Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4549, for Philip Miller, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Miller, Philip
Barbara
NUMBER  W.4549
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22.669.      
Pennsylvania,        
Philip Miller      
of York Co.   in the State of Penn’a    who was a Private   in the Co commanded by Captain Ruggles of the Rgt   commanded by in the Penn’a  line for 6 mos & 16 days               
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn’a  at the rate of 21. Dollars 77. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.                 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov.    
1833   and sent to David Corey    York Penn’a   
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. - 54.42           
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34.   10.88                  
$65.30.  
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}                
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk         
Book   E. Vol.   five   Page 40         
let 25 Oct 1836 D. Corey
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W Johnston          
Oct 27 / 54   
Date of  Death not on A.B. 
I.L.L.    
161   
Pennsylvania         
Barbara Miller widow of Philip Miller  of York  in the State of Pennsylvania  who was a private in the company commanded  by Captain Ruggles of the Regt command by Col in the Penn’a  Militia   for six months & 16 days             
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 21 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.      
died 15 Apl 1835            
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov 1836   and sent to David Corey  York      
Arrears to the 4th of              
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1837    $10.88     
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836}    
1836    
Recorded by Wm. S. Allison  - Clerk     
Book    Vol 1   Page   969
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State of Pennsylvania      
County of York}  S.S.            
On this 21 day of July 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of York in the State of Pennsylvania Philip Miller a Resident of said County of York in the State of Pennsylvania aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832      
1 That he the said Philip Miller Volunteered to serve in Captain Quiggles Company in the County of York about the 1st July 1776 for three months and Marched through Lancaster Chester County to Philadelphia from thence to Trenton Princeton Newark and Elizabethtown from thence to Fort Lee and there remained untill the 16th of November and was then on Discharged at fort Lee immediately after the Battle of Fort Washington having seen four months and sixteen days -  was discharged by Captain Quiggles which discharge he has lost      
2   That in or about the month of December in the year 1782 he was drafted - in York County to serve in Capt Penningtons Company to guard watch and keep secure some British Prisoners at a place Called Camp Security in the County of York Pa and served two months and was then discharged by Captain Austin in the month of Feby 1782            
I further certify that I have no documentary evidence in my possession nor do I know of any person living whose testimony I can procure to prove my service except Tobias Sype who served with me    I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State except that of the State of Pennsylvania and that I served at least six months and Sixteen days in the Army of the Revolution                          
Philip Miller his mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
 Geo Barnitz
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Question by Judge 1   Where and in what year was you born was born      
Answer   I was born in York County Pa  in the year 1751        
Question by Judge 2   Have you any record of your age and if so where is it     
Answer    I have no Bible Record of my age                     
Question by Judge  3   Where were you living when called into Service  where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live     
Answer   I lived in York County when called into service and have lived in said County ever since the Revolution War   I now live in York County           
Question by Judge  4    How were you called into service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a Substitute for whom       
Answer  I Volunteered in the instance and was drafted the last tour   
Ques’t    5.   State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental and Milita Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service              
Answer   I do not recollect the Names of any of the Regular officers that were in service at the time I served I was acquainted the Col Swope and Capt Smyser and Capt Spangler Capt Long Major Austin 
Question by Judge  6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so where is it and by whom was it given                     
Answer   I rec’d two Discharges which was sign’d by Capt Quiggle and Major Austin      
Question by Judge 7    State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and there belief of your Services as a soldier of the Revolution            
Answer   John Schultz Michael Miller Abraham Gordman Jacob Gordman -  Can all testify to my character and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution               
Philip Miller  his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21st day of of July 1833 {   
Geo. Barnitz
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State of Pennsylvania            
County of York { SS     
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Tobias Sype - a Credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to Law saith that he was well acquainted with Philip Miller an Applicant for a pension and well knows that he did serve in Captain Quiggles Company four months sixteen days and that he was drafted in York County in July 1776 and was discharged at Fort Lee or the same fort Washington was taken deponent served in the same Corps with him and speaks from his own knowledge and that he also served two months at Camp Security in the County of York to guard the British prisonsor on under the command of Captain Pennington and was Hon discharged in the year 1782  by Major Austin  
Tobias Sype  his mark
Sworn to Subscribed before me this 21 day of July A D 1833                  
Geo Barnitz      
We J. Geo Schmucker a Clergiman residing in the Borough and County of York and John Schultz hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Miller 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 neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that Opinion              
J. Geo. Schmucker 
John Schultz
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 July A Domino 1833           
Geo Barnitz
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that J. G. Schmucker who signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergiman resident in the County of York Pa and that John Schultz who has signed is also a resident and is a credible person and that there statement is entitled to Credit and I further Certify that Philip Miller is not able to attend the Court to make his declaration in consequence of Bodily infirmity      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day of July Anno Domino 1833     
Geo Barnitz                
State of Pennsylvania              
York County, SS.           
I John W. Hetrick, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify, that the Honourable George Barnitz, Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration was made and depositions were taken, is & was at the time signing his name thereto, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and as such is duly commissioned and qualified, and believe the signature to the same, to be in his proper hand writing -           
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at York Borough, this 10 day of September A.D. 1833 
John W. Hetrick   Prothy
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No. 379   
Admitted     
died 13 Apl 1835                
Parson  Kurtz was grand father of Daniel Kurtz  & lived at York
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I herewith certify                  
That I am the present Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at York, and as such have the church records in my possession. - That in our congregation we generally help records of Baptisms Marriage & That I have examined the books and find that from the year 1767 unto the year 1789 no record of Marriages can be found.   - The last record of a marriage is dated 3 of March 1796 and their there is another period in which I find no marriage record untill the year 1809          
Augustus H Lochman        
Pastor of said congregation           
York 2 Nov 1836.
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State of Pennsy’a     
County of York {  SS                     
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Tobias Sype U States pensioner [unreadable] and Witness who being by me duly sworn according to Law saith that he was well acquainted with Philip Miller before and after the Revolutionary war and untill he died at York Pa and that Knows that he was lawfully Joined in marriage on the 12th day of May A. Domini one thousand Seven hundred Seventy five and that they lived together as man and wife from the time they were married until he died  deponent lived in the same Neighbourhood with them and was present when they were Married by Parson Kurtz then a Clergiman of the Lutheran Church of York County Pa   
Tobias Sype   his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me October 10 1836 
 Zachariah Spangler
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Pennsylvania         
York County, Ss                   
Benjamin Lanius Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County do certify that Zachariah Spangler Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, and as such is duly commissioned & qualified, & believe the signature to the same to be in his proper hand writing             
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at York Borough, this 11th day of October 1836.                
Benj’n Lanius Prothy
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Pennsylvania           
York County S.S.     
I Benjamin Lanius Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify, that the Honourable George Barnitz before the within Declaration was made & deposition & acknowledgment were taken is & at the time of subscribing his name thereto was an acting Justice of said Court in & for said County, and as such is duly commissioned & qualified, & believe the signatures to the same purporting to be his to be genuine   
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, at York Borough, this 9 day of September 1836    
for Benjamin Lanius Prot                  
W. Ilgenfritz Clk.              
I George Barnitz Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of York in the state of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Barbara Miller the Widow of the Within named  Philip Miller mentioned in the annexed declaration is not able to attend and make her declaration open Court in consequence of bodily infirmity              
Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid     
Geo. Barnitz
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State of Pennsylva           
County of York { SS     
On this 7th day of September AD 1836 Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Barbara Miller a resident of said County aged 80 years who being first 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 4th 1836    That she is the widow of Philip Miller who obtain a pension Certificate signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War of the U States dated the twenty ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Numbered 22.669 She further declared that she was married to him 12 May 1775 and that her Husband the aforesaid Philip Miller died on the 13 Ap. 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference had the proof hereto Annexed      Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first above Written before me            
Barbara Miller  her mark                  
Geo Barnitz
State of Pennsylvania            
County of York{   S.S.         
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in for said County Luke Rouss & John Schultz of York Pa   Credible Witnesses who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that they were well acquainted with Philip Miller late of York County dec’d and that the he the said Philip Miller died at York on the 13 day of April AD 1835 and that the above named Barbara Miller was his wife and has never been married since the death of Philip Miller dec’d and that she remains his widow                    
Luke Rouss
John Schultz
Sworn to & subscribed this 7th day of September 1836 before me 
Geo Barnitz
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Know all men by these presents that I Barbara Miller of York Pa do hereby make constitute and appoint David Corey my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to receive a pension Certificate for my use and benefit of the Secretary of the United States, and do every other act and thing in the Law needful and necessary to be done as fully and largely to all intents and purposes as myself might or could do in and about the premises all of which I Ratify and confirm the same as my own act & deed    In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of September 1836     
Barbara Miller her mark [seal]
Luke Rouss
John Schultz                
State of Pennsylv’a            
York County { SS   
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in for Said County Barbara Miller and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned            
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of September 1836         
Geo Barnitz
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June 27, 1934
BA-J/ILL
Philip Miller
W. 4549
OWN
S. B. Bellows     
Historical Society of York County              
York, Pennsylvania.                
Dear Sir:.     
The record of Philip Miller is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4549, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.     
Philip Miller was born in the year 1753, in York County, Pennsylvania; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.                 
While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted July 4, 1776, served as private in Captain Quiggles Company and was discharged November 18 at Fort Lee; he enlisted in December 1782 and served two months the as private in Captain Pennington's Pennsylvania company, guarding prisoners at Camp Security in York County. 
I could not verify this Capt but as it is written twice as Quiggles I used it  ILL
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1833, it is at which time he resided in York County, Pennsylvania. He died there April 13, 1835, York County had always been his home. 
The soldier married May 12, 1775, Barbara, whose maiden name is not shown.
Barbara Miller, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 7, 1836, at which time she resided in York County, Pennsylvania; she was then aged eighty years, the date and place of her birth not stated.    
There is no reference to children on in the papers on file in this claim. One Michael Miller was living in 1833, no relationship to the family shown.                    
Very truly yours,         
A. D. HILLER,    
Assistant to Administrator.
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Mansfield Ohio,    Oct. 21, 1854           
Commissioner of Pensions           
Washington City               
Dear Sir Will you please inform me, whether or not there ever was a pension allowed to Philip Miller, a Sub officer (perhaps Corporal)  under Capt. Crumrine of Penn. in the Revolutionary War. Philip Miller lived in Bedford Co. Penn. From what I can learn his claim was allowed some time between 1830 & 1840.   It was prosecuted by Michael Reed, ex-member of Congress from Bedford Co. Pa.             
Any information you can give me in relation to the above, will be thankfully received               
Yours Respectfully -                
Wm Johnston                   
Atty at Law.
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D. Corey
Oct'r  25 1836
Record Vol 41 P 148
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War Dept. Pen Office        
Oct 25 1836                   
Sir     
The papers in the case of Barbara Miller widow of Philip Miller have been ex’d [examined] & they are herewith returned in order that the year in which her husband died may be inserted in her declaration.   The proof of the period of her marriage is not sufficient. In all cases the evidence of a record showing the period of marriage should be exhibited when such evidence can be obtained.  If there is no record evidence, the certificate of the officers who kept the records  of [unreadable] marriages should be exhibited stating the facts in the case. 
David Corey Esq
York Pa
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Nov 2 1836 
Sir
In complyance with your instructions in your Enclosed Letter I return you the Clergiman Certificate with the necessary Amendments if you find all correct please send me the Pension Certification for Barbara Miller and oblige your  Humble Servant
David Corey
 Hon J. L. Edwards
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War Department         
Pension Office           
October 25, 1836.              
Sir   
The papers in the case of Barbara Miller widow of Philip Miller have been examined and they are herewith returned in order that the year in which her husband died may be inserted in her declaration. The proof of the period of her marriage is not sufficient. In all cases the evidence of a record showing the period of marriage should be exhibited, where there is such evidence. If there is no record evidence the certificate of the officer who has charge of the marriage records should be exhibited stating the facts in the case        
I am, respectfully           
Your Obt Servt              
J L Edwards                
David Corey Esqr          
York Pennsylvania
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Payments to be made at Philad’a           
by [unreadable]  U. S. Bank             
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania           
Capt Quiggle Col Swope     
Recorded in the Pension Office   Book E  Vol 5   
Page 40 by  Wm R. Palmer Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.          
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.                 
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832,    Philip Miller. of the State of Pennsylvania          
who was a Private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty one dollars and Seventy seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.          
Given at the War Office of the United States , this Twenty ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three              
Lew Cass     
Secretary of War.    
Examined and Countersigned. }         
J L Edwards         
Commissioner of Pensions.
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28.485  
22,669
Philip Miller 
Pa
Adm [admitted]  6 Mo. 14 days
20.
1.77
21.77 
43.54
10.88
56.42
David Corey
York 
Pa
Commissioner of Pensions
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WAR DEPARTMENT.          
Pension Office,           
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 shew 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.     
A Statement, shewing the Service of Duration of the claimant's service.             
Period when the service was rendered.  Duration of the Claimants Service Years. Months. Days.  Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Age at present, place of abode when he entered the service.  Proof by which the declaration is supported.   
I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant     
JAMES L. EDWARDS,          
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, 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 and who 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, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits 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 this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular 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 that of 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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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 names 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 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 and subscribed the day 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 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 the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify 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, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original 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 his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon 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 the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period
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of his 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, if 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 Town officer 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 he 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 the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their 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. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and 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 a 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 office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
No payments can be made on 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[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 or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---yearmonths , anddays , I served as amonths and --- days, I served as 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 the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps 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 in 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 affix 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 certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate 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 a 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 certify to the credibility of the wife nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in 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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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No.  4549
Barbara Miller
Wid.
Philip Miller
Pvt.  Pa. Line
Act:  July 4th / 36   
Index:-  Vol.  W   Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1934 – June 27 – Hist to S. B. Bellows ILL
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Philip Miller Pa. act 7 June 1832           
to what time last paid      
Pen Office        
Nov 6, ‘38
To 4 March 1833
J. H. 
13.50
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June 27, 1934. 
BA-J/ILL
W. 4549
Philip Miller
S. B. Bellows                  
Historical Society of York County            
York, Pennsylvania.              
Dear Sir:                
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Philip Miller and Daniel Box of Pennsylvania, both pensioners.   
The records of these two soldiers are furnished herewith from pension claims based upon service in that war.         
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY    
OFFICERS           
HON. H. C. NILES President             
S. FAHS SMITH Vice President            
RALPH S. CANNON Treasurer                
REINHARDT DEMPWOLF Curator and Secretary                
JAMES W. SHETTEL Corresponding Secretary                     
TRUSTEES FRANCIS FARQUHAR Chairman             
GEORGE H. WHITELEY, JR.           
S. FAHS SMITH                 
S. FORRY LAUCKS                 
J. WM. STAIR            
HON. FRANKLIN MENGES               
JOSEPH K. KINDIG, JR.              
June 19. 1934
RECEIVED 
JUN 20 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM READER # 15
U. S. Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C. 
Thank you for your courtesy in sending the record previously asked for. Will you kindly send us the records of Philip Miller, of York County, and Daniel Rex of Adams County, Pennsylvania, who were Revolutionary pensioners?         
OK     OK ADY    
Very truly yours,      
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY           
By S B. Bellows        
Office Secretary
SB            
“WE SPECIALIZE IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHES IN YORK AND ADJACENT COUNTIES".