Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8870, John Green, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Green, John Elizabeth
W 8870
CONTENTS
By pension

5412 Kentucky.
Elizabeth Green widow of John Green Va
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1850 and sent to
L. G. Suggett Care Spring Scott County Ky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 234 Vol. 3
3 No
Reported

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitle an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows State of Kentucky County of Clark
Be it known that on this thirtyeth day of January Eighteen Hundred and forty four Personally appeared Before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and state Elizabeth Green age seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law dooth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress July 7 th 1838 entitle an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Green who was a regular Soldier in the Virginia Continental line during the war of the Revolution and served there three years in consequence of her great age and loss of memory she is unable to state the time he entered and left the service she states her husband the aforesaid John Green served under Colonel Magaw and Captain Stallyard or Randles Camp. She states she does not remember where her husband was station during his services nor the Country and Countys through which he march she well recollects of hearing her husband speak of being at the battles of Trenton Monmouth and she thinks as well as her memory serves her he was at the battles of Brandywine and Bunker Hill they lived in the County of Fauquier State of Virginia when they were married and she states they were married by James Craig

a preacher of the gospel she states that she has often her husband's discharge from the army but since his death it has been destroyed and lost she also states that she was married to the aforesaid John Green on the fifteenth day of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty five and she well knows that she was married to the aforesaid John Green and states that her husband the said John Green died in Pendleton County state of Kentucky on the twelfth of January Eighteen hundred and Seventeen and that she remains his widow ever since that time she further declares that she had her marriage and all of the ages of her children set down in her old bible but since the death of her husband it has been lost and destroyed that she is unable to find it but she is certain that she and the aforesaid John Green was married on the day and year stated in her Declaration
Elizabeth her  X Green
Thomas C Green of the County of Clark and state of Kentucky Being the reputed son of John Green and Elizabeth Green his wife and being fifty six years old the sixteenth day of June next do hereby certify that the said John Green named in her Declaration of the said Elizabeth Green my mother and they lived together as man and wife ever since my first remembrance which is about forty six or seven years since untill the twelfth day of January Eighteen hundred and seventeen at which time my Father the aforesaid John Green died and my mother Elizabeth Green has remained his widow ever since that time that they had born myself and four

other brothers and one sister and I being the oldest Child have no doubt of this Elizabeth Green being the lawful wife of the said John Green. my Father entered the united States service as a Regular soldier for three years and fought in the battles of Bunkers Hill Brandywine Germantown and Monmouth as I have since frequently heard him say before his death But I have forgotten what he said his Colonel and Captain's names he served under I, therefore concur in the belief of my Mother's Declaration here with presented as I know her to be a pious religious person for forty years since
Thomas C. Green
we the undersigned neighbours of Elizabeth Green state that we have been acquainted with her for upwards of thirty five or thirty six years and she is well known to us to be a lady of Respectibility truth and piety and to be the reputed Widow of the aforesaid John Green who we believe was a regular soldier of the Revolutionary war we have examined the Declaration made by her and do most truly concur in the belief of the truth of it and we believe that the afore- said Elizabeth Green is justly entitled to a pension we make oath and subscribe our names on the day and year first above written
Valentine Hartshorn
Jonathan Bush

State of Kentucky County of Clark
Be It known that on this thirtyeth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared Elizabeth Green and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration before me the undersigned justice of the Peace for and for County and state aforesaid and she is well known to me to be a lady of Respectability truth and piety and I have examined the Declaration made by her and fully concur in the belief of it as she has stated it and believe that she was lawfully married to the said John Green and that she is the relict widow of John Green and also personally appeared before me Valentine Martin and Jonathan Bush and Thomas B Green all three Gentlemen that are well known to me to be men of Respectability and truth and standing in testimony whereof I subscribe my name this day and year above written
Fielding Bush J.P.C.C
State of Kentucky Clark County
I James P. Bullock Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Fielding Bush esq whose name appears to the above foregoing Certificate was in and was at the date of said Certificate an acting justice of the peace within the said County of Clark duly commissioned & qualified as such that full faith & credit is due to all his official acts In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Louisville this 31st day of January 1844
Attest J. P. Bullock Clerk

Amended Declaration of Elizabeth Green, (late Betsy Collins,) of the county of Clarke and State of Kentucky, now in the 80 th year of her age. Widow of John Green deceased in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of July 1838. further declareth, and sayeth.
That her Husband John Green, was born and raised in Fauquier County (Virginia,) (as was she herself.) and that John Green, and his brother Thomas Green enlisted in the Regular Continental Army of the American Revolution, in the Virginia line, for three years, as private Soldiers, and that their services in the Army, was rendered North of Virginia.
That Thomas Green was killed in Battle, in September the 11 th 1777 at Brandywine. her husband John Green was not in this action, but was on Bag- gage guard that day. But that he was in the Battles at Germantown, and Monmouth, and she thinks, in Gen. Sullivan's division. She cannot now recollect the names of his captain Major, or Colonel, but thinks as she did, when she made her first declaration. She has heard her husband call their names very often, but cannot recollect them to any certainty. She further states that her husband was inocculated in the Army, for the small pox, (the marks of which disease, he carried on his face to his grave,) and she heard him say frequently that General Sullivan's two Aids was killed in the Battle at Germantown. And that the Army suffered very much with fatigue, cold, hunger and nakedness during his term of service. and that when the time for which he enlisted fully expired, he obtained an honorable discharge from the Army and returned home, to Fauquier County

Virginia (the place of his nativity.) She says she has often seen in his pockett Book, his discharge from the service. But it is now lost, and cannot tell how. But thinks her husband gave it to one Simon Morgan, who she thinks bought her husbands Bounty lands, some six or eight years after their Marriage. She will now state some facts which she knows of her own knowledge, which she never can forget as long as life lasts. She knows that on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand, seven hundred and eighty five, herself and John Green (who had been a soldier in the army) was married in Fauquier County Virginia, at the house of one Stephen Lee, (her kinsman, and Guardian,) by James Craig an Episcopalian preacher. She states that, two or three days before this Marriage, John Green, in company with his cousin, John Gibson, and Stephen Lee, her guardian, went to Fauquier Court house, and obtained licence. The Clerks name she thinks was Brooks. She further states that her parents were dead, and she was living with Stephen Lee, when she married, and her name before she married was Betsy Collins, and that her husband (John Green) could not write, he always made his mark to anything he gave. and that their eldest son was born on the 16. day of June 1786. just one year, and one month, after our Marriage and we called his name Thomas Collins Green, after his uncle Thomas who was killed at Brandywine, and his Grand Father Thomas Collins (her Father). And their second son was born two years and fourteen days after their first, We called him Jesse P. Green. And Edmund Green was born in Culpepper County on the first day of March one thousand, seven hundred and ninety two. They had two other sons, and one daughter born after Edmund Green, whose names, and ages, she does not think necessary to give,

She further knows and declares, that her husband and herself, joined the Baptist Church, at Carter's Run, in Fauquier County Virginia, and that they both were Baptised by the Reverend John Pickett. pastor of that Church, and that they have lived in that, and other churches of like faith and order, from that time till the death of her husband, who died in January. one thousand, Eight hundred, and seventeen, in Pendleton County Kentucky. That they moved from Fauquier, to Culpepper county, and from thence to the upper end of Fauquier again, near Chesters Gap, on the Blue Ridge, and from thence to Kentucky in 1805 (in the fall.) After the death of husband she removed to Clarke County Ky. where she still resides a poor widow, unable to go to court, and can scarcely get about the house. But for the benefit of the law, embracing poor widow's cases such as are widows of Revolutionary soldiers, she will ever pray, and further saith not. Elizabeth Green
Clarke County Kentucky ss This is to certify, that, On this 23 rd of June, eighteen hundred and forty nine, Elizabeth Green personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County of Clarke and State of Kentucky and made Oath that the within declaration is true to the best of her knowledge and belief and acknowledges the same to be her act and deed and I further certify that the said Elizabeth Green is a lady of the character of Respectability and Piety she being personally known to me for the last five or six years past, and the said Elizabeth Green is very infirm and not able to get to court. Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace. Fielding Bush J.P.C.

This is to certify that the word forty in the third line of the Justice certificate was blotted before said Justice signed the same given under my hand this 23 rd of June 1849. Hildrey Bush
State of Kentucky Clarke County ss
I James W. Bullock clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid, do certify that Hildrey Bush esq whose name appears to the within and foregoing certificate, attached to the deposition of the Green, Lope O'Green and Edmund Green and the amended declaration of Elizabeth Green is and was at the time of signing said certificates a justice of the peace within and for said county duly commissioned qualified as such, and I further certify that the amended declaration of Elizabeth Green and the Justice's Certificate thereon was produced in open court at the June term of the Clarke County Court by Thomas O'Green and sanctioned by the records of said court.
For testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court done at Vincennes this 23 rd day of June 1849.
At James W. Bullock

John Green. Heir to Thomas Green. received Warrant N o 3635. for 100 acres which he assigned to Simon Morgan. which was located in Morgan's name -
John Green received Warrant N o 916 for 100 acres which was patented to John Sythe in 1822 -
John Green. a Sergeant. received Warrant N o 4648 for 400 acres. which he assigned to Benjamin Biggs
John Green a Pensioner of Rockbridge Co. Va. received a Warrant for 200 o which he sold -
There is a pensioner in Muskingum Co. Ohio. by the name of John Green. I am not able to say whether he ever rec d land bounty or not.
The assignment of Warrant N o 3635 from John Green to Simon Morgan, will be found on file in the Genl. Land Office at Washington City. I have no record of the assignments, although the fact so appears from the books of this office
The above is all the information I am able to give you on the subject.
Respectfully yours &c
Stearns' Office Va. Mil Dist. Chillicothe Ohio Oct. 26. 1849.
E. O'Kane
Sewer 6. Suggt Esq.

Know all men by these presents that we John Green and John Gibson are held and firmly bound unto his excellency Patrick Henry Esq. Governor of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds, to which payment well & truly to be made to the said Patrick Henry and his Successors for the use of the Commonwealth we bind ourselves & each of us our heirs & executors & administrators jointly & severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated this twelfth day May One thousand Seven hundred & eighty five
The Condition is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the said John Green and Betsy Collins for which a license hath issued Now if there be no lawfull cause to obstruct the said intended marriage then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force & virtue
Sealed and delivered
in presence of
E.W. Brooke
John Green (Seal) mark
John Gibson (Seal)
State of Virginia: Ranges County, to wit:
I, William H. Jennings, clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a marriage bond now on file among the records of my Office, with this exception: The words "twelfth" & "one thousand Seven hundred & eighty five" where they occur in the above copy, are written in the original bond in legible figures, thus: "12th" & "1785". And I further certify that I have diligently searched the records of my Office for the evidence of the marriage of the above named John Green & Betsy Collins, but have not been able to find such evidence. The returns of marriages of that date (1785), if regularly made to said Office, have been imperfectly preserved - or are so misplaced that I cannot find them.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of the aforesaid County Court this 22nd day of May 1849.
Wm. H. Jennings

Elizabeth Green Her
Suspended
let to Mark French 14 March 1844
let L. C. Suggett, 12 Oct 49
Acty July 1838,

8807 Kentucky.
Elizabeth Green widow of John Green who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April '51 and sent to
L. C. Saggott Cave Spring Scott Co. Ky.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 181

10888.
Kentucky.
Elizabeth Green
Widow of John Green who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 12 January 1817 of private in the State of who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sleet of the Regt commanded by Col. Morgan in the Va line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1850 and sent to L. C. Suggett, Cave Spring Scott County
Total amount,
$ Ky
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1
Page
309
J. P. Chase Clerk

10,485 Elizabeth Green widow of John Kentucky, Clark Co
admitted. Pr 2 nd  Stack 180 Cal Stack Col? Morgan Va line,
Con 4 March 1836 to 41 for 43 to 48. for 48
L. C. Suggatt Cave Spring, Scott Co. Va

10483 Feb 14. '44
Hon. 1838 L. Y. Edwards
Recd July 7 1838 Eliz Green
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Wm R French H.R.

10485.
Elizabeth Green
Ky
act 7 July 38.
on roll

Washington February 10 th 1844
Sir.
Please pass on the inclosed declaration as soon as practicable, and let me know the result.
Very respectfully &
Richard French

V Sent to Dr. R. F. French 14th March 1844 Letter Lewis C. Suggett 12 th Oct 1849

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8870
Elizabeth Green Wid. of John Green Port. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 24/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Cave Spring Scott Co Ky Jun 28 1849
Dear Sir
I confidentially tell and believe the inclosed will be entirely satisfactory and I earnestly request your early decision in the case Col Thomas C Green who has long been known to the Hon Richard French was certified by him last winter to be a man of veracity and truth and he can give the same kind of certificate to the Standard of Edmund & Jesse Green as required Mrs Green Elizabeth Green widow of John Green applied for the benefit of the act of June 7, 1838 and it is on the cases which I request you to refer to the Hon Thomas Cave on the 28 day of March last
I have the honor to be with great respect your most obedient Servt James C. Suggitt
Hon James H. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC

21 Courtney Case attended by Mr. Ames.

Cave Spring Scott Co Ky Oct 29 1849
Dear Sir
I confidently hope and believe the enclosed will be satisfactory in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Geyer Widow of the late John Geyer when compared with her declaration and the evidence it will identify her husband to have received land and served in the war of the revolution at least three years Yours with Great Respect Lewis B Suggitt
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
W B
Will you please to have the kindness to examine this case carefully and the case of Mrs Catherine Courtney Widow of Thomas the late John Smith by comparing his declaration and all the evidence in her case I think it will be satisfactory if not please to inform me what the objection was to allowing Mr Thomas Courtney the late John Smith a Pension when he offered I think the Certificate from Me will sustain his declaration and the evidence on file is sufficient to identify her As these two cases are of long standing an early answer on Pension Certificates are respectfully requested L B Suggitt

Thomas Collins Green, first son of John Green, and Elizabeth Green of the County of Clarke, and State of Kentucky. In addition to what he said in this case, in 1844, now further saith. That he has always understood, and firmly believed, that his Father John Green, was a Regular Soldier, in the Continental Army from the Virginia line, in the American Revolution, and that he served his country for three years, in the capacity of a Regular private soldier, in the American Army to the north of Virginia. And that he fought in the Battles, at Germantown and Monmouth, and that his only Brother Thomas Green who was in the same Regular service of his country, was killed in Battle at Brandywine, and that he, was on Baggage guard, and was not in that action himself. And that during his three years service in the Army he suffered very much with Cold, Hunger, Fatigue and Nakedness, and that he was inoculated for the small pox in the army, and at the expiration of the time, for which he enlisted, he received an honorable discharge from his Country's service, and returned home, to Fauquier County Virginia. Where he afterwards Married Betsy Collins the mother of this deponent, with whom he lived, in peace and harmony until the day of his death. This deponent as firmly believes every Item, and word, set forth in the foregoing, as he believes any thing on earth, which he never saw, for the following reasons, first, John Green his Father, was a man of strict Truth, veracity, Morality, piety and Religion and was never known (by any person) to state a falsehood, that he knows of. And that his father has told him these things so frequently, from his earliest

recollection to the death of his Father, and at every time he rehearsed these things they were always the same, and no change in any narrations given by him respecting his service, and sufferings in the American Army. This deponent states that he was in the Battle at Germantown, that is, his Father John Green was in the Battle at Germantown, and that he was in General Sullivan's Division he thinks, and that General Sullivan's two Aids was killed in this Battle. John Green could not have told him so, if he had not been there. This declaration of John Green has been confirmed to this deponent, by the faithful history of the Revolution which states this Battle was fought on the 4 th of October 1777, and that Sullivan's two aids was killed in this Battle. John Green told this deponent, that he was also in the Battle at Monmouth and that it was the hottest day he ever saw, that many soldiers of both Armies fell dead from Fatigue and heat that they fought throughout the day, and had to retreat and he fell down, and several platoons ran over him before he could get up. Subsequent reading the History of the Revolution, confirms his statements as it respects the heat of the day, It was the 28 th of June 1778. John Green frequently told this deponent that he was inoculated in the Army, for the small pox, according to general orders, and the scars on his face plainly shews he had the small pox, he has seen the marks a hundred times and more. John Green told this deponent, that he Married Betsy Collins in Fauquier Virginia, on the fifteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and Eighty five, this must be true, Because they have lived together from the earliest recollection of this deponent, (as man and wife) until the day of his death which took place in January 1817. This deponent is now sixty three years of age, he was born in Fauquier County Virginia on the 16 th day of June one thousand seven hundred, and Eighty six This deponent cannot state the

of the officers under whom his Father served in the Army though he has frequently told him their names. But the theater of his actions in the service was to the north of Virginia. John Green my Father, could not write. He always made his mark to any writings he gave. This deponent again states that from what his Father has so frequently told him concerning the events of the war of the Revolution, and subsequently from the history of the revolution confirming what he told him long, and often, before he read the history, this same John Green must have been a Regular soldier in the Continental Army as before stated, and that this same Elizabeth Green, whose declaration is herewith filed, is his legal widow, who is now in the 80 th year of her age residing in Clarke County Kentucky, not able to go to Court, and can scarcely get about the house, and further he saith not. This 23 rd day of June 1849. Thomas Collins Green.
State of Kentucky, Clarke County to wit.
This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas C. Green and made oath that the foregoing affidavit is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and I further state that the said Tho s C. Green is a man of truth and veracity and full credit may be given to his statements given under my hand this 23 rd of June 1849 as a Justice of the Peace for said County Frederick Bush J.P.

Jesse D. Green, second son of John Green, and Elizabeth Green, of Clarke County Kentucky. States that from his Father's Register (although now lost, or destroyed) which he distinctly recollects, "That he was born in Fauquier county Virginia on the 30 th day of June One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Eight, and that on the 30 th day of the present June he will be sixty one years old." And that from his most early recollections his Father and Mother, "John and Elizabeth Green" have lived together as man and wife, that they strove and worked together to raise and school their children, five sons and one daughter, and when he first recollected any thing they lived in Fauquier County Virginia, from thence they moved to Culpepper County via. they resided there for several years on John Ward's land. the time not now recollects, from thence they moved back to the upper end of Fauquier, near Chester's Gap, at which place they resided until the fall of 1805, when they with their whole family emigrated to Kentucky, and in January 1817, John Green died, leaving his Mother Elizabeth Green, a Widow, in the county of Pendleton Kentucky, after which event she removed to Clarke County Ky. where she still resides a poor widow in the 80 th year of her age, very frail, and helpless, and during all this time they lived together as man and wife, and he cannot for a moment doubt but his Mother, Elizabeth Green, is the lawful widow of his deceased Father, John Green. And further, he is bound to believe every word set forth in her declaration from his long acquaintance with her, and with her veracity, her morality, and piety, which declaration he has carefully read and believes what she has set forth therein to be strictly true. And he further states that from his long acquaintance with John Green, his Father, he is bound most firmly to believe that John Green, was a Regular Enlisted Soldier in the Continental Army of the American Revolution from the Virginia line.

and that he served three years as a Regular private soldier in the American Army. His Father often times told him so. and that for veracity, Morality, piety and Religion no man possessed those virtues to a greater extent than John Green did he was never known to make a false statement to any body, that he ever heard of. John Green told him he fought in the Battles of Germantown and Monmouth, and at the Battle of Germantown Gen. Sullivan's two aids was killed, he thinks his Father said he was in Sullivan's division in this Battle. Hee heard his Father say that he was in the Battle at Monmouth, and that the Battle continued one whole day the hottest day he ever felt. and that many of the soldiers of both armies fell dead in the field, from Fatigue and heat. His father told him he was inoculated in the Army for the small pox by the orders of General Washington, and his face fully shewed he had the small pox, he had seen the marks more than a thousand times on his face. His Father told him many times, that he was not in the Battle at Brandywine which was fought before the Battles of Germantown and Monmouth. But that his brother Thomas Green, who was also a Regular soldier in the Army was killed in this battle of Brandywine and he himself was that day, on baggage guard, and not in this action. Hee further states that his Father told him these things very often. and many other events which occurred in the Army, and he alwast told them the same way, at all times, and befor all companies in which he spoke of them. That he heard his father speak of those events from the time he could first recollect up to his death, and he always told them the same way and that he has subsequently read the history of the Revolution, and finds his Fathers words confirmed (by History) which he spoke long before he saw the history, especially the heat of the day at Monmouth

and the loss of Gen. Sullivan's two aids at Germantown he thinks his Father could not have spoken of those events so correctly, if he had not been present, and an eyewitness, in all those cases. he much regrets that he cannot recollect, the officers names, under whom he served in the army, or to what corps he belonged. But he cannot, as often as he has heard his Father call their names, that his father took great delight in relating the events of his campaign of three years, to his children, and from all the circumstances to him presented he is bound to believe, that his father John Green, was a Regular soldier in the Continental Army, for three years, and that his Mother Elizabeth Green (late Betsy Collins) is his the true and lawful Widow and deserves what she asks the Government for, as much as any other private soldiers widow in America and further saith not Jesse B o Green
Beloke County Ky. set. This day personally appeared Jesse P. Green and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit is true to the best of his knowledge and belief sworn and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for said County this 23 rd of June 1849. Fielding Bush J.P.
This is to certify that on page first in the seventh line from the bottom the word her was interlined before signed this 23 rd of June 1849 Fielding Bush J.P.

Edmund Green, third son of John Green, and Elizabeth Green, of Clarke County and state of Kentucky States that he was born in Wulff Piper County Virginia on the first day of March one Thousand Seven hundred, and ninety two, and was fifty seven years old the first day of last March, and that he lived with his father and Mother, from the time he was born, until the death of his father, which occurred in January 1817. in Pendleton County Kentucky. and that during that time his Father John Green, and his Mother lived together as man and wife, and he believes they were legally so. That his Father and Mother were both very Moral, Religious, and pious people and that he had, and always have had, the utmost confidence in every thing they said, on any subject whatever. He has read his Mothers declarations, and from her character he is bound to believe that every thing therein contained is strictly true. And he many times has heard his Father say he was in the Battles at Germantown and Monmouth. and that the battle at Monmouth was on the hottest day he ever felt, that the battle lasted all day, and the Americans had to retreat several times during the day, and that in one of those retreats, his father fell down, and that several platoons ran over him before he could get up again. And at Germantown the Americans lost a great many soldiers, and among them was the two aids of General Sullivan. and he thinks his Father said he was in Sullivan's Division on that day but he heard him say he and his party had to retreat, that day also, and that the American loss on that day was very great many being killed

He further states that he has carefully read the declaration of his mother and the affidavits of his Brothers, Thomas Collins and Jesse D. Green, and here  he will state that he has frequently heard his Father John Green, make all the statements contained in said declaration and affidavits, often and on many occasions, and he firmly believes them all to be strictly true, and that his father did serve in the Continental army, as a private Regular soldier for three years, according to the declaration and affidavits aforesaid, and that he married Elizabeth, or Betsy Collins, after he was discharged from the service of his country, and that he sold his bounty lands to one Simon Morgan, as suggested in his Mother's declaration, and in all probability he gave him the discharge from the service by way of Identity, is perhaps the reason it cannot be found now. It is very certain he had such a discharge from the service, and it cannot be found, now. I make no doubt but he sold his Bounty lands to Simon Morgan and gave him up his discharge perhaps, to shew he was entitled to such lands. But this he does not know certainly. — He will state that after the death of John Green in Pendleton county Ky. that his widow Elizabeth Green moved to Clarke county, where she still resides a helpless poor widow, in the 80 th year of her age, not able to get to court, and scarcely about the house, and is truly an object of the charity of the Government and further saith not. E. Green

Colborne County Ry. set This day personally appeared before me Hilary Bush a Justice of the Peace for said County Edmond Green and made oath that the foregoing affidavit is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and I further state that the said E. Green is a man of truth and veracity and full credit ought to be given to his statements given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for said County. This 23 rd of June 1829. Hilary Bush