Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,880, for Jacob Miller, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Penn.

Miller, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 41.880

CONTENTS
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[two-column page]

[left side, written sideways:]
Notification [illegible] sent November 11, 1820 [illegible numbers] to 
Andrew Albright, [illegible] Pennsylvania

[right side:]
5.364
Pennsylvania
[very large number 4 written on the right]

Jacob Miller
Capt Craig Private
Pa.
line Rifle regt. 1775 - 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence
the 9th of April 1815

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Jany 1819
and sent to Wm Montgomery Esq
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Columbia Co. Penn:

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mos 24/30  38.40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819.   48--
$86.40
[equation: 38.40 + 48.00 = $86.40]

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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District of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County Sct.
on this 23d day of August 1820 personally appeard 
in open Court of Common pleas held in the Borough of Sunbury
for the County of Northumberland being a Court of Record
and proceeding according to the Course of Common Law with
jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and expressly made
a Court of Record by act of Assembly of this State Jacob
Millar aged sixty five years resident in the County of
Northumberland in said district who being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served
in the revolutionary war in the Corps commanded by Charles
Craig in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hand and
that he made his original declaration on the 9th day of
April 1818 and obtained his pension his Certificate No. 5364
and dated the 18th day of January 1819 and I do Solemnly
Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the 15th of March 1818 and I have not since that time by
gift sale or in any manner dispossed of my property or any
part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provissions of an act of Congress entitled an act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed
on the 18th of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any
person in trust for me any property or securities contracts
or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what
is
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contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by
me subscribed my family consists of my wife Sarah
aged fifty nine years my son Henry aged 18 years my
daughter Sarah aged fifteen years Weaver by trade
on account of bodily infirmity have been unable to follow
my trade for twenty five years so as to support himself
thereby.
Signed, Jacob Millar

Sworn & Subscribed in open}
Court August 23 1820}
Andrew Albright Prothy}

[Table entitled: ] A Schedule of Jacob Millars Property.

1 Cow | of the value of | $10.00
1 Cow | " | 7.00
1 Table | " | 1.00
4 Hogs | " | 4.00
1 Plough | " | 4.00
4 Chairs | " | 2.00
[illegible] | " | 0.50
2 Earthen dishes | " | [illegible amount]
1 Iron Chain | " | 0.75
5 Tea Cups & Sausers | " | 0.25
1 doz Spoons | " | 0.25 
5 knives & forks | " | 0.50
1 Grubbing hoe | " | 1.00
Maul & Wedges | " | 1.00
2 Garden hoes | " | 0.50
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Jacob Mill ["a" crossed out] ^er
[Jacob Miller]

5364
V.C.
[illegible]
Jany 19
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Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court August 23d 1820
Andrew Albright Prothy

Signed Jacob Millar
The Court are satisfied with the above valuation,

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County Sct
I Andrew Albright Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the
said Court and I do further Certify that it was the opinion 
of the said Court that the total amount in value of
the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty
two dollars & 87½ cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of 
the said Court on this second day
of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and twenty

Andrew Albright Prothonotary
[On the left, [on the left: round seal stamped over a star-shaped paper]
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wants the seal of the 
Court & to be delayed
until the [illegible] 
have been recd.
Apr 22d. [illegible]

[illegible]
Flying [word crossed out] Camp not on 
the Continental Establishment

[Written upside down, at the bottom of the page:]
Mr. Boyd

[Written sideways, overlapping other writing:]
Danville Pa Aprl. 11
Free
The Hon. William H. Crawford
Secretary of War
Washington

[Written sideways, on the top right:]
Certificate
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To the Honorable William H. Crawford
Esquire Secretary of the War Department

I William Montgomery Esquire one 
of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Columbia County, in the Eighth Judicial District of
Pennsylvania ^do ^certify that on the ninth day of April A.D.
Eighteen hundred & Eighteen, personally appeared before
me Jacob Millar, an old Soldier, resident in Northumberland 
County, who being duly qualified agreably 
to law, as will more fully appear by the affidavit accompany 
this certificate, and proved satisfactorily, that he
the said Jacob Millar enlisted in July 1775 in the
company under the command of Captn. Abraham Millar
of the [blank space] Regiment of Pennsylvania Riflemen, 
commanded by Colonel Thompson, wherein he served twelve
months the period of enlistment & was honorably discharged
by Capt. Charles Craig who then Commanded the Company 
that he then entered into the [blank space] Company under the
command of Capt. Henry Hagenbach of the [blank space] 
Regiment under the command of [blank space] 
in the Flying camp commanded by Lord Sterling, in
which he served five months when he was taken Prisoner at
the battle of Long Island & lost his discharge from the rifle 
corps; that he remained in imprisonment for five months
when he was paroled - That he is now infirm & in reduced
circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his
County for support. Witness my hand & seal the day 
& year above written-
William Montgomery

