Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,868, William Green, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.   Green, William 
Lucy [Loucy?]

NUMBER
W. 8868

CONTENTS
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26688
Kentucky
William Green
of Henry Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a Capt & pr in the com commanded
by Captain_ _ of the regt commanded
by Col Barbor in the Virginia 
line for 5 months Private
3 " (months) Captain

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April
1843 and Hon R M Johnson H R

Arrears to the 4th of March  230.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  38.33
$268.33

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk,
BOok E  Vol 7  Page 11
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Kentucky 3197
Lucy Green
widow of dec'd William Green
a pensioner Act.7 June 1832
who died on the 8 April 1835_
of Henry Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Priv & Cap in the Compy commanded
by Captain Pendleton of the regt commanded 
by Col Barlow in the VA mila
lime for 5 months private
3 months Captain

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 8th day of Apl 1835

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jany
1840, & sent to Hon. W.O. Butler
H. R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839            $337.76
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40. 38.88
                                                            =$376.64   
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3 d

Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 179.
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N
William Green
Kentucky


Hon. P. H. Pope
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State of Kentucky }    
Henry County      } SS
 on this 10th day of February 1834 personally appeared before me Elijah Clubb, a Justice of peace in and for Henry County and one of the Judges of the County court for said county William Green aged 80 years next September who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following  declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed on the 7th of June 1832

This declarant Stated that he was serving in Culpeper County State of Virginia when he entered the Service of the United States and served a herein stated that and under the following named officers that in the year of 1777 a draft was ordered in said County of Culpeper for a tour of three months when he, the said declarant was drafted into the service for the above stated periods and served under Capt James Pendleton  He stated they rendezvoused  at Culpeper court house in the month of July as well as he now remembers and was marched through Rappahannock River at a place called Normans Ford thence he states they were marched through Faquier [sic] County into Stafford County hence to the Potomac River and near a Mr Brent's on said river. He states they fell in with the militia from Faquier [sic] and Prince William counties he states that they were then marched to the Brents house where he states they were stationed but how long he does not at this period of time distinctly recollect on arriving at Brents. he states that the British had landed on and destroyed much of the property of Mr Brent and had [marked out: nearly demolished] done some injury to his house he states they were thence marched down the Potomac River for the purpose of ascertaining whether British had left the River or not and after ascertaining the British had left the county or rather water he States he  was again marched up the Country and was discharged by his said Capt. Pendleton.
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in the month of Oct 1777 having served his three months This declarant further states that after returning from this tour of duty that from his fidelity assiduity and Patriotism that he was promoted to the Captaincy of a Militia company was commissioned Sworn in an acted as a Captain and that in the year of 1780 a call was made upon Culpeper County for either three or four hundred men but which number he cannot say and having the command of a company he was ordered by Coln James Barbour Commanding Coln of Culpeper County to notify his company to meet at Barnetts ford on the Rapid Ann [Rapidan] River prepared for a three months campaign accordingly he the said declarant did notify his company or caused them to be notified to rendezvous at said place of rendezvous accordingly about the last of Sept 1780 he states that his company met him prepared and equipped for the campaign he states that at the same place of rendezvous there were Capt. Henry Tole's Company Capt. Capt. William Bradley's Company and Capt. Richard Walle's Company he states that after leaving this place of rendezvous they were marched to Orange Court house he states that as Coln Barbour did not go with these four companies that William Bradly being the seignior [senior] Capt. had the command of Commanding Officer he states that they were thence marched from said Orange Court house, through Louisa County thence through Goochland to the house of Col Parish when he was station for a short period he further states that under the com of Capt. William Bradley the four companies were marched to Petersburg where they remarried for some time but how long he does not recollect they then marched to Richmond where the three months expired he and the other Capts. discharged their men and returned home in December 1780
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This declarant further States during the revolutionary war that many soldiers who had enlisted in the regular service were frequently deserting and escaping and by this means
the regular army was weakened and confused and to prevent this desertion it was agreed by the Government that if any man would apprehend and deliver to the army or to any officer belonging to the regular army any such deserter that he should have credit for a three months tour of duty he further states that in the year of 1778 that he the said William Green did apprehend a soldier by the name of Ethington who belonged to the regular army and had him tride [tried] at Germantown before two Magistrates he the said William Green did apply to John Strode of Culpeper County who had been a recruiting officer to appear on the trial of Ethington accordingly the said Strode appeared as a witness and on the trial made oath that he the said Ethington had enlisted at Hunters Forge in Stafford County and the two magistrates found said Ethington guilty of deserting and delivered him to said declarant he states that he then carried the deserter and deposited him in Jail at Culpeper court house until he had an opportunity of conveying him to Fredericksburg where an officer was stationed to received such deserter he states that he then sent said deserter to the officer and he was delivered to the regular officer in his name and he obtained a receipt for said deserter exempting him from a tour of duty as particularly specified in said receipt he states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no living witness by whom he can prove said service he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the
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pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory and that from old age and bodily infirmity that he cannot appear in open Court to make his declaration
William Green
Sworn to and subscribed this 10th of February 1834
Elijah Clubb
Ques - Put by the Magistrate
Ques - When and in what year were you born?
Ans - I was born in Culpeper CTY State of Virginia in 1754
Ques - Have you any record of your age?
Ans - I have no written record of my age
Ques - Where were you living when called into the service?
Ques - Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans - When I entered the service I was living in Culpeper County State of Virginia where I lived until 1802
Ans - I then moved to Henry County Ky where I have lived ever since
Ques - How were you called into the service?
Ans - I was once drafted once as a private for three month and as a Capt. I was called out for three months I have rendered other service which will show as in an amendment to this declaration
Ques - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served and such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect
Ans - There were no regular officers where I
served on my first tour to the Potomac River
then some Companies of Militia but I do not think they amounted to a regiment on my second tour there were but the four companies from Culpeper
Ques - Did you ever receive a discharge and by whom was it signed?
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Ans - I never received a written discharge on my first tour I was verbally discharged by my Cap James Pendleton
Ques - Did you ever receive a Commission and by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
Ans - I did receive a captains Commission and was qualified to said and acted under it but I do not recollect by whom it was signed I was some few years after promoted to the rank of Col'n and supposing that my Capt's Commission was of no longer use I was not careful to preserve it. I had even forgotten who had signed my Commission as Coln until last evening I was looking for my Commission and found my Colns Commission signed by Beverly Randolph
Ques - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and then belief of your services as a soldier of involution
Ans - I will name Samuel Jones Clergyman Major Benjamin Allen Lewis Endacut and Stephen Shaw
We Samuel Jones Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Col William Green who has sworn to and signed the foregoing declaration and Benjamin Allen Lewis Endacut and Stephen Shaw residing in the same neighborhood say we are well acquainted with him we believe him to be 80 years of age he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to be a man of strict veracity and a soldier of the revolution and we concur in the opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this 10th day of Feb. 1834
Samuel Jones
Benj'n Allen
Lewis Endecott
Stephen Shaw
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I Elijah Clubb a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County, and one of the Judges of the County Court of said County of Henry do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the neighborhood of said applicant Benjamin Allen Lewis Endacott and Stephen Shaw who have also signed are now residing in the same neighborhood and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit I further certify that from old age and bodily infirmity that the applicant cannot appear in open Court to make his declaration I further certify that I have been acquainted with Col Green the above applicant for a period of 18 years and that he has during that time sustained an unblemished character for veracity and for every other virtue I further certify that the opinion of his services of the revolution in this neighborhood is general given under my hand as a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County this 10th day of February 1834
Elijah Clubb JP
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the County Court of Henry County do certify that Elijah Clubb before whom declaration was made is a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County and one of the Judges of the Court for which I am Clerk and that the signature purporting to be his genuine and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts In testimony whereof
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I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this date and year aforesaid
Edmund P Thomas
Amendment to the foregoing declaration
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County William Green who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that independent of the service stated in the above declaration that he did render to the United States some service as a minute man in the year of 1771
under Capt. John Green from Culpeper County King and that from old age and a consequent loss of memory that he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he did not serve less than two months as a minute man under Capt. John Green
this 10th day February 1834
Elijah Clubb
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State of Kentucky
Henry County
On this the 6th day of September 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Lucy Green aged 83 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the act of Congress passed
July 4th 1836 she declares that she is the widow of William Green deceased of Henry County who was a pensioner of the United States she states that in the year of 1777 as well as she now recollects that her husband the aforesaid William Green was drafted
in the service of the United States from the County of Culpeper in the State of Virginia as a private solder she thinks he was marched from Culpeper Cort House to Fredericksburg thence she thinks he was marched to the Potomac River to prevent the British from landing the states that she has heard her husband say that at Brents landing they had an engagement with the British She further States that her husband the aforesaid William Green was drafted for a tour of three months and did fully and faithfully serve out said period of time
she further states that her husband after his-
Return home was promoted to the office of Capt. and in the year of 1780, she thinks he did
serve a tour of three months from the aforesaid County of Culpeper and Marched to the lower parts of Va. she thinks about Richmond and Fredericksburg and did serve out the said three months as Capt. She further states that as her husband did in his lifetime make out a declaration setting forth his service and Commission as Capt. which he proved by Respectable long testimony
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she deems it unnecessary for her to give a more full account of his services as his declaration is on file at the department and her recollection is very imperfect as to dates and years she further declares that she was legally married to the aforesaid William Green in the County of Fauquier in the State of Va on the 18th day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and that her husband the aforesaid William Green departed this life on the 8th day of April 1835 and that she has remained a widow every [sic] since that period as will more fully appear by Reference to the proof here to annexed she states that she has herewith sent her family Record stating the day of her Marriage and the Births of her Children Registered by William Green himself She states that she does not offer this Record as conclusive evidence but wishes the department to Judge of it as they may think proper She states that she can prove by a Respectable living witness that she was married at the time She has stated on her declaration
Subscribed and sworn on this the 6th day of September 1838
Lucy Green
Wm O Bannon
State of Kentucky}
Henry County    } SS
I Celia Martin certify that William Green departed this life on the 8th day of April [ ?  ]
Subscribed and sworn on this the 6th day of Sept 1838
Celia Martin
Wm O Bannon JPHC
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State of Kentucky}
Henry County} 
I , William O'Bannon [?] County [?] Lucy Green did before me [?] Subscribe the foregoing declaration [?] make and Subscribe the foregoing affidavit before me [?] certify [?] were [?] the said Lucy Green [?] and believe she is a Lady is of Strict and unquestioned veracity.  Given under my hand as a Justice of the peace in and for Said County this the 6th day of Sept 18
Wm. O'Bannon JPHC

State of Kentucky
Henry County  Sct
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the Henry County court in the State of Kentucky do certify that William O'Bannon is and was at the time of certifying as above an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly Commissioned and qualified that he is a member of County Court of Henry and that his signature is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said Court this the 6th day of Sept 1838 & 47 year of the Commonwealth--
Edmun P Thomas C
By Wioth Thomas JC

State of Ky }
Shelby County}  SS

I Francis Roberts aged 77 years say I am well acquainted with Lucy Green who has made the above declaration and I further certify that she was married to William Green on the 18th day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy five for I was acquainted with


[vertically at left margin:  V381  Lucy Green Kentucky]

[attached paper:  3816]
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her before her marriage and have been ever since that time
subscribed and sworn in this the 10th day of Sept. 1838
her
Francis X Roberts
mark
Wm S Helm J.P.S.C.
State of Kentucky
Shelby County
I William S Helm a Justice of the peace in and said County and one of the Judges of the County Court certify that Frances Roberts did before me make and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Francis Roberts and believe her to be a Lady of the highest Respectability and a Lady of the Veracity
this the 10th day of Sept. 1838
Wm S Helm J.P.S.C.
State of Kentucky
Shelby County
I James S. Whitaker Clerk of the County Court for said County do certify that Wm S. Helm is and was at the time of Certifying the above an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County the above Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the Seal of Said
office this 10th day of September 1838
Ja. S. Whitaker Clerk
Shelby County Court
By W. C. Whitaker DC
Returnable to John Field
New liberty One County Ky
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William Green and Lucy Blackwell was Marrd (married) May 18 1774___
Lucy Blackwell Green Daughter of the above was Born March 15- 1776 ____
Susannah Green Daughter of the above was Born February the 27- 1778____
[left side of page torn]
... Green Daughter of
...ove was Born May....
...obert Green Son of the above was born May 13- 1781
...lizabeth Green Daughter of the above was Born March 6- 1783
_______
Joseph Green as above was Born December 7- 1784
...ey Green as above 
...Sept [bottom of page torn] 1786
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N^o 29.509
William Green 
Kentucky 
F[illegible] 1777 Prt (Private)
Capt 8 months
Pr. 5 ---16.66
Cap 3 --- 60-
$76.66/100
from New Castle
no letter
[signature] J Field 
New Castle
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,

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 subjcined 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of [handwritten] William Green

[Column titles: Period when the service was rendered., Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days., Rank of the claimant., Names and rand of the Field officera under whom he served.,  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service., Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

[handwritten]
1777, 3, Pr. (Private), Cap. Pendleton, 80, Traditionary 
2, Pr. (Private) Col Green, Va.
3, Cap., Col Barbour 

[handwritten] The applicant should produce proof of his having been a commissioned officer, other[illegible] he [illegible] only be allowed a pension at the rate of a privates pay.

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES 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 branch 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, mucicians, 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 where 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    

On this _________ day of _____________ personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of _____________ in the country of _____________ and State, Territory, or District of __________ aged (c) _________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to the 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. *hand pointing to right symbol* 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.]

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 a 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 if 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.

