Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9024, for John Mills, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
SC Mills John S9024
or Ripley
carded
CONTENTS
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knohers 38 Militia
April 2455
Lut Mil
Apr 21/55
Lut S Mills
May 18/5

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Mills, John
SC 59024

Ohio 27579
John Mills alias Ripley
[illegible] co in the state of Ohio who was a pr in the company commanded by Captain Rejus of the Rgt commanded by Col [illegible] in the So Carolina line for Militia
amts p of co [illegible] $88.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
the rate of 88 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August A  Brown A [illegible] Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34  265.00
Seni-anl allowance ending 4th Sept  44.18
$ 309.10

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by JS Sprague Clerk,
Book C Fol 8 Page 23
Mills, John
SC 59024
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30632
John Mills alias Ripley
Ohio
for 1776 JR Cavy
Infy 2 yrs
Return de
Pr Inf 14 mo $46.66 1/3
Pr Cav 10 mo 41.66 1/3
$88.33/100
Hon Saml S Vinton
House of Rep
A Brown
Athens Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

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 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Mills alias Ripley

Period when the service was rendered 
1776
1779
1780 - 1
1781 - 2
Duration of the claimants service Years/months/days
2 Months
6 Months
6 Months
12 Months
[10] Months
Rank of the claimant 
Pr Cav
Ranger
dr
dragoons
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served 
Maj Richd Tutt
Col Jas Williams
Genl Williamson
Col Hays (et alii)
Col Wade
Hampton
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service 
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
Col Wade Hampton did not command the Continental troops
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UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              in the county 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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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. 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 to 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 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used 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, it 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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion 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 of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  

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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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
(j) In 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 verify 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.
The note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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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immediately ensuring the fall of Charleston under [illegible]
in the spring of 1780 having been under arms most of this time for on the early part of summer in that year till some time in the spring of the ensuing year 1781 and having been engaged during the time in several skirmishes with the tories mostly in Ninety six district he also served a term of not less than 12 months but he believes something more [illegible] private in a company raised and commanded by Capt Jacob Barnet under Dol Wade Hampton of South Carolina and as he verily believes he served in all not less than 32 months in manner as stated in his former declaration He recollects particularly being in an engagement at Musgrove Mills on the Enoree while serving under Capt Harris in a trich engagement he recollects a British soldier by the name of Mitchell was taken prisoner most of the enemy being Tories he also recollects an engagement with the tories on the Saluda River between the 

John Mills alias Ripley
filed April 2nd 1834
H Bartlett Clk
30632

Hon SF Vinton
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State of Ohio
Athens County ⎬ On this 2nd day of April, 1834, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, John Mills alias John Ripley of Trimble Township in said County of Athens and State of Ohio, aged 72 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 lot of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers, and served as herein stated.
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1 & 2. That he was born in Prince Edward County in Virginia in the year 1762 as he was told by his mother but he has no written record of his age, though he believes his age was recorded in his step fathers bible
3. That when he was about 7 years of age his step father whose name was John Ripley & by whose name he was called in his younger days, removed into South Carolina within
about 25 miles of 96 in ninety six, where he was residing at the
time of his entering the service, and where he continued
to reside until or years after the close of the war, when
he removed into Tennessee, thence into North Carolina
thence into Wester Virginia and there into Ohio where
he now resides & has resided about 9 years
4th That when about 14 years of age, in the spring of this
year he cannot recollect the precise month or day of the mouth
he entered as a substitute for one Thomas Gill, in a compa
of Militia commanded by Capt. John Rogers and marched
with said company against the Cherokee Indians and was a
short time stationed at a fort called and commanded
by Maj. Richard Full that after serving in said Company
about, and he verily believes not less than 2 months and
undergoing, many hardships in condering the lines and
Indians, he was honorably discharged & returned home
that about 18 months or two years after, it being, as he will
remembers early in the spring he entered as a substitute
for a tour of six months for one Wm Hall in a company
of Militia commanded by Capt Wm Arthur under Col.
James William & Mary Taylor Marched to the Savannah
Oliver opposite Augusta in Georgia where the troops lay
some time watching the provements of the British, who
at that time men in possession of Savannah and
had over the greater part of Georgia; that on infor
mation being received that the enlist had crossed the
river, and were marching towards Charleston was
supposed with the intention of making an attack
the company to which he belonged with others, commenced
pursuit in the year of the British; that they were
much retarded by the tour which the enemy fell in
the road for that purpose, that before they came up
with them so as to have any serious engagements, the
British croped over Priar Cock, and soon after
commenced an attack by sea & land upon
Charleston, which he believes G Lincoln then
commanded that he also remembers a general
 Service: S.C.
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Wilkinson who commanded the troops with whom he then was, that at Bacon's Bridge he was in a detachment which had a skirmish with the British in which a
number of men were killed on both sides, but the British being superior held their ground; that the troops lay at Stono about 2 months & till some time into
May or June; that in July he was in a second action at Stono where a great number were killed, that at the expiration
of his time he was honorably discharged and returned home, having served out a tour of 6 months
that after the taking of Charleston by the British he joined a company of Rangers as a volunteer commanded by Capt Wm Harris under Col Mays who was shortly after  killed by the tories, and was out he cannot say precisely how long, but as he verily believes not less than 6 months,
mostly employed against the tories, Indians + British - that the disturbed the state of the country was such that
it was considered  more safe and desirable to be with troops under arms, than at home - that for such reasons he shortly after enlisted for during the war in company raised by Capt Jacob Barnett under Col. Wade Hampton being promised 10 guineas bounty & 10 dollars per month, wage, only two guineas of which he ever received except in continental money of no value, - that he enlisted as aforesaid a short time before the battle of Eutaw springs but was not present in that battle, nor in any other of any importance during the remainder of his time of service, at the expiration of which at the end of the war, he was honorably discharged; that if his name
should appear on the rolls it would be as
Ripley by which name he was then always called - that a cousin of his named John Mills was also in the service at same time -, that the name of his 1st Lieut under Capt. Barnet was Humphrey Barnet, brother of the Captain, the next in command was a man by the name of Smith, that he is an illiterate man - his memory is much impaired through age and infirmity, and that he recollects many circumstances concerning the times & his own service, but which would be tedious to relate
6. that he received honorable discharges from  the officers under whom he served but took particular care of them & he knows not what became of them- that he served in all not less, but considerably more than two years, and for such service asks a pension
that he knows no person now living by whom he could make position proof of his services; that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood, or in the County of his particular acquaintance, that [?] Cap Esq. and many others in his
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on testify as to his character for veracity and his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares that his name not on the pension all of the agency of any State
to and subscribed the day & the foresaid Henry Bartlett Clerk
John Mills Mark

Jeremiah Capt and John McCartney residing in the County of Athens, hereby certify that we are
said acquainted with John Mills as he 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
Sworn subscribed the day year aforesaid
Jeremiah Capt
Henry Bartlett Clerk
John Mc Cartney
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 Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah
Jeremiah Cass Esq, & John McCartney who have signed the preceding
certificate and residents of the County and are credible persons, and that the statements are entitled to credit
Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Mills for a pension - the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 4th day of April
1834.
Henry Bartlett Clerk
State of Ohio

State of Ohio Athens county Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas the [?] County  designed a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Mills alias Ripley, who being duly sworn depose and says, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, as well as by reason of his want of education, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection & knowledge, he served in the
year 1776, as a substitute for one Thomas Gill in an expedition against
the Cherokee Indians a tour of not less than I months, being at that period of the war as he well recollects, and not far from the time at which Charleston was attacked by Gen Clinton and defended by Gen. Lee, & the British were defeated at Sullivan
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Island, he also served as substitute for one Wm Hall a tour of not less than 6 months, in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Wm Arthur, Col. James Williams Regiment under the command of Genl Williamson and Lincoln, at that
period of the war in which Gen. Lincoln commanded the
Southern army, being as he verily believes from the commencement of Spring till the end of August in the year 1779.- he also served as a mounted ranger, finding his own horse in a company raised and commanded by Capt Wm Harris
under Col. Hays & other officers, not less but he believes considerably more than 6 months during the period of the war almost
immediately ensuing the fall of Charleston under Gen Lincoln
in the spring of 1780 having been under arms most of the time from the early part of Summer in that year till some time in the spring of the ensuing year 1781, and having served during the time in several severe skirmishes with the tories mainly Ninety six District, he also served a term of not less than 12 month, and he believes something more as a private in
company raised and commanded
at Capt. Jacob Barnet under Col. Wade Hampton of North
Carolina, and as he verily believes he served [in?]all not less than 32 months in manner as [related?]in his former declaration- He recollects particularly being in an
engagement at Musgrove Mills
on the Enoree while serving under Capt Harris in which engagement he recollects a British soldier by the name of Mitchell was made
prisoner - most of the enemy  being Tories 
He also recollect and engagement with Tories on the Saluda River between the residence of Capt Harris in Ninety Six district and
the residence of Gen. Pickens, to which place his company was 
proceeding for the purpose of obtaining a supply of ammunition -
he recollects that after the fall of Charleston he with others fled
to the residence of an [???] in North Carolina, that while
there he volunteered in the company of a Capt Collins whose
residence was on Tyger age River, for the purpose of returning in to
South Carolina, and was in an engagement under said
Collins at a place called Bush River also Stono, at which place they pursued the party of the enemy opposed to them 16 mile to Col. Williams' old place on Little River. He does not know whether Col. Hampton commanded
Continental troops or not  he only recollect he was promised a bounty of 10 quineas & 10 dollars per month when he enlisted under him in Capt Barnet's Company and
other declarant says not

Sworn & subscribed before me
this 24th day of June 1844. A.S. Brown J.P.
John Wills
mark
I further certify that though not personally well acquainted with the above named applicant, and satisfied from his manner & minuteness of relation of the correctness and truth of his statements in all essential particulars, and that he served during the Revolutionary war as he has declared
A.M. Brown J.P.
State of Ohio, the County Henry Bartle Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid herebycertify that A. G. Brown is a justice of the Peace in
said County duly commissioned & qualified and the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine
whereof I have hereunto set my hand &the said Court at Athens this 24th day
of June AD 1834
Henry Bartlett Clerk
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State of Ohio
Athens County ss} Before me AG Brown a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid personally came the Rev Robert G Wilson DD President of the Ohio University who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that being himself a native of South Carolina he resided from about the year 1774 for several years at Abbeville in Ninety six district in that state and was personally well acquainted with person and places in that part of the country that having this day conversed with John Mills alis Ripley an applicant for a pension and looked over his declaration papers he is free to say that from [illegible] one circumstances [illegible] by the said Mills corroborated by his own [illegible] tions and information received from others during his residence in South Carolina he has no doubt of the general fidelity and accuracy of his statements and has no reason to dis believe or doubt that he served as he has declared during the revolutionary war Robert G Wilson DD
Sworn & subscribed this 19th day of August 1834 before me
AG Brown JP
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State of Ohio
Hocking County } ss
Before me Isaac White a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally came Mary Graden of said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she formerly lived in South Carolina when she knew John Mills then called John Ripley who now resides in Athens County Ohio that near the close of the Revolutionary war she was knowing to the said John Mills alias Ripley enlisting under a Captain Barnett at Ninety six District in said South Carolina and she said Miles gowith said Captain Barnett that afterwards Captain Barnet returned to the neighborhood to enlist more soldiers and she remembers his saying to Mr Mills friends that he was at Headquarters and was well and she remembers going with Mr Mills Mother to see Mills and did see him with his officers and other soldiers
sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of August AD 1834
Mary X Mills
her mark
and I hereby certify that the said Mary Graden is a person of credit
Isaac White Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Hocking County sct} I William Wallace clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that Isaac White Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace of said county duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such as well in this state as elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and thereto affixed the seal of said court at Sagan in said county this thirteenth day of August AD 1834
W Wallace clerk
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JL Edwards Esq Com Pensions
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Athens Ohio Aug 14 1834
JL Edwards Esq
Sir
The applicant John Mills alias Ripley having been at some pain and a pause in obtaining the deposition of a person who he acidentally came had personally known him while in the service again at his request forward his papers to your office in the hope that they may at length receive a [illegible] consideration A clerical error of the magistrate before whom it was taken is apparent in the affidavit of Mary Graden which from the [illegible] in ad [illegible] manner which it must have occurred it is hoped will not be [illegible] matter of objection Mr Mills declaration that he [illegible] recollects in one stance of his mothers coming to see him where he was stationed while serving in Capt Barnets company under Col Hampton accompanied by the deponent whose maiden name  he says was Mary Bradley Believing it might be satisfactory to receive a testimonial from a respectable source I enclose also an affidavit of Rev Dr Wilson voluntarily given after a conversation with applicant in which the subject of his services was freely discussed
With great respect
yours
AG Brown
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Jany 15 1900
mil history to Carnelius Mills Carbon Hill Ohio
Feby 3 1903 to above no bounty land granted

Rev War 
9024
INVALID
File No 9024
John Mills alias Ripley
Priv Rev War
Act June 7th 1832
Index Vol 7 el Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870]
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C 3-049a GW
Mail Div HEW Ex'r Inclosures
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, DC Nov 2 1899
Respectfully returned to 
Cornelius Mills
Carbon Hill
Ohio
In order that the claim referred to within may be identified please fill in the blank spaces below and return all papers to this Bureau
Claim No
Certificate No
Name of claimant John Mills
Name of soldier
Co Regt State (where enlisted)
South Carolina
If unable to furnish service, give names of company officers. 

soldiers name and service / co and regt and claim number should in every communication

Commissioner

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Carbon Hill Ohio
Dec 30th 1899
To the Bureau of pension
Washington DC
Sir
John Mills my Grandpa Drew a pension in Ohio John Rochester of Logan Ohio made out his pension papers 53 years ago Inlisted in South Carolina names of Jen WAde Hamilton Jen Linkon Jen John Saxton please inform me the reg & co he served in 
yours Respectfully
 Cornelius Mills Carbon Hill 
Hocking Co Ohio