Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23152, Beriah Green, Vt.
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Vt.
Green, Beriah
            Anna
W23152
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Vt.
Green, Beriah
            Anna
W23152
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1423

adm'd
21 months Lt + Capt.
13 mo Lt. 173.33
8 mo Cap. 160.00 - 
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333.33
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State of Vermont
Rutland County, Ss.
On this eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Honorable Nathan T. Sprague, one of the Judges of the County Court in and for said County, of, Rutland, Mrs. Anna Green, a resident of Brandon in said County, aged eighty three years, who, being first duty sworn according to law; death on her, oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, drafted July 4, 1836:
That she is the widow of Beriah Green; late of Brandon aforesaid, deceased, who was a Lieutenant in a Company whereof Benjamin Cox was Captain, in Major Allen's detachment of Rangers for the defense of the Frontiers of Vermont; as will from his Commission, dated the 21 day of August, 1780 and from the proofs herein after referred to; and that he continued in said service under said Commission until the 10th day of February, 1781: when the said Beriah was appointed first Lieutenant of the Company of Infantry, raised for the defense of said State, and commanded by Samuel Fletcher, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, and to continue in service until the 15th day of December then next, as will also appear
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from the said Commission last mentioned bearing date the day and year last aforesaid, and continued to serve under the same until the 14th day of November, 1781: when the said Beriah Green was appointed, and received another Commission of that date, as a Lieutenant in the same or some other Company of Vermont troops, to continue in said service until some time in the month of May, 1782, and served under said last mentioned Commission (all but a part of which is now lost) until the 15th day of April, 1782: when the said Beriah Green was promoted, and was appointed Captain of a Company in a Battalion of Troops raised for the defence of the frontiers of the said State, commanded by Gideon Brownson Esq. a Major Commandant, and continued in service therein, until the 15th day of December then next, as limited in and by the said Commission, which was in the said year, 1782. And, the said Beriah Green, from that time, afterwards, continued in the service as a Captain, under the authority of said State of Vermont, until the termination of the said revolutionary war.
And for proof of the said Beriah Green's services in the several capacities aforesaid, and for the manner thereof, for and during the several terms aforesaid, she the said Anna Green refers to the said several Commissions, all issued by and under the authority of the said State of Vermont, and signed by His Excellency;
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Thomas Chittenden, then Govenor thereof; and, also, to the following depositions, that is to say:
1. [underlined] To the deposition of Andrew Stevens, proving three months service, in the summer and fall of the year, 1780; six months from [December crossed out] April to October, 1781; four months from December, 1781 to the spring season of 1782; all under the said Beriah Green as Lieutenant; and, from the spring of 1782 eight months under the said Beriah as Captain, into the month of December of the same year.
2. [underlined] To the deposition of Benjamin Cox, proving, four months service from and after July 1780; and for months, from the month of December, 1781, until the April following in 1782.
3. [underlined]  To the deposition of John Foster, proving three months service, from and after the first of [three lower dashed lines] September, 1780 under the said Lieutenant Green, in the said Captain Benjamin Cox's company, and the said Major Allen's detachment; and, further, that the said Beriah Green remained in the service after that time, until the close of the war.
4. [underlined] To the deposition of Abel Paine, providing, three months, from December, 1780, to the 20th of March, 1781; thus far, concuring with the said Andrew Stevens.
5. [underlined] To the deposition of Samuel Bennet, proving one month, from the latter part of February 1781
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and, from and after the end of that term, eight months, to the last of November, 1781.
6. To the deposition of Joseph Foster, proving two months service, commencing in the month of January or February, 1781; and, two other terms, of two months each, commencing in December 1781, and continuing, from that time, to a period in the month of and after the 15th of April, 1782, on which day the said Beriah was appointed Captain, aforesaid. 
And, 
7. To the deposition of John Haraden, proving six weeks service, in the summer of 1781; four months, commencing, in December, 1781, and ending in April, 1782, when the said Beriah was appointed a Captain; and from and after that period, eight months more, the said Beriah, thenceforward, having been a Captain, as above mentioned.
All which said depositions, and the said Commissions herein above refered to, are herewith transmitted to the Secretary of War, in support of her said claim. 
She further declares, that she was married to the said Beriah Green, on the 26th day of December, in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty- one; that her husband, the aforesaid Beriah Green, died om the 24th day of January,  in the year, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and, that she has remained a widow ever since
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that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Anna Green
/s/X her mark

Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written: and I do hereby certify, that by reason of bodily infirmity, the said Anna Green, the applicant, is personally unable to attend in said county Court to make her aforesaid declaration: and I do hereby further certify, that the said Anna Green is a person of credibility.
/s/Nathan T. Sprague

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Rutland, do hereby certify that the Hon Nathan T. Sprague is one of the Judges of said Court, as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to the his is genuine. And I do hereby further certify, that the said County Court is a Court of record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed
/s/R. Pierpoint
[court seal affixed]
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my name, at Rutland in said County, this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
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I, Rufus Goss, of Brandon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 49 years, do depose, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Capt. Beriah Green, last of Brandon aforesaid, deceased; and, that he died at said Brandon on the 24th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
And I further depose, testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Anna Green, of the same town aforesaid, widow of the said Beriah Green; that she was the reputed lawful wife of the said Beriah; and, that she has not intermarried since his said decease. And further, this deponent saith not. 
/s/Rufus Goss

