Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7190, for George Miller, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Pa.
Miller, George
NUMBER  R. 7190
CONTENTS
Residence of this soldier, Md.
George Miller, No. 7191, nearly always the same, so should inquiry come for one, both should be sent.
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200.96
Geo. Miller
Ohio
4 - 2
Return
5.11
R. F. Naylor Clk.
Woodfield
Monroe Co. Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of George Miller 
County of Monroe 
in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 68 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Vol In 1780    Duration of Service.   about 3 Months 8 Days    Rank. As a    Indian Spy    Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Zane, Capn McCulloch
He claims for services rendered in the Jan 1787 
5. In what battles was he engaged? None 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington  Pa.  
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above Chas W. Forrest 
Examining Clerk
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State of Ohio 
Monroe County ss 
On this 22d day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Jeremiah H Hallock President and Amos B Jones, Jeremiah Hollister and John Lynn Associates Judges of the Court of Common pleas it being a Court of Record now sitting George Miller a Resident of said Monroe County and State aforesaid Aged about Sixty Eight years who being first 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 7th AD 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United State under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That is to say that he did on or about the first of September 1780 volunteer under the command of one Colonel Ebeneezer Zane and Captain John McCulloch and served as an Indian Spy along the Ohio River and the through several parts of the State of Ohio about forty or fifty days and shortly after enlisted or volunteered and served again about forty Eight days when we were discharged about the last of June when we were again discharged by our Colonel David Williamson but often times went out on Short Scouts defending and guarding the frontier until the fifteenth of March when he again enlisted under one Colonel David Shepherd, Major Samuel McCulloch and Captain William McMahan, Lieutenant James Mitchell and Ensign Joseph Biggs when and where he served about nine months when he was regularly discharged and went home where he remained untill about
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the first of August 1791 when he was drafted as a militia man under Capt Benjamin Rice Lieutenant Abram Clemans and marched to Mingo Bottoms when they rendezvous and then marched to Fish creek Bottom called Bakes station when and where they remained about one month when they when again regularly discharged and returned home to Washington County Pa. when he then lived or resided when he remained untill the first of August 1794 when he again became substitute ranger for one Thomas Carpenter under one Captain John McCulloch, Lieutenant Joseph Biggs and Ensign Levi Morgan and marched to Dilleys Botton now in Bellmont County Ohio then to Tuscaraway and up White Woman and away on to the head of Licking after which they returned back to Dilleys bottom when we were again discharged after serving about four or five month and then returned home to the Flats of Graves Creek Ohio County Va  - since which he has not served any 
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 or territory whatever
George Miller   his mark   
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid 
We Isaac Baker and  residing in said Monroe County Farmers hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to
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about sixty Eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution that we concur in that belief  
Isaac Baker 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Interrogatories propounded by Court 
1  - where and in what year were you born   
answer I was born in Hagerstown Maryland in 1764 
2d   have you any record of your age and if so where is 
Answer no I have not any  
3d where were you living when called into service  where have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now live 
Answer I was living Washington Co. Pa. when enlisted but some years afterwards moved to this country where I now live
7th How were you called into service were you to drafted did you volunteer or were you substituted and if a substitute for whom 
Answer I volunteered all excepting one term of four or five months which I was a substitute for one Thomas Carpenter and one more I was drafted   
5th 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 there was no regulars where we served. We generally served as spies and Rangers along the Ohio River and over in this State defending the settlements from the incursions of the Indians 6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
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Answer I received a discharge from Captain Wm McMahan one from Captain John McCulloch and another from Captain Benjamin Rice which are all lost or mislaid to the best of my knowledge 
State the names of persons in your Neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Isaac Baker and 
And the said Court do hereby declare their 1 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 and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Isaac Baker who has signed the preceeding certificate is a resident in said Neighbourhood and who has also testified in the said cause is a resident in the same and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit
J. H. Hallock   } Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County
John Linn
Amos B. Jones
Jerh Hollister
I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the 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 George Miller for a Pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Woodfield the 21st Day of September 1832 
R. F. Naylor Clerk
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No 20096
Act 7. June 1832 
Rejected  
Ohio
See 
Woodfield
Monroe County
Ohio
7190
Act 7 June 1832
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George Miller
Ohio
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State of Ohio Monroe County ss   
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County George Miller 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 services, but according but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the Periods mentioned below in the following grades for one year and five month  - served a private under the command of Col. David Williamson in Washington County Pa. - I Marched to Tuscarawas in the State of Ohio - also for one year and six months under Col. Ebenezer Zane & Capt. John McCulloch as a Private Soldier  commencing about the first of October 1779 and for which services I claim a Pension
George Miller his Mark 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of June 1833 
Daniel Gray Justice of the Peace  [seal]
Also personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jeremiah Hollister one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith he is well acquainted with the above named George Miller and that to the best of his knowledge he the said George Miller, is a man of truth and veracity and believed in his immediate neighbourhood to have been a private soldier in the revolution and also believe him to be about sixty nine years of age 
Jer Hallister 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of June 1833 Daniel Gray Justice of the Peace [seal]
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State of Ohio Madison County ss 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County the within named Gorge Miller who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith he has no Documentary evidence relative to his services in the Revolution nor cannot obtain the Testimony of any living witness as he knows of at this time and through infirmity of age  cannot recollect the precise periods of which he served
George Milton his mark 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of June 1838 Daniel Gray Justice of the Peace [seal]   
State of Ohio Monroe County ss 
I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that Daniel Gray Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings we had was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Woodfield the 28th day of June A.D. 1833. 
Robert F. Naylor Clerk
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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 George Miller which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
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? 
VI. *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 amount of pension he is entitled?    No this objection answered in accompanying affidavit 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. In 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?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergy man and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?    No the Evidence of one other person is herewith referred there being no Clergyman in his neighbourhood 
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? No   such proof cannot be had   Refer to accompanying affidavit 
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
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? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  
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 months , and --- days, I served as a- -- For -- months 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
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. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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War Department  
Pen’n Office 
19. July. 1833.
Sir:
The claim of George Miller has been again examined. In his first declaration he alleges to have performed two tours of service in 1780 amounting to 98 days. His next term of service commenced in 1787, which was after the close of the war of the Revolution, and consequently not embraced in the provisions of the act of 7th June 1832.   
In his amended declaration he alleges to have performed two tours of service the first for one year and five months, the second for one year  and six months, the latter commencing in 1779.-- Now it is well known to this Depart that the services under Col. Zane were short tours, and not one year & six months continuous service. It is indeed somewhat remarkable that nearly three years service should have
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have been forgotten when the first declaration was made.  There is so much ground for suspicion are that the claim is rejected and the papers are retained on the files of this Office  -
I am yr.
Very obt svt
J.L.E.
R. F. Naylor
19 July 1833
OC
Recorded vol 25
July 13
Robert F. Naylor Esq.
Woodfield
Monroe Co. Ohio