Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43642, Abel Green, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Green, Abel
S. 43642
CONTENTS

New-York. V
Abel Green, private Capt M c Gregory Connecticut line - 1779 three years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York - at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July, 1818 and sent to the care of John Haver Esq; Auburn, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818. $: 38.93. Semi-annual allowance ending
4 months, \frac{26}{30} $: 38.93.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Dukee
File Sept. 17
Have less than you
Continue
4 th Sept r 1839 to 2 nd Mar. 1840 Agent notified Aug t 31 st 1842
1840 5 th July 4 th St. John Flood - history Prior
(Faint vertical handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page)

John Grover, Esq., Judge, Aurora, Cayuga Co., New-York.
Abel Green, Connecticut line, Revolutionary Claim, found on the rolls. honest.
April 9, 1818.

State of New York Cayuga County ss
Abel Greene of the Town of Seneca & County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine he enlisted a private sol- dier in Capt. John M c Gragger Company being the eighth in Colonel Durkin  Durkin Regiment, being the first Connecticut regiment, for & during the term of three years & that he served out said term & was then honorably discharged at or near West Point in the State of New York and at that time Colonel Grosvenor commanded the Regiment.
And this deponent further saith that his discharge is lost & that his circumstances are so reduced that he needs assistance from his country for support.
State of New York Cayuga County ss
Abel Greene
Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga & Abel Greene above mentioned and me known, and made oath upon the Holy Evangelists that the above affidavit is true. And I, the said Judge do certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the War Department that I am satisfied that the above affidavit is true.
Dated 11th July 1882
John Grover Esq. of Cayuga Com. Pleas -

State of New York
County of Cayuga
I hereby certify that John Groves Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County acting under the Authority of this State that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that capacity, and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County the ninth day of April A. D. 1828.
E. T. Hoop Clerk

Abel Green copy
of original Declaration under the Seal of Congress of the 28th May 1820
1990
Seal
Dr. Nathaniel H. Agassiz Andrew J. W. Johnson
Con d Hentoo John Grover Auburn New York July 14. 1821

State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County, }
ON this fifth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, in the Subsystem of Common Pleas & General Sessions  Abel Green aged 59 years, resident in the town of Aurelius 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:
That he was a private in Capt M c Gregors Company in Col. Digers Regt. of the Connecticut Troops enlisted May 1779 for Chips Years but was returned for during war and that he served during war & was discharged at West Point at the close of the war that his former claim was dated the 9 th day of April 1818 and that the certificate was No. 1996
And I do solemnly Tswear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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
And I do further solemnly swear that my trade is that of a farmer but I am not able to labor much of the time on account of my being weakly & having the sick headache that my family consists of my wife Mary aged 50 years who labors home and my daughter Asenith aged 15 years Mary aged 13  Abel aged 8 . Isaac aged 4 who are all dependant on me for support support
Abel Green
Sworn to, and declared, on the 5 th day of July 1820 before me
Charles Kellogg Judge of Cayuga County Pleas
I, James Plowman clerk of Cayuga County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 126 dollars and 50 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 5 th day of July 1820
James Plowman
Clerk of the Court for the County of Cayuga

Schedule
Of Property exhibited before the Court of Common Pleas in Onondaga County of Cayuga at July Term 1826
  1 Span Horses $60.00   1 Cow 15.00   1 Yearling 5.00   1 Hog 4.00   1 Table 0.30   1 Chest 1.00   1 3 pail Kettle Broken 1.00   1 Pot 1.50   1 Bake kettle 1.25   1 Tea do 1.00   1 Old Waggon 20.00   1 plough & yokes 2.00   112.25 
Amt Brought up 112.25
  1 Set Tea Cups 0.25   3 Tin Pans 37 1/2   Crocery 2.50   3 Knives & 3 Forks 25   1 Hoe & 1 Ax 1.50   1 Scythe 1.12 1/2   1 Sickle 0.25   4 Chains 1.50   1 Draft Chain 2.00   1 pr Hand Irons 2.00   2 Pails 1.00   1 Churn 1.00   $126.00 
I do further certify that I owe to different persons about forty dollars and further that the above is a true Schedule of all my property either personal or Real
Abel Green

November 27, 1931
BA-J/ANT
Hon. Richard P. Freeman Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Freeman:
Reference is made to letter of Mrs. Mary B. Bishop of 142 Grove Street, Putnam, Connecticut, addressed to you and herewith returned, in which she requests the records of the following Revolutionary War pensioners: Abel Green, S. 43642; Abner Green, S. 17448, and Grace Green.
From the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 43642, it appears that Abel Green enlisted in May 1779 and served as a private in Captain John McGregor's company in Colonels Durkee's and Grosvener's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged at West Point at the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York.
He was fifty-nine years old in 1820 and at that time referred to his family as follows- wife, Mary, aged fifty years; daughter, Asenith aged fifteen years; Mary aged thirteen years; Abel aged eight years; and Erastus aged four years.
He died March 2, 1840 leaving children, whose names are not specified.
Remainder of letter - re: above - Green S. 17448 & Abel Green - S. 17962 - Exg. Pension - wife - Mary
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Abel Green
Residing, April 1813, in Aurelius, Cayuga Co NY
He died March 2, 1840. Pension to date of death were paid to his children (which indicates that his wife had deceased)
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Enlisted May 18 1779 under Capt John M c Greiger (v Plainfield Windham Co Conn) in Col. John Durkee's Conn reg t for 3 years & discharge after Col. Grosvenor's reg t at West Point May 12, 1782
In July 1820 he gave his age as 60 yrs for 3 years, but was returned as ineligible for the war & served to the end of the war. - His family in July 1820 consisted of Mary his wife aged 56 yrs & children Annith aged 15 yrs Mary aged 12 yrs Abel aged 8 Erastus aged 4 yrs
If he served to end of war he would have been entitled to bounty land but those papers were destroyed by fire Nov 1800

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 22 d 1842.
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,"
The children of Abel Green, deceased, late _____, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum month, under the law of the 18 th Mar. 1818. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 2 d March 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Woodruffe L. Parsons Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Paine Prov. R. d.
43642
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43642
Abel Green
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8, Page 205 —
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 14 1902 Mr. Smith
1931 Nov. 27 H. J. L. Richard P. Freeman for many B. B. Bishop copy.

John Blood New Dec 22 1890
Belgreen prob Lund N.Y. ES I

Kasson Dec 22 1890
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
1st
Abel Green drew a pension of eight ($8 00 ) dollars per month as a soldier of war of Revolution
2nd Solomon G. Grover of Auburn N.Y. obtained pension for him
3rd He had a land warrant and located it in Columbiana Columbiana Co Ohio
From above facts can you obtain and give me his company his regiment and general record
Would second item assist you
Can you give get or obtain for me what record there is of such entry and what disposition has been made of claim
Very Resp John Blood M.D.
Kasson Minn
I was a former neighbour of yours