Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7561, Mc Keen Greene, Ga. N.C. S.C.
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(3—1776) 
SERVICE Ga. N.C. S.C.     
Greene, McKeen         
or Green,            
Frances        
NUMBER W 7561 
B L Wt. 11275-160-55     
This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Georgia 29,995      
McKeen Greene      
Washington Co.  in the State of Georgia who was a private in the comp.  commanded Captain White of the regt commanded in the for private two years      
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.      
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1835 and sent to Pen. Heebron Ga      
Arrears to the 4th of March 35,           320.00       
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00      
$360.00       
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}       
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 91
Coffen
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Vol G. 123.      
94998 Act March 3/55 April 24/55       
Francis Greene widow of McKeen Greene prv           
Private Georgia Troops      
Pensioner Act Feb 3/53      
No 11217 iss Dec 3 / 50
BLa     Ref 53-4053      
Ad. 160 acres Novr 29/50
Dodge    
PAW
Joseph Bryan
Present
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4.053       
Alabama Mobile       
Frances Green      
widow of  McKeen Green     Geo.   
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private         
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.      
Certificate of pension issued 18th day of April 1854 and sent to Joseph Bryan Present.       
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb 3, 1853, Page 157. Vol H      
Aug. 25, 1858  date of her death See Agency Book 32            
Jas. R. Green Nov 2, 1858
Thior Arndt  Nov 2 1858
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State of Georgia    
Washington county     On this fourteenth day of June 1853 personally appeared before me a Judge of the Ordinary Court of Washington county State of Georgia    McKeen Greene of the county and State aforesaid [illegible] being first duly sworn according to law [illegible] on oath make the following declaration [illegible] that he fought in the [illegible] with his brother [illegible] state of Georgia [illegible] Colonel Pickens and Colonel Twiggs and was [illegible] I think it was when [illegible]
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Capt Bookers a Capt Lemille[?] the names of [illegible]  I do not now recollect all of whom are safely [illegible] in[?] barricks 15 mile below [illegible], after the fall of Charleston, myself + Captain Inman and a few [illegible] Carolina, we marched through Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, through Salisbury in Rowan County and staid about [illegible] above Salisbury at a  Samuel Wells [illegible] Col. Elijah Clarke a [illegible - multiple lines] 

from Georgia [illegible] with Col. William and others of South Carolina [illegible] we left Sumpter and [illegible] with whom I remained until the Battle at Musgrove Mills on Enoree[?] River at this Battle Col. Clarke, Shelby, Dorsey , Williams, [illegible] and ably commanded the union forces and the British forces were commanded [illegible] after the Battle my Brother John Greene [illegible] commanded a small party and [illegible] in the mean time we were informed that a party of British under the command of Lieutenant Camp had left with military stores from Savannah to [illegible] from [illegible] by then Capt McCoy went in search of the enemy, fell in with them and [illegible] used and overtook the boats [illegible] commander of the boats made a [illegible] in the mouth his state party taken in [illegible] Capt McCoy then [illegible] an [illegible] already be the [illegible] of South Carolina the vicinity of  Ninety Six in that excursion [illegible] we had [illegible] at Wiggins Hill at
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Brown Commander of the British forces consisting of the British Indians & Tories, we attacked them before day and drove them from their camp, and had possesion of the field, we then returned for our horses, which had been left about ¾ of a mile distant before we got our horses and returned the enemy had roused, and at sunrise we attacked them again, and after an obstinate battle for 1 ½ hours we had to return,  at this battle a Capt Stafford who turned us on our [illegible] Cooper run was with us and after the battle went with Capt McCoy and men to save the [illegible] Army, my Brother John Green was taken with the small pox which prevented him and my self from continuing with our company we took secret quarters at the house of a Mrs. Mathers in an certain place, where I remained to attend to my sick Brother, and some others who had been wounded, whilst there my brother and the the wounded concealed in the adjacent swamp, I returned to stay at the house, I was surround by the enemy and in making my escape was shot though the right foot which disabled me I then lay out under the [illegible] and care of Mrs. Moore until she thought my wound very dangerous, she applied to the British command and obtained a probation for me, I remained read a cripple for 22 months,   after Augusta was retaken by the americans I was moved to Augusta and my wound was attend by Doctor Brownson (afterward Governor of Georgia) and Doctor Wells, it has been so long, and my memory has become so treacherous that I cannot make a correct detail of the facts as they occurred,  but the total fact I well recalled, I served a tour under Capt Ball Bevell at Savanah (at what was called the French Siege) I also served a tour under Col. McCoy whilst  General Wayne & Col White were Company [illegible] I have no documentary evidence of service having been always a volunteer, and mostly on active service,  I have no other living witness that I know of except the 2 whose affidavits is herewith attached, Pall Bevell was in life the last I heard of him, and he lived in Effingham County Georgia, I have understood that Mrs Edward Maurel below Augusta is still in life if so she will know from her son of my course though the war
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and my age and infirmity prevents my appearing and obtaining their testimony         
And the said McKeen Greene doth hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state    
  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court by the Court. McKeen Greene       
1. Where and in what year were you born?    Answer.   I was born in the year 1761 in the State of South Carolina on Beach Island      
2 Have you any record of you age if so where is it?     I have no record of my age only what I made myself from the information of my parents       
3. Where were you living who you were called into service?     I lived near Augusta in the State of Georgia      
4 Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?     State of Georgia first in Effingham in the Service Bullock Columbia Burke Tatnall Camden Twiggs now in Washington       
5 How were you called in to service? I volunteered             
6 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; and such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.           I have stated in my declaration all I recollect on that subject            
7 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so where was it given & what has become of it?          I received no discharge but the end of the war              
8 State the names of persons in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character as to veracity, and the belieff of your services as a soldier of the revolution            Frederick Cullen. Richard A Blount John Acham  Joel Hokes       Sworn in open court McKeen Greene           
Then appear in open court, John Hardin and Silas Floyd both citizens of the county of
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Washing [Washington] who states that they have been acquainted with McKeen Greene the applicant since he lived in the said county say fourteen or fifteen years, and they believe he is as old as he states, and it has always since they knew him understood and so considered him and believe that he was a soldier of the Revolution and they have never heard it disputed, and that they believe it is true.          Silas Floyd I.J.C.   John Harden     
Silas Floyd J. J. C.        
T. J. Warthen    J. J. C.      
Samuel Robison  J. J. C.       
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that the above John Harden and Silas Floyd who have signed the preceding certificate are persons that their statement is to be credited and that they attach the affadavits of Elenor Nicks and William Rawls which were handed in by the same applicant.       
Samuel Robison J.J.C.       
T.J. Warthen J.J.C.      
Silas Floyd J.J.C.     
I do hereby certify the above and foregoing contains the Original proceeding on the application of McKeen Green for a pension given under my hand and private seal there being no seal of office this 14th January 1833 in open court. Sherrod Sessions DCC [Seal]
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Joseph Bryan [unreadable] July 6/54   Reynolds
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The State of Alabama}
Russell County}
On this 1 day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me (Andrew B Griffin an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the above County & State) Frances Greene a Resident of County & State above named aged Eighty years, who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of February 1853 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of McKeen Greene who served during the said war as a Private, and rec'd a Pension under Act of Congress of 1832 as will appear by reference to the Georgia Roll.  She further declares that she was married to the said McKeen Greene on the 1st day of January 1803; That her said husband died on the 8th day of April 1838; That she was not married to him prior to the 2nd January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow.

Frances Greene

Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 1st day
of February 1854
A B Griffin J.P.
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This will certify that the old Lady Mrs Frances Greene whose declaration appears attached, is very old & helpless & not able to appear in open
Court without considerable risk of her health.

Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of February 1854.  A B GRIFFIN J. P.
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The State of Alabama  Russell County
I, Thomas S. Tate Judge of Probate for said County do certify that Andrew B Griffen whose name is attached to the foregoing affidavit & before whom the same purports to have been made is and was at the time of his signing the same as acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly elected and commissioned and that his signature as there written is genuine.

Given under my hand and seal of office the 8th day of February AD 1854.
Thomas S Tate
Judge of Probate
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94998


Joseph Bryan
ofc [illegible]
Pensions
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The State of Alabama}
Russell County}
On this 7th day of April AD One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Andrew B Griffin a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Frances Greene, aged Eighty one years, a Resident of County and State above named, who being duly ^sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of McKeen Greene, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War.  That she is inscribed on the Pension List, or has a certificate to that effect, entitling her to Eighty Dollars per annum under the Act of February 3rd 1853 all of which will satisfactorily appear by reference to her application at the Department.  That she the present applicant for a bounty of land, is the identical Person who is in possession of said certificate from the Department of the Interior entitling her to receive from the Pension Agt [agent] at Mobile the sum of Eighty dollars per annum.  She further declares that she has heretofore made no application for any bounty of land whatever and she now makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved
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on the 3rd March 1855.
Frances Greene

We, Joseph Fair and James R. Greene, Residents of Russell County and State of Alabama, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Frances Greene in our presence, and that we believe and are entirely satisfied that the applicant is the identical person she represents herself to be.  That we have both seen her Pension Certificate alluded to & can testify to the fact that she has drawn her Pension as holder of said certificate under said act up to March 4th 1855. 

This 7th April 1855   Joseph Fair                                                 
                                 James R. Greene

The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

This 7th April 1855   AB Griffin J.P.
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The State of Alabama}
Russell County}
I Thomas S Tate Judge of the Probate Court in & for said County do hereby certify that Andrew B Griffin whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument as a Justice of the Peace or as an acting Justice of the Peace at the time the same bears date and that his signature is genuine and that he is entitled to full faith and credit as such.  Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of April AD 1855.
Thomas S Tate
Judge of Probate
[Seal]
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER

Received from GAO
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Oath of Identity Son of a Dead Pensioner

State of Alabama}
Russell County}    Be it known that before me John Brown a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Jas R Greene and made oath in due form of Law that he is the son of Frances Greene the identical person who was a Pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered.

That the dead Pensioner resided in Russell County in the State of Alabama for the space of some fifteen years or more before her death and that previous thereto she resided in Washington County & State of Georgia.

Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of Novr 1858 before me.
John Brown
Justice of the Peace

Jas R Greene

Know all men by these presents that I James R. Greene son of Frances Greene in the County of Russell & State of Alabama do hereby constitute and appoint R. B. Owen of Mobile my true and lawful atty for me, and in my name, to receive from the agt of the United States for paying pensions in Mobile State of Alabama the balance of said pension from the 4th day of March 1858 to the 25th day of August 1858, being the day of her death.
Witness my hand & seal, this [illegible] day of Novr 1858.  Jas R Greene  [J.P.]
Sealed & delivered in presence of 
David Watson
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State of Alabama Russell County }  Be it known, that on the 27th day of Novr 1858 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Jas R Greene above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned          
John Brown Justice of the Peace           
 FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO         
The State of Alabama, Russell County. I George H. Waddell, Judge of the Probate Court for said County and State holden at Crawford in said County, and ex officio Clerk and keeper of the records and Seal of Said Court (the same being a Court of Record) hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Frances Greene was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; was a resident of the county of Russell in the State of Alabama, and died on the 25th day of August AD. 1858 in said County and state; and that she left a son whose name is James R. Greene. And I further certify that John Brown whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof
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an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County of Russell in said state
of Alabama, duly elected, qualified and
commissioned, and that his signature
is genuine; and further that this my
certificate is in due form of law and
by the proper officer.

Given under my hand and
seal of office at Crawford
in said County of Russell this
3rd day of December A D 1858
Geo H. Waddell
Judge of Probate

State of Alabama
Mobile County

Be it know that on the 11th day of December
Inst before the subscriber a pension agent personally appeared R. B. Owen
the attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath
that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension, therein authorized to be received by him. - 
From and subscribed the day and
year last above mentioned,
Before me
Lloyd Brown
Pension agent

R Banford Owen
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Frances Greene
D Sect 3 Secty 1 B 3

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Mobile, Ala, 11th December Inst

Received of Lloyd Brown, Agent for paying pensions, thirty seven 98/100 dollars being for five months and 4 days pension due to James
R. Greene son of Frances Greene from the 4th day of March/Inst to the [?]5th day of August Inst for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
R Banford Owen
$37.98
Atty for James R. Greene son 
of Frances Greene.
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E. J.
[25 Jan 34]
11 Apl 34
Geo. Schley Esq
Sandersville
Ga
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War Department, Pension Office, Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.     
A Statement shewing the Service of           
Period when the service was rendered Jany, 15, 1779 untill May 1783      Duration of the claimant's service. 3 Years  4 Months 15 Days.     Rank of the claimant. Private       
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.     Jno Twigs   Fa. Thompson    Sumter    Clark McIntosh   Lincoln   White  General Waynne     Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 72   S. Carolina      Proof by which the declaration is supported     Jno Conyears  R. Harrington  
B. Sage     
The credibility of William Rawls and Eleanor Nicks should be established as pointed out by the rules; see letter (j) or B page, under head of "Proof of Service"       
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of }
County of }
ss.
On this [space to fill in date] day of [space to fill in month and year] personally appeared, (a) before [space to fill in name person completing form and name of claimant] A. B. a resident (b) of [space to fill in city or town] in the county of [space to fill in county] and State, Territory or District of [space to fill in state, territory or district] aged (c) [space to fill in age of claimant] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space to fill in year], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers: the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service: the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through  which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [space to fill in state]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [space for name of person completing form] of the Court of [space for court] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space for name of claimant] for a pension.
In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space for date] day of [space for month and year] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [space for area of residence] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space of claimant], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space for claimant's age] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space for area of residence] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space for area of residence] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [space for court official's name] Clerk of Court of [space for county] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space for name of claimant] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space for date] day of [space for month and year] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his  case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6 {To a soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{ To an officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of person to whom you are know in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they  concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be  done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of this death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevent from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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 cannon 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 [space for number of years] year [space for number of months] months, and [space for number of days] days, I served as a [rank]. For [space for number of months] months and [space for number of days] days, I served as a [rank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 of four months ["about three or four months" is in italics], is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to file War Department, with the declaration.

[The following is a hand written addendum:]
The applicant must specify his service as above; and what the nature of it
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December 21, 1936

BA-J/EEL
McKeen Greene-W.7561

Dr. John Howard Greene
Slab Fork
West Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of your great grandfather, McKeen Greene, Revolutionary War soldier who enlisted in the Carolinas or in Georgia, after the war settled in the neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia and was buried on Beach Island in the Savannah River.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7561, based upon the military service in that war of McKeen Greene.

McKeen Greene was born October 11, 1761 at Beach Island, South Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

At the time the British took Augusta and Savannah, McKeen Greene was living at the home of his uncle, Lovelace Savage, ten miles above Augusta, Georgia, and after the capture of those cities, he fled with his uncle and family into the state of South Carolina, and during the Revolution, he lived in that state, in North Carolina and in Georgia. He volunteered June 15, 1779, while living near Augusta, Georgia, and served at various times until September 30, 1783, as a private under Captains John Cone, Paul Bevill, Joshua Inman and James McCoy and Colonels Thompson, Twiggs, Pickens, Clark, McDowell, White and McKay in the troops of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. He was in the battles of Musgrove's Mills and Wiggins Hill and in a number of skirmishes. He was wounded in the right foot in a skirmish in December, 1780 or in January, 1781.

After the war, he returned with his mother to Effingham County, Georgia, where, he stated, his parents had lived for many years before the Revolution. He stated that his mother was then a widow. Later, he lived in the counties of Screven, Bulloch, Columbia, Burke, Tattnall, Camden, Twiggs and Washington, all in the state of Georgia.
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McKeen Greene was allowed pension on his application executed January 14, 1833, while a resident of Washington County, Georgia. He signed McKeen Greene but stated that the surname was formerly spelled Green.

He died April 8, 1838.

The soldier married in Tattnall County, Georgia, January 1, 1803, Frances Dubose. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. Soldier had been married previously, there are no data in regard to his former wife.

Soldier's widow, Frances, was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1854, at which time she was aged eighty years and resided in Russell County, Georgia.

She died August 25, 1858, place not shown.

Soldier had a large family of children, only name shown is James R. Greene, son by his wife Frances. James was born October 4, 1809, and in 1835 was living in Hebron, Washington County, Georgia.

One William Greene was a Justice of the Peace for Scriven County, Georgia, in 1834, and in 1835, Rhodom A. Greene was Secretary of the Executive Department of the state of Georgia: no relationship to the family was stated.

Soldier's two brothers, Benjamin and John Greene served also in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin lost his right arm and John received wounds in both arms, while in the service.

In 1854, Ann D. Martin, a sister of the widow, Frances Greene, resided in Augusta, Georgia.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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[unreadable] Carolina [unreadable] District}  Personally came before me Jennings O'Bannon Notary Public for [unreadable] District, and State aforesaid Col. Tarlton Brown of the said district, and after being sworn as the law directs, Saith that he is personally acquainted with Mack Green, of the state of Georgia, and was, during the whole of the Revolutionary War. That the said Mack Green was in the army from the beginning to the end of the war a true whig and fought for the liberties of his Country - this deponant further states that he very well Recollects that the said Mack Green served for some time under Col. McCoy; but does not from the laps [lapse] of time recollect [unreadable] the names of any other of the officers under whom he served, or was serving, at the different times he was not with him during the war- Given under the Seal of my Office this 2nd day of March 1835. Jennings O'Bannon Notary Public
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State of Georgia Richmond County City of Augusta }  Personally appeared before me, Mrs. Ann D Martin (Resident) who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, she is the Sister of applicant (Frances Greene). From the best of her recollection her sister (Frances Dubose) was married to McKeen Greene about the 1st Jany 1803 that they (McKeen & France Greene lived together as Husband & wife till the 8th of April in the year 1838 when said McKeen Green died, leaving the applicant (Frances Green) a widow She further declares that she was present at Sd [said] McKeen Greenes death.       Ann D. Martin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th January 1854 }   
Lewis Levy J. P.        
State of Georgia Richmond County Clerk's office Infr Court I hereby certify that Lewis Levy Esqr whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the above instrument as therein written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Justice of the Peach for the County of Richmond in said state, duly commissioned and authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
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of said Justice and verily believe that his
signature thereto is genuine-

In testimony whereof I hereto set my
hand and affix the seal of office this tenth
day February [previous word is partially obscured by seal] 1854

Owswell E Cashin Clerk
Infr Court
R. C.
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State of Georgia
Richmond County

Personally appeared before
me John W. Spencer an acting Justice
of the Peace Mrs. Ann D Martin who being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that Frances
Greene, who now applies for a Pension as
the widow of a Revolutionary ^Soldier is the widow
of the Identical McKeen Green who lived 
in Washington County, Georgia, and drew
a Pension from the government as a Revolutionary
soldier while a Resident of said county
that she was then and is now a Resident of this 
State & never heard of any other McKeen Greene
[hand struck out "than"] in the State but the one above alluded to, who
was always reported to have been a Revolutionary 
Soldier

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 23d day of March 1854
John W Spencer JP
Ann D Martin

William M D Antignoe - Witness
John H Filler - Witness

I do hereby certify that Mrs Ann D Martin who makes
the foregoing affidavit is a Creditable witness & entitled 
to Enjoy confidence which I will also say of the
[illegible] witness above subscribed
March 23 1854 John W Spencer J P
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State of Georgia
Richmond County

Clerk Office Inferior Court
said County

I Oswell E Cashin Clerk of the Inferior Court
of said County do hereby certify that John H 
Spencer Esquire before [???] the written affidavit
[illegible] is, and was, at the time of taking
said affidavent and making said certificate
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Richmond duly commissioned and [????]
and further that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of said Justice and
believe [previous word is partially obscured by seal] his signature thereto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office
this twenty seventh (27th) day of
March Eighteen Hundred and
Fifty Four

Oswell E Cashin
Clerk
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Hebron Ga.
[July] July 8th
[25]

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
City of Washington
mail
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Hebron Washington Co Georgia July 4th 1835 Dear Sir,     
I recd your last letter to McKeen Green communicating the intelligence that the same old difficulty still existed in relation to the time he was in actual service. The old gentleman has been from home since prior to my receiving your letter & will be some weeks hence. I believe it altogether impossible for one whose age & infirmities are so great as to prevent his attending to any kind of business as is the case with my Father (the applicant) to give a correct detail of matters which transpired so long ago; but it would seem hard & even unjust that a want of recollection should cause those who fought & bled for the liberties we now enjoy to be deprived of their rights & perhaps even suffer on account of not being able to comply with the inquisitions necessary to obtain them. You state that on examining the applicants papers you find no service rendered under the officer whose certificate
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entitled him to the benefit of the Refugee act in Georgia I have thought you might be under some small mistake occasioned by different modes in spelling the officers name I don't recollect whether McCoy or Howell gave the certificates but if McCoy gave them it is sometimes spelt McCay & probably may have occasioned this mistake; though I think in some of the applic. affidavits both of those officers are mentioned & more or less service rendered under each of them. I would now simply ask under such a state of things what would you advise the applicant to do; we would suppose an applicant to have lost all recollection & become completely childish what remedy.  If there is any mode of abridging this business be pleased to inform me as soon as practicable      
Very Respectfully yours       
Jas R. Greene Acting Agt for McKeen Green
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The State of Alabama Russell County Personally appeared before me (Andrew B Griffin an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County) James R Greene (Son of the applicant France Green,) who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements First that he has written three times to the clk of the Court of Tatnall Co Georgia for a certificate of his Father & Mothers Marriage, & has each successive time failed get an answer & it seems impossible without making a journey of some 250 miles to procure said certificate Secondly he has examined the Family Record in his Fathers Bible which he knows to be in his Fathers hand write, but finds the record of his Fathers marriage to his mother, as well as that of a former wife, left out setting down the ages of himself his wives & children only The undersigned would further state that he is the oldest living child of McKeen and Frances Greene that he finds his birth recorded in the Family Bible on the 4th day of October 1809 that He has from his earliest recollection heard his father & mother, McKeen & Frances Greene say that they were married in Tatnall Co, and at the time stated in his Mothers Declaration & doth on his oath further State that he never had any reason to doubt that said marriage did legally take place at time & place, as set forth by the declaration of his mother
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The undersigned further states that his Mother
Frances Greene is now the widow of McKeen
Greene.
James R Greene

Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 1st day February 1854
A B Griffin J.O.P

The undersigned are acquainted with
James R Greene whose affidavit appears above
& feel no hesitancy in stating that his standing
in this community is such as would warrant 
implicit confidence in his Testimony

this 1st day Feb 1854

A. B. Griffin J. P.
John R. Page
Nathl Hedge
David Watson
David Lockhart
S L Hill
Beverly Johnson
Elisha Thomas
J L Burton
M W Murphree
Robt S Brownfield
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Payment to be made at Mobile
by
James Perrine
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Alabama
Payable on the 4th September and 4th 
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 157 Vol. A
G. T. Getty Clerk
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Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conforming with the 2d section of the act of February 
3, 1853.

Frances Green.
widow of McKeen Green.
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars and [hand struck out "cents"] per annum commencing on the 
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such 
marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Eighteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four

R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 State of Georgia Washington County }   On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court in the Superior Court for the County aforesaid before his Honor Judge Holt McKeen Green a resident of the County of Washington and State of Georgia aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he volunteered in the army of the United States under Joshoua Inman Captain of the light draggons [Dragoons] at Crakers Neck in the State of South Carolina in the year 1779, where we staid about three or four months quarding and securing that section when we marched to Butlers plantation in Liberty County Georgia under Colonel Twiggs where we had an engagement with the Tories and killed and took about 46 of them; we then marched back to Crackers neck and staid about six weeks and then marched back to Liberty County under Colonels Pickens and Twiggs where we dispersed some negroes of Governer Wright of the Tories and the British hearing our guns pursued us and we retreated to Crackers neck again where we remained guarding and securing the Country untill the fall of Charleston in 1780. We then marched to Sharlott [Charlotte]  Town in the county of Mecklinburg in the State of North Carolina where we joined Colonel Sumpter, from there we march within 15 miles of Solsberry [Salisbury] where
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we staid three or four weeks; we then marched to Catawbe old fields where we joined Colonel Sumpter again and staid about six weeks. We then left Colonel Sumpter and marched near Kings Mountain in North Carolina where we joined Colonel Clark and staid there a month; and then marched to Sapprides a fort on Enoree River where we had a hot engagement with the British and Tories under Colonel Innis where we killed him and defeated his forces, which consisted of 450 men. We then received an Express that General Gates was defeated at Camden and Colonel Sumter near Camden by Talton and that we must flee for our lives. We then fled to the upper part of North Carolina and joined colonel McDole or Dowel near Broad River and staid there five or six days, and we then marched to Crackers neck again and from thence to King Creek in South Carolina and joined Capt McCoys light draggoons. We then defeated Lieutenants Kemp and Tobrez with about 40 men who were an escort of F boats with military stores, which we took and destroyed. We then marched down about 40 or 50 miles into South Carolina and got a new supply of horses, and then marched against Colonel Brown at Higginses Hill about 60 miles below Augusta on Savannah River and killed about 40 of his men and a few days afterwards I was shot in the ancle [ankle] by a detachment of Browns army about ten miles from the Hill and I had to remain in the settlement about two months, then I moved about 30 miles on Edisto River where I remained about four months, and then I was carried to Augusta and put under a surgeon and remained an invalid untill a few weeks before General Waynes siege of Savannah. I then went under Capt McCoy and joined General Wayne near Savannah where we fell in with about 40 Indians and took them and delivered them to General Wayne, and we then staid with General Wayne until peace was concluded, and we all then dispersed for our several homes without receiving any written discharge
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I was at the time I volunteered a resident of the State of Georgia. and have resided in the the said State ever since the revolution and in the County of Washington for the last sixteen or seventeen years. and I further state that I was born in South Carolina in 1761 and that I have no record of my age He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
McKeen Greene

We John Webb - a Clergyman residing in the County of Washington and Silas Floyd residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with McKeen Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
John Webb
Silas Floyd 

And the Court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to it that John Webb who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and resident in the County of Washington and that Silas Floyd who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm. W. Holt
Judge
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I Morgan Brown Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of McKeen Green for a pension.      
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of September 1833.      
Morgan Brown Clk        
Georgia Washington County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County of Washington aforesaid McKeen Green 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 follow grades. That from the time he entered the service as volunteer on the 15th of March 1779 he served as its stated in the first part of this petition untill the 14th May 1780 under Capt Joshua Inman in the regiment of Colonel Twiggs and from May 1780 until the tenth of November of that year under Capt James McCoy who joined the Regiment of Colonel White of the Continental line though I was a volunteer in the militia and remained so while under him, and remained under the orders of Colonel White untill the close of the war, after a service of four years as a private and volunteer, and for such service claim a pension 
McKeen Greene
Sworn to before me, this 24th March 1834 Samuel Robison JFC
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State of Georgia Washington County I McKeen Greene now said County was born Octr. 11th 1761. was a Citizen of Columbia County State aforesaid, when his Britanic Majesties' forces took Savannah then the Metropolis of Georgia aforesaid I being an Orphan boy took refuge in So. Carolina I sought my Brothers shortly after & found them in arms down Savannah River say 60 miles below Augusta in Station / for there were Stations on or near the S. River from Augusta to Petersburg it then being the line between us & the British. I bought me a gun & fell into ranks with my two Brothers John & Benjm Green / for so we then spelt our name / as you may find in your Pention list, for Ben lost his right arm & John was maimed in both, & both drew Pentions 'till their death & so might I probibly if I had then applied for then I had abundent evidence, but my wound being not so bad as theirs & being I had a Trade  thought as the states being so enormously in debt as I knew being a Member of Our Genl Assimbly & of the Governor's Council in 1787 & 1788 thought I could get my living by my trade, for I had little or no property except two Bounties of Land 26 1/2 Acres each, one for flying before the Enemy & the other fighting my way back. This is found on State Records, I can transmit it if necessary) The Stations were kept up by the So. Carolina Militia, [unreadable] every month by draft. We Georgia Refugees were many, scattered up & down the River & such as chose fell into the Stations. Those with families settled out near their former homes as convenient. As observed above my bothers & self fell in at the Station nearest where the body of our acquaintance lay say King Creek, after some months spent thus. Then Joshua Inman a refugee raised By authority of the Governor of the State of Ga. a Volunteer Company of Horse Stationed Crackers Neck 15 miles below Augusta to anoy [annoy] the Tories my Brothers & self joined him & continued with him till the fall of Charleston So. Ca. taking frequent excurtions [excursions] throug Ga. having many scurmishes [skirmishes] with the Tories, Indians, & british, negroes also Immediately af [after] the capture of Charleston Capt. Inman & myself & perhaps 30 others fled for No. C. joined & 4 or 6 weeks rest Col. Sumter stay'd with him 2 or 3 months, heard of Col. E. Clark a Georgia refugee & went to him & continued with him till after Gates' & Sumters defeat & till a week or two before Col Furgasons defeat at Kings Mountain N. Carolina then returned with others to Kingcreek Savannah River & fought under Col. McKay other Officers much after the manner of Genl. Merien till I got wounded, shot through the foot & ancle with
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with (perhaps) an Ounce ball, the last of Decr 1780 or first Jany 1781. My wound was by many physitians [physicians] thought to be incurable but at length at my own expense & throug the charity of others it healed up once in this intirem [interim] I took a horse a Ladies saddle one cruch [crutch] & a gun to repel a suden invasion, I then joined Col. McKay again & went a Volunteer to the [unreadable] siege of Savannah that was my last material expedition agains the British but the Tories & their Indians combin'd to plunder & destroy the frontiers for several years after the British evacuated Savannah I then raised a Company of Light horse by permission of Col Caleb Howell to reconoiter the frontiers of Georgia. As respects the actions 1st at Jas Butlers, Liberty County, Ga. 2s at Govr James Rights D.Do. 3 at Musgraves' Mills Enoree S. Carolina. 4th S. C. near King Creek. 5 with several boats with Military Stores for Col. Brown Augusta 6th, with Col. Brown, british, Tories & Indians. My service beyond all possible recollection. My wound should, my foot, leg & thigh ever since; cleared me from all road duty & military ever since & broke out again lately & is now swelling [swelling], inflamed with fever but is now some better. My circumstance is narrow, yet I ask only for my right as I fought & served with very little intermission from 1778 till 1782 or 1783 & till the British evacuated Savannah & the Tories & Indians left our frontiers

Statement shewing the service of McKeen Green        
Period where the service was rendered Years   From 1779 untill 1783 a period of four years.   
Rank of the claimant.   Volunteer A volunteer and private in the militia.       
Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served.    Capt. Joshua Inman Colonel Twiggs Colonel Pickens. Colonel Sumpter Colonel McDob or Dowell. Captain McCoy. General Wayne. Colonel White. Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.   Age seventy one years. Entered service in the State of South Carolina War service the termination of the war of Georgia.       Proof by which the declaration is supported 
John Webb    
Silas Floyd      
W M Rawls     
Eleanor Nicks

Eleanor Nicks
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Georgia
Washington County

Personally appeared before 
me McKeen Green - who being duly
sworn saith that the foregoing addition made to his petition is true according to the best of his recollection
Sworn to before me this
25th day of March 1834
McKeen Greene
Silas Floyd J.J.C. HC

Georgia 
Washington County
I hereby certify that Samuel
Roberson and Silas Floyd who have subscribed
their names as Justices of the Inferior Court are
Justices as above stated and that full faith and
credit is to be given to their attestation as such
Given under my hand and seal of office of
the Superior Court of the County of Washington
and State aforesaid
L. A. Jernigan Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of
June 1832

State of Georgia
Washington County

In this 24th day September
in the year of our Lord Eighteen
Hundred  and thirty three personally appeared in open court in the Superior Court for the  county aforesaid before his Honor Judge Holt  McKeen Greene a Resident of the county aforesaid
and State of Georgia aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the 
provisions made by the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832  Under the command of a 
Capt Cone as a volunteer, he entered the service
of the United States on the fifteenth of 
January 1779 as near as he can recollect
This Capt Cone was stationed on Savannah
River about 50 or 60 miles below Augusta 
So Carolina subject to the command of Col Thompson of So. Carolina militia Remained under sd. Cone taking frequent scouts through the Country in Georgia till
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the first of September of the same year Then joined a Light Horse volunteer company commanded by Capt Paul Bevill and set off for the French Siege of Savannah.  General John McIntosh had command of the Georgia Militia and General Lincoln principal commander of the American forces at sd. siege  Remained under sd. Bevill (after having served in the French Siege aforementioned) till the first of February 1780 as near as I can recollect and then joined a company of Light Dragoons commanded by Capt Joshua Inman, Col Twiggs our principal commander served under them in the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina till the fifteenth of June 1781 as a volunteer in which time we had 3 warm engagements
in Liberty County Georgia with British and
Tories besides many small skirmishes in different
parts of the Low Country of Georgia and We then fled to North Carolina a company of Georgia Refugees and joined Col Sumpter, Say the 20th of June 1781 remained as near as I can recollect under him till the first of September of the year last aforementioned and then joined Col
Clark (who was also a Georgia Refugee)
near Kings Mountain in North Carolina
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We marched from thence under command of Col Clark to a fort on the Enoree River There we had a hot engagement with British and Tories I left Col Clark & joined Capt McCoy (afterwards Col.) on the first of October 1781 under whose command I continued till the close of the war (Sept 30th 1783) in actual service and during all the periods of services rendered as above stated from my first entering service I was not engaged in any business or employment of a lucrative nature but was actively striving in the service of my country till peace was obtained. While under Col McCoy I was in a hot engagement at Wiggins Hill in So Carolina besides many small skirmishes in one of which I was wounded in the ancle & have been an invalid ever since free from all Road or military Duty I was for 22 months after I was wounded unable to do any thing for myself or Country I had so far recovered as to get to Haynes Siege of Savannah From there I left for home, as soon as his Majestys Troops were called off home, without receiving any written discharge I was born in the year 1761 & have no record of my age. I was at the time I volunteered a Resident
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of the state of Georgia and have resided in Said. State ever since the Revolution and in the county of Washington for the last seventeen or Eighteen Years. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and I furthermore declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State.     McKeen Greene       
Sworn to in open Court before me this 24th Sept 1834 Wm W Holt Presiding Judge        
Period in which service was rendered Jany.15 until May 1783     Duration of claim service 3 years 4 months 15 days   Private  Name & rank of Field Officer Served under above Col. J Thompson Jno Twiggs Col. Sumter Col. E Clark Genl Jno. McTosh Lincoln Genl Wayne White Age & abode 72 So. Carolina.    Proof in support of Declaration       
John Conyers      
Richard Harrington
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Sworn to in open court
before me this 24th Sept 1834
McKeen Greene
Wm W. Holt

I L Augustus Jernegan
Clerk of the Superior Court in and
for the County of Washington do Hereby Certify
that William W Holt who has Subscribed his
name as Judge of the Superior Court is Judge
as above Stated and that full faith and credit
is to be given to his attestation as Such
Given under my hand and Seal of Office
of the Superior Court of the County of Washington
and State aforesaid this 21st day of
Oct ber 1834
L Augustus Jernegan
Clerk
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Elanor Nicks
Affidande
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Middle Florida Gadson County} Personally came before me William Rawls of said County who being duly sworn Deposeth & saith he this Deponant has every reason to believe McKeen Greene was an active friend to his Country through the American Revolutionary War, that he was an inhabitant of the State of Georgia when the British forces took Savannah propably in 1778 or 1779 that said Greene left Georgia as the state fell, took refuge in So. Carolina on Savannah River, served as a volunteer under Capt Joshua Inman untill the fall of Charleston (So. Carolina) he then fled to N. Carolina with his Capt & many others, joined Col. Sumter on the Eutaw old fields, soon after joined Col E. Clark a refugee from Georgia & was in a hot engagement at Musgroves Mills Enoree River Col. Clark & Shelby Toss    Williams & other Cols commanded the American forces, & Col. Travis his Majesties forces shortly after this, said Greene returned to Savannah River near the place of his common raising, from this, say 1780 I was intimately acquainted with said Greene & his Brothers Benj. & John Greene who was in Constant service till peace was made & Savannah Town evacuated by the British at which time they took up their residence in Effingham County State of Georga, I have been well acquainted with them ever since & know they were active & brave soldiers & am well assured they, nor either of them ever bore arms against this Country & that they were each of them wound in defence of their Country and have been considered Invalids ever since Benjamin and John aforesaid drew pensions ill their death I am well assured but McKeen aforesaid never has applied till now. Sworn to before me the 24th of October 1832     W. M. Rawls      
John Little J. P.
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State of Georgia
Thomas County

I have been intimately acquainted 
with McKeen Greene, of Washington
County and State aforesaid
since the year 1778 or 79, and
am well assured said Green, did serve his country
in the Revolutionary War from the dates aforesaid
untill the British evacuated Savannah and said
McKeen Green, was wounded and crippled during,
and in the war.  And I also know, that, said Green
was in the battle at Wiggins Hill, and believe, he 
was in an action at Enoree River at Musgrover
Mills: likewise at the French seige of Savannah,
engaged in the defence of his country.
Elanor Nicks
his x mark

Sworn to and 
subscribed before
me this Eighth day
of November 1832
Isaac P. Brooks J.P.
Witness Jas R Nicks
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Rousseau Geo
July 12

July 21
Geo

Ewards Majr
pention Office
Washington City
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Washington Co. Ga. Hebron June 30th, 1835.

Sir
Your definity is Col Howells Certificate as a
Refugee. remember I was an Orphan boy living
in Columbia Co. Ga. when Savannah fell, my
common place of abode had been in Effingham Co Ga. there To my Parents lived many years.  Col. Howel comanded that Co. when Savannah fell.  he & my  commander fled immediately across Savannah  to So. C. The Col. being past the meredian of life, & haveing a large family, moved a little off the frontier & settled himself, being then without military authority.  Myself & all single men flew to
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arms & not being Citizens of the Co were Refugees united together & fought where most fighting was to be done.   principally under Inman, Twiggs, Pickens Clark, & McKay.  When our Independence was obtained, my mother (being a widow) returned to her former residence, & her sons lived with her in Eff. Co. - Col. Howell returned home with his usual authority, & the law said each Refugee must optain a certificate from their Col. to entitle him to a Bounty.  I got one from Col. Howell, & another from James McKay Col. Burke Co. adjoining Effn. Co.

As respects the turn of time, I was in constant service from Jan 4 or Feb 4 1779 till the evacuation of Savanah. This I can prove to the satisfaction
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of any Court & jury, but if your regulations will
not admit of this evidence I must apply to Congress

Pleas let me know.-

I am Sir with all due
defference yr H.b Servt
McKeen Greene

N.B. Permit me to refer you
to W. Forsythe, he is well
acquainted with me & my brothers
Col. John Greene of Augusta
& Benjm Greene of Scriven, this
will clear all suspicion of fraud.

I am Sir Yrs
McK. Greene
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Hebron
Feb 11th 1835
[23]

To the Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Febry 21 1835
Pension Office
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February 11th 1835
Hebron Post Office

Washington Co. Ga

Dear Sir,

It has been upwards
of 3 months since my 
papers have been reforwarded
to your office with such additional
evidence & correction
as was thought necessary.  You
may well judge that I am
at a loss to conjecture the
cause of delay, having heard 
nothing from there Since they
were mailed.  If they have
not been duly recd please inform 
me as I may make some further
inquiry respecting them 
Respectfully McKeen Green
To Hon Lewis Cass
 Yr. Obed Svt.
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State of Georgia
Scriven County

Personally appeared before me William Green a Justice of the peace for Said County.  Hichard Herrington a Revolutionary Soldier & made Oath that he was well acquainted with McKeen Green before during & since the Revolutionary War & that he has every reason to believe that he was a Soldier & actively ingaged in his Country Service from 1778 to the end or Conclusion of the Revolutionary War as they heard from each other at different times during the War
his
Richard Herrington
+ mark

Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 5 day December 1834
William Green J. P.

Satate of Georgia
Scriven County
Personally appeared before me William Green a Justice of the Peace John Conyers a Revolutionary Solder & made Oath that he was well Acquainted with McKeen Green before during & Since the Revolutionary War and that he has every reason to believe that he was a Soldier in his Countrys service from 1778 to the end or Conclusion of the war as they heard from each other at different times during the war.
John Conyers

Sworn to before me
this 4th day September
1834
William Greene J. P.
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Georgia
Scriven County

By Seaborn Goodall Clerk of he Superior
Couart & for the County aforesaid.
I do hereby certify that William Greene
whose signature appears to the two within affidavits,
is duly qualified and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, also was at the
time of signing the same that the same is genuine and that due faith and credit ought to be placed to his official acts as such.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and privy seal (there being no seal of office
Jacksonboro 8th day of September
1834
Interlined before signed
Seaborn Goodall Clerk
L.S.

And I do further hereby certify that the
two within named deponents, Richard Herrington & John Conyers of the County aforesaid, to be men of truth and credibility and whose truth and [illegible] has never been doubted in a court of Justice.  Given under my hand and seal as aforesaid on that day & year aforesaid.
Seaborn Goodall Clk L.S.
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Washington City
Feb 20 1854

L. P. Waldo Esq Com'l & C

Sir.

I have the honour to enclose
herewith the declaration of Mrs. Frances
Green asking for a Pension as the
widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner under
the act of 1832. Georgia Roll.  Mrs. Greene claims 
under the Act of 1853.  I respectfully ask
that her claim may be examined & allowed

With great respect
Your Obdt Servt
Joseph Bryan
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Brief in the case of Frances Green, Widow of McKeen,
Russell County and State of Ala
act 3d Feby 1853

Claim, ("original," 

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Tr / Husband was a pensioner under the Act of
7th June, 1832,
Two witnesses testify to general
reputation of marriage cohabitation.  The father
raised a large family of children.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filled since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Jos: Bryan Esqr
Present
Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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It will be perceived that the authority refered to 
in the certificate is not a law, but a Resolve
which Resolves are not digested with the laws.
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94998
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Washington City
April 22 1855

L. P. Waldo Esqr
Com'l of C.

Sir:
I have the honour to enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Frances Green of Alabama, asking for Bounty Land under the Act of 1855.  Mrs. Green is the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier & is now a Pensioner, on the Roll of the
Mobile, Alabama Agency.  I ask that in due time a warrant may pen and be delivered to her.

Very respectfully
Your Obdt Servt
Joseph Bryan
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Washington City
April 12 1854

L P. Waldo Esqr
Court of Pensions

Sir

About the 1st Inst, I received a letter from you in relation to the application of Mrs. Frances Greene to be allowed a Pension as the widow of McKean Greene a Pensioner on the Georgia Roll.  In that letter you stated that the credibility of Mrs. Martin one of the witnesses was not established and that proof was wanting of the identity of the applicant as the wife of the late pensioner.  These omissions I think are fully supplied by the testimony herewith enclosed, and I respectfully ask a examination of the claim and that a pension be allowed.
With great respect
Your Obdt Servt
Joseph Bryan
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No. 94998
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 24 1855
McKeen Greene Pri Dec
Ga. Troops
Rev. War
Act. Feb 3/53

11275-160-55

Joseph Bryan
Present
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Geo.
12 May 1835
Pension Office
Page 73

Entd Wm M. Carnes
Comp. Genl.

United States of America.

State of Georgia.
By His Excellency Wilson Lumpkin
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of this State and of the Militia thereof;

To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come:

Know Ye, That Rhodom A. Greene who certifies
the annesced copies of certificates touching the revolutionary
services of McKeen Green, and the annesced copy of a
Resolve of the General Assembly of this State, is a Secretary
of the Executive Department of said state, &
that said certificates, are in due form & by the proper 
officer- 

[Lumpkin]

THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to
be had and given to his attestation as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State-House, in Milledgeville, this Sixth
day of April in the year of
our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty-five
and of the Independence of the United States of America
the fifty ninth.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Wm. A. Terville
Secretary of State.

[Paid two dollars
and fifty cents
J Hayes]

[Wilson]
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(Copy)
This is to certify that Mackkeen Green has ever
behaved himself as a true and faithful Soldier, and is
entitled to all the priviledges of a Refugee Certified
by me this 15th day of January 1784
(Signed) Caleb Howell Colo.

(No. 51.)
Georgia.
(Two hundred and fifty acres of land)
These are to certify that McKeen Green, as
a refugee, is entitled to two hundred and fifty acres of
land as a Bounty, agreeably to an Act and Resolve of the
General Assembly, passed at Augusta 19th of August
1781, as for Certificate, Colo James McKay.

Given under my hand and Savannah the
twenty ninth day of January in the year
of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred
and Eighty-four. 
(signed) J. Houston
Attest
D Rees. Secretary
Executive Department Georgia
Milledgeville April 6th 1835.

I certify that the above certificate touching the
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Revolutionary services of McKeen Greene, are faithfully
copies from the originals now on file in this Department.

Given under my hand, this the day
and date last mentioned.
Rhodom A. Greene
Secretary Ex: Department
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(Copy) House of Assembly 19th August 1781

On motion,

Resolved, that the refugees who
went off and can produce from the commanding officer
they served with, of their having done their duty as good
soldiers during their said refugeeship, shall be entitled
to two hundred and fifty acres of land as a recompense
for their service during that period, officers to be entitled
in proportion, that is to say; a subaltern three
hundred and fifty; a captain five hundred; a Major six hundred and fifty; a Lieutenant Colo eight hundred, and
a full Colonel one thousand acres of Land; and that grants for such land as shall be appointed for that purpose by a future House, shall be passed by the Governor and council then being.  And further, that the wives & children of those brave citizens who have unfortunately fell in the service of their country, shall be entitled to the quota of their said husbands or fathers agreeable to his rank.

Extract from the minutes
(Signed) John Wilkinson C. G. A.
Executive Department Georgia
Milledgeville 4 May 1835.

I do certify that the above is a true copy of
a certified copy now on file in this Department
which is also here recorded - the original having been
lost from among the records of the General Assembly
of that date.

Given under my hand & the seal
of the Executive Department this
the day & year last above written.
Rhodom A. Greene
Secretary Ex: Dept.
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see letter to Hon. Jno. Coffee
Jan. 19, 1836-

McKeen Greene
Georgia
[unreadable]
Suspended  $80

Letter 24 Jan. 1835

George Schley

letter claimant 23 Feby 1835
13 May 1835 Same
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15 April Pen: Off:
14 Apl./54

Sir:

Please certify the time
to which the within named
pensioner was paid, or the
date of his death.

Very Respectfully
8 Apr 38
[unreadable]
for the Commission

McKeen Greene, Act 1832
$80 per annum, died
8 April 1838 Paid
F. Burt
Auditor

Francis Burt, Esqr
Third Auditor Treasury

Boynton
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No: 5,109

Frances Green
Wid: of
McKeen

Set: to Jos: Bryan Feb: 23d/54
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2 red & co. raised [unreadable]
family of Chil.
8" Apl. 38
"Boynton"

11275
[unreadable]
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
 Novr. 4, 1838

Sir:
That portion of your letter of
the 25th ulto addressed to the Commissioner
of Pensions relating to arrearages of pension
due in the case of your mother, who you
state died on the 25th of August last, has 
been referred to this office to be answered.

In reply to your inquiries, I have
to state, that, the amount, claimed to be
due, is payable at the Agency at Mobile,
Ala, upon vouchers duly executed agreeably 
to the enclosed forms, (without the intervention
of an administrator), to the children.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
R J Atkinson
Auditor

James R. Greene Esqr
Opelika
Ala
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UUnited States Senate,

United States Senate,
Washington, May 19, 1927. 19

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I have the honor to
submit the following communication
for your consideration,
and to ask that the
request made therein be complied 
with if possible.

When the matter is disposed
of, will you kindly
have the letter returned to
my office, and oblige.
[returned May 24, 27.]

Yours truly,
Wm J Harris
U.S.S.
Page 83

May 24, 1927.

Honorable W. J. Harris,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of the nineteenth
instant and the enclosed letter of Mr. Bernard N. Neal, I have the honor to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to John Johns of Wilkes County, Georgia, or James Wright who served in the Seventh Virginia Regiment, or who lived in the state of Georgia.

From the papers in the pension claim, W. 7561, it appears that McKeen Greene was born at Beach Island, South Carolina, October 11, 1761.  While living near Augusta, Georgia, he enlisted June 15, 1779 and served at various times until September 30, 1783, as a private under Captains John Cone, Paul Bevill, Joshua Inman and James McCoy and Colonels Thompson, Twiggs, Pickens, Clark, McDowell, White and McKay, in the Troops of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.  He was wounded in the right foot in a skirmish in December 1780, or January 1781.

[Office note AW-
This man gave a correct historical account of the campaigns in which he participated but it is so indefinite as to his personal service that I could not separate the services or designated the various battles & skirmishes.  So wrote it as above. (Any exact account would have to be a full copy - AW]
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   He was allowed pension on his application executed January 14, 1833, while living in Washington County, Georgia. 
He died April 8, 1838.
    He married in  Tatnall County, Georgia, January 1, 1803, Frances Dubose, his second wife, (name of first not stated). She was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1854, while living in Russell County, Alabama, aged eighty years. She died August 25, 1858.
     He had a large family, but the only name on record is that of son James R. who was born October 4, 1809.

Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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John Howard Greene, M. D.
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork, W. Va.

Dec. 10, 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

The enclosed letters
are self-explanatory.  I am
trying to get a record of my
great-grandfather, McKeene
Greene, who was a Revolutionary
War soldier.  I thought he might
possibly have a pension record.

Thank you for any help you 
may give.

Sincerely,
J. H. Greene
M. D.
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John Howard Greene, M. D.
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork, W. Va.

Nov. 17, 1936

War Department
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Records

My dear Sirs:

I would like to get the
enlistment record of my great
grandfather, McKeene Greene. 
He probably enlisted in the 
Carolinas or Georgia - or possibly
in New England.  We know he was
in General Greene's army (whose
relative he probably was) and that 
after the war he settled in Georgia
in the neighborhood of Augusta.  He
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John Howard Greene, M. D.
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork, W. Va.

was buried on Beach island in
the Savannah River which is
near Augusta but a part of South
Carolina I believe.  This is as
far as my information goes.

Your help will be appreciated.

Yours truly,
J. H. Greene, M. D.

Administrative Assistant
Nov 19 1936
War Dept.

10 Received A.G.O. Nov 19 1936
Page 88

Bernard N. Neal
C. E. Campbell

Georgia Distributing Company
Cotton Seed Products, Fertilizer Materials
Healey Building
Atlanta, GA.
Robinson's Code
Yopp's Code
Bell Phone Wa 0370
Bell Long Distance
Postal Long Distance

[answered thro
Senator Harris
& similar
letter of May 16
written to the Senator 
returned 
May 24, 27]

April 15, 1927.

Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner,
Pension Bureau,
Dept. of Interior,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you please give me the Revolutionary War Records, names of wives and children, and any other data which you may have on the following men:-
McKeen Greene, reported to be a Revolutionary War Captain, residence after War, Augusta, Ga. Husband of Ellen McOll Greene and father of Sarah Hull Greene.

James Wright, late soldier  7th Virginia Regiment Co. W. Dangerfield, certificate of Gb. Lee, Col. Feb. 23, 1784.  Petitioner prayed 2871/2 acres of land in Washington County, Ga.  Listed on Georgia records among certified veterans of Revolution.

John Johns, listed in report of Wilkes County Ga. as among the veterans residing there.

If you can give me any information about these men so that I can connect them up with their descendants it will be very much appreciated.

Yours very truly,
Georgia Distributing Company
By Bernard N. Neal
919 Healy Bldg
Atlanta Ga

Offices of
The Commissioner
Apr 18 1927
U.S. Bureau of Pensions

All Quotatons Subject to Confirmation Unless otherwise Specified
Page 89

The State of Alabama
Russell County

Personally appeared before me
Thomas S. Tate Judge of Probate for said County James R Greene who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Statements 1st according to the Record kept by his Father McKeen Greene he was born on the 4th day of October in the year 1809 and lived with his Father & Mother McKeen & Frances Greene with the exception of Short intervals off at school, till about the year 1830 when he left his Paternal Roof but returned in the Spring of 1833 again, when his Father McKeen Greene then a Resident of Washington County Georgia was making, or about to make application for his Pension.  That he said James R Greene continued with & near his father & mother McKeen & Frances Greene till within something over one year of his Father McKeen Greenes death which occurred on the 8th day of April 1838  That he said James R Greene assisted his father McKeen Greene in his application for a Pension & was an Eye witness to the making out the papers, also to the reception of the Draft &c from the Department for the money.  The James R Greene further states on his oath that Frances Greene (his mother) who is the applicant for a Pension as the widow of McKeen Greene, is the widow of the Identical McKeen Greene who drew a pension while a Resident of Washington County Georgia, from 1832 till 1838
James R Greene

Sworn to & subscribed
6 April 1854
Thomas S Tate Judge of Probate
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The State of Alabama 
Russell County

I Thomas S Tate Judge of the Probate Court
for said county a Court of Record do certify
that on this 6 day of April AD 1854 appeared
before me, James R Green a resident of said
county and being duly sworn did depose
to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit
and did subscribe the same in my presence and I certify that said James R Green is a man of veracity and his testimony entitles to full credit

Given under my hand and seal of office this 6th day of April AD 1854
Thomas S Tate
Judge of Probate
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Pelham, Ga.
Jan. 18, 1922

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC

I am applying for membership in the D.A.R and wish you would give me all of the information you can of Basil Neal or O'Neal.

Also of Captain McKeen Green. Is there anything there by which to tell his relation to Gen. Nathaniel Green.

Will appreciate this information so much.

Mrs. Rebecca Neal Turner
Pelham Ga.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 20 1922
Page 92

1922 Feby 13 Hist to Mrs.
Rebecca N Turner
1927 May 23 Hist to
Hon. W. J. Harris AW
1936 - Dec 21 -Histo to 
Dr. John L. Greene Eh

Revy Widow, &c.
File No, 7561
Frances Green
Wid.
McKeen Green
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby 3rd 53

Index: - Vol. A, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]