Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2837, for Jeremiah Miller, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE    Penn.         
Miller, Jeremiah      
Mary
NUMBER    W.2837
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5139.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Mary Miller
widow of Jeremiah Miller
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Penn Flying Camp Serv.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
20. Dollars---Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 
20. day of March 1844
and sent to John McGinnis
Carlisle, Penn.
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 136
Repd.
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V. 4168
_______
Mary Miller
of Jeremiah
Pennsylv.
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State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County } SS
I Thomas Craighead, Jr. Recorder in and for said County. do Certify that William Irvin Esquire before whom the annexed depositions were made was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County "duly commissioned and sworn; and that said Commission and oath are duly entered of Record according to law," and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is due- In testimony whereof I have hereto put my signature and affixed the seal of said office at Carlisle the 20th day of December A. D. 1838
Thos. Craighead, Jr. Recorder
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Cumberland County
State of Pennsylvania SS
On this twentieth day of December A. D. 1838 personally appeared before me William Irvine Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County of Cumberland Mary Miller widow a resident of the Borough of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland and the State of Pennsylvania Aged Seventy seven years who Being duly Sworn According to Law on her oath maketh the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the Joint Resolution of July 7th 1838. That she is the widow of Jeremiah Miller Decd. who was a Private in the Militia and was taken Prisoner at Long Island and put into a Prison ship or Sugar house by the British And also served one year in the flying Camp She further Declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Miller In the year seventeen hundred and eighty one the time not Just now recollected And that her Said Husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Died on the twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1817 and that She has remained a widow ever Since that period as will more fully appear By Reference to the Proof hereto Annexed. The Petition further states that she never applied untill Last year when then she applied She got an Annual pension of forty Dollars granted to her by the Legislature of Pennsylvania from which [unreadable] she has received Sixty Dollars. And that it was after the Return of Jeremiah Miller from the army that they were married.
Mary Miller  her mark
Sworn & subscribed by 
her mark Before me.
William Irvine
(seal) I do Certify that the above Applicant of Mary Miller is not able to appear in Court by Reason of Bodily Infirmity witness my hand and seal at Carlisle in the county of Cumberland Dec. 20th 1838
William Irvine
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Cumberland County SS
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally comes James Bell & Peter Wibley Residents in the Borough of Carlisle who upon their Solemn oath according to Law Death Say that they were well acquainted with Jeremiah Miller Decd. As also with Mary Miller his widow the within Petitioner for upwards of twenty years. That they kept a Respectable tavern in the Borough of Carlisle And was always understood to be a Married couple and lived as man and wife and Raised a Large and Respectable family of Children. 
James Bell
Peter Wibley
Sworn & subscribed 
before me Dec. 21st 1838
William Irvine
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State of Pennsylvania         
Borough of Carlisle - Cumberland County SS         
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said Borough of Carlisle at my office Alexander Brown a citizen of the said Borough who after being duly sworn according to law by me doth say that he is now in the seventy seventh year of his age- that he was acquainted with a certain Jeremiah Miller late of the said Borough deceased- that he well recollects seeing the said Jeremiah Miller during the war of the Revolution march as a private in the militia from Carlisle as aforesaid to join the Flying Camp attached to the revolutionary army Deponent does not recollect the commander of said company but doth say that he recollects many of the names who marched in the said company with the said Jeremiah Miller to wit - Moses Thompson a sergeant - James Young a sergeant - Richard Lee a private- William Mitchel a private - Said Deponent doth further state that he saw the said Jeremiah Miller after he returned from the army and that he knew him for many years afterwards to beat the drum for the militia in Carlisle as aforesaid Said deponent doth further state that the said Jeremiah Miller after the war married and kept a public house in Carlisle and raised a large and respectable family                 
Alexander Brown                   
Sworn & subscribed before me this 7th day of August 1838         
William Irvine
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Cumberland County SS                
Personally came before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Cumberland County Isaac Anesney who upon his solemn affirmation saith that he has known the within named Alexander Brown for several years and has no hesitation in believing him upon his oath           
Isaac Anesney                
Affirmed & subscribed Before me Dec 21th 1838              
William Irvine                 
Cumberland County SS Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came John Smith Esqr. who was a first lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution who upon his Solemn oath according to Law Doth say that he knew Jeremiah Miller the husband of the petitioner Mary Miller in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six when he was in the Service of Pennsylvania Line as a Drummer Recruiting for the flying Camp and that he always Understood that he had been taken Prisoner at the Battle of Long Island And on his return he saw him frequently Beating of the Drum he thinks for at least one year and that he served that time kept a respectable tavern in Carlisle until the time of his Death and has Raised a Respectable family         
John Smith             
Sworn & subscribed Before me Dec. 21th 1838         
William Irvine
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Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania               
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally Came James Gregg of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath according to Law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Miller late of of the Borough of Carlisle Dec’d During the time of the Revolutionary war. that During the said war that said Jeremiah Miller Served a Tour of Service in the Militia and on his return that he joined the flying Camp for one year and served the full term                
James Gregg
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Decr 17th 1833 William Irvine 
Cumberland County Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Wm Gould of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath doth say that he has been acquainted with James Gregg the above witness upwards of twenty years and says that his a Man that is worthy of Credit on his oath and that he would believe him without the Least Hessitation               
Wm. Gould
Sworn Subscribed Before me Dec’r 21st 1838     
William Irvine
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In reply to your request of  - , received -  for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Miller a soldier in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau.     
N. File 2837 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 1 year  RANK. Pri.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Colonel Mcgaw in the Flying Camp was captured at Fort Washington & confined in prison ship Jersey or the old Sugar House.  STATE  Pa. Mil. [Militia]
Battles engaged in, Capture Ft. Washington              
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. Carlisle                  
Date of application for pension, Dec 17 1838. Her claim was allowed.                 
Residence at date of application, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa. with dau. Susan Miller   
Age at date of application, she was 77 yrs.                
Remarks: Sol. mar.  [soldier married] 1780 Mary - he died July 24, 1817, at 58 yrs.      
Children: Elizabeth b. Feby. 26, 1781. Chatarina b. Aug. 1, 1783. Maria b. Sept. 17, 1785. Sofia b. Sept. 2, 1788. Susana b. Jan. 11, 1791 and Jeremiah b. Aug. 20, 1794.
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Wid. says - "he was in the militia, captured at Ft. Wash. confined in prison ship or Sugar H & also served in Flying Camp under Col. McGaw 1 year. 
Note: Flying camp served part of 1776 - Ft. Wash. was surrendered by McGaw Nov. 16, 1776. hence arrangement of service
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let 8 June 1840 
W. S. Ramsey 
2965 Rep’d. 
Pennsylvania 
Mary Miller. widow of Jeremiah Miller, Decd.: who was a pensioner under the Act of - and who died on the - of July, 1817 - of Cumberland Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who as a private in the - commanded by Captain – of the Regt.- Commanded by Col. McGaw- in the Pa Flying Camp - line for 6 months- 
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 20 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.         
Certificate of Pension issued he 25th day of May 1839 and sent to J. McGinnis, Treasury Dept: Present -   
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839. $60.00              
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1839  : 10.00                    
$70.00           
{Act July 7, 1838.}            
Recorded by Wm Steuart- Clerk 
Book: A- Vol. 2 Page 158-
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Carlisle, Pa.
Nov. 28, 1910.

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly give me an official statement of the military history of Jeremiah Miller a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
{I. S. C.
Widow's File 2837}
Thanking you in advance, 
I am, very truly,
Emma L. Haunan
31 E. Pomfret St.
Carlisle
Penna.
Will you also tell me whether the name of Valentine Konmaun or (Cornmaun) appears on the Pension List of Rev. War?
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

To the care of John McGinnis Jr.

Next Week
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Carlisle 22nd. December 1838

Sir
Enclosed I send you the petition of Mrs. Miller of the Borough of Carlisle and accompanying the deposition for supporting her claim You will find also enclosed papers that she applied last winter to the Legislature of our state for a Pension which was granted and has drawn sixty dollars, those in envelopes in yellow paper which has been obtained by a motion in the Senate to be withdrawn for to facilitate you in your enquiring as to the justice of her claim.

Your Respectfully
Jno McGinnis

To

PS. This will be handed to you by my son who is clerk in the Treasury Department, and he will attend to any communication you may wish upon the subject.

JMcG
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4168  - 
To the care of Jno. McGinnis Jr.          
4 July '36              
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions by his [unreadable]   
Sent to Jno McGinnis 
26 Dec. 1838
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D. C.
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Washington 23 May 1839

Sir-
Return the deposition of R D Guthrie & Robt. Barclay in the case of the claim of the widow of Jeremiah Miller &c. received with your letter of the 21 inst with the required certificate as to Credibility subjoined-
I am Respectfully
your obt. serv.
J. McGinnis
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342 Pension    
The Petition of Mrs Mary Miller to the Legislature for a Pension    
Feby 1838            
Feb 7. 1838  
Clms    
Exd. Sen. Feby. 17   
Gratuity & Annuity 
Strohman
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To the Hon’ble the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania    
The petition of the undersigned Mary Miller Widow Jeremiah Miller dec’d of the Borough of Carlisle 
The Husband of your Petitioner left Carlisle as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution under the command of Col Magaw and was taken Prisoner by the enemy at the Capture of Fort Washington and was incarcerated with many others of that Patriotic Band on board of that dreadful engine of Death the Jersey Prison ship    
The Documents accompanying this petition will fully substantiate the faithfull services of the Petitioner Husband, in the cause of his country 
Neither your Petitioner nor her Husband have ever applied to Congress for any compensation or to the State till the present application for any
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donation or Pension     
At the death of the Petitioners Husband she has been left entirely dependant the support of herself and Daughter upon the precarious means of Industry  
your Petitioner is now old being nearly 70 years of Age, and now being to frail to earn by industry the Means of Support, but finds upon the herself entirely dependant on the industry of a family Daughter for her support and Maintenance 
She therefore prays that your Hon’ble bodies will take her case and situation into consideration and extend to her that assistance and relief which your wisdom may think proper 
and is in duty bound will ever pray    
Mary Miller her mark
witness present 
Wm. Irvine
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Cumberland County 4  
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Mary Miller widow the foregoing petitioner who upon her solemn oath according to Law Doth Say that all the facts set forth at the foregoing petition is Just and True and also that she was Moved to the said Jeremiah Miller Dec’d upwards of fifty years ago and that she is now seventy seven years of age    
Mary Miller her mark
Sworn & Subscribed        
Before me Febr 22nd 1838 
William Irvine
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Mary Miller    
Pennsylvania       
Suspended      
See let. 7 Jany 1839 J. McGinnis Jr, 
J. McGinnis Jr. 12th March 1839           
4656
Act 4 July 1836
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Mary Miller
Pennsylvania
Suspended
See Let. 21 May 1839 J. McGinnis Jr.
Act 7 July 1838
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Document in support of claim of
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Cumberland County Ss   
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came Colonel John McGinnis of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath according to Law doth say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Miller late of the Borough of Carlisle Dec’d And that it was always understood and that he was esteemed as a person who had served as a Militia man in the Revolutionary war and was taken prisoner at the taking of Fort Washington  under Col McGaw and went into the the Sugar House or Prison Ship. The circumstances of Deponents knowledge of the Services of Mr Miller is derived from the Deponent having lived Eight years with a certain Moses Thompson who at this time also Resided in Carlisle who was first Sargent of the company in which Mr Miller Marched. And the Deponent frequently heard Mr Moses Thompson And the said Jeremiah Miller Conversing about the Campaign And the sufferings that they endured whilst prisoners. Deponent further States that to his impression then was Lieutenant Darlington Belonged to the Company but cannot Recollect the Captains name said Jeremiah Miller Resided in Carlisle to the time of his death with wife & his family where she now resides and that they have raised a Respectable family            
John McGinnis
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Feb. 5th 1838        
William Irvine
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Cumberland County Ss
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Cumberland County personally came Robert Barckley of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath according to Law doth say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Miller late of the Borough of Carlisle Deceased Both Before and after the time that he marched as a Militia man in the service of the State of Pennsylvania in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven During the Campaign he was taken prisoner at the taking of Fort Washington and it was always understood that he was a prisoner in the Sugar House Prison there in the State of New York 
Robert Barckley                 
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Feb. 8th 1838           
William Irvine
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Cumberland County SS 
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Robert D. Guthrie Esquire who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Miller late of the Borough of Carlisle dec’d and deponant further states that it was always understood that the said Jeremiah Miller served as a Militia man in the Revolutionary War and that after his tour of service had expired he attached himself to the flying camp during which time the said Jeremiah Miller (in company with Lieutenant Robert Darlington who was deponants Uncle) was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and confined in a sugar house. Deponant derived a good portion of his knowledge the from the conversation of his uncle Robert Darlington many years after the Revolution called at Deponants house in Carlisle and Enquired for Jeremiah Miller, who went with said Darlington to said Millers house and introduced the parties. When the said Darlington & Miller entered into a detailed conversation on the subject of their having served together during the Revolutionary War speaking of their having been taken prisoners together being first confined in an old stable which was so much crowded with prisoners that they the said Miller and Darlington with others were removed and confined in a Shugar house, stating at the same time that their treatment was such which rendered their sufferings almost intolerable deponant  further states that Jeremiah Miller at his decease left a widow who still resides in the Borough of Carlisle and is in indigent circumstances, and unable to help herself in consequence of old age and infirmity     
Rob’t D. Guthrie
Sworn & Subscribed before me Feb 5th 1838            
William Irvine
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I hereby certify that I have known Robt D. Guthrie Esq
of Carlisle Penn’a the subscriber to the foregoing deposition
that he is respectable man and credible witness
I was not personally acquainted with Rob’t Barclay
the other deponant but have heard of him as a
revolutionary soldier for many years and have
heard from persons who knew him personally that
he was man of high integrity
May 23d 1839 -
J. Miller
---
I certify that I have known Robert D. Guthrie & Robert
Barckley for many years & have no hesitation in saying that
they are men of integrity & truth
May 23d 1839
A. Mahon
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State of Pennsylvania            
Cumberland County, ss:               
On this fifth day of March AD. One thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Miller a resident of the Borough of Carlisle in the County and State aforesaid, aged about 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 on the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.     That she is the widow of Jeremiah Miller deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and died on the day of July 1817 and that the annual amount of Pension which she received under the act of 7th July 1838 was Twenty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow 
Mary Miller her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year year above written - Before            
William Irvine 
Justice  of the peace     
I do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the above named Mary Miller and who is personally known by me to be the identical person who did receive a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 and still continues the widow of Jeremiah Miller deceased -  
William Irvine         
Justice of the peace
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State of Pennsylvania         
Cumberland County Ss:   
I Thomas H. Criswell Esq Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, State of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that William Irvine Esq. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.         
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, this Fifth day of March AD. One thousand eight hundred and forty four            
Tho’s H Criswell Prothonotary
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John Rec’d [seal]
4656             
Mary Miller of Jeremiah Pennsylvania    
Admitted    
Pr 6 mo $ 20         
Lt. Darlington, Col McGaw          
Act 7 July 1838       
J. McGinnis Jr. 
Trreas Office
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         
Cumberland County Ss                 
Before me the Subscriber a Judge of the Courts of Common pleas Composed of the Counties of Cumberland Perry & Juniata in the said State of Pennsylvania Mary Miller widow of Jeremiah Miller late of the Borough of Enlist Dec’d who being duly sworn according to Law doth say upon her solemn oath that she is now seventy six or seventy eight years of Age And that she makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision mad by the act of Congress passed July the Seven Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight Entitled an Act granting half pay and pentions to certain widows    
And that she is the widow of Jeremiah Miller Dec’d who served in the Army of the Revolution as a Militia man and that his service was rendered as such between the year seventy six & Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine And was taken prisoner during his service And was confined in a prison ship or Shugar House and suffered severely and she further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Miller Dec’d in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty A.D. and that she had formerly thought that it was in seventeen Hundred and Eighty one. But upon having the Record of the Birth of her older child that she is convinced that it was in seventeen Hundred and Eighty And that her Husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Miller Died in July Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service and that their Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four and further saith that she knows of no Record of their Marriage But herewith Inclose for the Record of the time of the Births of my several children taken out of the family Bible as Entered when each child was Born in German    
Mary Miller her mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 2nd day of Feb. A.D. 1839  
John Reed
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I the within named J Reed President Judge of the County of Common Pleas being a court of record do certify that the within named Mary Miller is unable
from bodily infirmity to appear in Court and that I attended and took her deposition as stated on the opposite side of the leaf of paper at the time & place stated                
Witness my hand & seal this
[unreadable] 2d day of February A.D. 1837
John Reed  [seal]
Act 7 July 1838
4656   
Mary Miller 
of Jeremiah
Pennsylvania
Admitted   
Pr 6 mo. $20
Lt. Darlington, Colonel McGaw
Act 7 July 1838
J. McGinnis Jr. 
Treasury Office
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania           
Cumberland County ss                 
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came Susan Miller Daughter of Jeremiah Miller Dec’d And Mary Miller the present applicant for a pention under the have of Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight who upon her Solemn oath according to Law doth say that her Father Jeremiah Died in July Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen and that the Record herewith forwarded to Washington City entered in German is the Record of the Birth of all the several children of said Jeremiah Miller & said Mary Miller and that her said Mother has Resided with her this Deponent ever since the death of her Father and has remained a widow and is very Infirm and unable to appear in a Court of Record and also that the above mentioned Record in German is now taken out of the family Bible                
Susan Miller
Sworn & Subscribed before me Jany 31st 1839            
William Irvine   
I John Reed president Judge of the Court of Common pleas do further certify that the above named Susan Miller appeared before me & being duly sworn saith that was fairly known in the 
[unreadable] under before Justice from an [unreadable] to the best of her knowledge & belief 
Witness my  hand &  seal 2d day of Feby A.D. 1839             
John Reed [seal]
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         
Cumberland County ss               
Personally appeared before me Wm Irvine Esq Justice of the peace in and for said County James Lamberton and being sworn according to law deposeth and Saith that he was acquainted with Jeremiah Miller dec’d between forty and fifty years since   part of that time Mr. Miller kept a Tavern in the Borough of Carlisle and the present Mary Miller lived with him and the Accepted Opinion was had believed that they were man and wife and well known to the Citizens of the Borough of Carlisle that they raised a family of children         
And it is further believed and not denied that Jeremiah Miller dec’d was in the [unreadable] Army in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain                
James Lamberton
Sworn & Subscribed 29th January 1839 Before me                 
William Irvine   
State of Pennsylvania           
Cumberland County SS                
I Thomas Craighead Jn Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sesions of the Peace as certify that the Honorable John Reed before whom the within depositions were made was at the time and now is President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Court of Quarter Sesions of the Peace in and for said County and that his name thereto subscribed is in his hand writing and also that William Irvine Esquire before whom annexed depositions were made was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commission and qualified according to law and that his signature thereto made is in his own proper hand writing     
In testimony whereof I have hereto put my signature and affixed the seal of said Court the 2 day of February A.D. 1839
Thos Craighead  Clk.  Q.S.
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania           
Cumberland County SS.  
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the from and for said County personally came Crawford Foster Son of Thomas Foster late of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath according to Law Doth say that for many years prior to his Death he as an old Resident of said Borough kept a Record of the Death of old Residents of the said Borough and the vicinity Among others the name of Jeremiah Miller Decased is on said Record by which it appear that he died on the Thirteenth day of July Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen Aged Fifty eight years 
Crawford Foster
Sworn & Subscribed Before me  me for 31st 1839 
Wm Irvine
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
Cumberland County ss                 
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally came Joseph Egolff of the Borough of Carlisle who upon his solemn oath according to Law doth say that he knew Jeremiah Miller Dec’d and his wife Mary Miller of the Borough of Carlisle for Fifty years or upwards. And that they raised a Respectable family and that the said Mary Miller has remained a widow since the time of his death     
Joseph Egolff
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Jany 29th 1839     
Wm. Irvine
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CARLISLE PENa
MAR 14 
5517 March 14, 1844
Pa
Mary Miller
3 March 1843
3 Mar 43
$ 20 per ann
John McGinnis
Carlisle Pa.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Carlisle Pa. Mar. 13. 1844.              
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions         
Dear Sir             I enclose the declaration of Mrs Mary Miller (who was placed on the Pension Roll for five years under the Law of Congress of the 7th July 1838) for the purpose of obtaining for her the further allowance granted by the Law of 3 March 1843.     
If the declaration is in proper form, I will thank you to transmit to me the necessary certificate or draft to enable her to draw the amount which will be awarded to her under the Law aforesaid    
I remain    
Very Respy            
Your obt St 
Jno McGinnis
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RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by   A. Moore  D. 3 0/11/10
Soldier   Jeremiah Miller
Additional Service  Rev.
REMARKS   Wid. F. 2,837
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1909 Oct. 22. Hist. to Mrs. Louis G. Beers
1910 Dec. 3. To Mrs. Emma L. Hannan c

Revy  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2837
Mary Miller
Widow
Jeremiah Miller
Pri Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 48.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Address –   Oct 11th 1909
Mo. Louis G. Beers 
900 WEST STATE STREET         
TRENTON N. J.              
Record Division -            
Department of the Interior              
Bureau of Pensions                  
Mr. V. Warner Commissioner         
Dear Sir- Will you kindly see if There is any record of a pension having been granted Mary
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Miller Commonly known as “Betty”  Wife of Jeremiah Miller   of Capt Peter Grubb’s Company in Col Samuel Miles’ Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, and if
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so will you kindly send me a transcript of the application for pension by same – 
and greatly oblige Sarah Tardley Beers
Mrs Louis G. Beers – 
900 West State St.
Trenton N. J