Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 764, for Lawrence Johnson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Johnson, Laurence or McLean, Anthony Margaret
W. 764. B.L.Wt. 13.725-160-55-
CONTENTS

8756
New York
Lawrence Johnson
of Tompkins Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Fleming of the Reg't commanded by Col. V. Cortlandt. in the Pa. ma line for 20 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 11 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Ap 1833 and sent to Woodstock & Fanny H. A. A.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $133.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept " — 33.33
$166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 22

P 2255. Elizabeth Johnson
Margaret Johnson widow of Lawrence Johnson. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pirate — who served as Anthony M c Lane
Pa or N.Y. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Feb 1853 and sent to
Cornelius Johnson Ithaca N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3, 1853, Page 108, Vol. R

110.705. St. Mich 3/55 Apl. 30/
Margaret Johnson, wid of Lawrence Johnson, Pin, Rev War.
N. Y. Cent. line, Col. Pa. Mil.
Ex 25 243
Mar Rev. Now a Pensioner of the U. States
Penn Feb 53-2255 Ad: 160 acres, Jan 2 nd 756, R. J. Fulton.
Mr.
J. H. Goodenough, atty Topeka, Pa.
Vol. I. 78. 5

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Lawrence Johnson
P-57
5.6.14.16
31 st July '32 13 th Nov. ~
Woodcock & Ferris Whaea New York

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BRIEF in the case of  Lawrence Johnson* — Ithaca ,  Co. of Tompkins in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June 27 th In 1778 "During the balance of the war" As a private Gen. Cap. M c Henry, Col. Van Cortland  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Taking of Lord Cornwallis.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? near Philadelphia / a distance from the British  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness, & Traditionary.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  * Enlisted under the name of Anthony M c Lane. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Lawrence Examining Clerk.

In the matter of Lawrence Johnson a soldier of the Revolution
No 6745.
On the rolls by the name of Darius Anthony M c Blain
27 Oct 76 to June '79
rooms for 200 mo pri $66.66

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK, }
Tompkins COUNTY, ss. }
On this 18 th day of July personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Joyce & Turner now sitting, Lawrence Johnson a resident of the town of Ithaca in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged Sixtyfive 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That
on the twenty of June fourth day 1778 he enlisted in to Captain Williams Flemings Company in Col Van Cortlandts Regiment it was the day that the Battle of Monmouth commenced that he was born in Byrne water Town in Ireland in the year 1757 the month nor the day he cannot recollect any more than that he was told his birth day was on Whit Sunday that in the month of March 1778 he enlisted at the town of Saughty in Ireland to go to America that from Ireland he was taken to England and was put on Board of a vessel at Plymouth for America under one Captain Moore, the Colonel he does not recollect that he was landed at Philadelphia the time he cannot recollect that they staid there some weeks and then marched from there towards Monmouth that on the March the second day in the morning he deserted and two men took him up and carried him to the American Army he was taken before General Washington and told his story and that he would enlist to General Washington told him he must not go into Battle that day - he did enlist as above stated under Captain Flemings was not in the battle of Monmouth after the battle went to some fort the name

he does not recollect that when he enlisted he was advised to change his name, he did change his name and enlisted by the name of Anthony McLean that he enlisted for during the war and that by the name of Anthony McLean he served during the remainder of the war in said company and was discharged at West Point, got a written discharge signed by General Washington which is lost that from the fort near Monmouth he was marched to West Point and staid the next winter after he enlisted at West Point the next summer he was sick and was left at West Point, after he got well he went to Albany and returned and remained again at West Point, the next year he went to the South and was in the battle where Lord Cornwallis was taken which was in the fall of the year he went by water part of the way he knew Col Van Schaick who commanded a Regiment at that Battle - he was in other battles after that - he has no documentary evidence and no person whose testimony he can procure except of Walter Whalen whose affidavit is hereto annexed -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Love cll
Laurence Johnson

