Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4251, for Caleb Johnson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Johnson, Caleb Esther
No. 4251
CONTENTS

In Cii. Tr. - June 22: 1835 In let. David Hay, same day Transf. to Ohio Illinois from Ohio Aug 13. 1835. from 4 Sept 1834
Date. Gr. S. Wood May 26: 37 Tr. en Ohio - do see letter 7 July 1837 to A. G. Brown Lead letter to P. Brown 27 Dec 1837.
from Illinois  to to 22. 4/10
Caleb Johnson of Ross Co. in the State of Ohio who was a P te Serg t in the C o commanded by Captain Dawson of the Rgt commanded by Col. Spears in the Kentucky line for 18 mos e 
13 mos e Private. 43.33 5 " Sergeant. 25. $68.33
Incribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 68. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Feb 1833 and sent to James  James Chillicothe, Ohio James Worthington Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - 170.83 Semiann. allowance ending Mar. 33 - 34.16 $204.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Calister Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8, Page 12 E2 - 8 - 124

22.440
Caleb Johnson Ross County Ohio
Adm 1. yr 8 6 months 5 Mar this term. Return
 43.33  25.00  $ 68 33  2 1/2  136.66  34.16 2/3  170.83 
Hon Wm Creighton Chillicothe Ohio.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13. Aug 1833
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, showing the Service of Caleb Johnson
   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.     1776. 1. Capt. Sam Pearson 84. years   1. " A. Spear Essex Co Testimonial   1777. 88. 7 " Pearson & others. N.J. Documentary   Served also 8 mo 10. Months.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
6 1 1/2 5 1 1/2 2 5 1/2

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 } ss.  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) _____, who has 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 day 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 inquiry 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 _____ year _____ 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 oaths 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 [f] 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.

Declaration of Esther Johnson Ohio No 29
A. V. Brown Athens Ohio

State of Ohio, } Athens County, ss. } On this 20 th day of April A.D. 1837, personally appeared before me David Richmond an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Athens, Esther Johnson a resident of Elk Township, in said Athens County, and State of Ohio, aged Eightyone years , who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836. That, she is the Widow of Caleb Johnson , who was a Private & Sergeant in the American Army of the Revolution proof of whose service may be found in the War Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Caleb Johnson on the 12 th day of April in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two; that her husband the aforesaid Caleb Johnson died on the 31 st day of De- cember 1836, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. And the said Esther Johnson further deposes and says that she was married to the said Caleb Johnson by Rev. Chatman with the Broomfield at Crossroads in the County of Bergen and Commonwealth of New Jersey; that the annexed leaf from the family Bible of her late husband, contains a true and correct Record of the births of her children, in the hand writing of her said husband, and that she knows of no person now living, who was present at or by whom she could make direct proof of her marriage with the said Caleb Johnson .
And I certify that the said Esther Johnson is a credible person, and further, that from age and bodily infirmity, she is unable to appear in open Court.
Sworn & subscribed, on the day and year abovenwritten, before me David Richmond
Associate Judge of C. C. Pleas, A. C.
Her X Esther Johnson mark

TESTAMENT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by the ASSIGNE of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer.
MDCCLXXXVIII

Caleb Johnson born 20 May 1749. Ester Johnson born 25 Jan'y 1756. M o Johnson born 29 Oct r 1773. Phoebe Johnson born 24 Oct r 1775 Mary Johnson born 14 March 1777 Hannah Johnson born 10 March 1781 Susan Johnson born Feb'y 21 - 1783 Sallie Johnson born 20 Jan'y 1785 Hettie Johnson, 28 June 1789 Rachel Johnson born 19 Jan'y 1793 Nancy Hopper born 3 d May 1794 Caleb Johnson J r born 12 Ap l 1798 Harriet Baldwin born 24 July - 1800

State of Ohio } Athens County, p. 2 On this 20 th day of April - A.D. 1837. Before me David Richmond, an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens aforesaid, personally came John Mor- rison of lawful age, and whom I certify to be a credible person, who being duly sworn ac- cording to Law deposes and says, that he was well acquainted with Caleb Johnson, late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, during his life time, and with Esther Johnson his wife; that he knows the said Esther to be the Widow of the said Caleb Johnson, and that she remains still unmarried; that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Caleb Johnson and fully believes the annexed leaf from the family Bible of the said Caleb & Esther Johnson to contain a true Record of the births of their children, in the hand writing of the said Caleb Johnson; and also that he fully believes, from common report, and family tradition, that the said Caleb & Esther Johnson were law- fully married at the period the said Esther has stated in her Declaration, and preceding the expiration of the last term of service of her said husband.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me; (David Richmond) Associate Judge of C.C.P. Athens, O.
State of Ohio } Athens County, p. 2 I Joseph Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said Athens County, hereby certify that David Richmond Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration & Deposition purport to have been taken, was at the date thereof, and still is an Associate Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court & County, this 26 th day of May, A.D. 1837.
Joseph Dana Clerk

Caleb Johnson General statement in claiming pension
A

State of Ohio Ross County ss
Ross Supreme Court
June Term 1833
On this 22 nd day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Caleb Johnson a resident in the town of Chillicothe in the State and County aforesaid aged (84) eighty four 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That from a record taken from his fathers family bible and now in his possession he was born on the 9 th day of May (old stile) in the year (1749) in Newark (now Orange) Township Essex County New Jersey where he resided up to the commencement of the Revolutionary War.
That about the month of September 1776 the British army came into the neighborhood where he resided and a detachment of British Troops drove his family consisting of himself, his wife and two small children from their home, destroyed their furniture and consumed their provisions.
That immediately afterwards (towards in September 1776) this affiant was drafted out and served a tour of duty for one month as a private soldier in the militia of New Jersey under Captain Samuel Pearson, Josiah Lumbly being Lieutenant of the Company that at the end of the month he was discharged by his Captain but received no written discharge and returned home and remained a month. When he was again drafted as a militia man and served another tour of duty as a private soldier in the militia of the same state for one month under Captain Abraham Spear. The Company consisted of about sixty men and was stationed most of the time at Belville and in its neighborhood. The service in which they were engaged was the protection of persons and property from the foraging parties of the enemy. After leaving the second month he was regularly discharged by his Captain and returned home but neither on this nor the former tour did he receive a written discharge from his officer.
That he afterwards served seven tours of duty of one month each mostly as a private soldier but for a short time as a sergeant in the militia of New Jersey during the years 1777 and 1778. That during most of these seven last mentioned tours of duty he was stationed at and near Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey, under the command of Major Samuel Hays who was in command of a force varying from 300 to 500 or 600 militia men. This deponent is unable to specify precisely the dates of these last several tours of duty, He is old and frail and his memory has declined with the general decay of his faculties. He remembers that Captain Samuel Pearson commanded the Company to which he was attached most of the time but that

He was occasionally on duty under other officers whose names he cannot now recollect.
This affiant was frequently, from the nature of his service engaged in skirmishes with small parties of the enemy but was never in any general engagement.
He did not at any time receive a written discharge from his officer but in each and every instance above mentioned was drafted and faithfully served a term of one month, which was then the usual time of service in the Militia of New Jersey and on all these occasions he armed and equipped himself at his own expense. This affiant further states that owing to the Military occupation of New Jersey by the enemy during a great part of the Revolutionary war it was customary to give notice of their approach by beacon fires & other signals that on these occasions he frequently turned out and served as a volunteer in the militia for irregular periods of time from 3 or 4 days to 2 or 3 weeks at a time amounting in all as he vividly believes to 8 or 10 months, on all which occasions he armed and equipped himself at his own expense and furnished his own provisions. That he was also drafted and served several terms of duty of one month each as a soldier and non commissioned officer during the four last years of the Revolutionary war the precise number of times he cannot now remember. That he has now no documentary evidence of his service. has now resided twelve years in Ohio and knows of no one whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except his old fellow soldier Joseph Pierson whose affidavit is hereto annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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.
Question by the Court. When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born (as above stated) in Newark (now Orange) Township Essex Co. New Jersey May 9 (OS) A.D. 1749
Question by same When were you living when called into service when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. I was living in Essex County New Jersey when drafted into the N.J. Militia in Sep
tember 1776. continued to live there until 1820. Since then I have resided entirely in Ropke Ohio
Question by same How were you called into service?
Ans I have a certain recollection of having been drafted for eleven terms of duty of one month each in the New Jersey Militia and served many more as a volunteer
Question by same Did you ever receive a written discharge from the service?
Ans - No. I never did. It was not usual to give written discharges in the service in which I was engaged
2. by same. State the names of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental or Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of the service.
Ans. I only recollect at the distance of time the names of my own officers to wit Captain Samuel Pearson Captain Abraham Shear Major Samuel Hays

and Lieutenant Josiah Quimby under whom I served as above stated question by same. State the names of the 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. I am known to many persons, in particular to all the members of this Church and to the Rev. Joseph Claybaugh and to Charles Martin and William Rutledge now present
Caleb Johnson
Sworn to & subscribed in open court June 13 th 1833
Humphrey Wallerton Clerk
We Joseph Claybaugh a Clergyman residing in the town of Chillicothe and W m Rutledge left Martin residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Caleb Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That he has been for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church and is a man of unblemished reputation and one in whose veracity we have entire confidence. That we believe him to be a man of more than eighty years of age that he is now very feeble and infirm on account of his great age - but that when able to be so he is very industrious in the support of his family. We the said affiants further state that he is generally respected and believed to be the neighborhood when he now resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we can see in that opinion
Joseph Claybaugh W m Rutledge
Charles Martin
Sworn to & subscribed in open court June 13 th 1833
Humphrey Wallerton Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the inves- tigation 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 Joseph Claybaugh who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Chillicothe and that William Rutledge and Charles Martin who have also signed the same are residents in the said town and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit

The State of Ohio } I (Humphrey) Fullerton Clerk of the Court of com Pop County ss } man Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Caleb Johnston for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Office this 25 th day of June A D 1833 & of this state the 31 st
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4251
Esther Johnson
Wid.
Caleb Johnson
Sergt. N.Y. line
Act: July 4 th /36, Sec. 3 d
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Esther Johnson Ohio
Rejected
See letters 15 th July 1837 to A. G. Brown
husband died after passage of the act of 4 July 1836.
Act 4 July 1836

Caleb Johnson transp to Mississ  Ohio . Act 18 March 1818 to what time paid? (Per Office) Feb 10
died 1836
10 th to 4 Sep 1836
SH

23 8.1 2.6
68.33
2
136.66
6m = \frac{1}{2} 34.16
2m = \frac{1}{3} 11.39
3d_j = \frac{1}{20} .56
182.77

2029
Cather Johnson Ohio.
admitted
Pd Degt - $68.33
Cop Spear cab
Pearson. N.I.
Decd 31 Dec. 1836.
act 11 July 1836 Joint Resolution July 1838
Let to Hon. C. Morris July 11 '40
Hon. Calvary Morris. N.R.

Ohio 3232
Esther Johnson
widow of Caleb Johnson, dec a pensioner, b. 7 June 1832 who died on the 31 December 1836 of Athens (in the State of Ohio) who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pearson of the reg t commanded by Col. Spears in the N. Jersey line for 13 months private 5 months sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 68 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
1 st January 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Feby 1840 to Hon. Calvary Morris, House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1839 $182.77 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 40 34.16
$216.93
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 177.

Feb 8 1840.
Ohio
J. Johnson
my 36 No 2029-
my 11
L. Edwards Esq. Fr.
Pension Agent
C. Morris AR

House of Rep s
Feby. 8 th 1840
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have a letter from A. G. Brown Esq r on the subject of the applica- tion of Mrs Esther Johnson for a Pension.
Please inform me on the subject.
Very Respectfully
Your O bed Serv t
C. Morris
J. L. Edwards Esq r

State of New Jersey } ss Essex County
I Joseph Pierson do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Caleb Johnson in the revolutionary war lived next neighbour to him all the war that we were frequently out on Duty together in the Militia. that I believe that he was always ready to take his Tour when called, or turn out on alarms or invasions of the British. that after the British took possession of New York & Staten Island the militia were in almost constant service to the end of the war five or six years commonly one month on Duty & one at home. & the frequent Excursions of the Enemy for forage or plunder I believe that all who did their Duty was in actual service more than two if not more than three years
Joseph Pierson Sworn and Subscribed
Before me this 21 st Day of October 1832
Stephen D. Day Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey } ss County of Essex } ss
I Elies Van Arsdalen Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Stephen D. Day Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Joseph Pierson was made & taken, was at the time of taking said Affidavit & since one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, residing therein & duly commissioned & sworn. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & easily believe the above signature "Stephen D. Day Justice of the Peace" is genuine. — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty Sixth day of October A. D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two —
E. Van Arsdalen Jr. Clerk

Joseph Pierson's affidavit of the service of Calib Johnson during the Revolutionary war
(Ret 21 st 1832)
B
Calib Johnson Proof of Revolutionary service

State of New Jersey Essex County ss I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Pison who made the within affidavit before me one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Essex respecting the services of Caleb Johnson in the Revolutionary War for his to obtain a pension and am satisfied that full credit would be given even though Pison is unknown on oath or other wise given under my hand and Seal this 19 Day of September 1833
Stephen D. Daggett Justice of the Peace

Caleb Johnson of Repko Ohio Claim for Pension
J L Edwards Esq re Comm ee of Pensions City of Washington

Chillicothe
October 17. 1833
Mr J L Edwards
Sir
The objections stated in the within letter and the accompanying printed circular have been obviated so far as the memory of a very frail but very worthy and conscientious old man can effect. Please see his statement D. You will also receive herewith the affidavits of his two old fellow soldiers which have been procured with some trouble & expense from New Jersey (marked B & C) which have been received very recently.
The old man is failing very fast & can enjoy but for a very short time the bounty of his government.
I hope therefore that his case is now presented in a form which will entitle him to a pension without further delay.
very respectfully
your M ts Ob dt Serv t
Jas. Worthington

War Department Pension Office 13 th Aug 1835.
Sir.
The claim of Caleb Johnson can be admitted for nine months, yet, it is evident he performed other services for which he is equally entitled. — He should state distinctly how long he served as a private, and also as a Non-Commissioned officer. See notes of the accompanying brief. — The papers are returned.
I have the honour to be Very Respectfully Your obed Servt J L Edwars Comd of Pensions
Hon William Creighton Chillicothe Ross County Ohio.

Mr. - at. June 30
J.W. Braine
Carmi Lee June 18th
Free
James L Edward Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Carnegie Ill
Pension Agents office 16 June 1836
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 26 th ult I would inform you that Caleb Johnson a Pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 has been paid to the 4 th of September 1836
very Respectfully your obedient Servant Daniel Hay
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

May 26 Imat. Mr. Brewster
Free
Hon. J. L. Bowards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Col. Johnson He to St.

Cincinnati May 19 1837
To J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of pensions
Sir,
Will you have the goodness to transfer the name of Caleb Johnston a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 from the Illinois Agency, to the Cincinnati Agency, in order that the widow may get the arrearage of pension due her, he having returned to Ohio since diseased.
Very Respectfully Yours
Obed Serv
Geo. L. Weed Attorney for the Widow of Caleb Johnston

Garni Vally 29 th July
Wrenson, Jan 4 Sept. 1834-
Free James L. Edwards Baltimore
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Carmi Illinois
Pension Agents Office 28 th July 1835
I now return to you the application of Caleb - Johnson, to be transferred to this agency - having sent the paper to the clerk of Madison County and procured his certificate and seal on the back of it & - Please recollect that I wish the transfer to take effect from the 4 th of Sept r 1834
28 th July 1835
very Respectfully your ob t serv t ! Daniel Hay
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Post Master Bart H. Grosbeck Cincinnati July 1 st 1835
8 July 1835
Burdine Caleb Johnson
J. Edward Clegg Commissioner of Internal Revenue Washington
Rec.

Franklin Bank of Cincinnati July 1 st 1835
Sir
The last payment made to Caleb Johnson a Pri. Arty & pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $68. \frac{33}{100} per annum, was up to the 14 th day of Sept r 1834 as appears from the Roll at this Agency. No further payment will be made.
Yours very respectfully John H. Groesbeck Pen Agt By R. W. Lawrence
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington

In the Matter of the application of Caleb Johnson for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New Jersey Essex County ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. David D. Crone Esquire of the Town of Newark County & State aforesaid Well known to the subscriber to be a man of good standing in society and one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in said County and fully entitled to belief as a Witness. — And being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is aged seventy years. — That he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war. That he was well acquainted with the above named Caleb Johnson during the war of the Revolution and that he believes the said Caleb Johnson to be from seventy five to eighty years old and is well knowing that the said Caleb Johnson was a Soldier in said war in the Militia Service and that he belonged to Col Von Courtlands Regiment in the said County of Essex Samuel Hays Major. — And this deponent further saith that when he knew the said Caleb Johnson he the said Johnson resided in the Township of Newark in said County which is now the Township of Orange. and this deponent further saith that he is now informed that the said Caleb Johnson has removed from this State and resides in the State of Ohio. and deponent further saith that he saw the said Caleb Johnson out on duty in actual service in said war. at what length of time he cannot say. and further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed } D. D. Crone

at Newark in said County this 20 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1833
Before me - Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun: Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex Do hereby certify That Samuel B. Miller Esq: before whom the foregoing Affidavit of David B. Crane was made & taken, at the time of making the same was & still is a Justice of the peace for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, and that the name "Sam l B. Miller" affixed to the said Affidavit is his proper hand writing In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark in the said County the Twentieth day of September A D Eighteen hundred and thirty three -
E. Van Arsdale Clerk
Caleb Johnson affidavit of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier by David B. Crane Esq. C

State of Ohio Ross County p 3
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Caleb Johnson aged apparently eighty years or more and well known to me as a man of unblemished character and unimpeached truth and honesty who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in the American Army during the Revolutionary war but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades
In the year 1776 I served two months as a private soldier in the New Jersey militia -
In the years 1777 and 1778 I served 6 months as a private soldier and one month as sergeant also in the New Jersey militia -
In the subsequent years of the war I served five months as a private soldier and four months as a sergeant also in the New Jersey militia making the whole of my periods of service - thirteen months as a private soldier and five months as a sergeant and for such service I claim a pension - I also served irregular periods of time in short terms of less than a month which I cannot now state with any the smallest accuracy & for which I do not therefore claim anything -
Caleb Johnson
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17 th day of October 1853.
James Miller Esq. Ross County Ohio

The State of Ohio } Ross County ss } I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that James Miller Esqr before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made was at that time and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature there written is genuine -
Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court this 17 th day of October AD 1833 Humphrey Fullerton Clerk -
Caleb Johns ms Affidavit as to length of Service as Sergeant of private Soldier during the Revolutionary War
D

Caleb Johnson
Ohio to Illinois
ans: June 22-35
as to Chas. seal - not properly attached
Free
James J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
James J. Edwards Esq. P.M. Union June 19 Mr. P.M. Union

Carroll Illinois
Pension Agents office 5 th June 1835
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Caleb Johnson to be transferred from the State of Ohio to this Agency - I wish the transfer to take effect from the 4 September 1834 for the following reason - In April March last I sent one of my Sons to St. Louis after Pension funds and allowed him, for the accommodation of the Pensioners in Madison County, to stop one day in Edwardsville, and pay such pensioners as might call on him - Mr Johnson having removed to that County, and not being apprised of the necessity of his name being transferred (very innocently no doubt) presented himself for payment, and it not occurring to the mind of my son but what he belonged to this Agency, he paid him from the 4 Sept 1834 to the 4 March 1835. I have since sent another of my Sons to him to make this application - - you can direct the transfer to me and I will inform him of it - or to him at Edwardsville meanwhile I will retain the papers on which the payment was made, in making my quarterly returns, until I am notified of the transfer
I am very Respectfully your ob t Serv t
Daniel Hays
James L. Edwards Esqr Pension office Washington City

Dec 26 Mr. Corning
L. Edwards
Free
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City D.C.

Cincinnati Dec. 19 1837
To J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, The enclosed application for removal of pension was sent me to forward to you. Please give it the necessary attention & then inform Pearly Brown Esq.
Mr. Athurstown Athens Co. O. of the removal Thus oblige the poor old widow of Johnston.
Respectfully yours
Geo. L. Weed

Application for a transfer. County of Madison State of Illinois — On this 22 nd day of April 1835, before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Madison State of Illinois, personally appeared Caleb Johnson who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Samuel Pierson in the service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Illinois, Madison County, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Ohio. That the same to reside with his children in this State, and not being very capable of taking care of himself. (He also wishes his pension which is due him from Sept r 4 th 1834 to be paid here, and to take effect from the date of his transfer).
Caleb Johnson
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
Horatio G. Street (JB)
State of Illinois Madison county April 22 nd 1835
Personally appeared before me Horatio G. Street a Justice of the the peace in and for the county aforesaid Moses Barclay who is a man of veracity, and upon his oath declar d that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit sworn to before me this 22 nd April 1835
Horatio G. Street (JB)

State of Illinois 258 Madison County ss I John T Lusk clerk of the County commissioners Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Horatio G Street whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace within and for the county of Madison aforesaid duly commis- sioned and qualified and legally that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and the signature is genuine In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Edwardsville this 17 th day of July A.D. 1835 J T Lusk Clerk

2029 June 3 rd CINCINNATI O 26 9 Ohio 4 July 36 3 rd Sec.
Inp
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Athens, Ohio.
May 26, 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions.
Sir,
Enclosed I forward the Declaration of Esther Johnson, Widow of Caleb Johnson late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States - for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the 3 d Section of the Law of July 4, 1836. The family have resided but a short time in this County, but are said to be highly respectable - I have no personal acquaintance with the applicant - Please advise me - should further testimony or explanation be deemed requisite -
Very respectfully C. H. Brown