Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,183, Levi Green, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Green, Levi,

NUMBER
S.29,183
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CONTENTS
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3165
Michigan
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Levi Green of Oakland in the State of Michigan who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Baldwin [below: Brown] of the regt commanded by Symonds in the Mass line for 7 m. 27 ds.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 26 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Septr 1839, & sent to E. F. Cook, Esqr Farmington, Michigan
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Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1839 ds $223.72
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 13.16
[total] $236.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
D. McCurdy Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 9. Page 98.

[right side]
1891 Sep 5 E E Chapin history Prior
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21,459
Levi Green
Michigan
admitted
Pr. 7 mo. 27 day $26.32
Cap Baldwin N.Y. Rangers
No Colonel.
Vol 21 page 136
on roll Capt Nem[illegible]
from July 9 1777 -- 21 days
Vol 17 page 166
fr 14 Aug't 1777 -- 6 day [illegible]
Cap D I Brown
Rangers 7 mo 1776, see
Mr Luce mar[illegible]
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State of Newyok [New York]
County of Livingston } ss On this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Livingston County now sitting Levi Green a resident of the town of Livonia in the County of Livingston aforesaid aged 74 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 --
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and service as herein stated
That in the year 1776 the first of July enlisted with Lieutenant Jackson in a company commanded by Captain -- Baldwin. Jackson was 1st and Van Buren was Ensign or 2nd Lieutenant. There was only two companies Captain Bradt commanded the other company. Called Rangers quartered in & near Albany in the state of New York until the first of December catching tories and protecting property, then sailed down the North River in a sloop to Fort Constitution on an Island by the same name and continued in the Fort until the last of January 1777, [lined out: after] at which time they had an addition to their force and the said two companies went down the River as far as Peekskill after staying there 8 or 10 days went back to the fort aforesaid and after staying there about 9 or 10 days went up the River to Albany County where they continued until the last of April at which time he was discharged. Lived when he enlisted in the town of Lanesborough Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts.
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That same [lined out: time] year (1777) in the month of July was drafted in the Massachusetts Militia in went into company Commanded by Captain -- Newell 1st Lieutenant -- Farnham 2nd Lieutenants name he cant recollect marched from Lanesborough aforesaid where he then lived to Manchester in the State of Vermont Continued in Manchester and about there about a month and business was such at home that he hired a man [inserted: by the name of] Chittenden and went home but about the Middle of August & anterior to the Battle of Bennington was a call of the militia at which time volunteered and marched immediately to Bennington in a Company Commanded Daniel Brown 1st Lieutenant Medad King, 2 Lieut Samuel Baker Colo. -- Symonds [Simonds] Commanded the Regiment was in the Battle of Bennington was one among others who took a breastwork from the enemy the Prisoners that were at that time were put into a meeting house. he was employed after the battle in picking up the wounded and dying. the next morning marched to the said Meeting house where by their attempting to escape 3 or 4 were killed. The Prisoners were from Bennington into Massachusetts and to what place they were destined dont know or recollect but he acted as one of the guard as far as Lanesborough. Served in the time of the Battle under Colo Joab Stafford who was wounded during the action.

Was born in the town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island, in the year 1758, June 6th

There was a record of my age in the town where he was born.

Have Lived since the revolution lived in Renssellaerville (Newyork) from thence to MiddleBurgh in Schoharie County (N. York)
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to MiddleBurgh in Schoharie County (N. York) from thence to Scipio Cayuga County (N. York) from there to Livonia in Livingston County aforesaid where he now lives and has for 16 years past

In the first above named service received a written discharge signed by Lieutenant Jackson, which is lost

The terms of the first service were during the pleasure of the Convention of Newyork not exceeding the present war That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who he can procure further than the statement of Silas Green.

That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State

[signed] Levi Green

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

We Martin Guiteau Esq a Justice of the peace of the town of Livonia in said County and John C. Coe a resident of the said town of Livonia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Levi Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that we never heard the correctness of that opinion questioned

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] John C. Coe
[signed] Martin Guiteau
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And the said do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John C. Coe & Martin Guiteau Esq who signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons residents of the town of Livonia and that their statement is entitled to Credit.

I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Livingston County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Green for a pension In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 31st of October 1832

[signed] C. R. Bond Clerk
by J. G. Haven Dep Clk

[written upward in left margin]
Levi Green's Declaration
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State of Newy [New York]
Otsego County } ss
Personly Appeared Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego aforesaid Silas Green who being by me first duly sworn according to law, Deposeth and Saith that in the month of July or August in the year 1776 he this Deponant and Levi Green Enlisted in the Rainger Service During the Pleasure of the Convention of New York not Exceeding that Present war under Capt Baldwin first Lieutenant [inserted: Michel Jackson] Second Lieutenant Mr Vanlauren. Not attached to any Reitgment [Regiment] and this Deponant Also Saith that in the Spring 1777 this Deponant [inserted: Listed out] of said Company in to the 3 years Service and Some time the Same Spring the ^said company was Discharged this Deponent cannot not Recollect what month and this Deponant also Saith that he Does not know the time when the said Levi Green was Discharged, and further this Deponant saith not
[signed] Silas Green

Sworn [inserted: and subscribed] Before me this 6th day february 1834

David Crippen justice of the Peace

I Do hereby Certify that the Deponant to the foregoing Affadavit is a Person of Truth Credibility and Varacity
Decatur Otsego Feb. 6th 1834
David Crippen Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Otsego County ss } I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do certify that David Crippen Esqr before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County And further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signatures Witness my hand and seal of office this sixth day of [lined out: October 1834] February 1834
Horace Lathrop Clk
pr I. W. Richardson Depy
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State of New York
Livingston County } ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Livingston County County [lined out: who being] Levi Green 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 time of his service but according to the best of the recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For at least nine months in the [lined out: month] of the year 1776, and 1777 commencing the first of July 1776 and continued at least nine months as a private. Also in the year 1777 under a draft of the militia of Massachusetts at least one month as a private before hiring a substitute and at the time of Bennington Battle the same year (1777) at least ten days, making in all at least ten months and ten days service beside at many times during the war in alarms not mentioned in his declaration
For which ten months and ten days service I claim a pension.
[signed] Levi Green

Sworn & subscribed this 6th day of July A.D. 1833. Before me
Leman Gibbs a Judge &c

State of New York
Livingston County ss. I certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the above affidafit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Legally authorized Judge of Livingston County Courts. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & signature -- Witness my hand & seal of office at Geneseo this 25th of February 1834.
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of Livingston County
By. S. G. Haven Dep. Clerk.
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21459
Levi Green,
[lined out: N.Y.]
Michigan
Done 3f [?]
Leman Gibbs
Livonia
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement, shewing the service of Levi Green Livingston Co N.Y.

[Table, 9 columns, 3 rows below these headings:]
Period when the service was rendered. |
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. |
Rank of the claimant. |
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. |
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. |
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |
Country through which he marched. |
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. |
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1 July '76 to last Ap'l | 8 [months] 15 [days] | Pr | Capt Baldwin | | | Mass N.Y. | 74 Berkshire Mass. | Trad & witness not certified credible
July '77 | about 1 [month] | " | " Newell. | | | " Vert. |
Aug " | not stated | " | " Brown | Co'l Symonds Stafford | Bennington | | |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every brand of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County were such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.

On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District of __ aged (c) __ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __, with __ and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
[THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE IS MARKED WITH BRACKETS IN BOTH MARGINS.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I __ of the Court of __ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the __ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be __ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[THE TWO PARAGRAPHS ABOVE ARE MARKED WITH BRACKETS IN BOTH MARGINS.]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledges of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and what year were you born?

2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by who was it given and what has become of it?
{To an officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of who should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary solider, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of a bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans-nit such evidenced as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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 tot he 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 expression are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each tern of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[ABOVE PARAGRAPH MARKED WITH BRACKET IN RIGHT MARGIN; "IT MUST...", BRACKET IN LEFT MARGIN]

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.

[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.

[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same she et of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass un der the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[ABOVE PARAGRAPH MARKED WITH BRACKET IN RIGHT MARGIN]

Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[ABOVE PARAGRAPH MARKED WITH BRACKET IN RIGHT MARGIN]

[Pointing hand] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.

[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.

[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and seat to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812 War Section. AWF AM
October 28, 1926
E. F. J. Tafe
424 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, Calif

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 29183, it appears that Levi Green was born June 6, 1758 at Coventry, Rhode Island.

While residing at Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served nine months as a private in Captain Baldwin's Massachusetts Company.

He enlisted in July 1777 and served one month in Captain Newell's Company; and in August 1777 he served ten days in Captain Daniel Brown's Company, Colonel Symond's Massachusetts Regiment, and was at the battle of Bennington.

He was out on several short alarms, no details stated.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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[exe]cuted September 25, 1832, while a resident of Livonia, Livingston County, New York.

In 1839, he was living at West Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan.

The above noted Levi Green (Greene) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Letterhead]
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
424 SOUTH BROADWAY
LOS ANGELES

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
ARTHUR B. BENTON
VICE-PRESIDENTS
DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT
NATHAN WILSON STOWELL
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE
SECRETARY
LEWIS AUGUSTUS WINSTON
TREASURER
EDWARD BOUTON
REGISTRAR
JOHN EMERSON MARBLE
LIBRARIAN
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON

DIRECTORS
COL. HOLDRIDGE O. COLLINS
JUDGE GUY RICHARDS CRUMP
JOHN BARNES MILLER
FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
FRANK MONROE PORTER
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
GENERAL CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EUGENE WADDELL BRITT
WILLIAM RICHARDSON STAATS
FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
RALPH BELDAM HARDACRE
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON

[Oval stamp] R[illegible] DIVISION BUREAU OF PENSIONS SEP 4 1926 B

August 26, 1926
Pension Department,
Bureau of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions.
My dear sir:
Have you a Pension record for either Abram or William Pallette (Pallett or Pollett) Revolutionary or 1812 probably Tenn. or the Carolinas.?
Rev.  Pension Record for Levi Green, New York state?
" Pension record for Coker Wiggin of [x'd over, maybe Newmarket] New Hampshire.
Thanking you for this data, I am
Sincerely,
E. F. J. Tafe, [signed] E. F. J. Tafe
Assistant Genealogist.
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[round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D DEC 13 1902
[rectangular stamp] U. S. P. B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES DEC 17 1902

Pontiac, Dec. 9. 1902
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
I am desirous of finding the service of Levi Green who was a revolutionary soldier, of N.Y. State. We have his pension papers but nowhere find his service. I understand that his name is among the unclassified manuscripts and not in the regular service.
Can you give me this information?
31658 yours Mrs. Chas Shattuck
129 Parke St. Pontiac Mich.
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E E Chapin Wis'n
April 21 1891
Levi Green [illegible]
died in Mich

[stamp] APR 35 1891 FILES
[round stamp] U S PENSION OFFICE APR 23 1891
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[letterhead]
LAW OFFICES OF E. E. CHAPIN, 107 WISCONSIN ST.
RESIDENCE: 293 FARWELL AVENUE.
MILWAUKEE. April 21, 1891

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Will you have the goodness to give me the records of Levi Green who was an American Revolutionary Soldier from Vermont and as I remember it a Revolutionary Pensioner - and died in Michigan at about the age of 92 years.
I would like his age when he enlisted, what his rank (I think however he was a private) in what Company - who was his Captain, Col, Gen'l & any other matter of record which will be escential for the sons of the American Revolution - This information will greatly oblige
Yours Truly E. E. Chapin
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St. Paul, Nebr.
March 13, 1901
H. Clay Evans
Commissioner Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me proof from the dept of Pensions of Elisha Green drawing pension as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He drew his pension at Detroit, Mich. I can not give the years now. I wish to get some definite proof to present to D.A.R.
Very truly,
Miss Clara Williams.
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Chief of Pension Department.
Please furnish me the Service in the Revolutionary War of pensioner, Levi Greene recorded in Book E.2 or 82 (cannot tell which) Volume 9, Page 98,
and oblige
Bessie E. Severance
1121- 14th St. N.W.
Washington D.C.

Feb 13th 1900.

[round stamp] CHIEF CLERK BUREAU OF PENSIONS FEB 14 1900
[stamp] O. W. and N. Div. FEB 14 1900 Chief's Desk.
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29 183
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,183
Levi Green
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
Feby 24, 1900 Miss Bessie E Severance
Mch. 28- 1901 Miss Clara Williams St. Paul Neb
Dec- 24- 1902 Mrs. Chas. Shattuck Pontiac Mich
1926- Oct. 28. Hist to E. F. J. Tafe AWF.
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Farmington 29th Aug 1839,
At the request of Levi Green, of West Bloomfield, in this (Oakland Co) Mich,
I make this Communication, and beg leave to say, that, from a letter dated "War Department Pension Office May 5th, 1838," it appears that his original declaration [inserted: for the rest of pension] was then on file in said office with suspended cases, also that a letter on the 17th May 1834, had been written to Leman Gibbs Esqr. requiring further testimony, and that it is not appear that said testimony had been exhibited. It is the desire of Mr. Green to be informed as to what evidence is required now in addition to that already adduced.
I am, Respectfully your obt servt,
E. F. Cook

to Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D C,

P.S. Is there any pay allowed to persons who left Canada during the late war, enlisted & served in the army of the U. S. & whose property was confiscated, in consequence thereof.
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[in different hand from the rest] Ontario Co NY

West Bloomfield March 28th 1838
Sir
I am one of the few, who are still left alive, that aided in the achievement of our national independence. My object in writing to you is to learn whether my name is on the pension list. I have reason to think it is. Soon after the act passed the national Legislature, awarding a pension to all the survivors of the revolutionary army, I adopted legal measures to secure to myself a pension. I amply proved eleven months and ten days service, that I was in the action near Bennington, which was [crossed out: the] productive of so much good to our country. I procured abundant testimony in regard to my moral character and I employed Leeman Gibbs of Livona, Livingstone County, State of New York to do the business for me and get the pesion [pension]. I soon moved from that part of the country's but have seen Gibbs a number of times since. From his evasions connected with orther circumstances, I have reason to believe that he succeeded, and has, all this time, made use of the money. You Sir can inform me, though I expect it must be attended with considerable trouble to yourself, for which, perhaps, I can never satisfy you; but if you would return an answer to this as soon as convenient ^you would much relieve an old man's anxiety and ensure to yourself the gratitude of a humble, indigent Revolutionist
Levi Green

Please cause your letter to be directed to Farmington Oakland County, Michigan
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[lined out: New York]
Levi Green
Michigan
Suspended
Letter to Leman Gibbs 17 May 1834
let 5 May 1838 to applicant
[lined out: let 12 Sep 1839 E. F. Cook]
Act 7 June 1832