Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,809, for John Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Johnson, John. Jane.
NUMBER
W. 26.809
CONTENTS
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5,015
Vermont: Montpelier
Jane Johnson (widow of John Johnson who died on the 4 th October 1816 of Brattleboro the State of Vermont) who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg t commanded by Col Putnam in the M a s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 18 31. 8 Cents & 3/4 April 08 37
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1837 and sent to A. H. Sylvester present
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3 rd
Recorded by H. H. Weightman Clerk. Book Vol. 2 Page 12

7672 Jane Johnson, Died. Died abt July 4 th 1836 -
Jane Johnson died wid. of John Vermont,
July 4, 1836.
Please to Communicate with Col H. H. Sylvester Washington D.C.

State of Vermont
Bradford. District ss. On this 19 th day of November A.D. 1837. Personally appeared before the Probate Court at a Session thereof held at St. Johnsbury within & for said district.
Benjamin R. Johnson of West Fairlee in the County of Orange and State of Vermont who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain a Pension due his late Mother Jane Johnson late of said West Fairlee deceased under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836;
That Jane Johnson (at the time of her decease) was the Widow of John Johnson, who was a private & Corporal in the revolutionary War, that she is unable to set forth the particulars of his service & for proof of the service he refers to the evidence herewith transmitted; that the said Jane Johnson was married to the said John Johnson at Pelham in the State of Massachusetts on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of May, Seventeen hundred Seventy Seven; that the said John Johnson died on the twentyfourth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and Sixteen. That the said Jane Johnson continued a widow from that time until the time of her death, which took place at West Fairlee aforesaid on the third day of April in the year Eighteen hundred thirty Seven (1837); Benjamin R. Johnson has been duly appointed Administrator (by said Court) on the estate of the said Jane Johnson deceased; that Thomas Johnson & Benja- min R. Johnson are the children, and only surviving children of the said Jane Johnson deceased and that

her name before her Marriage was Jane Johnson & that she was a widow at the time of her decease Benj m K Johnson Administrator
Sworn to and subscribed by the above declarant in open Court on the day and year first above written Before me - Simson Short Register
State of Vermont } I Simson Short Register of the Bradford District } Probate Court in said district do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been adduced to said Court that John Johnson died at West Fairlee in said district on the twenty fourth (24 th ) day of October in the year Eighteen hundred Sixteen (1816) that he left a widow by the name of Jane Johnson who continued a widow until her death, and that she died at said West Fairlee on the third (3 rd ) day of April in the year Eighteen hundred thirty Seven (1837) that Thomas Johnson and Benjamin K. Johnson are the children and only surviving children of the said Jane Johnson deceased, and that the said Benjamin K. Johnson has been duly appointed by said Court, Administrator on the estate of said Jane Johnson deceased and is duly empowered to act in that capacity - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name at Litchford in said district this 19 th day of November 1830
Simson Short Register

State of Vermont } I Arad Stebbins Judge of the Probate Bradford District } Court within and for said district do hereby certify that Simson Short is Register of said Court duly qualified and Commissioned that his Commission was dated on the first day of December A.D. 1849. and will expire on the 30 th day of November 1850 and that the signature hereto annexed purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my Name at Bradford in said district this 19 th day of November 1850.
Arad Stebbins Judge

Proof of Marriage Town Clerk's Affidavit

Town Clerk's Office Pelham County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts
November 14th 1850
I Lyman Jenks Clerk of the town of Pelham in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the following Certificate appears upon the Records of Said town
May ye Fifteenth Seventeen hundred Seventy Seven then was joined in Marriage John Johnston & Jean Jonston, both of Pelham.
Lyman Jenks Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "May— ye 15—1777"
I Lyman Jenks above named depose & say that I hold the Office of Clerk in the County, town, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Pelham, with the excep- tion above named as certified by me
Lyman Jenks Clerk of the town of Pelham
Clerk of the town of Pelham
Sworn and Subscribed this 15 day of November 1850 Reser m Jared J. Wentworth justice of the Peace

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WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 26809
Jane Johnson wid of John Johnson Dis. Rev War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol a Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7672
Jam. Johnson, dec. Vermont.
Let H. H. Sylvester, Feb 20/57
✓
July 4, 1836.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE SS.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Sarah S. Westcott Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto 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 Sarah S. Westcott and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine: also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed.
Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and used the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this Sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one and eight hundred and fifty
Samuel Wells — Clerk.

7672
Jane Johnson, dec widow of John, Vt
Act 4 July 1836
Adm o 2 yrs pri $80 per annum, Comy 4 March 1831. Vendy 3 April 1837, Payable to Benjamin K Johnson, Adm o for the benefit of himself and Thomas Johnson, only surv g children
Account married 1777 Mrs o d o 4 Oct 1816
H. H. Sylvester Present

Sect of Status Certificate Proof Service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
June 1. 1850.
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 of John Johnson is borne on a muster roll of Capt. Joseph Hooker's Co. of minute men, led Woodbridge's Regt. marched April 20, 1775. as a private, of Pelham, 11 days.
On rolls of 8 mo. service in 1775. in Capt. Isaac Gray's Co. led. Jonas Brewer's Regt. as a private of Pelham - on coat roll of this Co. Oct. 26, 1775.
On Army books as a private in Capt. White's Co. Col. R. Putnam's Regt. from March 27, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1780. - 45 mos 4 days. enlisted during war.
On monthly returns of Capt. Silvius Smith's Co. led. Putnam's Regt. as a private, and corporal, for 1781. enlisted during the war.

State of Vermont Orange County Town of West Fairlee May 21 st 1830
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of the State of Massachusetts, is requested to furnish evidence of the services of my Father John Johnson in the War of the Revolution.
His residence was in the town of Pelham in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that he entered the war of the Revolution in 1775 and for a number of years afterwards, that a portion of the time I think he was in Genl. Putnam's Brigade, but I can not give the names of the Officers or the particulars of the service as I was not born until the close of the War. —
Henry M c D r Johnson
Signed in my presence by the said Benjamin R. Johnson this 21 st day of May 1830. Moses Dean Justice of the Peace

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.
M. Callan, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Nov 29 - 50
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H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
Pelham stop Oct 14th W. Train # Oct 17 Nov
Harvard Paid
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Stephen Thomas West Fairlee Vermont
add. end from John
Nov 29-58

Pelham Mass Oct 14th 1850
Dear Sir, I Received yours of Oct 4th Requesting me to examine the Records in this Town in relation to the marriage of John Johnson to Jane Johnson, I have Examined the Town Records and I find the publications of John Johnston and Jean Johnston both of Pelham April 19 th 1737 also the Record of their marriage May 15-1777 You will perceive that there is a difference in the Spelling of their names which I think must be in consequence of modern spelling and pronouncing differently from the original way, Yours Respectfully Stephen Thomas Lyman Jenks
May y e 15-1777 then Was joynd in marriage John Johnston & Jean Johnston, Both of Pelham
I hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy from the book of Recorded Marriages in the Town of Pelham Mass Lyman Jenks Town Clerk of Pelham Mass
Pelham Oct 14th 1850
Sworn to and subscribed this 14 th day of October 1850 Before me Jared S Westcott Justice of the Peace

Pension Office, February 20. 1851.
Sir,
I have examined the papers filed in this office to establish the claim of Jane Johnson, dec'd widow of John to the benefit of the act of July 4, 1836. The identity of John Johnson credited with various terms of service on the Records in the office of the Secretary of the state of Massachusetts, with the John Johnson for whose service a claim is now set up, is, in no degree, established - and it will not be admitted unless shown in a manner which does not admit of a reasonable doubt. It must, therefore, be proven by the town Records of Pelham, or the testimony of old and respectable residents of that town, that there was but one soldier from that town named John Johnson, in the service during the Revolutionary war, and that he was the husband of the identical Jane Johnson whom has made the declaration now under consideration. There should be no difficulty in establishing the identity, if the facts are true

as alleged: for the service claimed was continuous and mentionous, and must have been impressed upon the memory of John Johnson's townsman.
Neither are we satisfied with the proof of marriage: and it will be necessary to produce the original Family Record to corroborate it.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obs. Servt.
H. L. Evans
for Comt. of Pensions.
Col. H. H. Sylvester, Present.