Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,069, for Edward Miles, Maryland
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Service
MD

Miles, Edward

Number 
S.11069

Carded
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12882
District of Columbia
Edward Miles
of Washington in the Dist of Columbia who was a Pri in the company commanded by Captain Gaither in the Maryland Line for 12 months.

Inscribed on the roll of the Dist: Col: at the rate of 40 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June '33 and sent to S. Burch Esq H.R. Office

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - $80
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept '33 - $20
$100

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 114
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S. Burch Esq
C.C. H.R. Office

Admit as a 
Private 12 Mo $40
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District of Columbia
County of Washington

On this fourth day of May 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Washington in the District of Columbia - Edward Miles (who is and has been to me the said Justice personally well known for the last eighteen or twenty years) of the resident of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia aged seventy-one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of congress passed June 7, 1832 viz:

That in the latter part of the month of March or the beginning of the month of April 1781 in Charles County in the state of Maryland (in which county he was born and raised) he was drafted into the militia service of the U.S. and was marched to Annapolis in said state under the command of Francis Ware and Henry Chapman - upon arriving at Annapolis he was delivered up to the command of Captain Henry Gaither who then or has since resided in Montgomery County in said state of Maryland - after remaining sometime under the command of Captain Gaither - Captain John Mitchell of the regular army as the deponent believes came among the militia and beat  up for volunteers or recruits when the deponent with many of his companions joined the company of said Captain Mitchell - the name of those who joined Mitchell's company so far as the deponent an now recollect thema re as follows viz: Nicholas Miles, (twin brother of the deponent) John Clements, Bendict Clements (his brother) James Taylor, William Elgin, Henry Proctor, Matthew Smoot, William Lovely, George Maddox
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William Clinkscales and William Nail of all the persons here mentioned the deponent believes that Henry Proctor is the only one now living nor does he positively know that he is now alive - He understood eighteen months ago that he was living in Charles County near Bryantown - after joining Captain Mitchell's company I was personally inspected and examined by Gen Smallwood in person an also by James Roxburgh and by an army Physician who declared I was in all respects fit for service when I was mustered and in part clothed (the full clothing to which I was informed I was entitled was not then to be had) Captain Mitchell's company was attached to Major Roxburgh's battalion of the 4th regiment - In the course of the summer we were marched to the southward and were at the siege of Yorktown in Virginia - upon arriving at York we were attached to the command of General Lafayette and often during the siege I have stood sentinel at the tent door of General Lafayette - after the surrender of Yorktown, I was one of guard that marched the British prisoners to Fredericksburg where we left the prisoners and our company was marched to Annapolis at which place I was discharged from service on the 25th of March 1782 making one year that I was in service.

Harrison Elgin was Lieutenant of Captain Mitchell's company and died at Yorktown during the siege. James Taylor's left arm was shot off at Yorktown.

I have never had or received a pension or annuity from the U.S. or from any or either of the states.

This deponent further declares that he knows Priscilla King (the wife of Charles King) who resides near Rock Creek Church in the County of Washington
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in the District of Columbia and whose deposition accompanies this declaration, to be the daughter of John Clements one of the persons he has mentioned as serving with him in Captain Mitchell's company - and that with the exception of Henry Proctor (if he be living) she is the only person he now knows or who is within this reach that can prove anything with respect to his service.

Colonel Hanson even as well as the deponent now recollects the colonel of the regiment - he Henry Proctor above mentioned acted as waiter to Col. Hanson.

Edward Miles

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4th day of May 1833.

S Burch
Justice Peace

I do hereby certify that I am & have been for eighteen or twenty years personally well acquainted with Edward Miles who has made before me in my character of Justice of the Peace his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the law of 1832 (June 7th) Miles has for the last ten years resided within a few hundred yards of my residence - I have no doubt he is at least seventy or seventy-one years of age - nor have I any doubt whatsoever of the correctness of his declaration as herein made & subscribed before me - From the time said Miles became known to me I have understood & believed he served in the ranks of the army either regular or militia in the revolutionary war - one circumstance I will detail - tit is this - a few days after the landing of General Lafayette in New York in 1824 Miles met me and seemed greatly rejoiced that his old commander had once more come to America as he should expect again to see him, he then told me of being under the immediate command of the General at the siege of York in Virginia and that on several occasions during the military operations at
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York, he had stood sentinel over the tent of General Lafayette - I mentioned this circumstance to the committee appointed to make arrangements for the pageantry of Gen Lafayette's visit to the city of Washington - miles was sent for by the committee and having duly questioned him upon the subject they were satisfied of the correctness of his declaration and assigned him a very honorable place as a revolutionary soldier in the procession which was gotten up upon the occasion of the General's visit to the seat of Government.

I have no doubt that Mr. Miles did serve in the revolutionary army and that he served as he has stated.

S. Burch

Sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Washington in the District of Columbia this 7th day of May 1833.

James Young
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District of Columbia
Washington county

on this 9 day of Feby 1833 before me one of the United States Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid appeared Priscilla King wife of Charles King and daughter of John Clements late a soldier of the revolutionary war of the Maryland line now deceased who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God deposeth & saith that her said father John Clements often told deponent & others in his hearing that Edward Miles served in the same company with him at the siege of York & that they served together for the period of Nine months & further sayeth not.

Priscilla King
Her X Mark

Before Will Hebb
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District of Columbia
Washington County viz

On this 9th day of Feby 1833 appeared before me one of the United states Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Charles King son of Elijah King late of Prince George's County in the state of Maryland deceased who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God deposeth & sayeth that he had often heard John Clements late a soldier of the Maryland line say that Edward Miles served with him at the siege of York in the revolutionary war & that they served together for the period of nine months  & further sayeth not.

Charles King

Will: Hebb
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Land Office
Annapolis, May 21st 1833

I certify that it appears by a list or papers on file in this office headed as follows "Return of the Drafts from Charles County Who were drafted the 27th day of July 1781" - That the name of Edward Miles appears upon said return to have been drafted on the 27th of July 1781.

George G. Brown
Reg. Land Office W.S. Md
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11069
INVALID
Rev War

file No 11,069
Edward Miles
Priv. Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index Vol: A Page 258

[Arrangement of 1870.]