Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,256, for Aaron Miner, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Miner, Aaron
Hannah
NUMBER  R. 7,256
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8176 
Vermont 
Aaron Miner
of Washington in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Porter of the Regt commanded by Col. Worcester in the Connecticut line for 20 mo 17 days  
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 67 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon S. Haiser of Burlington, Present 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33   $134.64 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 33.66  
$168.30 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by A B Thruston Clerk 
Book D Vol. 4 Page 73 
See Cir Tra [transfer] - July 2. 1835 
To Illinois fr. [from]  4. Sept 1834 
July 16 1835-
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No 3878 
Vermont 
Adm’d [admitted]
Private 
20 mo. 7 days. 
$ 67.32 
Hon. L. Haight
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BRIEF in the case of Aaron Miner of Waitsfield County of Washington in the State of Vermont
 (Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 75. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.   May 1775  Duration of Service.  7 months  Rank.  Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Porter, Col. Worcester, Genl Montgomery
Period. May 1776   Duration of Service. 6 months  Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Heard Col. Silliman  Genl Wadsworth
Period.  1777   Duration of Service.  3 months 7 days   Rank. Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Genl McDougal
Period.  March 1779   Duration of Service.  2 months   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Col. Porter
Period.  1780  Duration of Service.  2 months  Rank.  Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Chapman
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Montreal, Long Island & White Plains 
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodbury, Litchfield County Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living    
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Jas Wilson Examining Clerk
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No 817 
Hannah Miner, wid of Aaron 
Act 29 July 1848 
G. F. Lewis 
Attorney Detroit Michigan
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STATE OF Illinois 
County of Cook } ss On this Fourteenth day of February in open court in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared in open court before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cook and State of Illinois
Hannah Miner a resident of Elk Grove in the County of Cook and State of Illinois who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by law of the United States, approved on the 29th day of July 1848. and all such other laws as has from time to time passed. That she is the widow of Aaron Miner who was a Private in (the) Revolutionary Army in the service of the United States; that she was married to the said Aaron Miner at Woodbury, Connecticut on the Seventh day of February 1779, and that her husband, the aforesaid Aaron Miner died on the twenty ninth day of March 1849 at Elk Grove Cook County State of Illinois,
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed; that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage or her husband's service; and that the said Aaron Miner left no children under the age of sixteen years.
I also certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing affiant; and that in the neighborhood where she resides, she is known as the widow of the said Aaron Miner 
Hannah Miner her mark
(Widow's Signature)
Sworn and subscribed in open court day above written before me 
B. B. Lincoln Justice of the peace
At the same time and place came Frederick T. Miner and Lovina Wilder two credible and respectable witnesses, and residents of said County and State, who being by me duly sworn, say, on oath, that they know the before mentioned Hannah Miner to be the widow of the late Aaron Miner and they believe that she was legally married to the said Aaron Miner at Woodbury Connecticut on the Seventh day of February 1779 and that her husband, the aforesaid Aaron Miner died as above stated.
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and is known in the neighborhood as the widow of Aaron Miner
Frederick T. Miner
Lovina Wilder
(Two Witnesses’ Signatures)
 Sworn and subscribed in open court before me this 14th day of February 1850 
B.B. Lincoln Justice of the Peace
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Declaration of 3878 
Aaron Miner 
Please return the decision on this to 
J. Y. Vail Montpelier Vt.
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DECLARATION in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th  June, 1832.
