Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5660, for Henry Johnson, New Jersey

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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conti.
N.J. 

Johnson, Henry
Sarah

NUMBER
R. 5660
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Contents

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[Left side of paper folded in half]                                               
                               4,400
                         New Jersey Roll
_____________________________________
Henry Johnson
Col. Cummings 
Corporal
4 years
New Jersey line.  1777.   
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
_______________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5. of May 1818.
________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. of Nov. 1818 and delivered to the Hon. W. Bennet, in Congress
_________________________________________
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.                  35:02
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar : 1819     48.--
                                                                _______
   3 17/31  8 4/30                                      $83:02


Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Middletown, Monmouth Co.  


[Right side of paper folded in half)

                           696
                           406
                        ______
                          1102
                          24
                       _______
                          35.02

                            27

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State of New Jersey.
Monmouth County SS. on this fifth day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the inferior Court of common please in and for the County of Monmouth, personally
appeared Henry Johnson aged sixty three years and two day.  Resident in Middletown in the said County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey. Who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval servis of the United States in the Revolutionary war".  That he the said Henry Johnson, enlisted in the year 1776 or 1777. this deponant is not certin what month in said year in the State of New Jersey in the sixth Jersey Regiment, in the company commanded by Captain John Burrows.  That he continued to serve in the said corps or in the Servis of the United States until the 5th day of June 1783
when he was discharged from servis at a place called Snake hill  which this deponent, believes is in the State of New York, that he was in the Battle at Monmouth on on the 28th of June 1778, and at the Battle at Springfield, N.J. when he was severely wounded.  And that he is in Reduced circumstances, and Stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he hath no other evidence now in his
power of his said servises.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.                    
James Frost                           Henry Johnson                 
                                     

I, James Frost one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Henry Johnson did serve in the
Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of Six___Years on the Continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me together with his discharge
to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress..........................

May 5th. 1818.                       James Frost

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[Top section]
I, James Frost one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Henry Johnson is in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of his country's assistance for a support.
                                        James Frost

[Middle Section]
Hon B Bennett
H.R. 
[ill.]

[Bottom Section] 
I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that James Frost whose name is subscribed to the  within affidavit as also to the within Certificate is and was at the date thereof duly enrolled in my Office as a Judge of the said Court and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
                            In testimony whereof I have
                            hereunto set my hand & affixed
                           my seal of Office at Freehold 
                            the fourteenth day of May A.D. 
                            eighteen hundred eighteen. 
                                    J. Phillips, Clk.

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                            563

Mr. Edwards
N. Jersey.
   ______

Henry Johnson

Recd. 10 May 1824
_____________

1st Schedule 
March 1819

Served 6 yrs.

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State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. 
On this 27th day of April eighteen hundred and twenty four personally appeared in open Court the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and being a Court of record Henry Johnson aged sixty eight and upwards
resident in the Said County who being first duly sworn according to law does on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit in the Company of Captain Daniel Henery in the 2nd Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. John N Cummings that his original declaration is dated fifth May eighteen
hundred and eighteen and that the number of his Certificate of Pension is 4.400. And I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day March 1818 and that I have not Since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day 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
47 Acres poor land Dwelling house thereon 18 by 20 feet
Stable for Cow and his house ---         $300.00
1 Cow 1 sheep and one hog    ---              20.00
2 old tables 9 old chairs 2 Pots 1 Kettle      2.00
1 Tea Kettle one frying pan.      ----                .75
1 doz. tea cups & saucers 1 Sugar Bowl &c. 1.00
tea spoons ½ dozen plates 2 milk pans &c_____
                               Course ware ____       $323.75

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             Amt. brought over                         323.75
Old Shovel and tongs and Andrions  $_____.75
1 Small looking Glass       ________________.12½
One old gun. one old Loom & Tackling_____5.00
One half of a Skiff, one old [ill.]. 4 fowls____4.50
Some old books-- one Chest--one chain___1.00
2 old pails ½ doz knives & forks___________1.00
2 old barrels and one old tub______________.10
2 Smoothing Irons 2 Old Candle Sticks_____ .50
                                                                  $336.72½
debts due and owing to Sundry persons  60.00
to the amount of Sixty dollars} Deduct debts___
                                                                  $276.72½                                                           
                                              Henry Johnson
      Declarant further saith that his occupation is
that of a Cordwinder but says he cannot pursue it for want of Eye Sight.  Has only two in family, his wife Sarah aged sixty nine years & Some months not able to contribute to her Support being afflicted with the Rheumatism and himself aged and infirm and not able to contribute towards a Support by labour.
Sworn to and declared in open Court}
on the 27th day of April AD 1824.      } Henry
before me W J Bowne One of the      } Johnson
Judges of the Monmouth Pleas.        }

The Court value the property contained in the within Schedule of Henry Johnson after deducting debts at two hundred and seventy six dollars and seventy two & an half cents 27th April 1824.
                       Done in Open Court
                                John Patterson

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      I William Ten Eyck, clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Monmouth, New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration on oath of Henry Johnson and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the 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 two hundred and Seventy six dollars Seventy two and a half cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Freehold, on this fourth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and twenty four.   

                     Wm Ten Eyck

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                                  10,093
Sarah Johnson
N.J.
Act 7 July '38
13 Oct 41!
rejected.

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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss:
     On this seventeenth day of May
eighteen hundred and forty three personally
appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of Said County
Sarah Johnson widow of Henry Johnson a resident of the Township of Middletown in
the Said County of Monmouth aged eighty nine
years and upwards, who is personally known to
me and who is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court, and who being first
duly Sworn according to Law doth on her
Oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress passed July 7-1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows," and also to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed on the 3d. March 1843
granting pensions to widows of persons who
Served during the Revolutionary War.
     That She is the widow of Henry Johnson
who was a corporal of the United States army
in the New Jersey line in the Revolutionary War, and who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818. And She further declared that She was married to the Said Henry Johnson on the [blank space] day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty [blank space]: that her husband the aforesaid Henry Johnson died on the thirteenth day of October eighteen hundred and forty one.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage

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took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four.
viz: at the time above stated.  
     She further declares that she is still a
widow.    
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me                her
Judge as aforesaid--⎬ Sarah X Johnson
                                                  mark
William Morford                      
(Witness Lambert Johnson)

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} SS:
      Personally appeared before the Subscriber
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Lambert
Johnson - who being duly sworn according to
Law doth depose and Say that he was well acquainted with Henry Johnson who was a
pensioner of the United States.  That he died
on the thirteenth day of October in the year
eighteen hundred and forty one, and that
Sarah Johnson above named is Still his widow.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me  }
Judge as aforesaid by the said        }
Lambert Johnson who is a credible }
person & whose statement    } Lambert Johnson
is entitled to credit this Seventeenth}
day of May __A.D. 1843.                    }
                  William Morford                 }

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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ SS:
Be it remembered that on this first
day of May A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me Thomas Shepherd a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County:
Lydia Morris 
who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that she is eighty five years of age and upwards, that she has been for many years well acquainted with Henry Johnson and Sarah his wife: that She was present at the Marriage of the Said Henry Johnson and Sarah his wife formerly Sarah Morford and acted as her bridesmaid upon that occasion; that the said marriage took place on the [blank space] day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty _____ and that the said Henry Johnson & Sarah his wife have lived together as man and wife ever Since that period until the death of the Said Henry Johnson and that the said Sarah Johnson is Still a widow.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me      }
the day & year aforesaid by the Said   } 
Lydia Morris who is a credible    }   Lydya Morris 
person & whose Statement is entitled  }
to credit.                                                   }
               Thomas Shepherd

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State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS
I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the 
Inferior Court of Common Pleas
of said County do hereby certify
that William Morford and
Thomas Shepherd are Severally
Judges of the said Court duly
Commissioned and sworn, and that their
Signatures to the annexed proceedings are
genuine.  
     In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this first day of June eighteen hundred and forty three.
                                   Samuel Mairs, Clk

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                                        March 27, 1934

                                         Richard Durfee-S.21165
                                         Henry  Johnson-R.5660
                                         HA-J/AWF

Daisy Heavilon
Frankfort
Indiana

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of several soldiers. of the

     Because of the very large number of requests similar to yours and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such data, the office is unable to make a series of investigations and reports on so many soldiers, for one person.
 
     You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War records of Richard Durfee and Henry Johnson, as found in pension claims based upon service in that war.

Richard Durfee-S.21165

     Richard Durfee, the son of Richard and Rebeckah Durfee, was born September 7, 1758 at Tiverton, Rhode Island. 

     While residing at said Tiverton, Richard Durfee served in the Rhode Island troops, as follows:
     In October and November, 1775, six weeks as a private in Captain Benjamin Durfee's company, Colonel Richmond's regiment, guarding the sea coast; from the fall of 1775, one year in Captain Loring Peek's company, Colonel Babcock's and Lippitt's regiments, was in the battle of White Plains; from February, 1777, five tours of one month each until December, 1777, in Captain Jonathan Davol's company, under Colonels John

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                                       2-
Cooke, Church and Gray; he was commissioned late in 1777 or early in 1778, captain, served at various times under Colonels John Cooke and Richmond, was in Sullivan's Expedition, was in service there and served until the close [of] the war.

      Richard Durfee was allowed pension on his application executed, September 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Tiverton, Rhode Island, where he had lived always. He died January 22, 1845.

     It is not stated that he was ever married.

     Thomas Durfee was ensign in Captain Richard Durfee's company; Job Durfee was living in 1832 in Tiverton, Rhode Island; Joseph Durfee in 1832 was living in Troy, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Charles Durfee was Justice of the Peace in 1833 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. No relationship to each other nor to the soldier is shown, and is not stated that the Captain Benjamin Durfee in 1775, was a relative.
________________________________
Henry Johnson-R.5660

     The date and place of birth of Henry Johnson are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.  

     Henry Johnson enlisted in the state of New Jersey in 1776 or 1777, served in Captain John Burrowes' New Jersey Company, and as corporal in Captain Hendry's company, Colonel John N. Cumming's Second New Jersey
regiment; he was in the battles of Monmouth and Springfield, in the latter battle was wounded, nature of wound not stated; he was discharged, June 5, 1783 at Snake Hill, New Jersey.  
      He was allowed pension on his application execute May 5, 1818, then living in Middletown, Monmouth

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                                    3-
County, New Jersey, aged "Sixty-three years and two days." He died October 13, 1841.

      The soldier, Henry Johnson, married in October, 1780, Sarah Morford.  In 1843 she was living in Middletown, New Jersey, aged about eighty-nine years. She died prior to April 30, 1844, definite date not given. 
 
      They reared a family of children; the following are the only names given: Rebecca, their oldest child, was born August 23, 1781, died April 28, 1827; Lambert was born December 9, 1795, he was living in 1843 in
Monmouth County, New Jersey.

       William Morford in 1843 was Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Monmouth County, New Jersey; his relationship to the widow, Sarah Johnson, not shown.

                   Very truly yours

                   A. D. HILLER
                   Assistant to Administrator

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                                5660

                        Sarah   Johnson

Service: widow of Henry

Enlisted:____________________, 18
Discharged:_________________, 18
Application filed______________, 18
       not on printed list of 1852 -
Alleges:_____________________,18
Re-enlisted:__________________,18

                          REJECTED
                      Have A
Attorney: ___________Have A
P.O. ______________________
__________Recognized.  _________Contract.
________Cert. of Dis. Searched for___x__, 18

[Handwritten down the side] 
[ill.] Daisy Healon see her [ill.]
Richard Durfee S. 21165 - [ill.]

