Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1907, William Greenway, Va.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Greenway, William 
NUMBER 
S. 1907
carded
CONTENTS
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7047
Jonesborough Tennessee
William Greenway
of Washington Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Morgan of the Regt. commanded by Col Morgan in the Virginia militia for 2 years from '76
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Febry
1933 and sent to Hon. Jno. Blair H of Reps. [House of Representatives]
Arrears to 4th of March 1833  $100.00
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Septbr 1833  40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L. Williams  Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6  Page 125

Dead
Letters to Hon A McClelland 25th April 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1838 to 3 April 1839 to 8 of the 12 Children. Agent notified 19. Decr 1840
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State of Tennessee Washington County
September Tenn [sic] 1832
On this 12th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Samuel  Powel now sitting as a Court of Law & Equity for the Court of Washington within the State aforesaid William Greenway a resident citizen of this County & State aforesaid aged seventy six 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 7th June 1832  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That being at the time and before a resident citizen of Frederick County Virginia, (in which he was born & raised) he in the year 1884 he volunteered under Capn. Morgan in the spring of the year to go on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians, & Mingos & assembled at Winchester and start out from there under said Capn Morgan, to the Frontier at the mouth of Wheeling via fort down the Ohio, and there remained as a guard until the arrival of Govr. Dunmore, with his troops that when at the same time Col Lewis with troops from upper Virginia had marched to the mouth of New River, & had his battle with the Indians. That Dunmore & Col Stephens commanded after these arrived & marched on within five miles of the treaty ground where was held a treaty with said Indians, & after the treaty
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returned home, having been verbally discharged by Capn Morgan, being at that time in service six months.  after which in the ensuing year in the month of July about the first, he well recollects that he was reaping in the harvest field of Capn Morgan afterward general Morgan when the [[[ came, & he again volunteered under said Capn Morgan in the same County and assembled again at Winchester, and there [illegible] Morgans men marched, without any superior officer to Barton, (which march was made in nineteen days) and on the arrival of said Company the militia from other parts of Virginia & Maryland arrived in the suburbs of Barton and were put under Genl Washington; the cause of the steady march to that place was the seeing of the Battle of Bunkers Hill, shortly after which the said march was made.  and after the arrival of said army at said place at which time, a part of the men under Montgomery took shipping for Quebec, and four hundred chosen men were [selected] to pass a nigh way through the wilderness, to Quebec & await the arrival of Mengtoney [Montgomery?] of which number he was, and set out on foot under Capn Morgan, & marched [crossed out: through a certain illegible & struck the] forty miles to the Bay & there took water after building their batteran and ascended dead river to the lake, and marched round to the St. Lawrence River, operate to Quebec and there remained waiting for men from Montgomery & then crossed over to Quebec 2
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in the night and formed a line from the two rivers and there waited for the arrival of Montgomery who in in short time came down the St. Lawrence & landed in St Abrahams Plains & joined them.  after which they waited for a dark night to ascend the [emenances?  ] and a picked party of men were chosen to take the ladders to ascend (called the fordon lake) of which he was one, Montgomery having gone round with his men, & the men to which he belonged below & each were to meet at this church, that the men under Montgomery never got inside of the walls but were killed at the pickets.  He never reached the church where this deponent & the men with him under [illegible] Arnold had arrived at the proper signal [crossed out: then] and their failing to get succour from Montgomerys men fought for several hours, & finally were obliged to surrender and was ironed & put to jail in the Tower of Quebec where he remained about eight months and the men with him, and at the expiration of that time they parolled him & the other men & sent them to New York at which place he served shortly before the Battle of Long Island, & from thence went to White Plains with Washington's Army & from thence returned home, & recruited under Col Morgans for about eighteen months.  [crossed out: and] On account of his parole of honor, obliging him not to fight thereafter and was in service as before stated.  and served from the month of June 1775 to the month of November 1777 in actual service
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from June until the December following, when he was taken prisoner at the fall of Montgomery (under the immediate command of Arnold) & remained in close prison in irons until the ensuing August or September & as aforesaid was parolled in & thus left the service & returned home. & by the advice of his Capn. Morgan (then Col) commenced recruiting. & continued eighteen months.
That he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove his said services, nor is there a resident minister of the Gospel in his vicinity who knows the facts required to be proved by the instructions of the Secretary of War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
William his x mark Greenway

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 12th September 1832.
Teste. Jas V Anderson  Clk

We John Blair & John Kennedy residing in the County of Washington & State of Tennessee as hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Greenway who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 12th, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Eight of twelve children of Wm Greenway, a Pensioner on the Roll of Jonesborough [illegible] Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and —— Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, have been paid 8/12 of said pension at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 3d April 1839. the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Paris  Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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William Greenway,
from 1776 private
2 years.
$80.

