Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10151, for William Johnson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Johnson, William Margaretta
W. 10151
CONTENTS

Missouri 13361.
Let to Hon. G. M. Bower Dec 1844.
Mrs. John Wilson (widow) of Marshall in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the C o commanded by Captain Mason of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the V a line for U. S. A.
$36. 66 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. J. M. Ashley St. Louis. Mo.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $3.32
Pension allowance ending 4 Feb. 1833. 18.33
$91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palma Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 83

Margaret Johnson widow of William Johnson
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Va
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July 1848 and sent to Mrs J. S. Green W.H.R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 31 Vol. 3
Robt. H. A.
Died a widow Feb 1848 not on AR

Com of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Sahuyra Marion County Missouri March 13th 1855
Com. of Pensions- Sir=
William Johnson, late a Revolutionary Soldier, who received a pension up to the date of his death viz: on the leaves several heirs who are informed that they are entitled to certain emoluments arising from the services of said William Johnson deceased and they authorize me to inquire how they are to proceed to obtain the amount to which they may be entitled according to law. You will confer a special favor by sending me, either a copy of the act authorizing their demand or such instructions as will enable them to proceed to obtain their rights-
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt Benjamin Davies Atty for the heirs of William Johnson decd.

13. 367.
William Johnson Sen Missouri
Admitted for 11 months
Hon Wm H Ashley St Louis Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
20 th June — 1883
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of William Johnson and Marion Co. Missouri
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Nov 1779. 3 for Cap. De Meats 70 years Living Witness & Traditionary   Sep. 1780 8 p Cap. Wm Mason Harper Co No.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you 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?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

9837 Margaretta Johnson
Missouri
Act 7. July 38
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adm
9 mo pri
$30. from On the day of her husband's death
Ha. G. M. Bower H.R.
Missouri mo

Commonwealth of Kentucky } Set.
Bourbon County
I Thomas P Smith clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that from the certificates of marriages recorded in my office, it so appears that William Johnson was married to Margaret Little on the twenty third day of March seventeen hundred and ninety three by Benjamin Coleman. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal seal of said County Court at Paris this twelfth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred & forty four.
Thos. P. Smith, clk, By W.B. Hughart, D.C.
A letter came from your place but was not taken out because the postmark was not legible.

State of Missouri } ss County of Lewis }
On this third day October A.D. 1843, personally appeared before the judge of the circuit court in & for the County of Lewis & State of Missouri aforesaid Margaretta Johnson, a resident of the County & State aforesaid, aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed July 7th. 1838, entitled, an act granting half pay, & pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of William Johnson, who was a private soldier. That he resided in the State of Virginia when he entered the service. That to the best of her recollection, he was a draughted soldier & that she the claimant, has no documentary evidence in support of the claim, except that her husband was a pensioner in his life-time. That at the time he was pensioned & during the time he received & enjoyed said pension, he resided in the County of Marion & in the State aforesaid.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Johnson on the second day of March 1793, in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety three, that her husband the aforesaid William Johnson died, on the nineteenth day of June Eighteen

hundred and thirty eight - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated Margaretta her Johnson mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before Priestly H McBride Judge of the Circuit Court in & for the County and State aforesaid, it being the 4th judicial circuit of said State.
J. M. McBride Judge 4th Jud. Cir. Mo
State of Missouri County of Lewis, ss. I J. A. Blair clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County of Lewis do hereby certify that P. H. McBride whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing Certificate is now and was at the date thereof Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit in said State composed in part of the said County of Lewis, and that his signature is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of said Court. Done at office in Monticello the County aforesaid on this 20th day of November A. D. 1893.
J. A. Blair clerk

State of Michigan                      Lem St. Clair                      Lem St. Clair County of Levis                      Sept 7 1843                      Sept 7 1843
This day Susannah Reese appeared in open court in the Circuit Court of Lewis County and being examined in open court, deposed upon her oath being sworn to testify with reference to the marriage of Margaretta Johnson and William Johnson Esq., deposes and says that she was present at the marriage of the said William & Margaretta in the County of Bourbon & State of Kentucky now Harrison County in said State, that she was well acquainted with said Margaretta before her marriage with the said William, that the parties were united in marriage at the house of Peter Titter her said Margaretta's father in the year 1793 and in the spring of that year, but what day or month she deponent is unable to state, they were married by the Rev d McLean a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, licensed to marry, the ceremony was performed and the parties said William and said Margaretta agreed to take each other for husband and wife, in the presence of many witnesses, amongst others Martin Baker of Sciotland County Nelson Brey Timberlake then of Bourbon County Ky Oldack Timberlake of the same place & others — That deponent is well acquainted

ted with the said Margarella Johnson at this time, that William Johnson died some years ago, when she does not certainly remember, but she knows the said Margarella never married again and is now living in the county of Lewis in State of Oregon, at the residence of her son John (Johnson and further this deponent saith not. Susanah Reese mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 rd October 1843.
J. A. M c Brine Judge U. S. Dist. Ct. Mo.
State of Missouri County of Lewis Set.
This day personally appeared before the Circuit Court of said County in Open Court John C Johnson and makes oath that William Johnson who is referred to in the foregoing statements of Susanah Reese departed this life on the 19 th day of June in the year eight hundred & thirty eight in the County of Marion in said State. And further the depo- nent saith not.
John C Johnson
Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned Judge of the U. S. District Court in said State, in Open Court.
J. A. M c Brine Judge U. S. Dist. Ct. Mo.

State of Missouri County of Lewis ss 3 d I A. H. Blair clerk of the Circuit Court within and and for said County of Lewis do hereby certify that P. H. McBride whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing certificate is now and was at the date thereof Judge of the Circuit Judicial Circuit in said State composed in part of Lewis County aforesaid, And that his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court. Done at office in Monticello at the County aforesaid on this 20 th day of November 1843. A. H. Blair clerk

State of Missouri Marion County Set 3
I Stephen M. Pleasants of Marion County aforesaid being duly sworn on my Oath make the following Statements - I was intimately acquaint- ed with William Johnson late of Marion County aforesaid - that said Johnson was a Pensioner of the Government of the United States - that I acted as Attorney for said Johnson in obtaining his Certifi- cate - that said Certificate was issued to said John- son for about thirty six Dollars per annum - that under this Certificate said Johnson often drew his pension until about two years before his death - said Certificate was often in my posses- sion but to the best of my knowledge and be- lief is now lost destroyed or mislaid - I fur- ther state that Mrs Margaret Johnson of Lew- is County in said State lived with said John- son as his wife in Kentucky and Missouri for more than thirty years and I doubt not in the least that they so lived by virtue of a lawful Marriage - The Certificate afore- said I believe was signed by Lewis Cass as the Commissioner or Secretary issuing the same and on the reverse side it bore a certain number but I cannot now recollect what that number was
S. Pleasants State of Missouri County of Marion John P. Baxter Clerk of The Marion Circuit Court Certified

Certify That Stephen W B Carnegy The person whose name is signed to the foregoing personally appeared before me and signed and swore to facts therein stated
Done at office at Palmyra Missouri this 13th Day of November A D 1843
John P. Rutter Clerk By his Deputy Joseph Wood
State of Missouri Marion County ss On this 13th day of Novem- ber A.D. 1843 before the honorable the Circuit Court of said County of Marion personally came Stephen W B Carnegy and in open Court subscribed and swore to the facts set forth in the fore- going affidavit before the judge thereof
In testimony whereof I John D. Rutter Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court. done at Office in Palmyra in said County of Marion on the 13th day of November A D 1843
John P. Rutter C. R.
State of Missouri ss
I. Priestley A. McBrine sole Judge of the fourth Ju- dicial Circuit in said State, composed in part of the County of Marion, do certify that the foregoing certificate of John P. Rutter the Clerk of the Circuit Court within & for said County of Marion is in due form of law. Given under my hand & seal this 13 th November A.D. 1843.
J. A. McBrine Clerk Judge 4. 4th. Cir. Mo.

State of Missouri St. Louis County
On this day personally appeared and being first duly sworn according
William Johnson for Dennis Affidavit

State of Missouri Marion County ss
On this 13 day of November in the Year of our Lord 1852 personally appeared James  James  Sumner  Sumner  and  and  Walter  Walter  Sumner  Sumner two of the judges of the County Court within and for the County of Marion in the State of Missouri now sitting William Johnson Sen r a resident of Julius Township in the said County of Marion aged Seventy 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 in the first of March 1779 under Captain De. Neal with whom I volunteered - It was expected that the enemy would attempt to destroy the property of Genl. Washington (Mount- Vernon) and my Company was ordered to that place for its protection we accordingly marched to that place and were stationed there three months - Nothing important oc- curred during our stay except the arrival of three British Ships of War - They came up opposite the dwelling house (anchored) and remained there a short time then passed on up the river - They did not fire upon us or molest the premises but for a little time stayed down the river again - Our arms were furnished by the United States and delivered to us by order of our Captain at Mount Vernon - I know not that for this tour I ever received a regular discharge I think I did and that it was signed by Captain De. Neal off  of  him  his  hand  hand and it is long since lost or misplaced. The whole Company was discharged at the same time and we all returned to our homes

early in the summer of this year At the time I entered the service as stated I lived in Fairfax County Virginia and I know of no one of my companions that is now living by whom the facts can be proved
In the month of September in the year 1780 I again entered the service of the United States under Captain William Mason of Fairfax County Virginia William Dorrell was our first Lieutenant Samuel Neibolt Second Lieutenant and Josiah Adams our Ensign I was at this time also living in Fairfax County about ten miles from Mount Vernon - I volunteered at Alexandria and in a very short time rendezvoused at Colchester I was then in the 18 th year of my age As soon as our Company was properly organized we took up the march to join the United States army then in the South Commanded by Genl Green From Colchester we marched to Dumfries Thence to Richmond thence to Petersburg in Virginia and from thence to Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina Near this place we fell in with some other troops that were from Prince William County Virginia who were Commanded by a Cap- tain by the name of Britt From this place we marched on in Company with the last mentioned troops to Sandersbury Thence to Camden, Thence crossing Big Pee Dee river in South Carolina we passed down to what is called (or what was then called) the Cheraw at which place we joined the regular army which was commanded by Genl Green Our march was in haste and I have now forgotten if anything important occurred on the way - We took up our Quarters with Green's army and remained in Camp during the Winter - During the winter we had frequent skirmishes with foraging parties and Tories but no important action took place during the winter The army

which action took place during the winter The army
suffered considerably (at least the artillery) for want of provisions which were very scarce and of bad quality. Pork was very often a luxury and those who resided in our neighborhood though we protected their lives often depredated upon their provisions. There was one man whose name I have now forgotten shot for desertion after an early breakfast one morning the whole army was paraded to witness the execution. But on that occasion I do not recollect to have seen our General in person.
I remained with the army during this winter and until the Spring of 1781 I was then detailed to take charge of a number of sick soldiers and ordered to proceed with them by what was called the Suck-hill road in South Carolina through South Carolina North Carolina until I had brought them into the State of Virginia which I did. After I had disposed of the sick I was ordered to take charge of a number of British prisoners on Dan River near the Shallow ford in North Carolina I guarded them on to Albemarle Barracks in Virginia I delivered them in charge with a guard stationed there and guarding these prisoners — Having served my time I received my discharge and returned home where I arrived in the month of June 1781 having served a little upwards of eight months. The term of my duty had expired and when I returned home Captain Mason and my Company had arrived I having been detained by the duties assigned me longer than they were — I obtained a written discharge from Captain Mason after my return but thinking it of no value I took no care of it and I have lost it or at least I do not know where it is — Our Trammell farm house was our quarter

master on this tour and he accompanied us throughout
Our Camp during the winter was some considerable distance from that of the regular army and I learned the name of very few of the regular Officers and those I have now forgotten fifty years have elapsed and the name of my General is all that I can remember
I was born in Fairfax County in the State of Virginia in the year 1762. I have now no record of my age
At the time I volunteered as before stated I lived in the County of Fairfax In the year 1783 I moved to Kentucky where I continued to reside until 1829 when I moved to Marion County in the State of Missouri I lived in several Counties in Kentucky but most of the time in Harrison County I am known in my present neighborhood by many especially Jeremiah Taylor Thomas E. Turner Daniel Lake William Coarse Moses Gill and others who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief as to my services as a soldier of the revolution
I know of no one now living except Moses Gill (whose Affidavit is hereto annexed) by whom any knowledge of my services is possessed and my Discharges as before stated are lost
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 or the agency of any State
William Johnson Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James James our President Judge Of the County Court of the County of Marion aforesaid

We Thomas E. Taylor a clergyman and John Anderson residing in the County of Marion State of Missouri hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age - That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Thos E. Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Jamison President Judge of the County Court of Marion County Missouri
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after 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 Thomas E. Taylor who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Marion aforesaid and that John Anderson & Thomas E. Taylor who have also signed the above Certificate reside in the same County and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to Credit
I Theodore Jones Clerk of the County Court of the County of Marion do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of William Johnson for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13 th day November of 1882 Theodore Jones Clerk

State of Missouri Marion County
On this day personally came Moses Gile and being first duly sworn according to Law then his oath states that he was well acquainted with William Johnson the above named applicant in Fairfax County Virginia - that he lived within three miles of his residence and mustered in the same Company - That William Johnson said applicant volunteered under Captain Mann in the fall of 1780 and marched with the Company to join the army in the South and was absent until the month of June 1781 about eight months. At that time all believed that he was during his absence above named in the army and I myself never had any doubts of it. And further saith not
Moses Gile his mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 3rd day of November 1832
James Jameson President Judges Of the County Court for the County Of Marion State of Missouri
William Johnson Applicant for Pension

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Miss Ava Johnston Motor Route C, Box 117 Dallas, Texas
WILLIAM JOHNSON W. 10151 BA-J/MLB aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your communication in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Johnson who served from Virginia and received pension in Marion County, Missouri, also, of William Johnson of Virginia and later of Harrison County, Missouri.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war for one person.
The record has been found of a William Johnson who served from Virginia and was pensioned while a resident of Marion County, Missouri, and it is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10151, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William Johnson was born in 1762 in Fairfax County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Fairfax County, Virginia, about ten miles from Mount Vernon, he volunteered March 1, 1779, served as private in Captain De Neal's Virginia company which was ordered to Mount Vernon, Virginia, to protect the property of General Washington, was stationed there three months, during which time three British warships anchored opposite the dwelling, remained there a short time then passed up the river without molesting the place. He volunteered in the fall of 1780 at Alexandria, Virginia, served as private in Captain William Mason's company of Virginia troops, marched to South Carolina where they were in frequent skirmishes with foraging parties and Tories; in the spring of 1781, he was detailed to take charge of a number of sick soldiers and after that to guard a number of British prisoners from Dan River near the Shallow Ford in North Carolina to Albemarle Barracks in Virginia, and was discharged in June, 1781, after having served about eight months.

The soldier resided in Fairfax County, Virginia, until 1783 when he moved to the State of Kentucky, where he lived in different counties, but most of the time in Harrison County, that state; in 1829, he moved to Marion County, Missouri.
William Johnson was allowed pension on his application executed November 13, 1832, at which time he was residing in Fabius Township, Marion County, Missouri. His name was borne on the pension rolls as William Johnson, Senior. He died in Marion County, Missouri, June 19, 1838.
William Johnson married March 2, 1793, as stated by his widow, or March 23, 1793, as shown by a copy of official records, in that part of Bourbon County which was later Harrison County, Kentucky, Margaretta Tittle, daughter of Peter Tittle, at whose home they were married. The date and place of her birth and name of mother are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Margaretta Johnson, was allowed pension on her application executed October 3, 1843, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and residing in Lewis County, Missouri, with her son, John C. Johnson (the only child whose name was designated). She had lived in Lewis County several years and was still living there in 1848. She died prior to 1855, survived by children, but no names of survivors designated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid and possibly the exact date of death of soldier's widow, Margaretta, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Margaretta Johnson widow of William Johnson Certificate #707 Issued July 18, 1848 Rate $36.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act February 2, 1848 Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1936 Mar. 16 - Hist. to Miss. Ar. Johnston — MPCB
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10151
Margaret Johnson Wid. of William Johnson Br. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 24/48
Index: — Vol. A , Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ref. see letter
Missouri 8372
Margaretta Johnson widow of William Johnson, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 19 th June 1838 of Lewis Co. in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Mann of the regt. commanded by — — in the Virg a line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836 19 th June 1838 Increased from $30 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of October 1844 and sent to James J. Green, Monticello, Missouri
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 4/3

Missouri 6293
Margaretta Johnson
widow of William Johnson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36. Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
23, day of October 1844
and sent to James S. Green
Monticello, Missouri
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, June 17. 1844
Vol. 2, Page 234.
Letter to Hon. James S. Green. 29. April 1848.

8372.
Missouri
Margaretta Johnson widow of William Johnson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 19th June 1838 of Lewis Co in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Alan of the Regt commanded by in the Regt line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of St Louis at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836. 19th June 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May 1838 and sent to Mrs. M. Bower, (Widow)
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos Humphreys Clerk, Book Vol. 1. Page 413.
Reported by J. S. Green Aug 30 1844.

Palmyra Mo. 3 March 13*
Johnson M rs Margaret Rice Mo. at 2 Feb 48
L. P. Waldo Cons r Pensions Washington D.C.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.

Motor Route C Box 117, Dallas, Tex. Jan. 22, 1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Please send me Revolutionary war record for: ✓ William Johnson, Marion Co., Mo., a Virginia pensioner from Missouri in 1935. William Johnson, Harrison Co., Mo., a Virginia pensioner from Missouri in 1935. Yours truly, (Miss) Ava Johnston.

Payment to be made
St. Louis, by
Wm. C. Anderson, Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Missouri
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 234.
D. Brown,
Clerk.

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, & { June 17, 1844 } Margaretta Johnson, of Missouri — widow of William Johnson — who was a Private in the Revolution — and died on the 19 th — day of June 1838 — is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty-six — dollars and Sixty-six — cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844 1848 , unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd — day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Ex mīnē. Inc. Countersigned.
J. L.
Commiss

6293 6598 act 43 Margaretta John
Act July 7. 38.
Payment to be made
1 st Issue a new certificate for $36:66 per ann. at St. Louis to commence 19 th June 1838, when her husband died. by W. A. Anderson, Esq. Agent for paying pension.
2 nd Issue another certificate under the acts of '43 & 44 190 - 444
Payable on the 4th March, and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1.
Page 443 by Mr. Humphreys, Clerk.
Send cert. to James S. Green Monticello, Missouri.
Notify the agent of the alteration.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Margaretha Johnson, of Missouri, widow of William Johnson, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 19 th day of June, 1838, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty — dollars and ————— cents per annum, commencing on the 19 th June, 1838, 4 th of March, 1836, and terminating on the 4 th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10 th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

House of Rep s Jan 18- 1848.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm ee of Pensions }
Sir; I wrote a few days since to your office, for the purpose of having the Pension Certificate of Mrs Margaretta Johnson , of Lewis County Wisconsin, renewed, and neglected to enclose the papers - This is therefore, to supply that omission, and you will please inform me where the Pension will be payable -
Respectfully
Your Obedient
James S. Green

House of Reps
July 10- 1848.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com te Pensions }
Sir; You will please examine and review the pension of Mrs Margarita Johnson whose papers are enclosed at as early a day as possible - She is in needy circum- =stances and has authorised me to receive the amt. when allowed. The power of Atty will be presented when required -
Respectfully
James Shenn

Benj. Davis
March 26/35.

Pension Office
March 26 1833
Sir
The children of Margaretta Johnson Dec d , widow of William of Missouri have no claim, unless the fraction of her semi-an- nual payment due at her death has not been paid, Information upon this point should be sought at the office of the New Auditor,
Benjamin Davis Esq
Palmyra Missouri

Aug 30 44
Monticello Mo 5 $5 Aug 17 3
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commision of Pensions Washington City D. C. —
Mrs. Johnson No. 24

No antioch, No issouri August 16 th. 1844-
Dr. Sir, A pension of Thirty Dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March 1836, and terminating on the 19th June 1838, was allowed to Mrs Margaret Johnson, of Wisconsin, widow of William Johnson (who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 19th June 1836,) on the 10th day of May 1844 under the act of July 7th 1838-
The Widow, who is extremely necessitous requests me write to your department, to know whether there is not some mistake in making the pension terminate on 19th June 1838, the day of the death of her husband , the time when she most needed the aid of Government, and contrary as she conceives, to the act under which the pension was granted-
Any information from your Office in relation to the rights of the Widow, under the above act of Congress as well as those subsequently passed, will be thankfully received - Very Respectfully
P.S. The papers were presented by the Hon. G. M. Bower of Wisconsin James S. Green

9837
Monticello Mo Nov 25
Me July 7 1838 Mangt Johnson
Hon. G. M. Bowditch Washington City D. C.
H. M. Bowditch H. M. Bowditch No. 6.

Monticello, Mo November 21 st 1853
To Hon. G. M. Bower, Dr. Sir,
I herewith enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Mar- garet Johnson accompanied with the affidavits presumed to be requisite to which I beg leave to call your attention - The object is, as you will perceive, to obtain the pensions allowed by the Laws of the United States to Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers - Mrs. Johnson's husband was a pensioner and no doubt his name will be found on the Pension list; and I hope you will take the trouble to present these papers at the Pension Office and attend to allowance of the Pension to Mrs. Johnson - If any thing in the papers should be informal please inform me of any alteration that may be required - The papers are certified by Judge McBride, and as you are well acquainted with his Signature I deemed it best to solicit your aid in behalf of the Widow, rather than our other Members in Congress -
With Much Respect
Your Obedt. Servt.
James S. Green

admitted
Hon J. S. Green H. of R.

State of Missouri County of Lewis ss. On this 19 th day of June June A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lewis in the State of Missouri, Mrs. Margaretta Johnson a resident of said County of Lewis 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 on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution- ary War. That she is the widow of William Johnson a Revolutionary Soldier who died the 19 th day of June 1838 in the County of Marion in the State of Mis- souri where he had resided for a period of about nine years next before, and who was a pensioner of the government of the United States under an act of Congress entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," passed the 7 th day of June 1832. and who received up to his death under said act a pension of thirty five Dollars and sixty six cents per annum. She further states that she is a pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri agency under the pension acts of Congress of the 3 rd of

March 1843 and June 17 th 1844 and that the annual amount she received under the act of June 17 th 1844 was thirty six dollars and sixty five cents. She further declares that she is still a widow. -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Joseph Furber Edward Roberts a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, to whom the said Margaretta Johnson the declarant is personally known
Margaretta Johnson Mark
Joseph Furber J.P.
State of Missouri County of Lewis ss. I. William G. Watson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Lewis in the State of Missouri do hereby certify that Edward Roberts  Joseph Furber who signs his name as Justice of the Peace, is and at the time of signing the above and foregoing Certificate was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lewis, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the said Certificate is in his proper

handwriting of my knowledge - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court - Done at Office in the Town of Monticello in said County of Lewis this 26 th day of May 1848. - N. G. Watson Clerk

Oct 21 44
Conn
Monticello Mo S Oct - 83
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8372 Oct 88 Margaretta Garrison No 214
J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. D

Monticello, Oct. 8 th 1844
Mr. J. L. Edwards,
Sir Sir, I enclose you the certificate of the Pension granted to Mrs. Margarita Johnson widow of William Johnson, for thirty Dollars per annum for correction according to order rec d from your department - I will remark also that by reference to the Pension list you will find William Johnson was allowed thirty six dollars per annum -
I also send her declaration for the benefit of the act of March 3 rd 1843, and for the extension under the act of 17 th June 1844. made pursuant to forms & directions rec d from the Pension Office
Your attention to the correction of the certificate under the act of 1838, whereby it will commence on the 19 th June 1838, instead of terminating on that day - and to granting her such aid as the act of March 3-1843 contemplates, as well as its extension under the act of 1844, will be very thankfully rec d by the widow -
Respectfully
Your
James S. Green

William Johnson Of Marion County Missouri

State of Missouri Marion County ss
On this 7th day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before James Garrison and Daniel Hendricks — Judges of the County Court of said County of Marion — Jeremiah Taylor a Ger- yman resident in said County of Marion and Joshua Gentry resident in the same County and being first duly sworn on their oaths State that they are well acquainted with William Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration bearing date on the 13th day of November 1832 and herunto attached — that they believe him to be 70 years of age — that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution — and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the 7th day of May 1833 before me James Garrison President Judge of the County Court of said County of Marion
James Garrison Daniel Hendricks
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation as stated on the 13th day of November 1832 and at this time that William Johnson the applicant mentioned in the Declaration first above named dated on the 13th day of November last was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Taylor who has signed the the preceding

Certificante is a Clergyman - Resident in said County of Marion and that Joshua Gentry residing in same County is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit -
James Jameson Daniel Hendricks Judges of the said Court -
I Theodon Jones Clerk of the County Court of the County of Marion do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original and Subsequent proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Johnson for a pension - and that James Jameson and Daniel Hendricks are Judges of said Court duly Commissioned and Qualified as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 7 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1833
Theodon Jones, clerk
State of Missouri Marion County Set
On this 14 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1833 before me James Jameson Judge of the County Court of Marion County, Missouri personally appeared Moses Gille who is known to me to be of the age of forty six years and being first duly

sum on his Oath States that he was well acquainted with William Johnson the above named applicant in Fairfax County Virginia that he lived within three miles of his residence and mustered in the same Company with him - that said Johnson the said Applicant volunteered under Capt. Mason in the fall of 1780 and marched with the Company to join the army in the South - and that he was absent until the month of June in the year 1781 about eight months - At that time all believed that he was during his absence aforesaid in the army and I myself never had any doubt of it -
Moses Gill
I James Jameson President Judge of the County Court of the County of Marion State of Missouri do hereby Certify that the above named deponent Moses Gill is of the age of 76 years and he is a person of Credibility and his statements are worthy to Credit and that he subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit on the day and year first above written
James Jameson P. Fletcher
I Theodore Jones Clerk of the County Court of Marion County State of Missouri do hereby Certify that James Jameson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is President Judge of said Court - that the above signature is his genuine signature and that the Certificate is in due form and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to his official acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office on this 28 th day of May 1838
Theodore Jones, clerk
that James Jameson was at the time of signing the foregoing Certificate President Judge of said Court

United States of America - State of Missouri } County of Lewis set }
Be it known That before me Howard Roberts, a Justice of the Peace for Lewis County, in the State of Missouri personally appeared Margareta Johnson and made oath in due form of Law that she is the identical person, to whom a pension was allowed under the act of July 7 th 1838, on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the late William Johnson that the pension allowed to her was at the rate of thirty Dollars per annum that she has this day made her Declaration which is annexed hereto, for the benefits of the act of March 3 rd 1843, that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 17 th June 1844, entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows" - that she has not intermarried but continues to be a widow - that she now resides in Lewis County Missouri and has resided there for the space of 4 or 5 years and that previous thereto she resided in Marion County Missouri.
Sworn to & subscribed on this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1844 in presence of John C. Johnson and Samuel R. Ewing { Margareta Johnson }
Howard Roberts, Justice of the Peace

State of Missouri & County of Lewis 3 set? I Howard Roberts, Justice as aforesaid, hereby certify that the above named affiant Marganetta Johnson, is personally known to me, and that she is the same person who has above made her declaration for the benefit of act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 as stated in her foregoing affidavit. -
Howard Roberts, Justice of the Peace
State of Missouri County of Lewis 3 set? I J. H. Blair Clerk of the County Court within and for said County of Lewis do hereby certify that Howard Roberts (whose name appears to the above certificate) is an acting Justice of the Peace within said County of Lewis duly elected & qualified as such that his signature is genuine that full faith & credit should be given to all of his official acts as such.
Given under my hand the seal of said Court at my Office in Monticello at the County aforesaid on this the 25 th day of September A.D. 1842 J. H. Blair Clerk By J. A. Blair Deputy

State of Missouri Lewis County } ss.
Be it known that before me, Benjamin Williams, a justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Margaretta Johnson, and made oath in due form of Law, that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession, of which I certify the following is a true copy:
War Department. Widow's Pension I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844, Margaretta Johnson of Missouri, widow of William Johnson who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the 19 th day of June 1838, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th March 1843, and terminating on the 4 th of March 1848, unless the pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. Given at the War Office of the United States this 23 d day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty four Wm Wilkins Secretary of War Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions that she now resides in Lewis County State of Missouri and has resided there for the space of seven years and that previous thereto she resided in Marion County Missouri

Sworn to and subscribed this 6 th day of September AD 1847 before me Bryon Williams S.P. { Margaretta Johnson notary
State of Missouri } Lewis County } ss. } B
I Benjamin Williams a Justice of the Peace in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz: personal knowledge and intimate acquaintance for more than eight years, that Margarella Johnson, who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the iden- tical person named in the pension certificate which she has exhibited before me, and bearing date at the War office, the 23 rd day of October 1844 - and signed by Mr Wilkins Secretary of War. Given under my hand at Monticello in the County aforesaid on the 6 th day of September 1847. above written -
Bryon Williams A. P.

State of Missouri } Lewis County } set
I J H Blair clerk of the court of Lewis County aforesaid certify that Benjamin Williams is a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court - Done at Office in Monticello in the county aforesaid on this 30 th day of October September A.D 1847.
J. H. Blair Clerk By Milton Milton Deputy
State of Missouri } County of Lewis } set Pursuant to
J. H. Blair Clerk
State of Missouri County of Lewis } set I John La Son Presiding Justice of the County Court in & for said County do certify that J. H. Blair (whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate) was at the date of the same Clerk of the County Court in & for said County duly elected and qualified and qualified I that Milton Milton by whom said name was signed was his duly appointed Deputy at the date thereof. Given under my hand this 25 th of November A.D 1847
John La Son J.P. &c.

State of Missouri } County of Lewis } Set.
On this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Undersigned Heard Roberts one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Lewis in the state of Missouri, Margaretta Johnson a resident of said County aged 73 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 on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of William Johnson who was a private in the Virginia Militia, and who was a Revolutionary pensioner at thirty six Dollars per annum, that said William departed this life on the 19 th of June 1838, and that a pension was allowed to her as widow of said William Johnson under the act of July 7 th 1835, the amount of which was put at thirty Dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow, and never has been married since the death of her husband the said William Johnson.
Sworn to and subscribed before Margaretta X Johnson me this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1844 } in presence of James F. Green & } John C. Johnson - Howard, Robert, J.P.

State of Missouri County of Lewis ss I Howard Roberts Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, hereby certify that the above named affiant, Mar- garetta Johnson is personally known to me to be the person claimed to be in the foregoing declaration -
Howard Roberts Justice of The Peace
State of Missouri County of Lewis ss J. S. H. Blair Clerk of the County Court within the said County of Lewis do hereby certify that Howard Roberts (whose name appears to the above certificate) is an acting justice of the Peace within the said County of Lewis duly Elected & qualified as such that his signature is genuine that full faith & credit should be given to all of his official acts as such
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court Done at Office in Wartburg at the County aforesaid On this the 23 d day of September A D 1844
J. S. H. Blair Clerk By J. C. Blair Deputy