Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17142, for Nathaniel Miller, New York
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
New York

Miller, Nathaniel
Anna
NUMBER
W. 17142
B.L. Wt. 3997-160-55

CONTENTS
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New York 28779
Nathaniel Miller
of Essex Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stockwell of the Regt
commanded by Col Williams in the New York
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars___Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of June 1834 and sent to E. Pearson, Esq
Ticonderoga N. York
-
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $90.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4, '34
$15.00
---
[total] $105.00

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk
Book E, Vol. 4 Page 108
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Reposted
July 3/49

3658
New York, Albany
Anna Mille
widow of Nathaniel
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars,
____Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
3 day of July 1840 and sent to M. T. Clough,
Ticonderoga, NY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act
February 2, 1848, Page 128, Vol. 3
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35,433 Act March 3/55
April 2/55

Anna Miller, widow of
Nathaniel Miller, dec'd., Private 
Capt: Stockwell
Col: Van Rensselaer
N.Y. Militia
Revolutionary War

Cert._____day of__________,
Des.______day of _________
War Revolution
Now a Pensioner of the U. States
AD. 160 arears Aug. 21/55.
Boynton
157
2/55
3997 iss Aug 22/55
Benj. H. Baldwin, Atty.
Washington City, D.C.
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N.Y.
Feb. 48 - no. 3658

Vol M 2, page 32
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35.433
Mrs. Anna Miller

Benj H Baldwin Esq
Attorney for Claimant
Washington D.C.
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
On this twenty sixth day of March A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Anna Miller aged Eighty Eight years a resident of Ticonderoga in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow
of Nathaniel Miller deceased, was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stockwell in the Regiment of Levies Commanded by Col. Harper in the Revolutionary war with great Britain. That she does not remember whether her said husband enlisted or was drafted and that she does not know or recollect time when or the place
where he entered the said service or was discharged therefrom. That her said husband continued in actual service for the term of nine months for which service he drew a
Pension under the act of June 7th 1832 for the proof of which more fully establish, she refers to the evidence adduced in his application. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Miller in the year 1784.
That her maiden name was Anna Bartholomew; that her said husband died in the year 1844 and that she is now a widow. For the proof of these facts she refers to her application for Widow's pension under the act* of Feb. 2d 1848 upon which she has obtained a pension.
Anna Miller (X) her mark

We Nathaniel Miller and Levi Thompson residents of Ticonderoga Essex County in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed
and acknowledged by Anna Miller in our presence and that we believe from personal acquaintance and the appearance
and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow.
*The words "under the act" was interlined
as above before signing also "who "
[signed] Levi Thompson
[signed] Nathaniel Miller
Lyman S. Allen
Justice of the Peace
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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year before written and I certify that I know
the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself.  That she is now a widow and that I have no interest in this Claim.
Lyman S. Allen, Justice of the Peace
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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and [page cut off]

State of New York,
ESSEX COUNTY } ss:
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Lyman S Allen, Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration Affidavit & Certificate was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the proof
and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.

E A Adams, Clerk
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Mary was Born January the first day in the year
1787.  Ana was Born in the year 1789, September the 7th day.
Nathaniel was Born in January, the 3rd day 1792.  Rachel was Born September the 23 1794.
Elizabeth was Born
in January, the 5th Day, 1797.
Phebe was Born in October, the 10th day 1799.
Levina was Born in may the 12th Day in the year 1802.
Asenath was born in February the 5th day
in the year 1805.
Samuel was Born in March, the 11th Day in the year 1807.  He died the 12th Day of October 1808.
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80
Ann Miller
Widow of Nathaniel
N.Y.
Act 17 June 1844

adm'd 90 mo. / pri.
30 from 6 Oct. 44

[written sideways and partially cut off:
unto subscribed my name and  affixed my official seal this 11th day of February, A.D. 1845
H. Shipherd, Clerk]

M.F. Clough
Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
On this first day of February 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of  the Court of Common Pleas 
in and for said County, Anne Miller, a resident
of the town of Ticonderoga in said County, aged Seventy Eight years and upwards, and she 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 June 17th 1844.  That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Miller who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army and served in manner and for the terms stated in his papers on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the matter of his application for a Pension, under the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832.
That he received under said act last named a Pension of thirty Dollars per annum; that he died on the 6th day of October (1844) One thousand Eight hundred and forty four; that her maiden name was Anna Bartholomew.
That she was married by the Rev. Cornelius Jones, a Presbyterian Clergyman in the town of Whitehall in the County of Washington & State of New York, on the Eighteenth day of March (1784) one thousand seven hundred and Eighty four. That since the decease of her said husband she has remained single and unmarried & is a Widow.  That the following persons were
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present at her marriage to wit, the father & mother of this Declarant and a number of her brothers and sisters all of whom are dead except Squire Bartholomew & Susana Beckwith, a brother and sister of this declarant now living in the town of Whitehall in the State of New York; that she has no family record of their marriage, but the annexed is a record of the ages their children & is in the hand writing
of her husband & has been in her possession
at least fifty years - that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service,
but the marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen hundred
and ninety four, at the time above stated.
[signed[ Anna Miller (X) her mark
Subscribed and sworn
the day and year above written before
J. Burnet Judge of Essex County Court
Witness Moses T. Clough

I certify that the Declarant is unable to attend
Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
J. Burnet Judge of Essex County Courts