Sworn and subscribed the days 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, the 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 knowledge 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 in 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 whom 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 the 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 whom 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 soldier, 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of 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 transmit such evidence 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.
[ 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 ] 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 clamant 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 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 swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period 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 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 pensions merely state that 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 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.
[ 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 sheet 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 ends 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.
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 witness
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 ] The 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 sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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April 3, 1936
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BA-J/MCS
William Green, W.8868
Professor Hulsey Cason
The University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 8868, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Green.
This soldier was born in September, 1754, in Culpeper County, Virginia. The names of his parents and grandparents were not given.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1777 and served three months as private in Captain James Pendleton's Virginia company. He was commissioned captain and served as such with the Virginia troops for three months from September, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 10, 1834, at which time he was living in Henry County, Kentucky, having
moved there in 1802 from Culpeper County, Virginia.
William Green died April 8, 1835.
This soldier married May 18, 1775, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Lucy Blackwell.
As the widow of William Green, said Lucy Green was allowed pension on her application executed September 6, 1838, at which time she was eighty-three years of age and was living in Henry County, Kentucky.
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The names of the following children of William and Lucy Green appear:
Lucy Blackwell Green | born March 15, 1776.
Susannah Green | born February 27, 1778.
A daughter born in May (name and date torn from record).
Robert Green | born May 13, 1781.
Elizabeth Green | born March 6, 1783.
Joseph Green | born December 7, 1784.
A child born in September, 1786 (name torn from record).
In 1834 one John Blackwell, aged seventy-five years and a resident of Shelby County, Kentucky, stated that he lived in Culpeper County, Virginia, during the Revolution and served under Captain William Green in 1780 but he did not state whether he was related to the soldier's wife, Lucy.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of William Green.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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April 3, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA -J/MMHF:MLB
Wm Green
8868
Professor Hulsey Cason
The University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Borge or Borys, of Fauquier County, Virginia, who married Elizabeth Taylor and died in 1821; of William Green, of Culpeper County, Virginia, who married a Miss Blackwell; of John Montgomery, one of the first settlers in
Hancock County, Georgia; the record of his son, Hugh Montgomery, of the same county; of Matthew Rodgers, of Ireland and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; the War of 1812 record of Moses Green, of Amissville, Virginia, who was born in 1780, married in 1812 Harriet Borge or Borge, and died in 1847; also, the Civil War Confederate records of Augustus Hugh Cason, of Warren County, Georgia, and William Henry Jones, of Columbia County, Georgia; the Civil War record of William Franklin Mala, said to have served as a Federal spy, and the record of Sophia Ball (Green, Mala) Jones, who may have rendered some service in the Civil War, the record of William Jones, of Columbia County, Georgia, who was born in 1802, married Mary Isham Keith, of Georgia, and died in 1867.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a John or Hugh Montgomery of Georgia, nor
of a James Borge or Borys or Matthew Rodgers, nor for service in the War of 1812 of a Hugh Montgomery of Georgia, nor of a Moses Green. Such claims are the source of data furnished by the Veterans Administration in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
The Veterans Administration has no record of service rendered in the Confederate Army, Civil War, hence, no record of service of Augustus Hugh Cason, William Henry Jones and William Jones, of Columbia County, Georgia, named above.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of William Franklin Mala in the Civil War, Union Army, nor record of
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service rendered by his wife, Sophia Ball Green Mala.
herewith.
The Revolutionary War record has been found of a William Green, of Culpeper County, Virginia, who married Lucy Blackwell, which
doubtless, is the record you desire. His record is furnished you herewith.
It is suggested that the military records of those soldiers named above, not recorded in this office, might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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M. C. S. 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
November 4, 1927

Mrs. O. E. Lichiter 
Drury College, Fairbanks Hall
Springfield, Mo.

Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8868, it appears that WILLIAM GREEN was born in September, 1754, in Culpeper County, Virginia, [handwritten] [illegible] parents & gr. parents [illegible] stated.
While a resident of said [handwritten] ^Culpeper he enlisted in 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain James Pendleton's Virginia Company. He was commissioned Captain and served as such with the Virginia troops for three months from September, 1780. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 10, 1834, at which time he was living in Henry County, Kentucky. He died April [illegible], 1835.
He married May 18, 1775, in Feuquier County, Virginia, Lucy Blackwell. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 6, 1838, at which time she was eighty-three years of age and was living in Henry County, Kentucky.
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William and Lucy Green had the following children:
Lucy Blackwell Green | born March 15, 1776.
Susannah Green | born February 27, 1778.
A daughter born in May (name and date torn from record).
Robert Green | born May 13, 1781.
Elizabeth Green | born March 6, 1783.
Joseph Green | born December 7, 1784.
A child born in September, 1786 (name torn from record).
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. 19

In reply to your request of
received a statement of the military history of William Green a
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1777
Sept 1780
---
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 mos
3mos

RANK.
Pvt 
Capt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Pendleton
William Bradley

COLONEL.
James Barbour

STATE.
Va

Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper, VA
Date of application for pension, February 10 1834  (illegible)
Residence at date of application, Henry County Virginia
Age at date of application, b. Sept 1754 in Culpeper County  d. April 8 1835 
 Remarks 
He was  May 18, 1775  in Fauquier  County Va. Lacy Blackwell was (illegible) on an application of Sept 6. 1838 while a resident of  Henry
Co. Ky aged 83 years.  Children Lucy Blackwell born March 15 1776.
Susannah born  February 27. 1778. A daughter born in May (name and date [illegible])
Robert born May 13, 1781.  Elizabeth born March 6. 1783. Joseph born  Dec 7 1784. A child born in Sept 1786 name [illegible]
Respectfully,
Commissioner

I was awarded for apprehending deserters not military service and therefore omitted in above.
service and therefore willed in same
Commissioner.
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J.R.W.
30989
Old War and Navy Division.
3--523.
O. W. & N. DIVISION
NOV. 1, 1900
RECEIVED.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 20, 1900
Madam,
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such
a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
N. B.
I have always supposed that Wm. Green's wife's name was Mary Elizabeth but do not know certainly
Very Respectfully, Mr. C. Wellington
Mrs. A. C. Wellington
St. Anthony Park
[ ? ]
H. Clay Evans
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, William Green E. Fauquier Co. 1763 or 68
Where did he enter service? I think Fauquier Co. Va
Under what officers did he serve? Genl Morgan at Battle of Cowpens of at age 15 years
Place of residence after service, Woodford Co. Ky. for 14 years then moved to Wayne Co Ky.
Approximate date of death, I do not know
Given name of widow. Miss Marshall dan. Q. Markham Marshall
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? I do not know
Additional information, Wm. Green is my great great grand father and I desire this information in connection with felling out of D.A.R. Paper
Signature Mr. A.C. Wellington
Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if amity signs.)
Post-office address, including street and
number, town, county, and State) 2174 Dooley Aur -
Rowsey Co
St. Anthony Park
[ ? ]
14554b3m5- 1900
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1
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Madison
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
February 18, 1936
Veterary administration
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
In connection with a book
I am writing on the history of my
family I would greatly appreciate
having the army service or government
service records or will or any data
which you may have on the parents
and grandparents, place of residence,
date of birth, marriage, etc. of each
of the persons listed below
and oblige,
yours sincerely,
Hulsey Cason
Professor of Psychology
1. Augustus Hugh Cason, of Warren Co, La
b. Dec 13, 1832; d. Aug 29, 1894; M. 1st, Sept 1, 1858, Mary Margaret Beall; m 2nd, Jan 19, 1865, Emma Rebecca Embry (1839-1912), was said to have been a Capt. on Confederate side in Civil War Later lived at Apalachicola, Fla.
2. Tom. Henry Jones, of Columbia Co. La. b. Dec 27, 1840. d. Oct 6, 1922; m Sept 5, 1866, Sophia Ball (Green)
Mala.  His father was Wm. Jones (1802-1867), of Columbia Co, La. who in, Oct. 8, 1835, Mary Isham Keith. Wm. H.J. above was a srvt. in Civil War
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②
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY


on confederate side. Served I believe in
the 12th La. Bolotlion [Battalion]  under Col. Wilberforce Daniel
3. Wm. Franklin Mala, M. Jan 20, 1863,
Sophie Ball Green, of Amissville, Culpeper Co, Va. He was of French descent was said to have been a Federal [illegible] in the civil war. He was an officer in the Union army, was killed 
before Mch 14, 1864, forcibly shot  that by firing squad? Wm. F.M.'s father was S. R. Mola, living on the Eastern shore of Md.
4. Sophie Ball (Green Mola) Jones. She was b.  Dec 5, 1839, d. Jan 18, 1907. Lived
originally at Amissville, Culpeper Co, Va
She m. 1st, Wm. Franklin Mola #3 above; and
m 2nd Sept. 5, 1866, Com. Henry Jones #2 above. Her parents were Moses Green (1780-1847) and
Harriet Borge (b. 1798; d. after Mch 14, 1864) both of Amissville, Va. She was the 14th of 16 children. She was brought up largely by her  maternal Grandmother Elizabeth (Taylor) Borge (1717-1857) of Loudoun Co, Va. I have read many old letters to her, and wonder of she (like her husband) could not have been employed in the Federal espionage system
5. William Jones, of Columbia Co. Ga
b. 1802, d. Oct 3, 1867, m. Oct 8, 1835, Mary Isham Keith,
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3 [handwritten and circled]

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON Department of Psychology [letterhead]

daughter of (John) Marshall Keith and Elizabeth
Jones, both of Columbia Co. Ga. Wm #5 above
came from Calnarion Co. N. Wols; and there
are confused stories of his being left at
Charleston, S.C. (or Savannah) or an infant
(or 11 yr. old) with yellow fever. He manufactured cotton gives later, was wealthy, &
helped to organize the Fredonia Guards.
1812 6. Mores Green, of Amimille, Culpeper Co., Va. b. 1780, d. 1847; m. 1812, Harriet Borge, daughter of James Borge, of Fauquier Co. Va. and Eliz. Taylor, of Loudon Co, Va. He was a
lawyer by profession.
7. Mathew Rodgers, of Ireland and
Mecklenburg Co. N.C. He was ill when
he signed his will Aug 13, 1795. he came to
America before the Revolution. War living
at the date of the Mecklenburg Declaration,
May, 1775.
8 Hugh Montgomery, ^ Rev? War? 1812? of Hancock Co., Ga. he had a brother, David P. Montgomery who was b. Sept 13, 1819, and who m. Mary A. Wood (b. Feb 2, 1843).
9. John Montgomery, of Hancock Co, Ga.
He was one of the first settlers in Hancock Co,
Ga. He had a brother James, and children
Hugh (8 above) and David P.
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4 [handwritten and circled]
The University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Psychology [letterhead]

10. William Green, of one only of Culpeper Co Va. He married Miss _ Blockwell, had children: Robt, James, Em. S, Lucy, Seran, Kitty, Eliz., Celia, and others, including Mary (# 6 above)

11. James Borge, of Fauquier Co, Va. d. 1821. m. 1792, Elizabeth Taylor (1777 - 1857). their children were sophia, judith, Harriet (wife of Morr Green # 6 above),  Ethelbert. He bought land in Fauquier Co in 1803.

[stamped with a round stamp Feb 20 1936]
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Drury College Fairbanks Hall
Springfield, Mo
May 31, 1927

Pension Bureau
Will you please tell me if Capt William Green of the revolutionary war rec'd a pension and the names of his children if they are mentioned.
He died in Henry Co. Ky Ap 8. 1825. He ^ served in Va

Respectfully
Mrs. O. E. Lichliter


[stamped with a round stamp Pension U.S. Office F. Jun 1 1927]
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University of Kansas, Lan [letterhead, crossed out]

2150 Berteau 
Chicago Al 6th 24 -

Commissioner of Pensions
Whasington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Would you be kind enough to give me the Rev. records of the pension drawn by William Green in Ky. in 1832. I think. he was born in 1752 or 51 and he served from Va. as both a private and a Capt. according to family history. I think he lived in Green Co. Ky possibly.

Yours Truly,
Thanette Henderson
2150 Berteau Ave.
93d apt Chicago, Ills
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Nov.  5 1900
A.C. Wellington St. Anthey Park Minn

1920 Mch. 31 Hist to Mrs. Russell Dance letter in S.F. 5742 Wm McClanahan
1921 Nov 17 Hist to Thanette Henderson
1927. Nov. 4 hist to Mrs. O.E. Lickliter
W.C.S.

1936. Apr. 3 Hist to Prof Hulsey Cason M.C.S.


Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 8868 Lucy Green Wid. of William Green Pvt, Va. line
Act: July 4, 36, Dec 3d
Index: - Vol. A, Page 287 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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2 Pension Cases from New Castle
Ken

No letter

I do not know who sent it to me.
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Lucy Green of Williams Kentucky
Suspended 
See let 4 Jan
1839 J. Field 
do 13 Sept 1839

see letter on Benjamin Bridges R. 1193 - I.S.S
Act 4 July 1836

Kentucky
William Green Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
38.33. 4 m ' 34 -
26.35 - 4 m 37

Pen: Officer
Jan: 4. 1839 to 4 March 1835 S.H.H
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3816
Lucy Green of Williams Kentucky
Admitted
Cap & Pr. 8. mos $76.66
Cap Pendleton Col Barton.
Va mil

died 8 April 1835
Act 4 July 1836

Hon W. O. Butler H. R
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[postmark:  Pension Office May 14 1860.]


H.C Burnett M.C
George C Whiting 
Comr of Pensions
Washington 
DC

Let Of Henry Silbing [?]
of Wm Green to Rev pension

Geddes Ex'r
Anderson

R

Lucy Green - William
Ky. ad.  1836 -
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Newcastle K June 23

Hon James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Office
Washington City

[vertically:
Ken. July 1
addl. decl'n
Lucy Green ]
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State of Ky   }
Henry County}  s
on the 4th day of June 1839 personally appeared before me William O.Bannon a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County and one of the Judges of the County Court for said County Mrs. Lucy Green Widow of William Green deceased who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement in order to amend her declaration for a pension for the services of her deceased husband who was a private and Captain in the revolution She states that last fall in the month of September she thinks that she did make a declaration stating and proving hereof to be the widow of William Green and that her marriage did take place previous to the declaration of Independence, and she thinks that all the proof necessary to establish her claim is admitted by the war department from the letter of the Hon James L Edwards to Mr. J Field who had the management of her claim the letter is herewith returned to the department. She states that at the time of her making her declaration from old age and infirmity she was unable to appear in open Court
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to make her declaration she further
states that she is at this time unable to appear in open Court to make a declaration she therefore prays that this statement made under oath before a Justice of the peace may be received by the war department as a supplement to her declaration now on file at
the war office she further states that at the time of her making her declaration that she was not apprised that the regulations required Widows to appear in open Court unless prevented from doing so by old age or bodily infirmity or she would have so stated in her declaration last fall
Lucy Green
Subscribed and sworn to this
4th of June 1839
I William Bannon a Justice of the peace
in and for Henry County and one of the Judges
of the County Court certify that Mrs. Lucy Green did make oath to the foregoing declaration and subscribed the same, I further certify that I was the Justice of the peace before whom she made her declaration last fall and from the age and bodily infirmity
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she was unable to appear in open Court
make her declaration and she is unable
at this time to appear in open Court from old age and infirmity given under my hand as a
Justice of the peace in and for Henry County
this 4th day of June 1839
Wm O Bannon J.P.H.C
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the County Court
County of Henry County Certify that William O Bannon whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for
Henry County and one of the Judges of the
Court for which I am clerk and the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts in testimony where of I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my Office this 22nd day of June 1839
Edmund P Thomas
By Will P Norwood
Returnable to
John Field
New Liberty Owen County Ky
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I John Blackwell of Shelley County
aged 75 years do hereby certify that I was residing in Culpepper County State of
Virginia in the year of 1780 when a draft was ordered in said County of Culpeper and I do know that William Green who has subscribed and sworn to this declaration on the 10th day of February 1834 was in the year of 1780 a Commissioned Captain Sworn in according to
law & acted as a Captain and met his
Company sometime towards the last of
September at Barnet ford on the Rapidan
River according to General orders and marched into the service as such and was gone three months I was living in Culpeper County
and was drafted into the service and
served under him
his
John X Blackwell
mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of March 1834 M. Herrman J. P. S. C.
I Matthew Hushmen a Justice of the peace in and for Shelby County do hereby Certify that John Blackwell who has sworn to & subscribed the preceding certificate is a credible person and his statements are entitled to Credit given under my hand this 28th day of March 1834
M. Herman J. P. S. C
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State of Kentucky
Shelby County
I James S. Whitaker Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County do hereby Certify that Mathew Hershman before whom this certificate was given is and was at the time the said certificate was given a Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the Court for which I am Clerk and tis his signature and full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to his official acts in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and fixed the seal of my office this 29th day of March 1834
Ja S Whitaker Clerk
Shelby County Court