Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,416, for Conrad Miller, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Penn.  Miller, Conrad  S9416

carded
CONTENTS:

b. 1757 in Northampton Co (later Lehigh Co.) Pa - there at enl.

m 1836 in Lehigh Co
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Letter to W. Milnor. 7 May 18[illegible]
" to J Fogel 16 June 1838.

Paid at the treasury under
the act of the 6 April
1838 from 4 March 1837.
to 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified
12 July 1838.

30.718
Pennsylvania
Conrad Miller
of Lehigh Co in the State of Pennsyla
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Roberts of the regt. commanded
by Col. Geiger in the Penna militia
line for six months from 1777.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1837.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of June
1836 and sent to Hon.
E. B. Hubley, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836  $100.-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  10
$110.-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1837.
Recorded by Wm S Allison Clerk,
Book E2 Vol.5 Page 41
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33,718
Conrad Miller
Penna

Hon. E. B. Hubley
H. R.
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County to wit
Before John Fogel one of the associate
judges in & for said County of Lehigh
On the fourteenth day of May AD 1836 personally appeared before
the subscriber the judge aforesaid, now sitting at the house of
Conrad Miller in upper Milford Township in the said County
of Lehigh, the aforesaid Conrad Miller now residing in said
Township of upper Milford, Lehigh County, aged Seventy Eight 
years, on the 24th of June last, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefitt of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that
he entered the service of the United States, under the following
officers, and served as herein after stated, that is to say, in the
year 1777 in the month of April in said year, that he resided in the
Township of upper milford aforesaid, and belonged to the 2d
Class of Pennsylvania Militia, as the said Militia was Classed,
was drafted for actual service, and was placed under the command
of Capt John Roberts, and attached to the Regiment commanded
by Col Geiger, and was marched to the State of New Jersey to
amboy and to the neabourhood of New Brunsing, and
remained in service for Two month, and was then dismissed
& went home, and that in the same 1777 in the month of December your applicant was again drafted mustered & placed
under the command of Capt. Bachman, and attached
to the regiment commanded by Col. Miller, and marched
to Germantown, the Brittish being at the City of Philadelphia
and where marched from place to place in that neabourhood
and that he was not in any Battle, and that General Washington
was there & General Bull Commanded the Militia, at the time
he was in service. that he remained in service for Two month
and after being dismissed went home, and towards the
Close of October in 1778 he was agin drafted & Marched under the
Command of Capt. Adam Kunckel, attached to the
Regiment commanded by Col. Geiger of Militia, that he
was marched on the north west side of the Blue Mountains
and when stationed along the Mohoney Creek & along the
Lehigh River, and remained two month in service
against the same Indians, who were at that time murdering
& plundering the Inhabedence of that neabourhood, and
after the Experation of said Two month service he returned
home.
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In reply to the questions put by the said judge according to the
Instructions of the war department - the said Conrad Miller
make the following replys
1 - I was born in upper Saucon Township then Northampton now Lehigh
County Pennsylvania in the year, 1757 on the 24 day of June-
2 - that he lived in the Township of upper Milford in the County aforesaid
when he was called into service each time, & had lived there ever
since his return & still lives there-
3. a Certificate of my birth & Baptism that was taken from the Church
records
4. I served Each Time as a private militia man, and was drafted
and mustered, as stated in the forgoing declaration,
5. I cannot recolect the names of any other officer then those mentioned
in the forgoing declaration
6. when the Terms of service of the militia expired they were dismissed without discharge, so far as I know. I do not recolect of having received a written discharge.
7. I have no other Testimony then my own to [illegible, affix?] as all my brother
soldiers are Either dead or have removed to the western Country
Except George Good & John Doll who can testify as to my Character for veracity, and there belive of my service as a soldier of the
revolution, and I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or anuity Except the present, and declare that my name
is not on any the pension roll of any agency State.
Conrad Miller
Sworn to & subscribed this 14th day of May 1836
Before me
John Fogel the judge aforesaid

Lehigh County ss, George Good and John Doll Citizens
of said County, being duly sworn according to law, do depose
& say, that they are now well acquanted with & have long
known, Conrad Miller, the applicant in the forgoing declaration
and believe that he is of the age he declare himself to be in said
declaration, we also believe that he is a man of strict truth
and veracity, we also know that it is generally believed in the
neighborhood where he resides that he served in the
militia in the revolutionary War, & we concur in that believe
George Good
his
John X Doll
mark
Sworn & Subscribed this 14th day of
May 1836
Before me
John Fogel the judge abovesaid
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And the said Judge doth hereby declare his opinion after
the Investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interogatories
presented by the war department, that the above named
applicant served in the war of the Revolution, as he has
stated, and the said judge doth fourther certify that it appears to him that George Good and John Doll who have
Signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the said
County of Lehigh, and are creditable persons, and that
there statement is intitled to the utmost credit, and the said
judge doth further certify that he is well acquanted with
the above applicant & has known him upwards of thirty
years & hath frequently heard him say about his military
Services during the revolutionary war, and I the said
judge do further certify that there is no Clergymen
residing nearer then 10 or 12 mils [miles] to the resident of the said
applicant Except parson Hess & person [parson] Yeager, who
Cannot have any knowledge of your applicants military
services, as they have lately come to that neabourhood.
and I the Judge aforesaid do further certify that
Conrad Miller the foregoing applicant cannot from
Bodily infirmity attent in Court. witness my hand
this 14 day of May 1836
John Fogel
A
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County 
I Christian F. Beitel Prothonotary of 
the Court of Common pleas for said
County of Lehigh do certify that John
Fogel Esquire before whom the foregoing
proceedings were had is and at the time
thereof was one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas for said County of Lehigh
duly commissioned and sworn according to Law. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the
nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty six
Christn Beitel Proth
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July 3, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BAJ/ADY
Conrad Miller, S.9416

Mrs. Rachel A. Smith
1117 South Main Street
Columbia, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of
the Revolutionary War, Conrad Miller of either Columbia or
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Henry Miller, and Phillip
Wintersteen.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to
show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of
the services of any Phillip Wintersteen, or of any Conrad
Miller of Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

The record of the only Conrad Miller of Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War
records of this office is furnished you herein as found in
the papers on file in pension claim, S.9416, based upon his
military service in that war.

Conrad Miller was born June 24, 1757, in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County, that part which was later called
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not
shown.

While a resident of Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, Conrad Miller enlisted in April 1777, and served
two months as private in Captain John Roberts' Company, Colonel
Geiger's Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted in December 1777,
and served two months as private in Captain Bachman's Company,
Colonel Miller's (no relationship shown) Pennsylvania Regiment.
He enlisted in October 1778, and served two months as private
in Captain Adam Kunckel's Company, Colonel Geiger's Pennsylvania
Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14,
1836, at which time he was a resident of Upper Milford Township.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

There are no family data.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you
should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following
data: "Conrad Miller, certificate No. 30718, issued June 23,
1836, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June,
7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency"".

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and
the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request
pertaining to soldiers of that war.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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9416
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 9416
Conrad Miller
Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1940 July 3. Hist. to Mrs.
Rachel A. Smith, A.D.Y
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1117 S. Main St
Columbia, Tenn.
May 23, 1940.
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir's:
Will
you kindly give
me the Revolutionary
War record of
Phillip Wintersteen
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from New Jersey -
also Conrad Miller
of either Columbia
of Northampton
Co. Pennsylvania
also of Henry
Miller of Berks
Co. Penna.
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appreciate this favor.
Thanking you
I am
Very truly yours
Mrs. Rachel A. Smith
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Fogel Miller P.
Jun 19.
Edword [Edward] B. Hubely Esq.
member of Congress
Washington

Hon E. B. Hubley
H. R.
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
Personally appeared before the subscriber
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas
in & for said County of Lehigh, Conrad Miller (whose application is
now penting [pending] before the war department of the United States for a
pension) - being duly sworn according to law, doth depose &
say that he was born in the County of Northampton, now
Lehigh County, that he resided in said Counties of Northampton
& Lehigh since the Time of his birth, and this deponent further
saith that he never resided in the County of York State of Pennsylvania, nor never had he seen said County of York, and
that he never had made an application for a pension
neither to the State of Pennsylvania, nor to the United States 
before the one now penting [pending] before the war department,
and that the Reason for not appelyaing [applying] sooner for a
pension is that he is a person who verry seltom [seldom] leaves home 
on account of old age & bodily infermativy [infirmity], and that he had 
allways been informed by those who he had conversation
with in Relation to his pension, that he could not receive a
pension, on account of not being in Indigent circumstances
and that only those where intitled [were entitled] to a pension, that had
no property sufficient to support them selfs, further said
not
Conrad Miller
Sworn Subscribed
June 18th 1836
Before me
John Fogel
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Fogel, Miller June 18th 1836
Dear Sir. The enclosed is the Deposition of Conrad Miller
I have not bound the County Seal as I exspect that
You can vough [vouch] for my name and official Capacity.
have the goodness & attent [attend] to it without Delay  yours truly
John Fogel
E. B. Hubely Esq
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Dear Sir,
Inclosed I send you the additional
evidence required in the case of Conrad Miller
an applicant for a pension-
John Fogel is one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County
Pennsa
Respectfully Yours
Edw. B. Hubley
H of Rep: 22 June 1836
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J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir,
I inclose the proceedings in
the case of Conrad Miller a revolutionary
Soldier, claiming a pension. please
examine into his case & inform me
of the results.
Respectfully Yours
Edw. B. Hubley
H of Rep. 25 May 1836
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James L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
M Evans  May 5
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James L Edwards Esqr:
Dear Sir
I enclose the papers of an old Soldier
of the Revolution, be pleased to send the necessary order to the
Pension Agent and return the papers to my care.
Very Respectfully
William Milnor
Aldr.
May 3d 1838
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Fogel Miller Pa
June 10

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner
of Pensions War Department
Washington

M Evans  June 13
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Fogel Miller Lehigh County Pa. June the 9 1838.
My Dear Sir, Inclosed I sent you a certificate that
Conrad Miller a pensioner of this
County is of ful live, I exspect for
the sake of saving a few Cents, he delayd
receiving his pension, if he is
Reinstated, I wish you to let me
know.  Yours respectfully
John Fogel

To J L. Edwards Esq.
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Conrad Miller Penna  7th June 1832
$20
To what time last paid
to 4th March 1837
JH
Pension Office
7th May 1838
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
July 9, 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Conrad Miller
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and "- "- Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837
to the 4th
of
Sept. 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.