Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7180, for Conrad Miller, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Miller, Conrad  
NUMBER   R.7180
b. [born] 1754 in York Co. Pa there at enl & in 1834
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David Corey Esqr
20th Oct '34
O.C.
Record Vol. 26 p. 209
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War Dept. Pen Office 
October 20, 1834        
Sir,
The declaration of Conrad Miller has been exd [examined].   He alleges that he performed two tours of service of three months each in the Pennsylvania militia. The militia of that state were not called out to serve for to be a period as three months under one engagement.  The applicant  could not therefore have been in service for so long a period as six months, which is required in order to be entitled to the benefits of the act of 7 June 1832.  The claim has be rejected and the paper placed on file in this office     
David Corey Esq 
York  Pa
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State of Pennsylvania                
County of York } SS 
On this 16 day of October 1834 Personally appeared before me a Judge of the district Court in and for said County of York in the State of Pennsylvania   Conrad Miller a resident of said County aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
1st E
That about the first of July 1776 He Volunteered to serve for three months as drummer in Captain Longs Company at York in the State of Pennsylvania and was attached to Col Swopes Battalion and Marched through Lancaster Chester Counties to Philadelphia and thence to Trenton Princeton and Newark in the State of New Jersey and Amboy and duly served out the time for which he engaged and was then discharged in at Newark in the State of New Jersey by Capt Long
2d   3   That on the 11 September in the year 1777 he volunteered to serve in Captain Zollengers Company at York in Col McCollister Regiment and Marched to Lancaster and was there put under the command of Colonel Morgan untill we joined the Army Near Brandywine and then Marched to Brandywine, and put under the command Captain Williams in Col Rankins Regiment and that he duly served out the time for which he volunteered and that he served three months or more during that tour and was discharged by Capt Williams at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsyl’a and that he served at least altogether at Six months in the Army of the Revolution and I further declare that I have not evidence in my possession nor do I know of any person now living whose testimony I can get to prove my service Except Philip Waggoner          
I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension except the present and declare that my is not on the pension of any place or state except that of the State of Pennsylvania                
Conrad Miller  his mark
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Question 1 Where and in what year was you born  
Answer  I was born in York County in the year 1754 to the best of my information    
Question 2  Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it   
Answer   I have no Record of my age    
Question 3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live                
Answer  I lived in York County when called into service and have lived in York County ever since the Revolutionary war   
Question 4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom     
Answer  I Volunteered Each time      
Question 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 service
Answer    I was not acquainted with any of the Regular Officers who were in service at the time I served.  I recollect I was acquainted with Capt McDaniel Capt Spangler and Capt Snyder  and Militia Officers of Col Swopes Battalion  
Question  6   Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service if so by of whom was it given and what has become of it  
Answer   I rec’d two Discharges one signed by Capt Long and the other by Capt Williams which I have lost      
Ques 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and there belief of your services as a soldier of the the Revolution 
Answer  William Ross Esq Michael Ashenfelter  Michael Benedict Abraham Anderson George Klotfetter Can all Testify to my character for Veracity and Truth and their belief of my services in the Revolutionary War  
Conrad Miller his mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 16th day of October 1834     
Daniel Durkee
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Mr. Waggoner is deranged his oath cannot be obtained    
State of Pennsylvania   
County of York { SS    
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County     
A credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Conrad Miller an applicant for a pension or the year 1776 that he did volunteer at York aforesaid about the 1st July 1776 and served for three months in Capt Longs and Col Swopes Battalion and duly served out the term for he Engaged and was Hon discharged at      in the State of N Jersey 
Sworn to and subscribed before in this day July 1834         
We Adam Ettinger a Clergiman residing in the County of York Pa and Abraham Everhart residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Conrad Miller of York County who has subscribed Sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion     
Sworn to Subscribed this 16 day of October 1834 
Daniel Durkee  Judge D. C.   Adam Ellinger 
Abraham Everhart
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32.121     
Conrad Miller
Pennsylvania
And I the said Judge of the District Court of the County of York and State of Pennsylvania do further certify that Conrad Miller the within applicant for a pension is not able to attend at the Court to make his declaration in consequence of Bodily infirmity and I further certify that Adam Ettinger who signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergiman resident of the County of York and that Abraham Everhart who has signed the same is a is a resident of County and is a credible person and that there statement is entitled to credit 
And further declare my opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the Above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states          
In testimony whereof of I have hereunto set my hand  this 16 October 1833            
Pennsylvania                
York County SS     Daniel Durkee         
I John W. Hetrick Prothonotary of the District Court of said County do certify at the Honorable Daniel Durkee before whom the above declaration was made and depositions was taken is and was at the time of signing his name thereto a Judge of District Court aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law and the signature to the same is in his proper hand writing               
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at York borough this 16th day of Oct 1832    
John W. Hetrick Prothy
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October 29, 1934. 
BA-J/ILL    
Conrad Miller         
R. 7180     
Xenia Miller           
540 West 123 Street              
Apartment B-63           
New York, New York.               
Dear Madam:               
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Conrad Miller, of York County, Pennsylvania .              
Conrad Miller was born in the year 1753, in York County, Pennsylvania; the days of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.                    
On October 16, 1834, while a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, he applied for pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He stated then that while a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered July 1, 1776 and served three months as drummer in Captain Long’s company, Colonel Swope’s Pennsylvania regiment;  also, that he enlisted September 1, 1777. served as private in Captain Zollinger's company, Colonel McCollister (possibly meant for McAllister’s) regiment, marched to Brandywine,  served under Captain Long and Colonel Rankin and was discharged, having served three months.              
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension law.      
There are no data relative to the family of Conrad Miller.            
Very truly yours,     A. D. HILLER,      
Assistant to Administrator.
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RECEIVED 
OCT 9 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER # 62
540 W. 123. St. N. YC
Oct 8, 1934
Pension Bur.
Gentlemen, 
May I please have statement of pension received by Conrad Miller
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Revolutionary soldier from Hopewell Township, York County, Pa. 
Only
This is for verification of record to join D. A. R.
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Thanking you for information       
Yours very truly
Xenia  Miller    
540 W. 123 St  apt. B63
N.Y. C
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Rejected        
See letter to Wm. L. Sebring Esq.   
Easton Pa           
16 Feb. 1835
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7180
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32.1
Conrad Miller
Pennsylvania
FREE
Suspend this
Hon James L. Edwards 
Esqr Washington City
D. C.
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York October 16 1834         
Sir    
Enclosed I send you the papers of Conrad Miller an old Soldier if you find them satisfactory please send me his Certificate  and you will Oblidge your Humble Servant   
David Corey
Hon J. L. Edwards