Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,672, for Theodata Johnson, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Conn.
Johnson, Theodata Ruth
N. 26,672
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28539
New York
Theodata Johnson dec d
of Otsego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Balcher of the Reg t commanded by Col. Holden, in the Connecticut line for 19 months —
Issued to Ruth Johnson his widow
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 13 Dollars 33 Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1834 and sent to John A Babcock, Unadilla Falls NY
Arrears to the 9th of Augt. 32 — $90.58 Pension Allowance ending 4 Sept. 34
Died 9 Augt. 32 —
{ Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Malcomwell Cler. Book E Vol. 4 Page 63

Levi to Pen Agt 29. Decr 1840
To Ohio - Pittsburgh from 4 th Sept 1840 - 9. Jan y 1841. Noti- fication to J. Lapham Esq r Millersville - Ohio
Letter to Hon. A. S. Foster & Levi to Pen Agt. 10. Aug 1842
To Albany from 4 March 1842 19. Aug 1842. Notification to Hon. A. S. Foster Ho of Rep
Ohio - 1837
Ruth Johnson
widow of Theodatus Johnson
who died on the 19. August 1832 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Balcher of the Regt. commanded by Col. Holden in the Conn. line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents, per ann m commence on the 19 th day of August, 1832.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1838 and sent to Hon. B. Bicknell, N. R.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1836, Section the 3 —
ended by D. Brown
A. Vol. 2
Page 111

285
Ruth Johnson Widow of Theodatus Johnson
Admitted under the 3 d Sec of the act of July 4 th 1831 pursuant to commence 19 August 1832 Parole 19 months
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the paper) Ruth Johnson Widow of Theodatus admitted under the 3 d Sec of the act of July 4 th 1831 pursuant to commence 19 August 1832 Parole 19 months
Morrisville Sept.
Hon B. Picknell Hans Reps MS

285
Ruth Johnson Widow of Theodatus Johnson
Admitted under the 8 d Sec of the act of July 4 th 1831 pursuant to commence - 19 August 1832 Parole 19 months
Ruth Johnson Widow of Theodatus admitted under the act of 1831 parole of 19 months
Free
Hon. Joseph Clark Post Master Brookfield.
Dover Feb 16
Hon B. Ricknell House Reps
MS
285 08

State of New York } Madison County }
On this 4 twelfth day of September 1836 personally appeared before me Joseph Clark one of the judges of Madison County Courts it being a case of Ruth Johnson a resident of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York aged seventy-five 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 July 4th 1836 that she is the widow of Shier Johnson who was a soldier of the Revolution as will appear from the proof sent to the pension office under the act of congress of 1832 on which a certificate was given to this deponent by the Secretary of War on which she drew a pension from March 4th 1831 to the 9th day of August 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Shier Johnson on the 2nd day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight that her husband died on the ninth day of August 1832 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof documents annexed that she lived with the said Shier Johnson from the time of her marriage until he died sworn and subscribed on the day Ruth Johnson and your above written before me Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts
I further certify that I have been acquainted with the above deponent for many years and that she sustains an excellent character for truth veracity and piety
Joseph Clark - Judge of Madison County Courts I prepared the above named Ruth Johnson's paper to draw her money from New York & recited that Judge Salworth of Broome County prepared his papers which must be on file in the Pension Office made in 1832 The certificate was given to Ruth Johnson

State of New York } Madison County }
On this 12 th day of September 1886 personally appeared before me Paul Orendall a resident of Mackfield County of Madison and state of New York aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn both on his oath declare that he is brother to Martha Johnson the above named applicant that he well recollects that she was married to the said John Johnson in the time of the revolution and has no doubt of its being on the day set forth by her in her affidavit that she lived with her said husband until the day of his death which was on the 9 th day of August 1832 that she has remained a widow ever since that period.
Subscribed to and acknowledged on the day and year above written before me Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court
I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the above deponent for many years and that he sustains a good character
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office } Sps: I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Clark, before whom the two preceding affida- vits purport to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the two preceding cer- tificates, was at the dates of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificates, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 15 th day of Septem- ber 1836.
A. S. Sloan Clk
Please forward to me her Certificate as soon as consistent Joseph Clark

24.014
Theodota Johnson Otsugo Co New York
all. j.
9 1/2 Aug. col. Wash 5.0 col. Milk 14.2
J. C. Warren Henryville Burlington Otsugo Co New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
4 th June
183 3
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, shewing the Service of Theodota Johnson  Owego Co. New York.
   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.     July 1776 " 6 " Priv Col. Halden Capt. Walcher 76 years Town of Witnesses J. Kenyon   May 1777 16 9 " " Col. Barton Capt. Hosack Preston Conn. " W. Davis. Not certified by the Judge or Clerk   Mar 1778 " 4 " " Col. Tillinghast Capt. Wells   Sep. 1781 16 " 75 " None stated   Several other times all at " 4 " " "  
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 _____ your _____ 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 oath 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.
Joseph Rowan

due 9 th aug '32
aggregate of small loans (4 1/2 mo) disall d
Admitted under act of July 4. 1836 & 3 sec - Printed by amount 3 principal amount admitted
19. mo. pri
Certificate from 4 march '31 to 9 aug '32 to Ruth Johnson widow of —
Ent d 14 th June 1777 cl Bartons reg - discharging 16 th March 1778 - 9 & 2 days 5 mo. Col. Field - Hon R. Ricknell Home Reps, NY

State of New York Otsego County ss
remembrance
That on the 20th day of July 1832 personally appeared before James C. Waterworth Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of and for the said County of Otsego its being a court of record proceeding on the principles of common law with a Clerk and a seal Theodore Johnson for the purpose of petitioning for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 Theodore Johnson first being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was born in the town of Westport in the State of Rhode Island and that he is now 76 years of age that in June or July in the year 1746 he enlisted in the town of Preston in the State of Connecticut into the company of Captain William Balders of the regiment of commanders by Col. Heald in which he served six months in the militia was in what is now the Orchard Battle discharged in the town of Cornwall in the State of Connecticut and that in the year 1779 should think in the month of May or June in the town of Charleston in the State of Rhode Island he enlisted into Captain McPhee's company and Col. Barton's Regi- ment that he served in said Regiment and company about nine months was in several small skirmishes but no fixed Battle was discharged at Tiverton in the State of New York
See McPhee's affidavit
9-
February, 1834.
Brook Lathrop, Clerk.

That in March in the year 1778 he enlisted again in Capt Thompson's Wells company and and Col. Tillamook Klinghast Regiment in which he served four months and was discharged at Liverton in the St. of Rhode Island and that several times he was called out in the militia on alarm and was at Fort Griderdale in the State of Connecticut this was in the year 1781 in September immediately after New London was burned and sundry other times making about half a month in the whole and that he served as a substitute for others several times over months for Samuel Berry and one month for Samuel Taylor and about two months for others whose names are not recollected making in the whole about four months Officer's names not recollected thinks he never received any written discharges and that he has never been paid the pension on Robt of the agency of any state and he hereby relinquishes all claims to any other pension except the present application that he has a family record of his age now in his possession and that he knows of no other record that since the Revolution has lived in the town of Charlestown and since that time has lived in the State of

New York and for about 20 years since has lived in the town of Pennfield in Otsego County State of New York where he now lives Throop A. Johnson Subscribed and sworn this 20th day of July 1832 Before me Darrel C. Mansfield a Judge of Otsego Co. N.Y.
State of New York Otsego County ss Thomas M. Wengen of the town of Pennfield in the said county being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is 75 years of age, that he has in the State of Rhode Island he was well acquainted with Throop A. Johnson during the revolutionary war and well remem- bers that it was then reported that he at several times enlisted and served in the revolutionary service and that he has for 20 years known him and it has ever been reported and believed that he in the neighborhoods where he has lived that he so served and he believes the same to be true and that the said Johnson has ever been considered to be a man of the
February, 1834.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

integrity and is entitled to full credit and belief in like with or otherwise and that and that the said John Johnson made the above declaration and swore to the same in his presence and that he this deponent served in the State service as an officer in the Reser- vionary war for the several years
Thomas Wrenson
Subscribed and sworn
this 20th day of July 1832
Before me James C
Waukegan a judge of Otsego Common Pleas

State of New York Otsego County ss {
Joshua Babcock of the town of Mainfield in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he has lived a neighbour to Theadota Johnson for about twenty years and is well acquainted with him and knows him to be a man of strict truth and veracity and that is his general character and that he has no doubt but what he served in the Revolutionary war as described in the affidavit hereto annexed and that he the said Theadota Johnson applied to him for assistance in obtaining a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary war as in the United States troops, and this deponent believes nothing prevented his drawing a pension but his having a little property the term of nine months under Capt Peleg Hoxee in Genl. Bartons Regiment was proved under the act of 1818 at that time before him, and that I am and have been for the twentyfive years acquainted with Capt Thomas W. Hinton and believe him a man of truth and veracity and it is believed in the neighbourhood that he the said Theadota Johnson has done all of the services set forth in his declaration upon oath hereto annexed and that I am also acquainted with William Davis whose affidavit is hereto annexed and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that this deponent is informed the said William Davis now draws a pension for services rendered at the same time under Capt Peleg Hoxee in which the said Johnson also served the same term of time and that the said Theadota Johnson is now sick and unable to attend court and made the above declaration in his presence.
Subscribed that and sworn
Joshua Babcock
this 20th day of July 1832 before me James B. Mansfield a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas
February, 1834.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

State of New York Otsego County
Is J. Horace Lathrop Clerk of the County do certify that James C. Walworth before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing & Signature Witness my hand & Seal of office this 28 th day of July 1832
J. Horace Lathrop Clerk By Thos. K. Core Dep. Clk.

Wm Davis Affidavit

Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court St. John's, N.B. May 31st 1832
Town of Plainfield B. William Davis of Brookfield County, Madison being, duly, sworn, makes oath and says that he was with Thierdator Johnson Row of Plainfield Otsego County, when he said Johnson did service as a Soldier in the Revolution- ary war nine months in Col. Bartons Regiment Capt. Teleg Hoxies company Wm. Davis (Subscribed and sworn May 31st, 1832) before me, Cornwall St John justice
I hereby certify that the above Dependent of this Affidavit is as I believe a person of truth and veracity Nov. 18th 1833 Cornwall St John justice
I hereby certify that at the time of the Revolution...

1834
I certify that at the town of Plainfield in the county of Otsego aforesaid I attended at the dwelling house of Theodore Johnson and there took the above declarations that the said J. Johnson was so infirm and so infirm owing to his advanced age and other infirmities is unable to attend in open court to being more than 20 miles from the court house of the said county and he wholly unable to get out of his house and I presume never will be able to attend in open court and that I put all the questions to him according to the instructions from the war department and that I believe that all are answered in his declaration herewith annexed and that I have been for fifteen years past well acquainted with the Honorable Joshua Babcock who has made the
affidavit that he is one of the respectable citizens of this county and was until very recently one of the judges of our court of common Pleas and that he is entitled to credit and belief under oath or otherwise and that the said Theodore Johnson that made the above declaration and Thomas W. Weygand are known to me and reputed to be men of the strictest veracity and truth in their neighborhood they live and that it has ever reputed that they both served in the Revolutionary War
February, 1834.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

Theodota Johnson
2/11/11
no papers
Returns to his Deduction to be made to James C Walbridge of Burlington Vermont County Vt.
Returns to this Deduction to be made to Joshua Babcock of Plainfield Otsego County N.Y. Unadilla Forks Post office by request of the Widow
February 1834.
James C. Walbridge, Clerk.

and that I have no doubt of it and fully believe that they did deserve and that Mr. Bain Johnson is at Oka as he states in his account = town
I found 6 Wardouth a judge of Clatsop County Common Pleas at having a court of record with a clerk and seal
Charlotte Johnson
241
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
State of New York, I, Warren Southwick, Clerk of said at Dutch County ss. County do hereby certify that

State of New York } I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said Otsego County ss: } County. do hereby certify that Cornelius St John Esq. before whom the within Affidavit of William Davis purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego: And that James C. Macworth Esq. whose name is subscribed to the preceding Certificate was at the date of the same of the time , one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly appointed and qualified: That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judges, and of the said Justice, and verily believe their signatures to the said Affidavit & Certificate to be genuine. Witness my hand, and Seal of Office the 13 th day of February 1834. —
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
and affixed the Seal of said Court the 10 th day of February, 1834.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

At a court of Common Pleas, held at the Court House in Cooperstown, within and for the county of Otsego, before the Judges of the same Court, on the 10 th day of February 1834, being a court of Records, and having the power of fines, and imprisonment.
In the matter of the application of Abith Johnson , Widow of Theodota Johnson deceased. —
Abel Stillman, of the Town of Plainfield in the county of Otsego, was sworn, and examined upon oath, in open court, and testified, that he was acquainted with Theodota Johnson in his life time. He died at the Town of Plainfield aforesaid, his place of residence on the ninth day of August 1832. He was an applicant for a Pension, at the time of his death. He left a Widow, the above named Abith Johnson , who is still living, and resides at Plainfield aforesaid. —
State of New York
Otsego County ss:
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing con- tains, in substance, the evidence given by the above named Abel Stillman, as taken down by me at the time, and which the Court adjudged to be satisfactory evidence of the facts stated: And that the same has been compared with & is truly copied from the records of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the 10 th day of February, 1834.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D C
Brookfield June 8
1126 June 13 N.Y. Postp.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26672
Ruth Johnson Widow of Theodatus Johnson Civil War
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. A , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Ruth Johnson
Widow of
Theodatus Johnson
Suspended
Let to Joseph Clark Oct. 21. 31
Same Apr. 20. 1837
Same — July 19. 1837
same Nov. 14. 1837.
do. to same Nov. 28. 1837

Dec 1831
✓ 1126 N. York Ruth Johnson Papers returned Letter to Hon. B. Brinknell 10 Jan. '38.

Macgregor Johnson -
Oct. 28. 1814
N. York.
Suspended,
Until it is ascer- tained whether Col. Barton's was a Continental regi- ment -
Major John L.
Sexton has been written to on the sub- ject -

New York - Albany Agency
Ruth Johnson widow of Theodota on roll under the act of 7 th June 1832 to what time paid
V Luce
John Harry Esq
8 Auditors Office p d to the 19 th Aug t 1832. JH

Paul Orndell

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
9 th January 1841.
Sir:
In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Albany — New York to that of Ohio — Pittsburgh to take effect from and after the 4 th Sep r 1840.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mrs. Ruth Johnson
W. I. Pensioner.
Care of J. Saphaw Esq Willoughby Ohio

Jan 6. 1824
Norway
James L. Edwards Esq. Commis n of Pensions War Dept t Washington City

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany, Pension Agency,
January 2 nd 1841.
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 29 th ult o I have to state, that Auth Johnson a Pensioner under the Act of 4 July 1836 at 63 3/4 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1840
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. W. O'Leary
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT. per
Jen King

Oct 23
Prof. J. H. Thompson 22nd Rutgers
Finne
Edwards Bay Commencement of Business Washington City
( & C )

Brookfield N.Y. Oct 18th 1887
Dear Sir
Something like two months past I sent to the Pension office proof of the services of Theodore Johnson in 1778 which was all required to enable Ruth Johnson to obtain a pension for services of her husband she has great anxiety on the subject but I suppose the delay has been occasioned by the meeting of Congress - The proof must be satisfactory being a Sergeant in his company in which he served he informed me that he recanted his lie in the service at other times but at this time from circumstances he distinctly recanted & all that I attempted was to prove services after the surrender - Please forward the certificate as soon as consistent
Yours Respectfully
J. J. Bolands Esq.
Joseph Clarke

