Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,729, for Abraham Johnson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Johnson, Abraham
S. 43729
CONTENTS

15,140
New York
Abraham Johnson 2
of Danby in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois of the New York line, for the term of Four years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Sep r 1819 and Enfield Woodcock Esq r Ithaca New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819. 88.54 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820. 48.00 10 Mo. 29 4/30 $136.54
d. June 12, 1828 C.H.
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

Abraham Johnson
Pension paper of Alex re Johnson
March 18 th 1820.
Hon. D. Woodcock H. R. Feb. 4. 1828

State of New York & Abraham Johnson of the Village Tompkins County ss. of the County of said County of Tompkins on this twenty third day of January 1828 personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas held in and for said County in said State, constituted a Court of Record by the laws of said State, with power to hear, try and determine all actions, real personal and mixed, arising in said County; And also all transito- ry actions although the same have not arisen in said County, and with other powers. Aged Seventy nine years On the eighteenth day of April 1828, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the pro- visions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, That in the said Abraham Johnson enlisted for the term of three years on the 22 nd day of July 1776 at Newburgh in the County of Orange in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain James Rosekrans in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois in the line of the State of New York, on the continen- tal establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about the first day of January 1780, when he was discharged from the service at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That he hereby relinquishes every claim or right to a pension except the present, that his name has been placed on the pension lists, that he has lost his pension certificate for which reason he is unable to state the number of the same. And that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he was occupying a small house and seventeen acres of land un- der a lease to continue during the time he this de- clarant and his wife (who is a second wife) contin- ued to live together; on the products of which and

Forty Three Dollars and twenty cents per year being the interest on a Bond & Mortgage given to this declarant for Six hundred and seventeen Dollars and seventeen Cents by John Johnson on which he was enabled with economy to support himself and wife. That the wife of this declarant for reasons he is unable to state has since left him and gone to live with her Children whereby his interest in the said house and piece of ground has terminated. That at the time of taking said Bond and Mortgage from the said John Johnson which was on the fourth day of January 1819, and made payable the first day of January 1820 with interest annually this declarant agreed that he would never call for any part of the consideration due on said Bond & Mortgage during his life except the interest which he was to receive annually. That this declarant has been under the necessity of hiring his Board and is now living with one of his Grand Children. That the interest on the said Bond and Mortgage is entirely inadequate for his support, and he therefore relies on the liberality and bounty of his country for aid. And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May 1820 I 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 dispose of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or 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 had any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts

or aunts due to me nor have I any income other than that also mentioned and that contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the 18th of March 1818 there has been no material change in my property except as above stated. That he is unable to accomplish the Lease # above mentioned herewith, the said Lease having been lost or purloined from among his other papers by some person to him unknown.
Ab m Johnson
Sworn before me January 23. 1828 in Open Court
Wills Finch D p . Atty. of Tompkins Common Pleas
The following is a just and true inventory and schedule of all the Estate both Real and personal of Abraham Johnson.
Real estate none.
Personal estate one Clock $15 - One Silver Watch $10 - One old Chest one Millett $0.75 - Note against Silvanus B. Norton for $6 - Note against Eli Whitney for $8 Bad -
He owes for Tomb Stone $13 -
A Bond and Mortgage given by John Johnson to this declarant on the 4th day of January 1819 for Six Hundred and Seventeen Dollars and Seventeen Cents & payable the fourth day of January 1820. The interest Annually amounts to $13.20
Sworn before me in Open Court January 23. 1828
Ab m Johnson
Wills Finch Dep. Atty. of Tompkins Common Pleas
We are of opinion that the value of the personal property mentioned in the above schedule, exclusive of the Bond

and Prologues & the Notes, in Twenty five Dollars and Twenty five Cents. A. D. W. Brwyn Judge of Comp. Samuel Brittenburg Kind Common Butcher Jere 3 Pleas.
State of New York } John Johnson of the town of Ulster Tompkins County } in the County of Tompkins and State of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and states that on the fourth day of January Eigh- teen hundred and nineteen, he this Deponent executed to Abraham Johnson a Bond and Mor- tgage for Six hundred and seventeen Dollars and Seventeen Cents, payable on the fourth day of January 1820, with interest, that at the time of giving the said Bond and Mortgage the said Abraham Johnson promised and agreed that he would never call on this Deponent for any part of the principal during his life, that the interest on said Bond and Mortgage in this Deponent was to pay annually, which said interest amounts to Forty Three Dollars and Twenty Cents, which said interest de- ponent has regularly paid to the said Abra- ham Johnson since that time. Subscribed & sworn This 24th Jany 1828 A. D. W. Brwyn Judge of Com. Pleas John Johnson
I Miles Smith, Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tompkins and State of New York, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court, that the said Abraham Johnson did serve in

or assets due to me nor have I any income other than that above mentioned and that contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the 18th of March 1818 there has been no material change in my property except as above stated. That he is unable to accompany the Schedule above mentioned herewith, the said Schedule having been lost or purloined from amongst his other papers by some person to him unknown.
Abraham Johnson
Sworn before me January 23. 1828 in Open Court
Walter F. Root Dep. Clk. of Tompkins Common Pleas
The following is a just and true inventory and schedule of all the Estate both Real and personal of Abraham Johnson.
Real estate none.
Personal estate one Clock $15. One Silver Watch $10. One old Chest one Rifle $0.75. Note against Silvanus B. Norton for $6. Note against Eli Whitney for $8 Bad.
He owes for Tomb Stone $13.
A Bond and Mortgage given by John Johnson to this declarant on the 4th day of January 1819 for Six Hundred and Seventeen Dollars and Seventeen Cents & payable the fourth day of January 1820. The interest annually amounts to $13.20.
Sworn before me in Open Court January 23. 1828
Abraham Johnson
Walter F. Root Dep. Clk. of Tompkins Common Pleas
Verdict that we are of opinion that the value of the personal property mentioned in the above schedule, exclusive of the Bond

the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the Common enemy, for the term of nine Months, under one engagement, or the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there- to annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property ex- hibited in the aforesaid schedule, exclusive of the Bond & Mortgage & the notes, in the said schedule mentioned, is twenty five Dollars and Twenty five Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, and affix- ed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fifth Day of January 1828. Miles Fish Dep. Clk. of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamp- shire County.

Abraham Johnson Declaration
Taken Oct. 3 rd 1818
Send Certificate to P. Woodcock - Ithaca
N York line N.Y. Col Dubois Regmt
22 July 1776
Jan'y 1780
Proof of service
Required - Service  from
To be returned to P Woodcock Ithaca N.Y. Admitted

State of New York
Somphim County ss On this third day of October 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of nope personally appear Abraham Johnson aged Sixty Nine years resident in the town of Danby in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the 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"
That the said Abraham Johnson  On the twenty second day of July 1778 enlisted at Heidenburg in the state of New York & served in the company commanded by Captain James Rosekrans in the Regiment commanded by Colonel as a noncommissioned officer  David Dubois and that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until January in the year 1780 when he was discharged from service in the state of New Jersey having served three years & about five months being five months longer than he enlisted for. And that he was in the Battle of Fort Monmouth with Plains & number of others. And that his discharge was burnt about fourteen years ago at which time his house was burnt. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his county for support and that he has no other means now in his possession of his said service. And he hereby relinquishes all and every other pension heretofore granted or allowed him by the laws of the United States from to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid -
Stephen Deew peace of the Peace & Security of said
Abraham Johnson

I Stephen Beers Judge as aforesaid do certify that It appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Johnson did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And that he is in reduced circumstan- -ces and served in need of the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken there before me to the Secre- tary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress.
Stephen Beers Judge of the County of Tioga aforesaid
State of New York Tioga County
I certify that on the third day of October 1818 before me the subscriber came James Randolph of the Town of Ulster and being by me first duly deposited and saith that he lives in the neigh- bourhood of Abraham Johnson the within petition and that the said Johnson has no real estate, nor personal estate of any consequence, and that the said Johnson stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Witness Stephen Beers
James Randolph mark
Stephen Beers Judge
of the County aforesaid State of New York Tioga County Blethen Officer
I hereby certify that the above named Stephen Beers has been duly Commissioned and qualified and was at the time of signing the above certificate, an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that all faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 3rd day of October 1818

Joseph County ss. Sincerely Redin being duly sworn say that he was in the war of the Revolution for the term of three years in the same Company & Regiment of the said Abram Johnson named in the preceding declaration that he well knows that the said Abraham Johnson served for the term of three years, that the said Abram was the Sergeant orderly Sergeant during the said term of three years & that he well believes the said Abram Johnson is in all respects true & that this Sergeant is not interested in the event of this application that this Sergeant has received his Pension Certificate for his said service & further saith not -
Sincerely his Redin Mark
Joseph County ss.
I Edmund G. Pelton do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sincerely Redin & that he was on the 29th day of July 1879 (from before me to the above affidavit) subscribed the same I also certify that he is a Credible Witness -
Edmund G. Pelton Notary
Joseph County ss. Testified from of the town of Ulster in the County of Ulster being duly sworn saith that he was in the quarters at the Department in the revolutionary war from the year 1777 to the close of the war in 1777 he became acquainted with Abraham Johnson named in the preceding declaration that he was a Sergeant in Captain James Hoshkents Company in Col Lewis Deboise Regiment that he was acquainted with him till the year seventeen hundred eighty during which time the said Abraham did duty as aforesaid and that he

very believes that the Declaration by him made is in all respects just true and that this deponent is not in any manner interested in the result of the said Abraham applica- tion for a pension of the South not —
Yours sincerely John G. Patten
Josephine County. I Edmund G. Patten Commission to take Affida- vit to do Certify that I saw Melvin Arguainted with David June above named who signed the above Affidavit & that he was on this Second day of August 1889 from before me to the above Affidavit I also Certify that he is a Credible Witness —
Edmund G. Patten

October 21, 1933
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Abraham Johnson-S.43729 BA-J/AWF
Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. O.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Johnson.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43729, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Abraham Johnson.
He was born April 16, 1749, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Abraham Johnson enlisted at Newburgh, Orange County, New York, July 22, 1776 and served as orderly-sergeant in Captain James Rosekrans' company, Colonel Lewis DuBois' New York regiment; he was in the battles of White Plains, Fort Montgomery and a "number of others", and was discharged, January 1, 1780 at Morristown, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 3, 1818, then aged  residing in Danby, Tompkins County, New York.
On January 28, 1828, Abraham Johnson was living in Ithaca, New York, with one of his grandchildren, and his second wife was then living with her children, place not stated, nor are there any names stated.
The soldier, Abraham Johnson, died June 12, 1828.
John Johnson in 1828 was a resident of Ithaca,

New York and then Clerk of the County of Tompkins, and Arthur S. Johnson in 1828 stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Abraham Johnson; their relationship to each other or to the soldier not shown.
The application for headstone for Abraham Johnson and letter from Mrs. Fred Bingham, 501 Waverly Street, Waverly, New York, are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

43729 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43729
Abraham Johnson Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 " 36 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 496 D D Amak Wallas W
Sept 24-190 Jas. A. Ruben Newark
1919 Dec. 22 Hist. Soc. Berrie C. Bingham 1971 Dec 22 Berrie C. Bingham adv. same inst. not scut timer.
1933 Oct 21- Leek Memorial Branch S
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Official Certificate of Pension of 19 May 1828 and sent to the Hon. Mr. Mark Hopkins
15.140
New York
Abraham Johnson 2 o
of Saratoga Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Beckman of the Regt commanded by Colonel Dubois in the New York line, for the term of from July 1776 to 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 day of Oct 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Sept 1819 and sent to S. Woodcock Esq. Albany N.Y.
Continued on Restored to the Roll on the 20 day of Feb 1822 1822 and notification sent to S. Woodcock Esq. at N. Representatives Pe commencing on the 11 of February
Amount due on 4th of March 1825

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, ss.
I, Archer Green , Clerk of said County, Do Hereby Certify, That Edmund G Petton Esqr. before whom the annexed deed, or instru- ment, in writing, was proven, was, on the day when the said proof was taken, a Commissioner in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn to take the proof and acknowledg- ment of deeds, &c.; and affidavit &c. and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said and verily believe the signature Edmund G Petton to be in his own proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this 2 nd day of August 18 19
Archer Green Clerk.

Let it be allowed JB
copy by Mr. [illegible] N.H. [illegible] [illegible] 1828

I hereby certify that I am person- ally acquainted with John Johnson whose affidavit is herunto annexed that I have been intimately acquaint- ed with him for the last eighteen years. His character is perfectly fair and I should give my full confidence to his word on oath. He has been clerk of the county of Linn County for the last five years and is now holding that office - and being also personally acquainted with Abraham Johnson the affiant for the pension I believe his claim fair & just - Feb. 4th 1828. D. Woodcock H. R.

Hon. D. Woodcock H. A. dep? May 19. 1828
20 21

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of New York County of Tompkins
88.
On this Eighth day of May 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Tompkins personally appeared Graham Johnson who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Rosekrans in the regiment commanded by Colonel David Dubois in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the first day of May 1820; at or near the Village of Ithaca in said County of Tompkins he lost that never been able to find the same since.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Graham Johnson Mark
Edmund G. Atkinson J. Peace
I certify that the above named Graham Johnson's right arm has become disabled and he cannot write his name.
Edmund G. Atkinson J. Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

State of New York
Domptkin County ss. Arthur S. Johnson being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is well acquainted with the within named Pensioner Abraham Johnson & knows him to be the same person described in the within Affidavit.
A. H. G. Johnson
Submitted to me this day May 8. 1828
Edmund H. Pettibone Justice Peace
I Certify that the above Deponent Arthur S. Johnson is a person of Credibility.
Edmund H. Pettibone Justice Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } TOMPKINS COUNTY } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I CERTIFY that the within named Justice of the Peace before whom the annexed affidavit now made was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and by law authorized to act in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature of Edmund G. Weston subscribed to the annexed affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said County, this 14th day of May 182 8 W. H. Fitch Clerk.

