Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,792, Allen Green, R.I.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
R. I.

Green, Allen.

NUMBER 
S 21, 792

CONTENTS
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27.032
Rhode Island
Allen Green of Charleston in the State of N. J.
Who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Green of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Champlin in the R. Island line for 9 mos.
Payments to be made to [illegible] Green widow of claimant deceased
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 30 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Jany 1834 and sent to Hon. D. I. Prince House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833   $60.00
Day of death allowance ending 8 Aug 33   $12.84
[underline]
$72.84
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 2d Page 111
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Declaration of 
Allen Greene
23705

W Updike
Kingston
R J
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DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
COUNTY OF Washington

On this 5th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Allen Greene 
a resident of Charleston in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, aged seventy seven 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 as herein stated -

He was born in the Town of [   ] County of Kent in [  ] & his age is [  ] he lived in Charleston where he resides
in the Family  Bible, in the summer of 1776 a Draft was ordered by the General Assembly of this State as He understood, for the purpose of sending Men to defend the Islend of Rhode Islend each Town in the County of Washington was to raise a certain number of Men, they were to be drafted from the Militia, unless the number was made up by Volunteers, he belonged then, to the second Company in Charleston, of which Company Amos Greene was Captain Beniot Lewis Leut. & Daniel Stafford Ensign, the Regiment to which the Company belonged was commanded by Joseph Noyes Colonel, Jesse Champlin,  Lt. Col, Jesse Maxson Major. He does not now know how many men the Town of Charleston were to raise, the two confirmed what [   ] the Militia of the Town of Charleston assembled at the House of Jesse Champlin, in said Charleston and then were called upon to volunteer in the first place, and he and eight others volunteered for the term of three Months and remained to Newport, and [  ] company of State Troops or drafted Men, of which John Grant was Captain, one Randall was first Leut, one Wells second Leut.
he has forgotten their christian names & Daniel Stafford was Ensign of the Company was attached to a Regiment of which John Cooke was Colonel, he does not remember the names of the other Field Officers. 
Before the three Months expired the  British Fleet came into Newport and the Americans being unable to defend the Island, retreated off the Island and went over Howlands Ferry, to Tiverton, where they encamped, he remained at Tiverton until his time expired and some time afterwards, when he returned home, it was a little after Christmas in 1776. In the spring of 1777, one third of the Company to which he belonged was called out, of which number he was one, and the Leutenant Beniot Lewis took the command, they were called out to guard the shore and stationed at a House occupied by the said Beniot Lewis, he remained there one Month, he also remembered of being stationed afterwards at the
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House of Thomas Champlin in Point Judith, one month, with Captain Greene. He was also stationed twice, at the [illegible] in Point Judith one Month each, but is unable to state the times precisely, but is confident of having been there twice. In October 1777, on half of the Company was called out as he thinks, with the same Company [illegible] Joseph Noyes was then Colonel of the Regiment, and the same was embodied marched to [illegible] where they staid all night, from thence the marched thinks Greenwich to Warrick Neck, where they remained two or three days, and were thence transferred across the River or Bay in Boats & landed near Bristol, & then went down into [illegible] Neck, in the State of Massachusetts, from thence they marched to Trenton, where they staid some time, and awaited about in named places, untill the enterprise was abandoned, without making any landing on the Island. He walked home by the way of Taunton being unable to get across the Bay, or over Glades Ferry. He was absent on the expedition as he thinks about one month. In August 1778, the Regiment was again called out, Amos Greene was the Captain of the Company to which he belonged, they marched from Charleston to Tiverton, from thence to Greenwich from thence they were transported across the Bay to Bristol and came over Bristol Ferry, and united to the Jones, then on the Island of Rhode Island, under the command of General Sullivan. He was in the [illegible] of the troops and in the Battle, which took place on the Island, the Americans were compelled to retreat off the island, after the departure of the French Fleet, he was dismissed at Tiverton, and came home by the way of Taunton again, he was absent on this expedition one month and returned home lame and in bad health. In August 1779, the Regiment was again called out, or part of it, of which part he was one. Joseph Stanton Jr Was the Colonel of the Regiment, [illegible] Lt. Col. & Joseph Pendleton [illegible], Beriah Lewis was Captain of the Company to which he belonged. Peleg Cross Lieutenant & Thomas Greene Ensign. They were marched to [illegible] and encamped at the Four Corners, the English soon afterwards evacuated Newport, and they were dismissed. He was called on no more during the war. He is not acquainted with any Clergymen and when the [illegible] to Hoxie Pery & Elisha Greene of Charleston, who are acquainted with him [illegible] his [illegible], and that it is stated as below in his [illegible]
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that he was a soldier of the Revolution. He has lived in Charleston ever since he was ten years old.

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.
Allen Green
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in Open Court
Witn. Saml. Helme Clk

We Hoxie Perry residing in the Town of Charleston and Elisha Greenman residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are all acquainted with Allen Greene who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of 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
Hoxsie Perry
Elisha Greenman

Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid.
Witn. Samuel Helme Clk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatries prescribed by the War Department, that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that ____ who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a __________ resident in the ______ and that Hoxie Perry and Elisha Greeman who has also signed the same residents in the Town of Charlestown and are credible persons and (illegible) their statements are entitled to credit. and the Court do further Certify that from his knowledge and examination of Ethan Crandall, Daniel Edwards, and William Kenyon Subscribers to the preceeding Deposition the Court Consider their Testimony Contained in their Depositions entitled to Credit.

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Allen Greene, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of February AD 1833.
Sam Helme Clk.
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
At a Court of Probate held at Charleston in the County of Washington, on the second Monday of December 1833.
Whereas it is made to appear before this Court upon satisfactory guidance that Allen Greene late of Charleston appeared who when in full life was an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June the seventh 1832 died in said Town of Charleston on the Eighth day of August 1833 aged seventy eight years. In it is also made to appear, before said Court, that Phebe Green is the Widow of the said Allen Greene, and is now resident in said Charleston. In testimony whereof I Samuel Stanton, Clerk of said Court, have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of December 1833 By order and in behalf of said Court. 
Samuel Stanton Clk.

I hereby certify that Saml Stanton above named is Clerk of the probate Court of the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island and I believe the above signature to be genuine.
Justice of Peace
Pension Office
Dec. 26, 1833
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23705
Allen Green
Rhode Island

Private 9 months

5-81600

Hon. D. J. Prince
H.R.
Mass
Certificate to be issued in favor of Phebe Green Widow of the Applicant who died on the 8th of Aug 1833.

39250 (8/3)
24
10

5.00
6/1500
250
1200
34
1284
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 subjoined 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. These point 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Allen Green Rhode Island

Vol. 

Perion when the service was rendered.
1776
1777
1777
1778
1779

Duration of the Claimant's service
Years.
- 
"
"
"
time not stated.

Months
3
"
3
about 1
time not stated.

Days.
- 
"
"
"
Time not stated.

Rank of the claimant.
Pr.
"
"
"
"

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Green
" Gant
Lieut Lewis
Capt. Green
Same
Green
Lewis

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Champlin
Cook
Same
Col. Noyes
Gen Sullivan
Col. Stanton

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
On R. Island

Country through which he marched
Newport
Howland's Ferry
Tiverton
Point Judith
Warrick Neck
Swansey Neck
State of Mass.
Greenwich Rhode Island
Newport

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
77 years
State of Rhode Island

Evidence by which the declaration is supported

Traditionary Evidence & Living Witnesses
Papers not authenticated

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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," 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, musicians 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} SS.
On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before ___ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year of (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. 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 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.G., 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 of 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 day 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, 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 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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, therefor, 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, on 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 you 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 enquiry 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 of 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, 1833, and in case of death, subsequent (illegible) 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 titles 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] The 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 claimant 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 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."

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 to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served tow 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, he 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[j] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troop. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This 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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July 28, 1928

Mrs. W. M. Gats
Narragansett
R.I.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionay War pension claim S. 21792, it appears that Allen Green was born in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, date not stated.
While residing in Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, he enlisted and served as a private with the Rhode Island Troops as follows-- 
In 1776, three months in Captain John Cavet's Company, Colonel John Cooke's Regiment; in the spring of 1777, one month under Lieutenant Beniah Lewis; and later in 1777 four months in Captain Greene's Company, Colonel Joseph Noyes' Regiment; from in August 1778, one month in Captain Amos Greene's Company, and was in the battle of Rhode Island; from in August 1779 in Captain Beniah Lewis' Company, Colonel Joseph Stanton's Regiment, length of service
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not shown. He also stated that he was out on other alarms, no details given.
He applied for pension, September 5, 1832, at which time he was living in Charlestown, Rhode Island, and he died there August 8, 1833, aged seventy-eight years.
The pension due him was allowed to his widow, Phebe, who also lived in said Charlestown. There are no further data as to family.

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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State of Rhode Island & etc.
Washington County sc. South Kingstown, Sept. 4th 1832

Personally appeared the aforenamed Ethan Crandall, Daniel Edwards & William Kenyon and before deposing as aforesaid were by me, carefully cautioned, examined and sworn to testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and gave the foregoing depositions which were reduced to writing by me in their presence and they signed the same in my presence. And I further certify that the said deponents are well known to me and that they sustain a fair character for truth and that their depositions are entitled to credit.

(signature) Wilkins Updike Justice Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Washington County, sc

I Samuel Helme, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Washington & state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wilkins Updike Esq. before whom the deposition annexed were taken and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace, duly elected and qualified within and for the county of Washington in said state and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Fourteeth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

(signature) Saml. Helme Clerk
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Allen Greene
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The Deposition of Ethan Crandall of Charlestown in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island aged 74 years on oath testifies and says that he knows Allen Green now an applicant for a pension. That I was in the expedition called [illegible] expedition and that from circumstance that transpired I have reason to believe that said Allen Greene was there doing duty as a private in the expedition. I know Mr. Green to be a man of unblemished character for truth & have not the least doubt of the truth of his declaration and the general expectation has been & now is that said Greene was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and is so believed in is neighborhood and never heard it contradicted.

