Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17139, for Nathaniel Millard, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York

Millard, Nathaniel 
Millerd, Mary 

NUMBER 
W. 17139 

CONTENTS
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Reported 
Jany. 18/49

3140 
New York Albany 
Mary Millard widow of Nathaniel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jany 1849 and sent to Hon E. B. Holmes H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 126  Vol. 4.
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5101 
V In the matter of the application of Mary Millard 
widow of Nathaniel Millard for a pension under the act of 7th July 1838. 4579
5104 
Married 1 Nov. 1787 
Husband died 6 Aug 1829 
Col Graham 
Capt Adiel Sherwood 
Agent 
Giles F. Yates 
Admitted Schenectada 
Private 2 years N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Monroe ss ⎬ On the twenty Ninth day of March 1839 personally appeared before me, the undersigned, one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Mary Millard a resident of the City of Rochester in said County aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the
following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay and pension to certain Widows" that she is the widow of Nathaniel Millard who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as this Declarant has been informed and believes to be true as follows- He was in the month of September 1778 enrolled as a private in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Sherwood at or near Stillwater in the State of New York - that in the year thereafter, when on duty to
wit in the month of July in the year last named under said Sherwood at Fort Ann, he with others was carried away captive to Canada & from thence to England, & remained a 
prisoner of war for the term of at least two years.  

She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Millard on the first day of November in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Seven by the
Revd Mr Schenck then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston in said State - that her maiden name was Hunter and she knows of no record proof of her marriage unless the same can be found at Ballston with
the officers of said Church, which as she has been informed & after search made, cannot be discovered - that her Husband the said Nathaniel Millard, departed this life
on the sixth day of August One thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine - that she was not married to him prior to his having the service, but the Marriage took place previous
to the first day of January One thousand seven hundred and ninety four. Viz at the time above stated.

Mary Millard, her mark 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first aforesaid before me.
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the said Judge, And I certify that said Mary Millard cannot attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity – 
[signed] Ashley Sampson 

State of New York 
Monroe County ss.  I certify that Ashely Sampson Esquire is first Judge of the county courts in & for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of March 1839. 
[signed] Ephraim Goss Clerk
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I Robert Millard of the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga & State of New York, aged Seventy five years being duly sworn depose and say, that I was present at the solemnization of the marriage of my brother Nathaniel Millard with Mary Hunter - (the said Mary being now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838) that said marriage took place at Ballston in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Eight or thereabouts, and was solemnized of the Revd Mr Schenk, at that time officiating as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston aforesaid - That said Mary & Nathaniel lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed and esteemed as such until the day of his death, which took place in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty, and that since the decease of said Nathaniel, she said Mary has remained unmarried and is still the widow of said Nathanel – 
And l further depose and say that at Stillwater in said State in the month of September in the year 1778, said Nathaniel Millard was enrolled as a private in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Sherwood, whereof Ezekiel Roberts was Lieutenant & Cornelius Baldwin Ensign and in the Regiment under command of Colonel [blank] And I this Deponent further say, that in the month of July in the year 1779 as near as I can remember I was drafted to serve with a Detachment
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of militia from said Regiment under command of said Captain Sherwood - and that my brother the said Nathaniel became my substitute - that he marched with said detachment to Fort Ann, where after he had been on duty about twenty days he was with others carried away captive to Canada, & was thence carried over to England, as was notorious at the time & as I was informed at the time & believe the fact to be - He was absent from home on this occasion, and as a prisoner of war for at least two years 
[signed] Robert Millard
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of Oct 1838 before me 
[signed] William H Satterlee Justice of the Peace 

[note in margin] (Entered Last)

I William H. Satterlee before whom the preceding deposition of Robert Millard purports to have been sworn do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Robert Millard & that he is a credible witness. 
[signed] William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace
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I Barzillia Millard of the town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged sixty five years being duly sworn depose and say, that I was present at the solemnization of the marriage of my brother Nathaniel Millard with Mary Hunter (the said Mary being now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838) that said marriage took place at Ballston in the fall of the year one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty Eight or thereabouts and was solemnized by the Rev Mr Schenk at that time officiating as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston aforesaid. That said Mary & Nathaniel lived together as husband and wife and were reputed and esteemed as such until the day of his death, which took place in the year one thousand eight Hundred and thirty & that since the decease of said Nathaniel the said Mary has remained unmarried and is still the widow of said Nathaniel 
And I further depose and say that my Brother Nathaniel Millard entered into the service of the United States in the war of the revolution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at Stillwater in said State as a substitute for my Brother Robert Millard & went to Fort Ann when after he had been on duty about twenty days he was with others carried away captive to Canada, & was thence carried over to England as was notorious at the time & as I was informed at the time & believe the fact to be – He was absent from home on this occasion and as a prisoner of war for about two years 
[signed] Barzillia Millerd [sic]
Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day of September 1838 before me 
[signed] William H Satterlee Justice of the Peace 
over
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I William H Satterlee before whom the preceding deposition of Barzillia Millard purports to have been Sworn do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Barzillia Millard & that he is a credible Witness 
[signed] William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace
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I Robert Millard of the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga and State of New York do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Millard in his life time and am knowing of his being in the Service of the United States in the war of the Revolution he went into the Service in the year 1779 under Captain Sherwood Ezekiel Robberts was Lieutenant and Cornelius Baldwin was Ensign of the Company that he belong to. He was taken Prisoner at the surrender of Fort Ann now Washington County N.Y. was taken to Canada (from thence to England as he informed me after he returned home) he was absent from home about two years in the Servis and Prisoner of War 
He was married to Mary Hunter in the year 1788 or 1789 by [illegible] Shenk I was at the wedding and saw them married. The said Nathaniel Died in the year 1830 and left the said Mary a Widdow. They always lived together as man and wife untill his death.
[signed] Robert Millard
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of September 1838 before me 
[signed] William H Satterlee Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Saratoga County } ss.  I William Kingsley of the time of Ballston in said County do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Willard late of the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectada and State aforesaid in his life time. I lived a near neighbour to him about thirty years. He was an Honest industrious citizen and was reputed as having been in the revolutionary service He died in the summer of 1830. 
[signed] William Kingsley 
Sworn and Subscribed this 21st day of September 1838 before me. 
[signed] William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss I Bernslee Peters of the town of Ballston in said County do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Millard late of the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectada and State aforesaid. Deceased. I lived a near Neighbour to him for about thirty years He was an Honest industrious citizen and was reputed as having been in the revolutionary service 
[signed] Bernslee Peters
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of September 1838 before me 
[signed] William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace
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I William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace as above set forth, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Kingsley and Bernslee Peters the above deponents and believe them to be credible Witnesses 
[signed] William H Sattlerlee 

3d Entered
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State of New York
Saratoga County } ss I David How of the town of Ballston in said County do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Millard in his life time. I lived a neighbour to him about twenty five years and he was reputed as having been in the service of the War of the revolution 
[signed] David How
Affirmed and subscribed this 22nd day of September 1838 before me 
[signed] William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace 

I William H. Satterlee Justice of the Peace as above set forth, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David How the above deponent & consider him a man of integrity and a credible witness 
[signed] William H Satterlee
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State of New York 
Saratoga County 
Clerk Office } ss
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William H. Satterlee Esq before whom the forgoing affidavits have been sworn & by whom the foregoing certificates of credibility & signed, was on the days of the respective dates thereof, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and the signatures to said affidavits & certificates purporting to be his are genuine, to wit the affidavits of Robert Millard, Barzillai Millard, William Kingsley Bernslee Peters & David How. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this fourteenth day of March 1839. (the words "by whom the foregoing" interlined)
[signed] A Goodrich Clerk
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I, Nathaniel Millerd of the Town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady in the State of New-York, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution” approved on the 15th of May 1828, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, and continued in its service for and during the war until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Adiel Sherwood’s Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Goosen Van Schaick of the New York line - And I also declare that I received afterwards certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May 1778, which certificates are not now in my possession & cannot be found. And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States Witness my hand this first day of July one thousand Eight hundred & twenty Eight. 
[signed] Nathaniel Millerd 
Witness G. F. Yates 
Before me David Boyd First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schenectady in said State, personally appeared this day Eleizer Millerd & Barzilla Millerd of the County of Saratoga who did severally make oath that Nathaniel Millerd by whom the foregoing Declaration is subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution
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as therein stated. And the said Eleizer & Barzilla did further make oath that the statements made in the above declaration of said Nathaniel Millerd are correct & true in every particular, according to the best of their knowledge and belief.
Witness my hand this first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty Eight 
[signed] D. Boyd first Judge Court Com pleas County of Schenectady 

State of New York 
County of Schenectady 
Clerk's Office }  I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of the County of Schenectady in said State, do hereby certify David Boyd Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time and is now First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County as therein stated & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, this second day of July 1828 
[signed] John S. Vrooman
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I Cornelius Baldwin of the town of Fort Edward in the County of Washington in the State of New York do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Millerd and that he and my self were taken prisoners by the British and Indians in the Town of Fort Ann in the County of Washington and State of New York in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty the 10th October and taken to Montreal and Quebec in Canada & from thence to Boston where we was discharged, were prisoners two years & upwards and that we was enlisted in the Continental service in the year 1780 - & that I was a Lieutenant of the Company that Nathaniel Millerd was a private & Adial Sherwood was Captain of said Company belonging to the Continental Line for those services we did obtain a certificate for eighty Dollars or upwards 
[signed] Cornelius Baldwin 
Sworn before me this 7th July 1928 – 
[signed] Tim’y Stoughton Justice Peace 

State of New York 
Washington County } ss - I Theodorus Shipherd Deputy Clerk of the County Courts in & for the County of Washington do certify that Timothy Stoughton Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit was on the 7th day of July 1828 a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly appointed & sworn & duly empowered to administer oaths &c and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe the signation of "Tim’y Stoughton" subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit is his signature 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Courts this Seventh day of July 1828. 
[signed] T. Shipherd Deputy Clerk
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April 10, 1935. 
BA-J/ILL 
Nathaniel Millerd 
W. 17139 
Silas Crowell 
W. O. 15783 
Grace Crowell Martin 
232 Washington Boulevard 
Holland, Michigan 
Dear Madam: 
Further reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Millard of New York, the War of 1812 records of Silas Crowell and Isaac Sanderlin, the Mexican War record of William Seaton, and the Civil War records of Francis Marion and Channing Millard. 
A search of the War of 1812 records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension on file based upon service of an Isaac Sanderlin, under any spelling of that surname. The Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Millerd and the War of 1812 record of Silas Crowell have been found. Their records are given herein as found in pension claims based upon service in those wars. 
NATHANIEL MILLERD-W. 17139. 
Nathaniel Millerd enlisted at Stillwater, New York, in September 1778 and served as private in Captain Adiel Sherwood's company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick's New York regiment, length of this service not shown; he enlisted July 15, 1780, served as private in Captain Adiel Sherwood's company, Colonel Morris Graham's New York regiment, was taken prisoner October 10, 1780, at Fort Ann, New York, was taken to Montreal and Quebec in Canada, and later to Boston where he was released, having been a prisoner for about two years. 
The soldier died August 6, 1829 in Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. His age, the date and place of his birth, and names of his parents are not shown. 
He married November 1, 1787 in Ballston, Saratoga County,
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New York, Mary Hunter; their marriage was performed by a Presbyterian Minister.  
Mary Millerd, the widow of Nathaniel Millerd, was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1839, at which time she was a resident of Rochester, Monroe County, New York. She was then aged seventy-two years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. Her name was borne on the pension roll as Millard. 
In 1839, soldier's brother, Robert Millerd, was a resident of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York, aged seventy-five years; at that time, another brother, Barzillai, or Barzilla Millerd was a resident of Ballston, New York, aged sixty-five years; they were both present at the marriage of their brother, Nathaniel and Mary Hunter. Said Robert stated that a part of Nathaniel Millerd's service in the Revolution was rendered as a substitute for him. 
There is no reference to children of Nathaniel Millerd and his wife, Mary. 

SILAS CROWELL-W.O. 15783. 
Silas Crowell was born in Granville, Massachusetts; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown. 
He enlisted in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, and served from September 9, 1813 to December 9, 1813 as a private in Captain Joel Dunk's company of New York militia. 
He was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on account of his service in the War of 1812 on his application executed March 21, 1855, at which time he was a resident of West Bloomfield, New York, his postoffice, Taylorsville. The soldier was then aged sixty-two years. 
He died October 19, 1868 in Miller's Corners, West Bloomfield, New York. 

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Silas Crowell married Eliza -, his first wife, who died July 23, 1830 in Bloomfield, New York; her maiden name is not show, nor that date of said marriage. He married December 25, 1820, in West Bloomfield, New York, Alsena Kilbourn, who had not been married previously. Reverend David Millard performed this second marriage. 
In April 1878, soldier's widow, Alsena Crowell, was a resident of Miller's Corners, New York, aged then seventy-eight years. On September 4, 1873, her son, B. H. Crowell, aged forty-six years, also a resident of Miller's Corners, stated that his mother died "Last Tuesday and was buried last Thursday”. 
One Eleanor A. Eldred, aged forty-five years, and a resident of Miller's Corners, New York witnessed the signature of Alsena Crowell in April 1878, with her son, B. H. Crowell; no relationship to the family was stated. 
If you desire information regarding the location of the land granted Silas Crowell, the soldier, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and cite the following: bounty land warrant 9380-40-50 and bounty land warrant 5833-120-55. 
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 

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Mary Millard 
application for a Pension 
L. Adams of Rochester N. Y
agent
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State of New York 
County of Monroe } ss.
On the twentieth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said county Mary Millard a resident of the city of Rochester in the county of Monroe and State of New York aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Millard who was a private in the militia of the State of New York and that the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Eighty Dollars – 
She further declares that she is still a widow 
[signed] Mary Millard  X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before 
[signed] Nathaniel Clark Justice of the Peace 
In presence of L. Adams  Edmund Lyon 
I certify that Mary Millard named in the foregoing declaration is personally known to me to be the same person who subscribed the same by making her mark thereto –
[signed] Nathaniel Clark Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
Monroe County } ss 
I hereby certify that Mary Millard named in the foregoing declaration being duly sworn according to law stated upon her oath that the reason she does not write her name is on account of the infirmities of age –
[signed] Nathaniel Clark Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Monroe County Clerks office } ss.  I John C. Nash Clerk of said county of Monroe do hereby certify that Nathaniel Clark was at the date of the foregoing declaration a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to take affidavits and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the signatures to the foregoing jurat and certificates are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 21st day of September A.D. 1848 
[signed] John C. Nash clerk
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No.17139 
Mary Millard widow of Nathaniel Millard 
Pri Rev War 
Act: - Feb 2d 48 
Index: - Vol.  M, Page 51 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1910 Apr. 6 Hist. to Wm R. Kilbourn 
Letter sent to Record Div for answer to Civil War inquiry. V.L.M. 
1910 June 6 Wm R. Kilborn that names of children are not Stated & where date of last payment of pension can be obtained. V.L.M.
1935 April 10 - Hist. to Grace Crowell Martin - see letter in Silas Crowells War of 1812 -W.O. 15783.
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[left side]
Let to Hon. T Kempshall Mar 14 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt notified 17. June 1841. 

[right side]
Albany 4,579 
Mary Millard widow of Nathaniel Millard [crossed out: who was a pensioner under the Act of] and who died on the 6. August 1829 of Monroe Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sherwood of the regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the N. York line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Nov. 1839 and sent to G. F. Yates Schenectady, N.Y. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. ‘39  280.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 6 Mar. ’60  40.00 
[total] $320.00 
{Act July 7, 1838.} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 90
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6847 
Albany 
New York 
Mary Millard widow of Nathaniel Millard who was a Private in the N.Y. Line. 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apl “43 and sent to L Adams Rochester N.Y. June 17, 1844
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 80
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3-525 GCK
Record Div. 
V.L.M. 
Wed File 17139
Rev. War 
Yours Recd with thanks Re - Nathaniel Millard Rev. Soldier who applied for Pension at Glenville N.Y. July 1, 1828. he died Aug 6 -1829 - or 1830 and his widow Mary Hunter Millard applied for pension, at Rochester N.Y. Mar 9 1839 She was then aged 72 - Do your records show how long her pension was kept – up -? Have searched all records kept, and written to many people of that name in Rochester and have been unable to locate any heirs - or even to
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2 
find date and place of her death; So will have to trouble you once more to see if I can get from your records any help in this matter,
1. Names of any children if you have any recorded – 
2 Places where her pension was paid 
3 Date of last payment and date of Death of Mary Hunter Millard widow of Nathaniel Millard - who served under Capt Adiel Sherwood and Col. Morris Graham N. York. 1780 - 1783
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3 
Thanking you for your interest in the past - and hoping for this to receive the same attention 
I remain 
Yours Respectfully 
Wm R. Kilbourn 
50 Walnut St 
New Britain 
Conn 
May 31st 1910
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Wm R. Kilbourn
Walnut St. New Britain Conn.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Nathaniel Millerd Wid. File 17139

[BEGIN TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
July 15, 1780  |    |  Pvt.  |  Adiel Sherwood  |  Morris Graham  |  N.Y.  |
Oct 10 1780 Taken prisoner at Fort Ann N.Y. and later to Montreal and Quebec, Canada and released at Boston.
[END TABLE]

Battles engaged in, See above 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted near Stillwater N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 1, 1838
Residence at date of application, Glenville, Schenectady Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, not stated. He died Aug. 6, 1829 or 1830. 
Remarks: Soldier married Nov. 1. 1787 at Ballston N.Y. Mary Hunter who was allowed pension on an application executed March 29. 1839, while a resident of Rochester, Monroe Co. N.Y. aged 72 years.
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Record Division. 
June 6, 1910. 
Mr. William R. Kilbourn, 
50 Walnut Street, 
New Britain, Conn. 
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 31" ultimo and received the 1" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Nathaniel Millard, Wid. File No. 17,139, Revolutionary War, it appears that pension was paid his widow at Albany, New York. 
It is not stated that there were any children, nor is the date of her death given. 
For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Mary, widow of Nathaniel Millard, Wid. Certificate No. 3,140, issued January 18, 1849, paid at Albany, New York, under Act of February 2, 1848. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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widow of Nathl Millard for a pension -
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Pay Roll of Capt Adiel Sherwood's Company Col Morris Graham's Regiment New York Levies in the service of the United States from 1st July 1780 to 21st May 1783 
Names: Nathaniel Millard Private 
Commencing: 1780 July 15 
Ending: 1781. Aug 28 
Time: 25 Months 13 Days
Dollars per month: 6 2/3
Rations | No. of | Price
Amount of Rations:
Amount of Pay and Rations £67 | 16  | 5

State of New York 
Comptrollers Office 
Albany Oct. 14. 1839 }
I certify the above to be a true Extract from Book A. of Audited Accounts now remaining in this Office 
[signed] Bates Cooke Comptroller
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[left side]
Application of Mary Millard for a Pension under the Act of 3d March 1843. 
L. Adams of Rochester N.Y. Agent 

[right side]
Mary Millard act 3d March 1843, & 17 June 1844. No 7165 act 1843 
No. [ink smudge] 3184-532
Admd $80 per ann 

L Adams, Esq
Rochester, New York.
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State of New York 
County of Monroe } ss
On the 26 day of March. 1845 personally appeared before me Edward Barnard a justice of the peace in and for said County of Monroe Mary Millard a resident of the City of Rochester in said County of Monroe aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Millard who was a private as a volunteer in the militia of the State of New York, and that the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was Eighty Dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow, 
[signed] Mary Millard X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me her 
In presence of Edw Barnard  Edmund Lyon  Melinda Shethern Edw Barnard J.P. 

State of New York 
County of Monroe } ss. I Edward Barnard a Justice of the peace in and for said county do certify that Mary Millard named in the foregoing declaration is personally known to me to be the same person who subscribed and swore to the same before me 
[signed] Edw Barnard J.P.
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State of New York 
County of Monroe } ss   I. Edward Barnard a Justice of the peace in and for said county do certify that Mary Millard named in the foregoing declaration being by me duly sworn did upon her oath say that the reason she does not write her name is on account of the infirmities of old age [signed] Edw Barnard J.P.

State of New York 
Monroe County } ss  I Charles J. Hill clerk of said county of Monroe do hereby certify that Edward Barnard was at the date of the foregoing affidavit a justice of the peace in and for said county duly appointed and qualified - and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing - and that signatures to the forgoing affidavit and certificates purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 26 day of March 1845 
[signed] Chs J. Hill  Clerk of Monroe County
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March 31. 1845
Mary Millard & [name crossed out] Act March 30 1843.
4579

Free
James L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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In the matter of the application of Mary Millard for a pension under the act of 3rd March 1843 – 
Rochester N Y. March 1845
J. L. Edward Esq 
Enclosed are the papers of Mrs Millard on her application for a pension under the Act of March 3rd 1843 - she never before having applied - though she was approved under the Act of July 7th 1838 – 
I supposed it proper at this time to make the application under the act of March 3rd 1843 and get the certificate under that act in order that she may hereafter avail herself of the benefits of the act of June 17th 1844 – 
Respectfully Yours &c
[signed] L. Adams of Rochester N.Y agent
Also enclosed is an application for transfer of [illegible, Lavina?] Mathews Pension 

[note in margin] attended to by Mr E

[signed] L. Adams Agent
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 9th 1841. 
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,” Mary Millard - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th September 1840.
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris  Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington DC

Mar 14 1840
Mary Millard NY

Hon T Kempshall  HR
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House of Representatives
March 13th 1840
Sir
Will you do me the favor to give me the information asked for in the enclosed letter –
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signed] Jno. Kempshall
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Schenectada Oct 19 1839 
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir:
In the matter of the application of the widow of Nathl Millard for a pension, you directed me for proof & to the Comptroller of this State. I have discovered proof of 25 months service, and enclose the Comptroller’s Certificate thereof –
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt 
[signed] G. F. Yates Agent
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Revolutionary Claims. 
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 6 Sept 1828. 
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Nathaniel Millard under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution. 
[signed] Richard Rush 
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR. 

War Department 
Bounty Land Office 
15 Sep 1828. 
Nathaniel Millard a soldier of the N. York line, is not returned as entitled to Land from the U. States, or has a warrant issued for him, 
[signed] E. Stephens
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531. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
August 1. 1828. 
Nathaniel Millard, of Glenville, in the County of Schenectady in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Sherwood’s company in Col. Van Schaick’s regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing 
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickens 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE. 
8 August 1828 
[crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to in the It further appears that  is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been so since the  at the rate of  pension dollars per month]

The name of Nathaniel Millard cannot be found among those of the New York line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued –
[signed] Peter Hagner  Aud
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ow wid
#17.139
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Nathaniel Millard -Pvt.
New York line – 
New York 
Wids. File No 17.139
[illegible, Late 8 ck?]
Nov 12/79 
Evidence insufficient Act 1828.
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Revolutionary Claims. 
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Aug 1, 1828. 
SIR:
Your letter of the 11th ult with its enclosures, presenting the claim of Mr. Nathaniel Millerd under the abovementioned act, has been received. The claim will be examined with all convenient despatch, and the result communicated to you. 
I am, sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant. 
Giles F. Yates Esqr
Schenectady, N.Y.
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531. 
N. Millard 
recd 17 July 1828 
acknd 1 augt.
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July 13 
Revolutionary Claim
Free
Hon: Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury 
Washington 
D.C.
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Schenectady July 11 1828 
Hon. Richd Rush 
Secretary of the Treasury &c 
Sir. 
I have the honor to transmit you the enclosed application of Nathaniel Millerd under the late act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution. Any communication you may see fit to make in relation hereto, may be directed to 
Your obt Servt 
[signed] Giles F. Yates