Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4268, Obadiah Green, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Green, Obadiah
R. 4268
CONTENTS

30.060

State of New York } Albany County } ss. On this fourth day of June 1829 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record for the City of Al- bany constituted such by Statute, Obadiah Green aged Seventy Three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Obadiah Green enlisted in the City of Albany and State of New York in the year 1777 for the term of nine months in the company commanded by Captain McBracken in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick in the line of the State of New York on the continental es- tablishment and at the expiration of the said nine months was regu- larly discharged in Springfield in the State of Massachusetts; That

after he enlisted under Captain Mc Craeken at Albany he was examined (by Major Munster) received his bounty and was ordered to Fort Miller in the State of New York where he joined the Army That from Fort Miller he marched with the Army, to Secondesoga and from thence to Stillwater at the and was in the battle of Stillwater at the time Burgoyne was taken and from Stillwater he marched with the Army to Springfield Massachusetts where the term of nine months expired for which he enlisted and received his discharge and returned to his friends in Albany.
That in the year 1780 he enlisted in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York, as a light dragoon into a troop of cav- alry called the Virginia Light Horse under the command of Colonel Butler, for the term of three years, That from Schoharie County he marched to Pough- keepsie and from thence to White Plains

in the State of New York - That in consequence of his faithful deportment as a Soldier he was made a Count by brevet by Colonel Butler - That in an engagement at North Castle nigh White Plains with the refugees belonging to De Lancey's party in which engagement he cut down the Commandant of the refugees and brought his horse saddle and bridle into camp That the value of the Horse was divided among the detachment in which he served and his Colonel in addition to depositing share of the Horse presented him with the saddle and bridle - That in this engagement he this depositant was wounded in his left knee by a pistol shot which so much disabled him that he was unable to go with his company which went to Virginia a short time after and this depositant a few months after returned to Albany to his friends on a furlough and his

lameness not being entirely cured about a year after he first enlisted into Colo- nel Butlers Regiment his friends the unwilling to have him go so far from home as the State of Virginia obtained for him a discharge - And this de- ponent further saith the knee in which he was wounded has always been and still is stiff and causes considerable lameness.
And this deponent further saith that the rea- son why he has not made application before the present time is because un- til some little time back he has been able to procure a livelihood by daily labor in the occupation of a farmer but that in conse- quence of old age and the hard- -ships he has endured he has now become unable so to do and is therefore dependant in a great measure upon the assistance of his relations who all have families to support and consequently are unable to afford

him much relief - That he cannot produce any papers, memoran- -dums or certificates as they were all destroyed at the time the House of Delegates father was consumed by fire at Schuylkill in the County of Pottsville in the year 1789.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any of my property or any part thereof with in- -tention thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an "act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States" passed on the 18 th day of

March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person for in trust for me any property or securities con- tracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto an- nexed, and by me subscribed.
Sworn in Open Court (Signed) Obadiah Green This 4 th day of June 1829 John G. Watson Clerk
I John G. Watson Clerk of the Albany Justices Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Obadiah Green did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding de- claration against the common enemy for the term of nine months un- der an engagement on the con- tinent establishment. I do also certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do fur- ther certify that it is the opinion

of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty Dollars -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this fourth day of June in the year 1829. -
John G. Watson Clerk of the Albany Justice Court.
Schedule
One Horse, One Cow, Six Sheep. Two Beds, Six Chairs, two Tables about half a dozen knives and forks, Six plates, two spoons Three bowls, one pair of Shovel Two tongs, one pair of hand irons one axe (Signed) Obadiah Green

State of New York } County of Albany } ss: Job Pa- dock of the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany being duly sworn saith that he fully believes that Obadiah Green of the Town of Schoharie was in the Revolutionary Army - that he has been acquainted with him for about twenty five years - that he this depo- -nant resides here about four miles distance from the said Obadiah Green and has visited about that distance from him for the last twenty five years - This deponent further saith that he was in the Army about eighteen months in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778 and that he has often understood that Mr. Obadiah Green was in the Army and it is so gen- -erally understood and believed by his neighbors - and this deponent fur- -ther saith that he has seen the wound in the said Obadiah Green's knee which has recently occurred

it is generally understood he received in the Army - This dispoint further stems that he might have seen the said Obadiah Green in the Army time he has got to be very old and his memory treacherous time he has no doubt that he was in the Army
(Signed) J. B. Paddock Sworn before me this 20 th day of April 1859.
John B. Southwick Commissioner
State of New York } Albany County } B: William Lewis of the Town of Schoharie County of Rensselaer and State of New York being duly sworn I think that dur- ing the Revolutionary War he resi- -ded in the Town and County aforesaid with his father which was but a few miles distant from Edmund Green the father of Obadiah Green that

