Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13550, for Joseph Johnson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. continental
Johnson, Joseph
S. 13550
carded
CONTENTS

27752 2 New York
Joseph Johnson of Allegany in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Scott of the reg t commanded by Col l Willis in the Connecticut line for
Continental Conn.
Records completed May 1/66 P 2
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 24 Dollars 05 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of October 1834 and New York Bill Burlington
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 86.37 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 12.32 $98.69
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Entered by David Lloyd Clerk Bk E 2 Vol. Page 36
16177

Joseph Johnson
Burlington Oct 9
Washington
Commission of Inquiry
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Dear

Free J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Burlington Oct 9
Joseph Johnson

Washington 9 th Oct r . 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq Dear Sir
The papers of the 2 nd Sept r . ult. in relation to the claim of Joseph Johnson is duly received (and the contents have been laid before the son of Joseph Johnson who has the care of him) (Joseph Johnson having become in fact non compos) I am author- ized to say that the he consents to take a certificate for the 7 mo. & 12 days -
That he served more than 2 years I have not the least doubt and there are affidavits in the Bounty Land Office of Ira Johnson and Hubbard who were knowing to his service which were sent there on an appli- cation made for Bounty Land which he says was due to him - Yet with the utmost skill that I am possessed of I cannot elicit the par- ticulars of his service - And no farther proof can be found - I think the relinquish- ment of his claim accompanying his papers

Made before Judge Walworth decided  the will be denied  the sufficient. And request that a certificate for the 7 mo & 12 days service be issued if the proof adduced and the proof in the Pension Office will not substantiate his claim for any more.
I am respectfully
Yours & of Henry Sill

16177
Joseph Johnson
Otsego county
N.Y.
On Final Settlement Certificate
Vol 1. page 46 -
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efficient agent to
the which Company who belonged to in 1866
Respectfully -
John H. Alvah
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on file
Calif. etc. - Vol 1
page 46 -
Henry Sill
James C. Walworth
Burlington Otsego co. N.Y.

1834
Respectfully referred to the War Dept. Perry & part 1 Sept 1834.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Johnson of Otsego Co NY.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 7 private Capt Scott Col Willis to Albany 82 Chatham living with wife   Enlisted 1776 in Capt. H. H. H. camps to the Flying camp to the close of the war Capt. Duncan Capt. Humphreys Col Sage Col Huntington Col Phelps Long Island to New York to Newport to North River Connecticut proves all - 7 years service  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
claimant should state the name of the Captain, Major, Regt & such other circumstances of his service in any continental regt which might aid the examination of the roll -

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, 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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
See Affidavit Marked B
J. G. Bradad.

Joseph Johnson Declaration

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit State of New York of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. County of Otsego ss
On this nineteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared for the before James L. Wainwright Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Otsego - aforesaid Joseph Johnson a resident of the town of Burlington in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged Eighty two 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein stated.
7 Mos
That he resided in the town of the Revolutionary war in the town of Chatham in the State of Connecticut. That about the 18 th of May 1775 at Chatham aforesaid he enlisted into Captain Scotts Company in Colonel Willis' Regiment of Connecticut troops for the term of seven months & was marched to Roxbury near Boston and he continued in the said service till the 10 th of December 1775 when he was discharged at Roxbury by Col. Willis he had a written discharge but it is now lost. He saw Battle of Bunkerhill was on guard in Roxbury at the time
He next enlisted at Chatham aforesaid as a minute man for the term of during the war in the Spring of the year 1776 the day not recalled in Captain Silas Duanes Company in Colonel Sages Regiment of the Connecticut troops in the corps called the flying Camp that the company he was in Lieut. Capt Duanes was ordered and marched to New York and joined Colonel Huntington's Regiment he was in the Battle of Long Island 26 th Aug. 1776 and in the retreat to New York in the night of the 28 th he continued with General Washingtons Army and on guard on the shores of Long Island
He was then ordered out and placed in Captain Humphreys Company in Col. Phipes' Regiment and marched to New Port in Rhode Island and joined the Army under General Spencer and was there two or three months he was then returned to Captain Duanes Company & he served in Col. Sages Regiment as a guard to guard the shore and was again ordered to the North River in the State of New York He there served in Colonel Webb's and in Colonel Swifts Regiments till the close of the war when he was regularly discharged his discharge is lost or destroyed

