Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10919, for Stephen Johnson, Connecticut

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No 3 New York
Stephen Johnson of Chautauqua in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt. commanded by Col McCallie in the Connecticut line for 2 Years
Date of death in Am B. July 31, 1832 (?)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Novem ber 1832 and sent to W m Johnson
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $120 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 40 00 $160 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5. Page 102

Steph Johnson
Declaration
admit 15 Nov 1882
Long continued by Col. W. H. Allen. The Vespers

State of New York County of Jefferson
On this 19 th day of July A 1832 personally appeared John Martin Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson aforesaid. Stephen Johnson a resident of the town of Champion, County of Jefferson & State of New York, aged Seventy 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 entered the service of the United States under the following names officer, & served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the month of May 1778 into a corps of minute men raised by the State of Connecticut, for one year, was to serve half of the time three months at a time. The Regiment was commanded by Col. M c Lallin. The Major's name was Abram Tyler of Haddam in Connect- icut. The Company in which he served was com- manded by Capt. Caleb Chapman of Ledybrook. The Lieut's name was Aaron Hale, he believes the Ensign's name was Cooley but is not certain. That the last of May or the first of June he was called into service and went to New Haven & served there three months, only a part of the Regt. was stationed at New Haven & was commanded by Major Abram Tyler. Col. M c Lallin lived at New London where this document supposes he was with the other part of the Regt. after serving three months at New Haven he returned home to Haddam in Connecticut where he stayed but a short time when he was called out in the fore part of Sept. and went to New London

When he served three months & was stationed in fort Trumbull on the west side of New London harbour on a neck of land called his neck fort Griswold stood on a hill on the east side of the harbour in Groton & was then commanded by Col. Ledyard - Then Major - he believes the said Stephen Johnson left the service & returned home the first of Dec, 1778. at which time all the Regt. who were with him and called out at the same time were dismissed and went home. And the said Stephen Johnson further declares on his oath as aforesaid. That he was drafted to fill up the Connecticut line of Continental troops. for six months in June 1779 - That he was mustered in Danbury Connecticut about the first of July - by an officer whose name he believes was Mansfield. is not certain his rank he does not recollect who gave him & five or six others orders to join the army at a place called Robison's Farms a place situated about six miles below West Point on the east side of the North River - at which place he joined the the Brigade commanded by General Samuel H. Parsons some time in the fore part of July - - The day he does not recollect - He believes the regt. to which he belonged was the 2 d Regt. of the Connecticut line, and was commanded by Col. Durkee The Company in which he served was called the Lieut. Col's Company - & was commanded by John Sumner - who he believes was a Lieut. Col. The reason why the company was so arranged he does not now recollect. whether there were not officers, serjeants or whether John Sumner was a brevet Lieut. Col. he does not now recollect. he recollect that when the Soldiers were detailed to go on guard or fatigue

a certain number were always called for from the Lieut. Col's Company. The Lieutenants name was Asahel Hodge. The Ensign's name he does not recollect. Hodge also acted as adjutant of the Regt. The Brigade consisted of four Regiments he does not recollect the names of all the Col's then was one Col. Meigs. He believes there was only General Parsons's Brigade lay at Robison's Farms. General Huntington who commanded the other Brigade of the Connecticut line lay with his brigade between Robison's Farms & West Point. He was at Robison's Farms until the last of Sept. - it might have been the first of Oct. - While his Regt. lay at Robison's Farms they worked on fatigue at getting out Oak timber suitable for a black house or fort on a mountain just below West Point. - it might have been two miles below - He does not recollect as the hill on which they worked had very many in particular there was one below it that was called Antony's Store - he supposes that a black house or fort was built of the timber which they got out for on his return home after his six months were out he was there and a black house or fort had been built. While his Regt. lay there he was at West Point & saw Christopher Bailey then who afterwards served one year with him in the Connecticut State troops. he also saw him when on guard at General Heath's Quarters. General Heath resided at a little Village just above West Point About the last of Sept. as nearly as he can rec- ollect he marched with his Regt. & he believes the whole Brigade to Peaks-Hill, lower down the River where they worked at getting out timber & making preparations for building a black house

on Plank's Point, on the ground or near where the old one stood (the Point was called Plank's Point among the Soldiers) He believes they lay at Peekskill two or three weeks, when they crossed from Plank's Point over to Stoney Point on the West Side of the river and took up their line of march for Morristown in New Jersey, for winter quarters.
The precise time when they took up their march from Peekskill for Morristown he does not recollect, but he recollects that farmers in New Jersey were harvesting their buck wheat & before they arrived to Morristown there were some flurries of snow. He believes that General Huntington's Brigade joined them at Peekskill and marched with them through to Morristown but of this he could not be certain. The names of the towns through which they marched to get to Morristown he does not recollect, and he does not know now as he enquired at the time so as to know them. - he was then but seventeen years old and is now seventy. He supposes they marched the most direct route they could from Peekskill to Morristown. They marched five miles from Half Moon Tavern in Morristown into a forest and built them huts for winter quarters. The direction they lay from Half Moon Tavern he does not know, always thought it was west. He under stood at the time that there were eleven Brigades in all the forests about Morristown. He believes the Brigade to which he belonged was the 2 d of the Connecticut line. There were two Brigades of the Connecticut line - Huntington's & Parsons' Brigades lay together in the same forest.