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Be it known, that on this eleventh day of February, 1837, before me the subscriber, as Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the said Rufus Goss, who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify, that the said affiant is a credible witness. 
/s/Martin Carlisle Justice Peace.
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State of Vermont
Rutland County, ss.}
I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Martin Carlisle is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said County, this 13th day of February in the year, 1837.
/s/R. Pierpoint
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Letter to 3d and the 4 March 1839.
see letters to Sec. Treasury + Jesse Gove, March 28. 1839 - 
do. to James Persons Apl. 16. '39
do. to Sec. Treasury 18 Apl. '39
Dead
Paid at the Treasure under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1831 to the 19th March 1837, the day of her death - Agt notified 1 June 1839
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Letter to Jesse Gove Nov. 11,1839
    "     D. W. C. Clarke 30 Nov 39
    "   to Hon W Slade Apl 27, 1840

Vermont
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Anna Green widow of Beriah Green Vt. who died on the 24 January of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Lieut. & Cap'n in the Company commanded by Captain Cox of the regt commanded by Col. Allen in the Vermont militia for 28 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 333 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of May 1837 - and sent to Jesse Gore Esq. Rutland.
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Arrears to the 4th March 1837 $2000.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 11 Sept. 37 166.66
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$2166.66
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{Revolutionary claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3}
Recorded by Wm. Allison Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page 37
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Rutland Vt, 4 April 1839.

Sir - 
Your letter of the 27th ult. relative to the arrears of Mrs. Anna Green's pension, claimed by her daughter & only child Mrs. Anna Goss, was received this morning. On turning to the original papers now on your files, it will be seen that the body of the declaration of Mrs. Green, as well as some of the proofs, but which of them I do not recollect, are in my handwriting. The history of the transaction is, briefly, as follows. Sometime in the autumn of 1836, Mr. Rufus Goss of Brandon, who is the husband of Anna Goss above mentioned, called upon me for consultation, to ascertain whether his wife's mother Mr. Green could be placed upon the pension list under the provisions of the act of July 4, 1836, then totaly promulgated, and of which he had seen nothing but a newspaper account of its contents. 
He was not then acquainted with all the facts requisite to enable me to express an opinion, but retained my services in behalf of Mr. Green, and desired me to call at his residence for the purpose of confering with her upon the subject; she having in her custody the Commissions of her husband Capt. Green, and recollecting more accurately than he could the date of her marriage, &c. I called accordingly in January 1837, + learned sufficient to justify proceeding under the act of July. It should be premised, that for many years subsequent to her husband's decease, even until the time of her own exit, Mrs. Green, owing to the straightened circumstances of her husband and the inadequate or rather totally deficient means he was enabled from a war-broken constitution to leave to her, had been a dependent inmate of Mr. Goss' family. Mr. Goss, however, was and is now an independent thought not a wealthy farmer. He provided liberally according to his means for the maintenance of the old Lady, which was considerably augmented by several periods of sickness, and other bodily infirmities that continued to her last moments. Mr. Goss had moreover contributed largely to the support of his father-in-law, during some of the latter years of his life. Under these circumstances and having received neither patrimony nor other outfit with his wife, Mr. Goss thought it but right to be reimbursed in some measure the expenditures he had made on behalf of her parents' the amount of which would not be covered by the pension certificate. The certificate file short, too, of the estimate I had made of Capt. Green's services, founded as I now suppose (for I did not retain the minutes) upon an erroneous computation of a term of service at Bethel, which at the time of receiving the certificate I supposed was done as Captain, whereas, it turns out upon investigation to have been performed as Lieutenant Commandant. (See the original Discharge of the Abel Paine, signed by Lt. G. among Paine's papers transmitted to your sometime in the year 1835. Paine's case is on the
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Vermont Pension Roll, p. 127.) Mr. Goss therefore advised with me further upon the subject, and desired to be informed whether or not the Certificate could be then increased to the actual amount of services performed? To which inquiry I expressed the opinion that any error of computation merely would probably be readily corrected at the Department - That if the pension was payable at all, it was payable, first, for all the Service of the highest grade, and, next, for the nearest subordinate grades. I suggested to Mr. Goss furthermore, that the service of Mr. Green at Bethel, above alluded to, could as I then tho't, be shown from documents in the Secretary of State's Office at Montpelier, to have been rendered as Captain, instead of Lt. Comd'r. And so strong was our conviction of the probability of success in that investigation, that Mr. Goss directed me to proceed in the inquiry. I opened a correspondence therefore with the Secretary on the subject; and in October afterwards - 1837 - being then in Montpelier, I made such further examination as were practicable - having free access to the mutilated remains of our revolutionary documents - but did not succeed as I had supposed possible. Mr. Goss being still unwilling to relinquish the investigation, and having myself heard of some other sources of information, from which I supposed proof might be obtained, my inquiries were continued to various times (unsuccessfully, however) until a short time before the application to the Treasury in February last accompanying my letter of the 21st of that month - the details of which research it is supposed to be unnecessary further to set forth; since no other courses whatever have operated with Mrs. Goss or her husband to delay her earlier application for her mother's arrears of pension.
It may be proper to remark here, that in drawing the vouchers in the name of Mrs. Goss alone, it was done in conformity to the supposed preference of the Department, as intimated in the application of the children of John Randall, deceased, closed I believe in Sept. 1838 (see p. 128, Vermont Rolls) One of the powers of attorney was made by Abraham Berry of Windham, Bradford Co. Pennsylvania, proved to be the lawful husband of Sally Randall, one of the children of John Randall deceased, and was returned by the Comptroller to be exchanged for that of Sally Berry the fem covert of Abraham Berry + daughter of the said John Randall deceased. The exchange was not that I know of affected, owing it is presumed to the difficulty of procuring it, or the small amount of money involved in the requisition, and the absolute legal efficacy of the power of attorney of the husband. 
Yielding, however, to the above mentioned intimation of the Department, I have in all subsequent cases, including the present one, conformed to its requirement by inserting only the name of the child whether covert or sole
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who has applied for arrears of her ancestor's pension. I enclose for your information the letter from R. G. Cole Esq. Cashier of the Bank of Burlington, of this 8th of December ult. relating to the case of Sally Berry above refered to.
I am very respectfully Sir
Your obt Sevt
/s/Jesse Gove
James L. Edwards Esq'r
Com'r of Pensions
City of Washington}

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Be it known that on this 6th day of April, 1839, before me, the Hon'ble Charles K. Williams, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, personally appeared Jesse Gove and made oath in due form of law, that that the foregoing letter by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth, according to his best knowledge, recollection and belief.
/s/ChK Williams Chief Justice Supr Court

I, Rufus Goss, of Brandon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 51 years, do depose, testify and say, that I have perused the foregoing letter of Mr. Goss to the Commissioner of Pensions; and that the facts therein Stated, relative to the obtaining the pension of Mrs. Anna Green, deceased, and setting forth the reasons why my wife Mrs. Anna Goss had not applied for the arrears of her mother's pension until the past winter, are all strictly true. Mrs. Goss, above named, and myself, were joined in marriage thirty one years ago, last December. And further this affiant saith not. 
/s/Rufus Goss

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Be it known, that on this 8th day of April, 1839, before me the Hon'l Charles K. Williams, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of said State, personally appeared Rufus Goss, who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, to me for many years known as a gentleman of respectability, truth + veracity and made oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
/s/ChK Williams Chief Justice Supr Court
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss.} I, Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the Supreme Court of said State in and for the County of Rutland, do hereby certify, that the Hon'ble Charles K. Williams is Chief Justice of the said Supreme Court; and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are [illegible] genuine. 
[court seal affixed]
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Rutland in said County this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, 1839.
/s/F. W. Hopkins, Clk.
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Beriah Green and Anna Aikens, Married 26. Dec. 1781.
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proof
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Deposition of Luther Chauncy, Town Clerk of Barnard.
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Beriah Green and Anna Aikens Married December 26 AD 18781 by me 
/s/Asa Whitcomb Justice Peace
A true copy of Record taken from the Book of Records of Marriages in the Town Clerks office in Barnard County of Windsor and State of Vermont
Attest /s/Luther Chancy town clerk

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Be it remembered that on the 17th day of January A. D. 1837 I the subscribed A Justice of the peace for the county of Windsor do hereby certify that the signer of the preceding deposition made solemn oath that it contains the truth the whole Truth + nothing but the truth. + and that he is the Town Clerk in s'd Town of Barnard a person of Truth and veracity. 

Before me /s/ Rolling Richmond Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Rollin Richmond is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, ad that his signature within is Genuine - In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of February AD 1837 - 
Benj. Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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I Joseph Foster of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say, That I moved into Barnard aforesaid in the month of March 1719 - That I served in a Fort at Bethel in said County in the year 1781 in a company commanded by Lieut Beriah Green then of Barnard aforesaid and served in said fort and undersaid served for the term of Ten months and was there discharged, this service commenced in the month of January or February 1781 - 
In December 1781 I enlisted into a company commanded by said Lieut Beriah Green and served under said Green at Corinth Fort about two months - and from Corinth we were marched to Bethel fort where we remained in the service untill the April following, making a period of four months in this last enlistment, where we were discharged - I further testify that during the period aforementioned Lieut Beriah Green was my actual and personal commander during the whole period of my said service aforementioned - The latter part of my service to wit in April 1782 said Lieut Green was appointed a captain - 
I was born in Ware, Hampshire, County
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Joseph Foster Deposition

State of Massachusetts Sept 10th 1759 and am now in the seventy eight year of my age - 
/s/Joseph Foster 

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss. Barnard January 17th A.D. 1837
There Joseph Foster personally appearing, made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth - and I further certify that said Foster is a credible witness - 
Before me /s/George E. Wales Justice of Peace
[annotated: 6]
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify, that George E. Wales is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature above is genuine - In Testimony where of I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this sixteenth day of February AD 1837 - 
/s/Benj'n. Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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Abe Paine's deposition
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I Abel Paine of Sherburn in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged Eighty Nine years, do depose, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Capt'n. Beriah Green, late of Brandon in said County, deceased, and have known him ever since the year 1780 - that in December, 1780, I inlisted in the Vermont troops, for the term of three months, under the said Beriah Green, who was then a Lieutenant - that I performed the said service at Bethel in the State of Vermont, at and about the Fort there; and at the end of the term, I was discharged by the said Lieut. Green. The following is a copy of that discharge; the original having been transmitted by me to the War Office of the United States, in November, 1835, as proof of so much of my own services:
"Fort Fortitude March 20th 1781 "Abel Payne a Soldier in my Company, having "served his time out here by discharged from "the servis in S. Company, 
"Beriah Green Lieut Comm't"
And further this deponent saith not. 
/s/ X his mark Abel Paine

State of Vermont
Rutland County, ss.} Be it known, that on this 28th day of January, 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared the said Abel Pain who hath subscribed the preceeding deposition in my presence, and  made solemn oath,
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court within and for said County do hereby certify that Charles Shedd is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said County. this 13th day of February, in the year, 1837.
/s/R. Pierpoint
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Benj- Cox's Deposition
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I Benjamin Cox of Barnard in the County of Windsor + State of Vermont agree seventy years last August, do depose, testify and say that I became acquainted personally with Capt Beriah Green late of Brandon, in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont Deceased, at Barnard aforesaid in the year 1779, and that both the said Green and myself were residents and inhabitants of said Barnard, {except the time we were in the military service from from the time before mentioned up to or about the year 1806 when the said Green removed to Brandon aforesaid, and that during the whole of the above period of time I knew Capt. Green well as an Officer, or a Townsman and neighbor.
In July 1780 I enlisted in the Vermont Troops for the term of four months, and served my full time out under the Command of Capt. Benjamin cox at Barnard in and about the Fort there. (built that year while I was in said service, and Lieutenant Beriah Green was my Lieutenant and in actual service during the  whole time of my said service. except a week in the commencement.
I further testify that Lieut. Beriah Green Commanded the fort at Barnard and the troops stationed there, the next Season (1781) but as I did not serve under him + cannot say how long, I lived between there and four miles of the fort.
And I further testify that in December 1781 I enlisted again into a Company commanded by said Lieut. Beriah Green, and served under him at Corinth Fort (Vt.) about two months, and from Corinth we were marched to Bethel Fort (Vt.) where we ['served out the' crossed out] remained in service until the April following, ending
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a period of four months service in this last enlistment, when we were discharged. And during the whole of this last mentioned Service Lieut. Green was my actual and personal commander.
I also further testify that I was acquainted with the said Green when he commanded at Bethel in the Winter of 1781, that I had a Brother that served under him the said Green that season, and I remember that I went to see my Brother while ['while' crossed out] he was under the command of Lieut. Green at Bethel and carried his clothes-&c. but I do not know the length of that service. the Fort at Bethel was Seven miles from where I then lived.
/s/Benj. Cox

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Be it known that at Barnard in said county on this 31st day of January AD. 1837 before me the subscribed + Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Windsor aforesaid the above named Benjamin Cox personally appeared who hath subscribed the preceding Deposition in my presence and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible witness. 

Before me /s/Calvin Greene Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the words "Winter of 1781" in the seventh line of this side of ['this' crossed out] this sheet from the top, was written by me on a [illegible] before signing by the deponent, and that the true time related by the witness in that part of his deposition is "the winter of 1781."
Attest /s/Calvin Greene Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby Certify, that Calvin Greene is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his Signatures to the foregoing Deposition and Genuine - 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said  Court this Fifteenth day of February AD 1887 - 
/s/Benj. Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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I John Foster of Barnard in the County of Windsor + State of Vermont, aged Seventy nine years, do depose, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Capt. Beriah Green late of Brandon in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, deceased, and knew him since the year 1779 - 
I enlisted the first of September 1780 under Lieut. Beriah Green in a company of Rangers ['in a company' crossed out] commanded by Capt Benjamin cox, and under Ebenezer Allen, Major Commandant, for the term of three months - which service I performed at the Fort in Barnard aforesaid - 
I further testify that said Beriah Green was the Lieutenant of the Company at said Fort during my period of service aforesaid and was actually there as Lieutenant during the aforesaid period of three months - 
I further testify that I always then understood and now believe that said Beriah Green remained in the service as a Lieutenant or Captain untill the close of the war, or for the most part of the time. My means of knowing this was, that I then lived in Barnard and to which Town said Greene belonged, and lived at, and the fact that said Green so remained in the service as aforesaid was a matter of personal knowledge to me - 
I was intimately acquainted with said Green for some twenty years subsequent to the period aforesaid, we both living in the same Town and often in public business together. 
/s/John Foster
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John Foster's deposition

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss. Barnard in said County this 30th day of January in the year of our Lord 1837. There the aforesaid John Foster personally appeared and made solemn oath that the aforegoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I do further certify that said John Foster is a credible witness - 
Before me /s/George E. Wales Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that George E. Wales is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine - 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of February AD 1837.
/s/Benj. Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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John Haraden's deposition
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I John Haraden of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy one years, do depose, testify and say, that in December 1781 I enlisted into a company commanded by Lieut. Beriah Green for the defence of the frontier for a period of four months and that we were marched from Barnard to Corinth in said State of Vermont when there was a Fort and we stayed at Corinth Fort two months; and from Corinth we marched through the wilderness to Bethel where there was also a Fort, where we remained into the month of April following, being out in all during this service a period of four months or more - 
I further testify that during the aforesaid four months said Green was my acting Lieutenant Commd't at Corinth and also at Bethel - 
In the spring of 1781 I enlisted under Capt. Beriah Green in a company of which he was Captain, Lieut Church, and Elijah Knight,  Second LIeutenant, for the period of eight months and which full term of eight months I performed at Bethel Fort and under the command of said Beriah Green as Captain as aforesaid - the aforesaid services were in the Vermont troops and which were raised for the defence of the positions.
I also testify that in the summer of 1781 I was at Barnard Fort and served under Lieut Beriah Green six weeks or more as a soldier and a substitute for William Lazell as I now recollect - 
/s/John Haraden
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss. Barnard in said County this 30th day of January A.D. 1837 then the aforesaid John Haraden personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I also certify that said John Haraden is a credible witness
Before me /s/George E. Wales Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that George e Wales is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is Genuine - In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of February AD. 1837 - 
/s/Benj'n Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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Rutland Vt. 24 Feby. 21837.
Sir, 
I have the honor to transmit, herewith, the declaration for a pension of Mrs. Anna Green of Brandon, widow of Beriah Green, deceased, who was a Lieutenant, and a Captain, in the time of the revolutionary war: as will appear from the proofs refered to in the said declaration, and in this letter. 
I addition to the documents more particularly specified in the declaration, I send the deposition, thereto attached, of Rufus Goss, proving the decease of Capt. Green, &c; and the deposition, detached, of Luther Chauncy, Town Clerk of Barnard, proving the marriage by a copy of the record.
Mrs. Green requests, that you will be pleased to communicate your decision through me.
I am very respectfully,
Sir Your obedient servant
/s/Jesse Gove
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Andrew Stevens' deposition
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I, Andrew Stevens of Barnard in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont aged seventy two years last August do depose, testify and say that I was well acquainted with Capt Beriah Green of Brandon in the County of Rutland Deceas'd and have known him ever since the year 1779. That in in the year 1780 I served in the fort at Barnard under Capt. Benjamin Cox + Lieut Beriah Green about three months in the summer into fall of that year, and that Lieut. Beriah Green was present and did duty as a Lieutenant the whole time I served as aforesaid. And further in the year 1781 I served under said Lieut Beriah Green who commanded the fort at Barnard a period of about Six months. My said service commencing was ending to the best of my recollection in April of the year last aforesaid. I further say that in December 1781 I enlisted into a company commanded by the aforesaid LIeut. Beriah Green and served under him the said Green at Corinth fort about two months and from Corinth we were marched to Bethel fort where we remained untill the April following, making a period of four months in this last enlistment, when we were discharged.
And I further say that in the Spring of 1782 I enlisted again into a company Commanded by Said Beriah Green who had previously been promoted to the Rank of Captain and I Served at said fort at Bethel for a period of Eight months.
I further say that during all the aforesaid periods of service Lieutenant and afterwards Captain Beriah Green was my actual and personal Commander, Except the first mentioned which was commanded by Capt. Cox as aforementioned
/s/Andrew Stevens

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Be it known that at Barnard in the County of Windsor aforesaid on the 18th day of January A.D. 1837 before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace within and for this county of Windsor aforesaid personally appeared Andrew Stevens the signer of the aforesaid Deposition in my presence, and made Solemn Oath that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible witness.
Before me /s/Calvin Greene Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify, that Calvin Greene is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his Signature within written in Genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of February AD 1837 - 
/s/Benj'n Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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5
Samuel Bennet Deposition
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I, Samuel Bennett of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy-Seven years, do depose, testify and say, that I enlisted in the Vermont Troops in the later part of the Month of February in the year 1781, under Lieutenant Beriah Green for the term of one month, and served out that time under the command of the said Lieut. Beriah Green at Bethel Vt. On the expiration of the term of one month as aforesaid I reenlisted immediately after for the term of Eight months, and served at Barnard in and about the fort there for the whole term of my Enlistment, under the aforesaid Lieutenant Beriah Green - who was all of the time of both of the said terms of my service my actual and personal commander.
Benjamin Wait was my Colonel, name of the Major was not recollected.
/s/Samuel Bennet

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} Be it known that at Barnard in said County of Windsor, on the 30 day of January A.D. 1837, before me the subscribing authority, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Windsor aforesaid, personally appeared the said Samuel Bennet, who has subscribed the preceding deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 
And I hereby certify that the deponent is a credible witness - 
/s/Calvin Greene Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Calvin Greene is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature within is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of February AD 1837 - 
/s/Benj'n. Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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Rutland Vt. 27 Nov. 1839

Sir - 
Your letter of the 11th inst. covering an anonymous copy of a letter bearing date at Brandon on the 2d of this month, is received. The extraordinary character of that copy, varying as it does in its statements, widely from the truth, rendered it necessary in my estimation to delay answering you for a few days, until I could ascertain the date of the death of Mrs. Clough. It might perhaps have suffised to rebut those charges with a direct denial of their veracity; because, as to some of the representations, your own files will sufficiently show this incongruity. But such a course would not have given the explanation which was due to the Department on its request - and which would have been readily yielded had it been sought for either to Mr. Clough or his agent. 
The statement drawn up as it probably was  under the dictation of Mr. Clough, is a gross fallacy. For instance - it is indeed true, that Mrs. Ann Green, the widow of the late Capt. Beriah Green, died at Brandon on the 19th of March, 1837; but it is also true, that she left last one child surviving, which is Mrs. Ann Goss. "Mrs. Clough," whom the statement erroneously represents as then surviving her mother, had actually died in the month of August, 1836. Mrs. Green could not therefore have left "two daughters [on the 19th March, 1837] Mrs. Rufus Goss + Mrs. Moses Clough, s heirs."
The error of 2880 dollars in his computation is of minor importance - as the true sum is already settled by the proper authority. But, that "Mss. Goss + Clough have presented a claim on this money, in behalf of their wives" is  in no sense corresponding with the facts, if thereby it is intended that the prosecution on the part of those Gentlemen was joint, and not several by Mr. Goss alone. Mr. Clough has at no time whatever had any conversation with me upon the subject.
To me, he is an entire stranger - I do not personally know him - and although he has been over in my office, as I am informed, I should not be able to recognize him were I to meet him. On the contrary, Mr. Rufus Goss, the husband of above Goss (in whose family and at whose sole expense both Cap. Green + his late wife, after Mr. Goss' marriage into the family, was supported during the remainder of their lives) was and is the only person who at any time within bespoke or engaged my services in behalf of his mother-in-law, or who "prosecuted" for the money of her pension. this prosecution was commenced as far back as the autumn of 1836; sometime after the 'demise' of that Mrs. Clough whom the
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statement further erroneously represents as being still in life, after the death of her mother of 1837. During all this time, from the commencement of investigating the claim of 1836, to the present day, Mr. Clough has in no manner made known to me his desires upon the subject, nor that he had any interest in the claim. The prosecution has not been, therefore, pursued jointly by "Mss." Goss + Clough," but severally + solely by Mr. Goss alone. All this is susceptible of proof. Nay more - at the only time Mr. Clough was ever in my office - to which, allusion is before made - a conversation was had in his hearing between Mr. Goss + myself, in relation to the money - but no claim was then set up by Mr. Clough to any part of it - nor has he, since, either set up any claim, or made any demand. 
On the 24th of April last, I received the Treasurer's draft, N. 8056, upon the Merchants Bank, Boston; which as soon as I realized the cash I paid over to Mr. Goss on the 31st May, and now hold his receipt for the amount of Mrs. Green's pension.
In this state of the claim - Mr. Clough being unknown to me, either as employer, or indeed in any other character; his wife having deceased some three years before the money of Mrs. Green was applied for; and it having been proved, as is obvious, that Mrs. Goss was the only surviving child: it is supposed that the many was rightfully paid to her, awarding to the method of distribution pointed out in the 2d section of the "act making provision for the payment of pensions to the widow or children of pensioners in certain cases, and for other purposes," approved 2. March, 1839. If, however, I have been mistaken in thus paying; still, Mr. Clough, whatever his rights may be, has his remedy upon Mr. Goss, who is abundantly able to refund, and will be willing I doubt not to do so upon proper demand.
I am very respectfully Sir
Your obt. Servt
/s/Jesse Gove

Geo. W. Crump Esq
Acting, Commr. Pensions
City of Washington}
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Should this explanation not be perfectly satisfactory or sufficient, it will afford me great pleasure to add such other + further explanatory matter as I may be able to do, consistently with truth. 
/s/Jesse Gove
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: RUTLAND VT NOV 29]
George W. Crump Esqr
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

[overwritten]
Dec 4
Ann Green 
widow of Beriah  Vt adm'd
explanation of Jesse Gove
adm'd act 36 No. 907
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R. G. Cole Esq.
Dec. 8, 1838
Arr'd Dec. 11, 1838
Relation to the heirs of John Randall, dec'd
and
N. Osgood's power(?) Mar. 7, '38, to which the Justice, L. Daniels had not subscribed the acknowledgement of his power of atty.
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Bank of Burlington
Dec 8th 1838
J. Gove Esqr.
Sir
Enclosed I forward two vouchers for correction, In spite of your corrections + my vigilance. I am caught napping. - the comptroller you primary requires that Sally Berry should give a power of attorney for her part - I would remark that my papers were Submitted to Mr. Comm of Pensions and not with entry to pay, - therefore if it is difficult to obtain the power of Sally Berry. I would return the voucher to Washington and claim. My acceptance of the voucher under the instruction of Mr. Edwards - 
Your Obv. Sevt.
R. G. Cole
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Rutland Vt. 8 April 1839

Sir - 
I transmit herewith my own statement and the affidavit of Mr. Rufus Goss, in answer to your letter of the 27th ult. relative to the arrears due Mrs. Green, deceased, and claimed by Mrs. Goss; which I hope may prove satisfactory.
I beg leave, respectfully, to call your attention, at the same time, to the following cases, some of which have lain since the month of October last; and several of them much longer: Margaret Ingersoll, Sally Gilbert, Elizabeth Soper, Sabra Bowen, Sarah Smith, Candace Pearce, Eunice Willson, Mary Foster, Lydia King, Sophia Burnell, Abigail Ambler, Sarah Pearson, Esther Sawyer, Abigail Lincoln, Abigail Brown, Mary Jordan, Nobly Russell, Nathan Freeman, and Milton Potter,
I am very respectfully Sir
Your obt Servt
/s/Jesse Gove

James L. Edwards Esq
Commr. of Pensions
City of Washington}
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark] RUTLAND VT. Nov. 4
free

The Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Agent
Washington D.C.

[annotated] Nov 9. Ad'd Comm'r

To be answ? when Mr. Gove replies: [initialed] GMC
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Brandon Vt. Nov 2d 1839 - 

Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
In behalf of one of my neighbors, Mr. Moses Clough, I am induced to submit to you notice the following statement: In March 1837, Mrs. Green, widow of Beriah Green, a Captain in our Revolutionary Army, died, leaving two daughters, Mrs Rufus Goss, + Mrs Moses Clough of the town as her him. Mrs. Green was entitled in conformity with the appropriate act of Congress, to which it is not important that I should refer you to same, twenty eight hundred + eighty dollars, in the right of her deceased husband. Since his demise Mss Goss + Clough have presented their claim on the money, in behalf of their wives and with surprisingly [underlined] different results in consideration of the perfect [underlined] equality of their legal rights in the premises. Mr. Goss has during the fist summer, received, from Jesse Gove Esq of Rutland, his share of the $2880 (say $1440), while Mr. Clough is informed by Mr. Gove, that owing to some legal nicety which he of course, cannot comprehend, [underlined] his claim in behalf of Mrs. Clough, is of no efficacy + that he is not entitled to receive any thing. You will not be surprised, my dear sir, that Mr. Clough is not inclined to suffer the matter so to rest. He is naturally suspicious, that his rights may have been sacrificed, in some manner, and, at his solicitation, sir, I am induced to trouble you, for such information in the matter as shall satisfy Mr. Clough of the inadequacy of his claim, if such be the case, or enable him to receive justice, in the opposite contingency.
Will you be kind enough to inform me, Sir, as as your
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convenience will permit, the amount due Mrs. Green in the right of her husband, the amount appropriated to her heirs, Mrs. Goss, + Mrs. Clough, the time where such last amount was debited to them, in your office, and such other information as will subserve the ends of justice, the the premises.
I am Sir with high respect
Your obt. servt
/s/D. W. C. Clarke

Hon J.L. Edwards
Pension Agent
Washington
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2 mo Compt.
Perg'n To Mrs. Goss -
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Treasury Department
Second Comptrollers Office
November 11th 1839 - 

Sir, 
On examining the papers in the case of Anna Goss it appears that in March last the sum of two thousand and fourteen dollars and forty seven cents was paid to Jesse Gove Esq Attorney of the said Anna Goss for the pension of her mother Anna Green deceased from March 4th, 1831 to March 19th, 1837 at $333 33/100 per annum.
The said Anna Goss was proved to be the only surviving child of Anna Green, the pensioner, by official certificate from the Probate Court of the District of Rutland, Vermont, of which I send you a copy herewith.
I am, sir, very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller of the Treasy.

G. W. Crump, Esq.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
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House of Reps. April 25, 1840

Sir
I am requested to ascertain the date + amount of the Pension certificate of Anne Green of the State of Vermont. The certificate was granted I believe under the act of 1836. Will you please communicate to me the denied information.
Respectfully
Your obedient servant
/s/William Slade

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: SHOREHAM MAR 6]
FREE

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[annotated] Nov 11 1843
Anna Green Vt. wh.
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Shoreham March 4th 1843

Dear Sir, 
The widow of Anna Green of Brandon Vermont something like seven years since applied to the War Department for a pension on the account of the Revolutionary Series. Her late husband Beriah Green who was a Captain in the War of the Revolution. I have noticed that a pension was granted her but have mot been informed to what amount per annum, nor when it commenced. My children are many the legal heirs of the late Anna Green who is now deceased. On the account of my children I wish to be informed when her Pension commenced, how much she was yearly entitled to, and how much she has drawn or has been drawn on her account, and who has drawn it, and also whether the Grand children of the said Anna Green are entitled as heirs to any part of her pension that should remain unpaid after her decease  - Will you please give me the information which I ask for by doing which you will much oblige 
yours Respectfully /s/Moses Clough

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC.
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J. L. Edwards
Anne Green
Pens @ 333-33- decl-
May 18 1837. --

yrly 20.17 month S.H.K.
[illegible notation]
C.B.C

Anna Green - widow
Beriah Green - Pens
Act 1836 - Vermont

Mr. Cole
['Jan' crossed out]
Feb 4 1837
[illegible]
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Pension Office, 
April 27.1840.

Sir, 
In answer to your letter of the 25th last I have the honor to inform you that a pension certificate was issued for Mrs. Anna Green, widow of Beriah Green, dec'd on the 23d of May 1837, at the rate of $333.33 per annum. She died on the 19th of March, of the same year, and the am1839.ount one up to that period from the 4th of March 1831, viz. the sum of $2014:47, was paid to Jesse Gove, Esq, attorney of Anna Goss, only daughter of said deceased, on the 25th of March 1839.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, 
Your Obt. Servt.
/s/J. L. Edward
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House of Reps/ Nov. 12, 1850

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Comm'r of Pensions

Dr. Sir, Case your unable ever to give an answer to the enclosed letter, from a worthy + respectable constituent of mine - If you can it will be a favor - 
yrs /s/William Henry
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[addressed envelope]
[annotated: Commr. ADW]

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Anna Green widow of Beriah

See let. to Jesse Gove, Nov. 11, 1839
do to Hon W Slade Ap; 27 1840
do to Moses Clough Mar 11 1843.
 " Hon Wm. Henry 18th Mar 1850

Act July, 4, 1836
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Rev WIDOW, &c. [annotated: om]
______
File No. 23132
Anna Green Wid. of Beriah Green Capt. Rev war
______
Act: June 4th 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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His Excellency
THOMAS CHITTENDEN, Esquire, 
Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Vermont, 
To Beriah Green Esq'r GREETING.
IN Pursuance of your Election by ['Honorable the Dead of War' crossed out] [illegible] Assembly of the State, to the Office of Captain of a Company in a Battallion of Troops raised for the Defence of the Frontiers of this state com by Gideon Brownson Esq. [illegible] and to continue in Service until the 15th and impower you to [illegible] of a company in said Battalion ['the said Regiment.' crossed out] Captain - by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. -----And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, - to be obedient to your Orders as Captain - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me the Governor of this State for the Time being, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and the Laws of this State, in Pursuance of the Trust repose in you. 
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of this State, this fifteenth Day of April AD. 1782. And inn the 8th year of the Independence of this State - 
By HIs Excellency's Command, Jonah Hay Secretary. 
/s/Thos. Chittenden

Entered in the War-Office, and examined by the Board.
Attest. Ira Allan Sec'ry of the Board of War.
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By His Excellency
THOMAS CHITTENDEN, Esquire, 
Captain_General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Vermont,
To Beriah Green gentleman GREETING.
[seal affixed]
IN Pursuance of your Election by the Honorable the Board of War, to the Office of first Lieutenant of the Company of Infantry raised for the defence of this State and commanded by Sam'l Fletcher Lieut Col com'g and to continue in Service until the 15th Day of December next, unless sooner discharged: I DO, by these Presents, fully authorize and impower you to be Lieutenant of said Company in said Regiment the said Regiment. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of first Lieutenant of said company by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.-----And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me the Governor of this State for the Time being, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and the Laws of this State, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. 
[stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
Given under my Hand and the Seal of this State, this 10th Day of February 1782
/s/Thos. Chittenden

By His Excellency's Command, Joseph Fay Secretary.
Entered in the War Office, and examined by the Board.
Attest. I. Allen Sec'ry of the Board of War.
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[paper folded over the print]

THOMAS
Captain_General, Gove[covered]
To Beriah[covered]
In Pursuance of your Election[covered]
Lieut of a company[covered]
of this State[covered]
Day of ['December' crossed out] May next, 1782 unless[covered]
And impower you to be Lieu[covered]
['the said Regiment.' crossed out] You are[covered][illegible] to discharge the Duty of
Lieut within [illegible][covered]doing and performing all Manner
of Things thereunto belonging[covered]arge and require all Officers and rders as Lieutenant
Soldiers under your Command,[covered]follow such Orders and Directions
of said Company An[covered]
from Time to Time, as you sh[covered]overnor of this State for the Time
being, or any other your superio[covered]Rules ad Discipline of War, and
the Laws of this State, in Purs[covered] in you.
Given under my Hand, and[covered]14th Day of November AD.1781- 
and in the 5th year of our Independence
[covered]mand, 
[illegible signature] Secretary.
[covered] by the Board.
[covered] Sec'ry of the Board of War.
[stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
/s/Thos. Chittenden
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THOMAS CHITTENDEN, Esquire, 
Captain_General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Vermont,
To Beriah Green Gentleman 
[seal affixed]
YOU are being elected Lieutenant of a Detachment of rangers for the Defence of the free Company in Maj'r Allen's Regiment [illegible] conduct and Fidelity, I do by these Presents, in the name of the Freemen of this State, authorise and impower You to take charge of said Company as their Lieutenant You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant of said Company by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging: And I do strictly charge and require all Officers, and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders as Lieutenant and you are to observe and obey such orders and directions from time to time as You shall received from me the Governor of this State for the time being, or other your Superior Officers, according to the rules and Discipline of War, and the Laws of this State. 
Given under my hand, and the Seal of this State, this 21st Day of August 1780
/s/Thos. Chittenden

By His Excellency's Command, 
M. Lyon D. Secr'y
Entered in the War Office, and examined by the Board.
Attest. I. Allen Secr'y of the Board of War.
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss}
I Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, now Sitting of Rutland in Said Probate District, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to Said Court, that Anna Green, late of Brandon in Said District, deceased, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of three hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty three cents, was a resident of the town of Brandon in Said County of Rutland, and died in Said town of Brandon on the nineteenth day of March, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, that she left but one child whose name if Anna Goss.
I testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, at Rutland in Said Probate District, this 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1839.
Signed, /s/F. W. Hopkins Clk
[margin note: Seal. - ]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, March 25th, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directory the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States." Anna Goss, only child of Anna Greene, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Burlington, Vt. Agency, at the rate of three hundred + thirty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July, 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1831, to the 19th March, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Green, Bradbury GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire

WARRANT NUMBER 3133 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 28, 1789
To - not shown - 
______
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 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 the General Land Office records in The National Archives.