Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4454, for James Johnston, New Jersey
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New Jersey
James Johnston, Ensign, New Jersey Line, '77. 10 months.

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of March 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April 1818 and sent to Hon. Mr. Bateman, House of Representation, U. States.

Arrearages to the 4th Sep. 1818 5 5/28 mos.............$103.57
                                                       =======
                                                       $103.57

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

Discontinued.
Notification sent to Ebr. Seeley, Esq. 21 July 1820, Bridgeton.
Decision confirmed by Sec(retary) of War 26 Feb. 1821.
His widow unknown, Cumberland Co.
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New Jersey
Cumberland County//

James Johnston, of said County, being duly sworn and [crossed out: saith] declareth that in the year 1775, he believes in September, he enlisted in the Continental Service under Capt. Richard Howell and was mustered in October and continued in his company as a serjeant until their return from Canada and was present at the engagement at Three Rivers. That in January 1777 he received a commission as ensign in the 2nd Regiment of the New Jersey Line, commanded by Col. Shreeve and was attached to the company commanded by Captain Dillon, of which Nath'l Bowman and Monsien Duiles were the other subalterns
and was present at the engagement with the enemy at the Short Hills in this State. And at the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown and continued in the service of Congress against the common enemy until November 15th 1777, when he resigned his commission as appears by the certificate of Rob't H. Harrison accompanying this affidavit and that his circumstances in life are so reduced as to require the assistance of his country for his support.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed, sworn to and declared before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid this Twenty eighth day of March Eighteen Hundred and eighteen.
s/ James D. Westcott
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County//

Ebenezer Elmer, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he joined the Second Jersey Regiment in the service of United States, from the Northern Army, sometime about the latter end of April A.D. 1777. That James Johnston was then with the regiment acting as a subaltern officer, this deponent understood. That he had been commissioned sometime in the preceding winter & that he continued with the reg(iment) until late in the fall of that year. And further that he, this deponent, is well acquainted with said Johnston. That his circumstances are law, & being far advanced in life, may require the assistance of his country to render the remainder of his days comfortable.
s/ Eben. Elmer

Subscribed and sworn to before me April 11th 1818.
s/ James D. Westcott
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County//

I, James D. Westcott, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that James Johnston, who has signed the preceding declaration oath, did serve upwards of two years in the Continental Army during the revolution against the common enemy and that more than nine months of said time he served as an ensign. And I now transmit the testimony taken and the proceedings had in his case on application for a pension to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress. April 11th 1818.
s/ James D. Westcott

[illegible]

I, Ebenezer Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that James D. Westcott, Esq., who has attested the affidavit of Ebenezer Elmer and the declaration on oath of James Johnston hereunto annexed and who has certified to the same, is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey and that due faith and credit is ought to be given to his official attestation as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office the Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and eighteen.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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James Johnston

(197)
16 April 1818

Not entitled.

{There is a mistake in the clerk's cert(ificate) as to the amo(unt). He has made it 400 $ less than it should be, but as the man is not entitled, make out a cert(ificate) of discontinuance.}
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SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of June 1820.

On this Twenty second day of June 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, James Johnston, aged Sixty eight years, resident in Roundstown in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted October 15th 1776 with Capt. Richard Howell of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell, was commissioned an ensign in Capt. Dillon's Company in the same regiment January 1st 1777, and served as such till he resigned November 15th 1777. Was at the Battles of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada and at Short Hills, Brandywine & Germantown. That his declaration on oath to obtain a pension was dated March 28th 1818 & his certificate No. 197. April 16, 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of 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.

Schedule of the real and personal estate.:
Case of Drawers....................2.00
Lot................................0.75
Lot................................1.00
Lot................................1.00
Time piece.........................4.00
                                  =====
                                  $8.75
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Brought forward...................$8.75
Desk and Contents..................5.00
Pots & tubs &c.....................2.75
Lot in milk house..................4.00
Lot in loft........................5.70
Cupboard & dishes..................2.50
One table..........................1.50
Lot of Chairs......................1.50
Andirons, tongs & candlesticks.....0.75
Stove & grindstone.................2.50
Lot of tools.......................2.00
Soap & tub.........................2.00
Axes, hoes, &c.....................1.00
Lot in shop loft...................0.25
Light wagon & gears...............20.00
Lot plow &c........................4.50
Gears (0.50); Wagon (1.50).........2.00
Wheel barrow.......................1.00
Lot of wood & posts................1.50
Tree posts.........................4.00
1 Sheep............................1.00
1 Cow..............................7.00
Horse.............................28.00
Carpet.............................1.50 
5 Dunghill fowls...................0.63
32 Acres of land, one mile & half from Roadstown.
................................$100.00
House & one acre of land near Roadstown.
................................$300.00
Wheat on the ground; two acres...$12.00
                                  =====
                          Total $523.33

We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that the appraised and inventoried, by order of the Court, the property mentioned in this inventory 14th day of June 1820 at the true value according to the best of our skill & understanding.
s/ Markell Ware
s/ James Brooks
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And I do further swear that my family consists of myself, age above specified, infirm from old age and rheumatism, my wife, Elizabeth, aged Sixty, who has been helpless for many years past in consequence of a stroke of the palsy & my daughter, Elizabeth, aged 32, who resides at my house to take care of her mother.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed & sworn in Open Court June 22nd 1820.
s/ James Clark

It appearing to the Court by satisfactory evidence that the land mentioned in the aforesaid schedule is mortgaged for a bona fide debt of greater amount than its valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment. They are of opinion that as it respects the declarant, James Johnson, the said land is of no value and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred and Twenty three dollars & Thirty three cents.
s/ James Clark

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.

I, EBENEZER SEELEY, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the said court is a court of record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment; and I do further certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred and Twenty three dollars and Thirty three cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty fourth day of June 1820.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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Rev(olutionary) War
4454
INVALID.
File No. 4454
James Johnston
Ensign, N.J. line

Act: Mar. 18th/'18
Index -; Vol. A; Page 195.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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For reconsideration.

When finally decided on, report to the Hon. Eph'm Bateman, H.R., U. States.

14th Dec. 1820
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[crossed out: Edward Hanes] ret(urned) & James Johnston, applications for under the Act of 18 March 1818.

Sent at the Pension Office April 16th by Mr. Bateman of New Jersey.
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James Johnston, application for an officer's pension.
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To the Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War of the United States of America.

The undersigned, having enlisted in the year 1775 under Captain Richard Howell of the New Jersey line and having continued in his company as a sergeant till January 1777 where he received a commission as ensign in the 2nd Reg't New Jersey line commanded by Colonel Shreeve and having continued to serve as such until Nov. 15th 1777 when he resigned his commission; and his circumstances in life being so reduced that he needs the assistance of his country for support, respectfully applies to be placed as an ensign on the Pension List of the United States.
s/ James Johnston

Bridgetown, West New Jersey
April 11th 1818
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New Jersey
James Johnston, Ensign
[illegible] from '75 to Jan. '77 as a [illegible] from Jan. '77 to Nov. '77, Ensign.

Restore.

Sched(ule): Case of drawers, $2.00; 1 Lot 75¢; do. $1; do. 0$; 1 Time piece $4; Desk & contents $5; Pots & Tubs &c. 2.75; Lot in milk house $4.00; do. in loft $5.70; Cupboard & dishes $2.50; 1 Table $1.50; Andirons, tongs & candlesticks 75¢; Stove & grindstone $2.50; Lot of tools $2.50; Soap & tub $2.00; Axes, hoes &c. $1.00; Lot in shop loft 25¢; Light wagon & gears $20.00; Plow &c. $4.50; Gears & wagon $2.00; Wheel barrow $1.00; Lot of wood $1.50; Tree posts $4.00; 1 Sheep $1.00; 1 Cow $7; Horse $28.00; Carpet $1.50; Fowls 63¢; 32 Acres of land $100.00; House & one acre of land $300.00; Wheat on the ground $12.00;.
Total $52.

The real estate valued at $400 is mortgaged for a bona fide debt of a greater amt. than its valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment.

Age 66 yrs., infirm, wife 60 (yrs.) helpless, daughter 32 yrs.

Application for restoration rejected Feb. 1821.

2nd Schedule exhibits not one cent.

His mention made of the disposal of his property.

Regulations sent 2 April 1823 to Ebenezer Seeley, Agent.
Bridgetown, N.J.

[crossed out: E. Bateman]

Land regulation.
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Real estate valued at $400 is mortgaged for bona fide debt of a greater amt. than its valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment.

Sched. under act Mar: 1823 dated 23rd June 1823. Nothing.

States that Jacob Shull & Lucius Q.C. Elmer were appointed commissioners to sell his real & personal estate & that everything that he had was sold on the 27 Mar. 1821 & that has since availed himself of the benefit of the insolvent [illegible]; a certificate of his having taken the benefit of the insolvent & of his property having been disposed of properly authenticated is furnished.

Aged 70 yrs., in wheelwright; unable to pursue it in consequence of infirmities.

s/ Ebenezer Seeley, Esq.
[illegible]

Johnston, James
N.J. S.4454
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Honorable J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

James Johnston
Ensign

For reconsideration
Rec'd 24 April 1823

Johnston, James
N.J. S.4454
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Bridgeton, West N. Jersey, March 1823

Hon'bl J.C. Calhoun

Sir,

I enclose the petition and schedule of Ensign James Johnston under the late law concerning pensions. As Mr. Johnston resides a distance from the Post Office, he wishes you to direct the answer to his application to Elias B. Seeley at Bridgeton, West N. Jersey.

Very respectfully your obed(ient) servant,
s/ Eben. Seeley
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SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of September Eighteen Hundred and Twenty.

On this Twenty sixth day of October 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, James Johnston, laborer, aged Sixty eight years, resident in Roundstown in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted October 15th 1775 with Captain Richard Howell of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell, was commissioned an ensign in Captain Dillon's Company in the same regiment January 1st 1777 and served as such till he resigned November 15th 1777, was at the Battles of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada, and at Short Hills, Brandywine & Germantown. That his declaration on oath to obtain a pension was dated March 28, 1818 and his certificate No. 197 dated April 16th 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of 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.

And I do further swear that I have not any goods or chattels, lands or tenements whatever. That my family consists of myself, aged...
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James Johnston
{Schedule rec'd 18th Nov. 1818}

Sept 1818

Hon. E. Bateman
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...above specified, infirm from old age and rheumatism. My wife, Elizabeth, aged Sixty, who has been helpless for many years past in consequence of a stroke of the palsy, and my daughter, Elizabeth, aged Thirty two years, who resides at my house to take care of her mother.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed, sworn & declared to on the 26th day of October 1820 in Open Court, being a special adjourned session of September Term 1820.
s/ James Clark

The Court are of opinion that the above named James Johnston is not possessed of any goods or chattels, lands or tenements whatever and consequently that the total amount in value of the property exhibited is not anything.
s/ James Clark
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I, EBENEZER SEELEY, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the said court is a court of record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment; and I do further certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is not anything [crossed out: dollars and (blank) cents]. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty sixth day of October 1820.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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Copy of James Johnston.
Discharged.
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State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland//

On this Twenty third day of June 1823, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County of Cumberland being so constituted by law, James Johnson, resident in said County, aged Seventy years, 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 Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, the 1st of May 1820 and the 1st of March 1823. That he, the said James Johnston, enlisted for the term of one year on the 15th day of October 1775 in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Richard Howell in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Maxwell on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in said company until the 1st of January 1777, when he was commissioned as an ensign in Captain Dillon's Company in the same regiment. That he continued to serve as such until the 15th November 1777, when he resigned. That he was at the Battle of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada and at the Battle of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown. That his name has been placed on the Pension List and dropped there from on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, 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...
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...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 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 that what is contained in the following.

Schedule of the real and personal estate of James Johnston. June 23, 1823.

Real estate...............none.
Personal estate...........none.
s/ James Johnston

That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. Viz.: Every article therein enumerated, both real and personal estate, has been sold by Lucius Q.C. Elmer and Jacob Shull, Esquires, assignees appointed according to law and the proceeds thereof applied by them to the payment of my creditors. My real estate on the 27th day of March 1821 to Job Stiles for the sum of one dollar, subject to the incumbrance on it. And my personal estate on the 15th day of April 1821 to sundry persons at public sale for the sum of (blank) except a Light Wagon and gears sold by me for Forty dollars to Samuel Elwell on the 10th day of September 1820 and one horse sold by me to Ebenezer Elmer for Forty dollars on the 20th day of September 1820. The proceeds of which were applied to my support. That since that time I have been imprisoned for debt and availed myself of the benefit of the insolvent laws of the State of New Jersey. That my...
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...family consists of myself alone. That my occupation is a Wheelright, by which from age and infirmity, I am incapable of supporting myself and that my circumstances and situation are such as to need the assistance of my country for support or the aid of private or public charity.
s/ James Johnston

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court June 23rd 1823.
s/ James D. Westcott
s/ Eben. Elemer
s/ John Sibley

I, Ebenezer Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said James Johnston did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 not anything. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Twenty third day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty three.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of June 1820.

On this Twenty second day of June 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, James Johnston, aged Sixty eight years, resident in Roundstown in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted October 15th 1776 with Capt. Richard Howell of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell, was commissioned an ensign in Capt. Dillon's Company in the same regiment January 1st 1777, and served as such till he resigned November 15th 1777. Was at the Battles of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada and at Short Hills, Brandywine & Germantown. That his declaration on oath to obtain a pension was dated March 28th 1818 & his certificate No. 197. April 16, 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of 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.

Schedule of the real and personal estate.:
Case of Drawers....................2.00
Lot................................0.75
Lot................................1.00
Lot................................1.00
Time piece.........................4.00
                                  =====
                                  $8.75
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Brought forward...................$8.75
Desk and Contents..................5.00
Pots & tubs &c.....................2.75
Lot in milk house..................4.00
Lot in loft........................5.70
Cupboard & dishes..................2.50
One table..........................1.50
Lot of Chairs......................1.50
Andirons, tongs & candlesticks.....0.75
Stove & grindstone.................2.50
Lot of tools.......................2.00
Soap & tub.........................2.00
Axes, hoes, &c.....................1.00
Lot in shop loft...................0.25
Light wagon & gears...............20.00
Lot plow &c........................4.50
Gears (0.50); Wagon (1.50).........2.00
Wheel barrow.......................1.00
Lot of wood & posts................1.50
Tree posts.........................4.00
1 Sheep............................1.00
1 Cow..............................7.00
Horse.............................28.00
Carpet.............................1.50 
5 Dunghill fowls...................0.63
32 Acres of land, one mile & half from Roadstown.
................................$100.00
House & one acre of land near Roadstown.
................................$300.00
Wheat on the ground; two acres...$12.00
                                  =====
                          Total $523.33

We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that the appraised and inventoried, by order of the Court, the property mentioned in this inventory 14th day of June 1820 at the true value according to the best of our skill & understanding.
s/ Markell Ware
s/ James Brooks
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And I do further swear that my family consists of myself, age above specified, infirm from old age and rheumatism, my wife, Elizabeth, aged Sixty, who has been helpless for many years past in consequence of a stroke of the palsy & my daughter, Elizabeth, aged 32, who resides at my house to take care of her mother.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed & sworn in Open Court June 22nd 1820.
s/ James Clark

It appearing to the Court by satisfactory evidence that the land mentioned in the aforesaid schedule is mortgaged for a bona fide debt of greater amount than its valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment. They are of opinion that as it respects the declarant, James Johnson, the said land is of no value and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred and Twenty three dollars & Thirty three cents.
s/ James Clark

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.

I, EBENEZER SEELEY, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the said court is a court of record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment; and I do further certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred and Twenty three dollars and Thirty three cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty fourth day of June 1820.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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For reconsideration.

When finally decided on, report to the Hon. Eph'm Bateman, H.R., U. States.

14th Dec. 1820
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[crossed out: Edward Hanes] ret(urned) & James Johnston, applications for under the Act of 18 March 1818.

Sent at the Pension Office April 16th by Mr. Bateman of New Jersey.
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The property in the 1st Schedule was valued at $523.33 but the real estate which was estimated at $400 was mortgaged for a bona fide debt of greater amount than the valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment.

By a 2nd Schedule, it appears that all his property has been given up to his credit and that he is not worth one cent.

68 yrs. old, a helpless wife & one daughter, aged 32. Not well.
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James Johnston, application for an officer's pension.
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To the Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War of the United States of America.

The undersigned, having enlisted in the year 1775 under Captain Richard Howell of the New Jersey line and having continued in his company as a sergeant till January 1777 where he received a commission as ensign in the 2nd Reg't New Jersey line commanded by Colonel Shreeve and having continued to serve as such until Nov. 15th 1777 when he resigned his commission; and his circumstances in life being so reduced that he needs the assistance of his country for support, respectfully applies to be placed as an ensign on the Pension List of the United States.
s/ James Johnston

Bridgetown, West New Jersey
April 11th 1818
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S.F.4454
James Johnston
N.J.
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Ensign James Johnson of Col. Shreeve's Regiment is discharged from further service in the American Army at his own request. Head Ens(ign) Nov. 15, 1777.

By command,
s/ Rob't H. Hamson Sec(retary)
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New Jersey
James Johnston, Ensign
[illegible] from '75 to Jan. '77 as a [illegible] from Jan. '77 to Nov. '77, Ensign.

Restore.

Sched(ule): Case of drawers, $2.00; 1 Lot 75¢; do. $1; do. 0$; 1 Time piece $4; Desk & contents $5; Pots & Tubs &c. 2.75; Lot in milk house $4.00; do. in loft $5.70; Cupboard & dishes $2.50; 1 Table $1.50; Andirons, tongs & candlesticks 75¢; Stove & grindstone $2.50; Lot of tools $2.50; Soap & tub $2.00; Axes, hoes &c. $1.00; Lot in shop loft 25¢; Light wagon & gears $20.00; Plow &c. $4.50; Gears & wagon $2.00; Wheel barrow $1.00; Lot of wood $1.50; Tree posts $4.00; 1 Sheep $1.00; 1 Cow $7; Horse $28.00; Carpet $1.50; Fowls 63¢; 32 Acres of land $100.00; House & one acre of land $300.00; Wheat on the ground $12.00;.
Total $52.