(signature) Ethan Crandall
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Deposition of
William Kenyon on the
application of
Allen Greene
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The deposition of Daniel Edwards of Charlestown in the County of Washington state of Rhode Island aged 75 years on oath testifies & says that he is acquainted with Allen Greene now an applicant for a pension. That in the year 1776 there was a draft to go on to Rhode Island before the British took possession of that Island and at that draft Allen Greene of Charlestown & myself turned out as volunteers and joined the drafted men under the command of Captain John Gavit of Westerly and went on to the Island of Rhode Island & said company volunteered into Col. John Cookes' regiment and was then when the British came in & took possession & said Greene was in the company that dragged the guns out of the Fort & carried them to Howland's Ferry and encamped at said Howlands Ferry and stayed our three months out, the term for which we volunteered and I think that we were persuaded to volunteer longer & I believe we did stay longer than the three months but it is too long ago I have almost forgot the latter circumstance. The way was that an order came to draft so many men from every town & ten of us in Charlestown volunteered. Said Allen Green & myself turned out as volunteers with others & the [illegible] drafted. 

(signature) Daniel Edward
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State of Rhode Island
Washington County sc South Kingstown Sep 5th. 1832

Personally appeared Daniel Edwards the written deponent and before deposing was carefully cautioned examined and sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and gave the written deposition which was reduced to writing by me in his presence & by him signed in my presence & was read to him and he declared the same to be true.
Before me
(signature) William Updike, J. Peace

(the following is written sideways on the right margin)
Deposition of Daniel Edwards in application of Allen Greene
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The deposition of William Kinyon of Richmond in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island aged 77 years on oath testifies & says that he well knows Allen Greene now an applicant for a pension That I was an enlisted soldier and on the Fort on Rhode Island before the British came in & took possession in 1776 and while I was there Allen Greene arrived there as a private in the company of Capt. John Gavit of Westerly as a volunteer and served there until the British came in & took possession and then he marched in said company over to Howland's Ferry. How long he served after that I cannot say under this captain.

I also know that said Allen Greene served as a drafted man on Rhode Island in the expedition under Gen Sullivan and was in the action in Col. Noyes's regiment.

The said Greene was drafted a number of times afterwards & served because he lived in my neighborhood and I knew it to be so but he being quartered at other places I cannot tell under whom & how long he served but I know that said Greene was always prompt & zealous in the cause.
William Kinyon
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State of Rhode Island}
Washington County} Ss. So Kingston Sep. 5th 1832

Personally appeared the within named William Kinyon and before deposing was by me carefully cautioned examined and sworn to testify to the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth which Deposition was then by him given & reduced to writing by me in his presence & read to him & by him signed in my presence.
Before me Wilkins Updike J Peace
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of
Pensions Washington County
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Washington December 19th 1833

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Mr. Allen Greene the applicant being now deceased and all the terms of duty being fulfilled stated, except the duty, being perfectly stated, except the last tour. I as attorney for his widow, Phebe Greene, withdraw all claim on account of the last tour, and agree to except or grant, as a Private, for eight months, which are specifically stated. Return the papers to me, or the certificate, when the application is disposed of.

Yours etc.
Sylvester G. Shearman
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Narragansett R.I.
Sept. 29, 1927

Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs - 

From the Greene Geneology I find Allen Greene born 1755 died 1833 was a Pensioner of the Revolution. Lived near Shamrock Mills town of Richmond, R.I. Their town records of the olden times having been lost by fire, are the proofs of his having served in the Revolution available. I would like them, if so.

Very truly
Mrs. W. M. Gates
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R G
2 Spring St. Westerly, R.I.

Department of the Interior.
Washington D.C.

I would like to obtain a record of the pension granted to Allen Greene of Charlestown R. I. for services rendered during the war of the American Revolution

Yours truly
Mrs. John P. Randall
December 9, 1896
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L.W.B.
I. 21792.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are not in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., 

Jany. 4th, 1897.

Madam: - 
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Allen Green, a soldier of the revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 5th, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Charleston, R. I., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the R. I. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under the Capt. Amos Greene and Col. Champlin. He enlisted at Char Charleston, R. I. 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. John P. Randall,
2 Spring St., Westerly, R. I.
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(Left hand side of document as follows)
21792
Invalid
Revolution
File No. 21792
Allen Greene
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th '32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870]

(top right hand side of document as follows)
1928 July 21 Hist. to Mrs. W. M. Gates [illegible]

(Bottom right hand side, upside down)
January 4 97 Histy
to Mrs. Jno. P. Randall
Westerly R. I.