Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,028, for Nicholas Millner, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Millner, Nicholas
or Milner
or Milliner
Hannah

NUMBER
W.3.028

CONTENTS
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13552
Kentucky

Nicholas Millner [erased: s]
of Harrison in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Pyman of the Rgt commanded
by Col Harrod in the Penn 9 line
for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May
1833 and sent to N B
Coleman Cynthiana

Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00
$75.--
[equation 60.00 + 15.00 = $75.00]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by David Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 18
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[page with two columns of writing]

[left side]
3071.
Kentucky
Hannah Milner
widow of Nicholas Millner
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a private
Penn Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
16 day of Jany 1849,
and sent to J. W. M. Cann
Wms Town
Kentucky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page No. 244 Vol. 3.

[right side]
Let to Hon R. H. Stanton
Sept -25-/50
Repoted
Jany 16/49
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[illegible numbers]
Hannah Milner.
Ken:

Act. 4 July '36
& 29 July '42
[flourish]

The declaration under act
July 7. 1838, is dated in
June, 1844. but ^(the claim) is 
admitted under joint resolution of
Jany. 23d 1845 - upon
this declaration which was 
made on 17 April 1844.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section
of the act of Congress July 4th 1836.
State of Kentucky}
County of Harrison}

Be it known that on this seventeenth 
day of April Eighteen hundred and forty four
Personally appeared before me the undersign a justice
of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
Hannah Miliner a residenter of the County of
Harrison State of Kentucky age Eighty Eight years
who being first duly sworn acording to law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed July 4th1836.

that she is the Widow of Nicholas Milner who was a
Pensioner in the County of Harrison State of Kentucky
his pension certificate was given up to draw what
was dew her husband at his death She states that
her marriage [crossed out: and] family record was burnt up by
fire at the burning of her Daughters house and the
ages of her Children was burnt at the same time
so that she is unable to produce any record evidence 
of her marriage or the age of her children She further
declares that she was married to the said Nicholas
Miliner in Pensylvany on the Monongahaly River she from
the loss of memory is unable to state the county they
were maried in but she is certain that she was married
to the said Nicholas Miliner in the year Seventeen
hundred and Seventy Eight and she has no family 
record of her marriage nor the ages of her children
being distroyed by fire as she has stated her husband
and her was married Previous to the Burth of any of
there children she is certain of she from the loss of
memory is unable to state what officers her husband
the aforesaid Nicholas Miliner served under but
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She well knows that she was maried at the time of
his service with three little Children to attend to 
while her husband was in the Service She refurs
you to the evidence on file for her husband the aforesaid 
Nicholas Miliner [illegible] her husband the said
Nicholas Miliner died on the twenty ninth day of July
Eighteen hundred and forty two and that she has
remained his widow ever since his death Sworn
to and subscribed the day and year first above written
before me
Hannah Miliner her mark [+]

I Henry Daugherty sixty two years old state that
I have been acquainted with Nicholas Miliner and
Hannah Miliner of the County of Harrison and State of
Kentucky being a resident of the same county and
State my self have been acquainted with him
for upwards of forty years and become acquainted with
his family in the year Eighteen hundred and six
the first year I came to this County and at thi
first time I saw them the said Nicholas Miliner
and his present widow Hannah Miliner was
living to gather as man and wife and had nine
Children and from there respectibility and Charicter
I have no doubt but they wer Lawfully married
Previous to the Burth of any of there children and
she is the age of about stated by her I have examined 
the declaration made by her a believe it contains
the truth and know the said Nicholas Miliner
was a pensioner as stated by her the said Hannah
Miliner
Henry Daugherty

We the undersign neighbours state that we have
examined the declaration made by Hannah
Miliner and believe it contains the truth
we know that her husband the said Nicholas
Miliner died at or about the time stated by her
and she has remained his widow ever since
his death and that he was a pensioner as
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State by her inter lined before signing
Larkin Lanter
Wm Martain his [+] mark

State of Kentucky}
County of Harrison}
Be it known that on this seventeenth day
of April Eighteen hundred and forty four Personally
appeared before me the undersign a justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Miliner and age
and infirm woman who cannot by Reson of Bodily
infirmity attend Court and has almost entirely lost her
mind and memry and from appurence she is the age stated 
by her and I have examined the declaration made
by her and believe it contains the truth and she
is well known to me to be a lady of truth and
respectability and subscribes and makes oath
to the truth of the foregoing declaration before
me allso personally appeared Henry Dougherty William
Martain and Larkin Lanter all the well known to
me to men of truth and respectability and subscribed and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before
me I certify that I have been acquainted with Nicholas
and Hannah Miliner for upwards of forty years and
have no doubt but that they were lawfully married
they lived to gather as man and wife and have no doubt 
but what they were married at the time stated in
her Declaration
Haman Million J.P. HC

State of Kentucky Harrison County Sct
I Thomas B. Woodyard ^clk of the Court of Harrison County certify
that Haman Million is a magistrate as above, and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is
genuine In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto affixed my Seal of office and subscribed my name
this 18th day of April 1844
Th. B. Woodyard Clk H.C.C
By O. F. Rankin D. C

I certify that the word "clerk,, was interlined in my 
certificate before Signing
Th. B. Woodyard Clk
By O. F. Rankin D.C

[all following text written sideways:]
6176
Hannah Milner.
Ken:
Act 4 July '36
& 29 July '42
[flourish]

The declaration under act
July 7, 1838, is dated in
June, 1844, but ^(the claim) is admitted
under joint resolution of
Jany 23d 1845 - upon
this declaration which was
made on 17, April 1844.-
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23015.
Nicholas Millners
Harrison Co
Kentucky

from 1778 private
9 months
$30.

N. B. Coleman Esq.
Cynthiana Harrison Co
Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in 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.

[Table] A Statement, shewing the Service of Nicholas Millner, Harrison Co Kentucky
[Table Headings: 1. Period when service was rendered. - 2. Duration of the claimant's service, Years, Months, Days. - 3. Rank of the claimant. - 4. Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served. - 5. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. - 6. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

1. 1778 until 1781 inclusive - 9 months - Priv - Col. W. Harrod. Col. Crawford, Majr. Vanmeter, Cap J Pigman, Lt. G. Arkin. - 70 years Washington Co Pena. - Traditionary
[end of table]

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, mucicians [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 } ss.
On this  ___  day of  ___   personally appeared (a) before  ___   A. B. a resident (b) of  ___  in the count of   
 ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ years, 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___, with  ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:  

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [hand with right-pointing finger icon] 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 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 apartment to determine to what amount of pension he is entited. In a case where the applicant, by 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 [in italics] "about three or four months". is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an 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 affix 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.
[in italics] 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.
[in italics] 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. ☞ Then the notes from [a] to [i] area 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.
E [capital epsilon] [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
E [capital epsilon] [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[signature] Joseph Rowen Exck
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Nicholas
Millners
Declaration
23615
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State of Kentucky} Sct:
Harrison County}

On this 11th day of March 1833.  Before
m William Marshall Benjamin Cummins & David
Snodgrass now constituting the County Court of Harrison County
which is a Court of record now sitting, appeared Nicholas
Millner a resident of Harrison County in the State of Kentucky
aged upwards of seventy years, having been born in Harford [t crossed out after the r]
County Maryland on the 22nd of June 1762.  Who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the [crossed out: obtain the] benefit 
of the law of Congress passed June 7, 1832 He states that
he Entered the service of the United States, under the following
named officers & served as is hereinafter stated:  That he served
nine monthly tours from 1778 until 1781 inclusive being drafted
each time that he served one month at a time in the fall, 
spring & summer during said period as he was drafted.
That the duties performed during these tours consisted mainly, 
in guarding the frontiers from the British and Indians
on the defenceless inhabitants.  That Each time he marched
from house in Washington County Pennsylvania (whithin 
he had moved,) to Jackson fort on the ten mile, on the 
Monongahela, and to Anchrum's fort a few miles from
Jacksons fort, in which two forts & in ranging from
the head of Wheeling to the head of Dunkards Creek, 
protecting their crops &c. he served all of these tours 
of duty being regularly drafted & called out by due 
rotation in his company.  That he served most of these
tours under Captain Jesse Pigman, Lieut. Gabriel Arkin, 
Major Joseph Vanmetre and Colos. William Harrod
and Colo. Crawford.  That he verily believes and asserts
that he served full nine months in the S.@ Service,

[underneath the torn left corner of the page: ave]
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in the Pennsylvania Militia during the revolution: that
he never received any discharge, being always merely
Verbally dismissed at the End of Each tour.  That he resided in
Washington County Pennsylvania until the year 178 [blank] being
the year preceding the attack by the Indians on Bryants
Station in Ky, and that he has resided in Fayette & Harrison
Counties, Ky, Ever since & now resides in Harrison County Ky

He states that he has his age recorded among his old 
[illegible] forms, which he took from his fathers family 
Bible.  That he knows of no person living, by whom he
can prove his said services.  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 or territory
whatever
Nicholas Milner

Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year afosd.
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[dark circular seal mark, near the top of the page]

We Jacob Lanter & Francis Robinson --- residing in
Harrison County State of Kentucky, hereby certify that we are
Well acquainted with Nicholas Millner Sr. who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
upwards of seventy years of age; that he has been and still
is reputed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to be a man of 
veracity, and to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
and that we concur in that opinion
Jacob Lanter his mark [+]
Francis Robinson his mark [X]

Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid

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 the said Jacob Lanter
& Francis Robinson
are residents of Harrison
County Ky and are credible persons, and that
their statement is entitled to credit
William Marshall
B. Cummins
David Snodgrass

Commonwealth of Kentucky Harrison County Set
I Samuel Endecott Clerk of the County Court for the County 
aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application
of Nicholas Milner for a pension In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of March
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A. D. 1 [year obscured by seal paper] the 41 year of the Commonwealth.

[Written sideways, on the left:]
Samuel Endecott C.H.C.
Declaration
Nicholas Milliners
23615

[round illegible seal with serrated edges]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/HMM

August 19, 1929

Mrs. J. W. Holter
218 Central Avenue
Connersville
Indiana.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 3028, it appears that Nicholas Milner was born
June 22, 1762 in Harford County, Maryland.
While residing in Washington County, Pennsylvania, he
enlisted and served nine tours of one month each, between 1778 and
1781, as a private of the Pennsylvania Troops under Captain Jesse
Pigman and Colonels William Harrod and Crawford; he was engaged in
guarding the frontier.

From Washington County he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, 
and from there to Harrison County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March
11, 1833, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Kentucky,
and was referred to as Nicholas Milner, Sr.
He died July 29, 1842 in Harrison County, Kentucky.
The soldier married, in 1778, near the Monongahela River
in Pennsylvania, Hannah, her maiden name not given.
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She was allowed pension on her application executed April
17, 1844, at which time she was living in Harrison County, Kentucky.
She stated that she was then eighty-eight years of age.  In 1848
she stated that she was ninety-eight years of age.
It was stated that they had nine children but no names were
given.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the
name of Nicholas Milner that is found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[two-column page]

[left column]
6233-
Kentucky
Hannah Milner
widow of Nicholas Milner
who was a private
in the Pennsylvania line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
5- day of October 1844.
and sent to Lewis C. Suggett,
Long Lick,
Scott County
Kentucky.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 183-

[right column]
Refs - 5, October 1840
Cert under act 1838 &c.
No 301 Joint Res. of
Jan. 23. 1845 issued
3 June -45 & sent
to L. C. Suggett Esqr.
Long Lick
Scott Co.
Kenty.
 
[written sideways, in the right margin]
[illegible] April [illegible]
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Long Lick Ky)
April 20. 1844)  Free

[illegible] James L Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D C

[written sideways, on top of the above text:]
[illegible] April 21. 1844
Ky
Hannah Milner
4 July 1836

Nichs.
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Long Lick Scott Co Ky April 20 1844

Dear Sir
The enclosed Declaration of Mrs
Hannah Miliner widow of the late Nicholas
Miliner is Forward to you in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4
1836 it is proble that Some riders may
be on file with his declaration relating 
to their marriage

I am yours with great Respt
Lewis C Suggett

J L Edwards Esq
Commission of Pension
Washington City
D.  C

NB
The Amened Declaration of Sarah Terry
widow of Obadiah Terry under the act of July 7 '38
has been forward to you and also the evidence 
of the death of Wm Johnson &c
I have underderstood from Col Ben Johnson 
that a Pension was allowed in Both of
these cases
L C S
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[illegible] Ky  free
[illegible] 21

J. L. Edwards
Comr. of pensions
Washington
D.C.

[written sideways, on the right side]
1
April 18 1845
Catharine Swallow

Rev Jan 23d 1845
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Albany Kentucky
March 21st 1845

Sir Inclasd to you the declaration of
Catharine Swallow widow of Alexandruce
Swallow decd who was a pensioner of Overton
County Tennessee at the rate of twenty six dollars
and sixty six cents per ann  She aplied for the
pension that was Due her last spring and her
papers were awarded by Wm Trabin She now 
applies for the pension Due her under the Resolution
of Congress of the 23d Janua(^r)y 1845.
she states that her Family Record was forwarded 
by Wm Trabin (^as she thinks) [crossed out: that] 
She has not seen him (crossed out: him] 
since but has no doubt it was sent.
Your Humble Servt-
Wm I [illegible]

J L Edwards
Comr of pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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[centered and in bold letters:] JOINT RESOLUTION.

A resolution explanatory of "An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary 
and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight and forty - five."

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five," shall not be so construed as in any way to affect the
claims of those widows whose application for a pension or an arrear of pension, at the passage of
this resolution, shall have been made and filed in the Pension Office, awaiting the decision of the
Commissioner of Pensions thereon.
APPROVED, January 23d, 1845.

Pension Office,
JANUARY 27, 1845.
Claimants under the foregoing resolution will make a declaration, setting forth the facts in the
case, according to the subjoined form. The declaration may be made before any magistrate authorized
to administer oaths.  The official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified
by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d January, 1845.

WHEREAS the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same
period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under
oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned.  I am the widow of [blank] 
who was a [blank] in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of
[blank] dollars per annum from the [blank] of [blank] 184 [blank], and now ask for the amount due me from the [blank] day of [blank] 18 [blank] to the [blank] day of [blank] 
when my former pension commenced.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this [blank] day of [blank] in the year [blank] 
Justice of the Peace.

I CERTIFY, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual
she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Justice of the Peace.

I [blank] Clerk of the [blank] do hereby certify that [blank] 
who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace
for the county of [blank] in the State of [blank] 
and that the above is his signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office,
this [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] in the State of [blank]
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[top of page folded over and mutilated; some text cut off]

[from page underneath:] Mrs " O [illegible]

...Town Ky}  Q0
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.

[rest of the page is written sideways:]
Ky
Colu
M
6233
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Wms Town 12 Octr 1848
Hon. J.L. Edwards,

Dear Sir Enclosed I send you the Declaration 
of Mrs Hannah Milner in order to secure her a pension
as the widow of her Deceased Husband Nicholas Milner Decd. 
For greater certainty in regards to her claim I refer you to the
papers made out some Years since by said Husband to secure 
[underlined:] his pension - and those made out by Mrs Milner to
secure [underlined:] her $30 annual payment as the widow of said
Nicholas Milner which papers I suppose to be in your
Department or that of the war office

Should it turn out, that you consider the enclosed
Declaration & proof insufficient to grant Mr Milner her pension
according to the act of 2d February 1848. you will be pleased
to intimate to me the difficulty - and I will endavor to
remove it if with in my power-- You will find on the
2 & 3d pages that Septr has been stricken out and October 
inserted in lieu there of - and from the fact of the Justice 
living in the County of Harrison some 15 miles from
here I have been unable to get him to make the [illegible] 
note of it.  But you may rely on its being regular
and genuine
Be pleased to remit the papers at as early a
period as possible, should the enclosed meet your
approbation
Truly Your Obt
Servt
J.W. McCann
[flourish]
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Long Lick Ky}
June 22d 1844}  Free

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C

[rest of text written sideways, on the left:]
1123
June 29 1844

Ky
Hannah Milliner
7 July 1838

[crossed out:] See update July [illegible]

See [illegible] Act [illegible]
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Long Lick Scott Scott Co Ky Jun 22 1844

Dear Sir
In Compliance to your Suggestion
made to Col R M Johnson on the 3d Inst 
The enclosed Declaration of Mrs Hannah
Miliner the widow of Nicholas Miliner
Is taken in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of July 7. 1838 She having made
a Declaration under the act of July
4. 1836