There were others lay in other forests around there. his time was out the first of January 1780 when he left Morristown & went to Danbury in Connecticut, at which Place he received a written Discharge, which is now lost. The name & rank of the officer who signed it he does not remember. He arrived at home in Hattam the 16th of January 1780. And the said Stephen Johnson also further states upon his oath as above said That he enlisted or volunteered in March 1781 (he being the first of March), to serve in the State troops of Connecticut for one year, under Capt. Jonathan Edwards. The Lieutenants name was Root. his Christian name he not Recollect. Beriah one ensign
The Regiment was commanded by Edwards Shipman, who ranked as Major
The Regiment to which he belonged was raised by classing the inhabitants, or at least they elect- -arent suppose the whole Regiment was raised in that manner for the men who accompanied him from the Town of Hattam in Connecticut were all raised in that manner - The town of Hattam was divided into eight classes & each class had to furnish a man, and he Stephen Johnson was one of the eight men who were raised by the said Town of Hattam - The other seven were John Bailey, Christopher Bailey, David Thomas, Calvin Brooks, Wells Smith, Stephen Burt & Beriah bone. The last of April or the first of May Received order to join his Regt. and immediately joined it at Palmer's Hill, which he believes was situated in the Town of Stamford, Fairfield County, State of Connecticut. Palmer's Hill lay about four or five miles from Stamford

Green. in (as he believes) a south westerly direction He was Stationed with his Regiment at Palmers Hill until his Regiment went into winter- quarters, there were two Reg'ts Stationed at that place under the Command of General Waterbury, for the purpose of watching the movements of the Cow- Boys & protecting the Country from their depreda- -tions - Their time was occupied in scaring the adjacent Country, & about Horse Neck, White Plains & Frogs Neck. He went on two expeditions in the mouth of June, under the Command of General Waterbury to Frogs Neck against the Cow Boys. Have fighting with them. The first time they brought off some cattle which the Cow Boys had collected together. The second time they were accompanied with a part of Sheldon's Reg't of Light Horse. Drove the Cow Boys into their lairs & they retreated on to Long Island. The first Regiment Stationed at Palmers Hill was commanded by Major Humphreys. He remembers Capt. James Dana & Capt. M c Gregor. He went into winter quarters in Stamford or Greenwich (he pronounces Stamford & Greenwich) believing it was Stamford. Where they built them huts. He believes they went into winter quarters the last of Nov. Lay in winter quarters until his time expired on the first of March 1782 when he was marched with his Regiment to Stamford Green and there discharged, without receiving any other discharge.
That the said Stephen Johnson further Declares as aforesaid that he does not know of any Surviving witness by whom he can prove the foregoing services - That he was born March March 17 th 1762 in the town of Stamford then in the County of Hartford now Middlesex State of Connecticut. That the time of his birth

is on record in the town where he was born, he has no record of his age. That he was living in the said town of Haddam at the several periods of his entering the Service of the United States heretofore mentioned. That he removed from the town of Haddam in 1785 to the town of Hartford in Washington County, State of New York, where he resided until the Spring of 1801. When he removed from Hartford to the town of Champion, then in Oneida County, now Jefferson County, in the State of New York where he has resided ever since, & now resides. That he never received any discharge but the one heretofore mentioned when he was out in the Connecticut line of Continental Troops, which discharge is now lost nor does he recollect by whom it was signed. he received it at Danbury Connecticut. At the other times when he was out in the Service he was dismissed without receiving any written discharge. That the following named persons reside in his present neighbourhood & can testify as to his character for truth & veracity & the value of his services as a soldier of the Revolution to wit: Levi Clark, Asa Butler, Nathaniel Dutton, Alfred Lathrop, Levi Ellis, Matthias Hubbard, (Dorothy) Write, & Roswell Buckwood. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pres- ent, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Subscribed & sworn to the above  before me  Isaac Johnson Jury & upon affidavit before me John McCrone , Judge Rev Nathaniel Dutton, a Clergyman residing in the town of Champion, County of Jefferson & State of New York Northampton Asa Butler, & Levi Ellis, residing in the town of Champion aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well (con-

acquainted with Stephen Johnson, who has Sub- scribed & Sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be Seventy years of age
That he is reputed and believed, in the neigh- -bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & Subscribed the 9 th Nathaniel Dutton Asa Carter day of year aforesaid { Levi Ellis John Macomber, Judge { Maudiah Hubbard
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And I, the said John Macomber Esq do hereby declare it to be my 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 & served as he states And I, the said John Macomber Esq one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the County of Jefferson upon said further certify that it appears to me that Nathaniel Dutton who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Champlaine aforesaid and that Asa Carter & Levi Ellis who have also signed the same all are residents in the said town of Champlaine aforesaid & are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
I further certify that the aforesaid Stephen Johnson now & hereby making application for a pension is entirely unable to attend or be removed to the Court house in the said County of Jefferson by reason of his illhealth which is the Apoplexy
John Macomber Judge

common pleas for the county of Clinton  Franklin  and  does further certify that it appears to him that Nathaniel Dutton who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Champlaine aforesaid and that Rev. Nathan Hubbard  the  Rev. Levi Ellis who has  also signed the same are  are residents in the said town of Champlaine aforesaid & are credible persons and that
State of New York Jefferson County } ss. Clerks Office }
I, Peleg Burchard Clerk of said County do hereby certify That John Meacombe Esquire before whom the within & annexed affidavits were taken & sworn was on the date of the same one of the Judges of our Court Common Pleas, duly appointed & sworn. And I further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signatures subscribed to the said certificate is genuine. Witness my Hand & Seal of said County this 30 th day Nov r 1832.
P. Burchard Clerk
N.B. The word Nov r written in an erasure before sealing and figure 2 in same line erased P. Burchard Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
AWF
November 28, 1923.
William E. Johnson, 1013 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, Conn.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10919, it appears that Stephen Johnson was born March 27, 1762 in Haddam, Connecticut, and while residing there enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut troops as follows-
F      From May 1778, three months in Captain Chapman's Company, Colonel McCallan's Regiment. From September 1778, three months in Colonel Ledyard's Regiment.
From June 1779, six months in Captain John Sumner's Company, Colonel Durkee's Regiment, and from March 1, 1781, one year in Captain Edward's Company, Major Edward Shipman commanding the regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1832, while a resident of Champion, Jefferson County, New York. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev War
10919 INVALID.
1915. Mch. 24. Hist. to Hon. F. H. Gillett. Fr. 1923. Nov. 28 - Hist. to William E. Johnson. awt.
File No. 10919
Stephen Johnson Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Stephen Johnson Chapman Private Chapman McCallin bat. 2 Years ————— $80
W. P. Johnson Chapman Jefferson Co M

S22338 Ozias Johnson Rutland Co. Vt.
S10919 Stephen Johnson Jefferson Co. N.Y.
S13589 Elijah Johnson Ontario Co N.Y.
S19353 Hezekiah Johnson Lewis Co N.Y.

  JOHN J. FITZGERALD, N. Y., CHAIRMAN.     SWAGAR SHERLEY, KY.  FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS.    CHARLES L. BARTLETT, GA.  JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA.    JOSEPH T. JOHNSON, S. C.  FRANK W. MONDELL, WYO.    ROBERT N. PAGE, N. C.  CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN.    GEORGE W. RAUCH, IND.  WILLIAM M. CALDER, N. Y.    JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN.  WILLIAM S. VARE, PA.    THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS.  WILLIAM H. MINEBAUGH, ILL.    EUGENE F. KINKEAD, N. J.     WILLIAM P. BORLAND, MO.     GEORGE WHITE, OHIO.     JAMES MCANDREWS, ILL.     BRYAN F. MAHAN, CONN.     WOODA N. CARR, PA.   
Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
March 22, 1915.
Hon. E. C. Tieman, Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Tieman:
I recently sent you the names of a number of persons the records of whose Revolutionary service was desired by their families, and you wrote me that in view of the smallness of your clerical force available for that purpose, you were compelled to limit the number of searches made for one person to four. In accordance with your suggestion, I desire to submit the names of the Revolutionary soldiers indicated on the attached sheet. If you will send their record of service to me you will greatly oblige,
Yours respectfully,
F. H. Gillett
(Enclosure.)

1013 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, Conn.
Oct. 17, 1923 .
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you kindly furnish me with the military history of Stephen Johnson who served in the Revolutionary War from Conn. and is supposed to have received a pension. He lived in New York State in 1832.
To the best of my information he served under Capt. Chapman and under Capt. Nathaniel Edwards in 1781.
Very respectfully,
W E Johnson
William E. Johnson.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Stephen Johnson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 10919.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1778 3 mos. Pri Chapman McLellan Conn.   Sept 1778 3 " ✓ Ledyard   June 1779 6 " John Sumner Durkee   March 1781 1 yr. Edwards Major Edmund Shipman  
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Haddam, Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 19, 1832. He served
Residence at date of application, Champion Jefferson Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. March 17, 1762, Haddam, Conn.
Remarks: No data rel. to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.