Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32926, for Nathaniel Johnson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental
Mass.
Johnson, Nathanial S. 32926
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16267
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Johnson, 3 o
of Rowley in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Walburn of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Dec 1819 and sent to Hon ble J. Nelson House of Representatives
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept 1819  $ 132.    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 Mar. 1820  48.    cur. 16m 15 / 30   $280  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application from D. L. L. by H. P. P. dated Dec 1819 to Hon. J. Nelson

Nathaniel Johnson
Rowley - Mass.
admitted on the testimony herewith of Job Brockelbank.
Nathaniel Johnson Private
Baldwins Massachusetts
Reg. D.
1776 for 1 year
service wanted
Proof of service is required
Adm d on Brockelbank's testimony - date of Dec 20 th Ap d 1888.

I Nathaniel Johnson of Rowley in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and declare, that I served in the Army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, on the Continental Establishment as follows viz. In April 1775 immediately after the battle of Lexington, I enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Wright Colonel Baldwin's Regiment, Massachusetts line, and as far as I can now recollect, under General Heath, in which I served as a private soldier eight months, and was at the Battle of Bunker's Hill. — Immediately after my time expired, I again enlisted in said Wright's Company, and served in the same Regiment and line a further term of twelve months — was at the Battle of White Plains — and was discharged after my term of service expired in January 1777 at Haverbick near Albany — I believe that I had a regular discharge but it is now lost. — I am now not able to procure any other evidence of my service — I believe there are witnesses living but they are at such distance from this place, that I am not able to procure them. — I do further swear that by reason of my reduced circumstance, I am in need of the assistance of my Country for support being nearly sixty five years old and lame —
Nathaniel Johnson

I Josiah Stickney of Rowley in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and say - That I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Johnson of said Rowley who is now making application to the Government of the United States for a pension, and do know that he served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution but am not able to state the precise time he served - I have read his declaration and from my knowledge of the man and of his services have no doubt the same is true - I was with him the first night of his services.
Josiah Stickney
April 20 1818.
I Moses Holson of Rowley in the County of Essex aforesaid on oath do testify and say that I was a private soldier in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution and I do know that Nathaniel Johnson of said Rowley who is now making application to the Government of the United States for a pension, did serve in Capt. Nichols Company in the years 1775 and 1776 - Nine months - and afterwards he served in Capt. Merrill's Company a further term of four months - I was a soldier with him in both of said Companies.
Moses Holson
Exhibit A. May 23 d 1818. Then Moses Holson above named made oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed. before me W. H. North, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. A.D. 1818. To all to whom these
We, the subscribers do hereby Certify, that Nathaniel Johnson who is now making application to the Secretary of War, for a pension, allowed by an act of Congress of the United States, "to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," is known to us, as a Citizen of the said United States, residing in Rowley in said County and in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under our hands at Rowley aforesaid this 20 th day of June in the year of our Lord. 1818.
Thomas Payson
Thomas Gage
Selectmen of Rowley
Joshua Jewett } Town clerk.
of the said County the day and year in the year aforesaid. D. H. White.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Esq. I Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex do certify that Nathaniel Johnson of Rawley in said County personally ap- peared on the twentieth day of April A.D. 1818, & made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me, that Josiah Stickney also made oath before me to the truth of his annexed affidavit; that the affidavit of Moses Robson annexed was duly taken as therein certified; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel John- son served in the revolutionary war, & is in reduced circumstances as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the third day of June in the year aforesaid. D. A. White.

Nathl. Johnson 3.
16267,
Ak 180 1819 Rowley
Mar 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nathaniel Johnson 3rd resident in Rowley in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. _____ now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nathaniel Johnson 3rd late a private " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate " of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twentieth " day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * ***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day "of December one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE.
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Three acres of upland estimated at one hundred and ten dollars - - - - - $110.
That he is sixty seven years of age, is a farmer but owing to a Rheumatic affection, by means of which his right hip has become diseased - he is entirely unable to labour, and scarcely able to walk, - that he has no household furniture belonging to him and no other property than that contained in the Schedule, for support of himself and wife, who is sixty two years of age.
That he served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution, and on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line, as stated by him in his application for a pension April 2nd 1818. Nathaniel Johnson
Nathaniel Johnson

Essex ss July 10 1820 Then the above named Johnson made oath that the said Schedule & declaration are true, before me, Stephen Minot. Judge of the C. C. C. Pleas

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nathaniel Johnson do solemnly 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. So help me GOD.
Nathaniel Johnson
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Johnson took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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
110 dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk.

v. War Section.
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March 1, 1921.
Alexander G. Perkins, 13 Parsons St. Newburyport, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 19" ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 32,938, it appears that Nathaniel Johnson enlisted in April 1775, after the battle of Lexington, and served as a private in Captain Thomas Nighill's Company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, for eight months, after which he immediately re-enlisted in the same company and regiment; he was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill and White Plains, and he was discharged in January 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818 at which time he was living in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was sixty-seven years old and had a wife sixty-two years old in 1830. Her name is not stated and there is no further data on file as to his family.
Very respectfully,
J. A. Royse.
Acting Commissioner.

32926 Rev INVALID.
1921 Mar. 1. Heir. to A. G. Perkins. 1929 Mar. 27. Heir. to Alma L. Knapp, A. N. Y.
File No. 82,996
Nathaniel Johnson
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1808
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss
Town of Newburyport
Be it known by these presents that on this twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, before me the subscriber Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority admitted and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum in and for said county residing therein, personally came Joh n Brocklehand within named and made solemn oath to the truth of the annexed declaration by him subscribed. And I the said Notary do also certify that the said Brocklehand is a credible witness, and believed by me to be disinterested, and that Joshua Jewett and Thomas Lerley whose names are signed to the annexed certificates are respectable Magistrates in said county, and that their signatures annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have also hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, the day month and year last above written.
W m Coate Act us Pub l

This may certify whom it may concern, that I (David Stern, formerly of Rowley, now Hallowell county of Kennebec & state of Massachusetts; was a soldier under the continental establishment, in Capt. Thomas Mighill's company, in Col. Leami Baldwin's Regiment, from January first 1776 to January 1st. 1777 - and I do further testify, that Nathaniel Johnson (the bearer) was a soldier in said company & Reg't. during the aforesaid time. witness my hand - David Stern
I, Job Brocklebank of Rowley, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare, that Nathaniel Johnson of the same Rowley, who has made application to the Government of the United States for a pension, was a soldier in the Army of the United States, in the war of the revolution; and I do know that he served therein on the continental establish- ment one year. I well remember that near the first of January 1776, say within a few days of the first of that month, said Johnson enlisted in Captain Thomas Mighill's company, in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment, to serve for one year. I was a soldier at that time, and had then enlisted in Captain Pettengill's company, and belonged to the same Regiment; and was present when said Johnson enlisted, we were frequently on duty together, and in the habit of being each other almost every day. I continued in the service the whole year myself, and do know that he the said Johnson did faithfully serve in said Mighill's company the whole of the said year 1776; according to the terms of his engagement. said Regiment was on the continental establishment. I have no interest whatever in said Johnson's application.
Job Brocklebank
June 28th 1819.

This may certify whom it may concern, that I (David Stern, formerly of Rowley, now Hallowell County of Penobscot & State of Massachusetts; was a Soldier under the Continental establishment, in Capt. Thomas Michill's Company, & in Col. Leami Baldwin's Regiment, from January first 1776 to January 1st. 1777 — and I do further certify, that Nathaniel Johnson (The bearer) was a Soldier in said Company & Regt. during the aforesaid time. witness my hand — David Stern
Essex So. October 22 nd 1818 Then the above named David Stern personally appeared & made
I Benjamin Emerson of Roseford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath certify and declare that I was a soldier in Capt. Thomas Michill's Company in the Regiment first commanded by Col. Gerrit then by Col. Malawine in the Revolutionary war from April 1775 to January 1777 being one year and eight months and during the whole of that time I well remember that Nathaniel Johnson of Rowley was a Soldier in the said said Company of Thomas Michill and Regiment aforesaid; the first eight months the Regiment was stationed near Boston then in New York and the Jerseys; soon after the Battle of Trenton the term of our enlistment expired then the said Nathaniel Johnson was honourably discharged. — Benj m Emerson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex. The ninth day of June in the year of our Lord 1819. Then Benjamin Emerson made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, taken at the request of Nathaniel Johnson pursuant to an Act making making compensation for certain services in the Army, and Navy of the United States in the Revolutionary War. before me Thomas Perley Justice of the Peace

This may certify whom it may concern, that I (David Sterry, formerly of Rowley, now Hallowell county of Pennebec & state of Massachusetts; was a soldier under the continental establishment, in Capt. Thomas Mitchell's Company, & in Col. Leami Baldwin's Regiment, from January first 1776 to January 1 st . 1777 — and I do further certify, that Nathaniel Johnson (the bearer) was a soldier in said Company & Reg t . during the aforesaid time. as witness my hand — David Sterry
Essex ss. October 2 nd 1818 Then the above named David Sterry personally appeared & made blended oath to the truth of the above said certificate by him signed — before me Joshua Jewett Justice of the Peace

5237 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. January 12, 1929.
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me as to whether or not your records show that NATHANIEL JOHNSON (my ancestor) from Rowley, Massachusetts, a soldier of the American Revolution drew a pension? Or I would be glad of any information there might be concerning him.
Thanking you in advance.
Very truly yours,
Alma L. Knapp -

Rev. S. ... and
Newburyport, Mass.
February 19, 1921.
To the Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would be pleased to receive the military record of Nathaniel Johnson, Rowley, Mass., private Captain Thomas Michill's company . Colonel Baldwin (26) Reg't. mentioned in settlement of accounts Rowley, Mass., April 9, 1777. Am informed that this soldier was a pensioner.
Very truly yours,
Curator Historical Society
of Old Newbury.
Alexander G. Perkins,
13 Parsons Street,
Newburyport, Mass.

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March 27, 1929.
Alma L. Knapp, 5237-Fifth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32926, it appears that Nathaniel Johnson enlisted in April 1775, after the battle of Lexington, and served as a private in Captain Thomas Mighill's Company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, for eight months, after which he immediately re-enlisted in the same company and regiment; he was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill and White Plains, and he was discharged in January 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818 at which time he was living in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
He was sixty-seven years old and had a wife sixty-two years old in 1820. Her name is not stated and there are no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.