I have the honor to be with
great Respect your
most obedient Servt
Lewis C Suggett

J L Edwards Esq
Commission of Pens
Washington City
D,C
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[date stamp:] MAR 15 CYNTHIANA KY
[stamp on the right:] Free

Hon: Lewis Cass scy War
(Pension Bureau}
Washington
City

[written sideways, on the left:]
K Y.
23614
----15

[written sideways, on the right:] Key
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Cynthiana Ky March 14th, 1833

Sir
Inclosed you will receive the declaration of
John Foxworthy and Nicholas Millner for pensions
under the act of 7 June 1832- Which I wish attended
to and answers sent as soon as is convenient.
Direct to me at Cyna. Ky -- Respectfully
N. B Coleman
Atto: for Declarants
[flourish] 

Hon. L. Cass Scy War
[flourish]
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Declaration of 
Hannah Mil [end of name illegible]
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Declaration [underlined]

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the
act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled "An act
making further provision for surviving widows - 
and soldiers of the Revolution."

State of Kentucky
Harrison County ⎬ Towit:

On this the 23d day of September 1848 personally 
appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Harrison and State aforesaid
Hannah Milner a resident of said County and State
aged 98 - 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 Pentions to Widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary
War.  That she is the Widow of Nicholas Milner
late of said County and State who was a private in the
Militia in the Pennsylvania [blank] Regiment, stationed at Jackson
Fort, for particulars, referance is made to her own & Husbands papers in pension office in Washington.
That she has received the annal amount of Thirty
Dollars as Widow aforesaid under the act of the 17th June
1844.  She further declares that she is still a Widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
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before the undersigned Justice aforesaid 
Hannah Milner her mark [+]
Lewis C. McMurtry J. P. H. C.

I certify that the above named affiant Hannah Milner,
is personally known to me and that she is the
same individual who drew a pension as stated
by her in the foregoing Declaration
Lewis C. McMurtry J. P. H. C.

State of Kentucky}
Harrison County} Towit:

I Thomas B. Woodyard Clerk of
the Court in the County and State afsd. 
that Lewis C McMurtry Esq. is a Justice of the 
Peace in and for said County and State aforesaid
duly commissioned and sworn That his
signature above written is genuine

Given under my hand
and the seal of the said County
Court at the Court House in
Cynthiana this the 4th day
of [crossed out: September] ^October 1848
Th B Woodyard [illegible]
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State of Kentucky}
Harrison County} Towit:

I William Moore presiding Justice of the County Court
of Harrison County do certify from under my hand
that the above named Thomas B. Woodyard Esq.
is the Clerk of said Court over which I preside as
Justice aforesaid - that his signature hereto attached
is genuine and certificate in apt form that due
faith and credit should be given to the same

Given under my hand as presiding Justice
aforesaid this the 6th day of October [crossed out: September] 1848
W. Moore
P.J. H. C.C.
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Hannah Milner
under joint resolutions of
Jany: 23d, 1845 & 
Act July 7. 1838-

Admd: $30 per ann:

from 4 March, 1836 to
4 March, 1841.--

Lewis C. Suggett, [illegible]"
Long Lick
Scott County,
Kentucky.
Page 37

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress
of the 23d January 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844, prohibited
me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my
husband was a pensioner I now make the following Statement under
oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mention I am the
widow of Nicholas Milliner who was a private soldier in the war
of the Revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of thirty
Dollars per anum from the 4 of March 1843 and now ask for
the amount due me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the day when
my former pension commenced
Hanah Milliner her mark [+]

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 26th day of
March 1845
H Million J P}
Justice of the Peace}
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and
that she is the same individual she represents herself to
be in the foregoing affidavit
H Million J P 
Justice of the Peace

State of Kentucky Harrison County Sct
I Th B Woodyard Clerk of the Court of the County 
Court for the County Afsd Certify that Hanan Million
who has signed the foregoing is a Justice
of the peace for the County of Harrison in the State of
Kentucky And that the above is his signature

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my seal of office this 29th
day of March 1845 at Cyna
County and State Afsd
Th B Woodyard Clk
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[parts of the text are obscured by a few white lines]

9369
Kentucky.

Hannah Millner
widow of Nicholas Millner
who was a pensioner under the Act of '32
[illegible] who [illegible] 29 July 1842
Hannah [illegible] Ky
who was [illegible] Company
command [illegible] Pyman of the 
reg. command [illegible] Col Harrod in
the Penn. line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Ky
at the rate of 30 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of 
June, -45. and sent to [crossed out: Hannah]
Lewis Suggett Esq
Scott Co Long Lick Ky

Total amount, $ [blank]

[downward pointing arrow] Jt Reso Jan. 23d
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by F. L. Swann, Clerk,
Book D.  Vol. 1.  Page 373

[illegible] Joint Reso: of Jan 23d.
1845 "301"
 
[on right side of the page:] Refs.
Page 39

House of Reps
Washington City, D.C.
Sep 17, 1830.

Dear Sir,
I enclose you a letter per Mr 
J. W. McCann of Kentucky, who wishes
information from your office in regards 
to the application of Mrs Hannah
Milner, widow of Nicholas Milner, 
deceased, who has made application 
for a ^[copy of her] pension ^certificate
Will you please examine the letter, and enclose 
me the copy she asks for.

Please return to me Mr McCann's letter.

very respectfully,
Your Ob Svt
R H Stanton
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Connersville, Ind.
May 20, 1929.

Department of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-
Kindly inform me if one Nicholas Milner
or Amos Milner ever drew a pension for services in
the War of the Revolution from Kentucky.

Thanking you for any information that you
might give, I am
Very sincerely
Mrs. J. W. Holter
218 Central Ave.

[round date stamp:] MAY 25 1929 U. S. PENSION OFFICE
.
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[two column page]
[left side:]

Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3028

Hannah Milner.
Widow
Nicholas Milner
Priv Rev War

Act: Feby 2" 1848.
Index: - Vol. M. Page 48.

Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side:]
[illegible] 9. Aug 20 hist. to Mrs.
[illegible] Holter  U.C.S.
Page 42

11123
Hannah Milner
Ken.
Act 7. July '38

died in 42!
Rejected

Act 3 March 43
Admd
9 mo pri
30.

L. C. Suggett
Long Lick
Scott Co
Ken:
Page 43

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 7th of July 1838 entitle an act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows

State of Kentucky}
County of Harrison}

Be it known that on this
day Personally appeared before me the undersign
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
Hannah Miliner a Resident of the County of
Harrison State of Kentucky aged Eighty Eight
years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Provision made by the act of Congress passed
July 7. 1838 entitled an act Granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows

that she is the widow of Nicholas Miliner who
was a Pensioner and applied for a pension under the
act of Congress of July 4, 1836, and she now
etssents to take the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress of July 7 1838 and
refers to her Declaration on file and the evidence
in the Pension office in support of her [crossed out: claim] 
claim. she Further Declares that she was
Married to the said Nicholas Miliner at the time
stated by her in her Foregoing Declaration which 
was Previous to the first day of January
seventeen hundred and ninty four and that her
Husband the aforesaid Nicholas Miliner died on
the Twenty ninth day of July one thousand Eight
hundred and forty two and she still remains
his widow given from under my hand this 20th
day of June 1844
Hannah Miliner her mark [X]
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State of Kentucky}
County of Harrison} 
[crossed out] this day Personally.

Be it known that on 
this day personally appeared before me the undersign 
a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County aforesaid Hannah Milliner [crossed out: and] a
respectable lady of the County of Harrison
and state of Kentucky and cannot by reson
of Bodily infirmity attend the Court and
subscribes and make oath to the truth of
the Foregoing Declaration before me this
20th day of June 1844
Haman Million. J.P

State of Kentucky}
Harrison County} Sct

I Thos. B Woodyard Clerk
of the County Court for Harrison County certify that
Haman Million is a magistrate as above and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his
is genuine 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed
my seal of Office this 20th day
of June A D 1844

W. B. Woodyard clk
By O.F. Rankin D.C
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Millott Farrell
(Melliot, Ferrol)
[long arrow pointing this text to the text above:] Pencil notation only
GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)

WARRANT NUMBER 7521 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 24, 1790
to Thomas Lawrence, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent 
dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.