The Judge must certify that he is poor
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Pennsylvania Ss.
Before me William Montgomery Esquire
One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia
County, State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Jacob
Millar, of Northumberland County an old Soldier who
upon his oath being duly qualified agreably to law
says that he the said Jacob Millar enlisted in the month
of July in the year of our Lord One thousand ^Seven [Eight crossed out] hundred & Seventy five, in the Company of Capt. Abraham Millar
of the Pennsylvania Regiment of Riflemen commanded
by Col. Thompson, wherein he served, the full period of his
enlistment, and received an honorable discharge from
his captain, Charles Craig. That afterwards he enlisted in
the [blank space] Company Commanded by Henry Hagenbach of the [blank]  
Regiment of the Flying camp commanded by Genl Lord Sterling
wherein he served five months, when he was taken
at the Battle of Long Island, & lost his discharge which [illegible] 
had received from the Rifle Corps. That he continued
in imprisonment five months, when he was released upon parole 
Jacob Millar

Sworn & Subscribed
Before me 9th April 1818.
William Montgomery
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September 1, 1937

Jacob Miller
S. 41880
Daniel Miller
Wt. 75560-120-55
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. L. J. Dildine
Turbotville
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein relative to Jacob Miller
were obtained from papers on file in pension claim,
S. 41880, based upon his service in the Revolutionary
War.

The date and place of birth of Jacob Miller were
not given, nor were the names of his parents shown.

Jacob Miller enlisted in Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, in the month of July, 1775, and served
as private in Captains Abraham Miller's and Charles
Craig's companies in Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania
Rifle regiment, and in Colonel Hand's Pennsylvania
regiment, length of service twelve months.  He then
enlisted in Captain Henry Hagenbach's company in the
Flying Camp, after serving five months, he was taken
prisoner at the battle of Long Island, held five months
and released on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 8, 1818, then living in Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania, aged about sixty-four years. The records
do not show that a claim for bounty land was ever made
to the United States for his service in the Revolutionary War. 

In 1820 his wife, Sarah, was fifty-nine years of
age; son, Henry, was aged eighteen years; and daughter,
Sarah, was fifteen years old. The soldier, Jacob Miller,
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2-
was a weaver, by trade.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further data relative to the family of the soldier.
It was not shown that the Captain Abraham Miller
under whom he served was a relative.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
this pension, name and address of the person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
and furnish the following data:

Jacob Miller
Certificate # 5364
Issued January 18, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced April 9, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.

************
Daniel Miller-W.75560-120-55

The data which follow concerning Daniel Miller
were obtained from papers on file in the claim for bounty
land, under W. 75560-130-55, based upon his service
in the War of 1812.  There is no claim for pension on
file on account of his service in the War of 1812.

The date and place of birth of Daniel Miller
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated.

He volunteered in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 
and served as a private in Captain Ner 
Middleworth's company of Pennsylvania militia, from
September 24, 1814 until November 23, 1814.
He was sixty years of age in 1850 and living
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in Champaign County, Illinois.

The soldier, Daniel Miller, was allowed bounty
land in full satisfaction for the service rendered, on
his application executed March 28, 1855, then living in
Champaign County.

There is no reference to his family.

In order to obtain information in regard to location
of the land referred to above, you should address The
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C.
and furnish the following data:

B. L. Wt. 8211-40 acres- Act of 1850
B. L. Wt. 75560-120 acres- Act of 1855.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 1, 1937
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. L. J. Dildine
Turbotville
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Miller,
S. 41880, to learn, particularly his nationality and
whether or not in addition to his pension, he received
land for his services; also, the War of 1812 record
of Daniel Miller who served in Captain Middleworth's
Pennsylvania company,

The records of these two soldiers are furnished
you herewith and a tracing of the signature of Jacob
Miller. No other writing of his is on file.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 11, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob Miller, S. 41880
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Leo Sheehan
131 Chestnut Street
Battle Creek
Michigan

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to
Jacob Miller, a Revolutionary War soldier who received pension while
living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 41880, based upon the military service of Jacob
Miller.

