Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,550, Moses Greenwood, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Greenwood, Moses Abigail
N. 19,550
CONTENTS

80 Middletown
10902 Massachusetts Moses Greenwood of Middletown in the State of Mass who was a Pr. Hmp. in the Company commanded by Captain Land of the Regt commanded by Col. Little in the Mass line for 18 months  Quarters " " Company B Crest & Hilt
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 82 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of March 1833 and first  Matilda Mercy  W. H. H. H.  Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $164.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 1, " 41.00 $205.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. H. H. Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 28

Reported
1448.
Massachusetts
Abigail Greenwood
widow of Abel Greenwood who was a Corps & Private in the Mass. line
for 18 Mo. Private 6 " Corps
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 82 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of August, 1843 and sent to Theo. Walbridge Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 43.

6883. Moses Greenwood.
when taken.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
On this thirtieth — day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting Moses Greenwood a resident of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A. D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
That in March 1775 he enlisted into a company of minute men in the Town of Holliston commanded by Capt. John Seland and on the nineteenth of April following he marched to Cambridge in said Company and soon after he arrived at Cambridge he enlisted into a Company commanded by the said Capt. Seland in Col. Doolittle's Regiment for the term of eight months and that he served as a private under the said Capt. Seland until the seventeenth of June when the battle was on Bunker Hill which battle he was in, but Capt. Seland was afraid to go in to the battle and that the last he saw of his Captain that summer, General Putnam was trying to drive him into the battle with his sword but our Lieutenant whose name was Burbank took command of the Company and took them into the battle and our Major whose name was Moore was killed in the battle, and after the battle Jacob Miller of Holliston took command of the Company and he also did the duty of a Major and our Company was called the Major's Company, and that he remained in said Company performing the duty of a private until the latter part of December when the term of his enlistment expired and he was dismissed and returned home to Holliston, and that said Company was stationed on the Common in Cambridge until the battle on Bunker Hill and after the battle it was stationed on winter Hill in said Cambridge. — And that in the month of June 1776 he enlisted to go to Ticonderoga in Capt. Chamberlain's Company and Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Regiment and Gen. Brickett's Brigade, and that he marched in said Company from Holliston to Ticonderoga and he remained at Ticonderoga doing the duty of a private in said Company until some time in the next December when the term of his enlistment

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expired and he was dismissed and returned home to Holliston. And that in June 1778 he was a corporal in Capt. Burbank's Company of Holliston and was drafted to go into the State of Rhode Island and serve six months as a corporal in a company commanded by Capt. Simon Edgell of Framingham and that he marched from Holliston on the last of June or the first of July with part of the company and arrived at Providence and joined Col. Wade's Regiment and stayed at Providence doing the duty of a corporal as much as two weeks before Capt. Edgell came on, and soon after the Captain came to Providence he was taken out of the company and put into a shop to work at his trade which was a blacksmith, and that he remained in Providence at work at his trade for the Army until the twenty fifth day of December when the term for which he was drafted expired and he was dismissed and returned home to Holliston; and that soon after he went into the shop to work his company marched on to Rhode Island and he had but very little knowledge of the Officers or what was transacted by the Army for he never worked steadier in his life than he did when he worked for the Army in Providence. And that in June 1780 the Town
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of Holliston hired him to go into the service of the United States and to see if he could get the number which the town was ordered to furnish for the Army, and that he obtained the number which he thinks was sixteen, and he marched with them to Springfield, and then a Continental Officer whose name he does not recollect marched them to West Point and soon after he arrived at West Point he was put into a company of Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Bradford in Col. Jemott's Regiment and Gen. Poor's Brigade in the Division commanded by the Marquis de la Fayette, and that he remained in said company commanded by Capt. Bradford doing the duty of a private in the State of New York and in the Jerseys until the Army went into winter quarters when he was marched to West Point and he remained there till some time in December when six months the term of his enlistment expired and he received a written discharge and returned home to Holliston - and that his discharge was signed by Col. Jemott, and that while he belonged to the Light Infantry he was nearly all the time on the move, that he marched over a large part of the Jerseys and considerable in the State of New York. - And that he has no

documentary evidence, that he never received but one written discharge and that he did not think of any value and has lost it, that Col. David Brewer of Framingham who served with him eight months at Cambridge and a part of the six months at Providence and Benjamin Pond who served six months with him at Ticonderoga and Ephraim Read who served six months with him at West Point and in the forties are still living and their affidavits are herewith annexed which is the best evidence he has been able to obtain. And that he was born in Sherburn on the ninth day of June 1753 and that there is a record of his age in Sherburn a copy of which is herewith annexed. And that he lived in Holliston when he was called into the service and remained there till a few years after the Revolutionary war when he removed to Hopkinton, and that he has lived in Hopkinton ever since. And that he is known to the Rev. Nathanael Howe, Benjamin Pond and Dr Thomas Bucklin in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any state
Moses Greenwood
We Nathanael Howe a clergyman, residing in the Town of Hopkinton and Matthew Metcalf residing in said Hopkinton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Greenwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Nathanael Howe Matthew Metcalf
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. P. P. Day Robb

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states -
And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Nathanael Howe who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in Hopkinton and that Matthew Metcalf who has also signed the same, is a resident in Hopkinton - and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. -
J. P. Fay Clerk
I Isaac Foster Register of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Greenwood for a pension. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Foster
I also certify that Matthew Metcalf whose genuine signature is set to the certificate on the depositions of David Brewer, Benjamin Pond & Ephraim Dyer hereto annexed, is a justice of the Peace within said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above said
Isaac Foster

Having examined the Records of the Town of Shelburne for the date of the Birth of Moses Greenwood now of Hopkinton, I hereby certify that the following is a true Copy of the original Record now in my possession:
"Moses Greenwood the son of Caleb and Waitstill Greenwood was born on the 9th. day of June 1753."
Attest. Dalton Goulding. Town Clerk.

I, David Brewer of Framingham, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, aged eighty years, testify and say that I served ten months from and after the latter part of April 1775 in a company commanded the fore part of the time by Capt. John Seland and the latter part of the time by Jacob Miller who also did the duty of a Major, in Col. Doolittle's Regiment stationed at Cambridge near Boston, and that Moses Greenwood who now resides in Hopkinton in said county of Middlesex served as a private in the same company with me eight months from the latter part of April to the latter part of December 1775.
And I do further testify and say that I served six months from and after the latter part of June 1778 in a company commanded the fore part of the time by Capt. Simon Edgell and the latter part of the time by Capt. Griffith, and that I was a corporal and the Capt. sent me with a part of the company from Framingham to Providence and when I got to Holliston a Town adjoining Framingham the said Moses Greenwood joined the same company for six months which was on the last of June or the first of July, and he marched with me to Providence and did the duty of a corporal in Col. Wade's Regiment, about a fortnight before the Captain came on, and pretty soon after the Captain came on to Providence the said Moses Greenwood was taken out of the company to work at his trade which was a blacksmith for the Army, and I stayed in Providence with him about one month when I was ordered on to Rhode Island and left the said Moses Greenwood at work in the shop at Providence, and I did not see him again till after I came home, and that I have never heard in any way or manner that the said Moses Greenwood left the service before his time was out.
David Brewer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex ss. August 30th. A. D. 1832. Then the above named David Brewer personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex aforesaid, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to the best of his recollection and belief.
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace. April 15th. A. D. 1833. I hereby certify that the above named David Brewer is a credible witness, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace.

I, Benjamin Pond of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, in the seventy fifth year of my age, testify and say that I served six months in the Army of the Revolution in Capt. Whiting's Company and Col. Wheelock's Regiment, in the year 1776 as will appear by my declaration on file in the Secretary's Office, and that in the latter part of June or the beginning of July 1776, Moses Greenwood who now resides in Hopkinton, Marched with me to Ticonderoga, he at that time being a private in a Company commanded by Capt. Chamberlain of Holliston in the same Regiment to which I belonged, and he remained in said Company doing the duty of a private until some time in the month of December following, when the term of my enlistment expired and I was dismissed and came home.
Benjamin Pond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex ss. August 30th A. D. 1832. Then the above named Benjamin Pond personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex aforesaid, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, according to the best of his recollection and belief.
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace
April 15th. A. D. 1833. I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Pond is a credible witness; and that his statement is entitled to credit. -
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace

I Ephraim Read of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, aged seventy five years. Testify and say that I served six months in the year 1780, in the Army of the Revolution as will appear by my declaration on file in the Secretary's Office, and that I served from the twenty third day of July to the twenty seventh day of November in a Company of Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Boker in Col. Jemott's Regiment, and that Moses Greenwood who now resides in Hopkinton served as a private in Capt. Bradford's Company of Light Infantry in the same Regiment with me from the twenty third day of July to the twenty seventh day of November and then the Army went into winter quarters and I did not see him after during that winter, for we were put into other Companies when we went into winter quarters. When we were in Col. Jemott's Regiment we were on the move the largest part of the time, but we were in the Jersies or in the State of New York the whole of the time. — Ephraim Read
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss. August 30th A. D. 1832. — Then the above named Ephraim Read personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex aforesaid, and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. — Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace
April 15th A. D. 1833. I hereby certify that the above named Ephraim Read is a credible witness, and that his statement is entitled to credit. — Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace

795
Abigail Greenwood widow of Moses.
Mass
Act 7 July 38.
5 years
married in 1784 Died in 1835
adm.
6 mo Corp.
18. c pri
82 $
no deduction.
Isaac Fiske E. Cambridge Mass.

State of Massachusetts, } ss. Middlesex County, }
On this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Samuel P. P. Fay, Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex, now sitting, Abigail Greenwood a resident of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex, aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Moses Greenwood who was a Private and Corporal in the War of the Revolution and served, as is herein stated, viz.; That on the nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775, the said Moses Greenwood belonged to a company of minute men commanded by Capt. John Seland of Holliston and on that day he marched to Cambridge and stayed there doing the duty of a Private eight months in Col. Doolittle's Regiment and Gen. Sullivan's Brigade; that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and Capt. Seland proved to be a coward and durst not go into the battle and Lieut. Burbank took the company into the battle where they stayed and fought till they had orders to retreat, and after the battle Jacob Miller of Holliston served as Captain until he was appointed Major and then the company had no Captain and was called the Major's Company; said company was stationed on Cambridge Common until after the Battle, and after the Battle it was stationed on Winter Hill, in or near to said Cambridge; and that in the latter part of June A. D. 1776, the said Moses Greenwood enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Chamberlain of Holliston in Col. Wheelock's Regiment and Gen. Brickett's Brigade and marched to Ticonderoga and served as a Private in said company six months; and that in June A. D. 1777, the said Moses Greenwood was a Corporal in Capt. Burbank's company of Holliston and was drafted and marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and stayed there about a month before the Captain came on, and then Capt. Simon Edgell of Framingham came and took command, and when the Captain came the said Moses Greenwood had orders to

go to work at his trade, which was a blacksmith and he followed working at his trade till the twenty fifth day of December following which was six months from the time he was drafted, and then he was discharged, and returned home to Holliston; and that David Brewer of Framingham and the said Moses Greenwood being two Corporals had the command of the men that marched to Providence with them till Capt. Edgell came on; and that in June A. D. 1780, the said Moses Greenwood was hired by the Town of Holliston to go into the Army and also to see if he could procure the number of soldiers which said Town of Holliston was ordered to furnish for the Army, and he was successful enough to obtain them, which she thinks she has heard him say was sixteen, and they marched to Springfield, and then a Continental Officer, whose name I do not know marched them to West Point, and then the said Moses Greenwood was put into a Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Bradford in Col. Jemott's Regiment and Gen. Lafayette's Division, and he served in said company until the expiration of six months from the time he started from home, when he was discharged and returned home to Holliston; and that the said Moses Greenwood always resided in Holliston in said county of Middlesex when he went into the service; and that she the said Abigail Greenwood has no documentary evidence in support of the claim; and that the said Moses Greenwood was a pensioner and he received his Pension Certificate under the Act of the 7th June 1832, and it was dated on the fourth day of May 1833, and entitled him to receive Eighty Two Dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, which sum he continued to receive up to the 4th of September 1835, and then she the said Abigail Greenwood received the amount that was due from the said 4th day of September to the 28th day of October following, that being the day of the death of the said Moses Greenwood; and that she the said Abigail Greenwood thinks that there was affidavits of persons of known respectability accompanying his declaration to obtain said pension, to prove the service of the said Moses Greenwood, as is herein above described; and that

that the said Moses Greenwood resided in Hopkinton, aforesaid, at the time he obtained his Pension Certificate. And she the said Abigail Greenwood further declares that she was married to the said Moses Greenwood on the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four; that her husband the aforesaid Moses Greenwood, died on the twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, eighteen hundred and ninety four. viz: at the time above stated.
Witness to the signature
Matthew Metcalf
John G. Gilmore
Abigail Greenwood
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
J. P. Fay Judge of Probate

I, Ezekiel Guy of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, of lawful age, do testify and say, That Moses Greenwood of said Hopkinton, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died on the twenty-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, and that Abigail Greenwood his widow has not been married since his death, but now remains his Widow and lives in said Hopkinton.
Ezekiel Guy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. August 18th. 1838. Then the above named Ezekiel Guy personally appeared, who is known by me to be a man of truth and a credible witness, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit, by him subscribed, is true, — before me.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Madison for I Isaac Fisher Myerle of the
Court of Probate in and for the county of Middlesex hereby certify that Lowell P. D. Fay Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature written on the annexed paper is his genuine signature: —
I also certify that Matthew Metcalf Esq. is a Justice of the Peace authorized to record county duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on the above & annexed papers are his genuine signatures: —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Isaac Fisher

I Elias Bullard of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire do certify that there is on the Books of said Town the following Record viz. "Moses Greenwood and Abigail Johnson were joined in marriage May the first one thousand seven hundred and eighty four per Joshua Prentiss Clerk,, that this is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: May y e 1 st 1784
I Elias Bullard above named do now and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me
Elias Bullard. Town Clerk.
Sworn to before me, this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1838.
Matthew Metcalf. Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex

6885
Moses Greenwood
W.C.E.
14-16 ob
Mar 28. 1835
Hand Davis
Maple
Map
S. 315
Isaac Fiske
Rep Probat
E. Cambridge
Middlesex
Mass

6885  BRIEF in the case of  Moses Greenwood  of Middlesex in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March 75 - to Dec 75 - last 8 As a Minuteman Genl Leland } Col Dootle Lt Burbank }   June 76 till some time in Dec 76 6 private Cap Chamberlain - Col Wheelock   June 78 to 25 Dec 78 6 Corporal Cap Burbank } Col Needham   June 80 to Dec 80 6 Blacksmith private Cap Edgell Cap Bradford - Col Jewett  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holliston  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 3 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The affidavits not properly authenticated as above 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 23 Jan 33

L. W. B. L. W. B. W. 19550.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 19, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Moses Greenwood, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 30, 1832, at which time he was 79 years of age and residing at Hopkinton, Mass., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private and corporal in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Leland and Col. Delittle. He enlisted at Holliston, Mass.
His widow, Abigail, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Charles M. Ayer,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.

story to get -mich.
Rev 19-550 WIDOW, &c.
Apr. 19-1897-His Mr. Charles M. A. Grand Rapids
F. No. 19550 Abigail Greenwood Widow of Moses Greenwood (Kauai - Rev. War)
Act: March 31st 48 Index: Vol. 8 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts - 518
Abigail Greenwood, widow of Moses Greenwood, Deed.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832. and who died on the 28 th October, 1835. of Middlesex, in the State of Massachusetts. who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Leland - of the Regt commanded by Col. Doolittle in the Mass. State line for 18 months, private. 6 " " Casual
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 82 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep- tember, 1838 and sent to Isaac Fiske, Esq. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 - $ 205.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Nov. 39 - 41.00 $246.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. G. Elliott Clerk Book A, Vol. 1, Page 90.

MAY & AYER, LUMBERMEN, No. 9 South Division Street.
HENRY F. MAY. CHAS. M. AYER.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., 18 March 1897
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions } Washington D. C. }
Dear Sir:- Please inform me if the Revolutionary pension lists in your office show the name of Abigail Greenwood , who was living in Hopkinton, Mass. in 1840, aged 78, and if so, on account of what service was she pensioned?
And greatly oblige
Truly Yours
Chas M. Ayer
11 55 AM

1883-
Moses Greenwood
General 6 M rs
Pm. 18 M rs
Please to direct the Papers to Matthew Metcalf Esq. Hopkinton Mass
Isaac Fiske Reg d Probate for Middlesex Co Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Greenwood which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

1527
Abigail Greenwood
$82 per an
Th. Bulpich Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 3 rd . County of Middlesex
Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of May 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Abigail Greenwood a resident of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1831, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Moses Greenwood who was a Private and Corporal in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 4 th July 1832, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eighty Two Dollars per annum, which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of March 1841, at the agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Moses Greenwood deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not.

Signed In presence of us William J. Ellis S. D. Davenport
Abigail Greenwood
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me Middlesex ss May 29 th 1843 Sam d D. Davenport Justice of the Peace
I William J. Ellis of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Abigail Greenwood the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of Moses Greenwood deceased who was reported to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7 th July 1833 as stated by her.
William J. Ellis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. May 29 1843.
Then came William J. Ellis who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me Samuel D. Davenport Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 30. 1813
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel D. Davenport was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.