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
Additional service _____
Remarks _____
_____ Chief of Division.

43729
Abraham Johnson
Oct. 3, 1818 - 69
Danby Ny.
Aug 22, 76. Chambers Ny
Capt Jas Rose Krantz
Col. Lewis Dubois
Oct 3 1/2 yrs. 5 m.
But Pt. Montgomery
White Plains.
20 2951

Request for Abraham Johnson who died June 12 - 1878 sent Oct 21 - 1933
acc #
all papers returned

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
OCT 17 1933 1933
Memorandum for
The Surgeon General, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

THREE PINE STREET, WOLLASTON.
Mass.
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me for my personal use a certified copy of the pension papers of Abraham Johnson a sergeant in General Clinton's brigade in the war of the Revolution. said Abraham Johnson died at Ithaca N. Y. June 12 th 1828 His wife's maiden name was Emma Smith .
I desire this paper to enable

me to enter the society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Yours very truly Thos R. Lee
June 29 th 1896

501 WAVERLY STREET WAVERLY, NEW YORK
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen -
There are ancestors you are looking up
Can you give me any information about these Revolutionary men. Did they receive pensions?
Abraham Johnson who enlisted at Newburgh, N.Y. Feb. 22, 1776 -
Benjamin Ketchum of Greenwich, Conn - and Jabez Robertson of Bedford, N.Y. - John Serrens of Trenton, New Jersey -
Thanking you - Nov. 20th - Bessie C. Bingham

Rev Sec. enc J. Warner, Dept of the Interior, Wash - D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any information in regard to the Military history of Abram Johnson. If he was in any battles, who he married and where - also where and when he died? All I can find out, he was a Sergeant in Clinton's brigade, and, author of a song on the storming of Fort Montgomery, which was after-ward printed. He came to Ithaca, N.Y. with his family in 1791. He was a native of Staten Island. His wife from Newburg, N.Y. - They removed from the city of

New York to # the valley of the Mohawk and from there to Ithaca, N. Y. - He was my great-great- Grand-Father - I would like to find out more of his Military history - Trusting that I may hear from you -
I am.
Very truly yours.
Bessie C. Bingham 501 Waverly Street, Waverly, New York.
Dec. 8. 1919.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., July 16 , 1902
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
(Identified as)  Abraham Johnson
Very respectfully,
James A Robitaille 260 Clinton Ave. Newark N.J.
B.F. Ware Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Abraham Johnson Where did he enter service? High Staten Island (Town, county, and State.) Under what officers did he serve? _____ Place of residence after service, Lutterville Staten Island (Town, county, and State.) Approximate date of death, about 1848 born Dec 5 1762 Given name of widow, Arata T. Randolph Johnson b Apr 17 1762 died first Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Yes Additional information, Was a minute man. Carried messages from Staten Island to Woodbridge
Signature James A Robitaille (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, 260 Clinton Ave Newark N.J.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Johnson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 22, 1776 July 1, 1780 Company Sgt. James Rosekrans Lewis Dubois N.Y.                                                                 
Battles engaged in,
White Plains & Fort Montgomery
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
enlisted at Poughkeepsie N.Y.
Date of application for pension,
Oct 3, 1818
Residence at date of application,
Tarrytown Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application,
born Apr. 10, 1749, died June 12, 1828
Remarks:
In 1828 he was living with one of his grand children at Ulster N.Y. His second wife was living with her children place not stated, nor are there any names given or any other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

WAS
January 22, 1927
Bessie C. Bingham 501 Waverly St. Waverly, N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jabez Robertson and John Severns and Benjamin Ketchum . The records show a Benjamin Ketchum , S. 24239, who was born in May, 1753, in Connecticut but the town and County in which he was born was not stated. He was living in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, when he enlisted and also when he applied for pension. If you desire the full history of this soldier it will be sent to you upon request.
On December 22, 1919, you were sent the full history of Abraham Johnson, S. 43729, and owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, it is not the practice of the bureau to send the same history more than once to each inquirer.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner