Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10157, for Harmon Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Johnson, Harmon Demaris
W. 10157
CONTENTS

33.263 Michigan
Harmon Johnson, decd, of _____ in the State of Michigan who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution , time for 13 months & 7 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Detroit , at the rate of 44. Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and end 6 th April 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of August 1854 , and sent to
E. O. Briggs Arrears to the 4th of Paw Paw Semi-ant. allowance ending Van Buren Co Mich.
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. J. Getty Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. 9. Page 100

5. 299
Michigan
Demaris Johnson, deceased widow of Harmon Johnson who died on the 6 th April 1834 of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 13 months & 7 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Detroit at the rate of 44 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 6 th day of March, 1834, & end September 13 th 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of August 1834 and sent to
Swears to the 4th of E. O. Briggs Semiannual allowance ending Paw Paw Mich!
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by G. J. Getty Clerk Book 9 Vol. 2 Page 131

No 5 Certificate of Town Clerk of Berkeley of "Marriage Intentions"
April 1854

Intentions of Marriage between Harmon Johnson of Taunton and Damaris Newhall of Berkley Entered August Third Seventeen Hundreds Seventy Six
Samuel Poley Jr Town Clerk
I Ephraim French do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Town of Berkley and that the Books of Record of said Town are in my possession and that said record Book contains the above record and that the above is a true copy with the exception that in the original the date is put in fair Legible Figures (August 3 rd 1776)
Ephraim French, Town Clerk
Bristol to wit February 16 th 1853 Then the above named Ephraim French personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed was true
Before me Benj R. Dean - Just. Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I James Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Benj R. Dean Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is, and was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
J. Sprague

No 13
Fanny Ricard
L
Leprieux Bangs
Jun 17/59

State of Michigan } County of Van Buren } Emeline Conkey of Paw Paw in said County of Van Buren & of lawful age, being duly sworn says that she is the step daughter of Nehemiah Johnson of said Paw Paw & that she has for many years resided in the family of said Nehemiah Johnson, & that she has during her residence in said family been frequently in the habit of seeing the family Bible belonging to said Nehemiah Johnson & containing the family record of his family that she recognizes the bible now exhibited to her in my presence by said Nehemiah Johnson as the same family bible above referred to & containing said family record, & further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of June 1852 & I certify, { Emeline Conkey that said Emeline Conkey is a credible } sworn before me John Reynolds Justice of the peace
I John Reynolds a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Van Buren and State of Michigan do hereby certify that a family bible has this day been exhibited to me by Nehemiah Johnson of Paw Paw Michigan, represented by said Johnson to be his family bible and containing his family record, being the same bible referred to in the above affidavit of Emeline Conkey, and that I find in said bible a record in the hand writing of said Nehemiah Johnson a record or entry, apparently made many years ago, of which I certify the following to be a true copy—
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"Harmon Johnson, was Born in February the 5. 1750" "and Died April the 6 th 1834"
"Demaris Johnson was born in the year 1757. April the 23." "And Died in September the 18. 1840"
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 th day of June AD 1852
John Reynolds Justice of the peace
State of Michigan                      ss    Sophia County of Van Buren Charlotte Daughters of said Anny aged forty seven years being duly sworn says that she was during the lifetime of Harmon Johnson & Demaris John- -son acquainted with them the said Harmon & Demaris & acquainted with their family, & that according to the best of her recollection the said Harmon Johnson died on or about the month of April AD 1834, that she can not recollect distinctly but that it was about twenty years ago, & that said she well recollects the time of the decease of the said Demaris Johnson, and that she died in the month of September AD 1840. That the children of said Harmon & Demaris Johnson now living are respectively named, Charlotte Munn, Mehitable Ball Nysphena Nordman, Nehemiah Johnson, and Esther Ogensen & that they, the said persons above named as

Children of the said Warren & Deborah Warren are the only heirs of said Warren & Deborah now living sworn to & subscribed before me Sophronia Bangs This 17 th day of June 1852 and I certify that I am acquainted with the said Sophronia Bangs and that she is a credible person And I further certify that the Christian name "Charlotte" was erased & "Sophronia" inserted before being subscribed & sworn to J. H. Simmons Justice of the peace
State of Michigan } I Franklin M. Manning clerk of the County of Van Buren } Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Reynolds, and Jeremiah S. Simmons Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken were respectively at the time of taking the same Justices of the peace for the County and State aforesaid duly elected and qualified and authorized to administer Oaths for general purposes, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justices & that their signatures to said affidavits are respectively genuine.
In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court being a Court of Record this 17 th day of June 1852 F. M. Manning Clerk By S. T. Conway Dep.

Know all men by these presents, that I Esther Elyman of Harrison County and State of Indiana, daughter and heir at law of Harmon Johnson deceased do hereby Consti- tute and appoint Mehitable Bell also a daughter of said deceased my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States, the Pension Certificate or Warrant, and such sum or sums of money due me on account of pay arrear of pay, or Pension due at the time of his death to my late father the said Harmon John- son deceased for services in the War with Great Britain known as the Revolutionary War, and all moneys that may be due me by the United States on any account whatsoever, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and as an attorney or attorneys under her for the purposes aforesaid at her pleasure to make, and at her pleasure to revoke hereby, Confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Thirty first day of July A.D. 1852
Executed in presence of
Esther Elyman
Isaac Clift U. H. Hoon B. M. Lutherlin

State of Indiana } ss County of Harrison } ss On this thirtyfirst day of July A.D. 1852. before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State personally appeared the within named Esther Cymuson to me well known & subscribed the within power of attorney in my presence & acknowledged the same to be her free act & deed Isaac Clapp Esq a Justice of the Peace
Ellis & Spann, print. Indianapolis.
The State of Indiana, Harrison County, ss: I, Hugh Keeley Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that Power of Attorney before whom the Power of Attorney to which this certificate is attached, was acknowledged, and whose certificate of such acknowledgment, signed by him in his own proper hand-writing, is annexed thereto, was at the time of taking and certifying said acknowledgment, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Harrison, and that full faith and credit are due to his said official acts.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Court, and subscribe my name at Corydon this fourth day of August A. D. 1852 Hugh Keeley Clerk.

