Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13583, for William Johnson, Virginia

SERVICE
Va-
Johnson, William
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8-13583
CONTENTS
carded

40055
Kentucky
William Johnson son of Pendlton in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ralph St of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 11 months from 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1833 and at 6 P.M. Pension R
Arrears to 4th of Sept 4. 1832 54.99 Semizant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 18.33
Sum 73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk Book 20 Vol. 9 Page 144
Letter to 3rd Aud 26. Dec 1845.
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4th March, 1843, to 4 Sept. 1844. Agent notified 17 April 1845.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
December 29 th , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm or of William Johnson, Sen. decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1843, to the 4 th Sept. 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Saunders
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

William Johnson Esq. Pendleton Co. Ky
Return
5. Ms. 1.25.47 Sp. L. 1. R. M. Johnson K. R. 22 Nov 1832
W. Johnson P. 177

BRIEF in the case of William Johnson of Andover in the State of Ny (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1779 vol. about 4 pr. Capt. Francis Raper   1780 def d 3 " William Lane   1781 near 5. " Hardy's Lane  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Siege of York  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfax Co. Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. G. Examining Clerk.

William Johnson, Declaration "
William Johnson Declaration
Art. 1111111111

State of Kentucky, Pendleton County, Sct!
Be it remembered that among the records and proceedings of the Pendleton County Court, at their September term A.D. are the following howit:
William Johnson, a soldier of the Revolution this day subscribed, and made oath in open court, to a written declaration of his services as follows howit:
State of Kentucky, Pendleton County, Sct!
On this 17 th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the County Court now sitting, William Johnson, aged seventy four 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he volunteered in the Militia of Virginia, in the County of Fairfax, under Capt. Francis Russell, in the year 1779, and served about four months, and was discharged at Petersburg. In the year 1780 he went out a second tour of three months in the Militia under Capt. William Lane of Fairfax County, Virginia, and served out his time and was discharged at Williamsburgh, in the state of Virginia. He served on a third Militia tour in 1781, under Capt. Hardage Lane, he was out near five months, and was discharged at Noland's ferry on the Potomac river, in Loudoun County, Va., at which point he aided in guarding the prisoners from Little York after the capture of Cornwallis. He recollects of having marched through the Counties of Prince William, Stafford, Spottsylvania & D. The two last tours of service he was drafted. He does not recollect the different field officers he was under, he was so often changed from foot to hiller and consequently changed from officers to officers. He was in the battle of Little York, in the state of Virginia. He has no documentary evidence, as his papers have been carelessly handled his discharge was lost. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state in the Union. Sworn to & subscribed the

or day and year aforesaid? (William Johnson be:)"
We Jesse Robinson, a clergyman, residing in the County of Grant, and William Latimer residing in the County of Pendleton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years old; that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jesse Robinson.
William Latimer.
We Joseph Thomas & James Thomas, voluntarily declared that we were well acquainted with the declarant William Johnson whilst he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and we know that he served three years of duty under Capt. Francis Rangel, William Lane & Hardige Lane: That he lived in Fairfax County, Virginia, during the time he was in the Army of the Revolution; and we know that he, William Johnson, was at the siege of York, in the state of Virginia, at the time Cornwallis surrendered. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Thomas.
James Thomas.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Mandate of Parliament, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Robinson who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Grant in this state; and that Mr. Latimer, a resident of this county - and Joseph & James Thomas, who have also signed the proceeding certificates are, respectively, credible persons - and that their statement is entitled to credit."

State of Kentucky, Pendleton County, Set. I, M. G. Kennett, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Pendleton do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Johnson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this nineteenth day of September, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-two.
M. G. Kennett, Clerk.
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13583 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 13 583
William Johnson S. Prin. Rev. war.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]
William Johnson S. Records completed June 1868.

William Johnson
Smith & Co
Learn from 1889 private
to present $100.00
wherever he can not break positively as to time but not the shortest period against the Pension.
Respectfully
by [unclear]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Johnson, Senr. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Not Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 5. 6. 7 Not ans d .
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
# QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.