Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13572, for Edward Johnson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Johnson, Edward
S. 13572
CONTENTS
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329 3 8917 New York Edward Johnson Martinsburg in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Starr of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Ch. m. for 8.10
Entered on the Roll of New York the rate of 27 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and Sept 1 st to J. H. Jones  Lowville
Emears to the 14th of March 1833 $55.52 Pension, allowances ending 1 st Sept. 13.88
$69.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 22

13293 Edward Johnson
- Rolls - 5 mo 10 days -
admitted.
5 mo. 10 days Private
2. King

BRIEF in the case of Edward Johnson of Ulsterburgh in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     allay In 1777 6 Private Gen. Capt. David Stark, Connec't Colo J. Meigs Continental line   prior to the above, and in 1777. four hours in all 13 weeks 3 " Captains, E. Johnson Eli Butler, Ser't Bacon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middletown Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

B. 293 Edward Johnson
✓ Declaration
Robert July 20 1841 Aug 10 1841
admitted.
8 mo. 10 days Private.

State of New York
Lewis County ss. On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis nearilling Edward Johnson a resident of Martinborough in the County of Lewis aged Seventy three 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. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the year 1779 in the month of May he enlisted in the Regular Continental Army for six months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Meigs and in the Company commanded by Captain David Starr and faithfully served the term for which he enlisted marched from Middletown Connecticut to White Plains and to King's Bridge on the Hudson River & crossed into New Jersey -
That in the year 1777 he served in the Connecticut Militia under Captain Ebenezer Johnson for four weeks at the time Danbury was burnt - and at the time the British landed at East Haven was called out & served two weeks was at another time called out and served five weeks under Captain Eli Butler in a Company of Cavalry was also called out to defend Guilford & served two weeks under Captain Jeremiah Bacon in a Company of Cavalry of the Connecticut Militia
That he resided when he entered the service at the several times above stated in the Town of Middletown County of Middlesex Connecticut Connecticut
That he claims for nine months service in all - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except

Obadiah Johnson of the Town of Mexico Oswego county whose affidavit is hereto annexed and that he has no documentary evidence
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the pension here declared that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Army of any State
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid.
his Edward S Johnson mark
The Russell May a Clergyman residing in the Town of Paris Lewis County and State of New York residing in the Town of Paris do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Edward Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that he believes him to be twenty three years of age that he is infatuated and believes in the right about when he belong to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and his concern in that Pension
Sworn & subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Russell May Giles Foster
Carlos P Scott Clerk
That the said court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after due notice to the interested persons presented by the Rev. Dr. Eastman that the above named Edward Johnson was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as such States! and the first settlement thereof as it appears to them that Russell May who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in said Town of Paris and that Giles Foster who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town and a credible person and that this Statement is true to the best of their belief. In witness whereof
I Carlos P Scott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis do hereby certify

That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Reg. Court in the matter of the application of Edward Johnson for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty two —
Carlos P. Scott Clerk

Rev. h. m.
13.572 INVALID.
File No. 13.572
Edward Collierson St. Andrew's
Act: June 7th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Town of Richland
Oswego County
Be it remembered that on the twenty first day of Feb y in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two. Came before Me Robert Gillespie Esq r one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Obadiah Johnson of Mexico in said County Who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Nine Edward Johnson in the month of May Enlisted into the Regular Continental Army for Six Months in the Company Commanded by Capt. David Star of Middletown Connecticut, and served in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Jonathan Meigs and left the Regular Army late in the fall of the same year and After leaving the regular Army the said Edward Johnson served a number of times in the Militia of said State and further saith Not
Subscribed and sworn February 21 st 1832
Me Robert Gillespie J.P. Obadiah Johnson

State of New York County of Otsego ss
I, Eric Poor Clerk of the said County do certify that Robert Gillispie before shown the within affidavit purports to have been sworn over at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his handwrit- ing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his free hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office the 20 th day of September A.D. 1852
Eric Poor Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Johnson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

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

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.