Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,534, John Greenleaf, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Greenleaf, John or Greenleaf, Annah
NUMBER
W.19.534
CONTENTS
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1422 Maine
John Greenleaf of Stark, in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt commanded by Col. Betman in the Massachusetts line for 9 Mo -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Nov 1832 - and sent to R.C. Vose Augusta Me
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $ 1 50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar 1833 - 1 50
$ 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Dillack Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 1. Page 60

4016
Name
Annah Greenleaf widow of John Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feby 1849 and sent to
Am H. Belcher H. S. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 12 Vol. 1,

John Greenleaf. Starks,
Pr. Col. R. Putnam, Mass.
Reg. from May 17/78 to March '79
9 mo.
✓ April 22. 1878.
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Greenleaf aged sixty two years, a citizen of the United States born in Woolwich, in the District of Maine, now residing in Starks in said District upon oath testify and declare that I enlisted into the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment against the common enemy in the month of May 1778. for the period of nine months, into the company commanded by Col Job A. Whipple, and regiment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam of the Massachusetts line, I fully served out the period of my enlistment and took my honorable discharge from the Army at Cobleskill New York 19 th March 1779. my discharge is herewith annexed - this was my last continental service - From my reduced arising from my inability to labor upon which I have previously been dependent - circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support - I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever - I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine -
John Greenleaf
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sauvset ss.
On the twenty second day of April A.D. 1818 John Greenleaf above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston Esq. C. Just. C. Court C Pias & Eastern circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Pelatiah Boyanton, of Mercer Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with John Greenleaf above named. I knew him in the Army, being a continental soldier at the same period, and fully believe he served as he has above stated - From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support he sustains the character of a man of truth -
Pelatiah his Boyanton mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Somerset ss.
On the twenty second day of April A.D. 1818 Pelatiah Boynton within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed, the same having been first distinctly read to him. Before me Nathan Weston Jue. C. Just. C. Court C. Pleas & Eastern Circuit

John Greenleaf's
application to be restored to the Pension list on
(Norridgewock Maine)

Declaration in order to be restored to the pension list under the act of the first of March 1823
State of Maine County of Somerset } On this eleventh day of March A.D. 1829 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas holden at Norridgewock in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, being a Court of record for said State, proceeding, according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, having the power of fine and imprisonment John Greenleaf resident in Starks in said county of Somerset, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said John Greenleaf enlisted as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution at Wiscasset in the new State of Maine about the last of May in the year 1778 for the term of nine months, and joined the army at Westpoint in June 1778 in Captain Job Whipple's company in Col. Rufus Putman's Regiment, having been mustered at Fish kill in the State of New York on the nineteenth of June 1778 in the continental army in the Massachusetts line; that he remained in the service till the nineteenth of March 1779 when he was honorably discharged at a place called Coborough near Kingsferry in New York; that his original discharge was filed in the office of the war Department; having been in several skirmishes with the enemy, particularly at Sally's point and below Kings ferry: that his original discharge was filed with his application for a pension in the office office of the Secretary of War, when his name was placed on the pension roll in the summer of 1818 that his name was dropt from the roll on account of his property: That

his original declaration was made before Hon ble Nathan Weston Esq., in April 1818 then the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, now a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of this State. That he has now no estate except what is contained in the annexed schedule and his necessary clothing and bedding.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I the said John Greenleaf do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war", passed on the 18th 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 me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here to annexed and by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property, viz all the real estate I then owned I have conveyed away for the purpose of supporting myself and family in manner following: on the sixth day of May 1822 I conveyed one half thereof to my son George Greenleaf who engaged to furnish support for my son Elias who is non compos a cripple and unable to support himself; securing the same by a life lease if he failed to furnish the support; my son George has since abandoned the place and the same is gone to decay so that the annual income thereof is not worth more than twenty five dollars; and the other half of my farm I, on the 26th day of January 1825 conveyed to Joshua Greenleaf and reserved the income thereof which is worth annually but fifteen dollars which is secured to me by mortgage. The personal property which I described in my first schedule has nearly all been disposed of or changed to procure support for myself in sickness and for the relief of my family
( signed)
John Greenleaf

