Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5653, for James Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Johnson, James, Rebecca.
N. 5653.
CONTENTS

"Marriages Solemnized & Returned by the Rev. David Sanford
James Johnson & Rebecka Barber both of Medway July tenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty five."
I Joseph S. Richardson of Medway in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say, that I am the Clerk of said town of Medway, and have the records of said Town in my possession and that in Volume second of said Records is recorded the Marriage of James Johnson & Rebecka Barber as above transcribed except the dates, which are expressed in fair legible figures thus "July 10 th 1785"
Joseph S. Richardson
Medway Sept. 27. 1838
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss November 6 th 1838 Personally appeared the above subscribed Joseph S. Richardson and made oath that the above transcript and affidavit by him subscribed is true before me
Christopher Shorr
Justice of the Peace

Ribecca Johnson Declaration

 State of Massachusetts A.D. 1838  County of Norfolk On this twentieth day of November personally ap- peared before Sherman Leland the Judge of the Court  (at Medway in said County) Rebecca Johnson a resident of Medway in the County of Norfolk aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 en- titled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of James Johnson who was a private in the army of the revolution and was out in the service as she believes from information received from her said husband in many conversations on the subject of his revolutionary services: Three several times: once at or round about Boston under a Captain John Leland before the bat- tle of Bunker Hill, once at Still water under what officers not recollected and once at Rhode Island she has heard her said husband when meeting with a fellow soldier who was with him in the service frequently speak of the time of the taking of Burgaine with much animation telling that he saw the enemy march out some were mad and some glad; Thinks he said he was at that time out eight months: he resided in Holliston in the County of Middlesex when he went into the service the first and second time and in Medway at present the last time. The particular times of entering or leaving the service not recollected. She further de- clares that she was married to the said

James Johnson the tenth day of July A.D. 1885 in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty five and that she has never since been married that her husband the aforesaid James Johnson died the sixth day of October 1831 that she was not married to him prior to her marrying the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated
Rebecca Johnson
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written Helen J. Probat
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Registrar of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above is genuine there.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twentieth day of November A.D. 1838
Jonathan H. Cobb

Action of July 14, 1960, and March 3, 1972
5653
(P. O. Rebecca Johnson Service: _____
RECEIVED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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H. W. S. Kaslup

Applications for Pensions under last Act
Widow Sylvia Wood Widow Corbett " Morse " Inglee
Have they been examined & passed upon?
If sent - they have been forwarded to Ho. Ira Barton, Judge & at Worcester Ms. Notify Mr. Hastings of the House.

I, Timothy Partridge of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of the age of 74 years, and a Revolutionary Pensioner, do testify and say that during the Revolutionary war I lived in Medway Massachusetts and I well knew James Johnson, said Johnson lived a part of the time in Medway and a part in Holliston, and that said Johnson enlisted into the service in a Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Hobbs, in Col. Amos Dyer's Regiment and that I enlisted and served in the same Company, we marched from said Medway the last of May, I think in 1780. We marched to Rhode Island and remained there, and about the shores till we were dismissed said Johnson and myself served the same term of time, we were Privates, the term of time we served was nine months and ten days, was acquainted with said James Johnson after the war closed, he married Rebecca Barber.
Timothy Partridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. August 27, 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Timothy Partridge and made oath to the truth of the facts, as above subscribed by him.
Before me Lyman Sibley Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that for many years past I have known the above named Timothy Partridge, and that he is considered a man of truth and veracity
Aug. 27, 1838
Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 4 th 1838
I hereby Certify , That at the time of the within attestations, Sherman Sland was Judge, and Jonathan N. Cobb, Register of Probate, and Christopher Slocum was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk and Lyman Sibley was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, and Matthew Metcalf was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex. in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I assisting these three widows in making their declarations I have written down their statements from the best of their recollections. They rely mainly on the affidavits attached, of those who were fellow soldiers with their husbands. It appeared to me to be going beyond fact for them to declare what they did not recollect. This is the reason why the declarations do not particularize the times and duration of their service or the officers under whom they served.
Most Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Christopher Slocum
Port Medway Mass Dec 15th 1838

I Nathan Knowlton of Framingham in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, do testify and say, that James Johnson late of Holliston in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, deceased, served as a private four months in a Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Winch in Col. Samuel Bullard's Regiment, viz. from the fore part of August to the fore part of December in the year 1777, and that I served in the same Company with him during said term, and that we were at Still-water and Saratoga at the taking of Burgoyne. Nathan Knowlton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. November 2 d A.D. 1838. Then the above-named Nathan Knowlton, who is known by me to be a man of Truth and a credible Witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit, by him subscribed, is true, according to the best of his recollection and belief. — Before me.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex.