Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5644, for Adam Johnson, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.A.
Johnson, Adam Mary
TR 5644
CONTENTS

6305 Mary Johnson. for Pension Act July 4. 1836 Mead of Salem
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine,
State of Maine

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836.
State of Maine, } Lincoln County } ss. } June
On the eighth day of A.D. 1844, personally appeared before Mr. Redington, Sole Judge of Dis Court, Middle District of the State of Maine, Mary Johnson a resident of Richmond in the County of Lincoln, Maine, aged ninety two  one 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 third section of the Act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836, - That she is, the widow of Adam Johnson who, she has reason to believe and does believe served during the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. In the year 1777 as a private One month & four days, in Capt. Hindley's Comp y of Volunteers, - and 1778 as Quarters Master Sergeant twenty four days in Capt. William Leis's Comp y , in the expedition to Rhode Island; - and that he served  and in the year 1782 four months & ten days, as a Lieutenant in Capt. Johnathan Smith's in the N. Hampshire Militia; - He was a resident of Lyndeborough N. Hampshire till 1794, when seven of her children were born, - In that year he moved to Litchfield Maine, where three more children were born. - She believes his services were far more numerous than above mentioned, as he was much larger absent from home than the times above stated. She remembers of seeing frequently his commission as an officer, which commission was destroyed about six years ago. She further declares that she was married to the said Adam Johnson on the unremembered day of August, she thinks in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy two  one at Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, that her husband the said Adam Johnson died on the eighth day of February in the year one thousand, eight hundred & thirty two & that she has remained a widow ever since that period as

will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Her name before her marriage to Adam Johnson was Mary Hutchinson - that she was married at Lyndeburgh by Rev. Mr. Goodridge and it was before the revolutionary war.
Attest
Mary J. Johnson marks.
W. Redington.
State of Maine - Lincoln Co., June 8. 1844.
Sworn to and subscribed by said Mary Johnson,
Before me, W. Redington
Judge of Dist. Court, Middle District of the State of Maine, the same being a Court of record.
June 8. 1844. This day visited the above named Mrs Johnson at her residence in Richwood, fourteen miles from the place of holding the Court. Her bodily infirmities render it quite impracticable for her to go that distance. The above document, it was necessary to alter, as above appears in several places. It was prepared several months ago by a most respectable man, wholly disinterested in the matter. I have no doubt that her memory was much brighter then than it is to-day. The document having to be made conformable to her present recollections, will explain the reason of the alterations which appear in it.
From inquiries I became entirely satisfied that she was married to said Adam Johnson, before the revolutionary war; and that her husband was the same Adam Johnson named in the accompanying pay rolls.
W. Redington,
Judge of Dist. Court of Maine for the Mid. Dist. it being a Court of record.

State of Maine
Kennebec County ss - I the undersigned Clerk of the Jud. Courts for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that the Hon. Asa Redington is sole Judge of the District Court for the Middle District in said State & a Justice of the Peace for each & every County in the said State - said District Court being a Court of Record. I further certify that Ezra Abbott Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln & that the signatures within purporting to be said Redington & Abbotts are genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 15 day of September Anno Dom 1844 — J. R. Nicholl

State of Maine
Cumberland ss On this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Caleb Hodsdon Administrator of the Estate of Mary Johnson late of Richmond in the County of Lincoln now County of Sagadahoc deceased, who being duly sworn doth on oath declare that he is the identical Caleb Hodsdon who is named Administrator in the paper hereto annexed. He further states that Adam Johnson was a Soldier and officer in the war of the Revolution and that he died about the time the act of June 7th 1832 was passed. That said Adam Johnson left a widow Mary Johnson to whom he was married in Lyndeborough before the war of the Revolution and that said Mary Johnson continued the widow of Adam Johnson till her death which took place on the fifteenth day of March 1845, and that John

Johnson Robert Johnson William John- son and Adam Johnson are the only surviving children of Mary Johnson deceased.
Your declarant therefore claims a pension as due Mary Johnson under the act of July 4th 1836 from March 4th 1831. to March 15th 1845 and for proof refers to papers hereto annexed and to other proof filed by said Mary Johnson in her life time in the Pension Office.
Caleb Hodsdon
State of Maine
Cumberland ss August 14 1855 Then personally appeared the above named Caleb Hodsdon and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed
Before me Herman Bradford Jus Pean

Know all men by these presents, That I, Adam Johnson of Richmond, County of Lincoln, and State of Maine, do hereby constitute and appoint H. B. Cox Esq., of Richmond aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute a claim for pension - which was originally commenced by the application of Mary Johnson, for and on account of services performed by Adam Johnson, in the Revolutionary War in which I am directly interested as an heir at law of the said Adam Johnson, senior, giving unto my said Attorney full power to prosecute said claim with full authority to receive any money that may be due me on account thereof, and do anything in the premises, as fully and lawfully as I might do myself. hereby countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, heretofore or lately heretofore given to any person in any manner. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of January A.D. 1854
Adam Johnson
Lincoln So. January 28 1854. Personally appeared Adam Johnson and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me Elna Abbott Notary Public.

Recd May 20 th
4.352
to 6.
Adam Johnson Richmond Lincoln Co
Me - 52 May 22. told him exactly what to do. —
Evans & Hunt for A. L. Gage.

Richmond May 15, 1862
A. L. Gage Esq
Dear Sir. — Yrs of the 15 th inst- was duly received. As. to compensation you may take the case on the contingency of having one half if you succeed, and nothing if you do not - as you propose
Israel Hutchinson is dead, Mary Hutchinson I think is living in this State
George W. Morton is now in Augusta in this State. I never knew or heard of any other Adam Johnson (except my father) in the vicinity where he lived at the time he served in the war.
I can not identify the soldier to be the husband of my Mother any farther than that they lived together and brought up a family of children of whom I am one. —
I don't know as I can tell why Mother applied to the Sec. of State of N. Hampshire but I suppose it was in view of making her application, and he belonged in N. H. when he served in the war. George W. Morton made the application.
Sewell Goodrich of Lundboro was a Congregational Minister, who married my

my parents. He is probably dead. He could not be found in Lyndboro at the time she made her application. There is no town record of the marriage in Lyndboro. I have not been able to find any Church record of the marriage or any County records. And There is no old family Bible containing a record of the marriage. My Mother died March 15, 1845. My age is 86 years. There are six heirs whose names ages and residences follows
  John Johnson  Elsworth, Hancock, Co.  70 years    Robert Johnson  Garardnier, Kennebec "  66 "    William Johnson  Litchfield " "  60    Adam Johnson  Richmond Lincoln "  56    Mary Goldsmith  " " "  74    Elizabeth Richardson  Litchfield Ken. "  68  
Yrs Respectfully
Adam Johnson
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8 June 1844, Adam Johnson, 48 years old, says his father Adam Johnson died at his house in Febry 1832. He is the 10 th child, it has always been supposed in the family that his parents' marriage occurred in 1772 and that his father was an officer of the Revolution, has often seen his commission as Lieutenant , witness burned it with others of his old papers supposing it to be valueless.
Israel Hutchinson was well acquainted with Adam Johnson who was to witness & knowledge a Lieutenant near the close of the war of the Revolution, does not recollect his Captain's name, knows he went to R Island before this service of which he is now speaking; does not know his particular service, but knows he served at several separate times, was reported to have been married before the war &c

Brief in the case of Mary Johnson widow of Adam of Maine,
Act July 4 / 1836

4 June 1852, Robert Johnson, 68 years old, gives the same testimony as his sisters Mary Goldsmith & Elizabeth Richerson.
14 Aug 1853 - Caleb Hodden adm d of Mary Johnson renews her claim, says she died 15 March 1845 - furnishes proof of death and heirship. v-
Town clerk of Lyndeborough of NH says he has no record of the marriage - that Adam Johnson was a Selectman of that town in 1770 & 1771
Secretary of State of NH says that a man named Adam Johnson was in Captain Joseph Fin- lays Co that March from Londonderry & joined the Northern Army at Saratoga, enl d Oct 1 disch d Nov 4 1777 - out 1 mo 24 d - In cap Lee's Co, Col Muzer Kelly's Reg t in expedi- tion to R Island as 2 d Master Serp t  24 days - In cap Jonathan Smith's Co from Londoborough in the year 1782 4 mos & 2 d as Lieutenant - No such town as Londoborough in NH, but a Lyndeborough -

All these services put together amount to 5 months & 30 days - In the service of 26 days in 1778 2 days are added for travel, service being really 22 days
The office, however, does not seem to have taken ex- ception to the length of time, but has contended that her husband has not been shown to have been the soldier whose services are certified to.
Israel & Mary Hutchinson both declare of their own knowledge that her husband did serve as Lieutenant several times, - Her husband was a resident of Lyndeborough, the soldier who served 1 month & 24 days went from Londonderry Londonderry - This place may be contiguous to Lyndeborough - the the place of residence of the man who served 26 days is not given - & the Lt who served 4 months & 20 days had his "place of abode" at Larneborough , which may have been intended for Lyndeborough -
The evidence is certainly meagre enough -

Mary Hutchinson (84 years old 1844) recollects that her brother Adam Johnson was out several times in the war of the Revolution as a Lieutenant and that he was married before he went into the service,
June 18852 - Mary Goldsmith, 74 years old, recollects that her father, Adam Johnson was a soldier in the Revolution and of his being absent, never heard of any other Adam Johnson than her father, except her brother now living and her grand-father. Knows of no public or private record of their marriage -
31 May 18852 - Elizabeth Richardson, 66 years old, daughter of Adam and Mary Johnson, knew no other Adam Johnson except as Mary Goldsmith has spoken of. Knows of no record of the marriage, has frequently heard her father say he served in the war of the Revolution,

June 8 1844 - Mary Johnson, 92 years old, widow of Adam Johnson who besides several other expedition services was in the Rhode Island expedition and served as a Lieutenant in the N Hampshire Militia, thinks she has not given all his services as he was absent from home much, Married Aug 1772 , Her husband died 8 Feby 1832

Act of July 14, 1866, and March 3, 1870.
5644
P. O.
Mary Johnson
Service:
widow of Adam
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1303
Mary Johnson
Me Ely to Geo. W. Mason Nov. 3 rd 44.
del. to Wm. H. Clark
April 16 th '48
Evans & Taint ap 9 1853
H. B. lot Jan 11/54.
Same July 3 1854
Same March 28/54
Oct 4 July 1876

6303
Mary Johnson Maine
Geo. Morton Nov 5 1844 Hon F Clark Ap l 14 1848 Evans & Fant Ap l 9 1853 H. B. Cox Jan'y 11 1854 Same Feby 3 1854 Same March 28 1854 Freeman Bradford Aug 31 55
644
July 21 1830

Richmond Maine
Jan. 3. 1854
Sir
There is a claim for Pension in your office in the name of Mary Johnson, widow of Adam Johnson for services of said Adam, in the Revolutionary War. The papers have been on file about ten years, some additional papers not more than two years. We wish to know what progress the claim has made and what additional proof (if any) is now wanting.
Address
Your Obedt Servt H. B. Gage
To The Hon. Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mary Johnson Wife of Adam Reclaim Maine
Suspended
See papers
L. B. True Bredon (

Know all men by these presents that I Adams Johnson of Richmond in the county of Lincoln State of Maine do hereby make constitute and appoint L. Blanchard Free of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to examine all papers filed in any Department or office of government upon which application has been made for the Repealedancy services of my late Father Adams Johnson and also papers filed by my late Mother Mary Johnson widow of my said Father Adams Johnson and for my said attorney to obtain by all lawful means any and all amounts that may be due from the United States to said Adams Johnson or Mary Johnson
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this — 11 th day of September in the year 1854
Adams Johnson
I hereby certify that the above named Adams Johnson is the identical person who represents himself to be Richmond Me.      Jos A Southworth P.M. Sept 11 1854

Suspended for proof of identity with the Soldiers of the Mass. rolls of the same name, & proof of marriage" See page 9 Mt. list

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
Aug. 17 th 1850
I, ROBERT A. BIRD ,
Obadiah G. Cook
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Freeman Bradford Esq
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
is
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook
CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
Sagadahoc County ss.
At a Court of Probate held at Island within and for said County, on the Sixth day of August A. D. 1855, being a Court of Record:
Satisfactory evidence having been offered to the Hon. David Bronson Esq. Judge of said Court, that the facts hereinafter mentioned are true, the same are ordered to be entered on the Docket of this Court, and the testimony pertaining thereto filed, viz:— by the testimony of John Hutchinson of Richmond and Isaac Shuttloff of same Richmond and county of Sagadahoc credible and disinterested witnesses that Mary Johnson late of said Richmond died on the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1845 that John Johnson of Ellsworth in the County of Hancock aged Seventy five years Robert Johnson of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec aged seventy three William Johnson of Lithfield in the said County of Kennebec aged sixty five years and Adam Johnson of Richmond in the County of Sagadahoc formerly County of Lincoln aged Sixty one are the only surviving children of said Mary Johnson
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this Sixth day of August 1855.
A. J. Thompson Register of Probate.
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Sagadahoc ss. PROBATE OFFICE, I, David Bronson JUDGE OF PROBATE for said County, hereby Certify, that Albert J. Thompson , whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is the REGISTER OF PROBATE for said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn: and that his said Certificate is in due form.
Given under my hand this Sixth day of August A. D. 1855.
David Bronson Judge

We John Hutchinson of Richmond in the County of Sagadahoc formerly in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged Fifty three years and Isaac Shurtleff of the same Richmond aged sixty five years do severally upon oath depose and say that each of us were well acquainted from our childhood with Adam Johnson deceased formerly of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine and Mary Johnson deceased formerly of Richmond in the County of Lincoln now County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine that each of us well knew that the said Adam Johnson and Mary Johnson lived together as husband and wife up to the time of the death of the said Adam Johnson which was in the Winter of the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two (32) that each of us are well acquainted with all the children of the said Adam and Mary who are now living who are as follows viz John Johnson of Ellsworth in the County of Hancock and State of Maine aged Seventy five years Robert Johnson of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec and State aforesaid aged Seventy three William Johnson of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine

aged Sixty five years and Adam Johnson of Richmond in the County of Sagadahoc formerly in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid aged Sixty one years And each of us well knew that said Mary Johnson up to her death which took place in said Richmond in the year Eighteen hundred and forty five
Made and subscribed this the thirty first day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty five
Witness
Ezra Abbott }
John Hutchinson Isaac Shurtleff
State of Maine
County of Sagadahoc ss. July 31. AD 1855
Then personally appeared John Hutchinson and Isaac Shurtleff each of whom subscribed in my presence the foregoing affidavit and each of them made oath that the same is true
Before me
Ezra Abbott Justice of the Peace
Sagadahoc ss. Probate Office
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original deposition this day filed in this Office Attest A T Thompson Register

State of Maine Sagadahoc County ss Probate office I hereby certify that Bessie Abbott is before whom the affidavit (of which the foregoing is a true copy) was made is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Sagadahoc duly qualified & commissioned to hear depositions acknowledgements. administer oaths within said County of Sagadahoc & State of Maine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine this 10th day of August A.D. 1855 A. J. Thompson Register of said Court
Daniel Brannen Judge

State of Maine County of Sagadahoc, ss
At a Court of Probate held at Bath, within and for the County of Sagadahoc, on the first Monday of August A.D. 1855. Caleb Hodsden of Gorham in the County of Cumberland, Esquire, was duly appointed and commissioned Administrator of the Estate of Mary Johnson, late of Richmond in the County of Lincoln, now County of Sagadahoc, deceased, that he has given bond with sufficient sureties in the sum of Two thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his trust, that he remains at the present time Administrator as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his acts as such.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this sixth day of August A.D. 1855.
Daniel Brewster Judge.

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office.
I do hereby certify That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Adam Johnson is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Captain Joseph Hinsley's company of Volunteers who marched from Londonderry in the State of New Hampshire and joined the northern continental army at Saratoga September 1777" as a private. Entry Oct r 1; Discharge Nov. 4; Time in service, month 4 days.
And upon a "Pay Roll for a company of volunteers commanded by Captain Lee in Col. Moses Kelley's Regiment in the expedition to Rhode Island Aug. 1778 (Note 2 days are added after discharge for travel home) is borne the name of Adam Johnson as Pr. M c Serjt. Entry Aug. 6; Discharge Aug. 27; Time in service 24 days.

And upon a "Pay Roll for Captain Jonathan Smith's Company of Rangers raised by the State of New Hampshire for the defence of the western frontier in the year 1782", is borne the name of Adam Johnson - Place of abode, Lanesboro; Rank, Lieut.; Engagement July 4, 1782; Discharge Nov. 3; In service, 4 months 2 days.
I further certify that the records of this office do not show that there was any town spelt Lanesboro - but there is a town by the name of Lyndeborough.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 21 st day of June 1855.
Samuel N. Patten, Secretary of State

I Joel H. Tabor Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that I have examined the Books of Records containing marriages and intentions of marriages in said town and do not find a record of marriage or intention of marriage by Adam Johnson and Mary Hutchinson on any Book in my possession. The Records ancient Records of marriages in this town are imperfect. Adam Johnson was for several years one of the select men of this town viz 1720 & 1721
Joel H. Tabor Town Clerk of Lyndeborough

I William Clark of Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New- Hampshire on oath depose and say that I am Eighty nine years of age was born in Barnes Massachusetts and have here re- sided in this town since February 1775- I am the son of Major Peter Clark who was in the Revolutionary war, and I was pretty well acquainted with the most of those who were in the Revolutionary war from this town. I well knew Adam Johnson called Junior when I first knew him. He was in the service during the Revolutionary war and was an officer in the time of the Revolution. This Adam Johnson married Mary Hutchinson or rather he lived with a woman of that name as his wife and my impression is that he was mar- ried to his wife before I came to live in Lyndeboro. He had sever- al children when he lived in this town and removed eastward to Maine soon after the Revolu- tionary war. I have no doubt

that Adam Johnson was lawfully married to the woman with whom he lived as his wife. Adam Johnson was a very respectable man and sustained a good character while he resided in this town. Capt Lee resided in Lyndeboro in the time of the Revolution and was made in the war.
W m Clark
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss June 28 th 1855 Then personally appeared William Clark to me known to be a credible person and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me. I have no interest in this claim, Before Oliver Bixby Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
August 15 th 1855.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Oliver Bisby was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in- and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written
Samuel N. Patten
Secretary of State.

I, Adam Johnson of Richmond, Me., aged forty eight years, son of Adam Johnson, who was formerly a soldier in the Revolutionary war, depose and say, that I lived in the family of my father till he came to live in my family - that he died in July 1832, that my mother, his widow, still lives with me. She has never been married since his death - her age is 92 -
From my earliest remembrances, my said father and mother always lived together, as husband and wife, till his death. There were nine children older than myself - I know them all - they all grew up as members of the family - of their ten children, seven are now alive.
I never doubted, & I never heard any doubt expressed by any one, that my said parents were duly married together - The reputation of the family has always been that they were married in 1772 - and that my father was an officer in the war of the revolution -
I have often seen his commission as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war - It remained with his papers till about seven years ago, when I burnt it with many other of his old papers, as I supposed they could never be of any use. Adam Johnson
State of Maine - Lincoln Co. June 8. 1844.
The above named Adam Johnson signed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate. Before me Nathaniel D. Weston, Justice.

State of Maine -
Lincoln Co. Sept. 13. 1844.
I certify that the within named Adam Johnson is a respectable citizen of this State & a credible witness, whose statements, according to his reputation where he is known, are to be fully accredited. Personally I entertain no doubt of the truth of the within affidavit made by him.
Wm Redington,
Jus of Dist. Court, and
a justice of the Peace. -

I Israel Hutchinson of Hallsville in the County of Turners and State of Maine do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Adam Johnson who was a resident of Lyndeboro' State of New Hampshire the said Johnson was to my knowledge a lieutenant near the close of the Revolutionary war the time hereof I do not remember if I ever knew the (up) name I do not remember but I perfectly recollect of his serving in the Company of Connecticut, before the above service he went to Rhode Island as I believe, and also performed other services in the Revolution, but I am not able to particularize his services not having served with him but that he did serve in the Revolution at several separate times I will recollect the said Adam Johnson was reported to have been married before the Revolution, I was not present at his marriage but he did marry Mary Hutchinson she was not a connection of mine but I was well acquainted with her about the year 1772 I have no doubt they lived together as husband and wife and brought up a family of children the said Johnson died in the town of Littlefield about the year 1832, his reported widow the said Mary is now living in Redmond, Maine, having remained unmarried even after his death.
Israel Hutchinson
State of Maine
Turners County ss Sept 9. 1844. Personally appeared Israel Hutchinson known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Geo. W. Morton Justice Peace

Sir,
Washington, Oct 22 d 1852.
We herewith enclose additional evidence in the case of Mary Johnson widew of Adam, Name, Susp Act 4 th July 1836.
No 1. Deposition of Mary Goldsmith. " 2 " " Elizabeth Richardson " 3 " " Robert Johnson " 4. Certificate of the Clerk of Hillsboro, Co. N.H. " 5 Explanatory letter of Adam Johnson.
This case is in the charge of Mr. A. L. Gage, who has requested us to attend thereto. Your Wife please address your answer to the undersigned.
Very respectfully E. Evans of Hart.
James E. Heath Esq. Cam p of Russians.

Richmond Maine March 21. 1859
Sir
Yours of Feb. 5 th with copy of letter to Geo. W. Morton Esq., are at hand. The copy discloses the condition of the case of Mary Johnson at that time (Nov. 5. 1847). Since then in 1852 I sent several depositions and affidavits among, which was one of Geo. W. Morton Esq., explaining the objection contained in the copy above referred to. If his deposition is on file I wish to have it examined, if not I wish to be informed of that fact - so I can obtain it again from Mr. Morton and send it on.
Very Respectfully,
H. W. Box
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comm ee of Pensions

H on of R ep s
Washington March 28 1848.
Yrs I beg leave to ask your attention to the following Extract from a letter which I have lately rec d from a friend
"some years since (Say 3 or 4) one Mrs Mary Johnson widow of Mr Adam Johnson of this Town (Richmond Maine), made application for a Pension. There was a good prospect that she would get it, It was for services in the Revolutionary War."
Will you do me the favor to give me such information as you are in possession of in reference to this matter and Oblige
Yours very respectfully
Hon J d L d Edward
Franklin Clark
Com ee of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Richmond Maine
Jan 28. 1859
Sir
Herenith you will find Power of Atty and declaration of Adam Johnson to be used in the ap. of Mary Johnson for Pension - The claim was once referred to A. L. Gage Esq and from him to me and afterward I furnished him with some additional affidavits since which I have heard nothing of its progress
I wish now to know and understand the amount and kind of proof wanting to establish the claim
Very Respectfully
H B Coot Agent
Hon J S Waldo Com. of Pension Washington D. C.

Augusta Maine
Sept 14 1844
Sir
I enclose herewith papers in support of the claim of Mrs Mary Johnson widow of Adams Johnson to a pension by virtue of the Act of July 4. 1836. Should they be satisfactory, and sufficient to establish her claim, I would respectfully desire you to allow it, and send me a certificate for her.
Very Respectfully
Your Obed Servt.
Geo. W. Morton
Jamies L. Edmands Esq. Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

The State of New Hampshire. Hillsborough ss.
I Perley Dodge clerk of the Court of common Pleas for the County and State of said, do hereby certify that I have made diligent search in my office and do not find any record of any manner between Adam Johnson & Mary Hutchinson said to be formerly of Lyndeborough in this County and I further cer- tify that I am also clerk of the Su- perior Court of Justice for said County of Hillsborough, and that I am satisfied that no such record ex- ists in the clerks office of either of said Courts in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court of common Pleas at Amherst in said County this 16th day of June A.D. 1852. Perley Dodge Clerk

State of Maine } ss. County of Lincoln } ss.
Adam Johnson of Richmond, County and State aforesaid, on oath deposes and says that he is fifty seven years old, son and heir at law of Adam and Mary Johnson, deceased - that according to his best knowledge and belief, the said Adam Johnson, senior, performed service in the Revolutionary War, for which a pension is now due and unpaid - that the said Mary Johnson, after the decease of the said Adam, made application for a pension, which application and much evidence are now on file in the pension office at Washington, and that he is directly interested in the prosecution of said claim
Adam Johnson
Sworn to and subscribed before me This twenty eighth day of Jan. 1854 and I hereby certify that the said Adam Johnson is a respectable citizen & that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement
Enna Abbott. Notary Public.

Affidavit of Mary Goldsmith
No 1.

State of Maine } ss. (County of Lincoln)
On this first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Goldsmith of Richmond in said County who being duly sworn according to law declares, that she is seventy four years old and was born in Synedborough N. H. and the child of Adam Johnson and Mary Johnson, that she recollects that her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war & is being absent in the war, that her residence is now in Richmond Maine and her age is seventy four years; that she was about twelve years old when her parent removed from Synedborough to Litchfield Maine; that the names of her Brothers and Sisters, all children of said Adam and Mary are as follows. — Sarah, Lydia, Stephen (and myself) Rebecca, John Robert, Elizabeth, William and Adam, that her parents were always reputed to be man and wife and lived together as such and she nearly believes they were lawfully married — that the Mary Johnson before named

is the Mary Johnson who applied for the pension on account of her husband's service in the revolutionary war, and was the widow of the said Adam Johnson, who was the identical Adam Johnson who served in the said war as before stated; that she never knew or heard of any other Adam Johnson, besides this soldier, except her brother, who is now living, and her grand father; that she never saw, knew or heard of any records public or private of her parents marriage, and there is no old family Bible containing a record of it
Attest H.B. Coy { her Mary Goldsmith Mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of June aforesaid. — And I hereby certify that Mary Goldsmith is a respectable and creditable person
H.B. Coy
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that H. B. Gay Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn in, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supr. Ind. Court for the county aforesaid, this third day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk

State of Maine } ss. County of Lincoln }
On this fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid Robert Johnson, resident of Gardiner in said State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is fifty eight years old, and resides in Gardiner in said State, that he is the son of Adam and Mary Johnson; that his parents came from Lyndeborough, N.H., and settled in Pitchfield Maine when he was quite small - that the names of his brothers and sisters all children of said Adam and Mary are as follows - Mary Goldsmith, John Johnson - Elizabeth Richardson, William Johnson, Adam Johnson, there are now living - there were others who have died, their ages I can not recollect certainly - that there is not to his knowledge any record public or private of his parents marriage or any entry in any old family Bible, - that he has frequently heard his father the said Adam Johnson say that he had been

soldier in the Revolutionary war. That his mother the said Mary Johnson, wife of the said Adam, made application for a pension, before she died - That he never knew any other Adam, Johnson except his brother and grand father, and never heard of any other Robert Johnson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourth day of June A.D. 1852. and I hereby certify that Robert Johnson is a credible witness
H.B. Cox.
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that H.B. Cox, Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of the Sup. Ind. Court for the County aforesaid. This third day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two
Edmund B. Boren
Clerk

State of Maine (So. County of Lincoln)
On this thirty first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me H. B. Lovejoy a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths therein, Elizabeth Richardson of Litchfield in said State of Maine, who deposes and says that she is sixty six years old, and the daughter of Adam and Mary Johnson; that they removed from Litchborough N.H., about the year 1797, they brought up a family of children together, and lived to- gether until the death of my father as husband and wife and were united and united all behind to be lawfully married. The names and ages of the children are as follows as near as I can recollect Sally - Lydia - Stephen - these three are dead Mary, 74. John 70. Rebecca (deceased) Robert aged 68, Elizabeth 66, William 62. Adam 86. I never knew or heard of any other Adam Johnson, besides my brother, father and grand father. There is to my knowledge no records public or private of my parents marriage or any family Bible containing a record of it - I have heard my father very frequently speak of his having several

in the revolutionary war. And he was the refused husband of Mary Johnson who applied for a pension all of which I verily believe
Elizabeth Richardson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. — And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Richardson, and that she is a respectable and credible witness
H. B. Cox, Justice (of the Peace)
Lincoln Id.
I hereby certify that H. B. Cox, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of said, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the Seal of the Inf. Ind. Court for the county aforesaid, this third day of August in the year eighteen hundred & fifty two
Edmund B. Bauman Clerk

Power of Atty A Johnson To A. L. Gage
Rev: Care of Sam Johnson Macon
To Chief Clerk Pen. Dept: Sir I wish to examine the papers filed in this case. very Respectfully Y. ob d Servt A. L. Gage

Know all men by these presents that I, Adam Johnson of Richmond Lincoln County, Maine have and hereby do appoint A. R. Gage of Washington D.C. my lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the United States, all sums of money which may be due to me as the child & heir of Mary Johnson, deceased, and all sums of money, which may be due to me by the United States, on any account, whatever hereby granting to my said attorney all necessary power touching the premises & also confirming what my said attorney may legally do in the premises
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Adam Johnson
Acknowledged & subscribed before me the day & year above written
Harley B. Goy Justice of the Peace
Adam Johnson being duly sworn says that he is directly interested as a claimant in this case Adam Johnson
Sworn to & subscribed
the day and year above,
Lincoln Co.
Before me
Harley B. Goy
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Harley B. Goy Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration & power of attorney were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of said duly commissioned & admitted that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name & affixed the seal of the District Court for the County aforesaid, this first day of April AD 1852
Edmund B. Brown
Clerk

Henry Hutchinson, of Litchfield, in the County of Hampshire, of the age of eighty four years do report and say that I lived at Litchborough in New Hampshire in the year 1773 and for several years subsequent from fifteen to twenty that I recollect that my Brother Adam Johnson was married to Mary Hutchinson now Mary Johnson of Portsmouth, Lincoln County I recollect that my brother was out several times in the Revolutionary war, but how long I cannot tell. He went out as a Lieutenant or Captain. My Brother was married by Samuel Goodrich. My Bro was married previous to his going into the American Army.
I should think that my Brother died ten or eleven years ago.
Witness. Mary x Hutchinson Erra Abbott mark.
Sincerely. July 21. 1862 - The personal officers Mary Hutchinson are made out the the above statement to be satisfactory are to her best knowledge a true statement.
Respectfully Erra Abbott
Instead of the Penn I think certainly that Mrs Mary Hutchinson is supposed to be a friend of trust and veracity where she resides
Erra Abbott