Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,379, for Noah Millard, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I. 
Millard, Noah 
Number 
S. 21,379
CONTENTS
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21.300
Rhode Island 
Noah Millard 
of Providence in the State of R. Island 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Wells of the Rge  commanded 
by Col. Brown in the Rho Island 
time for 13 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Rho Island 
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. 
To commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Sept. 
1833 and sent S.Y. 
Atwell Gloucester R.I. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 21.64
$108.33
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 9 1832}
Recorded by D.D. Addison Cler
Book E Vol. 2nd Page 120
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Noah Millard 
R.I. 
Private 13 Months 
5 & 10 of 
July10 1833
S 424
S.Y. Atwell Sr. 
Glocester 
RI
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BRIEF in the case of Noah Millard
Co of Providence in the State of RI 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. 
In 1775 militia 
1776 drafted 
" enlisted 
1777 drafted 
" substitute
""
""
Duration of Service. 
Years, 
Months, 
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rank. 
As a 
Private
"
"
"
"
" 
Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served. 
Gen. 
Capt Wells. Col. Brown 
Capt Winson " "
"" ""
Cap Collins 
Cap Winson 
"" CO Brown 
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned 
1776 drafted 1 " ""
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Providence R.I.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by 
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
traditionary two living witnesses 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
mentioned. 
George Taylor Examining Clerk. 
called out several times besides the above 
but cannot state periods nor time.
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Application 
of 
Noah Millard 
} for
pension 
22164
Please address me at 
Glocester R.I. 
Sam Y. Atwell
Atty for N Millard.
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Attest S. Cooke P. Clk
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
County of Providence RI
On this fifteenth day of 
[October] [scratched out] December 1832 personally appeared in open Court before 
the Judge of the Court of Probate of the town of Glocester
in said County now sitting Noah Millard a resident 
of Burrillville in said County & State aged 72 years
who being first sworn according to law doth on his 
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
viz. I the said declarant was born in Rehoboth
Mass. on the 10th day of October 1759. I have a record of  
my age in a family bible at home. I lived in said 
Glocester when first called into service. have lived in 
Glocester was of Burrillville in said County 
during the revolution. I live in said Burrillville now.
In July 1775 I enlisted as a soldier in Capt. John 
Wells Company of minute men attached to Col.   
Shaw Brown regiment- R.I. militia & served as 
such in the same until March 1776. a period of 8
months when we were discharged by order of the 
General Assembly of said state. During that time we
were stationed at Providence &  at different places 
along the shores of the bay. I was [in the ?] [scratched out} on duty a greater part of the time. 
Samuel Mays
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was Lieutenant & Colonel Ensign. In September 
1776 I was drafted ^as a private in Capt Abraham Winson Company 
COL Thad Bowens regiment R Emeritus I was 
stationed at Bristol ^R.I. one month. In December 1776
I enlisted ^as a private in the same company I was stationed at 
said Bristol  one month. We were Called out in 
Consequence of the British taking possession  of 
Newport R.I. In March 1777 I was drafted in the 
same Company ^as a private & was stationed at 
Warner R.I. one 
month. Soon after I was drafted in the same Company 
I was stationed at Providence R I one month Then 
seven as a substitute for Obadiah Brown in Capt
Collins Company I was stationed at said Providence 
one month. I then served as a substitute for 
Henry Snowden in said Company I was Stationed 
at said Providence one month. Lieut. Coul. Colwell
had the Command. I was at Providence as before
 stated three months in the Spring & Summer of 
1777. In October 1777 I was hired as a substitute 
by the Services in said Warren . Company 2 joined 
the Northern in Gen. Spencers expedition  &
was stationed at Tiverton & Little Compton R.I.
one month. While there I think I was part
under the Command of Capt. Davis Burlingame
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In July or August 1778 I was drafted ^as a private in said Capt.
Abraham Winsons Company I marched to Bristol 
& Tiverton R.I. with the army under Gen Sullivan 
At Tiverton we crossed the ferry to Rhode Island &
encamped near Burton hills during a very severe 
storm. After the storm we marched over to Wharton County 
plain & remained there until I was discharged my
time being with ^I served employment Gen Sullivan & Gen Cornell & 
Col Brown were officers that I reside with. Lebanon 
Wade [Warren] [scratched out] was Lieutenant & Nathaniel  Wade Ensign 
of Capt Abraham Winson Company. I served 
other tours of duty but do not recollect the 
particulars with sufficient accuracy to relate 
them. I never received any written discharge & have 
no documentary evidence by which I can prove
my service. The testimony of such witnesses, 
I know of in hereunto annexed. William Rolf 
Seth Rolf Lippite Eddy Jonan Brown are
pensioners to whom I am known in my present 
for veracity & their belief of my services as a Soldier
of the revolution
attest S Cooke P. Clk
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and delcare
that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. 
Noah Millard 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in 
attest S. Cooke P. Clk 
We, William N Millard & Tertullus Millard 
residing in said Burrillville  hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with Noah Millard who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration ; that we believe him to be 72 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. 
William N. Millard 
Tertullus Millard 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in New Court,  
Attest S. Cooke P. Clk
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 William N. Millard & Tertullus Millard who have signed the preceding certificate, residents in 
said Burrillville 
and that their statement is entitled to credit. As that no clergyman resides in the 
vicinity of said applicant. 
I, [WILLIAM R. WATSON,] [scratched out] Secil Cooke, Clerk of said Court of [Common Pleas] [scratched out] Probate, do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court 
for a pension. 
Noah Millard
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of 
office this fifteenth day of December 1832
Secil  Cooke  P. Clk.
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To the forgoing document & certificate from writing to be his own 
in the proper hand writing of said Cooke as I believe 
In witness where of I have hereunto set my 
hand the day & year first-written 
N R Knight
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Application 
of 
Noah Millard 
{for 
pension 
Please address me at 
Glocester R.I. 
Samuel Atwell 
Atry to N Millard 

WWJ Warner 
G.G. Alles
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I James Bowen of Glocester in the County of Providence
State of Rhode Island being duly sworn on oath do,
testify & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war. I do further say that I well know Noah
Millard of Burrillville in said County. He was a soldier
with me in late John Wells Company Col Thad Brown
regiment R.I. Militia in October 1777. we were stationed
at Tiverton R.I. one month under the command of Gen
Spencer. He was a soldier with me in August 1778 in
Capt Winson Company same regiment, & was in Gen
Sullivan's expedition to Rhode island. He was also a
soldier with me in said Wells Company in March 1778
& was stationed in Providence R.I. one month. He was
also a soldier with me in said Winson Comp & was
stationed at Warren R.I. one month I have forgotten the
month & year. Said Millard lived a near neighbor to
me during said periods
James Bowen
State of Rhode Island
Providence Co.
In Glocester this 11th day of August
1832 before me personally appeared James Bowen who being
duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him
Signed is just & true in all its parts. I further certify that 
the said Bowen is well known to me that he is a credible
person & that his statement is entitled to credit
then.
Ira P. Evans J.C.C. Pleas
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State of Rhode Island and Providence 
Plantations
Providence Co. I William R. Watson Clerk of 
the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county 
of Providence in said State, hereby certify that Ira P 
Evans is a Judge of Court of Common Pleas aforesaid-
that the written signature purporting to be his, is in 
the proper hand writing of said Evans. that he is duly 
authorized to administer oaths and take depositions 
and that will saith & credit are due to the official 
declarations of said Evans. 
In furthering whereof, I hereunto 
Let my hand and affix the 
seal of his crest at Provi
dence this 20th day of December 
1832.
William R. Watson
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I Luke Phillips of Foster in the County of Providence 
State of Rhode Island being duly sworn on oath do 
testify & say that I was a soldier of the Revolution  & am 
a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7th 1832. I further say that I well know Noah Millard
now of Burrillville in said County. He was a soldier with
me in Capt John Wells Company minutemen, RI
militia War  July 1775 to March 1776, when I 
left the Company. I saw him as a soldier in Capt
Winson Company Col Browns regiment R I militia 
at Bristol R.I. in September 1776 & in General Shermans 
formation in Bristol  in 1777 & in Gen Sullivans expedition 
to Rhode Island in August 1778. I also knew him as 
a soldier when he was stationed in Providence R.I. 
I have forgotten the particulars. 
Luke Phillips 
State of Rhode Island & 
Providence Co. 
In Glocester this 22nd day of December 1832
before me personally appeared Luke Phillips who being 
first duly sworn on oath testifies & says that the above 
deposition by him subscribed in joint & view in all & 
part, I do further Certify that the said  Luke Phillips 
is a credible person & that his statement is written 
to credit.  
Jesse P. Bullon Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island
Providence Co. 
I William R. Watson Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas within & for the county of Providence in said State, hereby certify that Jesse [Ballon]
is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Glocester
in said county & state that the within signature 
purporting to be his, is in the proper handwriting 
of [Ballon] that the said [Ballon] is duly an
house to administer oaths and take depositions 
and that full faith & credit are due to the official 
attestations of said [Ballon.] 
In witness whereof I hereunto to set 
my hand and affix the seal of said 
Court of Providence this 26th day of 
December 1832
William R. Watson
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[Water Damged] .812
etion 
MEE/HMN
November 8, 1929. 
Mr. T. G. Foster
116 1-2 N. Washington Avenue 
Lansing
Michigan. 
Dear Sir: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pen-
sion claim, S. 21379, it appears that Noah Millard was Born October
10, 1759 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. 
While residing in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode
Island he enlisted in July 1775, served at various times, 
[handwritten in] [I did not make a duplicate statement of his service as 
he outed after giving the July Aug. 1788 tour 
that he he 
period
"Other tours"]
amounting
in all to at least nineteen months, as a private with the Rhode Island 
Troops; a part of the time in Captain John Wells' or Wills'
Abraham Wiman's Collins and David Burlingame's Companies, Colonel 
Chad Brown's Regimen, and was in General Spencer's and General 
Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition. 
After the Revolution he lived in Glocester, Soituate and 
Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode Island. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 
15, 1832, while residing in Burrillville, Rhode Island. 
One William N. Millard and one Tertullus Willard were res-
idents of Burrillville, Rhode Island, in 1832. No relationship to 
the soldier is stated, and there are no data concerning his family. 
No charge is made for this service. 
Very truly yours, 
Earl D. Church 
Commissioner.
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21379
INVALID. 
Revolution 
File NO. 21,379
Noah Millard 
Prv Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927-Dept. 23 Photos to C.E. Peirce 
MNF
1927 Nov. 8, Hist to Mr. T.G. 
Foster. M.E.E.
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State of Rhode Island & 
Providence Co. 
In Burrillville this twenty fourth 
day of July AD 1833 before me Samuel Y Atwell a 
Public Notary in & for said County duly Commissioned
and Sworn is authorized by law to administer oath and 
take deposition, personally appeared Noah Millard 
a resident in said Burrillville who being first duly 
sworn on oath say, in amendment of his application 
for a pension under the Act of June 1832 That he served 
as a private Soldier at the times maintained in his 
declaration. That his old age & Consequent of his 
memory he cannot draw positively as to the precise 
length of ^his active Service as a minute man in Capt
John Winson Company and according to his best of 
his recollections he [scratched out] [said] was in active service as a
minute man at least three fourth of his time 
period of active Service of at lease a 14 months. That
turn of causes aforesaid he cannot state each particular 
tour of duty more minutely than the same area station in his said declaration  to which he referred. That 
he said he new tour  of duty mentioned in his said 
declaration for are which he claims a pension 
Noah Millard 
Sworn to & subscribed before me in writing  whereof I am 
hereunto set my hand & affix my Seal of Office the day 
& year first mentioned 
Samuel Atwell  Public Notary
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations 
Providence Co. I Dexter Randall Clerk 
of the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County of Providence in said State
do hereby certify that 
Samuel Y. Atwell before 
whom the aforegoing affida
-vit was sworn was at the time and now is a Public 
Notary within and for the 
County of Providence, and 
duly authorized by Law to administer 
oaths and take depositions, and the 
signature to the aforegoing document
preparing to be his is in the proper 
hand writing of the said Atwell. 
In witnesses whereof I hereunto 
dot my hand and affix the 
seal of said town of Providence 
this thirteenth day of July 
in the year of 1833
Dexter Randall Clerk
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Pension Bureau, 
Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen:-
I would like to obtain a copy of the pension 
record and all information regarding Noah Millard. [Underlined]
He was granted a pension in 1835 and placed 
on roll September 3rd, 1833, age 74 years allowance
$43.33, received $129.99, Militia and State Troops of
Rhode Island. 
Please advise charges for same and I will
remit at once. Inclose stamped, addressed envelope 
for reply. 
Sincerely yours, 
T G Foster
TGF:BMP

STAMP:
Pension 
A
U.S. 
Nov
4 
1929
OFFICE
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Duplicate
1-681
Phone Branch 476
enquires regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 17740
Rev. and Wars S equisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
RI
CHEIF, Division of Publications, 
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below. 
September 19, 1927
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, 
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description for job photostatic copies of 12 pages from Rev. War
claim for pension of Noah Millard, S. 21379, R.I. Troops. 
No. of copies 1 of each page hall form be kept standing? --- ---days
For further information see M.N.H. Finch 5033 Room No. 541 Phone No. 
Approved: 
Garland Reed
Chief Clerk of Bureau 
Margaret M.N. Finch  
Acting Chief of Branch 
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15822
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division 
SEP 15 1927 192
Chief Rev War Section [scratched out] [Division.]
I have this day received from 
C.E. Peirce 
M.O. in the amount 
of $1.05 additional payment on., [scratched out] [requesting]
photostat copy as per letter herewith. 
Copier Millard 
and Finance Fifth .
Sept. 23-1927
O.J. Randall 
Chief, Finance Division. 
N.C.L. 
C.C. 
Sept. 19-1927
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[Folded over] RCE. 
Records
Klyn, N.Y. 
3 
3D 12 Wars Section 
September 11th, 1927.
E.W. Morgan Esq., Acting Commissioner, 
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.c., 
[Scratched out] [Replying to yours of September 2nd]
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours of 2nd instant, enclosed find postal money order for
$1.05, balance of amount required for photostatic copies of pension of Noah Mil-
lard, Rhode Island troops (S.21379). I would like these copies of full size of 
original, if possible. 
Yours very truly, 
CE Pearce 

[Stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION 
BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK
SEP 15 1927
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Section 
September 2, 1927
Clarence E. Peirce
6813 Fourth Ave. 
Brooklyn, New York. 
Sir: 
I have to advise you that photostat copies of the orig-
inal papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pen-
sion of Noah Millard, Rhode Island Troops. (S.21379) will 
be furnished you, under the provision of the Act of August24, 
1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five
cents extra for certification, if that is desired. 
The number of pages to be copied is twelve. 
The money order to the amount of one dollar, forwarded 
by you as part payment on said copies, is held on file as
per your request, and you will please remit the difference
by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
Respectfully, 
E.W. Morgan 
Acting Commissioner.
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15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division 
Aug 31 1927
Chief Rev War Section [scratched out] Division. 
I have this day received from 
C.E. Peirce 
M.O. in the amount 
of $1.00, requesting 
photostat copy as per letter herewith. 
J.M. Kreider 
Acting Chief, Finance Division. 
HCL
August 28th, 1927.
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August 28th, 1927. 
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., 
Dear Sir:-
Please advise me of cost of furnished photostatic record of the pen-
sion application of Noah Millard of Rhode Island, who was placed on roll Sept. 
3, 1833 aged 74 years or about. 
I enclose one dollar and will be glad to remit balance immediately on your advice of amount. 
Yours very truly, 
C.E. Peirce. 

Stamp: 
FINANCE DIVISION 
BOOK-KEEPERS DESK
AUG 31 1927
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 

Stamp: 
PENSION 
U.S. 
AUG 30 
1927