State of Michigan Circuit Court for the County of Van Buren } 3/6
On this Seventh day of September, in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before the Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid, now sitting Charlotte Moon aged sixty four years, Mehitable Ball aged sixty two years, Mehitable Mehitable Woodman aged sixty — years and Nehemiah Johnson aged fifty eight years all residents of said County of Van Buren and State of Michigan, who being first duly sworn according to law in Open Court, depose and say on their respective Oaths that they are the reputed legitimate Children and heirs at law of Harmon Johnson deceased, who served in the army of the Revolutionary War, in the Massachusetts line as stated and Certified in the annexed Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the said Harmon Johnson died on the sixth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty-four, leaving a widow (Demaris Johnson), the mother of deponents, to whom he was lawfully married about the year A.D. 1773, him surviving; that there is no record in existence within the knowledge of deponents of said marriage or of the exact time thereof but that said marriage was about the period above stated.
That said Demaris Johnson widow of said Harmon Johnson above named, died on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1820. And said deponents further state that they are the only surviving heirs of said Harmon & Demaris Johnson deceased, except Esther Gynson whose power of Attorney duly Certified is hereto annexed. And said deponents further state that neither said Harmon Johnson, nor his widow above named, did, during their lives apply for or receive from the United States any pension, whatever by reason or on account of the services of the said Harmon Johnson.

and further that they the said heirs above named make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining from the United States all such sum or sums of money as the said Harmon Johnson was entitled to, as pension at the time of his death under the act of Congress approved June 7 th 1832. and all such sum or sums as the said Demaris Johnson widow of said Harmon Johnson was at the time of her death entitled to under the acts of Congress respectively approved July 4 1836 and March 3 rd 1837 or any moneys to which either said Harmon, or Demaris Johnson were at the time of their deaths respectively entitled under any act or acts of Congress passed for the benefit of Revolutionary soldiers, their widows & heirs,
sworn & subscribed in open court this 7 th day of September A.D. 1852
J. Norrway Co. Clerk
Charlotte Moon Mehitable Ball Mary Jane Woodson Deborah Johnson
I Certify that the alterations made in the foregoing declaration with respect to the ages of the above named applicants was made in open court before being subscribed & sworn to
J. Norrway Co. Clerk

Map Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10137
Demaris Johnson
Wid
Kearamon Johnson
Brnt Rev. War
Act: July 4 th  1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 379
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 12
Nov 10/54

State of Vermont } Caledonia County, ss } I, G. A. Dombank, Clerk of Caledonia County Court, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that J. Jefferson Lee Esq., whose genuine signature is subscribed to the within certificate of acknowledgement, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County - duly commissioned, and qualified - & that as such he is official, duly authorized by the laws of this State, to take acknowledgements of Deeds, & other instruments requi-
ring that mode of authentication,
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this Fourteenth day of June, A.D. 1837, -
G. A. Dombank
Clerk as aforesaid.

Knowall men by these presents that I Dymphena Woodman, one of the Children and heirs at law of Harmon Johnson and Demaris Johnson deceased, have Constituted and appointed and by these presents do Constituted and appoint Emory O'Brigg of San Paw Mich-igan, my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States, all such sums of money, warrants, or Pension Certificates due me, for or on account of Pension or arrears of Pension due to said Harmon Johnson & Demaris Johnson deceased, at the time of their decease respectively, under the act of June 17. 1832. July 4. 1836 & March 3 d 1837 or any other act or acts of Congress entitling said Harmon Johnson or Demaris Johnson or either of them during their respective lives to Pension. And, having express reference to my application and declaration heretofore made jointly with Charlotte Moon, Mehitable Ball Schumiah Johnson, and Esther Eymeson as heirs of said Harmon in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever all and whatsoever my said attorney, shall in my name or for me legally do or cause to be done in the premises.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this tenth day of June 1832.
In presence of V. F. Chase Anna Clee
Dymphena Woodman
State of Vermont County of Caledonia On this 10 th day of June A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the above named Dymphena Woodman & acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument freely & without any coercion from any person, for the uses & purposes therein mentioned J. Jefferson Clerk Justice Peace

Demarius Johnson Rec
607 Harrison
March 36
Not paid
PAID
Hon. C. J. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

FREE
Col
Wm. L. J. Waldo Clerk of Pensions Washington City D.C.
To the Hon. J. C. [?] for Mrs. [?]

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Cour. of Pensions Washington

38.446-32 7868-36
Harmon Johnson dec & Alemaris Johnson dec Mich
E. O. Briggs May 17 1853. E. O. Briggs 19 th May 1853. Same Feb 10 1854. J. D. Keely 18 th April 1854.
Heirs affix
E. O. Briggs June 10/54 E. O. Briggs 29 June 1854. Lt. R. J. July 15/54. Lt. E. O. Briggs July 31/54.
Adrs June 7 1852 & July 4 '53.

The claim in the case is for 3 terms of service.
The service , in each term is admitted - but the period or length of service in one of the terms is not proven .
The Commissioner therefore admits the claim for 2. terms, but suspends a decision upon the 3rd term, until the length of service in that term, is proven. Which is doubtless correct.
Respectfully K.P. Clark

Dec 23/82
Rel. to clm. of Harmon Johnson dec. Mich.
Rev. James E. Briggs Paw Paw, Mich. FREE Rev. James E. Briggs Paw Paw, Mich. Washington City

Harmon Johnson
FREE
Dec 26
Miss
Col
Hon. D. J. Waldo
Cour of Sessions Washington City D.C.

Harmon Johnson
Mr & Mrs
Dear Cousins Washington City D.C.

Harmon Johnson
Aug 28 32 0-36
FREE
Hon. D. J. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Harmon Johnson
Ms 324.6.36
Col
Wm. L. J. Waldo
Cour. of Pensions
FREE

Adolph P. Johnson
Michigan
Acts 7 June '32, 4 July '36
E. O. Briggs
Law Saw
Mich.
1868-36 Sept 14 1852 38.446-122 App. of documents Johnson's description of documents Michigan Acts 7 June '32 & 4 July '36 E. O. Briggs Law Saw Michigan

7868-36 Sept 14 th 1852
38.446-122
App. of Dennis Johnson dec. widow of Harmon
Michigan
Acts 7. June 32 & 4. July 30.
E. O. Briggs
Paul P.
Michigan
James
Washington
E. O. Briggs
Acts 7 June '52, 4 July '52
Michigan
James Johnson
Co. S. 1st Regt
Michigan

May 24/53.
Abbe Kris Kerman due.
Rev. Samuel Pleasants Washington City D.C.

Harrison Johnson 1000 G Street
Check Nos 32 or 38
Comm. Col. Files July 12/54
Pending
Department of the Interior. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Department of the Interior. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Unfiled The Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions

Harmon Johnson, deceased, Michigan.
Adm d act June 7, 1832 - 13 months and 7 days as private, at rate of $44.10/100 per annum from 4 th March 1831 to April 6, 1834, when he died.
Demaris Johnson, dec d widow of Demaris Harmon Johnson dec d Michigan.
Admitted - Act 4 th July, 1836 - 13 months and 7 days - private - at rate of $44.10/100 per annum from April 6, 1834 when her husband died to Sept. 13, 1840, when she died.
Pay in both Cases E. O. Priggs Administrator, for the benefit of Charlotte Moon, Mehitable Ball, Triphena Woodman, Nehemiah Johnson, and Esther Johnson, only surviving children of said parties.
Certificate to
E. O. Briggs,
Paw Paw
Van Buren

No. 4 Certificate of Town Clerk of Taunton.
April 1854
W. B. Dyer Town Clerk Taunton Mass.

No. 4 Certificate of Town Clerk of Taunton.
April 1854
W. H. D. [?] J. H. D. [?] J. H. D. [?] J. H. D. [?] J. H. D. [?]

Widow Pension Residence of England
April 1854
Rev. C. Catherine of Penn Clerk of London.

Bristol County Taunton March 14, 1854
Sir
I am sorry to inform you, that all of the Ancient Records of this Town were destroyed by Fire in 1838, therefore it is impossible for me to give you any information relating to Mr Munroe.
Respectfully yours &c James P. Ellis, Town Clerk of Taunton.
John T. Welch Esq
Bristol ss: April 8, 1854. I certify that the above statement by me signed, is true, James P. Ellis, Town Clerk of Taunton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss: April 8, 1854. Then the above named James P. Ellis, made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed. Before me
Wm A. Sproat Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss.
I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Wm. A. S. Sproat Esq, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Wm Sproat

Copy
Pension office February 10 th 1854
Sir
In the Case of Harmon Johnson Deed of Michigan application must be made to the town Clerk of Sannton Mass for any record of his name to be found upon his books whether there were more than one Man of that name in said town during the war of the Revolution who could have rendered Military Service whether any payments were made to him by said town for Military Service, and any other facts in relation to him that may appear on his Books
I am Resp y
Yours S r Signed L. R. Waldo Comm

Dec 29/56

Heir of Harmon Johnson Rev. Solon - Mich n
obtained a pension.
What was the amt. allowed. Grew
Act 32 - $44.10 ending Apr 6/34 and '36 - $44.10 commencement of Pend. Apr 6/34 & ending Sept 13/1840
/ 3
9 Years 6 Months 9 days at $44.10 Amt $420.03

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 26. 1852.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name Harmon Johnson is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775. Capt. Josiah King's Co. Col. David Brewer's Regt. from June 20. Coat roll of this Co. signed at Roxbury Dec. 2. He enlisted at Taunton as private.
On a list of men mustered for 6 months in Col. Geo. Williams' Regt. fr. Bristol Co.; R.I. service, to July 8. 1778.; private. (Don't know length of service.) On roll of Capt. Jacob Fuller's Co.; Col. Jacob's Regt. R.I. service in 1778. raised for one year; from July 26. 1778. 5 months & 4 days + 1 day for travel. From Taunton. Private.
There appears to be no further evidence of his service.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Alvesca Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services made by the heirs of Harmon Johnson the party who rendered the service.
State of Michigan
County of Van Buren; Township of Lafayette
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Harmon Johnson in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Taunton in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts. He enlisted from the Town of Taunton (or that vicinity soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary war, as applicant thinks but can not state the year,) in the State of Massachusetts, and that he served in the Revolutionary Army during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary war. The applicant is unable to state in what company or under what officer he served. He was a private as the applicant believes though he may have held some subordinate office. He had a regular discharge which applicant has often seen but which was burned with & in the dwelling of said Harmon Johnson in the State of Vermont.

many years since said Harmon Johnson died in 1834 and had never received a pension for his services. The applicant is a daughter of the said Harmon Johnson, she thinks that she has heard him often speak of a Captain Cobb Captain Cook, and of a Col Prescott & Capt Briggs & thinks that perhaps he might have served under them or some of them.
I am now sixty two years old and my memory does not enable me to state the service more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand this Eighth day of May A D 1882.
Signed by said Mehetael Ball in my presence } Mehetael X Ball daughter of Mark Harmon Johnson deceased
I am a Justice of the peace
STATE OF MICHIGAN, } ss. I, S. TALLMADGE CONWAY, Clerk of said County DO HEREBY CERTIFY, VAN BUREN COUNTY. } That James (name) whose name is subscribed to the certificate or proof of acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and therein written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly elected and qualified, and duly authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate or proof acknowledgment is genuine: I further certify, that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of Michigan, for said County, at the Clerk's Office, in the village of Paw Paw, this Fifteenth day of May A.D. 1882
J. S. Conway CLERK.

Miss Stacy Benson Johnson P.O. Card
Commissary General Report - The with clan
Miss Stacy Stacy

J. T. Neely Esq. Washington D.C.
New Haven Mich Febry 11. 1852
Dear Sir - I rec'd yours of some time since in reply to one from me in relation to the claims of heirs of Harmon Johnson in which you say that if I will forward power of atty from the claimants to you, you will procure a report & send me. As these claimants are considerably scattered it would be a matter of considerable trouble to procure a power of atty from all of them. I therefore wrote to the Comr of Pensions directly requesting a report, & also saying to him that you were authorized by me to attend to the matter & that any thing you should do in relation to it would be the same as though done by myself. This I supposed would be sufficient as the papers were filed by me, & the Comr had previously recognized me as the atty of the claimants by reporting to me the action of the offi a on the papers at first sent. I have rec'd no reply to the Comr. from the Pension offi a & no report on the claims now address you again on the subject. If it be absolutely necessary to furnish you with a power of atty I will procure it notwithstanding the trouble of it; but if we can get along without it, it will save me considerable trouble. The papers were first filed in the Pension offi a by me, & subsequently on being required by the Comr of Pensions to furnish further evidence in relation to certain points, that testimony was obtained & sent to you with a request that you file it in the Pension offi a with the original papers. I trust you did so file them without delay & if so I am not concure what further is required to establish the claim. If the Comr or yourself wish any references as to myself I would refer you or him to Hon Saml Clark M.P. or Hon Chas E Stuart Senate with both of whom I am personally well acquainted.
Yours Truly in haste E. C. Briggs

Brief in the case of the Heirs of Harmon J Demaris Johnson Michigan

Brief in the case of the Heirs of Harmon & Homanis Johnson.
Proof of Service - The Secretary of State of Massachusetts certifies that
1. A service of Harmon Johnson, 1775, of 8 months, in Brewster's Company - entered the army from Taunton 2. Service of same in 1778 of 5 months and 7 days in Jacob Fuller's Company - entered the also from Taunton - 3 - That the name of Harmon Johnson is found on a list of men mustered for 6 months - from Bristol County Rhode Island - list dated July 8. 1778 - no term of service stated.
Identity - 1. The application upon which the above certificate was issued names Captain Cook, Cobb, and Briggs and Col. Prescott, as the probably officers under whom the claimant's father served - it avers, however, that he entered the army from Taunton .
2. Upon application of the heirs the Town Clerk of Taunton certifies that the records were burnt in 1838 - No evidence exists, therefore, that no other person of the name of Harmon Johnson lived at Taunton during the war, capable of bearing arms.
3. Two witnesses, namely, Nehemiah Newhall (aged 83) and Charlotte Paul (age not stated) testify that they

are the brother and sister, respectively, of Damaris Johnson, whose maiden name was Newhall = That her husband, resided in Taunton during the revolutionary war, and served therein - Nehemiah Newhall thinks he served at least 6 months - Charlotte Paul says she lived at their house during said war for about 4 years, during most of which time the husband of Damaris was absent in the army. - These witnesses are not certified to be credible.
Marriage 1. Recd proof is furnished that the parties filed their "Intentions of Marriage" on the 3 d August 1776 - with the Town Clerk of Berkly, where Damaris is shown to have lived before marriage. Berkly and Taunton are in the same County (Bristol, Mass.)
2. The above named witnesses (Nehemiah Newhall and Charlotte Paul) swear they were present at the marriage - the former says he was then six years of age, and the latter that she was 9 - Nehemiah swears (in 1853) that he was 83 years old - This would make the date of the marriage in 1776 - corresponding with the certificate of Town Clerk. -
Heirship - The certificate of a Court of Record based upon affidavits of two credible witnesses shows that the applicants (five in number) are the only surviving children

are the brother and sister, respectively, of Damaris Johnson, whose maiden name was Newhall = That her husband, resided in Taunton during the revolutionary war, and served therein - Nehemiah Newhall thinks he served at least 6 months - Charlotte Paul says she lived at their house during said war for about 4 years, during most of which time the husband of Damaris was absent in the army. - These witnesses are not certified to be credible.
Marriage 1. Recd proof is furnished that the parties filed their "Intentions of Marriage" on the 3 d August 1776 - with the Town Clerk of Berkly, where Damaris is shown to have lived before marriage. Berkly and Taunton are in the same County (Bristol, Mass.)
2. The above named witnesses (Nehemiah Newhall and Charlotte Paul) swear they were present at the marriage - the former says he was then six years of age, and the latter that she was 9 - Nehemiah swears (in 1853) that he was 83 years old - This would make the date of the marriage in 1776 - corresponding with the certificate of Town Clerk. -
Heirship - The certificate of a Court of Record based upon affidavits of two credible witnesses shows that the applicants (five in number) are the only surviving children

of the parties -
Death of the Parties - There is no evidence whatever of the date of the death of the parties in whose right this claim is asserted other than the Affidavit of the claimants themselves.
No administrator upon the estate of either of the parties appears to have been appointed -
Upon the credibility of Nehemiah Newell and Charlotte Paul being duly certified - the date of the death of Harmon & Deborah Johnson being satisfactorily shown and the appointment of administrators duly certified I think the claim might be admitted for the two two first named items of service. The third is not identified as having been performed by the father of claimants, and its duration is uncertain if it were
Very respectfully,
Yours H. H. Kent
Kiddus
E. D. Clark
May 16/34
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner Of Pensions