I hereby Certify that the words & figures
"17 June 1844" were written on erasure before
Execution, being in the 12th Line of the
foregoing declarations.
J. Burnet, Judge of Essex County Courts
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
Nathaniel Miller of Ticonderoga in said County
aged 52 years & upwards being first duly sworn doth depose and say that Nathaniel Miller (the Father of this deponent) of Ticonderoga aforesaid, was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, that he died on the 6th day of October last, and left a widow who is the identical person mentioned in the annexed application for a pension.  That she is now a widow and has remained so ever since the death of her said husband. That the
record hereto annexed is in the hand
writing of this deponent's Father & is a true
record of the ages of their children.
[signed] Nathaniel Miller
Subscribed and sworn
this 1st day of February
1845 before me
J. Burnet Judge of Essex County Courts

State of New York
Essex County } ss:

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Nathaniel Miller and
that he is a credible witness.
J. Burnet, Judge of
Essex County Court
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
I, George S, Nicholson, Deputy Clerk of said County (Edmund F. Williams, the Clerk, being absent) Do Hereby Certify that at the date of the foregoing Jurats and certificates, Jonathan Burnet, Esquire, was a Judge of Essex
County Courts, duly appointed and qualified
according to law -- and that his signature
thereto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of the said County this
24th day of February A D 1845.
Geo. S. Nicholson Dept. Clerk
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State of New York
Washington County ⎬ ss:
Squire Bartholomew of Whitehall in said County aged Seventy Six years & upwards
being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he has been personally acquainted with Nathaniel Miller late of Ticonderoga, deceased for more than 60 years past -- that the said Nathaniel Miller was married to Anna Bartholomew (a sister of this deponent, and the identical person mentioned in the annexed application for a Pension) on the 18th day of March
1784 by the Rev. Cornelius Jones, a Presbyterian Clergyman, at Whitehall aforesaid, that said marriage took place at the house of this deponent's father, and this deponent was present at said marriage, that they lived together up to the time of the death of the said Nathaniel Miller, which took place in October last, and the said Anna Miller is still living in said town of Ticonderoga, a Widow.
[signed} Squire Bartholomew]

Subscribed and sworn
this 12th day of February
1845 before me
Wm H Parker Judge of
Washington County Courts-

State of New York
Washington County } ss: 
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Squire Bartholomew above named and that he is a credible Witness -
Wm. H. Parker Judge
Wash. Co Courts
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State of New York
Washington County } ss: 
I, Henry Shipherd, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that at the date of the within Jurat and certificate, William H Parker, Esq. was a Judge of Washington County Courts - duly appointed and qualified and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof  I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 14th day of February, AD 1845
H. Shipherd Clerk
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State of New York
Washington County } ss:
Susana Beckwith of Whitehall in said
County aged sixty six years & upwards being first duly sworn doth depose and say, that she
was present at the marriage of Nathaniel
Miller late of Ticonderoga, deceased, to
Anna Miller, the annexed applicant for
a pension.  That the said Anna is a sister
of this deponent and the same took place at the house of her father on the 18th day
of March 1784, that they were married as
aforesaid by the Rev. Cornelius Jones, a Congregational Clergyman at Whitehall aforesaid.  That the marriage took place at the house of this deponent's father as aforesaid & her Father, Mother and Other Members of the
Family were present, all of whom are dead except this deponent & Squire Bartholomew,
a brother of this deponent.
[signed] Susanna Beckwith
Subscribed and sworn this 12th day of
February 1845 before me.
Wm H. Parker a Judge of Washington County
Courts

State of New York
County of Washington } ss. 
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Susana Beckwith above named & that she is a credible witness & that the words "the same" was interlined in the above affidavit
before Execution.

Wm H. Parker a Judge of
Washington Co. Courts
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State of New York
Washington County } ss:  
I, Henry Shipherd, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that at the date of the within Jurat and certificate William H. Parker Esq. was a Judge of Washington County Courts, duly appointed and qualified and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 14th day of February AD 1845
H. Shipherd Clk

[written sideways]
80
Ann Miller, widow of Nathaniel, N.Y.
act 17 June 1844
adm'd
90/mo. pri.
30 from 6 Oct. '44

M.F. Clough
Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Miller
Pension Papers
28212
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -

State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
On this 8th day of May 1833 Personally appeared before me, Joseph S. Weed,
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Essex aforesaid, Nathaniel Miller, a resident of the town of Ticonderoga, County & State aforesaid, aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. The officers were Colonel John Williams of Salem, N.Y. & Captain Joseph Ingalls - no other officers recollected.
They were frequently changing - he entered the service in the fore part of June 1777 & left the said service the fore part of July following, he resided in Granville, Washington County N. York.  An alarm came to that place and he was 
ordered out & went into the service in consequence of those orders. He was in no battles-- had a few skirmishes-- he marched
through the woods from Granville, his place of residence to Poultney, Vt., thence to Castleton, stayed there some days, keeping guard, being few in number, then went to Hubbardton, Vt., there kept guard some days until Colonel Seth Warner arrived with some militia he had raised in Vermont. He joined Warner's troops &
marched to Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga, crossed the bridge over Lake Champlain to Fort Ticonderoga - he was there on Picket guard with about 500 men - was there the night the Americans retreated from
Ticonderoga before Burgoyne & also while he lay in
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his sights on the lake (Champlain) and on the land, on Mount Defiance & on Mount Hope & between those points.  After retreating across the lake to Mount Independence, an officer ordered some of the men to turn back & pull up the bridge & the men obeyed & pulled up a part of it.   The Americans continued in their retreat toward Hubbardton Vt.  through the woods and arrived there the first day from Ticonderoga.  Marched from Hubbardton to Poultney in a body from thence and went to his said home, & this applicant arrived at his home in Granville.  Some of those who returned from Ticonderoga were Continental troops, but their companies or regiments are not recollected -- he knew Colonel Warner's regiment & also knew the Colonel & General St. Clair - saw them both at Ticonderoga.
This applicant was not in the battle at
Hubbardton, but was near enough in advance of the battle to hear the guns, & the officers went to General St. Clair to prevail on him to turn back to assist in the battle & this applicant saw the officers come back from the General, tearing their hair with rage because he refused to grant their request; they however hutted
a short time & then marched on.  Colonel Warner's regiment was mostly cut off.  It was said at the time that only 36 were left.  Those with whom this battle was fought were a part of Burgoyne's army that followed the Americans from Ticonderoga & they followed
on to Castleton.
Shortly after the party with this applicant started from Hubbardton they met a drove of cattle followed by some Canadians & it was said, Indians.   They took seven Canadians and drove the cattle back.  They had been plundered from the inhabitants in that vicinity as it was said & supposed & this applicant saw a number of individuals who said that their cattle had been driven away.  The above is all the actual service this applicant
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rendered to his country that season as he was taken sick immediately after his return home & did not recover till Jan'y following  - his sickness was occasioned by fatigue & exposure while out-- he however was obliged to keep himself ready at all times to enter the
service at a moment's warning & he did keep himself so ready, but his sickness prevented his returning to the service again that season.  He provided himself with arms, ammunition & provisions in the service. He was in
actual service this term not less than one month.  He thinks it was more but he cannot state precisely from age & the consequent loss of memory.  He was a private.
[note in margin:  Term 1 - 1 mo.]
He was out a second term under the following
named officers; one Webster or John Williams was Colonel, does not recollect which.   Silas Child was captain.  Ichabod Parker he thinks was Lieutenant-- He entered the service this term in the Spring of 1778 about the
time the Lake (Champlain), broke up, it must have been in April -- the company to which he belonged was divided into 3 or 4 classes, one of which was to be continually scouting by turns so that if the classes were 3, each class was out a third part of the time - but whenever there was an alarm, the whole company turned out & this applicant was out very frequently out on alarms besides taking his turn scouting.  He left this service some time in November, it was when the Lake froze over so that the enemy could not navigate the Lake - he resided when he entered the service this time in the same place he did when he entered the first time.  He was in no battles; his duties were scouting & watching the enemy- the scouts to which he was attached lay at
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Whitehall (then [called] Skenesborough), on the mountains & other place most advantageous for observing the enemy in
their movements; had no marching - it was called scouting - no Continentals with this company - he knew no regular officers nor any others except those in command over him. There was none with him-- whenever any
scout discovered any of the enemy intelligence [it] was given forthwith to the main body of men & they would all turn out - sometimes boats were discovered on the Lake (Champlain) as the Tories frequently passed and repassed between Canada & the town of Kingsbury, a place about 15 miles south of Whitehall where a number of Tories resided.  No large bodies of the enemy appeared
in those parts during this season  -  small parties only came for the purpose of plunder - He entered the service this term as volunteer -drafting orders came & he turned out &
volunteered instead of being drafted.  The orders were for a certain number of men, but how many he does not know.  He cannot state
precisely how long he was at this term from his loss of memory, but he was out not less than three months as a private.
[note in margin:  Term 2,  3 mos.]
He entered the service & served a third term under the following named officers & served as follows:
The Captain or Commandant, as he always styled himself and who this applicant understood to be a Continental officer sent to
their command, was Levi Stockwell, Lieutenant was Thomas Boggs, first Sergeant was John Hunsden; 2d, Thomas Miles; third was Tyscol, and the Commissary was Gillet - Quarter Master Sergeant was Abram Van Deusen, he knew no higher officers & does not know whether there were any others - 
He commenced this term of service the first of April 1779, & left the same the first of January following, he was a resident of the town of Granville, County of Washington, State of New York.  Drafting orders came & he turned
out or volunteered instead of being drafted had no battles-
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had no marching other then scouting-- his station was at Skenesborough (now Whitehall) the barracks were Skene's building.  The number of men at this place constantly
was said to be 100. His duties & object were to guard the frontiers, scouting, observing the movements or approach of the enemy & to give the alarm to the country & the
Militia when any of the enemy were discovered.  When an alarm was given the Militia would come to Skenesborough
from Granville, Hebron, & White Creek N.Y.,
would sometimes remain there a fortnight or till the alarm was over. Colonel Webster, who resided in Hebron came to Skenesborough a number of times.
Some Continental troops during this term lay at Fort Edward, 24 miles distant South & some of the officers were up to Skenesborough to attend Court Martials & two men were ordered by them to be flogged - Captain Stockwell sent for the officers at Fort Edward instead of militia officers to sit on Court Martials. Col. Webster was a militia officer. This applicant was not at Fort Edward during this term. Colonel Sherwood was at Fort Edward & this applicant supposes he belonged to his regiment, but he cannot positively state & he was in actual service this term, 9 months, & he was
informed that Col. Sherwood was a Continental officer.
[note in margin:  Term 3,  9 mos.]
This applicant with others was selected from the Militia company to which he belonged & was bound to Military service as a minute man - he was bound to go whenever his country called for & needed his service, to keep himself always ready to start at a single moment's warning - was frequently called out by night & ofttimes, when he went to bed, he expected to be called out before morning.
He provided himself with arms, ammunition & subsistence to eat & some times they had to kill their own meat, had no stores to draw from.  This service or this engagement commenced the forepart of the year 1780 & continued during the war.  During this period he was out more
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than one third of the time in all but exactly how much of it he cannot recollect, neither can he specify all the particular periods & those he can recollect, he cannot specify the length of them-- he was out a day or two, a week or more at a time just as occasion required - the following is all he can recollect of this
engagement. On the last of February or first of March 1780 when Skenesborough was burnt, this applicant turned out on the alarm produced by this affair & went to that place.
It was burnt by the Tories & Indians. His
Captain this time was Silas Childs - no other officers are recollected - he was out not less than 3 days -- 
[note in margin:  Term 4, 3 days}
the enemy took some captives at Skenesborough among whom was
Lemuel Bartholomew or Bartomy, as he was called, his brother-in-law.  They also killed some & took & carried away some property. In the Spring of this same year he was ordered to Skenesborough to keep guard & went but how long cannot state.  
Through this same season (1780) this applicant was out as much as two months in the whole, by tours of two weeks each. 
[note in margin: Term 5, 2 mos.]
He was out again in 1780 or he thinks it was more probably 1781, it was the time the Tories & Indians burnt Fort Ann & Kingsbury & Fort
George.  He went from his residence (Granville, N.Y.) through the woods about 25 or 30 Miles & came out South a little from Fort Ann, the houses or ruins of which were smoking then. There halted & it was proposed & thought best to send a scout in advance to observe where the enemy were & to make other observations.  This applicant & one other were sent out on this scout - they proceeded to Kingsbury where some houses belonging to Tories were standing, one of which houses they
reached by night.  They went on near Fort Edward where they, in sight of that fort, met some Continentals from there on their way to Fort George which had been burnt & demolished & a party of Americans killed by the enemy - the Continentals
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were going to Fort George to bury the bodies of those there killed-- having learnt from these men from Fort Edward that the Tories & Indians had gone north, this applicant returned home, but how long he was out this time he cannot state precisely but from the best of his recollection it could not be less than four days.  
[note in margin:  Term 6, 4 days]
His officers from 1780 & during that year & the next (1781) were the following: Colonel Webster, Captain Silas Child & he thinks Henry Watkins was Lieutenant - he had different officers after the commencement of the season of 1782 till the close of the war. During this period they were Colonel Webster,
Capt Parmalee Allen, Lieutenant Jephthah Bartholomew,  Ensign John Blanchard - first sergeant Solomon Vine.  This applicant was 2nd or 3rd regiment & served as sent from the beginning of 1782 till the close of the war- he resided during this period in Skenesborough.  At one time however this applicant was under Col Warren, employed about 3 miles south 
of Whitehall Landing on East Creek, building a picket fort & some log huts.  He cannot from old age & loss of memory state how long he was employed under Warren, but it could not be less than one month.
[note in margin:  Term 7, 1 mo.]
Again this applicant with others on the discovery of a boat in Southbury near Whitehall, supposed to belong to Tories, went under Capt. Parmalee Allen & Ensign John Blanchard & lay in ambush near the boat for the purpose of waylaying the enemy should
they come to their boat-- they did not return to their boat.  This party took it to Whitehall-- he was out day this time not less than 10 days-
[note in margin:  Term 8, 10 days]
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This applicant is known to Joseph Weed, Francis Arthur, Esquire, & Doct Levi Wilcox who can certify to his character for truth & veracity & to their belief of his services as a soldier
of the Revolution. He was born in the year 1760 in the town of Mt. Washington, Berkshire County, State of Mass., has a record of his age at home in his Bible but mostly obliterated.  In the Revolutionary War he has resided in Skenesborough & for 39 years past he has resided in Ticonderoga aforesaid - he has no documentary evidence respecting his services except the affidavit hereto annexed - he never received any written discharge & that
he is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the court.
When this applicant was a Sergeant he resided in Vermont, but what has become of it he knows not-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
[signed] Nathaniel Miller

Subscribed & sworn to the
day and year aforesaid before me
Joseph S. Weed
a Judge of Essex Com Pleas

We Joseph B. Baldwin, a Clergyman residing in
the town of Ticonderoga aforesaid & Stephen P Ballard, residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is
reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to
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have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion-
[signed] Joseph B. Baldwin
[signed] S. P. Ballard
Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid before me
Joseph S. Weed, Judge
of Essex Com pleas

And the said Judge hereby declares his opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that Joseph B. Baldwin who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Ticonderoga aforesaid & that Stephen P. Ballard who has signed the same also is a resident of the same town & is entitled to credit & that their statement is entitled to full faith & credit & the said Judge further certifies that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court.
Joseph Weed, a Judge of Essex Com. pleas

I Leonard Stow, clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the said Judge in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Miller for a pension & also further certify
that the said Judge is a Judge of said Court & that the above signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of June 1833-
Percival Morse, Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
Essex County } ss: 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Essex aforesaid, Nathaniel Miller who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades: For one month in his first term; three months in his second term; nine months in his third term; for three days in his fourth term; two months in his fifth term, & four days in his sixth term & in all of said terms he served as a private.  He also served as a sergeant for one month in his seventh term; ten days in his eighth term & for each service above specified he claims a pension.  He served under the officers & in the manner as stated in his declaration.  He was either
in the field or in garrison & for the time during which the above mentioned service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[signed] Nathaniel Miller

Sworn subscribed this 6th day of
December AD. 1833 before me
Henry B Hay Justice Peace

I, Leonard Stow, Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry B Hay before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of said
affidavit & is now a Justice of the Peace of said County & that the signature above purporting to be his is his genuine Signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
of office this 14th day of December 1833
Leonard Stow, Clerk
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No 16429
Nath'l Miller
Essex Co N.Y.
time not all specified
papers not authenticated
E Pearson Agt
Ticondaroga
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183_
Si:  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 a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, 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 shew 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.

A Statement, showing the service of Nathaniel Miller Essex Co., N.Y.

(1) Period when service was rendered: 1777
Vol. [volunteer]
Duration of Service:  About 1 mo. 
Rank of claimant:  Private
Names & Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:  Cap. Jos. Ingals; Leut. Ichabod Parker
Names & Rank of the General and Field Officers:  Col. Jn'o. Williams; Col. Seth Warner
Battles Engaged in: [blank]
Country through which he marched.  Poultney, Vt., Castleton; Hubbardton, Vt.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:  72, Granville, Washington Co., N.Y.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: One witness; time not specified particularly; Traditionary

(2) Date:  1778; Vol.
Duration: [blank]
Rank:  spy
Co. Officers: Silas Childs, Capt.
Gen. Officers: Gen. St. Clair
Country Marched through:  Ft. Independence

(3)  Date:  1779; Vol. 
Duration:  9 mo.
Co. Officers:  Capt. Levi Stockwell
Gen. Officers:  Col. Jn'o.  Williams, Col. Webster
Country Marched through:  Lake Champlain to Ft. Ticonderoga

(4)  Date:  1780 Minuteman
Duration: [blank]
Co. Officers:  Thos. Boggs, Lieut.; Silas Childs, Capt.; Capt. Parmalee
Country Marched through:  Ft. Defiance; Fort Hope, Hubbardton, Vt., Poultney; Castleton;
Whitehall; Kingsbury; Granville; Hebron, N.Y.;
White Creek; Fort Ann; Kingsbury; Ft. Ticonderoga; East Creek

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)_____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 days 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 if 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  (end of p. 1)
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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 inquiry 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 his 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 - months 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; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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 fix 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) 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.

[* note:  the sections (d) and (e) are marked, as well as the section entitled "Mode of authenticating papers."]
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

June 6, 1924

Mrs. J. R. Cornell
Newton, N. J.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.17142 it appears that Nathaniel Miller was born in 1760 in Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
During the Revolution he lived first in Granville,
Washington County, New York and then in Skenesboro, New York.
He was allowed pension for the service of nine
months as a private in the New York Troops, on his application executed May 2, 1833 while a resident of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York. He died October 6, 1844.
Soldier married March 18, 1784 in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, Anna Bartholomew who was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1845
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while a resident of Ticonderoga, New York, aged
seventy-eight years. Their children were:

Mary, born January 1, 1787
Ana, born September 7, 1789
Nathaniel, born January 3, 1792
Rachel, born September 23, 1794
Elizabeth, born January 5, 1797
Phebe, born October 10, 1799
Levina, born May 12, 1802
Asenath, born February 5, 1805
Samuel, born March 11, 1807, died October 12, 1808

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten notation:  Bro. Charles
Bro. Philip in service. ]
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Isaac Morses
Pension Papers
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:

Philip Miller of the town of Elizabethtown
County & State aforesaid being duly
sworn deposeth & says that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - that he entered said
service under the following named officers to wit: Captain or commander Levi Stockwell who resided in the town of Skenesborough & who was a continental officer or had been
one as he understood; Lieutenant Thomas Boggs; first Sergeant was John Hudson; 2nd was Thomas Miles; third was Tynel- Commissary was Gillet; Quarter Master
sergeant was Abram van Deusen - he recollects no others.  He entered the service on the last of May 1779 & left the same the first of January following.  He was a resident of the town of Granville N. Y.  His station was Skenesborough & quarters Skene's
buildings, the company was said to contain
100 men.  His duties were scouting, guarding the frontier, observing the movements of the enemy, taking guns and giving arms to the Militia which was done by sending an
express to Colonel Webster who resided in Hebron N.Y. The Militia would then be ordered immediately to Skenesborough & while there would perform the services that this
deponent did-- they came to Skenesborough as many as 3 times during this Season & stayed about a fortnight at each time - some of the militia very frequently came to that
place, or scouts, and generally went away within a short time - this Deponent further states that when he entered the service as aforesaid he found Nathaniel Miller, his brother, at Skenesborough who went from
home about 2 months before this Deponent did & the said Nathaniel went from home the first of April according to the best of his recollection.   And this Deponent was informed
& verily believes the said Nathaniel went for the express purpose of uniting with the company at Skenesborough where this Deponent found him about two months
after. After this deponent entered the service as aforesaid, he & the said Nathaniel served together under the above
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named officers from the time of his entering to the time of his leaving as above specified which could not have been less than seven months & if we add to it the time the said
Nathaniel was out before this deponent went out, the said Nathaniel would [be] not less than [dark spot, illegible] months.   This Deponent & the said Nathaniel were dismissed at the
same time without any written discharge. The company to which this Deponent & his brother Nathaniel belonged was raised by drafting, but this Deponent went as a substitute for one John Van Deusen, not being old enough to be
drafted - this deponent was also in the service with the said Nathaniel from the close of the above term till the close of the war many times, & sometimes they would be out
2 or 3 weeks or less or more, just as occasion required.  And from the fore part of the year 1780 till the close of the war, this Deponent & the said Nathaniel were out in actual service
as much as 3 months & the said Nathaniel was in service, as this Deponent was informed & verily believes, a number of times besides those with this Deponent; & this Deponent also well recollects that the said Nathaniel, on alarm at the approach of Burgoyne's army, went into the service as he was informed & verily believes to Ticonderoga, & he well recollects the said Nathaniel going from home & also returning and hearing him relate that he was fired at by the enemy - he thinks
his brother Nathaniel left home this time in June 1777 and was absent from home not less than one month.  This deponent is 69 years old & resides in the town of Elizabethtown, N.Y., and the said Nathaniel resides in Ticonderoga, N.Y. & he knows that the said Nathaniel Miller
is the same Nathaniel Miller who resided in Granville, N.Y. during the greater part of the Revolutionary war and who resided in Skenesborough the latter part of it & who
now resides in Ticonderoga, N.Y.  This deponent resided with him some years since & has visited him a number times.
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[signed] Philip Miller
The above affidavit subscribed and sworn to before me at Elizabethtown this 13th day of June 1833, and I hereby certify that I have for
many years been acquainted with Philip
Miller the individual making the above affidavit
at Elizabethtown in the County of Essex, and that he is a credible person and to be believed under oath.
Alexander Morse, Justice

State of New York
Essex County         }  ss: 
I, Percival Morse, Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex, State of New York, do certify that Alexander Morse before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken, is a Justice of the Peace of said County & that the above signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature with which I am acquainted.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of the said
County this 13th day of June, 1833.
Percival Morse, Dep. Clerk
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Rec'd 21
---------------
80.
New York
Anna Miller
widow of Nathaniel Miller
who was a private
in the New York line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
6th October, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of August 1845
and sent to M. T. Clough,
Ticonderoga
N. York
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D, Vol. 1, - Page 169
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3997
Colling
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Act 7 June 1832
Nath'l. Miller
Suspended
22 Feby, 1834
See letter to
E. Pearson Esq.
Ticonderoga
NY
see let to E. Pearson
Ticonderoga, N.Y.
May 12 1834
let to Do [same] June 7 1834.
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A.M. 80-44
M. Coll
[circular stamp: WHITE HALL N.Y. SEP 21]

FREE

[to] Hon. J.S. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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No. 35.433
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 2nd 1855
Anna Miller wid. of Nathaniel Miller pri.-
Capt. Stockwell
Col. Van Rensselaer
N.Y. Mil. Rev. War
Warrant 3997-160-55
Benj. H. Baldin
Washington
D.C.
---
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80
Ann Miller
N.Y.
Let. to M. T. Clough, May 6. 1845.
Act 17 June 1844
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July 5, 1845
added to case
Anna Miller

[circular stamp:  WHITE HALL N.Y. JUNE 3]

FREE

[to] Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Ticonderoga June 28. 1845

Dear Sir:
Enclosed are the further papers required by
you in the case of Anna Miller for a Pension.

You will recollect that with the papers
first, I sent 2 affidavits of persons present at
the Marriage, a paper kept as their family
record & an aff. of one of their children
born before 1794.

Yours Truly
M.T. Clough

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
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Ticonderoga, Sept. 19, '48

Dear Sir:  I enclose Anna Miller's application for a new certificate under act of 2 Feb. last-
Please  forward & oblige.
Yours truly
M. F. Clough

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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State of New York
County of Essex  } ss:

William Wilson of Ticonderoga in said County aged 79 years & upwards being duly sworn says, that he has been acquainted with Nathaniel Miller & Anna Miller his
wife since the year 1785, that the said Nathaniel & Anna were then married & living together as man & wife, that the said Nathaniel Miller died in October last & left the said Anna Miller who is still living in said Town a widow.  That he was a Pensioner of the United States, that this deponent has been well acquainted & lived in the same town with them since he first became acquainted with them as aforesaid.  And further that the said Nathaniel & Anne brought up a family of children, some of whom are still living
in said Town - that they have two or
three children living who were born previous
to the year 1794 with whom this deponent is
well acquainted.

[signed] Wm Wilson
-
Subscribed & sworn this
3th day of May 1845
before me
Wm Calkins Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Wilson above named & that
he is a credible person or witness.
Wm Calkins Justice Peace

34.25
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State of New York
County of Essex   } ss: 
I, Edmund G. Williams, Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that William Calkins Esquire was on the day of the date of the within jurat and certificate a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said County, duly
elected and qualified, residing within the
said County and authorized to act as such,
and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice
and believe the two official signatures
to be genuine.  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this 14th day of June A.D. 1845.

E. G. Williams Clerk
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:

1st Dec'r 1780 - Nath'l Miller, Priv.- L 4, 10, 8
19th Sept. 1779 - Nath'l Miller, Priv. -1, 3, 1
8th July 1779 - Nath'l Miller, Priv. - 1, 19, 1
16th July 1779 - Nath'l Miller, Priv. - 4, 7, 1-1/3
15th Jan'y 1780 Thaniel Millr, Priv. - 1, 6, 8
[total] 13, 6, 7

[total]  $34.25

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, June 21st, 1845
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2 & 3, now remaining in this
office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First-under Capt. Silas Childs, in Col. Alexr. Webster's Regt.
Second - under Capt. Silas Childs, in Col. Alexr. Webster's Regt
Third - under Capt. Josiah Miller in Col. Thomas Thomas' Regt.
Fourth - under Capt. Richard Sacket in Col. Thomas Thomas' Regt.
Fifth - under Capt. Levi Stockwell in Col. Henry K. Van Rensselaer's Regt.
[Sixth through Tenth - blank]

[signed] Philip Phelps, Dep. Comp.

[handwritten addition:  26+7.50+.50+.25 = 34.25]

fees 50 cents
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Free

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Ticonderoga N.Y.  - Feb'y 26th

80 March 8, 1848
Cl. Anna Miller
June 17, 1844
N.Y.
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 Ticonderoga, Feb 26. 1845

Dear Sir -

Enclosed are the papers in
the application of Anna Miller
for a Pension-

Yours truly
M. T. Clough

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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28,212

Nathaniel Miller
Admitted
Private 9 months

E. Pearson Esq.
Ticonderoga, New York

Commissioner of Pensions
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 20 33

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 a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, 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 shew 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.

A Statement, showing the service of Nathaniel Miller

(1) Period when the service was rendered:
1777
1 mo.
Rank of the Claimant:  Private
Names & rank of the Field officers under whom he served:  Col.  Williams
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. [blank]
Proof by which the declaration is supported. [blank]

(2)  Apl 1778-
3 months
Private
Names of Officers : No specifications

(3) 1778
9 months
Private
Names of Officers: No specifications

(4) 1780
3 months
Private

(5) 1780 
14 months
Private

(6) 1780 
4 months
Private

(7)  1780
10 months
Private

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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)_____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 days 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 if 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 inquiry 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 his 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 - months 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; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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 fix 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) 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.

[note: footnotes (d) and (e) are marked with a brace, and the last paragraph of (e) is underlined, beginning with the words, "Some persons who apply for pensions merely state..."

Handwritten note: "No claim for service not specified in the manner pointed out above under note 'e' can be allowed."]
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FREE

N.Y. Ticonderoga June 13th

N.Y. June 17

J. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Ticonderoga June 12, 1834-

Sir

I to day received yours of the 7th instant stating that "The papers of Nathaniel Miller had again been examined - without further evidence in the case no more than nine months service can be allowed."
He can produce no further evidence at present
which would be satisfactory-- you will please therefore enclose to me his certificate for the nine months service and greatly oblige your obdt. Servant.
E. Pearson

J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Comr of Pensions-
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Free

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Ticonderoga, N.Y. April 30

Nath'l Miller

May 5, 1844
Nathaniel Miller
of New York
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Ticonderoga April 30. 1834

Dear Sir.
I lately received from you a letter relative to the claim of Mr. Nathaniel Miller for a Pension. It was suspended because he had not stated his colonel in the service under Stockwell. Mr. Miller cannot state his Col. for the best of reasons - that he never knew him & so states in his application or he states that he knew no higher officer than Capt or Commandant Levi Stockwell.  Mr. M. says he was not Lieut. as you state in your letter.  Mr. M. was informed some years since that Col. Sherwood or Sherard who was at that time at Fort Edward was his Col., but he, not knowing the fact, did not state it in his declaration.  The last mentioned Col., he was also informed, was a Continental officer.

He has also lately been told that one Mjr. Kauf was Col., - but of this Mr. M. knew nothing & cannot state whether it was so or not-- It would seem that, considering the nature of his service & the object of it - that he was  mainly stationed at Skenesborough for the purpose of detecting the movements of the enemy, not expecting to fight battles & remembering only about 100 [men].  There seemed to have been no necessity for higher officers taking the command over one hundred & that this may be one reason why no Col. was there,
but, be this as it may, there is no earthly doubt amongst those who know Mr. Miller but that his affidavit contains the truth.  Besides, I understand by the instructions that pensions would be allowed in some cases,  though no testimony whatever should be produced. They said thus "if such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration" &c.   Mr. Miller now has one witness directly to the point & another highly corroborating -- at his request I have thus stated some few considerations which occurred to me. He is anxious that his word & oath may prove true.  He considers his integrity doubted or rather suspected by a suspension of his claim.
Yours very respectfully
E. Pearson

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
-
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J.L. Edwards letter
May 12. 1834. relation
to Pension Claim of N. Miller
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War Department
Pension Office
May 12. 1834

Sir
The papers of Nathaniel Miller have again been examined. It has been ascertained from the records of the State of New York since the examination of the case in February last that Levi Stockwell was appointed a Captain in Col. Harper's regiment of Levies but subsequently to the alleged tour in his company.  If Mr Miller is mistaken as to the year in which the service in question was performed he should make an explanatory affidavit to that effect.
The papers reman on file.
I am respectfully
Your Obt. Ser't

J.L. Edwards

E. Pearson Esq
Ticonderoga N.Y.
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Ticonderoga N.Y.
May 28

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Add'l evidence for Nathaniel Miller
N. York
June 2, 1834
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Ticonderoga May 28, 1834

Sir
I send you in this Mr Nathaniel Miller's affidavit explanatory of his meaning in calling Levi Stockwell 'capt.'  I have enquired of Military men & they say it is customary to call the highest in command in a place, Capt. or commandant.  He thinks his service was performed the year in which he states in his declaration.  He is confirmed in his belief by his brother Philip's aff[idavit] sent on with his letter & also by the aff[idavit] of Anthony Day & his brother on file.  They state circumstances which correspond in time & place with those stated by the Millers'-
Yours very truly,
E. Pearson

J.L. Edward Esq

P.S. I infer from the enclosed letter that Mr Miller is supposed by you to be mistaken because he calls Mr. Stockwell 'Capt.' whereas he was not Capt. till the year after Mr. M.'s service.  If I am right, his affidavit may be sufficient.  You stated in a former letter that Stockwell was Lieut.  Mr. M. now states he understood he was -- but was called in the service & also in his aff[idavit] 'Capt.,' because [he was] highest in command.
Yours, etc.
E.P.
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Payments to be made
at New York
by Pres't. Mech's Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
New York

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 4
Page 108 by
Sam H. Page 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, Nathaniel Miller of the State of New York
who was a Private in the Revolutionary
Army is entitled to receive & Thirty
dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this
19th day of June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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48 years 4th Sept 1841-
Skenesborough Now Whitehall
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Free

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

Returned
New York
16. Jany 1834
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Ticonderoga, Jany. 9. 1834

Dear Sir

Enclosed are Pension papers-- I have
procured Mr. Charles Miller's affidavit respecting Mr N. Miller's service - the affidavit of Philip Miller is on file in the Pension office as you will see -- Mr. Miller made a new set of papers and they were first returned & I did not send the papers marked "16429" which I now send out --may be of use.  I did not know before that it would be of use.  Messers Miller & Eager do not suppose themselves to have been members of companies of regular troops in the Rev. War. - The observations made by the Deponent would seem to intimate that they were supposed to have been regulars.-- your &c
E. Pearson
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17142
Anna Miller
Widow of
Nathaniel Miller
Pri Rev War
---
Act:  Feb 2d, 48
Index: --- Vol. M, Page 51

[Arrangement of 1870.]



1924 - June 6. Hist. to Mrs. J.R. Cornell
MMHF.
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MRS. J. RUSLING CORNELL
NEWTON, N. J.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:-
In order to join the D.A.R.'s I find I must have a certified copy of the Revolutionary service of Nathaniel Miller, born May 7, 1760 and died
Oct. 6. 1844. I have no record of the place
of his enlistment nor of the organization in which he served
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It may help to note that in family
records he is known as Captain and
that later he became a first settler
of Essex County, N. Y. State.  I
believe he originated in Massachusetts.
Thanking you,  I am
Very truly yours

Mrs. J. R.  Cornell

April 28, 1924

[circular stamp:  U.S. PENSOIN OFFICE APR 30 1924]
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
Nathaniel Miller of Ticonderoga County & State aforesaid being duly sworn says that he makes this affidavit explanatory of his declaration on file in the office of the War Department. That he did not know that Levi
Stockwell ranked as captain in the regiment to which he (Stockwell) belonged, but on the contrary, this deponent was informed repeatedly by said Stockwell that he ranked as lieutenant in said regiment & acted as such
in the battle at Fort Stanwix which took place previous to the service at Skenesborough. Neither did this Deponent intend to state
in his said declaration that said Stockwell ranked as captain in said regiment. He meant only to say that Levi Stockwell called himself
captain or commandant because he was the highest officer there & that it was merely by this & because he was in fact the highest 
officer in command at that place (Skenesborough), that said Stockwell
was styled captain.  Further this deponent has no means by which he could discover that his service was of a different year from
the one stated in his said declaration.  He would state that he did his service under Stockwell previous to the burning of Skeen's building, which took place in the Spring after his said service & further that this deponent & his brother were the only Millers in the company at that place-- & further this deponent says not-
[signed] Nathaniel Miller

Sworn & subscribed this 20th
day of May AD 1834 before me
Almerin Smith Justice Peace

State of New York
Essex County } ss:
 I, Edw'd S. Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Almerin Smith Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified as such. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his name Signed to the Jurat of the above affidavit to be his genuine Signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & Official seal of office this 24th day
of May 1834
Edw'd S. Cuyler Clerk
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State of New York
County of Essex } ss:
Charles Miller being duly sworn deposeth & says that he knew of his brother Nathaniel Miller going into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that he entered the said service on the first of April 1799 - that the said Nathaniel then resided in Granville, N.Y. & went from thence to Skenesborough (now Whitehall) N.Y. & this deponent was not in the service himself but he was at Skenesborough while the said Nathaniel was at that place & saw him there on his arrival there & left him there when he left said place.  And this Deponent well knew that Levi Stockwell was commandant there under this deponent, did duty while this Deponent was there & was informed & verily believes that he did duty under said Stockwell all the time he was at Skenesborough.  Said Nathaniel volunteered as follows: Orders were given to raise a certain number of men from the Militia companies & they were to be drafted unless a sufficient number volunteered & the said Nathaniel volunteered for the term of nine months & this deponent well knows that the said Nathaniel left home for the express purpose of serving at Skenesborough on the said first of April 1779 & that he, this Deponent, saw the said Nathaniel at that place on duty & that he did not return home till the forepart of January following, having been from home all of nine months. This deponent is sixty seven years of age & he well knows that the said Nathaniel respecting whose service this affidavit is made is the same Nathaniel Miller whom he knew in in Granville N.Y.  in 1779 & whom he saw on duty at Skenesborough in the summer of that year under Levi Stockwell & he also well knows it was talked of as a matter well known & understood that the said Nathaniel Miller
when he left home went for the express purpose of of serving at Skenesborough; that he was on duty at that place & that when he returned that he came from such service and that he had been honorably discharged. This deponent further states that he knew of said Nathaniel Miller going from home for
the purpose of doing service a number of times on alarms & at other times & heard him tell on his return of incidents which occurred while he was out-- he recollects his going on the alarm
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excited by the approach of Burgoyne's army to 
take Ticonderoga & that he did not return till about one month & further says not.
[signed] Charles Miller
Sworn & subscribed this 6th day of
December AD. 1833 before me
Henry B Hay Justice Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Charles Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a man of undoubted
truth & veracity & his statement above is entitled to full faith & credit
Dated December 6th AD. 1833-
Henry B Hay Justice Peace

I Leonard Stow Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry B. Hay before whom the above affidavit purports to have been made & who has signed the above certificate was at the date of said affidavit
& certificate & is now a Justice of the Peace of said County of Essex & that the above signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 14th day of December 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
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State of New York
Essex County }  ss:

On this Fifth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Anna Miller a resident of Ticonderoga in the County of Essex aged 82 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 2d February 1848 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who
served duty the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Nathaniel Miller who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and at the time of his death a Pensioner and served in the manner stated in his papers on file in his application for a Pension.  That she was a pensioner under the act of 17 June 1844 and received under said Act thirty dollars
per annum- she further declares that she is
still a widow-                                        
 [signed] Anna Miller (X) her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before-
Benj H Baldwin
Justice Peace,
Witness
Mary A Baldwin

State of New York
County of Essex } ss:

I certify that the reason why the above Anna Miller cannot write her name is in consequence of her great age and infirmity

Benj H Baldwin
Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Essex }  ss:
I further certify that the above named Anna Miller is personally known to me & a credible person or Witness--

                                   Benj H Baldwin
                                        Justice Peace

State of New York
Essex County   }      ss:
I, Geo S Nicholson Dept Clerk of said County & Dept Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin H. Baldwin is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine.
                           Given under my hand and
                           the seal of said County this
                           7th day of September 1848
                                             Geo J. Nicholson
                                                  Dept Clerk