Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 546, Asa Green, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Green Asa Phebe
W. 546 B.L.F. 34.547-160-55
CONTENTS

17393
Vermont
Asa Green
of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wood in the Mass. line for N.Y. Gms
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Augt. 1832 and sent to R. M. Southgate. Bridgewater
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $140.00 Semest. allowance ending Septm 35.00
$175.00
Revolutionary Claim, } Asa June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 11

2098
Vermont Burlington
Phoebe Green
widow of Asa Green
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
70 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 nd day of Sept r 1853.
and sent to
William H Smith
Rutland
Vermont
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1818, Page 28, Vol. A
Feb y 3 1853
G. H. Washburne (Witness) (Clerk) Aug 24/55
Chas
205550

205.530 Ad Mar 3/55 Aug. 25/55
Phebe Green Mrs. 7 Asa Green Mrs. Phebe w. Asa Green, Pri
Rev. War Rec. pension Re Feb 23-2098 Ad 160000 p. 12/56 Blf
G. F. Markham Keene N.H.
Vol. G. 135.

Asa Green Declaration
Q 5543

STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
On this 4 th day of August, A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting. Asa Green, a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 71 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. That he retired in Spence in the
That he entered the service of the United States under the following terms and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in Spencerville in the County of Westmoreland Massachussetts in the year 1778 for six months in Captain Cutler's Company marching to Providence Rhode Island and joined Col. Wood's Regiment and remained part of the time at Bunker Hill and was discharged at East Greenwich R.I. and returned home after having not six months pay which he collected. 2. In the year 1779 (he thinks) in August, he enlisted for three months does not recollect the Captain's name but recollects the Colonel's name was Drury and marched to Albany N.Y. and there remained until the three months for which he enlisted expired and was discharged and again returned home. Some time in May 1780 he enlisted again for six months in the Continental Army does not recollect the Capt's name but was in Col. Nixon's Regiment and in Gen. Howe's Brigade again reached West Point N.Y. was present at the evacuation of Philadelphia and after moving out this time was discharged at West Point and again returned home. In 1781 he enlisted for three months reached West Point N.Y. for once then set up the  was in  about  like the  Albany and there remained until his three months expired and was discharged but has lost that and all the others he has no documentary evidence to prove his service was acquainted while in service with Gen. Sullivan, Sterling & Loyalist Col. Douglass.

he knows of no person who can testify to his services has been for many years a Preacher and is known by most of the Subscribers in this County he was born in Leicester Mass. July 27 th 1761 has a record which was taken from Papers of the Town that he removed in 1783 to Woodstock Vermont where he lived six years from then he removed to Bridgewater where he has ever since lived
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 } day and year aforesaid. }
L. Marsh, Register
Asa Green
We, Seth Sterling a Clergyman residing in Woodstock and Bela Simmons residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Seth Sterling
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
L. Marsh, Register
Bela Simmons
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the mat- ter, 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 Seth Sterling who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock and that Bela Simmons who has also signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Liquor A. Marsh Register of the Court of Probate for Wartfield District do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Green for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
4 th day of August A. D. 1832
L. Marsh, Register

State of Vermont
Rutland County - District of Rutland ss.
On this 15th day of March A.D. 1853 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Probate Court within & for the District of Rutland a Court of Record now in session. Phebe Green a resident of Wallingford in said County of Rutland aged 88 years. Who being duely sworn according to law doth on her oath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February A.D. 1853 & the laws of the United States to which that act is in addition relative to pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers - that she is the widow of Asa Green late of Plymouth in Windsor County Vermont deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $70. per annum & who drew his said pension at the Vermont Agency - and whom she further declares that she was married to the said Asa Green in Plymouth aforesaid by the Rev. Danl. Packer on the 15th day of September A.D. 1830. She further declares that the subsequent law in a second of said marriage in the town clerk's office in Plymouth & also in the records of R. Darius Packer as minister of the Gospel - and she refers to the record for more particular evidence than her recollection -
She further declares that her said husband Asa Green died at Plymouth aforesaid on the 16th day of September in the year 1842 of which there is no public record - and that she was married to him at the time above stated - She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the act of the 3rd Feb. A.D. 1853 & is still a widow - She further declares that she has never made application for a pension -
In presence of M. H. Smith Phebe Green

The foregoing declaration of Phoebe Green subscribed Sworn to before me in open Court, before me this 15th day of March A.D. 1853 Harvey Butters Judge
And on the same day, before the said Court also appeared personally Hannah Green & made oath that the aff d Phoebe Green is the widow of the deceased Asa Green who was a juror of the United States as above stated, and that the s d Asa Green died at Plymouth aff d in the sixteenth day of September A.D. 1842
Subscribed & sworn to before me said Court this 15th day of March A.D. 1853 by s d Hannah Green. And I certify that the s d  Hannah Green is a credible person whose testimony entitled to belief By Harvey Butters Judge of Probate
State of Vermont } I Henry Hall Clerk & Register Rutland County ss } of the Probate Court within & for the District of Rutland } District of Rutland in & County which is a record of the said do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of s d Court in the matter of the application of Phoebe Green for a pension and that the foregoing decla- ration & evidence was taken & sworn to in open Court before s d Probate Court. That Harvey Butters is the Judge of s d Probate Court & his signature to the foregoing Certificate and qualified
It is further hereby certified that an original Pen- sion Certificate made Act of 7 Nov 1832 to Asa Green of the State of Vermont who was a juror in the Revolution was for twenty dollars per annum

And Record 17.393 - given at the War Office of the U.S. on the 20th day of August 1833 signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War & countersigned by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Witness my hand before this Court in behalf of the Widow of Asa Green -
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 15th day of March A.D. 1853 Henry Hall, Clerk & Magistrate
STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND, S. S. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
I, EDMUND  EDMUND  F. MORRILL , Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Hyram Pickerman Esq. was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE within and for said County, duly commis- sioned and qualified; that his commission is dated the thirtieth day of November, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and expires the thirtieth day of November next; : that his signa-
ture to the foregoing jurat and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this 15th day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
E. D. Slosson Deputy CLERK.

205.550
Dhebe Green widow of Asa Green. Act. March 3 1855
By her Attorney G. F. Starbuck Keene N.H.

We Jacob Grover and Hannah Grover of Wallingford in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that we well know Phoebe Green who signed and acknowledged a declaration dated March 15, 1855, before Harvey Shaw a Justice of the Peace. Witnessed by said Shaw and Geo Edgerton.
We further testify that from our knowledge of her we believe her to be the identical person who represents herself to be in said declaration and that she is now a widow.
Yours sincerely,
Hannah Grover
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of August 1855 and certify that said affiants are credible persons. I have no interest in this Claim. Harvey Button, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND, S. S. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Harvey Brattle Esq.
was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified: that his signature to foregoing jurat and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form: and that as such Officer,
he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this Twenty sixth day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
F. W. Hopkins CLERK

State of New Hampshire. Vermont
County of Rutland ss. On this fifteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appearing before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid. Phebe Green aged about thirty two years, a resident of Wallingford in the State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person to whom a certificate for
to which Land Warrant, No. for  was issued under the provisions of the act of Congress, passed September 28, 1850, for services in the war of 1812, in the Company of Pension issued under commanded by Captain the act of Feb 3, 1853 Reference to the Roll of pensions under said act Page Vol.
She further declares that she hereby irrevokably constitutes and appoints G. F. Markin attorney of Rutland, Vt. her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim for Bounty Land under the act hereinafter mentioned,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3, 1855. That she is the widow of Asa Green who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that she was married to him on the Thirteenth day of September in the year 1830, in Plymouth Windsor County that her name before said marriage was Phebe Hadle, that her said husband died Sept 16, 1842 Reference to her application & evidence on file in the pension office, that she has not, before this, applied for or received Land Bounty under any act of Congress.
Attest Geo Edgerton. Henry Shaw
Her Phebe Green mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Phebe Green to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, and of the age above stated. And I have no interest in claim
Henry Shaw Justice of the Peace.

5643
Ha Green
Adm e ✓
1 yr + 9 mos
R. W. Southgate

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 10 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 Asa Green
   Period when the service was terminated. 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.     in 1778 1 9 Private Cob Wood 72 years { by Affidavits of Spencer Johnson Maj Knight Sprague Ebenezer Mason & Asa Mathews   " 1779 1 3 Cob Denny   " 1780 1 6 Cob Nison   " 1781 1 3 Cob Sullivan   1 9 Gen Sterling  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Asa Green

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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. [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 _____
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 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 _____ 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 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, 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 to 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: and that 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 [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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If no witness can 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.
an Roll in Col. Mason's Regt 6 mo

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that at Winderm County } Plymouth in said County on the fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty Dea. Amasa Green of Bridgewater in said County and Mrs. Phoebe Readley of said Plymouth, were by me joined together in marriage by me — Daniel Packer Minister
I Daniel Packer above named hereby certify that the above is a faithful & true copy of my record of said marriage, now in my office — And I the said Daniel Packer do hereby certify that at the date given in said record I was a minister of the Gospel & authorized to perform marriages — that the above copy of record is a true transcript of my record of said marriage — and that I duly joined the parties in marriage as stated in said record — Daniel Packer Minister of the Gospel
Given to me this form of law before me, by the Rev. Daniel Packer, this 9 th day of April A.D. 1853 at Mount Holly in Rutland County Vermont — Glynn Dickerson. Justice of the Peace in & for Rutland County

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Green , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 753 546
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 6 mos. Pvt. John Butler Hale Mass.   1779 3 mos. Nelson Samuel Denny   1780 6 mos. Peter Housworth Pison   Aug 1781 3 mos. John Butler Lake Denny  
Battles engaged in, was present at the execution of Major Andre Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sturbridge Worcester Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug 4 1832 His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Bridgewater Windsor Co. Vt. Age at date of application, born Leicester Mass. July 27 1761 Remarks: He mrs. Abigail Bradley (Hale) Sept 15 1830 at Plymouth Windsor Co. Vt. where he died Sept 16 1842 and was allowed pension on an application executed Mch 15 1855 while a resident of Wallingford, Rutland Co. Vt. aged 88 years. Soldier was a preacher. There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Pension Office Sept. 20 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death
Very respectfully Your obedt. Servt. S. Dole For Commissioner
J. Burleigh 30 Auditor Present
(See other side.)
John Green, actg. to June 1832 $40.00 pr. ann. Paid to H. Sept. 1842, on state of health in San Pedro.
J. Burleigh Auditor Sir

App. of Phoebe
Green widow of
Asa Rutland Co Vermont
17393
Act 3rd Feby: 1853
Rev.
Am. $70 per ann Commencing 3rd Feb 1853
Rev. H. Smith Rutland Vermont
Pension Office, Official Register
1853 Copy of per grant 16 Sept 42

Rev Lee ✓ H
134 Frederick Ln.
Oshkosh, Wis.
Mar. 8, '16.
Pension Office, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Will you please send me a copy of pension paper or other document concern- ing Rev. Asa Hemen of Ver- mont - a soldier in the ✓ Revolutionary war.
I need this to prove

my eligibility to the society of the D.A.R. One such paper was obtained by my mother several years ago telling periods of service of and Asa Green etc.
Justing I can obtain this without delay. I am.
Respectfully, (Mrs.) May E. G. Rogers

Bridgewater Vermont June 14-1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir I herewith return the Declaration of Asa Green together with the affidavits of Johnson Brunt, Knight Sprague Ebenezer Hearn and Asa Mathews which affidavits said Green has obtained since the making of his Declaration you will see that he has found proof for each of the different periods for which he served and claims a Pension
Respectfully yours
Oblt Servt
R. H. Southgate

I, Ebenezer Mason of Spencer in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Seventy one years of age, do declare and testify that, I in the year 1780 in the month of May of that year enlisted into the Continental Service, in the town of Spencer, and Marched to Springfield the last of May or the first of June, and there underwent inspection & was joined to a body of troops, & then marched to West Point, where I with others, who marched with me from Springfield, were distributed among the Companies to fill up the vacancies in them, and I, together with Asa Green, who marched from Spencer with us, were put into the same Company, which was commanded by Peter H. Wood, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon in General Nixon's Brigade. The said Asa Green, was a townsman of mine, and enlisted at the same time that I did, which was for Six months, we were two, of the seventeen in number, that were called for, from the town of Spencer, to fill up the vacancies, and I can testify that the said Asa Green, as well as myself, served the six months time in the Army, agreeable to our enlistment, at the end of which time, we were both discharged. —
Further the deponent saith not. —
The said Asa Green removed from Spencer, to Bridgewater in the State of Vermont, where he now has his residence, & where he has resided, since the year A.D. 1782,
Further the deponent saith not. —
Ebenezer Mason.
Sept. 22. 1832. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. Spenser September 22 1832, Then Ebenezer Mason who signed the within deposition, in my presence, personally appeared and made solemn oath, that the same is true, — before me.
William Pope Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted, with Mr. Ebenezer Mason, the within deponent, & have known him for more than forty years, & believe him to be a man of veracity and truth, —
Spenser Sept. 22. 1832. — William Pope Jus. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Frederic W. Bottom, Nathaniel B. Denny, and William Pope, Esquires, before whom the foregoing Depositions of Johnson Prouty, Knight Sprague, and Ebenezer Mason, were severally signed and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester — and that the signatures of said Justices to the respective certificates of the oaths of said Deponents, appear to be in their own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

The deposition of Asah Mathews of Leicester in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who, on his oath, says -
That he was sixty eight years old last December, - that he served in the Army of the Revolution as a private in the Company of Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Capt. John Cutler, in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Luke Brumy; - that he enlisted in the month of August in the year 1781, & marched immediately from Leicester for West Point, where the Company arrived, as he thinks, on the first day of September then next following, and that he served, at that time, the term of three months, & was discharged at said West Point on the twenty eighth day of December 1781, & was allowed pay for three months & sixteen days including the time passed in going & returning. The deponent then lived & has in some time lived in said town of Leicester.
And he further testifies, that Asa Grown, who then resided in Spencer in said County of Worcester, and who now resides in Bridgewater in the State of Vermont, was a private in the same Company - that he marched from Spencer with this deponent & continued in the service until the Company was discharged at West Point, as herein before mentioned. And further says not.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Asah Mathews County of Worcester - ss. Leicester April 10. 1883. Personally came the above named Asah Mathews & made solemn oath that the above written deposition by him subscribed is true. And I certify, that I have been long acquainted with said deponent & that he is a person of truth & veracity.
Before me Waldo Flint Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Waldo Flint, Esquire, before whom the within deposition was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this Thirteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

Isaac Greene

State of Vermont / Bridgewater June 12 1833 personally Windsor County ss 3 appeared before me the undersigned as
Justice of Peace within and for the county of Windsor Asa Green of Bridgewater County of Windsor and State of Vermont, who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot positively swear as to the exact length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades
For one Year and nine Months I served as Private & for such service I claim a Pension & for the time which the service was performed I was not employed in any civil pursuit that I served with an independent corps called into service by competent authority & performed the service as I have stated in my declaration with the addition of three Months for which I have promised the Affidavit of Johnson County
Asa Green
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above written Before me Isa. Payne our Justice of Peace
State of Vermont / Woodstock June 13 1833 Windsor County ss
I, Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County court do hereby certify that Isaiah Raymond who has affixed his name to the above is a Magistrate duly qualified and that the above is his genuine signature in testimo- ny whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Woodstock this thirteenth day of June A 1833
Benj. Swan

34. 547
W. W. W.

June 3, Hist. to
Green,
Ft. Buford, No. Dakota, U.S.
3 Aug 25 Hist to Phebe Green White Bear Wis.
1899
J.C.
189
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 546
Phebe Green,
Widow
Asa Green,
Brig. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1859.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Vermont } On this 8th day of Rutland County ss } April 1883 personally District of Rutland } appeared in the Court before the Honorable
Roberts Court for the District of Rutland Jacob Grover & Hannah Grover both res- idents of Wallingford in said District & made oath in the form of law that they are both well acquainted with Phoebe Grover of Wallingford asf. and the same who on the 18th day of March 1883 made her declaration for a pension under act of 3rd July 1883 before this Court, and that they were also well acquainted with Deacon Asa Grover formerly of Bridgewater and later of Plymouth in Middlesex County Vermont, that the said Asa Grover was in his life time a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 70 dollars per annum & that his pension at the Vermont Agency and died in Sept 1842 - That the s d Phoebe Grover who made s d application for a pension is the widow of the s d identical Asa Grover above referred to who was a pensioner & died as aforesaid That they were present when the s d Phoebe made her s d declaration & saw her make her mark at the foot of s d declaration - And that they are disinterested witnesses - Jacob Grover Hannah Grover
Then & there called in open Court as asf. by s d witnesses & I hereby certify that the s d Jacob Grover & Hannah Grover are credible witnesses & their testimony entitled to belief - Harvey Button } Judge of said Roberts Court

State of Vermont } I Henry Hall Register of District of Rutland } the Probate Court in the District of Rutland
Which is a Court of Record do hereby certify that Harvey Butts is the judge of said Court & that the foregoing contains the original testimony of said witnesses in the matter of the application of Philip Green for a license. done in open court before said Court of Probate. all in due form of law —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 5th day of Sept 1853 Henry Hall, Register

Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
FREE
Hon. Joseph Minot Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

I Thomas Moore of Plymouth in Windsor County & State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby testify & say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Plymouth the my office should be made the public records of all marriages solemnized in Town - that I have made diligent search of the records of marriages in the Town & cannot find any record of the marriage of Asa Green and Phebe Headly and believe there is no such record in this town -
Thomas Moore } Town Clerk of P. Plymouth
Given under hand & seal before me this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1853
Calvin Wilder Justice of the peace of Windsor County Vermont

STATE OF VERMONT, I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the
Windsor County, ss.
State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Calvin Wilder
was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a on the 23 rd day of March A.D. 1853 and still is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 5 th day of September A. D. 1853.
Norman Williams, Clerk.

STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND, S. S. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Jeremiah H. Pitkin , Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Heaver Shaw Esq.
was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to foregoing paper and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer,
he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this Twenty day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five .
J. H. Hopkins CLERK.

I Knight Sprague of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say - That I was second Lieut. in Capt. Willson's company, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Denny at Albany in 1779, in three months service; in the same company I knew Trea Green, a private soldier, who went from the town of Spencer in said County of Worcester who served in that capacity dur- ing the term aforesaid
Knight Sprague
Worcester J. Oct. 2 d 1832. Then the above named Knight Sprague personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. before me.
Nathl. P. Denny, Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I have known the above Deponent for many years, that he has always sus- tained a good character for veracity, and what he states is still be relied on as containing the truth
Nathl. P. Denny, Jus. Peace

I Johnson County of Southbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being twenty seven years of age - do declare and testify that in May or April 1778 enlisted for nine Months into the Army of the Revolution into a Company of Militia commanded by Captain John Cutter of Brookfield in the County of Worcester. Thomas Moore was Lieutenant and a Mr. Nisbet was Ensign of said Company - The Company was stationed on Rhode Island I served out the term of my enlistment nine Months I know that Mr. Asa Green Philip of Spencer in the County of Worcester and now of Bridgewater in the state of Massachusetts Vermont, enlisted as a soldier into the said Cutter Company for nine Months We both marched together as soldiers in said Company into the state of Rhode Island - We both did duty and served out our time of nine Months as soldiers of the Revolution in said Company - said Cutter Company belonged to the Nokes Regiment - John Sullivan was com- mander in Chief of the Troops stationed on Rhode Island during said nine Months further the deponent saith not
Johnson F. route

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester Sept. 12. 1832
Then Johnson County who signed the within deposition in my presence, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true before me -
Frederick W. S. Bottom Justice
I hereby certify that I have been acquaint- ed with Mr. Johnson County who signed the within deposition more than twenty years and know that he is reputed to be a man of veracity.
Frederick W. S. Bottom

Rutland Vermont April 18, 1853
Sir, I send herewith the Declaration & Evidence for Pondich to Mrs. Fletcher Green under act of 3 rd Feby 1853
The original Rev. C py of her husband is not forwarded, as time and arrear due under it
I trust the Department will not make it indispensable , to furnish the Certificate that Calum Willes is a British Board, as the evidence it would seem is only negative & formal . It is negative only for the delay though it would be easier to procure it. If required I will furnish it as noted
Any lack of proof will be supplied upon notice
Please forward the Certificate to me
Yours Sir, very Respectfully &c W. H. Smith
To the Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Phoebe Green, widow of Asa Green Rutland County and State of Vermont. act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832
Marriage proved by verified copy of private record, and parol evidence. Certifies the credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
W. A. Smith Esq. Rutland, Vermont Name and residence of Agent
[Signature] Examining Clerk.

Rutland Sept 16. 1853
Sir: I herewith send the testimony of two witnesses of the identity of Phoebe Green as the widow of Asa Green who was a prisoner with the certificate of the Court of their credulity - I also had the certificate of the County Clerk of Windser County that Leah Green was a prisoner at the time he executed some papers in R. Matter which are now in the De partment. All which I hope will be satisfactory - Very Respectfully &c W. H. Smith
To the Commission of Pensions Washington

June 22. 1853
Sir
Please certify the time to which Asa Green, a Revolutionary pensioner was last paid; or (if the information is on file in your office), the date of his death. — He was pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1832, as a private at $70 per annum, and enrolled on the Vermont rolls — pension payable at the Montpelier agency.
Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant J. W. Foster Commissioner of Pensions.
Paid to 4 th Sept. 1842.
Francis Root Esq. Third Auditor, Treasury Department.
F. Root Auditor.

Fort Buford N.D.
May 15 1893
The Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:-
Will you please inform me from the records of your office the Co. and Regt. name of Comdg Officer and if possible the engagements participated in, by Asa Green a Revolutionary Pensioner b. Lancaster Mass July 27 1761 d. Bridgewater Vt. Sept 6. 1842.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J O Green 1 Sun 25 Aug.

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Whitewater Wis
Aug 2 1893
Dear Com of Pensioners Sir,
Please give me the military history of Asa Green who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war from Mass. Think he was granted a pension about 1832 or three.
Would like to know the Regt or Regts and companies he served in
Very respectfully Joseph Green

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND, ss. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, FREDERICK W. HOPKINS, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Henry Sheno Esq.,
was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the foregoing jurat and certificate, is genuine, and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State and are in due form, and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds and Depositions; and to administer oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this Twenty first day of June Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
F. W. Hopkins Clerk.
By her Attorney G. J. Stockwell Rene W.H.
Abel Green Claim for pension arrears

State of Vermont
County of Rutland ss
On this 11 th day of June A.D. 1888 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Phebe Green and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Asa Green who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that she is now receiving from the United States a pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum under the second section of the act of February 3 rd 1853, that she asks for such arrear of her pension as she may be found entitled to under any and all acts and Resolutions of Congress, applicable to her case. That she is now a resident of Wallingford in said state and remains a widow.
witness Harvey Shaw Jacob Grover
her Phebe X Green mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me and I certify that the said affiant is the identical person who represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, and she is a widow, and in all particulars,
Harvey Shaw Justice of the Peace

N o 1244 Phebe Green widow of Asa Vermont.
Left to Mr. H. Smith June 28/53
Act. February 3 rd 1853

348 3 O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., May , 189 3
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Asa Green , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1778 9 m th Pri John Cutler Wood Mass   Aug t 1779 3 " " Samuel Dorrity "   1780 6 " " Peter Harwood Nixon "   Aug 1781 3 " " John Cutler Luke Dowy "   Present at execution of Major Andre  
Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spencer, Worcester Co Mass
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Bridgewater, Windsor Co Vt
Age at date of application, born July 27. 1761 in Leicester, Mass
Remarks: Married Sept t 15. 1830 to Phoebe Hoodley, at Plymouth Vt where he died Sept 16. 1842 - Moved 1783 to Woodstock Vt & 1789 to Bridgewater Vt
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Lt J. D. Green 25 th U. S. Inf ty Fort Buford - North Da.