Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,207, Charles Green, Va.

SERVICE
Va. Green, Charles NUMBER S. 10207 CONTENTS carded.

Virginia 30470
Charles Green 30470
of Westmoreland Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Nelson of the ... in the Virginia ... for 100 miles ... 7 months
Dead
Paid at the Treasury Under the Act of 6. April 1838 for the period 4. Sept 1840 to 4 March 1842. Age noted Died 27. Sept 1844
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March 1837 and renewed ...
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 116 67 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept ... 11 67
$ 125 31
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by ... Clerk, Book ... Vol. ... Page 15
Vertical text on the right margin, partially cut off, likely containing administrative or reference information.

33601
Chas Green
Westm st
Pension
Applicant Mrs. D.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 -
District of Columbia City of Washington 2
On this 10 th day of March 1834, personally appeared before undersigned
Charles Green a resident of the County of Westmoreland, State of Virginia, 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 benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed the 7 th of June 1832. - That he was duly enrolled as a private in the Company of Militia, in the County of Westmoreland aforesaid, commanded by Capt Wm Nelson in the year 1776, very soon after the commencement of the war of the Revolution - That from the time of his said enrollment to the close of the said war, he was under orders to hold himself ready at a moments warning to repair to any designated rendezvous in the said County of Westmoreland with three days provision & there to remain till discharged - That there were four extensive Public Tobacco Warehouses in the County aforesaid, one public Ferry, & many Boats on the Potomac river, besides numerous bodies of Slaves & all the defenceless property & persons in that region, at all times liable to injury from the fleet of the enemy, which occupied the Potomac River during the whole war, except at very short intervals - That in the performance of the aforesaid service in obedience to the many calls on him, the Declarant, owing to the great lapse of time, the want of any record or other written evidence, & by reason of old age, cannot now pretend to designate, with satisfaction to himself, the precise dates of all those Tours of duty, or their exact duration - All he can recollect & say is, that he performed a Tour of three months in 1776 under Capt Wm Nelson; that the rendezvous then was at Appleby on Potomac River, & the movement of the Company was governed by the movement of the fleet of the enemy, so as to protect the Tobacco Warehouses at Mallon Bridge, Leeds Town, Romony River & Rinsale; The Ferry & other Boats, slaves &c - That after performing the above Tour, in the same year he volunteered for two months under Maj t

Joel, who commanded a Corps of Volunteers to act on both the Rivers Potomac & Rappahannock rivers - That this Corps, or divisions of it, was stationed & acted, according to the movements of the enemy in either River - which movements were such as to harass the American Troops as much as possible - That in the years 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, & 1781, the Tours, as well as this declarant now recalled, were frequent, but of short duration, He therefore cannot now designate with precision the date of the several calls or the duration of the Tours - That in 1777, he was several times called out under Capt Nelson, and marched to some one or more of the aforesaid Warehouses for their defence. I firmly believe he served - months only In 1778, he was in the course of that year called out under the same Captain frequently to perform the same service. He feels confident he served not up than - months In 1779 he was often called on to perform the same service under Capt Elliott Monroe - That he continued to serve in all his Tours under Capt Monroe till his death, which he thinks happened some time in the last of 1779 or early in 1780 - That he then served several Tours, under Capt Francis Smith in 1780; That in these Leedstown, Mattaponi Bridge, Nomony Ferry & Rappahannock were to be protected from threatened mischief - That in 1781 half of the Militia of Westmoreland County was marched to the siege of York; the other half remained at home, in which this declarant was, and, under Captain Francis Smith, served two months in protecting the aforesaid Public Warehouses - After the surrender of York Town he was no more called on to perform service - That according to the best estimate of the aggregate time he served in short Tours in 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, it would be for months, that is a month for each year - That added to the five months served in 1776, & two months in 1781, makes an aggregate of thirteen months, which he claims to have served as a Soldier as aforesaid - 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 - And in answer

to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he says, that he was born in the County of Westmoreland; that he has no record of his age, but that he is seventy three years old; That he resided in Westmoreland County when he was enrolled as a Militia-man; That he has resided in said County since the War of the Revolution & he now resides there. That he was never in any but the Militia-service. That he never served under any Continental officer, or with any Continental Corps. That the persons of his age in his neighborhood who could have testified as to his military services are either dead or emigrated to parts unknown to him; That Wm. Horkefill, John Taliaferro, Wm. Darnaby & divers others have testified to the good character of the declarant.
Charles Green
Sworn to before me
this 30. March 1834
Henry Wheatcraft
Notary Public
Virginia
Westmoreland County, to wit:
The above declaration, sworn to before me, a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County of Westmoreland -
Given under my hand the 16 th day of March 1835.
H. Steele Tilt
I John Taliaferro, do hereby certify, that I have known the above named Charles Green more than forty years - I have always considered him an industrious & respectable man; and I have no doubt that the statement made by him of his military services, in the foregoing declaration is true to the best of his recollection -
Sworn to before me this 30. March 1834. Henry Wheatcraft, Notary Public
John Taliaferro

I have known Mr Green for many years and have had dealings with him & sold him a good many goods in the course of the time I have allways found him to be honest and punctual in all his his dealings with me.
Henry P. Davenport Feby 13. 1835

I W th Sterk Sitt of the Count of West o do hereby certify that I have known Charles Green of this County from early life, that I have had considerable transactions with him at different times, and that I have always considered him / as far as my knowledge has extended / to be an honest penable & industrious man.
July 20 th 1834
W. Sterk Sitt

Rev. Mar
10.207 INVALID.
File No. 10.207
Charles Green
Dis Rev Mar
Act: June 7 th 32
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 16 th , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm: of Charles Green, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va., Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 83 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1842.  Respectfully, yours,
J. Wilson Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

We the undersigned do certify since our acquaintance (with the bearer - hereof) Mr Charles Green do certify that we know nothing of any harm- relation to his character, but believe him to be an honest, upright and industrious man - Given under our hands this first day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty one, Westmoreland County Va.
  William Damaby Jr  James B. Jones    William H. White  Jinner Henson    Lewis S. Steel  John Sadler    Richd. C. Guthridge  Eliza B. Jones    William Howe  Esther B. Jones    William S. Hale  Daniel Barker    William B. Soto  Daniel Buss  

I have known Mr Charles green for some 20 years and have had dealings with him from that time until about 2 years back and believe him to be an honest man for he has all ways acted so with me James Scates