Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5672, for William Johnson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Johnson, William
P. 5672
CONTENTS

State of Virginia } County of Monroe } ss
On this 24 th day of October 1836 personally appeared before James A. Dunlap a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid William Johnson aged 76 years and a resident of the said County of Monroe and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated That he resided in the County of Prince William in the year 1777 when a draft was called for and that he with many others volunteered to supply the draft and that he volunteered at Fauquier Court House in the State of Virginia as well as he now recollects in the month of August 1777 under Capt Benjamin Harrison as he was called but thinks the name was Capt Harrison for the term of three months and marched directly from Fauquier Court House to the neighbourhood of Philadelphia passing by Fredericksburg in Md. and Lancaster in Pennsylvania and joined the main Army under Genl Washington the day after the Battle of Germantown near the Brandy Mills on the Skippack road about 16 Miles from Philadelphia where they encamped for several days and then marched towards Philadelphia to the White Marsh where they remained for the full term for which he volunteered and was then marched back to Virginia by his Captain and discharged That whilst he was in the Army under Genl Washington he was attached to the Old Virginia 3 d Regiment and  which was

Commanded by a Col Maj Pickett and that during the time they were encamped at the White Marsh the British Magazine Ship was blown up in the Delaware River a few days after which circumstance the company to which he was attached left the Army and returned to Virginia and that after he returned home he married in the County of Prince William and moved in the Spring of 1780 to the Falls of Ohio (on the now Kentucky side) and was drafted there in the same year he thinks in the month of August at the fort where he has since under stood the town of Louisville has been erected and was attached to the company commanded by Capt John Dickinson and to the Regiment commanded by Col Logan and Gen George Rogers Clark that they remained a short time at the fort after he was drafted and then marched up the Ohio River (some of the men in Boats but most of them by land) to near the mouth of Sickening the Army then left the River and marched to the Chillicothe town but when they reached that place the Indians had set fire to the town and left it but it was still burning that after destroying the corn in the fields at that place they marched on to the Piquaway towns where they had a battle with the Indians which lasted about 3 hours and in which we were victors after the battle we destroyed the corn in the fields at that place and were marched back to the falls of Ohio and discharged that as well as he now recollects this last draft was for 3 months but he can not be certain but he well recollects that he was either one or two days over or one or two days under three months in this last

tour of duty and that he is well satisfied he served the full term of Six Months in the two trips, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service that he never received any written discharge for any of the service which he performed that he received his pay for the first tour of duty and that he received a certificate of the last tour but never received any thing for his service but his certificate has been lost long since that he has no record of his age nor ever had only as it has been handed down to him by his father he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State that he now resides in the County of Monroe Va and has resided there since the year 1788 at that time the County of Greenbrier
Sworn and subscribed this 26 th day of October 1836
William his Johnson mark
before me James A Daulap J.P.
We Edwin W Woodson a clergyman residing in the County of Monroe and in the neighborhood of William Johnson and Robert Guinn residing in the same County certify that we are well acquainted with William Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier

of the revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed Edwin W. Woodson this 24 th day of October 1836 Robt. Guinon before me
James A. Dunlap P.P.
And I the said James A. Dunlap a justice duly qualified duly qualified and assigned to keep the peace in and for the county of Monroe do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that it appears to me that Edwin W. Woodson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman Resident in the neighborhood of William Johnson and that Robert Guinon who has signed the same is a resident of the same county and neighborhood and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. and I do further certify that it appears to me from my own observation and the testimony of the said William Johnson that he is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court for the purpose of making a declaration given under my hand and seal at the residence of the said William Johnson in the county of Monroe this 24 th day of October 1836. The foregoing the words "from bodily infirmity" stricken before signing Virginia Monroe County by James A. Dunlap P.P.
I John Hinchman a justice of the peace in the county aforesaid who was present at the foregoing examination do certify that I fully concur with James A. Dunlap in the correctness of the foregoing certificate John Hinchman P.P.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 2, 1878.
REJECTED
5672
P. O.
William Johnson
va
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

William Johnson 1st Virginia
Sus. Col. Wm Hutchinson Jr
Mar 22 1836
Hen Wm McComas 18 Feb. 37
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Union Va } Nov. 17th 1836
wa
Free
Nov 21
The Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.
Palmer
Mr John L. 1836 Nov 20

I John Hutchison J. clerk of the Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that James A. Dunlap is a justice of the peace as aforesaid, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office at Union this 14 th day of November 1836 In the 61 st year of the Commonwealth,
J. Hutchison J. C.M.

Nea Sul Springs Feb, 10 th 1837
Free
William M c Comas Esq Member of Congress Washington City

I William Johnson of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make the following statements in addition to the statements contained in my declaration sent to the War department for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 and in answer to a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions dated the 22 nd Nov 1836. I would represent to the War department. That the fortifications at the Falls of Ohio erected by Col. Clark in the spring of 1780 required but little work and indeed were never completed and the work done there at that time was principally performed by the Mettles as Col. Clark had only about 7 or 8 men (as this applicant understood) when he arrived there. The work was apportioned amongst the men and each man's share laid off to him. My share was laid off for me but as well as I now recollect I had not commenced it, the whole time employed at work at said fortifications I do not believe exceeded ten days until it was ascertained that there was no danger of an attack at that place when the work was entirely abandoned and preparations were commenced for marching against the Indians. I would also state that I was some time engaged in making Cartridge Blocks for a six pounder in making canoes and such other work as was required. The precise time I can not state but I am well satisfied that it was not less than 15 or 20 days for which service I never drew any pay and which I did not take into the estimate when I stated

in my declaration that I was about three Months engaged in the campaign and which if added to the time then stated I am well Satisfied would make more than three Months I would further state that to the best of my knowledge I served about ten days longer in the town near Philadelphia than stated in my declaration altho three Months was the time for which I was drafted I would also state that so far as I know at this time it will be impossible for me to furnish any other proof of my service than my own Oath as to the reason why I have so long delayed applying for a pension I would state that I have been six years confined to my own house and yard and that in a remote part of the country and altho I heard of persons getting pensions I thought it was only the regular Soldiers and was entirely ignorant that the Militia and those who fought against the Indians had any claim whatever to a pension given under my hand this 31 st day of January 1837
W m Johnson
Virginia Monroe County Ky
This day William Johnson personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made Oath in due form of law that the statements contained in the foregoing are true given under my hand this 30 th day of Jan'y 1837
James A. Duncalf J.P.

Red Sulphur July  Aug 1837
Wm. H. Coeans
Dear Sir
At the request of Wm Johnson who is a respectable Old man and has laboured hard all his life untill within a few years past and until he has been prevented by sickness & Old age I enclose you some statements on the other side for the purpose of obtaining a pension Wm Johnson until recently has been in moderate circumstances but from sickness and the bad management of his children he is reduced almost to want and very much needs the assistance of his country. Should you be able to give him any aid in procuring the small sum he asks I would think that it would be an act of humanity. The original declaration is in the War Office and I have not considered it necessary to have the clerk's certificate to my signature as I signed the other and the signature will show that it is the same. in justice to the Old man I must say that he made similar statements to those now sworn to at the time he made his former declaration but as I wrote the declaration and did not consider them important. Nothing was said about them as I thought that he had stated service of sufficient duration to entitle him to a pension I hope you will do the Old man the kindness to present this additional statement and advise me of the prospect of his succeeding
Yours &c
Respectfully
James H. Dunlap