Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23658, Samuel Green, R.I.

SERVICE
R.I.
Green, Samuel
NUMBER
S-23658
CONTENTS

NY 22 New York
Samuel Green of Livingston Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compt commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Babcock in the R Island line for 23 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 74 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Feby 1834 and sent O. M. Willey Genesee Livingston Co. NY
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $141.65 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar '34 38.33
$229.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Mr. Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4. Page 102

Samuel Green Applicant for a Pension
24 P 18
Evidence of 1 st term shows only 11 mo 2 nd term — 9 3 term of 1 mo ea 3 23 mo
Adue d 23 mo per

at which time the British were in possession of New York - that afterwards and the said Samuel thinks in November of the same year the American Army retreated from their position on the Island over East River at and near Kingsbridge. That after their so retreating, seven or eight hundred American soldiers remaining at Fort Washington were taken prisoners by the British. That the American Army remained a few days at White Plains during which time there was some fighting with the British Army - that soon after the British shipping & Army left New York and as was then supposed were about to proceed to Philadelphia. That the American Army were thereupon ordered to march for Philadelphia. That he the said Samuel Green accompanied his regiment crossing the Hudson at Kings Ferry below Peks Kill, marching through New Jersey and crossing the Delaware at Easton. That he belonged to the division commanded by General Lee who was taken prisoner in the night as he under- stood while the American Army were passing through New Jersey after which event General Sullivan took the command of that division. That after the said division crossed the Delaware at Easton it proceeded down that river on the Pennsylvania side to Bristol. And he the said Samuel Green recollects General Washington crossing the Delaware with a portion of the American Army on Christmas eve of the same year and taking prisoners about nine hundred Hessians at Trenton - that he the said Samuel was there present and aided in said transaction but his regiment was prevented crossing by the state of the river at the place where they intended crossing - that a few days after his regiment joined General Washington at Trenton. That about the second day of January in the year following (1777) the Americans were attacked by the British in the latter part of the day and a battle was then fought in which the said Samuel was engaged the fighting continued as long as they could see - that about midnight large numbers of fires were lighted up on the ground where the American Army were encamped a little south of Trenton, and the American Army then marched to Princeton where they arrived early in the morning. That near Princeton the Americans attacked a portion of the

British Army and took prisoners about seven hundred of the enemy. That he the said Samuel Green was engaged in the last mentioned transaction. The American Army then went into Morris County New Jersey, when the British were at Amboy and Brunswick. The the regiment to which he the said Samuel belonged was stationed some time at Springfield New Jersey, when the said Samuel was honorably discharged on the eighteenth or nineteenth day of January 1777. but received no written discharge. And the said Samuel Green further says that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and according to his best recollection in the month of May of that year he being still a resident of Charlestown in Rhode Island he again enlisted for one year, under Captain Peter Hoxie, Col Joseph Stanton's regiment of the Rhode Island State troops. That he joined said Regiment at Tiverton in the East part of the State of Rhode Island and remained at that place with said regiment as a private in said Hoxie's Company until the twentieth day of March in the following year (1779) when he was honorably discharged, and the said regiment was principally broken up. That he was not engaged in any battle while at Tiverton. That said regiment and two companies of artillery under Major Adams were stationed at that place for the purpose of guarding the coast. And the said Samuel Green further says that while the British were in possession of Newport and he thinks in the year 1779, he as a volunteer joined an independent Company which was commanded by the before mentioned Augustus Stanton. In the Samuel being still a resident of Charlestown, that he volunteered for only one month served that length of time and served on Rhode Island near Newport, and was employed in keeping guard and in throwing up intrenchments. That General Sullivan had the command of the American Army at that place at the time last mentioned. And the said Samuel Green further says that while the French fleet was at Newport and he thinks in the year 1781 or 1782 he volunteered for one month and served during that time as a substitute for one Jeremiah Browning a quaker who had been drafted but

who refused to serve on account of his religious scruples. That he served said Month in a company commanded by John Payson who the said Samuel thinks was a lieutenant. That he was engaged during said Month principally in keeping guard at and near Newport, Rhode Island. And the said Samuel Green further says that while the British were in Newport he served as a volunteer another term of one Month but at what particular time he cannot state. in a company commanded by Captain Amos Green which company was stationed at East Greenwich in said state of Rhode Island for the purpose of guarding the coast. And the said Samuel Green further says that at the expiration of each of the aforesaid terms of service he was honorably discharged but on no occasion received a written discharge and he has no documentary evidence of his service. That one Isaiah Brandall served in the same regiment with the said Samuel in the year 1776. but not in the same company. That Edward Green a brother of the said Samuel served with him in the same company while he served at Tiverton. That the said Isaiah and Edward now reside at Alfred in the county of Allegany in this state about fifty miles from this place. That Wells Clark who resides in the town of Rush in the county of Monroe also served in the same regiment but not in the same company with him the said Samuel while he served at Tiverton as aforesaid
The said Samuel was born in the town of Charlestown in the state of Rhode Island in the year seventeen hundred and fifty six. He has not any record of his age. that he ever had a record of his age in a bible which he gave to his son who now lives in Fowler, state of Ohio. That at the several times when he was called into the service he was living at Charlestown aforesaid where he continued to live after the revolutionary war until he was in his thirtieth year of age when he removed to Tyringham, Berkshire County Massachusetts

When he resided eighteen or nineteen years, from there he moved to Smithfield in the New County of Madison in the state where he lived about six years, from there he moved to Pompey Oneida County where he lived till the year 1814, when he moved to Geneseo in the aforesaid County of Livingston where he has ever since resided and now resides -
Mother said Samuel Green further says that Rodman Clark, Roger O'Mon, Charles Avery, William Gay, Eleisha Heath, Hail Whiting and Joseph Miller
are persons to whom the said Samuel is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
In the said I am hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court L. G. Hearn Deputy Clerk                      J. O'Neal Green
We, Hail Whiting of the age of sixty years and upward and a clergyman residing in the town of Annes in the county of Livingston and Joseph Miller of the age of sixty five years and upwards residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy six years; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and we never heard the fact of his having been such soldier disputed
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in presence J. G. Heaver Deputy Clerk Neil Whiting
Joseph Miller

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 Hail Whiting who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Geneseo and that Joseph Miller who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Geneseo and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.
I Chauncy R. Bond clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Livingston in the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Chauncy R. Bond Clerk
By S. G. Haven Dep Clerk

Samuel Green R D Service
C 1415022 } 13196 = 23658 C 24722
Samuel Green Efficient

State of New York } Edward J. Green of the town of Alfred in the Albany County } county aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is seventy five years of age and that he was acquainted with Samuel Green now late of the town of Geneseo in the county of Livingston and state aforesaid in the year 1777 at which time the said Samuel Green was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment of Rhode Island state troops commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the company commanded by Peleg Hoxsey and knows that the said Samuel Green served in said regiment nine months or more and that this deponent was a soldier was a soldier in the same regiment and company at the same time that the said Samuel Green was honorably discharged in the year 1778 March in the year 1778 in the town of Scituate in the state of Rhode Island and further this deponent saith not
• Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of November 1833 before me I also certify that that I am acquainted with the above named Edward J. Green and know him to be a man of veracity and that his his statements are entitled to full confidence and credit
Asa Burdick Justice
Edward J. Green

Albany County Clerks Office as
I Judson W Sherman Clerk of said County do certify that Asa Burdick before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the
Justices of the peace in & for said County
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe his name subscribed thereto to be his genuine signature Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 8 th day of November 1823
J W Sherman Clerk

Examination of Revolutionary Papers
Samuel Green
act 1832
New York
filed 31 March 1852

Examination of Revolutionary Papers Samuel Green
act 1832
New York
filed 31 March 1852

Examination of Revolutionary Papers
Samuel Green
abt 1832
New York
filed 31 March 1852

1852 1779 State of New-York, County of Livingston
Before me Seth K. Chamberlin a Justice of the Peace, duly authorised, personally appeared Rufus Green
aged Seventy Three who being duly cautioned and sworn in due form of law, states that he is the Son of Samuel Green who was a Revolutionary Soldier from the State of Rhode Island and that his father died on the 26 th day of September 1839 and that his mother, named Desire , died on the 16 th day of October 1839 and that they were married on the wartime day of 17 and that they were residents of Charlton in the State of Rhode Island and that furthermore, he by these presents, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises, irrevocably, and with powers of substitution J. E. Hasler as his true and lawful Attorney, for and in his stead to examine into, to prosecute, claim, demand and receive all his rights in all and any manner of claims that may be due him as Son of Samuel Green who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, inheritance and equity he is entitled; and also with full power to appoint one or more agents to assist him in the above premises; and for his services, he shall be entitled to one half of all moneys collected by him or Revolutionary Bounty lands obtained by him, &c.
In Witness Whereof, he has hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Witness Seth K. Chamberlin Witness Stephen B. Sowell
Signed, sealed and acknowledged and sworn to before me, } on this the eight day of March 1852 }
Rufus Green [L. S.] Seth K. Chamberlin — Justice of the Peace
Rufus Green
Nov 1832

State of New York } County of Livingston }
At the same time personally affirmed before me Seth N Chamberlin a Justice of the Peace. Daniel Bosley and Sylvanus Coy two credible and disinterested witnesses who are residents of the afore said County and State Who having been by me Cautioned duly sworn according to law do Depose and say each for himself that they have always heard it Said and it is generally Believed by the community that Rufus Green was the Son of Samuel Green who was a Revolutionary Soldier and he was always trusted as such and is by witnesses believed to be the Son of the said Revolutionary Soldier
Sworn to before me this day and year above written
Seth N Chamberlin J.P.
Daniel Bosley Sylvanus Coy

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. LIVINGSTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I CERTIFY, That Seth A Chamberlain Esquire, was, at the date of the foregoing or annexed affidavit, a
In and for said County, duly qualified and authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing; and verily believe that the signature of said Justice to the Jurat thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 22 day of March A. D. 185 2 .
Israel D. Root Clerk.

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Samuel Green Livingston Co. New York.
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O. M. Willey Geneseo. Livingston Co New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June - 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Green Livingston Co New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Jan. 1776 1 " " Priv Gen Lee " Sullivan Col. Babcock " Lippet Col. Staunton " Arnold 76 yrs Kings Co Rhode Is Traditionary   May 1778 " 9 21 " Col. Staunton Col. Hossie   1779 " 1 " " Gen Sullivan Col. Staunton   1781 or 82 " 1 " " Lieut. Taylor   Not-recol. " 1 " " Col. A. Green  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The rules from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

Treas. Dept. Paid and
Resolutions
23655
INVALID.
Feb. 6, 1906. Aud. Int. Dept. date of last payment, 25 Morn date of death, A. E. P.
File No. 23655
Samuel Green
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 92 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. New York Suspended not p'32
letter 18 Oct 1833
On Willey

Jonathan Palmeris Affidavit
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State of New York } Albany County }
ss.
Jonathan Palmiter of the town of Albany
in said County being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is seventy six years of age that he was acquainted with Samuel Green now of Geneseo in the county of Livingston and State aforesaid in the year 1777 at which time the said Samuel Green was a soldier in the war of the revolution in the regiment of Rhode Island State Troops commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the company commanded by Peleg Hoxsey and knows that said Samuel Green served in said regiment nine months and that said Samuel Green was honorable discharged at the town of Tiverton in the month of March 1778 in the state of Rhode Island this deponent further states he was a soldier in the same company and regiment at the same time and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of Nov. 1833. before me I also certify that I am
acquainted with the above named Jonathan Palmiter and know him to be a man of veracity and that his statements may be deponed are intitled to full confidence and credit
Asa Burdick Justice
Jonathan Palmiter his signh

Alleghany County } Clerks Office } ss }
I Judson W Shennan Clerk of said County do certify that Issa Bundick before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his name subscribed thereto to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 8 th day of November 1833
Judson W Shennan

State of New York } S.S. Albany County }
Isaiah Brandall of the town of Almond in said county being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is seventy four years of age that he was acquainted with Samuel Green now of Geneseo in the county of Livingston and State aforesaid in the year 1776, and 1777 at which time the said Samuel Green was a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the Regiment of Rhode Island State troops in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Christopher Lippet in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Arnold and knows that the said Samuel Green served in said Regi- ment eleven months or more from the circumstance that the deponent was a soldier in the same Regiment at the same time - that the said Samuel Green was honorably discharged from said Regiment in the month of January 1777 at Springfield in the State of New Jersey and returned

home to the state of Rhode Island and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn to this 7th. day of November 1833, before me - I also certify that I am ac- quainted with the above named Isaiah Broadell and know him to be a man of veracity & that his statements are entitled to full confidence & credit -
Isaiah Broadell
Willett Larabee a commission- -er to take affidavits &c. in said county
Allegany County
Clerks Office ss 3 I Judson W Shenman
Clerk of said County do certify that Willett Larabee before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Commissioners of deeds in & for said County
And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his name subscribed thereto to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 8th day of November 1833
JW Shenman Clerk

FREE
Sam l Green New York DEC 20 28 Dec 1839
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington
Revolutionary Claims
Sam l Green -

Geneseo Dec. 24. 1833
Sir.
I fear that I shall be trespassing too much upon your time by calling your attention again to the application of Mr Samuel Green of this place for a pension, - and yet as he is extremely anxious to know the fate of it, and is absolutely suffering for the want of the necessaries of life, I cannot forbear to trouble you with the enquiry, whether a decision has yet been made in his case?
After the receipt of Mr Edwards letter stating that his claim had been suspended for the want of evidence to sustain it, Mr Green caused the depositions of three witnesses to be procured. These were forwarded about the middle of November to the War Department. I presume they were received.
I would not urge any thing improperly. Mr. Green feels that he is justly entitled to a portion of the public bounty, and that a denial of it in his case, can be the result only of some defect in his proceedings not known to him. He is old, infirm and unable to perform much labor. And besides all this, he is poor. I may add, that he is an honest man and temperate . Although it is nearly fifteen months since his application was made, he yet entertains a confident hope that his claim will be allowed. If I am not deceived, I am addressing one who will not willingly prolong that painful sensation which arises from "hope deferred."
I am respectfully
Your Obedient Servant O. M. Willey
No. 14.434 marked Attached
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War

addl proof Sam. G. Green N.Y.
FREE
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
Nov. 20. 1833 P.M. Office

Genesee Nov. 13. 1833
Sir.
Enclosed are three affidavits obtained by Mr Samuel Green of this town to prove his services in the revolution ary war. Two of the witnesses, Edward J. Green and Jonah Brandall are mentioned in his declaration. The other one Jonathan Palmiter he has discovered since his declaration was sent to the war office. If I recollect there is another witness named in his declaration by the name of Wells Clark. Mr Green tells me that Clark can prove no additional facts and he thinks it unnecessary to procure his deposition. He is an Mr Green is an old man, very infirm, and unable himself to perform even a short journey to obtain evidence. He was obliged to procure employ a man to procure the enclosed, and borrowed money of his neighbors to defray the expenses, and in all probability can repay the loan only in case he obtains a pension. I do not mention this as a reason why his pension should be granted, but as a reason why the evidence of Clark should be dispensed with. The man he employed to procure the enclosed, informs me that these witnesses have all obtained pensions under the act of 1832. And I flatter myself that Mr Green will now succeed without further expense or trouble.
May I have the pleasure of communicating to him soon the fact of a decision being made in his favor!
Very respectfully
J. M. Willey
Hon. Lewis Cass.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Washington, Feby 9 th 1906.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: In reply to your letter of 6 th inst in case of Samuel Green, Certificate Unknown, Oct 1832 Albany Agency, Roll,
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show
payment to have been made at $76 66 per 12 months to 5 September 1838, in October 1838, date of death. The accrued pension was paid to the widow, Desire Green, and the pensioner died at Geneseo, Livingston Co. New York.
Letter herewith returned.
W. Respectfully,
[Handwritten signature: J. H. Durham]
Acting Auditor.
By
Deputy Auditor.

O. W. and N. Div Division.
A. C. P. Ex'r.
In file No. 23658.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Samuel Green Rev. War.
Washington, D. C., February 6, 1906
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Samuel Green
pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 24722, New York Agency, showing the date of last payment of pension, to whom paid and the date of death of above named soldier, if known.
Very respectfully,
M. Warner
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.
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