Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1324-300, Ebenezer Green, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]NUMBER|
N.H.|Green, Ebenezer|B.L.Wt. 1324-300|
CONTENTS
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Hon I. Bartlett rec't for Wt. 1324
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Rec'd from the Bounty Land office, Department of War, Land Warrant No. 1324 in favor of Benj'n G. Green the son & other heirs at law of Eben'r Green a captain in the Revolutionary army, for three hundred acres of land - Dated 27th May 1828 - 
/s/Ichabod Bartlett
June 3, 1828
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[verso]
The Conveyance from Paine & wife were sent to  Hon. I. Bartlett by his direction
R. T.
Nov 14 1901 - Hist'y to Albert S. Price Jamestown N.Y. 
1915 Feb 8 history to Mr. H. S. Parker.

[recto]
Rev
No. 1324
Benj'n G. Green & the other heirs at law of Ebenezer Green Capt. New Hampshire
Sent to Ichab'd Bartlett N. Hamp.
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank. 
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period  during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss}
I, Benjamin G. Green heir at law of Ebenezer Green do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that said Ebenezer did ['enlist in [blank] for the term of during the war' crossed out] enter the army of the United States, and served in the regiment No. [blank] under the command of Colonel Timothy Bedel of the New Hampshire line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until regularly discharged with the rank of Captain. 
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Ebenezer on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Benjamin G. Green aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon'ble Ichabod Bartlett to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and received from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the  special purposes above expressed. 
/s/Benjamin G. Green
Attest /s/Geo. Woodward
Grafton ss May 17th 1828
Personally appeared the above named Benjamin G. Green subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
Attest, /s/Geo. Woodward Justice of the Peace. 
Grafton ss Superior Court Clerk's office May 17,  1828
[county seal affixed] In testimony that the abovewritten Geo. Woodward was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of N Hampshire at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Haverhill this 17th day of May 1828
/s/S. P. Webster, Clerk, of the Sup'r Court for said County of Grafton -
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State of New-Hampshire
Grafton ss} At a Court of Probate holden at Hanover in said County, on the last Tuesday of April, Anno Domini 1828 Before the Hon. Phinehas Walker, Judge &c - 
It appearing to said Court by good and competent evidence, that Benjamin G. Green of Lyme in said County, and Sally Paine of Brookfield, in the County of Orange & state of Vermont are children & sole & only heirs at law of Ebenezer Green late of Lyme aforesaid, deceased, who was a Captain in Col. Bedel's Regiment in the United States Revolutionary Army, holding a Commission under the United States - 
I do therefore decree that the said Benjamin G. Green & Sally Paine are the sole & only heirs of the estate of the said Ebenezer Green - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal Official, the day and year above written - 
/s/Phinehas Walker Judge Probate
State of New-Hampshire 
Grafton ss} I Moses Dow Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby that the Hon. Phinehas Walker is the Judge of said Court & that he signed with his own hand the foregoing decree & certificate - 
In witness whereof, I have hereunto my hand
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hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twenty ninth day of April Anno Domini, 1828 - 
[court seal affixed] /s/Moses Dow
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[typewritten letter]
[margin note: M.B.H. Own] Rev. War Section.
February 8, 1915. 

Mr. H. S. Parker,
Cohasset, Massachusett

sir:
In response to your letter dated the 1" instant, you are advised that Bounty land Warrant No. 1324 for 300 acres was issued on account of the service of Capt. Ebenezer Green of Col. Timothy Bedel's N. H. Regiment. He was taken prisoner in May, 1776 at the Cedars, Canada and held as hostage until exchanged date not stated. He died in Lyme, Grafton Co., N. H. in 1786.
Name of his wife is not stated. Two children were alive in 1828; Benjamin Grant Green and Sally wife of Thomas S. Paine. There is no further family data on file.
Very respectfully,
['G. M. Saltzgaber' crossed out] /s/E. P. Tiernan
Acting Commissioner.
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Journals Congress
Saturday feb'y 19 1784 p. 434 Vol. 3. 
Resolved, That the memorial of Capt Eben'r Green one of the hostages at the Cedars, be referred to the Commander in Chief, who is hereby authorized to direct to take such measures relative to said hostages as he shall judge most expeditiously. 
See Also Forces Am Archives, Vol. 1. 511 service Page 167 for a list of prisoners taken ta Cedars, dated June 2 1776
Signed T. S. Osgood Capt.
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[handwritten letter]
[logo Jamestown Republican Club] 
ROOMS [initials: HW]
Jamestown Republican Club. 
Campaign of 1900.
[receipt stamp: O.W. & N. DIVISION RECEIVED NOV 21 1901]
OFFICERS.
J. Emil Johnson, President.
Clayton E. Bailey, Vice President.
Wilson C. Price, Secretary.
Edward F. Dickinson, Treasurer. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Fred W. Hyde, Chairman.
First Ward. 
A. N. Broadhead,
Emmett H. Bemus, 
Fred. W. Hyde,
Eugene Post,
E. E. Woodbury.
Second Ward. 
V. E. Peckham,
F. C. Havens, 
John W. Johnson, 
C. M. Harrison,
Andrew J. Butts.
Third Ward,
Elof Rosencrantz,
L. B. Clark,
John R. Lee,
Ralph E. Waite,
A. D. Falconer.
Fourth Ward.
Ed. L. Johnson, 
C. P. Carlson, 
A. G. Norman, 
Thos. Gill, 
John M. Anderson.
Fifth Ward, 
Gust A. Anderson,
A. C. Pickard,
Frank W. Palmeter, 
Smith Ormondroyd, 
Geo. V. Blackston. 
Sixths Ward. 
John F. Jones, 
Glenn P. Phillips, 
Willis E. Babcock,
C. P. Anderson,
August P. Anderson. 
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Oct. 30 1901. 
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Sirs: - 
I have information that Ebenezer Green of Haverhill, Mass. served in the Revolutionary War. 
Will you kindly furnish me with such details as you can concerning the time of his service, the commanders he served under, and pension.
Respectfully, 
/s/Albert S. Price, 
310 Lake View Ave.,
Jamestown, N.Y.
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[typewritten letter]
[margin note: Rev Svc] 
Cohasset, Mass., February 1, 1915.

The United States Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me at your earliest convenience of pensions were granted on account of services in the Revolutionary War to:
Amos Webster, of Plymouth, N. H. or to his widow, Elizabeth (Webber) Webster.
He was an officer of New Hampshire troops and died in the service in 1777.
Or to:
Captain Ebenezer Green, commanding New Hampshire troops from Lyme, N. H., in 1776, or to his widow, Dorcas (Grant) Green.
May I also ask if Sarah Sloane Smith, wife of Frederick Smith, of Stafford, Vt., was granted a pension on account of the services of her first husband, Lt. Benjamin Grant, of Lyme, N. H., who served in 1776,
If pensions were granted in any of the above cases, will you let me know what their records of service were and where such service was performed. This information will undoubtedly be contained in the statement filed when the application was made.
Very respectfully yours,
/s/H. D. Parker-
HSP/MFL
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Simon Gillet
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I Simon Gillet of Thetford, in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say that I was a Soldier in a Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Green of Lime (Lyme) New Hampshire Disceased that he the said Ebenezer Green was a Captin in Colonel Beedle's (Bedel) Regiment in the N. Hampshire line in the Revolutionary army was taken prisoner at the Cedars so Called and retained as one of the Hostages. that I have lived above sixty years about three miles from the place when the said Capt. Eben'r Green lived and died and that Benjamin Grant Green is and ever has been considered the Legal Heir, ['natural' crossed out] legitimate and reputed son of the above said Capt. Ebenezer Green 
/s/Simon Gillet
State of Vermont Orange County ss. Thetford March 17th A.D. 1828 then Simon Gillet of Thetford in the County of Orange personally appearing and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned voluntarily made solemn Oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before
/s/Timothy P. Bartholomew Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Orange County ss} I. H.E.G. McLaughlin Clerk of Orange County Court do hereby certify that Timothy P. Bartholomew the person before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to be taken, is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orange afs'd acting under the authority of this State and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In Testimony of all which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County this 20th Day of March Ad 1828 
Attest /s/H.E.G. McLaughlin Clerk
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Tim'o Bartholomew
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I Timothy Bartholomew of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say that I married a sister of the Wife of Capt. Ebenezer Green of Lime (Lyme) in the State of New Hampshire whom I well understood was a Captain in Col. Beedle's (Bedel) Regiment of the New Hampshire Line in the Army of the Revolution - that Benjamin Grant Green of Lime (Lyme) aforesaid is a legal Heir to the estate and is and ever has been considered the ['natural' crossed out] legitimate son of the abovesaid Capt. Ebenezer Green who Died in said Lime (Lyme) about the year 1786 - I know of no living Children of the said Capt Ebenezer Green except Salla Paine and Benjamin Grant Green
/s/Tim'o Bartholomew
State of Vermont Orange County ss - Thetford March 17th A.D. 1828 then Tim'o Bartholomew of Thetford in the County of Orange personally appearing and after being Carefully examined and duly cautioned voluntarily made solemn Oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before
/s/Timothy P. Bartholomew Justice of Peace
State of Vermont
Orange County ss} Chelsea March 20 AD 1828. - 
I H.E.G. McLaughlin Clerk of Orange County Court, do hereby certify that Timothy P. Bartholomew the person before whom the above affidavit appears to have been  taken is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orange aforesaid acting under the authority of this State, and that the above signature purporting to be his is Genuine
[county seal affixed] In Testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County the Day & year above written - 
Attest /s/H.E.G. McLaughlin
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Robt. B. Wilkins' affidavit
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I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire on Oath declare that I was a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire line in the Continental revolutionary army and was acquainted with Ebenezer Green late of Lyme in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire deceased who was a Captain in Colonel Beedels (Bedel's) Regiment of said line and was taken prisoner in May 1776 at a Fort called Cedars in Canada the fort was surrendered to the British & hostile Indians - Gen'l Arnold Marched a detachment of men, I being one of the detachment, against the Fort and demanded the prisoners, and they were given up on condition that they should not take up armes against the British until they should be Regularly exchanged but three Captains were to remain prisoners as hostiges for the faithful performance of the articles of agreement or capitulation and Captain Ebenezer Green was left in captivity as one of the hostiges, and did not obtain his liberty but was kept in bondage I think about three years before he was exchanged, I also further state that their was no other Captain Ebenezer Green in the New Hamp're line dureing the war of the revolution and he was the reputed father of Benjamin G. Green now of said Lyme that is now asking for the land that his late father so honorably entitled himself to - 
/s/Robert B. Wilkins
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss} Concord May 2 1828
Be it known that on the second day of May A.D. 1828, before me Joseph Gow, Notary Public within and  for said State personally appeared Robert B. Wilkins and subscribed the above affidavit & thereupon made oath that the same was just & true - 
[notarial seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid - 
/s/Joseph Gow, Notary Public
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No.
Ben'. G. Green & other heirs of Ebenezer Green Cap't New Hampshire
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I Walter Fairfield of Lawful age Depose and say that I have been acquainted with Captain Ebenezer Green late of Lime (Lyme) in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Deceased more than sixty years past said Ebenezer Green told me while living that he was Captain in Col. Bedel's Regiment and was taken prisoner at the Cedars so called and was then a hostage. I further say Benjamin G. Green now of said Lime (Lyme) is a legitimate son and legal heir to the Estate of the said Ebenezer Green
/s/Walter Fairfield
Grafton ss. Lime (Lyme) April 25 - 1828 - 
Personally appeared the above named Walter Fairfield and made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true 
before me /s/D. C. Churchill Jus Peace
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I Jonathan Franklin of Lawful age Depose and say that I have been acquainted with the family of Capt. Ebenezer Green late of Lime (Lyme) in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Deceased about fifty years past said Ebenezer Green tod me while living that he was Captain in Col Bedle's (Bedel) Regiment and was taken a prisoner at the Cedars so called and was then a hostage I further say that Benjamin G. Green now of said Lime (Lyme) is a Reputed Son of the above named Ebenezer Green and I know of no other heir (to the estate of the late Capt Ebenezer Green) Living except Sally Paine the wife of Thomas S. Paine
/s/Jon'a Franklin
Grafton ss. Lime (Lyme) March 18th 1828 - 
Personally appeared the above named Jon'a Franklin and made Solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true - 
before me /s/D. C. Churchill Jus Peace
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State of New=hampshire.
To All whom it may concern. 
KNOW YE, That David C. Churchill whose name is borne on the two papers hereunto annexed, was, on the eighteenth day of March and twenty fifty day of April last, a Justice of the Peace within and for our county of Grafton in said STATE, duly constituted and sworn, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full Faith and Credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court, within and out of the STATE.
[state seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL of the STATE, at Concord, this second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and in the fifty second year of the Independence of the United States of America.
/s/Richard Bartlett Secretary of State.