Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8277, for William Milford, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
SC Milford, William W8277
Grizzella BLWt 61305-160-55

Contents
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5975
South Carolina
Grizzella Milford
widow of William Milford
SC
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Priv. of Inf. & Cavy.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 50 dollars 83
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 18th day of Nov. 1856
and sent to
J.A. Black
Columbia
SC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 144 Vol. A
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274.204 Act Mar. 3 85
[in pencil across other data] 61305 ifs May 19/87
SC

Grizzella Milford wid.
William Milford [illegible]

No: 160 [illegible] May 18/57
[illegible]

Pens. Act 3 Feb. 1853-5975

Special May 16. '57
[illegible signature]

James A. Black
Columbia.
S.C.

Vol. M2=5H
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Original Bounty
Land Claim of
Mrs. Grizzella Milford
widow of Wm. Milford decd.
a Revolutionary Pension
under Act 3d. Feby 1853.
This application being
made under act of 3d march 1835

274.204

Filed by James A. Black
Columbia
So. Caro.

Received
[illegible]
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State of South Carolina
District of Abbeville
S.S.
On this Twenty Third day of March A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me a magistrate within and for the District and State aforesaid, Mrs. Grizzella Milford aged nearly Eighty nine years who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Milford deceased who was a private footman and horseman in the Companies Commanded by Captains Armstrong Herd and John Calhoun and Captain Freeman under Col. Richard Richardson & Generals Andrew Williamson & Andrew Pickens of the South Carolina Militia in the Revolutionary War Declared by the United States against Great Britain, and that this declarant now receives a pension under Act of Congress of 3d. February 1853 as the widow of the said husband to her application for which she refers for all the particulars of her said husband's service &c. She further States that she was married to the said William Milford in this District & State on the twelfth day of August AD 1802. by one Hugh Wardlaw a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Grizzella McKee; that her  said husband died in this District & State on the Eighth day of November A.D. 1810 and that she has ever since been & now is his widow, for proof of all which facts she refers to her said pension application. She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bountyland to which she may be entitled under the act Approved March 3d 1853 and of May 14th 1856. And she further declares that she has not received or applied for bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress other than as hereby.
Grizzella Milford
her mark X

WC William B. Bowie and Janet D. Bowie residents of
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Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Grizzella Milford in our presence and that we know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and is now a pensioner of the United States as the widow of William Milford deceased and is now his widow.
W.B. Bowie
J.D. Bowie
The foregoing Declaration & affidavit were Sworn to & Subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant to be credible person and that the Claimant is the person She represents herself to be and is a pensioner of the United States and is now the widow of William Milford, and that I have no interest in this Claim.
Given under my hand day & year first above written.
DW Hawthorn Mag
AD
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I Matthew McDonald Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in and for said District and which is a Court of Record, do hereby certify that DW Hawthorn Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit was authenticated is and was at the time of so doing a Magistrate in and for said District duly Commissioned and Sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and afixed the Seal of said Court this Twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven.
Matthew McDonald
c.c. F.H.
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Declaration of
Mrs. Grizzella Milford Act 3d Feby 1853
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
s.s.
on this Thirtyeth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before this undersigned an acting magistrate in & for said District, Mrs. Grizzella Milford a resident of said District & State aged Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth under oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853: That she is from old age & bodily infirmity unable to appear at the Court House of this District to make her declaration in open Court under said Act; That she is the widow of William Milford or Millford who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and entered the Service of his country under the following officers and served as herein after stated as this deponent has been informed & believes; That during the war aforesaid her said husband lived in what was then Ninety six, & now is part of Abbeville District, in this State and entered the militia of this State under Command of Captain Armstrong Herd in the Stono Expedition in this State in Seventeen hundred & seventy nine which expedition was under the Command of General Andrew Williamson & Colonel Richard Richardson and was for the term of three months; This was Cavalry service; That the next year (1780) he again joined the militia of this State in the Cavalry and under the Command of Captain John Calhoun and Captain Freeman in which service he was out about nine months and on foot some four months which being performed in total brought his militia service down to the year 1783 and he probably served under Captain John Irwin of the same section [begin sidenote] Interlined before signing [end sidenote]; That her said husband was from the same section of Country  with Captains Herd, Calhoun & Freeman & lived near the families of Sample & Moore near Swansy Ferry on Saluda River in this District and the Service under Captains Calhoun & Freeman must have been performed under General Andrew Pickens & Col. Robert Anderson who belonged to the same part of the State & were active Whig officers. That this Deponent was acquainted with William Mood who was Justice of the Peace of same section with the above named person, viz, her hus=
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band, his Captains & General Pickens & Col. Anderson. That her said husband lived in the same section until his death in this District on the eighth of November Eighteen hundred and ten. That he had three brothers, Thomas, John & Henry Wilford the first two of whom also served in the war and drew pensions in their lifetimes; That she was before marriage Grizzella McKee and married said William Milford on the twelfth day of August Eighteen hundred and Two (12th August 1802) but that she has lost her original family record having the date of her marriage set down in her family Record of more recent date; That Joseph Milford her husband's half brother & George Milford a relative were at her infair and that she was married by Hugh Wardlaw a Justice of the Peace. That she has never intermarried since her said husband's death & is now said William Milford's widow all of which will more fully appear by reference to the proofs herewith & hereafter to be submitted. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me
Wm Clinkscales
Magistrate
Grizzella Milford 
Her mark X
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent who is in my opinion as old as she represents herself to be and from age and bodily infirmity is unable to go to the Court House of this District to make her Declaration in open Court without an improper risk and exposure of her life - that she is a lady of respectability and one to whose statement on oath are due full faith & credit and that I am & have been wholly disinterested in giving this Certificate. Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid and I further certify that I have examined the entry of Declarant's marriage in her family Record produced and sworn to & the date of that event is as given by deponent.
Wm Clinkscales
Magistrate
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South Carolina
Abbeville District
I, Matthew McDonald, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas [illegible] for said District, do hereby certify that Wm Clinkscale, Eq. before whom the preceding affidavit was made was at the date thereof a Magistrate for said District, duly appointed, sworn & Commissioned & had signd the Roll of Magistrates kept by Law in my office, & the signaure thereto is in his own handwriting --
Given under my hand and seal of Office, the Third of Sept 1885
Matthew McDonald
c.c. F.H.
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Family
William Milford
and Grizzalla McKee
was married August 12th 1802
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Family Record.
James McKee was born
May 11 - 1748
William Milford was
born May 11 - 1751
Grizzalla Milford was
born August 15 - 1768
Catherine Milford was
born September 25
1781
Margaret Milford was
born May 15 -1783
Robert Milford was 
born October 25 - 1789
Matthew Milford was born
July 15 - 1792
Jane Dixon Milford was
born August 27 - 1804

William Milford
Decs November 8th 1810
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SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT
[the following data is arranged in five columns]

[first column]
MRS. ADAMS
Enoch Anderson, jun.
Catharine Adair
Thomas Adams, Esq.
ROBERT BARR
Rev. John Burton
Jacob Burton
Clotworthy Billingham
Rev. Joel Bradley
Isaac Baldwin
Wm. Brackinridge
Daniel Brewer
Jane Boyd
James Blaine, jun.
James Brown
Rev. Benjamin Boone
REV. THOS. CLELAND
Thomas Carson
Rev. Thomas Cathcart
Latitia Clark
Rev. Joseph Copes
David Copeland
Mr. James Clayton
Samuel Connover
Joseph Combs
Ralph Crabb
Hugh Cunningham
Walter Clark
Rev. John Croes
Thomas Carson
MITCHEL DERICKSON
Robert Dobson
Rev. Robert P. Dobbins
Rev. Hugh Dickson
Rev. Daniel Dana
Garrard Darland
John Demance

[second column]
Samuel Demance
Thomas Danforth
JAMES EWING
John Everly
WM. P. FARRAND
Henry Foster
Zechariah Fortune
Margaret Finley
John Forsythe, Esq.
Dr. J. E. B. Finley
Miss I. Fraser
REV. DANIEL GRAY
Joseph Gaston
John Griffith
John Galliway
William Gallagher
Rev. James Galbraith
John Gardner
James Gray
James Giles, Esq.
Branch Green
MRS. F. HARRISON
Rev. Wm. Hollinshead
William Houston
Cornelius Hopkins
Edward Hall
Humphrey Hughes
John Henderson
Benjamin Holland
Robert Harris
Samuel Harman
Moses Hanes
William Harris
George Hammill
George Harlin

[third column]
Mrs. Haskins
Patrick Hayes
Patrick Hayes, jun.
William Howic
GEORGE IRVINE
John Janvier
William Janvier
REV. I. S. KEITH
Samuel Kelso
Thomas Kelso
John Kelso
Thomas Kilpatrick
REV. JOHN LINN
Nathan Lewis
Rev. Abm. Luckenback
William Lockwood
MRS. M'LEAN
David Mustard
Thomas Marsh
Benjamin M'Nutt
Samuel Mason
James Miller
John M'Dowell
Hugh M'Bride
George M'Kartar
Jane M'Calmon
Joseph Morrison
John M'Lane
Edward M'Donald
Maj. E. M'Clanahan
Rev. John Matthews
Manning & Loring
Samuel M'Dowell
John M'Ginnes
James M'Gee
Ann Miles
John M'Afee

[fourth column]
Robert Moorehead
Joseph M'Clintock
Samuel M'Cord
Robert M'Call
James Maxwell
Allen Nisbit
Henry Oneal
Robert Orr
John H. Overstreet
PELATIAH PERIT
William Peery
John Parham
Charles Porter, Esq.
LEWIS ROSE
Charles Rose
Rev. James Robinson
Rev. John M. Roberts
Robert Robotham
Robert Rhea
John Robinson
Thomas Robertson
John Robeson
Matthew Ray
John Richey
Samuel Ross
ANN SMITH
John Stephenson
Wm. Snodgrass, Esq.
Rev. David Snodgrass
Valentine Sevier, Esq.
james Shields
Jacob Streets
James Storey
Henry Storey
Col. Joseph Shelton
Rev. James R. Sharon
Dr. David Shute

[fifth column]
Charles Spilman
James Stagg
Margaret Sawyers
Samuel Sharon
Mrs. Smiley
james Sterling, Esq.
Amos Sharpe
Purnell F. Smith
William Simple
ANTHONY TORBERT
Miller Thorogood
Isaac Tunnell
John Tingle
Francis Thomas
George Thomson
Archibald Thompson
ANTHONY S. VICKARS
Asa Vaughn
JOHN WARK
Rev. J. P. Willson
Peter White
Stuart Williamson
William Waples
James Wright
William Wright
Benjamin Wright
Dr. Hugh Whiteford
Rev. James Wallace
William Wallis
William Walker
Andrew Walker
Moses Willson
James Willson
Sarah Willson
James Wallace
Capt. R. West
Ambrose White
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I D.W. Hawthorn a Magistrate in & for said District & State, do hereby certify that the Family Record hereunto attached is the identical one produced & sworn to as true by Mrs. Grizzella Milford before me and I further certify that she is an aged & infirm old lady living ten miles from the Court House of this District and that from her age & bodily infirmity I do not think it would be prudent or proper for her to attend at said Court House for the purpose of making her declaration in open Court; that from my knowledge of her character living in the same community wiht myself I believe she is a lady to whose statements upon oath are due full faith & credit & that I have no interest in making this certificate. Given under my hand this 20th May 1856.
DW Hawthorn Magistrate
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William Milford
S.C.
W. 8277
A pay-roll of Capt. John Irvin's co. showing days' duty done in 1779 and 1780; and a return of part of Capt. John Irvin's co. under Cornll. Andw. Pickens from Feb. 18, 1780, to Apl. 4, on the reverse side of which paper is a return of same Capt's co. under Col. Anderson from May 4, 1781, to Apl. 4, 1782 -
These papers have been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
W.R.
Feb 3 - 1911
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Wm Milford

I do not allow the [illegible] 53 days because do not know but that he includes it in his accounting 121 days for which he rec'd  pay - why not?; [illegible]
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in and for said District, Joseph Milford who being duly sworn to law declare; that he is the identical person who testified last April about his brother William Milford decd. and his widow the present Grizzella Milford; That he has a record of his birth which was made by his father which shows that event to have taken place on 13th October 1784; That although he did not know of his own personal knowledge that his said brother William was living in this District during the Revolutionary War yet he is certain from all the family said, & about his service in the war that such was the fact. This he learned both from said brother & from his parents & all his family and deponent is positive that from his very earliest recollection extending almost to infancy his said brother lived in the District & was the only man of his name in the cause who was old enough to have been capable of bearing arms in said war and that said brother did from his earliest recollection enjoy the undisputed reputation of having so served throughout this community. That this deponent knows also that James Sample Capt. John Calhoun & John & William Moore both Justices of the Peace all belonged to this same neighborhood with his brother, and this deponent now knows of no older person than himself who lived here than himself unless it be the widow of Moore who is  not now in the immediate community. Sworn & subscribed this 28th day of July 1856 and deposed & further saith that he is wholly disinterested in giving this testimony.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
[signature] Jno B. Tarrant Mgst
A.S.
[signature] Joseph Milford
And I the said Magistrate I hereby certify that I am well acquainted wtih the Deponent that he is
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in my opinion as old as he represents himself to be and and is of an excellent memory and a gentleman whose character & credibility are above any reproach; And I certify that I am wholly distinterested in giving this certificate. Given under my hand day & year aforesaid.
[signature] John R. Tarrant [illegible]

South Carolina
Abbeville District
I, Matthew McDonald, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said District, do hereby certify that John R. Tarrant Esqr. before whom the preceding affidavit was made, was at the date thereof a Magistrate for said District duly appointed Commissioned, & that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office, the fourth day of August -
Anno Domini 1856.
Matthew McDonald
c.c. [illegible]
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[illegible] WIDOW, &c

File No. 8277
Grizzella Milford
Wid
William Milford
Privt Rev War
Act: Feby 3d 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 49

[Arrangement of 1970.]
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Columbia So: Ca:
27th oct. 1855.
Hon. J. Minot
Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I send you application & proofs of Mrs. Grizzella Milford widow of William, for the benefit of Act 3d February 1853. You will observe that his order for his Indent is from "Abbeville County" 1786 which will show the identity of the Soldier of that name under whom she claims - the order also being in favor of his brother Henry Milford of the same section (see George Milford's evidence. The case is a very plain one & I hope will soon be adjudicated.
Very respectfully,
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
James A. Black
for Mrs. Milford
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Additional proof
Claim of Mrs. Grizzella
Milford Act 3d Feby
1853 as evidence of
Wm Milford decd.

James A. Black
for Mrs. G. Milford
Columbia
So. Ca.
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State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in and for said District Mrs. Catherine Cunningham who being duly sworn according to law declares that she has a record of the date of her birth by which it is shown that the same occurred on the 25th day of September Seventeen hundred and Eighty one: That she was born in Abbeville District in this State near Ninety  Six Fort & Swansey's Ferry on Saluda River and that she is the eldest living child of William Milford by his first marriage and that her said father lived in said District of Abbeville then called "Abbeville County" during the Revolutionary War and was as she ever understood from himself & her mother and in the militia service in said war under Captains John Calhoun & Armstrong Herd who lived near him & also say that James Sample this deponent's uncle was a comrade of his. That Captain John Irwin also lived near her said father & she has heard him say he had  served in said war under said Irwin. That this deponent's mother whose maiden name was Sample died about 1795 or 1796 and her father said William Milford remained a widower about 6 years and then married Grizzella McKee. That this deponent was married to Andrew Cunningham on 1st July 1802 and about six weeks afterwards to wit in August 1802 her said faither & said Grizzella were married. That her father's brothers were John, Thomas, Henry & his half brother Joseph Milford and that her said father said William Milford was the only man of his name in said "Abbeville County" known to this deponent as old enough & capable of having borne arms in said war and she is certain from what he himself said her mother & the reputation he enjoyed that her said father had served as she has above stated and deponent has on her head a wound which her mother told her was given her when the tories robbed her father's house in said war while he was out in service. This deponent swears she is in no way interested in the claim of her
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said father's widow said Grizzella Milford & is wholly disinterested in giving this testimony. Sworn to and subscribed this Sixteenth day of August 1856
Before me 
A. Todd Magistrate

Catherine Cunningham
her mark X

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent and that she is of sound mind & memory & in my opinion as old as she represents herself; That the old family record to which she has sworn as showing the date of her birth is before me & the date thereof is correctly given in the foregoing affidavit & that said deponent is of good character & respectibility and one to whose statements are due full faith & credit and that I am wholly disinterested in taking this testimony & in giving this certificate. Given under my hand day & year aforesaid.
A. Todd Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in & for said District Elizabeth Emerson aged Eighty six years who being duly sworn says she was brought up from childhood in the neighborhood of old Ninety Six Fort & Swansy's Ferry in Abbeville District in this State & was some six years old when the Revolutionary War commenced & was pretty generally acquainted before its close with the whig families of that section her father Alexander McAlister & his brother being whigs. That she well knew William Milford & his brothers John, Henry & Thomas & she also knew Captains Armstrong Herd & John Calhoun all of whom together with John & William Moore Justices of the Peace lived in the same
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section. That she knows that William Milford lived in Abbeville District during the said war & war was regarded & known then as a whig soldier; That his first wife the mother of the foregoing deponent Catherine Cunningham died a few years after the said war & the said William Milford as deponent learned & believes married Grizella McKee with whom he lived & enjoyed the reputation of having been lawfully married to her till his death some forthy odd years ago, leaving teh said Grizella his widow. That depondent has a record showing the date of her birth as 15th August 1770 & that she is disinterested wholly in giving this testimony sworn & subscribed this twentieth August 1856
Before me
James Emerson
Magt
Elizabeth Emerson
her mark X

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I have examined the Record of deponent's birth above sworn to & that the date thereof is correctly given above; That deponent is of sound mind & memory & fully entitled to credit in the above & that I have no interest in giving this certificate 
Given under my hand day & year aforesaid
James Emerson
Magt

State of South Carolina
Anderson District 
I Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court for the District and State aforesaid. I do hereby certify that Andrew Todd Esquire and James Emerson Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made as [illegible] by their names in their hand writing attesting the same was at the date thereof Magistrates for Anderson District duly appointed Qualified and that their signatures are genuine
Given under my hand and
Seal of clerk office this 20th 
day August 1856
Elijah Webb
c.c. A.D.
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Grizzella Milford
additional 
proof
Act 3d
Feby 1833
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District 
Personally appeared before
me an acting Magistrate in & for said District,
Joseph Milford who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is now nearly seventy two years of age and was born & brought up in this District near old Ninety six: That William, John, Henry & Thomas Milford were his elder half brothers & were Citizens of same neighborhood in said District at this deponent's earlier recollection and were all from there reported & believed & known to have served in the war of the Revolution: That his said brother William was the only Milford of that name in Abbeville County as it was then called who was old enough to have borne arms in said war and that deponent even learned from his said brothers that said William
had served in the same: That this deponent knew personally Captain Armstrong Herd & Capt John Calhoun who were known as officers in said war who lived in same section with his said brothers: That deponent has often heard of the said Justice of the Peace who lived near Ninety six in said County: That about fifty four years ago this deponent was not at the wedding of his said brother William Milford & Grizzela Mc Kee, was at his infair and has no doubt of their lawful marriage & that they lived together till his death some forty six years ago as husband wife & were ever so reputed & believed in the community in which they lived. That this deponent is & has been wholly
disinterested in giving this evidence. Sworn to &
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subscribed this Twenty third day of April 1856
Before me
Jno R Tarrant Mgst
Adj
Joseph Milford

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with above deponent who
is an old citizen of this District & I believe is of the
age he says he is & that he is one of sound mind
& memory & to whose statements as above are
due full faith & credit & that I am disinterested
in giving this certificate. Given under my hand the
day & year aforesaid.
Jno R Tarrant Mgst
Adj

State of South Carolina
District of Abbeville
Personally appeared before me a magistrate
in and for said District Mrs Grizella Milford who upon oath
states that she is the applicant for a pension as the widow of William
Milford & that her original family record showing the date of her
marriage with the said William has been long since lost but that the entry
as to her marriage in a Record of a more recent date which is hereunto attached
is true: That from her age being now nearly Eighty Eight years & bodily infirmity & achiness
she is unable to go ten miles to Abbeville Court House to sign before a
Judge of Court her declaration without too greatly & improperly endangering
her life & she would earnestly request the Commissioner of Pensions
to receive her declaration made August 1855 as sufficient. Sworn to
and subscribed this 20th day of May
1856
Grizell Milford
her X mark

Before me the family record hereunto having been shown
in my presence
D W Hawthorn Mag AD
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South Carolina
Abbeville District
I, Matthew Donald Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas & for said District, do hereby
certify that Jno. R. Tarrant who signed
the preceding certificate officially and also D.W. Hawthorn
before whom the presiding and annexed affidavits were made,
were, both of them, at the date thereof, Magistrates for said
District, duly appointed & commissioned, and that the signatures
thereto, purporting to be theirs, are in their own handwriting and are genuine -
Given under my hand and seal the twenty
sixth day of May Anno Domini 1856
Matthew McDonald
CCCofCP
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George Milford's testimony.
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Magistrate in & for said District, George Milford who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is now nearly seventy two years of age and has resided in this & an adjoining District ever since his infancy. That as early as he can recollect he knew his uncles Thomas & William Milford the former of whom together with John Milford deponent's father drew a pension; but that said William Milford who had the undisputed reputation of having served in the war of the Revolution died about forty five years ago in this District leaving his wife Grizzella Milford a widow and as such she has remained to this day; That said William Milford at deponent's earliest recollection lived near Swansy's Ferry in this District & in the same community with Captains Armstrong Herd & John Calhoun & John Irwin all old Revolutionary officers and this deponent has heard his said uncle speak of his having served under the first two named officers with whom this Deponent was also acquainted. That his said uncle William Milford's widow the present Grizella Milford was married to him just about fifty three years ago, altho deponent was not at the marriage he was at the infair next day & from that time & ever since they were undisputedly regarded as & believed to be husband and wife in the Community in which they lived; This deponent further swears that he is disinterested in giving
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this testimony. Sworn to & subscribed this thirteenth day of August 1855
Before me
[signature] E. Tribble
Magistrate
[signature] George Milford

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent who is a gentleman of good character of sound mind & memory & in my opinion of the age he represents himself to be & that he is one to whose statemetns are due full faith & credit
Given under my hand the day & year above written.
[signature] E. Tribble
Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I, Matthew McDonald, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said District of Abbeville do hereby certify that Ezekiel Tribble Eq. before whom the preceding affidavit was made, was at the date thereof a Magistrate for said Dist. duly appointed, sworn & commissioned & had signed the Rolls of Magistrates kept by Law in my Office & his signature is in his own hand writing.
Given under my hand & seal of Office
the third Septr. 1855.
[signature] Matthew McDonald
c.c. [illegible]
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State of Mississippi
Neshoba County
Before me Robert G. Rives an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & State this day personally appeared John McKee who being by me duly sworn upon his oath says that he was present at the house of his father in Abbeville District State of South Carolina at the time of the marriage of Grizzella McKee to William Milford & that witnessed said marriage which took place some time near the year of our Lord 1800
Sworn to & subscribed before me this April 24th 1856
[signature] Robt G. Rives
[signature John McKee

State of Mississippi
Neshoba County
I Robert M Rofs Clerk of the Probate Court of said County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robt. G. Rives whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected qualified & Commissioned That all of his official acts are Entitlted to full faith and credit as such
Given under my hand and seal of office at Philadelphia this the 24th day of April A.D. 1856
[signature] RM Rofs clerk
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No. 6518

Grizzella Milford
widow of Wm.

[illegible] James A. Black
November 12/55
Same June 25, 1856
Same Nov. 1, 1856.

Act of Feb. 3. 1853
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Triplett
Grizzella Milford
[illegible]
[Postmark]

Hon. J. Minot
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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61.305

Nov. [illegible]
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Columbia S.C.
Oct. 6th. 1856.

Hon. J. Minot
Commr. Pensions

Dear Sir,
In reply to your requisition of 25th June last in the claim of Mrs. Grizella Milford widow of Wm. Act 3d. Februrary 1853, I enclose full proofs that her [underlined] husband lived in "Abbeville County" during the Revolutionary war" [underlined] and also by Captain Irvin's pay Bill herewith 53 days additional [underlined] service as a footman.
As his widow is very old & poor please allow her stipend to which she has so fully shown herself entitled as early as convenient to oblige.
Very respectfully
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
[signature] James A. Black
for Mrs. G. Milford.
P.S. Observe by Comptroller's Certificate his service ended in 1783 [underlined] & his daughter being born in 1781 [underlined] in "Abbeville County" [underlined] from which his order was given in July 1786 [underlined], removes fully all your objections. B.
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Brief in the case of Grizella Milford widow of William under the Act of Feby 3 1853 -

Record evidence of her husband's service with he is identified by the testimony of Contemporaries who knew of his universal reputation as a soldier, and by the fact that no other man of his name lived in the District where the service was rendered -
Family, Record of Marriage,
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage her identity as the Soldier's widow, his death in 1810 and her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses.

[signature] Thornton Triplett
Examiner

[illegible]
JA Black Esq
Columbia So Ca
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Columbia So. Ca.
17th June 1856.

Hon: J. Minot
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Dear Sir,
In the Claim of Mrs. Grizzella Milford widow of William Act 3d Feb 1853, I now send the proof required by your last report. Observe that she swears she is unable to go to Court & the fact is also certified by the Magst. - I hope this case will soon be taken up as the Claimant is old & poor.
Very respectfully
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
James A. Black
for Grizzella Milford
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Grizzella Milford
Widow of William
So Carolina

Act of 3 Feby 1853

Amer pension a $13.331/3
Ga [ditto mark] case 37.50
$50.83

A year from the next pay
Of the Act

Cert to 
Jas. A. Black Esq
Columbia
S.Ca.
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.Ca. 25th Oct. 1855.

No. 568
Lib. W.

Issued the 25 August 1783 to Wm. Milford for Forty seven pound four & three pence for Duty 270 days on horse in foot 121 days per Ap from the Commissioners. Principal £47.4.3 1/2
Annual Interest £3.6.1 no. 37

W 568 no 37 25 August 83. Mr. William Milford his accot of Duty in the militia & for a horse lose in militia service for 1779 to 1783amt to vizt

on horse 270 days £270
on Foot 121 days 60.10
a Horse lost 88.4.7
Cuny £418.4.7
Stg £ 59.16.4 1/2
deduct for the horse 12.12.1
£47.4.3 1/2 

State So. Carolina 
Dr. to Wm. Milford for Duty in the militia p Capt Calhoun & Capt Freeman's Ray Bills Comp in 1780 & endg in 1783 [illegible] as a private on 
horse 270 Days @ 20s | £270
on foot 68 | 53 | 121 Days @ 10s | 60.10s
330.10s
a horse not certified in 1779 88.4.7
Cuny £418.4.7
Stg £ 59.16.4 1/2

State of South Carolina to William Milford Dr. to one Iron gray hors impressed by Capt Armstrong Herd and lost at the Stono expedition the 15th day of July 1779 Personally appeared before me John Calhoun and James Sample and made oath that the knew the above hors and that the do value & appraise him to £12.8.6 so currency/signed/John Calhoun, James Sample. Personally appeared William Milford who made oath that they above Horse was impressed by Capt. Armstrong Herd and that the said hors his property and that he never received no satisfaction for the same Sworn to before me this 16th day of July 1783
John  Moore J.P.
State So. Carolina
Abbeville County
signed William Milford
To Peter Bosquet & James Mitchell Esqrs. Please to deliver to the bearer
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hereof Henry Milford the Indent due to me from the public for militia duty done under Capts Armstrong Heard & Jno Calhoun with special Indents for the Interest & oblige William Milford his X mark W 568. I do hereby certify that I did, see William Milford assign his name to the above order this 26th July 1786
(signed/ William Moore J.P.
Received the 25 August 1785 full satisfaction for the above account in Indent no 568 W by an Order signed Henry Milford.
Test J. Clark
I do hereby certify the above to be a true copy taken from teh Records of this Office.
For Comptroller Genl.
[signature] Thos P.  Walker
D.C.G.
(No Seal of Office)