Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23799, for Jonathan Mills, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Mills, Jonathan

NUMBER
S. 23799

CONTENTS
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6194
New York

Jonathan Mills
of Bedford in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Sackett of the Regt commanded
by Col Weisenfelt in the N York
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feb. 1833 and sent to Hon. A. Ward No Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  $45.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  $15.00
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book 3 Vol. 5 Page 175
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14913
Jonathan Mills

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Febr. 13 '33

GCS

Hon. A. Ward
Hos of Rep
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BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Mills
of Bedford in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  --

3.  How old is he?  67 years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[headers]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

[content]

In 1781 | 9 Months | As a Private |  Gen. Sacket, Cap. Col. Weisenfelt N. Y.

$30

5.  In what battles was he engaged?   None

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  West Chester N.Y.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  living witnesses

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  none-

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed]
Geo. C. Stiles  Examining Clerk.
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In the matter of the application of Johnathan Mills for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Simeon Tyler & Samuel Dean & that they are credible citizens and entitled to full belief.  July 15th 1833

[signed]
A. Ward [illegible]

9 mo   fine
30$
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New York
County of Westchester

On this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester in the State of New York now sitting Jonathan Mills a resident of the town of Bedford in the said County aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as a private in the Levies of the State of New York some time in the Spring of the year 1781 in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Sackett in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wisenfeld for the term of nine months.  that at the time he entered the service as aforesaid he resided in the said County of West Chester.  that from the time of his said enlistment until some time in July following he served on the lines in the said County at which time he joined the army under the command of General Washington, then lying at Dobbs ferry in the said County and continued in the service in the army at that place until it left there and marched to the south which was some time in the month of September 1781, after that time and until
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the expiration of the said term of nine months he served on the lines in said County and was honorably discharged at Cranpam in said County at the end of said nine months  And the declarant further states that he was born in the county of Westchester aforesaid in the year 1764:  that he has no record of his age:  that he resided in the said County at the time he entered the service as aforesaid and has always resided in the said County and now resides there:  that the only regular officer he now recollects who was with the troops where he served, in addition to those herein before mentioned was Colonel Scammel:  that he does not now recollect any particular Continental or militia regiments that composed the army of Washington at that time: that he entered the service as a substitute for one Jesse Miller now dead;  that he did not receive a written discharge from the service:  that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood as who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution are Benjamin Isaacs and Nehemiah S Bates:  that he has no documentary evidence of his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State.

[signed]
Jonathan Mills

Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of
October 1832 before me

[signed]
N Bayles COR

We Benjamin Isaacs late one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of West Chester and Nehemiah S Bates late Clerk of said County, both residing in the town of Buford in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Mills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 67 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

[signed]
Benjamin Isaacs
Nehemiah S. Bates

Sworn to & Subscribed this 3rd day of October  [date crossed out]
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1832 before me

[signed]
N Bayles Clk

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 Benjamin Isaacs who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Bedford in the County of West Chester and State of New York and that Nehemiah S Bates who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of West Chester aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Mills for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

[signed]
N Bayles Clk
of said Court
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State of New York
County of Westchester

Simeon Tyler of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now seventy years of age:  that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Mills in the pension application to which this affidavit is annexed named and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war:  that in the year 1781 he the deponent was a private in the company of New York levies commanded by Captain Richard Sackett:  in Colonel Wisenfelts regiment, that said Mills entered the service in said company on or about the 1st of April 1781 and was honorably discharged from said service on or about the 1st of January 1782 in the said County of West Chester.  And the deponent saith that said Mills served on the lines in said County until some time in the month of July 1781 and then joined the American Army at Dobbs ferry in said county and continued with it during its stay in said County which was to the best of the recollection and belief of the Deponent about two months.  And from that time until the expiration of said nine months said Mills served in the said County of West Chester and further Deponent saith not

[signed]
Simeon Tyler

Sworn to and subscribed 
this 3 day of September 
1832 before me

[signed]
N Bayles Clk
of said Court
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State of New York
County of West Chester

Samuel Dean of the town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Mills in the pension declaration to which the affidavit is annexed named and that he was well acquainted with him in the latter part of the revolutionary war, in the year 1781, that he knows that said Mills served in the company of Levies commanded by Captain Richard Sackett in the year 1781 for the term of nine months and knows that he was honorably discharged at the expiration of said term in the County of West Chester. on or about the 1st of January in the year 1782.  And the Deponent further saith that he was a private in said company at the same time with the said Mills and well recollects that said Mills served in the said company as the deponent has above stated.  that said company and a company commanded by Captain Williams continued in the service on the American lines in the County of West Chester and State of New York, from the 1st of April 1781 until some time in the month of July of that year, when the said companies joined the army under General Washington at Dobbs ferry in said County and continued with the army until some time in the month of September in said year when the army left the said County and marched to the southern states.  that from that time until on or about the first
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of January 1782 the said companies served in the said County of West Chester.  [crossed out sentence, unreadable] cannot say that they were under the command of Wisengelts during the whole of said term.  And further deponent saith not

[signed]
Samuel Dean

Sworn to and subscribed
this 26th day of September
1832 before me

[signed]
N Bales Clk
of said Court

[written sideways]

In the matter of the application of Jonathan Mills
for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Simeon Tyler & Samuel Dean & that they are credible citizens and entitled to full belief.

July 13 1833

[illegible]
9 mo fine
30$
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In reply to your request of _______, received_______
for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Mills a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S23.799

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Apl. 1, 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.  9 mos.

RANK.  Pri.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.    Richard Sackett
COLONEL.  Weissenfelt

STATE.  N.Y.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension,  Oct. 3, 1832
Residence at date of application, Bedford, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born 1764 in Westchester Co, N.Y.
Remarks: For date of last payment etc.
found a lot  Apl. 29, 1921 (writing very faint)

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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23799
INVALID.
Revolution

File No. 23.799

Jonathan Mills

Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7th 32

Index: - Vol  D, Page 276

Arrangement of 1870.

1912 Dec. 4. Hist. to Miss Anna Todd.
1921 f=Fb'y 4 Hist. to Mrs. F. H. Roe.
1921 Dpl. 29 hist to Mabel Whitney
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[hand written]  returned - Apr 3, 1921

8-049.

Ex. CW    Div.  Rev. War Section

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 1921

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

[crossed out] No of claim, [added} First name of widow  "Rachel" C. Canfield.
Name of soldier, Jonathan Mills

Address of claimant, at enlistment & after service    Bedford N.Y.

Company

Regiment

State where enlisted Bedford, Westchester Co. N.Y.

Approximate dates of birth & death
Born Nov. 3, 1764, - Died July 23 1848

If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Return attached letter with reply.
F.A.Royse,
Acting Commissioner.

[stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE APR 5 1921
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Rev CW

Postage stamp rec'd F.A.E.

Jan.15, 1921.

Pension Office
Washington D. C.

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 18 1921

Dear Sir:

Please send military record of Jonathan Mills of New York in the Revolutionary War.
I want it so that I may join the D.A.R. and I have the full line of ancestors.

Thanking you in advance
I am
Mabel Whitney
237 Pleasant Ave.
St. Paul
Minn.

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.  APR 5 1921

[stamped]
[illegible] DIVISION APR 10 1921
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Dear Sir:

I sent to you for Jonathan Mills military record because I did not know the name of commanding officers or Co. or Reg.

Sincerely
Mabel Whitney
237 Pleasant Ave.
St. Paul,
Minn

[stamped]
RECORD DIVISION JAN 19 1921
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Rev MH

725 W. 72 St
New York City
Jan 26. 21

Pension Dept.
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I want to join the D. A. R. & need the Revolutionary record of Johathan Mills born Nov 3 1764 at Bedford Westchester Co. N.Y. & died on July 23 - 1848.

He was only in this war 9 months but drew pension for 24 years.

He was my great, great grandfather.  If you cannot supply me with this record where can I get it.

Thanking you
[signed]
Mrs FH Roe
(after Todd Roe)


ans. Febry 4 1921

[stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE
JAN 27 1921
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725 W 172 St
New York City
Jan 5 . 21

Dept of Pensions
Washington D. C.   [marked]Rev Feb

Dear Sirs:

Please may I have the military record of Jonathan Mills of New York in the Revolutionary War - 
He was born at Bedford, Westchester Co. NY on Nov 5 1764 - I want this for the purpose of joining the D. A. R.

Thanking you in advance
Very Truly
Mrs. F. H. Roe

[stamped] 
US PENSION OFFICE JAN 4 1921
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Nov 23 . 1912

Pension Bureau - 

Will you please give me the military record of Jonathon Mills of Bedford N.Y. in the Rev. war.

I desire this record in order that I may join the Daughters of the Revolution.

Very Truly 
(Miss) Anna Todd
208 Everett St.
Dixon.
Ill.
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Jonathan Mills

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Mills which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?   Yes
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides , is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? Yes
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
V.  *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?  Yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832  Yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes
XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [crossed out] Yes{end crossed out] No
Hs the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  Yes
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  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.
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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 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 shewn 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.

QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.

QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer , 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.