Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4274, Sampson Green, Enlisted In France Va. Residence In 1832
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SERVICE 
Enlisted in France |

Green, Sampson 
or Samson |

NUMBER
R 4274

Va. residence in 1832

[above Green; star sticker; color unknown]
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Sampson Green
Virginia

Rejected see letter of the 6 March 1833 to the Hon: H. N. Claiborne

4274
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [scratched through]

4274.
P.O. ___
Sampson Green
Service: ___
Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
Alleges: ___
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ___
___ Recognized. ___ Contr
___ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ___, 18
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Where the erasures and inter line Ments are made in the Declaration It should be James Count de Grass instead of James County Grass - And in the Affidavit Twenty and fifteen years ago -
Sampson Green
A. Archibald Wilks

Sampson Green
Virginia
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Rejected
See letter 6th March "33 to Hon. N. H. Claiborne.
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State of Virginia
County of Bedford }
Set
Con the 27th day of Oct. 1832 personally apeard [appeared] before me H. Robertson a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Sampson Green a resident of the county and State aforesaid aged eighty 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 act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 -
that he entered the Service of the united States, under the following named oficers [officers], and Served as herein Stated, that he was a citizen of urope [Europe] and was born in paris [Paris] in France, and was drafted in [on] behalf of the united States To fight against Great Britton [Britain]; under captain John Beard ['for a seven years and -'; struck through] and was there then put under Col James Count de Grass to serve a a tour of seven years. And then sailed to America, under the command of the above named Col and was In the Battle at the horse neck, from thence he was marched to a place by the name of the parch corn hill, and was in a Battle at that place, from thence he was marched to the Cowpenns [Cowpens] in South Carolina and fought in the Battle of that place- from thence he was marched to and was in the Battle at Brandywine, from thence to York Town in Virginia and was engaged in the Battle at the taking of Cornwallis, and was in the army when peace was made at which Time he the applicant was honorable discharged after having been in the Service as above mentioned for four years and 2 or 3 months, and he the applicant [illegible, crossed out]
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has no documentary Testamony [Testimony] by which he can establish his claim nor does he now [know] any person by whom he can prove the same by. that he can with any kind of convenience procure, and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of any state except that of the State aforesaid, and the said applicant further declares that he is Too old and Infirm to ride to the courthouse to make his declaration, On the asst [or acct] of various wound that he the applicant recd. while in the Service aforesaid, Sworn To and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samson Green
his x mark
We John Holligan & Archibald Nichols residing in the county of Bedford and State of Virginia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sampson Green who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood, 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 Holligan
Archibald Nichols 
his x mark

And I the before mentioned Justice of the peace do hereby declare that my 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 I the Justice aforesaid do certify that It appears To me that John Holligan & Archibald Nichols who has assigned the preceding certificate is residents in the county of Bedford and State of Va are credable [credible] persons. and that their Testamonies are entitled to credit, Given under my hand the 27th day of Oct. 1832
N. Robertson J.P.
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Question 1st. Where and in what year were you Born, Answer I was born in parriss [Paris] the day and date I do no recollect

2nd. have you any record of your age, and If so where is it. Answer. I have none

3th. where were you Living when called Into Service where have you Lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now Live, Ans. I have Lived in various places in the united States and now Live in the county of Bedford state Va

4th. how were you called into Service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute, and If a Substitute, for whome [whom], Ans. I was drafted.

5th. State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops, where you Lived; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstance of your Service, Ans. the Same as has before been Stated in the foregoing declaration

6th. did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, & If So By whome was it Given, and what has become of It, Ans. I received a discharge from my Col James County [Count] de Grass which discharge has been burnt, by the Loss of my house ~

7th. State the names of persons to whome you are known in your Neighbourhood and who can Testify as to your character for veracity and their Belief of your Services as a Soldier of the revolution. the applicant names the persons named in the preceding certificate and could name many others but it is deemed unnecessary and could produce positive proof of his Service though It would be attended with a great deal of Trouble and expense, as he the applicant Lives in a very remote part of the county
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from where he entered the Service that the Lets fault in the preceding declaration ~
Sampson Green
his x mark

I do hereby certify that the foregoing Interogatory [Interrogatory] was answered according to the regiment and form Set forth by the department To the Best of my knowledge and Sworn to before me N. Robertson a Justice of the peace. Given under my hand the 27 day of octobr [October] 1832 

H.R. the applicant was in the Battle at charles town South Carolina & was Severely wounded in the same and was also wounded in the Battle of Brandy Wine}
H. Robertson J.P.

State of Virginia County of Bedford S.S.
I Robert N. Dickerson deputy for Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia do hereby certify, that Nicholas Robertson who has signed the foregoing declaration and certificate is and was at the time of the signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace In and for the said County of Bedford, duly commissioned and qualified according to the Constitutions and Laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court, & office, the 28th day of November 1832, in the 57th year of American Independence.
Ro. N. Dickerson DC [Deputy Clerk]
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Virginia Bedford County [illegible]
On the 27th day of [September x'd out] Oct 1832 personally appeared before me Nicholas Robertson a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Archibald Wilkes who being first duly sworn according to Said deposeth and saith, That he has been acquainted with Sampson Green for about Twenty Six years. that he the said Sampson Green is generally reputed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a Soldir [Soldier] of the Revolution and that he the affiant Concurs in that belief. And that about Twenty or fifteen years ago he Saw a discharge in the possession of the said Sampson Green which he the said Green said was a discharge given by his commanding officer when he the said green was discharged from service at the close of the Revolutionary War. and that deponant heard one Donny Holland who was present at the same time read the discharge but can not now recollect by whom it was Signed. But believes it was a true & genuine discharge.
Archd. Wilkes

Subscribed & Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid
N.. Robertson JP
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Where the erasures and inter line Ments are made in the Declaration It should be James Count de Grass instead of James County Grass - And in the Affidavit Twenty and fifteen years ago -
Sampson Green
A. Archibald Wilks

Sampson Green
Virginia
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Rejected
See letter 6th March "33 to Hon. N. H. Claiborne.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

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Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

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NAME Green, Samuel GRADE Private LINE CONNECTICUT

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WARRANT NUMBER 5884 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 1, 1796
To ~not shown~

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.