Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,322, for Ebenezer Johnson, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.J.
Johnson Ebenezer
S. 21,322
CONTENTS

Rhode Island 30384
Ebenezer Johnson
First Co. in the State of R. Island was a Private in the company comm. by Captain Green of the (Right) by Col. Waterman in the R. Island mili- tia for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
The rate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Feb. 1836 and sent to D. Corwell Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 35. 105.00 Semestral allowance ending March 36 11.66
$116.66
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E, Vol. 2. Page 11

State of Rhode Island &c County of Kent
On this 6 th day of November A D 1854 Personally appeared before me Jonathan Whaley one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County - Ebenezer Johnson of Coventry in said County aged 98 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 viz He entered the War of the Revolution and served as follows. In answer first to the Interrogatories presented by the War Department he answers and says -
To 1 He was born in said Coventry in the year 1736 February 19.
2 d He has no record of his age nor does he know that his birth is recorded any where
3 He lived in Coventry when he was first called into service & has always resided in said town since the War

4 th He was drafted.
5. He served under General Spencer in 1777 & General Sullivan in 1778. Col John Waterman Captain Benjamin Greene -
6. He never recd any written discharge
7. Benjamin Greene Ezekiel Johnson Joseph Calhoun, Rev Charles Stone & Elisha Olney
And he further says that when the British took possession of Newport which was in Decem- ber AD 1776, the Militia of Rhode Island were divided, under the authority of the State divided into Three Classes, & one third or class was to be put on duty all the time this applicant was then a private in Capt Benjamin Greenes company & Col Nathaniel Browns Regiment of Militia & he avers that in the year 1777 between January & December he served four months at least as a private he cannot particularize the months or place at each time he served but it was in

Garding the shores of the Bay against the incursions of the enemy which were frequent he remembers one in particular which was Spencer's expedition in October & November of this year. In this expedition he thinks Col John Waterman commanded an Regiment And this applicant further declares that in the following year to wit in 1778 he served in like manner some months. In this year Captain Langford Weaver commanded the Company. He took the command upon the decease of Captain Greene. he avers that he served some months under said Captain between January & December of said year, & in garding the shores as aforesaid - And this applicant further declares that in the following year viz 1779 he served some months at least in like manner, under the same Captain Weaver & Col Henson was Colonel. he avers that he served as above mentioned some months,

but he cannot at this period of time particularize the months or places, but it was all in garding the shores of Narragansett Bay. This applicant declares that he served twelve months, in all in manner aforesaid in the companies & Regiments aforesaid & not as a pirate. He knows he always performed his monthly tours of duty & never failed once & from this circumstance he knows he served twelve months as the militia men generally obliged to serve one third of the time during the time the British had possession of Newport - He has no documentary evidence but he produces testimony of living witnesses - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension & declares that his name is not on the Roll of the agency of any State
Simon Dyer
First Dist. Country Committee 6 th Oct 1784
Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Johnson before me and made oath to the said Declaration by him signed -
James Whaley Just. Co. Com. plus

ACM  10058 S. 21 322
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Johnson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 4 mos. Pvt. Ben. McKee Nathaniel Brown John Waterman Pt.   1778 4 mos. " Langford Moore   1779 4 mos. " Langford Moore Kasser  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine + Red Bank - expedition to Pt. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Country Pt. Date of application for pension, Nov. 6, 1934. Residence at date of application, Country Pt. Co. Pa. Age at date of application, b. Dec. 19, 1706. Remarks: Dec. 11 1940. No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Kentucky
21322
INVALID.
File No. 21322
Alleged father Allen Matteson
Act: June 1872
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Mar. 25. Heir; to Mrs A. Watson. Pension letter with clm. of Allen Matteson. File 22891.
1912 Feb. 14. Heir; to — Mrs. Geo. E. Harrison 1918 Nov. 23. To Mrs. Geo. B. Lapham letter in S. 22891 Allen Matteson. P

Susp o .
Let to Bbowell 5 Nov 1835

Providence Oct 30 1835
Sir
There is in the pension office an application of a very old man by the name of Ebenezer Johnson. It was transmitted by me on 14 of Nov last. It was examined & returned for correction in some particulars, but the old man had become so infirm in the mean time by reason of his extreme old age (being now one hundred years old, lacking only a few months) that his friends said it would do no good for him to undertake them & he continues to remain in the same infirm state. His friends however procured ample testimony of his services at least 4 or 5 additional depositions of respectable & credible men. These depositions were transmitted by me on 18 of May last together with the original application & the causes why the old man could not correct it. His services were rendered in the militia as a

private under the law dividing the militia into classes & were fully secured - His application was examined when I was at Washington and I was told, when the law dividing the militia into classes, a decision would be had, As regards his infirmities & incapacities by reason of extreme old age , his case stands exactly on the same ground as Captain Samuel Wilbur - He had become so infirm that it was thought improper for him to attempt any connection himself, but what services were actually performed by his witnesses, were allowed & a certificate granted accordingly by your Department - I believe that Ebenezer Johnston has complied with your Rules & regulations as far as could be expected & as much as could be expected from a man of 100 years of age - He has outlined his generation, but it is to be hoped he has not out- lived the justice of his country -
I am respectfully your det Servt
J. H. Edwards Esq
Benja Lowell

Ebene Johnson
B. Cornell, Esq. West

Distinct tours of service of a month each performed by Baya Greenes detachment wir — 1776. Dec, at the time of the alarm — 1 1777 — March ————— 1 .. Between March & Sept ————— 2 .. Henees expedition — Oct ————— 1 1778 April ————— 1 .. Aug (Sullivans expedition) ————— 1
Ditto of Ezekiel Johnson
1776 December ————— 1 1778. In spring at Luidenfort neck ————— 1
Ditto of Stephen Mattison
1777 April ————— 1 .. August ————— 1 1778 — August ————— 1
Ditto of Wm Greene
1777 Henees expedition — Oct ————— 1 March ————— 1 1778 Aug ————— 1
By the above it will be seen that Eight distinct tours are performed by one to three witnesses each

J L Edward, summit of penury
Benjn Lowell Esqr Providence Rhode Island

War Department Pension Office Nov r 5 1835
Sir
In reply to yours of the 30 th ult respecting the case of Ebenezer Johnson I have to state that you appear to have misunderstood the case of Capt t Milburn. His annual appointment to the command of a Militia Company was established by the highest grade of evidence and the specifications of the several terms for which his claim was admitted were furnished by witnesses who served under him. There is no such specification in the Johnsons case either by himself or his witnesses. Most of his witnesses refer to two or three terms of one month each and declare their belief that he served regularly as a Militia Man &c but it is indispensable in this case that the witnesses should state the period, length and grade of each term, where stationed, probable number

of the force embodied. The character of their daily discipline and duty with the names of the commanding officers present and in command &c was to enable the Department to determine the amount and grade of Military Service in con- tradistinction to the vigilance of a domestic patrol
I am Respectfully Your Ob Servt J G Edwards
Genl Coxe Esqr Providence R Island

Daison Feb. 6, 1912
Department of Interior, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you give me the military history of Ebenezer Johnson of County R. I who I believe served in the war of 1776. born Feb 19, 1736
Also of Allen Mattison who enlisted at County R. I. resided at Berlin Rensselaer Co. N. Y. was born in 1755 at County Rd.
Abner Sherman of New Lebanon N. Y. and served in the 1812 war. 21681
Most Respectfully yours.
Mrs Geo E Wissinger Daison Ind.

