Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4281, Joseph Green, New York
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New York
Green, Joseph
R. 4281
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State of New York 
Madison County [illegible]
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Declaration of Joseph Green
in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress of this
7th of June 1832 for the
relief of surviving soldiers
of the Revolution
No 33,568
[illegible]/ [?55?]
1779 -
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State of New York
Madison County [illegible]
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On this thirteenth day of February in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six personally appeared in his residence before me of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas held in & for the County of Madison
Joseph Green a resident of the Town of Eaton
in the County of Madison & State of New York aged sixty
seven years who be first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob-
tain 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 & served as herein stated. That General Clinton Colonel Graham (believed his given name
was Morris) Captain Elisha Ballow Leut Col. Hopkins Leutenant McCarter were the officers under whom he ser-
ved That he enlisted in the fore part of the summer of 1776 does not recollect the day or the month but thinks that it was the first of June. That he left soon after the battle of
White Plains. That he was a resident of the Town of Amenia (or as it was then called the Nine Partners) in the County of Duchess & State of New York when he entered ┃
the service as a volunteer That as soon as the Company into which he enlisted were in readiness to proceed he marched with them to Poughkeepsie Duchess County &
from thence they went in a sloop down to Kings bridge
Stayed at Kingsbridge about a week from thence he went to East Chester & remained there on duty about two months & then went back to near Kingsbridge & then went back to near Kingsbridge & then assisted in building barracks in which place he remain-
ed until New York was evacuated by the Americans under General George Washington being about six weeks He then went to Peekskill of Fishkill does not recollect which stayed there a few days and then went
to White Plains & was there in the time of the battle al-
though he was not engaged himself the company to which he belonged not being called out from their stations though they lay on their arms all the day momentarily expecting to be called upon to take
part in the battle From thence he went back to
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Peekskill or Fishkill (does not reccollect which) again and was there taken sick & was informed by his captain that he might go home & that if he continued to be unwell for
any length of time he might get a certificate of the phy-
sician where he resided that he was unable to do mil-
itary duty & that such certificate should be his dis-
charge which certificate was obtained & duly for-
warded to his captain  That he had no other discharge That he was in actual service at that time five months
In the following winter he removed to the Town of New Lebanon Columbia County in the State of New York & the next summer after being the summer of 1777 he was
drafted for two months to march to the Northward. That General Schuyler Colonel Ashley Major Lusk Cap Aaarn Goodrick 
 Leutenant Andrew Lusk, Second
Leut. Noah Wheaton were the officers under whom he served during the two months for which he was drafted Does not recollect the day or month in which he was drafted. That he went first to Fort Edwards & stayed there about four weeks then marched to
Kingsbury & stayed there about a week then went back to Fort Edwards stayed a few days & then went down to Fort Miller & stayed there about a fort night & then marched down to Stillwater & from thence to Half Moon & was there discharged the time for which he was drafted had expired
That he saw General Washington, Lee & Putnam at White
Plains  He also same at the same place the
Marquis De La Fayette acting at that time as the Aidde camp to General Washington
That he has no documentary evidence & knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure who can testi-
by to his service. That he was born in the town of Stanford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & fifty eight That he has no record of
his age That he was in, as below stated at the
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Town of Armenia in the County of Duchess & State of
New York at the time that he first enlisted into
the service of the United States. That at the close of the Revolutionary war he lived in New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York That he afterwards moved from New Lebanon to the town of Lebanon Madison County Same State from there to Norwich Chenango County from thence to Col-
umbia same county from then to Hamilton
Madison County aforesaid from thence to Leba-
non same County from thence to Eaton where he now resides. That he never received a discharge other than as mentioned above a consequently he has
none now to show That he is known to Dunhan Shapley & David Shapley who now reside near him & who resided in New Lebanon Columbia County Several years age & who were acquain-
ted with him there & can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
That he employed the Hon. John G Stower of Hamilton to make an application for a pension in the year 1833
That Mr Stower being a senator of the State of New York was compelled to leave home in the performance of his duty as a member of Legislature of the State of New York before the papers were ready to be sent to the Commissioner of Pensions as he has
been informed & believes. That soon after he was taken sick & has not been well enough since to attend to any business and for these reasons he has been obliged to delay making this application until this present time.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen-
tion or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any any state
[illegible]
to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
me [illegible]
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We Amos Kingsly
a clergyman residing in the Town of Lebanon & County of Madison & State of NY and David Shapley a farmer residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Joseph Green who has subscribed & sworn to
the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age. that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a
soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Amos Kingsley
Sworn & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid before me
David Shapley

Alanson Munger-- Judge of Madison County-
And the said Alanson Munger Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held & for the County of Madison does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states. And the said Alanson Mun-
ger Judge as aforesaid further certifies that
it appears to him that Amos Kingsly who signed he preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Lebanon County of Madison & State of New York and that David Shapley who signed the same is a resident of the same place & is a credible person and that their statement is certified to credit.  And further that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
Alanson Munger Judge of Madison County

I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Made in the State in the of New York do hereby certify that the said Alan-
son Munger before whom the preceding declaration & certificate were taken is a Judge of a Court of Record And that the signature annexed to the Jurat of the Declaration of the said Joseph Green and to the [illegible] of the certificate of Amos
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Kingsley & David Shapley and the signature to
the certificate immediately preceding this is the
genuine signature of the said Alanson Munger
Judge of Madison Common Pleas as aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
A.S. Sloan Clk
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33,568
New York
Joseph Green
[illegible]
See letter to Wm. L. Greenly
12. April 1836
& Letter to same 16 May '36
to
to Wm L Greenly
15th July 1836
to same 1. Aug 1836
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Eaton May 5. 1836
Sir
I received a letter from You Dated April 12
requesting that Joseph Green an applicant
for a pension under the act of June 7, 1838 should State more particularly the day upon which he was taken sick & also that he should procure a certificate from the Secy of this State, that Elisha Barlow was a captain in Col. Grahams Regim-
ent. I wrote to the Secretary for such certificate
who in return states that in 1776 the appointments were made by the provincial Congress & the re-
cords of such appointment are being in perfect
& continue so till the year 1778 & that the names of but very few offices appear on the records prior to 1778. That he does not find the name of Elisha Barlow as Captain

In relation to the time when Joseph Green
was taken ill. He states that he was taken
sick on his way from White Plains with two or
three days of the battle of White Plains so
that as soon as he arrived at Fishkill in
the petition Mr Green stated he did not know
whether it was at Peekskill of Fishkill but he
now states the he knows it was at the place the
highest up the [illegible] which is Fishkill) he
went to his Captain & obtained leave to go
home 

In relation to the other Town the old man
say the he cannot recollect the name of
the Colonel if it was not Ashley, although
he still persists in thinking that his name
was Ashle as above mentioned
I do not know but that these statement should have been under oath if so I will have him make oath to them If from the statements that
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have been made you are of the opinion that the
above named applicant deserves a pension
it will be a blessing to him for he needs it
I wish you would apprise me whenever you
come to a conclusion upon this matter & if the
above statements should be made and oath
write me & shall be done. The reason that
they are not now so made is because the Judge
resides some distance from this place & the applicant is so infirm that he cannot go to him
I remain
Your Humble Servt
Wm L Greenly
J L Edwards Esq
Washington
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of New York
ty of Madison Co.
On this sixth day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six personally appeared before me at his place of abode Joseph Green a resident of the Town of Eaton in the Coun-
ty of Madison who being duly sworn does depose say that he does not recollect the precise day upon which he marched from White Plains to Fishkill but his depo-
nent states that it was within three or four days after the battle of White Plains that they remained on their posts at White plains during that time expecting another attack from the enemy but not being again attacked
the army retired a few miles from White Plains & took up another position the name of which place he does not reccollect But that the company in which he served were ordered to march to Fishkill and that
upon reaching Fishkill he was taken sick & left
the company & went home as stated in his previous declaration That this deponent stated in his pre-
vious declaration that he could not reccollect at which place (whether Fishkill or Peekskill) he stopped but that upon reflection he can now state positively that it was at that place which is the highest up the river which is Fishkill that though he could not remember the name of the place yet he could dis-
tinctly remember the situation

And this deponent further states that the name of his Captain was Elisha Barlow and no & Barton
That he had been well acquainted with said Barlow for a number of years previous to enlisting under him in 1776 that said Barlow resided but about two miles from him at that time That during the
tour which he this deponent took as a solder
Elisha Barlow the captain was taken sick &
obtained leave of absence & went home & was  gone seven or eight weeks but had returned to his station before this deponent left the company as
Fishkill as aforesaid That during the absence
of Captain Barlow McCarter the Lieutenant ┃
of the Company took the command
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That he does not reccollect that there was a captain by the name of Barton But that there was a cap-
tain Platt & a Captain Stoulenborough - Col.
Grahams regiment that he cannot now recollec
the names of any other Captains in that regi-
ment that as near as this deponent can now
reccollect it was about twelve days from the day of the battle of White Plains to the time when he left the company at Fishkill  That the time for which this deponent had enlisted would have expired -- about
a fortnight if he had not been taken sick
& that the captain told him that as his time was so near out if he did not get well enough to come back a few days that he might forward
the certificate of the Doctor with whom they [illegible] both acquainted to that effect & such should be his discharge  That he was about thirty miles from home when he left the company
Sworn to & Subscribed
me this 6th day
of July 1836

Robert Henry [illegible]
of Madison County.
Joseph
Green

I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the County
of Madison State of New York do hereby
certify that the [illegible text] to the forego-
ing declaration is the genuine Signa-
ture of Robert Henry Commissioner
and that the said Robert A Henry is duly author-
ized to administer oaths & to take affidavits to be read in the Court of Record in this State In testi-
mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 6th day of July 1836
A.S. Sloan Clk
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REJECTED
H281.

P.0.
Joseph Green
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:  Born in Stanford, conn 17[illegible]
In war of [illegible] NY or [illegible][illegible]
1836 Entered Madison Co NY aged 77 [illegible]
Enlist 1776 for June to [illegible]
[illegible]
Attorney: [illegible]
P.0. [illegible]
Regcognized.
Contra...
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for ___________, 18
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Eaton July 20. 1836
Sir

Your favor of the 15th and was this day duly
received & in reply to that part which relates to the tour of two months under Colonel Ashley I would say that this morning I shewed your letter of the 12th of April to Mr Green who now states that at the time he was drafted as stated & set forth in his first declar-
ation for two months under Colonel Ashley the Town of New Lebanon now in the County of Columbia & State of New York was in the State of Massachusetts & that Colonel Ashley & all the officers were inhabit of that State.  By referring to the public history of the State of New York You will find that when the boundary line was settled between the State of
New York & Vermont the line between New York & Massachusetts was altered & several
Towns on the extreme west part of Massachutes were trasferred to New York among which was the Town of New Lebanon The Statement of these
facts which are public & supposed to be known today
man & consequently do not require the sanction of an oath explains the whole matter & I sup-
pose obviates the necessity of the making another declaration by Mr Green In your favor of the 16th May You say that whatever explanation Mr Green may have to make in regard to his services must be under oath but I do not think that the above explanations require an oath because the facts there stated are matter of history
By referring to the Massachusetts Rolls or docu-
ments I think you will find the name of
all the officers as set forth in his original
declaration & thus be able to make a satisfactory examination without any further declaration from Mr Green
Respectfully
Your most Obt Servt
Wm L Greenly
To
I Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washigton City
(turn over
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Permit me furthermore to say that the reason why this statement was not made when Mr Green made
his last declaration is that upon the receipt of
Your letter stating that you could not find the
name of Colonel Ashlly as commanding any
regiment in the State of New York I [illegible] told
Mr Green that you stated then was no such Co-
lonel. He insisted that then was but I thought
that and the Statement that there was such a
Colonel without any proof would be useless &
consequently did not make any. When I shewed
him the letter this morng when You had made
the above statement and he immediately saw the dif-
ficulty & explaed it
Yours 
Wm Greenly
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July 14
NY

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

(backwards - Joseph Green)
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Eaton July 7 1836
Madison County

Sir
Enclosed I transmit you the supplemental dec-
laration of Joseph Green an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832  The reason why that declar-
ation has not been sent before is that I wrote a friend of mine in the Town of Amenia when Elisha Barlow resided 1776 to get some affts of the old man that place that they have frequently heard that Barlow has such captain as is stated in Mr Greens application but I have just learned that my correspondant is at present employed as an engineer on a Rail Road & will not be at Amenia in a great length of time
I think that the facts stated in the enclosed peper are very particular & come directly to the point & I hope that they will answer your [illegible]
Yours Most Respectfully
Wm L Greenly

The Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Eaton September 1, 1836

Sir,

In your letter of the 15th July last in relation to the application of Joseph Green for a pension you say that the claimant will be allowed for four & a half months service in Captain Barlows company but that you should require further proof in regard to the tour of two months.  Accordingly I immediately forwarded to you some furhter explanation s in regard to that matter & soom recieved from the then acting Commissioner Geo Wm Crump a line stating that my explanations had been recieved & that the public pay rolls of [illegible] were to be in Washington soon & that this the application would be acted upon finally
Mr Green sent for me this morning & requested me to write you & ask you to send him the necessary certificate to entitle him to draw for four months & a half pay pr annum
The Old Gentleman says that he shall not live long that he wants it now if ever.  Also that he may have no opportunity to send down to Albany for the money after the [illegible] of this month.
The object of this letter is to respectfully request
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You in case you shall have passed no opinion upon the two months tour or shall not be able to act upon it so as to send the applicant a certificate by the fifteenth of this month that you will drop that part of his claim & send him a certificate allowing him to draw for four & a half months service.  He needs the whole & I have [illegible] to make him wait till the final result of your investigations should be known but as I have said before he is old and he thinks there is no neccessity of delaying & blames me for delays that I cannot convince him are unavoid-
ably neccessary as he insists upon it I know not why it would not be right in case you are not now in a situation to investigate the tour of twon months to send him a certificate for the service under Barlow & thus close this to me tedious matter render-d tedious by the Old Gentle and [illegible] in regard to it

I remain Your most Obt Sert
WM L Greenly

To JL Edwards Esquire
Comms of Pensions
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Eaton March 9th 1836

Sir
Enclosed is the petition of Joseph Green a soldier of the Revolution for a pension
I wish as soon as the within papers shall be acted upon that you would write me and direct the letter to Wm L Greenly Eaton Village Madison County and State of New York & you will much oblige me
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Wm L Greenly

JL Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions