Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,320, for Alexander Miller, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Miller, Alexander

NUMBER
S.23.320

CONTENTS
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4631 
New York 
Alexander Miller of Elmira in the State of New York who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the Company commanded by Captain Elmer of the Regt commanded by Col Hathorn in the New York line for 8 months and 26 days Private and 11 months and 1 day Sergeant 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 84 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of January 1833 and sent to T Maxwell Elmira NY

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $126.99 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ‘33   42.33 
[total] $169.32 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk 
Book D Vol. 5 Page 175 

Jun 13 1843
A. B.
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No. 8774 
Alexander Miller 
9-59
5.4.16. 

8 Sep 1832
14 Nov 1832

Ths. Maxwell 
Elmira N. Y.
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Brief in the case of Alexander Miller of Elmira in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? Seventy four years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

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Period.   |   Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.  |  Rank.  As a  |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.  |
To brief this case in an intelligible manner, is deemed impracticable – The applicant alleges more than two years Services, but does not state with precision more than one third of that time
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5. In what battles was he engaged? none named
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Orange – N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by traditionary evidence, and to certain extent, by living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are defective in authorisation
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
[signed] Wm. Gordon Examining Clerk.
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A Miller

admitted
11 mo. 1 day – St
8 mo. 26 days – private
19 mo. 27 days

admitted
11 mo. 1 day – Sergeant
8 mo. 26 days – private
19 mo. 27 days
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State of New York 
Tioga County  ss }  Alexander Miller the applicant in the declaration annexed being duly sworn, says, in addition to what he has testified in the annexed declaration, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection and on mature reflection, he served not less them the periods mentioned, below, in the grades & years therein mentioned.
In the year 1775 as a private in a company of militia then commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Elmer in Col. Hathorns Regiment of Militia in Orange Co. N. Y. in a course of drilling, discipline & occasional encampment 
4 months   months 4
In the same year at West point in June July & Augt. in a company commanded by Capt. Bailey in the same regt. having performed 2 terms for himself of two weeks, one of two weeks for David Armstrong & one for two weeks for George Luckey; while there was engaged in building a fort, in all 2 months.  2.
In 1776, in the winter, an engagement of 2 months as a private in Capt. Elmer’s company at Clouster near Ramapo, guarding the frontier, scouting &c. -  was discharged at Clouster -  2.  private 8.
In the spring of 1776, entered as a Sergeant in Capt. Richd Baileys company in Hathorn's regt. & marched to the Minisink Frontier where they were stationed 2 weeks & thence to Peramus [Paramus] near Ramapo where he performed duty as a Sergeant 6 weeks.   2 mo.
In Augt. 1776 marched with said company & served as a Serjeant stationed at Martinus Deckers fort and discharged in November - 3 mo.  3-
In the winter & spring of 1777 at Majr. Deckers fort near Carpenters ferry with said Company as Serjeant 3 months   3.
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In June 1777 he performed one months service as a private in a company under Capt. Minthorn, detached from Hathorn's Regt. guarding & scouting in the County of Rockland, he having volunteered   - 1.
In Augt. or Sept 1777 he was out as a Serjeant a week or more, at the time of the Minisink Battle, in Capt. Shepards company Hathorn's Regt  - ¼ 
In Octr. 1777, he served as a Serjeant one month in a company detached from Hathorn's Regt. under Capt. Sears guarding on Newburgh Hill  - 1 
In July 1778 he was detached with a guard which he commanded as Serjeant to escort a brigade of Waggons from Florida to Easton in Penna. in which he was employed in going & returning (The detachment was from Capt. Sears company) - 2 weeks.  – ½
In Augt. 1779 one month under Capt. Sears as a Serjeant from Florida, marched to Morristown, thence to Hackensack thence to Hopper's Heights in Jersey where they were stationed one month and in going & returning 2 weeks  1 1/2 
In 1779 & 1780, a number of tours of 3, 4 & 6 days each in pursuit of Cow boys tories &c. in the Clove Mountains & other places of resort, in Sear’s Company, in which he acted as Serjeant, all which as near as he can now determine more than one month  - 1
In June 1781, he entered as a private for 4 months to serve that length of time for a class of 8 men as particularly stated in his declaration, expecting to be attached to Capt. Brewsters company, but was attached to & served the 4 months in Capt Godwins company Col. Weisenfelts Regt, Starks Brigade - The several places where he performed this service are stated particularly in his declaration – 4.
months 25 1/4
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making all his services as above detailed thirteen months as a private, and twelve months & a quarter as a Serjiant, for which he claims a Pension. 
He states in explanation, that when called out in the militia, he served as a Serjiant, and when he enlisted or volunteered he went as a private 
[signed] Alexander Miller
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 18th December 1832 
[signed] W. Maxwell Justice of the peace Tioga County N.Y. 

I certify that on the 18 December 1832 the above named Alexander Miller with whom I have long been personally acquainted, & whom I consider a man of truth & veracity, appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement – 
[signed] W Maxwell Justice of the peace Tioga Co N.Y. 

State of New York 
Tioga County Clerks Office } I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that William Maxwell Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was when the same bears date a Justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned & sworn. That I am well acquainted with his signature & verily believe the above signatures of the said Justice are genuine. 
Witness my hand and seal of office the nineteenth day of Decemr 1832 
[signed] Green M Tuthill
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At a Court of Common pleas held at the Court house in the Village of Elmira in & for the County of Tioga in the State of New York (the same being a Court of Record because it is so declared to be by the Constitution and laws of the said State, and having a Seal and Clerk,) commencing on the first Tuesday in September 1832 
Present 
Hon. G. B. Baldwin First Judge 
J. R. Drake 
D. Bentley 
J. L. Darling 
E Shoemaker } Esqr Judges 

State New York 
Tioga County ss } Personally appeared in the said Court before the Judges thereof now sitting as aforesaid on the 4th day of September 1832 Alexander Miller late a resident of Reading in the County of Steuben, adjoining the said County of Tioga, now a resident of the said Town of Elmira aged seventy four years and upwards, who first 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 7. 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
That about the month of April 1775 as near as he can now recollect he volunteered in the service in a company of Militia, at Florida in the County of Orange in the State of New York under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Elmer in the regiment commanded by Col John Hathorn; that the said Company was for the greater part of that season kept in a course of drilling & discipline, & occasional encampment: that during the latter part of the season, as he now believes, he was with many others classed to perform a tour of two weeks each & then to be relieved for the same time, at West point on the North River, where they were engaged in building a fort: that he went there some time in June, (probably, the latter part of the month). and
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and remained two months, having performed four tours of service, two for himself, and two for David Armstrong and George Luckey, who were then residents of the said County of Orange & liable to perform such service - that this service was performed in the months of June, July and August, in a company which was detached for that purpose from Hathorn's regiment, and commanded by Capt. Bailey (whose name he thinks was Richard) and occasionally by the Lieutenant John Kennedy:
That in the following winter 1776 he was called out in the company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Elmer in Hathorn's Regiment aforesaid, and marched first to a place on the Hudson called Kakiat, and thence to Clouster, near Ramapo, in the neighbourhood of Tappan where they were engaged two months in guarding the frontier and in scouting in Bergen wood and occasionally about Hackensack: that he was discharged with the said company at Clouster aforesd at the expiration of the said two months: and on his return home a few days afterward was ordered to march in a company detached from Hathorn's regiment under command of Capt. Richard Bailey to guard against the Indian Depredations on the “Minisink Indian frontier" as it was then called: That he marched from Florida aforesaid and continued in the said frontier about two weeks & was then with said company ordered to march to Peramus [Paramus] in the neighborhood of Ramapo where they were engaged in scouting and guarding the surrounding grounds for about six weeks, when the said Company was ordered to return to Florida, and a few days after in the month of September as near as he can now determine, there was an alarm, in consequence of an attack from the Indians on the Minisink frontier, when the said Baileys company, & the deponent
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among the number marched to Major Deckers near Carpenter’s Ferry on the Delaware, in which neighborhood they remained in active service for more than six weeks, from thence they marched to Peenpack where they remained some time & thence to Martinus Dicker’s fort as it was called where they were dismissed in November 1776 having been engaged more than two months - On his return home he immediately entered in a company detached from the same regiment commanded by Capt. John Sears, to guard the neighborhood where Judge Suffern resided in the County of Rockland, which was much subjected to attack from the enemy & the tories - that he continued in that service more them two weeks. In the following June (1777) another company was detached from Hathorn's Regiment commanded by Capt. Minthorn, in which the said Alexander Miller entered as a volunteer, for similar service in the county of Rockland: that the said company continued in active employment for a month, when they were relieved & returned to Florida aforesaid. In August or September 1777 an attack on the Minisink frontier was expected from the Indians under Brant & Butler, & the deponent volunteered in a company in Hathorn's Regiment under Capt. Colvin Shepard, which marched to the scene of action. On arriving near the place where the Indians were encamped, the deponent with some others were dispatched to Florida, to bring on a portion of the company which was not in readiness when the main body marched, this service he performed and arrived at Minisink in the evening of the day on which Hathorn was defeated by Brant & Butler. He was engaged in this
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expedition about a week & returned to his residence in Florida aforesaid – 
In the month of June 1781 a class of men, in number eight, was formed in the neighborhood of Florida (and such was often the practice) who were required to furnish a man for four months service, or submit to a draft of one of their number to perform the same - The deponent was employed by this class, (whose names are now lost from his recollection) to perform the said four months service - He was required to repair to the place of rendezvous at Newburgh where he expected to join Capt. Brewster's company, (of Hathorn’s regiment), but on arriving at Newburgh the company was filled and he with several others was mustered and ordered to march to Fishkill, where he was attached to a company of Continental troops, (or “during the war men” as they were then termed) under command of Capt. Godwin’s company in Col. Weisenfelt’s regiment in Genl. Stark's brigade - that he joined the said regiment at Fishkill, when after remaining three or four days they were marched to Westpoint, from whence they proceeded in sloops to Albany, where they remained about a fortnight; thence to Schenectady, and remained about ten days, from which place they marched to Johnstown and after remaining there about two weeks the said regiment marched to Saratoga heights where it remained until his said term of service of four months expired - While there he recollects that rejoicings were held for the capture of Cornwallis - He was discharged at Saratoga - This discharge together with the several written discharges which he received at the expiration of his various terms of service has long been lost. 
And the said Alexander Miller doth further on his oath declare that from the peculiar situation of the County of
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Orange aforesaid, (in which he resided during the war of the revolution), subjected to attacks from the enemy and the Tories along the North River, (who were sustained and encouraged by the British forces then & during the greater part of the war in possession of the City of New York) on the one side, and the Indians on the other, the inhabitants of the said county were in an almost constant state of alarm, and calls for short expeditions in the public defence were continually made upon them - That this deponent was called out in such expeditions along the North river about the Sterling and Clove mountains, and the adjoining country, almost every week; but the circumstances of his various engagements of that kind and the officers under whom he marched in every case, in consequence of the lapse of more than fifty years, and the necessary failure of recollection incident to advanced age, have now passed from his memory - That he cannot therefore [illegible, particularly?] those engagements in addition to the services above detailed; but can speak with certainty, that all his various services, and while actively engaged in the public service, will considerably exceed two years –
That he has no documentary evidence of his services now in his possession, and does not know of any person now living who served with him except William Miller who now resides in the town of Seneca County of Ontario & State of New York, about six miles southwesterly from the village of Geneva. that the said William Miller is blind & otherwise by bodily infirmity, unable to attend at this Court, without great inconvenience & expense to the said applicant - That he lived in the said County of Orange in the town of Warwick after the close of the Revolutionary War, and until the
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month of March 1795 when he removed to the County of Tioga, that he continued to reside there until about 1812 or 1813 when he removed to Groton or Locke in the County of Tompkins; that about the year 1829 his wife died, when he broke up house keeping, & has since that time resided alternately among his relatives in Steuben & Tioga Counties having no permanent place of residence - that he was born at New Windsor in the County of Orange February 22d 1758, as he is informed & as appears from the family record in a bible kept by his sister Mrs Nancy Armstrong who died many years since at Groton in the County of Tompkins N.Y when the said bible passed into the hand of her daughter Mrs Polly Hopkins the wife of Stephen Hopkins who now resides in the said town of Groton, in whose possession he now supposes it to remain.
That he would refer to the Revd. Simeon R Jones of Southport Tioga County NY, Col Henry Wells of the same town; Col John Hendy, Genl Matthew Carpenter, & Joseph McConnel of the town of Elmira in the said County of Tioga, and Gersham Livesay Esqr Postmaster at Piedmont in the said County for proof of his general reputation & character both as a Revolutionary soldier & otherwise - that many of those gentlemen knew him while he lived in the County of Orange and all while he resided in Tioga County 
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 – 
[signed] Alexander Miller
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk
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Personally appeared in open Court before the above named Judges now sitting, William Curry, aged eighty four years and upwards, a resident now of the said County of Tioga but late of Bradford County in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Alexander Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, and who is now present in court; that he knew him in the Revolutionary war in the Town of Warwick & County of Orange in the State of New York that he has heard the said declaration read & knows the names of most of the officers mentioned therein under whom the said Miller served. That he knew that the said Miller was in the service as related by him, he himself having belonged to the same Regiment to wit Col John Hathorn’s, in which the said Miller served. That from his own recollection and personal knowledge of many of the events related in the declaration of the said Miller he has no doubt of the truth of the same generally - and that the said Miller served more than two years in the war of the Revolution. 
[signed] William Curry
Subscribed & sworn In open Court 
Sept 4th 1832 
[signed] Green M. Tuthill Ck
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We, Simeon R Jones, a clergyman residing in the Town of Southport County of Tioga & State of New York and Thomas Maxwell residing in the Town of Elmira in the County & State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age, that he has always been reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Simeon R. Jones.   Th. Maxwell
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & 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 Simeon R Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town Southport and Thomas Maxwell who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Elmira in the said County of Tioga and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit 
[signed] G. B. Baldwin First Judge
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I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the said Court of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Miller for a pension – 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 4th day of September 1832 
[signed] Green M Tuthill 
Ribbon attached 19 Dec 1832 
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk 


A Miller

admitted
11 mo. 1 day – St
8 mo. 26 days – private
19 mo. 27 days

admitted
11 mo. 1 day – Sergeant
8 mo. 26 days – private
19 mo. 27 days
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 
In reply to your request of ___ received ___ for a statement of the military history of Alexander Miller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 23 320

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
1775  |  serving in all at various times 2 years 1 ¼ mos.  |  Pvt.  |  Nathaniel Elmer  |  John Hathorne  |  N.Y.  |
-  |  -  |  Sgt.  |  Richard Baily  Minthorne  Calvin Shepard  John Sayers  Godwin  |  Weisenfelt.  |    |
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Battles engaged in, With Indians on Delaware River
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 4, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Elmira, Tioga Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born New Windsor, Orange Co. N.Y. Feb 22, 1758
Remarks: Wife, name not stated, died in 1829. Soldier died Jan 13 1843 (Agency book
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-2856
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75 Nathaniel Elmer N.Y mil
pvt. 4 mo.  Hathorn

June 75  Bailey
2 mo.  Hathorn

winter 76.   Elmer
2 mo

Spr. 76  Richard Baily 
Sgt. 2 mo  Hathorne

Aug 76. same Co.
Sgt 3 mo

Winter 77  same co
Sgt. 3 mos

June 77. Minthorn
pvt 1 mo

Aug or Sept.77  Shepard
Sgt 1 wk  Hathorn


Oct. 77.   Sears
Sgt  1 mo.

July 78 in command of escort to brigade of wagons
Sgt.  2 wks.
Aug 79  Sears
Sgt  1 ½ mos
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3-449.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.,   , 190_
18_
18_
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79 & 80   Sears
Sgt. 1 mo

June 80 – Godwin
pvt 4 mo.  Weisenfelt

dec Sept 4, 32
then at Elmira NY – 
at en. Florida Orange Co N.Y.
born Feb 22 1758 at New Windsor Orange Co N.Y.
wife died in 1829
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William Miller of Seneca in the County of Ontario and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a Lieutenant in the militia of the State of New York in the revolutionary war; and this deponent further saith that he is acquainted, with Alexander Miller, now of the town of Redding in the County of Steuben and that he recalls the said Alexander was in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier at a number of different times amounting as this deponent verily believes from fifteen months to two years. And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander served at one time four months, from Albany to Saratoga that he served at one time at Ramapo and at Tappan but the time he cannot state, precisely but believes a month or more. And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander served at Minisink two or three months as he believes, and this deponent further saith the said Alexander was called and harassed in said war a great deal that he was hardly a week at a time at home for a great length of time in consequence of his calls to go against the British and tories an alarms and frequently volunteered And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander was at an indian battle on the Delaware river in the capacity of a sergeant and arrived on the day of the battle with forty or fifty delinquents that he then was under the command of Captain Richard Bayly in Colonel Haythorn’s Regiment. And further this deponent saith not
[signed] William Miller X his mark
Witness Present S. G. Gage 
Subscribed and sworn July 30 1832 before me 
[signed] Saml. G. Gage 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
County of Yates ss }  I George Shearman Clerk of the said County of Yates do hereby certify that Saml G. Gage before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Yates and duly empowered by law to administer oaths. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Saml. G. Gage and verily believe the signature Saml. G. Gage to the said Affidavit (or foregoing proceedings) to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas at Penn Yan this second day of August one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Two. 
[signed] George Shearman Clerk 

I Samuel G. Gage the Justice of the peace before whom the within affidavit of William Miller was made on the 30th July 1832 do hereby certify that I consider the said William Miller to be a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to belief 
[signed] Saml. Gage 
Justice of the Peace
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Alexander Miller
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander Miller 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No.
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
VII. 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? yes.
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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? yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
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? He states that he has no documentary evidence, but has adduced the testimony of three living witnesses
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
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? yes
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? the Court certify that the interrogatories were put to the applicant
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.
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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. 
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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
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.
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Revolution  23 320
INVALID. 
File No. 23,320
Alexander Miller 
Sergt Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32”
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 275
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

1904. Aug. 11. Ethel Miller Denison Iowa fur. Service  AW
1913 Oct. 2. Hist. to Mr. Walter A. Thomas  MBH.
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WALTER A. THOMAS & CO. 
BROKERS 
GRAIN STOCKS BONDS 
MET LIFE BLDG. 
MEMBERS 
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
MINNEAPOLIS STOCK EXCHANGE 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Sept 26th 1913 
Bureau of Pensions for 
Soldiers American Revolution. 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen:- 
Can you give me information regarding Alexander Miller Private of the 4th Reg. Orange County N.Y. Militia. 
I understand he drew a pension, I wish to know date of birth and place and death, and who and when married if you have this information of record. Also any other data you may have regarding names of children if you have it. An early reply will be appreciated, thanking you for same. 
very truly yours 
[signed] W. A Thomas 
This party fought in the war of the revolution and I wish to get all information can regarding him and his family.
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Denison Iowa
Aug 3, 1904
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Can you send me the military record of Alexander Miller a Revolutionary soldier who enlisted in – County New York. Part of his life was spent in Orange Co and he lived for a time at Horseheads Chemung Co.
Yours resp’y
Ethel Miller
4631

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office Aug 5 1904