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Benedict Johnson,
son of John Johnson & Catherine Power Johnson was born in
1762 and died in 1806. Ms. Cryer notes the following for Benedict:
Benedict Johnson,
Pvt., Revolutionary Army - Pensioned Act of June 7, 1785 from 4 March 1789
@$40.00 per annum: received $680.00.
U.S. Pension Roll, 1835,
p. 21. Report of the Sec. of War, Pension Estab. of the U.S., 1835 -
List of invalid pensioners.
According to Ms.
Cryer Benedict Johnson, Matross, lost his leg while serving with the 2nd &
3rd Companies of the Corps of Maryland Artillery. He served under
Maj. W. Brown and received the gratuity of Congress for serving to the end
of the war, December 5, 1788. He received a land grant of 100 acres
on February 1, 1790,
Warrant #11, 404. |
