Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22402, for Ludwick Miller, Pennsylvania
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Service: Penn.
Miller, Ludwick
Number: S. 22402
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22697
Pennsylvania
Ludwick Miller of Cumberland Co in the State of Penna who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Stewart of the Regt commanded by Col Cadwallader in the Penn line for ten months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Dec., 1833. and sent to Wm M. Grier. Shippensburg, Penna.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833 - 83.33
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 16.67
_____
$100.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by M N. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. five Page 40
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State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss ,on this twelfth day of November in the yar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally assessed in open court before the honorable Judge Reed and his Associates - judges of the court of [illegible] Lessors in the county of Cumberland and the State of Pennsylvania - now siting - Ludwick Miller in the county and state aforesaid age seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers 
and served as herein stated. The petitioner resided and
enlisted in Shafers Town [Schaefferstown] Lancaster County now Lebanon 
County in the begining of the year seventeen hundred in
seventy six - under Lieutenant Wilbert a recruiting officer and served as rifleman - 
and marched to Lancaster and
from thence to Philidelphia [Philadelphia] - and was then put under
Capt. Walter Stewart - and commanded by Maj Stokes
Colonel Deshay and Col. Cadwalader and General Miflens - 
we marched from thence to New York, and from
thence to Fort Washington - and from there to [illegible]  and then returned to Fort Washington again and while preparing for winter quarter, we were taken
prisoners and taken back to New York and kept
for six weeks in an old French Church or Meetinghouse
and then discharged on parole in December in said year
of Seventeen hundred and seventy six. I then immediately
went in the army and drove a illegible] team for my
father and others and hauled provisions for the use of
the Army. I continued in this employment for about
two months. I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension
or annety except the present, and declare that my name
is not on the pention [pension] roll of the agency of any
State

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court [illegible] ^deposition
here is [illegible] the attached
Ludwick Miller his mark [+]

Jn. Harper Prothy
deposition,
We, George Leidy
a clergyman residing in the county 
of Cumberland and Major John Harper
residing in the same
place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Luderick [Ludwick] Miller, who has subscribed and sworn
to the above decleration; that we believe him to be
seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed 
in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been
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a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in
that opinion
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court-
John Reed [illegible]
George Leidy
J. W. Hanover

And the [word crossed out] said Court do hereby declare them
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and
after puting the interogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the
certifies that it appears to them George Leidy who signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County
of Cumberland and that Major John Morgan who has also
signed the same is a resident of said County, and is a
creditable person, and that there statement is entitle 
to credit.
John Reed
Benedict [illegible word]
Isaiah Graham
[two illegible words written on the right margin] 

I John Mosher Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of this said Court in the matter of the application
of Ludwick Miller for a pention 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 13th day of November eighteen hundred and thirty three
J. W. Harper
Clk of the Ct. of Common
Pleas of Cumbr. County

[on the left: round seal stamped over a star-shaped paper]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
20th November 1833.

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew [show] what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Ludrick [Ludwick] Miller

Period when the service was rendered.  1776
Duration of the claimant's service. Years.  Months.  Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  
77 years  Lancaster
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
77 years
Lancaster County Pa.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary and a living Witness so living 

Witness not certified to be credible. ___See note j.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

The claimant is required to state how long he was in
actual Military Service from the period of his enlistment until
parolled.  his services as a Teamster cannot be admitted
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming 
 the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
On this  ___  day of  ___   personally appeared (a) before  ___   A. B. a resident (b) of  ___  in the count of   
 ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___, with  ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:  

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [hand with pointing finger icon] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  ____  A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I _________ of the Court of _______
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of  _______ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
 _____ day of _____ & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ 
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
 _____ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, 
resident in the _____  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident 
in the _____ 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____ 
Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
 _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ____ day of _____ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
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 services.
6.
{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?⎬
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite  as to enable the apartment to determine to what amount of pension he is entited.  In a case where the applicant, by  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
tion 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."

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" [in italics]. 
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers. [all in italics]
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 papers 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.

Proof of Service. [all in italics]
[j] 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 claimant's 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 [entire phrase underlined by hand]
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ Then the notes from [a] to [i] area all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ludwick Miller, S.22402, you should
address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Ludwick Miller, Certificate No. 22697, issued December 6, 1833,
rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Pennsylvania Agency.
Nicholas Miller
B. L. Wt. # 1136 - 300
Nicholas Miller served as captain in the Pennsylvania Line,
War of the Revolution.
He died in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, date not given,
He had children, as follows: Eve Scarfoss and Mary Hamel, both
widows in 1825:  August and Timothy Miller, both deceased in 1825;
said August and Timothy left families, no names are given; and
Nicholas Miller, whose place of residence in 1825 was unknown.
The name of the soldier's wife and the date of their marriage are
not given.
Eve Scarfoss applied for bounty land on August 27, 1825, on account
of the services of her father, Nicholas Miller, in the War of the 
Revolution. Application was made in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
, on behalf of herself and the other heirs, their names not designated.
Warrant Number 1136 for three hundred acres of bounty land was
issued October 1, 1825, on her application.
In order to obtain the location of the land, you should apply
to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department,
Washington, D.C., citing the following data- Warrant No. 1136-300-
October 1, 1825.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Revolution [on left margin]
22402
INVALID.
File No. 22402
Ludwick Miller
Pri Rev War [Private Revolutionary War]
---
Act:  June 7" [7th] 32
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 275
(Arrangement of 1870.}

1933 - Jan 31 Hist
N. Mr Talbot Feild -
Letter in Case
Nicholas Miller.
It 1136 - 300 - EEF
1933 Jan 31 - [illegible]
to Harry E. Miller
[illegible character] EF
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Mendon Mich
1833
Dec 16 1935

1833
   77
 ----
1756 [equation penciled in at upper right]

[circular stamp to the right of the salutation:  Time stamp with numbers around the edge; arrow pointing at about 1:45.  RECEIVED Dec 19 1935.  MAIL SUB DIV
VERSION READER 75]

U S Dept of the Interior Bureau 
of Pensions Wash DC

Dear Sir
Have you a record of
my great grand father  1812 [added on the right]
Ludwick Miller or Lewis [written below Ludwick] lived at
Lancaster Pa from 1777 and
moved to N Y state about
1802 
What I am after was
he in the Rev War and [calculation on side: 1855-65=1790]
did he draw a pension
If you have any such re com
may be a pension was
granted to my G. Grand
mother would like to get
her maiden name.
Yours very truly
Harry E Miller
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Cumberland County ss.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace [edge of page torn off] 
and for the County of Cumberland Jacob Myron [Myer] Lewis [illegible]
being sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth.

I am personally acquainted with Ludwick Miller, the
Petitioner for a pension, and know he enlisted under
Lieutenant - Wilbert a recruiting officer - [illegible] 
from Lancaster to Philidelphia and he was
there placed in company with deponent under Capt
Watter [Walter] Stewart. He served as rifelman -- deponent
marched in company with the said Ludwick Miller
under Maj. Baker - Col Lester [illegible] and General
Miflin [Mifflin] - we marched from there to New York 
and from there to Fort Washington-- there to Long Island
and from thence back again to Fort Washington
and whilst preparing for winter quarters - the said Ludwick
Miller - and deponent were taken prisoner and
brought back to New York and kept in an old
French Meeting house for six weeks - and there
discharged on parole - deponent knows that Ludwick
Miller enlisted about
the first of the year, seventeen
hundred and seventy six, and discharged on parole
 about December in the same year- and deponent
further sayeth not 
Jacob Keiser

Sworn and subscribed
this 11th day of November
eighteen hundred and thirty
three. 1833 before
James Sturgis


[illegible] insert the above deposition after the Signature of Ludwick Miller
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Cumberland County [illegible character] :
I, John Harper Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas do hereby certify that 
that James Sturgis esq before whom the
within deposition was taken is a
commissiond [commissioned]
and acting Justice of therein
and for said County
at the time the within deposition was taken
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 12th day of Nov.
eighteen hundred and thirty three.

[eight pointed paper seal with circular illegible stamp]

In adition [addition] to my within deposition' I 
do further depose and say that
Ludwick Miller served in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six under the
command of the within ^named officers for the
period of ten months and upwards
Jacob Keiser
I do certify that Jacob Muser (the witness) is a credible person and his evidence is entitled to full credit
I have been personally quainted [acquainted] with him for
the last thirty years and he has always been considered
in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] as a Revolutionary soldier.
Nov 21st 1833
James Sturgis
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January 31, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EXL
Ludwick Miller-S.23402
Lewis Miller-W.C.10597

Mr. Harry E. Miller
Mendon
Michigan
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Ludwick (Lewis) Miller, of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, who was born in 1777 and moved to New York about 1802.
A Ludwick Miller, who was born in 1777, could not have served
in the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War and War of 1812
records have been searched, assuming that you may have given an
erroneous date of birth. The record of only one Ludwick Miller
has been found in the Revolutionary War pension records and the
record of one Lewis Miller in the War of 1812 pension records.
Their records follow as found in the claims for pension based upon
their service in those wars, which may aid you in some degree in
your research.

Ludwick Miller
S. 22402

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Ludwick Miller are not shown.
While residing in Schafferstown, Lancaster (later Lebanon)
County, Pennsylvania, Andrick Miller enlisted at the beginning of
the year 1776, served as a rifleman in Captain Walter Stewart's
Company, Colonels Deshas (evidently meant for Colonel John Shea)
and Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment, was taken prisoner at Fort
Washington, and held in an old French Church or meeting house in
New York until in December, 1776, when he was discharged on parole.
Immediately afterward, he re-entered the service and stated that
he drove a team for his father (name of his father not shown) and
others and hauled provisions for the army; length of this service,
two months.
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Ludwick Miller was allowed pension on his application executed
November 12, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and
resided in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ludwick Miller (S. 22402), you
should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Ludwick Miller, Certificate No. 32697, issued December 6, 1833,
rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Pennsylvania Agency.
●●●●●●
Lewis Miller
W. C. 10597
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Lewis Miller are not shown.
Lewis Miller enlisted at Waterford, New York, served as 1st
sergeant in Captain Isaac Curtiss' Company, New York Militia, and
was discharged November 30, 1814, having served three months.
In 1850, he was residing at Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.
He was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for the service
rendered in the War of 1812 on his application executed July
30, 1855, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided
in Ballston, New York.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and site the
following data: Warrant No. 20484-40-80 and Warrant No. 91619-120-55.
Lewis Miller died July 14, 1871, at Ballston, New York.
The soldier married, date not given, Elisa B. Patchin, who
-2-
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died in 1824 and was buried in the Briggs Burying Ground, at
Ballston, New York.  Lewis Miller married February 26, 1826, at
Ballston, New York, Paulina, widow of Andrew Curtiss or Curtis,
Junior. Her maiden name was Paulina Lyon; she was married to
said Andrew Curtiss or Curtis, Junior, in 1830 and he died in 1832.
Paulina Miller was allowed pension on account of the services
of her husband, Lewis Miller, in the War of 1812, on her application
executed April 2, 1873, at which time she was aged seventy-seven
years and resided at #46 Late Avenue, Rochester, New York.  In
1887, she was residing at #88 Lake Avenue, Rochester, New York.
There is no reference to any children of the soldier by
either marriage.
In 1878, one Harrison A. Lyon lived in Rochester, New York;
no relationship to the widow Paulina Iron Miller was shown
In 1871 Elisha Curtiss, of Ballston, New York, stated that
he was the brother of Andrew Curtiss, Junior, the former husband
of Paulina Miller.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the War of 1812 pensioner, Paulina Miller, widow of Lewis Miller
W. C. 10597), you should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Paulina Miller, widow of Lewis Miller, Certificate No. 10597,
issued November 1, 1878, rate $8 per month, commenced
March 9, 1878,
Act of March 9, 1878, New York (Canandaigua) Agency
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Very truly yours
Bay.
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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