Pensioner & his wife Nancy whose Heirs are now applying for a Pension for the Revolutionary service of their Decd [deceased] Father the said Joseph Johnston, that this deponent has reason to beleave [believe] & does believe that the aforesaid Joseph & Nancy Johnston were lawfully married in the year of Seventeen hundred & Eighty Six (1786) and never heard it contradicted (that it is a circumstance She well remembers) this deponent further sets forth upon her said oath that they lived together as husband and wife till the death of the Joseph Johnston who died on the 16th [cut off] (1838.) Eighteen hundred & thirty-eight Subscribed on the day & date above [cut off]
Rosanna [her X mark] Johnston
[cut off] Dorsett J. P} 

[cut off] Justice of the Peace do certify that [cut off] is known to me to be a woman of respectability, that her statements [cut off] full credit. 
{Given under] my hand and Seal on this 30th 
H. Dorsett J. P. {Seal}
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State North Carolina} 
Randolph County} 
 State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} 
On this the 30th day of April 1844. Personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the acting Magistrates in and for the said County of Randolph Rosanna Johnston, a resident of the aforesaid County & State, aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following statement to wit: That she was well acquainted with the late Joseph Johnston decd [deceased], Pensioner & his wife Nancy whose Heirs are now applying for a Pension for the Revolutionary service of their Decd [deceased] Father the said Joseph Johnston, that this deponent has reason to beleave [believe] & does believe that the aforesaid Joseph & Nancy Johnston were lawfully married in the year of Seventeen hundred & Eighty Six (1786) and never heard it contradicted (that it is a circumstance She well remembers) this deponent further sets forth upon her said oath that they lived together as husband and wife till the death of the aforesaid Joseph Johnston who died on the 16th day of November (1838) Eighteen hundred & thirty-eight 
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & date above written before 
H. Dorsett J. P.} Rosanna [her X mark] Johnston
Test

I the said Justice of the Peace do certify that Rosanna Johnston is known to me to be a woman of truth & Respectability. That her statements are entitled to full credit. 
Given under my hand and Seal on this 30th April 1844. 
H. Dorsett J. P. {Seal}
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State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} 
I, Hugh McCain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Hezekiah Dorsett is & was at the time of Session an acting Justice of the Peace or Magistrate in & for the County aforesaid & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have [have] hereunto set my hand & a Seal of Office at Ashboro [Asheboro] this 6 day of May AD 1844 
Hugh McCain CCC

[Illegible typed paper attached]
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[typed form]

Payment to be made [blank]
at [blank]
by [blank]

Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of [blank]

Recorded in the Pension 
Office, in Book [blank] Volume [blank] Page [blank] by 
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 

Revolutionary Claim. 

I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7th July, 1838 & 3d of March, 1843: 
Nancy Johnston, decd [deceased] who was the widow of Joseph Johnston, who was a private of Cavalry, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $41.66 cents, per ann. commencing on the 16th November, 1838, under the act of July 7. 1838 and ending on the 4 March 1841. 
The said Nancy Johnston was also entitled to a pension at the rate of $41.66 per ann. under the act of March 3d 1843, commencing on the 4 March 1843 and ending on the 14th of March, 1843, the day of her death; which will be paid upon the production of the proper voucher to Sarah Brown, Lytle, Robert and Joseph Johnston only surviving children of Nancy Johnston, decd [deceased] 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this ---- day of Oct one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}

Commissioner of Pensions.
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Revy WIDOW, &c. Own

File No. 5033
Nancy Johnston

Wid. [Widow]
Joseph Johnston
Pvt. N. C. line

Act: Mch [March] 3/43, June 17/44

Index: - Vol. A, Page 377

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9641 
North Carolina. 
Nancy Johnson, deceased, 
widow of Joseph Johnson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 November, 1838 of Randolph in the State of N. C. who was a pri: cavy [private of calvary] in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the N. Ca. line for 10 mos: [months] priv: Cavy [private of calvary] 

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Ca. at the rate of 41 - Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence [crossed out - on the 4th day of March 1836]. 16 Novr [November] 1838 – 

Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of October, 1845 - and sent to E.F. Brown Present.

Total amount, $ [blank]

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by U M Stewart - Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 293
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[too dark]
Act July 1838
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J. Johnston

Admit as private of Cav. – 10 mo. 41.66

H. B. Elliott
Asheboro NC
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of              Joseph Johnston which require further proof or explanation.

1.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V.  *Has he mentioned 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? No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X.  Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 3 resident citizens

XII.  If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witnesses

XIV.  +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? ---

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? yes

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? 7. See Declaration

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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."
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[Typed form]

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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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectional.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
+QUERE XIV. 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 in 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.
+QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Nancy Johnson
NC line '38
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Apl 29 41- 

Sir

I enclose this letter for the purpose of giving you the information, that the claims therein spoken of are to be reported to me.

I am respectfully 
H H Sylvester

Col Edwards
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Ruffins Mills, NC} Free
April 18} James A. Craig P.M.

Col. Henry H. Sylvester
Washington City, D. C.

[written upside down] Craig Apl [April] 18 44-
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Ruffins Mills, 18 April 45

My Dear Sir: 
I have Just rec’d [received] yours of the 10th Int. making enquiry for the given name of [Illegible] who was a Capt. in the naval service in the war of the Revolution the given name was [Stephen?] 
I have written to day [today] to the widow to furnish me with a memorandum of her Husband's service in the navy war of the Revolution. 
As soon as the desired information comes to hand, it will be forwarded to you.
I have written to day [today] to the Comptroller of Publick [public] account for NC for add. ev. [additional evidence] in James Blackwells. I am at considerable expenses in these claims. Mr. Collins the Comptrollers fee was $75! I hope after so much trouble and expenses favourable [favorable] decision will be made 
I understood that the books that Raliegh show £ br. pd [paid] to James Blackwell; as soon as I get the new certificate will send it to you.
Joseph Johnson was the husband of Nancy Johnson, who has applied for a pension Act 1838. Does the Commr [Commissioner] require proof of service from the Comptrollers Office? If so let me know.
Mrs. Anne E Bryant and Declaration was sent on as before last. Please give it your early attention, no further proof wanted. 
Mrs. Freland and Mrs. Nunas I Think good cases. [Illegible] me after.
Very truly, 
James A Craig
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10977
Nancy Johnson decd [deceased] N. C. 
Act 7 July 38 
Adm.d [Admitted] 10 mo [months] pri [private] of Cavalry 
41.66 
from 16 Nov. ‘38. the day of her husbands death
also act 3 March 43 - to 14 March 43 –
To Sarah Brown - Little Johnston - Robert & Joseph Johnson – only children 
E. F. Brown Esq
Present
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Raleigh N. C
Compt [Comptroller] Office 

I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the name of Joseph Johnson appears upon the Records of this office, as having had the following specie certificate issued in his favor for Military services, (Viz) One for Fourteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings (£14.16) see Book No 11 page 55 also one other for Seventeen Pounds (£17) See Book No 24 page 1, also another for Fifty five Pounds Seventeen shillings (£55.17) see Book No 23 page 70 also another for Eleven Pounds Five Shillings (£11.5) see Book 14 page 113 also one other in same Book page 139 for One pound Eighteen shillings (£1.18) and another for Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings (£9.17) see Book A. M. No 15 page 18, given under my hand and seal this 13th day May 1845. 
Wm. F Collins Compt [Comptroller]

£14 - 16 
17 - 0
55 - 17
11 - 5
1 - 18
9 - 17
110.13
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10977 May 22, 1844

NC
Nancy Johnson
7 July 1838

[written sideways] Hon J. L. Edwards Commr [Commissioner] Pensions
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Washington May 22 ‘44 

Sir
I enclose the declaration of the heirs of Nancy Johnson dec/d [deceased] under the act of July ’35 
Be pleased to place it on your files and report the result of your examination to me.
I am Respectfully 
H. H. Sylvester 

Col Edwards
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State of North Carolina}
Randolph County} SS 
On this the 25th day of July 1845 Personally appeared before me Lewis M Leach one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County Lytle Johnson a resident of said County & State and the son of Joseph Johnson Deceased Pentioner [pensioner] of the United States, Husband of Nancy Johnson Deceased that he has frequently herd [heard] Deceased father speak of being a Soldier in Cavalry in N. Carolina Maltia [militia] and served several tours in the Revolution War - in further testamony [testimony] of the above Statements this deponant [deponent] refers to Johnsons that were acquainted with his father, the Sol Joseph Johnson d,cd [deceased] Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written before me}
Lew Leach J Peace} [signed] Lytle Johnson 

I Lew Leach the sd [said] Justice do certify that Lytle Johnson the above deponent is personly [personally] known to me to be a man of truth and good Carretor [character] given under my hand and the above oat
Lew Leach J Peace

State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} on this 25th day of July 1845 personally appeared by the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Randolph David Brown a resident of the said County & State aged 63 years & made oath in due form of Law that he was well acquainted with Joseph Johnson forty 40 years ago & was a nighbor [neighbor] to him from that time
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time till his death; that the said Joseph Johnson was the Husband of Nancy Johnson Decd [deceased] who died in the year 1843 that the said Joseph Johnson was a Pensioner of the United States and a resident of Randolph County N. Carolina that he from his first acquaintance with the said Joseph Johnson understood that he was a soldier in the N. Carolina Militia in the Revolutionary war that he has frequently heard the said Joseph Johnson say that he was a solder in the Revolutionary war that he served on horse back several tours in the said War and it was generally believed many his neighbors that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served some time in behalf of the United States, and this deponent has not the least doubt but what the said Joseph Johnson was a soldier and served as above stated sworn to & subscribed on this 25th July 1845 
Before me} 
Lew Leach J Peace [signed] David Brown

I the said Justice do hereby certify that the above deponent David Brown is known to me to be a man of truth & respectability. Given under my hand July 25th 1845
Lew Leach J Peace

State of North Carolina} 
Randolph County} 
Before me Lewis Leach personally appeared Alexander Gray a resident of said County of Randolph aged Seventy Seven years who made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Joseph Johnson and Nancy Johnson his wife from the year 1792 untill [until] their deaths and that he understood from said Joseph and many others who served with him that he was a revolutionary soldier in the
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militia of said State and that some time of his service was in the Cavelry [Calvary] under Colonel Davie and that that he also often related to this deponent that he and others had frequently went in pursuit of the Notorious Tory Colonel Fanning & his troop had done much mischief in said County and that he has no doubt but said Johnson actually served as herein State and that he was a revolutionary pensioner. This deponent further saith that his acquaintance with the people said County generally having during his residence there mostly in business of a public nature and that he knows of no other man of the name of Joseph Johnson who was a pensioner of the United States in this County. 
Sworn to and Subscribed this 25th 
day of July 1845.} [signed] Alex Gray
Before me}
Lew Leach J Peace}

I Lew Leach do certify that I am well acquainted with General Alexander Gray the above deponent and he is a man of truth and his statements are entitled to full faith and ample credit.
Given under my hand and Seal July 25 1845
Lew Leach J Peace

State of N. C.} 
Randolph County}
Before Lell. Leach personally appeared Alexander W. Hogan Esq and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Joseph Johnson Decd [deceased] United States pentioner [pensioner] residing in Randolph County N. C. the husband of Nancy Johnson decd [deceased] that it was generally believed among the Sd [said] Joseph Johnsons neighbours [neighbors] that he was a soldier in the Revolution war in the N. Carolina militia and served
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Several tours in the sd [said] war and this deponent has no doubt but what he was a soldier and served as he has often herd him the Sd [said] Joseph Johnson relate circumstances that served during the services during the war 
Sworn to and Subscribed July 25th 1845 
before me} 
Lew Leach JP} [signed] A. W. Hogan 

I Lew Leach do certify that Alexander W Hogan Esq is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity given under my hand and seal July 25th 1845
Lew Leach J Peace

State of North Carolina}
Randolph County} Before me Alexander Hogan personally appeared Lewis M. Leach Esq and made oath in due form of law that he was personally acquainted with Joseph Johnson Decd [deceased] and from his Personally knowledge of the said Joseph Johnson saith that he believes the above statements made by Alexander Hogan and others to be correct; sworn to & subscribed July 25 1845. Before me} Lew Leach
A H Hogan J. P.}

I Alexander Hogan do certify that I am personally acquainted with Lewis Leech Esq and know him to be a man of truth Given under my hand July 25th 1845 
A. W. Hogan J.P.

[written sideways] Joseph Johnson
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A. W. Hogan JP}
I Alexander Hogan do certify that I am personal acquainted with Lewis Leach Esq and knows him to be man of truth Given under my hand July 25th 1845 
A. W. Hogan J.P. 

State North Carolina 
I Hugh McCain Clerk of the County Court of pleas & quarter Session for Randolph County do hereby certify that Lewis M Leach & A W Hogan Esquires whose names appear to the foregoing certificate, was at the time of signing the same, acting Justices of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified in & for the County of Randolph & that there signations are in their own proper hand writing & that full faith & credit are to be given to their official acts 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at office in Ashboro [Asheboro] this 15 of August AD 1845 
Hugh McCain CCC