Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,664, for Richard Johnson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Johnson, Richard
S. 2.664
carded
CONTENTS

West Tennessee
Richard Johnson of Sumner in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Corps; commanded by Captain Walker of the Regt commanded by Genl. Nelson in the Virginia line for 20 months 19 days from 1777-
Date of death not on file
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 68. Dollars 80 Cents per Annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of October 1832 and sent to Pensioner Gallatin Tenn:
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 103.20   Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1833. 34.40   $137.60 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 151

3000 Richard Johnson Tennessee
admitted if on the Roll of unentitled from 1777 period 20 months & 19 days. $68. 80 100
West Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of Richard Johnson  of Sumner County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777. May — — 7 weeks Private Gen. Nelson, 2 d Militia Col. Wm. Dandridge Major Thos. Johnson & Capt. Robt. Dabney   '78 July — 3 — " Col. Fleming Major Robt. Dandridge & Capt. Jos. Anderson   '79 — 3 — " Capt. James Waller   81 — 1 — " Col. Chas. Dabney & Capt. Foss   81 — 12 — Artificer Col. Hawey & Capt. Mc. Hawkins  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hanover Co. Va. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? I last term 12 m th by living witness & traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee } Sumner County } August term 1832
On the 15 th day of August personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Sumner County being a court of record before Thomas Anderson William Edwards & John L. Lawrence Esq.
Richard Johnson a resident of said County & State aged 72 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 7 th 1832 applicant ever a citizen of the State of Virginia and entered into the Military Service of that State from Hanover County in the month of May 1777 for seven weeks in the Regiment commanded by Col William Dandridge Major Thomas Johnson & in Capt Robert Tabbey company and marched from Hanover to Old Williamsburg and was there discharged at the end of said seven weeks

applicants in the year 1778 in the month of July again entered into the Militia Service in the State of Virginia from Hanover County served three months in the regiments commanded by Col Fleming Major Robert Dandridge & in Capt Peter Anderson's com- pany that he marched from Hanover County through the city of Richmond James City & Charles City & was stationed at Babbins point in Surry County Virginia and then discharged after the expiration of said three months he was then pressed by Capt James Waller in the month of July 1779 one of the companies of the army of the United States and served three months at the end of which he was discharged at the Meadow Bridges in the State of Virginia applicants again entered into the Militia Service from Hanover County Virginia in the year 1781 & served one month in the regiments com- manded by Col Charles Dabney & in Capt Fox's company he was commanded in these several hours of Militia by Gen Nelson He then enlisted in the month of January 1781 in the continental line of the United States from Hanover County Virginia

Served twelve months in the Regiment commanded by Col Horney & in Captain Martin Hawkins company as an artificer in the shoe making business & marched from Hanover County Virginia to the Old Barracks in Albemarle County Virginia then to the City of Richmond then duly discharged at the end of said twelve months, by Capt Martin Hawkins. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Sworn to in open Court July 15th 1832
A. S. Douglas Clerk
Richard Johnson
We William Woodall a clergyman residing in the County of Fauquier & John Austin residing also in the above county & state of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Johnson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is report- ed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion & that we concur in that opinion
State of Virginia Fauquier County
I do hereby certify that

in the above county & state of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Johnson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is respec- ted & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion & that we concur in that opinion
State of Tennessee Sumner County } I do hereby certify that I was personally acquainted with Richard Johnson whose name appears to the above declaration for a pension during the Revolutionary war and do state I know of my own personal knowledge that he did serve the term of one year under Captain Morton Hawkins as he has stated in his declaration and I have known him well since & believe him to be entitled to credit
Sworn to in open Court August 15th 1832
Test A. H. Douglas Clerk
Samuel H. Haggard

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. W m Woodall Sworn to in open Court Isiah Austin Augt 15 th 1832 Test A. H. Douglass Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the afore- named applicant was a revolutionary sol- dier & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Woodall who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Sumner state of Tennessee & that John Austin who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Sumner & state aforesaid & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit state of Tennessee John S. Swaney B Sumner County Thos. Anderson Mr. Edwards
I Alfred H. Douglass clerk of the county court of Sumner county in the state of Tennessee do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said court in the matter of the applica- tion of Richard Johnson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this 15 th day of August 1832 & 57 th year of American Independence A. H. Douglass Clerk

November 16, 1932
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BA--J/AWT Richard Johnson S. 2664
Miss Blantha Milburn Denton Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard Johnson, a pensioner of Sumner County, Tennessee.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2664, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Richard Johnson.
Richard Johnson, while residing in the state of Virginia, served as a private with the Virginia troops from Hanover County, Virginia, as follows- from in May, 1777, seven weeks in Captain Robert Dabney's company, Colonel William Dandridge's regiment; from in July, 1778, three months in Captain John Anderson's company, Colonel Fleming's regiment; from July, 1779, three months under Captain James Waller in the Commissary; in 1781, one month in Captain Fox's company, Colonel Charles Dabney's regiment; from later in 1781, twelve months in Captain Martin Hawkins' company, Colonel Harvey's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, then aged seventy-two years and a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. DD. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1914 July 1. History to Mrs. James J. Durim. Br Letter with Cl. William Bruce S.F. 3053.
1932-Nov. 16. list L. Miss Blancha Milbury acc't 1938. May 19. list to Ava Johnston
Rev. Mar
2664 INVALID.
File No. 2664
Richard Johnson Port Royal Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no  yes. XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

FREE
PO Sep 10-1832 Office
Genl. Lewis Cass Secy of War Washington City
No 3,000 Tennessee

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

Motor Route 5, Box 117, Dallas, Tex. April 12, 1938.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: Will you please send me Revolutionary War record for the following men:
1. Wm. Martin, pensioned outside Va. in 1835, He was living in Clark Co., Ky. in 1835. 2. Richard Johnson (Johnston), pensioner who served in Virginia, resided in Sumner Co., Tenn. in 1835. no name and no like - aka Johnston

GEO. M. HOPKINS ATTORNEY AT LAW DENTON, TEXAS
Nov. 5th 1932
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me all of the information which you have in regard to Richard Johnson , who lead Revolutionary War service in Virginia, but was granted a pension while living in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly
(Mrs.) Blantha Milburn (Miss) Blantha Milburn

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Richard Johnson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 2664.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777. 7 wks. Pri. Robert Dabney. Wm Dandridge. Va.   July 1778. 3 mos. John Anderson. Fleming.   July 1779. 3 " James Waller. ✓   1781. 1 " Fox. Chas. Dabney.   1781. 12 " Martin Hawkins. Harney.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hanover Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 15 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Sumner Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs.
Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children.
For date of last payment of pension &c.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

May 18, 1938.
Ava Johnston Motor Route 5, Box 117 Dallas, Texas.
BA-J/ILL Richard Johnson S. 26644 William Martin S. 36070
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard Johnson who was a pensioner of Sumner County, Tennessee, and William Martin, who was a pensioner of Clark County, Kentucky.
The records of these pensioners are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
See her postal card re Richard Johnson S. 26644 This claim

May 19, 1938
Richard Johnson S. 2664 BA-J/AWF am
Ava Johnston Motor Route 5, Box 117 Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 2664, based on the military service of Richard Johnson in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Richard Johnson were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
Richard Johnson, while a resident of the State of Virginia, served from Hanover County, Virginia, as a private with the Virginia troops. He enlisted sometime in May, 1777, served seven weeks in Captain Robert Dabney's company, Colonel William Dandridge's regiment, Thomas Johnson was Major at this time in the regiment. He enlisted sometime in July, 1778, served three months in Captain John Anderson's company, Colonel Fleming's regiment. He enlisted sometime in July, 1779, served three months in Captain James Waller's company. Early in 1781 he served one month in Captain Fox's company, Colonel Charles Dabney's regiment, and later in 1781, enlisted and served twelve months in Captain Martin Hawkins' company, Colonel Harvey's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, and was aged seventy-two years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, Richard Johnson, and it was not shown that the Major Thomas Johnson, under whom he served in 1777, was a relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Richard Johnson Certificate #1191 Issued October 29, 1832 Rate $68.80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator