Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18057, for Prince Johonnot, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Johonnot, Prince In Johonnot
S. 18057
carded
CONTENTS

10.313
Wm Hampshire Prince Johannet
of Hillsboro in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col. Briga in the _____ line for 8 Mos. Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Sept 1833 and due Chas I Love Loffston N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 1833
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk. Book 2. Vol. 1 st Page 94.
In letter May 6 1833 to C. F. Love Esq
Recd May 29-1836 A.B.

No 31. P. Johannis
7470

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this Twenty seventh day of August Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Prince Johannet aged Eighty Three years Who being 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 is to say, He resided at Methuen in the County of Suffolk Essex & State of Massachusetts in December A.D. 1774 when & where he enlisted as a minute-man in the service of his country in the company commanded by Captain John Davis, Nathaniel Herrick was first Lieutenant, & Ephraim Badwell was second Lieut. - said company was kept organized and drilled two half days in each week, when the weather would permit. On the The day of Lexington on [April 19 th 1775] when news of that event being received at Methuen he marched with the aforesaid company, to to Cambridge & entered the service of the United States for eight months, and was stationed in the Centre College Building - was attached to the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph or James Frye of Andover Mass. - Bracket of Haverhill Lieut. Col. & Thomas Paine of Andover Major. and Ebenezer Herrick of Methuen was Adjutant who was killed at the Battle of Bunker-Hill - On the night of the 16 th of June A.D. 1775. he marched to Bunker-Hill, where a breastwork & fort were thrown up during that night and the next day, was in the Battle on that hill - Knows Colonel Prescott who commanded in the Battle on the Hill - Knows Capt. Nathaniel Gage of Bradford Mass. who commanded a company which was also stationed at Cambridge & belonged to the same Regiment - After the Battle of Bunker Hill returned to Cambridge, saw General Washington when he came into that place, and continued in the service till some of the last days of December A.D. 1775 when he was dismissed & returned to Methuen
Was Born at Boston Massachusetts
July 6 th A.D. 1749 -
Has no record of his age
Lived at Methuen upon when he was called into the service

There is no clergyman in town with whom I am intimately acquainted.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, 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
is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, scribed the day and year aforesaid Pringle Johnson Columbus Parker Judge of Probate
We Charles T. Gann a Clergyman residing in the town of Goffstown in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Jesse Gann residing in Goffstown in said County aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Prentiss Johann who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Charles T. Gann
Belmont Parker. Judge of Probate -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories 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 Charles F. Gown who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clarendon resident in the town of Goffstown and that Jesse Carr who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Goffstown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Barker - } Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Prima Johanna for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Twenty Seventh
C. H. Harkness -
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Primo Johannus and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was Born in Boston Massachusetts, July 6 th A.D. 1724 -
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record of my age -
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, at Methuen Mass. - have resided in Goffstown N.H. since the year 1775. till within a few years since which I have lived in New Boston where I now live
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 volunteered
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, Capt. Sawyer of Doverhill Mass. & those named in my declaration -
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 never received any discharge -
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, Hon. Jesse Cunn of Goffstown & Charles F. Goad Elephaleth Richards & David Barr Esquires all of Goffstown County of Hillsborough N.H.
Certified by
C. H. Atherton Register.

7670
Prince Johannes
(N H)
Puwali
8 Months
The Credibility of the witness Not Confirmed Nov 13 1832
$26.66
Chs F Gove Esq Goffstown N H

BRIEF in the case of  Prince Johannah  of Hillsborough County in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83 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.     In 1774 75 " 8 " private Gen. Capt. John Davis   " " " " Col. J. Frye  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Methuen, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Form  not defined 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. G. Blair Examining Clerk.

June 27, 1931
REV. & 1812 Wars Section AWF
Mary H. Kidder, Asst. Librarian Connecticut Historical Society Hartford, Connecticut.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 18057, that Prince Johonnot was born July 6, 1749 in Boston, Massachusetts.
While residing in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, he was a minute man in Captain John Davis' Company, and when the news reached Methuen of the battle of Lexington, he marched to Cambridge in Captain Davis' Company and was attached to Colonel James Frye's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and served eight months.
He resided in Goffstown, New Hampshire and about 1827, moved to New Boston, New Hampshire, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed, August 27, 1832.
He died May 27, 1836. A B.
There is no reference to his family.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

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1805 u
INVALID.
File No. 18057
Prince Johannes
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 92
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 1-1902
Rev. R.F. Johonnat Oak Park Ills
Feb 4 - 21 - 1905 - Hisb above
1931 - June 27 - Hisb & Mary H. Ridderau

7670
Prince Johannus NH
Charles F. Gove Esq Goffstown NH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Prince Johannes which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? Yes 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 ? Yes 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 ? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes 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 ? Yes

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
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
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? No
N.B. Certificate is amended by the Magistrate
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? Yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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.

I James Pike depose and say that in the year 1775 I served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the Massachusetts troops in the regiment commanded by James Frye as Colonel and James Brackett of Haverhill as Lieutenant Colonel in the company commanded by James Sawyer of Haverhill as Captain, and that I served for the term of nine months.
That during the time that I served as a soldier, and for eighteen years since I lived was well acquainted with Prince Iohannett now living in Goffstown in the State of New Hampshire, and that during said eighteen years I lived a near neighbour to said Iohannett.
That said Iohannett served as a soldier during all the term aforesaid in the same regiment to which I belonged and that he belonged to the company commanded by Captain Davis of Methuen as I think.
That said Iohannett and myself both fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, and both remained in said regiment until the expiration of said nine months when we were discharged and that I consider him as a correct and upright man.
Yrs. Pike
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss
Franklin August 24 1832
Personally appearing James Pike and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was just and true before me
James Clark Jus Peace
I do hereby certify that the aforesaid James Pike is a creditable witness and entitled to the full credit.
James Clark Jus Peace
State of New Hampshire, Secretary's Office Aug o 24. 1832.
I hereby certify that the above named James Clark is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack, duly constituted and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto the Seal of said State.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

Connecticut Historical Society Hartford, Conn.
May 13, 1931.
Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you kindly give me the pension record of Prince Johnson or Johnson who was placed on the pension roll, Mar. 4, 1831, and any details concerning his parentage, birth and place of birth. Anything you may do for me will  may be greatly appreciated.
Truly yours,
Mary Helen Kidder Assistant Librarian

Unity Church,
Oak Park, Ill.
R. F. JOHONNOT, Pastor.
April 2, 1902.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
Will you kindly inform me whether you have any record of a pension granted to one Prince Johannett ( or the name may be otherwise spelled) as a soldier in the N.H. militia during the war of the American Revolution ? If so will you kindly furnish me with such information concerning him as your records give. I would especially like to know when and how long he served; in what way; and from what town he enlisted; and where he lived at the time he drew his pension.
Thanking you in advance for the kindness of a reply, I am
Yours very truly,
R. F. Johonnot