Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,176, Greenberry Choat, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Choat, Greenberry
S. 32,176
CONTENTS

Illinois 22.360
Greenberry Choat. of Johnson Co, in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Locke of the Regt. commanded by Col o Russel in the N. Co line for Mexico
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Mch 1837 and sent to N. J. Grant. Equality. Ill s
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833 - 50. Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31/ 10-
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book
Wm. Palmer Clerk, Vol. Eight Page 53
Order to Pay 3 rd Accts 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept r 1837 to 4 March 1838. Age Notified 25 Jan y 1839.

Greenbury Chouteau Application for pension.
26. 879.
Alex a F. Grant, Esq. Equality Illinois

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 Hezekiah West, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Johnson aforesaid; that John Peterson, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, John M c Intire, clerk of the county commissioners' court of the county of Johnson aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Greenbury Choke for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 4 th day of June, 1833.
John M c Intire MD

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Illinois, County of Johnson, ss.
On this 4th day of June, 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the court of county commissioners for the said county of Johnson, now sitting, Henry  Choke Choke, a resident of the said county of Johnson, aged eighty-two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
He resided on the waters of Holston river, in Washington county, in what is now a part of the state of Tennessee in the year 1779  1780 . In the Fall of that year a call was made upon the inhabitants of that part of the country for force to act against the Cherokee and Shawnee Indians, and this applicant volunteered his services as a private in the month of October of that year as well as he now recollects, for a term of one month under Captain William Cocke. His company was placed under the regimental command of Col. Andrew Christie. There were no regular troops in the neighborhood, and only one squadron of horse, which comprised the only militia troops besides those under Col. Christie, in the service with this applicant. This applicant served out his term of one month under his captain, but was in no battle. Captain Cocke's company was marched to, and stationed at a position about twelve or fourteen miles higher up Holston river, where they remained until the expiration of their term of service, guarding the country below from the incursions of the Indians. At the end of his said engagement of one month this applicant having faithfully served it out, was discharged, he thinks at his residence on Holston, by his captain, Capt. Cocke. His discharge has been lost or mislaid for a long time.
In the event of attaining the following conditions...

Made upon the people residing on Holston, when When he continued to reside, for troops to go out against the British, when this applicant again turned out, and volunteered as a private, for a term of one month under Captain James Isaac. Captain Isaac's company was marched from Holston to Williamsburg in Virginia, where it joined other troops assembled there from Virginia and North Carolina. This applicant remembers Colonel McLanahan, who commanded a Virginia regiment or North Carolina regiment, as his applicant thinks.
In July, 1780, this applicant again turned out as a volunteer, under Captain James Lawrence. He had continued to reside on Holston, at his pre- vious place of residence. The company was com- ducted to the long islands of Holston river, by the Captain, and was there there placed under the com- mand of Col. Russell. A short time after their arrival at the long islands, and after Col. Russell had had the command, Colonel Christie came on, and Captain Lawrence's company was taken command of by him. Col. Christie led the troops under his command to the Cherokee towns on the wa- ters of Tennessee river, said to be one hundred fifteen miles from the long islands. Upon the approach of Colonel Christie the Indians fled. The troops took possession of, and destroyed the towns, after which the troops were re-conducted to the long islands, where after they troops had remained a short time some of the principal men of the Indians came in, a talk was had, and a peace, or some friendly ar- rangement, was concluded. This term of duty lasted for four months - during all of which time this applicant continued as a private in Capt. Law- rence's company as above mentioned. The company men in service were dismissed by their respective Captains, at the long islands of Holston; the men, so far as this applicant is informed, receiving no regular or formal discharge - he received no other discharge than the company order of dismissal from the service by his Captain, the object for which they turned out, having been accomplished, as it was thought, by the adjustment made with the

Indians. There was a regiment, this applicant thinks, of North Carolina Militia, under a Colonel Lewis, engaged in the same service with the troops to which this applicant belonged, but according to the best of his recollection Col. Christie had command of the whole. There were no other Militia or regular troops with them.
During the following year, the Cherokee Indians again became hostile, and another call was made upon the inhabitants of the country, where this applicant had still continued to reside, for troops to quell them. This applicant again volunteered as a private under Captain Ezekiel Smith, for one month's tour. The company was put under the regimental command of Colonel Clark, and Col. Clark's regiment, together with the troops under Col. Lewis, who was in advance, and had had a battle with the Indians, was placed under the command in chief of Arthur Campbell, whose title, whether Colonel, or general, this applicant does not now remember. The troops were conducted on to the same places to which this applicant had marched before, and beyond, on the waters of the Holston. Upon reaching the Indian town, they were found deserted. The troops, however, pursued the Indians, occasionally overtaking and killing straggling ones, and having performed a considerable route through the Indian country, they troops were re-conducted to their respective homes. Captain Smith's company was dismissed in the same manner as the company of Captain Lawrence had before been. In this service this applicant was engaged one month. There were no regular or other troops than those above named in service with this applicant - nor was he in any battle.
This applicant has no record of his age, but states it from the best information he has been able to obtain. He has lived as herein before mentioned in Washington county, now a part of the state of Tennessee, where he continued

until a short time before the close of the Revolutionary war, when he moved to Cumberland County, Virginia where he remained until nearly twenty years ago, when he moved to what was then Gibson County, Illinois, where he and remained until about ten years ago when he moved to his present residence, in Gibson County, Posey County having been in the meantime formed out of Gibson, and embracing his former residence.
This applicant knows of no living witness, whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services, nor has he any documentary evidence thereof.
He has was engaged in no civil pursuit whatever, during the periods he has stated within to have been occupied by him in the service of his country.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the Greenbry Ghost day, and year aforesaid.
John M. Eutire (S)
And the said court put the following interrogatories to the said Living Greenbry Ghost, which were by him answered, as stated below:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer: I was born in the colony of Virginia, in the year 1751.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer: I have none.
3. Where were you living when called into

Arrived? Where you have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - I lived in Washington county, now in the state of Tennessee, on the waters of Holston river, when called into service, and remained there until shortly before the close of the Revolutionary war, when I moved to Cumberland county, now also in the state of Tennessee. There I continued to live until about 20 years ago, when I moved to this state, and settled at a place which was then in this county, but is now in Pope county - thence about ten years ago, I moved to my present residence in this county of Johnson, where I have continued to live since my arrival in it.
4th - How were you called into service - were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I volunteered.
5th - State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Mil- itia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer: - There were no regular, or Continental troops, where I served. I remember only the Militia regiments of Colonels Christie, Clark and Gentry. and I think of a Colonel Lewis from North Carolina, & a squad of I volunteered on both all three of the occasions stated in my declaration to go against the Indians, under the officers then named, and performed the service, as therein described. I remember of no other circumstances.
6th - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? And if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?

Answer. I received a discharge from my Captain, Captain Cooke, at the end of my term of service first stated. I have long since lost or mislaid it. For my other services, I never did receive any formal discharge - the companies to which I belonged being merely disbanded, or disbanded by their Captains, after their respective terms of duty had been performed.
7th 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.
Answer. The Revd. Hezekiah West, and Mr. John Paterson.
Subscribed & sworn to the day, February 10th, 1841.
John McEntire C.M.
We Hezekiah West, a clergyman residing in the county of Johnson, above named, and John Paterson residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Choke, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 82 years of age. That he is respected, and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Hezekiah West John Paterson
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John McEntire C.M.

No. 879. 22-366.
Greenberry Wheat Illinois
Adm to Morphis
$ 210
Alexander H. Grant Equality Illinois

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
17th October 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Greenberry O'Neal.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1779. 1. priv Capt. Hooker 82 years   July 1780 1/2. " Lawrence Col. Russell Virginia of No Car Traditionary   1781. 1. Capt. Smith Col. Colardes  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boarmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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 } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ 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. (f) 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 _____ Agency in any State or Territory.
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 _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ 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, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of 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 traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of 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.
[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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 2, 1930
E.F.J.Tafe 437 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32176, it appears that Greenberry Choat was born in 1751, in Virginia.
While residing on the waters of Holston River in that part of Washington County which was later Tennessee, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:
From in October, 1779, one month in Captain William Cooke's Company, Colonel Andrew Christie's Regiment; from in July, 1780, four months in Captain James Lawrence's Company under Colonels Russell and Christie; in 1781, one month in Captain Ezekiel Smith's Company, Colonel Clark's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1833, at which time he was living in Johnson County, Illinois.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

32 176 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 176
Greenberry Choat
Rev Rev War
Act: June 18 1829
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Dec. 22 Hist. to Hon. Wm B. McKinley Letter in S.F. 34 5-19 Hezekiah West. V. B. M. 1912 Jan. 19 Hist to Hon Wm B. McKinley. Letter in S.F. 34 5-19 Hezekiah West. 1916, Jan. 29. Tombstone data to Hon. T. S. Williams M.C. for Mrs. P. J. Chapman of Winona Ills. (see inquiry slip in John Dawson Va S 2206) 1916 Aug. 1 Hist. to H. J. Walker 1930 - Jan. 2 - Hist R. E. J. Safe 6-3.

aw January 29, 1916.
Honorable T. S. Williams,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Williams:
In response to your personal inquiry of the twenty-eighth instant, and the enclosed letter of Mrs. P. T. Chapman of Vienna, Illinois, you are herewith furnished the data requested for the purpose of marking the graves of the following Revolutionary War pensioners:
From the papers in the pension claim Sur. File No. 33,206, it appears that John Dawson was born in Stafford County, Virginia, July 28, 1750, served as a Private in the Virginia Troops, War of the Revolution, at various times from September, 1775, to the autumn of 1781, amounting in all to twenty-eight months. In 1833, he lived in Morgan County, Illinois.
From the papers in the pension claim Sur. File No. 33,176, it appears that Greenberry Choat was born in Virginia in 1751, served as Private in the Virginia Troops, War of the

Revolution, from October, 1779 to 1781, at various times, amounting in all to six months. In 1833, he lived in Johnson  Jackson County, Illinois.
From the papers in the pension claim Sur. File No. 33,608, it appears that William Wiggs or Weggs was born in North Carolina about 1758, served as a Private in the North Carolina Troops, War of the Revolution, from 1775 to spring of 1781, at various times, amounting in all to nine months. In 1833, he lived in Johnson County, Illinois.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
2 Dawson - Cheat - Wiggs.

Rev, M rs
708 West 6th St- Los Angeles, California.
July 19, 1916-
My dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the record of Greenberry Choate, a Rev. soldier who served from Virginia, and who was pensioned while living in Johnson county, Illinois? I thank you in advance for the kindness.
Truly yours
H.J. Walker
for W-

Oct 21 Brownsville Tex
Dear Evans
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Customs Wilmington City
Yours

Carmi Ill
Pen agts office 13 Spt 1837
Sir
Greenberry Choat has this day appeared in person to ask his pension - there being two years payment due - I send you his papers for inspection, and your order thereon
My Son is appointed his attorney for the purpose of sending him the money by mail when authorized to make the payment
I am very Respectfully your afft Svt, Daniel Hay
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of pension
I was not present when Mr Choat drew two years ago - my son paid him, but I have no doubt of his identity
D Hay

E. PALMER TUCKER . . . . . SECRETARY LANSING G. LYTTLE SAYRE ASSISTANT SECRETARY COLIN MUNRO GAIR . . . . . TREASURER BURNHAM ROBERT CREER ASSISTANT TREASURER LEWIS AUGUSTUS WINSTON . . . . . REGISTRAR
CASSIUS MILTON JAY, PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT JUDGE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE DR. EDWARD MARSHALL PALLETTE
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON . . . . . LIBRARIAN NATHAN WILSON STOWELL . . . . . GENEALOGIST ELLA F. J. TAFE . . . . . ASSISTANT GENEALOGIST RT. REV. W. BERTRAND STEVENS . . . . . CHAPLAIN COLONEL HARCOURT HERVEY . . . . . MARSHAL
DIRECTORS EDWARD BOUTON DR. EGERTON CRISPIN COLONEL CHARLES HARRISON HASKELL JOHN EMERSON MARBLE ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE GENERAL CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
BOARD OF TRUSTEES EUGENE WADDELL BRITT JUDGE GUY RICHARDS CRUMP RALPH BELDAM HARDACRE JOHN EMERSON MARBLE HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
437 SOUTH HOPE STREET LOS ANGELES
October 30, 1929
Mr. Earl D. Church, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear sir;
Will you kindly send me at your earliest convenience copy of the pension report of GREENBURY CHOAT or SHOAT who received a pension while living in Johnson County, Ill. Choat was a resident of Tenn. He was one of the King's Mountain Men. *Revolution )
I wish all the family data that I can get the service is not so essential.
Very truly yours,
E. F. J. Tafe Assistant Genealogist.
EFJT

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 19 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Greenberry Choat, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Carmi, Illinois, Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson K. Purdie Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Greenberry Ghost S.F. 32176
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     October 1779 1 mo. Pvt. William Cooke Andrew Christie Ky.   July 1780 4 mos. " James Lawrence Russell Christie   1781 1 mo. Ezekiel Smith Clark  
Battles engaged in, On the waters of Holston in part of Tennessee Residence of soldier at enlistment, that part of Washington Co. which was later a Date of application for pension, June 4, 1833. H. C. A. L. Residence at date of application, Johnson Co. Ill. Age at date of application, born in Virginia in 1751.
Remarks:

Readings use of Rpts.
Dec. 22. 1911 Jan. 19. 1912
In the claim of Green ery Choat, Sur. File No. 32,176, it appears that soldier was born in Virginia in 1751, and while living on "the waters of the Holston" in that part of Washington County which afterwards was made a part of Tennessee, enlisted October, 1779, and served one month as a Private under Captain William Cooke in Colonel Andrew Christie's regiment. In July, 1780, he volunteered under Captain James Lawrence and served under Colonels Russell and Christie, four months.
In 1781, he again volunteered under Captain Ezekiel Smith and Colonel Clark and served one month. He was allowed pension on an application executed June 4, 1833, while a resident of Johnson County, Illinois.