March 9.
June
Mr J L Edwards
Commencement of Penruins
Oct? Conc NY 30 July 30 3 Dec.
Washington City

Brookfield, N York Madison Co Feb Month 2 1887
Dear Sir
I have lately received the enclosed papers with your note of my certificate that she was so sick that she could not attend court and for the county clerk's certificate which one complied with & therefrom with a certificate sent to the court to J. Clark P.M. Brookfield Madison County N York,
W. L. Edwards
Your humble servt Joseph Clark

Pension Office Pittsburgh Aug 15 1842
J. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Sir
M rs Johnston a Pensioner under Act of 4th July 1836. referred to in your letter of the 10th inst was paid at this Agency up to 11th March 1842 As directed I have marked her transferred to the New York Agency, to take effect from the date of her last payment Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Wm Robinson Jr Pen s Agt By J. H. Stuart

Nov 28
Dear
Nov 28 Con-
South Johnston
Mr James L Edwards Commissioner of Customs Washington City D.C.

Brookfield New York Jan 20th 1837
Dear Sir yours of the 4th inst was duly received Its contents perused with much regret, as I was confident no further evidence could be required in the case of Ruth Johnson, when I satisfactorily found her marriage to you informed me it appeared she was married the day he left the same the therefore produce some proof of remains after that date & therefore produced her testimony and that of Paul Coondall her brother that he was in Subano expedition in August following my object was not to injure her position but to establish the fact required, in order to this you informed me that I must prove the affairs under whom he served & then without her knowledge went into Chenango County to be a mor whom I found was a pensioner and a neighbor of Johnson in the Revolution I had two pensions before I saw him he was an officer and distinctly recollected his name & notes on correspondence of an account in Storrs in which Johnson brother in law was concerned the same as narrated by Mrs Johnson & Coondall, in his affidavit he gives the names of officers the time & place pointed to the full extent required. This disproved must be satisfactory & I have so stated to her & the only obstacle I have left was on the delay but after all my trouble & expense to prove the evidence in this case you now told that it is required that by the rules of the Superior department cannot be allowed as Johnson did not set it up in her declaration the cause of complaint is that if my remains were required after the marriage & she never has

his evidence the shall never the same known as then husband if living even one have could be separate he might & probably did omit mentioning other towns beside this of short duration which is frequently the case & I often have applications to make papers for or instance of persons for services omitted in this original declaration which I have invariably disallowed. Where when his original declaration was made does or his death had an aged man & the judge residing 15 or 20 miles from him in a short recess it is not presumed even if well he could tell all his short terms I think you make a very considerable one to apply in all cases & a good one for me to be led to the trouble & expense of establishing a fact that you know by your rules would do no good when established. I have given this case to some of our nearest judges & it is concluded that this is a case in which you have not thoroughly examined & is not properly returned It does appear to me that no national tribunal under that law & the conventions could require any thing further but if it must be so I hope you will have the goodness to give me the terms of his alleged terms the name & grade of officer & the last words said to me he knew of Johnson living in the room at other times but I asked nothing but this term he may recited but there is no copy or minutes here of his declaration and no one that can give me details.

I shall do nothing further unless I am properly informed, for my die with all my & never hit a case that will overrule I therefore if it must be so hope you will give me proper directions as soon as possible, and I do believe if you look into this case you will find a contemptuous.
Very Respectfully Yours
Joseph Clark
Hon J. I. Edwards

Mr Evans
free
J L Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington D C

Willoughby December 22 d 1840
Dear Sir
Enclosed is an Application to transfer the payment of Ruth Johnson Finsion from Albany to the Pittsburgh Agency. She intends to reside permanently with her daughter in Ohio. It is desirable that the transfer be made so as to draw the next payment at Pittsburgh if practicable.
If the vouchers for drawing the payment are deficient from the Common Fund, will you please send me a Blank
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Finsion
Very Respectfully Agreeing to the Request A. Lapham

Mr. - at - Jan. 9.
If the claim should again be rejected, please Mr. Chapen to Mr. Brecknell James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. ee of Men. Washington Hon. B. Brecknell H.R.

House Park
Washington 8 th Jan. 1838
Dear Sir
Judge Clark of Brookfield Madison Co- N.Y. the Attorney for the Widow Johnson, wishes me to ask of you the re-examination of her claim - The Judge seems to think great injus- tice is done her - I wish therefore you would have the goodness to comply with this request -
Should you again reject her claim, I am requested to ask for the papers of a copy in your department and present this claim to the House -
I am Sir respectfully Your Obed Servt -
R. B. Richelle
J. L. Edward Esq

The State of Ohio On this 21 st day of December 1840 Lake County ss before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lake personally appeared Obed Alvord who on his oath declares that he is acquainted with Ruth Johnson who has in his presence subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit that he has been acquainted with her for the term of 30 years past and that she is the person described in said affidavit I certify that I am well acquainted with said Obed Alvord and that he is a person of veracity J Sapham Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Lake County ss
I John W. Horden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State do hereby certify that J Sapham whose certificate appears above is an acting justice of the Peace within and for the Township of Willoughby in said
County duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to Law and that his signature thereunto attached is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at Painesville this 21 st day of December A.D. 1840
John W. Horden Clerk By Chas. D. Adams Deputy

