REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - MOSES JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, MOSES/S16897/MA and VT Service

Source: New Hampshire Pension Records, USDAR, Vol. 41, 1924.

Johnson, Moses (New Hampshire residence in 1789).

Jul 24, 1832 Moses JOHNSON of Putney, VT, 91 years of age, deposed:

that he was born in Thompson, CT in 1741; lived in Putney, VT during the 
Revolution, in 1785 moved to Bridport, VT, in 1790 returned to Putney; lived in 
Chesterfield, NH several years, but for a few years past has lived in Putney;

that immediately after the battle of Lexington he went with others to Cambridge, 
MA to join the army; and after remaining there a few days, enlisted for eight 
months under Capt. Hastings, Col. Whitcomb, Massachusetts troops; served out his 
term and was discharged the latter part of December 1775;

that in 1777 he served as Lieutenant of a voluteer company of Green Mountain 
Boys to guard the frontiers; crossed the mountains four times and back on 
alarms; went to Pawlet, VT once and was there three or four weeks; once to 
Hubbardston; once to Bennington;

that he was in the Bennington Battle under the command of Col. Herrick; "was 
knowing to his killing one Hessian who fired at the same time within thirty feet 
of each other; was in great hazard himself of being taken or killed"; served six 
or eight weeks; "went to Saratoga with the company to join the American Army and 
was there when Burgoyne surrendered"; served four weeks;

that when not on actual duty, he "spent a considerable time in recruiting men";

that "in March 1781, Vermont then having organized a Government, he was 
commissioned a Lieutenant", served at Castleton under Capt. Josiah Fish ten 
months, etc.
Moses JOHNSON

Ashbel JOHNSON and Dr. Alexander CAMPBELL, his neighbor both of Putney, VT, 
certified that it is the general belief in the neighborhood in which Moses 
JOHNSON lives that he has been a soldier in the Revolution, in which opinion we 
concur.
Ashbel JOHNSON
Alexander CAMPBELL

(An order to Lieutenant Moses JOHNSON, signed by Roger Enos, Brig. Gen. dated 
Castleton, Sep 9, 1781, was removed from this case and sent to the War 
Department, Jan 16, 1913. BMD).

Jan 18, 1833 Moses JOHNSON of Putney, VT but "confined by sickness at Keene, 
Cheshire Co, NH" added that by reason of old age he cannot speak positively, but 
estimates his service as follows: eight months in 1775; three months and ten 
days as a lieutenant in 1777; and ten months as a lieutenant in 1781.
Moses JOHNSON

Sep 11, 1832 Capt. Samuel WISWALL of Townsend, VT, 70 years of age, testified to 
service in 1781 under Capt. Fish and Lt. Moses Johnson.
Samuel WISWALL

Claim allowed and certificate 4594 was issued through the New Hampshire Agency.

Dec 15, 1838 "Timothy UNDERWOOD, Guardian of the widow of Moses JOHNSON" was 
paid arrears of pension to "September 3, 1835 the day of his death".

From letters on file it appears that in January 1855, Mrs. Janet W. HOLLENBECK 
of Brooklyn, NY, "over sixty-five years of age", applied for any pension or 
bounty land that might be due her as daughter of Moses JOHNSON and Lydia WHEELER 
his wife whom he married about 1789 and who died "leaving myself, two sisters 
and a brother, his only heirs at law".
Mrs. Janet W. HOLLENBECK

In letter of her attorney it is stated that the children of Moses and Lydia, 
still surviving are: Mrs. Janet W. HOLLENBECK of Brooklyn; Olive D. JOHNSON of 
Putney, VT; Sarah W. JOHNSON of Boston or New Bedford, MA and a son who lives in 
Arkansas.

Later he writes that upon examination, he finds that Lt. Moses JOHNSON had three 
wives; the first one died before 1789, leaving a daughter, Mrs. Susannah 
STREETER (living in 1856);

that he married (second) at Chesterfield, NH, where he then resided, Lydia 
WHEELER, who died in 1815 leaving four children mentioned;

and in 1817 he married again a woman (no name given) who survived him, received 
the arrears of pension in 1838 and died without issue at Brattleboro, VT in 
1854.