I Nehemiah Newhall of Berkley in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, do, (now being duly sworn) depose & say that I was born and now reside in the town of Berkley County of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, that my age now is Eighty three years that I was well acquainted with Herman Johnson of Taunton & Damais Newhall of Berkley who was an elder sister of mine that I distinctly recollect of being present at my Father's House & witnessing the marriage of Herman Johnson & Damais Newhall that I was at that time about six years of age and that I frequently visited said Johnson & wife after they removed to Taunton, and likewise distinctly recollect of said Herman Johnson's performing service in the army as a Soldier in the revolutionary War, the amount of time which he served in said War, I do not distinctly remember, but I do remember that he served several months, and I think & believe it was as long as six months Nehemiah C Newhall Berkley Feb 16th 1853
Bristol to wit February 16th 1853 Nehemiah Newhall named in the above deposition personally appeared before me and being duly sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth relating to the cause for which the deposition is taken, was examined by me the Justice, the deposition being wholly written by me the said Justice and was carefully read to, and by said deponent and was then subscribed by him
Dated at Berkley February 16th 1853
Ephraim French Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston St.
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Ad. G. G. G.
No 2,  Rehearsal Rehearsals Affidavit
Feb 18-53

Washington City April 10 1887
Dear Cousin
In herewith enclose the affidavit of the Clerk of the Town of Farmville Mass in relation to the information asked of him in your letter a copy of which I forward to him
Yours truly Mrs. May

Washington City D.C. May 23. 1853
Sir
Please find enclosed additional evidence from the heirs of Lemaris Johnson & Harman Johnson deceased for Pension under the acts of 1832. and 1836 which can you will please report to us when acted upon
Yours
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Very Respectfully
W. F. Kelly

New Haven Mich July 26. 1854
Hon. L. J. Waldo. Commr of Pensions &c Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - I herewith enclose additional evidence in relation to the time of the decease of Marianne Johnson & Demaris Johnson which I hope may be considered satisfactory. The latter now refers to events and circumstances by which she is able to fix the period of the decease of said persons respectively. I also enclose duplicate of letter of Administration on the estate of said decease obtained from the proper Probate Court. At first supposed the procuring of administration would be attended with more difficulty, expense & consequently wished to avoid it; but on inquiry of the proper officers & examination of the law found I had been in an error in that respect and being not only willing but desirous of taking every necessary step in the premises, as suggested by you I have procured letters of administration. I think now I have complied with every suggestion or requirement of your office in relation to this case. Will you please therefore as soon as the Peral Secy of the Interior shall decide upon the appeal I felt constrained to take from your decision as to time of service of said Marianne Johnson to be allowed for, to issue a Certificate or draft for the amt due to the heirs of said deceased & forward the same to. Let the draft be made payable to my order as administrator &c.
I am Sir very Respectfully Yours E. O. Pugs

San San Mich Sept 8 1852
Hon James E. Heath Comt of Pensions
Dear Sir
Herewith I transmit to you papers relating to the claim of the heirs of Harmon Johnson & of his widow Remans Johnson for Pension on account of Revolutionary services, due said persons at the time of their decease.
Will you please give the claim a care- ful consideration & communicate your decision upon it, which I hope will be favorable as soon as may be consistent with matters already before you
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours
E. O. Briggs

San Juan Puer Rico Dec 16 th 1832
Dear Sir
On the 8 th Sept last I sent to your office by mail Certain papers relating to & intended to substantiate a Claim of the Heirs of Harmon Johnson a Revolutionary Soldier, to moneys due the deceased at the time of his death as pension Also relating in the same manner to a claim of said Heirs for moneys due as pension at the time of her death to Deborah Johnson widow of said Harmon Johnson.
I have not heard from you on the subject, not even having rec d an acknowledgement of the receipt of the papers. Will you please reply to this & inform me whether the papers have been rec d & if they have please give them your attention as soon as practicable.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully, Yours
E. O. Priggs
Hon James E Heath Com r of Pensions. Washington City
Chas. J. to Kirby 14 th Sep

No 6 Certificate of Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
May 26/54

Stephen P. Mackay Speaker of the House
Defeat at Springfield Mass. May 24 th 1824
The Republican (Mass) and that all is a complete
rejection to the views of our Governor. I expect to
be in the Senate in the course of the next week and in
the Senate to the members of the House of Representatives
and I suppose the Mass will be in the next week
and will be in the next week and will be in the next
and will be in the next week and will be in the next
and will be in the next week and will be in the next

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Franklin County S.S.
I Alexander P. Maxwell a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am the same Alexander P. Maxwell who as a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid took the affi- -davit of Charlotte Paul of Charlemont in said County on the 17 th day of March 1853, and that I am well acquainted with said Charlotte Paul, who made and subscribed the said affidavit (said affidavit being in relation to the marriage of Harman Johnson of Taunton and Demaris Newhall of Berkley and in relation to the service of said Harman Johnson in the Revolutionary war) and that she is a credible person.
Dated at Charlemont Mass. May 24 th 1854
Alexander P. Maxwell Justice of the Peace

No 9.
May 18/54

Washington City May 18. 1852
Dear Sir
Since I had the pleasure of seeing you this morning in relation to the Claim of the heirs of Harmon Johnson, I have made an effort to find some person in this City who could Certify as to the Credibility of the witnesses who testified in the case to wit Charlotte Scull & Deborah Newhall but have been unable to find any person acquainted with them. I have therefore written to Massachusetts to obtain the necessary Certificates as to their Credibility which I have no doubt shall receive in a few days & which I will forward you from Pawtucket, to which place I return immediately. This being as I understood you all that would be further required, I hope upon their receipt a favorable report will be made & that a Certificate for the amount due will be issued immediately thereafter.
I have the Honor to be Sir
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
E. O. Briggs
Hon. L. J. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington City

No 10 S
May 30/54

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss.
I Ephraim French a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and state aforesaid and before us such in the month of February 1853 the affidavit of Nehemiah Newhall of Berklely in said County was taken, as to the services of Warman Johnson in the revolutionary war and as to the marriage of said Warman Johnson and Deborah Newhall. As hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Nehemiah Newhall who made and subscribed the said affidavit and that he is a credible person (Dated at Berklely May 30th 1854
Ephraim French, Justice of the Peace

