Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,089, for James Miller, Rhode Island
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R. I. Miller, James  S11089
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Rhode Island
James Miller (text is burned)
of E. Greenwich in the State of R (text is burned)
who was a [illegible] in the (text is burned) commanded by Captain (text is too faint) of the 
Regt. commanded by Col [illegible] in the R. I. 
line for 12 months [illegible]
6" [illegible]
6" [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Providence at the rate of 438 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[illegible] 17 May 1849 

Certificate of Pension issued the Friday of 
[illegible] 1852 and Read to

J.D. Addison
Arrears to the 4th of Present
[illegible] allowance ending

[illegible] $398

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [illegible] clerk
Book 6, Vol 2, Page 420.
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10913
James Miller
Scout 2 years

[illegible] G. Brown 6
East Greenwich
Ri

Miller, James
R.I. 511,089
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BRIEF in the case of James Miller
of East Greenwich in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [illegible]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.     Duration of Service.      Rank.    Name of  General and Field Officers under whom he served   

[illegible] 22  [illegible] In 1795 Duration of Service 1 Years As a Sagt.  Name of  General and Field Officers under whom he served Capt. Pence Col. Richmond

Period 1777 Duration of Service 1 Years, 1 Months, 24 Days. Rank As a Leut. Name of  General and Field Officers under whom he served Capt. _________ Col. Steuben

Period. 1778. Duration of Service 1 Years, 1 Months. Rank. ". Capt. Hopkins Col. Jopham 

Period. 1779. Duration of Service 1 Years, 3 Months. Rank. ". Name of  General and Field Officers under whom he served ____ Col. Jopham

Period. 1781. Duration of Service 1 Years. Rank. Captain. Name of  General and Field Officers under whom he served Capt. Dayton

5. In what battles was he engaged? Nine 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick Rhode Island

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? burned


              X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Julia [illegible]
Examining Clerk
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State Rhode Island
County of Kent

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Silas Weaver Clerk of the Cort of Probate for the Town of East Greenwich that James Miller, deceased, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at  the rate of $three hundred ninety eight dollars - per annum and the he died on the seventeenth --- day of May --- eighteen hundred and forty nine, leaving surviving him Henry Miller and James S. Miller his only surviving children -------- and that the land Henry Miller and James S. Miller, of the City of Providence, R.I. are --------- the only surviving children of the aforesaid

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed of seal of office this thirteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. 
Silas Weaver, Clerk
of said Court
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Ja Miller
(Text erased)
Arnold Miller
(illegible)

James Miller
Declaration
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State of Rhode Island Court of Common Pleas
County of Kent (illegible) August (illegible) AD1832

On this thirteenth day of August AD. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before (words  crossed out) Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, James Miller, a resident of East Greenwich in the Count of Kent and the State of Rhode Island, aged seventy eight years
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Payments to be made
at (illegible) R.I.
by the Providence (illegible)
Agent for paying Pension=
(illegible), in the Agency of R. (illegible)