Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,464, for Ephraim Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Johnson, Ephraim
S. 44,464
CONTENTS
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16.081
New Hampshire
Ephraim Johnson
Wilton in the state of New Hampshire
was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poor of the New Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
scribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Mar 1819 and sent to J. H. Smith Esq. Amherst N. Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 137.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820. 48.00 $185.00
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Ephraim Johnson Wilton New Hampshire Private 1818

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Ephraim Johnson
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Con
March 1820.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH, SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the first district, holden at Amherst in said county of Hillsborough, on this fourth day of July, 1820, being a court of record; having power of fine and imprisonment, and unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount.
PRESENT
The Hon. { JOSHUA DARLING, } Justices: JEDIDIAH K. SMITH,
Personally appeared, in open court, Ephraim Johnson aged seventy eight years, resident in Wittow in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit:— Entered for one year in Capt Satter's company and Colo. Poor's Regt New-Hampshire line in which I served faithfully the whole year and was honorably discharged
the date of my original declaration was on the fourth day of April Anno Domini, 1818 I have received a pension, the certificate of which is numbered 16081 on the back thereof.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March, 1818;" and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the following schedule, by me subscribed.
(Viz) 4 Chests - 1.25 - 2 tables - 1.00 - 6 chairs - 1.00 — 3.25 pot and kettles - 2.25 - shovel & tongs & and irons - 3.25 Peeter crockery and glass ware 1.00 — 2.50 wooden & tin ware - 1.25 - axe & hoe — 2.25 knives & forks - .25 - Shoemaker tools 1.00 — 1.25 1 Pig - 2.00 1 bed - 15.00 — 17.00 Ephraim Johnson $29.00
All the subscribers examined the above articles and appraised them at 29 dollars
Jonathan Burton } Selectmen John Clark } Wilton

My occupation Labourer but now part labouring
My family, residing with me, consists of myself aged 75 years my wife aged 77 years and our Daughter Elizabeth aged 33 years. who tarries with the family as wife Eph m his + Johnson mark
Sworn to and declared in open court, on the Anno Domini, 1820.
4 th
day of July
M Eastman, Clerk.
I MOSES EASTMAN, Clerk of the above named Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 exhibited, in the foregoing schedule, is £ 29,000
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this
4 th
day of July, 1820.
M Eastman
} Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough.

I Ephraim Johnson a Resident Citizen in the Town of Wilton in the County of Hillsbo- rough in the State of New Hampshire Husband- man in the seventy sixth year of my age do solemnly swear that I was in Lexington soon after the battle as a minute man in April A 1775; directly after without quitting the ser- vice I enlisted in Capt Benj a Emes' Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col o James Frye in the first Regiment of the Massachu- setts line, for the term of eight months which I faithfully served out & without quitting the service on my duty enlisted into Capt t Southridge's Company in Col o Poor's Regi- ment in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year which I faithfully served out and received a pass to return home at Trenton New Jersey about the first or second of January and arrived the same month at my home in Andover Massachusetts in all which makes my service upwards of twenty months In this service I was in Branswick & Trenton Battles. I further declare that I have never been placed on the pension list of Invalids of my Country I further declare that I am poor & need the assistance of my Country for my support & that I have been dependent on my benevolent neighbours for assistance.
Ephraim Johnson Sworn to this 1st day of April 1791 Before me J. Smith
A Socialistic of the kind of Common Pleas

I Abiel Wilson of Wilton in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire testify that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Johnson who signed the affidavit on the other side of this paper & that he is the same Ephraim Johnson who served in the Revolutionary War as he has declared & that he is a man of good moral character & stands in need of assistance from his country.
Sworn to this 1 st day of April A.D. 1810 Before me J. G. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that Abiel Wilson & Jacob M c Entire who's Affidavits I have taken on this sheet are both Creditable Witneses in my Court of Law J. G. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
I Jacob M c Entire of Temple in said County of Hillsborough of lawful age testify that I am acquainted with Ephraim Johnson who has given his affidavit on this sheet & know that he served more than nine months against the Common Enemy under the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war in the year 1776 as we served in the same company which was Capt. Lathrop's in the Reg t commanded by Col. Poor in the Massachussetts line.
Sworn to this 2 d day of Nov r A.D. 1810 Before me J. G. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On the first day of April A.D. 1810 Before me the subscriber one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared Ephraim Johnson Resident in the Town of Wilton in said County in the seventy sixth year of his age & being duly cautioned made solemn Oath agreeably to Law (in order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval

service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he enlisted in the beginning of the year 1776 for the term of one year in least Southbridge Company in the Regiment Com- manded by Col. Poore in the Massachusetts Line and contin- ued to serve in said Corps, or the service of the United States until the first or second day of January 1777 when he received a pass to return home, after having faithfully served out his year at Trenton in the State of New Jersey - and that he is reduced in his circumstances, poor, & stands in need of the as- sistance of his Country for his support. From all which & other testi- mony to me given I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Johnson did serve more than nine months in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy on the Con- tinental Establishment. And I now transmit the proceedings of the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the De- partment of War. I further certify from my own knowledge that said Johnson is indigent & needs the assistance of his Country for his support. J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signatures of J. H. Smith on this sheet is in his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court.
Mrs. Eastman Clerk
I Ephraim Johnson within mentioned further testify that being old & not considering duly the situation of our troops in the fore part of the revo- lutionary war perceiving that I made a mistake as to the line in my affidavit on this sheet & should should have stated that I belonged to the New Hamp- shire line in my years service & not of the Massachu- setts line as I belonged & served that year in Col. Enoch Poore's Regt. in Capt. Southbridge Company which I have been informed since was the New Hampshire line as I belonged to Massachusetts & so did the greater part of my Company I had concluded it was the Massachusetts line sworn to before me J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas } Ephraim Johnson

Ephraim Johnson, Private Hillsborough Co., N.H. from the Mass. Line
of the Massachusetts Line 2 Wiltshire
private Col. Poor's Regiment New Hampshire Line Massachusetts Line
1776 - 1 year 1st April 1818.
Not on rolls of Committee Rejected
Not on the Continental 28th Regiment.
19 May 1819.
J. H. Smith, Judge, Amherst, N. H.
I Abiel Wilson of Wilton aforesaid do solemnly swear that in my affidavit given on this sheet on the first day of April 1818 I made a mistake in testifying that Ephraim Johnson served in the Massachusetts Line. I have since found that I should have stated in the New Hampshire Line as said Johnson did actually serve in the Regiment commanded by Col. Brock Poor in Capt. Southridge's Company which is the New Hampshire Line & not in Col. Thos. Poor's Regt. The Company commanded by Southridge were mostly soldiers belonging to Andover Mts which induced me to suppose that Johnson was in the Massachusetts Line. Abiel Wilson
Sworn to this 12th day of Nov. 1819 Before me J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Johnson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 44,464
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1775 8 mos. Benjamin Amee James Frye Mass.   1 year Southridge Enoch Poor N.H.        
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill & Trenton Residence of soldier at enlistment, Andover, Mass. Date of application for pension, Apl. 1, 1818. Residence at date of application, Milton, Hillsboro Co. N.H. Age at date of application, in the 76 th year of his age. Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife as 77 yrs. (name not stated) and daughter Elizabeth as 33 yrs.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

44 464 Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 464
Ephraim Johnson Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3, Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913 Mch. 22. History to Mrs. Betsey Osgood. C 1915 Jan. 15. Hist. to George A. Root. P 1915 Mch. 17. Geo. A. Root referred to and for date of soldier's death. P

The Hon ble Secretary will please to notice the additional affidavit of Ep m Johnson the Applicant & also, the Affidavit of Abiel Wilson. It appears the witnesses & the applicant mistook as to the line Capt Santridge belonged to Col o Enock Poors Reg t . N.H. Line where the Applicant actually served one year (There was a Col o Tho s Poor in the N.H. Line Brother to Col o Enock who was not on the Continental establish- ment) The Applicant is extremely poor & is almost broken hearted I hope it will appear consistent to the Hon ble Sec y to place him on the Roll from the date of his first Affidav t . after perusing the explanation. With the highest Respect & Esteem Yrs S r J. Smith

Eph m Johnson - certificate issued Nov r 1819 -
Dead. - See letters Aug. 20. 1835 to E. Parker & Pension Agt. Clo. to Hon. F. Pierce 5 March 1836
Mar 20

Feb 17
26 Nov 19
Dear Sir, I have the honor to inform you
J. Edwards Esq Comr of Penitentiary Washington
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House of Reps
Feby 1/18.36
J. J. Edwards Esq
Sir Sir
Will you do me the favour to communicate the information contained in the inclosed letter -
I am with much respect yrs at Servt
Franklin Pierce

FREE
P. N. H.
Aug 20
J. L. Edwards Osborn Commissioner of Pensions Washington -

Amherst Mt., Aug. 15. 1835
J. L. Edwards Esquire.
Sir,
The enclosed paper, intended to draw the arrears of Pension of Ephraim Johnson, deceased, I sent last week to the Pension office Portsmouth, and it is returned with two objections.
1 st It is more than 60 days since the Power of Attorney is dated.
In cases where the heirs, or children, live at a distance, it is sometimes impossible to send a Power by mail, and get a return so as to send it to the office within sixty days from its date. Is the rule such that a Power cannot be received under such circumstances?
2 d It appears that the pensioner left 4 children, and that one of them lives in Canada . Can not those within the Government draw the Pension?
It seems to me that our Government will not take notice of a child out of the Gov. It is almost impossible to get a Power en-

recuted, and properly certified in such a case. It will generally cost more than the arrears & do it.
In most cases, as in this , the old man is taken care of by some child, and it is understood by all that the arrears go to that child. If the arrears are actually paid to each child it seems that justice is attained. I cannot say but the rule is reasonable is otherwise.
If any thing can be done to relieve the two women to whom the arrears in this case are due, you will confer a favor by so advising me.
Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
Edmund Paskew.

Arkansas City Kansas
March 10 1913
Periman Department Washington D. C. I wish to be one of the daughters of the revolutionary war my great great grandfather was in the revolutionary war, of 1775 and 1776 In the battle Bunker Hill his name is Ephriam Johnson could you tell me regiment and the Company he was in, will you be kind enough to tell me have to know, can my daughter be one of the daughters too Over

very kindly 2 Mrs Betsey Osgood Arkansas City Kansas 614 South C St

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NEWSPAPER SECTION.
Kansas State Historical Society, and Department of Archives. Memorial Bldg.
WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY, Secretary.
Topeka, Kan., Jan 7, 1915
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the pension record of an Ephraim Johnson , who was born in Andover, Mass., Mch. 31, 1742, and served in the Revolutionary War from that state.
Thanking you for the favor, I am Very respectfully yours, George A. Root

NEWSPAPER SECTION.
Kansas State Historical Society, and Department of Archives.
H Rev Sec
WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY, Secretary.
Topeka, Kan., March, 13, 1915
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Some time since you were kind enough to furnish me with the pension record of an Ephraim Johnson, born in Andover, Mass., in 1742. I am very anxious to establish the date of this man's death . The man was alive in 1820. If the records in your office contain this information I would be grateful for the same.
Thanking you for past favors, I am
Very truly yours,
Elsie A. Root.

Rev. War Section.
March 17, 1915.
Mr. George A. Root, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the thirteenth instant, relative to Ephraim Johnson Surv. File No. 44,464 Rev. War, you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau fail to show the date of his death, and that in order to obtain the date of the last payment of his pension, and the name of the person to whom it was paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Ephraim Johnson Certificate No. 16,081, issued November 26, 1819 for $3 per month from April 1, 1818, under the Act of March 18, 1818 at the New Hampshire Agency."
Very respectfully,
G. M. Sattzgeber
Commissioner.