Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20420, for Asa Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Johnson, Asa
S. 20420
Carded
CONTENTS
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N o 11,181 Maine
Asa Johnson
(Bridgeton in the State of Maine) who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Carter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cushing in the Mass. troops time for 11 months Private $ 36.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April 1833 and sent to Freeman Bradford Portland Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 73.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 1833 33.33
$106.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 24

8232
done.
11 mos.
Private
$36.66
Freeman Bruford Esq. Portland Maine

BRIEF in the case of Asa Johnson of Bangor in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In April In 1777 2 Private Gen. Col o Whitney   End of August 1777 3 Col o Cushing   Fall of 80 3 Col o Brand   Fall of 81 3 - Capt o Carter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leominster Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. Dutton Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Asa Johnson
8232
Asa Johnson

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
Minot
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this fourteenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Asa Johnson a resident of Bridgton in the county of Aroostook - in said Maine District, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he the said John son enlisted sometime
in April 1777. and served two months in the company commanded by Capt Sergeant the regiment commanded by Col Whitney of Hancock. and was stationed in the State of Rhode Island during said two months
That he the said Johnson again enlisted in the last of Aug. in A.D. 1777 and served three months in the company commanded by Capt Carter in the regiment commanded by Col Cushing and was stationed a part of said time at Stillwater New York, was in the picket guard at the day the battle commenced at which Burgoyne was taken - and was dismissed below White Plains.
That he the said Johnson again enlisted sometime in the fall of 1780 and served three months in the company commanded by Timothy Boutelle of Leominster in the regiment commanded by Col Prance. and was stationed most of the time at Fishkill
That he the said Johnson again enlisted sometime in the fall of 1781 and served three months in the company commanded by Capt Gower and was employed as a guard at Lansingburg ten miles above Albany New York. That he served in the whole eleven months.
And the said Johnson further states that he was on guard before the house that Arnold occupied the night after he made his escape down river. That he knows of no person who served with him except Abijah Carter whose deposition is hereto annexed
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid: Before,
Asher Ware
ASR J. S. S. M.
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

That he the said Johnson was born in Leominster Mass A.D. 1761. and has no record of his age except in the town records of Leominster and was living at that place when called into the service. That he knows of no person who knows for the time of at the Alpheus Cate whose deposition is hereto. unexcept That Mr. Beman and Mr. Ingalls can testify as to his character and others. That he now resides in South Bridgton County of Cumberland State of Maine. and has resided in Cumberland County 67 years.
Signed & sworn to before
Aug 13. 1832
John W. Wares
just of the life for the Dist. of Maine
Asa Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Johnson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
I Alpheus Cate of Bridgton in the state of Maine do hereby testify that in the fall of the year 1800 I enlisted at Leominster in Massachusetts in the company of Col. Bartle. Col. Began for three months & marched to Waltham & from thence to Framingham where we encamped with Col. Bartle. Asa Johnson enlisted with me and served with us to Waltham & the encampment at Framingham as a guard & spent his time with us I believe at the time of the time & believe I was discharged in February & Asa Johnson did not join the company after he was detached but was discharged as a soldier.
Alpheus Cate
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 14. 1832
John W. Wares
just of the life for the Dist. of Maine

Cumberland Sept 10 th 1832
WE Nathan Church a Clergyman residing in the town of Bridgton and Aaron Beman and Phineas Ingalls of the same town
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Johnson who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Saml. Towns worth, Justice Peace, U.S. Judge for Maine District
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathan Church who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the town of Bridgton and that Aaron Beman & Phineas Ingalls
who have signed the same are residents of the same town and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
{ U.S. Judge for Maine District

Revolution 20 420 INVALID.
File No. 20 420
Asa Johnson
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]