The real estate valued at $400 is mortgaged for a bona fide debt of a greater amt. than its valuation, subject to be foreclosed at any moment.

Age 66 yrs., infirm, wife 60 (yrs.) helpless, daughter 32 yrs.

Application for restoration rejected Feb. 1821.

2nd Schedule exhibits not one cent.

His mention made of the disposal of his property.

Regulations sent 2 April 1823 to Ebenezer Seeley, Agent.
Bridgetown, N.J.

[crossed out: E. Bateman]

Land regulation.
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Honorable J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

James Johnston
Ensign

For reconsideration
Rec'd 24 April 1823

Johnston, James
N.J. S.4454
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Bridgeton, West N. Jersey, March 1823

Hon'bl J.C. Calhoun

Sir,

I enclose the petition and schedule of Ensign James Johnston under the late law concerning pensions. As Mr. Johnston resides a distance from the Post Office, he wishes you to direct the answer to his application to Elias B. Seeley at Bridgeton, West N. Jersey.

Very respectfully your obed(ient) servant,
s/ Eben. Seeley
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James Johnston
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State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland//

On this Twenty third day of June 1823, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County of Cumberland being so constituted by law, James Johnson, resident in said County, aged Seventy years, 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 Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, the 1st of May 1820 and the 1st of March 1823. That he, the said James Johnston, enlisted for the term of one year on the 15th day of October 1775 in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Richard Howell in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Maxwell on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in said company until the 1st of January 1777, when he was commissioned as an ensign in Captain Dillon's Company in the same regiment. That he continued to serve as such until the 15th November 1777, when he resigned. That he was at the Battle of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada and at the Battle of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown. That his name has been placed on the Pension List and dropped there from on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, 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...
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...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 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 that what is contained in the following.

Schedule of the real and personal estate of James Johnston. June 23, 1823.

Real estate...............none.
Personal estate...........none.
s/ James Johnston

That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. Viz.: Every article therein enumerated, both real and personal estate, has been sold by Lucius Q.C. Elmer and Jacob Shull, Esquires, assignees appointed according to law and the proceeds thereof applied by them to the payment of my creditors. My real estate on the 27th day of March 1821 to Job Stiles for the sum of one dollar, subject to the incumbrance on it. And my personal estate on the 15th day of April 1821 to sundry persons at public sale for the sum of (blank) except a Light Wagon and gears sold by me for Forty dollars to Samuel Elwell on the 10th day of September 1820 and one horse sold by me to Ebenezer Elmer for Forty dollars on the 20th day of September 1820. The proceeds of which were applied to my support. That since that time I have been imprisoned for debt and availed myself of the benefit of the insolvent laws of the State of New Jersey. That my...
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I, Ebenezer Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that on the Twenty fifth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty, James Johnston made & executed an assignment of all his estate, both real and personal, to Jacob Shull & Lucius Q.C. Elmer, Esquires, for the use and benefit of all his creditors pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New [Jersey] entitled, "An act to secure to creditors an equal and just division of the estates of debtors, who convey to assignees for the benefit of creditors," passed February 23rd 1820, which said assignment is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of Cumberland County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office the Twenty third day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty three.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk

A certified copy of the assignment was forwarded to the Sec(retary) of War with Mr. Johnston's last petition.
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State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland//

On this Twenty third day of June 1823, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County of Cumberland being so constituted by law, James Johnson, resident in said County, aged Seventy years, 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 Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, the 1st of May 1820 and the 1st of March 1823. That he, the said James Johnston, enlisted for the term of one year on the 15th day of October 1775 in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Richard Howell in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Maxwell on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in said company until the 1st of January 1777, when he was commissioned as an ensign in Captain Dillon's Company in the same regiment. That he continued to serve as such until the 15th November 1777, when he resigned. That he was at the Battle of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada and at the Battle of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown. That his name has been placed on the Pension List and dropped there from on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, 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...
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...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 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 that what is contained in the following.

Schedule of the real and personal estate of James Johnston. June 23, 1823.

Real estate...............none.
Personal estate...........none.
s/ James Johnston

That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. Viz.: Every article therein enumerated, both real and personal estate, has been sold by Lucius Q.C. Elmer and Jacob Shull, Esquires, assignees appointed according to law and the proceeds thereof applied by them to the payment of my creditors. My real estate on the 27th day of March 1821 to Job Stiles for the sum of one dollar, subject to the incumbrance on it. And my personal estate on the 15th day of April 1821 to sundry persons at public sale for the sum of (blank) except a Light Wagon and gears sold by me for Forty dollars to Samuel Elwell on the 10th day of September 1820 and one horse sold by me to Ebenezer Elmer for Forty dollars on the 20th day of September 1820. The proceeds of which were applied to my support. That since that time I have been imprisoned for debt and availed myself of the benefit of the insolvent laws of the State of New Jersey. That my...
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...family consists of myself alone. That my occupation is a Wheelright, by which from age and infirmity, I am incapable of supporting myself and that my circumstances and situation are such as to need the assistance of my country for support or the aid of private or public charity.
s/ James Johnston

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court June 23rd 1823.
s/ James D. Westcott
s/ Eben. Elemer
s/ John Sibley

I, Ebenezer Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said James Johnston did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 not anything. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Twenty third day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty three.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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James Johnston
{Schedule rec'd 18th Nov. 1818}

Sept 1818

Hon. E. Bateman
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SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of September Eighteen Hundred and Twenty.

On this Twenty sixth day of October 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, James Johnston, laborer, aged Sixty eight years, resident in Roundstown in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted October 15th 1775 with Captain Richard Howell of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell, was commissioned an ensign in Captain Dillon's Company in the same regiment January 1st 1777 and served as such till he resigned November 15th 1777, was at the Battles of Three Rivers and at Quebec in Canada, and at Short Hills, Brandywine & Germantown. That his declaration on oath to obtain a pension was dated March 28, 1818 and his certificate No. 197 dated April 16th 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of 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.

And I do further swear that I have not any goods or chattels, lands or tenements whatever. That my family consists of myself, aged...
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...above specified, infirm from old age and rheumatism. My wife, Elizabeth, aged Sixty, who has been helpless for many years past in consequence of a stroke of the palsy, and my daughter, Elizabeth, aged Thirty two years, who resides at my house to take care of her mother.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed, sworn & declared to on the 26th day of October 1820 in Open Court, being a special adjourned session of September Term 1820.
s/ James Clark

The Court are of opinion that the above named James Johnston is not possessed of any goods or chattels, lands or tenements whatever and consequently that the total amount in value of the property exhibited is not anything.
s/ James Clark

Cumberland County, New Jersey; Act of 1820.

I certify that I have sometimes visited & attended to the case of Elizabeth, wife of James Johnston, of this County, who has...
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Cumberland County, New Jersey; Act of 1820.

I certify that I have sometimes visited & attended to the case of Elizabeth, wife of James Johnston, of this County, who has been in a painful & distressed situation for about two years past & the greater part of that time confined to bed. Her nervous system has been much affected & she is now greatly debilitated.

Together with a slight degree of paralysis, she often labors under strong spasmodic & hysterical affections. Latterly, the symptoms are frequently so distressing that she finds no rest but by a free use of anti-spasmodic & opiate medicines. Upon the most deliberate consideration of her case, I cannot discern any good reason to hope for an effectual relief of her complaints but by death, which may yet be sometime distant.
s/ Eben. Elmer
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Cumberland Court of COMMON PLEAS, held Bridgeton in and for the County of Cumberland on Tuesday the Seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty one.
PRESENT, s/ James Clark

James D. Westcott and John Mulford, Esquires, Judges of the Pleas.

James Johnston appeared before the Court and prayed the benefit of the Laws of the State of New Jersey, made for the relief of persons imprisoned for Debt, agreeably to the prayer of his Petition, presented at the last Term. AND the said James Johnston, having exhibited to the Court an account of all his estate, both real and personal, either in possession, reversion or remainder, together with an inventory of all his deeds, bonds, notes, books of account, vouchers and specialties whatsoever, with the sums due thereon, and a list of all his creditors with the amount of debts due to them, and being examined in open Court on Interrogatories, touching and concerning the disposition of his estate, and the truth and fairness of the account and inventory so as aforesaid exhibited and having in legal form and under the direction of the Court executed an assignment of all his estate, both real and personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, for the use of his creditors, to Ebenezer Elmer, a judicious and responsible freeholder of the said county of Cumberland and filed the said assignment in the office of the Clerk of this Court - And the Court being satisfied that the conduct of the said James Johnston hath been fair, upright and just, and that he hath in all things complied with the Acts of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed for the relief of persons imprisoned for Debt: do therefore order and direct that the said James Johnston be discharged from the custody of the Sheriff of the county of Cumberland pursuant to the provisions of the before mentioned acts.

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of said Court DO CERTIFY the foregoing to be a true Copy of the Original entry in the Minutes of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court hereunto [crossed out: the day and year above written] June 16, 1823.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clerk
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Cumberland Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County//

Lucius Q.C. Elmer, of full age, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the Twenty fifth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty, James Johnston of the said County, formerly an officer in Army of the Revolution, assigned to the subscribed and one Jacob Shull, who is now deceased, all his estate, real and personal, to be distributed by us agreeably, to the laws of New Jersey, among his creditors and this deponent & the said Jacob Shull took upon themselves the trust by taking the oath and giving the bonds required by law and deponent saith that in pursuance & by authority of said assignment this deponent, the said Jacob Shull did sell the real estate of said James Johnston consisting of a house & acre of land near Roadstown and Thirty two acres of land about a mile & a half from Roadstown, being the same that is described in the schedule of said James Johnston made June 22nd 1820, at public outery and that the same was bid off by one Job Stiles at the price of one dollars and that we made a deed to him for the same. And deponent further saith that the said land was subject to a mortgage for a debt at least equal to the full value of the same held by the said Job Stiles and that the sale so made as aforesaid was open public and bona fide in the presence of a number of persons. And deponent further saith that on the Fifteenth day of April 1821, deponent and the said Jacob Shull made sale of the personal property of said James Johnston by public vendue, having first given the usual notice by advertisements. That we sold all the personal property of said Johnston we could find and deponent believes everything was sold that is comprised in the aforementioned schedule of the said James Johnston of the 22nd June 1820 except a Light Wagon and gears and a horse, which had been disposed of by said Johnston previous to the assignment and the wheat which went with the land and deponent further saith that the said personal property was sold openly and bona fide and dispersed among a number of purchasers and that the proceeds thereof was received by deponent and Jacob Shull as assignees as aforesaid and deponent further saith that he is not able to state the precise account of the sale of said personal property in consequence of...
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2
...the accounts and papers being kept by said Jacob Shull, who being now deceased, they have been mislaid and have not yet been found by his administrators but deponent believed the amount did not exceed Sixty dollars and deponent further saith that the proceeds of the said land & personal property so sold as aforesaid were entirely inadequate to the payment of the expenses and of the just debts of the said James Johnston. And that there is therefore no surplus in the hands of deponent as surviving assignee due to him, nor has any part of the said proceeds been paid or given to the said James Johnston.
s/ Lucius Q.C. Elmer

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court June 23rd 1823.
s/ James D. Westcott
s/ Eben. Elmer
s/ John Sibley
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This indenture made the Twenty fifth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty, between James Johnston of the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey of the one part and Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer of the same County and State of the other part.

Whereas the said James Johnston is indebted to several persons in the said County of Cumberland and elsewhere and being unable to pay and discharge the said debts, is desirous of securing to his several creditors and equal and just division of his estate. Now this indenture witnesseth that the said James Johnston for the purpose of providing a fund to discharge his just debts as aforesaid and is considered of the sum of one dollar to him in hand, paid by the said Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed assigned, transferred and conveyed and by these presents doth bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, assign, transfer and convey to the said Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer and the survivors of them their or his heirs or assigns as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, all and singular his lands and real estate situate lying and being in said County of Cumberland or elsewhere, either in possession, reversion or remainder, together within and singular the appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and all and singular his goods and chattels bonds, notes, book accounts and demands, of what kind soever and his personal property of every kind and description whatsoever and wheresoever, to have and to hold the same, to the said Jacob Shull & Lucius Q.C. Elmer and the survivor of them as joint tenants, their heirs and assigns. In trust nevertheless that they, the said Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer, or the survivor of them, or his heirs or assigns, shall and will dispose of the same and make...
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...fair and equal distribution of the neat proceeds thereof among the several creditors of the said James Johnston in proportion of their respective demands agreeably to the directions of an Act of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey entitled, "An act to secure to creditors an equal and just division of the estates of debtors who convey to assignees for the benefit of creditors and in further trust, that after paying and satisfying the just demands of said creditors and all the necessary charges and expenses there shall be any surplus of the proceeds of the other property herein assigned, they will forth with pay over the same to the said James Johnston, his heirs and assigns, and for the better enabling the said Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer or the survivor of them, to carry into effect the purposes of this assignment. The said James Johnston doth hereby constitute and appoint the said Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer and the survivor of them, his and their heirs, his attorney and attorneys irrevocable in his name but for the use and purposes above mentioned, to do all and every act and thing for the recovery of the bonds, notes, book accounts and demands and personal property before assigned to them as fully as he himself could do. In witness whereof, the said James Johnston hath hereto set his Hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
s/ James Johnston (seal)

Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of John Johnston.
s/ John E. Smalley

Cumberland//

Be it known that on this Twenty fifth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, the above signed James Johnston and acknowledged that he signed sealed and delivered the above Deed of Assignment for the purposes therein mentioned.
s/ James D. Westcott
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The above named Jacob Shull and Lucius Q.C. Elmer do hereby accept the trust set fourth in the above Deed of Assignment. Witness our hands September 15, 1820.
s/ Jacob Shull 
s/ Lucius Q.C. Elmer 

Inventory of the estate, real and personal, of James Johnston conveyed in the above assignment.

Real Estate: 1. A house & lot in Roadstown, about one acre adjoins Mason Mulford and David Mulford. 2nd: Thirty two acres of cleared land in the Township of Hopewell, adjoins the heirs of John Thompson & Wm. Sheppard. (The above lots are mortgaged to Job Stiles to secure the payment of Five Hundred dollars & interest.)

Personal Estate: Case of drawers, desk & contents, pots and tubs, milk pans &c. in the milk house, cupboard & dishes, three tables, 17 chairs, andirons, shovel & tongs, candlesticks, old stove, grindstone, lot of tools, 3 beds and bedding, part of a stack of hay, 1/2 of four acres of corn, some corn in the loft, potatoes, tub & soap, axes, hoes &c., lot of wood in the shop loft,. d(itt)o in the loft, plough harrow & gears, wagon wheelbarrow, wood & posts, two shotes, 1 cow, carpet, sundry dishes, kettles, gridiron &c., knives & forks, cups and saucers. [crossed out: (illegible)].

[illegible] bonds, notes of Matthew Henry - June 16, 1800 £8.8.7.

List of the creditors of said James Johnston and the amount of their respective claims.

Names of creditors & amount of demands.:
Job Stiles, int(erest) due to ab(ou)t 1 Sep. | $535.00
Jacob Shull / Ebenezer Elmer | $26.00
Joel Fithian, amo(unt) unknown.
John L. Wood | $8.90
Edward Mulford, unknown.
Henry Mulford, Dr., about. | $8.00
Joseph Bacon, [crossed out: suspended] | $30.00
Daniel P. Stratton | $4.50
Bowie & Shannon, unknown.
Ephraim Holmes | $4.00
David Fithian / Lucius Q.C. Elmer | $5.00
James Brooks | $4.50
Jeremiah Back / Philip Louder

Cumberland// James Johnston, above named.
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...being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that the above inventory contains a true statement of his estate, real and personal, according to the best of his knowledge and that the above list contains a true account of his creditors and the amount of their respective claims as far as he can ascertain the same
according to the best of his knowledge.
s/ James Johnston

Sworn & subscribed Sep. 25th 1820.
s/ James D. Westcott, Justice of the Peace

1820 December 19, received this day of Jacob Shull & Lucius Q.C. Elmer, the assignees within named, their bond to the Governor of this State with sufficient surety for the faithful performance of their trust. Received & recorded Dec. 19, 1820.
s/ Timothy Elmer Lurnog

I, Eben. Seeley, Clerk of the County of Cumberland, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from Record of Deeds in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of my Office the Eighteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty three.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clk.

I do hereby certify that the real & personal estate above conveyed to the subscriber & Jacob Shull (now deceased) was sold by us by virtue of the above copied assignment and that the same did not produce a sufficient sum to satisfy the creditors of the said James Johnston. The above assignment was made in pursuance of an Act of Assembly of this State passed in June 1820. Witness my hand March 18, 1823.
s/ Lucius Q.C. Elmer, surviving Assignee

Copy of James Johnston assignment to his creditors.
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County//

Inferior Court of Common Pleas on this Eighteenth day of March 1823, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County, James Johnston, Laborer, resident in said County, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of the 18th of March 1818, the 1st of May 1820 and the 1st March 1823. That he, the said James Johnston, enlisted for the term of one year on the 15th of October 1775 in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Richard Howell in the 2nd Regiment commanded by Colonel Maxwell and was commissioned an Ensign in Captain Dillon's Company the 1st of January 1777 in the New Jersey Line on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in the corps as such until the 15th of November 1777, when he was discharged from the said service at his own request in the State of Pennsylvania, near White Marsh. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth of March Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen 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 Eighteenth day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or...
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...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.

Schedule:
No goods or chattels, lands tenements or any other property of any description whatever.

And I do further swear that I have not any goods or chattels, lands or tenements or any property of any description whatever. That my family consists of myself only, age above specified, infirm from old age and rheumatism, so that I am not able to work or labor for my support.
s/ James Johnston

Subscribed, sworn and declared to on the Eighth day of March 1823 in Open Court.
s/ James Clark

The Court are of opinion that the above named James Johnston is not possessed of any goods or chattels, lands or tenements and consequently that the total amount in value of the property exhibited is not anything. March 18, 1823.
s/ James Clark
s/ Eben. Elmer
s/ James D. Westcott

Cumberland County//

I, Ebenezer Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby...
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...certify that the said Court is a Court of Record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment. And I do further certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is not anything. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on the Eighteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty three.
s/ Eben. Seeley, Clk.