Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,376, for John Miles, North Carolina
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SERVICE [added by hand “Miles, John”]

NUMBER [added by hand “S 21,376”]

CONTENTS [added by hand “Born in N.C.”]
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[added by hand “South Carolina 29.694”]
[added by hand “John Miles”]
of [added by hand “Marlboro”] in the State of [added by hand “So Ca.”]
who was a [added by hand “pvt”] in the [blank] commanded  
by Captain [blank] of the [added by hand “Rgt”] commanded
by [added by hand “Col. Axon”] in the [added by hand “N. Car.”] 
line for [added by hand “2 years”]

Inscribed on the Roll of [added by hand “South Carolina”]
at the rate of [added by hand “80”] Dollars [added by hand “—“] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the [added by hand “30-“] day of [added by hand “[Jan :35 [illegible]]”]
and [added by hand “[illegible] C. W. Dudley Marlboro So Ca.”]

Arrears to the 4th of [added by hand “Sep. [‘26] 280. –“]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [added by hand “[illegible] 40 –“]
[added by hand “320”]
			{Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by [added by hand “Nath. Rice”] Clerk, 
Book [added by hand “E”] Vol. [added by hand “6”] Page [added by hand “76”]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

On this the tenth day of Octr [inserted] AD 1834, personally in the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Marlborough District and State of South Carolina, in open court now in Session, John Miles a resident of the District and State aforesaid, aged Eighty Four years, who after having been sworn according to law did upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June of 1832. That he was born in Dobbs County No. Ca on the 13th day of February AD 1750 and that his age is recorded in a Prayer Book now in his house That he was living in Dobbs County when he entered the service, which he did as a volunteer in the militia for a tour of three months which he served under Capt George Miller. He recollects that in this town, he was at the Battle of Moor’s Creek bridge, by reference to which the precise period of this part of his service may be ascertained. From Moors Creek bridge he went to Wilmington No. Car, at which place he stayed a few days & travelled from there to Newbern No. Ca where he spent twenty days & where his term of three months expired & his discharge was given him by Col. Richard Caswell, who previous to discharging his soldiers at the request of the citizens of Newbern, carried them all out about one mile from the town & giving them their discharges he unheaded a barrel of rum & told them to help themselves. From this place he went back to Dobbs County and enlisted in the Army of the United States for the tour of three years under Capt Samuel Caswell at Kingston. Shortly after his enlistment, he was marched under the direction
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of Col. Benjamin Axom [Exum] (in place of Capt Samuel Caswell who was taken sick) to Eutaw Springs; during the engagement at this place, deponent was confined in one of the baggage wagons in consequence of an injury he had recd. previous to that time. He thinks that the battle at Eutaw was shortly after the commencement of his service as a regular & therefore by referring to the period when that Battle was fought it may be nearly ascertained at what time this term of his service began. From Eutaw he was marched to the sea-board between Wilmington N.C. and Charleston S.C. to guard against the British. From thence he was carried to Savannah in Georgia which he was compelled to leave hastily and was hotly pursued by the British into Charleston; from which place he started for Newbern No. Ca; but whilst they were at the mouth of White Oak river in N.C. he was caught in company with four or five others in endeavouring to appropriate some disaffected watermelons on a neighbouring plantation to the American Service. He was carried by the British to their ships which were lying off the coast & confined on board of one for sixty days, during which time he actually lived on a dumplin a day & even this was furnished him chiefly by his friends who stole to the ships in the night or contrived other expedients to supply him with the necessaries of life. At the expiration of sixty days he was exchanged & followed on after the balance of the U.S. forces to Newbern. At Kingston his term of service expired & he recd. his discharge from Capt Saml. Caswell (who had rejoined his men upon the recovery of his health & returned home.
	
Shortly after this, deponent moved to Wake County No. Ca & was drafted and served as a private in the militia three months under Capt John
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Trent and was in the Battle at Guilford Court House during this tour, after which he moved into Wake, Johnson and Duplin Counties & thereabouts for the purpose of suppressing the Tories & protecting the lives & property of the well disposed citizens; in which manner was the bal. of the three months employed, at the expiration of which time he [illegible] his discharge at Wake CH (now Raleigh) and soon afterwards turned out again under Col. Saunders & Col. Tom Wooton – in pursuit of Col. Fanning who was at that time the terror of the whole country & spent

[Superimposed on p. 5 is a piece of paper with the following text: “This is to certify that John Miles both furnished [Wm Hagenwood], a substitute in his [illegible] to his [powr.?], Given under my hand, this 12th day of Novr. [illegible]”]

Should the Department be of opinion that deponent can not draw any thing as a regular without further evidence, he then dispenses with his claims in that character, as death & distance have long since robbed him of every witness who could be serviceable to him he has thus stated the quality and quantity of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier which amount in the aggregate to Three years (‘as a regular’) and nine months as a private in the militia for which he claims a pension. He further swore that for the whole of that time he served with an embodied corps, called into service as he believes by competent authority, that he was either in the field or in garrison & for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, also that he relinquished all claim whatever to any other pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 	
John Miles his Mark X
Geo. Bristow
c.c.cpls.
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Trent and was in the Battle at Guilford Court House during this tour, after which he moved into Wake, Johnson and Duplin Counties & thereabouts for the purpose of suppressing the Tories & protecting the lives & property of the well disposed citizens; in which manner was the bal. of the three months employed, at the expiration of which time he [illegible] his discharge at Wake CH (now Raleigh) and soon afterwards turned out again under Col. Saunders & Col. Tom Wooton – in pursuit of Col. Fanning who was at that time the terror of the whole country & spent three months in this business in Guilford, Columbus, & Chatham Counties. Solomon Woods was his capt from whom he recd. his discharge, which is the only one he has saved from the wreck of time & neglect. He has no other documentary evidence of his services & knows of no one now alive who can testify to his services. 

Should the Department be of opinion that deponent can not draw any thing as a regular without further evidence, he then dispenses with his claims in that character, as death & distance have long since robbed him of every witness who could be serviceable to him he has thus stated the quality and quantity of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier which amount in the aggregate to Three years (‘as a regular’) and nine months as a private in the militia for which he claims a pension. He further swore that for the whole of that time he served with an embodied corps, called into service as he believes by competent authority, that he was either in the field or in garrison & for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, also that he relinquish-ed all claim whatever to any other pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 	
John Miles his Mark X
Geo. Bristow
c.c.cpls.
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The State of South Carolina
Marlborough District ---

We, Nicholas Ware a clergyman and George Bristow in the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the applicant John Miles who has sworn to and subscribed the within declaration. That we believe him to be eighty four years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Nicholas Ware
George Bristow
[c.c.cpls.]

And the said courts do hereby declare their opinion [illegible] the investigation of the matter and after putting [illegible] 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 Nicholas Ware who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resident in Marlborough Dist and State aforesaid and that George Bristow, a resident in the same State and Dist are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said court further certifies that the alterations and [illegible] are the applicants declarations, were made before the signing thereof by the applicants.
S Richardson
Associate Judge
6th October 1834
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[added by hand “Revolution”]
[added by hand “21 376”]
INVALID
File No. [added by hand “21, 376”]
[added by hand “John Miles”]
[added by hand “Pri Rev War”]
Act: [added by hand “June 7th 32”]
Index: —Vol. [added by hand “2”], Page [added by hand “275”]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Admitted
Private 2 yr $80
CW Dudley Esq.
Marlboro CH
So. Ca.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State’s Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from a list of settlements of the accounts of the officers and soldiers of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that John Miles a private in said line was allowed for his services the sum of one hundred and eighty five pounds five shillings and eight pence (£185.5.8.)
Given under my hand
This 24th January 1835
W. Hill
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Declaration of 
John Miles for a
Pension —
32.504
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Declaration of 
John Miles
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The State of South Carolina
Marlborough District

I, George Bristow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings in the matter of the ap-plication of John Miles for a Pension given under my hand and seal of office this the 10th day of March A.D. 1834.
Given under my hand & seal of office this the 10 day of Oct AD 1834

George Bristow
c.c.c.ps

Mr. J L Edwards
Sir
This document was prepared for [illegible] at the last session of our court but owing to the infirmity of [illegible] who has likely been afflicted with the palsy, he could not attend. The alterations [illegible] in order to [illegible] when the application was in fact made. We have attached [illegible] discharge which has fortunately been preserved from the ravages of time. This we [illegible] not to entitle as to a pension for the times therein specified but merely to show that we did serve in the Revolutionary War & perhaps by this could some [illegible] to the probability that we served as we have stated.

Very respectfully yours, 
CW Dudley
Marlborough Court House
South Carolina