Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16891, for James Johnson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Johnson, James
S. 16891
boarded.
CONTENTS

Missouri (19.820)
James Johnson
Washington in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Panphil of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cabal in the Virginia line for 9 Mo: 28 d. $66.16 $30 16.54 208 $33.08 $82.80
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 33 Dollars 08 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sep. 1833 and due to M. Tickle Dollars
Arrears to the 4th of Ap. '31 $ 82.80 Semi-ann. allowance ending 11 M. '34 16.54 $98.34
Revolutionary Claim, N. Act June 7, 1832. Go. C. C. Clerk
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 8. Page 83.
Date of death not in B

22799
James Johnson Washington Co Missouri
Return
of him
Adm 9. Months & 28 days. _____
Mason Tiptel Esq. Potosi. Washington Co Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Johnson. Washington Co. Missouri
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 " 4 15 Priv Capt. N. Pamplin Col. Ser. Col. Bal. None Virg a 73 years Amherst Co. Va. Traditionary One Witness   1780 " 4 15 " Capt. Geo. Hays Col. Pres. (ton & Campbell) None N. Car a 60. Va.   1781 About 14 " 14. Not stated Col. Bal. Loway " Virg a   { Several other terms not stated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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

State of Missouri } County of Washington }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said county James Johnson who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time he was in the service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below as a private soldier each time during the year 1876 he served for four months and a half in the year 1880 he served four months and a half in the year 1881 he served two weeks and at the several times mentioned in his declaration indefinitely he served at least two weeks more and for these services he claims a pension
And this deponent further states that he knows no living witness by whom he can prove his services except his brother John Johnson whose deposition was forwarded to the department with his declaration and that owing to his bodily infirmities and his blindness he trusts that the answers to the interrogatories may be dispensed with as they are substantially embraced in his declaration and for the cause just mentioned it would be extremely inconvenient for him to appear before the court which sits eighteen miles from his place of abode to have the answers taken down in writing and that from the instructions of the department he did not conceive it necessary that it should so be done his James Johnson This Day personally appeared James Johnson before me James Johnson and made oath to the above statements, this the 20 th Day of May 1883. James Johnson Justice of the Peace within and for Washington County, Missouri

We James Williams a clergyman residing in the county of Washington and James Hamilton residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition explanatory to his declaration to obtain a pension that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed this fourth
day of the 15th June - 1833
James J. Johnson Justice of the peace
James Williams James Hamilton
I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge of James Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate that he is a minister of the gospel in the Baptist church and that he is universally esteemed among his acquaintance as a man of probity and candour and that James Hamilton who has also subscribed and sworn to the same certificate is a man who is well acquainted with James Johnson who has applied for a pension and that he is esteemed in his neighborhood as a man whose word may be relied on with implicit confidence.
James J. Johnson Justice of the peace

22.799 James Johnson
Application for Pension —
✓
Filed February 5 th 1833.
J. C. Wickey Clerk

Miami Washington County
This day appeared James Johnson before me James Johnson a Justice of the Peace and now after that James Johnson turned out volunteer under Col. Coble in the year of 1876 or 1877 and received and brought him part of the pay back after he was discharged in the last of the fall or first of the winter.
February 5-1881 one thousand eight hundred and eighty three
James Johnson Justice of the Peace
Kentucky

State of Missouri Washington County
As I John C. Buckley Clerk of the County Court within and for said County Herby Certify that James J. Johnson Esquire whose signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is and was an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County at the time of making the same duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that due faith and credit is given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Office in the Town of Potosi this 9 th day of February A. D 1833.
J. C. Buckley Clerk

State of Missouri County of Washington } ss County Court
On this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before James M White John Briley and Andrew Goforth justices of the county the court of Washington County now sitting James Johnson a resident of Washington County State of Missouri 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 th 1832
That he was born in 1759 in Louisa County State of Virginia but was brought up for the most part in Bedford County Va but in dividing the county he fell into the part called Campbell that after the revolutionary war he lived two years in South Carolina he afterwards lived six years in Sullivan Co Tennessee and then thirty three years in Wayne Co Kentucky that he afterwards removed to Washington Co Missouri where he now resides - that he was living with his brother in Amherst County Va when he first entered the service - that he volunteered in the summer of 1776 under Col Joseph Cabell with Capt Nicholas Pumphrey though the men about 250 in number were not regularly organized into companies - that he marched to defend Williamsburg from an expected attack from the British whose fleet then lay in Hampton roads he continued in the service till the end of November or December of the same year and then left the service in consequence of sickness his term of actual service having been four or five months
Late in the spring of 1780 he volunteered under Col Preston with Capt John Hays and Thomas English to go against the Tories in Washington Co Va whom they dispersed taking some prisoners forcing some to take the State Oath and give security for their behaviour and having others enrol themselves with the troops. They were then discharged with the thanks of their

officers. But the same day Col Campbell beating up for volunteers he and most of his companions in arms volunteered under him and went by the way of Chisels old mines Harboards ferry and Flower Gap into the hollows of the Dan River in North Carolina against the Tories whom they dispersed or took prisoners from this tour he was discharged honourably about the 10 th of September and reached home on the 28 th having been in the service four or five months. During this tour he furnished his own horse and arms and scarcely tasted salt or bread owing to the extreme scarcity occasioned by the hard winter that had preceded.
In the summer of 1781 he volunteered under Col James Calloway and marched against Col Tarlton but before they met him he turned and marched back. This time he was out about two weeks.
Besides the times above stated he was out on several short tours against the Tories guarding prisoners and other services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and James his X Johnson mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court February 5 th 1833
J. C. Prickey Clerk
I James Glenn residing in the County of Washington County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that I believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reported in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that I concur in that opinion.
J. Glenn
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court
February 5 th 1833
J. C. Prickey Clerk

I John C. Bricey residing in the county of Washington State of Missouri do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Johnson who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that I believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed in the neigh- borhood where he resides as a man of truth but cannot state as to his reputation as a revolutionary soldier but know nothing against to the contrary Subscribed & sworn to before me in open court J. C. Bricey John Bricey Presiding Justice
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after putting the interrogatories above pre- scribed by the war department that the above- named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James Glen and John C. Bricey who have signed the preceding certificates are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John C. Bricey clerk of the County court of Washington County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Johnson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in the Town of Potosi the 9th day of February 1833
J. C. Bricey Clerk

January 17, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEI.
James Johnson-S.16891
Miss Ava Johnston Motor Route C., Box 117 Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension records of James Johnson(Johnston), Washington County, Missouri; William Johnson(Johnston), Marion County, Missouri; and William Johnson(Johnston), Senior, Harrison County, Missouri, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.
The record of James Johnson is furnished herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.16891, based upon the military service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War.
James Johnson was born in 1759, in Louisa County, Virginia, and was reared in Bedford County, that state. The names of his parents are not shown.
While living with a brother, name not given, in Amherst County, Virginia, James Johnson volunteered in the summer of 1776, served in Captain Nicholas Pumphrey's Company, Colonel Joseph Cabell's Virginia Regiment, marched to Williamsburg for the defense of that place against the British fleet then lying at Hampton Roads and was discharged about December 1, on account of sickness, having served four and one-half months; he enlisted late in the spring of 1780, served in Captain John Hays Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment and under Colonel Campbell in the Virginia Troops and went on a tour against the Indians in Washington County, Virginia, and on another tour against the Tories in North Carolina, and was discharged September 10, having served four and

one-half months: James Johnson volunteered again in in the summer of 1781, and served about two weeks under Colonel James Calloway in the Virginia Troops. He served, also, on short tours amounting to two weeks in all.
After the Revolution, he lived in Campbell (that part which was formerly Bedford) County, Virginia; two years in South Carolina; six years in Sullivan County, Tennessee; thirty-three years in Wayne County, Kentucky, after which he moved to Washington County, Missouri.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1833, while a resident of Washington County, Missouri.
There are no data as to wife or children.
In 1833, John Johnson, a brother of the soldier, was living in Washington County, Missouri. In same year, one James J. Johnson was a Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Missouri; no relationship to the soldier was shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Johnson-S.16891, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
James Johnson, Certificate No. 18820, issued September 18, 1833, rate $33.08 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

16 891 INVALID.
No. 16891 James Johnson Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910 May 20. Hist. to Mrs. Robert H. Strong - P
1936 - Jan 17 - Skist to Miss Ada Johnston Ef

Potasi No June 15
1035
June 29 No. N.F.
War Department Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Potosi Mo June 16 1833
Sir
Enclosed I forward you some further testimony in the case of James Johnson's application for a pension. When all the objections made to granting it are answered I hope to your satisfaction. As it regards the answers to the interrogatories to be propounded by the court I can find no grounds for supposing it would be required (from the first instructions issued by the department) that they should be separate from the declaration. All that would be deemed essential were intended to be embraced in the declaration. And I trust that separate answer will not be required from Mr Johnson owing to his unfortunate situation in regard to his eye sight.
Yours respectfully Mason Snipe

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
War Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motor Route C, Box 117, Dallas, Tex.
Nov. 26, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
2 Dear Sir: Please send me pension records for Revolutionary soldiers below. These served in Virginia and were pensioned in Missouri in 1835.
No 1. James Johnson (Johnston?), Washington Co., Mo.
No 2. William Johnson (Johnston?), by Marion Co., Mo.
3. William Johnson (Johnston?), Br., Harrison Co., Mo.
Yours Truly, (Miss) Ava Johnston.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. 1910

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS &amp; LOUISVILLE RAILWAY CO.
MAY 11 1910
MONON ROUTE
Indianapolis
Station May 9- 1910
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C. Dear Sir
For patriotic society purposes, I wish to get information regarding both John and James Johnston, who served in the Revolutionary war, and enlisted from Virginia.
Will you kindly give me record of James Johnson, private, service "Va Militia", who was placed on roll Sept 1833. Washington County Mo.
And John Johnson, private, Hanson Co, Va. Service "Virginia line", on roll Dec 1819 - When and where did he die? Have you any way of knowing whether thick John Johnson was the brother of James above mentioned, and if not where James brother John did serve and whether or not their father served. I wish to have as complete record as possible and as many "fighting ancestors" as possible. John was my direct

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS &amp; LOUISVILLE RAILWAY CO.
MAY 11 1910
MONON ROUTE
Station.....191
line ancestor and he died in Washington County Mo in 1834 - or '35 - at the home of his son Josiah - He had a brother James hence the clue from the Washington Co Mo pension records.
Any information you can furnish me, or any suggestions, will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly Mary Johnson Strong
Address Mrs Robt H Strong 2239 E. Meridian St Indianapolis Ind.

Further Testimony in the case of James Johnson

816891
May 20, 1910.
Mrs. Robert H. Strong,
# 2339 North Meridian Street,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 9 th and received the 10 th instant, you are advised that James Johnson was allowed pension, Sur. File No. 16,891. on his application executed February 5, 1883, while a resident of Washington County, Missouri. He stated that he was born in 1759 in Louisa County, Virginia, was brought up in that part of Bedford County, Virginia, which was later called Campbell County, Virginia, and resided in Amherst County, Virginia, when he served as a Private in the Virginia troops as follows.
Summer, 1778; under Captain Nicholas Pamplin, Colonel Joseph Cabal, served until the end of November or December; four and one half months.
Spring, 1780; under Captain John  John Hays, Colonels Preston and Campbell, until September, 10; four and one half months.
Summer, 1781; under Colonel James Calloway, two weeks.
Served several other short tours; two weeks.
After the Revolution, soldier resided in South Carolina for two years; Sullivan County, Tennessee later and Wayne County, Kentucky, thirty-three years, and then removed to Washington County, Missouri.
The date of his death is not shown.

Sur. File No. 16,891.--2
In Washington County, Missouri, on February 5, 1833, John Johnson testified that his brother James turned out as a volunteer under Colonel Cable, and that he went and brought him part of the way back after he was discharged x x x. Said John Johnson did not allege that he served in the Revolution, nor does it appear that he applied for pension.
There is no further family data on file-- no reference to soldier's father.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.