Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 878, William Green, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Green, William
S 878
CONTENTS
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17 Sept 17 New Jersey
M m Green
of Somerset in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Col. Comd. by by Captain Scott of the Reg. - commanded by Col. on the New Jersey line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Aug 1831 and to M c Randolph M c present
Arrears to the 4th (of Mar 31) $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st (of Sep 31) 40 $200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by P. G. Galt Clerk Book 6, Vol. 3 Page 12

Application of William Green for pension under act of June 7. 1832 New Jersey, County of Somerset
N o 6618

State of New Jersey } Somerset County } ss.
On this tenth  sixth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Mr. B. Gaston Esq. and others — Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Somerset William Green a resident in the Township of Montgomery in said county and State aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
This deponent was born in Flemmingsburgh in Somerset County in 1762. He has lost the record of his age. His parents dying he was bound an apprentice to Michael Blue. He entered the service of the United States with Cornelius Lott of Somerset for six months. He then lived at Michael Blues & since has always resided in Montgomery township and in this county. He was recruited by Capt Simon Duryea and received Two Hundred dollars continental money as a bounty, which he thinks he gave to his Bap for the remainder of his time. He remembers Capt Lott as the capt but does not remember the Major or Colonel his General was Sullivan.
While standing sentry at Elizabeth Town he took Mr Hendricks and Mr Sullivan the brother of the Gen. Hendricks offered him a guinea to let him go. But the applicant held on until the sergeant came. The next morning the applicant was sent for by General Sullivan and on going into the house he found Hendricks and Sullivan there. The General asked him if he had ever seen those men before — Yes last night and Hendricks offered me a guinea to let him  me off. The General examined this applicant and began to write gave him a drink — Gave him a paper to his captain

and said "Lord of all the soldiers behaved like you I could go to sleep content - The paper to his captain cleared him of duty for eight days in  except afternoon parades at Hackack. He remained at Elizabeth Town and its neighbourhood for the six months.
This applicant performed two tours under Capt John Haid of Griggstown went to Elizabeth Town and its neigh- bourhood to guard the inhabitants and prevent trading with the British. Each tour lasted one month at least. He thinks General Marmell commanded the militia at this time. He performed a tour under Simon Duryea for one month. Peter Sulphin was in the same mess.
He was another month under Capt Gifford at Elisa- beth town -
He was at Springfield under Capt Simon Duryea who ran away, and in his absence from his company it was joined to the continental forces. John Leuick of the county of Middlesex belonged to Capt Duryea and served at Springfield with this applicant. He was there three years three weeks and returned to Elizabeth Town and staid one month for himself and one month for his Bop John Young. He was out afterwards frequently but the times are not remembered. And in the whole he thinks & believes he has served more than two years. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm H Gaston
William Lynn

We David Bartine a clergyman residing in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey and John David (Captain referred to in the above declaration) residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
W. M. Gaston
David Bartine
[Signature]
Oliver Root
John Gulick of the County of Middle sex being duly sworn, saith that he is acquainted with William Green who has sworn to and subscribed to the above declaration, and that he this deponent served with the said William Green at the battle of Spring field during the revolutionary war as he has stated. John Gulick Sworn and subscribed in Open Court.
W. M. Gaston
Peter Tappan of Somerset County being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with William Green and served with him at Elizabeth Town during revolutionary war Sworn and subscribed as above -
W. M. Gaston
Peter Tappan

And the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Bastine is a clergyman resident in the township of Montgomery in the County of Somerset and that John Baird who has also signed the same statement and John Guelich, who has been examined as a witness before us, are entitled to credit.
W. H. Gaston
Dear Mr. Durbrow,
Dear Miss Buttrick ,
I, John M. Mann clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Green for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of August, Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
J. M. Wane

on application of William Green for a pension -
John Stout Esquire of the County of Somerset and State officer being duly sworn sayth that he is well acquainted with William Green the person who has signed the foregoing declara- tion - that he was with the said William Green and served with him with under Captain the Nelson's lot at Elizabeth Town for six months and that the said William Green is entitled to credit under all the pension and received the open pay & supply
13-1832
A. T. Rodd
John Stout
John Baird of the County of Somerset and State officer being being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with William Green the person who has signed the foregoing declara- tion - that the said William Green belongs to the militia and that the Revolution was then the defendant served several times with the said William Green - once at St. Helena Island

and at Spring field - and at Elizabethton - and that the said William Green was a good soldier -
sworn and subscribed in open court on the 13 day of 1832
John Baird Capt
Wm B. Gaston
State of New Jersey Somerset County ss. 3
I William B. Gaston, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Hunt, Peter Sulphur, John Stout & John Baird who has sworn to the foregoing affidavits, are persons of truth and veracity, and that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief. ~ Somerville August 9 th 1833. ~
Wm B. Gaston

6618 William Green
acme 24 mo. pri 80¢
James M. Randolph Buck.

Supplemental proceedings in the case of William Green of Somerset County, N Jersey an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. Paper numbered B118.
Somerset County 3
State of N Jersey 3. On this seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared William Green , the applicant for a Pension named in paper marked numbered B118, who being duly sworn, his oath deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, nor to all the particulars concerning it, but that to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the manner therein stated, and always in the grade of a private. That he was bound to service with a farmer, but that at the age of fifteen, which was, he thinks, in the Spring of 1778, he enlisted in the service of his country, and gave the bounty he received to his mother for his freedom. That he enlisted as a private in the six months state service in the company commanded by Capt Lott, and served out said six months under said Captain at Elizabeth town & that neighborhood, in doing the laborious duty of guarding the lines. His Colonel he does not distinctly recollect. He thinks it was Maxwell, afterwards General. His General was Sullivan. Soon after the expiration of his service, he went with one John Young a Shoemaker, to learn that trade. He however continued to do militia duty for himself, and on one or two occasions for his master. His master after a while got to be Sergeant, and then he did his own

6 Soldiering. In the year 1779, he performed not less than six tours of a month each, all on the same station at Elizabethton and vicinity in watch- ing the enemy, both domestic & foreign, for the Tories & rangers were pretty thick & pretty sassy too. Two of these tours for a month each were under Capt Baird, two others of a month each under Capt Duryea, & the re- 7 maining two, as he thinks, under Capt Gifford. In the year 1780 he performed at least seven months service in seven tours of a month each, one month for himself, and one month for his master John Young. Of these tours the first two were under Capt Baird, the third under Capt Duryea (who after this ran away or left the service), the fourth & fifth under Capt Baird, & the sixth & seventh under Capt Gifford. all on the same station as before, & in the same service. In the year 1781 he performed five months ser- 8 vice, in tours of a month each, viz: Three tours of a month each under Capt Baird, & two tours of a month each under Capt Gifford, all on the same station as before. In 1782 he performed four 4 tours of a month each, at the same place, and in the same service, and all, he thinks, under Capt Baird. He continued to serve until peace was proclaimed, & served more than he has stated. He at no time received a written discharge from the service, nor has he any documentary evidence of his service. But he refers to the living witnesses testifying to his ori- ginal declaration, and for the services now specified, & thus made out, he claims a pension full entitled from to the day 3 W. B. Green as above mentioned before me
(4) Wm L. Strayker. Justice of the Peace.

11 State of New Jersey } "I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Somerset County } Court of Common Pleas in and for said said County do hereby certify that William Cornelius P. Hoyer before whom the within supplemental affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the state thereof and now is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & in Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three —
J. M. Mann

No 6618.
Wm Green _____
admiral
James A. Randolph R. Bunn

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Green which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes- II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes- V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? not very distinctly No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? in open court before the Judge
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? papers not properly attached - otherwise correct  no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

New War.
INVALID.
File No.
828
William Green, Dow. N. J. Lins.
Act:
June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol.
2
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148
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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