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, CONRAD A. TEN EYCK, Clerk of the City and County of Albany, do hereby certify, That John B. Southwick — whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the due execution of the annexed Indenture or Instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Commissioner in and for the City and County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds and discharges of mortgages, &c. AND FURTHER, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature, " John B. Southwick " subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Commissioner.
Official acts and administration of oaths!
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the fourth day of June 18 29
(Signed) C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk.
The former of these documents understood commended

he was well acquainted with the said Obadiah Green and has been from that time to the present. That during the Revolutionary War the said Obadiah Green was absent from his father at different times in the whole this deponent thinks about three or four years. That he heard the said Obadiah Green say before he left home he was going into the Army. That during his absence he frequently heard the family and neighbors of said Obadiah Green say that he was in the Army. That he saw said Obadiah Green when he returned home and was informed by him and others that he had been in the Army and showed this deponent a wound he had received in his knee. That he once saw the said Obadiah Green in the Army in a company as this deponent understood commanded by friends on a journey.

by Captain M c Cracken — (Signed) William Lewis Sworn before me } this 2 nd day of } May 1829. — Jno. S. Thompson — Commissioner V.C.
State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss. I William Van Benthuren being duly sworn says that in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven he knew Obadiah Green to have been in the American Service as a soldier or corral in the County of Westchester in the State of New York and that Augustus Abraham Hoyt informed this deponent that the said Green was wounded in the American ser- -vice and was a good soldier Sworn before me this (Signed) W m V n Benthuren 21 st day of April 1829 Henry Goodrich S r Pease } in and for the County of } Rensselaer State of New York }

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, CONRAD A. TEN EYCK, Clerk of the City and County of Albany, do hereby certify, That John C. Van Rensselaer — whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the due execution of the annexed Indenture or Instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Commissioner in and for the City and County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds and discharges of mortgages, &c. AND FURTHER, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature, " John C. Van Rensselaer " subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Commissioner.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the fourth day of June 18 29
(Signed) C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk.

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 Abdiah Green a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 9 mos. McGracken Van Schaick N.Y.   1780 ✓ Butler's Legion        
Battles engaged in, Capture of Burgoyne with battle when he was wounded in the knee. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Schoharie Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, June 4, 1829. Residence at date of application, Albany Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 73 years
Remarks: He was the son of Edmund Green to the family date. The claim was not allowed owing to insufficient proof of service in the Continental Army as required by the Act of Mar 18, 1818.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

R. A. Hamilton, Manual Training Alma Stewart, Mathematics C. B. Read, Commercial. L. H. Ulrich, Science Hester Ball, German
Albia High School
G. W. WILLETT, SUPERINTENDENT A. B. EPPERSON, PRINCIPAL
Albia, Iowa
Geneva Schneider, Domestic Science Margaret McKemey, English Olive Williams, Latin J. S. Findley, Science Ruth Fall, History
Oct. 31, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir —
I am writing to ask what records you have concerning Obadiah Greene who fought during the Revolutionary War in the 4 th Regiment — Albany Co., New York.
Thanking you
Sincerely yours Ruth Fall, Albia, Iowa.

1914 Nov. 6. List to Rath. Fall.
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REJECTI
4268.
P. O.
Obadiah Green
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Messrs James + Southwick, Albany, N. Y. Sir.
Copy
The papers which you transmitted to this Dept. in support of the claim of Obadiah Green have been examined. He states that he enlisted for 9 months + served that term in Van Schaick's Regt. in 1777. This cannot be so. There were no enlistments for 9 months at that period of the war. He also declares that he enlisted for 3 years in Col. Butler's Regt. of Light Horse. No officer of that name ever commanded a Virginia Continental Regt. or a Regt. of Cavalry in the Continental Army. The affidavits of Messrs Paddock Lewis + Renthusem furnish no satisfactory proof of his service. As it is not in the least probable from the claimant's statement that he served in the Continental Army as the law providing for Rev. Soldiers extends to none who did not belong to the Conti- nental Establishment, his claim has been rejected. The papers will remain in our files.
War Dept. Pension Office, J. L. G. June 9. 1829.

30.060
Obadiah Green, Act 18 March 1818.
New York.
Rejected. See letter to Miss Jane Southwick 9 June 1829.
4268

Albany (N York) June 4 th 1829
Hon: John H. Eaton Secretary of War
Mr Obadiah Green has requested us to apply for a pen- sion from the United States for him on account of Revolutionary services - The enclosed are his papers relating to that subject - Should the evidence of his being in the service not be deemed sufficient he can prob- -ably by sending a great distance obtain some additional testimony But being very poor we advised him not to incur any unnecessary expense -
Very Respectfully Yours &c.
James Southwick