Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2647, for John Miller, Maryland
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|SERVICE     |  [no header]   |  NUMBER |

|  Md.    |  Miller John.     |    M 2647 |
|             | Eleanor            |                  |

|             | or Elenor          |                |


[handwritten:] b. 1762 or 1763
CONTENTS
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[document mostly unintelligible]

[?] Wm. J. Dabney
Oct. 17 1847[?]

Certificate of Pension issued the
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[left page of document:]

Order to pay 23d Sept 1837.

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13614
Kentucky
John Miller
of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commande
by Captain War of the [unintelligible] command
by [unintelligible] in the Maryland 
line for 6 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 20 Dollars [unintelligible] Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May
1833[?] and  sent to H S Emerson Burkvill

Arrears to the 4th of March  40.0
 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  10 [unintelligible]
$50 [unintelligible]

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 7.  Page 19
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24768

John Miller
Cumberland Co
Kentucky

from 1781 private
6 months.
$20.

Cap Ward
Md

H. S. Emerson
 Bushville. Cumberland Co
Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rule, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them: and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

Statement showing the Service of John Miller, Cumberland Co Kentucky.

[column headings:]
| Period when the service was rendered.|
| Duration of the Claimant's service. |
| Years.  | Months. | Days.|
| Rank of the claimant.  |
| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. |
| Age at present, and place of above when he entered the service.|
| Proof by which the declaration is supported.|

| 1781 | " | 6 | " | Priv | Cap. Ward | 71 years Montgomery Co Maryd. | Traditionary |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of }ss. On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension." {It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Joseph Rowen
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Family Record
Mariages

B
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.                             DEATHS.
John Miller was Born
July the 16th A.D. 1763
Elenor Miller was Born
March the 16th A.D. 1779
Jacob Miller was Born
October 17, A.D. 1798 - Deceased in the 5th year of his age
Martin Miller was Born
November the 4th AD 1800
Nancy Miller was Born
September the 5th AD 1803
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279
Elenor Miller
Wid of John
Ky
Act 29 July 1848

Married before 1800
Husband died 18??

Admt $20.00 pen
Pd 4 March 1848

W J Dabney
Albany Ky
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State of Kentucky
Clinton County

On this the 4th day of December 1848 personally appeared in open court Elenor Miller of the county of Clinton and state of Kentucky and after being duly sworn for that purpose on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848 granting pensions to certain widows. Declarant states that she was born in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-nine on the sixteenth day of March in Surry county state of North Carolina. That she married John Miller on the seventh day of September in the seventeenth year of her age to the best of her recollections, that she was married at her father's house whose name was John Garner in Surry County North Carolina. Declarant states that she was married by Lazaras Whitehead a Baptist preacher that her father lived at the time of her marriage about seven miles from the Shallow Ford of Yadkin River that she and her deceased husband John Miller lived together in Surry County from the time of their marriage until the year 1810 that they then moved to Cumberland County State of Kentucky to the place where she now lives which is now included in the County of Clinton Kentucky, that she and her deceased husband John Miller lived together as husband and wife from the day of their marriage until his death which took place
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an the on the 14th day of September 1845 in the county of Clinton State of Kentucky at the place where declarant now lives and when he had lived ever since he moved to Kentucky. Declarant further states that she has no record of her marriage. Declarant states that her oldest child was born after their marriage on the 17th day of October 1798. Declarant states that she & her deceased husband had four children that Jacob was the oldest, & Martin next and Nancy, Pearcy next and the other was not named and died an infant declarant cannot be positive as to the year of her marriage from her recollection but is positive that she was married the day above stated and the October following one year her oldest child was born, declarant further states that she has the record of her and her deceased husband's age and of the ages of Jacob Miller, Martin Miller, and Nancy Miller who is not the widow of William Pearcy dec'd. Declarant states that the record which she has of her age and of the ages of her dec'd husband and of his children which is marked B. she makes part of her declaration was transcribed from an old Dutch bible by her son Martin Miller many years past that she cannot state the year it was transcribed. Declarant states that she cannot state anything positive as to the service of her deceased husband in the Revolutionary war that she has often heard him
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talk of his *** and difficulties but cannot now give a particular account of his service. Declarant makes her dec'd husbands declaration for a pension and the proof in the case which is on file in the war office a part of her declaration. She further states that her dec'd husband was a pensioner at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.

Elenor Miller
Her X Mark

Kentucky Clinton County Court
I Rice Maxey Clerk of the Clinton County Court certify that at the December term of said court 1848 the foregoing declaration of Elenor Miller was produced in open court and sworn to by the said Elinor Miller.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal done at the clerks office in Albany December 5th 1848.

Rice Maxey - Clerk
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State of Kentucky Cumberland County

On this 11th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Cumberland County Court now sitting John Miller a resident of the county of Cumberland and State of Kentucky aged 71 years the 15th day of July 1833 as appears from the record of his age now in his possession taken from the register in his father's family bible who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - 
That in the year 1781 he entered the service of the limited states as a drafted Militia man under Capt. Joseph Ward at Frederick Town Maryland. Marched according to the best of his recollection in a direction towards Lancaster, Pennsylvania and there met the prisoners taken at the surrender of Cornwallis and then returned with the prisoners to Frederick Town and there stationed to guard the prisoners and remained at that place until
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he was discharged after having served according to the best of his recollection a tour of Six months he received his discharge from his Captain Jos. Ward at Frederick Town in said year 1781 -- which he has since lost.
He was born in [blank] County Pensylvania in the year 1762  July the 15th he has a record of his age now in his possession taken ^from the Register in his fathers family bible, he lived in Montgomery County in the State of Maryland  when he entered the Service and lived there until the year 1790 -- as well as he now recollects when he moved from there to Surry County North Carolina - and lived there until the year 1812 - then moved to Cumberland County State of Kentucky where he now lives and has been been living ever since From the great lapse of time since his service in the Army of the Revolution and his present frailty and impaired memory he is now unable to give the names of any of the Regular Officers with whom he was acquainted nor can he give the name of the Col of the Regiment to which he belonged.  But served as he has stated
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according to the best of his recollection as a private in the army of the revolution a tour of six months - for which he claims a pension. He knows of no person in this country by whom he can prove his services. He is known to George Swope, Dan'l L. Myres, Robert B Semple & others in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character as a man of veracity and of their belief of his having been a soldier in the army of the Revolution as he has set forth in his declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever for a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension list or rolls of the agency of any state.

John Miller
His Mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

We George Swope, Daniel L Myres and Robert B Semple residents of the county of Cumberland and state of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Miller who has subscribed and sworn to this
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forgoing declaration that we believe he is 71 years of age and that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of March, 1833.

Geo Swope
L B Semple
D L Myers

State of Kentucky Cumberland county
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the said applicant John Miller was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that George Swope & Robert B Semple and Danel Myers are residents of the county of Cumberland and state of Kentucky and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - given under our hand this 11th day of March 1833.

J M Emerson - JP
E Shugart - JP
Joel Owsley - JP
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John Miller
John Miller
Payments to be made at Lexington
by the Pres of WB Banks
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Kentucky
-
[Dead]
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 1
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Daniel Boyd Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Miller
of the State of Kentucky who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States
, this Twenty ninth day of May one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned.}
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Kentucky
Clinton County

On this the 4th day of December 1848 personally appeared in open court Martin Miller a man of good character and after being duly sworn for that purpose on his oath makes the following affidavit to wit - that he transcribed the record of the ages of his father and mother with the ages of the children from the old record which they had & that he transcribed it something like fifteen or sixteen years ago, that the old record is party lost and destroyed, that he cannot be positive as to the time he transcribed it further than he has above stated. Witness further states that his deceased father John Miller was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of the seventh June 1832 at the rate of twenty dollars per annum and died at the place where witness now lives in Clinton County Kentucky on the 14th day of September 1845. That witness's mother is still living and is still the widow of his dec'd father John Miller that he affiant says he believes forty-eight years of age the 4th day of November last as the record shows.

Martin Miller
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Kentucky Clinton County

I Rice Maxey clerk of the Clinton County Court certify that at the December term of said court 1848 the foregoing affidavit of Martin Miller was produced in open court and sworn to by the said Martin Miller.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal done at the Clerk's office in Albany the 3rd day of December 1848.

Rice Maxey - Clerk
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Rev War

WIDOW, etc.

File No 2647
Elenor Miller
Widow
John Miller
Pri rev War

Act July 29, 1848
Index: - Vol M Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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27490

Albany Ky Oct 3rd 1849

Sir

i am urged to write to you by Elenor Miller, widow of John Miller dec's who was a revolutionary pensioner of Clinton County Kentucky at the rate of $20 per annum & died about the year 1845. I presented her claim about 5- or six-months past for small arrears of pension due her as the widow she fears the papers may not have reached you. She is in need as she said and hopes her small claim may be sent her soon.

On her behalf
I am your humble servant
Wm J Dabney

J L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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John Miller Ky $20 7 June 1832

To What time last paid?

Pension Office
23 Sept 1837

To 4th September 1835
S H Hill
3rd Aud Office
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Free
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Pension Declaration 
Apr 17
KY
24768
Burksville Ky
23 Mar
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Burkesville Ky March 23rd 1833
Honble L. Cass 
Enclosed you will find the declaration of John Miller which I have been requested by him to forward to the Department of War for your examination and investigation touching his claim for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. which I hope is made out in strict complainance with the requisition and instructions [unintelligible] adopted and adhered to by you and your officers in the War Department.  And will be deemed sufficient to place the old gentleman upon the rolls as a pensioner, and he will be thereby permitted to enjoy that to which such characters are so justly entitled for services which seem now to be duly appreciated by the Government.
Yours Respectfully
Hiram G. Emerson
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Northern Bank of Ky
Lexington   14 Sept 1837

J L Edwards Esq
Comms of Pensions

Sir
I enclose for your inspection the papers of John Miller and Francis Pierce who have not drawn within the time limited owing to an informality in the vouchers when they last applied _ Will you have the goodness to inform me whether in cases of this kind _ that is, where application has been previously made but the payment withheld on account of some irregularity of the vouchers, it is necessary to forward the papers to your Department? 
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Wm Ernst
Pens Clerk
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Kentucky Clinton County Court Sch
December Term 1848.
Elenor Miller widow of John Miller late a revolutionary pensioner produced in Court his declaration for pension under the act of Congress of the 29th of July 1848. to which she made oath, which is ordered to be certified to the War department of the United States, and it is further ordered that it be certified that the said Elenor Miller and her late husband John Miller were and the said Eleanor is now a person of good character; she also produced in Court the affidavit of Martin Miller to which he made oath which is in like manner ordered to be certified; she also produced a leaf from the family record, proven to be such which is ordered to be certified, and the court is of opinion from the proof adduced before them that the said Elenor Miller and her decd husband John Miller were married at the time stated in the declaration. It was proven in Court that the said John Miller died on the 14th day of September 1845 which is also ordered to be certified as aforesaid.  

J. Rice Maxey Clerk of the
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Clinton County Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Order made at the December term of said Court 1848 for the purposes therein mentioned,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.  Done at the Clerks office in Albany on the 5th day of December 1848.
Rice Maxey Clk.
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Albany Ky May 28th 49

Sir
I some 4 or 5 months past inclosed to you the Claim of the widow of Zachariah Sanders of [unintelligible] Wayne County Ky & the claim of the widow of John Miller of Clinton County Ky for Revolutionary pensions.  & for arears of pensions Due Mrs. Miller thru annuity[?] to hear from you is such that I have to write for them.  though I have no doubt their claims will be taken up in [unintelligible] & acted on she [unintelligible] have no doubt been raised on their behalf. I am your humble servant
Wm J Dabney

JL Edwards Esq
Coms of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Albany Ky.        
[unintelligible]


[unintelligible in upper right corner]

J L Edwards Esq
Coms of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Albany Ky Jan 49

Sir
I have this day received from J G Garth Executor of Rades Garth deceased the original pension certificate of John Miller Deceased whose widow Eleanor Miller, has applied for the arrears of Pension due at his death, I forwarded the paper a short time since & now have enclosed to you this original certificate.
On behalf of sd widow
I am your humble servant 
Wm J. Dabney

J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City D.C
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[verbiage written vertically on left edge of document:]

D [unintelligible]
Albany Ky
Decr 5th 1848
Eleana Miller
Widow of John Miller decd

[unintelligible notation written horizontally near top of page]

[verbiage written horizontally center of page:]

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.
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Albany Ky
Dec 5th 1848

Sir I enclose to you the Declaration of Elenor Miller widow of John Miller Ded who was a Revolutioner under act of the 7th Jun 1832, claiming a pension under the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848. you will please Direct your answer to me at this place on her behalf I am

Your obedient servt
Wm J. Dabney

J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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John Miller, Ky. Act 7 June 1832 $20.00 [unintelligible - may be pr anm]

To what time was he last paid
G C A

Pension Office
[unintelligible] 2 [unintelligible]

Pd to 4th Sept. 1844.
MLB.
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State of Kentucky Cumberland County [unintelligible]

I Milton King Clerk of the County Court of said County Do certify that John M. Emerson Eli Shugart and Joel Owsley whose signatures are to the forgoing certificate are and were at the time of executing the same acting Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Cumberland duly commissioned and qualified and were the justices composing the Court for the County of Cumberland at the time the foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn to in said Court by the declarant John Miller
And that their signatures are genuine. 

[smudged seal]. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office this 22d day of March 1833.
Milton King