Allowed
L.C.

recruiting   [illegible] 
[illegible]

Hon J. Blair.
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BRIEF in the case of William Greenway,
of Washington Co in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he?  76.
4 State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period: 
In 1774 || about 1 July 1775
Duration of Service.
6 months || [blank]
Rank.
As a private || "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Morgan, Govr. Dunmore || Capt Morgan
States that he was in service from June 1775 to November 1777. The claimant went to Quebec, was taken prisoner (31 Dec 1775.)  States that he was a prisoner about 8 months when he was paroled, arrived at N. York a short time before the battle of Long Island (27 Aug '76).  recruited under Col Morgan for about 18 months, his parole of honor obliging him not to fight thereafter.
5. In what battles was he engaged:  Quebec.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Frederick Co Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  traditionary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not authenticated as required by the regulations, but the clerks signature is on both papers.
I Certify that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm S. Allison  Examining Clerk.
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August 27, 1937.
Mrs. F. B. McHenry 
Green Berry Road 
Jefferson City, Missouri. 

BA-J/ILL 
William Greenway 
S. 1907

Dear Madam:
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 1907, based upon the service of William Greenway in the Revolutionary War.

William Greenway was born and reared in Frederick County, Virginia; the date and place of his birth, and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Frederick County, Virginia, William Greenway volunteered in the spring of 1774, as a private in Captain Morgan's (later General Morgan) Virginia company; they assembled at Winchester from which place they went on an expedition against the Shawnee and Mingo Indians, on the frontier, went down the Ohio River below Wheeling where this company remained as guard until the arrival of Governor Dunmore with his troops, who with Colonel Stephens took command and a treaty was held with the Indians; William Greenway was then discharged by Captain Morgan, having served six months. 

William Greenway enlisted in June 1775, served as private in Captain Morgan's Virginia company, marched to Barten in nineteen days and shortly after arrival was one of 400 chosen men to pass through a near way into Quebec, through the wilderness, was in the battle there, was taken prisoner, was held in irons in jail about eight months, was paroled and returned home in November 1777. 

[Margin note:] Mrs. Finch wrote the service

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he resided in Washington County, Tennessee. William Greenway was aged then seventy-six years. He died April 3, 1832. The name of the wife of William Greenway, and date and place of the last marriage are not shown. Twelve children survived him, their names not given.

In order to obtain the names of the persons to whom the last
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payment of pension was made, you should write the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

William Greenway
Certificate #7037
Issued February 27, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours,
A.D. MILLER,
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator.

2.
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25 April 1840
Hon A McClelland
G.C

Record [illegible] 119  Page 456.
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Pension Office 25th April 1840
Sir  In answer to your letter of the 23d inst in the case of William Greenway decd. I have to inform you that the amount due is payable to the widow if there be one if not to the child or children of the deceased.  if there be neither widow nor child then the administrator can draw the amount due but not otherwise.  The [illegible] printed instructions should be strictly complied with.
Hon A McClelland
Ho of Reps. [House of Representatives]
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No [illegible]

J.S. Edwards Esq
Pension office

Hon A. McClellan
HR [House of Representatives]
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Washington City  April 23 1840
Mr Edward Esq
Sir  I am told that there was a Mr Wm Greenway upon the last Tennessee Pension roll who died the 3d of April 1829 and there was due him some fifty Dollars  his Executors and Administrators made application to the Pension agent for it and he informed them as they say that they would have to bring all the Ares [heirs] together before they could draw the money  this they say cant be done as they are scattered in different parts of the union
Please inform me how the Administrators will have to note to draw the [illegible] if Pension due at the time of the death of the Pensioner
Yours Respectfully
A. McClellan  JofPeace [Justice of the Peace]
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And the said Court do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after propounding the interrogatories prescribed by the instructions of the Department of War, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he has stated.  And the Court further certifies that is appears to him that John Blair & John Kennedy who have signed the foregoing certificate are resident Citizens of the County of Washington, & are credible persons & their statement entitled to full faith & credit.
S. Powel [or Morris?] Judge of the Circuit Courts of the State of Tennessee.

