Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7563, James Green, Va. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Na Sea Service
Green James Frances
N. 7563
CONTENTS

31.329. Virginia R James Green, dec d ,
of _____ in the State of Va who was a priv t in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 2 years
Sec t from § 144 ✓
Inscribed on the Roll of Rickenmond at the rate of 168 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 25 Aug 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of March 1851 and sent to
Wm Helm
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
Warrenton Va
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H E Robison Clerk, Book E Vol. 87 Page N,

4100. Margaret R Margaret Green widow of James
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Midshipman in the from $144
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 168 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the / day of Apr. 1851 and sent to
Wm. Allen Warrenton Va
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 152 Vol. 3
State of with not as QB

State of Virginia,
Rappahannock Culpeper
County, ss:
BE IT KNOWN, That before me William A. Spindale a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, personally appeared James Green and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original pension certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
"WAR DEPARTMENT.—REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 James Green of the State of Virginia who was a Midshipman in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive One hundred Forty four dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 25 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
that he now resides in Culpeper County, and has resided therein for the space of Three months years past, and that previous thereto he had resided in Fauquier County. Sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of March 18 47 , before me. Wm A. Spindale J. P.
Witness James Green Pensioner. R. T. Coffrage mark John Read
Here insert verbatim the Certificate of Pension. This need not be filed by the Justice unless the claim is for more than six months.
State of Virginia, Culpeper County, the 11 th day of March 18 47 . I, William A. Spindale a Magistrate in the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, to wit, that of my own personal knowledge, that James Green who has appeared before me and taken the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the Certificate which he has exhibited before me, numbered 31.329 and bearing date at the War Office, the 25 th day of January 1838, and signed by J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Given under my hand, at Spindale on the day and year above written.
William A. Spindale J. P.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I James Green a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Jones Green my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent for paying Pensions in Richmond, State of Virginia, my Pension, from the 4th day of March 18 39 , to the 4th day of March 18 47 . Witness my hand and seal, this 11 th day of March 18 47 .
Sealed and delivered in presence of
R. T. Coffrage John Read
James Green his mark SEAL
State of Virginia, Culpeper County, ss:
BE IT KNOWN, That before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared James Green the above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 11 th day of March 18 47 .
William A. Spindale J. P.
State of Virginia, Rappahannock County, ss:
I, W. J. Menefee Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County, certify that William A. Spindale is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 12 th day of March 18 47 .
W. J. Menefee Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County.
[Signature]

Rappahannock State of Virginia, Culpeper County ss :
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 11 th day of March 18 47 , before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Jones Green the Attorney named in the within Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year as above } written, before me. Wm A. Spindle J. P.
Received of _____ Agent for paying Pensions, the sum of _____ _____ dollars and _____ cents, being for _____ months pension due to _____ from the _____ day of _____ 183 _____, to the _____ day of _____ 183 _____, for which I have signed duplicate receipts. DOLLARS.
N. B.—The power must always be executed on or after , and never before the 4th day of March or 4th day of September of each year, so as to entitle the pensioner to claim for the six months preceding. The pensioner must always sign the certificate of identity as well as the power of attorney. The power of attorney must always be attested by at least one subscribing witness, in addition to being acknowledged before the Justice of the Peace. No interlineation nor any word or figure written on a blot or erasure , will be received at the pension office, unless such interlineation, blot or erasure be noted by the Justice of the Peace and certified to have been made before the execution of the power.
Rappahannock State of Virginia I hereby Certify that six erasures of Culpeper and six interlineations of Rappahannock in the foregoing Certificates and power of attorney were made by me this day before their execution also the erasures of year in print and figure four over printed three were made by me also the blot in the name of Jones Green in the power of attorney was made by him in making his mark Given under my hand this 11 th day of March 1847 . William A. Spindle
State of Virginia: Rappahannock County, to wit. I, William J. Menefee Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County certify that William A. Spindle is a Magistrate as above, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven . W. J. Menefee, Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County

Declaration of Francis Green the widow of James Green In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Virginia } Rappahannock County } S.S.
On this 8th day of March 1848 personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the County Court of Rappahannock Francis Green a resident in the County aforesaid aged twenty three years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Green who was a Midshipman in the War of the Revolution the evidence of which was produced to the proper Department in the year of 1837 or 1838 upon said evidence a certificate was issued dated 25th January 1838 On the 15th June 1840 his pay under the said certificate was stopped and under an act of Congress of March 3rd 1847 the said James Green was reinstated with pay at the rate of one hundred and forty four dollars per year commencing on the 15th June 1840 and payable semi- annually on the 4th March and 4th September in every year The said certificate is dated 19th March 1847 signed by W. L. Marcy Secretary of War.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Green on the 6th day of February Seventeen hundred and ninety two that her husband, the said James Green died on the 25th day of August eighteen hundred and forty seven; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz: at the above stated time.
Francis Green widow
Witness Fond. Fishback George W. Green

State Virginia Rappahannock County S.S.
Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the County Court of Rappahannock on the day and year above written and I further certify that the said Francis Green the bearer of same from a revolutionary pensioner is unable from bodily infirmity to travel to the Court house which is some twelve miles distant from his residence. Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of March 1848
F. W. Jeffries
Virginia
Rappahannock County to wit
I William J. Menefee Clerk of the County Court of Rappahannock County in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Francis M. Jeffries, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a Magistrate in and for theistrate in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified as such, and also a Justice of the said Court, which is a Court of records, and that the signature to the said Certificate purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court this 25 th day of March, in the year 1848
W. J. Menefee Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County

Virginia
At a court continued and held for Rappahannock County on Tuesday the 9th day of May 1848.
The foregoing paper purporting to be a declaration of Frances Green for a pension made before Francis M. Jeffries a Justice of the peace for Rappahannock County Virginia on the 8 th day of March 1848, also the certificate of the said F. M. Jeffries of the bodily infirmity and credibility of the said Frances Green were this day presented to the court whereupon the court doth order that it be certified to the War Department that they were satisfied that the declaration & certificate aforesaid were genuine and entitled to be regarded to the full extent of their purport that the said Frances Green did make the declaration aforesaid on the said 8 th day of March 1848 before Francis M. Jeffries who was at that time a duly qualified acting Justice of the peace of the County of Rappahannock and State of Virginia, that the said Frances Green at the time of making the said declaration was, from bodily infirmity, unable to attend court to make the said declaration and is a person of good character and standing for veracity, and that the said declaration and certificate aforesaid are approved by the court.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the said court which is a court of records. I William J. Menefee clerk thereof have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this 18 th day of May in the year 1848.
W. J. Menefee clerk of the court of Rappahannock County

I hereby certify that I have known Hedges Green the son of Mrs Frances Green the Widow of James Green a revolutionary pensioner for the space of thirty six or eight years & from my knowledge of him should call him to be fifty four or five years of age. Given under My hand & seal this 25 th day of July 1848.
A. R. Singleton (seal)
Rappahannock County Set
This day Albert R. Singleton personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said County and made oath to the fact as set forth in the above certificate. Given under My hand and seal this 25 th day of July 1848.
William A. Spindle (seal)
State of Virginia
Rappahannock county, to wit.
I, William J. Menefee clerk of County Court of Rappahannock, in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that William A. Spindle, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, is a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the signature aforesaid, purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal at the said Court this 31 st day of September in the year 1848, and in the 73 rd year of the Commonwealth.
W. J. Menefee.
Clerk of the Court at Rappahannock County

I hereby certify that when I was a boy I knew old Parson Brant I think his name was James though about his given name I am not positive know that many be I know he was a regular episcopal minister of the Gospel lived at the Glades in Fau- quier County I have frequently him preached and officiated at weddings have been here many years He had charge of the parsonage in the neighborhood in which I was born and raised I have known him as a person from my earliest infancy up to his death and at his death he left his negroes from several of them are now living in this and the adjoining neighborhood Given under my hand this 15 th day of March 1848
Peter B. Bower
I hereby certify that I was present at the death of my father James Green who was a Revolutionary prisoner He died on the 25 th day of August 1827 at his residence near Appomattox Rappahannock County Virginia. And I further certify that my mother Frances Green the widow of the said James Green has never remarried since the death of my father (James Green) My Grand father Stephen had several children some of whom are in the Warren County and his family Bible I presume has been taken away by some of the children as it cannot be found in this country it is probable that the record of the marriage of my father and mother is in the said Bible if it could be found
Given under my hand this 15 th day of March 1848
State of Virginia Guilford County } ss.
Aaron Green
This day personally appeared Peter B. Bower and Aaron Green before me a Justice of the County Court of Guilford and the said Bower and Green subscribed the above certificates in my presence and that each of them was duly sworn by me that the respective certificates to which their names were signed contained the truth. Given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of March 1848
For. Fieldbach (Seal)

Cumberland county to wit I Fayette Mangy clerk of the county court of Cumberland do hereby certify that Frederick Garbback who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this 20th day of March 1848
F. Mangy w

June 10, 1936
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BA-J/EEI James Green-W.7563
Mr. Hulsey Cason The University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of James Green, who came to America in 1735; the record of his son, James Green, who settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, and the War of 1812 record of his grandson, Moses Green, of Amisville, Virginia, who was born in 1780 and died in 1847.
As stated in letter to you of April 3, 1936, there is no claim for pension on file based upon the service in the War of 1812 of Moses Green. The record has been found of only one James Green who lived in the neighborhood of Culpeper County, Virginia. His record is given herein as found in the claim for pension, W.7563, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Green are not shown.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Green enlisted in September, 1777, went on board the "Manley Galley," Captain William Saunders, and served as midshipman; he served, also, on the "Safeguard Galley," Captain Elliott, after which he was transferred to the ship, "Tartar," Captain William Saunders, and was discharged in September, 1781. All of this service was in the Virginia State Navy.
His name was placed on the pension roll January 25, 1838, his pension commencing March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832. It was stated that his name was George James Green. He was pensioned James Green. In 1835, he resided near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia.
He died August 25, 1847, at his residence near Amisville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
The soldier married February 6, 1792, Miss Frances Fletcher.

The date and place of birth of Frances Fletcher Green and the names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Frances, was allowed pension on her application executed March 8, 1848, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
The names of two children are shown: Hedgeman Green, the oldest child who was born about 1793, and Aaron Green, born in June, 1803. In 1840, Aaron was residing in Shelby, Virginia.
In 1848, Mary Brown, a sister of the widow, made affidavit in Culpeper County, Virginia. She stated that she was married in 1792 but did not give the name of her husband.
In 1838, one Jonas Green lived in Warrenton, Virginia and in 1842, A.M.Green lived at Warrenton Springs, Virginia; no relationship of either to the soldier and his wife was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Letter to Hon. Jno. Morton July 6: 1852 Letter to Hon. J. Morton March 12: 1850 -
4100.
Virginia Richmond
Frances Green.
widow of Samuel.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Midshipman
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 144 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d . day of Mch 1849 and sent to
Hon. J. J. Pendleton H. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 152 Vol. 3.

4100 Virginia, Richmond Martha Green widow of James Green who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Midshipman
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 168 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of April 1837 and sent to
M rs H. Kelly Warrenton Va
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848, Page 152 Vol. 3

Pension stopped June 1840.
Restored to the Pension roll under a special Act of Congress approved Mar. 3. 1847, pension to commence June 15 1840. New Cer- tificate of March 19, 1847 sent to James Green, Warrenton, Va. Let to Payt. Richmond, Same day.
Virginia, No 31,329,
James Green, of Fauquier in the State of Virginia who was a Midshipman in the Galley commanded by Captain Elliott of the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond, Va., at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan'y 1838 and sent to W. Helm, Warrenton Va.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $ 936. Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 38 72
$ 10 08.
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Attested by D. D. Addison Clerk, E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 15.

April 11, 1936
Dear Sir:-
Please give me any information on the service record, or parents, or grandparents, etc. of each of the following.
1. James Green . Came to America in 1736 from Sheffield, England. Among his children were Nathan, and
2. James Green . Settled in Culpeper Co, Va, near Little Jefferson. He died around 1790. Had son
3. Moses Green . Born 1780. Died 1847. Of Amisville, Culpeper Co, Va. Was a lawyer. Married, 1812, Harriet BASYE (1798 - after 1864). They had 16 children born between 1818 and 1844.
Yours truly, Hulsey Coxon

1936-June 10. 2 list to Mr. Halsey Carson Esq.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7563
Frances Green Widow James Green Md. Rev. W.
Act: Feb. 2, 1844
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dr William Helm
Oct. 1. 1840
26
Recora 30 page 275

Pension Office October 1. 1840
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 29 th ult o . enclosing the affidavit of the son of Mr. James Green, in relation to the case of said Green. In your letter to say that Mr. Green can satisfy us "by highly respectable evidence that he was known as James Green fifty years ago in the neighborhood he first settled in after moving up to this from King George County." It is desirable, in order to a full investigation of this case that such evidence should be produced.
Dr. William Helm, Warrenton, Virg a
E.C.

31.329
Richmond Virginia
James Green
Sauquier in the State of Va. who was a Midshipman in the Valley commanded by Captain Elliott of the ... commanded in the Virginia time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va at the rate of 144 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan 1838 and sent William Helm Warrenton Va
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $946.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec 38 - 72.00 1018.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book C Vol. 6/2 Page 15
sup d see letter to P. Ag t & W. G. Settle, June 15. 1840 - Papers copied June 1840 & sent to W. G. Settle - do. to W. Helm, Sept. 18. 1840 - do. to W. G. Settle Sept. 18. 1840. - do. to P. Ag t . F. Fishback & D. Ward, Sept. 23. 1840. do. to W. Helm Oct. 1. 1840 - do. to F. Fishback 28 Sept. 1840 - do. to A. M. Green Nov 24. 1842. sup d see letter to P. Ag t . Dec. 5. 1842 - do. to W. F. Phillips July 19. 1843. Let Sec. of War Oct. 14. 1843 - O 3 In this case the Secretary of War decided, 17 April 1844, that James Green is not entitled to a Pension. See letter to W. G. Settle, Aug. 6. 1844

To
J. S. Edwards Esq. Pension Agent Washington City

Fauquier White Sulphur Springs March 16 th 1847
Dear Sir
It was perceived by the newspaper of the day that James Green who had been a revolutionary pensioner, and whose name had been stricken from the rolls, was restored restored by an act of Congress of the last session. Although bearing the name of Green I am in no way related to him. He called upon me to draw up his attorney, which it was my right be coming to him under the said act. The paper enclosed was prepared to serve on the pension Agent in Richmond Virginia representing that he had received all necessary information in relation to the subject and presuming further that he would be entitled receive from the time stated in the power of Attorney. Yesterday I saw a letter from you to Col. Fishback stating that it would be necessary for James Green to send back to the War department the original Certificate and an affidavit showing his identity - perceiving that the paper enclosed contained all these requisites I now determine to send it. I trust it will be sufficient James Green is in his 88 th year is now very much in want of money - he is in fact too infirm to write his own name as you will perceive. I should be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience & receive from you any intimation which will enable me to receive his pension at the earliest possible period. If you know anything of me, I refer you to Woodville Latham Esq. of the post office department I write almost illegibly from the effects of Rheumatism in my right hand & arm I send the original certificate No. 31.929 Respectfully yours James Green

Increased to $168.00 per annum. Commencing 25. Aug 1847. deduct former payments at $144 per annum. — Certificate issued March 19. 1857. Sent to Wm Helm Warrenton Va.
570.
Virginia. Richmond
Frances Green widow of James Green who was a Midshipman in the Galley
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 144 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844 .
25 August 1847 Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of March 1849. and sent to
Wm J. S. Pudeton Hof R
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2 Page 139.

31.32 Virginia
James Green
Enlisted in the State of Virginia who was a Midshipman in the Navy commanded by Captain Elliott of the by in the line for 21 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan'y 1838 and sent to William Heads, Warrenton, Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1837. $946.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March 38. 72.00 $1,018.00
{ Revolutionary Claim; { Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 6 1/2 Page 15.
see letter to C. Allen, Oct. 9-1844 Under a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23 d Dec. 1844 the papers in this case were sent to the War Dept. See letter to Sec. of War Dec. 27. 1844
let C Allen Oct 14 1845 " W. J. Settle Jan 5 1846 " " Mr. J. Parrish June 8 1846. do. to Hon. H. J. Seaman Dec 22. 1846

No 13612
Frances Green
VA
Sol. to Hon. J. S. Pendleton
May 2nd 1848
Sol. to Frederick Fishback
Oct. 21st 1848
ad 7 July 1838

No 57
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
3141
Copy of James Green Midd.
Var Star Revolution
Discharged _____, 18
4041
Bounty Paid — Oct-52.
Received _____, 187
Attorney.
57.

James Green dec d
N o
Set. Hor. W. Sides.
June 1846 1835

James Green Vardell, ad 1832, ab $144 pr Ann. restored from 15 June 1840.

An act for the relief of James Green of the County of Fauquier, State of Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled -
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, required to place the name of James Green upon the roll of revolutionary pensioners; and that he pay him, at the rate of one hundred and forty four dollars per annum, for and during his natural life, commencing on the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty, that being the time at which he was stricken from the said Pension roll by the Commissioner of Pensions.
Approved March 3 d , 1847.
Department of State March 10 th 1847
I certify that the above is a true and complete copy, carefully compared with the original Roll on file in this Department.
H. H. Smith.
Chief Clerk

Pension Office
June 8. 1846
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 1 st . inst. in the case of James Green, of Fauquier County, Virginia, I have the honor to state that his pension was allowed at the rate of $144 per annum, as a Midshipman, and that the payment was stopped on the 15 th of June 1840.
Hon. Isaac Parrish
A R

63 Pension Office Jan 5. 1846
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 19 th ulto. received the 29 th ulto. I have to inform you that it is not in my power to furnish copies of the papers of James Green, of Virginia, as they were withdrawn from the files of this Office under a resolution of Congress the House of Representatives in December 1844, and have not since been returned.
W. G. Settle Esq. or Messrs T. L. & A. T. Smith Present.

Challenger
Oct. 14 '45
) 11 111

191 Pension Office Oct 14. 1848
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 11 th inst. I have to inform you that all the papers in the case of James Green were withdrawn from the files of this Office by a resolution of the House of Representatives, on the 27 th of December last, and they have not since been returned. I cannot therefore furnish a copy of the affidavit to which you allude.
What is the date of the Secretary of War's report? and for what purpose is a copy wanted?
Charles Allen Esq. Warrenton Springs Va.

Pension Office
December 27. 1844
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit herewith, in obedience to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23 d instant, the papers and documents filed in this Office in support of the claim of James Green as a Midshipman in the Navy of the State of Virginia during the revolutionary war. They are numbered from one to twenty-four. I have the honor—
Hon. William Wilkins, Secretary of War

Charles Allen 9 Oct. 1844

162 Pension Office
October 9. 1844
Sir,
The papers which you sent here in the case of James Greene have been examined and filed. The Secretary of War has already decided that Green is not entitled to a pension, being fully satisfied that the man named Green who was in the Revolutionary Service, is  not the person who is now endeavoring to get restored to the pension list, is not the same person whose name appears among those who were in the Revolutionary Service. I
W. Charles Allen, Warrenton Springs, Fauquier County, Virg a .

W. G. Suttle
6 Aug 1844
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

72 Pension Office August 6. 1844
Sir,
Your request respecting James Green cannot be complied with. The Secretary of War, after a full examination of Green's case, has decided that his name shall be dropped from the pension roll. —
W. G. Settle, Esq. Memphis, Ga., Va.

Wm F Phillips
July 19. 1843
July 11 1843
1870
16
1843 [Faint mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

Pension Office,
July 19. 1843
Sir,
I thank you sincerely for the information which you have given me concerning Green's case. No unproper use will be made of your name, I assure you. What is most to be regretted in cases like this is, that there are not more honest and upright men, who, like yourself, wish to protect the government against fraud and imposition.
William F. Phillips, Esq. Warrenton Virg a

A. M. Green
Nov 24. 1842.

Pension Office, Nov 24. 1842.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith are certified copies of the declaration and accompanying papers in the case of James Green. I also transmit a copy of your letter of the 18 th inst. although it is not customary for us to furnish correspondents with copies of their letters.
A. M. Green, Esq. Fredericksburg Warrenton Springs Va.

H. Fushback
28 Sept 1840
GL
Decor a 50 page 271.

Pension Office Sept. 28. 1840
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 24 th inst. I have to inform you that the pension which was granted to a man who calls himself James Green has been stopped, because it is believed that he was never in the service. Information has been received here, which shows that he has had two names at different periods, and that he is not from a number of circumstances attending his case, the person who is supposed to have served as  performed such term as is set forth in the papers exhibited in his behalf.
W. Frederick Fishback, Jefferson, Va.

Fred. J. Schuch
and
Dan Ward
Sept 23 '40
66
Record V 30 page 263

Perrin Office Sept. 23. 1840
Sir,
A man called James Green, and sometimes George Green, has for some time past been drawing a pension for revolutionary services; but it is believed that he is an impostor, and never performed any service during the revolutionary war. I am informed that you are well acquainted with him. If you have any knowledge of his character, will you be so obliging as to say what you know of him. Your name will not be disclosed if you should make your communication with an injunction of secrecy.
Col. Frederick Fishback, Jeffersontown, Va.
Mr. Daniel Ward, Jeffersontown Va.

J. W. Nelson
Sept 18, 1846
96
Second V 50 page 255

Pension Office
Sept. 18. 1840
Sir:
As you were the agent for James Green in obtaining a pension on account of alleged service as a Midshipman during the revolutionary war, it is proper that I should give you certain information touching his case, with a view to a further investigation of his claim. In consequence of the receipt at this office of a letter, of which the enclosed is a copy, I have caused his pension to be stopped, and no further payment will be made until the Dept. shall have been furnished with satisfactory evidence to rebut the charge against him. An early answer is requested.
Dr. William Helm, Warrenton Virg a

N. G. S. ...
Sept 18 1840
96
Thomas Douglass, and the writer to 4 in March 1836 Anthony French
Record (50) page 256

Pension Office
Sept. 18. 1840
Sir,
Your letter of the 30 th ult o in the case of James Green has been received. If you can obtain further information relative to this case, I invite thanks you to do so, and communicate further with this Office in relation to the subject.
W. G. Settle Esq. Monafoas Gap, Va.

James Green, Dec d
Va
Act 7 June 1832,
due to $168 per annu ded of $144 per annu Comy 11 March 1831
and by 25 Augt 1847, payable to his widow Frances Green,
Adm d
act 17 June 1844
at $168. & d of $144
Comy 25 Augt 1847
Richmond
Doct M c Gellin Warrenton, Va

Mr Edwards

April 19 th
Dear Sir
Will you please do me the favor to have the enclosed papers examined & let me know if they be sufficient to effect the object of the applicant — Col. Fishback is a gentleman of great respectability & has no interest in the subject —
Your Obedt Servt Middleton

1848 M c L Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Act 2 Feb 1848 Sec 6 p 168. Ordg p 141 per annum comm 4 March 4 March 1848
Rev M c Lean, Warrenton Va.

Warrenton, Virginia 25 th March 1851.
Dear Sir:
In conformity with your requirement in relation to the increase of Pension to Frances Green, widow of Midshipman James Green decd. contained in your letter of 19 th March, 1851 I herewith enclose her Certificate of Pension under the Act of the 2 d February 1848
I have the honor to be very respectfully your friend W m H. Bell
Lt. E. Heath Esq. Com. Pensions

Concord and Mass; May 1 st , 1832.
J. P. Mather, Esq. Committee.
Sir:
Can you please send me by the time, the pension papers in the case of Mid- shipman James Green, U. S. Navy, which I will promptly return in a few days.
Respectfully Your obedt Servt John Nelson Commissioner.

James Green
File 7563
CH 4100

General Land Office, March 3 d 1854.
Sir,
The claim of "James Green, a Midshipman in the U s State Navy," for bounty land under "Act of August 31 st 36," is now before this Office, and to assist us in an examination of the merits of the case, I have to request the bear of the "Russian papers" in this case, which will be duly returned.
Respectfully Chas. A. L. L. John Wilson Commissioned.
J. W. Wilson Committee of Mission.
2/11/54

No 13612 no 652
Franes Green wid of James va
act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794 Reputed husband died 25 August 1847
accts act 17 June 44 12 July 48
$445 00 per m.
on 25 August 1847
Hon J. S. Pendleton House Mily

I Mary Brown being called upon do hereby certify that I was present at the marriage of my sister Frances Green to her husband James Green, they were married some time in the month of February 1792 I do not recollect the day of the month, they were married by old Parson Craig at said Craig's house. The said James Green was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died some time last summer (1827) My sister Frances Green the widow of the said James Green has since her marriage since the death of her husband
A circumstance that makes me recollect the time of the marriage of my sister Frances Green is that I was married the day after she was was in the year of 1792. Given under my hand this 17th day of February 1848
Witness
for Mary Brown mark
Aaron Green
Ally Ann Green
Greene County - Tenn.
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace and for the county aforesaid and State of Virginia Mary Brown and acknowledged and subscribed the above in my presence and was duly qualified that the above certificate contains the truth. And I further certify that the above named Mary Brown is an old Lady of respectability and on whose evidence would be taken in any Court of Record when she is known. Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of February 1848
For. Fishback

Virginia Guadalupe County ss. I Fayette Manzy Clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that Frederick Tuckback who has made the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same an acting justice of the peace in & for the said county and as such a justice of the said county court which is a court of record & that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said court this 21 st day of February 1848
F. Manzy Clerk

I James H. Duncan do hereby certify that I am person who was a revolutionary, a resident of this neighborhood and on the 25 th day of August 1847 what makes me suspect the day of the month is that I as Mr A. R. Singleton clerk sold the buying clothes the day previous to his death and by reference to the books I find them charged on the 24 th of August 1847. Given under my hand this 8 th day of March 1848
James H. Duncan
State of Virginia Rappahannock County. S.S.
This day personally appeared James H. Duncan before me a Justice of the County court of said County and was qualified in due form of law. That the above certificate contains the truth & that he subscribed the same in my presence. Given under my hand and seal this 8 th day of March 1848
J. W. G. (Seal)
Virginia: Rappahannock County, to wit:
I, William J. Menefee clerk of the County Court of Rappahannock County, in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Francis M. Jeffries, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, is a Magistrate in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature to the said certificate purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 08 day of March in the year 1848.
W. J. Menefee, Clerk of the Court of Rappahannock County

Very
Free
Hon. J. S. Pendleton
Washington City
D.C.

Jeffersonville April 11 th 1848
Dear Sir
I enclose you Mrs Francis Brown's application to be placed on the pension roll. The records from that her husband was a prisoner for from when she was married in 1792 also when he died and that she is still a widow. There is no record of her marriage in the old office at Warrenton. There are very few marriage bonds in the office before the time that Campbell was clerk. Marshall & Jennings says he thinks his canisters suffered to be destroyed that he was as they had been told often lighted his cigar with them. See Jennings certificate. If you can get the application allow & send the certificate to me by mail.
Yours Very Respectfully G. D. Fishback

Effingham May 1 th
Dear
Mr J. L. Edwards
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington P. O.
Yours sincerely
May 11. 1848

Jefferson (May 9th 1848)
Dear Sir
I received your letter addressed to the Hon. J. S. Pendleton returning Mrs Frances Grooms Declaration In your letter you say the terms of her husband James Groom is admitted but the date of her marriage is not sufficient corroborated by facts to justify the Department in deciding in her favor. The law as I understand it requires that an applicant must prove that she was married before 1795 I believe is the time Now what does the return prove in this case The return is the sister of Mrs Groom she says in her affidavit that she (the return) was married in the summer of 1792 and that her sister Frances was married in the winter before she was now what is it that is now called to impress upon a Ladies mind a date that that of her marriage It does seem to me that nothing can be more clearly made out than that Mrs G. was married in the winter of 92 & I hope that when the Declaration is returned properly verified to by the Court of Requests that you will give her her pension I am attending to it to keep her out of the hands of Agents who generally get the place as nice as the next I expect to hear from the next in a couple of weeks & would like to have it arranged before I have
Yours Very Respectfully
Ford Filbach

May 13. 48 add. evidence Frances Green Act 1838
Jeffersonville May 11 th
Mr. J. S. Edwards Commission of Pleading
Fred. Fischbach Jeffersonville Virginia
Fredrich Fischbach
add d by Mrs. Frances Green
[Faint, illegible signature or scribble]

Jefferson town May 11 th 1848.
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose you Mrs Francis Gruns pedigree with the accompanying view of the County Court of Rap- =pehannock which I hope will be satisfactory.
In your letter now before me you say if no documentary evidence can be of the marriage produced, the entries should state the date upon which her recollection of the date thereof is based. What can be a stronger data than the memory of a Lady who never forgets the day she was married and very seldom the day she was first courtied. Mrs Gruns says she was married in the summer of 1792 & that her sister Francis Gruns was married in the winter before she was. She said to me (tho' I am not put that in) that after the mar- =riage of her sister Francis she was very loquacious & she remembered so many the first chance a advertisement & fine most of Ladies come under almost any circumstances. I shall be pleased to know the result as early as convenient.
Yours very Respectfully Fred. Fitzbach

I hereby certify that I have known Hedgeman Green (the son of Mrs. Frances Green whose husband was a Revolutionary pensioner) for about forty years and judge from his appearance at that time that he was at least eighteen or twenty years old then which would make his age at the present time fifty eight or sixty years. I recollect about forty years ago he was quite a short young man & very fond of visiting on the Ladies or what we Virginian people call a great Ladies man. Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of July 1828
Zuger Boobey
I hereby certify that I have known Hedgeman Green the son of Mrs. Frances Green ever since I was a small boy my father moved to the neighborhood in which his father lived when I was about ten years of age I have known him ever since and would judge from his appearance at that time as well as his appearance now that he is fifty five years old. Mrs. Frances Green is the mother of James Green a Revolutionary pensioner. Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of July 1828
Alex d H. Nyess (seal)
I hereby certify that I am (agreeably to what I have always been told by my father & mother) thirty five years old last month was born in June 1803 I have heard & stated various times by my father & mother that Hedgeman (my mother) was ten years older than myself he was born in June also just ten years before I was, which would make him fifty five years old last month He is the oldest child of my father & mother James & Frances Green. My father was a Revolutionary pensioner. Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of July 1828
Acors Green (seal)
The word five in the third line from the bottom of Nyess certificate was left out through mistake & was inserted upon signing Genl. Fishback J.P.

Culpeper County Court.
This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the County of Culpeper and State of Virginia Edgar Dooms, Alex H Myres and Aaron Brown subscribed in my presence the within certificates and were duly qualified that the facts set forth in the said certificates were true Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of July 1848
Frederick Fishback (seal)
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Edgar Dooms, Alex H Myres and Aaron Brown who have subscribed their names to the within certificates and that they are men of respectable and that their testimony would be taken and believed in any court of record where they are known Given under my hand this 27th day of July 1848
Frederick Fishback J.P.
Culpeper County to wit: I Fayette Manzy Clerk of the county court of Culpeper in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Frederick Fishback who has made the foregoing certificates is at the time a justice of the peace in and for the said county and one of the justices of the said court which is a court of record that his signatures thereto subscribed are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court the 28th day of July 1848.
Edward M. Spilman } F. Manzy Report to Warrenton } Va } 3
I am personally acquainted with the witnesses Dooms, Myerstrand Green, and I know them to be men worthy of credit
F. P. [unclear] July 24th 1849
27/7/48 Spilman

Effingham Oct 28th
Free
1760.48 Be
Mr Ames
Mr J. L. Edwards Commonwealth of Penns Washington City

Jefferson Town Oct. 27th 1828
Dear Sir
I received yours of the 21st Inst. in which you say that Mrs Frances Green declaration has been received and placed on file with her other papers. You say no additional evidence has been introduced in regard to the date of her marriage the only testimony you say is that of Mrs Brown. It is true she can't write her name but she can make her mark. I took her acknowledgment and I suppose the informu in the minds of the Department is that I forgot the paper in question I had a certificate on the paper by one clerk that I was an acting Magistrate of the County which I supposed at the time would be all the Department required if however you will return me the paper I can get the County Court of Chester while in session to certify that my official acts are worthy of being received by the Department or any Court of Record. As to the nature of Mrs Brown's testimony it must strike the Department very differently from what it did mine & that of any other person to whom I have conversed or shown the affidavit for she says in that distinctly if I recollect right that she was married in July of 1792 & that her son Francis was married the winter before she was to my mind it was conclusion better than of a person had of seven to a particular day for than from the lapse of time he might be mistaken much more probable than a lady should forget the year she was married. Mrs Brown was at the marriage of her sister was one of the brides maids I did not think it necessary to mention that in her evidence as I concluded what she did say was quite conclusive.
On my way from the West I went with Mr Pendleton to the Department & was introduced to some gentleman (not Mr Edward) whose name I have now forgotten he informed me that the Department had decided the evidence was not second sufficient but if I could get some court creating testimony such as proving their oldest child is of a sufficient age as to show that they must have been married about that time it would be sufficient that testimony I procured through Mr A. Brown Alex H Brown Edgar Jones & A. R. Lingham all of which I forwarded to the State in July & August. The said testimony proving that

Hedgeman Brown the oldest child of Francis & I have known from the knowledge of him for 40 years must be at least 55 years of age. It does seem to me that it is a very rare case that an old Revolutionary war pensioner should be kept out of her claim when she is very infirm and actually suffering for the necessaries of life. I undertook it for her to keep her out of the hands of those health speculators without one cent of compensation because she made the whole to make comfortably. I have been told by several that if I would give it up to some of those speculators, a lot of them since have pretty clear that they could get it through but I determined not to put her in such hands for I know that if the Department refuses to allow it, that Congress will do all that in it. She must suffer a little longer until it can be gotten through.
I presume the matter is now in the hands of the Department. Be pleased to advise me of the final decision as early as practicable.
Yours Respectfully Fred. Fishback

August 31, 48,
Jefferson City August 29
Mrs. H. Green add. Env.
Mr. Ames
Chas. F. Buchanan
Mr. S. L. Edwards
Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Jeffersonon Augt-29 th 1848
Dear Sir
I sent you through Mr Pendleton certificates of Dooms Mays & Brown in the case of Mrs F Brown application for a pen- sion I now send Singleton those certificates in connection with Mrs Brown's claim to one ought to be satisfactory to the Dept consisting the proof of her marriage. Let me order on you to take the matter up immediately. She is an old lady & stands very much in want of the means to make her comfortable & with the evidence submitted I really think it would be unnecessary particular to repeat her claim & compel her to go before Congress before she can get her claim though Singleton's certificate would have been sent with the other but for its mislaying through the mail. If you grant her petition please send by mail her certificate to me as. This please or let me know what is necessary for her to do to get it.
Yours Very Respectfully Fred. P. Fishback

Executive Department Richmond Ap 25 1837
James Green is allowed Land bounty for his services as a Midshipman in the State Navy for three years, in lieu of the bounty heretofore allowed an able seaman
The Master will issue allowance accordingly, if not heretofore drawn
David G. Ruffell
Attest
- J. B. Richardson
The foregoing is a copy from the order on file in the Land office of Virginia
True
W. P. L. & Co. 86
off May 27 1837
25 Cents paid for this copy - W.P.

Wm. H. Wren
June 14. 1838
P.C.
2a

Department of War
Pension Office
June 14. 1838
Sir
I have examined the declaration of James Green dec d . and have placed the same upon our files. A certificate for six months, since as a general will be issued to his widow if he left one, or in case there is none, to the children of the dec d for the annual due up to the time of his death his death, upon the production of the necessary proof of  as to the relationship of the claimants to the dec d . Soldiers. The proceedings should be had before the Court, properly certified by the Clerk.
I have the honor
For Waller H R
C

Hon. H. J. Seaman
Dec. 22, '40
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Pension office 390
December 22 d 1846
Sir,
The papers which you deposited with me in the case of James Green, are herewith returned.
On the 11 th of April 1844, I made a report to the Secretary of War in this case. A copy of that report is now enclosed. Since that time no new evidence has been presented at this office in support of the claim. The Secretary of War concurred with me in the opinion that Green was not entitled to the pension he claimed. It is not in my power to furnish a more perfect statement of the case, as the papers in support of the claim were sent to the House of Representatives on the 23 d of December 1844, under a resolution of that body, and they have not since been in this office.
I have the honor
Hon. H. J. Seaman
of the Revolutionary Pension Committee House of Reps.
Enter this on the Committee Book Va. case

If your agent would ask the question of Geo. F. Green if he had any acquaintance with the several persons, as are represented to have been discharged from service on the 3 rd Feb y '80 - He may answer in the affirmative.

1 State of Virginia, Culpeper County, to wit:
This day Richard Wade, a Soldier of the American Revolution personally appeared before us Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid and made oath that he was personally acquainted with James Green, in time of the revolution, and that the said Green, was a Midshipman in the Virginia State Navy; he does not recollect how long the said Green served but believes he served the greater part of the war. He the said Wade further states on oath that he has known the said James Green, ever since the revolutionary war, and that the said Green, now resides in the County of Fauquier, in the State aforesaid. Given under our hands, this 18 th day of April 1835.
Fred. Fishback J.P.
Sam l Ward J.P.
We the subscribers Justices of the peace certify that we believe that Richard Wade, who gave the above Certificate would be believed on oath in any of our Courts of record in this Commonwealth. Given under our hands this 21 st April 1835.
Fred. Fishback
Sam l Ward.
I am well acquainted the Mr. F. Fishback & Mr. Sam l Ward, and know them to be acting Magistrates in the County of Culpeper. Given under my hand this 21 st April 1835. Edmund Broadus.
This day William Harris, a Soldier of the revolution, and now a petitioner to my knowledge personally appeared

appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for Culpeper County and made oath that he was personally acquainted with James Green, who has subscribed to the above declaration that he knew him in the revolution and has known him ever since, and that he remembers that the said James Green was a Midshipman in the State Navy more than three years. Given under my hand this 22 nd day of August 1834.
Fred. Fishback. Seal.
I have known William Harris who gave the foregoing testimony of Midshipman Green's revolutionary services several years he supports the reputation of an honest truthful man and I believe his evidence would receive full credit in any of our courts of record.
Fred. Fishback
Executive Department
Richmond. V a April 29. 1837.
The foregoing are true copies of papers filed in this Department.
W. H. Richardson, Secy Commonwealth
Virginia. Fauquier County to wit:
I hereby certify that I have resided in the County of Fauquier upwards of fifty years, and that I have known the above named James Green, between forty and fifty years and that I believe his statement of his services in the revolutionary war. The said Green has always supported an honest character in my intercourse with him. Given under my hand this 1 st November 1837.
Wm Horner.

State of Virginia,
Fauquier County to wit: The above Certificate of William Horner, was this day sworn to before me a Justice of the peace for said County. Given under my hand this 1 st day of November, 1837. Wm Rasin.
State of Virginia Fauquier County to wit:
I hereby Certify that William Horner, whose Certificate is herunto annexed is a Magistrate of this County, a Gentleman of high respectability, and his Certificate is entitled to the fullest Credit. Given under my hand this 1 st day of November, 1837. Wm Rasin.
State of Virginia Fauquier County to wit: I, Alexander J. Marshall Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Wm Rasin is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia, duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout, and that the preceding Signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have herunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court, this first day of November, 1837.
A. J. Marshall C.C.

Pension Office.
December 27. 1844 } We hereby Certify that the within pages from 1 to 3 inclusive have been carefully examined and found to be a true Copy from the Original.
J. L. Guann,
Ero C. Mued

Jan 24 - 1857
Wm Helm of War- renton Va presents the claim of Frances Green wid of James -
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Dear William Helm Warrenton Virginia.

Warrenton Virginia 24 th January 1857
Sir
I have the honor to present the claim of Frances Green, widow of James Green deceased who was a Midshipman of the Virginia State Navy during the war of the Revolution for an increase of the Pension allowed her said husband during his life and to her since his death she being pensioned as his widow on the ground that he was allowed only of 144. per annum instead of $168. per annum which I respectfully suggest he was entitled to under the act of the October session of 1780, Section of the Legislature of Virginia fixing the pay of a Midshipman at two shillings and sixpence per day See 10th Vol Hen. page 382, I respectfully refer to the papers in the case of Midshipman J. Green and to the papers in his widow's claim in whose behalf I make this application I am Most respectfully
W. H. Helm
J. E. Heath Esq. Com Pensions

N. Hamp: March 5 1850.
Sir,
Under cover you will receive a letter in answer to our evening your reply to me the case of Aaron Green.
The difficulty seems to be at this point - viz. Aaron Green had recd. his pension up to the 3 rd of March '40 - he was stricken from the roll on the 15 th of June - The act of Congress restoring him, directed his pension to begin from the time he was stricken from the roll. Did he have a right, to the pay from the 3 rd of March '40 to the 15 th June '40 - before he was stricken from the roll? This seems to be the opinion of Mrs. Aaron Green, and hence his demand. If as he stood upon the pension list, before he was stricken off, he acquired a right only upon the expiration of the 6 six months, viz 3 rd Sept '40 , then I should suppose there is no just claim to the pay from 3 rd March '40 to 15 th June '40 - but if he had a right therein , up to the time he was stricken off, it would seem, the de- mand is a just one. Be kind enough to let me hear from you, (X return the enclosed letter) at your earliest convenience
Yrs Truly Jennich Morton
James L. Edwards Esq. Com: of Pensions

Payment to be made at
Richmond by
Anthony Robinson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Virginia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the - Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 152 Vol. 3
Geo. H. King
Clerk. - 2

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Frances Green
widow of James Green
who was a Midshipman. in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One Hundred and forty
four dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United
States this 2 o day of March
one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine,
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

N. Haver May 31 st 1880.
Sir,
The enclosed letter, seems to present, if I understand it a plain case - needing no further legislation action, but only evidence of the death of the person, and the application of the counter or administrator .
The head except to examine the case, I do not know your decision to return the letter, with your reply.
I remain Sir,
Yrs very truly Francis Mark
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington

JAMES GREEN.
LETTER
FROM
THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
TRANSMITTING
Report of Commissioner of Pensions, relative to the application of James Green for a pension.
JANUARY 2, 1845.
Read, and laid upon the table.
WAR DEPARTMENT, December 27, 1844.
SIR: In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, requiring the Secretary of War "to communicate to the House all the papers and documents on file in the Pension Office relating to the application of James Green for a pension as a midshipman in the navy during the war of the revolution," I transmit, herewith, a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, containing all the papers and documents required by the resolution.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. WILKINS, Secretary of War.
Hon. JOHN W. JONES, Speaker House of Reps.
PENSION OFFICE, December 27, 1844.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, the papers and documents filed in this office, in support of the claim of James Green as a midshipman in the navy of the State of Virginia during the revolutionary war. They are numbered from 1 to 24.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Hon. WM. WILKINS, Secretary of War.

No. 1.
I, Charles Higdon, of King George county, Virginia, now in the 73d year of my age, do certify, that I was very well acquainted with my neighbor, James Green, of Westmoreland, who, after the war of the revolution, settled in Fauquier county. Said Green was a midshipman in the ship Tartar, commanded by Captain Wm. Saunders; and I left him in service, in said ship, in the year 1780, and have understood he now resides in Fauquier county, Virginia. Given under my hand this 16th of October, 1837.
his CHARLES X HIGDON. mark.
Test: GEO. T. RIDING.
VIRGINIA, King George county, } to wit:
This day, Charles Higdon, (subscriber to the foregoing certificate,) personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in the county aforesaid, and made oath that said certificate is true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Given under my hand, October 16, 1837.
GEO. T. RIDING.
And I do certify that the said Charles Higdon is a man of fair character, and his oath is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand, October 16, 1837.
GEO. T. RIDING
VIRGINIA, King George county, } to wit:
I, Edward Smith, clerk of the county court of King George, do hereby certify that George T. Riding whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates, is now, and was at the time of the subscribing the same, a qualified and acting justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of my office, this 17th October, 1837, in the sixty-second year of the Commonwealth.
[L. S.]
E. SMITH, Clerk.
No. 2.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, Culpeper county, } to wit:
This day, Richard Wade, a soldier of the American Revolution, personally appeared before us, justices of the peace in the county aforesaid, and made oath that he was personally acquainted with James Green in time of the revolution, and that the said Green was a midshipman in the Virginia State navy. He does not recollect how long the said Green served, but be-

lieves he served the greater part of the war. He (the said Wade) further states, on oath, that he has known the said James Green ever since the revolutionary war, and that he (said Green) now resides in the county of Fauquier, in the State aforesaid. Given under our hands, this 18th day of April, 1835.
FRED. FISHBACK, J. P. DAN'L WARD, J. P.
We, the subscribers, justices of the peace, certify that we believe that Richard Wade, who gave the above certificate, would be believed on oath in any of our courts of record in this Commonwealth. Given under our hands, this 21st day of April, 1835.
FRED. FISHBACK, DAN'L WARD.
I am well acquainted with Mr. F. Fishback and Mr. Daniel Ward, and know them to be acting magistrates in the county of Culpeper. Given under my hand, this 21st day of April, 1835.
EDMUND BROADUS.
This day, William Harris, a soldier of the revolution, and now a pensioner to my knowledge, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for Culpeper county, and made oath that he was personally acquainted with James Green, who has subscribed to the above declaration; that he knew him in the revolution, and has known him ever since; and that he remembers that the said James Green was a midshipman in the State navy more than three years. Given under my hand, this 22d day of August, 1834.
FRED. FISHBACK.
I have known William Harris, who gave the foregoing testimony of Midshipman Green's revolutionary services, several years; he supports the reputation of an honest, truthful man, and I believe his evidence would receive full credit in any of our courts of record.
FRED. FISHBACK.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., April 29, 1837.
The foregoing are true copies of papers filed in this department. WM. H. RICHARDSON, Secretary of Commonwealth.
VIRGINIA, } to wit: Fauquier county, }
I hereby certify that I have resided in the county of Fauquier upwards of fifty years, and that I have known the above-named James Green between forty and fifty years, and that I believe his statement of his services in the revolutionary war. The said Green has always supported an honest

character in my intercourse with him. Given under my hand, this 1st day of November, 1837.
WM. HORNER.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } to wit: Fauquier county, }
The above certificate of William Horner was this day sworn to before me, a justice of the peace for said county. Given under my hand, this 1st day of November, 1837. 7.
UNIT RASIN.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } to wit: Fauquier county, }
I hereby certify that William Horner, whose certificate is hereunto annexed, is a magistrate of this county, a gentleman of high respectability, and his certificate is entitled to the fullest credit. Given under my hand, this 1st day of November, 1837.
UNIT RASIN.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } to wit: Fauquier county, }
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of the county court of Fauquier county aforesaid, in the State of Virginia aforesaid, do hereby certify that Unit Rasin is a justice of the peace in and for the county of Fauquier, in the State of Virginia, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, as well in courts of justice as thereout; and that the preceding signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed [L. s.] the seal of the said court, this first day of November, 1837.
A. J. MARSHALL, C. C.
No. 3.
On this 27th day of November, 1837, personally appeared James Green, a resident of Fauquier county, Virginia, aged 77 years, in open court, 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 7, 1832: That he enlisted for three years at Leedstown, in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in September, 1777, with Captain William Saunders, of the Manley galley; was subsequently appointed a midshipman by Captain George Elliott, of the Safeguard galley; and after serving some time as a midshipman with Captain Elliott, was transferred to the ship Tartar, commanded by Captain William Saunders, with whom he continued in the service until the summer of 1781—having served upwards of three years—and was, by Captain Saunders, discharged; that he was a resident of Westmoreland county at the time he entered into the service in the State navy. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in the United States of America.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
JAMES GREEN.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a midshipman in the State navy of the revolution, and served as he states.
Sworn to in open court, this 27th day of November, 1837.
A. J. MARSHALL, Clerk.
VIRGINIA:
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of the court of Fauquier county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, [L. S.] this 28th day of November, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. MARSHALL, C. C.
No. 4.
WARRENTON, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA., November 28, 1837.
SIR: You will oblige me much by having my claim for a pension acted on immediately, as I am much in need of the amount due me. My attorney was about four years delayed in recovering my bounty land from Virginia, and only succeeded a few months since. I was allowed by the governor of this State 2,656 \frac{1}{2} acres some few months ago, and have since obtained further proof of my services in the navy; all of which is herewith enclosed. Any communication necessary to be made to me, may be addressed to Warrenton, Virginia.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JAMES GREEN.
Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR.
No. 5.
"William Saunders, captain; William Parker, lieutenant; John Tupman, master; Justus Livingston, surgeon; Robert Furgusson, mate; James Green, midshipman:
"Issue 168 lbs. sugar and 28 lbs. coffee, for 2 months' allowance.
"Issue sugar, tea, and coffee for the above officers.
"JA. BARRON.
"SEPTEMBER 28, 1779."
"The above order is immediately to be complied with—the board of war think it a sufficient voucher for you.
"JAS. INNES."
The above is truly extracted from a document to be found in the first volume of papers concerning the State navy, now in this office.
Given under my hand at the auditor's office, Richmond, this 9th day of January, 1838.
JAS. E. HEATH, Auditor.

No. 6.
MENASSA'S GAP, WARREN COUNTY, VA., June 10, 1840.
SIR: It is my request that you will regard this communication as strictly confidential .
There is a man residing in Fauquier county, Virginia, by the known name of George Green , who is in receipt of a pension for services as a midshipman in the State navy of Virginia, under the name of James Green . It is believed that this man is not entitled to a pension for any description of service. If you will send me a copy of all the proceedings in this case, I will examine them, with a view of enabling you to detect the fraud, provided it shall appear that one has been committed.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. G. SETTLE.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.
No. 7.
MENASSA'S GAP, WARREN COUNTY, VA., August 30, 1840.
[CONFIDENTIAL.]
SIR: Copies of the exhibits in the case of James Green, claiming a pension, came to hand. I find that the claim has been allowed upon the evidence of Richard Wade, William Harris, William Horner, and Thomas Higdon. I am acquainted with Richard Wade and William Horner, and should think that Wade, unsupported by other evidence, could not fully be relied on. William Horner is a gentleman of high standing, and fully to be relied on. With Harris and Higdon I have no acquaintance; consequently, can say nothing as to them. Dr. William Helm, who appears to have had some agency in the application of Green, is a gentleman of high standing, and would not, knowingly, lend his aid in an improper application, or in support of an unfounded claim. That there was a midshipman by the name of James Green, there can be no doubt; the records show that fact. Harris swears to his identity. Higdon swears that Midshipman Green was his neighbor, and that he removed, as he has been informed, to Fauquier county. If Higdon could see the man in question, he could then decide truly as to his identity.
As in my communication heretofore, I can only say that Green's neighbors and acquaintances where he has resided for the last twenty years, were much surprised to hear that he had succeeded in proving himself to have been a midshipman, and that he had never said anything about the 2,666 acres of land bounty due him—and more particularly that he had never set up any claim to this large quantity of land until after the passage of the pension law in 1832; and, again, that he should always have been known by the name of George Green , and in his applications for bounty land and a pension he is found claiming under the name of James Green .
I can suggest nothing further in the premises.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. G. SETTLE.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Washington City.

No. 8.
WARRENTON SPRINGS P. O., November 18, 1842.
SIR: I avail myself of a leisure moment to apprize you of a fraud upon your department. I have not examined all the papers, but I am satisfied that you have been imposed on—and, I may say, artfully. The proofs on file in Richmond, and the parol testimony, are so strong, that I have not the least doubt of the correctness of the view I have taken.
There was a Midshipman James Green in the Virginia State navy, from one of the counties south of James river . He was, as is represented, on board of ship, and prior to his going to sea made a will, (a copy to be had,) in which will he states the cause of his making the will; and soon after going to sea as an officer, was captured by the enemy, carried into one of the West India islands as a prisoner, and there died. Such are the facts as represented by the family, and the tradition handed down to the younger members of the family.
There was, likewise, a seaman by the name of James Green, who was discharged with other seamen at the same time, and I have reason to believe the seaman so discharged was from the county of King George, Virginia. I have understood that this last-named James Green, who was from King George, is now a resident of Fauquier county, Va., and that his agent and attorney have received from the department a pension, upon the ground that he was an officer in the State navy of Virginia, and using the papers that properly belonged to the family of Midshipman James Green who died a prisoner. The executive of Virginia did not err in granting land bounty on account of the services of James Green, but the one has received the bounty properly belonging to both of the same name. By reference to the past census rolls, and the commissioner's books, it will be probably ascertained that the name of James Green of Fauquier was George J. Green.
I submit these facts, and ask you for copies of evidence on file in your office, that it may be sent to me in Fredericksburg as early as possible, and further information will be given.
I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. M. GREEN.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Washington City, D. C.
 No. 9.
STEAMBOAT PATRICK HENRY, November 31, 1842.
SIR: Yours of the —— has just been received, having been forwarded from Fredericksburg. Having to sail to-morrow for Galveston, I fear I shall be unable to furnish you with as much information in regard to the identity of James Green, as I had hoped. The will of Midshipman James Green was recorded in Prince George county in 1784—having been dated in '81. (You could, doubtless, get a copy by applying to the clerk.) I am interested in showing that this was the identical midshipman; and while I

have such evidence as leaves not a doubt on my mind that this was the identical officer, yet the evidence is not of a legal character—such as will satisfy the public authorities—and I may never succeed. But as to the man in Fauquier, I am very certain he was not the midshipman. He was generally known in his neighborhood as George Green, and was usually called old George Green, though he was sometimes called James Green: his true name being George James Green. On the commissioner's books of Fauquier for assessing taxes, the names of George Green, and George Green, jr., are continually to be found; and I have no doubt, on a proper investigation, it will appear that this George J. Green and his son were the persons so designated on the books.
There were also one or two James Greens who held land in Fauquier; but one of them is a well-known, opulent gentleman, who lives in Culpeper, (or now Rappahannock;) and the reference to the other "as of Salem," shows that this George J. Green was not intended, as he lives much higher up, and in another part of the county. He is said to be a very illiterate man. The enclosed certificate will show that one James Green was discharged the 3d February , 1780. This would be about two and a half years from September, 1777; and if this man enlisted for three years from that date, he could not have been the one who was discharged the 3d February, 1780, as I had at one time thought; although his being called James on the record would not have coincided with his true name of George James Green.
There are three witnesses who identify this man. Charles Higdon, a feeble-minded man, who lived in the lower part of King George, spoke of him as being of Fauquier; that is to say, being informed he was in Fauquier. Higdon testified as to his service , and adds, that he has understood he lives in Fauquier; thus so far qualifying his evidence as to identity , as to make it very slight.
The witness Wade , professing to know him personally very well, yet calls him James Green only; and as he must have known that his name was George J. Green, the omission of the first part of the name is enough to destroy the weight of his testimony. So with the testimony of Wm. Harris. And if you think it worth while to send an intelligent agent to the neighborhood of George James Green, and of the town of Jefferson, in Culpeper, which he occasionally visited, you will find he was usually known as George Green; and that a good many diverted themselves at the idea of his having got a pension as an officer named James Green.
Dr. Wm. Helm was his agent, and, no doubt, got all his testimony. He professed great liberality in getting the land-bounty, disclaiming all interest; whereas it is understood he was to have a large portion of the pension for his services, and did receive it.
If you send an agent to investigate the matter, if his object be disclosed, he may be disappointed. I have no interest in the money claimed; but shall contest the right to the land warrant, if any appropriation by Congress shall be made, so as to render it an object. That interest is sufficient to justify this interference, apart from all other considerations.
I am your obedient servant,
A. M. GREEN.
Col. J. L. EDWARDS, Pension Office .

No. 10.
CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT SUPERIOR COURT OF LAW AND CHANCERY OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA., July 17, 1843.
SIR: I have this day appended a certificate, under the seal of the court of which I am clerk, to a petition to be presented to you, setting forth that George Green , of this county, has been stricken from the pension-roll of the United States, and asking that he may be reinstated. The petitioners, Wm. Helm and others, gentlemen of character, state that they are entirely satisfied that said Green served as a midshipman in the navy of the revolution, as he has stated and proved; and that his name is really George James Green ; and that he is no impostor, &c. Then Judge Scott certifies that these petitioners are gentlemen of respectability, &c.; and I have given my official certificate that he is judge.
Whilst I was preparing my certificate, John W. Tyler, esq., (who is probably known to you,) a lawyer, and a gentleman of as high character as any other in this Union, who resides near Buckland post office, in the adjoining county of Prince William, came into my office, and, learning what was doing, stated that this George Green (and Green's agent, who was present, waiting for my certificate, admitted that it was the same man of whom Tyler spoke) had applied to him some years ago, (I think he said 8 or 9,) to obtain a pension for him; and that Green then stated, distinctly, that his services during the war of the revolution were in the army ; that, when asked to describe those services, and to state in what corps and under what officers they were rendered, and in what part of the country, what battles he had fought in, &c., Green made such a statement as induced Tyler to say to him: "This narrative of yours ought to be published, as an appendix to the History of the Revolution, for there is certainly nothing of it to be found in any history of those times yet published." Tyler believes him to be an impostor; and, so believing myself, from Tyler's account of him, and being unwilling that good old "Uncle Sam" should be fleeced any more than he has been, I have taken the liberty, without Mr. Tyler's knowledge, to make this communication to you; which I hope will not be so used as unnecessarily to make either Mr. Tyler or myself enemies among Green's friends, or the petitioners in his behalf.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. F. PHILLIPS, Clerk.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.
No. 11.
SHELBY, (WARRENTON POST OFFICE,) VA., September 25, 1840.
SIR: Since mine of the 21st, in answer to yours of the 18th instant, Mr. Aaron Green, son of Midshipman James Green, gave the enclosed evidence. Aaron Green I know to be a young man of respectability, and am satisfied his evidence would receive full credit in any of our courts of justice. I learn, too, that old Mr. Green can satisfy you, by highly respectable evidence, that he was known as James Green 50 years ago, in the neighbor-

hood he first settled in after moving up to this county from King George county, Va., the place of his birth.
If the enclosed evidence is not entirely satisfactory, and that suggested should be deemed of any importance in his case, if procured, please let me know by return mail; and I will, although very busy on my farm, attend to it.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM HELM.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.
No. 12.
FARROWSVILLE, December 4, 1836.
DEAR SIR: Yesterday I saw old Mr. George Green, and had a long conversation with him on the subject of his services in the revolutionary war. He tells a very good tale; says that his real name is George James, and always went by the name of James until after he was married, which has been about 40 years; and after marriage he was sometimes called George, and sometimes James, but his wife always called him George; and finally all got to calling him George. For many years he has been known by no other name, as it made no difference by which name he was called — George or James. I cannot help thinking, from the tale he tells, but that he is the James Green; for I do not think any man could lie in the way he talked to me on the subject, notwithstanding his word is often doubted in common transactions. However, I have always seen him taken as evidence in court; and yesterday he was examined on oath as a witness before me, and no person, as I heard, doubted what he said. I will further add, that he says his age is 73 years. He looks as though he might be upwards of that age.
Yours, with respect,
B. R. BRADFORD.
Dr. WILLIAM HELM.
P. S. Nothing yet from Washington.
No. 13.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1840.
VIRGINIA, Fauquier County, to wit:
James Green, who recovered a pension from the United States for his services as a midshipman in the Virginia State navy, during the revolutionary war, is my father. I am 36 years old, and ever since I can recollect I have heard my father speak of his services in said navy, and of the bounty land that the State of Virginia promised him for his services aforesaid. He has always said, if Virginia did him justice he would get two thousand six hundred and sixty-six and a fraction acres; and since the passage of

the pension law of 1832, he has been making efforts to get the bounty land and pension. His name has always been known in our family as George James Green, but he has been mostly called George, since my recollection; but he has often told my mother she was the first who commenced calling him George; that in early life, and until after he was married, he was always called James Green; that his parents never called him anything but James, being named after a family of relations of the name of James.
AARON GREEN.
Signed and sworn to, according to law, before me, this 26th day of September, 1840.
GEORGE PICKETT, Justice of the Peace.
I, George Pickett, the justice of the peace who swore the within-named Aaron Green, consider him a gentleman of good character, and his oath entitled to full credence.
Given under my hand, this 26th day of September, 1843.
GEORGE PICKETT.
VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit:
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of Fauquier county court, in the State aforesaid, hereby certify, that George Pickett is a magistrate as above; and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto annexed my seal of office, and [L. S.] subscribed my name this 29th day of September, 1840, and in the sixty-fifth year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. MARSHALL, C. C.
No. 14.
JEFFERSONTON, October 1, 1840.
SIR: I received your inquiry of me, what I know of Mr. James Green, (sometimes George.) I have known that gentleman for upwards of 20 years, and know nothing derogatory of his character. I have had various conversations with him about the war of the revolution, in which he convinced me that he was in the service, and, I believe, as a midshipman.
Very respectfully, yours,
DANIEL WARD.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Pension Office.
No. 15.
Doctor William Helm showed me a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, in which there appear to be several charges against old Mr. James Green, in relation to the pension he has received from the United States. I am a daughter of William Harris, deceased; my father lived on Great

run, in Fauquier county, Virginia, fifty years ago. About that time the aforesaid Green settled in our neighborhood; and he and my father were very intimate friends, and were in the habit of speaking of their revolutionary services. I understood from their conversation that Green was a midshipman in the State navy, and always understood his name was James Green, and not George Green. He married a Miss Fletcher, and left our neighborhood; after which, I seldom saw him. He called on my father six or seven years since, and got his certificate of his (Green's) naval services; upon which, and other evidence, I understood his bounty land was allowed him, and also a pension.
NANCY HANDY.
Signed and sworn to according to law, this 24th day of October, 1840.
FRED. FISHBACK, J. P.
I hereby certify that Mrs. Nancy Handy is a highly respectable old lady; and I am satisfied, from her manner of relating what is written above, that it is true. Given under my hand, this 24th day of October, 1840.
FRED. FISHBACK.
VIRGINIA, } sc : Culpeper county, }
I, Fayette Mauzy, clerk of the county court of said county, do hereby certify that Frederick Fishback, who hath made the foregoing certificate, is, and was at the time of making the same, an acting justice of the peace of said county, and that his signature is genuine.
[L. S.] In testimony of which, I have hereto set my hand and seal of office, this 26th of October, 1840.
F. MAUZY, Clerk.
No. 16.
SHELBY, WARRENTON P. O., VA., October 30, 1840.
SIR: The enclosed evidence will, I hope, be sufficient to reinstate old Mr. James Green upon the pension roll.
I am, sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. HELM.
The COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Washington City.
No. 17.
THURSDAY, the 3d day of February, 1780.
Present—James Innes and James Barron, esquires.
John Marks, Daniel Hunt, James Green, William Smith, senior, and William Smith, junior, sailors in the navy, having served the time of their enlistments therein, are hereby discharged.
Ordered that the board be adjourned till to-morrow morning, ten o'clock.
JAMES INNES.
JAMES BARRON.

The foregoing is truly copied from the minutes of the board of war, page 24. Given under my hand, at the auditor's office, this 28th of November, 1842.
JAS. E. HEATH, Auditor of Public Accounts.
No. 18.
I, Jones Green, of the county of Culpeper and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with William Harris, deceased, a pensioner of the United States, who, at the time of his death, and for some years before, resided with his daughter (now Nancy Handy, then Nancy Spilman) in the town of Springfield, in the county and State aforesaid, about a mile from my residence. I always esteemed him a man of unusual truth and honesty, and such was his neighborhood reputation. I have known his daughter Nancy Handy for fifteen years, or thereabouts; during all which time she has been in the habit of coming frequently to my house on business. I esteem her to be a woman of sound principles and truthful character, and such is her universal reputation in her neighborhood, so far as I know and believe.
Given under my hand, this 21st day of June, 1843.
JONES GREEN.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } to wit : Fauquier county, }
This day Jones Green personally appeared before me, Isham Keith, a justice of the peace in and for the said county, and made oath that the above affidavit, to which his name is subscribed, contains the truth, to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Given under my hand, this 21st day of June, 1843.
ISHAM KEITH, J. P.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Jones Green, whose signature is found attached to the within affidavit; that he is a justice of the peace of Culpeper county, and that he may in any and all cases be relied upon.
Given under my hand, this 21st day of June, 1843.
ISHAM KEITH, J. P.
VIRGINIA, } to wit : Fauquier county, }
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of Fauquier county court, in the State aforesaid, hereby certify that Isham Keith is a magistrate, as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
[L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 27th day of June, 1843, and in the 67th year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. MARSHALL, Clerk.

No. 19.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } ss : Rappahannock county, }
I hereby certify, that when I was a small girl, I resided with my father, in Stafford county, Virginia; and when about 12 years old, went to school in said county; and at the same time a young man named Jimmy Green, (or James Green,) who resided in the neighborhood, went to the same school; he afterwards removed to Fauquier county, Virginia, where he now resides, as she understands. He called to see me a short time since, and we talked over and reminded each other of many circumstances that occurred whilst we were going to the school before mentioned; and he told me that he had been pensioned for services as a midshipman in the Virginia State navy, and that his name had been stricken from the pension list on account of some information given to the Pension Office in relation to his name. Now I recollect most distinctly that he was called Jimmy Green; and I have no recollection of ever hearing him called by any other name than Jimmy Green. I have no knowledge of his revolutionary services; but I am certain that he is the identical person who went to school with me in Stafford county, Virginia. I am now 72 years old.
Given under my hand, this 13th day of July, 1843.
MILLY JONES.
Signed, and sworn to, this 13th day of July, 1843, before me.
F. M. JEFFERS, J. P.
I, the subscribing magistrate, certify that Milly Jones, who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing certificate, is an old lady of good neighborhood reputation. I know her to be a lady of exemplary character, and her oath would be received in full evidence in any of our courts of justice.
F. M. JEFFERS, J. P.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, } to wit : Rappahannock county, }
I, William J. Menefee, clerk of the court of Rappahannock county, do hereby certify that Francis M. Jeffers is a magistrate, as within, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signature to the within certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed [L. S.] the seal of said court, this 13th day of July, 1843.
WILLIAM J. MENEFEE,
Clerk of the court of Rappahannock county.
No. 20.
JUNE 13, 1843.
The undersigned, acquaintances and neighbors of old Mr. George Green, who was inscribed on the pension-roll a few years since as a midshipman, take pleasure in representing to the Commissioner of Pensions that we are entirely satisfied that said Green served in the navy of the revolution as a

midshipman, and that his name is really George James Green, and that he has been wrongfully stricken from the pension-roll.
We sincerely regret that any surviving patriot of the revolution, upon mere suspicion, should have his name erased from the list of honored patriots who were pensioned for services that they must ever hold as dear as life itself.
We believe that Mr. Green was not an impostor, but that he served in the navy as he states, and has proven ; and that, by evidence that some of us know to be highly respectable.
We earnestly and respectfully petition the Commissioner of Pensions to reinstate Mr. Green in his pension.
J. K. MARSHALL, EDWARD C. MARSHALL, JOHN MARSHALL, WILLIAM HELM, ISHAM KEITH, SAMUEL CHILTON, B. R. BRADFORD, R. M. STRIBLING.
I am personally and well acquainted with James K. Marshall, Edward C. Marshall, John Marshall, William Helm, Isham Keith, Samuel Chilton, B. R. Bradford, and Robert M. Stribling, whose names are signed to the within petition. They are all gentlemen of the first respectability and standing in the community, and full faith and credit may be given to their statements.
Given from under my hand, this 17th day of July, 1843.
JNO. SCOTT.
VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit:
I, William F. Phillips, clerk of the circuit superior court of law and chancery of Fauquier county, hereby certify, that John Scott, who has signed the above certificate, is the person who regularly presides in said court as judge thereof.
Certified under my hand, and the seal of said court, this 17th day of [L. s.] July, 1843, and in the 68th year of the Commonwealth.
WM. F. PHILLIPS, Clerk.
No. 21.
WARRENTON SPRINGS, Fauquier county, Va., October 1, 1844.
SIR : I have obtained a statement from W. G. Settle, which I have enclosed. Also, I send you my own statement touching the case of James Green, suspended, which I hope you will read on behalf of Green. If there has been any communication to the department, other than that from Warren county in 1840, against Green's claim, please send me a copy or copies ; if not, the name or names of the writers. Your attention to the above will greatly oblige your obedient servant,
CHARLES ALLEN, for GEORGE JAMES GREEN.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.

No. 22.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit :
This day Charles Allen has duly come before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, and made oath that there is no family connexion between Jones Green, one of the affiants in the case pending, wherein James Green is an applicant to be reinstated upon the roll as a United States pensioner, and the said applicant James Green ; and that the said Jones Green, among his acquaintances, is deemed, held, and taken as a man of strict truth and veracity.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of September, 1844.
B. R. BRADFORD, Justice of the Peace.
I do certify that the abovenamed Charles Allen and Jones Green are gentlemen whose statements upon oath may be relied on.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of September, 1844.
B. R. BRADFORD, Justice of the Peace.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1844.
I am well acquainted with Jones Green, esq., named in the foregoing affidavit of Charles Allen. I know that he is wholly unconnected by blood or otherwise with James Green, whose pension as a midshipman in the revolutionary war, on board the Tartar, has been suspended by the department. When I say I know it, I mean that I am well acquainted with all Jones Green's family and connexions, and never heard of any such connexion as is above alluded to. Mr. Jones Green is a gentleman of great intelligence and the highest respectability.
SAMUEL CHILTON.
VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit :
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid, hereby certify, that B. R. Bradford (whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate) was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace of said county, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that to all his official acts full faith and credit ought to be given, as well in courts of justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of [L. s.] said court, this 30th day of September, 1844, and in the sixty-ninth year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. MARSHALL, Clerk.
No. 23.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit :
This day Charles Allen personally came before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, and made oath

that in the year —— he was travelling in King George county, and hearing that Charles Higdon had been engaged in the revolutionary war, he called to see said Higdon, and in a way said he had heard Dr. Helm say that old George Green was an applicant for a pension; and having heard Green say that he was raised in the lower part of Virginia, was induced to inquire of Higdon if he knew a man raised in that county by the name of Green; he stated that he knew a man by the name of James Green, that was a midshipman, and served on board of a vessel called the Tartar; and that after the war the said James Green moved up the country—he believed to the county of Fauquier. Not having heard Green called by any other name than that of George Green, when I saw him (Green) I entered into a conversation with him touching his war service, by naming parts of conversations and facts named by Higdon; and so soon as I touched on them, he recollected and called them out in something like the same way that Higdon had related them, and stated the name of the vessel that he served on, which was the same named by Higdon. I then inquired of him what name he served under; he, without hesitation, stated that he served under the name of James Green, though his proper name was George James Green. From the sameness of their statements, I verily believe George James Green, whose pension has been suspended, to be the same man alluded to by Higdon. After seeing Higdon and Green, I communicated the foregoing facts to Dr. Helm; and was afterwards told by Helm that he went to see Higdon, and took his affidavit in Green's behalf; and at the time aforesaid I was not an agent of Green's, and was in nowise interested in obtaining a pension certificate for said Green.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of September, 1844.
B. R. BRADFORD, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that Charles Allen, named in the foregoing certificate, is a gentleman in every way worthy of credit, and of strict veracity, on oath or otherwise.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of September, 1844.
B. R. BRADFORD, Justice of the Peace.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1844.
I have known Captain Charles Allen, who has given the foregoing affidavit, for more than ten years past, and have always esteemed him a truthful and highly respectable man; and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, he is so esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances generally. For myself, I should confide perfectly in the truth of any statement he may make.
SAMUEL CHILTON.
VIRGINIA, Fauquier county, to wit:
I, Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid, hereby certify that B. R. Bradford, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace of said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that to all his official acts,

full faith and credit ought to be given, as well in courts of justice as there-out.
In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of [L. S.] the said court, this 30th day of September, 1844, and in the sixty-ninth year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. MARSHALL.
No. 24.
MENASSAS GAP, VIRGINIA, September 24, 1844.
SIR: Soon after the passage of the pension law of 1818, I had a conversation with George Green, alias George James Green—the same man pensioned under the act of 1832, under the name of James Green. I at that time had not full confidence in his statements as to his service, but recollect many of his statements partially. I have seen all the evidence upon which he received a pension certificate under the act of 1832, as well as copies of the evidence offered in order to get his name reinstated upon the pension roll. From the apparent age of Green, and that part of the evidence which I think measurably supports his statements made before the passage of the act of 1832, the respectability of Horner and Harris, affiants in the case, as well as from the fact that gentlemen of high standing believe in the correctness of Green's pretensions to revolutionary service in the navy, as he states, I have no hesitation in recommending that he be reinstated upon the pension-roll, and put in receipt of his pension.
This is delivered to Captain Allen, as the agent of Green.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. G. SETTLE.
J. L. EDWARDS, Esq.,
Commissioner of Pensions.

JAMES GREEN.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 257.]
JUNE 17, 1846.
Mr. PARISH, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT :
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the bill, introduced on leave, for the relief of James Green, have had the same under consideration, and now report :
From the testimony and papers on file, it appears that James Green, of Fauquier county, Virginia, had been placed on the pension-roll as a midshipman, at the rate of $144 per annum, and drew his pension up to the 15th day of June, 1840, when his name was stricken from the list. This was done through a Mr. W. G. Settle, who addressed a line to the Pension office, dated June the 10th, 1840, informing the Commissioner that a George Green, of Fauquier county, Virginia, was in receipt of a pension by the name of James Green, who was not entitled. After his pension was stopped, James Green took testimony to establish his identity, which was the only question in the case; and, after accounting for his being sometimes called George Green, which doubtless led Settle into error, he, in the opinion of the committee, clearly establishes his identity as "Midshipman James Green." Settle himself seems to have been so well convinced in the matter, that, in September, 1844, he addressed a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, reviewing the facts and evidence, and recommending that James Green be reinstated on the pension-roll. The committee therefore report the bill back so amended as to read "at the rate of $144 per annum from the 15th day of June, 1840," and recommend its passage.
Ritchie & Heiss, print.

Payments to be made at Richmond V a by Presdt Bk of Virginia Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Virginia
Issue a new Certificate in lieu of this, pension to commence June 15. 1840
Act March 3. 1847.
Send it to Jones Green,
James White Sulphur Springs Warrenton, Frederick Co. Va.
Recorded in the Pension Office
file, in Book E Vol. 6 p. 2
Page 15 by M. M. Addison Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Green of the State of Virginia who was a Midshipman in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive One hundred Forty Four dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Eight
J. B. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
previous thereto

Shelby (Warrenton & office Va) 21 st Sept 1840
Sir;
Yours of the 18 th inst. with the enclosed copy of certain charges against Midshipman James Green was rec d . this morning requesting an "early answer". I am really at a loss to understand what kind of answer is called for. Green lives in the Blue ridge Mountains 20 or 30 odd miles from Warrenton & had spoken to me to apply for his bounty land & pension. I was acquainted with some of his neighbours & upon enquiry of Col. P. R. Bradford his letter herewith enclosed will show his opinion of him. Col. Frederick Fishback of Jeffersonville Culpeper Co. Va. draws his pension & Mr Daniel Ward of that place is well acquainted with him & can tell you more about him than I can. It is really my opinion he was in the service as he states. Governor Tagus when he was Governor of Va allowed Green only 100 acres of bounty land and the warrant was taken out & filed in the General Land office & old Green swore he would not have it. and actually wrote to the Commissioner to return the

Warrant to Richmond & it was returned & cancel- led & subsequently his bounty of 2666 2 / 3 acres was granted him Capt Wilfrew G Little of Warren Co. Va. was present when Green made his declara- -tion in our Court - him & myself conversed upon the subject he suggested no doubt about Green's right - he is a neighbor of Green's & was then in the habit as well as myself of attending to collecting pensions for claimants. I am sure from my knowledge of Capt Little if he had entertained doubts about Green's right he would have informed me
I am very respectfully your obed Servt
Wm H Allen
J. L. Edwards Esq } Conr pensions
PS Capt Little's P.O is at Manafas-Gap Warren Co. Va.

Jefferson Town Va Sept 24th 1840 Commencing Sept 26
Free
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Dear Friend
Can
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Washington D.C.
Ans: Sept. 28. 1840

Soffersontown Sept 24 th 1840
Dear Sir
I prepared Mr James Gruns papers to receive his pension from the 4 th March 40 to 4 th Sept. The paper was returned with Mr Redens on endorsement - on it saying the payment has been suspended Mr Grun requests me to ask you to let him know upon what ground it is suspended and any other information you may think pertinent.
Yours respectfully Andr. Dickback
Don't - to me at this place

Bank of Virginia
Sept: 25. 1840
Sir,
Application was made in the course of this month for the pension of James Green, which was, of course, under your instruction of the 15 th June, not paid. Mr Robinson says the application was made by Attorney, & owing to the press of business at the moment he does not recollect who the attorney was, but will endeavor to find out.
I am respectfully,
Yr: mo: obt
John Brackenridge P.D.

July 20. 1845.
Bl. of James Green
to be unnotated on the roll.
Be
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Jas Green or Geo Green var M 32
Washington City
Marshall Springs July 18. 1843 Commission of Pensions

Warrenton Springs Gaug 7/19/43 July the 17 th 1843
Dr. Sir
I have been Solicited by Old m r James Green of this County to aid him to reinstate himself on the pension List & in view of that Object some of his friends have petitioned to get him Reinstated which paper is herewith Enclosed. I also Enclose the Evidence of Milley Jones & Jones Green with the same View, all of which papers are respectfully sub- mitted for Your decision
I am very Respectfully Yrs &c
Charles Allen

Manafas Gap - Warren county Va April 19. 1842 } ( Confidential ,
Sir
Since my communication of the 16 th Dec r . 1840. I have had several conversations with George Green alias James Green, - The old man complains very much, that his Pension should have been stopped, which caused me to examine him very minutely as to his service, - his relation of his service was substantially the same, as made in his declaration, I then reexamined his evidence of service, and find that William Harris gives positive some evidence as to Name (James) person and service, This caused me to make inquiry after the character and standing of William Harris, and find that he was a man of fair character and good standing - From what I have of Harris' character, his testimony may not be doubted,
I do not know that it will be necessary for me to say any thing more in this case - any communication you may think proper to make will be promptly attended to
Respgt. of. St. Servt. W. G. Settle
H. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions

1844
House of Representatives 8 th April
Hon. Secretary of War U. States
Dear Sir
There has been a case decided by Mr Edwards Commr. of Pensions in which I desire to take an appeal from his decision to yours. It is the case of Midshipman James Green of the Va. State Navy. It appears that some years since Green was placed upon the Pension Roll as the individual answering to Midshipman Green who is reported upon the Revolutionary Returns after receiving his pension for some years the Commr. of Pensions suspended it & called for further proof of his identity additional proof has been furnished but not such as to satisfy Mr Edwards. The suspension was made upon representation to the Department which are kept secret. Mr Edwards declines to furnish either the name or evidence of the mistake. I respectfully request that you will cause all the papers touching this subject laid before you and before you decide I should be glad to see you at such time as may be most convenient.

To you
Very Truly Yours
S. M. Chittenden "

Pension Office, April 11. 1844.
Sir
In the case of James Green, I make the following report:
In January 1838 he was placed on the pension roll under the act of 1832, upon the evidence contained in the enclosed papers marked from 1. to 5. in red ink. In 1840 payment of his pension was stopped upon evidence communicated to this office in confidence. I have been informed by a Gentleman, in whose statements I place great reliance, that Green was never known by any other Christian name than that of George, in the neighborhood where he resides, until after the pension law of 1832 passed . All the papers lodged here to show that he is not the same man who performed the service set forth in the declaration, are numbered from 6 to 10 inclusive; and the papers numbered from 11 to 20 inclusive are filed for the purpose of rebutting the charge against Green. I have written to persons who have corresponded with the office on the subject, and who unhesitatingly give it as their opinion that he never was in the service; but they are unwilling to have affidavits taken, because by so doing they would incur the ill-will of certain persons in their neighborhood; and they apprehend evil consequences from their resentment, if they should be further exasperated. The letter of the Honorable S. Chilton is herewith transmitted.

I respectfully ask for a return of the papers in this case.
I have the honor, to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
J. L. Edwards
Hon: William Wilkins,
Secretary of War.

Menapsas Va July 30
Inver
Cinn July 30 1844
Miss Green
Wash
L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
Ob

Sir Munroe Gap Va July 25. 1844
In the case of James Green, whose pension was suspended at my instance, I find that gentlemen of high standing have interested themselves in his behalf, and that they believe in the justice of his claim, has induced me to review the evidence, and all things touching the case which has come under my notice. — From the evidence already adduced, from the opinions of highly respectable men, from his age and repeated statements, and what he told me long before the passage of the act of 1832, "that he served on Board, the Boats and Vessels in time of the War, together with the facts that the officers in his behalf are all dead, induces me to say to you, that I am no longer willing to stand between the old man and his accrued rights, and do therefore recom- mend that his name be reinstated upon the pension Roll, and that the said James Green be put in receipt of his pension, unless there be objections other than those I am apprised of —
Respectfully Y. G. Lewis

Warrenton Springs
Aug. 6 th V a
Oct. the 11 th 1845
Dr Sir
Please send me a copy of W m Harris Affidavit & a copy of the Secretary of War's Report in the case of James Green who was a Midshipman in the American Revolution & was struck off the pension list your Attention to the above Request will greatly Oblige Y r Ob st Servt
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Charles Allen agent for James Green

Washington City Dec. 19. 1845
Sir
Mr. Smith the att o in the case of James Green alias George James Green a Pensioner whose name has been struck from the Pension Rolls, wishes copies of all Papers filed in that case at my instance, I have no objection to such copies being furnished
Respy y y r ob t serv t W. G. Battle
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r . Pensions }

Office of Stamps June 1st 1846
Wm Lloyd Edmonds Com. Pensioner. Sir
Dear
inform me of the date when James Green was struck from the Pension Roll. and the rate of pay received whilst a pensioner.
Respectfully Engrl Off. Secy Isaac Panitch Com. Pen. Pensioner.

House of Reps June the 15 th 1846
Dear Sir
Sir
Your note is acknowledged and in reply I inform you that James Green, mentioned in my former note, resides in Fauquier County Virginia I was struck for the sum of $100 on the estate of W. J. Little.
Respectfully, Gen. B. B. Lee. Isaac Parrish

Pension Office,
January 29. 1846.
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry as to the case of James Green, I have to inform you that his name was dropped from the pension list because information had been lodged in this Office shewing that the man who was pensioned was not the same James Green who was a Midshipman during the Revolution. The papers in the case were sent to the House of Representatives a year ago by order of the House. They are probably with the papers of the Revolutionary Pension Committee.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedt Servt
J L Edwards
Hon. J. Pendleton, House of Representatives.

No. I amms Green on our books - no such claim ever presented here - there was a Darius N Green - but no allowance made - no office designated on the book - and no papers on file now belonging to that name
At May 1. 1854
J. H. Examiner

4 Richmond Va Roll Act 7 June 1832 James Green, Midshipman. $144. per annum. His pension was stopped & his name stricken from the rolls on the 15 June 1840. Restored by Special Act of Congress pension to commence June 15 th 1840. Did he draw his pension from March 4, 1840 to June 15, 1840?
Yes.
Pension Office Colo
To Florida Auditor's Office
James Green, vs. act 7 May 1832 $144 00 per
To what time was he last paid?
Feb. A.
Pension Office Feby. 23. 1849
Dec 25 th  Aug 1847 Paid to his death W. B.
This Widow states that her husband died 1847
There are two James Greens both dead - green is now extinct.

Washington May 5 th 1846
I have been very acquainted with most of the persons testifying in the matter of Midshipman Green - seeking to be restored to the pension roll from which he was some years since stricken - especially with A. J. Marshall, B. M. Bradford, Lieut. Chilton, J. R. - E. C. - & Geo. Marshall Helm, Brink, Scott, Lieut. Ward & the late Wm Horner - and I hereby certify, that there are not in the State of Virginia to be found the same number of men entitled to more perfect confidence, for their veracity and unquestionable respectability in all things -
They all reside in the counties of Culpeper or Fauquier (Horner is dead) and I should take their evidence to be as conclusive as human testimony can be, to any extent to which it may be positive -
I have examined carefully the case of Green and think that if the proper officer will read over the papers he can not fail to arrive at the conclusion that he was unjustly stricken from the Pension roll -
J. P. Mauleton
P.S. With what propriety he may have been stricken off on the suggestion of Settle, he is now entitled to be restored upon the evidence of the same individuals - the last in the series, as well as other new evidence - J. P. M.

Pension Office,
June 3. 1846.
Sir,
In your letter of the 1 st inst. you desire certain information in the case of James Green, who was a pensioner. As there are a number of persons on the revolutionary pension rolls bearing that name, I will be obliged to you if you will give the State in which the James Green alluded to resides.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your O bt Servant, J. L. Edwards
Hon. Isaac Parish House of Representatives,

Pension office,
June 8. 1846.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 15 th inst. in the case of James Green, of Fauquier County, Virginia, I have the honor to state that his pension was allowed at the rate of $144 per annum, as a Midshipman, and that the payment was stopped on the 15 th of June 1840.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your O bt Servant, J. L. Edwards
Hon. Isaac Parrish, House of Representatives.

Virginia: Fauquier County, to wit:
I, William H. Jennings, clerk of the County Court of the said County of Fauquier in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that I have searched the records of my office for evidence of the marriage of James Green with Frances Fletcher, and that I have been unable to find the evidence thereof. The records of this office about the year 1792, when it is said the marriage was solemnized, appear to have been loosely & carelessly kept. The fact that I have not found the evidence of the marriage should not , in my opinion, establish the fact that such marriage has not been solemnized.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office, or rather of the said Court, this 13th day of March 1848.
Wm H. Jennings.

now
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256 Pension Office
April 11. 1844.
Sir;
In the case of James Green, I make the following report:
In January 1838 he was placed on the pension roll under the act of 1832, upon the evidence contained in the enclosed papers, marked from 1 to 5 in red ink. In 1840 payment of his pension was stopped upon evidence communicated to this Office in confidence. I have been informed by a gentleman in whose statements I place great reliance that Green was never known by any other christian name than that of George, in the neighborhood where he resides, until after the pension law of 1832. All the papers lodged here to shew that he is not the same man who performed the service set forth in the declaration are numbered from 6 to 10 inclusive; and the papers numbered from 11 to 20 inclusive are filed for the purpose of rebutting the charge against Green. I have written to persons who have corresponded with the office on the subject, and who unhesitatingly gave it as their opinion that he was never in the service; but they are unwilling to have affidavits taken, because by so doing they would incur the ill-will of certain persons in their neighborhood, and

they apprehend evil consequences from their resentment, if they should be further exasperated.
The letter of the Hon. S. Chilton is herewith transmitted.
I respectfully ask for a return of the papers in this case.
I have the honor
Hon. William Wilkins Secretary of War

March 207.
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740 West 52nd St New York 9
to Dear Sir,
105 West 10th St New York 11 47
Paris

Iffersonville March 9th 1847
Dear Sir
Will you do me the favour to send me a blank paper such as will enable James Green of Faugr 60 (he now resides in Rappahannock 60 when he removed in January last) He wishes me to prepare his papers for him He received $144. a year about the first of the year 1840 (I think it was his paper since then) his pay was stopped I see by the papers a law has passed levying for his relief I am at a loss to know when the money will be paid and the form necessary to receive the money
You will confer a favour on me & Mr Green by complying with the request above
Yours very Respectfully Ford. Fishback

Washington D.C. 10 March 1849
Sir,
We have the honor to enclose a certified copy of the Act for the relief of James Green of Fauquier County, Virginia, by which it is directed that his name be restored to the Pension roll &c.
Be pleased to cause the certificate to be issued & sent to us.
very resp t
J. L. A. Smith
Edward Esq. Comm. of Pensions.

Jos. Green pa
Waverly Com. Miss N. State Navy 2 nd $844— pam.
8 Jos. Green Waverly J. C.

Richmond Virginia 9 th January 1858
Sir,
M r James Green of Fauquier County Va. handed me your letter to him of the 6 th Dec. Ult. in relation to his pension & asked me to attend to it when I came to this place
I herewith enclose the Auditor's Certificate of an extract from the Navy papers in which you will find Green is reported a Midshipman. - Please file it with his papers now on your files & act on it as soon as you can
Very respectfully, Your obedt. & humble Servt
Wm. H. Helm
N.B.
Address me at Warrenton Virginia
W.H.
J. L. Edwards esquire }
Com. Pensions