Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3412, Nathan Green, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Green Nathan
S 3412
barred
CONTENTS

Claim to arrears &c Registered -
Set to Hurothorn & Davidson July 20, 1853 -
96811 11 Tennessee
Wm Green died in the State of Tennessee Infantry in the Company commanded by Captain Scullock of the 1st B t commanded by Col Eaton in the N. C. line for Genl's Private 3 " Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 10 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1834 and Lieut Genl W. A. Dunlop N of Wps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834, $210.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept., 35.00 $245.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. Madison Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 7 Page 91

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 17 th 1832 The State of Tennessee } To all to whom these presents shall come Henderson County } Greeting
Given the year of our Lord 1892
On this 12 th day of October 1892 personally appeared Henderson County before the Honorable John C. Hamilton one of the judges of the Courts of law and equity held in and for the State of Tennessee and now presiding as judge of the Circuit Court held in and for the County of Henderson. Nathan Green aged and seniority three years on the 29 th day of this present having been born in the year 1759 who being 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 the 7 th 1832.
This Declarant states that he first entered the service of the United States in the year 1778 in the latter part of the summer or first of the fall of that in the Company commanded by Captain Asahel Harper as Volunteer militia. Partly for the purpose of guarding the Jail and Magazine in the Town of Halifax in the State of North Carolina it being the seat of justice of the County of the same name and and which County that Declarant was born. His term of service was only for three months when there being no further use for this Company it disbanded after this term of service had expired this Declarant again entered the service of the United States in the month of November of the same year (1778) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Eaton in the Company Thomas Scruggs his Commission and now recollects his Majors were Colenick and Horn in this Regiment he served as a Volunteer militia private for the period of six months.

During this Detachment's absence he was promoted by the General Martial of Salisbury to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the command -ed by Captain William Morris of the same Regiment but which promotion did not reach him until after he had served out his  his six months time as a private of the 2 nd Regiment. This Regiment marched from the Town of Salisbury to the south and on its arrival at the Town of Kingston joined the American Army of Militia there under the command of General H. S. K. the whole of this Army was composed of four Regiments of Militia from this place we marched on to South Carolina passing by the ten Mile House from Charleston still continuing our march on to Georgia in order to secure that State from out of the hands of the Enemy - our line of march was directed to the Savannah River at the place called the two Sisters where we remained for a few days in order to recruit from this place we marched on to Augusta and crossed the river and marched down to Bacon Creek where we had a small battle where we were surprised and defeated Colonel Prevost who came upon us with about nine hundred and a thousand men the Militia after sustaining several losses from the enemy retreated but Colonel Elbert who had the command of a small body of the regulars and made a gallant and desperate defense and did he succeed until most of his men were cut to pieces - This Detachment states that the loss of this Battle may in a great degree be attributed to the want of Military Skill in the Commander in Chief General H. S. K. The regulars were on the right and the four Regiments of Militia were drawn up in solid Column the whereas if the line had been extended the fate of the Battle would have been very different for the Regiment to which he belonged never got an opportunity to fire a shot and it was not from the fire of the Enemy that they retreated but it was from an apprehension of the Enemy who were extending their lines that they would be surrounded

then - from this place we retreated and again crossed the Savannah River and moved down into the vicinity of a little Town called Purrysburg from thence we marched up the River Savannah River ten or fifteen miles when we were discharged and the Declarant in his Company returned home but the company was still under the command of Captain who Dismissed them at Wadley Court House Verally - This Declarant states that upon his return home he found that he had been appointed and recommended as a Lieutenant by the Court Martial of Wadley County in the State of said is Militia Lieutenant and upon which recommendation and appointment so made the Regt and here with Commission hereunto is now exhibited being date the 11 th day of August 1782 in the sixth year of the Independence of the United States from the distressing and calamitous situation of the Country that Commission never reached him from the Executive until the period to which it bears date - why and wherefore it should not have been date from the appointment of the Court Marshal he is at a loss to account under this appointment Commission as such Lieutenant he became attached to the Company commanded by Captain Morris and which company had some time before joined under the aforesaid appointment as Lieutenant from the said Court Martial in the exercise of his still attached to the said Regiment on which date the loss of May 1781 from the said County of Wadley Remaining here until further order - a requisition of so many men being required and demanded a Draft was made from the different Companies to which of the Regiment in which this Declarant belonged as well as others Regiments including both Officers and men and and Draft this Declarant became

attached to the Company commanded by Captain John Dargrove in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison The major was by the name of Hardy Grappan. This Company marched on to Neuse River where we found Colonel Harrison there at this place that Captain Dargrove was killed and this DeLoach succeeded to the command of this Company. This Regiment then marched down to Duckland County to a creek called Rock fish at the bridge in about twenty five miles of Wilmington where we fell in with the enemy and where also we had a Battle in which we were Defeated. From that place we retreated back and crossed Neuse River and there continued until we were discharged - This term of Service under Colonel Harrison was for three months This DeLoach states that during both these Terms his Commission had not reached him - and that he further held himself bound upon all Occasions to be ready at a Moment's signing with his Com- pany whenever called upon to join the Army they being Minute Men - nor was this DeLoach released from the Service until Peace was finally concluded between the United States and Great Britain -
This Declaration has a documentary evidence of his service signed by Alexander Morton Governor of the State of North Carolina hereto subscribed and promised to be taken as part of this. Declaration under this Commission until the conclusion of Peace between his Country and Great Britain he served until the conclusion of Peace and the final ratification of the Treaty and adjoining by G. Morton the whole thereof done at the United States
which is not in the Pension Roll of the Army of the Potomac and you upon...

The service until peace was finally concluded between the United States and Great Britain.
This Declaration has documentary evidence of his service signed by Alexander Forster Master of the State of North Carolina who is authorized and requested to be taken as part of this Declaration under this Commission until the conclusion of Peace between his Country and Great Britain he served until the conclusion of peace and the final ratification of the Treaty of peace by which the United States
...which to a Pension or bounty... his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State ...and you informed...
I received a Pension... ...the foregoing certificate... ...of the said... ...of application for... ...a pension... ...of October 1892... ...the 7th day of...
E. S. Sarnant
Great
I Joshua Haskell Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit the State of Tennessee & Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court in said State do hereby certify that... at the time of making the foregoing certificate Clerk of said Court and that full faith & credit are due to his... as such - Given under my hand & seal & that there is no... the 7th day of... 1833 Joshua Haskell

Reformants in eluding some... under this requisition and Draft this Declaration
State of Tennessee May 7th 1833
I William Fitzgerald Member of Congress of United States from the State of Tennessee I repre- sent the County of Henderson, in which E. H. Farrant is clerk of the Circuit Court and I do hereby certify that he is clerk of said Court as he has set forth in his certificate hereto attached, and that, I believe, he has no public seal of office as such - Given under my hand - W Fitzgerald
Declaration of William Farrant in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Given this Declaration... being the... of... and... and... and...

Declaration For Commutation Pay act of 1828 &c &c
State of Tennessee } ss
Henderson County { On this the second day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, Thomas H. Green a resident of the County of Henderson and State of Tennessee aged forty five 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 provision made by the law of the United States passed on the 15 th day of May AD 1828, and all other acts passed by the Congress of the United States granting commutation pay to military officers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States (and) Revolutionary War that he is the heir at law and son of Nathan Green deceased who was a Lieutenant and afterwards Captain in the Revolutionary War North Carolina Troops that affiant is the executor and administrator of the said Nathan Green deceased and that he claims for himself and his brother Nathan Green Junior and heir at law of the said Nathan Green deceased That his father as he has been informed and believes entered the service in the North Carolina Troops some time in the year 1777 or 1778 as Lieutenant and was some time afterwards as affiant has understood and believes promoted to a Captaincy, and served from the time he Nathan Green entered the service until peace was made; or near that time, that the said Nathan Green, affiant and the said Nathan Green, Junior, father died in the County of Henderson State of Tenn on the 2 nd day of August 1846, and that he has no widow living, other heirs have lived but are now dead and that affiant Thomas H Green and Nathan Green Junior are the only heirs now living, That he affiant makes this declaration for the purpose

of obtaining the amount of commutation pay due himself and his brother Nathan Green Junior as heirs at law and sons of the said Nathan Green deceased for his the said Nathan Green deceased services in said Revolutionary War as Lieutenant and Captain aforesaid affirm further states that his father Nathan Green deceased for whose services he affiant claims commutation pay is the identical same Nathan Green who was placed upon the pension Rolls at the rate of $70, per annum and received his pay affiant believing in Nashville and after that Jackson in the state of Tennessee, for proof of which he refers on the muster rolls now on file in the War office of the United States for his the said Nathan Green services as aforesaid, and that other and further proof be called for if necessary to establish said claim &c
Thomas H Green (Seal)
Eli Teague J.P. (Seal)
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written and I hereby certify that Thomas H Green is a credible witness and that he is the heir at law of Nathan Green deceased and that the said Nathan Green was a prisoner in his life time, and that I have been acquainted with Thomas H Green the subscriber to the above for the period of Eighteen years and was acquainted with his father Nathan Green from the date of 1835 to the day of his death which took place in 1846, and that it was reported that he Nathan Green deceased was an officer in the service of the Revolutionary War and I hereby certify that I am not interested in the prosecution and have no interest in the final result of said claim
Eli Teague J.P. (Seal)
Justice of the peace within & for Henderson County Tennessee,

17.342 Nathan Green Tempore
for 1778 P. & St., 1 yr — Pr 9 — $30. — St. 3 — 20. — $50. —
Rev W. C. Durbach N. R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathan Green
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778 3 P~ Colt Raper 73 N.C. Traditionary.   may + 1782 6 P~ Lt. Colt Eaton Colt Scarbro see note 2.   3 Lt. Capt. Colt Groves Colt Harris Can only allow for service as Lt. proof being in evidence of his service.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
+ Cannot allow as a captain

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

August 29, 1939
BA--J/AWF Nathan Green S. 3412
Miss Elsie Green 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
In compliance with your request of recent date you are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Nathan Green, as found in papers on file in claim for pension, S. 3412, based upon his military service in that war.
Nathan Green was born October 29, 1759, in Halifax County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Halifax County, North Carolina, Nathan Green enlisted late in the summer of 1778, served three months as private in Captain Ambrose Harper's North Carolina company, to guard the jail and magazine in Halifax. He enlisted sometime in November or December, 1778, served six months as private in Captain Thomas Scurlock's company, Colonel Thomas Eaton's North Carolina regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek. He was commissioned August 1, 1782, Lieutenant, served in Captains William Morris' and John Hargraves' companies, Colonel Kenion's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Rock Fish, length of this service three months, a part of the time he commanded the company. It was stated that he was a Spy against the Shawnee Indians on the frontier.
Nathan Green moved from Halifax County, North
Carolina, to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from there to Madison County, Alabama, thence to Henderson County, Tennessee.
Nathan Green was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, then living in Henderson County, Tennessee.
He died August 2, 1846 in said Henderson County, leaving no widow. There are no data in this claim in regard to his wife.
Sons, Thomas H. Green and Nathan Green, Jr., were living in 1853; the said Thomas H. Green was then aged forty-five years and living in Henderson County, Tennessee, the age and place of residence of Nathan Green, Jr. is not shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no

in Captains William Morris' and John Hargraves' companies, Colonel Kenion's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Rock Fish, length of this service three months, a part of the time he commanded the company. It was stated that he was a Spy against the Shawnee Indians on the frontier.
Nathan Green moved from Halifax County, North
Carolina, to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from there to Madison County, Alabama, thence to Henderson County, Tennessee.
Nathan Green was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, then living in Henderson County, Tennessee.
He died August 2, 1846 in said Henderson County, leaving no widow. There are no data in this claim in regard to his wife.
Sons, Thomas H. Green and Nathan Green, Jr., were living in 1853; the said Thomas H. Green was then aged forty-five years and living in Henderson County, Tennessee, the age and place of residence of Nathan Green, Jr. is not shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Nathan Green Certificate #26814 Issued June 6, 1834 Rate $70.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

53412
Nathan Green 716

STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA.
To William Green Genl
W E, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, do by these Presents constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant of the Nolsun Regiment of Militia
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant by exercising and well disciplining the officers and Soldiers under your Command, and by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereinunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and directions of military Discipline, and the Laws of this State.
WITNESS ALEXANDER MARTIN, Esq; Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, under his Hand, and Seal at Arms, at Wilmington Anno Dom. 1782 and in the sixth Year of our Independence.
By his Excellency your most Obedient Servt
Alex Martin

Nathan Green Rev Pensions
at June 1832 Blue Springs
Paper. P. M. Roe

The Dislocation of Chatham Green Amended

I John A Wilson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held in and for the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee do hereby that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the amended Declaration of the said Court in the matter of the application of Matthew Green for a Pension In testimony whereof I have this 16 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three set my hand seal of Office
J. A. Wilson Clerk Clerk of the County Court of Henderson County
The State of Tennessee Henderson County
I William H Burton chairman of the County Court or Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that John A Wilson who has signed the preceding certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the said Court that his said certificate is in due form of Law and that full faith and credit are due to and should be given to all his Official acts as such given under my hand & seal 16 th day of May 1893
W. H. Burton chairman

I certify that from my knowledge of the hand write of H. W. Wormeley I believe the within two sheets of the Amended declaration of Nathan Green to be in the hand write of said Wormeley who is an attorney living in Harrison Henderson county, and I further certify that John A Wilson is clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions in said Henderson county. June 3 rd 1834 M c Quilkin

Thomas H Green Declaration for Compen- sation pay for his father, Nathan Green's services in the Revolutionary War, as Lieutenant & Captain _____
Caroline Lempke Nathan T. Davidson

State of Tennessee } 55
Henderson County ( In this the 2nd day of April A.D. 1853- personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, John Cooper a citizen of Henderson County in the state of Tennessee aged twenty two years who first being sworn according to law says on his oath that he has been acquainted with Thomas H Green the subscriber to the within declaration for the period of twenty eight years, and was acquainted with Nathan Green deceased in his life time more than twenty years and affiant further states that the said Thomas H Green is the heir at law and son of the said Nathan Green deceased and that he is the Executor and administrator of Green the said Nathan Green aforesaid and that the said Thomas H Green and the said Nathan Green Junior are the only heirs at law of the said Nathan Green deceased other heirs have lived but are now dead
test Eli Teague J.P. (Real) John Cooper (Real)
Justice of the peace for Henderson County Tennessee Sworn to and subscribed to before me on the day and date above stated and I hereby certify that the said John Cooper is a credible witness and is about the age above stated and that I am not interested as to the prosecution or final result of said claim and that I further certify that affiant's statements are all true having a knowledge of the same
Eli Teague J.P. (Real)
Justice of the peace for Henderson County Tennessee

State of Tennessee } I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the county Henderson County } Court of said Henderson County do hereby certify that Eli Leagued whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace within and for said County aforesaid duly elected qualified and sworn as such and is authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes & that all his official acts are entitled to due faith and credit and that the Court of which I. Clerk is a court of record given under my hand and seal of office at Lexington on this, the 11 th day of April AD 1859. Jesse Taylor Clerk

Camden Tenn April 14
official business
J. J. Waldo Commission of Div.
Washington City
D. C.

Camden Tennessee April 12 th 1853
J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir, inclosed you will please find the declaration of Thomas H. Green administrator of Nathan Green deceased which we hope will be attended to and allowed as soon as possible, if more proof as to administra- ship is wanted we will forward as soon as requested - or other proof please inform us and it will be sent immediately, yours with high regard
Naun Thomas Dawson
J. P. Waldo Esq.

April 23. 1853
App. of Nathan Green deceased for "Commutation pay"
Tennessee
Act 15 th May 1828
Not a war's pension by J. G. D.
Hawthorn V Davidson
Camden
Benton Co.
Tennessee
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
COMMISSION

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathan 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? e 70 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? e N

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? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? No XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 6.
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Hawthorn v Davidson
July 20/63

Pension Office
July 20. 1853
Gentlemen Sir
The application of Nathan Green, deceased, of Tennessee, for arrearages, under the act of May 15. 1828, has been examined.
From the rolls in this office it appears that Nathan Green did not enlist for and serve to the close of the Revolutionary war; and consequently he was not entitled to a pension under the act of 1828. He was pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832, for nine months' service as a private and three months' as Lieutenant, being the whole amount of actual service which he claimed to have performed. His children are not entitled to any arrears on account of his services, under any law; and their claim is, therefore, rejected.
M rs Hawthorn Davidson Camden Tenn.

Elsie Green 1625 Mass. Ave. N.W. Room 2402 - Ph. 30
Please furnish Rev. War record of Nathan Green - S. 3412
Personal request from Miss. Elsie Green 1625 - Mass. Ave. - N. W.
Office in Navy Bldg Room 2402 -
Phone Br. 30
August 29 - 1939

Reask
3412 INVALID.
File No. 3412
Salliam Green
at 7, S. R. Road
Act: June 7/98
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
193 Aug. 4. Recd. to Mr. J. McElnan, Freiburg N.B. see letter to him H. S. C. 3412/98 1939. Aug. 29. Link to microfilm is seen on

Lexington Ky June 10 th 1892 Transferred Returned
Revolutionary Claims at June 7 th 1892
[Signature] Edwards Ely
Revolutionary Agency Bureau of Pensions War Department City of Washington

Town of Lexington Henderson County Tennessee May 9 th 1934
Sir
I beg leave to enclose you the amended Declaration of Captain Nathan Green with his Commission sealed to the original one and which I presume must have been overlooked by the War Department. I had entrusted this Declaration with others and which I now forward on to Col. John McCallum then the Deputy Clerk of the County Court of this County to be by him sent on to the War Department knowing that I should be absent for many months in the States of Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana but which to my surprise on my return I found he had neglected to do but as these pensions will draw from March 1831 I hope no serious inconvenience will result to them from the delay. I believe that the amended Declaration of Captain Green will fully satisfy the requisitions of the War Department in every respect.
I also enclose the amended and original Declaration Jacob Stanfield (and not Springfield) as mentioned in the brief in the original Declaration I stated that the regiment to which he (Stanfield) belonged was of the Continental North Carolina line when it should have been the South Carolina State line the mistake has entirely originated with me for at that time he called it the State line

But I had supposed (though wrongfully) that the State line and Continental line were one and the same. Judge Haskell has not certified to the original Declaration of W. Stump that E. H. Tarrant was clerk and that there was no public seal of Office to the General Court of this County although entitled to one. but he has to Captain Green's made such a certificate and so also has Mr. Fitzgerald who at that time was our Representative in Congress and if that will not be sufficient to satisfy the Department I have written to Colonel William Dunlap our present Representative to call upon you and to give such certificate to that effect as you may require.
Enclosed also is the original and amended Declaration of Samuel Beard. in the original Declaration he entirely omitted to mention his services as a spy against the Shawnee Indians on the Western Frontiers of Virginia not knowing that he was entitled to anything for such services. his amended Declaration is certified by Judge Haskell that E. H. Tarrant as Clerk and that there is no public seal of Office I hope that all these Declarations will be found satisfactory and that you will assist to one by Colonel Dunlap their certificates for pensions together with a form of the Power of Attorney to draw the same.
I have the Honor to be Sir with Sentiments of Respect
J. L. Edwards Esq. Yr Obedt Servt Pension Agent Hugh W. Wormeley City of Washington

P.S. Also in close the original Declaration of Benjamin Butler made at our last General Court A.M.H.
The Declaration of Nathan Green amended of Robert Griggs and not C. N. N. N. the particular in this of Jacob Stanfield and not S. P. N. N. N. attend to if agree please
original Declaration of Benjamin Butler and Daniel Beard's original and amendment
Should these pass please enclose to me their certificates by Col. D. N. N. N. our representative with the form of a power for them to draw
A.M.H.

The State of Tennessee                      § Court of Pleas and Henderson County                      § Quarter Sessions
May Term 1833
The Amended Declaration Of Matthew Green.
On this fifteenth  seventeenth day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting Matthew Green aged twenty three years on on the 29 th day of October 1832. Having been born in the year 1759 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amended Declaration in addition to his former Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 1 st 1833.
This Declarant States that the period of his first tour of service in the service of the United States commenced between the tenth, fifteenth or twentieth day of August in the year 1778 in the Volunteer Company raised and commanded by Captain Ambrose Hopper as a private volunteer militia soldier. The object of this service was for the purpose of guarding the jail was for the purpose of guarding the jail  and preserving of the Town of Halifax the seat of justice of the County of the same name in the State of North Carolina. This Tour then only being for three months this Declarant must have been discharged on one or other of the days either on the tenth, fifteenth or Twentieth of November of the same year - but which one of those days either in entering the service or his discharge from the same is not now so perfectly recollected as to enable this Declarant to swear positively to either the one or the other of them. For this first tour of service he refers to his former Declaration. Second Tour of Service - This Declarant States that he entered into the service of the United States in this his second Tour of service some where between the 25 th day of November

and the 10 th day of December of the same year 1778 as a Private volunteer soldier of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Eaton and in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Scurlock. His Major's name is not now recollected. Horn. his Lieutenant's name is not now recollected.
During this Declarant's absence he was promoted and transferred to the company commanded by Captain William Morris of the same Regiment and in which which promotion he served as Lieutenant for the space of more than one having been notified of his promotion of the same until he had returned to his home and returned before to the County of Halifax.
The Historical facts of this Town are these
This Regiment, which this Declarant belonged to marched from the Town of Halifax and on May 20 th at the Town of Kingston joined the American Army then
under the command of General Ash. This Army was principally of Militia. For the Historical facts of this Town this Declarant begs to refer to his former Declaration now amended and returned and to which this amendment is now annexed and prayed to be taken as part of the same.
During this Declarant's absence in the Service he was promoted from the company commanded by Captain Thomas Scurlock by the Court Martial of Halifax County over the Carolina and transferred to the company commanded by Captain William Morris of the same Regiment. This Declarant's enlistment of the same was only for six months in force and consequently upon his return from he received no discharge being then a commissioned officer up to the Garrison Regiment but that Commission for the reason he was not yet received by him and no knowledge of his of his appointment until he arrived at home then over

Appointment as such lieutenant
This I True of Service & a Requisition of men being called by the Governor of the State of North Carolina a Draft took place in the County of Raleigh of the militia of that County from the Different Companies Regiments of the said County Regiment Company as well as other Regiments belonging to the said State and including both Officers and Privates under this requisition this Declaration became attached as hereunto to the Company commanded to the commanding Officer by John Hargreaves in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hughes Henson. This Declaration refers to his former Declaration now announced and to which this is an amend- ment and may be taken as part of the same for the historical facts of his service in this War The further States that about the first of June 1782 his Captain John Hargreaves was discharged and the Command of the Company devolved upon him and which Company for two months was under the command of the of this Declaration This requisition of the Governor was made about the first of 1782 and lasted only for three months. This Declaration states he commanded the Company to which he belonged after the Captain Hargreaves been discharged for the space of two months. This Declaration states as he has heretofore stated in his former Declaration that owing to the distressing situation of the Country he had not received his Commission and why and wherefore the date of the same is subsequent to his appointment by the Court martial of Raleigh County he is at a loss to say
of Questions by the Court.
1st Where and in what year were you born - Answer. in the County of Raleigh in the State of North Carolina

on the 29th day of October 1759-
Question 2? Have you any record of your age on 2/2/20 where is it
Answer in my Family Bible at home left me by my Father and by him recorded Question 3? Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live Answer when called into service I was living in Halifax County North Carolina and from thence moved into Mecklenburg in the same state and from thence to Madison County Alabama and lastly to this county where I now reside
Question 4th Where were you called into service were you drafted? Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom - Answer In my first tour of service for three months under Captain Daper I volunteered in my second tour of service which lasted for six months in the company of Captain Seeblock I also volunteered and in both those tours served as a private soldier. in my third tour of service which only lasted for three months although liable to be called upon at any time for the service peace I served as lieutenant two months the company the company of my Captain who John Hargroes who had been cashiered nor was I finally released from the service until the Definitive treaty was signed in 1783 Question 5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service - I seem to the next page
Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service - I seem to the next page

Commission: The only regular Officer with whom I served was Colonel Colbath who commanded a small body of the Georgia Regulars. Continentals say his other Officers were first Colonel Eaton my Colonel Major Church and Horn Generals Ash and Brant. Question 6 th
Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given
Answer I never received a written discharge for none at that day was given to the Volunteers in either my first or second term of service and my Commission Newpaper annexed to my former declaration is in evidence of my service in my third and last term of service
Question 7 th  the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your charac- ter for veracity and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer - The Reverend Daniel Nett the Reverend Edmund Jones John Woods J. P. the Rethers and General Bell are some of the peace of Randolph County.
Question 8 th Are Officer Did you ever receive a Commission and if so by whom was signed and what was the bearer of it
Answer after my return from from my second term of service under Captain Newback I found that I had been promoted to Lieutenant in the Company Commissioned by Captain William Morris by the Court Martial of Halifax County and which Commission did reach me until some short period after its date the Commission bears date Halifax County and on the first day of August 1782 and in the 7 th year of the

American Independent and under the signature of Alexander Martin who issued it to me their Governor of the State of North Carolina and with the seal of the said State thereto affixed - William Greene
We Daniel Webb a Clergyman residing in the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee and James G Bell an acting justice of the peace in and for the said County and residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said William Greene and given to the above amended declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been & officer a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion William Greene
Sworn and subscribed To in open Court this 16 day Dec  Daniel Webb of May 1893 James G Bell Wm McLellan D. Clerk
And the said Court 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 William Greene was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears that Daniel Webb who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee and that James G Bell  who has also signed the the justice of said County and is also a resident of the said County and that their statement is entitled to credit Mr. B. B. Buel Adm. Asst. Secy of War James M. Schofield Secy of War

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Nathan Green , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the S. claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 10 Sept 78 3 mos Pvt. Ambrose Harper NC   Nov 1 Dec 78 6 mos Pvt. Thos Sandlock Thos Balow   Wm Morris   May 1782 3 mos A John Hargreaves Kenion  
Battles engaged in, Brum Creek Rockfish Bridge Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halifax Co NC Date of application for pension, Oct 12 1832 - Newbern NC Residence at date of application, Henderson Co Tenn Age at date of application, Oct 29, 1789 in Halifax Co NC
Remarks: Sol. d. in Henderson Co Tenn Aug 2, 1846. He was a son of Thomas G. & Nathan. Name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.