Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,166, for Conrad Miller, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Miller, Conrad
NUMBER   S. 40,166
CONTENTS
Enl. at Fredericktown Md. in 1018 res Beaver Co. Pa. Age 66 yrs
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7122 
Pennsylvania 
Conrad Miller 
of Beaver Coy in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Humpton of the Pa line for the term of  8 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19th of May 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of March 1819 and sent to Hon Mr Moore H. of Reps  
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 9 mo 17/31  =  76.38 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819     48.  
$124.38 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
18/66
Beaver
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Revy 
40.166 
INVALID. 
File No. 40,166 
Conrad Miller   
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18” March 18”
Index: -- Vol. 5 March 18 Page 539 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1893 - Feb. 18.
Hist to Geo. W. C.
Philadelphia Pa.
F. S.
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Record [unreadable] HEB
U.S. PENSION OFFICE D DEC 12 1919
254 Garfield Place 
Brooklyn NY 
Dec. 11. 1919 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: -  
Will you kindly give me what it you may have concerning Conrad Miller (none of Cumberland Co.)  Co. Penn of whom it is claimed had a pension Mch. 5 1819 aged 66 yrs. An early reply will be very welcome 
Yours truly 
Josephine C. Frost
MM. S.K
I looked on all the Cumberland Col Lists no such person on them
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I certify that it appears by the pay rolls of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War that the name of Conrad Miller is included in the roll of the 1st Regiment, and that he was paid up to the 3d November 1783 - also that he received the gratuity for serving to the end of the war - Witness my hand and seal of the office of the Auditor General. 
Geo Bryan Aud Gen.
See also Penna Line pages 81 & 109}
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington City
Adm   C
Hon R. Moore H. R.
Date Cert: 5 March
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Congress Hall 25th July 1819 
Sir
enclosed I send you a certificate from Mr Bryon with respect to Conrad Miller. he is a German who speaks bad english and very indigent I have no doubt but he ought to be on the Pension List if you think yourself Justified in so doing send me his certificate early - if not the enclosed papers - your early attention will oblige your 
Obt Sevt
Robert Moore
J. L. Edwards
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Conrad Miller
(Private)
19th May 1818-
the Line is not mentioned
in the declaration the
law requires that
it should be done
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Pennsylvania Beaver County Ss  
On the 19th day of May 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared Conrad Miller aged Sixty Six years, a resident of said County of Beaver who being by me first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the late act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that he the said Conrad Miller enlisted as a private in Fredrick Town in Maryland in the fall of 1775 under Captain Stricker, and was placed under Colonel Humpton & Served under General St Clair until the end of the War, was in the Battles of Brandywine Germantown that he is unable to labour & in very reduced circumstances and stands in great need of and from his country for Support; that his discharge is lost and that he has now no other evidence in his power to prove his said service, and that he hath not been heretofore placed on the pension list by any line of the United States 
Sworn to declared before me the day & year aforesaid 
Davd Drennan  
Conrad Miller
Conrad Miller
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I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do Certify that it appears by the Testimony of the said Conrad Miller that he did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the prosedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court to be affixed the 19th day of May 1818 – 
Davd Drennan 
I certify that Conrod Miller is old & very poor and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support 
Jany 27th 1819 
Robert Moore  M C
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525   
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C.  19 
S.40166
In reply to your request of – received -  for a statement of the military history of Conrad Miller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Fall of 1775 LENGTH OF SERVICE.  to end of war    RANK. Pvt    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Stricker COLONEL. Humpton  STATE. Pa 
Battles engaged in, Brandywine & Germantown 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enl. at Fredericktown, Md. 
Date of application for pension, May 19 1878 
Residence at date of application, Beaver Co. Pa 
Age at date of application, 66 
Remarks: No family data 
His pension cert was issued Mar. 5, 1819 
Respectfully, Commissioner.