That he was born in the town of Chatham in Middlesex County and State of Connecticut in the year 1750 and knew the War he has lived in Chatham aforesaid and in the County of Washington and Montpelier and Otsego in State of New York and that he resides in County of Otsego aforesaid and the town of Berlin and has more than twenty five years past 60
That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who can testify to his service whose testimony he can procure except Joseph Probo and John Hubbard
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me James C. Wadsworth Judge of Otsego County, Joseph Johnson
We Ira Johnson — a resident of Burlington in the County of Otsego and Margaret Hubbard of the same place — hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Joseph Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty- two years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion and that he is of good bodily infirmities, unable to attend the Court.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me James C. Wadsworth a Judge of Otsego County, Ira Johnson Samuel Hubbard
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named ap- plicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that

1512 section MCS/eel
August 6, 1929
Mrs. James O. Watson Fairmont West Virginia
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13550, it appears that Joseph Johnson was born in 1750, in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place, he enlisted May 6, 1775, served as a private in Captain Scott's Company in Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 18, 1775. He enlisted in the spring of 1776, and served until the close of the Revolution as a private in Captains Silas Dunham's and Humphrey's Companies in Colonels Sage's, Phelps', Webb's and Swift's Connecticut Regiments; he was in the battle of Long Island and the retreat from Long Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Burlington, Otsego County, New York.
could not tell which Webb this was whether Continental or not so used Conn. as other officers were from that state

Rev. and Ward
In 1834, he was living with his son, Joseph, There are no further data relative to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev War
13550 INVALID.
1921. Nov. 5 hist to Ruth Johnson En 1927. May 5-Photos of 9 pages mailed to Mrs Mary H. Ferris. Rec receipt for payment etc in claim of Abner Johnson, H. 21481-MMS 1979. Aug 6. hist to Mrs. Jas. O. Watson. unc
File No. 13 550
Joseph Johnson Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]

aw. Do not disarrange these papers.
These papers constitute the rejected bounty land claim and rejected pension claim under the Act of May 15, 1828. of
Joseph Johnson of Burlington N.Y. whose pension under Act of June 7 1832 was allowed (on another service)
These were not allowed because based on service upon which Elizabeth Fitch was allowed bounty land on account of her father's services in 1827 see Joseph Johnson. Comms. & Cont. B.L.W. 1277-100.

County of Dufferin Nov 15 th 1830
Bank Note

Burlington (Otsego County N.Y.) 8 th Nov. 1830
Hon. C. St. Eaton Sec of War
Sir
Herewith I send the application of Joseph Johnson and Ebenezer Hills for Land Warrants upon their claims for revolutionary services . If the proof sent is sufficient please to forward per Mail Land warrants for them directed to me
Yours with much respect
etc. Henry Lee

Henry Sill
2 Sept '34
P.C.
Henry Sill 2 Sept '34
Acc. Vol. 33. p. 107

War Dep t
Pension R t
Sept 34
Sir
The claim of Joseph Johnson has again been examined. The circumstances under which it is now presented having brought it under my own scrutiny, I have to express my regret that the letter of 16 ap l last should have received the sanction of my signature as well as on account of the disclosure of the fact taken from the final settlement which the rules of the office did not authorize as of the extra-official decision therein announced upon his claim to the provisions of the act of 15. May '28 upon which it was neither competent nor proper for this Dept t to pass an opinion. Upon a critical examination of his several declarations it is very doubtful whether he can be said to have claimed for an enlistment & service in the Connecticut line as a "war man" which would have been indispensable to justify the ground that he was asserting a service in Webb's Reg t which was unquestionably rendered by a different person of his name whose heir had received the

bounty offered by the laws to that service Scotts Company Swifts Regt in 75 On the contrary, his declarations very ob- viously disclose his alleged service from 76 to the end of the war. Instead of declaring the period & term of enlistment under designated officer of that line, he avers that he "enlisted at Chatham Co. as a minute man for during the war in Hunhams Company Deyes Regt called the flying camp" was ordered out & placed in Scamptreys Company Phelps Regt - March to N. Second - was there 3 mos - returned to Hunhams  Company as a guard to guard the station and was again ordered onto the North River where he served in Webbs & Swifts Regt till the close of the war - and was dis- charged by without stating the names of the  Swifts Co. Company officers was If he shall persist in his claim for the service it will be necessary to state upon oath each enlistment in the state troops & in the Continental line, give the names of the Company & Regimental officers, & the circumstances of the enlistment & service under each en- gagement - He could not have served under the designated officers by virtue of one enlist- ment - Should he think proper to relinquish any claim for this service thus imperfectly & vaguely narrated now - except in so far as pertains to his 7 mos 12 days service in
Henry Sellards Burlington N.Y.

