Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for Richard Millan, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Millan, Richard
Dis.
Millin
No papers

CONTENTS [blank]
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[handwritten]
Mar. 29, 1906
AW
[illegible signature -- possibly WJF]
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Millan, Richard
His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Vermont, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 62.

Rank: Sergeant
Regt: 10th Mass.
Disability: Disabled by hardships and fatigue, which occasioned an incurable sore in his leg.
Date of commencement: June 29, 1792
Monthly allowance: $2.50
Arrears due $60

Allowed see 1835 list
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AW
Aug. 28, 1906
WJF
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Millan, Richard
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Vermont, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 120.

Rank: Sergeant
Regt: Col Marshall
Disability: Disabled while in the service of the U. States, by hardships and fatigue, which occasioned an incurable sore on his leg, which disables him very much.
Residence: Windham.
Monthly allowance: $2.50
Arrears due $60
Remarks: Enlisted December 24, 1776, and discharged September 20, 1779.
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Helen F. Pierce
430 College Avenue
Modesto, California

BA-J/ady
Disability
Rev. War
Richard Millan


Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter relative to Richard Millen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Richard Millan, the name is also shown as Millen and Millin, enlisted, place not stated, December 24, 1776, served as sergeant in Colonel Marshall's Tenth Massachusetts Regiment; he was disabled in the service by hardships and fatigue which resulted in an incurable sore on his leg, and he was discharged December 20, 1779. 

On account of said disability he was allowed pension of $60 per annum, under the Act of March 3, 1809, and which was automatically increased to $96.00 per annum, under the Act of April 24, 1816. At the time he received his pension he was a resident of Burlington County, Vermont. He had resided at one time in Windham, the state not designated.

He died December 24, 1817, and his age not stated.

There are no family data, and no further information in regard to this soldier because of the destruction of the papers in his application for pension when the War Office was burned in 1814.

Very truly yours.

A.A. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[handwritten]430 College Ave.
[typed]Modesto, California
November 16, 1939

Secretary
Veteran's Administration
Arlington Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

I am writing to inquire whether you have any record of a pension having been paid to Richard Millen (or Mellin or Mellen) or to his widow. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (presumably from Vermont) and fought in Colonel Thomas Marshall's regiment and Captain Josiah Smith's company. [handwritten] He resided at Bennington for many years and before that at Wilmington Vermont in Windham County.

[typed] We have a paper sworn to before a Justice of the Peace in Bennington, Vermont  [handwritten] in 1810 [typed] in which his war record is cited and it is stated that he was recommended for a pension by Act of Congress on [handwritten] Mar 3, 1809

[typed] I shall greatly appreciate any information which you can furnish me on this matter.

Very truly yours,
[signature] Helen F. Pierce

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