ack FEB 10 1912 gw

Jan 2 Johnson
Adm! Ymo. fri 23.33/100
B bowell Esq present

I William Greene of Coventry in State of Rhode Island being now almost 82 years of age. on oath do testify & say that I well know Ebenezer Johnson of said Coventry & have been acquainted with him for 75 years. I well remember he did much service in the Revolutionary War as a soldier & he always performed his duty. I never knew or heard of his failing to go on his regular tour when it came to his turn & that all were obliged to go when it did come to their turn, or get some one to serve for them. In the month of December 1778 my time of enlistment expired, having been in the Army a year & I returned home to Coventry - after my returned home I was enrolled in the militia in Captain Colvins Company of militia & between January & July 1779 I served a number of months on the shore of the Bay, once I was stationed at East Green- -wich, once at Warwick & once at Luid nest my tours were a month at a time. I also served another month in General Spencers expedition in October of that year. In this expedition I was in Captain Colvins Company & I well remember Ebenezer Johnson served a month at the same time as

a soldier, in a company of militia. The Captain's name I have forgotten but I will remember he was there & served. all the Militia were called out at that time - I also have a recollection that in March preceding he served a term at East Green with in Captain Benjamin Green's line many as a private I remember it from the circumstance that our Captain the said Green died about the first of April about the time our term was out. We were both in his company - I also know he served a month in Sullivan's expedition in August 1778 - altho' at that time I was an enlisted soldier in Col. Stephens Regiment - I saw him there - When I was at Loudon's neck in the Spring of 1778. I have some rec- ollection of seeing said Johnson there as a soldier. I have no doubt he served a month there at that time as a private he was always a private - his Witness Arnold Bower                      William Greene mark
Subscribed in Coventry the 10 th day of December A.D. 1835
Then William Greene subscriber of the foregoing deposition came before me and made oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. And I further certify that said William is well known to me and that he is a credible witness in the premises
Arnold Bower Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence County of Kent ss
Clerk's office court of Common Pleas
I John P Roberts As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Kent do certify that Arnold Bowen of Coventry in said County is a Justice of the Peace legally appointed by the General Assembly duly commis- sioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths and that his name subscribed to the four pre- ceding depositions is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this twelfth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five
John P Roberts Clerk

I Stephen Matterson of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island being now in the 77 year of age on solemn oath do testify & say that in the month of April 1877. According to my best recollection I served a term of a month as a private in Capt Edmund Johnsons Company in Colo Archie bold Kapsens Regiment of Rhode Island militia & was stationed in East Greenwich in said County - & I have a perfect recollection that Ebenezer Johnson of said Coventry was a very old & infirm man served the same term of a month with me he was a private & served out his term - The militia were then divided into classes - & a class was on duty at a time - And I further testify that in the summer following I think in August I served another month at said East Greenwich in Capt Langfords Company & I well remember that said Ebenezer was there at the same time & served a month as a private but not in our Company. I think he was in Capt Johnsons Company but am not certain I well remember the fact of his service for I knew him well & know that he served In 1878 during Sullivans Expedition I served

another term of a month in the same company & I well remember said Elenezer was in the same expedition & served a month, as I did, a private. In my first deposition I am not certain whether I mentioned this last mentioned service but I remember the fact well as I have stated. I always drew my pay & rations for nearly twelve terms during the time the British held possession of Newport & I have not the least doubt said Elenezer served at many other times as all capable of bearing arms were compelled to serve but I cannot designate any other terms I served with said Elenezer Stephen Matteson.
Heard &c. In Coventry the 10 th day of December A.D. 1835.
Then Stephen Matteson subscriber of the foregoing deposition came before me and made oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. And I further certify that said Stephen is well known to me and that he is a credible witness in the premises.
Arnold Bowen Justice of the Peace

I Eschick Johnson of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island being now in my 76 th year on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson of said Coventry, who is now almost one hundred years of age & have known him for the sixty years I remember perfectly well when the British took possession of Newport in December 1776 there was a general Alarm & all the Militia were called out to defend the State against them soon after this I remember the Militia were divided into three classes by the authority of the State & one class was to be on duty at a time. The British had a large Army & fleet & it required all our strength to defend against their depredations. The tours of our service were a month each, at which times we were encamped on the shores of the Bay about ten or miles from home sometimes, & sometimes twenty five or thirty miles we drew our rations & were regularly supplied. The best were had

dollars on hand, which I have had ever since the war. = The first time I remember of seeing said Ebenezer in service was soon after the enemy took possession of Newport - I remember I served a month on the shore in East Greenwich & was part of the time in Capt Colvins Company of Militia & part of the time in Capt Langford Weavens Company & under Col. Nathaniel Brown. I remember also Lieut Col. Kapson & Major Waite were there also - I have a perfect recollection of seeing said Ebenezer at the same time doing military duty as a soldier & private he was not in our Company nor do I remember the name of the Captain who at that time commanded the Company he was in but he was there & served a month as I did - I have served with him at other times & places but at this distant period I cannot designate time or place. = In the Spring of 1778. I think he was at Luederipet Neck. I have a faint recollection of it.
Ezekiel Johnson
Sworn for In Coventry the 10 th day of December 1832.
Then Ezekiel Johnson subscriber of the foregoing deposition came before me and made oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. And I further certify that said Ezekiel is well known to me and that he is a credible witness in the premises.
Isaac Brown Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Calhorne of Coocooty in the County of Kent being now in the 80 th year of age on oath do testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Eliezer Johnson who is now present before me, & he is now as much as 18 or 19 years older than I am. I remember perfectly well of serving one month in 1777 when we were stationed at Trenton & one month at East Greenwich in same year I was in Captain Calhorne's Company & he in Capt Greene's - And I further testify that he was a well & healthy man during the Revolutionary War & I have not the least doubt he served & other times, & places, and as many months as he has stated, I believe he always did his duty when it came to his turn Joseph Calhorne
First for at Coocooty November 6 th AD 1834
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Jonathan S. Halsey J. S. Calhorne

I Ezekiel Johnson of Lowbury in the County of Kent, being now 74 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson who is now present before me said Ebenezer is now much older than myself I remember of his serving in the Militia several Monthly Tours of duty in 1777 & 1778 & 1779 I remember of seeing him on duty & when once we were at East Greenwich I think we were in the same Company, in Capt Benjamin Gunning's From my knowledge of the services of the Militia I have not the least doubt he served as he has stated, he was always forward & useful man & always did his duty when called upon , he was also a very ingenious man & did much duty as a Gun Smith that is, in repairing Guns when out of order when he was on his Monthly Tours, he has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity, through his long life thus far
Ezekiel Johnson
Kent Soc at Canterbury November 6 th 1834
Sworn to, and Subscribed before me
Jonathan Whaley R. Br. C.P.M.

I Benjamin Greene of Canterbury in the County of Kent being now 74 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Eleazar Johnson who is now present before me. He is now about 98 years of age & remem- ber of serving two tours of duty of a month each during the year 1777 with him in March & October, I also remember of seeing him on duty in the winter 1778. Altho I was not with him in the militia I was an enlisted soldier & I have not the least doubt he served as he has stated, all the militia were often called upon to turn out a month at a time during the time the British were in possession of Rhode Island. They were divided into three classes & one class was on duty fully much all the time. Said Johnson was was useful was & very ingenious man at that time & has always sustained a very fair character through life.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Country Committee for 1777 Benjamin Greene for attested that he is the person to whom the foregoing is true

We Charles Stone a Congymen resident in Situate & Elisha Olney residing in Coventry hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson who has signed & sworn to the preceding de- claration that we believe him to be 98 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Charles Stone Elisha Olney
Spent 12 at Coventry November 6 th AD 1834 the above was subscribed and sworn to before me Jonathan Whaley Justice of the Peace

Ebenezer Johnson 32.689
Am. J. Paine H.R.
Am.

