Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7183, for Michael Miller, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE.
Penn

Miller, Michael
Elizabeth

NUMBER
R. 7183.
P. L. Wt. 86149-160-55

CONTENTS
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[two-column page]

[left side:]
[illegible]
let Jerh Hawkey Jany 5/59
R. Warden Aug: 29/59
These letters are not
in Old Letter Books
WNJ

Vol WI. page 62

[right side:]
96,650. Act Mar 3/58
Jan 3/59

Elizabeth Miller
Michael wid. of 
Michall Miller Decd

Private
Special

Revolutionary War
Special
[illegible]

Ad. 160 ac's Feb 25/59
Dodge

Penna I find no Pen Papers
in this case.
Hon. James Craig
Ho of Reps

[large X covering the rest of the right side]
Jeremiah Hawkey Esq
Mount Pleasant
Westmoreland Co
Penn

[written diagonally on top of the right page]
Wt,no 86,149 iss Feb 26/59.
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
By the tenor of these presents, I JACOB S. STECK
Esqure, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting
Letters of Administration in and for the County of Westmoreland,
 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

Do make known unto all men, that on the 6th day of September 1842, at 
Greensburgh, in the county of Westmoreland, before me was proved and approved,
the last will and testament of Michael Miller, late of the
Borough of Mountpleasant, Westmoreland County,
deceased, (a true copy whereof is to these presents annexed) having whilst he
lived and at the time of his death, divers goods, chattels, rights and credits within
the said Commonwealth, by reason whereof the approbation and insinuation in the said
last will and testament, and the committing the administration of all and singular the
goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, and also the
auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said administration, and a
final dismission from the same, to me are manifestly known to belong; and that the
administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said
deceased, any way concerning his last will and testament was committed to John
Snider & John Fox, of East Huntingdon township, 
Westmoreland County, Penna
in the same testament named, there having first been duly sworn ^& affirmed, well and truly to
administer the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and make true
and perfect inventory thereof and exhibit into the Register's Office, at Greensburgh,
in the county of Westmoreland, on or before the Sixth day of October next;
and to render a true and just account, calculation and reckoning of their said administration,
on or before the Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty three -- or when thereunto lawfully 
required.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Greensburgh.
in the County of Westmoreland, the 6th day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
Jacob S. Steck
Regr.
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In the name of God, Amen, I Michael Miller of the Borough of Mountpleasant, 
in the County of Westmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania being weak of body, but of
sound mind, memory and understanding, blessed be God for all his mercies; and considering
the uncertainty of life, even to those who enjoy the best health, and to the end that I may
have my worldly affairs fully settled, when it shall please God to call me hence,
do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, 
viz:  Principally and first of all, I commend my soul to God who gave
it.  I offer him my sincere thanks for all the goodness and mercy which he
has caused to pass before me, and which he has exercised towards me.  Into his hands
I commend my spirit, hoping that for Jesus Christs sake, he will receive it to dwell 
forever with him.

My body I commit to the Earth, to be buried, by my 
executors hereinafter named, in a decent and Christian like manner.  And as to such
worldly estate, as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give and dispose of in the
following manner.  To my early companion, my beloved wife Elizabeth, 
I give and bequeath my dwelling house, in the Borough of Mountpleasant,  
including all its appurtenances, with my household furniture, and the interest of
Eight hundred Dollars, for and during the term of her natural life.  Should it
however happen, that from sickness, or any other cause, she should require more
than the interest of these Eight hundred dollars, for her support, I hereby order my Executor
to supply her with so much of the principal of the said Eight hundred dollars.
as may be necessary, in order to her living in comfort and happiness all her days
[illegible] allow shall be to my wife in lieu of her Dower. 

The rest and residue of my
Estate, I bequeath to my children, Share and share alike. In the distribution, I do not
mean simply such of my children as are now living, I include those that are dead,
and who have left issue; and my meaning is, that the share or purport of such of
my children as are dead, leaving issue, Shall go to and be divided according to law,
amongst such issue.  Now in order to assist my Executors in making distribution
of my Estate, I here give them a statement of the advances which I have made to my
children, severally.  I hold against my son John Deceased obligations amounting to
one hundred and forty five Dollars, and I paid his funeral expenses, Thirty-three 
dollars; these items make one hundred and Seventy Eight dollars, which I have 
advanced to my son John.  To Michael Ziegler, the husband of my daughter
Susanna, I have given one hundred and thirty-five Dollars, for which
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I hold his obligation.  This amount is what I have advanced to my daughter 
Susanna.  To my son Michael, Samuel, Henry and William, I have given Five
hundred Dollars each, and for which I hold their seperate obligation, and
this same, viz:  Five hundred dollars, is what I have advanced to each of them.
To John Wagenhals, the husband of my daughter Margaret, I have given
Eighty Dollars, for which I hold his obligation, and this is what I have
advanced to my daughter Margaret.  To my son George, I account that I
have advanced one hundred and forty five dollars; and in estimating his
share of my Estate, I wish him to be charged with this much advanced to him.
To Jacob Myers, the husband of my daughter Jane, I have given one 
hundred and Twenty Dollars & thirty six cents, for which I hold his obligations,
and I was bail for him in a note in the Greensburg Bank for two hundred 
& fifty dollars, which note I paid for him; but Myers has since paid
me several sums on it, which are credited on the back of it.  The unpaid balance 
on this note (counting interest on it up till the time that I lifted it out of the
Bank) with the one hundred and twenty Dollars and thirty six cents above mentioned, 
is what I have advanced to my daughter Jane.  To Michael Shulze, the
husband of my daughter Elizabeth, deceased, I have advanced one hundred and
seven dollars, for which I hold his obligation, and this is what I have
advanced to my daughter Elizabeth.  To Jacob Leickly, the husband of my daughter
Julian, I have given one hundred dollars, for which I hold his obligation,
and this is the amount which I have advanced to my daughter Julian.  I 
hold my daughter Catharines obligations for two hundred and forty one 
dollars, and Eighty two cents, and I was bail for her present husband Michael
Ruby, in a note to Bancroft Woodcock, for Eight Dollars and ninety five
cents, which note I lifted, and after two Dollars & fifty cents of it paid me by Ruby, 
and which is credited on the back of it, he one me the balance, six dollars &
forty five cents.  These Items making in all Two hundred & forty eight dollars
and twenty seven cents, is what I have advanced to my daughter Catharine -

Should it so happen that I should make any further advances to any of my
children, before the time of my death, I allow that advance to be charged against
such child in estimating his or her share.  But as respects all those obligations,
hereinbefore referred to, which I hold against my children and heirs, my
will and pleasure is, that no interest be charged on any of them, except
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that due on the Bank Note which I paid for Jacob Myers and, on that only
until the time I lifted it out of the Bank.  If on final settlement of my Estate,
as is hereinafter directed, it should happen that any of my children has overdrawn
his or her equal share thereof, it is my full intention, that such child or children shall
refund proportionally in order to equalize the shares of my other children.

Immediately after my decease, I order and direct that my shop tools & furniture, and
any stuff that may be on hand, with my five acre outlot of land be sold by my 
Executors, and if of what money may remain on hand, at the time of my decease,
(after payment of my just debts and funeral expenses) and the proceeds of sale of my 
Shops tools, and Lot of ground, there should remain in the hands of my Executors 
any surplus over and above the Eight hundred dollars, herein before appropriated 
to the use of my wife, for the term of her natural life, my Executors may
pay over any account of said surplus, at their discretion, to such of my
children, or their heirs to whom the smallest advances have been made, 
in order to bring them nearer to an equality with the others, before a final
Settlement is made.  At the time of the decease of my beloved wife Elizabeth,
I order and direct my Executors to proceed as soon as possible to make sale
of all my property, in the Borough of Mountpleasant, with all my household
furniture, and as soon as possible after the proceeds of Sale are realised make
a final distribution thereof among my children and heirs, as hereinbefore
directed, at which time all obligations shall be given up to them, which 
I hold against them, unless it should be proper to hold some of them back
in order to refund, if that should be necessary, which I do not anticipate
For all my property herein directed to be sold by my Executors, I authorize
them to make the purchasers good and sufficient titles, but not before the
purchase money is fully paid off. 

Lastly I do make and constitute my
esteemed Neighbors John Snider, and John Fox, of East Huntingdon
Township, Executors of this my last Will and Testament.  In Witness whereof 
I Michael Miller have hereunto set my hand and seal, the twenty
fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Michael Miller

[drawing of a round seal with scalloped edges:] Seal

Signed and sealed in presence of us
James Hodgekins
John C. Fleming
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Letters Testamentary
in Estate of Michael
Miller, Decd.
 
[round date stamp:] PENSION [illegible], Oct 1, 1850
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Oct. first Eighteen hundred and forty. I this day paid Dr. J. Felix
Ten Dollars for medical services rendered to my son George & daughter Polly, 
and some time ago I gave Georges wife one Dollar.  I wish George to
be charged with these Eleven Dollars, in addition to the charge against
him mentioned in my will.
Michael Miller

Attest John E. Fleming

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original filed
in the Registers Office.
Jacob S. Steck Regr.
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County ⎬ ss.

On the 28th. day of December 1858 personally 
appeared before me a Justice of the peace of said County 
Elizabeth Miller of East Huntingdon Township in
said County Pennsylvania, aged Ninety three years
on the 4th day of March last, who being duly Sworn
according to law declares that she is the Widow of
Michael Miller who died in the Borough of Mount
Pleasant on the Seconday of September Eighteen
hundred and forty two in the 81st year of his
age, that she was married to the said 
Michael in the Town of Carlile Pennsylvania when
about in the twentieth year of her age, that
she never married after the death of her husband
the said Miller, but remained a widow.

That her husband the said Michael Miller when
he may have been about Eighteen years of age was
drafted in or about the year 1782, at York Pennsylvania, 
and taken to Philadelphia to guard
some English prisoners taken about the time
of Cornwallis's defeat.  She further states that four
or five years ago she perfectly remembered the
name of the Clergyman who married her, but
that she does not now remember his name.

She makes this declaration in order to obtain the
Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the
the Act of Congress of 3rd. of March 1855
She further declares that she never Recd. and 
indeed never applied for any Bounty Land or 
pension for her husbands services, nor did he
ever apply for or receive any in his life time
Elizabeth Miller her mark [+]
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We John Fox and Jacob Leighly residents of East
Huntingdon Township Westmorland County Penn.
[illegible] on our solemn affirmations declare that the
foregoing declaration was made and signed
in our presence; and that we believe from that
appearance and statements of the applicant that
she is the identical person she represents herself
to be and that she is still a widow.

And we further [illegible] on our affidavit that 
from a long and intimate acquaintance with
Michael Miller up till the time of his death
all the facts here before set forth in widow Millers
[illegible] Relative to her husbands Military service
is true, including the supplemental 
description on the next page
John Fox
Jacob Leighly

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
affirmed to and subscribed here before on the day and
year herein before written; and I certify that I
know the affiants to be credible persons; that the
claimant is the person she presents herself
to be and is still a widow, and that I have
not any interest in this claim.
John E. Fleming J. P.
Decr 28th. 1858
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296, 650
Special
G.C.W.
This was a short
Service, considerably
less than 6 months
Dodge

[flourish]
Address
Jeremiah Hawkey
Mount Pleasant
Westmoreland Co.
Pa.
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The said Elizabeth Miller states further on
her oath that to the best on her knowledge
her husband was detained on duty in Philadelphia 
about three months, and her name before
marriage was Mauk 
Elizabeth Miller her mark [+]

Sworn and subscribed before me
Dec 29th, 1858
John E. Fleming J. P.

State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
I, Bales M. Colly Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmorland, in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that John
E. Fleming Esq before whom the foregoing
Affidavit was made
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing 
certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, 
and to all whose official act and deed full faith and credit are of right due.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at
Greensburg, the Thirtieth day of December in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-Eight

Bales M Colly Prothonotary.
[on the left, very faint round seal]

GREENSBURG DEMOCRAT, PRINT.
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1
State of Pennsylvania}
Westmoreland County} SS.
On the 21 day of September 1859 personally
appeared before me, Samuel L. Carpenter, one of the
Judges of the Courts of said County
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, at her residence
in East Huntingdon Township, in said
County, aged Ninety four years on the 
twenty sixth day of March last past, 
who being duly sworn according to Law,
doth, on her oath, make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the provision made by the Act
of Congress passed July 7th. 1838, 
entitled an act granting half pay and
pensions to certain Widows; that
she is the widow of Michael Miller
who was a soldier of the Revolutionary
was.  He entered the service of the United States
in the year 1781 or 1782.  He 
served as a fifer and drummer.  He
he was taken from Little York, in
Pennsylvania, to the City of Philadelphia 
immediately after his enlistment, 
and put to guarding the
Cornwallis prisoners taken at York
town, Virginia.  After being in the Service 
upwards of three months, he
was honorably discharged.  He had
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carefully preserved this discharge up till
the day of his death, which happened at
his residence in the Borough of Mount
pleasant on the 2d day of September
in the year 1842.

This Deponent further saith,
that when John Fox, who was one of
her husbands Executors, came to
the house a few days after his 
funeral to take possession of his papers, she
gave him, among the other papers, her
husbands discharge; and after he
had examined it, he said, it was
of no use to him, and she, not knowing 
that it would ever be of any use, 
[crossed out:she] threw it, with 
several other papers, into the fire.  

This deponent further states that
she was married to said Michael 
Miller at Carlisle in Cumberland
Pennsylvania in the year 1784, that
she was then in the nineteenth year
of her age, and that if she should
live till the 26th day of March next
she will be Ninety five years of age.
That she [illegible] married after the death
of her ^said husband, and that she is now
a widow.
Elizabeth Miller her mark [+]

Sworn and subscribed by me
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at Elizabeth Millers residence in East
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland 
County Pennsylvania Sept 21st, 1854
S L. Carpenter one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Westmoreland County

State of Pennsylvania}
Westmorland County} ss.
Personally appeared before
me a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and of the other Courts
of said County, Mrs. Juliann Leighty
who being duly sworn according to
Law doth depose and say, that
she is a daughter of the before named
Michael Miller that she repeatedly 
saw her fathers discharge among
his other papers
Juliann Leighty her mark [+]

Sworn and subscribed before me
the [illegible] day of September 1859

[a smaller printed page obscuring the rest of the text, which is revealed on the next page]

State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
[on the left, very faint round stamp}
I, Bales M Colly Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that 
S. L. Carpenter before whom the foregoing
Affidavits were duly made
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing
certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Associate
Judge in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Greensbury, the twenty Eighth day of September in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine

Bales M Colly Prothontary.

GREENSBURG, DEMOCRAT, PRINT.
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at Elizabeth Millers residence in East
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland
County Pennsylvania Sept 21st, 1854
S L. Carpenter one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Westmoreland County

State of Pennsylvania}
Westmorland County} ss.
Personally appeared before
me a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and of the other Courts
of said County, Mrs. Juliann Leighty
who being duly sworn according to
Law doth depose and say, that
she is a daughter of the before named
Michael Miller that she repeatedly
saw her fathers discharge among
his other papers
Juliann Leighty her mark [+]

Sworn and subscribed before me

[a smaller printed page obscuring the end of the text has  been folded down to reveal:]

the 21st. day of September 1859
S L Carpenter one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas of
Said County of Westmoreland
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State of Pennsylvania}
Westmoreland Co} ss.
Personally appeared before one of the
Judges of the Court of Westmoreland
County, John Fox and on his solemn
affirmation [illegible] after before me saith, I was
one of the Executors of the Will of
Michael Miller, decd. whom I knew
intimately for at least thirty years 
before his death.  The statement made by
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Respecting the
fact of her having handed me the 
Discharge of Michael Miller
when I came to take possession 
of his papers, is minutely, and
substantially true.

I had it in my hands & 
and examined it, read it, 
and told her it was of no use 
to me, and handed it to her
and she took it from me 
and as my recollection serves,
threw it in the fire.  I 
know too that Mrs. Miller is now
a widow and never was married
after the death of Michael Miller 
I know too that Funds appropriated 
for her support has been [illegible] 
or perhaps Lost, by the failure of Chey & Voigt
John Fox

Affirmed and subscribed before me
Sept 21st, 1859
S L. Carpenter

[in the left margin, round date stamp:] PENSION. OFFICE. OCT 1, 1859
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Harrisburg Feb 10th 1859
Hon James Craig Esqr

Sir sometime since
the papers which you will find enclosed
were left in my case with the expectation that
I would go to Washington in person deliver the
to you but the attention to duty which is regive
of me here has prevented me from doing
so I have since received a letter from Mr
Hawney requesting me to forward them to
you with the request that you should do the
best you could with them
In compliance with the above request I have
taken the liberty of writing to you allthough
unacquainted with you
1
You will therefore
please accept this with my Complements and
permit me Sign myself very Respectfully your
Friend
Robt Warden
To Hon James King Esq
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[top of page torn off]

J. E. Fleming
Oct. 5th
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Pension Office
Oct 5th 1859.

Sir.
I have examined and Suspended the Claim of
Elizabeth Miller to a pension under the Act of 7" July, 
1838, as the widow of Michael.

No Allowance
can be made in this case unless evidence of Six
Months Service is filed.  The proofs upon file
indicate a service of but three months.

John E. Fleming, Esqr.
Mt. Pleasant
Westmoreland Co. Pa.
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East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland
County Pennsylvania September 28th, 1859

Dear Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you the
application of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, the widow 
of Michael Miller, a soldier of the Revolutionary 
War, for the benefit of the Act of Congress
of 7th. July 1838, granting half pay and
pensions to certain Widows.

Mrs. Miller Recd. a Land Warrant, (No 86149)
the testimony forwarded with the application
for which, must be very similar to that herewith 
enclosed.  Mrs. Miller has no certificate
of her marriage, and she has even forgot the
name of the clergyman that married her.  The
evidence of their being husband and wife, is just
such as would apply to hundreds of thousands 
all around us here; they lived together as
such and raised a family as such, and 
when Michael Miller died he treated her
in his will as such.  For your satisfaction 
I enclose you a copy of his Will.  It
will show you how old Michael Miller
regarded the old Lady.
Very Respectfully Dear Sir Yours
John E. Fleming

To the Honb.
Commissioner of Pensions
Please direct to me, M Pleast. Westmd Co Pa
J. E. F.
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3 -- 247.
No ^(1)96650 [196650]
ACT OF Mar 3, 1811
Received Jany 3, 1859

Elizabeth Miller
Wid of
Michael Miller
Rev. War

Warrant No. 86149
For 160 acres.
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No. 15,511
Elizath. Miller,
Wid:
Michael,
Pa.

[crossed out:] J.E. Fleming Oct 5/59.

7183
Act 7" July. '38'.
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FREE
[round date stamp:] PENSION OFFICE OCT 1, 1858
[round date stamp:] [illegible] PLEASANT

To The Honorable The Commissioner
Of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

[written sideways, underneath the above text:]
[illegible]
Rev. Ex
Elizabeth Miller
Wid of
Michael - Pa - No papers
original
See [illegible] Land papers
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Hon Geo C Whiting
Comr Pensions
Washington 
D.C. 

[written sideways:]
Michael Miller [illegible]
296650  Nov 1833
C not [illegible]
14 July [illegible]
Boynton
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August 9th 1859
M't Pleasant West'd Co Pa

Mr Whiting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir some
time last February or March I 
forwarded to Mr Craig Member of
Congress from Missouri two affidavits 
from Mrs Elisabeth Miller
and Mr John Fox respectively 
relative to the application of Mrs
Elisabeth Miller widow Michael Miller
a soldier of the Revolutionary War for
County land numbered 296.650

Not having received any information
from Mr Craig in regard
to the disposition which has been made
of those affidavits or whether they have
been filed in your office I have taken
the liberty of writing to you for that 
information Please inform ^me whether they
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[at the top of the page, faint, illegible date stamp]

were ever presented and filed in
your office and if so what [crossed out: they] 
bearing they have had or will probably 
^have in favor of the aforesaid application

You will very much oblige me
by answering soon as there is yet
opportunity of obtaining other affidavits 
in place of those of those if they have
never been presented
Yours Most Respectfully
Robt Warden

To W C Whiting Esqr
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington City
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86.149
[flourish]
{160 Acres}
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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873

7183.
P. O. [blank space] 
Elizabeth Miller
Service: [blank space]

Enlisted: [blank space], 18
Discharged: [blank space], 18
[stamped diagonally over the above 2 lines:] REJECTED

Application filed: [blank space], 18
Alleges: [blank space]
Re-enlisted: [blank space]
Attorney: [blank space]
P. O. [blank space]

[blank space] Recognized.  [blank space] Contr [illegible]
[blank space] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank space], 18
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No of Application
296.650
Jas, Craig
House of Reps
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmorland County ss.

On the 10th day of January 1859 before me
John E. Fleming a Justice of the peace of said
County personally came John Fox, aged Eighty 
one years in October last, and on his solemn 
afermation made before the said Justice
saith, "I was one of the Executors of Michael
Miller decd. of the Borough of Mountpleasant,
whose widow Mrs. Elizabeth Miller now of East
Huntingdon Township, has made application
for Bounty Land under the act of Congress of 3rd 
of March 1855; immediately after the death
of Michael Miller, when his wife the said
Elizabeth, was delivering up her papers to me
she, handed me his discharge, as one of the
soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, I saw 
it and handled it, but thinking it of no importance 
whatever to me, as Executor, I handed
it back to her, this must have been sixteen years
ago or more.  Mrs. Miller has frequently
told me since that taking this discharge
could never be of any use to her she burned it.  

From an acquaintance of many years with
Michael Miller, who was my near neighbor
and Joined Lands with me, I am as fully
satisfied that he served in the Revolutionary
Wars, as that my name is John Fox.
John Fox

Westmoreland Co. Pa. ss.
The foregoing affirmation was made before
me at my office in the Borough of Mount 
pleasant on the day at forth in the caption
and I testify that I am well acquainted with
the affiant John Fox, and that he is a man
of respectability and veracity and that I 
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Westmoreland Co. Pa.
The foregoing affirmation was made before
me at my office in the Borough of Mount 
pleasant on the day at forth in the caption
and I certify that I am well acquainted with
the affiant John Fox, and that he is a man
of respectability and veracity and that I
have no interest, [illegible]
in the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller for
Bounty Land.
John E. Fleming J. P.

The No of Mrs Millers application is
296. 650

State of Pennsylvania}
Westmoreland County} SS.
on the 11th Day of January 1859 personally came before
me David Lowe a Justice of the Peace of said County.  Mrs. 
Elisabeth Miller the widow of Micheal Miller a Soldier of
the Revolutionary war who died in the Borough of Mountpleasant
in the year 1842 and on her solemn oath taken before me saith
that her Husbands Military Services were rendered principally in
Phildelphia guarding English prisoners that he served a tour of
about three months that he was Drafted in York County P:a.
when a young man She further saith that she heard him say
a Thousand times that he never Received Either pay, Bounty land, or
[end of page not visible]
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State of Pennsylvania}
Westmoreland County} SS.

On the 11th Day of January 1859 personally came before
me David Lowe a Justice of the Peace of said County.  Mrs. 
Elisabeth Miller the Widow of Micheal Miller a Soldier of
the Revolutionary war who Died in the Borough of Mountpleasant 
in the year 1842 and on her Solemn Oath taken before me Saith
that her Husbands Military Services were rendered principally in
Phildelphia guarding English prisoners that he served a tour of
about three months that he was Drafted in York County P:a.
when a young man She further saith that she heard him say
a Thousand times that he never Received Either pay Bounty land, or
pension.  She further states that he was Regularly Discharged, and that
he preserved his Discharge till the time of his Death, that at the time
Mr. John Fox one of her Husbands Executors was Collecting and looking
over the papers relative to ^the Estate, she handed the Discharge ^to Mr Fox 
and he said he had nothing, he thought, to Do with it, and that
She not knowing that it might ever be of any consequence
unfortunately Threw it into the fire
Elisabeth Miller her mark [+]

Westmoreland County Pennsylvania S.S.
The foregoing Deposition
of Mrs Miller was made and signed before me as above set
forth and I Certify that I am well acquainted with her and that
she is an old Lady of the Highest Respectability and I further
certify that I have no interest in her application

Witness my Hand and Seal the Day and Year aforesaid
David Lowe J.P [drawing of a round seal with scalloped edges:]
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State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.

I, Bales McColly Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that John
Fleming before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made 
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing 
certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to
all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at 
Greensburg, the thirteenth day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine

Bales McColly Prothonotary.

GREENSBURG DEMOCRAT, PRINT.
[on the left, very faint round seal]
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State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.

I, Bales McColly Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that David 
Lowe before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing
certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to
all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Greensburg, the thirteenth day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine

Bales McColly Prothonotary.

GREENSBURG DEMOCRAT, PRINT.
[on the left, very faint round seal]