STATE OF VERMONT 
COUNTY OF Washington ss.} On this 7th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable County Court, within and for the County of Washington now sitting, Aaron a resident of Waitsfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged 75 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832:  
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he first entered the service of the United States in May 1775 & continued Seven months in the company by commanded by Capt. Porter, Matthews Lieutenant,  Col. Worcester’s [Wooster’s] Regiment. That he enlisted in the town of Woodbury, Litchfield County & State of Connecticut, marched from thence to New York - thence to Long Island - then back to N.Y. thence in the fall up Hudson river to Albany, thence by land to Lake Champlain & through said lake to St. Johns where the Regiment joined Genl Montgomery’s Army, was at this place & at Montreal when they surrendered to the Americans.  Thence to Ticonderoga  & the time of enlistment having expired, returned home.   That he entered the service again in May 1776 for the term of six months in Capt [unreadable] Heards Company; Noah Judson Lieut Col. Silliman’s Regiment & Gen Wadsworth Brigade. That he entered from the same place as stated above, marched to New York to Long Island was in the retreat from Long Island to and from New York to Harlem & White Plains, was in the battle of White Plains, that he was then stationed in various places till December 1776 when he was dismissed at North Castle State of New York.  That he was drafted in the spring of 1777 & joined Genl McDougals Command at Peekskill New York, went in to fill up companies of Regular Troops & does not recollect the names of the office remained there two months & was dismissed. That he volunteered in the Autumn of 1779 & joined the army near the Peekskill cannot recollect the names of the officers that he volunteered for two months but served not more than seven weeks when he was discharged. That he was drafted in March 1779 from the town of Woodbury Connt marched to the Hudson river, thinks he was in Col Porter’s Regiment, does not recollect the names of the company officers, was out two months & was discharged in May at Peekskill.  That in 1780 he was again drafted for two months & marched from said Woodbury in the month of March under Capt. Chapman to Horse Neck N.Y. was stationed untill a few days before his time was out when he marched to Hartford Connecticut to guard prisoners & at the end of 2 months was discharged on the Bridge in said Hartford.  He has no written [unreadable] to show his services & knows of no person who can testify to his services except the persons whose affidavits he herewith presents
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and in answer to the questions put to him under the instructions of the Hon. Secretary of war, he states that he was born State of Connecticut in the year 1757. Has no record of his age but expects it is on record in the town of Brimfield.  Was living in Woodbury when called into service such each time. moved from said Woodberry to Windsor Vt. about 1782, lived there about 12 years then moved to Waitsfield where he has resided ever since & now resides.   Enlisted twice & was drafted & volunteered his other services. He recollects no other regular officers than those already mentioned nor circumstances of Service.  Never received any written discharge from any of his services. He states the names of Lynde Wait, Lewis Holden who are well acquainted with him & can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid 
Attest J. Y. Vail  Clerk
Aaron Miner
 We Lynde Wait residing in the town of Waitsfield County of Washington and Lewis Holden of said Waitsfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Miner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 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. 
Lynde Wait 
Lewis Holden 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid 
Att. J. Y. Vail  Clerk 
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 Lynde Wait who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the said town of Waitsfield and that Lewis Holden who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest, Joshua Y Vail Clerk 
I Joshua Y. Vail Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Aaron Miner for a pension. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10th day of August A.D. 1832 
Attest Joshua Y. Vail Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., 19 
In reply to your request of -  received  - for a statement of the military history of Aaron Miner or Minor a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
R. 7256
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May 1775   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  7 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Porter  Colonel Wooster
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  Dec 1776    RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Nathan Hurd Colonel Silliman
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Spring 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.    RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  At Peekskill under Genl McDougal
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Autumn 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 7 weeks    RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Near Peekskill, no officers stated
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Mch. 1779     LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.    RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Chapman  Colonel Porter
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Mch. 1782  LENGTH OF SERVICE.     2 mos  RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Chapman  Colonel Porter
Battles engaged in, Surrender of St. Johns & Montreal & White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbury, Litchfield Co. Conn
Date of application for a pension, Aug 7 1832.  His cl. was al. [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Waitsfield, Washington Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b. [born] in 1757 at Brimfield, Conn., d. [died] Mch. 29, 1849 Elk Grove, Cook Co. Ill.
Remarks: Soldier married Hannah – at Woodbury Conn Feby 17 1779. She was a resident of Elk Grove, Cook Co. Ill, Feb 14, 1850 aged 87 years.  T. T. Minor was a son.  He married the daughter of Salome and Amos Skinner, her name is not stated.  
Respectfully
T. T. or F. T.
Commissioner
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Simon Walker of Peacham State of Vermont do testify as say that I have been acquainted with  Aaron Miner, who is now seventy five years old - we were boys & brought up in Woodbury in Connecticut together. I am seventy six years of age & I do further depose & say that in one thousand seven hundred & seventy five the said Aaron Miner Enlisted as a soldier in Colonel Worcesters [Wooster] Regiment in Connecticut for seven months & marched to Ticonderoga N.Y.  This deponent verily believes served said term as a soldier. & this deponant further deposes says that in 1776 the said Aaron Miner enlisted in Capt Nathan Heards [Hurd] Company for six months, that I was a soldier in said Company marched from Woodbury Con to Norwalk then to New York & was stationed at various places, that said Aaron served in said company with me the term of six months & that we were discharged at North Castle New York to December 1776. And this deponent further deposes & says that he knew the said Aaron was out as a Militia soldier in the State of New York before & at the taking of Burgoine [Burgoyne] in the Autumn of AD. 1777- from three to seven weeks.  And this deponent further deposes says that he knew the said Aaron Miner at other times during the Revolutionary war to be gone as this deponent understood as a soldier, but what length of time he could not say, & this deponent saith that he has long been acquainted with the reputation of the Aaron Miner, & that it has & now does stand fair for truth & veracity. Dated at Danville July 14th 1832.    
Simon Walker 
Subscribed sworn before me this 14th July AD 1832 at Danville 
Saml Sias Justice Peace
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And I hereby certify Simon Walker the signer of the foregoing affidavit sustains a fair character for truth & veracity 
Saml Sias Justice Peace 
I James Miner of Danville County Caledonia & State of Vermont, seventy three years of age do testify depose & say, that I have been from a boy well acquainted with Aaron Miner, that we both lived in Woodbury in Connecticut in the time of the revolutionary war, that in one thousand seven hundred & seventy knew the Said Aaron enlisted as a soldier in said war in Colonel Wooster’s Regiment in Connecticut for seven months that he marched to the Northwest upon the lakes & served out said time-- & that he being sick was unable to return home, & his father went & brought him home.  This deponent further deposes & says that he knew the said Aaron enlisted in Connecticut in AD. 1776 in Captain Nathan Hurds Company for six months, that this deponent was a soldier in a company with him, that he marched to New York, was after stationed at various places & was discharged in December 1776 at North Castle State of New York and this Deponant further deposes & says that he knew the said Aaron the out as a soldier in the year AD 1777 but how long this deponent could not state.  
And this Deponant further deposes & says that he recollects of being out with the said Aaron in the service as soldiers in the war he thinks in the Autumn of seventeen hundred & seventy nine in the neighbourhood of the Peekskills in Col. Porters Regiment two months.
And this deponent further deposes & says, that he knew the Aaron was out as a soldier in the Revolutionary war at other times than herein stated, but how long, or at what places he cannot state. 
Dated at Danville July 16th 1832
James Miner 
Subscribed & sworn to at Danville  State of Vermont July 16th AD. 1832 before me 
Saml Sias Justice Peace 
And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Miner the above deponent, that his character for truth & veracity stands fair 
Saml Sias Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County} ss  I Benjamin F Deming Clerk of the County of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Sias before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid, and ex officio Justice of the Peace for said County and that his name within subscribed is his own proper signature.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 16th of day of July A.D. 1832
Benj F Deming Clerk 
I hereby certify the within affidavits were used in the matter of the application of Aaron Miner before the Court Aug 7 1832 
Att J. Y Vail Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. D. 
Aaron Miner
Vermont to Illinois
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. D. 
Mar 30
Rev Pension
[stamp] CHICAGO IL JUN 8
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Chicago Cook County Illinois June 15th 1835 
Sir
The undersigned would respectfully represent that he is entitled to a pension from the United States under the provisions of the laws granting pensions to the officers and soldiers who served in the American army of the Revolution, that he has been a resident of Washington County (in the town of Waitsfield) the State of Vermont and has hitherto been paid his pension money at the agency in that State, that in September last he removed from Vermont and took up his residence and state is a resident of Cook County in the State of Illinois. Your applicant would request that his name be transferred to the nearest agency to his present place of residence whether it be Detroit or some other place that he can draw his money without being compelled to go a greater distance or make out and transmit his papers and that all [unreadable] may be well to a more distant place,  The Certificate States that in conformity with the law of 7th June 1832 Aaron Miner of the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Revolutionary entitled to receive sixty seven dollars and thirty two cents per annum during his nature life commencing 4th March 1831 & payable semi annually of 4th March & 4th September. The Certificate is dated 14th March 1833 Syned [signed] Lewis Cass Secy of War & countersyned by yourself and numbered (on the inside of the sheet) 8176 and indorsed as Recorded in the Pension office in Book D Vol 4 page 73 by A.B. Thruston.  And this deponent further states that he has received no pension money since Sept. 4. 1834. All of which is respectfully submitted by your Obt. Servt. 
Aaron Miner
To James L. Edwards Esq Ann Minor Com. of Pensions
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State of Illinois 
Cook County } ss This day personally came before me the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for me the County and State aforesaid Aaron Miner, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that the facts as set forth in the foregoing application are true, that he is the real person who is in said application named that and I further certify that he subscribed the same in my presence and also that I have personally inspected the date numbers and other matters therein stated in said certificate and set forth in said application and find the same to correspond, to be true and correct.
 Aaron Miner 
Also at the same time came before me Joseph A. Barnes of York County, who is personally known to me to be a man of truth & veracity. & who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is well acquainted with the said Aaron Miner & knows him to be the real person mentioned in the said Pension Certificate 
Joseph A Barnes 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Chicago this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1835 
Richd I Hamilton  Clk Co Ct Cook Co Ills
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State of Illinois, COOK COUNTY. } ss  
I, EDMUND S. KIMBERLY, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that B. B. Lincoln whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument  was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned, sworn and authorized to take the same; and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said County Court, this Fifteenth day of February A. D. 1850 
E. S. Kimberly Clerk of the County Court.
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[unreadable]
5 Nov 1832
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Pension Office 5 Nov 1849. 
Sir
The declaration of Hannah Miner, widow of Aaron, has been received. 
It is altogether in formal and is sustained by no proof whatever of the character which we require. The accompanying form will give you the necessary instructions 
G. F. Lewis Esq 
Detroit Mich
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T. T.  Miner 
Elk Grove Ill 
Dec 23 / 50 
Wishes to know if Pensions been obtained for Hannah Miner & Salome Skinner widow of Amora Skinner 
Genl Land Offed 
Jany 3, 1851 
Respectfully referred to the Comr of Pensions & the writer [unreadable] this day 
R 
Mr Thompson 
Jany. 1 ‘51
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Hon. J. Butterfield 
Dear Sir 
Some nine months since I employed a Mr Lewis of Detroit to obtain a pension for my Mother, Hannah Miner, Widow of Aaron Miner & also my wife’s Mother, Salome Skinner Widow of Amara Shinner both of them on the ground that their husbands were revolutionary pensioners.  I supposed there would be no difficulty in the same either of them but I have heard nothing from him about six weeks since I addressed him a letter & have received no answer. I have some fears he may have obtained the money & appropriated it to his own use.  I wish you would call at the pension office & ascertain the facts for me & let me know how it stands & oblige an old man.
Yours Truly
T. T. Minor
Elk Grove Ill  Dec 23, 1850
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No. 817
Hannah Miner, widow of Aaron of Illinois
Let. G. F. Lewis 5 Nov 1850
T. T. Miner  Sept 17 / 57
1256
Act 29 July 1848
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History to Mrs. Hattie Hudson, Sept 25 1905. Waitsfield Vt. REP  
1914. Mch. 9. To [unreadable] Genl U.S.A. for tombstone FRR 
1914 Mch 3 Hist to E. B. Wheeler VLN 
1915 Oct. 7. Hist to Mrs. M.A. Miner 
1916 Jany 5 Tombstone data to Dr C.A. Earle 
REJECTED
REJECTED
7256
Hannah Miner
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Waitsfield Vt.  
Aug 18 1905
Pension Commissioner  
Dear Sir 
Kindly send me Revolutionary War records of William Newcomb & Aaron Miner as contained in application for pension Mrs Hattie Hudson
WEJ
[stamp]   U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 21 1905
[stamp]  OLD WAR & NAVY AUG 22 1905 FILES
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Aaron Miner Com R 7256 
Arlington Heights, Illinois Mar. 19, 1914 
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Aaron Miner, born 1849 at Windsor Vt. came to Elk Grove. about 1840. from Vt. died in 1757.  At the time of his death he was a Revolutionary War pensioner and the Adjutant Gen. U. S. A. has referred me I to you for information concerning his war and pension record. 
Aaron Miner was probably a Vt. soldier, possibly from N.H. as Windsor is on the state line. There are persons now living who can testify that he received a pension and his descendants, now of the third generation, all testify that he was a soldier of the revolution. 
Will you kindly investigate the matter and give me the fullest report possible. 
Most respectfully your obt. servt. 
E. B. Wheeler
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Sept 29 / 15 
2400 Ocean View, Los Angeles, California. 
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Wash. D.C. 
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Army records of Aaron Miner, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War who died at Elk Grove Illinois, Mar. 29. 1849, aged 92 years 
Very respectfully.
Mrs. M.A. Miner 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE G OCT 2 1915
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C. A. EARLE, M. D. 
Rev. War HW 
DESPLAINES, ILL, Dec 26 1915 
Dear Sir
I have been asked by Ill Hist Society to look up grave of Aaron Miner a Revolutionary Hero buried near here. Will you kindly give me in full his Revolutionary record. He came here in 1833 from Vermont
Very Truly
C. A. Earle
Send tombstone data only
Omit family statements under "Remarks” AV
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November 5, 1850. 
Sir: The declaration of Hannah Minor, widow of Aaron, has been received.  It is altogether informal, and is sustained by no proof whatever of the character which we require. The accompanying form will give you the necessary instructions. To G. F. Lewis, Esq., Detroit, Mich.
April 17, 1851. 
Sir: No pension has been obtained for Mrs. Minor, concerning whose case you have written to Mr. Butterfield, who has referred your letter to this office. On the 5th of November last a report was made to Mr. G. F. Lewis. 
To T. T. Minor, Esq, Elk Grove Ills.
Copies of letters Apr 25 1905.
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(Endorsed)  
Payments to be made at Burlington by Pres. N. Y. Br. Bank Agent for pay Pensioners in the agency of Vermont.  
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D. Vol 4 Page 73 by A.B. Thurston Clerk
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War Department 
Revolutionary Claim – 
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832. Aaron Miner of the State of Vermont, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to received Sixty Seven dollars and thirty two cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th March and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 14th day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty three- 
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
[seal]
Examined and Countersigned 
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions-