Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10071, James Greening, Va.
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SERVICE
Va

Greening, James
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 10071

CONTENTS
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Service        Greening, James     Number
VA.                              Sarah      W. 10071


Kentucky  13551

James Greening of Clark Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain 
Tallingferro of the R. commanded by George Boylor in the Virginia line for 7 months & no days. 

Transcribed on the Roll of Kentucky in the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1833 and sent to James P. Bullock Winchester

Arrears to the 4th of March               48.88
Lems-ani. allowance ending 4 days   12.22
                                                           $61.10

                                 Revolutionary Claim, 
                                 Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 10

Letter to R. L. Todd
Nov. 21, 1844
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5653

Missouri

Sarah Greening widow of James Greening who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private. VA

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the day of May 1837 and sent to R. L. Todd Columbia, MO

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1845, Page 36a Vol 3.
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(1) 
State of Kentucky, Clarke County 1833
   On the 28th day of January, personally appeared in open Court being the County Court of the County aforesaid now sitting James Greening a resident of said County aged eighty years on the twenty second day of last month, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and serviced as herein stated. 

I was born in Louisa County and State of Virginia and in that part of said County which afterwards constituted Albemarle County and continued to live there from the period of my birth until the month of November 1802, when I removed from Albemarle County aforesaid to Clarke County in this State when I now live and have lived since November 1802. 

I was born on the 22nd day of March 1752 and have a record of my age at home in my Family Bible. 

At all times when called into the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War I was living in Albemarle County foresaid. 

1st. In the month of January 1776 I entered the service of the United States in Albemarle County, in the Virginia Militia as a substitute for John Greening who had been drafted for a tour therein; and I marched under Captain John Talliaferro [Taliaferro] (William Flint being the Lieutenant of the Company) from Albemarle County to Fredericksberg [Fredericksburg] in the State, where I stayed on duty ninety days and there I was discharged. During this tour the Haystack defeat happened; but I was not engaged in that battle nor in any other during the War. Col. Baylor commanded us & one Clow was our Major. I received no written discharge from this tour, on which I served ninety days but I have no documentary evidence of my said service. 

2d. In the same year (as well as I can recollect) but the month I have forgotten I again entered the service as a drafted militia man in the Virginia Militia in Albemarle County and thence marched under Capt. William Dalton (Robert Harris being the Lieutenant) to Richmond, thence to Williamsberg [Williamsburg], thence to the mouth of James River and thence to Norfolk and on this tour I served ninety days and was discharged on Elizabeth River and not far from Green's Island. I have forgotten the name of the Colonel and Major under whom I served this tour. I recollect that Weedon was the General and while I was engaged in this tour Governor Dunmore crossed Hampton roads and was driven from Elm Island as I at the time understood, by rumors. I don't remember the month in which I was discharged except that it was during one of the Fall months. From my first tour above mentioned I was discharged in the month of [illegible] 1776. I did not 
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(2)
receive a written discharge from this tour and I have no documentary evidence of my said service. 

I cannot prove positively my services aforesaid by any person except my brother Nehemiah Greening who, if alive, now resides in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia, as I verily believe. 

I believe that my brother Robert Greening will prove circumstances conducing to show that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

I am not able from old age and consequent loss of memory to state with more precision than I have done the time when I entered said service, nor when I was discharged there [illegible] but I know that I served not less than six months [illegible] the two tours above set forth. 

I cannot recollect the names of the General on Regimental officers under whom I served as aforesaid except as above, and I don't remember the names of any of the regular officers who were in the service with me. I recollect that Peter Marks was a Captain in said War and as well as I can remember he was in the regular service; when I was out on one of the tours aforesaid but which tour I have forgotten and he was on said tour above. 

I claim a pension for six months services as above set forth. 

And from the extreme frailty of my memory I may have mistated [misstated] the year when I informed said tours, but I have stated it as accurately as my memory would serve me. 

I am known in my present neighbourhood to Col. Frances F. Jackson, Hay Talliaferro [Taliaferro], David Hampton Esq., James Clark Esq., late Member of Congress from this District Chilton Allan Esq., the present Member of Congress from this District, and Samuel M. Taylor Esq., who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution 

And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity accept the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

James Greening
his x mark
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We Wilson Styvers a clergyman residing in Clarke County and State of Kentucky and John Rutledge in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Greening who has subscribed and sworn to the above and succeeding declarations, that we believe him to be eighty 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 in that opinion. 

Sworn to and subscribed this 25th day of February 1833

[illegible, see Comments]
[Wilson] Stivers [signature]
John Rutledge 
his x mark

Robert Greening also appeared in open Court before said Court and personally made oath that he is sixty nine years old- that the above named James Greening is his brother- that he, said Robert Greening, now lives in Scott County in this State, That Nehemiah Greening is the brother of the said James Greening and that said Nehemiah Greening, if alive, now resides in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia - the said Robert Greening states that during the Revolutionary War said James Greening marched in the Militia of Virginia and was absent three months on that service as the deponent then understood and believed and that he marched twice afterwards on the same service but how long he stayed out either time the deponent does not remember 

Sworn to and subscribed this 28th day of January 1833

Robert Greening
his x mark

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And now on this, 25th day of February 1833, at the February Term 1833 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 in the preceeding [preceding] and subsequent declarations. - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Wilson Styvers who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in Clarke County aforesaid and that John Rutledge who has signed the same is a resident of said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit - and the Court doth further certify that Robert Greening who has signed and sworn to his statement on a preceeding page is reputed to be an honest truthful man and in consequence of his fair character for integrity and uprightness this Court further certifies that in their opinion, said statement of said Robert Greening is entitled to full credit. 

[clerk's note has been scribbled out, but it reads: State of Kentucky Clarke County} Set I, James R Bullock Clerk of the County Court of Clarke County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing pages contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Greening for a pension. In testimony wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my said office this day of ~ 183[3]]

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Declaration of James Greening for a pension

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State of Missouri
County of Boone} Ss
on this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Boone aforesaid, Sarah Greening, a resident of said County of Boone, aged Eighty Six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of the subsequent Acts of Congress reviving and supplemental to said act of July 7, 1838; That she is the widow of James Greening, who was a private in Captain Talliaferro's [Taliaferro's] Company in Colonel Baylors Regiment of the Virginia line in the army of the United States engaged in and during the "Revolutionary War"; That she has no documentary evidence of the service of her deceased husband James Greening, having given up all the papers relating to his said service to the pension agent at Lexington, Kentucky, upon receiving from said agent a small amount of arrears of a pension due said James Greening, at the time of his death, which was drawn by her as his widow; Therefore cannot state the day, month, or year when he entered the service, or the time when he left the same; that she has been informed and believes that said James Greening at the time of entering the service resided in

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the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia and was a Volunteer; and that said James Greening and Claimant were married in said County of Albemarle some time in the year 1784 or 1785, (the precise date she cannot recollect) and removed there to Clarke County Kentucky; that said James Greening was placed on the Pension Roll and continued to draw his pension up to the period of his death, which occurred on the 4th day of June AD 1836, which pension was paid to him at Lexington Kentucky; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and has not been married since the death of said James Greening, and has never made any application for a pension. 

Witness
W Woodson

Sarah Greening
her x mark

Subscribed and sworn to in open court before the justices of the County Court for Boone County, Missouri, on the 8th Day of May 1850. In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of said County Court at office in Columbia on this day and year aforesaid.
Warren Woodson
clk
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State of Missouri
County of Boone} Set
on this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the County Court for Boone County aforesaid, Martha Greening and John Crosthwait residents of the County of Boone, respectable persons, worthy of credit on oath, who being first duly sworn make oath and say, that they are well acquainted with Sarah Greening, the foregoing claimant; were well acquainted with James Greening deceased, formerly a Revolutionary soldier, and that they know that said Sarah Greening was the wife, and now is, & since the death of said James Greening, has been, the widow of said James Greening; that said Sarah Greening has never been married, since the death of said James Greening; that they are well aware of the fact that said James and said Sarah were married about the year 1784 or 1785, the precise time they cannot state, but it was certainly before the year 1790, and that they continued to live together as man and wife until the death of said James Greening; that they do not know personally of the time of the death of said James Greening, but believe that the time of his death is truly stated in the foregoing affidavit of Sarah Greening and from the best sources of information they possess, they believe that said James died about the 4th Day of June AD 1836; that they are brother & sister of said Sarah Greening, and have

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been well acquainted with her during their whole lives & except a small interval have always lived in the immediate vicinity of each other and have known all important circumstances connected with her

Witness
W Woodson

John Crosthwaite his x mark
Martha Greening her x mark

Subscribed and sworn to this open court, before the Justices of the County Court for Boone County, Missouri, by said Martha Greening and John Crosthwaite on the 8th Day of May AD 1850. In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court at office in Columbia, on this day and year aforesaid

Warren Woodson
clk
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23617

James Greening
Clarke Co. 

From 1776 private
4 mo. 10 days. 
$26.64


Winchester

Jas. P. Bullock Clerk
Clarke Co. 
Kentucky
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War Department, 
Pension Office
183

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 show 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 grace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

Statement, showing the Service of James Greening, Clark Co. Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered: Jan 1776 3 Months. Rank: Priv. 
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Col. Baylor, Maj. Eloise, Cap. Talliaferro, Lt. Flint.  
Age at present and place of abode when he entered service: 80 years Albemarle Co. Virginia. 
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary. 

Period when the service was rendered: Ditto
Rank: Priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Gen. Weedom, Capt. Dalton, Lit. R. Harris
Age at present and place of abode when he entered service: Virginia

Period when the service was rendered: 1780 1 Mo. 10 Days. 
Rank: Priv.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Cap. Wallace, Lt. Wood. 

I am, respectfully, 
    Your obedient servant, 
            J. 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 theline, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," 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 et 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.
s. 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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)[blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (c) regiment of the [blank] 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. [right pointed hand icon] 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 [blank] 
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of
&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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of
&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./ (1) 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 Volunters, 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 persons to whom you are known 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 the 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 enquiry 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, atttend [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 his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented 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 cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 or four months [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 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 place. 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, be 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 authenticates 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 press 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.
[right pointed hand icon] 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 the War Department, with the Declaration.
Joseph Rowen Esq. clk [handwritten]
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Know all men by these presents that we James Greening and Thomas Crothwait are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of Virginia in the sum of one hundred pounds to the payment of which we bind ourselves our heirs & firmly by these presents. On condition that there is no just cause to prevent a marriage which is suddenly intended to be held between the above bound Greening and Sarah Crothwait Spinster. Given under our hands this 19th November 1786.
James Greening [signed seal]
Thomas Crothwait [signed seal]

State of Virginia:
Albemarle County to wit
I Ira Garrett clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original marriage license bond now of record in my office. _ I further certify that there is no return made of said office of the intended marriage therein mentioned between James Greening and Sarah Crothwait._

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court this 24th day of December 1850 in the 75th year of the Commonwealth
Ira Garrett C.C

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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
April 25, 1929.
George F. Doyle,
Winchester,
Kentucky.
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 10071, it appears that James Greening was born March 22, 1752 in Louisa County, Virginia, that part which was later Albemarle County, Virginia, where he resided until November 1802.

He enlisted in January 1776, as a substitute for his brother John Greening, and served ninety days as private in Captain John Talliaferro's Company, Colonel Baylor's Virginia Regiment, then enlisted again in 1776 and served ninety days as private in Captain William Dalton's Virginia
Company.

He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served forty days as private in Captain Wallace's Virginia Company. 

In November 1803 he moved to Clark County, Kentucky, where he was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833.

He stated that his brothers John and Nehemiah Greening
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were both soldiers in the Revolution. John was deceased in 1833 and a brother Robert was living in Scott County, Kentucky in 1833, aged sixty-nine years. James Greening died June 4, or 5, 1836 in Clark County, Kentucky.

James Greening married in Albemarle County, Virginia, Miss Sarah Crothwait, or Crosthwaite. The marriage bond was dated November 19, 1786 and was signed by one Thomas Crothwait, no relationship stated. The exact date of marriage is not shown.

Soldier's widow Sarah was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1850 while a resident of Boone County, Missouri, aged eighty-six years.

In 1850 Martha Greening and John Crosthwaite, both then of Boone County, Missouri, stated that they were the sister and brother of said Sarah Greening.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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Request for inf. rel. to bounty lands is found in this claim, but Mr. Blackman searched & found no warrant
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8994

Missouri

Sarah Greening widow of James who was a private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1837 and sent to R. L. Todd Columbia, MO

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844]

Recorded in Book: A. 
Vol. 2, Page 233
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Missouri

Sarah Greening, widow of James Greening who died on the 4 June 1836 of Boone Co. in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the compy [company] commanded by Captain Talliaferro of the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Baylor in the Virginia line for 7 Mo: 10 days. 

Inscribed on the Roll of St. Louis at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3 day of June 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1837 and sent to R. L. Todd Esq.

Arrears to the 4th of Columbia Semi-annual allowance ending Mo. 

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk
Book D. Vol 1. Page 413
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Pension Claims

Sarah Greening, widow of James Greening Priv. in Capt. Talliaferro Company. Col. Baylor Reg O VA. 
Revolutionary War

Act July 7, 1838
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State of Missouri
County of Boone} Set.
I, Sarah Greening, widow of James Greening dec'd formerly a Revolutionary Soldier in Captain Talliaferro's Company in Colonel Baylors Regiment of the Virginia Line in the army of the United States engaged in and during the "Revolutionary War" do hereby appoint Robert L. Todd, my attorney and agent for me and in my name to prosecute my claim against the Government of the United States for a pension due me as the widow of said James Greening dec'd and to collect, receive and receipt for any and all amounts which may be allowed me by said Government or any Department thereof, on any account or claim whatever: and this power shall be irrevocable. Witness my hand this 8th day of May 1850
Sarah Greening
her x mark
attest
Witness
W Woodson}
Acknowledged by said Sarah Greening in open Court, during the May Term of Boothe County Court for Boone County Missouri, on the 8th Day of May, 1850.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court at office in Columbia, on the day & year aforesaid.
Warren Woodson
clerk
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Columbia, Mo. Jany 11, 1851.
Sir,
Herewith I send you a certified copy of the "License bond" of the marriage of James Greening and Sarah Crosthwait as evidence of their marriage, in their application, which has been some time pending in your office, of Mrs. Sarah Greening for a pension, on account of services rendered by her dec'd husband in the Revolutionary War. Your will perceive that the clerk certifies that "there is no return made to his office of the intended marriage". This therefore comprises the whole of the Record evidence [underlined], which can be produced, and of course parol evidence is now admissible to perfect the proof of her marriage. This you will, I trust, find has been before forwarded to you with the claim, in such manner as to be satisfactory. I hope there may be no longer delay in the adjustment of this claim, as Mrs. Greening is an old, infirm and poor woman and greatly needs, for the supply of her present necessities, what may be coming to her. Allow me to ask that her claim may be examined and decided as early as possible, and that her certificate may be forwarded to me. Will the proof of marriage and identity now furnished, if sufficient for the present purpose, be also sufficient for her to establish her
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claim to bounty land under the Law of Sept last, or will she have to go over the same trouble again of procuring proof to establish her claim to bounty land? Your polite attention will greatly oblige
Your obt svt
R L Todd

To,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City
D.C.
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Columbia Mo. Novr 1 1850. [see comments]
To
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Sir,
I have been applied to by an old lady of this county to take such seps, as may be necessary to secure the payment to her as the widow of James Greening dec'd, a Revolutionary Soldier, of such pension as she may be entitled to receive under the several acts of Congress. 
Her statement is rather indefinite and she has no knowledge of many facts, which I suppose are necessary to establish her claim. She states that her husband (to whom she was married about the year 1784 or 5) was a volunteer (private) in the co. that went from Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Revolutionary War; the corps in which he served she does not know; that he afterwards removed to Clark County, Ky, where he died about 1835; that about 1830 or shortly after he was placed upon the pension list and continued to draw his pension, which was paid to him at Lexington, Fayette Co. Ky, until his death that at the time of his death there was a small balance due him, which she drew at Lexington
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Ky [Kentucky]; and shortly afterwards she removed to Mo. [Missouri] where she has continued to reside and now lives. She has never drawn or applied for her pension, and I suppose if she proves herself entitled, she will receive her whole allowance since the death of her husband to this time. I will have to trouble the Department to inform me, if the books there show that James Greening ever was a pensioner and drew his pensions in Clark County or Fayette County, Ky; if so, unto what time, his pension appears to have been paid; and whether or not a balance on him at the time of his death appears to have been paid to Sarah Greening, as his widow. If so paid to Sarah Greening, are the proofs then furnished the Pension Agent of her relationship to James Greening, (and she informs me that she delivered up to the agent all the papers she had relation to her husbands claim) sufficient, upon proof of her identity, to secure the allowance and payment of her claim? Will you also give me, if it can be known from the files of your office, the comp'y  & reg't in which James Greening served and the names of the officers by whom they were respectively commanded? Is the date of the marriage essential to be stated in her affidavit? I will be very much obliged to you if you will furnish me such directions and forms as will facilitate the successful prosecution of this claim. Mrs. Greening is a very old, feeble & poor woman, and has been struggling for a support, when her pension; if
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[if] she is entitled to it, would have ensured it; and I but great solicitude to procure it for her, if possible. Your early attention will oblige
Yours Very Resp'y
Robt L. Todd
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R. L. Todd
Nov: 11/50
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Pension Office,
November 11 1850

Sir
The application of Sarah Greening, widow of James Greening dec'd, for the benefits of the act of July 7, 1838, has been examined and filed. Before the claim can be admitted, Record proof must be adduced to show that the marriage took place prior to January 1794, - or we cannot rceiv [receive] parole [parol] evidence to show the act of that event until satisfied that Record does not exist. A copy of the marriage bond, a license, which might, probably be found in the office of the Clerk of the county where the rites were solemnized, would be the best evidence which could be produced- or the original Family Register would be satisfactory, if a copy of the license cannot be obtained.
If Mrs. Greening establishes her claim she will be only entitled to the amount her husband received is: $24;44Cts, which comes out the same entitled by him.
R. L. Todd, Esq"
Columbia, Missouri
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WINCHESTER KY
FEB [illegible; possibly 23]

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Ky,
23617

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free [postage]

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March 11

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The Secretary of War
Pension Office,
City of Washington.

Covering James Greenings Declaration for a pension}
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Y F of of of of
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James Greening. Kentucky. (Exemption Agency.) $24.44 per annum from the Act of June 7, 1832 _ To what term paid?
F. F. C. Triplett
Pension Office May 6. 1851}

Dept of Claims 1836
Pension paid to Sarah Greening
3d Auditor's Office
May 7th '51
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Sarah Greening, widow of James
Missouri
Act 7- July 1838
Ad'd 7 M 10 d Per. [see comments]
@24.44 per annum from 5 June, 1836, when he died, except 2 years

Sent sum to R. L. Todd
Columbia Mo.
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Jan 28 / 51
Copy of license bond of the marriage of James Greening & Sarah Crothwait
R L Todd
Columbia
Mo.

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Official Business
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

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Columbia Mo. June 8, 1850
Sir,
Herewith please find the claim of Sarah Greening for a pension, as the widow of James Greening dec'd a Revolutionary Soldier, a private in Capt: Talliaferro's comp'y in Col: Baylor's Regt: of the Virginia Line.
The claim has been made out by the aid of a letter from your office to me dated Nov: 21. 1849, in reply to me of enquiry from me respective the state of the proof on file, as to her marriage. I have offered here none but parol proof of the marriage and do not know, but have not endeavored to ascertain, whether any Record proof can be had. It is probable that full proof was furnished the Agent at Lexington, Ky, where he made the payment to her of an unpaid balance of her husbands pension; and this proof may still be in your office. If there be no satisfactory evidence in your office of the marriage, upon being advised of it, I shall endeavor to procure the best that can be had, if that none offered be not admissible or insufficient.
Is she not entitled to what was the full pay of her husband during his service, from the time of his death?
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Trusting that this claim may receive attention at your earliest convenience
I am very Respectfully
Your obt Servant
R L Todd

Hon J L Edwards
Commsr of Pensions
Washington City
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And again on this 25th day of February 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Clarke County aforesaid; now sitting, the aforesaid James Greening who further made oath and doth declare that in the fall of the year 1780 the day of the month, and the month I have forgotten I was drafted in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia for a tour in the Virginia Militia and marched from said County in the Company of Capt Wallace (one Wood being a Lieutenant in said Company) to Richmond in said State and thence to a place called "Flour hundred" or "Flowery Hundred" [Flowerdew Hundred] and thence to a place called Cabbin [Cabin] Point on James River in said State and I was stationed there with the regular troops and on this tour I served, forty days and I discharged at Petersberg [Petersburg] but not in writing. - I have no documentary evidence of my service on this tour and don't know any person now living by whom I can prove said service except my brother Nehemiah Greening who now lives in Albemarle County aforesaid - Said Nehemiah Greening and my brother John Greening, who is dead, were then in the regular service and stationed at Cabin Point as before stated. I don't remember the names of the Field officers over me or in service on this tour and my reason for not setting forth this tour in my former declaration is that I had then forgotten it and I refer to the statement above of my brother Robert Greening as tending to prove that I rendered services on three distict tours - I therefore claim a pension for
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forty days service in addition to the six months set forth and claimed for in my former declaration.
Subscribed and sworn to on the aforesaid 25th day of February 1833
James Greening
his X mark

Kentucky Clarke County - 
I James P. Bullock Clerk of the County Court of Clarke County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain the original proceedings of the said Court; at the January & February Terms 1833, in the matter of the application of James Greening for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 24th day of February 1833-
All
JP Bullock CCC
James Greening's declaration for a pension

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These papers were properly authenticated but I had to cut them open in order to read them
Joseph Rowen Exc clk

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No. 14159.
June 24 / 50
Declaration of Sarah Greening widow of James
Act of July 7. 1838.

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Ky act 32
No 13 55

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P 90 [or F 90]
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D.C.
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14.159
Sarah Greening.
Wid of James
Mo.
Let. R. L. Todd, Nov. 11/50 [all crossed out]
July 7, 1838
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1929 - Apr. 25 - His' to Geo. F. Doyle. His letter in cl. of James Bush - MNF

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Revy
WIDOW, &c
File No. 10071
Sarah Greening
Wid. of 
James Greening
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2nd /48
Index:- Vol. A, Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870]