Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23133, Timothy Green, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. S.
Green, Timothy or Greene
N. 23133
Catharine
CONTENTS

Date of death not on A. R.
166
Rhode Island
Catharine Green widow of Timothy Green of T. Co. in the State of R. Island who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sayles of the regt commanded by Col Angel in the R. I. Militia time for ten months.
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Nov 1836 and sent to Benj Russell, Providence
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $ 183 33 3/4 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mths 16 66 2/3 $ 200, 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 104
Rev A. R. under Act of July 4, 1836

State of Rhode Island & County of Kent ss. On this 31 st day of August A D 1836 Personally appeared before me John Wood one of the associate justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County. Catharine Greene resident in County in said County aged 87 Years who being first duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the act of Congress passed the 4 th day of July A D 1836 That she is the widow of Timothy Greene who was a private in the war of the revolution He entered the service in 1776 and continued in it until 1780 as a private in Captain Benjamine Greene Company and Col. Haxon regiment and served in it at different periods twelve months at least — She further declares that she was married to the said Timothy on the 15 th day of May A D 1769 but the certificate of her marriage is lost nor is it recorded as she knows anywhere that her husband the aforesaid Timothy died on the 30 th day of September A D 1816 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period — as will appear by the evidence hereto annexed wherefore she prays that the pension which might have been granted to her said husband if he had been living under the act of June 7 th 1832 may be granted to her
Witness John Wood
Catharine Greene

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and the year first above written and I further certify that from old age and infirmity said Catherine is unable to appear in Court
John Wood J. C. C. Place

I Stephen Greene of Coventry in the County of Kent being now 88 years of age on solemn oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Timothy Greene formerly of said Coventry who was a soldier of the revolution & I know perfectly well he married Catharine Greene now his widow I was present at the wedding they were married by Elder Timothy Greene in the month of May 1769 in said Coventry I was not only present but stood up with them as one of the bridal companions as was usual on such occasions. When the war of the revolution broke out five or six years after said mar- riage said Timothy & myself did a great deal of service together. We served together much as ten or twelve months tours in the war of the revolution after the enemy took possession of Newport

in 1776. During this and the three follow- ing years we served together a great deal. It is not in my power to specify all the times, but I remember the following we were enrolled in the same Company regiment Capt Benjamin Greene first commanded the Company after his death Capt Langford Weaver. We also served in Capt B. Odias Company - The regiment was commanded by Col. Hanson. Before As soon as the British took possession of Newport our Company marched to East Greenwich - was about ten miles from home, here we were stationed a month & received pay & rations said Timothy was with us. In March 1777 said Timothy & myself being drafted went again to same place & served one month It was March according to my best recollection In Spencer's Expedition in October & November following we served another month together stationed at Dover - In 1778 we also served together, once in the Spring, I think April, & once in the summer before Sullivan's

Expedition, we served two monthly tours , at at a place called Quidnesset neck where we were stationed, said pay & action , —
In August we were together in Sullivan's Expedition on Rhode Island during all their services we were friends, in said company - said Benjamin Greene commanded the company, & after his decease Longford Ware who had been his Lieutenant —
In 1779. I served a number of tours, but my memory fails me all except one, as to the places where we were stationed. once I remember we were stationed at Bristol about thirty miles from home, and I remember said Timothy was with us —
In August 1780, said Timothy & myself again went to Skippack & served a month in said Moore's Company — There are the tours as distinctly as I can state them. I have no doubt we served others, as the militia were employed pretty much all the time for three years, during the  invasion —
Stephen Greene

Plant for the country August 15 1836
Personally appeared before me the within named Stephen Green and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed & I further certify said Stephen Green is a credible witness in the premises and his deposition entitled to full credit
Samuel Arnold Justice Peace

September 28, 1936.
Annie P. Corson 12 Brewster Road Framingham, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL Timothy Green W. 23133
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Timothy Greene, born June 14, 1725, in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, also, information regarding the service of Caleb Wood in the Rhode Island troops, which appears in the pension claim of Timothy Green who served in Captain Ray's company, and in 1780, in Captain Allen Johnson's Rhode Island company.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Timothy Greene who was born June 14, 1725. The record of Timothy Green, or Greene, who served with Caleb Wood under Captains Ray and Allen Johnson, Rhode Island troops, has been found. The data which follow were found in that claims for pension, W. 23133.
Timothy Green, or Greene, of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, enlisted early in 1776, served as private on various monthly tours as late as August 1780, amounting in all to at least one year, in the Rhode Island troops under Captains Benjamin Greene, Langford Weaver, Ray, B. Colvin and Allen Johnson, Colonels Brown and Kasson; during these years, he was on Spencer's Expedition and on Sullivan's Expedition. No relationship to said Captain Benjamin Greene was stated.
The soldier died September 30, 1818 in Coventry, Rhode Island.
Timothy Greene, or Green married May 15, 1769, in Coventry, Rhode Island, Catharine; the marriage was performed by Elder Timothy Green, Elder in the Baptist Church of Coventry; no relationship between said Elder Timothy Green and the soldier, Timothy, was stated.
Catharine Green, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on

her application executed August 31, 1836, at which time she resided in Coventry, Rhode Island. Catharine Green was aged then eighty-seven years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.
In 1836, Stephen Greene, as he signed his name, was a resident of Coventry, Rhode Island, aged eighty-eight years. He stated then he enlisted with Timothy Greene, served with him most of the time, and that he "stood up with them as one of the bridal companions as was usual on such occasions" when said Timothy married Catharine Greene; he did not state any relationship between them.
In 1836, Rhoda Matteson, aged eighty-four years, also of Coventry, Rhode Island, stated that she was present in 1769, at the marriage of Timothy Greene and Catharine Greene.
In 1836, Caleb Wood, seventy-four years, of West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, stated that he served on the following tours of a month each with Timothy Greene; in August 1777, in Captain Ray's company, in August 1778, in Sullivan's Expedition, and in August 1780, in Captain Allen Johnson's Rhode Island company, after the British had left the state.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

12 Brewster Road Framingham Mass
Dear Sir: In trying to prove service of Calib Wood, a soldier in the Revolutionary War with Rhode Island service I find his name appears on the Pension record of Timothy Green who served in Capt. Fry's Co: 1780 Capt. Allen Johnson's Will you please tell me if he made a deposition on this record telling of service with Timothy Green and giving his age. I would also like Pension record of Timothy Green. He was born June 14, 1725 East Greenwich R.I. mar. in 1751 Silence Burroughs or Burleighham. Aug. 26, 1936. Thank you, Annie P. Brown

Ref
1926-Sept. 28-Hist. to Annie P. Corson. S.L.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23133
Catharine Green Widow of Timothy Green Prin Rowan
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Town Clerk's office Coventry October 2 nd 1836 I hereby certify that I have examined the records of Marriages recorded in said town but do not find that the marriage of Timothy Prune to Catherine Prune who is an applicant for a pension was ever recorded
Samuel Arnold T. Clerk
Next p g At Coventry 3 rd Oct. 1836 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Arnold known to me as Town Clerk of Coventry and made Oath to the truth of the above statement before me
John Wood J. C. C. P. H. S. 1836

I Benjamin Sweet of Coventry in the County of Kent being now 82 years of age do de- clare & say that I was well acquainted with Timothy Greene the husband of Catherine Greene who is now present before me & knew him well in the War of the rebellion & served with him a number of times in the Army - In 1876 before I enlisted for three years I served with him a month I think it was in February stationed at Fort Greenwick, Capt Benjamin Greene com- manded the company & Col Brown the regiment - In 1877 I enlisted in the Army & did no service in the militia - His Witness Samuel Arnold Benjamin Sweet mark.
That for the Country August 15. 1886.
Personally appeared before me the above named Benjamin Sweet and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed and I further certify said Benjamin Sweet is a credible witness and his deposition entitled to full credit Samuel Arnold Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations.
Secretary's office Sept 20 th A 1836.
I certify, that at the session of the General Assembly of said State in May last John Wood, was elected a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the county of Kent, for one year. That at the session in June last, Samuel Arnold was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in said county for and until the first Wednesday of May next. That they have been severally commissioned accordingly: as appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name " HENRY BOWEN " to the afore- written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Six and of Independence the sixty- first .
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Seary

Sam Arnold Town Clerk of Scarsdale N.Y. No 2
May Nichols — 12-1-1902 $3.14 Catharine Green — in — 1.66 Nicholas Green — 1.86 Alpha Slatford — 2.16

Town Clerk's office County November 21 st AD 1836
I further certify, in addition to the certificates I have already given respecting the marriages of Mary Nichols, Catherine Druin, Mehitable Waver, & Orpha Stafford, applicants for pensions, that I have cause to believe that many marriages took place in said County and have taken place for a great many years past which are not recorded; and I further certify that I have no doubt that the above named persons were married to their respective husbands at the times mentioned in their declarations, they are persons of respectability and their statements entitled to full credit and they have always sustained a fair character.
Samuel Arnold Town Clerk of County

Cath Green
No. 311
3. Sigs
all in for 10 months Pr
$ 33.33 100

I hold Wood of West Greenwich in the County of Kent being now 74 years of age on oath do testify & say that I will remember Timothy Greene the husband of Catharine Greene who is now present before me & I remember of his serving the following terms of a month each in the war of the revolution once he was with me in the same company at a place called Granville Newtown in Capt Rays company in August 1777. & once in August 1778 in Sullivan's expedition I knew him to serve a month he was one of the guard that was left behind on the retreat & In August 1780 I remember of serving a month with him on Rhode Island in Capt Allen Johnsons company This was after the British had left the State I remember them three terms distinctly Witnesses Samuel Arnold Calb + Wood mark

Plunkett In County August 15 1830 Personally appeared before me the within named Caleb Wood and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed and I further certify that Caleb Wood is a breath Witness in the premises and his deposition entitled to full credit Samuel Arnold Justice Peace

I Ezekie Johnson of county in the County of Kent being now 77 years of age on oath do testify & say that I was acquainted with Timothy Greene the husband of Catharine Greene who is now present before me. We were both of us enrolled in the same company of Militia in Capt Benjamin Greenes after his death in Capt L. Marcus & Col Kapersens regiment I remem- ber of serving with him the following monthly tours after the British took possession of Newport in December 1776 Immediately on said event. I served a month with him at East Greenwich This was when the alarm was first made. In Jany 1777. we served together another month at East Greenwich in said company. Ezekiel Johnson

Kent Jc In County September 15 th AD 1836 Personally appeared before me the within named Ezekiel Johnson and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed and I further certify said Ezekiel Johnson is a credible witness in the premises and his deposition entitled to full credit
Samuel Arnold Justice of the Peace

I. Rhoda Matteson of County in the land of Kent being now in the 84 th year of my age on oath do depose & say that I was present at the marriage Timothy Green & Catherine Green & saw them married I cannot remember the year but it was several years before the revolutionary war. The marriage ceremony was per- formed by Elder Timothy Green, Elder of the Baptist church in said County, said Timothy the husband of said Catha- rine has been dead a number of years but I do not know how many. Since his death said Catherine has always remained unmarried & is now his widow -
Witness Samuel Arnold                      Her Rhoda Matteson mark
Given In County August 15. 1836
Personally appeared before me the above named Rhoda Matteson and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by her signed and I further certify said Rhoda Matteson is a credible witness in the premises and her deposition entitled to full credit Samuel Arnold Justice Peace