Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5009, for David Johnson, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Johnson, David Catharine
W 5009
CONTENTS

1180
Pittsburgh Agency
David Johnson
of Beaver Co. in the Line of Pittsburgh Agency who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Laird of the Regt. commanded by Col. McCallister in the Pennsylvania line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 40 Dollars in per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of October 1832 and sent to Prisoner Reave. P.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  60.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mch 1833  20.00     $ 80.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by JMcQuiffie Clerk Book D Vol. 2 Page 175

Reported Feb 3/99
Income on the sale of shares of J. B. Duke
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the ____ day of _____ 19____
Recorded on Roll of Patents February 2, 1849, Page 5, Vol. VI

1459
Wm. Lloyd
Sergeant 8 mos
$40: Gram
Pittsburgh Agency.
Send to Pension
Beaver.
Pa

BRIEF in the case of
of David Johnson
in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7 June, 1839.)
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?
81
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. As a Gen.     May In 1776 8 Lodging 1 st Sergeant Capt Laird Col. McCallister  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
In no battle, was on the march to the Battle of Long Island, but the American Army was defeated, before he got up.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
York County. Penna
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Certificate annexed
Traditionally, Blagden's
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M'Clure
Examining Clerk.

Pennsylvania Berks County
Personally came before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County James Allison & William Clarke Esquires. Who being duly known to be such, That they were both personally acquainted with David Johnston Esq. Sen d and Catherine his wife in the fall of 1789 at that time they were living and cohabiting together as man and wife and generally reputed as such, and had one child living at that time. That they knew them ever since up to the death of the said David. Which is about eighteen months since. That they were always reputed to be man and wife & sustained an excellent character & raised a numerous family of children. That he is the same David Johnston Esq. who received a pension on account of his Revolutionary services, as they are informed and believe under the act of Congress of 1832. That the said Catherine, resides in the Town of Berne in the late residence of her husband & still remains his widow.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 22 day of Sept. 1838 Benj. A. Mays
James Allison W. Clarke

Personally appeared Catherine Johnston Widows and Relict of David Johnston Esquire etc. & being duly sworn, saith that she has no record evidence of her marriage with her said husband nor can she procure any; that she had a certificate which is lost or mislaid & cannot be found, and she further states that she has no family record of the birth or age of her children, that there are none ever kept.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 22 d day of Sept. 1838 Catherine Johnston Benj. Adams
Frank County Pa.
I Benjamin Adams one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify, that James Wilson & William Clarke Esquires, who made the foregoing deposition before me are Gentlemen of unblemished character for truth & veracity. Subscribed by me this 22 d day of Sept. 1838
Benj. Adams

Beaver County Pa
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I John A. Leoggs Prothonotary in and for Sevier County of Penn do hereby certify that the within notice Benjamin
Adams is and was at the time of signing the within certificate one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature to the within certificate is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Sevier Court at Beavon the 22 nd day of Sept 1888
John A. Leoggs Protho

State of Pennsylvania Beaver County ss
On this 6 th day of September 1838, personally appeared before the Hon John Nesbitt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, being a Court of Record Catherine Johnston, aged about Seventy four years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of David Johnston Esquire who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution that he served in Captain William Ross & Laird's company, and that he received a pension of forty dollars per annum under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, a Certificate for which was granted to him by the War department dated the ninth day of October 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Johnston Esq r on the 8 th day of May 1785 by the Rev d Rev d Duffield in Philadelphia, that she has a Certificate of her marriage, but that it is lost or mislaid, and that there is no record evidence to be had that she has any knowledge of.
That her said husband died on the Sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, at the time above stated.

That she is now infirm and in bad health, and does not feel able to appear in open court to make her declaration. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written John Nesbitt attorney for Catherine Johnston
Beaver County Pa Personally appeared in open court the the court of Common pleas for Beaver County Thompson vs Johnston Esqrs and being duly sworn saith that he has often heard David Johnston Esq. & Catherine his wife before named speak of their marriage, and that he has seen the marriage certificate referred to in the declarations hereto made by his mother Catherine Johnston. That his father David Johnston died 6 th March 1837 Sworn in open court, the 6 th day of Sept. 1838 John A. Scroggs Pro J. M. Johnson
Personally appeared in open court William Clarke Esq. and being duly sworn saith, that he personally knew David Johnston Esq. before named, as early as the year 1794. That he and Catherine Johnston who has made the foregoing declarations were then living together as man and wife and that he knew them to live together from that time, until he died. That they were always

always reputed and believed to have been legally married and sustained a good reputation, that his first knowledge of them was in Washington County, but he knew them for the last thirty years & upwards in Beaver County Penn al and that she remains his beloved companion in open Court the 8 th day of Sept r 1838
John A Scroggs Proth ry Pennsylvania
M c Cluskie
Beaver County To: I John A Scroggs Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County at the the Court before whom the said Thompson M c Johnston and William Clarke Esquires were sworn to certify
that the said Thompson M c Johnston & William Clarke sustain good moral Characters, whose declarations or statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
And it is further testified that John A Scroggs Esquire before whom the said Catherine Johnston made the foregoing declaration is one of the Judges of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 1 st day of September A. D. 1838.
John A Scroggs Pro

Beaver County Pa
Personally came before the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Henry and George Simon both that he knew David Johnston Esq. and Catherine his wife since the fall of 1803. The time they came to Beaver, in Beaver County to live. That they then lived together as man & wife & so continued to live in this place until his death which I believe to be the time stated by her in her declaration, that there are none in the County sustained a better character, deponent prepared his papers, by which he obtained his pension under the act of Congress of 1832. and that his papers to draw his pension was always executed before him as a judge of the County that the old lady his widow, still is making the foregoing declaration. Given under my hand at Beaver in his former residence in the Town of Beaver since his death, & before me the 8th Sept 1838
11018 Catherine Henry Beaver County Pa
Thomas Henry
Beaver County Pa
I John A Scraggs Prothonotary of said County for the Court of Common Pleas do certify that James D. Estlin Esquire before whom the above deposition is taken is a justice of the peace duly commissioned & sworn to all whose official acts full faith & credit is and ought to be given. Given under my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Beaver the 8th day of Sept A.D. 1838
John A Scraggs Proth

State of Pennsylvania, Beaver County ss.
On the 21 st day of July 1832, Personally came before and Joseph Humphreiss Thomas Henry one of the Associate Judges for said county of Beaver, David Johnson Esq. aged about eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832.
That he entered in the Service of the United States as a Volunteer in the Pennsylvania line under Captain Potts in the month of May as he believes 1776, started from York County Penn a and marched from thence to Philadelphia, and from Philadelphia to Princeton, remained about four months in the service as a Volunteer militiaman in the vicinity of New-York, and was stationed at a small town called Bergen, where he left the Volunteer Militia and joined what was called the Flying Camp, under Captain John Ladd, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel M c Callister, that he served in the flying Camp about four months - he was never in any regular battle, but was where there was some skirmishing, was marched to go to the battle of Long Island, but the American army was defeated a short time before the detachment to which he belonged reached there, that he was first Sergeant of both Company's to which he belonged, from his very advanced age, infirmity of body, and imperfection of Memory, that he cannot now recollect the details and particulars of his Service of which he never kept any account record, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service, and 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 State any State, —
Question - Where and in what year were you born, and have you any record of your age, and if so where is it. —

Answer - I was born in Ireland I think in the Year 1757, never kept any record of my age. —
Quest - Where were you living when called into the Service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you live now. —
Ans - I came to the United States some time previous to the Revolutionary war, went into the Service in York County Penn a , after I left the Service, I lived in Philadelphia, was employed as a teacher there in the College there eight years, moved from thence to Washington Penn a , taught in the Academy there two years, from thence I removed to Cannonburg Pa a and taught in what is called Jefferson College for eight years, from thence removed to Charleston (now called Wheeling) Virginia, taught there for three or four years, And from thence removed to the Town of Peaver in which I now live, and where I have resided for about twenty eight years.
Quest - How were you called into the Service, were you drafted, or did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute, and if a Substitute for whom —
Ans - I volunteered as before stated, first as a Militia Man, where I served for four months, and then joined the Flying Camp, where I served four months longer, making in all eight months Service, during which Service I acted in the Capacity of first Sergeant.
Quest - State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served —
Ans - My mind and memory is so impaired from old age that I cannot with certainty give the names of the regular Officers, only those whom I have mentioned as being immediately connected with me in the Service —
Quest - 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 received a discharge from Col. McCallister being then very sick, the discharge I know not what became of it, never thinking it would be of any service to me. —

Quest - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. -
Ans - The Rev d William Maclean, James Allison Esq r and General Samuel Power. —
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid, — David Johnson Thos Henry Joseph Humphreille
I William Maclean, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Beaver do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Johnson Esq r who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be eighty one 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 I concur in that opinion. —
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. — William Maclean Thos Henry Joseph Humphreille
We Samuel Power and James Allison residents of the Town of Beaver, do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with David Johnson Esq r who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration, upon oath of twenty years, that we believe him to be about eighty one 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 & Subscribed the day Samuel Power and year aforesaid. — James Allison Thos Henry Joseph Humphreille

100 14324 The Subscribers Associate Judges in and for the County of Beaver do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named David Johnson Esq. was a Militia man or Volunteer in the revolutionary war, and that he performed the Service as stated by him in his declaration, and that owing to his advanced age, ill health, and bodily inability, he is unable to attend in Court to make his declaration - And we do further certify and declare that the Rev. William Maclain who is the regular Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Beaver, and Samuel Power and James Allison Esquires, are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Thos Henry
Joseph Humpshill
State of Pennsylvania Beaver County ss
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county do hereby certify that Thomas Henry & Joseph Humpshill Esquires before whom the foregoing declaration was made and affidavit taken was at the time of taking said affidavit and certifying said declaration, Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all their official acts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 24th day of July, A.D. 1832.
James Logan Prothonotary
Beaver County ss

and verifying said declaration, Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county, duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all their official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 24th day of July, A.D. 1832.
James Logan Pres.
Beaver County ss
Personally came before the Subscriber an Associate Judge for said County David Johnson Esq. who made the foregoing declaration to procure a pension & being duly sworn saith that the words "about four months" used by the Scrivener, who prepared his application he intended to be understood to mean not less than four months in each term of service at this late period after a lapse of more than fifty years & now in a shattered condition both as to mind & body it is impossible for him to give dates, but that he feels conscious that his whole period of service was not less than eight months.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 18th day of Augt. 1832. David Johnson
Thos Henry

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their service.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. V. B. W. 5009.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Oct. 23, 1893.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that David Johnson made an application for pension on July 21, 1882, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing in Beaver County, Pa., and his pension was allowed for 3 months' actual service as a sergeant in the Pennsylvania troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Laird and Col. McAllister. Place of enlistment York County, Pa.
His widow, Catharine, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. Anna C. Irwin,
Riverview,
Hillsboro Co., Fla.

Pennsylvania, 529.
Catherine Johnson, the widow of David Johnson, die.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the 6th March 1837, of Beaver Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Laird of the regt commanded by Col M. Calhoun in the Penna. line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh, Pa at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1837. 7th March 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept 1838, & sent to Hon. Thomas Henry Beaver, Penna.
Arrears to the 1st of Sept '38 $59.67 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar '39 20. —
$79.67
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D r McCurdy Clerk, Book 4. Vol. 2. Page 155.

891.
Pennsylvania  Pittsburgh
Catharine Johnson
widow of David Johnson
who was a Sergeant
in the Penn. line
for 8 Months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of July, 1843 and sent to
J. M. Johnson Beaver, Penn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 123

Catharine Johnson Pennsylvania
Suspended
See let. 15 Sept. 1838 Hon. Thos. Hensy.
Act 7 July 1838.

$40 per annum
David Johnston Pa. Act of June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen Offic
Dec 14. 1838
to 11th Sep 1834
#
Died March 6th 1837 - Arrearages paid.
S. H. H.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848, entitled, "An Act making further provision for Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Pennsylvania Beaver County ss.
On this 16 th day of November 1848, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs Catharine Johnson a resident of Beaver in the County of Beaver State of Pennsylvania aged eighty four years, who being first 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 the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of David Johnson who was a Sergeant in Captain Wm Rapp & Lairs Company of Infantry in Col M c Callisters Regiment, in the war of the Revolution and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Forty dollars per annum under the Act of the 17 th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Catharine Johnson
In presence of J. M c Johnson M c E Johnson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before. Isaac Jones.
Justice of the Peace I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. Isaac Jones, Justice of the Peace

Pennsylvania: Beaver County, ss.
1. Morton Lawrence Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county, do certify, that James
James  is  who  the  foregoing affidavit and subscribes his name to the same in his own hand writing, was, at the time of the taking and certifying thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, commissioned, and sworn; and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is due, and of right ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Beaver, this 4 day of November A. D. 1848
Morton Lawrence Proth'y.

Death
Riverview, Florida.
Sept. 29 th 1898.
Information is desired of the record of David Johnson of the Revolutionary War, whose wife Anna Catharine Johnson of Beaver, Beaver County Pennsylvania, received a pension until her death, which took place in Beaver about September, 1853.
Please address
(Mrs.) Anna C. Irwin
Riverview
Hillsboro County
Florida.

Information is desired of the record of David Johnson of the Revolutionary War, whose wife Anna Johnson Johnson of Beaufort, Beaufort County Pennsylvania, received a pension until her death, which took place in Beaufort about September, 1853. Please address Anna B. Johnson Reverend William County Florida
Sept. 29th 1898.
auth

Hon Mr Allison
Please furnish me with certified copies of the papers upon which Catharine Johnson was placed upon the pension list. She is the widow of David Johnson a Soldier of the Revolution in Pennsylvania line. Also a certificate that John De France was a Revolutionary pensioner of the Pa line. His certificate was returned to the P auditors office in 1840.
3651
Enquire about Mayor Haines claim & Auditor

98. Emma C. Irwin, Arcadia, Fla.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Oct. 28/ Mrs. An Rive
File No. 5009
Catharine Johnson
Widow
David Johnson
Length Rev. War
Act: July 2, 1848
Index:—Vol. 84 Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4 20 Feb 1848
Mr Cook
Bellows Falls
Cole a. j. Pa 1891
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Pittsburgh Nov 27. 1845
Sir:
You will be so kind as to send the Pension certificate, herewith to enclosed paper enclosed
Leeman S. Adams
Pittsburgh Pa.
Yours respectfully
Leeman S. Adams
J. S. Edwards Esq

1355
May 25 1843
pa
Mar 3 rd 1843
Cath Johnson $40 per a
Send cat to J. M. Johnson Beaver
Port Edward G. Quinn M rs Johnson of Providence Washington City

Braun May 20. 1843.
Dear Sir,
I have enclosed the declaration of Katharine Johnson (an aged widow) to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Act of Congress passed 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. I have also enclosed a copy of a certificate which was granted to her under the Act of July 7 th 1836.
Respectfully yours, J. M. Johnson.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

101a
Free The Henry Mole
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Beaver 22 d Sept. 1838
Dear Sir,
I enclose you additional documents in the case of Mrs C Johnson widow of David Johnson Esq. Ser. t which I hope will be satisfactory.
I am clearly of the opinion that the rule adopted with relation to the proof of marriage is too rigid and if adhered to, will in a great measure nullify the law and make it void.
The courts in all cases except on an indictment for adultery, have held the proof of living and cohabiting as man & wife for a long period of years to be sufficient proof of marriage. It is the opinion of good lawyers that in the present case the above rule should be applied. But the power is vested in the President to adopt the rule of evidence and for the present these decisions must submit to it.
With great respect
Your ob. t servant
Thos Henry
Hon. J. L. Edwards

PENNSYLVANIA
Beaver County, ss.
I, MILTON LAWRENCE, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county, do certify,
that James H. Watson Esqr who took the foregoing affidavit
and subscribes his name to the same in his own hand writing, was, at the time of the taking and certifying thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, commissioned, and sworn; and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is due, and of right ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Beaver, this 20 day of May A. D. 1842
Milton Lawrence Proth'y.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Beaver ss
On this 20 th day of May A D 1842 personally appeared before me James D. Eakin one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Beaver, Catharine Johnson a resident of the Borough of Beaver in said county, aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd March 1828, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of David Johnson who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, that he served in Captain William Ross and Lounds company of Infantry in Col. Michaux's Regiment, That she received a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
J D Eakin V. J. P.
Catharine Johnson

War Department
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7 th 1835, Catharine Johnson of Beaver County Penn a . Widow of David Johnson Sergeant d o . who was prisoner under the act of 7 th June 1832, and died on the 6 th day of March 1837, is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, commencing on the seventeenth day of March 1837; and in case of the death or marriage of said Widow before the 4 th of March 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
S. Cooper
Acting Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.