Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4246, Drewry Green, S.C.
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Green , Drewry  NUMBER R.4246
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4246 Drewry Green REJECTED Printed list of  1852 gives cause of rejection as " was a deserter "
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D. Green  Drewry Freen Rejected  see let.  Hon John Forsyth Augt. 5. 1834  4246 Act June 7, 1832
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                  Drewry Green                                                             which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ___

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No
    

V.* Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
            

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes


IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes


X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes 

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ___

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ____

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 6, 7
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                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. 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 the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear 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_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 to the 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 expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. 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 term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.

‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

[note]
The Applicant must address proof
 of his service under his enlistment__
his name does not  appear upon the 
Rolls of SC  [illegible]
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[ State of Georgia Gwinnett County ] Inferior Court  October 1832  On this the  5th day of October personally appeared in open Court  it being a  Court of record, now sitting Drewry Green a resident of the said County of Gwinnett  & State of Georgia   aged eighty 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States  under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That he entered the service in  Fairfield District  South Carolina  where he then resided as a drafted militia man for two months under  Captain Pope, Lieutenant  Anderson  & he thinks that one of his sergeants was by the name of Anderson  & was attached to  Colonel Huner's  Regiment & marched to Charleston  & he thinks that Genl. Lincoln commanded  at Charleston while he was there, but  he did  not remain there  himself but a short time., and was ordered on from Charleston  to Puningsburg under is said Captain Pope when he finished out his said tour . Afterwards drafted again in Fairfield Dist. So. Ca.  for two months  under a Lieutenant  his name not recollected from Fairfield to Liberty Hill in full view of the City of Augusta in Georgia  &  in a few days  after he  arrived art Liberty Hill  which is in  South Carolina he enlisted for sixteen months under  Lieutenant  Thomas Prince i and Independent  company  attached to the command of Genl .Williamson  where we remained for some short time  & from Liberty Hill we marched & was in the battle called Stono after that Battle  we returned to Augusta in Georgia and from there we marched up to  Rocky River in
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the upper part of South Carolina where he was stationed for some time until he had served out a part of is time amounting  to fourteen months at which time he found that Genl. Williamson  was about surrendering up the said Independent company   to which he belonged, to the  British  and rather than  to be given up to the enemy  he ran away   & returned  to  Fairfield where he then resided. Afterwards  was drafted again  at the same place of his residence for two months and marched to Orangeburg where he served out this tour also  & was  discharged by his officers from his first  & last tours  of duty  but took no written discharge. That the foregoing service  is in all amounting to between  18 & 20 months was rendered by him in  South Carolina & Georgia under his said several officers before mentioned. That since the revolutionary war he has resided first in the State of  South Carolina  & from  there to the  State of Georgia  & at this time is a resident of said State & Count of Gwinnett, and that he has no documentary evidence  whereby he can prove his services and that he knows  of no person living  whose testimony he can procure that will establish the same. 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 the agency of any State. Sworn  to & subscribed the day  & year aforesaid  in open Court . Drewry Green ( his mark X ) ( Attest ) Wm. Maltbie ( signed ) Clk
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[ Georgia Gwinnett County ] We Mitchel Bennett  a clergyman  residing in the said County of Gwinnett  and State aforesaid and  Elisha Winn  residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with   Drewry Green  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  , that we believe him to be eighty  years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution  & that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn  to  & subscribed the day & the year aforesaid in open Court .  Mitchel Bennett ( signed ) Elisha Winn ( signed ) ( Attest ) Wm. Maltbie ( signed ) Vlk [ Georgia Gwinnett Count  ] 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  the Court further certifies that   Mitchel Bennett  who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man resident in the Count of Gwinnett, and State of Georgia  and that Elisha Winn who has also signed the same is a resident  in the State & County aforesaid and is a credible
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person  and that their statements  is entitled to credit. Clifford Woodroof ( signed ) J.I.C.  Reuben McClung ( signed ) J.I.C.  Jeams Wardlaw ( signed ) J.I.C.   I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court   for said County & State do hereby certify that the foregoing contain s the original  proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Drewry Green for a pension . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of October  1832. Wm. Maltbie ( signed / sealed ) C.I.C. ( vertical notes ) (  Drewry Green   Revolutionary Soldier  Declaration  )