Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,721, for Bulkley Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Johnson, Bulkley
S. 43,721
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Ms. A. 9. 2. 15 New York R
Bulkley Johnson,
of in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Mass. Inf. line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1820 and sent to Adonijah Church, Agent, Wolcott New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $177-03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48. 22 mo 4/31 $225.03
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Inst. for sent Dec 1820 to John Dyer Subj. ...

Bulkley Johnson
17.457
June 20
Con
17.457
(1)
17.457
June 20

Northern District of New-York, COUNTY OF SENECA ss.
COUNTY OF SENECA SS. ON this fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, (being a court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the county of Seneca, in the district aforesaid, and a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having a common seal,) James Bulkeley aged Sixty two years a resident in said district, in the town of Seneca in the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he enlisted on the first of January 1776 in the
according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he enlisted on the first of January 1776 in the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain John H. Southwick. That he served during the war and was discharged on the first of January 1781. That he has not received a pension. That he is a farmer and lives in the town of Middleborough. That his family consists of his a wife 72 years of age, very infirm and not able to labor any kind of work. A daughter 32 years of age named Sylvia Johnson my wife has been under the care of a Physician for 15 months past & is very likely to live as long as she lives. Bulkley Johnson Citizen of the United States
And I do solemnly as long as I live  swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
S C H E D U L E
 SCHEDULE    1 Box of the value of — $15 00  {  2 Bands 2 Pails $2 50    1 Three Gall. Still — 2 00  1 Wash Tub — — 37    2 Small — Kettles — 1 50  1 Star 1 Stor — — 1 50    1 Bag — — — — — 50     1 Bag — — — — — 75     1 Bag — — — — — 75     1 Bag — — — — — 75     1 Bag — — — — — 1 8     1 Bag — — — — — 75     1 Bag — — — — — 1 50     1 Bag — — — — — 2 00     1 Bag — — — — — 1 00     2 Trunks — — — — — 1 00     1 Table — — — — — 2 00     6 Boxes — — — — — 2 00     Bulkley Johnson  It is the opinion of the census that the  total assets in value of the above  amount to  $500 00  Sworn & declared in open Court this 11 th day of Oct. 1820  before me J. H. Halsey Clk. 
I, JEHIEL H. HALSEY, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Seneca, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 35 dollars and 50 — — cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fourth day of October, 1820.
J. H. Halsey AR. —

Buckey Johnson Private 76 to 77 Wara Map to Sept
Declaration 1 st May 1818 Admitted.

Proof of Service wanted. The Judge will certify to the credibility of the witnesses proving claimants Service.
Colonel, Naval Yard.

State of New York Seneca County On this first day May eighteen hundred and eighteen before me John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the said County personally ap- -pears Bulkley Johnson aged sixty years 24 th of February last resid- -ent in the said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That he the said Bulkley Johnson enlisted in January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Bartlett in Colonel Ward's Regiment that he continued to serve until the January in the year seventeen hund- -red and seventy seven in the service of the United States when he was discharged from the service in Poughkeepsie in the state of New York that he was in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other wi- -dow now in his power of his said service
Sworn to and declared before me The day and year aforesaid
Bulkley Johnson
John Sayre
I John Sayre Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Bulkley Johnson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding

Declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress Dated the 1 th of May 1818
John Sayre
State of New York County of Seneca ss—
I Plac Williams Deputy Clerk of the County of Seneca do hereby certify that the within and above named John Sayre before whom the foregoing Affidavit appears to have been taken and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was at the date thereof a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca duly acting under the authority of this State and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the same to be his. Witness the seal of the said County of Seneca this 2 nd day of May 1818
J. Williams Dep. Clk of Seneca County
Brubaker Johnson 1 May Not on Roll
Admitted

State of New York /s/ I John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca in said State do certify that it appears fully to my satisfaction / from good evidence adduced to me / that Bulkly Johnson the person named in the annexed declaration is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support dated 15 th June 1819 John Sayre State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office S s :
I certify that John Sayre Esq r . whose hand writing I am well acquainted with & whose handwriting I am well acquainted with signature appears to the above certificate in his own proper hand writing as I verily be- lieve, was at the time of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca duly commissioned & sworn in
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Official Seal this 15 th day of June 1819 J. H. Halsey Atty. V s , of Seneca County

H3721
INVALID.
Reery
File No. 48721
Barkley Johnson Rev Rev Grad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Old case
Buckley Johnson
Wolcott, N.Y.
Adonijah Church
Agts
Wolcott, N.Y.
recd. 31 March 1820
To Bathurst
Secretary of War
Washington
D.C.
City
1820
Wolcott New York

State of New York } William Wilcox & Jeremiah Ontario County } Fox of Bloomfield in the } said County & State being } duly sworn depose and say
They are personally acquainted with Buckley Johnson. That he now lives in the town of Waterloo in the County of Seneca in the State of New York. That they knew him in the year of our Lord 1776 that he enlisted in the month of January in that year into Capt. Samuel Bartlett's company in a regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward of the Massachusetts line of the continental Army that he served during the whole of that year that during the said year he together with these deponents served at Boston at New York at White Plains and on Long Island and that at the end of the said year he was discharged and returned to his home in Sheffield in Massachusetts. and further these deponents say not.
Jeremiah Fox William Wilcox
Subscribed and sworn before me Spencer Colman an Esqr one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Ontario this 21 st day of February 1820.
Spencer Colman Justice of Peace

Ontario County N.Y.
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Jeremiah Fox and William Dileo that they are credible witnesses and that their oaths are entitled to full credit.
Spencer Coleman Justice of Peace.
State of New York Ontario County blanks office 3/6
In testimony that Spencer Coleman whose name appears above and which I know to be his proper hand writing was on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate of proof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ontario duly commissioned sworn, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this 22 nd February 1820.
John Van Loosen C.R.

State of New York
Seneca County ss On this 23 rd day of August 1819 before me (John Sayre) The subscriber one
of the judges of the Court of common pleas for the said County of Seneca personally appeared Bulkley Johnson aged sixty one years 24 th of February last resident in the Town of Walcott in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war: That he the said Bulkley Johnson enlisted for the term of one year on or about the first of January in the year 1776 (passed muster the latter part of same month) in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt n Samuel Bartlett of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ward (he thinks Jonathan Ward) in the line of the State of Massachusetts (formed to a Connecticut Brigade) on the Continental Establishment: That he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until about the middle of January in the year 1777 when he was discharged from service at P'keepsie in Dutchess County in the State of New York that he was in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Sayre
I John Sayre Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Bulkley Johnson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months.

at one time on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I further certify that the applicant made his first declaration on the first day of May 1818 - dated at Romulus Seneca County this 23 d day of August 1819 -
John Sayre
State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office
I certify that John Sayre whose hand writing I am acquainted with and whose signature appears to the above certificate as I verily believe in his own proper hand writing was at the time of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca duly authorized to take the said Certificate -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this 23 d day of August 1819 -
E. Scudder Dep. Clk. of Seneca County

The Secretary of War will please to make return of them, to Adonijah Church of Holcomb Seneca County, wh is one of the judges of said county A. Church