Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23139, Nathan Green, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | Mass.
NUMBER | W. 23139
Green, Nathan or Nathaniel
Sarah
CONTENTS
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9.965
New York
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Nathan Green
of Ontario City in the State of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wepon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years 1780
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Ap 1819 and sent to Micah Brooks Esq East Bloomfeld New York
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10693031 82.63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 6 mos 48.
$130.63
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Contd. Notice sent Dec. 15th 1820 to Stephen Phelps Canandaigua N York
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Reported 770
982
New York Albany
Sarah Green widow of Nathaniel Green who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Corpl & Sergt.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 14 dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July 1848 and sent to Hon. Henry Nes [illegible]
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 2, 1848 Page 75 vol. 4
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Nathan Green [2nd?] Master Serg. Col Smith's regiment
1780 - 3 years Dec. 25 [illegible] 1818
Wepor's ref. to Map [illegible] Three years
Admitted
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State of New York Ontario County ss

On the 25th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges at the Court of Common Please in and for said county personally appears Nathan Green aged sixty years was sworn doth depose and say that he enlisted into the company commanded by Cap. Joseph Pettingell in the regt. commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Brigade commanded by Brig. Genl Heath of the Massachusetts line at the town of Westminster [illegible] of [illegible] in [illegible] state on or about the first of January 1776 for the term of one year that he continued in the service of the United States for the full term at the expiration of which he enlisted into a company commanded by Cap. Abraham Child in the Regt commanded by Col. James Wepon in Brig. Genl. Learned's brigade of the Massachusetts line for three years that he served the full term of three years unto the first of Jany 1780 at which time he took a written discharge which discharge is lost. That in Jany 1780 he again enlisted during the war in Cap. Allens company in the Regt. comd by Col. Smith in Genl Glovers brigade that he served in said Reg for one year was then transferred to Col John Draytons Reg - where he served to the close of the was as quarter master sergeant at which time he received a written discharge which discharge he left with Cap Ezra Eaton at West Point in the year 1788 that he did not again see Capt Eaton in the year 1788 when Capt Eaton said he knew not what had become of it that he was at the battle of Stillwater, on Long Island and others. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of April 1818
Micah Brooks }} Nathan Green
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I Micah Brooks one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Ontario, do certify that it appears to my full satisfaction that Nathan Green did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as is stated in the within declaration. And it fully appears to me from a personal knowledge of his circumstances that he really needs the assistance of his country for support.
Micah Brooks

Col. Wipon Capt [illegible]
[enlisted?] 1 June 1777 Corpl
1 Aug 1779 Eng
1 Jany 1780 [illegible] discharged

Nathan Green
Sargt Col Smith Regt
1780 - 3 years Dec. 25th A.D. 1818
Wepon's Regt [illegible] three years
Admitted

State of New York
Ontario County

In testimony that Michah Brooks when name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in & for the County of Ontario & that the same is his signature thereunto 
Subscribed my name & office the County seal at Canandaigua this 26th day of August AD 1818
Tho. McNair Clerk
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Case of 
Nathan Green
Bristol Ontario Co
9.961
Certify
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STATE OF NEW YORK
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss

On this 9th day of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Nathan Green aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Bristol in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

During the term of seven years, commencing in 1776 in Captain Joseph Pettingale's Company in Col Baldwin's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, that in 1777 he enlisted in Captain Abraham Child's Company for the term of three years, in Col. Weston's Regiment & was discharged from said regiment in January 1780, & on the same day that he received his discharge, he enlisted again, during the war & was regularly discharged again from Col. John Grattan's regiment on the 7th of June 1783 -

and that he made application for a Pension on the twenty fifth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate 9961. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have no, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.

one cow & calf and yearling heifer ___ #7.00
three hogs and one shoat ___ 7.00
fifteen sheep ___ 10.50
one loom and three reeds ___ 6.00
one set knives and forks ___1.00
one ladiron and spoons ___1.50
two augers and four axes ___ 3.75
two jugs and two crocks ___.50
three pails ___ 1.00
one pot, one dish kettle & tea kettle ___ 2.00
one frying pan and one scythe ___ 0.75
one scythe and two pitchforks ___ 1.50
four tin basins and one tin pail ___ .37
one earthen teapot & one glass ___ .25
two tin pans & one earthen pot ___ .50
13 plates and one bowl ____ .75
2 wheels, 1 shovel $ 2 chests ____ 5.00
one chain, shovel and tongs ____ 1.25
one table and trammell ____ 2.50
#62.12
Nathan Green
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And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer, and that by means of an accident that occurred to me sometime since, I am able to work but very little, and that my family consists of my wife aged fifty one years my daughter Puella, very sickly ages twenty two years my daughter Teresa aged twenty years and of a weak constitution, Jefferson aged seventeen years.  Alva aged fifteen years, and Deborah aged nine years and that I am unable to support my family without account to public or private charity. 
Nathan Green

Sworn to and declared this 9th day of November 1820 in Open Court before me
Micah Brooks
a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

Ontario County, xx

I John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of said Court; and I further certify, that it is of the opinion of the said Court; that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is sixty two dollars and 12 cents.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 14 day of November 1820.

J. Van Fossen Clerk of the Court of aforesaid, in and for said County.
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N.4560
Sarah Green
wife of Nathanial
Application fo a Pension

Married 17 June 1788
Husband 15 April 1823
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State of New York
Ontario County ss

I Tresse Green of the town of Naples in the County of Ontario having in my custody the Family Records of Nathanial Green late of the town of Bristol in said county, deceased, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the Family Record of Nathanial Green, deceased, with the exception of the date, which expressed on more in fair legible figures as follows -
"Nathaniel Green and Sarah Rogers was married January 17 1788"
Trisse Green

I Trisse Green above named depose and say that I am the daughter of Nathaniel Green deceased that I am a resident of the town of Naples in the county of Ontario. That I am thirty eight years of age - that I always resided in my father's family during his lifetime - that my father Nathaniel Green died on the 15th day of the year 1823. That I resided in his family at the time of his heath that my father kept during his life time a Family Record in which family records is an entry of his marriage with Sarah Green my mother - also the day & year of the birth of each of his children and the day & year of the deaths of his deceased children with their ages respectively at the time of their decease. That the said entries in the Family Record are all made in my father's handwriting, with which I am well acquainted - That since the death of Nathanial Green my father the said Family Records has remained in my custody and that the above is a true extract from the Family Records of said Nathaniel Green with the exception above named as certified by me. That since the death of my father, Nathaniel Green, Sarah Green his wife has remained a widow, being is now a widow of Nathaniel Green deceased and further says that she has known the record from which the above extract has
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been made more that twenty five years ago it has always beed referred to by all the members of her father's family as the family Record of Nathaniel Green deceased. That the said Record is full & complete in every respect & this deponent has no doubt that the said Record is what it purports to be the Family Record of Nathaniel Green deceased

Tresse Green

Subscribed to & sworn this tenth day of January 1839 before me
Jeremiah B Parish, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

I Jeremiah B Parish one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Ontario do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Tresse Green who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and know her to be a credible person whose statements are entitled to full credit. And I further certify that she produced before me an ancient Record purporting to be the Family Records of Nathaniel Green deceased. That I have carefully examined the said Record & find the same to be a fully & complete Family Record of Nathaniel Green deceased. That the foregoing extract or certificate to by Tresse Green is a [illegible] copy from the original which has on the face of it every appearance of being genuine, and what it purports to be the Family Records of Nathaniel Green deceased.
Jeremiah B. Parish, Judge
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State of New York
Ontario County

On this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Jeremiah B. Parish one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas a court of record in & for the county of Ontario, Alva Green aged thirty four years who being first duly sworn according to law saith he resides in the town of Naples in the county of Ontario. That he is the son of Nathanial Green late of the town of Bristol in said county now deceased. That his father Nathaniel Green died on the fifteenth day of April 1823, That Sarah Green this deponent's mother is now a widow and has remained a widow ever since the death of Nathaniel Green this deponent's father. That this deponent's father Nathaniel Green kept a family Record with said record is now in the custody of the deponent's sister Tresse Green. This deponent has often seen and examined the said record both before & since the death of this father has referred to it for the purpose of determining his own age. That there is an entry in said record of the day & year of the birth of the deponent, such entry is as follows: "Alva Green was born Tuesday April 2 1805." which has always be recorded by this deponent as the true date of his birth. This deponent further says that the said Record contains an entry of the day of the death of those members of the family that have died and their respective ages at the time of decease. That all the entries in said Record & which is now in the hands of the deponent's sister Tresse Green, are in the handwriting of this deponent's father, and with which this deponent is well acquainted. This deponent further says that the Family Record now in the hands of this deponent's sister has always been acknowledged as the Record of his father's family. And, as such has always
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been referred to by the deponent's brothers and sisters. That the extract certificate to by this deponent's sister is an exact copy from the family record of Nathaniel Green this deponents father. This deponent further says his father was a pensioner of the government of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum according to this deponent's best recollection he drew his pension for the first time in the month of September 1818. The certificate [illegible] [illegible] to this deponent's father under the name of Nathan Green; this deponent further says that he has frequently heard his father say that all his papers in the original application for his pension were made out for Nathanial Green - he further says his father drew his pension under the certificate up to the month of March prior to his death and that his mother drew the overages of pay due to his father at the time of his death. Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written. Before Jeremiah B. Parish of the Court of Common Pleas
Alva Green

I Jeremiah B. Parish one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas a court of record, in and  for the county of Ontario do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alva Green who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit & know him to be a person of good character and one whose statements are entitled to full credit.

Jeremiah B. Parish, Judge
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State of New York
Ontario County
On this thirty first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty eight personally appeared before Jeremiah B. Parish, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas a court of record in and for the County of Ontario Sarah Green, a resident of the town of Naples in the county of Ontario aged seventy nine who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 Entitled an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows that she is the widow of Nathaniel Green late of the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario. That her husband Nathaniel Green was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army and received a pension from the government of the United States of ninety six dollars per annum under the Act of 1818. That he had made his application under the name of Nathaniel Green but thru some mistake at the War Department his pension certificate was made out and sent to him under the name of Nathan Green. That her husband always drew his pension under that certificate that he drew his pension for the first time in the month of September in the year 1818. She further declared that she was married to the said Nathaniel Green on the seventh of January seventy hundred eighty eight. That her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Green died on the fifteenth day of April eighteen hundred and twenty three and that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred ninety four. [illegible] at the time above stated that his pension certificate was forwarded with other papers
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to enable this deponent to draw the arrears of pay due to her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Green at the time of his death to the proper department that she [illegible] for those arrears fourteen dollars some cents does not recollect the precise sum she does not know whether the mistake in the husband's name was ever corrected at the War department or not but all his papers were signed Nathaniel Green, Sworn to and subscribed o the day and year above written before me Jeremiah B Parish Judge of the Court of Common Please
Sarah Green

I hereby certify that Sarah Green who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is unable by reason of her bodily infirmities to appear before a court of record to make her declaration in Open Court.
Jeremiah B Parish Judge

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office
I hereby certify that Jeremiah P. Parish Esq. whose name is subscribed to the several affidavits and certificates above so as on the day of the date of the same is Judge of Ontario County dwelling in said County, duly commissioned & qualified and authorized to take the same. And that his several signatures above subscribed are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of said county this 15th day of January 1839 at Canandaigua.
Thomas Hall, Clerk
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Papers of Mrs. Sarah Green on her application for a pension.
Proof of her Marriage.
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Jefferson Green was born Sonday February 6 1803
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Alva Green was Born Tuesday April 2 1805
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Sarah Green was born November Saturday 19 1808
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Deborah P. Green was born Tuesday March 29 1811
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Mary Green departed this life the thirteenth day of November 1797 aged seven years four months and twelve day

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Sarah Green departed this life August 28 1819 aged four years nine months and nine days
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Nathaniel Green departed this life April the 15 1823 aged sixty four years three months twenty one days
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Abigail R Parish departed this life [illegible] [illegible] the 27 1823 aged twenty eight year 9 mon 13 days
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Puella Green departed this life August the 16 1834 aged thirty six years and seven months
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Deborah R Green departed this life June the 15 1835 aged twenty four years two months and seventeen days
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State of New York
Ontario County

Alva Green being duly sworn according to law says that he is thirty four years of age - is the son of Nathaniel Green & Sarah Green That the record herewith annexed is the original Family Record kept by this father, Nathaniel Green, in his lifetime - that all the entries in the annexed record down to the entry of the death of Nathaniel Green, are in the handwriting of Nathaniel Green this deponent's father - that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of his father. This deponent further says that he well recollects the annexed record many years prior to the death of his father - that he as often referenced to it both before and since the death of his father as the well known Family Records for the purpose of ascertaining his own age but the ages of other members of his father's family. This deponent further says that the annexed Record went at this father's decease, into the custody of his sister Tresse Green, and was by her kept until it was made use of by this deponent's mother, on her first application for a pension. 
Alva Green

Subscribed & Sworn this 9th day of September 1839 before me Jeremiah B Parish Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Ontario.

I Jeremiah B Parish do certify that I am well acquainted with Alva Green, who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit & know him to be a person of good character & one whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief.

Jeremiah B Paris, Judge
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State of New York
Ontario County

Tresse Green being duly sworn according to law says that she is thirty nine years of age, resides in the town of Naples in the county and state aforesaid - is the daughter of Nathaniel & Sarah Green - that the record hereunto annexed is the original Family Record kept by her father Nathaniel Green, in his lifetime - that all the entries in the record hereunto annexed to the entry of the death of Nathaniel Green, are in the handwriting of Nathaniel Green this deponent's father. That she is well acquainted with her father's handwriting - This deponent further says that she had perfect knowledge of the annexed Record many years prior to her father's death - this is has always been recognized by all the members of her father's family, both before and since his decease, as the Original Family Record of the father. That at the decease of her father the annexed Record came into the custody of this deponent, and was by her kept until it was used on the application of her mother, Sarah Green, for her pension some time last winter or spring.
Tresse Green

Sworn & Subscribed this 9th day of September 1839 before me 
Jeremiah B Parish Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario

I Jeremiah B Parish one of the Judges of Ontario County Court do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Tresse Green who who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and know her to be a person of credibility & whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
Jeremiah B Parish Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
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Albany 4,511

Sarah Green wide of Nathaniel Green who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 15 April 1823 of Ontario Co. in the State of New York who was a Corpl & Sergt in the company commanded by Captain Childs of the regt. commanded by Col. Wessen in the Mass. line for 
19 months Corpl
5 " Sergt.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 94 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Nov. 1839 and sent to Jonathan Mason, Canandaigua, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '39 331.31
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 47.33
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$378.61
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{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol 2. Page 79
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1178

Admit $94 66/100
Corporal & Sergt.
Send to A. Torry
Rushville N.Y.
Albany Agency
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State of New York
Yates County

On this tenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three personally appeared before the subscriber August Torry a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County Sarah Green a resident of the town of Potter in the Said County of Yates aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Green who was a private and quarter master sergeant in the Revolutionary Army - that he was a continental soldier of the Massachusetts line. That he was under Colonel Weston Colonel Sprout and Lieutenant White. Was under Washington at the defeat on Long Island in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, White Plains, Saratoga and Yorktown, that she received a pension of ninety four dollars and sixty six cents annually under the Act 7th July 1838 and was on the pension list roll of the New York Agency - She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I further certify that the said Sarah Green is personally known to me } Sarah Green

A. Torrey Judge of the Yates County Courts
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State of New York
Yates County
May 18th 1843 - Thomas Green of Potter in the said county being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Sarah Green the foregoing declarant that she was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7th July 1838 at the rate of ninety four dollars and sixty six cents per annum. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Green who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 18th March 1818 - and she is still a widow.

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written, the said Thomas Green being to me known to be a credible person and entitled to confidence & belief, before me } Thos. Green

A. Torrey Judge of the Yates County Courts


State of New York
Yates County
Alva Green in the said county being duly sworn saith - that he is personally acquainted with Sarah Greene the foregoing declarant - that she is the widow of Nathaniel Green who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 18th March 1818 - that the said Sarah was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7th July 1838 at the rate of ninety four dollars and sixty six cents per annum, and that she is still a widow.

Sworn and subscribed on the 10th day of May 1843 before me the said Alva Green being personally known to me to be a credible person and entitled to confidence & belief} Alva Green

A. Torrey Judge of the Yates County Courts
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I Samuel Stevens Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Yates and state of New York certify that Augustus Torrey whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration of Sarah Green and the affidavits of Thomas Green and Alva Green hereunto annexed, is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Yates and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this thirteenth day of May in the year 1843

Sam. Stevens
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Yates County
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[written vertically, left side of envelope]
Sept 16
N.Y.
Add. Proof
Sarah Green

[stamp]
Canandaigua N.Y. Sep 11

[addressee]
James S Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Canandaigua Ont. Co N.Y.
Sept 11 1839 -

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Herewith enclosed is the Family Record of Nathaniel Green dced duly authenticated.

I remain respectfully yours etc.
Jonathan Mason
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June 15
N.Y.
Addl proof
Sarah Green

Canandaigua N.Y.
June 10

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

5 mos Serg
19 " Corp.
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Canandaigua June 10 1839

JL Edwards Esq.
I have herewith enclose the Family Record of Jonathan Green decd - being the same from which I prepare the papers of his widow on her application the enclosed having been in my possession since her papers were forwarded.
Respectfully yours etc.
Jonathan Mason
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4511 V
N. York
Sarah Green
let to Jonathan Mason 5 June '39 to do August 31 1839
Col Wesson. Capt Childs -
Admitted 
Corporal 19 mo
Sergt 5 "
24

Jonathan Mason Esq
Canandaigua N.Y.
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widow of Nathaniel
Act July 1838
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485
New York - Albany
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Sarah Green widow of Nathaniel Green who was  a Corpl. & Sergeant in the Massachusetts line for 19 months Corpl
5 " sergt.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 94 Dollars & 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of June 1843 and set to A. Torry
Rushville, N.Y.

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 106.
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73139
3-068.
(Old No. 3-049.)
3-20

Bureau of Pensions
Nathaniel Green
Ontario Co N.Y.
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Apl. 25 1818 - 60
Ontario Co N.Y.
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Jany 1 76 
Worcester Co Mass
Copl Joseph Pettingill
Col. Baldwin
Corp. 1 yr
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Jny 1 77 - Capt Abraham Child
Col James Wesson
Corp 3 yrs
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July 80 Capt Allen
Col. Smith
Sergt to close of war
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Brv L G Stillwater 
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Married Sarah Rogers
July 17, 1785
D. Apl 15 1823
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21 Park St.
Rockville, Conn

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions:

Dear Sirs;
I am trying very hard to become a Daughter of the American Revolution. I want to find proof of the service of Nathaniel Green [underlined]. If you can give me any light on the subject - I
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shall be greatly obliged to you. He was born in Mass. in 1735 but I do not know the town or day of the month. He died Oct. 22, 1821 and was buried in Milltown, Southeast N.Y. I do not know where he enlisted from but imagine this same place or Brewster N.Y. but I have no proof; that is what I hope you can give me as it is the most important. I have given you these five facts as they might be helpful to you. Hoping I shall have good news from you for which I shall be greatly obliged.  I am Yours Respectively
Mrs. W.R. Robinson
Sept. 11, 1903
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Oct. 3. 1903 History to Mrs. W. J. Robinson Rockville, Conn
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Apr 19 1903 History to Mrs. Arvilla Gable Boone Iowa

WIDOW, &
File No. 23139
Sarah Green wife of Nathaniel Green Sergt Rev War
Act Feb 2nd /48.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Admitted
Hon. Henry Nes [illegible]
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2nd February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."

State of New York
Yates County
On this third day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Sarah Green a resident of Potter in the county of Yates State of New York, aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress, passed 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Nathaniel Green who was a sergeant in the Massachusetts continental line in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of ninety-four ($94.66) dollars sixty-six cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sarah Green

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before Jacob B Vanosdol Justice of the Peace. 
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Jacob B Vanosdol Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Yates ss
I certify that Jacob B Vanosdol before when the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same a duly authorized acting Justice of the Peach in aforesaid county. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature to that of the same and also to the above certificate of identity subscribed are genuine. Witness my hand and official seal the 7 day of July 1848. RR Fargo Clerk Yates Co.