The State of Ohio On this 21 st day of December 1840 before Lake County, ss. me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lake personally Ruth Johnson who on her oath declares that she is the identical person to whom an original pension certifi- cate was given (and which she has now in possession) for services rendered the United by her husband Rhodeta John- -son that said pension certificate was issued on the 7 th day of March 1838 and numbered 1831 and payable in the city of Albany in the State of New York from whence she lately removed that she now resides in the town of Willoughby in the State of Ohio within the district of the Pittsburgh Agency and wishes her pension to be then payable in future. She removed from the State of New York to reside with her daughter who is a resident of Ohio.
The word "affidavit" was intended before signing also the word "States"
J Lapham
Justice of the Peace
Ruth her Johnson Mark

State of New York Madison County ss
On this second day of August 1842 before me the undersigned a Judge of Madison County Court for the said County of Madison personally appeared Ruth Johnson who on her oath declares that she is the same person to whom a Pension Certificate was given for sixty three dollars and thirty three cents in sum dated 7th March 1838 for the services of her husband Theodore Johnson in the Revolutionary War that her name was placed originally on the Pension Roll of the State of New York at Albany that on the 9th day of January 1840 her name was transferred to the State of Ohio from whence she has lately removed, that she now resides in the State of New York where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. She further says one her reasons for removing from the State of Ohio that she formerly lived in Brookfield State of New York where she now resides and where she has a brother and other relations permanently settled with whom she intends to reside the remainder of her life. sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid Joseph Clark } Judge of Madison County Court Ruth H Johnson mark
I further certify that from all age & conformity the above named Ruth Johnson cannot write her name. That I know her to be the identical person to whom on my said certificate was given as above stated having firmly made her request to extend her pension Joseph Clark } Judge of Madison County Court - -

State of New York Madison County
Paul Crandall being duly sworn says that Ruth Johnson the person who made the foregoing affidavit is the person described in the affidavit - that she is his sister with whom she now resides.
Paul Crandall
Sworn and Subscribed before me
This 2 nd day of August 1842
Joseph Clark { Judge of Madison County Courts
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent & know him to be a man of veracity and respectability. Joseph Clark { Judge of Madison County Courts -
I certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Clark whose signature appears upon the several affidavits on this paper that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Clark & believe the said signatures are genuine. and further that said Clark was at the time as now is a Judge of the County Courts of Madison County in the State of New York
A. Lawrence Foster Me.
Hon. A. L. Foster N.Y.

Aug 9. 1872.
Mr Ewing
Land. Pook M.C.
Hon. A. L. Foster
HR
Pension Office Washington D.C.

August 8, 1842
Please read me the transfer before to Judge Clark, as soon as convenient
Yours &c
A. L. Foster

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Attorney of Plaintiff
Washington City

Brookfield June 5th 1837
Dear Sir
I lately received a letter from the pension officer that from the proof in the case of Rev. Th. Johnson it appears she was married on the day he quit the service and that unless she produced some evidence of service after that time she could not obtain a pension. I hope the inclosed is sufficient. I have no doubts of his rendering service enough after their marriage to entitle him to a full pension but he was at the point of death when the Law of 1832 passed & the pension was given her for what was previously passed by her request she now asks the same although I have not the least doubt of her right Rhode Island of being able to prove the full term of 2 years service but from her age and health I think probably it would never benefit her. I have returned the service in one case only because this was fresh in the recollection of her self & Brother. She was then a Miss Pease & her brother fled to her in the absence of her husband from fear in the engagement on Rhode Island. Finally I have recollection of hearing the statement of her brother's fleeing to her parents in the above case more than thirty years. Part having been born in the same town & being well acquainted with the family. Then I hope & trust she will receive a pension for her husband's services that have been proven which is all she asks. She is very needy & in this extreme hard time depends much on the charity of her neighborhood.
Yours J. L. Adams.
Respectfully yours Joseph Clark

State of New York } Plainfield August the 12 1819 Albany County } ss Peleg Hosse of the town of Exeter in the County of Albany living solely Sworn deposes and says that he was a Captain in the Revolutionary Service war in the Land service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col! Barton and that Theadaty Johnson a late applicant for a pension as by the affidavits of Edward Green & William Davis will more fully appear was a Soldier in the continental service regularly enlisted and honorably discharged at Trenton in the State of Rhode Island & further that the said Theadaty Johnson is advanced in life and in ind- -igent circumstances & has need of assistance from his County & further this deponent says not.
Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of August 1819 before me
Peleg Hosse
Joshua Babcock Commissioner Duly authorized to take affidavits in & for the County of Albany

State of New York Westchester County ss
On the Eighteenth day of October 1819 personally appeared Philip Hoxie late an Officer in the army of the Revolution and being duly sworn deposes and saith that Brotherly Johnson the applicant mentioned named was a soldier in the company - commanded by him in Col. Bartons - Rhode Island Regiment and that he en- -listed 14 th June 1777 and continued to serve in said Company until 18 th March 1778 and was then discharged according to law and - further that the said Brotherly Johnson is now in very reduced cir- -cumstances and stands in need of the as- -sistance of his country for support
Sworn before me this Eighteenth day of October 1819
Philip Hoxie
Almon Luce Judge of Probate Place