Schedule of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber.
No. 3. Real estate , none, except a life lease of fifty acres of land and an old house, the whole worth annually twenty five Dollars $25
The income of fifty acres of land worth annually not more than fifteen Dollars 15
  Personal estate  Two cows valued at  $28  $40     One two year old heifer  9     One yearling heifer  6     ten sheep  15     Two small oxen  35     Two pigs  5     A few old farming tools  3     Old household furniture consisting of 2 kettles 1 tea kettle a few old chairs tables knives and forks and a few other old things  10  
Amounting in the whole both real  estate personal and income to $151
I have no debts due to me which I can collect and I owe the Doctor for fifteen or sixteen visits in sickness and some other small debts.
(signed) John Greenleaf
I John Greenleaf am by occupation a farmer which business I am utterly unable to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity. I have not been able to do any work for three years past, except what I do with one hand, the other being nearly useless and I require constant assistance. My family consists of myself and my wife Hannah Greenleaf aged sixty six years, who, the most of the time is sick and unable to labor and my son Elias who is a cripple and non compos, cannot talk, aged twenty two years; and I depend mainly upon the charity and assistance of my friends and connections to keep me and my family from suffering
(signed) John Greenleaf
Somersit ss March 11, 1829 C. Com Pleas. Both the declarations and schedule sworn to before me Saml E. Smith, Justice C. Com. Pleas
Income 40 } the estate 111 }
State of Maine
Somersit ss. I James Dinsmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that the foregoing oath declarations and schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and eleven Dollars; and that the value of the income is forty Dollars per annum. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this eleventh day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine James Dinsmore Clerk

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 17. 1844, entitled "an" Act to continue the pension to certain widows."
State of Maine
Somerset County S.S. On this eleventh day of August A.D. 1846 personally appeared before the Open Court of Probate, for the said County of Somerset, being a Court of Record, Annah Greenleaf a resident of Stark in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged Eighty Three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 17th June 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the pension of certain widows" That she is the widow of John Greenleaf late of said town of Stark who was pensioned under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, that his pension was payable at the Maine agency when it was paid to him up to the 24th day of March 1846 and that she refers to a declaration made by him of his services in the Army of the Revolution (supposed to be in the possession of the War department) in support of her claim. She further declares, that she was married to the said John Greenleaf on the fifteenth twenty fourth day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.

hundred and Eighty one that her husband the aforesaid John Greenleaf died in the aforesaid town of Stark on the fifth day of June A.D. 1846, since which time she has remained a widow that her maiden name was Annah Roberts that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred & Ninety four. Vir at the time above stated was the twenty fourth day of December 1781  Witnesses Thos. Colburn William Allen  Annah X Greenleaf mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written. Wm before me A.D. 1846
Chas. Greene } Judge of the Court of Probate within & for Somerset County State of Maine
State of Maine, Somerset County S.S. I the Subscribed Register of the Court of Probate for the said County of Somerset hereby certify, That the Hon Charles Greene before whom the proceedings were had is the Judge of the said Court, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Annah Greenleaf for a pension.
Witness my hand & the Seal of the said Court the eleventh day of August A.D. 1846 Thos. Colburn Regr of Probate.

Lincoln Is. Decembre twenty fourth, seventeen hundred and eighty one, then married John Greenleaf & Annah Roberts, both of Pownalboro. Tho s Rice Just. Peace
I certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Wisca- sit, duly chosen and sworn, and further certify that the above is a true copy of the original as found upon the records of the town of Pownalboro (now Wiscaquit, which records are in my possession,) with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows, viz: "Dec r 24. 1781."
Elisha M c Kenney
Lincoln Is. Wiscaquit February 18. a 1847.
Personally appeared, Elisha M c Kenney and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed was true, Leviathan Bailey } Justice of the Peace

I Rachel Sawyer of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, lately a resident of Starks in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, do depose and say that my brother John Greenleaf was a pensioner of the United States and died in said town of Starks in the month of June 1846, that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one, I was present at his marriage with Anna Roberts which was solemnized in the town of Wiscasset in the then District now State of Maine. That ever after their marriage they continued to live together as husband & wife until his death. I myself was married in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four & I well recollect that they had two children before my marriage one of whom is now living, they had a large family of children nine of whom is now living. I lived in the neighborhood with them for upwards of sixty years.
Given Sept 4 '86
Rachel Sawyer X mark

State of Maine,
Wernobec County S. S. On the fourth day of September 1846 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Rachel Sawyer, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed. I hereby certify that she is a credible witness & entitled to belief.
Geo W. Morton, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Kennebec ss
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Kennebec hereby certify that George W. Morton Esq. whose own proper signature is hereto above affixed, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kennebec duly commissioned and qualified.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court this twentieth day of February A.D. 1847.
W. M. Stratton

Colleboro Mass March 19 1749 This May Certify that John Greenleaf & Isaac Cunningham of Capt Williams Company Col Fitzroy Regt have been served with provision up to the 20 Inst in Genl Dixons Brigade & no longer John Allen Sheriff
Greenleaf, John Mass W 19534

This may Certify that John Greenleaf and Isaac Cunningham, nine months men, in Cap t . Jos Whipple's Company 4 th Battalion Massachusetts Bay Forces, are hereby discharged from said Battalion.
Given under my in New- Yorks State this 19 th of March 79
To all Concerned
Jonathan Allen of Utica

Greenleaf, John Mass W 19534

Col. A. Burwick Warrenton March 28 th 1879 This may certify that I have been kept of a kind man the man who served in Col. A. Dufres Petersburg Regiment found his one to be but
Isa Wharton may concern Eliza Hammond Esq.

Declaration
In order to be restored to the Pension list under the Act of May 1, 1823 drawn up in conformity with the regulations of the War department of the 26th December 1828.
State of Maine Somerset County & ss. On this twenty first day of March 1829 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county of Somerset in the State of Maine, the undersigned John Greenleaf of Stark, a resident of said county, by me well known who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the same identical person who served in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Job Whipple of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam of the line of the State of Massachusetts that he received a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 but his name was dropped from the Pension Roll on account of his property which was valued less than $960 he now applies to be restored in consequence of the regulations of the War department of the 26th December 1828 having at this time the following named property, being worth no more than the sums below mentioned. He also swears that he has before applied to be restored, but his claim has been rejected on the account of the amount of his property.
Schedule of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the above named John Greenleaf, viz.    400   Real Estate None, except a life lease of fifty acres of land and an old house thereon and the income of fifty acres of land the whole worth annually not more than Thirty dollars (the whole estate and interest which I have in the above lands is worth not more than four hundred Dollars)    28   Personal estate two cows of the value of twenty eight dollars, two heifers    15  of the value of fifteen dollars, two small oxen thirty five dollars, two pigs five dollars; a few old farming tools three dollars; Old house hold    35  furniture consisting of old chairs, tables, two kettles, one Tea kettle, a few knives    5  and forks and other things worth in all not more than ten Dollars.    3  and ten sheep of the value of fifteen dollars; making the whole amount    10     15     518   

of my estate both real and personal Five hundred and eleven Dollars. I have no other estate or income; I have no debts due to me, which I can collect I owe the Doctor for fifteen visits in sickness and some other debts.
I the said John Greenleaf am of the age of seventy three years and by reason of sickness am utterly unable to labor having for several years been deprived of the use of my right arm; my wife is also very old and infirm and I have one son who is non compos a cripple aged twenty two years and cannot talk or do any kind of labor and my family consists of myself and wife and the above named son; and I depend mainly upon the charitable assistance of my friends and connections to keep my family from suffering.
John Greenleaf
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Stephen Greenleaf Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine.
County of Somerset.
I James Dinsmore Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the county of Somerset in the State of Maine do hereby certify that Stephen Greenleaf Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Somerset duly author- ized to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
James Dinsmore Clerk.

We James Thompson, Gentleman, William Meader, Yeoman, Joseph Greenleaf, Gentleman, and Leonard Greaton Esq, all of Starks in the County of Somerset State of Maine on oath severally depose and say that we live near (and are well acquainted with John Greenleaf of Said Starks, who is the identical John Greenleaf, reputed (and believed to have been a Soldier in the service of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, that we have examined his declaration (and schedule made before the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Somerset, the second Tuesday of March 1829, a copy of which is herunto annexed, and are fully of opinion that the schedule of his property, contains a fair representation of the value of his whole estate, and income; we also know him to be very feeble (and infirm, having lost the use of his right arm, and is not able to labor, or even to be out of his house but a very small part of the time; his wife is also very infirm, (and his son Elias aged about twenty two years, is an idiot or non compos, utterly incapable of doing any thing; that no person not related to this family would be willing to support the three (and take proper care of them short of two hundred dollars a year, and to give them a comfortable support would cost more; That his sons George (and Joshua who hold deeds of the farm which the old man formerly owned, have made advances to a large amount for many years past, for the maintenance of his family, (and that his sons, in our opinion have done more for him during the three years last past than the whole amount of his property, that the farm when he conveyed it to his sons, was probably worth eight hundred dollars, but has depreciated in value very much, and is not now worth more than six hundred, (and the old mans claim by virtue of his Lease & Mortgage is not worth more than four hundred dollars (and

does not produce more than forty Dollars Annually James Thompson W m Meader Joseph Greenleaf Leonard Greateon
Before me Asa Clark a Justice of the Peace in the County of Somerset, in the State of Maine Personally appeared this day James Thompson & Joseph Greenleaf, Gentlemen W m Meader, Esquire & Leonard Greateon Esquire all of Starks in said County, persons by me well known and worthy of good credit who did severally make oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed, witness my hand this twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Asa Clark
State of Maine County of Somerset
I James Dinsmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that Asa Clark Esq before whom the above affidavits were made is a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths in said county
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Norridgewock the twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty nine James Dinsmore Clerk

John Greenleafs application to be restored to the Pension list
not entitled $571-
W. Allen, jun d Esq r Norridgewock Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that John Greenleaf , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Starks , in the said County of Somerset , in the District of Maine, on the twenty second day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  J. C. West C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. M. Davis

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19534 Annah Greenleaf Widow of John Greenleaf Orri New Mar
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Greenleaf Mr. Act 7 June 1832 $30 00 per annum To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office March 2 nd 1847
G. C. A.
John Greenleaf $30 paid to 1 st March 1846 B. B.
No person by the name of Greenleaf on the roll.

439 Annah Greenleaf widow of John
Mr
Oct 17 June 1844
Married 1781
husband died 5 June 1846
Adm 9 mo 1 mo
$30 00 per annum
from 5 June 1841
9 mo 1 mo
Hen L. Severance Gdx Henry of R.M.  W. R. Norton Augusta Maine,

Respectfully referred to the Hon Secretary of War. Treas Dept 11 April 1829
Kendigworth 27 March
Revolutionary Claims  Fall
Hon d Samuel D. Ingham Secretary of War Washington City Dist. Columbia
Pensions Office 14 June 1829

Hornibrook (Maine) March 12, 1829
To Hon Samuel D Ingham Secretary of War
Sir,
At the request of John Greenleaf an aged soldier of the Revolution I enclose to you his application for a pension. It is his request that when his case is examined, information of the result be communicated to him through the Post Office in this place.
I am Sir
Your humble Servt William Allen Jr.
Wm Allen to John Greenleaf care of Wm Allen Jr Hornibrook Maine

Pens. Office Peterboro' 1829.
Coniclyworth 27 March 1829
Revolutionary Claim
See
Hon Samuel D Ingham Secretary of War Washington City
Ms B. 1. 6 v. 2 p. 20
Respectfully referred to the Hon Secretary of War. Treasury Department 1st April 1829.

Hornidge woock Maine March 27. 1829
To Hon Sam d . D. Ingham Secretary of war
Sir
I a few days since enclosed to you the application of John Greenleaf to be restored to the pension list, I afterwards recd a letter from Mr. Pelay Sprague with a form of application in this case I now enclose his papers as made out anew, and request, that information may be transmitted to him of the result of his application devolved to my care -
I am - Sir
Your Ob t Serv t William Allen Jr
P.S. Please direct to "John Greenleaf care of Wm Allen Jr Hornidge woock Maine"

Maine. 349.
Annah Greenleaf widow of John Greenleaf who was a Private in the Mass. Line
Rep.
Husb. d die'd 5. June 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 5 th June 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of March 1847. and sent to
Hon. L. Severance Ho. of Rep.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book d .
Vol. 2. Page 4.

6196.
Maine.
John Greenleaf private
Massachusetts line - 9 mo
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Jan'y 1819. and det d R.C. Vose, Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r . 1818. 4 mo 13/30 - 35.46
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48.00
$ 83 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Starks,
$571 = Discontinued.
see letter to W. Allen jr. 21. May 1829.
Notification sent to W. Allen Jan 6 th New York Norridgewock Me. 21. Mar. 1819.

John Greenleaf
Private - Mass'tts Troops.
Whipple's Co; Putnam's Regt. 9 months
N o 3207
aduit
Private 30 m
Re. b. Rose, Augusta, Me.

8 Seventh 48
Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Somerset RENEDE COUNTY, } ss.
On this Seventh day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared John Greenleaf before me James Thompson, Esq. a Justice of the Peace for said County of said Somerset in said State, John Greenleaf a resident of Stark in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged Seventy Seven 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Whipple and served in Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Whipple Capt Putnam Col. That he enlisted as a private in May 1778 for nine months. & was discharged at Coatbridge? West Point in March 1779. That his discharge is in the War Office.
That he was placed on the Maine Roll under the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered 11466 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in Stark aforesaid where he now lives.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 except as aforesaid.
John Greenleaf
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid (the applicant being infirm & unable to go from home & there being no Judge near who could visit him to receive his declaration)
And the said I my James Thompson Justice of the Peace, do hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, that James Thompson Esq is a Justice of the Peace, and that I am satisfied the applicant is too infirm to go from home to make his application before any Judge.
Nathan Weston Br not P. P. C.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that James Thompson Esq before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Peace of said County of Somerset in the State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Justice in the matter of the application of John Greenleaf for a pension, That Matthew Weston Esq is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 7th
day of August .
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler

Annah Greeneleaf
349-44
see Jonathan John
Gov W Morton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Somerset }
On this fourth day of September A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, Annah Greenleaf a resident of Starks in the County of Somerset aged Eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Greenleaf who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said John Greenleaf at the rate of Thirty dollars and 00 cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS:
John A. Witham George Greenleaf
Annah   Greenleaf mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
John A. Witham
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
John A. Witham
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that John A. Witham is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this fifth day of September in the year 1848.
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Greenleaf, Nathan GRADE Corporal LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3147 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.