I James V Anderson Clerk of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the County of Washington do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Greenway for a pension 
[Seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 12th September 1832.
Jas V Anderson  Clk
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[Possibly crossed out:] And the said Court do hereby declare the pension that it is his pension that with 

988?
William Greenway
(alias Grenaway)

to be processed
[illegibla]
whether the claim 
cannot be allowed

by John Blair
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Greenway, which require proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2 & 7 restrained 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For —— year —— months, and —— days, I served as a ——  For —— months —— days, I served as a —— ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply 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 shewn 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.
+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate and administer the oaths trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. ++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[Manicule] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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WILLIAM GREENWAY S1907 Virginia, Revolutionary War
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August 27, 1937.   our

BA-J / ILL
William Greenway 
S. 1907

Mrs. F. B. McReary
Green Berry Road
Jefferson City, Missouri.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Anthony Garten, Benjamin Garten of Virginia, and James Garten who served in the Maryland troops or one who lived in Virginia and, later, in Harrison County, Kentucky, also, the records of Aquila Perkins and William Greenway, a pensioner of Washington County, Tennessee.  The Garten, you state, is spelled also Gastes, Gayner and Garden.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Anthony, Benjamin or James Garten.  The surname has been searched under other spellings and no Anthony found, nor Benjamin or James as described, nor record of an Aquila (Quilla, Quilly, etc.) Perkins.  The record of William Greenway is furnished you herewith as found is pension claim, S. 1907, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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Missouri Society Daughers of the American Revolution MRS. HENRY CLAY CHILES, STATE RECENT MRS. FOSTER BOLTON MAHENRY STATE REGISTRAR GREEN BERRY ROAD. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. 

RECEIVED JUL 6 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
READER #37

July 2, 1937 
The Veteran's Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: 
I have been informed that one William Greenway of Frederick County, Va., and later of Washington County, Tenn., received a pension for his services in  the Revolutionary War. I would be pleased to have this record as well as any information you may have concerning his wife's family, the Humphreys of Frederrick County, Va. 

I have located the grave of this William Greenway in East Tennessee near Jonesboro. I also have a complete genealogical record from this man down to my self and lack only the proof of service. O 

The War Department sent the record of Benjamin Garton [check O check] as follows: "The records show that one Benjamin Garton served in the Revolutionary War as a Seaman in the Virginia State Navy. His name appears on a record under the heading: 'A List of State Soldiers and Seaman who have received Certificates for the balance of their full pay. Agreeable to Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781,' which shows that on August 29, 1786, the sum of L84 S18 D11 was drawn by one Joseph Saunders." 

I found the following printed record in "The History of Virginia's Navy" [note: B or A one & of DC Lee] by Robert Armistead Stewart, page 189: Garton [check] (Gaston [O]) Benjamin of Lancaster Co., Va. Able Seaman MC II 245. As this name appeared in a list of men who received land script I thought there might be a pension record. If so I would like to have it. 

I descend from this [O] Benjamin [check] Garton who left a will in Lancaster Co., Va. in 1793 or from an [check] Anthony Garton who left a will in the same county in 1795. It is very likely that these men were brothers and that they both served in the Revolution. Any information concerning either would be most acceptable. 

I know that a James [check] Garton [O check](Garner [check] [B or A no James Ned, Rv) (Garden [O check] [or Va Li illegible]) served in James Peale's Company, 1st Maryland Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. John H. Stone in the Revolution. He enlisted May 12, year not shown, for 3 years. His name first appears on the company muster roll for August, 1778, dated White Plains September 2, 1778. He reenlisted for the war about February, 1779, dated Middle Brook March 3, 1779.

My genealogical record from a James Garton who later lived in Harrison County, Ky. are complete down to myself. I feel sure that this James Garton was a son of one of the two men mentioned above. I do know that my James lived in Virginia before he moved to Kentucky. If there is a pension record giving his wife and children's names I can prove this record. 

It is possible that you have a pension record of Aquilla Parking [O] ( wife Lydia --) of Fayette County, Ky. and later of Harrison County, Ky. He died in 1845. I descend
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directly from this man.  I would appreciate any information given.
Thanking you for your kind attention, I am
Very sincerely yours,
(Mrs. F.B.) Madge W. McHenry
(Mrs. F. B. McHenry)

RECEIVED JUL 6 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
READER #37
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Rev War  1907
INVALID.
File No. 1907
Wm Greenway
Pvt. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:— Vol. A,  Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870]

1937- Aug. 27. Hist to Mrs F.B. McHenry  ILL