Revolutionary Claims,
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 August 1834.
Sir;
In answer to your letter of the 11 th ult. I have to inform you, that it is contrary to the rules of this Department to return papers which have been acted upon but that should Mr. Johnson intend applying for a pension under the act of Congress of the 5 th July 1832 the papers transmitted to this Department in support of his claim under the abovementioned act can be transferred to the War Department, if he requests it.
I am, sir, very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Henry Sill

Hon Levi Woodbury Sec of the Treasury
Sir Please to deliver the within named papers of Joseph Johnson to the Pension Office
Yours &c
Henry Sill
agent for Joseph Johnson

Revolutionary Claims,
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 July 1834
SIR;
In answer to your letter of the 27 ult. I have to inform you that all the evidence in the possession of the government was examined before the claim of Joseph Johnson under the abovementioned act was decided.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant.
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury.
Henry Sill Esq.

Revolutionary Claims,
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 May 1834.
SIR;
Your claim under the abovementioned act, has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned Officers, Musicians, or privates than those who enlisted in the continental line of the army of the revolution for during the war and served therein until the end of the war. The records shew but one private of your name who did so enlist and serve and it appears that in March 1828 a bounty land warrant issued in favour of Elizabeth Fitch as the daughter and only heir of that soldier. Under these circumstances your claim has not been admitted.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. B. Taney,
Secretary of the Treasury.
W. Joseph Johnson.

Say # 2089 Act - June " # 13,550 Out " " # 16,895 " "
Revolutionary Claims.
Treasury Department, 26 April 1834.
Joseph Johnson — of Burlington in the County of Otsego — in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15 th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period, he was a Private — in captain Humphrys — the company, under  Col Webb's regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15 th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15 th of May, 1828, on the Revolutionary pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3 rd of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
Ref. File No's
5,637 or 5,636
By order of the Secretary, Francis A. Dickinson.
Treasury Department.
Third Auditor's Office, 28 th April 1834
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joseph Johnson — — — in the Connecticut line —
It further appears that he is now on the pension list of the agency , and has been so since the 1 st of  dollars per month.
A private by the name of Joseph Johnson has been paid on the New York Revolutionary Roll, at the rate of $8 p. m month from the 30 th of August 1830, to the 4 th of June 1832 the date of his death —
No 4354 - Joseph Johnson
W. H. Haynes Secy

Department of War Bounty Land Office
May 2 d . 1834
I certify that it appears by the Records in this Office, Land Warrant N o 1277. for 100. Acres issued 18 th March 1828. to Elizabeth Fitch, late Johnson, heiress at law of Joseph Johnson, who was a Private in the Connecticut line.
But one Soldier by the name of Joseph Johnson, is returned on the Records of the Connecticut line, as being entitled to bounty Land from the U. States.
W. Gordon

act 1825
see 2m
File # 13,585

Rec. 26 April (1834) Burlington (Otsego County) N. Y. 20 th April 1834
Hon. The Sec. of Treasury.
Sir: Joseph Johnson the person who has made the accompanying Declaration applied to me some 5 or 6 years ago to assist him in procuring a pension alledging that he was a during the wars man - that I examined into his case as well as I could from the imperfect account he gave of his service (his memory appeared to be so much impaired that he could not give the names of very many of his Captains or any of the subaltern officers that he served under in the regular army and I advised him to desist from making any further effort believing that he could not produce sufficient proof to enable him to succeed. He is an exceeding poor decrepit, old, and infirm man his memory nothing but a shadow - almost ready to drop into his grave. Since the light that has been thrown upon his case by the investigation at the pension office under the law of 1832 - I regret that I had not rendered him the assistance and advice that I now perceive that I might then have done and thereby relieved in some measure his sufferings which he has endured from poverty & want

having lost the forms prescribed under the act of 1828 I enclose the enclosed papers for your examination. If they are not sufficient to entitle him to the benefit of that act please to send me the forms necessary and return the accompanying papers in all human probability he will not live to be benefitted by it.
I am Sir with much respect to your old friend
Henry Sill

Henry Sill
November 17 1830
Jas Johnson
Elmer Hills
M c 1277-160-42
see inside of letters this rejected because above warrant allowed -
These papers do not belong in that class

Sir
War Dep t Bounty Land Office Nov 17. 1830
Your letter of the 8 th Inst. enclosing the applications for Bounty Land, by Joseph Johnson, and Ebenezer Hills, who were soldiers in the Conn t Line, in the War of the Revolution, is received and referred to this office — In reply I have to inform you that the Records of the Conn t Line, on file in this office, show the name of but one Joseph Johnson, who was entitled to bounty land from the U. States; and Land Warrant N o 1277 issued on the 18 th March 1828. in the name of Elizabeth Fitch late Elizabeth Johnson, heiress at law of Joseph Johnson, private of Webb's Reg t Conn t Line, and the same was delivered to the Hon ble John Baldwin, then a Representative in Congress from the State of Conn t — The Claim of Joseph Johnson being thus satisfied by the grant of a Warrant to his heirs, it is taken for granted that the living Applicant of the same name, is not the individual whose name is returned on the Rolls of Webb's Reg t as entitled to bounty land — I therefore herewith return you his papers
The evidence in support of the Claim of Ebenezer Hills being found Satisfactory, I herewith send you his Land Warrant the receipt whereof you will please acknowledge, stating in the same the Number of the Warrant and the line of the Soldier
Yrs 16 Wm Gordon
M c Henry Sell Burlington Otsego County New York

J. L. Roberts Esq. will examine then with him — —
57. 15 29
[Faint signature]
James C. Walworth Esq. Burlington Otsego County New York
Additional Evidence Joseph Johnson

Comptroller's Office January 11 th 1834
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears by an authenticated copy of the pay roll of the 2 nd Co. 2 nd Reg t raised by order of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut May 1775, that Joseph Johnson enlisted into said company on the 6 th day of May, & served therein as a private until the 18 th day of December 1775, being seven months & twelve days. Samuel Wyllys Col. commanded the company, and General Joseph Spencer commanded the second regiment.
E. Phelps
N. B. The pay roll commences thus Samuel Wyllys - Col. Ezekiel Scott - Capt. Samuel Cooper 2 d - Marcus Cole Ens.

Sir
out
I send the certificate requested.
I am very respectfully
Yr. S r O. Phelps

Joseph Johnson

Otsego County, ss John Hubbard of the town of Burlington in the County aforesaid aged 90 years deponeth and saith that he has always been acquainted with Joseph Johnson of the town of Burlington from the year 1775 to the present time that this believes him to be 82 years of age that this well remembers that said Johnson in the year 1775 did go into the service under Captain Scott at Chatham in Connecticut in the Connecticut troops in the Roxbury Campaign as long as seven months and further that this deponent knows that said Johnson did serve after this in the army of the Revolution from the spring of 1776 till the close of the war this deponent lived in Chatham in the same neighborhood where said Johnson resided and he knows that said Johnson was almost constantly gone in the service from the commencement of the war till peace was established and that he understood that he belonged to Captain Durham's company in what was called the flying corps or camp and this deponent does well know that said Johnson did serve more than seven years in said war and this deponent saw him in the service on Long Island and in New York City in the year 1776
Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of September 1832
Before me James C. Wauchope Judge of Otsego County Court
John Hubbard
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Hubbard the person who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit before me and he is known to me to be a respectable and credible person and his statement is entitled to full credit
J. C. Wauchope

State of New York
Otsego county ss. Be it known that on this 22 nd day September 1832 personally appeared Deborah James to Mead the Esquire one of the Judges of the said county of Otsego Joseph Kolo of the town of Pittsfield in the said county aged 89 years and being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the year 1775 he was in the United States Service at Hopkiry and Cambridge near Boston in Col. Willis's Regiment and General Manners Brigade and that he there well knew Joseph Johnson now a resident of the town of Burlington in the said county of Otsego and that the said Johnson served with his department in the same Regiment and Brigade and well knows that the said Johnson served faithfully as a good soldier from the month of May until in the month of December in the same year and that he must have so served as much as seven months or near that in the Connecticut State troops and further with note subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid Deborah James to Mead the Esquire a Judge of Otsego county courts
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Kolo that he is a credible person and entitled to full credit J. M. Mead the Esquire a Judge of Otsego county

