Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8869, John Green, Vt.
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SERVICE                                                  NUMBER
Vt.        Green, John                      W. 8869
            or Greene
                             Anna

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CONTENTS
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Green, John
Vt.  W 8869


82.
1833                              1786
1764                                   12
                                        1765

John Green publishment
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This certifies that the Barns of Matrimony have
duly been hereby published according to Law between John Green &  Anna Fitz both of Machias                             Ralph H. Bambes
                                            Town Clerk

Machias
26th Sept 1786
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7287
Kentucky 
John Green
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of Harding Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tyler of the Regh commanded by Col Fletcher in the Vermont line for 10 mo & 18 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of
35 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of March 1833 and sent Saml Hayscraft Elizabeth Town Kuds
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33              $70.64
Semi-an. allowance ending 4  Sep         $17.66
                                                                    $88.30



{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk

Book E            Vol.  7               Page 10
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John Greens
11834
Declaration



Declaration & Certificate sworn
to me in open Court Sept 20th 1832

S. Haycraft, Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 - 1832

State of Kentucky}
County of Hardin}ss

On this day the 20th of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Paul J. Booker, Commonwealth circuit
Judge, now sitting, John Greene a resident of the County of Handen and State of Kentucky, aged 68 years on the 10th of next February
who being fine 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 7th 1832-

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He states that in year 1780 in month of November he entered ┃
as a substitute for one Jethro Brown and served for one month and a half. He started from the Town of Putney in the state Vermont with Captain Joseph Tyler and Lieutenant John
son and marched to Castleton Fort there he remained till the one month & a half had expired and was discharged-
Also He States in the year 1781- in the first of March he enlisted with the State troops for one year, under Captain Josiah Fish-
Samuel Fletcher was the Colonel and Mr Augsburg  was our Major. He started from Putney in Vermont and march again across the Green Mountain to Castleton Fort - he went out with a scouting party to lake Champlain, and also to Skeene borough-- He remained the rest of his time guarding the Fort and was discharged on the 3rd day of December following-
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He states that he never received any written
discharges and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his services-

He herby relinquishes all every claim to holever 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 or to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.          John Greene

We Blakeley C Wood, a clergyman residing in the County of Hant and State of Kentucky and Horatio G. Wintersmith residing in the County of Hardin & state of I hereby certify, that we are
acquainted with John Greene, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and the we concur in the opinion.
B C Wood
H.C. Wintersmith

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter 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 Blakesley C. Wood who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Hart, Kentucky and that Horatio G. Wintersmith who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Hardin & State of and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Paul J. Booker
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I Samuel Haycraft [of Clerk ]of the clerk of the
Haran Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the maker of the application of John Green for a Pension,

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Office this 20th day of the
1832

Saml Haycraft, Clerk
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Kentucky 4939 
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Anna Green,  widow of John Green, dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 28 July 1833-
of Hardin Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain Tyler of the regt commanded
by Col Fletcher in the Vermont line for 10 mos & 18 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 35 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of January 1840, I sent to H. Haugh
Elizabeth Town-Kentucky
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839            $123, 62
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 17.66
                                                                  $141.28

{Act July 7, 1838}


Recorded byD. McCurdy, Clerk
Book A        Vol. 2              Page 211


Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt notified 16 June 1841
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6290
Anna Grees
Declarator for pension-

Kentucky
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State of Kentucky
Hardin County Set

On this 21 day of October 1839 Personally appeared before the County Court of Hardin in open Court Anna Green a resident of the State of Kentucky in the County of Hardin aged 77 years who being first duly sworn
the according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Green who was a private soldier in the State of Vermont in the revolutionary war she how long he served nor whether he was does not know what he was a pensioner when a volunteer but she statement before he he died, and had drawn one or more monies and that he died in the County & State aforesaid

She further declared that she was married to the said John Green on the 26th day of September 1786 and that her husband the aforesaid John Green died on the 28 day of July 1833 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the manage
took place previous to the first of January Seventeen stated    Anna[X mark]Green

Sworn to and subscribed On the day and year above written before the County Court of Hardin in the State aforesaid.

She further states on oath that the certificate marked, and  enclosed herein and in entistance as follows "This certifies that the Banns of Matrimony have been duly published according to law between John Genonna Fits both of Machias
Marshia 26th Sept 1786           Ralph H Barnes
                                                        Town Clerk
is the hand writing of Ralph H. Bambes that her and her husband have kept said certificate
as evidence of their marriage since the date of
said certificate and that John Green and herself
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are the identical persons therein named, that
their said Marriage took place in the State of
maine that she beleives this is all the written
evidence of their marriage, that she knows
of no living witness his by whom she can prove
her said marriage. Anna[his X mark] Green

Scamel Burba this day personally appeared in open Court before the county court of Hardin, & made oath that the above named Anna Green is a woman of good moral character, and that
she is entitled to full credit on oath that the
aforesaid John Green the husband of the
said Anna Green died on the 28th day of July
1833 and that the said Anna Green has not
married since the death of her husband
John Green aforesaid and also

This day personally appeared in open court
Benjamin Jenkins and states that John Green
the husband of Anna Green aforesaid did
on the 28 day of July 1833 that the said
Anna Green has not married since the death of the said John Green her husband that she is a woman of good moral character and entitled to credit on oath
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At a court held for Hardin County at the Court
house in Elizabeth Town on Monday the 21st day of 1839 being a court of Record. "On this day Anna Green an applicant for a pension came into Court in open court and subscribed and swore to her declaration for the sa and the court do hereby declare their opinion
that the applicant is the widow of John Green deceased known to be a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, also the affidavits of Scamel Burba and Benjamin Jenkins two reputable witnesses appended to the said declaration were sworn to in open court &
ordered to be certified

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Set

I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the Court of the County of Hardin and State aforesaid
copied from the Record in my office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of October
1839.

Saml Haycraft Clerk of Hardin County Court
By E Haycraft D.C.H.C.C.
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11834
John Green
Kentucky

from 1780 private 10 mo. 18 days
$35.32

Saml Hayscraft
Elizabeth Town K
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BRIEF in the case of John  Green County of Hardin in the State of Kentucky 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a  Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 68

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.                      Duration of Service.
In 1780 Sub-             Years,   Months,    Days.
1781 enlisted-                               1              15
                                                       9                3

Rank As a 
Private                            
Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Tyler & Lee Johnson ┃
Capt Fish Col Fletcher
Major Ansbury

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Putney Vermont

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition


8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? right

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

C. W. Forrest
Examining Clerk
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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
John Green--------------------which require  further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

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?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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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
John Green which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

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 amount of pension he is entitled?
 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
 
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

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? Yes

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 not enter
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year
months, and days, I served as a- For______________months and_____________ days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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
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 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.
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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Free                   Pension Office

File with  Anna Green
Hon. Secretary War Department  D. C.

6290
Nov . 2.0
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Elizabeth Town Ky Nov 16 1839


Dear Sir 
Mrs Anna Green who is an applicant for a pension & has forwarded on her vouchers
to the war department has red your letter, the result of her case she is anxious to know, write to Anna Green or
H Hough Elizabeth Town Kentucky

H Hough
Attest: for Anna Green
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,June
June 8th 1841

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, Anna Green
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky
Agency, at the rate of Thirty five Dollars and 32
Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 July
1838, has been paid at this Department, from the to the 4th  Sept 1840

Respectfully yours
R. Parris, Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8869
Anna Green
Wid of John Green
Pvt. Vt. line
Act: July 7, /38
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 287

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6290
Anna Green
of John
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Kentucky
Admitted
Pr 10 mo. 18 days                          $35.32
Cap Tyler; Col. Fletcher Vt.

died 28 July 1833


Act 7 July 1838

H. Hough

Elizabeth Town
Ken