Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2231-400, for William Johonnot, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Johonnot, William
B.L.Wt. 2231-400
Mass res of Burs in 1833
CONTENTS

From
Sam e Purdie
Nov: 29 1833

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In probate. At a special session of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the fifth day of November, A. D. 1833,
Satisfactory proof hath this day been made before me, that Oliver Johannot and William Johannot, children of Daniel Johannot, = Mary Johannot, wife of Oliver Johan- not, Susan Wyman, widow, Nancy Edwards and Rich- ard Edwards, children of Mary Johannot, after her mar- riage with Thomas Edwards; = and Andrew Morton and Margaret Fritts, widow, children of Margaret Johannot, after her marriage with Dinah Morton, are the heirs at law and in fee of William Johannot, deceased, who was Assistant Apothecary General in the Revo- lutionary Army, the exact period of the death of said William Johannot, the witness being able to  could not state, and that the persons above named are the only heirs

of the above named William Johnson.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said Court, on the day & year above written.
Peter Orenbridge Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas D Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston do hereby certify that Peter O Thacher Esquire is sole Judge of said Court, that his name written above on this sheet is his genuine signature & that said Court is a Court of Record at the time of Josiah P. Cooke Esquire before whom Perez Morton Esquire a witness in this matter made oath is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk & that the signature of said Cook, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Municip- al Court hereto set this twenty fifth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three. Thomas D Phillips, Clerk.

I Peter Morton of Inchester in the State of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose and say that I formerly knew Doctor William Johnson of Boston who was assistant Apothe- cary General in the Revolutionary War, and who is now deceased, that I have known different branches of his father's family and their descendants for seventy years past that my the said William Johnson had a brother by the name of Daniel, and a sister Mary, and a sister Margaret, that Oliver Johnson and William Johnson children of Daniel Johnson - and Mary Johnson, wife of Oliver Johnson, and Susan Myman Widow, and Nancy Edwards and Richard Edwards, all children of said Mary Johnson after her marriage with Thomas Edwards, - and Andrew Morton and Margaret Fritt widow, children of said Margaret Johnson after her marriage with Simon Morton - are the heirs at law of said William Johnson, and according to my knowledge & belief the only heirs - that I do not know and

have no reason to believe that any of the brothers or sisters of the said William Is- honnot are now living, or that any children of any other brother or sister of said William Johonnot, other than the said Daniel Mary & Margaret are now living - or that there are any other children of the said Daniel Mary & Margaret now living other than those above named.
That I have never known that the said William Johonnot left any children - and but have always understood that he did not. -
Perres Morton
Suffolk ss City of Boston 22 Novr 1833 -
Then personally appeared the above named Perres Morton Esquire and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed was true
Before me
Isaac Plooke for Rev. J. Suff Co

Children (new living) of the Mother & Sister of Doct r Wm m Johnsons du o
Oliver Johnson } Children of Dan t Johnson William Johnson }
Mary Johnson wife of O. Johnson } Children of Mary Johnson Susan Wyman widow } after her marriage with Nancy Edwards } Thomas Edwards Richard Edwards }
Andrew Morton } Children of Margaret Margaret Fritt } Johnson - after her marriage widow } with Simon Morton

William Johnson As t Apothecary General
Power of Attorney to C. Burch to receive Land Warrant

William Johannot N o 2231.
18 2

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk
I Oliver Johonnot heir at law of William Johonnot do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that William Johonnot served in the army in the Revolutionary war as assistant Apothecary General until the end of the war or until the abolition of the office of assistant Apothecary General.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to William Johonnot on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore
Know all men by these presents, that I Oliver Johonnot aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Burch to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest.
Oliver Johonnot
Samuel Burch
Personally appeared the above named Oliver Johonnot subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney

thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest
Wm Simmons
Justice of the Peace
In testimony that the above written William Simmons was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments &c, in the state of Mass- achusetts, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston  corresponding Seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Boston this fourth day of December A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston

Washington, Decr 16. 1833
Dear Sir -
The Enclosed power of attorney has been in my possession some days - I retained it in hope, I would find time to bring it to you in person, but I cannot get an hour, so I enclose it to you, - and hope that it will be found to be in proper form.
Be pleased to accept my thanks for your prompt attention to my late communications - and I shall be happy to hear from you in relation to the present, as soon as your convenience will permit -
Faithfully, Otho yr friend S. B.
S. Burch
W. Gordon Esq

JANUARY 24, 1834.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. YOUNG, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the legal representatives of Doctor William Johonnot, deceased.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they 4 are hereby, directed and required to allow the legal represen- 5 tatives of Doctor William Johonnot the five years' full pay of 6 a hospital surgeon, being the commutation of half pay for life 7 of said Johonnot, as assistant apothecary of the hospital depart- 8 ment of the revolutionary army; together with the interest 9 thereon which would now be due had a certificate for that 10 amount been issued by the United States, and subscribed un- 11 der the "Act making provision for the debt of the United 12 States," passed the fourth day of August, one thousand seven 13 hundred and ninety; and that the same be paid out of any 14 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Passed the House of Reps! Feby 5. 1834 S. Burch Ch. Clk. of the H. R.