Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 1958, for John Johnston, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Johnston, John
S 1958
Carded.
CONTENTS

7514 West Tennessee
order to pay 19 Nov. 1836. See letter to H. H. Johnson & P. A. T.
John Johnston of Smith in the State of W Tenn who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Meredith of the Regt commanded by _____ in the N A time for 6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1833 and sent to J Pickett Carthage
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 83

John Johnston
12.373
✓

State of Tennessee Smith County court, August Term 1832 On this 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before John Crumbus Solomon Deane H. C. Gorman Justices of the county court of Smith, now sitting, John Johnston, a resident of the county & State aforesaid, aged Eighty years old the 30 th day of this month (August) 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 as well as he now recollects in the month of January in the same year that Cornwallis was taken, on a tour of three months with the Militia of Virginia, being at the time a resident of Pittsylvania  Spotsylvania County Virginia; was attached to Captain Joseph Carrington's Company and was under the command of General Mullenburg. The Regiment, as well as recollected, rendezvoused at Booker's old field near Petersburg Va and remained there for some time; marched from thence to Petersburg. Was in no engagement; rec d , a written discharge which is either lost or destroyed and has not been seen for many years. He knows of no person now living by whom he can prove this tour of three months in this part of the country.
He further states that he served a second tour of three months in the same year with the Militia from Virginia: that he was attached to Captain William Meredith's Company; - that the troops as- sembled at the Cole pits Virginia; marched from thence

to Richmond; thence to the Glebe twelve miles below Richmond and near James River; and was alternately on one or the other side of James River and sometimes in sight of the British forces, but in no general engagement. Was under the command of General Mullenburg during this tour also: States that his discharge for this tour of three months, is like that of the first, either lost or mislaid; that he knows of no person in this part of the country by whom he can prove any part of his service during the revolutionary War.
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. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. Pirtle, CLK.
John Johnston
We John Bransford a clergyman, residing in the county of Smith State of Tennessee, and John Garrison residing in the county & state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Johnston who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. Pirtle, CLK.
Mrs. Bransford Mrs. Garrison

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 John Dromsford who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Smith, and that John Garrison who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County, and is a credible person, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
John Chambliss Chairman of Smith County Court
1. State of Tennessee Smith County I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Johnson for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Carthage this 19th day of September 1832 and 57th year of our Independence
J Pickett Clerk

1.12.375.
John Johnston
Smith Co from - private 6 mths.
$20.
Capt Merrieth
va
J Pickett Carthage Tenn.
Feb. 23. 1833.

BRIEF in the case of  John Johnston —  of Smith County in the State of Tennessee.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 80 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     near Cornwallis at Yorktown In 17 — 3 — private. Gen. Joseph Cornwallis Col d   Same — 3 — do. Col. W m H. Horner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland County, Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. H. Pleasants Examining Clerk.

October 16, 1939.
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Mrs. John Gage 912 - 19 th Street Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ady Car John Johnston S.1958
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1958, based upon the military service in that war of John Johnston.
John Johnston was born August 30, 1752, place, and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Cumberland County, Virginia, John Johnston enlisted in January, in the same year that Cornwallis was taken, and served three months as private in Captain Joseph Carrington's Virginia Company. He enlisted, in the same, year, and served three months as private in Captain William Meredith's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee. He signed John Johnston.
In 1836, his post office address was, Dixon Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee.
In 1836, the post office address of H. H. Johnson, a nephew of the soldier, John Johnston, was, Dixon Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee, his age not stated. He signed H. H. Johnson. There are no further family data.
Soldier died February 15, 1837, place not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Jan. 11. 1905 - Writ to Mrs. D. H. Middleton Seneca Co. O. Muskegon C. O.
1935 April 1. Hist. to Ava Johnston. A.D. Y. 1939 Oct. 16. Hist. to Mrs. John Payne. A.D. Y. Resident in Oct. 1. S. 7890, Thomas Payne.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nashville 2 d November 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I applied to day at the Pension Office in Nashville for the amt. of Pension due John Johnson and was informed by the Agent that the claim cou'd not be paid because one year has elapsed since the pensioner was last paid. I herewith enclose you his certificate with his paper of Identity and if found correct please to direct him to be paid, enclose the papers to me again to the Post Office at Dixon's Springs Sumner County Tennessee the Pensioner and myself both live near that he is an uncle of mine. I am Respectfully Sir
W. O. V. T. Sawt
H. H. Johnson