Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38754, Prince Green, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  [stamp of a star]  NUMBER

[handwritten] R.I.  Green, Prince (Colored) S. 38754 [/handwritten]
[handwritten] or Greene [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
[handwritten] Not identical with Robert (or Prince) [/handwritten]
[handwritten] Green,  S.33268 [/handwritten]
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F Mills (RI)                Free
August 21

J. C. Calhoun Esq
Secretary of War
City of Washington

[vertical handwriting]
Correct

Prince Green, private
R. I. line
13th April, 1818

Henry Remington,
Warwick, Kent Co: R.I.
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12,940
Rhode-Island

Prince Green, private,
Capt Lewis
Rhode-Island line -
April 1781 Sept 1783
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode-Island, at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24. of Sept: 1818 and sent to Henry Remington, Esq
Warwick, Kent County, R:Island

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1818 - $37.87
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00
$85.87
4 mos: 22/30
Served 5 Years 6 mos
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Amt. of Revy Pension 37.87
Amt. of [illegible] pension 30.29
Diff between [illegible] & Revy pension $7.58
6 mos. ending 11th Mar: 1819 - 48
amt due 4th March 1819 $55.58
Warwick - Kent


640
22
1280
1280
14080 / 30
4.9675

640
4
$25.60
4.69
$30.29

37.87
30.29
7.58

Died
Jan 21
1828

[vertical handwriting]
Continued
Notification sent November 8, 1820 to Benjamin Cowell, Providence, R. Island
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38754
Revy INVALID.

File No. 38,754
Prince Green
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 203

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Kent Sc.

Prince Green of Warwick in the County of Kent formerly a soldier in the revolutionary Army of the United States, on solemn oath declares and says, That in the Month of April AD. 1778 he enlisted as a private soldier in a Company commanded by Capt Elijah Lewis in Col. Christopher Greenes [Greene's] Regiment of the Rhode Island line (called the Black Regiment) to serve during the War - That he continued to serve in said Regiment; and in different companies thereof, against the common Enemy and on the Continental Establishment untill [until] the Month of September 1788 when the army being disbanded, he was honorably discharged -

That the original discharge, he verily believes, he delivered to Col. Olney, when he received from him a certificate entitling him to the provision of the ["act" crossed out] ordinance of Congress respecting disabled soldiers &c. passed on the 7th of June 1785 - And he further saith, that by reason of his reduced circumstances and situation in life, he is in need of assistance from his country [for?] support - And this declaration he makes in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War," and to avail himself of the provisions thereof.

Sworn to the 13th day of April AD 1818
Before Charles Brayton J.S.J. Court [flourish bracket]
Prince Greene
x his mark

Kent Sc State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
I Henry Barrington one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do hereby certify that on the Seventeenth day of August AD 1818 the within named Prince Greene who is to me Personally known came before me and from my knowledge of the said Prince and from the Testimony by him adduced I am satisfied that the said Prince Greene is in indigent and Reduced Circumstances and that from his situation and circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country for support according to the true intent and meaning of the 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 and I further state that Charles Brayton Esq within named was at the time within mentioned a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of this state and that at the Court Election of Judges of Said Court this said Brayton was not Reelected in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereto affixed at Warwick Sc this seventeenth Day of August 1818
Henry Remington J.S.J Court
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support - and this declaration he makes in pursuance of the act of Congress of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," and to avail himself of the provisions thereof.
Sworn to the 13th day of April AD 1818
Before Charles Brayton J.S.J. Court

Prince Green
x his mark

Kent Sc State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [Plantations]
I Henry Remington one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do hereby Certify that on the seventeenth day of August AD 1818 the within named Prince Greene who is to me Personally known came before me and from my knowledge of the said Prince and from the Testimony by him adduced I am satisfied & that the said Prince Greene is in indigent and reduced Circumstances and that from his situation and circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country for support according to the true intent and meaning of the 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 and I further State that Charles Brayton Esqr within named was at the time within mentioned a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of this state and that at the last Election of Judges of Said Court by said Brayton was no reelected in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereto affixed at Warwick Sc this seventeenth Day of August 1818
Henry Remington J.S.J. Court

Kent Sc State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Clerks Office Supreme Judicial Court August 17th 1818
I hereby Certify that Henry Remington Esqr. the Preceding Subscriber is one of the associate Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court duly Authorized and Testified and that the Preceeding Attestation b him Subscribed is in due form, Agreeable to the Laws and [illegible] of said State
Witness Caleb Gerald Clk
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To all People to whom these presents should come - I Prince Green of Warwick in the County of Kent [send Greeting?]: know Ye, that I the said Prince Green ["of War" crossed out] for an in consideration of the penn [pension] of Eight Dollars per month during life to be paid to me in pursuance of the act of the Congress of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval force of the United States in the Revolutionary War do hereby remise, release, and relinquish unto the United States of America, all and every pension or pensions heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States and all any rights title and claim to all and every such pension or pensions -  In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen [1818] and in the Forty second year of the Independence of the United States of America
Signed, sealed & subscribed
In the presence of
Charles Brayton
John C.. Brown

Prince Greene
x his mark


State of Rhode Island &c
Kent Sc I Charles Brayton one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said State do hereby Certify that on the 13th day of April AD 1818 In person Came Prince Greene who is to me personally known and who is a resident Citizen of the United States, and made oath to the Declaration on the first page hereof, and Did in my presence Sign and Seal the above Release, and at the same time Show me a pension Bill as he Called it Showing that he now is a pensioner of the United States -

I therefore Transmit the Document to Enable him to Receive the Benefit of the act Entitled an Act to provide for Certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and have Caused the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto annexed and the Clerk of said Court to Set his hand hereto this 25th day of April AD 1818
Charles Brayton
Admitted
Wm Brown Clk

[vertical writing] Prince Green
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Prince Greene
2940
March 1819

Con
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT.
County of Kent Special Court, of Common ["Town" crossed out] Pleas July 7th A.D. 1820

On this 7th day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, Prince Green / a man of colour / aged 68 years, residing in the town of Warwick 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: that he served as a private in Col. Greenes [Greene's] & Col. Olneys [Olney's] regiments of the Rhode Island line upwards of five years
that he made a previous declaration on the 13th day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 2940 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen [1818]; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen [1818]: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Prince Greene
x his mark

A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Prince Greene viz. 4 old Chairs without bottoms, 1 Pot, 1 Kettle, 6 Knives & forks, 1 old Chest, 2 old tables - other than the above he has no property of any description. And this declarant further saith that he is a Labourer and works when he is able, but is now so old and Infirm that he can do but little - that he is now dependant [dependent] on his pension and Should that be taken away he must depend on private charity or be supported by the town
Prince Green
x his mark

has no family

Sworn to and declared in Open Court on the Seventh day of July 1820.
Witness Jno Galloway Clk

$2 weekly

RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
County of Kent Sc Clerk's Office of Court of Common Pleas, A.D. 1820
I, John Galloway Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Five Dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12th day of July 1820 -
Jno Galloway Clerk of said Court.
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May 15, 1933
BA-J/EEL
Prince Green-S.38754

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.38754, based upon the military service of Prince Green, a man of color, in that war.

The date and place of birth of Prince Green are not shown in the papers on file in the pension claim. His name also appears as Greene. He was pensioned Green.

He enlisted, place not stated, in April, 1778, served as a private in Captain E. Lewis' Company, Colonels Christopher Greene and Olney's Rhode Island Regiment and was discharged in September, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-six years and resided in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.

AB [handwritten] He died January 21, 1828.

There are no data as to his family.

___________________

This history is to be furnished if ever called for. It was written just to have a record of negroes.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.

Green, Reuben

NUMBER S.23644

CONTENTS
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John N. Whipple -
May 27, 1837.
same, May 4. 1838.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the C April 1838, from 4 Sept 1836 to 7 May 1837, the day of said Pensioners death. Agent notified 18 June 1838.

24982 New York

Reuben Green
of Adams Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Green in the Regt commanded by Col Nois [Noyes] in the R. Island line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar 1834 and sent Hon D Wardwell Ho. Reps. [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 $120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '34 20
$140.00

[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 102
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12032
Reuben Green's
Pension papers

Specifies 3 mo. 10 ds [days]

proof of service in the militia of R. Island for 3 years being satisfactory
it may be admd for 12 mo - To which Mr. Wardwell applied

admd
12 mo pri
40$
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State of New York
County of Jefferson [flourish bracket] ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid, Reuben Green who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that be reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades

From the latter part of the year 1775, to the latter part of the year 1778 I served at least one half of the time in short terms of a few days at a time. I served as a private soldier _ In the course of the said time I can remember, that I was out in one tour to Boston neck twenty days in another tour to the same place twenty days; in another tour to Point Judith thirty days in another tour to Tivertown [Tiverton] & other places in Rhode Island two months

The rest of the times I cannot remember the length of the times I was out but that I was enrolled to be one half the time on duty as a guard & that I was on active duty during the said term of three years one half of the time according to the terms of his engagement & for such service I claim a pension _

That I was born on the 11th of May 1752._ that I have no other record of my age except my family bible which is now in my possion [possession]: that I cannot remember the names [of] officers more than I have stated in my declaration / & further he saith not

Reuben Green
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Subscribed & sworn to this 11th day of April 1833 before me

Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of Jefferson Co. Courts in the State of New York

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Benjamin Wright before whom the above affidavit was taken is a Judge of said Court & authorized to administer oaths & I know his signature to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this 15 day of April 1833

P. Burchard Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss:
On this 11th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two [1832], personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Jefferson aforesaid now sitting Reuben Green a resident of the town of Adams county of Jefferson & State of New York aged eighty years old the eleventh day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, to wit: In the month of December 1778 & he thinks about the middle, but he is not certain, as he is extremely infirm & his memory very much impaired, he went into service, as a drafted militia man, at Charlestown, in the State of Rhode Island, where he resided in a company commanded by Capt. Amos Wood of the Rhode Island Militia, & was stationed at Boston neck. He served out that time twenty days according to his best recollection & belief as one of the guards to protect the incursions & expeditions of the enemy. After serving about twenty days he was permitted to go home but he continued as a drafted soldier & was called one of the minute men [minutemen] & subject to be called upon & ordered into actual service during the period of about three years from that time. After his return home & after he had remained at home about fifteen or twenty days, he was again ordered out a [about]
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bout [about] the last of Jany. 1776 & went to the same place where I had first served & staid [stayed] twenty days more, serving as one of the guards as he had done before & under the same Capt Green. He was accustomed to stand as guard about every third night - Col. Joseph Nois [Noyes] had the active command of the militia there & Jesse Maxon was the Lieut. Col. at both of these times of service & about one half of the Regiment consisting of from three to five hundred men, was in actual service then at the time.

The militia were secured at at various places along the shore during the night season, extending a distance of from eight to twelve miles - There was a part of an other Regiment stationed there, at the same time, commanded by Col. Dyer - After serving about twenty days as aforesaid he went home & remained a few days, when he was again ordered out & went to Point Judith in the State of Rhode Island, which was about fifteen miles from where he resided - He was under the command of the same Captain as before - He went from home at this time according to his best recollection & belief, the last of February or the first of March 1776 & served at this time as near as he can recollect thirty days, at Point Judith & was then permitted to go home - He had the same Col. as before - He performed guard duties during the time - There were about forty privates in his company there which was about one half of the whole company - 

The Company was divided into two parts & one part was con [constantly]
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stantly [constantly] in service & he was in actual service one half the time, under the command of Captains Green, Beriah Lewis, Thomas Sheffield, Joseph Wilcox, Thomas Price & John Parks & was stationed at the aforesaid places & at Newtown - North Kingstown, Tivertown [Tiverton], Charlestown, Portsmouth Middletown, Greenwich & other placed until a short time after the expedition of Genl. Sullivan's expeditions & the arrival of the French Troops in August 1778 - At Tiverton Genl Spencer had then command of the troops - John Parks was the Capt. of this deponent at the time & I think Col. Toppiny commanded the Regiment - We started from Tiverton, some time in October 1777, under the command of Genl Spencer, to go from the main shore on to the Island of Rhode Island & went to the ferry at Little Compton, called Fogland Ferry, where we remained a few hours, when the British fired upon the boats that had come to take us across the water & killed one man, & Genl. Spencer ordered us back to one Manchesters in Tivertown [Tiverton], & in a few days afterwards we were discharged - Which Genl. Sullivan was upon the Island & after the arrival of the French troops, deponent was engaged two months upon the Island, & a part of the time (six days & three nightsts [nights?]) he was employed in making an entrenchment, across the Island - The other services which he performed, as a soldier, were fatigue & guard duties - at all other times except withending as aforesaid - He recollects the fact & thought
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of the arrival of the French Troops & he was then in actual service upon Rhode Island, at the time.

He recollects seeing La Fayette [Lafayette] there & Count De Estaing [d'Estaing]

He never was in any engagement & never was exposed to the fire of the enemy, during his period of services, except when he was engaged in entrenching as aforesaid, the enemy fired upon those engaged there, a good many times & almost all the time we were entrenching. The enemy killed two of our soldiers during the time & wounded several others.

He further states that the actual time that he was in active service as a soldier, during the aforesaid period was at least eighteen months, & according to his best recollection & belief, it was nineteen months - He was after that called out upon alarms, a great many times during the war, some times he was out two days only & from that [illegible] to ten days, & [returning?] the whole of these different short periods, he believes that they would amount in the aggregate to at least two months & he thinks more.

He never received any written or [presented?] discharge & has not documentary evidence of his services & knows of no person living by whom he can prove any of his said services - 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 -

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
P. Burchard Clerk

Reuben Green
+ his mark
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He James Wilson residing in the town of Adams aforesaid & Scranton Green residing in the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Reuben Green who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty Years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbour hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution that we concur in that opinion & that his declaration is entitled to credit

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
P. Burchard Clerk

James Willson
Scranton Green


And the same court do hereby certify thereof [illegible] after investigating the matter & after putting the [whereby?] above presented by the War department that the afore mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier served as he states, and the court further certify that it appears to them that James Willson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of the town of Adams aforesaid & that Scranton Green who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit -

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court the matter of the application of Reuben Green for pension
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in testimony wheof [whereof] I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11th day of September in the Year eighteen hundred & thirty two [1832]
P. Burchard Clerk
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No 12032
Reuben Green

Obj. 5.17

[illegible] [illegible] not complied with

["T C Chittenden
Adams
Jefferson Co
N Yk" crossed out]

Hon D. Wardwell
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No 12032
BRIEF in the case of Reuben Green of Adams
County of Jefferson in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? Eighty years, 80

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[row headings] Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[row subheadings] Years, Months, Days. As a. Gen.
[row 1] ["in 17" crossed out] was drafted about the middle of Decr 1775. - [Years] - [Months] 20 [Days]. private. Capt Amos Wood's compy. Rhode Island Militia
[row 2] was ordered out about the last of January 1776. - [Years] - [Months] 20 [Days]. " [private]. Col. Joseph Nois [Noyes], Lt Col.  Jesse Maxon [Maxson] Capt Green
[row 3] was again ordered out after being at home a few days. - [Years] - [Months] 30 [Days]. " [private]. same officers.
[row 4] was in Service under Col. Spencer in 1777 & 1778. Captains Green, Beriah Lewis, Thos. Sheffield, Joseph Wilcox Thomas Price & John Parks at least 18 months, but according to the best of his recollection, which is much impaired, it was 19 months

5. In what battles was he engaged?  [illegible]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Charlestown Rhode Island

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  no

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

Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of pensions
Washington

[vertical handwriting]
Con - May 26
Reuben Green
[illegible]
24982

decd
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Adams 19 May 1837
J. L. Edwards

Dr [Dear] Sir
On the 4th March Reuben Green presented me his pension Certificate pay able [payable] to the Order of Robert Shepherd and I let him have the amount of it and sent it to Albany and it was not right, since that he was died but the pension [illegible] right by his consent and I urged its payment saying to the agent as was the Case Greene was dead, and my telling that fact spoils my getting it by the letter of Wm Alcott now I do wish you could consistently order it paid as there can be no loss and the heirs are I
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believe so scattered that they cannot apply - the Certificate is in my hands - If you have any doubts of my honor in the business I can get the first men in the County to say all is right

Yours
John H Whipple
Adams
Jefferson Co
N.Y

the heirs here are anxious this certificate should be paid as they have no idea of applying having had the money
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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 Reuben Green - which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [blank]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [blank]

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? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of war when he served? [blank]

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? No - Vide Quere 5. particularly the 2d  [section?], vide applicants supplementary appx.

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]

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? [blank]
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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? [blank]

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

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? [blank]

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? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [blank]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, &5 viz. supplementary afft

______________
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 the 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 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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Honorable J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

[vertical handwriting]
W
AD30
Reuben Green
Nyork

24982
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Adams 21 April 1838

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dr [Dear] Sir
On the fourth of March 1837 Reuben Green executed a power to arrange his pension and an amount [of informality?] was returned, previous to its return he died, and since then we have been trying to find the heirs and cannot find part of them but suppose from the Law those here could draw were it not for the Law requireing [requiring] the payments to be made at Washington will you please to let me know how to proceed for the heirs in obtaining the pay and who to put in as attorney to draw the pay

Yours &c
J. H. Whipple

I refer you to the Hon J. H. Bronson member of the H.R. [House of Representatives] for a knowledge of me as to responsibility &c
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 15, 1838.

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, The children of Reuben Greene deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars and "-"- ["Cents" crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1834 to the 7th of May 1837 the day of said pensioner's death -

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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New York
Revo:

Reuben Green
Suspended
let. to J C Chettenden
30 July '33. [1833]

admd

act 7 June '32 [1832]
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J. CALHOUN, Fancy Job Printer, Watertown, N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Jefferson County Clerk's Office, [flourish bracket] ss.

I, PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Wells Bonton Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.- And further, that I am well acquainted with [illegible] hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same, to be his proper hand writing and signature.

WITNESS my hand and Seal of said County, this Eighth day of February in the year 1834
Peleg Burchard
By P E Tuttle Depty Clerk.
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Oneida County Ss

Thomas Dick being duly Sworn deposeth and says that he is acquainted with Reuben Green of Rhode Island and that said Reuben Green was a soldier in the Revolutionary War as was this deponent, that the said Green belonged to the militia of Rhode Island who were employed as a Guard across Boston neck in the for part of the War under Gideon Foxie Colonel & Samuel Potter was Captain of the company to which said Deponent and said Ruben [Reuben] Green belonged the number of the Regiment this deponent has forgotten

Said deponent & said Green were on duty at the time that the British ship Rose commanded by Capt Wallace ley [lay] between Rhode Island and Canonicut [Conimicut] and this deponent further say that at the time sd [said] deponent & Green were on duty at the aforementioned place the aforementioned Capt Wallace came on shore with his [men &] burnt some buildings amongst which he was a [illegible] of our Martin and Frishman who he killed and then burnt his house and this deponent [further?] then says that the Militia to which this [deponent] & said Green belonged [illegible] held as minute men
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during the time that the British were on Rhode Island which was about Three years as this deponent believed - and this deponent further says that at the time the sd [said] Militia were held as minute men & at the time sd [said] deponent & Green were on duty ["on Boston neck" crossed out] they were stationed on Boston neck where first called out and the latter part of the term they were stationed on Rhode Island and were there when the french [French] fleet came in and this deponent verily believes that the said Reuben Green served ["faith" crossed out] as a faithful soldier when on duty and further saith not
Thomas Dick
x his mark

Subscribed & sworn before me this sd [said] day of Jany 1834 -
Truman E. Lyman J.P.

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Dick the above deponent & know him to be considered a man of truth and veracity
Truman E. Lyman Justice

Clerks Office
Oneida County Ss. I, George Brown clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that, ["after a Careful Examination] Truman E. Lyman Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such, and further, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand-writing & signature. - Witness my hand and seal of Office, at Utica, this 27th day of January A.D. 1834.
George Brown
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Reuben Green's
Pension Papers
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State of New York
Chenango County [flourish bracket] SS.

Beriah Lewis of Norwich, Chenango County New York, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he was, during the Revolutionary war, acquainted with Reuben Green, formerly of Rhode Island, but now a resident of Adams, Jefferson County New York, and that the said Reuben Green was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, as was this deponent, that the said Green belonged to the Militia of Rhode Island, and was under the command of this deponent, who was Captain of the Second company of Militia of Rhode Island, under the command of Col. Joseph Noyes. That the said Reuben Green was, before he was under the command of Capt Beriah Lewis, under the command of Capt. Amos Green, then under the command of Capt Beriah Lewis, and Capt John Parks. That the said Reuben Green, was under the command of the above mentioned captains, while the British were in possession of Newport, Rhode Island, and that the said Reuben Green was in General Spencer's expedition. That this deponent cannot state where the said Reuben Green was during the whole of the time he was under the command of the above named Captains, but that the said Reuben Green was considered a Minute Man, and subject to be called on at any moment; and was engaged to prevent the British Soldiers from landing and also to prevent Tories from furnishing the British Soldiers with provisions. That the length of time he was under the command of the above named captains was three years and five months. That the said Reuben Green, while under the command of Capt Beriah Lewis was a good soldier, and always ready to do his duty when called out.

Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of Jan. 1834 before me [flourish bracket]
Ralph Johnson, Commissioner of Deeds

Beriah Lewis
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Beriah Lewis, the within deponent, and have been acquainted with him for more than ten years and know him to be a man whose word is not to be questioned. January 8, 1834.
Ralph Johnson, Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
Chenango County clerks office Ss. I Jarvis K Pike Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Ralph Johnson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and also to the above certificate of credibility was at the dates thereof a commissioner of deeds in and for said County and that the signature of Ralph Johnson to the said certificate of credibility and before whom [the] preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this [eighth] day of January 1834
P.B. Prindle
[illegible] Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss:
Reuben Green of Adams in the County of Jefferson being duly sworn says that he is the person mentioned in the annexed affidavits of Thomas Dick & Beriah Lewis: which affidants have been procured for him by his son Scranton Green, with whom he lives & by whom he is supported - This deponent further says that he knows of no other person living by whom he can make proof of his services as a solder in the Revolutionary war & he did not know that said Dick & Lewis, or either of them were living until a short time ago - And this deponent further says that he is nearly eighty two years old [illegible] nearly blind - his recollection about gone & that he is in absolute need of some assistance to render the remainder of his days comfortable

Sworn & subscribed this 7d day of February 1834 before me
Wells Benton
Justice of the Peace

Reuben Green
x his mark
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23664
Revolution INVALID.

File No. 23,664
Reuben Green
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32" [1832]
Index :- Vol. 2, Page 161

[Arrangement of 1870.]