Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44181, James Greene, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Greene, James
S. 44181
CONTENTS

18,066
New York Utica
James Greene, 2 nd
of Oneida co in the State of New York, who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the R. Island line, for the term of 1 year.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 14 of Feb y 1821 and sent to Hon: Mr. Stovis, A. R.
  arrears to 4th of Sept r 20  $ 233. 0    emi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar: 21  48. 0     $ 281. 6  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
844181
Transf d from New York City to Utica, from 4 September 1833. on 6 th February 1834.
Notification sent to Pensioner, Care of H. Baker, White Plains, Westk.
d. of d. not on A. B.
Induced 31 March, 1821 & not for sent to Hon. Mr. Stovis, A. R.

6 (2) Morris S. Miller, Esq. Judge, Utica, Oneida County New-York.
James Greene, Rhode-Island line, Revolutionary claim.
There is but one person of the name of this ap- plicant to be found on the rolls of Rhode- Island — in Col o . C. Greene's regim t . — and he is stated to have deserted on the 20 th of June, 1780. If the claimant be the same person, his claim is in- admissible. —
James Greene. 18 The:

State of New York Oneida County. 310
James Greene being duly sworn saith he is a Resident in the County of Oneida and State of New York - that he is 54 years old and upwards - that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support - that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution for the full term of nine months - that he enlisted in 1782 in March in Allen Company Olney's Regt. in the Rhode Island line in which he served three months when he was transferred to Macomb's Company of the same Regt and served out his term of nine months - he left the service in 1782 being honorably discharged - that his discharge is lost by time and accident. That he never had any pension allowed by the laws of the United States.
Sworn this 1. Ap. 1818
Before me. -
H. S. Miller
Nott Judge of Oneida.
James Greene
54 24 76

21 State of New York Oneida County ss.
David Ostrom being duly sworn saith that he knows the within named James Greene and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity: and he this Deponent fully believes the matters set forth in the within affidavit of James Greene.
Sworn this 1. Apr. 1818 }
Before me. — }
H. J. Miller
David Ostrom
First Judge of Pleas

State of New-York, } ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named James Greene — did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 14 day of May 1818. And that by reason of his reduced circumstance, his life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates of the affidavits hereto annexed, are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court. Dated the 15 — of May 1818.
William A. Woodgood

State of New York outside V r -
James Green being sworn saith that he left the Service to the best of his recollection either the last of Dec r 1782: or the beginning of Jan y 1783. but he thinks, it was in Dec r '82 and very near the close of the month. James Greene
Sworn 1. March 1819.
Before me.
H. J. Miller First Judge of Oneida.

State of New York Penfield Co
Personally appeared before me Benjamin Hall - Whom
Deponeth and sayeth that James Greene enlisted a private soldier in the Rhod Island line under the Continental establishment in the nine months service in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney first in the Company commanded by Capt. Allen and afterwards was transferred to Capt. Macomber's Company where he continued faithfully to serve until the expiration of the term for which he enlisted and was my Mesmate the whole campaign but as I received my discharge before said Greene I did not see him but I know he was a faithful soldier and as he received an honorable discharge the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two and was discharged at Saratoga St
York. Sworn before me November 23. 1818
Benjamin Hall
Samuel Bang one of the judges of the court of common pleas of said county and I am personally acquainted with Benjamin Hall and he is considered to be a man of truth and veracity Samuel Bang judge

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
I certify that Samuel Kary Esquire whose name is affixed to the within disposition was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rensselaer and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Kary and verify believe the signature to be in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty fourth day of Novr. A.D. 1810
Joseph D. Dillen Clerk

State of New York } Personally appeared before Rensselaer Co. ss } me Mansir Greene
Who deposeth and sayeth that early in the Spring in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two James Greene enlisted a private soldier in the Rhode Island line under the continental establishment in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney and served first in Capt. Allen's company and was afterwards transferred to Capt. Macnamara's company and continued faithfully to serve until the expiration of the nine Months Service for which he enlisted and received an honorable discharge at Saratoga in the State of New York which discharge was left in my care and was burned in my house in the Month of November Seventeen hundred and ninety four and further the Deponeth sayeth as.
Sworn before me Mansir Greene this 23 d of November
1818 Samuel Hays one of the judges of the court of common pleas for said county and one
Personally acquainted with Mansir Greene and he is a man of truth and veracity
Samuel Hays judge

State of New York } Rensselaer County }
I certify that Samuel Nary Esquire whose name is affixed to the within deposition was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rensselaer and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Nary and only believe the signature to be in his own proper hand writing
In lid testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty fourth day of November A D 1810
Joseph D. Silden Clerk

James Green, additional proof.
It will be necessary for this claimant to state more explicitly, the month in which he left the service of the United States. — and to obtain the certifi- cate of the Hon: Judge Miller, as to his being in such reduced circum- stances in life as to need the assistance of his coun- try for support. —
War Dept.
Pension Office
Jan. 26 1879
Admitted

These are to certify that Mr James Jones of the Town of Whitestown in the County of Onida & State of New York is a man of good moral Character and in very indigent circumstances in point of property. December 3 rd 1871
Uriah Alverson
Simon Hinkley
Arnold Wells
William Hunsicker
David G. Hays
James Jones Whitestown

State of New York. Oneida Common Pleas ss: On the thirteenth day of March 1821. personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas in for said County being a Court of Record, James Greene 2 nd aged 57 years resident in Whetstone in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows.
He enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Allen, in Colonel Jeremy Olney's Regiment of Infantry, said Company being a company of light infantry in the Rhode Island line - that he continued to serve in the said Regiment in the Company above mentioned, and in Captain Mercumber's Company till the 20 th day of December 1782 when he was discharged, having served in the said Regiment nine months.
That he has received a pension & the number of his Pension Certificate is 18066.
That he is by occupation a farmer
That the number & names of his family residing with him, their ages, & capacity to contribute to their support is as follows viz: a Sister named Sasanha Harwood, a widow, aged about 65. She resides with said James Greene & is maintained by him, is very infirm & capable of performing but little labour. Mary M Harwood a daughter of said Sasanha aged about twenty four years. She makes it her home at the house of the said Greene & occasionally works out for her support.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a Residual Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen 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

Schedule containing the whole estate & income of James Greene 2 o .
1 pair of and-irons, 1 tea kettle, 1 old Bake Kettle, 1 spider, 8 knives & forks, 1 fire shovel 1 pair of tongs, 1 iron candlestick, 1 small ax, 1 old trunk, 1 small trunk 1 Chest, 1 old chair, one 1 tea pot, 2 bottles, 1 bucket, 1 meat Panell, 1 Half Panell 1 old Meal Bag, 1 Grid iron, 1 Toasting-iron.
Sworn to & declared on the 13 th day of March 1821. By me
James Greene
Ab S Miller, first page of Oneida
State of New York, Oneida Common Pleas of the Term of March 1821
The whole of these proceedings the oath of the party & the Certificate of the Clerk excepted were had in open Court: and in the opinion of this Court, the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above Schedule is fifteen dollars, & no more.
Clerk's Office Oneida County 31 st Decr. Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of pro- ceedings now on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County, this 20 th day of March 1821.
E. Dorchester Clerk
James Greene 2 o

Washington August 31, 1931
Mrs. Henry J. Williams 21 Francis Street East Hartford, Connecticut
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MLB Am
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44181, that James Greene, 2nd, enlisted in March, 1782, and served until December 30, 1782, as a private in Captains Allen and Macumber's company in Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island regiment, length of service nine months in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was living in Whitestown, Oneida County, New York, aged fifty-four years.
In 1818 one Mansir Greene was living in Rensselaer County, New York, no relationship to soldier shown.
It is not stated whether soldier was ever married.
In 1821 he was still living in Whitestown, New York, and stated that his family residing with him were as follows:
Sister - Susanna Harwood, a widow, aged about sixty-five years;
Daughter of " " Mary M. Harwood, aged about twenty-four years, daughter
I said Susanna Harwood! There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant Administrator

February 27, 1911.
Miss Gertrude A. Shepherd, # 122 East 4th Street, Oswego, N. Y.
Madam:
In response to your undated letter received on the 21" instant, you are herewith furnished the military history of James Greene, Sur. File No. 44,181, and advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Jedediah Greene or Hezekiah Bates.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

request of _____, received the military history of James Greene 2nd REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- in this Bureau.
S. file 44,181
   LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1782 to Dec 20 1782 Pri. Allen Olney B. I.   Macomb "        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818 -
Residence at date of application, Whitestown Oneida Co. N.Y. there in 1824 - 1834
Age at date of application, 54 yrs a farmer
Remarks: It is not stated whether he was married  his names of parents not stated. In 1821 for Deeds stated that - his parents  soldier named James Greene enlisted for 9 mos in Col Olney R.D. Reg't both  were discharged Dec. 20, 1782
See statement as to two Jas Greene serving as above. The other is S39610

21 Francis Street, East Hartford, Conn. July 24, 1931
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:—
When Job Whaley (a Revolutionary War Soldier) applied for a pension, did he have to give the names of his wife and children? If so, would it be possible for me to obtain that information from the Pension Bureau? The following is all I have:— Job Whaley, born in Warwick, R. I. 1749, son of Thomas Whaley. Served in several companies during Revolution. Probably made

application for pension from Coventry, Rhode Island, where he lived at the time of his enlistment.
I would also like to obtain the names of James Greene's wife and children, who, according to records, was a Soldier of the Revolution and applied for a pension from Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y. He was born in Coventry, R.I. in 1764.
If it was necessary for these men to give names of their families when applying for pensions, were dates given also.
Yours very truly
Mrs. Henry J. Williams

Oswego, N.Y.
Department of Interiors Sir .
Enclosed please find blank filled out for information of "war record" of my ancestors Jedediah Greene or S44181.  James Greene his father or Hezekiah Bates .
Thanking you I am
Truly
Gertrude A. Phephend.

10770 21789 22795 39610

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
James Green
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Rhode Island & Conn.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Batavia, Genesee Co. N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received a pension Remarks:
Your name and address
(Mrs.) Eliza J. Owen. 168 Vander St., Newburg N.Y.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., July 29, 1904.
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
Gertrude A. Shepherd, * 122 East 4th St, Oswego, N. Y.
E. J. Ware
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Jedediah Greene son of James + (Mary Nichols) Greene of Coventry R.D.
Where did he enter service? (Town, county, and State.)
Under what officers did he serve?
Place of residence after service, Coventry R.D. until 1801(?) then Paris, Oneida Co. N.Y. (Town, county, and State.)
Approximate date of death, after 1801
Given name of widow, Waite daughter of Jedediah Bates of Coventry later Paris
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Additional information, Jedediah G. was 2nd cousin of Maj. Genl Nathl Greene
Signature, Miss Gertrude A. Shepherd (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, 122 E. 4th Street
Oswego N.Y.

44 181 INVALID. Rev
File No. 44. 181 James Greene Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Feb. 27. History to Miss Gertrude A. Shepherd 1920 Nov. 27. Christ. to Herbert Q. Drigham, State Record Commissioner, Prov- idence, R.I. (see his letter to James Greene, R.I. S. 22795) 1931 - Aug 31 - First to Mrs Henry J. Williams M.R.B.

Providence February 3 rd 1821.
Sir
There were in the Rhode Island Regiment commanded by Colonel Olney in the year 1782, two private soldiers of the name of "James Greene," who enlisted for and served the term of Nine Months and were both honourably discharged, at Saratoga, on the same day viz: the 20 th day of December 1782 — One of whom was distinguished in the Regimental Book by the addition to his Name of "2 nd " — To the other I have heretofore given a Certificate of service.
An absence from Town, on the arrival of your letter of the 25 th ult o , has necessarily prevented my giving you an earlier answer.
I am Sir,
your obedient Servant
J. L. Sexter
J. L. Edwards, Enquire

The Honourable,
one of his Majesty's Stewards
FREE
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War,
Washington City. —

State of New York } to James Greene of Whitesboro County of Oneida } County of Oneida & State aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is the identical James Greene named in an original Pension Certificate in his possession of which the following is a copy.
"War Department"
"Revolutionary Claim"
"I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 James Greene 2 nd of Oneida County late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen"
(L.S.)
Given at the War Office of the United States this fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty one "
J. C. Calhoun
"Secretary of War"
That it is numbered on the back thereof "18066" and endorsed on the outside thereof
"Payable on the 4 th March and 4 th September of each year by First U. S. Br Bank in City of New York"
"Registered by M c Gowan Clerk in Book B. Volume 5 page 107"
That this deponent has always drawn his pension in the City of New York (except for a short time it was drawn in the City of Albany). That this deponent resides within

Three miles of the city of Utica in the County & State aforesaid & expects to reside where he now does for some years to come & wishes to have it tran- sferred to Utica & made payable there & prays that said alteration may be made
Subscribed & sworn this 10 th day- of January 1834 before me. & I certify that the said James Greene is well known to me & known to be the person described in the Petition Certifi- cate of which the within is a copy & which was shown to me at the time of taking this affidavit
James Greene
Wm Wetmore Com y of Deeds
State of New York Oneida County
I George Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby cer- tify that Wm Wetmore Esq be- fore whom the above affidavit was sworn to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commis- sioner of Deeds in & for said County & duly authorized to act as such & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand & seal of office at the City of Utica this 14 th day of January A.D. 1834
Geo Brown Clerk