Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,006, for Jacob Miles, North Carolina
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N.C.	Miles, Jacob		S.2006.
(illegible)			carded
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(left side of booklet):
Jacob Miles 
of Robertson in the Sates of Tenn
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Coleman of the Regt commanded  
by Col Moore in the N.C.
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee?
at the rate of 30 Dollars ____ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April
1833 and sent to  Wm
Seal  Springfield
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $60.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 Sept   $15.00
					     $75.00
				{Revolutionary Claim}
				{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danel Boyd  Clerk
Book 6     Vol. 7     Page 88
(right side of booklet):
Date of death not on (?)
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Robertson County}     November the 15 – 1832
State of Tennessee}    Personally appeared in Open
Court now in session Jacob Miles aged
seventy six years old since the fifth day of 
last Febuary   A residenter in the County & State
afforesaid in Open Court who being first duly 
Sworn according to Law do on his Oath make
the following declaration In order to Obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress passed June the (?) 1832 first  I was born
in the State of Merriland Baltimoro County
in the year of 1756 so states my Fathers Register
and (?) that state at 12 years old and removed
to North Carolina in Caswell County where I 
remained till (illegible) to service by Volunteering
my self and finding my own horse three
towers In succession of six (?) each in the
Cavalry militia Light horse under Colonel
Moore of Caswell County & Col Maben of Hillsbo
=ugh   Major Runnels & Captain Oldum and March
-ed from hills Borough to Fayettville through the
country to the Shallow ford of theYadkin River
thin down to wards Wilmington through the 
thick of the tories (illegible) many scrumages and
in One general(?) Ingagement toward at
the fork of the Alemance supposed 100 killed
on the ground by sides many wounded of Tory
from then to be marched to the Salisbury Road
Leading to Hillborough   Thince marched after
Colonel Talton to over take hime before
could reach Hillborough but there he reinforced
and we had to give back in return and
the enemy chased us back again   turn over
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being the June when Mjor Lewes receved a mortal
wound & deceased in 4 days after with many
other incidents not worth relating nor particular
recollect  at this time but marching to and 
fro until I had served in full eighteen
months(?) & then Honourably discharged by said
Colonel Moor at (Trap?) Creek {now Fayettville}
in the same state.  Then I returned home and 
rested for several months then I volunteered
and went under Captain Spelman Coleman
Colonel Moor and General Butler for a tower of 
three months more  In the horse service and 
riding my own rendezvoused at Hillsborou
=gh in Orange County (now} Caswell then{
and march to Fayettvill now} Cross Creek then 
Thence to the neighbourhood of Wilmington and 
to & fro through the swamps of that Country
had some skirmishes with the tories but no
particular Ingagement till my time of service
espired then we was discharged in Bladen
County in twelve miles of Wilmington from
thence returned home I was joined in a
class of nine men to furnish one regular
In service for & during the war(?) for the sum of
nine(?) hundred Dollars by the name of Luke
Stansbury which cleared us from further service
(during the war thence I remained in Caswell
County & maried and resided until about
twenty one years ago  I removed to the state
of Kentucky staid one year in Logan county
then removed to Robertson County Tennessee
state where I have resided ever since.  Now
I further state I receved a (illegible) discharge from Spelman
Coleman Captain and also from Colonel Moore but 
left them in North Carolina a pocket book
in North Carolina in a desk I gave to my son
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(illegible) as to my veracity and conduct through
life may be known by applying(?) to my neigbours
(illegible) Hiram Rice  William Brown(?) Jery Starks
(illegible) from Thomas Gunn & James Yeats
who served a tower at the same time with me
in the revolution (illegible line) now I further declare I have
no documentary evidence by me no such I can
further establish my claim to a pention   In defence
and of my given declaration and herby declare
my name on no pention role of any agency of
this nor any state in the United States and
do herby relinquish all claim to a (illegible)
(illegible) the present sworn to & subscribed
This the day & date first written
In Open Court		Jacob Miles
(?) W. Seal  Clk
Nov we Thomas Gannce clergeman residing in the same
County & Vicinity and James Yeates resedent of Robert
-son County do hereby certify that we are acquinted 
with Jacob Miles belev has sucscribed and sworn 
to the foregoing declaration that we be leave him to be
seventy six years old as he states and that he is
reputed (illegible) in the neighbourhood to have
been a revolutionary soldier and I the afforesaid &
James Yeates do further certify that I know it of my-
own knowledge for I served in his last mentioned
tower with him and therefore concur in that opinion
sworn to and subscribed the day & year afforesaid
In open Court			Thomas Gunn M.G.
Test. W Seal  Clk				his
					    James X Yeates
						mark
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 Jacob Miles
And the said court do hereby declare opinion
after the investigation of that matter and (illegible) the
Interrogatory prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant Jacob Miles
was a Revolutionary soldier as he states and served
as such and the court further certify that it
appears to them that
who has signed the proceeding certificates
clergeman resedent in the same county & vicinity
and that James Yeates who has also signed
the same is a resedent in the same county
and is a creditable person and there statement
is intitled to credit
I William be a Clerk of the Court of Robertson
County of please & Quarter sessions do certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application for a pension of
Jacob Miles in testimony whereof I have hereunto
	set my hand and affixed the seal
	of said Court at office in Springfel
	this 17th day of Novmber 1832
			W. Seal
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(right side of booklet)
20072
Jacob Miles  T.
	Robertson
	from 17 – private
	of cavaly (?) 6 days
		$30.
Coleman Moore  N.C.
W Seal  C C 
	Robertson Co
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office, 183 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. Period when the rendered. A Statement, showing the service of Jacob Miles of Robertson Co T. Duration of the claimant's service. 4 3 6 Rank of the claimant. or Car. 11 Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. the Capt Cole Names and Rank of the General ┃ and Field officers. Col Moore Col Moore ┃ Battles in which Country through the applicant was which he marched. engaged. Skirmish I am, respectfully N.C 11 ┃ Your obedient servant, Place of abode when he entered the service, and age ┃ at the present period- 76. ┃ Caswell C. 17 11 Evidence by ┃ which the decla- J. L. EDWARDS, ration is supported . Grady witness who swear that he served in Cay of R. W. 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. of On this DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or isrito County of 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 following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion 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 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 enered 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 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. of the Court of 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 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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. 1, 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 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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3 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. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv- {To a Soldier and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what To an Office 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. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol- 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. The age of the claim nant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 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 can not, 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: 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- -- For -- months and -- -- days, I served as a- -- and for such service I claim a pension." 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. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must 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. 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. The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. The Clergyman's name - left blank in the certificate of Cont W. L. Will any Ex Clk
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Mrs. T. B. Mathews Cedar Hill Tennessee Dear Madam: June 19, 1937 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX JACOB MILES S. 2006 B M Reference is made to your letter of June 15, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your great-grandfather with surname Miles who served in the Revolution from Caswell County, North Carolina, and later settled in Robertson County, Tennessee. You state that he had children -- Andrew, Frank, Loussia, Sallie, etc. The record has been found of a Jacob Miles of description similar to yours, which is furnished you herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2006, based upon his service in the Revolution ary War. Jacob Miles was born February 5, 1756, in Baltimore County, Maryland, the names of his parents not given. At the age of twelve years he moved to Caswell County, North Carolina. While residing in Caswell County, North Carolina, Jacob Miles volunteered , date not stated, and served three tours of six weeks each under Captain Oldham and Colonels Maben and Moore in the North Carolina cavalry, during which he was in several skirmishes with the Tories and in a battle at the forks of the Allamance, after which he returned to his home where he rested several months. He then volunteered and served three months as private in Captain Spillman Coleman's company, Colonel Moore's North Carolina cavalry and was in several skirmishes with the Tories; no dates of service or other details given. After the Revolution the soldier remained in Caswell County, North Carolina , where he married and resided until about 1811 when he moved to Logan County, Kentucky, which was his place of residence one year, thence to Robertson County, Tennessee. Jacob Miles was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, while a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.
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There are no family data shown in the claim. In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Jacob Miles Certificate #7500 Issued April 16, 1833 Rate, $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator 2
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 (left side of booklet)
Apl 24 1902
Miss Annn Simmons
Brighton Ill.
1936 Oct. 15 Hist to Mrs J. Sl
Freeman _ _ _ _ WW B
1937  June 19 – Hist to Mrs. T. B. Mathews  MB
(right side of booklet)
Rev War  2006
INVALID
File No.  2006
Jacob Miles
Pvt.  N.C. line
Act:  June 7. 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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(postcard?)
Veterans Bureau
War Dept			(stamp)  June 23
Washington D.C.
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(post card)
Revolutionary
Have you a record & data
in Jacob Miles, who served
in a N.C. militia and
pensioned April 16, 1833.  Moved to
Robertson Co. Tenn.
Mrs. J. S. Freeman
Springfield Tennessee
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(stamp) Mar 21 1902
Brighton Ill., Mch. 17  1902
Com. Pensions  Washington D. C.
		The military
record of Revolutionary service
of one Jacob Miles.  who served
in Georgia or North Carolina Cavalry.
and received $8 pension is desired.
Died in Logan Co. Kentucky
about 1832 - 35.-
also does the name of Rev. soldier
Samule O Simmone.  Montgomery co.
Maryland; apprea upon pension (illegible)
Information regarding above
will be greatly appreciated
	yours truly
(Miss) Anna Simmons
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June 15 1937  (time stamp)
I am writing to you
for information concerning
my great grandfather’s
name
His last name was Miles
He came from Caswell Co
North Carolina, and I think
fought in the Reg army
and was given a grant 
of land in Robertson Co
Tenn, and made settlement
near what is known as 
Cedar Hill
these are the children’s 
names that I know
Andrew Miles, Frank Miles
Loussia, Sallie & etc
dates birth on their tombs are 18(?)
1807 (over)
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Yours Truly
Mrs. TB Mathews
Cedar Hill Tenn.
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Springfield Tenn
Nov 18        20072
Jacob Miles Pension papers
Nov 30
Honbl Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Extra(?) Depposition
of James Yeats
annexed to the 
pention papers of
Jacob Miles
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Robertson County}   November Term Court the
State of Tennessee}  fourth day in session an on the 15 day
AD 1832.  Personally appeared James Yeates in open
Court (deposith & sayeth that he knew that
Jacob Miles who has (illegible) an applicant for a pention
as a Revolutionary soldier Volluntered and went
under the command of Captain Wilman coleman
Coloned Moor & Genral Butler for a tower of three
months   In the horse service and rendevouzed at
Hillsbourough in Orange County North Carolina
and I my self was a substitute for my Brother
Thomas Yeates and served two months of said
tower and marched to Fayettevill thence to the neighbor
hood of Wilmington near the long Bridge   Next I will
relate the Incidents that passed unsaid there  (?)
first I was on picket guard near a place called the 
(?) marsh(?) where the enemy passed between us & our
army? we found in the scrimmage that our armay
had retreated and we was left there we conclude 
we could no join the Armagh (illegible) marched
to Cross Creek and happily joined our Armagh
(illegible) then we was mounted infantry but after that
scrummage we lost our horses and look it  afoot
Then shortly after that time I left the Armagh and after
serving my term of two months as a substitute and
left Jacob Miles with the Armagh
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which I veryly beleave stayed his tower of three months
and was regular discharged   Sworn to and subscribed
This the fiftheenth day of November 1832
In Open Court		his
			James  X  Yeates
Tes W Seal  Clk		mark
(illegible) Dipposition  
     of James Yeats
annexed to the 
pention papers of 
Jacob Miles
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Mrs. J. S. Freeman Springfield Tennessee Dear Madam: October 15, 1936 XXXXXXX BA-J/MLB Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Cannon from Virginia or North Carolina who died in Washington County, Georgia; Stephen Cook who came to Rutherford County, Tennessee, from Virginia; George Martin, of Augusta County, Virginia; Patrick Martin of Virginia; Thomas Sypert, of North Carolina and Tennessee; also, of Jacob Miles, who served from North Carolina and was pensioned in Robertson County, Tennessee, and Jacob Leck who served from Pennsylvania and was pensioned while residing in Robertson County, Tennessee, There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the John Cannon, Stephen Cook and Patrick Martin described by you, or of any Thomas Sypert, under any spelling of those surnames. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office, In order to identify the record of the particular soldier of the Revolution named George Martin in whom you are interested, should that record be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him should be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. The records of Jacob Miles and Jacob Zeck are furnished herewith. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Mrs. J. S. Freeman Springfield Tennessee Dear Madam: October 15, 1936 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX JACOB MILES S. 2006 BA-J/MLB The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2006, based upon service of Jacob Miles in the Revolutionary War . Jacob Miles was born February 5, 1756, in Baltimore County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not given. At the age of twelve years he moved to Caswell County, North Carolina, While residing in Caswell County, North Carolina, Jacob Miles volunteered, date not stated, and served three tours of six weeks each under Captain Oldham and Colonels Maben and Moore in the North Carolina cavalry, during which he was in several skirmishes with the Tories and in a battle at the forks of the Allamance, after which he returned home where he rested several months. He then volunteered and served three months as private in Captain Spillman Coleman's company, Colonel Moore's North Carolina cavalry and was in several skirmishes with the Tories; no dates of service or other details given. After the war the soldier remained in Caswell County, North Carolina , where he married and resided until about 1811 when he moved to Logan County, Kentucky, which was his place of residence one year, thence to Robertson County, Tennessee. Jacob Miles was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, while a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee. There are no family data shown in the claim. In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of
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person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Jacob Miles Certificate #7500 Issued April 16, 1833 Rate, $30 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator 2 -
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12 - 5 - 41 Miles, WARRANT NUMBER 6159 James GRADE- ACREAGE *The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse- BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* Private Division of Veterans' Administration Archives Connecticut I Sept. 9, 1790 to James F. Sebor- .