Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18060, for Elijah Johnson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Johnson, Elijah
S. 18060
CONTENTS
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23590 State Council
Given to John ... of ... in the State of ... who was a ... in the ... command by Captain ... of the ... command by ... in the ... line for ...
Inscribed on the Roll of ... at the rate of 20 Dollars — 00 Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 31
Annuity to the 4th of March 1831 20 Pension allowance ending ...  10 30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ... Clerk Book ... Vol. ... Page ...

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
June 2 d 1854
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 Ex'or. of Elijah Johnson, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and Cents per Annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1835, to the 1 st Jan'y, 1837.
Respectfully yours
M. B. Brownhead Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

We John Cousar a Clergyman residing in the County of Salem Sumter District and State of South Carolina and William M. McIntosh residing in the same County & District hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed H. Fullwood C. L.
John Cousar P. B. L. W. M. McIntosh
I James C. Fullwood one of the Justices of the Quorum for Sumter District So. Ca. do hereby certify that John Cousar who has signed the above certificate is a respectable Clergyman and that W. M. McIntosh who has also signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Salem County Sumter Dist t is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit H. Fullwood C. L.
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 within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as heretofore. And the Court further certify's that it appears to them that John Cousar who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Salem Sumter Dist t and that W. M. McIntosh who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & District and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit Richard Gault P. Judge
I Thomas J. Wilder Clerk of the court of General Sessions & common pleas for Sumter District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elijah Johnson for a pension; And I do further certify that James C. Fullwood Esq r who has qualified two of the within applicants witnesses is a legally qualified Justice of the Quorum for Sumter District. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this
T. J. Wilder C. C. Jas

South Carolina Sumter District ss County of Salem; ss
On the Fourth day of November Personally appeared in open court before Richard Gantt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Sumter District now sitting Elijah Johnson Sen: a resident of Salem County in Sumter District So Ga aged Seventy nine 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 7th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated; This deponent sayeth that he entered the Service of the United States in the latter part of the year 1777 or in the early part of the year 1778 (that he cannot pretend to say positively which) as a volunteer he was at that time a resident of Dobbs County North Carolina and Served under the command of Genl. Caswell Col. Abram Sheppard commanded the regiment and Capt. Benjamin Sheppard the Company to which he was attached; our Army embodied at Bop Ferry on Neuse River marched thence to Moore's Creek by the way of Elizabeth Town; At Moore's Creek we had a severe engagement with a large body of the Tories whom we defeated with great Slaughter; The engagement took place from opposite sides of the Creek and was brought on by an attempt on the part of the Tories to cross a Bridge in front of which we had erected strong Breastworks having previously taken up the planks from that half of the Bridge nearest to us. I never knew accurately the number of forces engaged on either side but as near as I can conjecture the Whigs amounted to four or five hundred. The Tories were thought to have bin much more numerous; Having performed the Service for which we had volunteered, we were discharged after a term of three weeks Service This deponent further sayeth that he volunteered a second time on the 10th of November 1778 for the term of five Months under the command of Genl. Ash who had bin appointed to act against the British who were overrunning Georgia Lieut. Genl. Bryant was Second in command in this expedition Col. Wm. Caswell commanded the Regiment and Capt. M c Moane the Company to which I belonged our troops embodied at Kingston Dobbs County, N.C. where we marched thence through the lower part of South Carolina drew our arms near Charleston proceeded to the Savannah River crossed it two miles below Augusta followed the British down the Savannah had an engagement with them at Brier Creek, were surprised and defeated; our forces in this engagement amounted to 1500 Metitia and Volunteers about 250 Continentals & 200 French; I was not acquainted with the names of any of the Officers who commanded the latter, as we were not permitted to mingle in consequence of a jealousy & rivalry that existed between the Volunteers and Continentals and which frequently led to blows & riot having performed my five months term of Service I was again discharged; In the year 1781 he was called out under the command of Col. Sheppard & Capt. Gailard to prevent the Town of Newbern from falling into the hands of the British in which Service he continued for the space of ten days. In the two first terms of Service above alluded to I served as a Volunteer and both times received a discharge which he destroyed a few years ago under the impression that they would never be required.

we marched thence through the lower part of South Carolina drew our arms near Charleston proceeded to the Savannah River crossed it two miles below Augusta followed the British down the Savannah had an engagement with them at Brier Creek, were surprised and defeated; our forces in this engagement amounted to 1500 Militia and Volunteers about 250 Continentals & 200 French; I was not acquainted with the names of any of the Officers who commanded the latter, as we were not permitted to mingle in consequence of a jealousy & rivalry that existed between the Volunteers and Continentals and which frequently led to blows & riot having performed my five months term of service I was again discharged; In the year 1781 he was called out under the command of Col. Sheppard & Capt. Gailard to prevent the Town of Newbern from falling into the hands of the British in which service he continued for the space of ten days. In the two first terms of service above alluded to I served as a Volunteer and at my request both times received a discharge which he destroyed a few years ago under the impression that they would never be of any service to him. This deponent further saith that he has a record of his age in his own possession that he was born in the State of North Carolina April 13 th 1754 was raised in Dobbs County of that State and continued to reside there until 1816 when he removed to Sumter District Salem County So. Ca where he remained ever since. This deponent further saith that Thomas Pate John Wilson and John Kinder are persons to whom I am well known in my present neighbourhood and who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief that I was a Soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open court before
Rich and Gant Presiding Judge
Elijah Johnson

R 18060
INVALID.
File No. 18060
Philip Colgan
St. Louis
Act: June 19, 1872
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Adams as a private 6 mo. $20
Wm M. Mitchell Salem P.O. 1800

War Department Pension Office November 22-1893
Sir
The declaration of Elijah Johnson has been examined and is herewith returned that the credibility of Mr. Wilson may be certified to. -
I am respectfully Mr. A. H. Servant J. L. Edwards
William McKittrick Esq. First Master Salem
Sir Sir

St. Louis
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Elijah Johnson -
St. Louis
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ban Mr. P. m. 71

Mr. E. B. Cummings
Dr. Elijah Johnson Lower Salem
Scituate Dist. South Carolina ban of of Mr. Wm McIntosh P.M.

Memphis Tenn. Jan 10th 1883 Wm. Welch
Dear Sir,
Enclosed find bill of exchange for $100.00 Yours truly J. P. Johnson

Entered
H.B. Howard
Camp Genl
United States of America.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
By his Excellency Wilson Lumpkin Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of of the Militia thereof.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
Know Ye, That Francis T. Tennell whose attestation appears to the annexed instruments of writings and was at the date of the same Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Washington in said State - that said attestation is in due form and by the proper officer
Francis T. Tennell
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to be had and given to his attestation as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State-House, in Milledgeville, this Twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three and of the Independence of the United States of America, the fifty
Francis T. Tennell
W. H. ...

That said [illegible] in due form and by the proper officer
THEREFORE , all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to be had and given to [illegible] attestation as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State-House, in Milledgeville, this [illegible] day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and [illegible] and of the Independence of the United States of America, the fifty
BY THE GOVERNOR:
[Signature] Secretary of State.
Recd 25 100 Dollars P. W. [illegible] Secy E. D.
That [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

Forward you this certificate which I presume will be all that is necessary you will do the same for me and
Much obliged
prove also that I was enough in the same surface
please send it as soon as possible
your Friend
Augustin Wilson

Personally appeared in the Georgia Inferior Court when sitting Washington County in an for the said County Augustin Nelson who being duly sworn saith upon oath that the deponent was personally ac- -quainted with Elijah Johnson while living in Dobbs County North Carolina and for some time before the Revolutionary War commenced and though deponent can not distinctly recollect for what term of service he the said Johnson may have volunteered or enlisted yet deponent is convinced that he the said Johnson and this deponent were fellow soldiers for at least for six months and deponent saith further that the said Johnson was with him in the Battle of Brim Creek in this State and knows further that said Johnson conducted himself in a patriotic and brave like manner during his term of service which term began as deponent believes in the year 1778 under the Command of General Ash Lieutenant Gen. Wm. Bryant Col. Caswell - this deponent saith that said Johnson may have been in the Twenty third year of his age. — Sworn to in open Court this 10 th May 1833 —
Augustin Nelson
Giles Floye S.S.C. H.C.
John Wright S.S.C. H.C.
Samuel Robson S.S.C. H.C.

Georgia 3 Washington County, I Francis T. Varnille Clerk of the inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Elias Floyd, James Boortright and Samuel Robison who attests the within instrument of writing are acting Justices of the inferior Court in and for said County, and that due faith and credit ought to be given to their attestations as such Given under my hand and seal to seal there being no seal of office this 16th day of May 1833
Francis T. Varnille (W.P.B.)

State of South Carolina } Personally came before me Sumter District } John Wilson and upon being Duly Sworn sayeth on oath that He recollects hearing His Father say that He was with Elijah Johnson in the revolution- ary war and that they were together in the Battle of Brier Creek under General Ash and General Bryan and Colonel William Gaudt He swore to this the 27 th day of November 1832 John Wilson
John Baker J.P. W. Kennedy J.P.
I hereby certify that Gaphoritus Hanks came before me and that rather than Mr. Wilson the father of the above named John Wilson was with him in the army as is heard in the fourth
John Baker J.P. W. Kennedy J.P.

South Carolina } Personally came before Sumter District } Mr Elijah Baker who being duly sworn sayth that he has been personally acquaint- ed with Augustine Wilson for thirty years or more and he has always found him a man of truth and a respectable member of the Baptist Church Sworn to before me } Elijah Baker this the 5 th 1833. December } H. Fullwood J.P.
South Carolina } Personally came before me Sumter District } Manoah Patrick who being duly sworn sayth that he has been personally acquaint- ed with Augustine Wilson for thirty years or more and he has always found him to be a man of truth and a respectable member of the Baptist Church Sworn to before me } Manoah his Patrick this the 5 th Dec r 1833 } mark H. Fullwood J.P.
I do here by certify that James E. Fullwood is a legally qualified Justice of the Peace for Sumter Dist t

South Carolina } Sumter district } I, Thomas Wilder, Clerk of the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas, for the district, for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James B. Fulwood before whom the within affidavits were taken, is Justice of the Peace for said district & legally authorized to administer Oaths. Given under my hand & Seal of said Court this 20 th day of December 1832 -
T. Wilder C. Cps