Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,628, Isaac Green, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Green, Isaac
S 39628
CONTENTS

18,546
Vermont
Isaac Green
Cavendish in the State of Vermont he was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sargants of the Washington Regt, for the term of 1 year -
scribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Apr. 1822 and sent to M rs Abigail G. Welch, Esq. Cavendish, Vt.
arrears to 4th of Mar. 1822. $ 376.79 emi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1822. 48.00 6 mo. $ 424.79
29 3/4 30
Sept. 22
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
4
1 May 1820
Recd. pension Rev. pension
376.79 62.80
Difference $ 313.99

State of New York County of Essex ss 3
Isaac Greene of the town of Keene  Lee in the County of Essex & State of New York being duly sworn says that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution one year & Eight months in the continental establishment against the common enemy - that in the Spring of the year 1775 & within a few weeks after the battle of Lexington he enlisted for Eight months in a company commanded by Joshua Parker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Prescott, but of what number he does not recollect - that he served faithfully the term of his enlistment - that before his said term was expired he enlisted a second time for one year commencing on the first of January 1776 in a company com- manded by Capt. Thomas Farrington, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Sargent - the number of which he cannot recollect - that he served faithfully served as a private in the last aforesaid company until a few weeks previous to the expiration of his term of enlistment when being sick he was sent to the Hospital at Stamford in Connecticut & did not leave it until his term of service had expired - by reason of which he never obtained his discharge - his regiment having removed - -
And this deponent further saith

He enlisted a second time for one year commencing on the first of January 1776 in a company com- manded by Capt. Thomas Farrington, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Sargent - the number of which he cannot recollect - that he serv'd faithfully served as a private in the last aforesaid company until a few weeks previous to the expiration of his term of enlistment when being sick he was sent to the Hospital at Stamford in Connecticut & did not leave it until his term of service had expired - by reason of which he never obtained his discharge - his regiment having removed. - -
And this deponent further saith that he was wounded in the battle of Bunker's Hill & now has a pension on that account of ten dollars per year which has always been paid him at Boston when due when due whenever demanded - that he has a certificate thereof but having sent it to a gentleman in Vermont authorized to receive his pension for him - it is now in his power And this deponent further saith that he hath no further evidence on this subject & further that by reason of his

reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Taken from Affidavit the 2nd day of April 1818 before me
Isaac Greene
Rufus Basset one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction by the foregoing affidavit of Isaac Greene — (a person well known to me) taken before me this second day of April 1818 that the said Isaac — served in the Revolutionary War for more than nine months against the British Army on the continental establishment as set forth in the said affidavit & being fully satisfied of the facts therein stated I do hereby certify & transmit the same with the testimony in the case being the affidavit of said & the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War & I do further certify that the said Isaac this day executed the following release in my presence for the purposes herein mentioned. Rufus Basset one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex
Know all men by these presents that I Isaac Greene of Essex  Essex in the County of Essex & State of New York do hereby relinquish & give up all claim against the United States to the pension mentioned in the foregoing affidavit made & filed by me — on condition however

that I be placed on the pension list according to the provisions of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces of the United States in the revolutionary War - In Witness Whereof I have set my hand & seal
the second day of April 1818
Sealed & delivered in presence of
Isaac Green,
G. Stow
State of New York
Essex County ss
I Thomas Stower clerk of Essex County in said State certify that Rufus Bapst before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that his name subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate is his own proper signature. In Witness whereof I have set my hand & the seal of said County the first day of May 1818
Thos Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dept
State of New York County of Essex ss. Daniel Williams & Oliver Person being several from before & each of them for himself saith that he is well acquainted with Isaac Green who signed the foregoing affidavit taken before Rufus Bapst Esq. - that the said Green is extremely poor & indigent & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Oliver Person
Given before me this 10th day of December 1819 before me DAN. ROPS first Judge of Essex Common Pleas
Daniel Williams
Daniel Rops Esq. first Judge of the County of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Essex in the State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the

Foregoing affidavits or depositions of Daniel Williams & Oliver Person taken before me, two credible & disinterested witnesses, taken before me, that the before mentioned Isaac Greene is in in poor & indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
D. M. Ross
State of New York, County of Essex ss: I Thomas Storer Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that Daniel Ross Esq. who signed the last preceding certificate & affidavit then was & now is full Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that his name subscribed to the aforesaid affidavits & certificates is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this
Day of January June 1819
Thos Storer Clerk By Ashley Pond Dep.
Isaac Green Massachusetts line Revolutionary Claim.
A person of the same name with the applicant, is found on the rolls of the 9th Mass. regiment, as having deserted the P.3. d. Nov. 1777. Satisfactory evidence required to prove that this applicant is entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress of the 18th March, 1818.
This applicant did not belong to the 9th Mass. the G. R. was commissioned by Col. Cushing Rufus Bassett, Esq.; Judge Essex county, N. York.
Rejected - denied as a pension during the year 1796 - see letter for N.C. Hatch Esquire 1801

Isaac Green

State of Vermont } At a Supreme Court of Judicature begun & Windsor County } holden at Woodstock within and for the County of Windsor on the thirtieth day of December A.D. 1820 -
On the second day of January 1821. being the fourth day of the term, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment &c.) Isaac Green aged sixty five years late a resident in the town of Herk in the County of Essex and State of New York, now resident in Cavendish in the County of Windsor State of Vermont, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows - that in the spring of the year 1775, and within a few weeks after the battle of Lexington, he enlisted for eight months in a company commanded by Joshua Parker, in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott but of what number he does not recollect - that he served faithfully the term of his enlistment - that before his said term had expired, he enlisted a second time for one year, commencing on the first of January 1776 in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Farrington, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Sargent, in the Massachusetts line - the number of the regiment he does not now recollect - that he faithfully served as a private in the last aforesaid company, until about six weeks previous to the expiration of his term of enlistment, when he was taken sick, and was sent to the Hospital at Stamford in the State of Connecticut and continued sick in the hospital, until after his term for which he had enlisted had expired, and his Regiment having been removed, put it out of his power to get a discharge - that the surgeon of the regiment hospital gave him a certificate stating the circumstances of his having remained sick in the hospital at and of his discharge from thence, after his term of enlistment had expired - that he did not desert and was not in the service on the 23 d of November 1777 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 28 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other man- ner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolu- tionary Army" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have

not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed to wit, I have no property of any kind except a little clothing and I am now supported by the charity of the Town of Cavendish in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, where I have lately been removed and I am now afflicted with an inveterate cancer of which I have no expectation of recovering.
Isaac Green
Sworn to and declared on the 2 d day of January 1821, in open Court before Dudley Chase Chief Judge. Sup e Court - Attest, Perry & Swan Clerks.
State of Vermont } I, Perry am in Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court County of Windsor } for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited is nothing.
Sealed & attested whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, on this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Benj. Swan Clerk of the Sup. Court

I Jesse Spaulding of Cavendish in the County of Windsor State of Vermont testify and say that I am overseer of the Poor for said Town - that some time last summer Isaac Green who lately lived in the Town of Hene in the State of New York came into this Town to reside in a poor and destitute situation, afflicted with an inveterate cancer which in all probability will occasion his death - that the little support he has since obtained as I am informed and believe until a few weeks since was obtained from his children who are themselves poor when said Green applied to me in my capacity of overseer for assistance - that I have as overseer voted him out to be supported at the expence of the town and he is now supported by public charity - Cavendish December 25 th 1820
Jesse Spaulding
State of Vermont } Cavendish Decemr 25 th 1820 Windsor County } personally appeared Jesse Spaulding subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth and I certify that said Spaulding is a credible witness -
Before Will C. Hatch Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont - Windsor County ss. Bridstock Janu y 2 d 1821 Personally I Benjamin Swan clerk of the County Court for the County of Windsor hereby certify that that Will C. Hatch is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly commission- ed under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature - Witness my hand and the seal of said Court -
Benj Swan

I Nehemiah Green of Cavendish in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont testify and say that early in the year of our Lord seven hundred and seventy six I understood that Isaac Green now of Keene in the county of Brattleboro and State of New York enlisted into the service of the United States of America at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts for the term of one year, as I then understood he enlisted into the regiment commanded by Col. Sergeant in Capt Thomas Harrington company in the Massachusetts line - That at two different times, once before and once after the evacuation of Boston by the enemy I was in the American Camp and saw the said Isaac Green who was when I saw him in the aforesaid company and Regiment - That soon after the evacuation of Boston the said Isaac Green marched to New York and did not return until after about one year from the time of his enlistment - That I have always understood from him and from others that he regularly served his time out and was honorably discharged Nehemiah Green
State of Vermont } At Cavendish in said county October Windsor County ss } 22 d A.D. 1818 Then personally appeared Nehemiah Green subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and who is a credible witness and made solemn affirm- ation that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before Uriel C. Hatch Justice of the Peace for the County of Windsor State of Vermont - Windsor County Clerk's Office January 2 d 1821 I certify that Uriel C. Hatch is
one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly commissioned under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Woodstock the day and year last above written -
Benj Swan Clerk of the Court

I, Abel Blood of Bradford in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Testify and say that I served in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 in Capt Thomas Furniss's company in Col. Paul W. Sargent's Regiment and was well acquainted with Isaac Green, who served all that year in said company as our Steward - the said Isaac Green now before me is the same man who served in 1776 in the company aforesaid.
Witness my hand this 2 nd day of Oct r 1818. Abel X Blood much
Hillsborough ss. } State of New Hampshire
Oct r 2. 1818
Personally appeared the above named Abel Blood and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true The said Abel Blood is a credible Witness
Before me
Joshua Duling
Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the First District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office
Septm: 11 th 1820
I hereby certify that Joshua Darling whose name is subscribed to the within and annexed certificate, was at the date of the same vizt on the 2 d . of October 1818 an associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the first District in the County of Hillsborough in said State duly appointed and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such full faith and credit are due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the public Seal of said State on the day of the date hereof
Sam l Grafton Secy

Aguedavich

I Simon Blood of Springfield, County of Berkshire and State of New Hampshire Householder, testify and say that I served in capt. James Thomas Farrington's Company in Col. Sargent's Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the year 1776 in the Revolutionary War. That I was well acquainted with Isaac Gurne now before me, a resident at present in the Town of Heene in the State of New York and further say that said Isaac Gurne served all the year 1776 in said Farrington's Company of course and was a Steward in said Company Heene the Oct. 2. 1818 Simon his Blood mark
Hillsborough N.H. Oct. 2. 1818. Personally appeared the above named Simon Blood who who is a credible Witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Wherefore
Joshua Daring
Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the first District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire

Simon Blood's
Affidavit
Isaac Green's estate

I Simson Blood of Springfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Ferington and in Regiment Command by Col Paul Dudley Sargent in the Massachusetts line, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty six, I well knew Ezra Green now of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont who was a Corporal in said Company and enlisted for and served the term of one year, I further testify that during the said term of one year while said Ezra was in the service he never failed in any instance to do his duty as a Soldier that whenever his Company was engaged in battle or in skirmishes with the enemy said Ezra was always in the ranks as a fighting soldier and I have been in several engagements and skirmishes with the enemy where said Ezra was with his Company and during his duty as a soldier as much as any other soldier. I further testify that said Ezra invariably did his duty as a Corporal.
Simson Blood
State of New Hampshire } I Nathaniel Perkins a Justice of the Cheshire County } Peace for the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire do Certify that on the 10th 11th day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty two personally appeared Simson Blood Subscriber to the above affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and I further certify that I consider said Blood a credible Witness
Nathaniel Perkins Justice of the Peace
Cheshire J. February 19. 1822
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the only Judicial Court for the County of Cheshire certify that Nathaniel Perkins is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, & I have no doubt the foregoing is his right nature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court
S. Hale

39628 Rev  INVALID.
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Isaac Gunn Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Petersville (Va.) - Apr. 1 st
free
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
See Apr. 15, 1822
Mr. Calhoun

Gwendolyn Feb March 30 th 1822
Sir
In April last I received from the Department of War information that the claim of Isaac Green for a pension under the acts of March 1818 and May 1820 was inadmissible, neither of them make provision for non-combatants - That Mr Green served as a Steward and not entitled to a pension -
I now enclose the affidavits of two credible witnesses proving that Mr Green was a combatant and have to request that his case may be reconsidered
Respectfully your obed
Servant
Wm C. Hatch
Should Mr Green's claim be allowed it is requested that the certificate may be forwarded to me

I Abel Blood of Bradford County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I was a Soldier in the army of the revolution and served in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Livingston and in the Regiment commanded by Col Paul Dudley Serjent in the Massachusetts line that in the year of Seventeen hundred and Seventy six I well knew Isaac Green now of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont who was a Corporal in said Company and enlisted for and served the term of one year I further testify that during the said term of one year while said Green was in the service he never failed to do his duty as a Soldier that when ever his Company was in gaged in battel or in skirmishes with the Enemy said Green was allways in the ranks as a fighting Soldier and I have been in several engagements and skirmishes with the Enemy when said Green was with his Company and doing his duty as much as any other Soldier I further testify that said Green invariably did his duty as a Corporal
Abel Blood X
State of New Hampshire (I John Smith Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do certify That on the eight day of February A D 1822 personally appeared Abel Blood the Subcriber to the foregoing Affidavit and made solemn Oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I further certify that said Blood is a Credible witness A John Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
I Enoch Duling Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County of Hillsborough, certify that John Smith Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit has been

made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I further certify that said Blood is a credable witness A John Smith Juror the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
I Enoch Darling Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County of Hillsborough, certify that John Smith Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit has been made is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this State & that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and affixed the County Seal. This 27 th day of March, A.D. 1822
E. Darling Clerk