Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4269, Samuel Green, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
Green, Samuel Oliver
R. 4269
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4929 Oliver Green N o Act 4 July 36.
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4269 Hon. Isaac Fletcher N o Deedman Oliver Green

State of Vermont, Caledonia District
I Samuel J. Pettibone, Register of the Court of Probate for said District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Olive Green for a pension
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Danville in said District this 18 th day of July
A.D. 1839 Sam. J. Pettibone Register
P. S. since the Widow Olive Green has made the foregoing declaration she has stated that the service at Roxbury was not eight months as stated and she did not so intend to be understood but says it must have been as much as two months and might have been in 1776 (knows it was before marriage in 1777) - and she further states that she believes the name of the Captain under whom the first service was performed was Nath Lee not Hide as in the declaration - but she is certain that the Capt had a son who served at the same time either Isaac Lee or Hyde for (John Kimble ).

State of Vermont } Caledonia County ss }
At a Probate Court held at Waterford within and for said County on this 18 th day of July A.D. 1939 Present the Honorable George P. Chandler Judge - Personally appeared before said Court Olive Green a resident of Waterford in the County of Caledonia aforesaid 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 benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1936 granting pensions to certain Widows
That she is the Widow of Samuel Green who served as a private in the War of the Revolution as follows viz - That in the Year 1775 some time after the Lexington bat- tle her said husband the said Samuel Green was living in Rahobath in the State of Massachusetts and enlisted as a private (as she believes) for eight Months and served at Roxbury in a Company commanded by Capt. Israel Hyde of Attleboro Israel Hyde first a son of the Capt. served at the same time (being persons with whom she was acquainted) she further declares that her said husband the said Samuel Green again entered the service as a private (as she believes) in the Year 1779 and served eight Months at Horse Neck (so called) the names of the Officers under whom he served she cannot state.

She further declares that she was Married to the said Samuel Green at Rahaboth (before written) by the Rev Ephraim Hyde Parish Minister of said Town about the last of the Month of November in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven. She cannot be positive as to the day but knows it was on Thanksgiving day in the year above written —
(That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Green died on the 30 th day of April Eighteen hundred and eight.) That she was Married to him prior to his leaving the service war at the time above written — That she was born in Attleboro in the State of Massachusetts, and that her husband the said Samuel Green was born in Stafford in the State of Connecticut — That after marriage they lived in various places until they removed to Kennebec in the State of New Hampshire where they resided a few years then removed to Westford which was in the year Eighteen hundred where she has since ever continued to reside and, since the death of her said husband the said Samuel Green, has ever continued a widow —
That her husband the said Samuel Green died on the 30 th day of March AD 1808 and not on the 30 th day of April as above written
That her maiden name was Olive Ranger —
Olive mark Green
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that declaration is a true and correct copy Geo B Chandler, Judge of Probate

Waterford December the 1 1858
John Hunsbatt Esq.
Sir I received your letter of the 26 th inst and have taken some trouble to get such evidence on the subject as the last references. I have consulted with my mother to gether with my Brothers and Sisters and as near as she can recollect our Father was at Frankbury before and at horse neck neck after they were married she does not know the name of the owner of the army but thinks the Prof s name was Hod. her name be some marriage by whom married and places of residence can all be stated & correct. She says they were married on Thanksgiving day of 1797 and I would wish to know what further evidence will be required. if you think that you can get evidence I wish you would write and she would take glad to oblige you for her
my mother is aged and very infirm was 85 last August and cannot recollect very correct
John Hunsbatt Esq
yours with respect
Luther Green

Town Clerks office, Rehoboth, County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts July 2 nd 1839 -
I hereby certify that the following appears among the Records of Marriages in said Town of Rehoboth returned by Ephraim Hyde Clerk -
Seventeen Hundred Seventy Seven, December ye, Eighteenth, Mr Sam l Green of Brookfield to Miss Olive Ranger of Rehoboth -
And I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, (1777 Dec ye 18 th ) Attest Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk -
I Cyrus M. Wheaton above named depose & say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of as aforesaid , in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me -
Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk of Rehoboth - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss. July 10. 1839.
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Cyrus M. Wheaton - Before me Asa Barrett Just of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County, do hereby certify that Anselm Bassett is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be his, is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty nine - A Bassett

Marion Palesas County Vermont August 10 th 1840
James Edwards Esqr -
Sir enclosed is the letter of Luther Green written to me in behalf of his Mother in answer to my letter to him to inform me the time when and place where his father served in the War, with the names of the Officers as near as she could recollect also when where and by whom married Be — some time after receiving the enclosed letter I conversed with Mrs Green when she said she had been married over one year when her first child was born and that her husband served at Horse Neck eight months the year following which must make it that the service was in 1779 — The service before marriage she at first stated to eight months at Roxbury, but after her declaration was made I saw her and read the declaration to her when she said it was wrong as to the first service and I wrote on the same sheet what she stated as you will see by examination — If upon examination the name of Samuel Green should be found on the Rolls of Capt. Jacob Dole's company and the name of Leander Dole just should also be found I have no doubt but you will allow it —
You will perceive by the enclosed letter of Luther Green that he is not a man accustomed to writing but as the fact month and date are plain it will answer what was suggested by Mr Sylvester - if no more than eight months can be allowed I hope a certificate for that term will be

forwarded soon as may be as it will be an accommodation to have her certificate previous to the 1 st of September
Respectfully Yours
Johns Hirschell

Oct 10. 1840
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Boston Ms Oct 16
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James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Office Washington
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Brenton Vermont Oct 3 d 1840 James L. Edwards Esq
Sir your of the 19 August in relation to the case of Olive Green Widow of Samuel Green has been duly received - also the letter mentioned of the 7 th March as being written to the Hon. Isaac Blatchford was duly received which letter was sent to the Hon. S. B. Mallon Judge of Probate with a request to him to go to the house where Mrs Green lived and take a new declaration which he agreed to do, that the Widow might make a new declaration in relation to the service under Capt. Jacob Sibley (or Hyle) according as requested by you in your letter - also you requested in your letter that there be some further evidence of the service at Horse Neck
In your last letter you say the certificate of the Comptroller having been made before the declaration affords no evidence that her late husband rendered any service, Mr Sylvester made the same objection to me when I was at Washington, I replied to him that before she could have known what was in the Comptroller's Office she had stated that her husband served at Horse Neck which would appear by a letter (from her son) in my possession and as I supposed it my boarding house, but by examining my papers could not find it, I then told Mr Sylvester that I should find the letter after I returned to my home and would forward the same, to which he replied that such a letter if produced and read as I stated he should consider sufficient on my return home I forwarded the letter on the 10 th day of August directed to you, by which you will see her statements of her husband's service was made before she could possibly have known what was in the Comptroller's Office as you will perceive by the letter it was written to me in answer to a letter to her son requesting a statement of the time and place of marriage and the time or times and place or places of service - and by the Post mark and date of the letter you must be satisfied that the letter is genuine — In regard to your letter of 7 th March requesting the first period of service to be declared more definitely - I have to say that soon after receiving it I wrote to the Hon. Saml. B. Mallon Judge of Probate for

for the County of Galadonia requesting him to go to the house where Mrs Green lived (being a distance of 12 or 14 miles from him she being unable to ride) and take an additional declaration - which he agreed he would do - but for the reason (as I understand) of sickness in his family and pressure of business he had been unable to attend to it, when I passed through the Town of Danville on my way to Washington in June I saw Mr Mattack he then again agreed to see Mrs Green attend to the business and forward an additional declaration to me at Washington - since which I have heard nothing from Mr Mattack upon the matter - but as I have not been able to find evidence of the first period of service, and do not expect that the same can be allowed unless proved I concluded it not material that a second declaration be made You also mentioned in your letter that it does not appear by any papers that Samuel Green ever lived in Connecticut only that a man by the name of Samuel Green a very common name once served at House Neck eight Months in 1779 - I believe that by referring to the declaration you will see that the widow says her husband was born in Stafford Connecticut - whether she so stated or not that I suppose was the place of his birth. I never had any acquaintance with the Green family until several years after the close of the war of the Revolution being formerly from the State of New Hampshire - But my wife's Father and Samuel Green's mother were Brother and Sister and the families of both lived in Stafford Connecticut in the time of the war but Samuel in the time of the war when he joined the Army was (as I have been told) a hired man to labor in Rehoboth Mass. I do not recollect whether the widow so stated in her declaration or not as the declaration was not written by myself and I did not copy it - but believe that I recollect in substance what she stated and I will recollect that in Oct. last about one year ago (which was the last time I have seen her) she told me the first term of service was not right as she believed it a short service - the service she said she was sure was eight months in 1779 as she said she was married in the fall of 1779 - that her oldest child was born in December 1779 and was certain that her husband went to House Neck the following year - I recollect

that The Widow told me that after marriage they lived in a number of towns but often moved until they removed to Hanover and then to Waterford her present place of residence — You did not mention in your letter of the 14 th August whether you had received my letter of the 10 th August enclosing Luther Green's letter or not — if you have received that letter of Mr Green which was enclosed in mine you must be satisfied that Samuel Green served at Horse Neck as there was no possibility (or least no probability) that Mrs Green could have known what was in the Comptroller Office at the time Luther Green her Son wrote the letter to me which I forwarded to you — I hope & believe upon a reexamination of her papers you will allow her a pension for eight months I do not expect more unless evidence shall be found to support it —
Respectfully Yours John Kimball

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Yrs Atty. to Hon. Isaac Fletcher, March 7, 1840. Do. to John Kimball Aug 31 19 th 1840 Same 13 Octr 1840 S. D. Kimball Feb. 7 1852.
act 4 July '36 -
Cabot (Vermont) August 11 th 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Mr Sir — In conformity to information contained in your letter of the 23 d July, I return herein inclosed the Pension certificate of Cynthia Gosham in expectation of the issue of a new one for a full pension as a private
Respectfully Your Humble and Obedt Servant
Oliver Atkinson

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4269
P. O. Olive Green
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Luther & Eli Green affidavit

I Luther Green of Waterford in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby say that Samuel Green late of S d Waterford was my father. That he died at S d Waterford on the 30 th day of March A.D. 1808 - and that Olive Green my mother has remained his widow ever since and now resides in S d Waterford
Luther Green
Waterford July 18. 1859. Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Luther Green before me and I certify that said Luther Green is a credible witness.
Geo. B. Blanchard, Justice of Peace
I Eli Green of Waterford in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby say that Samuel Green late of Waterford was my father that he died on the 30 th day of March A.D. 1808 at S d Waterford - and that Olive Green, my mother, has remained his widow ever since and now resides in S d Waterford -
Eli Green
Waterford July 18 1859. Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Eli Green before me and I certify that said Eli Green is a credible witness.
Geo. B. Blanchard, Justice of Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA COUNTY, ss.
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Samuel T. P. Wallock
Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George T. P. Chandler is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commis- sioned and qualified;—that his commission was dated on the 6 th day of November, A. D. 18 38 , and will expire on the last day of November, 18 39 , and that his two signatures above written are genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this 18 th day of July A. D. 18 39
Sam. T. P. Wallock CLERK.

Sir Barton, Vt. Nov. 12. 1851,
My late brother John Kimball, now deceased as Agent for Oliver Green, Widow of Sarah Green a Revolutionary Soldier, forwarded to your office, Mrs. Green's papers for a pension, under act 1834, a Son of Mrs. Green has recently been to my house & requested me to further assist them in obtaining said pension.
Please inform me what further testimony is required in this case.
I am Sir Very Respec- =tfully your ob. Servt.
J. D. Kimball
Hon. J. E. Heath Commr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Olive Green
Dr -
192010
Mr Cole - By Hon - R. Smith
Dec - 18 - 1887

Barton, Vt Dec r 15-1857,
Dear Sir, Will you have the G d velunp ce , to call at the P ost Office, and ascertain the situation of a Revolutionary Pension Case under act of 1836 on file under act 4 July 1836, in favor of Oliver Green , Widow of Samuel Green, late of Waterbury, Caladonia County, Vt, for services by my late father John Reinbold, her agent, Mrs Green has recently deceased and her children are exceedingly anxious to have her new their claim investigated, at the earliest convenience of the Commission.
I am Sir, Very Respectfully your obed t Serv t ,
J. D. Reinbold
Hon. Rob t Smith Washington, D. C.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Apr 23 1839
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Samuel Green who claims pension in the War of the Revolution - that I have examined the Books of claims remaining in this Office and find the following Certificate
"I here certify that Samuel Green's Head is set in the List for the Year 1779 at Eighteen Pounds and that he Enlisted and served in the Regiment commanded by Col. Meigs station at Horn Creek raised for Eight Months in that year and by Law his Head was exempted dated Milford Jan'y the 9th 1781"
To whom it may Concern
Gideon Buckingham Supervisor
Nathan Clark
Hitchcock Prudon {Select Men
The Above is a true Copy
Henry Wisbourn Comptroller
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Green, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7197 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 6, 1791 to Carile Pollock, assignee
*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.