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V  10.093
Sarah Johnson
N. J.
   5660
let -to [crossed out - J. M. Hartshorne July 23 [ill.] ]
" " same June 26. 1844
" "  Hon. WL Dayton, Dec. 4. 44. 
" "  Act 7 July 1838

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New-Jersey
Henry Johnson -
Applicant aged 68 yrs. - infirm
& not able to contribute towards the
support of his family.
Wife, aged 69 yrs. - rheumatism & cannot assist in support of the family-- no other in
the family -- No others in the family
Served 6 yrs. from 1777 - a corporal. 
The within, is the 1st schedule, which is dated 27th. April, 1824. & exhibits,     All C

47 acres "poor land" -- house &c
valued at $:             300 --
Personal propy.        36.72½
                                 _______
                                $336.72 ½
Owes --                       60.00
Bal: --                      $276.72 ½

Continued 17 Augt. 1824, & sent to
Wm Ten Eyck, Esq
Monmouth, C.H. _N.J.

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                                         Pen H
                                       July 28, '43

Sir, 

     In the case of Sarah Johnson the rules should be complied with in relation to the proof of the date of the marriage - that fact is so generally susceptible of record proof public or private that it should be shewn that evidence
of that grade is unattainable before parol testimony can be received & then the witnesses in all cases shd. disclose the means by which they are enabled to ascertain dates with the requisite certainty to swear to
them.  In a case where the marriage
as is alleged to have taken place 13 years
before the limitation of the act, the parol proof of their living together as husband and wife at an ascertained date within that limitation must be abundant if due diligence be exerted to 
obtain it.

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The rolls of Capt. Henry's Company of 2 Regt of the N. J. Line shew that her husband
was made Corpl [ill.] Decr. 1782, & his discharge proves that he left the service 8 June 1783.
   
In the case of Elijah Andresson for an
increase the descredit thrown over his alleged
service as well by the silence your records
as by the discrepancy between his Statements under the act of 18 March 1818 and at the present time constrain the Dep.
to suspend any further payment of his
pension.  

He now states that he enlisted in 76 under
Capt. Henry Col. Newcomb into the N. J Line
as a Sergt. and was in various battles down to that of Yorktown. There were no such officers in
the N.J. Line and Elijah Andresson is not born
on any roll of that line. 
J. M. Hartshorne Esqr
Freehold
            N.J.

[Written sideways the middle-left of page]: 
J M Hartshorne 
July 28, 1843

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J.M. Hartshorne
     Oct 3 1843

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                                               Pension Office
                                                   Oct 2, 1843

Sir

     The papers in the case of Sarah Johnson claiming a pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 have been examined and placed on file. 
The certificate of a Clerk in one case cannot not be taken as evidence  in another. The rule requiring satisfactory proof that no better proof than parole evidence can be obtained must be complied with before the latter can be received. By what data do the Deponents in this case show that their acquaintance with the claimant was anterior to 1790 fifty three years having elapsed since that period?

J M Hartshorne Esq              N.10.093
Freehold                                 Act 7th July 38
N Jersey

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                                                                       140
                                                                Pen Off
                                                              Oct 8 - 44

Sir 

     I have the honor to return your J. W. Hartshornes letter of appeal in the case of Sarah Johnson & to report that the facts
respecting the presentation of this claim
& its proofs are correctly set forth
by him.

     The question presented by JW Hartshorne
[ink smear] is whether Congress can arrest the distribution of its gratuities by a repeal or modification of the law granting them, or as this case presents it, whether Congress may arrest an interpretation given to an act granting [ink smear].  The idea of a vested right in a version which the authority granting it may not divert, is wholly inconsistent with the character of the law and the relation which the objects of the law sustain

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to it.  Whatever may have been the causes which may have delayed the adjudication of a claim beyond the 30 Apl. when the act passed, they could in no wise relieve the Dept. from
the imperative language of that act which
provides that "No pension shall hereafter be granted to a widow for the same times her husband recd one".  All claimants must abide
the law as it exists when their claims are disposed of in the course of business in this office.  There are other appeals upon the same grounds which it is desirable to give early answer.  

Hon. Wm Wilkins
Secy. of War

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[Postmark] Freehold N.J. - Oct 19

[Stamped:] FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
War Department
Washington City D.C.

[Sideways]  
Oct 4. 1843
N.J. Address 
Sarah Johnson

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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss

      I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that there are no public records of Marriages in the Said County of Monmouth prior to year Seventeen hundred and ninety five, (the law requiring marriages to be recorded having been passed in that year). 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the Seventeenth day of October eighteen hundred and forty three.
                                          Samuel Mairs Clk

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                                     Freehold N.J. Oct. 17. 1843

Sir

     I herewith enclose to you a certificate of
the Clerk, in the case of Sarah Johnson, which
proves that there are no public records of
marriage prior to 1795.
     We have also proved by the affidavit of her Son that she has no private record. 
      We prove the marriage by Lydia Morris a witness who was present at the time - in 1780.
      We also prove the reputation in the neighborhood by three witnesses and that they lived together as man and wife prior to year 1790.
      We also prove by the ages of their children that they were married prior to 1794, and about the time stated by Mr Morris.
       Lambert Johnson testifies to the ages of the
children.

                                   I am most Respectfully
                                   Your Obt Sert
                                   J. M. Hartshorne

J. L. Edwards Esq
     Comr. of Pensions

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[Postmark] 
Freehold N.J. 
July 18 

[Stamp]
FREE

Hon: William Wilkins 
Sec: of War
Washington City D C

[see image # 30 for rest of text -- written upside down.]

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Freehold N.J.
                July 16/44

J.M. Hartshorne.

Appeals on pension
Claim of Sarah Johnson.  

[Ill.]    NJ

A44 3 [ill.] July 20

Pension Office
N.J.

Found in Room No 108 in 
looking over a mass of Old Papers 
Oct 22/57


War Dep
Ans. 2 Nov. 1844

[Inverse of this item is found on Image #29.]

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                          Freehold N.J. July 16. 1844

Sir  
      I beg leave to appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of
Sarah Johnson widow of Henry Johnson.
     In the letter of Mr. Edwards to me dated June 26. 1844, he says "In the case of Sarah Johnson her claim under the act of July 7th 1838 is now barred by the late provision which inhibits the granting of a pension to a widow for the same time her husband received one."  
      The papers of Mrs. Johnson were filed in the pension office in June 1843.  
       The evidence was completed in October 1843.  The case was then perfect and fully made out.  
     Mr. Edwards acknowledged in his letter of the 26th June last, that the evidence is Satisfactory.
      The evidence was complete as early as
October 1843.  So far as Mrs. Johnson was concerned, and she was then entitled to her pension. It was then a vested right.
     Why the case should have been delayed
without any action upon it from Oct. 1843. to
June 1844, I cannot imagine. That delay
ought not to prejudice the claimant.
      It was the duty of the Government to have
had this case examined in a reasonable time, and if it had been, there could have been no difficulty.
     The delay was upon the part of the Government and its officers -- and certainly they ought not to take advantage of their own wrong.
     The provision referred to by Mr. Edwards was
passed on the 30th of April 1844, and provides

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"that no pension shall be hereafter granted
to a widow, for the same time that her husband
received one.
     I think that by a fair construction of that
provision under the circumstances, it ought
not, to apply to this case, where her right
was vested so long before the passage of the act.
     It should only apply to those cases where
no application had been made at the passage
of the act.
     But there is another point in this case
which I think relieves it from all difficulty.
      Sarah Johnson died prior to the 30th April 1844 and at the time of her death, this pension was a vested right, and passed to her children.
      See the opinion of Atty Genl. Butler Jany. 17. 1837.  The children were therefore entitled to it.
      The above provision does not infringe their rights, and a vested right, can not be distroyed by implication.
      In his letter above referred to Mr. Edwards
also says "For the foregoing reason the claim
of Elizabeth Smith is also rejected under the
Act of July 7. 1838, as her husband received
a pension to the 23rd August 1843."
      The application of Elizabeth Smith was perfected and Sent to the Pension Office on the 20th of November 1843 at which time her right to a pension became vested and fixed, and the
point which I have first taken in the above
case applies also to this case, and I respectfully
ask your opinion upon both points.
      I have no desire to be troublesome to
the Department, but as these matters are
of vast importance to the applicant (though
small in themselves) & as I believe that the

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Commissioner of Pensions, has misconstrued
act, I feel constrained to present them.
                                      I am Most Respectfully
                                            Your Obt Servt.                                                                                                                  
                                                J.M. Hartshorne


Hon:
William Wilkins
Sec: of War.

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                            Freehold N.J. Aug. 19. 1843

Sir
     I herewith enclose the papers of Mary
Carhart widow of Thomas Carhart and
Sarah Van Pelt widow of Hendrick Van Pelt
applicants for pensions under the act of Mar 3d. 1843.
     I also enclose some additional evidence
in the case of Sarah Johnson widow of Henry Johnson. The evidence of Lambert Johnson her son proves that she has no private record of her marriage, and there are no less than three certificates now in your office under the hand & Seal of the Clerk of this County certifying that there is no public record of Marriages in the County prior to 1795.
      The evidence of John Eldridge, John Patterson & Job Compton, proves their reputation as man & wife and this in connexion with the evidence already offered, of a person who was present at the marriage, ought I think to be satisfactory.
                                   I am very Respectfully
                                       Your Obt. Servt.
                                            J. M. Hartshorne

J. L. Edwards Esqr
       Court of Pensions

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                                   [ill.]

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State of New Jusey
Monmouth County ⎬ ss:
     Personally appeared before me a Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
John Eldridge, John Patterson and Job Compton, who being Severally Sworn depose and Say that they were well acquainted with Henry Johnson in his lifetime and also Sarah his wife, now his widow.  These Deponents were Severally acquainted with the said Henry Johnson & Sarah his wife previous to the year 1790, and that they at that time, and prior thereto were living as man and wife, and were universally reputed in the neighborhood to have been legally married, and that they raised a family of children, and that they always continued to live together as husband and wife until the death of the said Henry Johnson and
that they were always reputed and believed
in the neighborhood to have been married, and
these Deponents further say that the said Henry
Johnson was always reputed and believed to
have been a soldier of the Revolution and he
received a pension as such in his lifetime.
Sworn to and subscribed}
before me, Judge as aforesaid}           his
this fifteenth day of August,     }  John X Eldridge
1843, by the above deponents }       mark
whom I believe to be person of }      {ill.]
undoubted veracity, and whose} John Patterson
statements are entitled to credit} Job Compton

William Morford
Judge of the inferior Court
of Common Pleas of said [ill.]

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State of New Jersey
Monmouth Co⎬
     Personally appeared before me, William Morford, Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County, Lambert Johnson, who being duly sworn says that he is the son of Henry Johnson and Sarah Johnson, that the said Sarah Johnson is now living with this deponent, and that she has no record of her marriage with Henry Johnson. And this deponent further states that he was forty seven years of age on the ninth day of December, Eighteen hundred and forty two, and that the oldest child of the said Henry Johnson and Sarah Johnson, Rebecca Johnson died on the twentyeighth day of April eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and if now living would be sixty two years of age on the twenty third day of August, eighteen hundred and forty three, and that they raised a family of seven children.
Sworn to and subscribed         }
before me, Judge as aforesaid}       Lambert 
this 14th day of August 1848.  }      Johnson
William Morford

State of New Jersey
Monmouth Cop [County]}
                           I do hereby certify that I
believe the statements of the abovementioned
Lambert Johnson entitled to credit, and that
he is a person of undoubted veracity.
      William Morford     Judge of the Inferior 
                                       Court of Common Pleas
                                       of said Co. of Monmouth

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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ ss
     I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Said County do hereby certify
that William Morford Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and Subscribed, was at the doing thereof and is now a Judge of the Said Court duly qualified commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
                    In witness whereof I have here unto
                   Set my hand & Seal of office this
                    of day of Nineteenth A.D. eighteen       
                    hundred and forty three.
                                 Samuel Mairs. Clk