Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,776, Uzziah Green, Mass.
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Service
Mass
Green, Uzziah
Number
S 21776
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[this document combines handwritten and printed text]
8599
Vermont
Uzziah Green
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wilder of the reg[t][superscript] commanded
by Col Doolittle in the Mass[s][superscript]
for 13 m 10 dy
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 44 Dollars 46 Cents
per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apl
1833 and sent to
R. Temple Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $88.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 22.23[underlined]
$111.15 [underlined]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by
W. L. William Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page [illegible]
order to agent to [illegible]
[illegible] to pensioner [illegible]
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[this document combines handwritten and printed text]
8599
Vermont
Uzziah Green
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wilder of the reg[t][superscript] commanded
by Col Doolittle in the Mass[s][superscript]
for 13 m 10 dy
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 44 Dollars 46 Cents
per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apl
1833 and sent to
R. Temple Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $88.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 22.23[underlined]
$111.15 [underlined]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by
W. L. William Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page [illegible]
order to agent to [illegible]
[illegible] to pensioner [illegible]
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[handwritten]
Uzziah Green
13 1/3 mos.  No 6713.

adm[d][superscript]

13 mo 10 dy pri [underlined]
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[this document is largely handwritten]
STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.
On this 17th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judge of the Probate
Court of Rutland [illegible]
now sitting, Uzziah Green a resident of the County of Rutland and State of
Vermont, aged 79 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 served
herein stated. In 1775 he lived Royalton, Massachusetts
& being a minute man, he marched the day after the battle
of Lexington, viz. the 20 April, to Cambridge, under Lt. Allen
& reached there in 2 days & served until 1 May when he enlisted
into Capt Wilder; company in Col. Doolittle; Reg[t][superscript] for Eight
months, & served until the the [sic] 1 Jany. 1776, when he was
discharged at Winter hill, but received no written discharge.
The capt dismissed the company he was in the battle of
Bunker Hill, he served at Cambridge, Prospect hill &
Winter hill. In 1776 about the 1 July, he enlisted for five
months, & served out his time in Capt Gates; company in
Col. Holman; Reg[t][superscript] & marched to New Haven Conn and thence by water to the City of New York
& served there until about the middle of Sept when he 
[illegible] with the American forces to Harlaem [sic] heights & 
the enemy took possession of the City from thence to white
plains.   he was in the battle of White Plains - thence
to Courtland; Manor, where he was dismissed, but rec[d][superscript]
no written discharge. His field officers in 1775 were Lt Col
Holden & Maj Moores, who was killed, afterwards Maj Miller
Lt. Allen & Ensign Pike were his company officers. In 1776
he served under Lt. Col Raymond, Maj Sears, Lt Spooner &
Smith & Ensign Parmeter. He knew Gen[ls][superscript] Washington, Lee,
Sullivan & Lord Sterling, & many other continental officers
whose names he has forgotten.  Col Nixon Reg[t][superscript]; he was at NY
in 1776. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure, except the accompanying
affidavit. He was born in Lester Massachusetts the 1 March 1753 his age is recorded there &
also in the family records.  Since the revolutionary war
he lived in Royalton [illegible] until about 45 years
ago, when he moved to Bethel, Vermont where he lived
about 7 years, then moved to Pittsfield where he now lives
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[handwritten]
He is known to Rev John Suddard of Pittsfield, &
to most of the inhabitants of Pittsfield.
[remainder of document is a combination of printed and handwritten text]
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 and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
RC Royce Reg[r][superscript][handwritten]
Uzziah Green [handwritten]
We John Suddard [handwritten] a Clergyman residing in Pittsfield [handwritten]
and Stephen Holt Jr [handwritten] residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Uzziah Green [handwritten]
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 79 [handwritten] years of age; that he is reputed and believed,
in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion.
John Suddard [handwritten]
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Holt Jr [handwritten]
RC Royce Regr [handwritten]
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 John Suddard [handwritten] who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Pittsfield [handwritten] and that Stephen Holt Jr [handwritten]
who has also signed the same, is a resident in Pittsfield [handwritten]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce Reg[r][superscript] [handwritten]
Clerk [crossed out] of the Court of Probate [handwritten]
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uzziah Green [handwritten]
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this 3rd [handwritten]
day of Aug[t][superscript] A.D. 1832
RC Royce Reg[r][superscript][handwritten]
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[handwritten]
Pittsfield Vt
Feb 11th
[illegible]
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of [illegible]
Pension Office
Washington DC
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Pittsfield Feb 9th 1835
To the Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pensions Sir I served under Capt
Wilder and Lieut Allen & Ensign Pike in
Col Doolittles Regiment Lieut Colonel
Holden & Majer [sic] Moor who was killed at the
Battle of Bunkers hill after that under Majer [sic]
Miller, in the year 1775 I served Eight months
and in the year 1776 I served five months in
York State in Capt Gates Company Lieut Spooner & Lieut Smith & Ensign Parminter
were officers in the Company Colonel Holman
Commanded the Regiment in which I served
Lieut Col Raymond & Majer 9 [sic] Sears were
officers in said Regiment of State troops from
the State of Massachusetts to which state I
belonged I was engaged in the Battle of Bun[ker]
Hill I was employed the whole time in the
Massachusetts State Troops when I made
application for a Pension I resided in Pittsfield
in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont
where I now reside and the testimony was
taken before the Hon Robert Temple
the amount of Pension premium was forty
four Dollars and forty six cents which
was paid up to the 4th Sept AD 1834
With sentiments of respect Sir
I am you obedient Servant
His
Uzziah   X   Green
Mark
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Revolution [handwritten diagonally, top left]
21776 [handwritten]
INVALID
File No. 21,776 [handwritten]
Uzziah Green [handwritten]
[illegible] Rev War [handwritten]
--
Act:  June 7" 82" [handwritten]
Index: - Vol. 2 [handwritten], Page 160 [handwritten]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten]

Uzziah Green
Completed
R. Temple

adm[d][superscript]

40
3.33
1.13 [underlined]
44.46
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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
Uzziah Green [handwritten] which require
further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes [handwritten]
which require
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes [handwritten]
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?
Yes [handwritten]
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 [amount] of pension
he is entitled? Yes [handwritten]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes [handwritten]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?  Yes [handwritten]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes [handwritten]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes [handwritten]
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 [handwritten]
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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 [handwritten]
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?
XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No [handwritten]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?  Yes [handwritten]
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?  Yes [handwritten]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes [handwritten]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And
if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes [handwritten]

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 ______ months
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 the 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 [italicized] is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
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 authenticated 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 end of which must 
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.