By 11
June 5/54

New Haven Mich June 5 th 1852
Hon. S. P. Hild.
Comm ee of Pensions &c
Dear Sir,
In the Case of the Claim of the heirs of Warren & Demaris Johnson, I herewith enclose you Certificates made by the magistrates, before whom the affidavits of Charlotte Saul & Nehemiah Newhall, were respectively taken, certifying as to their credibility. This as I understood you, when I had the honor of a personal interview with you on the 18 th ult. would be all you would further require to establish the claim. I therefore now respectfully request that you issue the Certificate for said heirs & same time. One point however I will mention, on which I am not positively certain I understood you. Correctly, that is for the length of time you would consider service of Warren Johnson proved value pension. There is one period of his service stated in the Certificate of Sec of State of Mass. to be by Warren Johnson from Rhode Island, & the Certificate does not state the length of time of this period of his service. Mrs Charlotte Saul swears that he served at least ten years & a half, which would entitle him to a full pension. The impression I obtained in my conversation with you was that you would accordingly allow a full pension, but as I above remarked I am not positively certain you meant so to be understood. There is no doubt in my own mind but that the Warren Johnson stated to have entered the service from Rhode Island is the same with the Warren Johnson of Taunton Mass. & that he performed service in the army more than two years, but it would be difficult to

prove it by testimony any more direct & explicit than that of Mrs Paull. Secondary evidence might perhaps be obtained, by taking con- siderable pains & trouble to look it up. I hope however that the evi- dence already filed will be deemed sufficient on that point.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully Yours A. C. Briggs

May 4
June 19/54

to the Hon. Secretary of the Interior, on that single point. This possibly may be of no avail, but I feel that I should not fully do my duty to the applicants otherwise. Will you please defer action unless you shall yourself allow for sufficient time to entitle to full pension to refer the papers & all the correspondence on the subject to him for his action on that point alone & as soon as decided (which I hope may be very soon) whether it be to allow full pension or only pro rata amt for the periods of time actually stated by the Secy of War, will you please issue Certificate for the amount allowed & forward to me.
I also enclose power of Atty from all the heirs authorizing me to receive their Certificates or drafts. &c
Respectfully Yours A. O. Briggs

Law Office Mid. June 19. 1852
Hon. G. J. Waldo
Counsel of Plaintiff, &amp;c
Dear Sir— I have rec d yours of the 10 th inst making further suggestions in relation to claim of Warren & Demaris Johnson's heirs is rec d & although I am quite confident in relation to the understanding had with you when I saw you on the morning of the 18 th inst last, I send you further proof as to the time of the deaths of Warren & Demaris Johnson. I should have sent this before, but for the understanding I supposed existed in relation to what was required. At the interview referred to you will perhaps recollect, that you suggested to me that if I could find any person of standing in Washington who could testify as to the credibility of Mr Newhall & Mrs Paul, the whole matter might be disposed of at once & I took a memorandum to that effect & made such effort but being unable to do it then wrote you the same afternoon in relation to it. This however is all a question of time, as the proof on this point is I think sufficiently clear. You did it is true suggest a defect there as to the time of the deaths & also the appointment of an administrator, but after a little conversation upon the subject in which I gave you my personal assurance of the facts, I understand you to waive the former objection & am entirely certain you did as to the latter. With regard to this the appointment of an administrator, I remarked that it would be attended with considerable expense & delay, that the parties had been many years dead, that they left no property whatever, & further that the place of their deaths was out of the jurisdiction of the Probate Court of the County in which the heirs reside, that all the heirs had joined in the application. You then expressly said that you would waive that. In the affidavits I now send is also contained proof that the applicants are the only heirs living of the deceased soldier. So far then I have fully complied with the

2 agreements of the Pension office, & it only remains a question as to the time of service for which the deceased soldier shall be allowed to have served. On this point we have the direct testimony of Mrs. Paull that he served or was absent in the army at least two years & a half. We have the Certificate of the Secy of Mass as to service of some 18 months from Taunton & a further period time not stated in which he entered the service from Rhode Island. Taunton in Mass is but a very short distance from the Rhode Island line & it is highly probable at least that this service from R I was performed by the same Samuel Johnson, & the Cert of the Secy of Mass shows this service to have been at a different date from the others, thus showing that it might have been by the same. In cases of this kind it appears to me the Govt should take a liberal view of the matter. In nine cases out of ten, it would be utterly impossible at this date, now more than 70 years since the close of the Rev. War to prove by direct testimony of persons who were of mature age at that period or who positively knew of the service of the soldier, such minute matters as a correct or definite statement of the length of time served. Much then must necessarily rest on circumstantial proof, or on claims of the kind, in the absence of record evidence, could be established, and on that point I have obtained the best within my reach. None might be obtained as to the service of the soldier but would be secondary or traditional, only & probably no more definite as to time than that already obtained. I am aware that the amount to be allowed must be governed by the laws in existence during the lifetime of the soldier & his widow; but on this point allow me to refer to the much more liberal laws which have since been passed by which a full pension is allowed for a much shorter term of service than that actually proved in this case. I have not the least doubt that the soldier actually performed more than two years service, but it will probably be impossible to prove it by direct testimony. I hope therefore upon a careful review of this testimony you will finally allow a full pension in this case. If not, I most respectfully beg leave to refer the matter

New Haven Mich Dec 1. 1853
Hon. S. J. Waldo Commr of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
In Sept. 1852 I filed in the office of Commr of Pensions an application of the heirs of Harmon & Demaris Johnson for arrears of pension due said Harmon & Demaris at the time of their deaths respectively under the Acts of June 7. 1832. July 4. 1836. and other laws relating to Rev. Pensions. On the 24 th of Jany 1853 I recd a communication dated the 18 th of said month requiring further proof as to the marriage of said Harmon & Demaris & admitting that Harmon Johnson had performed service in the Rev. Army. On the 12 th & 22 nd of Apr last respectively I transmitted to J. T. Neely Esq to be filed with the other papers relating to the claim in your office full proof of the marriage; Mr Neely informs me that he so filed these papers. Such being the case I deem it not improper considering the length of time that has elapsed respectfully to enquire the decision of the department concerning it; & whether any further proof is required. The last papers filed by me in April last I supposed to be fully sufficient on the points indicated in the communication of Jany 18 th before referred to from your office & also fully proving the identity of the Harmon Johnson admitted to have performed service with the one mentioned in the claim I filed & for these reasons I confidently expected a favorable decision from your office. A short time since I requested Mr Neely to look after this matter at your office, but he writes me that you require a Power of Atty in such cases, which as the claimants are somewhat scattered it would be attended with considerable trouble to get. & I therefore apply to you directly. I would say however that any act of Mr Neely in the matter might be considered as my own.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours C. C. Duggan

San Luis Potosi Jany 20. 1852
Hon. L. S. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington.
Dear Sir.—On the 1 st Dec. ult I wrote you in relation to the Claim of heirs of Harmon & Demaris Johnson, the papers in relation to which were filed by me in Sept. 1852 & Apr 1853. I have not rec d a reply to my letter nor a report on said Claim. I have taken every means to furnish the Department with proper evidence in relation to this Claim & I think the papers now on file fully substantiate it. I know not what more I can do until I can learn from your office what further, if anything is required. Please inform me what more is required of me & I will do it even if it is to make a pilgrimage to Washington on foot.
Very Respectfully Yours C. O. Prigg

Breit in the case of Harrison Johnson, deceased - and Semaris Johnson, deceased, widow of said Harrison. Van Buren County and State of Michigan. acts. June 7, 1832 and 4 th July 1836.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase," )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
These claims have been allowed in conformity to decision of the Pension Office affirmed, upon appeal, by the Secretary of the Interior.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
E. O. Briggs Esqr Law Law
Name and residence of Agent
Van Buren Co Michigan
A. G. Hub Examining Clerk.

I Almon Pratt Judge of the Circuit Court for the County of Van Buren do hereby declare that the foregoing testimony was duly taken open Court at a general term of said Circuit Court held at the Court House in the village of Paw Paw on this seventh day of September A.D. 1852. And I do further hereby declare my opinion to be, based upon said testimony; that the applicants named are the heirs of the said Harmon Johnson and Demaris Johnson deceased as stated in said testimony.
A. Pratt
Cir. Judge and a Judge of the Sup. Court of the State of Michigan.

State of Michigan
Circuit Court for the County of Van Buren } ff
On this Seventh day of September A.D. 1852 personally appeared in open Court, Sophronia Bangs & Abraham Ball ————— respectable persons residing in said County of Van Buren who being duly sworn according to law say that they are well acquainted with the above named Charlotte Moon, Mehetael Ball, Tryphena Woodman, and Nehemiah Johnson, and also with Esther Eymeson of Harrison County in the State of Indiana, that they have for many years been acquainted, with said persons and with the family of Harmon Johnson deceased mentioned in the foregoing declaration; that said Charlotte Moon, Mehetael Ball, Tryphena Woodman, Nehemiah Johnson, and Esther Eymeson are the reputed legitimate children and heirs of the said Harmon Johnson and of his wife Deborah Johnson deceased and that they verily believe them to be such legitimate children and heirs, and that they are the only heirs of the said Harmon Johnson & Deborah Johnson now surviving
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 7th day of September A.D. 1852 J. T. Morrison Leo Kelso
Sophronia Bangs Abraham Ball
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicants are the heirs of said Harmon Johnson & Deborah Johnson deceased, as above stated

State of Michigan
Circuit Court for the County of Van Buren } ss
J. S. Tallmadge Conway, Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charlotte Moon, Mehetaiah Ball Tryphena Woodman, Nehemiah Johnson & Esther Cymson for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of September A.D. 1852
J. S. Conway County Clerk

7868-236 Sept. 14/52. Heirs of Harcourt W 1 Demaris Johnson Indiana 38,446 - act '32.
Claim for Pension
June 7 th 1832 & July 4 th 1836.
Michigan
Declaration
Proof of Service
He died June 6. 1834
She ad Sept 12. 1840
Memo Aug 16. 1776.
Presented by
E. O. Buggs
Law Paw
Mich

Probate Court.
ESTATE OF
Hanna Johnson x Demaris Johnson
Deceased.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

Duplicate
STATE OF MICHIGAN, } ss. COUNTY OF Van Buren }
Probate Court for said County :
In the matter of the Estate of Warren Johnson & Deborah Johnson deceased.
By Elisha D. Dutkee said County.
Judge of Probate for
To Emory O. Briggs
of said County, GREETING :
Whereas, Warren Johnson & Deborah Johnson lately departed this life intestate, being at, or immediately previous to their death inhabitants of the County of Putnam Ohio and having while they lived and at the time of their decease, Estate within the County of Van Buren Michigan to be administered; whereby the power of committing administration and full disposition of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate whereof the said deceased died possessed, in the State of Michigan, and also the hearing, examining and allowing the account of such administration doth appertain unto me; and you having given a bond in the premises, which has been duly approved and filed as required by law in that behalf: NOW, THEREFORE, trusting in your care and fidelity, I do, by these presents, commit unto you the said Emory O. Briggs
full power and authority to administer and faithfully dispose of according to law, all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of said deceased, within the State of Michigan, which shall at any time come to your possession or to the possession of any other person for you, and to ask, gather, levy, recover and receive all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate whatsoever, of said deceased, which to them while they lived and at the time of their death did belong: and to pay and discharge all debts, and charges chargeable on the same, or such dividends thereon as shall be ordered and decreed by said Court: Hereby requiring you to make and return to said Court, within three months, a true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and real estate of said deceased, which shall come to your possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person for you, and also to render a just and true account of your administration to said Court, within one year, and at any other time when required by said Court, and to perform all orders and decrees of said Court by you to be performed in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Probate Court, at Paw Paw the Twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Elisha Dutkee
Judge of Probate.
Recorded, Lib. Fol.
State of Michigan } County of Van Buren } I, Franklin M. Manning Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Elisha Dutkee Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Letter of administration is now at the time of signing the same Judge of Probate for said County of Van Buren and duly authorized to issue the same.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Circuit Court this 26 th day of July 1854
Franklin M. Manning Clerk R. S. Conway Secy

No 7
May 1854

Know all men by these presents that we Charlotte Moon, Mehitable Ball, Stephen Woodman , Nehemiah Johnson and Esther Eynson Children and heirs at law of Harmon Johnson, and Demaris Johnson deceased, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint Emory O. Briggs of Paw Paw Michigan our true and lawful attorney, irrevocably for us and each of us severally & collectively to receive in our names from the United States, all such sums of money, warrants, or pension certificates due us, for or on account of Pension or arrears of Pension due to said Harmon Johnson & Demaris Johnson deceased at the time of their decease respectively, under the act of June 17. 1832. July 4. 1836. & March 3. 1837 or any other act or acts of Congress entitling said Harmon Johnson or Demaris Johnson or either of them during their respective lives to Pension. Hereby having expressed reference to our application and declaration as heirs aforesaid heretofore made in due form of law & now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City. Hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever our said attorney shall in our names legally do or cause to be done in the premises.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this thirtieth day of May A D 1837
Signature of S Woodman G. Marked
Charlotte Moon Mehitable Ball Esther Eynson B. Mehitable Ball City
N Johnson

State of Michigan } Van Buren County } ss
On this fifteenth day of June A.D. 1852 before me a Notary Public in and for said County came the within named.
Charlotte Moon, Nehemiah Johnson, Mahatabel Ball and Esther Eyrson by her attorney, Mahatabel Ball known to me to be the persons who executed the within instrument and acknowledged that they had severally executed the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned. And the said Mahatabel Ball as attorney for the said Esther Eyrson acknowledged that she had executed the same as the free act and deed of the said Esther Eyrson.
E. Mathew Notary Public Van Buren, Co Mich.
State of Michigan } ss Van Buren County } ss
I Franklin M Manning Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Eusebius Mathew Esq, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate of Acknowledgment was at the time of taking the same a Notary Public in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized to take the same. And further that the above named Circuit Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 17th day of June 1852.
F. M. Manning Clerk By S. T. Lennay Deputy

No 3 Charlotte Pauls Affidavit
March 1853

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN, ss.
I, GEORGE GRENNELL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Alexander P. Maxwell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Alexander P. Maxwell and believe his signature to said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Geo. Grennell Clerk.

I Charlotte Paull of Charlemont in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts (now being duly sworn) do depose and say that I was born in the town of Berkeley County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts on the thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven, and resided there till I was seventy years old, that I was well acquainted with Harmon Johnson of Taunton, and Damaris Newhall of sd. Berkley, who was an elder sister of mine, that I distinctly recollect of being present at my fathers house and witnessing the marriage of the said Harmon Johnson and Damaris Newhall, that I was at that time about nine years of age, and that they were married by the Rev. Samuel Toby then a settled minister in said Town of Berkley, and that about a year after they were married I went to live in their family at Taunton where I remained about four years, the said Harmon Johnson being absent in the army the most of that time at least two years and a half.
Charlemont March 17, 1853.
Charlotte Paull
Franklin ss. March 17, 1853. Then Charlotte Paull named in the above deposition personally appeared before me, and being duly sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, relating to the cause for which this deposition is taken, was examined by me the Justice, the deposition being wholly written by me the said Justice, and was carefully read to, and by the said deponent, and was then subscribed by her.
Dated at Charlemont this seventeenth day of March A D 1853
Alexander P. Maxwell Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan County of Van Buren ss. Sophronia Bangs of said County of Van Buren being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the same Sophronia Bangs who in the month of June last past made an affidavit in relation to the date of the deaths of Harmon Johnson and Demaris Johnson Widow of said Harmon; and that upon reflection as to the date & time of the decease of said Harmon and Demaris since the time of making the said affidavit she is able to fix upon the date of the death of said Harmon Johnson more definitely than at the time of making said affidavit, by the following stated Circumstances That in the month of May A.D. 1834 (deponent then living in the State of New York with her family) in company with her hus- -band made a visit to Ypsilanti in the State of Michigan (then Territory of Michigan) and that the time of the death of said Harmon Johnson was in the month of April before said visit above mentioned; and she is further able to fix the date & time of said visit from the fact that in the following year A.D. 1835 deponent with her husband & family removed from said State of New York to Michigan and settled in the County of Van Buren where she & they still reside. And she further says that she recollects the time of the death of the said Demaris Johnson from the fact that in the month of October A.D. 1841 deponent buried a daughter named Sarah Bangs, and that she has the relative dates of the death of the said Demaris Johnson associated in her mind & that the death of the said Demaris was about one year and one month previous to the death of said deponents daughter Sarah. And this deponent further says in explanation of the above statement as to the time of the death of said Harmon Johnson, that at the time of the decease of said Harmon Johnson he said Harmon resided in the State of Ohio, and that at the time of deponents said visit to Ypsilanti she was first inform- -ed of the decease of said Harmon, by her said friends in Ypsilanti.

who were also acquainted with the said Harmon & that she was then informed that said Harmon Johnson had died in the month of April previous; and that her said friends in Spulanti had a letter from some member of the family of said Harmon, communicating the intelligence of said decease at that time;
Sophronia Bangs
I draw to and subscribe before me this Eighteenth day of July A.D. 1854 and I Certify that the words "with the death of her said daughter" were interlined in said affidavit before being so subscribed and sworn to. And I further Certify that I am acquainted with the said Sophronia Bangs and that she is a respectable and credible person.
James Cram Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan County of Washtenaw ss. I Franklin M. Manning Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw & State of Michigan, do hereby Certify that James Cram Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and who has subscribed his name thereto in his own proper hand writing was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & sworn and authorized to take the same.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Circuit Court at Ann Arbor on this 26 th day of July A.D. 1854
Franklin M. Manning Clerk By S. J. Conway Sep