Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3413, William Green, N.C.

SERVICE
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Green William
S 3413
Born in N.C.
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7462 West Tennessee
William Green of Wilson in the State of W Tenn who was a privat in the company commanded by Captain Green of the Inf t commanded by Col l M c Guire in the Va line for 18 mo
Mr. Linc. Records corrected, Mar 11 '61
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenn at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and Rentto R S Brothers Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of March 120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4/4/34 30.00 $150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6
Daniel Bayg Clerk, Vol. 7 Page 79
See letter May 2 d 1834 to T.H. Fletcher P.Agt. -
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 th April 1838, from 4. Sept. 1833 to 10. March 1834 Agt Notified 11 th Dec r 1834

State of Tennessee ss Wilson County ss September Term County Court 1832
On this day personally appeared before James M. Martin, David C. Hibbitts, & B. X. Killings  James M. Martin Esqrs. Quorum Justices of the County Court of said County, now sitting, William Green, a resident of said County & State, aged about 67 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
First. He was born in Craven County in North Carolina, about 16 miles above New Bern on Trent river, in the year 1765 - as well he can now calculate & remember.
Secondly. He has no record of his age.
Thirdly. When he entered into the service of his country he resided in the said County of Craven at the place above stated until a new County was cut off of it called Jones County in which he lived till some years after the war, when he moved to the State of Tennessee about forty years ago. He first settled in Davidson City & remained there about five years, & then moved near Fort St. Stevens on the Tom Bigby where he remained about two years, & then returned to Tennessee & settled in Wilson County where he has lived ever since.
Some time between the years 1780 & 1783 as well as he cannot now remember the year he volunteered as one of the "minute men" for six months. Frederick Norgit was his Captain, Inlow was his Major but he does not recollect his Colonel. We were under the command of Caswell. We were 164 days at first in Newbern learning the discipline. We went from there near the head of Drowning Creek, thence down Deep River to the mouth & down Cape Fear to Moon Creek, where according to expectation encounterment we met with a large body of Tories under the command of McCloud who was killed in the action near  near breast-works. They were on their way to join the British to Wilmington. We were about 5 or 600 strong. Caswell commanded. There was but one of our men killed & he was unfortunately shot in the back of the head . I do not

remember his name. The troops were nearly all Scotchmen. Then Commander McCloud when he was first wounded fell to his knees near the works, & waived his sword over his head, & exclaimed "hurra my brave boys, come on the day is ours" & he was immediately shot dead. He took a good many prisoners. We then were then dismissed to go home & procure clean clothes, & be in readiness at a minute's warning to march again. In three or four days the Sargents came around & notified us to rendezvous at one Stevensons nine or ten miles from where I lived. We met, & had the same officers, & we struck up the line of march to Wilmington. We went about a half a mile below Wilmington to an old fort & repaired it for use. We remained there on duty till our six months term was out. We then got written discharges & returned home which is long since last.
We had not been at home but a few days when the British came up & took Wilmington & volunteers were called for to intercept them at Blufords Bridge. He volunteered. James Green was his Capt. & Kinzyou was his Colonel. We were marched immediately to Blufords Bridge. After we had been there a short time the enemy came up, & there was some slight skirmishing but no serious fighting occurred. We remained there three months, the time for which we had volunteered, & were discharged & received written certificates thereof, but the same is long since lost.
We then volunteered under Colo. Bloodworth as a lighthorseman for three months to keep the battle out of the way of the enemy, which service was performed & at the end of the time we were discharged & returned home.
We was then drafted for three months, & went out under the command of Colo. Seawell, - Capt. Edward Whitty. We started on to join Genl. Gates army & got within a day & a half of him when he was defeated, we then turned & escaped before at Brazel's Ferry  seven miles below the mouth of Deep River , & went over to Salisbury  South Side , & then to various points of places wherever we expected to be most useful to our country.

until our time was out & indeed longer for we served five instead of three months, & got our discharge & went home.
Capt. Norman Hearn was then authorized to raise a company of regulars in Ringtown. He enlisted & retained with him five months before he could make up his company, when he hired one Elias Taylor to take his place & went home.
He was then drafted for nine months, & hired a substitute to take his place, name John Mckay. He gave him a horse, bridle & saddle & sufficient clothing.
After that he volunteered under Capt. Billy George for three months to sweep out Spurgers the country of all the filthy, thieving Tories that could be found. He went to work & in the time did effectually cleanse the country of them, & was regularly discharged.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension but the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any state or territory.
He has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove
The following are some of the persons to whom this declarant is known in his present neighbourhood & who will testify to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Viz. Robert Donelson, Flour M c Gregor, M c Gregor, leader Baps, Sion Baps, Maj. Jas. Millionran, Louis York, Britain Drake Esq. James Esthery & others
In consideration of the foregoing services, this declarant prays to be placed on the pension list.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court his Wm X Green mark
Vasiah V m Clain Clerk of Wilson County Court
State of Tennessee
Wilson County } We Edward Willis, a clergyman, residing in Wilson County in the said State, & Joseph Maddox John James Esq. residing in the same, do certify that we are well acquainted with William Green who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 67 years of age. That he is respected & beloved in the neighbourhood where

he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Elijah Maddox Edward Willis Josiah S. McClain Clerk of said County Court
And we the said Court do hereby declare our opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them, that Edward Willis who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman resident in said County of Wilson & that John Marshall who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. In open Court Sept. 25 1832
13.842
M. Martin Benjamin Billings D. G. Hibbs
I, Josiah S. McClain, Clerk of the County Court of Wilson County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & this Sept. 25 1832
Josiah S. McClain
State of Tennessee Wilson County to I, William Steel, Chairman of the County Court of said County, do certify that Josiah S. McClain whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is the Clerk of the said County Court, & that due faith & credit should be given to his acts as such. This Sept. 25 1832 Wm Steel Chf Wilson Cty Court

N o 13.842
Wm Green
Wilson
From 1780. private 18 months.
$60.
Green Rynon Va
R. L. Garuthers
Lebanon
Tenn.

BRIEF in the case of  William Green of the County of Wilson  in the State of Tenn. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     between In 1780 & 83 6 minutes Col. Vol. Gen. Maj. Inlow, Capt. Hargett   a few days after his term was out 3 Volunt. Col. Rhea, Capt. Green   Soon after 3 Light horse Col. Goodwin   Soon after 3 drafted Col. Seawell, Capt. Whitty   after this 3 Volunt. Capt. Billy George  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Croven Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? lost his discharges - tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

June 2, 1939.
Rose Turner 339 City Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota.
RA-J/ILL William Green S. 3413 aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding William Green, who was a pensioner of Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1833.
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3413, based upon service of William Green in the Revolutionary War.
William Green was born in the year 1765, about sixteen miles above New Bern, in Craven County, North Carolina; the day of his birth and the names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Craven County, North Carolina, he enlisted about the year 1780 and served as private in the North Carolina troops until sometime in 1783, on different tours shown as follows: six months in Captain Frederick Harget's (or Hargis') company, Colonel Caswell's regiment, a part of the time at New Bern, and afterwards against the Scotch Tories and was in an engagement near Moore's Creek; three months in Captain James Green's company, under Colonel Kinyon; three months under Colonel Bloodworth; five months in Captain Edward Whitly's company under Colonel Sewell; five months in Captain Harmon Hearin's company; and three months in Captain Billy George's company, during which he assisted in driving the Tories from North Carolina.
The soldier resided some time after the war in Jones County, formerly a part of Craven County, North Carolina, and moved from there about the year 1792 to Tennessee, where he resided in Davidson County for five years, then moved near fort "St. Stevens on the Tom Bigby", remained about two years, then returned to Tennessee and settled in Wilson County, that state.
William Green was allowed pension on his application executed

September 25, 1832, at which time he resided in Wilson County, Tennessee. He made no reference to wife or children.
No relationship between the officer Captain James Green and this soldier, William Green, was stated.
William Green died March 10, 1834.  O.K. to use this - Mrs. Finch
In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
William Green Certificate #7462 Issued April 16, 1833 Rate $60 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
November 8 th 1841.
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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm t of William Green a Pensioner on the Roll of the — Nashville — Agency, at the rate of — Sixty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June — 1832 — has been paid at this Department, from the — 2 nd — of Sept. 1832 — to the 10 th March 1834.
Respectfully yours,
Edward L. Bates
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

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. William Brown No. 11473
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1 6 mos. Private Fredrick Hargis Greene Ky.   1 2 mos. James Green Kingman   " 3 mos. Bloodworth   1 5 mos. Edward Whitley Seay   1 4 mos. Harmon Hearn   1 3 mos. Billy George  
Battles engaged in, Hoover's Creek Residence of soldier at enlistment, Green Co. Ky. Date of application for pension, July 28 1892 Residence at date of application, Nelson Co. Tenn. Age at date of application, 64 Remarks: No data as to family
The above noted is the only one? yes no - see W. 7557

Rose Turner 339 City Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 22, 1939
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I have been told that you could give me the information that I want. If I am not addressing the right department, would you be kind enough to let me know where I should write.
On April 5th I wrote the following letter to you and have not as yet received any response. The letter may have gone astray or I may have written to the wrong place.
"Will you please let me know what a copy of the pension papers of the following will be. This I believe to be my direct ancestor and I want the information for genealogical purposes.
William Green , of Wilson County, Tennessee. Granted a pension for his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, 4/6/1833. I understand he was sixty-nine years of age at that time.
It isn't necessarily a copy of the pension papers that I want but I want all information as to birth, parentage, family, places of residence, service, death, etc."
Whatever you can tell me will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Rose Turner Rose Turner

Rose Turner 339 City Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 5, 1939
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please let me know what a copy of the pension papers of the following will be. This I believe to be my direct ancestor and I want the information for genealogical purposes.
William Green, of Wilson County, Tennessee. Granted a pension for his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary war, 4/6/1833. I understand he was sixty-nine years of age at that time.
It isn't necessarily a copy of the pension papers that I want but I want all information as to birth, parentage, family, places of residence, service, death, etc.
Yours truly,
Rose Turner
Rose Turner

Birmingham, Nov. 18, 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-----I will appreciate very much any information you can give concerning Thomas Wright, who served in the Revolutionary War, was afterwards a minister of the Episcopal Church, lived for some time in North Carolina and was a Missionary to West Tennessee, and to whom was granted by the Government land in Fayette Co., Tenn., fifty miles east of Memphis. The Court-house at Summerville, the County Seat, was destroyed by fire and all papers and records lost.
He was born, we think, in New York, and married Mary Hostler Green in Wilmington, N.C.
I would also like any facts in connection with William Green, of Wilmington, N.C., son of Dr. Samuel Green. He married Mary Bradley, daughter of Richard Bradley, who was Commissary of the Port of Wilmington, N.C., under the Colonial Government, etc.,
He served in the Revolutionary War and was granted land in Tennessee also.
I would also like anything concerning Col. Robert Cotton (or Cotten) of Scotland Neck, N.C., who afterwards moved to Fayette Co., Tenn.
Thanking you for any aid you may give towards the completion of this genealogy, I am,
Very respectfully,
(Miss) Mary Bright Cotten
#918 Alabama Ave.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Yes M. Moore
Claim No. Nov 26 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier William Green
Service A. C. _____ Rev.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No P. S. Work as above except I. F. 3413 admitted B. L.

WATKINS & MORGAN, LAWYERS.
OFFICE OVER GLOBE STORE, WEST SIDE OF COURT HOUSE.
OFFICE PHONE NO. 153.
O. W. WATKINS. H. C. MORGAN.
O W & M.
HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.
Jan. 9th. /03
JAN 14 1903
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Gentlemen: - Wish you would advise me whether or not one Wm Green, ever served in the Rev. War, and when and in what capacity. He was originally from Virginia. Send information with costs of same and I will send draft.
Yours respectfully, H. C. Morgan,

Jany - 16 - 1903 H.C. Morgan Huntington Ind 1909 Dec 2. Hist to Mary by Center. V.L. etc. 1939 - June 2. Hist. to Rose Turner J.L.L.
Reckon
3413  INVALID. 
File No. 3413
 William Green  Post War Line 
Act: June 7/1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Wb. Line. Records corrected, Mass'ns 8.