Mr. Fairbanks Will Please to return
Mr. Johnson's Affidavit made October 23 d 1853 in which he testifies all his brains - that he cannot find any evidence of
Joseph Johnson
1877 ✓
The returns on the Application to be sent to James Henry Sill Esq. of Burlington Otsego County N. York
Alma 7 mo 12 days pri
132 2333 24,65

State of New York } Otsego County } I, Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do certify that James C. Walworth before whom the within affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his own proper hand writing & signature Witness my hand & seal of office this 11 th day of Oct r . 1832 Horace Lathrop By Thos R. Cory Deputy

Ottego County N.Y.
And I the said Judge warrant in the above Declaration doth here by declare that it is his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and saved as he states And the said Judge further testifies that it appears to him that John Hubbard and Joseph Pels that have subscribed & sworn to above affidavits are both Presidents of the county of Otsego and are credible persons and entitled to full credit in their statements And the said Judge further testifies that it appears to him that the said Applicant (Joseph Johnson) is from his information is unable to attend the courts In testimony of the above I have hereunto set my name this 25 th day of September 1832
James C. Mather a Judge of Otsego common Pleas

Washington } 22 nd Aug 1834 Otto County N.Y.
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir
The application of Joseph Johnson which was returned to J. C. Waterworth (with your letter last Spring) (stating that his name was on rolls of the during the war men & c). In pursuance of that information. Some of the papers (that are herewith returned) were detached which were deemed irrelevant to his claim under the act of 15 May 1828 and his first declarations & proof were sent to the Fr. Dep. and his application for a pension under that act rejected and the papers detained as you will see by the accompanying letters from the Sec. of the Fr. he is unable to produce any more proof of his during the war's service he is old & ignorant his memory & health impaired and very poor withal. and his claim to Bounty Land and a Pension under that act appear to be entirely forestalled He is worn out with disappointment and now only asks just such a Pittance as the Proof adduced will entitle him to under the act of 7 th June 1832 - which it is hoped will be some alleviation to his present wants
The papers in question will be handed over from the Treasury Dep. when required as you will see by the accompanying letters.
Yours &c
Henry Sile

Hon. Wm. G. Angel July 19 1831
Joseph Johnson
Corners Lane
Rev. Dan
91-1277-
Rev

War Dept. Bounty Land Office
Feb. 7. 19 th 1831
Yr Sir Your letter addressed to the Secretary of War, enclosing sundry papers relating to a claim for bounty land by Joseph Johnson, who is stated to have been a soldier of Webb's Reg t Connec t Line, in the War of the Revolution, is received and referred to this office. — In reply I have to inform you that, when the application for said bounty, in the case above referred to, was first made in November last, by Mr Henry Dill, he was informed by letter dated 17 th Nov r last that "it appeared by the Records of the Connec t Line, on file in this office, but on soldier by the name of Joseph Johnson, was returned on said Records as entitled to bounty land from the U. States, and that said Warr t No. 1277 for 100 Acres had issued on 18 th March 1828 in the name of Elizabeth Fitch late Elizabeth Johnson, heiress at law of Joseph Johnson, who was a private of Webb's Reg t Connec t line, and that the same had been delivered to, and receipted for, by the Hon ble Mr Baldwin, then a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut" — Since the receipt of your letter reference has been had to the papers upon which the Warr t in question was granted, and it appears that, the Affidavit of the Applicant, and the evidence of heirship certified by the Judge of Probate, together with the statements in relation to the services of the soldier, are all regular, and properly authenticated; Moreover, the claim being presented by a Member of Congress, under a power of Attorney to that effect, naturally created and increased confidence in its justness, and in the integrity of the character of the claimant.
The evidence submitted to the sustain the claim of the present applicant has been carefully examined, and is found liable to strong objections. — He states that he enlisted in 1776 for the term of "during the War" in Capt Dunham's Comp y in a Reg t commanded by Col. Sage in the Connecticut; In relation to the term of his enlistment, I can safely remark

that, it was a very unusual engagement among the soldiers at that early period of the War, and as it regards the two Officers just named, neither of their names were returned on the list of Officers of the Revolutionary Army, at the close of the War — He further states that he was discharged at the close of the War, from Webb's Regiment Conn't Line, but gives no account whatever of his transfer from the Reg't he first belonged to, or, of the time he joined Col. Webb's Reg't, Circumstances, both of which should have been particularly stated in urging his claim, when he was aware of the grounds upon which it had been previously rejected. In regard to the Affidavits of Isa Johnson, and M c Stabbard, I have to remark that, as neither of them were soldiers in the War of the Revolution, they could know nothing positive in relation to the term for which Joseph Johnson enlisted, a point of material consequence in the consideration of his case, for although he may have served throughout the War, his services may have been rendered under several different enlistments, (being a very common occurrence during the War), in which case, he would not have been entitled to bounty land from the U. States, inasmuch, as the promise of that bounty, under the Resolutions of Congress, applies, exclusively, to those Officers, and soldiers who engaged for the specific period of "during the War", and who continued in service until its termination in June 1783 —
Taking into view therefore, that a Warrant has issued in satisfaction of the claim of Joseph Johnson of Webb's Reg't Conn't Line, and moreover, that the evidence upon which that issue was made, still appears regular and unexceptionable; justice to the parties concerned, requires, that, the present applicant should adduce full and explicit evidence to show that he enlisted for the specific term of "during the War" and that he served to the end thereof in June 1783, stating any

transfers he underwent from one Reg t to another, and the periods at which they took place, with the names of the Officers under whom he served; and whether he is a pensioner, and if so, under what act of Congress, and where paid — The proof of enlistment, according to the Rules which govern this office, should be derived from some Officer under whom he served, the duration of his service, may be established by the testimony of an Officer, or one or more of his fellow soldiers, acquainted with the fact.
I have the Honor to W m Gordon
Hon d W m G. Angel House of Reps

Amendments to Declaration State of New York Otsego County ss
On this 15 th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the unsworn Judge of the County Court of Otsego County Joseph Johnson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is now of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot remember all the particulars of his service that he cannot remember the name of his captains at the time he served either in Col. Webb's Regiment or Col. Swift's Regiments or either of their Subaltern Officers but that he was in Col. Swift's Regiment on the Hudson River near West Point when the Bands of Peace came and that he was discharged by Col. Swift in writing and that discharge is now lost and that he actually served Seven Years in the war at that time and for such service I claim pension and that his memory is very much impaired that it has failed much since he made out his former declaration - Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid Before me
James C. Wadsworth Judge of Otsego County Court
Joseph Johnson

Albany New York B
Otsego County ss Joseph Johnson of the town Burlington the above named Declarant having duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot remember the names of the captains or the Subaltern Officers he served under in Col. Wells or Col. Swifts Regiments and if he cannot be allowed his Pension without proving that service or naming the Officers he hereby relinquishes all claims to the services of Col. Swifts or Col. Wells Regiments unless he should at some future time find further evidence for that he does not now know of any liking withers to prove his service and prays that the Department will allow him Pensions for such services as he has proved Satisfactory to them
Subscribed and sworn this 23 rd day of December 1833 Before me James C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego County Court
Joseph Johnson
Please to notice that this Affidavit was taken before the same Judge Walworth testified to be the
Clerk etc

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Rev 9-11-21
Clark House, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
October 12, 1921.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, -
Will you kindly send me at your earliest convenience the military history of Joseph Johnson who served in the War of the

Revolution from Connecticut, as a private under Col. Wylllys. He may have been living in Asheg. Co., N. Y. in 1832.
Respectfully,
Ruth Johnson

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PARIS OFFICE 41 RUE CAMBON
May 1, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions, Military - Revolutionary Washington - D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me all the family data connected with the following numbers.
Connecticut Pension List - Revolutionary war -
Joseph Johnson R 5637 " " S. 13550
" " B.L.Wt 1277-100
Plus 2 7 ea 3 ea
Very truly yours
Mrs James O'Watson Fort Hill Farm. Fairmont Farm W. Va