The Deposition of Job Whaley of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island &c and Soldier in the Revolutionary army of the United States and Engaged according to Law do Testify and say that I was Drafted and served one Tour at Newport in General Sullivan Expedition and I perfectly Recollect that Ebenezer Johnson of Coventry was there that tour with me and did military duty that tour out in and according to the best of my Recollection the said Ebenezer Johnson served one tour in the service of said Revolution with me at East Greenwich in the month of January in the year 1777 and I further say that I have known the said Ebenezer Johnson for many years before the Revolution and in the war and since the peace and that he has Resided in Coventry for nearly Seventy years Job Whaley
State of Rhode Island &c Kent Co Coventry May the sixth A. D. 1834
Then the above named Job Whaley was Engaged according to Law before testifying the above written
By me
Asa Stone Justice of the Peace
Coventry December 6 th A. D. 1834
I certify that the above named Job Whaley is well known to me and he is a man of good Reputation and I consider him a reliable Witness Jonathan Whaley Justice of the Peace

And I the said Jonathan Whaley Judge of said Court as aforesaid do hereby give my opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant El- ezer Johnson was a Revolutionary soldier served as he states I do further certify that said Charles Stone who signed & made oath to the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Situate & also that Benjamin Greene, Ezekiel Johnson, Joel Whaley, Joseph Cahoon & Elisha Olney who also made oath to the preceding affidavits are credible witnesses & their statements entitled to full credit I also certify that said Elenzer Johnson in from his extreme old age and infirmities is unable to appear in Court Witness my hand this 6 th day of November 1834.
Jonathan Whaley Judge of Court with in and for the County of Bristol

Witnesseth The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Jonathan Whalley Esq r is a Justice of Said Court, that the annexed is his proper signature in his own hand writing that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts. In witness whereof I have here- unto set my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at East Greenwich this tenth day of November A.D. 1824.
John Brown Clerk

I Benjamin Greene of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island being now in my 76 year of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Ebene- zer Johnson of said Coventry & have known him for the last sixty years. He is now almost one hundred years old. I do remember of his serving in the war of the revolution but cannot designate all the times. I have no doubt he always went when it came to his turn as the Militia were divided into three classes soon after the enemy took possession of Newport, & continued in possession for nearly three years. I have no doubt he served one third part of the time during that time. But at this distant period I cannot call to my mind all the times. The following are all the times I can remember distinctly of his service. The first time was on the General Alarm in December 1776. I remember well of his going & staying about a month he was in Captain Greene's Company stationed at East Greenwich about 12 miles from home. The next time that

I recollect that he served was in March following (1777) Both of us were stationed at said East Greenwich in Captain Benjamin Green's Company Col. Kapon Regiment He served a month as a private I remember further that he served a month in General Spencer's Expedition for I remember well of his being there & serving as a private altho not in our company Between March & November he served two terms of a month each altho I cannot designate the months he never to my knowledge was refused or did he ever refuse to do his duty and as the law required him I cannot doubt of his service - In the Spring of 1778. and I think April according to my best recollection I remember of his being stationed at Laidupset Neck as a soldier I was stationed there at the same time & he served at his term - I well re- member he served there at the time but I cannot remember his Captain's name Col. Tillinghast I think did commanded our regiment - In General Sullivan's Expedition he again served another month as a private

this I remember well - but I cannot remember the name of his Captain. I enlisted into the Rhode Island Brigade under Col. Tapham & therefore do not remember his name after wards I have no doubt he did other duty There are all the times I can distinctly remem- ber but as the militia were liable I have no doubt he did much other duty I have endeavoured to be as particular as possible & as correct. It is a long time since these services were performed & therefore I cannot be so exact as I otherwise could. Said Johnson's service at Lendrum's neck I think was not stated in my first deposition but I have a distinct recollection of it now. & also of the Alarm in December 1776.
Benj o Greene
at Kent Co: In Coventry the 10 th day of December A.D. 1835
Then Benjamin Greene subscribes to the foregoing deposition came before me and made oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. And I further certify that said Benjamin is well known to me and is a credible witness in the premises.
Arnold Bowen Justice of the Peace

Deposition of William Greene

Barnesville, Va. The Deposition of Stephen Matteson of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation being in the Seventy seventh Seventh year of his age and being Duly Engaged according to Law testifieth and Saith I was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and was well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson of Coventry in the County and State above said and I served one month with him at Eastgreenwich a under Capt Edmond Johnson I think in the month of April the year I cannot recollect I was also with him one month more at said Eastgreenwich but I do not know who the Captain was I was not in the same company with him I have always been well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Johnson and am confident in my own mind that he served and did his duty in the war as much as others men and I believe that he the said Ebenezer Johnson is intitled to a Pension Stephen Matteson
This May Certify that the above named Stephen Matteson was duly Engaged according to Law by Me & the above deposition duly taken by me & that I am well acquainted with the deponent that he is a Man of Credibility taken this 29 day of April 1835 Witness John Wood, J. G. G. P. Has

Wherefore The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Clerks office Court of common pleas
I certify that John Wood Esq t is one of the Justices of said Court, that the annexed bears his proper signa- ture, in his own hand writing & that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this eighth day of May A D 1835
John Brown Clk

Deposition of Stephen Watterson

The Deposition of John Wood of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation being in the Eighty Six year of his age and being duly Engaged according to Law testifieth and Saith
I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson of Godfrey in said County of Kent and I was with him in the Service on Newport one month and know that he did his Duty as a Soldier in the Service under Capt Samuel Wall in Salivents Expedition and I was also with him at Tiverton in general Spencers Expedition one month and I am Confident that I have been with him a great many months but it is a great while ago and I cannot recollect the times and places. he has Been a well hardy man and has always Been at home when he was not in the Service and I am Confident that he has Served in the Revolutionary war for more than twelve months.
His John Wood,
John Wood mark
This May Certify that the above deposition was heard before me and was duly Sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and his deposition was duly taken before me & he the said John Wood is a Person of Credibility being acquainted with him done this 29 th day of April in the year 1835
Witness John Wood Justice of the Court Common Pleas, Kent County R.I.

Deposition of John Wood

The Deposition of George Potter of Wester- ly, County of Kent & State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation In the twentyfifth year of his age and being duly engaged according to law testifieth and saith that he has been acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson of Conventry Westerly since I was twelve years old I was called into service on the day I was sixteen years old under Capt Benedict Colvin and I saw the said Ebenezer Johnson then in the service at East Greenwich I think under Captain Abiel Bennet we quartered in the old Court house at that time and at other times guarding along the shores. I know the said Ebenezer Johnson in the time of the Revolutionary war to be in the service as a soldier as much as six months in each year for the space of three or four years beginning near the commencement of said war I was also with the said Ebenezer Johnson on the island of Newport in Sullivan Expedition one month.
George Potter
This May Certify that the above named George Potter was by me duly Causioned & sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and the above deposition was at his request & in his presence wrote down by me & signed by him in my presence & that he the said George Potter is a person of credibility being well acquainted with him done this twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfive 1835
Witness John Wood Justice Court Common Pleas County of Kent, R.I.

Deposition of George Potter —

The deposition of William Greene of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island Re in the Eighty second year of his age and being engaged according to Law fifty fifth & sixth I was in the Revolutionary war in Sullivan's Expedition in the year 1777 or 1778 and know that Ebenezer Johnson was there being well acquainted with him he served as a Private Soldier under Capt Samuel Hall one Month in the above Expedition on Newport I was also with him the said Ebenezer at Newtown in General Sullivan's Expedition do not recollect the Capt by reason I went out in an advance guard said Ebenezer Johnson served there I believe one month as a Private Soldier according to my best recollection he served in guarding the Horses in New East Greenwich as a Private Soldier under Capt Benjamin Greene one Month.  William his Greene mark  Wit John Wood
with This My Certify that the above named William Greene was duly engaged according to Law by me & the above deposition taken by me & that I am well acquainted with the deponent that he is a man of Credibility. Taken this 29 th day of April 1835
Witness John Wood J. C. G. S. Has