Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7081, for Caleb Johnson, Georgia
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(3-1776)
Service 
Ga
Number
S. 7081

Johnson, Caleb

Carded
CONTENTS
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[Left Side]
Letter to Hon A. G. Brown &c
3d Auditor 4. May 1840
Paid at the Treasury, under the 
act of 6th: of April 1838 from
the 4th: September, 1838, to the
4. March, 1839, Agt: notified
30th May 1840
See letters to Ewing & Stites &
P. Agt. Aug. 12, 1840 do to same
persons Sept 16. 1840.
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th April 1838 from
4th March to 4th Sept 1839. Agt
notified 26 Sept 1840.
See letter to P. Agt. at Jackson. 15
Sept. 1843-
Paid as above from 4 March
1841 to 4 March 1842. Agt
Notified 1. Oct 1844

[Right Side]
Mississippi 21.355
Caleb Johnson
of Madison Co. in the State of Mississippi
who was a Pte. & Sergt in the Co commanded
by Captain Walker of the Rgt commanded
by Col Stewart in the *Carolina [stricken]
line for two years.
1 year Sergt. 60} 
1 yr Pvte.       40}       $100
*Ga. service. Records corrected [July 12 1848] [Illegible initials] 
Subscribed on the Roll of Mississippi,
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[Certificate] of Pension issued the 18th day of Oct. 1833 and sent to Saml D. Livingston [Livingston] P.O. [Illegible] Miss.
Arrears to the 4th of September 1833.   250.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34.     50
                                                              $300.
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
[Recorded] by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
[Book] E. Vol. 8 Page 70
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Caleb Johnson
21636
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The State of Mississippi }
County of Madison        } SS.
On the 4th day of December Anno Domini
1832, personally appeared in open Court
before Nicholas Calliham Chief Justice
William Y. Collins and Joseph Parmale
associate Justices of the County Court
of said county, constituting the County Court of this county of Madison It being a Court of record now sitting, Caleb Johnson a resident
of said County and State aged seventy eight or nine years, being 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 the 7th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered the service of the United States in the State of Georgia, he does not remember the precise year but at the
commencement of the war of the revolution in that state and enlisted under Captain Henry Walker for two years of the Regiment of minute men commanded by Colonels John Stewart and Elijah Clark in Wrightsborough, then being a citizen of Columbia County. He served a little upwards of one year in that Regiment where stationed on the Indian Lands as a frontier guard the Captain with nineteen men left the fort which they had built and took an excursion into the Indian Country for the purpose of reconnoitering; but being surprised by the Indians a skirmish ensued in which Captain Walker and two of the men were killed.  The balance
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came into the fort. Soon afterwards the com-
pany in the fort received orders to return
to their respective homes, where they would
hold themselves in readiness to march to
whatever point required at a minutes
warning. After remaining at home about two
months he received orders to meet at Wrightsborough, from which place the
company under Henry Carr, (having been [promoted] from Lieutenant to the Captaincy after the death of Capt. Walker) marched to Augusta to Join the army under the command
of General Howe, Col. Stewart & Clark still
commanding the regiment to which he was attached. They remained but a short time at Augusta before marching on a secret expedition the object of which was to surprise and take St. Augustine in Florida. Through great deficuties, in passing a willderness and cutting their road they reach the fort on St. Marys river, (called Fort *Tonia) which had just been evacuated by the British who had been apprised of their coming. Then they formed an encampment, and sent out about ninty men under the command of Col. Clark to persue the
enemy. In two or three days march he [encountered] and drove in their picket guard, to a new fort which they had built in a swamp.
The enemy enemy then came out and gave
them battle. After having one man killed himself and two men wounded Colonel
Clark retreated and came back to the
encampment. A few days afterwards, five
hundred select men (of which this affiant
was one) marched to take the last named fort
but on arriving there the British had [returned] and set fire to it. They then
*Antonio
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returned to head quarters; where they remained about a week, where provisions being nearly exhausted, the malitia were discharged and the minute men directed to get back the best way they could to Midway meeting house on Newport where they were told they should receive their pay and discharges. This affiant did receive his pay and discharge at the last named place; But thinking his discharge of no importance he took no care of it and it was soon lost.  He now returned home. The date of the last named expedition he does not recollect; but that the date may be assertained, he states there was a total eclipse of the Sun while on his march to Florida.
On remaining at home two or three months he was called out as one of the malitia to repel an expected invasion from Florida . They rendezvous at Wrightsborough from which place they marched under the command of Col. Ben Few, to Burk jail where they were attacked by the Florida Scout composed of British & Tories, under the command of Col. Brown (called Burntfoot Brown), a Tory. The action was severly contested on both sides, but the enemy was finally repeled; and left the country. The batalion then marched back to Wrightsborough and disbanded. From this period untill called on to march to Savanah, he was seldom long at rest, being called on to scout against the Tories, Indians, and horse thieves. As well as he recollects in five or six months after the battle of Burke jail, the malitia was embodied to march to join the French in the Seige of Savannah. He went, under Colonel Ben Few, in a company then com-
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manded, (as he believes) then by Capt William
Fin -- He was in the siege six weeks, and in the battle which took place in attempting to storm 
the enemies fortifications. After the repulse, this affiant with the Georgia malitia were marched back and dismissed. From this period on to the close of the war he was, with short intervals of rest, engaged in scouting against the Tories and Indians.
He further states that he has no documentary
evidence of the forgoing facts neither does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove his services. He received a certificate for two hundred acres of land as a bounty in the state of Georgia, but lost it and never received the land
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Caleb Johnson [X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
Wm L Balfour Clk
By Samuel D. Livingston
We Robert Hubert a clergyman residing in the 
County of Madison and Harden D. Runnels a citizen of the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Caleb Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight or nine 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
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we concur in that opinion
Robert Sr, Hubert
Harden D Runnels
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year above written
Wm L Balfour Clk
By Samuel D Livingston Dept

Interogatories propounded to Caleb Johnston by this court here sitting
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Ansr. I was born in Chester County Pensylvania.
The date I do not recollect.
2nd Intr. Have you any record of your age? And if so where is it?
Answer. I have none.
3rd Intr. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer. When called into service I was living in the State of Georgia Columbia County. Since the revolutionary war I have lived in Wilks County, from which I removed to Clark County from thence to Amite County Mississippi teritory and from thence to this county (Madison) where I now live.
4th Intr. 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 first enlisted for two years in what was called the minute service, of the State of Georgia
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After I served my time out, I was drafted
for short terms of service, several times, and also volunteered on some occasions. I never was a substitute for any man.
5 Interogatory.
State the names of some of the regular officers of the troops where you served. Such Continental and malitia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of
your service?
Answer. Col. John Stewart first Colonel and Colonel Elijah Clark 2nd Colonel commanded the Regiment of Minute men with whom I enlisted and served for the first two years. I marched under the command of General Howe, who was in command of the Continentals at Augusta Ga. to Savannah. The Polish General [Pulaski] and Count De Estaing the French Commander - I believe had the French command. The South Carolina General Williamson commanded the entire malitia at his assault. He was [commonly] called at that time "Old Indian-fighting" Williamson.  I do not recollect any other principal commander - for particulars of them I refer to my declaration.
6 Intr. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service. And if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I did. It was given by orders of Col Eiljah Clark, and it was soon lost, being considered of no importance.
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for truth and veracity, and their
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belief of your services as revolutionary services.
Answer. I name Colonel Harden D. Runnels to
whom I have been known for nearly four years. 
James N. Hubert, Rev. Robert Hubert, James R. Marsh, Benjamin Long.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states given under our hands this fourth day of
December A.D. 1832 & that R. L. Hubbard is a Clergyman & H. D. Runnel a citizen both of Respectable Standing in the County of Madison 
N. Calliham Chief Justice
William Y Collins A.J. 
Joseph Parmele A.J.
The State Mississippi }
Madison County        }
County Court December Term 1832
I William L Balfour Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration was made by Caleb Johnston in Open Court at the December term of said Court and by him subscribed and sworn to and entered upon the minutes of said Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of my
said Office at Livingston this Eighth day
of December in the year of Our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and thirty Two
Wm L Balfour Clk
By Samuel D. Livingston Dept
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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22.355     21636
Caleb Johnson
Madison County
Mississippi
Re War [pri]
Adm 2 years 1 yr
thereof as Serg.
60
40
$100
Wm L Balfour Clerk
Madison County
Mississippi
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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, shewing the Service of Caleb Johnson Madison Mississippi
Period when service was rendered.
[No entry]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
   1 [2?] or upwards
   3
Rank of the claimant.
[No entry]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Walker
Henry Carr
Capt. [W] Few
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Stewart
Col. Alexander
Co.l B. Few
Col. Clark
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Savannah
Burke Jail
Florida
Country through which he marched.
Georgia
Florida
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period-
78 or 79
Georgia
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, Territory, or District of }
County of                              } ss.
On this---day of---personally appeared (a) before---A.B. a resident (b) of---in the county of---and State, Territory or District of---aged (c)---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 provion 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 
[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 enered 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.
I---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 day 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.
I,---Clerk of the Court of---do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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
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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.
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 services.
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 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 he 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 is a 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.
[a] 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 rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. 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 affadavit 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."

{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 statements 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.}
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any 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.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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 all 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. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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7081
Rev War
om
INVALID.
File No. 7081
Caleb Johnson
Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1st, Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 11/98.
H. O. Johnson,
Gouverneur, N.Y.
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No. 21355 
Re-Issues.{---      om             
Mississippi
Name: *Calab Johnson
Rank: Sergeant    Comp'y:
Regt: Ga. Rev. War
*Caleb Johnson. Records completed July 12, [1904], [SJ] 
---}Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. {---Comm'g---
2d Issue.  {---Comm'g---
3d Issue.  {---Comm'g---
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. {---Sent to---
2d Issue.  {---Sent to---
3d Issue.  {---Sent to---
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol.---, Page---
Registering Clerk:
Disability. {old jacket inside
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Caleb Johnson -  Mississippi Roll, act June 7.
1832, at $100- pr annum.
Be pleased to say to what time
he has been paid, and if there is a
Semi-annual payment in 1839 yet due
He was paid to 4 March 1840 - but there appears to be due him a payment from 4 Marto 4 Sep 1839
JH
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Treasury of the U. States
August 11, 1840
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose a letter from Messrs. Ewing and Stites of Livingston Mississippi dated July 22. 1840
asking information relative to the pension of Caleb Johnson.
Very respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Wm Selden
Treasr U.S.
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Livingston Miss
and
July 22nd. 1840
Sir
We should as the agents of Mr Johnson
long since forwarded you the annexed recpt.
But with this recpt and the Treasury Dept
sent us by Gen. Brown was also enclosed
an order in the agent at Natchez for the
Balance of pension due Mr Johnson the
agent however paid but Fifty Dolls, and said
he required time to have further instructions
from the department before he would pay the
balance - In the hopes of being able to acknowledge the balance due Mr. J. has
caused this long delay in sending the recpt
Please advise us by return of mail what course we must pursue to get for Mr. J. his money. We thought the order before sent us and which was handed to the Agent at Natchez was all sufficent for that purpose -
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We are Dear Sir
Very respectrully
Your obt Servts
Ewing & Stites
Wm Seldon Esq
Treasurer of the U.S.
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GIDEON PRINTER.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 3d, 1843.
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, Caleb Johnson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of one 
hundred Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1841, to the 4th March 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Pension Agency Jackson
Miss September 2d 1843
To J L Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Mr. Caleb Johnson a Pensioner, has this day applied to this Office for his Pension. It appears on reference to the Books of this Office that
Mr Johnson has received his Pension up to the 4th of March 1841, and that said Johnson has not applied for his Pension since that time, the money having remained in the hands of the Pension Agent unclaimed for the space of fourteen months after the Pension became due. I have therefore thought it prudent to withhold the payment of the same, until further instructions from your office.
I am sir very respectfully
your obt. servt.
J.M. Farran
P. Agt.
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Original letter referred
to the Third Auditor
Sept 16. 1840
J.D.W.
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(Copy)
Pension Agency (Miss.
Augt. 26. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comsr of Pensions
Sir
Your favor of the 12th inst. with a copy of a letter from Messrs. Ewing & Stiles complaining of not having received the full amount of the pension due Caleb Johnson at this Agency has been received.
The last pension paid to this Pensioner was paid on the 25th of June under the instruction from the Department at Washington as stated by Messrs. Ewing & Stiles, and as but one receipt was sent with the papers, no duplicate
has been retained here of any of the vouchers; they all having been forwarded with the last quarters return, to which I beg to refer you. At the time the pension was paid it was not discovered or noticed that any further amount was due. I have no recollection of having required further instructions in this case, or of
a further sum having been asked for. If it had of been, I think my attention would have been so calld to the subject that I should have perceived my error and that a further sum was due.
It now appears from my Books that the pension
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accruing from March 4th to Sept. 4th 1839 is still due, but as the time has elapsed, allowed by law for the payment at this Agency, I presume it will be necessary to have it adjusted at Washington.
I hope this explanation will be satisfactory
regretting very much that the error should have
crept in.
I am very respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
(signed) J. P. Walworth
Pension Agent
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The State of Mississippi }
Madison County            }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said County Caleb Johnson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the Consequent loss of memory he cannot sware 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 Two Years as a private in the minute service
For One Year I served as a Seargent in the Militia under Col Alexander in the State of Georgia all together three year and that during the above periods of service I was engaged in no civil pursuits, and for which I claim a pension
Caleb Johnson [X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 19th day
of Augt. 1833
S W Ewing  JP {Seal}
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The State of Mississippi }
Madison County            }
I William C Bicnham Clerk of the Orphans 
Court in and for said County do hearby certify that Stites & Ewing before whom the foregoing
Affadavit was subscribed and sworn to by Caleb Johnston was at that time and is now and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that all of his official acts as such is entitled full faith and credit and that his signature as above mentioned is his genuine signature in testimony whereof I have Hear unto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office at Livingston this 21st day of August One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
William C Bickham Clk
C.P.M.C
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 18th, 1840.
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," Caleb
Johnson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of one hundred
Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th September 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 6th, 1840.
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", Caleb
Johnson a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of the hundred Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Livingston 21st. Aug. 1833.
To Hon Louis Cass
Sir
Mr. Johnson has complied with the [instructions] remitted with his declaration, it is hoped there is no further amendment to be made as he is an aged indigent and most respected citizen, and if there is much further delay in all human probability he will not live to enjoy the benevolent provision Government has made for him.
The distance from Washington is so great, that it requires great time to send back the papers & make corrections, if there be any mistakes which have previously escaped detection, if they are not very material, it is hoped, they will be over- looked, as there is surely enough in substance, to entitle him to his pension.
With much respect your
Obt. Servant Sir
Samuel D. Livingston