Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25707, for Henry Miller, North Carolina
Page 16

[Declaration page 1]

State of Tennessee 
County of Jackson Ss

On this 12 day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court before William P. Hampton  John Welch,  Welcome Bulter & Jonah Griffith Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county of Jackson now sitting Henry Miller a resident of County of Jackson and State of Tennessee aforesaid aged seventy three years of age last January who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States in Roan [Rowan] County State of North Carolina where he then resided in July 1779, the day of the month not recollected, volunteer under Captain [Robert] Moore, Lieut & ensign not recollected and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel [Francis] Locke a militia Colonel under General [Griffith] Rutherford in the same county.

He volunteered for no definite period to go an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; He marched under said officers to the head of Catawba river [North Carolina] then up the French broad river [NC] across Little & Big Pigeon rivers [Little Pigeon River and Pigeon River NC] across the Hiwassee river [NC] to the Cherokee towns which were evacuated except by a few skulking indians-

General [Griffith] Rutherford command consisted  of about 3000 men all militia.  after the army arrived in the Cherokee nation [located present day East Tennessee, western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina] and found the towns evacuated - the army was divided in two divisions one division to remain in nation and the other division to go against the Overhill Cherokees about 50 miles distant [Overhill Cherokee towns were along the Little Tennessee, Tellico, and Hiwassee Rivers]

Applicant went to Overhills under said Captain [Roger] Moore, but has forgotten who commanded the expedition when the Overhill Towns were evacuated and their troops returned to the Cherokee nation and joined their comrades and returned home under General [Griffith] Rutherford