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Walter Whalon of the town of Enfield in the County of Tompkins & State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is seventy two years of age that he served from the year 1776 to the close of war in Captain Cobbs, Captain Hicks, Captain Parsons, & last in Captain Leonard Bleckers Company in Col. Van Schaicks Regiment, that he is now a Pensioner that at the Battle of York Town in 1781 when Cornwallis was taken he became acquainted with Anthony McLean who was in Col. Van Cortlands Regiment and the same person has signed the declaration herunto annexed by the name of Laurence Johnson that after Battle he was frequently in company with Johnson who then went by the name of Anthony McLean and that he then told this Deponent that he came over in the British army and deserted - he was an Irishman spoke bad English he has since since the war and now lives in about four miles of him and knows he is the same person he knew in the war - & further saith not
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Walter Whalon made
Saml. Jones Ch I further certify that the said Walter Whalon is a credible person & that his testimony is entitled to credit - S. Jones Ch

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Ireland at Boin Water. I believe in the year 1757. I am now 75 years old.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I have none.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. I deserted from the British at the Battle of Monmouth - after the war I lived 8 years in New York - I lived about 30 years at Dekalbtown N.Y. - I have lived also at Lodi Seneca Co N.Y. - I now live in Ithaca Tompkins Co near Lodi, N.Y.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I enlisted.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I knew General Washington - deserted on the day of the Battle of Monmouth - Was at Red Bank Point - also at the Battle of Snake Hill - also at Yorktown at the Surrender of Cornwallis - Was some time in the hospital at Red Point in consequence of having his skull fractured.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I had a discharge - I don't recollect who signed it - I have lost 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.
Answer. Francis A. Bloodgood Ithaca At Lodi John DeMott Mr. Miller Mr. Townlands
WE, Richard Van Riper residing in the town of Dauby and county of Seneca and State of New York, and Thomas Van Riper residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Laurence Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood 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, } Saml. Love Clk
Richard Van Riper Thomas Van Riper
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Richard Van Riper & Thomas Van Riper who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Dauby and county of Seneca, and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Oyer & Terminer for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Laurence Johnson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 26th day of July 1832.
Saml. Love Clk

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford } ss.
On this 5 day of April 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within & for the County and State aforesaid Margaret Johnson aged Seventy Years a Resident of Troy Township County of Bradford & State of Penn ne who being duly sworn according to law declares that She is the Widow of Lawrence Johnson Deed who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt in the War of the Revolution She is not able now to state the sum's that her said Husband rendered but would refer the department to the evidence on file on her application for a Pension under the act of the 3 d of March 1853 under which said act she now draws a Pension of $66.33 dated April the 24 1853 Registered Vol. 2 Page 106  of the  State  of  Pennsylvania She further states that she was married to the said Lawrence Johnson at Belville in the State of New Jersey on the ninth day of June 1803 by me Peter Stoker a Clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Margaret Misker and that her said Husband, at Caroline Jenkins Long of York on the twenty third day of July 1843 and that She is now a Widow, that she has always been informed & very likely knows that her said Husband never drew any bounty land under any act of Congress - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled

whereby at Approve of March 3 rd 1855 that there is no Record of her said Marriage that she can procure
Margaret Johnson
See Memo
We Barry Johnson and Ruth Johnson Residents of Gray Township in said County of Penns upon our Oaths declare that the forging declaration was signed & acknowledged by Margaret Johnson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the Affiant that she is the person she represents herself to be - we further state that we were well acquainted with the said Margaret Johnson in the lifetime of her said Husband Lawrence Johnson that they lived together as man & wife & were reputed as such that we were at the funeral of the said Lawrence Johnson & saw him buried
Barry Johnson Ruth Johnson
Notary Public
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written: and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim
Amasa Greened Dear

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
I Allen McKean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Amasa Greene is And was at the time of his making the foregoing certificate is, and was at the time of his making the same an acting Justice of the Pleas in and for said County And that the signa- ture thereto purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Towanda the 26 th day of April A.D. 1855 Allen McKean Protho.
110.705
J. D. Goodenough Towanda Agent

This certifies that according to the records of the church, Protestant Reformed Church at Belleville, New Jersey - Lawrence John - son was married to Margaret Mesler - by the Rev. Peter Stryker, on June 9 th A.D. 1803
Isaac T. Semund
Pastor of said church at Belleville Belleville, N. Jersey -
June 21/53 -
Essex County ss } Before me John G. Sloyd one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Reverend Isaac T. Semund, being being by me duly affirmed according to law Saith that the facts set forth in the above certif- icate are a just and true transcript from the Records of Marriage, of the Protestant Reformed Church in Belleville -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 st day of June A.D. 1853
Isaac T. Semund
J. G. Sloyd Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss
I John R Weeks clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do certify that John G. Sloyd at the date thereof was an acting Justice of the elected Commissioners and sworn in and for said County and duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that the signature to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newark Twenty Ninth day of June A.D. 1853 -
JR Weeks Clk

State of New York
Tompkins County } ss. On this 22 d day of June 1853. personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County, William Mott. 2 d who being du- -ly sworn deposes that he is fifty five years of age that he knew Lawrence Johnson a revolutionary pensioner for a number of years previous to his death, that he was a resident of said Town, and had been for a number of years at the time of his the said pen- -sioner's death, which took place on the 23 d day of July in the year 1843. as appears from an entry in said depon- -ents books of accounts, this deponent further says that the said Lawrence Johnson at his death left a widow named Margaret, that she remained for some time in said Town of Caroline, when she removed to Steuben County State of New York, after which she removed to Pennsylvania as this deponent has been informed and believes. this de- -ponent further says that he has been a resident of said Town of Caroline for over twenty years last past - Subscribed and sworn to this 22 d June 1853. before me } William Mott
George Woolcot Justice of the Peace

Johnson Neene for some when the of New to Party been in -for such a Testicle for over Subscribed this 22. June George
State of New-York
Tompkins County Clerk's Office,
ss.
I, EZRA WEAVER, Clerk of said county, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said county, do hereby certify that George Woolcot Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurats thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is his genuine. Signature 
In Testimony Whereof, Courts, at Ithaca, this
I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county and Twenty Second day of June 1853
Ezra Weaver Clerk.
a Weaver Princess of Eastin County State more such has this de- he has been Confine has - State

Trascribed 504 1/100 by S. M. Perry Esq.

State of New York
Pompkins County } ss. On this 22 d day of June 1853. personally came before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of said County, Peter Lounsbury who being duly sworn deposes that he is fifty six years of age, that he knew Lawrence Johnson a Revolutionary pensioner that for a number of years previous to his death he was a Resident of the town of Caroline, County of Pomskins and State of New York, and that he died in said town and left a Widow who remained in said town for some time when she removed as deponent was informed, and believes to Steuben County in said State, and after- wards to the State of Pennsylvania, the said Lawrence Johnson died on the 23 d day of July in the year 1843 as appears from the Tomb Stone at his grave which the deponent has examined and which he verily believes to have been the true time of his decease, the depo- nent further says that he has been a resident of said town of Caroline for more than twenty four years past.
Subscribed and sworn to } Peter Lounsbury - The 22 d June 1853. before me }
George Woolcot Justice of the Peace

State of County state Penna declared Febria she is Revah sixty under in the said
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Address Cornelius Johnson Box 296 Ithaca Tompkins Co N.Y.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford }
On this Twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Stephen H. Stiles of the state of Pennsylvania Mrs. Margaret Johnson a resident of Stacy in the county of Bradford in the state of Penna aged Sixty eight years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February A.D. 1853, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Lawrence Johnson deceased who was a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary war, and who drew a Pension from the United States for such service of sixty six dolls and sixty six cents per annum, that he was pensioned in the county of Tompkins in the state of New York under the act of Congress of _____ she is informed and believes; but refers to the evidence filed in the Office at Washington for proof of his service - She further declares that she was married to the said Lawrence Johnson on the ninth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and three, as will more fully appear by the accompanying proof; that her said husband died on the twenty third day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty three; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated - She further declares that she is now a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney agent or otherwise - I also certify that the above named applicant for a Pension Margaret Johnson is personally known to me, that she is a respectable person, and her statement above made on oath is entitled to full credit and belief; and that she ought not to be required to appear in open court to make her declaration she being unable to attend by reason of old age and bodily infirmity -
S. H. Stiles J.P.
her Margaret Johnson (Mark) in presence of S. H. Stiles Stephen Knapp
I do hereby constitute and appoint Cornelius Johnson of Danby, Tompkins Co, in the state of New York my true and lawful attorney for the purpose of prosecuting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending, & to receive the certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 25 June A.D. 1853
Witness S. H. Stiles { Stephen Knapp }
her Margaret Johnson (Mark)
State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas _____ held in and for the said County that Lawrence Johnson was a Revolutionary pensioner and that he
died on the twenty third day of July 1843; and that he left surviving him a widow Margaret Johnson who is now living in the township of Stacy & County of Bradford. And that she is now living with her son Barney Johnson. And I hereby certify that S. H. Stiles is an acting justice of the Peace as and for the said County, duly Commissioned, And I also hereby further hereby certify that the signatures above purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of June A.D. 1853
Allen McLean Prothonotary

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Also Name
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 764
Margaret Johnson, Widow.
Lawrence Johnson, Rev. Rev. Wm.
Act: Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 13.725
3 Nov 1915

Myrs gart Johnsd. mich.
L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

1853
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Ms

#2972 July 8, 1853.
App l of Marga- ret Johnson, widow of Law- rence Johnson, Bradford co., Penn a .
895b N.Y.
Act 3 d Feby, 1853.
Rev. Allowed $ 66 66 /100 per Ann. Feb. 3 d 1853
Cornelius Johnson, Ithaca, Tompkins co., N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Series

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FILE
NO. 705
L. P. Waldow Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington
D.C.

Proc. Act. p. 53. Pa.
Myron

Pension Office Sept 22/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to a death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
J Burt Esqr                      L Atrules Auditor                      X Count Present
Lawrence Johnson, act 1832 - $66.66, p. an. Died 23 d July 1843, Paid to his death.
J Burt Auditor.

Ithaca August 25th 1853
Mr G Waldo
Sir
On the fifth of July last I mailed a letter at this place directed to Mr Waldo Commissioner of Pensions containing papers to substantiate the claim of my mother (who is the widow of Lawrence Johnson deceased) for a Pension As no reply has been received by me I am ignorant whether that communication reached the Department or not. I would therefore ask the favor of an immediate reply to inform me if the papers reached their destination & if so whether they are in any way insufficient. Please direct to Cornelius Johnson Box 296 Ithaca Tompkins Co. N.Y.

Ithaca July 5 th /53
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you my mothers application for a Pension My Mother is very poor and I hope the papers are right & that they will pass so that she will be able to draw on the 4 of Sept. next.
Should additional information be required please send for it & also the certificate when issued to Cornelius Johnson Box 296 Ithaca Tompkins Co. N.Y.
Very Respectfully
Cornelius Johnson

Ithaca October 4th /53
Mr L. C. Waldo Sir
Last July I sent from this office papers applying to your department for my Mother's pension. Having received no notice of the reception of those papers I addressed a letter of inquiry some time ago to which no answer has yet been received. I would again ask of you whether those papers were received and if so whether they are complete & sufficient to establish the claim of Mrs Johnson for her pension.

She being in destitute circumstances naturally feels anxious & her friends also to learn the progress of her claim Please reply immediately & address Cornelius Johnson Box 296 Ithaca Tompkins Co. N.Y.

Brief in the case of Mrs Margaret Johnson widow of Laurence Bradford County and State of Pennsylvania act of Feb. 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at $66 66/100 per annum
Private & paid to his death
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by church record Death " auditor's report Identity " credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Cornelius Johnson Ithaca Tompkins Co N. York
Examining Clerk.
J. C. Gray

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Lawrence Johnson
QUEEN'S X. Proof of Service.
Independent and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. The power and the length of the service. The use of the phrase about time or time enough is too - and the particular must be brief, as the late letters the pension to be held according to the terms of the act. It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lawrence Johnson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has V. *Has he mentioned 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? He has not a detailed statement required - VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has not VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? He has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? It is, & is so distinguishable.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No Clergyman's evidence
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? He has not.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are not.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

In the matter of Lawrence Johnson Supplemental afft

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the County of Tompkins in the state of New York Laurence Johnson who being by me duly sworn says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to all the particulars of his service nor the names of all his officers, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, under the following officers & in the following grades to wit:-
That he served from the time of the battle of Monmouth Monmouth to the time of the end of the war as a private soldier in the Continental army - that he is quite sure that Colonel Van Cortland was Colonel of the regiment - & he thinks but is not certain that William Fleming was Captain of the company - that he thinks the battle of Monmouth was on Sunday the 27 th day of June, but he cannot state the year, nor can he state the year in which peace was declared - that soon after the battle as already stated in his declaration he was marched to West Point & marched in this way through Newark, Belville, over Agnacknack bridge & also through White Plains as he thinks - that he remained at West Point during the fall & winter that followed & also the spring & performed garrison duty - that in the fore part of the summer that followed he was taken sick at West Point & remained so for about three months - that he recovered his health in the fall succeeding & found that the army had marched to Albany - that he was ordered to join his regiment at Albany & accordingly did so - that he remained a few weeks with his regiment at Albany & was then marched back the other side of West Point into the woods where huts were built & where the army remained during the winter that followed - that in the spring he was

Marched back into the fort - that he cannot state distinctly how long he remained at the fort, but he recollects that he was there when Arnold tried to deliver up the fort to the British - that he well recollects being present when Major Andre was hung - that he well recollects General Kosciusko at West Point who cultivated a garden at that place which he was very particular about - that deponent often worked the garden for him
That he recollects that he was at Snake Hill with the Army one winter & spring & nearly all summer before they marched to the south, but whether before or after the death of Andre he cannot state. When he was marched to Snake Hill he supposed they were going to besiege New York - that he cannot recollect the time of the year they were marched to York Town, but thinks they marched there from Snake Hill. That he thinks they marched there through Newark & also Philadelphia but is not certain. Has some faint recollection about being in boats during the march but cannot state the circumstances - That he saw La Fayette at York Town - that the British marched out & laid down their arms when they surrendered - that Cornwallis seemed to be loath to give up his sword to Washington. That after the surrender they marched back to West Point where he received his discharge, when peace was declared.
That he cannot recollect the names of any more of the officers than already mentioned - that he well recollects one Aaron Day who was a fifer in the same regiment - that the reason of his recollecting him was that he was very fond of jokes & making fun among the troops but does not know whether Day is now alive or not.
That he enlisted by the name of McLean that by some he was called Anthony McLean & by some Angus McLean that he supposes Angus was Dutch for Anthony -
Subscribed & sworn before me as Lawrence Johnson

aforesaid this tenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three
C. G. Heath Atty. S.P.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the County of Tompkins hereby certify that H. G. Heath whose name is subscribed to the within  above affidavit was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace of said County of Tompkins duly sworn for that purpose & I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & that I believe the signature subscribed to said affidavit to be his proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this tenth day of January eighteen hundred & thirty three
Samuel Love Clerk

Rev. Hook - Returned
Jan. 28.
FREE.
J. V. Edwards Esq. Wa. Dept. Pension Office Washington
Ms. A. 9. 2. 11

Ithaca Tompkins Co N.Y. Jan'y 10 th 1833
Dr Sir
We return the pension papers of Lawrence Johnson with a supplemental affidavit to meet the 5 th & 16 th objections of the brief. The Clks additional Certificate will answer the 14 th objection.
As to the 16 th objection we respectfully suggest that the seal of the seal of the Court being stamped through all the papers is evidence that no paper could have been improperly attached.
Yours &
Woodcock & Lewis
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington