Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,789, for Jeremiah Johnson, New Hampshire
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(3—1776)

Jeremiah Johnson

SERVICE
N.H.
War of 1812

NUMBER
S. 39,789

CONTENTS
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17,1131 R
Vermont

Jeremiah Johnson
 of Reading in the state of Vermont
who was a private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Cilley - of the Rev Hamp:
line, for the term of 1781- to 1782 -

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont -
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 4th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of May 1820 
and sent to Uriel C. Hatch Esq.
Cavendish Vermont

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1820 — $184.49
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820,, 48.
22. 28/30 & 4/30 $232.49

{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818. }

Continued


[illegible] to L. J. Johnson Sept 26/50
same Feb 20/61 
189 0
May 16. A B John for history Rnd

No [illegible] October 23. 1820 to
Benjamin Spoar Windsor Vermont
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I Martha Johnson of Langdon in the County of Cheshire and State of Vermont do testify and say that I am the widow of Thomas Johnson late of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of Newyork deceased - that during the life time of my said deceased husband I have frequently heard him say that his brother Jeremiah Johnson of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont took his place as a soldier in t he army of the United States during the revolutionary war and that he served regularly in the army until the time service for which he the said Thomas had enlisted was expired, which was something more than a year and that he never paid said Jeremiah Johnson any thing for his said services and I further say that I have no interest directly or indirectly in the claim of the said Jeremiah Johnson for a pension

Martha Johnson



State of Vermont
Windsor County ss }

I Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor do certify that on this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and nineteen personally appeared Martha [continued]
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[continued] Johnson a credible witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor at Cavendish in said District this day and year last aforesaid —

Uriel C. Hatch Judge of Probate
for the District of Windsor
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.

On this twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber, on of the Judges of the County Court for the said County of Windsor personally appears Jeremiah Johnson, aged fifty four years, resident in Reading in said County of Windsor, who being 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 Jeremiah Johnson on or about the first of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one enlisted in Keene in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Moody Dustin, of the first Regiment in the New Hampshire Line, that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the Service of the United State, until the last of May or first of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, when he was discharged [continued]
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[continued] from service in Saratoga in the State of New-York; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has lost his Discharge, and has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services, except the affidavits of Lemuel Royce and Ezra Parker, herewith accompanying.

Jeremiah Johnson

Subscribed, sworn to, and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.

Amos Heald Assistant Judge
of Windsor County Court  —



I Amos Heald, one of the Judges of the County Court for the said County of Windsor, as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction, t hat the said Jeremiah Johnson did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in. the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid Act of Congress.

Chester April 24th 1818.

Certified by Amos Heald Assistant
Judge of Windsor County Court
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I Amos Heald, Judge, of aforesaid, do further certify, that, from evidence to me [illegible], it appears to my full satisfaction, that the said Jeremiah Johnson is in indigent circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -

Amos Heald Assistant Judge
of Windsor County Court.
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss }

Woodstock County Clerks Office June 12th AD 1818, I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windsor Do hereby certify that Amos Heald is one of the Assistant Judges of said County Court - and that the within signatures are in the hand writing of said Judge —

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court the day above

Benj Swan



Jeremiah Johnson
Mar 81 to 82 - June q
1st Regt N. Hampshire Line

The certificate of the justice is not sufficient as to length of service & the official character of the Justice is not authenticated. There were no inlistments at the time stated, for one year — The time he inlisted for, should be stated & the manner & reason of leaving the service. Citizenship & Appt should be proved.
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Jeremh. Johnson

Cono

17,031.
Sept 1820
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
WINDSOR COUNTY....ss. }

At a special term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and holden at Woodstock in the County of Windsor, on the last Monday in July Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.

ON this first day of August 1820, being the second day of said term, personally appeared in open Court, (the same Court being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Jeremiah Johnson, aged fifty six years, resident Reading in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: 

to wit on or about the first day of March in the year 1781, he entered into the service of the United States as a substitute for Thomas Johnson who had previously enlisted for three years and is now dead and served as a private for about one year & 3 or 4 months in the company commanded by Capt. Moody Dustin & in the First Regiment in the New Hampshire under command of Col. Scammel who was killed at Yorktown in Virginia – a short time before my term of service had expired. I was sent with a packet from Saratoga to the board of war at Exeter New Hampshire, which I delivered and my discharge was delivered out at Charlestown in said State by Lieut. Jonathan Willard then acting Quarter Master of the Regiment in which I served. Said discharge was delivered on my return from Exeter

that he made his original declaration on the Fourth day of April 1818 has received Pension Certificate, No. 17.031. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 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. 

I have no property of any kind except the cloathing which I and my wife wear and for five years past have been wholly dependant upon my son in Law Robert White a pensioner of the United States who lost both his arm by a cannon ball at Fort Erie on August 17th 1814 —

And the said Jeremiah Johnson further states that in the month of January 1813, he enlisted for during the war then existing with Great Britain and served during said War until the 8th day of November 1814, in the hospital department & while in that service was seized with a fever which he verily believes has debilitated him so much as to render him incapable of laboring for his support, the said five having termination in a sciatic complaint.

My wife Thomazin P. Johnson aged 55 years has more than 5 year past & still is in a state of mental derangement, wholly incapable of taking care of herself or doing any thing for the support of the family - My children are Susanah aged 16 years, Lorene aged 14 year, Thomas aged 12 who are now put out in different families for their support & the said Johnson is owing the following debts viz to Daniel Bowen $58.00 - to Joseph Farwell 6.65 - to Fish & Sutton $3,00 and a number of small debts not recollected

Jeremiah Johnson

Sworn to and declared on the first day of August 1820, before said Court.

Attest, Benjamin Swan Clerk.



STATE OF VERMONT.
WINDSOR COUNTY.. ss. }

I, Benj Swen Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court:—And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nothing

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this Fifth day of August 1820.

Benj Swan

{ Clerk of the Supreme Court
for Windsor County.
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In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Johnson
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 39.789

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[1] Mch. 1, 1781
[2] Jan. 1813

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1] 1 yr 4 mos.
[2] Jan. 1813, 1844

RANK.
[1] Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[1] Moody Dustin
COLONEL.
[1] Scammell
[2] within the Hospital Department

STATE.
1 N.H.

Battles engaged in, 
[check]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Springfield, Windsor Co. Vt. Enl.
Keene, NH

Date of application for pension, 
Apl. 24 1818. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, 
Reading, Windsor Co. Vt.

Age at date of application, 
54 yrs.

Remarks: 
In 1812 he referred to his wife Thomason G. Johnson at 55 yrs; children, Susanah 16 yrs., Lorenzo 14 yrs., & Thomas 12 yrs.; son in law Robert White a War of 1812 pensioner.

Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.

6—2856
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39798
INVALID
Revy

File No. 39,789
Jeremiah Johnson
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18

Index:—Vol. 3, Page 360

[Arrangement of 1870.]



Mch - 21 - 1900
A.B. Johnson - Chs
Light House Board
History

Apl - 13 - 1901
Hon. Jus. A. Riner
Judge - Cheyenne W

1915 Aug. 2. Hist. to M.C. Grandy, &
1922, May 17  "    "  W. F. Gunn Es.
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Jeremiah Johnson
New Hamp. Line
1st Regmt. Col. Cilley

[illegible] 1781 -  9 1/2 mo

He stated he [illegible]
[illegible]

Thomas Johnson for 
will be found

Page 211 [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]

[illegible]
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss }

On. this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1819 before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor personally appear Jeremiah Johnson of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration addition to his declaration omade, subscribed and sworn to on the twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1818 bef[orfe] Amos Heald [illegible] one of the Judges of the County [illegible] for the County of Windsor, that on or about the first day of March A.D. 1781 I entered the service of the United States at Keene in the State of New Hampshire as a soldier in the place of my late brother Thom Johnson late of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York deceased who had before that time enlisted for the term of three years and had served about one year and eight months of his said term, that he [illegible] said Jeremiah did serve as stated in his first declaration the residu [illegible] of the said term of three years for which the said  Thomas Johnson had enlisted and at the expiration of said term received by the hands of Lieutenant Jonathan Willard at Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire an honorable discharge, which was sent to  the said Willard to deliver to him the said [illegible] as [illegible] been a few days before the expiration of his time sent with dispatches to the Board of War at Exeter in the State of New Hampshire

Jeremiah Johnson
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss }

I Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor do certify that on this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord 1819 personally appeared Jeremiah Johnson subscriber tothe foregoing statement and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor at Cavendish in said District the day and year last aforesaid

Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court
of Probate for the
District of Windsor
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Affidavit
of 
Lemuel Royce
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I Lemuel Royce of Langdon in the county of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire of Lawful age do testify and say that I was a sergeant in the first company of the first Regiment of the New Hampshire Line in the revolution war Between Great Briton and America and in the spring of 1781 I knew Jeremiah Johnson joined said Regiment Belonged to the sixth company Moody Dustin Capt said Johnson continued in said company till this spring of 1782 at which time the said Johnson was sent by his commanding officer with Dispatches to Exeter and further say the said Johnson performed his Duty as a good soldier as far as I know the whole term of one year or more and understood he took the place of his Brother Thomas Johnson who inlisted for three years in the year 1777 the said Johnson joined said Regt when West Point in the State of New York and Left the Regt at Saratoga in the State of New York & further say I Believe he Lived in Springfield in the County of Winzor & State Vermont and now Lives in Reding in saidState & County and that I have no interest to serve in giving this affidavit

Lemuel Royce



State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire ss}

Nov 16th 1819

Then personally appeared Before me John Prentiss one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Cheshire. Lemuel Royce a credible witness to me known and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and Noting but the truth

Before me

John Prentiss
Just of the Peace



Cheshire ss Nov 17. 1819.

I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that John Prentiss is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the foregoing is his signature

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature

S Hale
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I Ezra Parker of Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont testify and say that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Johnson of Reading in the County and State aforesaid, that early in the year 1781 I believe in the month of February I was a neighbor of said Johnson in said Springfield and was well knowing  that said Johnson entered the service of the United States as a soldier and left home and was absent for more than one year and served his time out as I always understood and do verily believe — that when said Johnson returned at the expiration of his term he brought a packet of letters for the board of war in New Hampshire and went from here to deliver them as I understood and after his return I went with him to Charlestown in New Hampshire for the purpose of procuring his discharge which was to be delivered to him by Lieutenant Jonathan Willard on said Johnson producing a certificate of the delivery of the letters to the board of war — said Johnson then delivered to said Lieut Willard the certificate and said Willard then delivered to said Johnson an honorable discharge from the Army of the United States which discharge I heard said Willard read before he delivered it to said Johnson — I further testify that said Willard was then a Lieutenant and as I understand the acting quartermaster in the First New Hampshire Regiment it being the same regiment in which said Johnson served and I have no interest directly or indirectly in the application of said Johnson for a pension

Ezra Parker



[illegible] to Nov 22d 181[illegible]
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State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss }

I Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor do testify that on this twenty second day of November A.D. 1819 personally appeared Ezra Parker subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth. and I also certify that the said Ezra Parker is a credible witness. —

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and have affixed the seal of said Court of Probate at Cavendish in the District of Windsor the day and year last aforesaid

Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the
Court of Probate for the
District of Windsor
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Son in law

Robert White of Reading, Vt.
who in defence of For Erie,
lost both of his arms by a cannon shot, 
was pensioned by special act 
of Feb. 22, 1816, at $40 per mo
from Mch. 5, 1815.
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Jeremiah Johnson

In April 1818 of Reading, Windsor Co Vt age A 54 years

Living at Springfield Windsor Co Vt
Enlisted March 1781 at Kane, Cheshire Co NH for under
Capt Moody Dustin, in 1st N H Reg Col Capt Leammall of [illegible] at Yorktown Va during about the 1st June 1783 at Saratoga NY - Was a substitute for his late brother Thomas of Moreau, Saratoga Co NY (not now & PO Mail Fort Edwards.)
July before his discharge sent with dispatch to the Board of War at Exeter

July 11820 aged 56 yrs of Reading Stated that "for 5 yrs previous he had been wholly dependent on his son in law Robt White who lost both arms by a Cannon ball at For Erie Augt 17. 1814"

In Jany 1813 he enlisted for the war & served in hospital Dept to Nov 88 1814, during which period he was ill with a fever which debilitated him so and terminating as he believed in Sciatiec complaint that he was unable to laboring for his support

His wife Thomason G Johnson aged 55 yrs has been more than 5 years in a State of mental derangement   Children Susannah 16 yrs, Lorenzo 14 yrs, Thos 12 yrs are put out in different families 

over

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Martha Johnson of Saratoga Cheshire Co Vt (is in Sullivan Co NH, testified Augt 1819 that she was the widow of Thomas Johnson (brother of Jeremiah) late of Moreau Saratoga, Co NY & has heard him state that his brother Jeremiah served over a year as his substitute

Thomas enlist Augt 9. 1780 Barrington NH in 1st Regt

1826
    56
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1764
    16
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died in Vt  - was on the pen. for Rev. service -

Will Commissioner Whiting do me the favor to send the No or name of the Regament to which my father Jeremiah Johnson belonged and His service he rendered in the War of 1812-15 He was in Genl Browns Division, and was at the Bridgewater battle also at the Siege of Fort Erie and at nearly evry other skirmish on the Canada Line

I also want to get the same statement relating to the services of Abel Saunders, daughter was a prisoner - Vt. Ralph Bingham and now a pensioner Illinois Roll 480. Robert White - all for relatives of mine.

I am respectfully

L.C. Johnson
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arv. est 1 Y 1 688

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD,

13 May, 1890

My dear Colonel Lincoln she indicate & [illegible] by the formation of the society of the Sons of the American Revolution has set us to looking into the records of our ancestors

I find that my grandfather Jeremiah Johnson according to our family [illegible] received a pension  of $8 per month on account of service in the war of the revolution - 

He went in to the army in 1779 or 1890, at the age of 16 & remainder with [illegible] the war was over - He went [continued]
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2

from the neighborhood of Braintree, Mass; but he was resident of his farm near Weatherfield Vermont, where he began to receive his pension; and he died in that part of the country in 1847, I think.

He also served in the war of 1812, but as he was over age he was detailed for hospital duty, and being a preacher of the M.E. Church as a sort of acting chaplain at the General Hospital at Buffalo, N.Y.

The object of this letter is to learn if possible. the company and regiment

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in the Army of the Revolution of Jeremiah Johnson who served in 1779 or 1780, & who as a pensioner recorded at or near Weathersfield Vermont

If you can supply me with this information, you will much oblige

Yours Truly

A B Johnson
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[postmark as follows]

PENSION OFFICE
O
JUL 24 1915
U.S.
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Vt 1
Rev see

[city logo]
CITY OF BURLINGTON, VT.
ORGANIZED FEB. 21, 1863.

OFFICE OF
MERTON C. GRANDY
CITY CLERK

CITY OF BURLINGTON, VT. July 22, 1915

Dear Sir: - I want to get the record of the services of Jeremiah Johnson, who served as a soldier in the Rev. War from New Hampshire, for the purpose of making application into the society Sons of the Am. Rev. He was a pensioner, "Col. Cilleys Regt." 

To whom shall the request be made, and what fees are charged.

Yours truly

M.C. Grandy
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[postmark]

PENSION OFFICE
K
MAR 12 1900
US
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All communications should be addressed to "The Light-House Board."

vm official

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD

Washington, 10 March, 1900.

Sir:

My grandfather, Jeremiah Johnson, was born in Braintree, Mass., 1762, and enlisted when seventeen years old at Keene, N. H., in 1781, under Captain Moody Dustin, in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged at Charlestown, N. H. at the end of the war.

He also served in the war of 1812 until Nov. 8, 1814.

For these services he received a pension, and therefore must be on your list of pensioners for those two wars.

My object in writing to you at this time is to ask that you will kindly have the papers relating to his case examined with a view of ascertaining and reporting as to whether or not the names of his parents, and especially of his father, are mentioned. I want this information to be used in connection with the patriotic societies of which I am a member, and especially with a view of deriving my ancestry from colonial times.

If you will kindly give me such information as you can in this [continued]
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Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension Office,
War Department, Washington, D. C.

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, April 3, 1901.

Respectfully transmitted to
the Commissioner of Pensions,

whose attention is invited to the request for information from the pension records as to the service of Jeremiah Johnson in Captain Moody Dustin's company, 1st New Hampshire regiment, Revolutionary war, who is said to have served subsequently in Captain Marston's company, 21st United States Infantry, during the War of 1812.

This name has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of New Hampshire troops in service during the Revolutionary war.

Judge Riner has been informed of this reference.

One inclosure.

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR
F.C. Ainsworth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.

Per 41

(300¢)

[date stamp]
PENSION OFFICE.
D
APR 4 1901
U.S.

[date stamp]
O. W. & [illegible]
APR 4 1901
RECEIVED

R&P.O. 647838 Apr 2/1901
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HENRY C. CALDWELL,
WALTER SANBORN,
AMOS M. THAYER,
   CIRCUIT JONESS.
JOHN A. RINER,
   DISTRICT JUDGE.
LOUIS KIRK
   CLERK.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS,
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
DISTRICT OF WYOMING.

CHEYENNE, WYOMING, March 30, 1901.

Brig. Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Chief of the Record and
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.


Sir:

I beg leave to invite your attention again to my letter of the 18th instant and your reply endorsed thereon in relation to the record of service in the War of the Revolution of Jeremiah Johnson, and to submit the following additional information in the hope that you may be able to assist me in getting a copy of the record desired.

In 1895 my cousin James Bowen Johnson (who held the position of secretary of Howard University, Washington, D. C., from 1872 until his death two years ago) published a history of our family, entitled "The Johnson Memorial". On pages 8 and 9 of this memorial I find the following statement:

"From the records of the Government at Washington we learn that
"he (Jeremiah Johnson) enlisted in Keene, N. H., in March, 1781, in
"Capt. Moody Dustin's company, First N. H. regiment, under Colonel
"Cilley; that he performed honorable service, and was discharged in
"June, 1783, in Charlestown, N. H.; that previous to his discharge he
"had been ordered with dispatches across the State to a military board
"sitting at Keene, after which he was to return and receive his dis-
"charge; that on the 19th Jan., 1813, he again enlisted in Capt.
"Marston's company, Twenty-first regiment U. S. Infantry, and was
"honorably discharged on the surgeon's certificate of inability, Oct.
"5th, 1814, at Fort Erie in Canada; that he was 5 ft. 10 inches high
"and had brown hair and blue eyes. He received a pension during the

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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS,
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
DISTRICT OF WYOMING.

CHEYENNE, WYOMING,


"last 25 or 30 years of his life."

It has occurred to me that possibly some statement of his service during the War of the Revolution might be found in his application for a pension made in July, 1820. If this information cannot be obtained from the records in your office will you kindly refer this correspondence to the proper department or office.

Very respectfully,
John A. River
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[two date stamps]

PENSION OFFICE
K
MAR 12 1900 
US

O. W. & N. DIVISION
MAR 14 1900
RECEIVED.
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2.

matter, you will greatly oblige,

Yours very truly,
A B Johnson
Chief Clerk.
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Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension Office,
War Department, Washington, D.C."

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 21, 1901.

Respectfully returned to

Hon. John A. Riner,
District Judge
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The name Jeremiah Johnson has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any New Hampshire military organization inservice during the war of the Revolution.

It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence there-from of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.

Recd. Back R. & R.O. APR 2 1901
1 MC

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

FC Ainsworth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.

Per

(300a)


[stamp]
RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
AR DEPARTMENT
MAR 21 1901
647838

Cheyenne Wyo.
Mar, 18, 1901.

Jeremiah Johnson
1" N.H. Regt.
Rev. War,

Hon. John A. Riner
requests record of service.

[stamp]
O. W. & N. OFFICE
APR 4 1901
RECEIVED.

[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE.
APR 4 1901
U. S.
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HENRY C. CALDWELL,
WALTER H. SANBORN,
AMOS M. THAYER,
   CIRCUIT JUDGES.
JOHN A. RINER,
   DISTRICT JUDGE.
LOUIS KIRK,
   CLERK.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS,
EIGHTH CIRCUIT,
DISTRICT OF WYOMING.

CHEYENNE, WYOMING,
March 18, 1901.

Hon. Elihu Root,

Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I have the honor to respectfully request the following information from the official records of the Revolutionary War:

The date of enlistment, company, regiment and date of discharge of Jeremiah Johnson of New Hampshire.

My information (unofficial) is that he enlisted at Keene, N. H. in March 1781, in Captain Moody Dustin's company, First N. H. Regiment, Col. Cilley, and was discharged in June 1783.

An early reply will be very much appreciated.

Respectfully,
John A. Riser


[stamp]
CHIEF CLERK
MAR 21 1901
WAR DEPT.

[stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 21 1901
OFFICE
Secretary of War.
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424 Prospect Ave.,
Hartford, Conn.
Apr. 8, 1922.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs: -

Will you kindly furnish me with the military history of Jeremiah Johnson who served in the Revolutionary War from New Hampshire. He probably enlisted at Keene or Walpole, N.H. The service was under Col. Cilley and Capt. Duston He may have been a pensioner. He married Thomaziah Blanchard,

Respectfully,
W. F. Gunn

[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
E
APR 10 1922
U. S.