Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21209, Jeremiah Green, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Green, Jeremiah Martha
NUMBER
No. 21209.
CONTENTS
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15573
Massachusetts
Nemiah Green
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the Regt. commanded by W. Hovey in the Mass line for 9 months 11 days
And
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1833 and sent to Fiske East Cambridge Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $62.41 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. " 15.61 $78.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Atkinson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 9a Page 38
72 Middlesex

Reported
1980 Massachusetts Martha Green widow of Jeremiah Green Map who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 3) Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of Sept. 1848. and sent to
J. C. Stickney Lynn Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 52 Vol. 2,

Jeremiah Green.
2/1821

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ss.
On this Nineteenth day of February A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE SAMUEL P. P. FAY, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Jeremiah Green , a resident of South Reading , in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged 70 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:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
He enlisted at South Reading under Captain Nathaniel Bowdry the second day of July 1778 & marched to Winter Hill where his company joined Colonel Gervish's Regiment & was employed in guarding the prisoners seventeen days . He enlisted at South Reading under Captain Thomas Stoney & joined Tyler's Regiment about the middle of July 1779 at Providence R.I. & served there six months the time for which he enlisted & till he was discharged - He enlisted at mid Reading in William Green's company the latter part of July 1780 & marched to Brattle Hill Rhode Island where he served in How's Regiment three months eight days till discharged making in all three months eight days service performed by him as aforesaid 6.17 3.8 9.25

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. Jeremiah Green
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. Then personally appeared and affirmed that the above declaration by him subscribed is true. Thaddeus Sprague Justice of Probate
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Gay
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Reuben Emerson — a clergyman, residing in South Reading aforesaid, and John Hart — Esquire, a magistrate, residing in South Reading aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Green — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 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.
Reuben Emerson.
Subscribed and sworn to before
John Hart Thaddeus Sprague Justice of Probate

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Wrenn Emerson who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in South Reading and that the said John Hart who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at South Reading and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Fay  W. Brooks
I, ISAAC FISKE, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Green for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Nineteenth day of February A. D. 1833
Isaac Fiske Regt of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Jeremiah Green has served under B.
   Captains Colonels Term of service enroll'd Whole Time   Year Entered Ended M o days     Nath Condry J Gerrish 1778 July 2 nd July 16 17.   Tho s Hovey Tyler { 1779 July 20 th Dec r 1 st 4 11.   Will m Green 1779 Dec r - Jan y - 1 5.   C Hows 1780 July 29 Nov 1 st 3 8.   Total amount Nine months & Eleven days - 9 11   M o days  
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County } ss.
On this twenty first day of November A. D. 1843. personally appeared before the Hon. Genl. P. P. May Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County the same being a Court of Record. Mrs. Martha Green, a resident of South Reading in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" and also of the joint resolution of 16 th August 1842. and the decisions founded upon said act and Resolution -
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Green dec d . who was a Private in the army of the Revolution and served as she nearly believes as follows - in Charlestown or Cambridge in guarding the prisoners captured with Burgoyne in the 1777. - and in Rhode Island - He was out as she believes three months at one time & six months at another but she cannot remember with exactness how often, at what precise times, or how long he served - She well recollects that he always said that he was not able to furnish the necessary proof of his whole time of service & failed therefore to obtain as large a pension as his real services would have entitled him to - He was born & always lived in Reading & South Reading near to the declaration & she knew at the time of his being out several times in the service although she cannot recollect the particulars & must refer for them to his own declaration now on file in the War Department -
She further alleges that her husband was a pensioner under the law of 7 th June 1832. at $31.22 per annum and for further particulars relative to his services would refer to his declaration & the proof accompanying the same now on file in the War Department -

- She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Green on the twenty first day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two ; that her husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Green died on the twentieth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz ; at the time above stated, and that since his decease she has not intermarried but is now the widow of the aforesaid Jeremiah Green dec d .
Martha her X Green mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written, before me, in open Court
J. P. P. Day judge of Prob for P. County of Middlesex

I Aaron Green of South Reading in the County of Middlesex, aged twenty nine years on oaths testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Martha Green the applicant named in the foregoing declaration and have been for many years last past. She was the wife of Jeremiah Green whom I well knew and who was as I always understood and verily believe a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served for about the term of _____ months. Said Green was a pensioner under the law of 7th June 1832. at $31.22 per annum and died on or about the 20th day of May 1840. since which time the said Martha his widow has not intermarried. =
And further I say not. Aaron Green
State of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County }
Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of November 1843. personally came Aaron Green who is known to me to be a credible witness and entitled to belief & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
J. P. Pay
Judge Probate for the County of Middlesex.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Dike Registrar of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that the Hon. J. P. Pay is the Judge of said Court & that his signatures written on the foregoing certificates are his genuine signatures. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1843. Isaac Dike Press.

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. Town of Reading
I Daniel Pratt Jr. the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in the Records of the Town of Reading in said County of Middlesex that there is contained the following entry of Marriages viz. November twenty first seventeen hundred and eighty two Jeremiah Green of Reading and Martha Green of Stoneham were married by Caleb Prentiss Clerk
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz.
"1782
Nov r 21. Jeremiah Green of Reading & Martha Green of Stoneham were married by Caleb Prentiss Clerk"
I Daniel Pratt Jr. above named depose and say: that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Reading with the exception of above named as certified by me (Daniel Pratt Jr Clerk of said Town of Reading)
State of Massachusetts } November 16 th A D 1843. Then the County of Middlesex } above named Daniel Pratt Jr who is the Town Clerk of Reading personally appeared and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed were true according to his best knowledge and belief. And I further say that the said Daniel Pratt Jr is a credible witness.
Before me Joshua Prescott, justice of the peace

24821 Bromah Gern Massachusetts
Post 9 Mo 4 11 days
11 30 11 1.22 12 B122
Grace Aske East Cambridge Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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 Jeremiah Green Middlesex County State of Massa
   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.     Enl 1778 " " 17 ~ Capt Conery Col Gerrish 76 years Documentary Evidence   " 1779 " 6 " " Capt Stoney Col Ryler   1780 " 3 8 ~ Capt Green Col Howes  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 (i) 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)                      , who has 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 enquiry 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 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.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. W. 21209.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
September 24th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Jeremiah Green, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on February 19, 1833, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at South Reading, Mass., and his pension was allowed for nine months and eleven days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Green and Col. Howe. He enlisted at South Reading, Mass.
His widow, Martha, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. H. H. Green,
269 Union St., Lynn, Mass.

doed ~ LMB
Rev 21219 WIDOW, &c.
Sept 24 96 paid to Mr H. H. Green Lynn, Mass
File No. 21209 Martha Green Widow of Jeremiah Green Dis. New Mar
Act Feb 29 48
Index: Vol. OK , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1975.
Subota
Massachusetts
Martha Green widow of Jeremiah Green who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 20th day, 1840, of Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the Regt commanded by Col. Weaver in the Mass. line for 9 mo & 11 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Baton at the rate of 31 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec. 1843 and J. H. H. H. H. H. Vernon W. H.
Total amount, $156.10.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. L. L. L. L. Clerk, Book L Vol. 1. Page 59

4845
Massachusetts
Martha Green
widow of Jeremiah Green who was a Private in the Continental
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feb. 1844 and sent to Mrs. Ruefinch, Boston, Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 43
Pension
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 March to 28 th May 1840. Age notified 17. Oct 1844

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 15, 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Jeremiah Green, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 22 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1842, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 20 th May 1840,  Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Bates Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
H. H. GREEN, Sec.
NO. 269 UNION STREET.
Lynn, Mass., Sept 16 th 1896
Pension Office War Department Gents Washington D.C. Will you please to furnish what information you have, of the service and enlistment in the War of the Revolution of Jeremiah Green of Reading Mass his Widow Martha Green received a pension during her lifetime which proves that he was a soldier. I was advised at the State House Boston Mass to write to this department. Any information that you can give will be very much appreciated by his descendants some twenty or more
Reply H. H. Green soldier in the late war

Act 48 chap 4848
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Lynn 21 Aug 1848
Sir: At the request of Martha Green of this town, a widow & U.S. pensioner, I herewith forward the declaration necessary to restore her to the Pension Roll. Please send the certificate directed to me at Lynn. Oblige
Yours most Resp y
J. C. Atkinson
Hon J. L. Edward Comr. of Pension, Washington D. C.

Apr 29
Mass:
Mass.
24821
South Lewis Co.
Library of War
Washington

East Kemble
County of Gloucester - Mays
St. Thomas Lewis Esq. -
I have caused the Errors in the Application of Stein Plympton for a Pension to be corrected & now remit the same for further action. - I also inclose the application of Jeremiah Green for a Pension. When proceedings are had thereon, please to communicate with me at East Kemble. With respect respect Yours &
Isaac Dyer
Plympton's case among returned cases

ad 6/15
admitted
J. C. Stickney Gymn Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Essex COUNTY, }
On this twelfth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Martha Green a resident of Lynn in the county of Essex aforesaid aged Eighty Three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jeremiah Green who was a resident of South Reading  Massachusetts and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of thirty one dollars and twenty two cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Martha her X Green mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of J. C. Stickney } J. C. Stickney Justice of the Peace. Aaron Green }
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
J. C. Stickney Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Essex COUNTY, }
I, Ebenezer Shillaber Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. C. Stickney Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this twelfth day of August 1848.
E. Shillaber CLERK.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County }
Be it known that on this fifteenth day of January 1842, personally appeared before me the Subscription Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Martha Green a resident of South Reading in the County of Middlesex aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March 1831, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Jeremiah Green dec d . who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a Pension under the Act of the 7 th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Thirty one 22 / 100 Dollars per annum, which amount she has received from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th of March 1841 at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Jeremiah Green deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not.
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the appli- cant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me
Joshua Prescott
Justice of the Peace
I Aaron Green of South Reading in the County of Middlesex of lawful age, on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Martha Green the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of Jeremiah Green deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a Pensioner under the Act of 7th July 1838, as stated by her.
Aaron Green
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss Middlesex County }
January 16 th 1844.
Then came Aaron Green who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me
Joshua Prescott
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 17. 1844.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joshua Prescott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston December 5. 1813
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joshua Prescott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.