Isaiah Hilliard Ezra Eaton Joshua Babcock Miles H. Lake

Plainfield Otsego Co. N.Y. 12 th Aug. 1819
This May certify that one the subscribers consider Theodas Johnson of Plainfield Otsego county N.Y. An honest Man And a poor man And a very infirm man And is Under the necessity of laboring to support his family many times when his infirmities ought to preclude his laboring, that in addition to other infirmities he has painful consumption. - etc - that he is a Temperate man, And perhaps as merit-intitled to the beneficence of his country As any other Man
Henry Clarke
Ethan Clarke Henry B. Clarke
Benjamin Brewer
Frederick Brown Isaac Brown Cyrus San
Elias Fish Justinian Huntington David H. Morgan
W m Utter
Abel Stillman Noel Jones
Ethan Stillman
Edward Stillman
Erastus Spicer
Robert Spier
Morris Wilcox
Reuben Willcox
Joel Kingon
Clark Lewis
Asa Richardson

York Pills Moonfield
Free
Aug 16 37 M c Lean
Theodore T. Johnson
James L. Oldwoods Esq Commander of Pennsylvania Washington City D C

addl. Evidence With Johnson -
South Pills Amorphous
Aug 16 37
James L. Johnson Commerce Washington
The State of Washington

State of New York Madison County
Before me come Caleb Church and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is now a resident of Columbia County of Chenango and State of New York and that he is eighty three years of age that during the Revolutionary War he was a resident of Washington County of Washington and State of Rhode Island that he was well acquainted with Theodate Johnson during the Revolution who then resided in a place called Goshen near the line between Herkshire & Charleston State of Rhode Island that in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was a sergeant in Capt John Gane's company Matthew Brondall 1st Lieutenant Elnathan Hills 2nd Lieutenant in a regiment commanded by Col Cook that said Theodate Johnson was in the service of the United States in said company with this deponent more than one month from positive recollection and he has no doubts of more than three months that said Theodate Johnson with this deponent marched from the County of Washington aforesaid through Providence and Warren to Tiverton & crossed the ferry on to Rhode Island and they were both in the engagement on the Island in Sullivan's Expedition in August seventeen hundred and seventy eight that soon after the engagement they marched back through Providence and were discharged that said Theodate Johnson died leaving a widow by the name of Ruth Johnson who he has been informed and believes now resides in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York and further saith not
Caleb Church
Sworn and subscribed the 2 nd day of August 1837 before me
Joseph Clark & Judge of Madison County courts
I further certify that I have been well acquainted with Caleb Church the above deponent for more than thirty years in this State & Rhode Island and that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity
Joseph Clark & Judge of Madison County courts

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss: I, Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County, do hereby Certify, that Joseph Clark, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the within Certificate, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 7 th day of August 1837.
A. S. Sloan Clk.

Brookfield August 9th 1884 Dear Sir
After much trouble & expense I have procured proof of the service of Shadouta Johnson in the revolution services in 1778 and the affairs under whom he served which was all required of me & of course one month will be added to his account as allowed his widow for the balance of pension & I hope three months out of this year will follow your notes There has been much delay in this case & I hope the Certificate will be forwarded as soon as possible for in their good time the applicant is distinguished circumstances
Respectfully Yours
Joseph Clark
Wm J L Edwards
Commission of pensions

Shea duty Johnson some Barton R. Island Reg
1776 to 1778
Barton's Regt was not on the continent at the time
Further proof of service Further proof of service wanting also the Judges Certificate of the indigent circum- stances of the Applicant.
Richard Spencer Application to the Governor on Pension List
Officially known to the Governor to be the same as the Applicant Richard Spencer
Suspended. credibility of the witnesses has not been attested or authenticated.
Testimony of an officer of the regiment proving the service or pay in continuance in continental establishment will be satisfactory

Thia Mary Johnson Application for to be Placed on Pension List
Three
Thia Mary Johnson Application for to be Placed on Pension List
Thia Mary Johnson Application for to be Placed on Pension List
Three Three Three Three Three
1796 & 1798 Anthony A. Johnson Pension List

State of New York Askins County 3/4 personally appeared before me Almon
Luce one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County. I, Shadaty Johnson aged forty two years who being before me first duly sworn according to Law, do hereby make on his oath the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by an Act of the Congress of the United States entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War. That I, the said Shadaty Johnson enlisted in the Town of Preston in the County of New London and State of Connecticut in the 17th year 1776. in the Company commanded by Capt William Bleecker in the Regiment commanded by Col Selden and served there for Six Months and was discharged then enlisted in the Town of Charlestown in the State of Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt Oly Hayes in Col Boston's Regiment in July 1777. and served until 1778 was in the Battle of Long Island Orchard fight on York Island Battle of Warrenton Plains etc and that I am in very reduced Circumstances and stand in need of the Assistance of my Country for Support and that I have no other means now in my power to pay said Service.
Rule num
Shadaty Johnson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of April 1818
Almon Luce Judge of Askins County Pleas

I also on said Judge as within States do Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Theodacy Johnson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the Preceding declaration against the Common enemy - and I now transmitt the Proceeding and Testimony taken and had before the Secretary for the department of war - pursuant to the declarations of the above mentioned Act of Congress - dated at New York this 29 day of April 1818
Almon and Lewis Judge By William Can Phear

State of New York } Peter Van Snider of the Herkimer County } Town of Litchfield County aforesaid. being duly sworn saith that he is Person- ally well acquainted with Theodaly Johnson the applicant above named, and has been so acquainted with him the said Theodaly Johnson for seven years, and during that time the said Theodaly Johnson has sustained a good char- acter for truth and veracity, and as this deponent hereby believes that full credit ought to be given to the dispositions of the said Theodaly Johnson who under oath — Peter van Snider Witness April 29 th 1810 Sworn and subscribed before me Almond Luce
State of New York } I Almond Luce one of the Herkimer County } Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Theodaly Johnson served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid against the Common Enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said Theodaly Johnson hereto annexed — and I do further certify that full credit is due to the dispositions of the above named Peter Van Snider and also that the evidence on which I have founded my judgement is contained in the affidavit of the said Theodaly Johnson  Almond Luce Judge Herkimer Co. N.Y.

State of New York Herkimer County ss }
I Almond Luce one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer do certify that I am acquainted with Theadaty Johnson the within named applicant and do believe that he is in poor and indigent circumstances and that he comes within the provisions of the act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" and I do further certify that Edward Green and William Davis on this day made oath before me and testified that they were acquainted with Johnson the above applicant and knew that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in Col Barton's regiment and that he served thirteen months and was honorably discharged. I also certify that the affidavits of the said Green and Davis are herunto annexed. Given under my hand this 4 th day of May 1819 -
Almond Luce
I certify that Edward Green William Davis and Almond Luce are the persons whose affidavits are herunto annexed

I certify that Edmunde Pierre William David Deme Pley Hoxie whose affidavits are herunto annexed are men of credibility and fully believe that full credit ought to be given to declarations of the said Pierre Davis & Hoxie when under oath Wm. full 18th August 1819
Almond Lee Esq. of New London Place
of Auburn Penn. Place

Herkimer County ss
Edward Green Sworn
Saith that he was personally acquainted with Theodatus Johnson in the year 1777 and was knowing to his enlistment in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the command of Capt. Philip Hockley in Col. Barton's Regiment and served for thirteen months and obtained an honorable discharge and fully believes that he comes under the act entitled an act for the relief of officers and soldiers engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Edward Green
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of May 1819 Almond Laine Judge of Herk Co. Plus
Herkimer County ss
William Davis sworn to
and saith that he was personally acquainted with Theodatus Johnson in the year 1777 and was knowing to his enlistment into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the command of Capt. Philip Hockley for thirteen months and obtained an honorable discharge and fully believes that he comes under the act entitled an act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Wm Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of May 1819
State of New York
Walter Fish Clerk of the

State of New York Herkimer County
vs Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for said County Do hereby certify that the said Court is out of the Courts of Record in said State & that Almon Dyer
Esquire whose signature is affixed here to the foregoing certificate is one of the Judges of said Court In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed
the seal of said Court at Herkimer this 9th day of May 1818
Walter Fish Clerk
1818 Almon Dyer of Herkimer Co. N.Y.

M-ab
Hon. B. Bicknell H.R.

State of New York Madison County
Caleb Church of Columbia County of Chenango and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States aged eighty three years that during the Revolution he resided in Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island that he was well acquainted with Theodore Johnson who then resided in a place called Gotham near the line between Westerly Connecticut & Hopkinton in the State aforesaid that he was in the Army with said Johnson at various times during the war and under different officers that during the Spring and Summer of 1778 this deponent and said Johnson was in the Army together nearly the whole time and was in the engagement on Rhode Island in August 1778 that this deponent was at that time Sergeant that during that engagement they were in Capt Gates Company Matthew Rondall Lieutenant and Col Cookes Regiment that previous to that time in the Summer & Spring of 1778 they were together under other officers a part of the time under Capt Wells Col Taylor and Selengast was then during that season and as they usually changed commandant he has no doubt they were under them some part of the time, that he knows said Johnson was in the Army with him in the engagement and at Trenton from contemporaries that cannot be erased from his recollection while his memory remains that he has been informed and believes that said Johnson died in 1832 and left a widow by the name of Sarah Johnson who now resides in Ponacampville in the County of Madison and State of New York who still receives his pension
sworn and subscribed before me
The 10th day of February 1838
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts
I further certify that I have been well acquainted with said Church who sustains a good character for piety truth and veracity
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts

State of New York } Madison County } ss
Keith Johnson of Brookfield County of Madison and state of New York being duly sworn says that he still remembers the widow of Theodore Johnson late of Plattsburgh County of Clinton & State aforesaid who was a soldier of the Revolution that after she was married to said Johnson in the spring & summer 1778 said Johnson went into the Army and continued there nearly all the time until after the battle on Bunker Hill and that he was in that battle she virtually neglects his being there as two of her neighbors were killed namely Clark Brundage and Stephen Peckham which report greatly excited her fearfully on account of her husband's being there that she well remembers that Capt Wells was in with him but could not say at what particular time and where Capt Goveat Col Clark & Selynhart & others were in the Army at what particular time she cannot recollect but she does recollect that said Johnson went as a soldier to New London immediately after the battle that there was a skirmish and skirmishes before and February 12th 1888
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court
I further certify that from old age & infirmity the above named Keith Johnson cannot write his name and that she sustains a very good character for truth and morality
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court
Washington 19th Feb 1838
I certify that the above named Joseph Clark Esq is now a Judge of the Madison County Common Pleas Court
Dennis Bicknell

State of New York } Madison County }
On This 29 th Day of May 1887 personally appeared Ruth Johnson who being duly sworn deposes and says that she is seventy seven years of age that she is widow of Theodore Johnson late of Otsego County State of New York deceased who was a soldier of The Revolution and was that she received a pension from The United States from the 4 th of March 1831 to the 9 th day of August 1832 on which day her husband died that she now resides in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York and has not intermarried but still remains the widow of said Theodore Johnson that she was married to said Theodore Johnson on the sixteenth day of March 1778 that her said husband was in the army of the United States a great part of the summer of 1778 and in August was in the battle on Rhode Island that he was in the service at several different times after that time in all more than one year after they were married but the greater part of the time and services she cannot recollect except in the battle on Rhode Island in August 1778 of which she knows and distinctly recollects from conversations that she cannot separate from her memory
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 th day of May 1887
Ruth Johnson mark
I for the County of Madison do hereby certify that from bodily informity the above named Ruth Johnson cannot attend court or write her name and that she possesses a good character for truth and veracity
Joseph Plank Judge of Madison County Courts

State of New York Madison County
Personally appeared before me Paul Crandall a resident of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York who being duly sworn deposes and says that he is twenty one years of age and is brother to Ruth Johnson (widow of Theodore Johnson who died on the 9th day of August 1882 that he resided in Westerly State of Rhode Island during the revolution and that said Ruth Johnson was married to said Theodore in March 1778 that in August 1778 the said Theodore Johnson was in the Army on Rhode Island and in Connecticut, at the same time the father of this deponent and two of his brothers was in the Army at the same time who one now dead that one of his brothers from fear fled from the Army to the house of said Theodore Johnson who was in the Army at the time but was a prisoner and the said Ruth Johnson advised by his sister and living in a retired place he went there but was taken and returned to the Army and that he recollects that some of the principal men of the neighborhood drew a petition to the officers in the Army who exonerated him from any penalty on account of his young and frightened that he recollects that said Theodore Johnson was in several times afterwards but the particulars he cannot distinctly recollect but of the same in August 1778 he distinctly recollects been and subscribed before me the 29th day of May 1887
Paul Crandall
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Paul Crandall and that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Court

State of New-York
Madison County Clerk's Office
S. I. Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do hereby Certify that Joseph Clark, before whom the two preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the two preceding Certificates, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificates, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 5 th day of June 1837.
A. Sloan Clk

No V 1126
Ruth Johns m 3
Har W. R. Fuller Hon. Reps

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of The act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 State of New York } Madison County }
On the 5 th day of January 1837 personally appeared before the Subordinate Joseph Clark a Judge of Madison County Courts it being a court of Record with Johnson a resident of Washington in the County of Madison and State of New York Aged Seventy six 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 July 4 th 1836 that she is the widow of Theodore Johnson who was a soldier of the Revolutionary and was said to be a Sergeant in some part of his services as as she was informed and believes was under Col Boston and Col Selden in the State of Rhode Island she further declares that she was married to the said Theodore Johnson in March 1778 and that she believes on the 16 th day of that month and that her husband the aforesaid Theodore Johnson died on the Ninth day of August 1832 and she has received a dividend ever since that period as well more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed and she further testifies that she knows she was married in March previous to the Battle on Rhode Island and that her said husband was in the service at that place and time & she further testifies that her said husband was generally called Dick but that his true name was Theodore that she has known a pension for the services of her said husband from the first of March 1831 to the 9 th day of August 1832 the day on which her husband died sworn to and subscribed on the day and
your obedient wife and daughter in law J. Clark I further certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same has been compared with the original the original being in the hands of the Clerk of the Court

I further certify that from long acquaintance with the aforesaid Ruth Johnson I know her general reputation to be good and that from old age & infirmity she cannot write her name & and cannot attend court without endangering her health.
Joseph Clark Judge of Middlesex County Cont.
I further certify that the within named Ruth Johnson is so sick that she cannot attend court.
Joseph Clark Judge of Middlesex County Cont.

State of New York } Madison County }
On the 5th day of February 1897 personally appeared before me Paul Crowd all a resident of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration that he is brother to Ruth Johnson the person giving deposition that she was married to Theodore Johnson in March 1878 and that she lived with the said Theodore Johnson until his death which was on the tenth day of August 1882 and that she has remained a widow ever since that time was present at the time they were married at his father's although not in the house during the ceremony that the said Johnson was generally called Jim but that his true name was Theodore that he knows it to be in March 1878 as it was the spring before his marriage expedition in Rhode Island -
Paul Crowd
sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of February 1898
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the above deponent for more than twenty years & that he is a good character Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County
who is a good character

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
ss: I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Clark, before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and also whose name ap- pears to the two preceding certificates, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County of Madison, duly Commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates, to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 27 th day of February 1837.
A. Sloan Clk
No. 11126
Ruth Johns m
Hon. W. R. Fuller Horn. Reps

Albany Forks NY Miss 11 3 11 18 35 11 Hon. Lewis Cass, Sec. War
FREE Washington
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Dear Sir will you please to send returns to Madilla Forks Post office and Oblige Yours &c Joshua Babcock Agent for Ruth Johnson
Mainfield February 24 th 1834