Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,259, for Luke Millner, Virginia
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(8-1776)
SERVICE:   Va.
Millner, Luke
or Milner
NUMBER:   S.31,256
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CONTENTS:
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19.133
Kentucky
Luke Millner Sen. [  senior  ]
of Harrison Co. in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Cook of the regt [  regiment  ] commanded
by Col. Dangerfield in the Virginia 
line for 21 months from 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 70 Dollars --- cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of August
1833 and sent to Hon. R. M. 
Johnson, GreatXings

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   		$140.00
Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833   	$35.00

$185.00

d. Dec 25, 1835

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by  Wm. S. Allison    Clerk
Book 6.  Vol 7  Page 19
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Luke Millner’s
Declaration
22912
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State of Kentucky }
Harrison County }         Oct.

		On this 16th day of February 1833 before me   Joel Frazer  a justice of the peace in & for the county of Harrison & State of Kentucky & a member of the county court of sd. [  said  ]  County & State  – which is a court of record -  appeared Luke Millner. Sr. aged upwards of eighty two years having been born on the 20th Sept. 1750  -  in Richmond County Va between Rappahannock & Potomac Virginia  -  who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the law of Congress passed June 7th 1832 – that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer & served as is hereinafter stated – that in the Spring of the year 177 he entered the service of the United States as an enlisted soldier for twelve months under Capt William Cock or Cocke, Lieut Nathl. Terah, Ensign William Williams, Colo. Dangerfield, Genls. Steuben, Lewis – and he says Gen. Steuben was in company, that he marched from home in Halifax County Va. where he then lived to Gwynns Island where he was employed in work at making breast works & thence to Norfolk, thence to within ten miles of Fredericksburg and he spent the whole period in marching & countermarching and watching the enemy until this tour expired. He then came home & in a short time afterwards entered sd. service as a volunteer for six months under Capt Peter Rodgers  – Lieut. Thos. Threat, Ensign William Shackleford  Colo. Tucker, Major Duval, Genl. Lawson – that he marched from Halifax County Va. to Gwynns Island.  Where he was, when the battle was fought at that place, and thence across Rappahannock & up the Potomac & up to Colo: Hantlesoup [  ?  ]  and thence through the county as before, until
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this tour expired, & [illegible] he came home – that afterwards in the year 1781.   about last of march or first of April he volunteered for three months under Cap. William Cox, Saml.  Bates was Lieut. –   lcolo:s  Charles Lewis & Haynes Morgan  That he marched from his residence in Halifax County Va. to & was at the battle of Guilford – thence to Petersburg, thence to the [illegible]    thence to Warwick, thence to Richmond  thence to the Bowling [illegible]  thence to Richmond  thence to Hanover, then he staid a while with the [illegible] & rcd a discharge from Clark & came home that he verily believes he served full twenty one months in the service afosd. [  aforesaid  ]  & that he rcd discharges for all of his sd. terms of service, but they have been long sense lost or mislaid – that he knows of no one by whom he can prove his sd. services – that he resided in Halifax County Va. everytime he entered sd. service & up to 1790 when he moved to Lincon County Ky.  Thence to Harrison County Ky where he has resided ever since & now resides there.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory whatever.
Sworn to & subscribed the day
			Luke Milner 
& year afosd.      Joel Fraizer  J P H C 

State of Ky.  Harrison County S** [  illegible  ]:     I   Joel Fraizer   a justice of the
peace in & for the county afos. [  aforesaid  ] do hereby certify that the above named
applicant Luke Millner is in my opinion unable from bodily
infirmity, to attend the court, being very old & decrepit & living
a considerable distance from the seat of Justice   
Given under my hand this 14th day of July 1833
    			Joel Fraizer  J P H C
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We  William Tucker, a clergyman residing in Harrison County Kentucky and John Trimble, & William Coleman & William Woods, Sr. residing in the same County and State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luke Millner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be upwards of eighty two 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
			William Tucker
			William Coleman
			William Woods
			John Trimble

Sworn and subscribed the day & year afosd.     
Joel Fraizer  J.P.H.C.

I   Joel Fraizer   an acting justice of the peace in & for the County of Harrison and State of Kentucky before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, by the applicant in person, do hereby certify & declare it as my opinion, of the sd. investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department; that the above named applicant was Revolutionary Soldier – and served as he states – and I do further certify that sd. William Tucker who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of the County of Harrison State of Ky. and that John Trimble Sr.  William Coleman Sr. and William Woods Sr.  who have also signed the same are residents in the same County & State & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.    
July 14, 1833
			Joel Frazier, J.HC

Commonwealth of Kentucky Harrison County
I   Samuel Endecott   Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that Joel Fraizer whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing writings, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and qualified; that the said signature is his genuine signature,
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and that full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts and deeds.   
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 16th February A.D. 1833 and in the 41 year of the Commonwealth
			Samuel Endicott  C.H.C.


Luke Millner’s
Declaration
22912
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22912
Luke Millner
CK [  ?  ]
from 1777 private
21 months.
[  illegible  ] a Roll
$70.
not on Roll


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Hon. R.M. Johnson
Great Crossings
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[  letter:  ]

War Department,
Pension Office,
April 15 1833

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 shew what is what is necessary to be done.  These 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.

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A Statement, shewing the Service of Luke Millner [illegible] Harrison Co K.

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[  col. 1  ]   		Period which the service was rendered.
[  line 1 entry  ] 	Enlisted 1777
[  line 2 entry  ]	vol ______
[  line 3 entry  ]    	1781.

[  col. 2  ]   		Duration of the claimant’s service. (Years. / Months. / Days.)
[  line 1 entry  ] 	12 months
[  line 2 entry  ]	6 months
[  line 3 entry  ]     	3 months

[  col. 3  ]   		Rank of the claimant.
[  line 1 entry  ] 	pr
[  line 2 entry  ] 	“
[  line 3 entry  ] 	“

[  col. 4  ]   		Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[  line 1 entry  ]	Cap Cock
[  line 2 entry  ]	Cap Rogers
[  line 3 entry  ]        Cap Cox

[  col. 5  ]   		Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[  line 1 entry  ]	Col Dangerfield
[  line 2 entry  ]	Col Tucker
[  line 3 entry  ]	Col Lewis

[  col. 6  ]   		Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[  line 1 entry  ]	none
[  line 2 entry  ]	Gwynns Island
[  line 3 entry  ]	Guilford


[  col. 7  ]   		Country through which he marched.
[  line 1 entry  ]	Va.
[  line 2 entry  ]	“
[  line 3 entry  ]        “   &  NC


[  col. 8  ]   		Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
[  line 1 entry  ]	82.  Halifax Va.
[  line 2 entry  ]	“
[  line 3 entry  ]


[  col. 9  ]   		Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
[  line 1 entry  ]	Frady :  [  ?  ]
[  line 2 entry  ]	
[  line 3 entry  ]


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 instance, 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   				}   88.
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 officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time heft the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and names and rank 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.   * [  symbol = fist with index finger pointing to the right  ]  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 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 named applicant 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 names of the 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                           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 believe him to be                              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                                 do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [  sic  ] 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 of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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 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.  If 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 is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 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 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 the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


[a] The applicant 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 ---------- year --------- months, and ------------- 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 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 years 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 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 (symbol = fist with index finger pointing to the right)  The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases 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.

			W. L. William    Ex [  ?  ] Clk
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Interrogatories to
And Responses of
Luke Millner, Sr.
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Interrogatories & Responses
Interog: …. 1st	Where & in What year were you born?
Ansr …	I was born in Richmond County Virginia on the 20th of Sept. 1750

Interrog …. 2nd  Have you any record of your age, and if so, Where is it?
Ansr …	I have no record of my age, my fathers family record was burnt by the British during the Revolution, I have my age from tradition and believe it is true

Interrog …. 3rd  Where were you living, when called into service; Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and Where do you now live?
Ansr …	I was living in Hallifax County Virginia   I lived in sd. County & State until 1790.  Then I moved to Lincon County Kentucky; thence to Harrison County Ky where I now reside, and have resided ever since

Interrog …. 4th  How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  and if a substitute for whom?
Ansr …	I enlisted first for twelve months, under Capt Cock or Cocke in Colo: Dangerfields regiment and served my time out.  I then volunteered for six months under Capt Peter Rodger and Colo: Tucker, Major Duval and Genl Lawson and having served sd. terms of service I again volunteered – for the term of three months
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under Capt William Cox in Colo Lewis’s Regiment and having served my term out I returned home

Interrog …. 5th  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, Where you served; Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ansr …	Besides the officers above named – I was with & under Lieut Terah, Ensign Williams, Genls Williams & Steuben – Lieut Threat, Ensign Shackleford, Lieut Bates, Colo: Morgan – I recollect these officers - & no more   I am now upwards of eighty two years of age and my memory is very frail

Interrog …. 6th  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it.?
Ansr …	I recd discharges for all my terms from my Captains – which for want of care & supposing them of no use, have been long since lost or destroyed

Interrog …. 7th  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 good behavior, your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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Ansr …	I will name : - : William Botkins Sr.  William Banter Sr.  William Woods Sr.  John Trimble Sr.  Joel Frazer Esq.  William Coleman Sr.  Claibourne Chandler Sr.  Abner Hayden Sr.  Genl. John Conner  Major Hugh Levi  Major Demastus  William A Withers Esq.  and many others too tedious to mention. I can indeed refer to all my neighbors without fear or hesitation
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand this      day of May 1833
Luke Millner
Attest -       	Patrick Woods

Sworn to & subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for Harrison County and State of Kentucky 
-	May 20th 1833
Joel Fraizer  J.P.H.C.

Mr. Fraizer is the same justice of the peace, that presided originally -  	Wm Coleman
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January 13, 1932

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Karl F. Winkler
1712 South Street
Lexington, Missouri

Dear Madam:

	Reference is made to your letter relative to Luke Millner, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

	The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31259, based upon the military service of Luke Millner in that war.

	Luke Millner (the name also appears as Luke Milner) was born September 20, 1750, in Richmond County, Virginia.

	While a resident of Halifax County, Virginia, he enlisted and served twelve months as a private in Captain William Cocke’s Company, Colonel Dangerfield’s Virginia Regiment; shortly afterward, he again enlisted and served six months as a private in Captain Peter Rodgers’ Company, Colonel Tucker’s Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle at Gwynn’s Island:  he enlisted in March 1781, and served three months in Captain William Cox’s Company, Colonel Charles Lewis’ Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House.

	In 1790, he moved from Halifax County, Virginia, to Lincoln County, Kentucky, thence to Harrison County, Kentucky.

	He was allowed pension on his application executed February 14, 1833, while residing in Harrison County, Kentucky.

	He died December 25, 1835.

	There are no data as to his family.

			Very truly yours,
			

			A.D.D Hiller
			Assistant to Administrator.
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31259
Ra Y  [  ?  ]  INVALID
File No.	31,259
Luke Millner Sen.
Pri   Rev War
Act:    June 7th 32”
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 277
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1919 Nov. 20 Hist. to Mrs. H. H. Hanley
1929 Aug 13 – Hist. to Mrs T. J. Turley   EreL [  ?  ]
1932 Jan 13 – Hist. to Mrs Karl F. Winkler    EreL [  ?  ]
Letter [   ?  ] in case     KM
Woods [   ?  ]   S81496
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Colo: J. L. Edwards
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[  hand-written letter:  ]

Cynthiana, Ky. May 29th 1833

Dr ** [   ?  ]

	In the case of Luke Millner Sr.  He has no living testimony – of his services – He is very old, & has been absent from – Richmond & Hallifax Counties Virginia his native State & Counties – a long series of years, & has forgotten his old companions in arms or they are dead   I have drawn off the interrogatories & responses which are already, substantially in his declaration & which are now again sworn to by him.  If you will examine the justices certificate, you will find, that he has “Certified to the credibility of the Witnesses”  And also that the “Official Character & signature of the Magistrate is Certified, by the proper officer, under the seal of his office”
	Mr. Millner is a very aged & highly respectable worthy but poor man - and has been vouched for by Colo: R M Johnson, to whom he has been known, some twenty five years past.

		I am Sir, Respectfully your Obt. Servt.
				A.B. Coleman

Colo: J. L. Edwards
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Richmond, Ky
May 15 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
U.S. Dpt. Interior
Bureau of Pensions

[  ink stamp:  ]      U.S. Pension Office  May 17 1929

Dear Sir –
	Can you give me any information regarding the war record of Luke Milner?  He served in the Revolution and I am told was wounded in battle of Cowpens.  Thanking you in advance for any report you can give me  
I am
Sincerely
Mrs. T. J. Turley
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Greenville [  ?  ], Texas
Nov. 3rd. 1919

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

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Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly inform me if there was a “Pensioner” of the Revolutionary War by the name of Milner either from Landover Co. Virginia or from Lincoln Co. Kentucky?  
	This information is necessary for me – because a D. A. R. and I will appreciate very much any information you may give me in regard
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GREAT *TNGS  [  ?  ]
July 29

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Free
Rh. M Johnson

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Col J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
City of Washington
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Colo. R. M. Johnson
Choctaw Academy
Scott County
Ky.
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Cyn .. a Ky    July 23rd 1833

Dr. Colo:

I wish you to call up Colo. Edwards notice to Zala Reno & William Woods & Luke Millners Cases – Mr. Reno’s in particular – I sent it on the 9th of May corrected, and have not heard a word from it since – Wood, & Millners, I sent the 29th of May, and have heard nothing from Them since – Please jog the old gentlemans memory.
The cholera is still prevailing here, and you have lost friends – we are up & doing. & watching the enemy

Respectfully your friend
A.B. Coleman

Colo R.M. Johnson


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+ I have rcd the certificate of Zela Reno – 
answer me as to the case of 
Wm. Woods & Luke Millner.
	Rh.M. Johnson
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.			3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 19 _ _ _
S.F. 31,259

In reply to your request of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, received _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a statement of the military history of Luke Millner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

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[  col. 1  ]   		Dates of enlistment or appointment.
[  line 1 entry  ] 	Spring 1776
[  line 2 entry  ]	 *    [  check mark  ]
[  line 3 entry  ]    	Mch. 1781.

[  col. 2  ]   		Length of service. 
[  line 1 entry  ]	12 mos.
[  line 2 entry  ]	6 mos.
[  line 3 entry  ]	3 mos.

[  col. 3  ]   		Rank. 
[  line 1 entry  ]	Pvt.
[  line 2 entry  ]		
[  line 3 entry  ]	
[  col. 4  ]   		OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED 
[  col. 4-A  ]   		Captain. 
[  line 1 entry  ]	William Cocke
[  line 2 entry  ]	Peter Rodgers
[  line 3 entry  ]	William Cox

[  col. 4-B  ]   		Colonel. 
[  line 1 entry  ]	Dangerfield
[  line 2 entry  ]	Tucker
[  line 3 entry  ]	Charles Lewis

[  col. 5  ]   		State. 
[  line 1 entry  ]	Va.
[  line 2 entry  ]		 
[  line 3 entry  ]	 

Battles engaged in,      		Gwynn’s Island July 1776    Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment,    Halifax County. Va.
Date of application for pension,     	July 14, 1833   His et. al.
Residence at date of application,    	Harrison County, Ky.
Age at date of application,  		{ born Sept 20, 1750 in Richmond County, Va.
					{ died Dec. 25, 1835   { from A.B.
Remarks:				In 1790 soldier moved to Lincoln Co., Ky. thence to Harrison Co., Ky.

Respectfully,
				Commissioner.

Sent to Mrs. H.H. Hanley as soldier is the only one named _ Milner who resided in Lincoln Co., Ky.

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Rev. and 1812
Wars section
EEL

August 13, 1929

Mrs. T.J. Turley
Burnam Court
Richmond, Kentucky

Dear Madam:
	I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31259, it appears that Luke Millner or Milner was born September 20, 1750, in Richmond County, Virginia.
	While a resident of Halifax County, Virginia, he enlisted and served twelve months as a private in Captain William Cocke’s Company, Colonel Dangerfield’s Virginia Regiment.  Shortly afterward he again enlisted and served six months as a private in Captain Peter Rodgers’ Company, Colonel Tucker’s Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle at Gwynn’s Island.  He enlisted in March, 1781, and served three months in Captain Willam Cox’s Company, Colonel Charles Lewis’ Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House.
	In 1790 he moved from Halifax County, Virginia, to Lincoln County, Kentucky, then to Harrison County, Kentucky,
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where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed February 14, 1833.
	He died December 25, 1825.
	There are no data as to family.

		Very truly yours,
		
		EARL D. CHURCH
		Commissioner.