War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Pension #12887 CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG In the Name and by the Authority of the State of Ohio Samuel Huntington, Governor and Commander in Chief of the said State, JOHN BISHONG, Esquire, GREETINGS: It being certified to me that you are duly elected, Captain of the Fifth Company in the First Battalion, Second Regiment, Second Brigade and Fourth Division of Militia in this State. NOW KNOW YOU, That by virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitution and laws of said State; and reposing special trust and confidence in your courage, activity, fidelity and good conduct, I do by these presents, Commission You as Captain of said Company hereby authorizing and requiring You to discharge all, and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, Agreeably to law, and such instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from Your superior officers. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, at Chillicothe, the 7th day of October in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nine and in the thirty fourth year of the independence of the United States of America. By his Excellency's command. SAMUEL HUNTINGTON By J. W. McLene, Secretary of State ----------------------- CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG - #12887 Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio 3 July 1847 I, JOHN BUSHONG, of the Township of Portage, County of Hancock and State of Ohio Deposeth and Sayth that the commission hereunto attached dated on the 7th day of October in the year 1809 and signed by Samuel Huntington Governor of the State of Ohio aforesaid and Jeremiah McLene Secretary of State was directed to him and that he is the person therein described as Captain and further that the Certificate of Resignation hereunto attached dated the 15th day of April 1815 and Signed by P. M. Muser Brig. General {Brig. Gen Peter M. Musser} and Jacob Grenemyer {Greenamyer} Major in his Certificate of Resignation and further that sometime in the fall of the year 1812 being then and at that time under the command of Col {John} Hindman has as called on to take out the men under his command that were drafted to New Lisbon in the State aforesaid and that he stayed there two weeks and that he was then ordered back home to Fairfield Township in Columbiana County in the State aforesaid and further this deponent Sayth that sometime in the Winter of 1812 and 1813 he took on more troops to Canton, these troops were taken on further by other officers. And further this deponent Sayth that in the year 1814 he had orders to take on other drafted troops to the Town of Columbiana and that in the year 1814 in the month of October as near as he can recollect, he took on more troops to New Lisbon in the State aforesaid and this deponent further deposeth and Sayth that while in the said service of the United States his officers were Brig. General Muser, Col Hindman and Jacob Grenemyer Major and further this deponent Sayth that for his services aforesaid he has never received the value of one cent and this deponent further Sayth That while in the said service of the United States and in the line and discharge of his duty as Captain of the Militia as aforesaid he became subject to great privations. To Wit in Enforcing the attendance of drafts in the Winter of 1814 he in the company of others of whom one Philip Shoe was one, was compelled to follow some of said drafts who refused to obey orders and come in through the snow mid leg deep and further that some time in the month of September 1815 having been unwell by means of said exposure from and after the time of said exposure he was taken sick and confined twenty seven weeks at which time his left leg broke out in a running sore which has continued ever since together with a stiff joint and further that the Surgeons who then attended him in said lameness ascribed said lameness to his exposure to cold and exposure from and to said times and that he himself believes it to proceed from his exposure while in the service aforesaid and this deponent further saith and deposeth that his Col. Hindman is dead and that Major Grenemyer is either dead or gone to parts unknown and that Gen Muser as he is informed and verily believes lives in Trumbull County in the State of Ohio aforesaid One hundred miles from Hancock County where this deponent lives and this deponent is unable to procure his affidavit by reason of his lameness and unusual circumstances and further this deponent Sayth not. JOHN BUSHONG, His signature Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 14th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. ABRAHAM YOUNGFEIN, Mayor ---------------- Deposition of Squire Carlin of Portage Township, Ohio 3 July 1847 Squire Carlin deposeth and sayth that he has been Personally acquainted with CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG of the Township of Portage, Hancock County and State of Ohio for the space of twelve years and from his knowledge both of his character and reputation he does not hesitate to say that in his opinion he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement in regard to his service in the last War and disability in consequence thereof is strictly true he having examined the same. And further this deponent Saith not. S. CARLIN, P. M. of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio Sworn to and Subscribed before me at the Borough of Findlay in the County and State aforesaid this 22nd day of June 1847. ABRAHAM YOUNGFEIN, Mayor -------------------- I, PHILIP SHOE of the Township of Washington, County of Hancock and State of Ohio Deposeth and Sayeth: That I have been acquainted with CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG of the Township of Portage and County of Hancock for the last Forty years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and further That I was Sergeant in the Company under the command of said JOHN BUSHONG from the year Eighteen Hundred and Twelve (1812) until said BUSHONG resigned his commission. And further that Brig. General Muser, Col. Hindman and Jacob Grenemyer Major, were the Superior officers of the said JOHN BUSHONG while in the service of the United States and further This Deponent sayeth That in the fall of the year of 1812, I was ordered by CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG with the rest of his company to march from Fairfield Township in the County of Columbiana and State aforesaid to New Lisbon the county seat of Columbiana County, stayed at New Lisbon some days and were ordered home to remain ready at a moments warning to march again to the rendezvous. And further that the said JOHN BUSHONG in the year 1812 and 1813 went with troops to Canton in the County of Stark and State of Ohio and the said PHILIP SHOE Deposeth and Sayeth That the said CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG marched his men to {the town of} Columbiana in the County of Columbiana, all drafted into the service of the United States and said CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG was ordered by his Superior officers to return to Fairfield Township in said County of Columbiana and further this Deponent Sayeth That the said CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG on the 2nd day of September in the year 1814 took more drafts on to New Lisbon, said drafts were taken by other officers to Canton and the said CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG was sent to make another draft of men which he did and marched them to New Lisbon in the County of Columbiana. And further this deponent Sayeth That while in the service aforesaid said CAPTAIN JOHN BUSHONG was much exposed to stormy and cold frequently wading through snow while drafting men into the service of the United States and about the time or a short time after these exposures, the said JOHN BUSHONG was taken sick and lay confined a long time with the hip complaint and that the said BUSHONG was unable by reason of his lameness to perform military duty after his sickness. PHILIP SHUE, His X Mark Sworn and Subscribed before me this 15th day of June A. D. 1847. MICHAEL ROLLER, Justice of the Peace -------------------- Researched, Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong