Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38753, Cato Greene, Continental Rhode Island
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE       |                                          |   NUMBER
Continental  |  Greene, Cato (Colored)   |   S. 38753
or
Rhode Island |  Greene
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CONTENTS
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(No. 1924)
Rhode Island
Cato Greene,
Colo Greene   private, 
7778 war   RI line    4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3rd of April 1818.
Rhode Island Line
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Certificate of pension issued the 29th of July 1818.
and sent to David Howell, Esqr.
Providence, Rhode Island
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Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1818
[illegible]
5 mo. 2/30
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$ 40.53
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Died
Sept, 1826
{Revolutionary claim,    }
{Act 18th March, 1818  }
5 Years
Continued
Cranston, County unknown
[inscribed at 90 degrees on right fold]
Notification sent November 8, 1821 to 
Benjamin Cowell, Providence, R.I.
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38753
INVALID
Revy
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File No. 38, 753
Cato Greene
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America.
These are to certify that the Bearer hereof
Cato Greene Soldier
in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faithfully
served the United States five years - 
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN AT HEAD-QUARTERS the
15th June 1783
[signed] G:Washington
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command
[signed] J Trumbull
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment Rhode Island
J. Greenman Adjutant
THE above
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for
Years faithful Service
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Cato, Greene,
Correct
[illegible word]
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Rhode Island District
In Providence this 3d day of April 1818
the signature of the Judge and the seal of the
[inserted in between lines} for said District
District Court of the United States one hereto
affixed
Witness Benjamin Cowell
Clk of said Court
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I Cato Greene (a man of colour) of Cranston in the District
of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare
and say that the facts contained in the
within certificate are true , that I served
five years in the army of the United States
in the Rhode Island line until the 15 June
1783 when I send my discharge signed
by George Washington which discharge is
hereto annexed. I further declare that I
am now in reduced circumstances & stand
in need of the assistance of my Country -
according to the late act of Congress
Cato his + Mark Greene
Rhode Island District
Be it remembered that on this third day of
April 1818 came before me the above Cato Greene
and made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration
to which his mark is affixed. In witness whereof
I have hereto set my hand & have caused the seal
of the District Court for said District [word force crossed out} to be
hereto affixed the day and year above written - 
David Howell
District Judge.
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I certify that the bearer Cato Greene, a Man of Colour, in the year 1778, inlisted a Private Soldier into the Regiment commanded by Colonel Christopher Greene in the Rhode-Island Line, on the 
continental establishment. That he served in said Regiment while commanded by said Colonel Greene and afterwards by Colonel Jeremiah Olney, from the time of his said inlistment until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when he received a Furlough granted in pursuance of a General Order issued by General Washington on the second day of June 1783, which were eventuated in a discharge from said Regiment then commanded by Jeremiah Olney at Saratoga in the State of New York. All which appear by the Regimental Book of Ocurrences now in my possession -
Providence April 2nd 1818. -
Jno S. Dexter Major of said
Regt. at the close of the Revolutionary War
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Cato GReene
1942
Sept. 1820
CM
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
District Court, June with Special Term, A.D. 1820
On this Sixth
day of June
1820, personally appeared in
open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District 
Cato Green (a man of colour) aged 80 years residing in the town of Cranston in said District & County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he served
in Colo Green's & Col Olneys Regiments of the Rhode Island
line more than Five years
that he made a previous declaration on the third day of April
1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 1924 - And I do
solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time,
by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with
intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress,
entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States, in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any
property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what
is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Cato his X mark Green

A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of
Cato Green, One Acre of Land in Cranston, and a very
old house thereon,
4 Chairs very old some knives & forks
and 1 Table
and this declarent saith that he was a native
of Guinea and brought to this County and sold as a slave --
That during the war he enlisted to obtain his freedom, that
he is now so old, as to be unable to work and must depend on
charity ^if his pension is discontinued^.  That he has had two wives but has lost them
both by death, that at this time he has no family --
Sworn to and declared in Open Court on the Sixth day of June 1820 before

David Howell District Judge RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 1820
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court -- do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred dollars and -- cents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this Twentieth day of July 1820.
Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court.
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December 6, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Cato Greene-S.-38753
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.38753, based upon the military service of Cato Greene in that war.
Cato Greene (the name also appears as Green), a man of color, was born in Guinea, brought to this country and sold as a slave.
He enlisted, place not stated, in 1778, served as a private in Colonels Christopher Greene's and Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiments and was discharged June 15, 1783. He stated that he received his freedom because of his service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while residing in Cranston, Rhode Island.. In 1820, he stated that he was aged eighty years and that both of his wives were then dead.
There is no reference to children.
The soldier died in September, 1826.
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