The date and place of birth of Jacob Miller and the names of
parents were not given.

He enlisted in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in July, 1775,
and served twelve months as private in Captains Abraham Miller's
(not shown he was related to Jacob Miller) and Charles Craig's companies
in Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle regiment and in Colonel
Hand's Pennsylvania regiment.  He then enlisted in Captain Henry Hagenbach's Pennsylvania company of Flying Camp, after serving five months
he was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island and was released on
parole after being held five months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818,
at which time he was a resident of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The
records do not show [illegible] cl. for b.l. was ever made to the US for his service

In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-five years of age and referred
to his wife, Sarah, as being fifty-nine years of age, and he also referred
to his son, Henry, aged eighteen years, and his daughter, Sarah, aged
fifteen years. There are no further data relative to soldier's family. He
was a weaver by trade.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Jacob
Miller, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and
possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Jacob Miller, Certificate 5364, issued January 18, 1819, rate
38 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818,
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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February 1, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Jacob Miller, S. 41880

Pearl Miller
Danville, Route 7
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to
Jacob Miller, soldier of the Revolution,

On July 9, 1928, you were furnished the full history of this soldier
as shown by papers on file in his pension claim, S. 41880.

The papers in said claim contain no further family data that that
which were furnished you July 9, 1928.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[illegible initials]
[illegible: Rev.?] v. & 1812 War Section

July 9, 1928
Pearl Miller
Snydertown
Pennsylvania

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 41880, it appears that JACOB MILLER enlisted in
July, 1775, and served twelve months as a private in Captains
Abraham Miller's and Charles Craig's Companies in Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment and in Colonel Hand's Pennsylvania
Regiment.

He then enlisted in Captain Henry Hagenbach's Pennsylvania
Company, after serving five months he was taken prisoner at the
battle of Long Island and was released on parole after being held
five months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9,
1818, at which time he was a resident of Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania. 

In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-five years of age and
referred to his wife, Sarah, as being fifty-nine years of age, and
he also referred to his son, Henry, aged eighteen years, and his
daughter, Sarah, aged fifteen years.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and
possibly the date of death of Jacob Miller you should apply to the
Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
citing all of the following data:

Jacob Miller, Certificate 5364, issued January 18, 1819,
rate $8 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818,
Pennsylvania Agency.

The date of death of Sarah, the wife of Jacob Miller, is not
on record and she did not apply for pension as the widow of said
soldier.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford
any information in regard Peter Miller who was the father of the
above mentioned Jacob Miller.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[illegible initials]
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

COPIED BY ADY
June 27, 1928.

Pearl Miller,
Snydertown,
Pennsylvania

Madam:
I advise you that in order to expedite the search of
Revolutionary War records for the particular Jacob Miller
in whom you are interested, you will please repeat the 
data furnished by you in letter which you state you wrote
in May, as at this writing that letter has not been
located.

Please return this letter and your card with reply
and the matter will receive prompt attention.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Turbotville, Pa.
June 14, 1937

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 3:15 marked with an arrow:] RECEIVED JUN 16 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. [illegible] ADM. [illegible] 66 

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:
will you kindly send me
all the data you have on the Revolutionary
Soldier, Jacob Miller [underlined], whose Pension 
claim no. was S. 41880?  has he
granted any land or was he paid
a regular pension?  Is there any
existing correspondence he had 
with your bureau?  I would like
to determine his nationality.
Would it be possible to obtain a
specimen or photostatic [underlined] copy of
his writing.  This is vitally important
so an early reply would be appreciated. 

Yours truly
Mrs L. J. Dildine
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Battlee Creek, Mich
Feb 24, 1937

A.D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
May I please
have the pension record
of Jacob Miller of 
Northumberland Co. Pa. 
He died Mch 4, 1824 age 79.
I believe his pension
was granted Jan 18, 1819.

Thanking you in advance
for your kindness

Sincerely
(Mrs Leo) Florence Sheehan
131 Chestnut St
Battle Creek
Michigan

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 10:45 marked with an arrow:] RECEIVED FEB 27 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #5
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[illegible initial in upper right]
[on the right, cancelled 1-cent ink stamp, showing the head of JEFFERSON in profile:] U. S. POSTAL CARD  ONE CENT

[Round time and date stamp:] DANVILLE PA JAN '9, 1934, 4 PM

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 2:00 marked with an arrow:] RECEIVED JAN 24 1934  MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #11 

[enclosed by a line:] THIS LINE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Commissioner
Dept of the Interior
Washington
D. C.
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Route 7 [faint 11]
Danville, Pa.

Dear sir,
Kindly send me
the name of
Jacob Miller's
wife & children when he 
applied for [crossed out: applied] a
pension.  I know her first
name was Sarah.  Can you 
tell me how many children
he had & their names?

Jacob Miller 1819
swore to affidavit, he was [illegible] 
65 yrs, resident of Shamokin 
Township, ^(enlisted in Northampton Co.) 
under Henry Haighabough July 1775 & 
Charles Craig, in flying
camp, prisoner at Longisland
7 weeks on a ship & 14 in a 
church.  In Northumberland 
Annals another daughter is 
mentioned.  Kindy look & tell
me her name as well a
the wife & children in

[written sideways, on the left margin:]
your office.
Yours Sincerely,
Pearl Miller
Danville, Pa.
Route 7

[written diagonally at the top of the page:]
Rev. & 1812
[illegible initials]

[large checkmark on top of the first few lines of the page, and 12]
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[Round time and date stamp:] DANVILLE PA JUN 26, 1928, 12 M

[on the right, cancelled 1-cent ink stamp, showing the head of JEFFERSON in profile:] U. S. POSTAL CARD ONE CENT

[enclosed by a line:] THIS LINE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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[upside down circular date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F JUL 2, 1928
[circular date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F JUN 27, 1928

Snydertown, Pa.
June 25, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions
Wash, D.C

Dear Sir,
I wrote to your office in
May , ^and requested information concerning
Jacob Miller who fought in the Revolutionary War.  
I also enclosed some data which
would assist you.  Kindly let me hear
from you.  His wifes name ['s" crossed out] and ^his 
children names I desired

Sincerely,
Pearl Miller
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The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Snydertown, Pa.,
June 29, 1928

[round date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F JUL 2, 1928

U. S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC.

Dear Sir,
Jacob Miller ^(of Shamokin Township) who fought in the
Revolutionary War, wife's name, his wife's 
date of death, Jacob Miller children's name
and Jacob Miller date of [crossed out: birth and] death
I desire.  Peter Miller, Jacob Miller's father
also fought in the Revolutionary War, I would
like to know the same things concerning
him.  Did Jacob Millers wife survive him & receive a pension? 

[encircled:] 1819 date of affidavit

Jacob Miller left an affidavit 
sworn by Jacob Giarhart.  The
affidavit stated Jacob Miller, 65 yrs old 
a resident of Shamokin Township, North'd Co.
appeared before the Court of Common Pleas
of Northumberland Co, in order to obtain
the provision made by the legislative of
Pennsylvania.  An act to provide for
soldiers engaged in the service of the
Commonwealth of the Revolutionary War
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2,
Jacob Miller enlisted in Northampton
County, in the State of Pennsylvania,
in the company commanded by Captain
Henry Haughabaugh, July 1775 for
one year.  He resigned his commission
And then commanded by Charles Craig; 
And at the conclusion of the year he
was regularly discharged, then enlisted
for five month in the flying camp and 
was taken prisoner at Longisland.  There
stripped and lost his discharge and
was kept seven weeks on board of
a ship and fourteen weeks in a church.

From Pennsylvania Archives
Page 191 of 1784
1783 - 1786 State of Berks
County, Militia 1784; Jacob Miller
was lieutenant of Company 1.  Sam
Ely, Esq, L'Col. and Charles Krouse Capt. 
Longswamp is above Company 1. Third
Battalion it was.

From History of Northumberland 
Co. Pa, 1911 Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co. 
Page 620 under Henry Miller it
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3. 
[round date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F JUL 2, 1928

tells how Isiah, Daniel and Jacob
three brothers came to Northumberland 
Co at an early date from Berks
County, Pa, before the Revolution. These
three were part of Jacob Miller's
children who fought in the Revolutionary
War.  Jacob Miller enlisted in Northampton
County and ^probably emigrated to Berks Court,
where his sons were, as stated in
1784, he was an lieutenant there.

Any information you can
send one, I will appreciate very
much.  I will thank you for you
kind consideration.

Yours sincerely
Pearl Miller

P. S.
Please excuse school
paper.

Do you have anything which
states Jacob Miller was an Lieutenant?
Did his wife receive a pension or
died before him?
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The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
D. C. 

The Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
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[round date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F MAY 21, 1928

Northumberland County
Snydertown, Pa.
May 18, 1928

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear sir,
Would you kindly tell me
who were the beneficiaries of
Jacob Miller's pension?  What is
Jacob Miller wife's name, his
childrens' name and what is
the date of Jacob Miller's birth?  
What office did he occupy in
the ^Revolutionary war.  Did Jacob Miller's father
Peter Miller receive a pension
and was he an officer?   What
is his wife's name and the date
of his birth?
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An affidavit stated Jacob
Miller, 65 years, a resident in
Shamokin Township of Northumberland
County appeared before the Court
of Common Pleas of Northumberland
County in order to obtain the
provision made by the legislation
of Pennsylvania, An act to provide
for soldiers engaged in the service of
this commonwealth in the Revolutionary War

Jacob Miller enlisted in Northampton
County in the State of Pennsylvania
in the company commanded by Captain
Henry Haughabaugh July 1775 for one
year.  He resigned his commission; and
then commanded by Charles Craig; and
at the conclusion of the year here
regularly discharged.  Then enlisted for
five month in the flying camp and
was taken prisoner at Longisland.
there stripped and lost his discharge
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2.
and was kept seven weeks on
board of a ship and 14 weeks in a
church.  He was sworned by
Jacob Gearhart.

Any records or information
you can send me I will
appreciate very much.  I will
thank you for your kind consideration.

Yours sincerely,
Pearl Miller

[circular date stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE F MAY 21, 1928
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[two column page]

[right side:]
41880
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 41.880
Jacob Miller
Pri Rev War

Act: 18' March 18th
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 339 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side:]

1928 July 9. hist
to Pearl Miller

1934 Feb. 1, Pearl
Miller inf. no further
found, data than that
furn., July 9. 1928. [illegible initials]

1937. Mar. 11 hist to
Mrs. Leo Sheehan [illegible initials]

1937. Sept. 1. letter to Mrs.
C. J. Dildine [illegible]
Page 35

Submitted to the war
department
W H C

old Card is
Admitted
Recd [illegible]
Jany 5, 18'

Hand's Riflemen
Pension commence
9 April 1818.
Page 36

State of Pennsylvania, ^Northumberland [crossed out: Columbia County], ss.

On this 15thday of November 1818, before me the subscriber, one of 
the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of Columbia County, in said district personally 
appears Jacob Miller aged 64 years, resident in Northumberland County 
in the said district, who being by me duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the 
following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled" An 
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary war:" That he the said Jacob Miller enlisted in ^July 1775 NothCamton County
in the State of [crossed out: in the state] Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain 
Charles Craig for one year of the Regt Commanded Col. Hand; that he
continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the year was ended July 1776,  
when he was discharged from the service [crossed out: in] in Long Island in state of
New York, that he was in the battles of [blank space]
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; 
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Jacob Miller

Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid 

Jacob Gearhart
[illegible scribble]

I, Jacob Gearhart
Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears 
to my satisfaction, that the said Jacob Miller did serve in the 
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now 
transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department 
of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  am well acquainted 
with him and to my own knowledg know [crossed out 101] he is poor and Stands [crossed out: of his pension] 
in great need of his Pension

[Enclosed in a rectangular box delimited by asterisks:] SEAL OF THE COURT.
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State of Pennsylvania.
Northumberland County Sct

I George W Brown, Prothonotary of
the Court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Jacob Gearhart Esq. who has given the within Certificate, and
before whom the said affidavit was made, was at the time of so
doing, & yet is, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common
pleas of the County aforesaid, duly commissioned & sworn to and whose
acts as such, due faith & credit are and ought to be given, as well
in courts of Justice or elsewhere.

In testmony of which I have hereto
Subscribed my name & affixed my official
seal, at Sunbury, the 26th day of
December AD MDCCCVIII [1808]

Hon G W. Brown Pro
A Jordan Depy.

[on the left: very faint round seal stamped over a square piece of paper]