Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,302, Benjamin Green, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Green, Benjamin -
S. 4,302
73... 2. 2
CONTENTS
carded

M rs 7.901.
Benjamin Green.
of Licking in the State of Ohio, who was a Prisoner in the Company commanded by Captain Cosce of the Regt commanded by Major W st in the War time for Six months.
$20.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1833 and sent to M rs Martha Scatinsbuhl Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833, 40. Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 10.
50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Palmer , Clerk, Book E . Vol. 8, Page nine.

Wynona Greene Declaration
23588

State of Ohio Geauga County ss
On this Thirteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid now sitting Benjamin Green a resident of Union Township in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio age 77 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 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit Col Summers Major Lane, Capt Samuel Cox, 1 st Lieutenant Robert M c Lean, and retired when he entered the Service in Loudoun County in the State of Virginia and entered the Service about the last of June 1777 as a volunteer and served two months and left the Service about the last of August the same year marched to a place then called Bell Haven in the State of Virginia - now Alexandria in the District of Columbia and at the expiration of his two months Service he returned home - and again in the month of September 1778 he was drafted into the Service and served two months at Leesburg in Virginia guarding prisoners - and again in the month of August 1781 he was drafted into the Service and marched to the Siege of Cornwallis under the command of Major West and was at the taking of Cornwallis and marched as a guard to part of the prisoners to Nolens Ferry on the Potomack river and was there discharged in the month of October 1781 having served two months in his last tour. He also states that he was born in Sussex County in the State of New Jersey in the year 1755 he had his age recorded in his Bible which is now torn out - he lived when called into the Service in

Loudoun County in the State of Virginia and then after the revolution was he moved to Allegany County Maryland and from there about thirty three years ago he moved to the State of Ohio and now lives in Licking County in the State of Ohio
He also states that his first tour he entered the Service as a volunteer and was drafted into the Service his two last tours
he never received a written discharge from the Service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except a present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Given to and subscribed the Day and year aforesaid
Benjamin Green
A. D. Coffee Cr
The State of Ohio Licking county ss
Personally appeared before me Amos H. Coffe Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for said County Michael Beam a resident of said County who being first sworn according to law deposeth and saith that having examined the above Declaration of Benjamin Green for a pension & that from his own personal knowledge of the services of said applicant he believes the same to be true having served in the same company with him in his first tour in the year 1777 and that he knew of his being in the service of the united States in the years 1778 and 1779 and further he believes him to be of the age

he represents himself to be and further this Deponent saith not
Michael his Beam mark
Sworn and Subscribed
in open Court
P. A. Coffey Clk
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 word as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Michael Beam who signed the preceding Certificate is a resident of Lehigh County Pa is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. I the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County State of Pa do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Green for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of December A.D. 1832
P. A. Coffey Clk

23588 7961.
Benj r Green Licking Co Ohio
Adm for 16. Months from 1777.
$520.
L d D r Schurton age Mansfield Knox Co Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 th April — 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 subjjoined 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. These 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, shewing the Service of Benj r Green Licking Co. Ohio
   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.     Vol. 1777 2 Private Col Summers 77 Michael Bean as to the whole time   drafted 1778 2 Maj Linn 77   drafted 1781 2 Col Cox Maj West 60 Virginia  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
He was in the service of the United States from June 1777 to June 1781.

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 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.
Made 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.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Geo B Whiting

April 7, 1924
Honorable Charles E. Winter House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Winter:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4302 it appears that Benjamin Green was born in 1755 in Sussex County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia he enlisted the last of June 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Samuel Cox' Company, Colonel Summers' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted in September 1778 and served two months guarding prisoners at Leesburg, Virginia.
In August 1781 he enlisted and served as a private under Major West, was at the Siege of York and was discharged in October 1781.
After the Revolution he moved to Allegany County, Maryland. He was allowed pension on his application

executed October 30, 1832 while a resident of Union Township, Licking County, Ohio.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Sincerely,
Acting Commissioner.
Note of death not in AR

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. Reuben Green File # 100
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     End of June 1777 2 mos. Pvt. Samuel Beers Summers Pa.   Sept 1777 2 mos. Guarding prisoners at Reading Pa.   Aug. 1781 Oct. 1781 under Major West   Discharged at Solomons Ferry on Potomac River  
Battles engaged in, Taking of Red Bank Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon Co. Pa. Date of application for pension, Oct 30 1832 Full was at Residence at date of application, Union Twp. Franklin Co. Ohio Age at date of application, 74 yrs (born in Dec 1757 died in 1832) Remarks: and prob. of birth

CHARLES E. WINTER WYOMING
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
April 5, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
My dear Commissioner:
Would you be kind enough to mail me a copy of the pension record of Benjamin Green, who served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in London County, Virginia, and applied from Licking County, Ohio? Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Winter

of Fairbury Nebr. May 21 st /913
Chief of Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:- Can you inform me of the dates of birth and death of Benjamin Green who was a Revolutionary Soldier and who applied for a pension Oct. 30-1832 He was then residing in Union Township Licking

Co Ohio- If the place of his birth is given I should be glad to get that. He e enlisted from Loudoun Co. Va. Can you tell me if these facts together with the succeeding dates of his descendants will entitle me to membership in the D. A. R. Very Truly Yours Edith D. Hamilton R. R. No 2 (Mrs. W m A. Hamilton) Fairbury Nebr.

Ch STEVENSON & CO. MILL AND BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
ROOM 1019 SCHMULBACH BUILDING
BELL PHONE 1558
WHEELING, W. VA., May 16, 1910.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish Record of Military Service of Benjamin Green, Revolutionary Soldier, whose residence at date of enlistment was Loudoun Co., Virginia.
The application for his pension was dated October 30, 1832.
Our understanding is that his Service was as follows:
Enlistment Time Rank Officer June 1777 Two months Private Capt. Sam'l Cox Sept. 1778 Two months Private Aug. 1781 Two months Private Major West.
Yours very truly,
J. C. Stevenson
TCS/HL

Recd
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Mr. V. Warner, Commissioner Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.

441 S. 4th St.
Newark, Ohio.
Nov. 3 - 1918
Dear Sir:
Please give me the Sur File in Rev. War of one Benjamin Green private from Loudon Va. 1777. Was at Yorktown & died in Licking Co. O. 1830 - I want reference for S.A.W. papers. I have an application
Thanking you for your advance I am
Respectfully
Mrs. L. B. Fant
Registrar Detuck Chester Newark, O.
7961
4302

Glenn
Akron, O., Apr. 30-02
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me a certificate of the service rendered in the Revolutionary War by Benjamin Green of Licking Co., O. A pension was granted April 16-1833. He was born in Allegheny Co. Md. 1759.
Very truly Illa S. Holland 165 Benjamin's Akron O.

J. KENT GREEN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 601 and 604 Kedzie Building, 120 RANDOLPH STREET
Chicago,
January 25th, 1901.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
On Nov. 20, last I wrote you asking for certificate of service of Revolutionary soldiers, Benjamin Green and Michael Beem. Some time after, I received certificate of service of Michael Beem, but never received any certificate as to Benjamin Green. I presume, as both of these soldiers were mentioned together, one was lost sight of in seeking the evidence of the other. I should be pleased to receive certificate as to Benjamin Green at your convenience. I give you such information as I have in my possession in order that you may the better identify the soldiers.
I learned from an official record that the man in question was a private in the Virginia State Troops in the Revolutionary War, and was placed on the pension roll on Apr. 28, 1835, and that his pension commenced on the 4th of March, 1831, he being at the time of entry on the pension roll, a resident of Licking County, Ohio. I am also learned from an official record that a Benjamin Green enlisted as a private in the State troops from Essex County, N.J. and am informed from unofficial sources that Green migrated from Rhode Island to New Jersey and that he went from New Jersey to Alleghany County, Maryland  Pa. and from there to Licking County, Ohio. I judge from the evidence at hand that the person enlisting from New Jersey is the same one that enlisted later from Virginia.
In case you can furnish any official information pending to show that this is the same person and other official information concerning the record, I shall be much obliged to you.
Thanking you for this, I am,
Yours very truly,
J. Kent Green

H. St. 44 S.S. Ohio
Res Way
4302
INVALID.
File No. 4302
Benjamin Green Sci. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1932
Index: Vol. A , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb 4-17-19 at J. Kent Green - Chicago
May 17-1907 Sila S. Boland - Akron
1908 Jan 18 Hist. to Mrs. J. B. Paul, V.L.M.
1910 May 23 Hist. to J. B. Stevenson V.L.M.
1913 May 27 Hist. to Mrs. Wm. A. Hamilton V.L.M.
1924 Apr 7 - Hist. to Mr. Chas. E. Winder, M.M.H.