Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,126, for Joseph Johnston, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Johnston, Joseph or Johnson
N. 4,126
Badger, Charlotte (Former Widow)
CONTENTS

From (2254)  Massachusetts. N. Hampshire Joseph Johnson 2 a , Private Massachusetts line. 1776. one year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of July 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Aug: 1818 and sent to Hon: Stephen Merrill , Judge of Haverhill, Mass:
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818
Semi-annual ending
1818: 11/31 to 4/30 thru — $ 11.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued & Transf d  from on 20 th Dec from 4 March 1820
Haverhill, Essex Co.
Notf d sent to Joshua Darling Esq., Henniker, Dec 20 1820 see letter 19 June 1829 to Peabody.

Rev March 28 1847 Adopted Aug. 24/54
Widow of S. C. Badger -
Rev 5 m 55-122098
568 New Hampshire Co. Charlotte Bagger widow of James John Bagger who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issue 2 nd day of June, and sent to
L. D. Stevens Concord N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under July 20, 1848, Page 13 Vol. A
1848

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
March 21, 1858.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Matthew Harvey was a Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State and George G. Fogg was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John G. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss. On this first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Benjamin Wadleigh. One of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Merrimack aforesaid Charlotte Badger a resident of Warner in said County, aged fifty five years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oaths, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed February 3d 1853: that she was formerly the widow of Joseph Johnson who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution and at the time of his death was in receipt of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum under the Act of March 18 th 1818: that her husband aforesaid was paid at the Concord N.H. Pension Agency: that she was married to the said Joseph Johnson on the seventeenth day of January in the year 1820. That her name before her said marriage was Charlotte Chase: that her husband aforesaid died in the town of Hopkinton in said County on the eleventh day of May in the year 1837: that she was again married to John Mason on the second day of December

in the year 1839: that her husband the said John Mason died in the town of Hopkinton on the eighth day of November in the year 1842: that she was again married to Stephen Badger on the twenty fifth day of December in the year 1844: that her husband the said Stephen Badger died in the town of Warner in said County on the twenty second day of April in the year 1852: that her first marriage aforesaid took place after January in the year 1800 to wit at the time before stated: that she was a widow at the time of the passage of the Act aforesaid and still continues the widow of the said Stephen Badger and has never applied for a Pension.
Witness L D Stevens                      Charlotte her Badger  Benjamin Wadsworth                      Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written before me. I certify that I believe the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration to be true. And I further certify that the above named Charlotte Badger is unable to appear in open court by reason of bodily infirmity
Benjamin Wadsworth { justice of the peace { of Common Pleas { for the County of { Merrimack

I Matthew Harvey certify that Charlotte Badger whose name before marriage was Charlotte Chase lived in the town where I resided and was there married to Joseph Johnson and lived with him till his death and after the death of her second husband (Mason) she went to Warner an adjoining town and as reported was, was married to Stephen Badger. She was personally known to me and I have no doubt she was the widow of Joseph Johnson and is the same Charlotte Badger referred to in the declaration to which this is annexed. Matthew Harvey Dist. Judge U.S. for Dist. New Hampshire
I, Albert R. Hatch, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire do certify that Matthew Harvey is the Judge of said Court, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853.
Albert R. Hatch.

I Job Patterson, depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk of Hopkinton in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire: that I have thoroughly examined the records of said Town of Hopkinton and can find no record of the marriage of Joseph Johnson 2d and Charlotte Chase and I believe that no public record of said marriage exists.
Job Patterson
Subscribed and sworn to on this, seventh day of March AD 1853 before me
Matthew Harvey Justice of the Peace

1888
Snow Clark Charlotte Baden cur.

I Thomas Bailey of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am sixty two years of age and was formerly resident in the town of Hopkinton in said County for the space of fifty eight years. That I was well acquainted with Charlotte Chase of said Hopkinton and have been acquainted with her for the last thirty three or more years: that I also was well acquainted with her husband Joseph Johnson: that the said Joseph Johnson and Charlotte Chase were married by my father Thomas Bailey, a Justice of the Peace for said County on the same day that I was married which was the seventeenth day of February in the year 1828: that the said parties lived together as man and wife all the time after their said marriage until the death of the said Joseph Johnson to my personal knowledge: that the said Charlotte afterward married John Nason who died in said Hopkinton leaving the said Charlotte his widow and that she again married Stephen Badger of Warner in said County and who I am informed is dead; that I have no doubt that his widow the said Charlotte Badger is the identical person who was the widow of the said Joseph Johnson: that said Johnson was a Pensioner of the United States:

That in my belief my father kept no record of the marriage of the said Joseph Johnson and Charlotte Chase. That I am in no degree interested in the matter to which I have testified.
Thomas Bailey
Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty first day of March A.D. 1883. And I certify that the said Thomas Bailey is personally known to me and is a credible witness.
Geo. G. Lages -

Know all men by these Presents That I Charlotte Badger of Warner in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire formerly widow of Joseph Johnson deceased do hereby unequivocally constitute and appoint Lyman D. Stevens of Concord in the State and County aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my Claim for Pension; and thereby give to my said Attorney full power to do all things necessary and proper for the prosecution of my said claim
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this first day of March in the year 1853
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us
Charlotte M c Badger mo 1/2
Witnesses
Benjamin Wheelwright
State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss March 1 st 1853. Then personally appeared the above named Charlotte Badger and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
Benjamin Wheelwright Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Wadleigh is an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 8th day of February 1833 and will expire on the 8th day of October 1853 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 21st day of March 1853.
John L. Wadleigh Secretary of State.
Handwritten notes on the right margin: "after", "U.S.", "trust", "judge", "all day".

Joseph Johnston } July 21. 1818 }
92
Clinton, Vc.
The Records do not agree with the statement; but the claim is
Admitted -

I, Joseph Johnston, aged 65 years, declare & say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I now reside in Haverhill in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts; I further say that in November 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier into the Army of the Revolutionary war for the term of one year from the first day of January 1776 - That I entered the service the first of January 1776 in Capt. Moses McFarland's company in the 4 th Reg t of the Massachusetts line under Col. John Nixon, & continued to service therein for the whole year till the last of Dec r 1776 & then I left the service by my time of enlistment expiring. I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support, & that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. Joseph Johnston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. July 21. 1818 Then the above named Joseph Johnston made solemn oath that the above declaration, by him subscribed, is true, before me. Stephen Minot. { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I James Smiley, depose & say I know the above named Joseph Johnston did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated by him from the first of January 1776 to the last of December 1776. I was a soldier in the same company, & remember we both were discharged & came home together about the last day of Dec r . - I also say he is in indigent circumstances. James Smiley
I, W m Greenleaf, depose & say I was in the same service & know the said Joseph Johnston did serve said year 1776 as he states. I remember we were discharged & came home together, - William Greenleaf
Essex ss. July 24. 1818 Then the above named James Smiley & William Greenleaf severally made solemn oath that the said deposition by them respectively subscribed, is true, before me. Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I Israel Bartlett do testify & say that I have a record of the first company in Haverhill in which I find the name of Joseph Johnson as serving in the Continental Army for the years 1775 & 1776 Israel Bartlett
Essex ss. July 24. 1818 Then the said Israel Bartlett, Esq. made solemn oath that the said deposition by him subscribed is true, before me. Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.

Whereupon I certify that the said James Smily, W m Greenleaf, & Israel Bartlett, are credible witnesses; that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Johnston did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, and that he is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance for support.
Stephen Minot. { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

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Joseph Johnson
not in
New Hampshire
Roll
(Large decorative flourish or signature)

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Hopkinton within and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire on the first Tuesday of September Anno Domini 1820
Joseph John Johnston 2 d aged sixty eight years resident in Hopkinton in said County comes into Court and in pursuance of an Act of Congress passed on the first day of May 1820 brings with him and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a schedule by him subscribed con- taining his whole property estate and income (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows, viz:
Written Contract signed by three of the Trustees of the school at Esopus in the State of New York for $24.00
Joseph Johnston 2 d
And the said Joseph Johnston 2 d in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed. Viz: "I Joseph Johnston 2 d do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed Joseph Johnston 2 d
And the said Joseph Johnston does here in Court further declare on oath that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz: That he enlisted at Haverhill in the County of Essex and Common- wealth of Massachusetts in the month of January A.D. 1776 as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Moses McFarland in the Regt. commanded by Col. John Nixon being the fourth Regt. in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment for the term of one year, that he continued to serve as a private soldier in the service of the United States in said

Company for the said term of one year and until the last day of December in the said year 1776 when he was regularly & Honorably discharged by the said Capt Morris W. Garland at Pikeskill in the State of New York & that he was in the battle at Harlem in the State of New York at the evacuation of city of New York on the retreat of the American Army from Governor's Island to white plains & That the date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 24 th of July A D 1818. And the number of my pension Certificate is 2,254. That his occupation is that of a Physician and Schoolmaster That owing to lameness and ill health he is wholly unable to labour for support is wholly out of employment and dependant on his pension for subsistence, - Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the secretary of war
Joseph Johnston 2
Sworn to and declared before Hon. Daniel M c Duell and Judician H Smith Judges of said court the fifth day of September Anno Domini 1820
© Hillsborough J. Court of Common Pleas at Hopkinton in Sunder County on the first Tuesday of September Anno Domini 1820
The aforesaid scheduled oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by said Joseph Johnston having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the court and the same being seen and considered: It is the opinion of said court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is Twenty four dollars & no more - wherefor the Court order that a copy of the Premises with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the secretary of war
Attest
E. Darling Clerk
© Hillsborough J. State of New Hampshire
I Enoch Darling Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the said county of Hillsborough being a court of Record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon are truly copied from the records and files of said court - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the twentieth day of September 1820
E. Darling Clerk

Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4126 Charlotte Badger formerly Wid. of Joseph Johnson Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 29 th 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 30
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 770 App. of Charlotte Badger formerly wid. of Mrs Johnson 2 nd Joseph! N. St.
Act 3 rd Febry 1853 $96. 00 / 100 per annum Commencing Febry 3 rd 1853. Revry:
L. D. Stevens Concord on N.
Genl. Dr. Mott
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Joseph Johnson 25
app. for transfer from Wap's to Hampshire - p. 4 March
1820 - on 20 Decr 1820
Not. sent to J. Darling Esq. Kensington. N.W.
20/ 18

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Hillsborough ss. State of New Hampshire
On this Ninth day of Dec r 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Hillsborough personally appeared Joseph Johnston Jr. who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John M c Farland in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Nixon in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of New Hampshire where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Joseph Johnston Jr.
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Joshua Darling Justice of the Peace of the District for said County of Hillsborough
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Merrimack ss. }
I, William P. Foster
Register of Probate for the County of Merrimack, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Moses Johnson 2 d was a pensioner of the
United States, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum
was a resident of the County of Merrimack, in the State of New-Hampshire, and died in the town of Hopkinton in the State aforesaid, in the year 1837 .
on the Eleventh day of May that he left a Widow whose name was
Charlotte Johnson — that the said widow  Charlotte Johnson afterwards married John Mason of said Hopkinton , — & that he died in said town on the eighth day of November A.D. 1842, leaving the said Charlotte his widow — that she was again married to Stephen Badger of Warner in said County and that the said Badger died in said Warner on the twenty second day of April A.D. 1852, leaving the said Charlotte his widow and that the said Charlotte Badger still survives & remains a widow
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at
Concord, this Eighteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & fifty three
W P Foster
REGISTER OF PROBATE.

John Latta Borden
I hereby certify that, as per order of attestation Stephen R. Wooyt was a justice of the Peace for the County of McMinnick
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss. On this tenth day of June A.D. 1858 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of said personally appeared Charlotte Badger, and made oath in due form of law that she was the widow of Joseph Johnson 2d who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution: that she is now receiving a Pension from the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum under the 2d Section of the Act of Feb. 3d. 1853: that she asks for such arrear of her pension as she may be found entitled to under any and all Acts and Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, that she is a resident of Warner in said State and still remains a widow. witness Charlotte her Badger mark Stephen R. Hayt Stephen M. Davis
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the said affiant is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be
Stephen R. Hayt Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord, June 12 1838
Charlotte Border
I hereby certify That, At the date of the annexed attestation Stephen R. Noyes was a justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the State, the date above written.
Allen Tenny Dep. Secretary of State.

In the case state that the son can draw the arrear, if the Ex n also, provided in the certificate the son consents
Since March 21 /67
Fier
Mr June 8. S. C. Badger as above in person

Concord N.H. June 3 d 1867 to the Com ee on Pensions
Sir. I forward the enclosed papers for the purpose of ascertaining whether the application for the arrears of pension in this case, is properly made.
I supposed that the 2 d section of the Act of June 1 st 1840 entitled "an act making provision for the payment of pensions to executors or administrators of deceased persons in certain cases" was applicable in this case (U.S. Statute at Large Vol. V. . 385) and was fully supported by the instructions of the 2 d Comp. troller No. III rd .
(I find the law & instructions in Rapps' Manual of Pensions 2 d Ed. Pages 275-608.) (over)

If correct, please return the same to me to be presented for pay- ment - if not, be pleased to suggest the alterations and return.
I am Sir, very respectfully Your Obedient Servant, Stephen L. Badger

Transferred to Continental
Rev. 218 Dec. 1890
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esquire Secy. of War Washington City

Hannibal Dec. 11. 1820
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Joseph Johnston 2. for continuance on the Pension List and under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820 - and his Petition for a transfer from Mass a to New Hampshire Agency - Should he be continued, you will at his request be pleased to direct to his notice to
Your Obed t Servant
Hon Secy of War } Joshua Darling

Concord N.H. March 21 1853
Sir
Herewith I forward you the application of Charlotte Badger formerly widow of Moses Johnson 2 d for Pension under the Act of Feb. 3 d 1853.
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt C. D. Stevens
Hon S.P. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Badger

Brief in the case of Charlotte Badger, formerly widow of Moses Johnson. Merrimack County and State of New Hampshire. act 3 rd , February. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner. Under Act of 18 th March. 1818. & Continued under act. 1 st May. 1820. Marriage proven by parole proof, Certificate to be crevial.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
E. D. Stevens Esq r . Concord. N.H.
Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Boynton. Examining Clerk.