Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4255, Gideon Green, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Green, Gideon
R. 4255-
CONTENTS

Tension Application Gilson Treas
Paris bridge Chicago 60 New York 15905
Adams John C Clark same place

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Chautauqua COUNTY, }
On this 9 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Gideon Sisson a resident of Barnesville in the County of Chautauqua and State of New York, aged seventy 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the Un-
der the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the month of October about the 17 th day in the year 1779 at the Town of New Milford County of Litchfield State of Connecticut I enlisted in a Company of Connecticut State Troops for the term of Eight months. I cannot recollect the name of the Captain. The Lieutenant was Amos Habbet of the Town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County Conn. The Company belonged to Colonel Biber's regiment. Biber lived in West Hartford I think, Henry Bull of the Town of old Milford was adjutant. As soon as the Company was organized I marched with the Company thro Danbury, Reading, Norwalk, New London to Horse neck on Long Island Sound - We encamped at North Street about three miles from Horse neck. Norwalk was in ruins when I passed thro' it, having been burned by the British a few months before - While at North Street I was employed on scouting parties & standing on guard. One night a party of about 20 of us was out on a scout near Horse neck point, when we were fired upon by a party of Cow boys, We returned the fire and wounded two of them, one a Mr. Merritt a Cow Boy was wounded in his knee & arm of the wound - I remained in the Service until the 17 th day of June 1780, when I was honorably discharged. It was signed by Col Biber - It is lost or destroyed. It was among my old papers about four years since - I think it was destroyed by the Chilmark.
In August quite the fore part of the month in the year 1780 at

the Town of new Milford of one said Lagana enlisted for the term of three months in Captain Arman Carter Company of Conn State troops in Col Samuel Canfield's Regiment, Daniel Camp of New Milford was Lieutenant The Captain lived in Kent. Carter of Kent was orderly Sergeant. William Thompson of New Fairfield was Adjutant. As soon as the Regiment was formed being about two weeks after my enlist- ment I marched with the Regiment from New Milford the same route I had before to Horse neck. The Reg- iment staid at a crosswalk about a week. We encamped again at South Street on the height of land about three and one half miles from the Meeting House at Horse neck. Here I staid employed in scouting for guard until I was Honorable discharged in the fore part of April in  the year 1862 home, having been in the service three months. This dis- charge was signed by Dr. Vello Fuller Hospital Physician. I was in the Hos- pital sick of the Camp distemper when my time of enlistment expired. This discharge is also lost or destroyed just as the same manner as the other.
I know of no person by whom I can prove the above facts or either of them, nor have I any documentary proof.
I was born in the town of New Milford of parents and the 10 th day of August 1762.
I have a Record of my age in the family Bible now in my possession. I continued to reside in New Milford until the year 1802, when I removed to Bridge of the  the  the Cedar where I reside still. I have

I moved to Bainbridge Chenango County at York where I resided seven years, from thence I removed to New Albany, Greene County New York where I resided twenty years. From thence I removed back to Bain- bridge of said town ever since as to my discharge have been lost. I am personally acquainted with Solomon Warner & Levi Bigelow of Bainbridge of said who can testify as to my character for truth and morality as to the belief as to my age and services of said.
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 the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. P. B. Pundee Dep Clerk Gideon Green
We, Solomon Warner residing in the town of Bainbridge and Levi Bigelow residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gideon Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy 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. and that he is a man of integrity Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
P. B. Pundee Dep Clerk Solomon Warner Levi Bigelow
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Solomon Warner who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Gloucester resident in the Town of Bainbridge and that Levi Bigelow who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Gideon Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 9 day of October 1832.
P. B. Pundee Dep Clerk 3

15905
Gideon Green Chenango co New York
12.16 46 May 11 th 1833
P. 391
John C. Clark Bainbridge N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Gideon Green of Chenango co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.     Enlisted in 1779 8 Private Lieut. Hubbel, Col. Beebe   do 1780 3 do Capt. Carter, Col. Campfield  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield co. Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by / incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as required 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Bradford Examining Clerk.

-24255
Bainbridge July 25/46
Gary Green.
disposition for his father.
9134. see July 30/46.
Mission Office
FW

Bainbridge July the 25 1846
Most honorable Sir I take my pen in hand to write to you on the Subject of the pension Law I have under stood that the widow of the Reviluchons Could draw a pension and I should think that they ought to draw some and I think that my father or Mother ought to have a pension if Enny of the Reviluchons have some for my Mother has wild on general George Washington a good many time at his mel times and My father he was in the Service Six Month or more And he has aplied for a pension as well as myself but he did not get it and for what reason I no not but I think that the united States ought to asit to helpe suport My father and Mother in there Old age they are now 84 years of age and they are all most helpe less and I have to mentaine them by my own work and my health is poor but I worke if I cant well I should like to make My father and Mother Comfortable but I cant and I should like to have some assistance from the united States if it can be granted me on my father Either by a pension or some other way and most honorable Sir as I look upon you in that department to grant pensions I hope you will show some mercy for my poor father and Mother for I think your Name is Murray and I hope you will do like wise I must tell you that I have mad application twice

for a pension but I did not get it and on what account I do not know for I sent all the proof I could get but none satisfactory and the is dead and so I lost it but I think that my claim to a pension is better than a great many that got it in the last war but I shall try again but I hope you will try to do some things to help me further on Mother if you can and that will relieve me som but if I can't get some help from the united States I must get some assist from the town and I hate to call on the town for help but I must if I can't get some help from the united States And most honorable Sir I hope you will do all that lies in your power to assist me if you can do it I hope you will write to me and let me know what I can get any help from there or not and direct your letter to me att John Brimbrid Chenango County N.Y. And I will remaine your most humble and
Obedient Servant Williams L. Murray
Secretary of War
Garry Green

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
1255.
P. O.
Gideon Green
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Gideon Green
16. 12
S. C. Clark Dainbridge N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gideon Green of Chenango co. N.Y. 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? two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
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? all answered
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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

New York Rev. C. Gideon Green
Suspended
New Bedford Furnace
April 1842
Letter to
New Bedford Furnace
April 11 th 1842
John C. Clark
20 August '33
let to Gary Green
July 31. 1846
Act 7 June 1832

State of New-York } Chenango County } ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Chenango Common Pleas, Gideon Green who being duly sworn deposes & saith that there is no Chazyan residing in the vicinity of this depo- ment with whom he has an acquaint- ance, whereof affidavit he could procure pursuant to the regulations of the War Department in regard to Pensions.
Subscribed & sworn to the 18 th day of May 1833 before me. Levi Biglow
Gideon Green

State of New York Chenango County ss I, Aaron R. Peck Clerk of said County certify that Levi Bigelow before whom the within affidavit of Gideon Green purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of said County And that I am acquainted with his hand writing And really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand printing and signature
Witness My hand And Seal of office this 22 May 1833
A. R. Peck Clerk