Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,054, for Clark Miller, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Miller, Clark
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 1054
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22.95 $
New Jersey
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Clark Miller
of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Peck of the Reg.  commanded by 
Col. Spencer in the New Jersey line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Dec 1833 and Sent to Hon L. Cardial
Morristown
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33   $200
Semi-anol. allowance ending 4 [illegible] '34   40
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$240
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 2. Page 122 


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defective authentication 
by order of Hon Secy.
has been waived


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0 24 mo pri
Clark Miller
No 6588.

Add
24 mo pri
80$

L. Condict  paid
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State of New Jersey
Essex County ss
On this Seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in Open Court Before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Now sitting Clark Miller A Resident of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and state of New Jersey aged Seventy five years - Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on this oath make the following Declaration in Order to pertain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June Seventh in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two.

Was Born in the Township of Elizabeth in what is now the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and state of New Jersey on the Eleventh day of July in the year seventeen hundred and Fifty seven and was seventy five years old last July   According to his family Record which is now in his possession. - Where he was living when first called into service and where he has Resided ever since and now Resides.

That he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary War under the following named officers & served or here stated or he as he can Recollect.

That he first exerted the service as a drafted soldier in Capt John Scudders Company in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the spring and served in that Company Five months the most of the time under the Command of Col. Thomas - Then Listed for Three Months in Capt. Jacob Cranes Company and served his time out under the Command of Col Spencer never Received any written discharge.- he was then drafted in Captain John Scudder's Company and done Three months duty making six Months duty in the year 1777.   he was then drafted and served under Capt. John Scudder Capt Jacob Crane Capt Benjamin
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Laing until the close of the War at different periods as much as two year and six Months under the Command of Col Thomas Col Spence Col Yaqui's Col Seely & Col [illegible]
Marched from Essex county to Boundbrooks and then to [illegible] and Returned by the way of Morris Town and then to Connecticut farms and had a skirmish with the British at the farms - Was in the Battle of Springfield and Connecticut farms,  was stationed the most of the time when out along the lines between Brumywie and Hachensach-  Whitst stationed ar Elizabeth Town point lost the hearing of one ear by the discharge of a Cannon    Was acquainted with Lord Sterling General Maxwell Capt Hiatt  Capt Littell  Col Mathew Ogden Col Aaron Open.  Has no documentary evidence of his services   Jacob Davis  _____..____ Can testify to [illegible] of his services.

He hereby Relinquishes every Claim [illegible]  to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any  State of Territory in the United States.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year of aforesaid in open Court

Clark Miller
E Vanderwale Clk

We James M Huntting a Clergyman Residing in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and state of New Jersey and William Clark -- Residing in the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Clark iller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is refuted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have  been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
James M Huntting
William Clark

E Vanderwale Js  Clk
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And the said Court do herby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories finished 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 James M Hunting who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman (?) in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that William Clark - who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

Elias Ardale (?)  clerk

Elias (?) (?) Clerk of the inferior Court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Clark Miller for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two - 
Elias Arsdale clerk
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County ss }  Be it known that on the Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County in and William Clark and Ichabod Clark Who being duly sworn according to
Law on their Oath deposeth that they reside in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and one well acquainted with Clark Miller of the same place and one well knowing that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and serving in Capt Jacob Crains Company of three months men and are also knowing that said Clark Miller was a drafted Soldier and served in the Common Militia under Capt. John Scudder and others at different periods as much as two years in in the Revolutionary war and further saith not.

Sworn and subscribed }  William Clark
the day and year aforesaid }  Ichabod Clark
before me}

Saml B. Miller
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State of New Jersey } 
County of Essex } Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the said affidavit & now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County, duly Commissioned & sworn & authorized to take the same: That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe the signature "Saml B. Miller" is genuine-
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid, the Twenty first day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirteen
E Van Arsdale Clk

I Samuel B. Miller - Before whom the above affidavit of William Clark and Ichabod Clark was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Clark and Ichabod Clark and that his statement is Entitled to full credit
belief.
June 28th 1833.
Saml B. Miller
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County}  Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex Clark Miller of the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same Clark Miller. who heretofore made a declaration for a pension dated the Seventeenth day of August Eighteen hundred and Thirty two. And that by reason of Old age the great length of time and the consequent
Loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length or periods of the war when he served but according to the best of his recollection at this time he served as a drafted and listed private Soldier
in the Revolutionary War at the times and not less then the periods mentioned below.-

That he first entered the service of the United States at the said Township of Westfield as stated in his said Declaration as a Drafted private Soldier in the spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six in a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain John Scudder and done Five months duty in his Company that year stationed at Elizabeth Town point the most of the time under the command of Col Thomas ---

In the month of December Seventeen hundred and Seventy six listed for three months in a company of three months min raised by the provincial Congress of New Jersey in Captain Jacob Crains Company but did not go on duty until the first of January 1777 and done three months duty in said Company as a private soldier stationed Between New Brunswick and Hackensack under the command of Col Spencer & Major Cott and was discharged on the first day of April following but did not receive any written discharge

In the month of June the same year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he was drafted in a Company of Militia under
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[sideways] As to the Marches Battels and Skirmishes he was in for other peticular he [illegible] to his original declaration

Captain John Scudder and done three months more duty that year stationed at Rahway & Tremblys point under the command of Col Potter.

In the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was again drafted in Captain John Scudders Company of Militia and done Four Months duty that year under the said Captain Scudder and Captain Benjamin Laing stationed at Rahway Elizabeth Town and along the lines under the command of Col Jaquish.

In the Winter of Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine he was again drafted and done four months duty in that year under Captain John Scudder & Capt Benjamin Laing stationed Between Woodbridge and Elizabeth Town and at Connecticut farms under the said Col Jaquish.

In the spring of the year seventeen hundred and Eighty he was again drafted in Capt John Scudders Company of Militia as a private soldier and done Four months duty in that year under the said Captain Scudder Capt Laing Capt. Dunham stationed at Trembly point and between Brunswick and Hackensack along the lines under the command of Col Jaquish.

In the spring of the year seventeen hundred and Eighty one-- he still continued a drafted solider in the said Captain John Scudder Company and done Three Months duty in said Company under the said Captain Scudder and Captain Laing stationed as above Stated under the command of Col Jaquish.-

Making his whole service of a drafted and listed private soldier two years and two months and for such service he
Claims a pension. That the service herein stated to
have been performed by him in the war of the Revolution
was Bonified and actually Rendered Viz Three Months in
Captain Jacob Cranes Company of three months min actually in service and duly called out by the garment and
the other one year and Eleven months was service performed
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in the Militia as a private soldier for all that time Bonafied and actually rendered. That he was duly called out with his company and actually stationed at the different places mentioned in this and his said Original Declaration doing Military duty all that time. And that for the time during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil persuit.

1st - As to the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department he saith that he was born in the Township of Westfield then the township of Elizabeth County of of Essex in the State of New Jersey on the 11th day of July 1757

2nd - he has a Record of his age now in his possession

3rd - was living at the said Township of Elizabeth when first called into service, and now resides in the same place

4th - was drafted and a listed Soldier

5 - he knew Lord Sterling General Maxwell General Dickenson
General Wayne General Dayton Col Barker Col Mathews Ogden

6 - Never received any written discharge

7 - Gidion Rosseque Samuel Downe William Baker Jonathan Baker Jonathan Woodruff 

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark } Clark Miller
in the County of Essex this Twenty }
eighth day of June A.D. 1833 }
before me
Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace
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Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of Clark Miller was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Clark Miller and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
June 10th 1843
Saml B. Miller
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State of New Jersey }
County of Essex } ss I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex Do hereby certify that Samuel B Miller Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Clark Miller was made & taken at the time of taking the said affidavit was and still is a Justice of the Peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned & sworn: That the name "Saml B Miller " subscribed to said affidavit and the several certificates hereunto annexed is the hand writing of said Justice

In Testimony Whereof I have hereto subscribed my
name and affixed the Seal of said Court at
Newark the Twenty Ninth day of June in the
year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred
and thirty three -
Elias Van Arsdale Clk
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State of New Jersey



I Samuel B. Miller before whom the within affidavit of William Clark and Ichabod Clark
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The Widow Sarah Miller, Declaration of Evidence For a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7th [illegible]

M 90. d 43-

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2 yr pri
80 $

Saml B. Miller
Newark New Jersey
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress Passed July 7th 1839. And August 23rd 1842. And A Resolution approved August 16th 1842. Granting Pensions to Certain Widows

State of New Jersey }
Essex County           } ss  On this Twentieth - day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty three, personally Appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex the Widow Sarah Miller (whose Maden Name was Sarah Miller) A Respectable person residing in the Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey. Aged Seventy six years (who I hereby
Certify cannot from Bodily infirmity attend Court) who being by me 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 acts of Congress passed July 7th 1839. And August 23d 1842. And A Resolution Approved August 16th 1842. granting Pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Clark Miller Late of the Township of Westfield In the County of Essex and
State of New Jersey deceased, who was a Private Soldier in the New Jersey, Line under Captain Crane and others and also a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia, under Captain John Scudder, and others. who was also a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Law of Congress of
July 7th 1832. At the time of his death, at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum. And the said Sarah Miller Further Declares that she was married to the said Clark Miller on the Fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety By the Rev Benjamin Woodruff, then Pastor of the Besbyteron Church at Westfield Essex County New Jersey and that her Husband the aforesaid Clark Miller died on the Thirtieth day of May
eighteen
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Eighteen hundred and Forty three at his Residence in said County of Essex New Jeney. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place Previous to the First day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four Viz at the time above stated. And that she has not Intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Clark Miller deceased. And for further particulars the said Applicant would most respectfully refer the Commissioner
of Commons, to the Record Evidence of Marriage and Affidavits hereunto Annexed. And to her said husbands papers on file In his office relative to said Claim

Sworn to and subscribed on the        }    her
day and year first above mentioned  }    Sarah  X  Miller
Before me Samuel B. Miller Judge     }    mark
of the Inferior Court of                       }
Common pleas in for said Court        }
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Seventeen hundred Ninety March Fourteenth, Clark Miller and Sarah Miller were Married.

I James M. Hunting, Pastor of the Presbyteran Church at Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a True Copy from the Record of Marriages kept by the Revd Benjamin Woodruff when Pastor of said Church Church with the Exception of the date which is Expressed on the Record in fair Legible letter & Figurs or Follows
1790 March 14th Clark Miller & Sarah Miller were Married
James M. Hunting

State of New Jersey }
Essex County-          } ss  I James M. Hunting above named do depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the Presbyteran Church at Westfield in the County and State aforesaid. And that the above is a true Extract from the Marriage Record kept by the said Revd Benjamin, Woodruff, Whilst pastor of said Church with the exception above named or Certified by me. And further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed at Westfield } James M. Hunting
in said County this Twentieth day }
of June A.D. 1843. Before me }
Sam B. Miller - Justice of the peace

I do hereby certify that the above named James M. Hunting who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Certificate and Affidavit is a Respectable clergyman and Pastor of the above mentioned, Presbyteran Church at Westfield Essex County New Jersey as above stated
June 20th 1843.
Saml B. Miller - Justice of the peace
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Sarah Miller for a pension under the
act of Congress of July 7th 1839

State of New Jersey }
Essex County           } ss Personally Appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A. Justice of the peace in and for said County Samuel Downer A Respectable person residing at Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and Personally known to me to be entitled to credit as A Witness And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Eighty fourth year of his age, And that he has been well acquainted with Clark Miller and Sarah
Miller, his wife (whose Madin name was Sarah Miller) of the Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey for More than sixty-years last past. And this deponant further saith, that the said Clark Miller and Sarah his wife, Alwais Resided together as Husband & wife And Reputed so to be until the death of the said Clark Miller which took place in the month of May Last past, And that the said Clark Miller and Sarah his wife had a Number of children together. And that his widow the said Sarah Miller is still living and resides in the said Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey
and is now or much or nearto seventy six years of age. And further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed at Westfield }
in said County of Essex this Twentieth }
day of June, A.D. 1843. Before me } Samuel Downer
Saml B. Miller
Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey }
County of Essex       } ss I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed of Sarah Miller James M. Hunting and Samuel Dennis were made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court and a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Saml B. Miller" affixed to the Jurate of said affidavits respectively are genuine-
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my
hand and official Seal the Third day of
July A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty three
J P Jackson Clk

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X  6388

Clarke Miller

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Claimant must specify the particular terms of his service and the place where performed
and shew whether in actual service during each term for which drafted.

It should appear that the best evidence of service has been produced and stated in detail
witnesses must be certified to be credible

Hon Lewis Condict
Present
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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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
____________________________________________________________
Statement, showing the Service of Clarke Miller
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service | Rand of the claimant | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported
Years | Months | Days
Spring 1776 | - | 5 | - | private | Col Thomas | 75 | the affidavit of
1777 | - | 6 | - | O | Col Cotter | Township | William Clark and
1779 | - | 4 | - | O | Col Jaquish | of Elizabeth | Ichabod Clark
1773 | - | 4 | - | O | Col Spencer | Now the | his own declaration and
1780 | - | 4 | - | O |   | Township | supplemental
1701 | - | 3 | - | O |   | of Westfield | Affidavit
~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Essex |
| 2 | 2 | - |   |   | County |
|   |   |   |   |   | New |
|   |   |   |   |   | Jersey |

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 or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State Territory, or District of }
County of                              }   ss.

On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A. B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of_____aged (c)_____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with_____and served in the_____(e) regiment of the _____line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched . This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of_____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._____A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____of the Court of_____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ___for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____day of_____&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the_____and C.D. residing (in 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 exexpected [expected].  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of 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 _____ year_____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; 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being  improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from [a] to [illegible] 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.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ---, 19----

In reply to your request of --------, received ------ for a statement of the military history of Clark Miller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension of file in this Bureau.
W.F. 1054

DATES OF | LENGTH OF | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STATE
ENLISTMENT OR | SERVICE | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL
APPOINTMENT
Apr. 1776 | 5 mos. | Pvt | John Scudder |           Thomas | N.J.
Jan. 1777 | 3 mos. |        | Jacob Crane   | Oliver Spencer |
June 1777 | 3 mos. |       | John Scudder | Samuel Potter |
Mch. 1778 | 4 mos. |       | John Scudder & Laing | Moses Jacques |
Feb 1779 | 4 mos. |        | John Scudder & Benjamin Laing |        Jaques |
Apr 1780 | 4 mos |        | Scudder, Laing & Durham |         Jaques. |
Apr 1781 | 3 mos. |        | John Scudder & Laing |         Jaques. |

Battles engaged in, Springfield & Connecticut Farms
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westfield Township, Essex Co NJ.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Westfield Township, Essex Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, born in Elizabeth Township, Essec Co. N.J. July 11, 1757.
Remarks:  he married Sarrah Miller Mch 14, 1790 at Westfield Township, Essex Co. N.J.  he died in Essex Co. NJ May 30 1843 and she was allowed pension on an application executed June 20, 1843 while a resident of Westfield Twsp. aged 76 years
No further family data
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

J-2856
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New Jersey - 7685.

Sarah Miller
widow of Clark Miller
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30th: May, 1843- of Essex Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Peck of the regt commanded by Col, Spencer in the N. Jersey line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Collars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of September 1843 and sent to Saml. B. Miller New-ark, N.J.

Whole amount due..... $400.00

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by [illegible] Stewart - Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 129
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4330
New Jersey

Sarah Miller
widow of Clark Miller
who was a Private
in the Revolution
N.J. Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - cents per annum, to commence o the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Jany 1844 and sent to Saml B Miller
Newark
New Jersey

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 124
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1916 April 8: history to Mr. Claud N Jones. Letter in S.F. 1075 Amos Potter,  M 13. 11

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1054
Sarah Miller
Widow
Clark Miller
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: March 3, 1843

Index:-Vol. M, Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870]
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4783
Mrs. Sarah Miller,
Declaration for a
Pension under the act
of Congress of March 3rd 1843

$80
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7th 1830

State of New Jersey
Essex County                 ss

On this Twenty ninth day of September, one Thousand Eight hundred and forty-three
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County Sarah Miller, A Resident of the the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to Widow of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Clark Miller decd who was a private soldier, in the New Jersey Line under Captain Crane & others and also a private in the New Jersey Militia under Captain John Scudder and others and the said, Sarah Miller Further declares that she Received a pension from the United States of Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of July 7th 1830. & that she further declares she is sill a Widow.

Sarah her X mark Miller

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me,

Sam B. Miller Judge of Common pleas
And I do hereby certify that the Declarant in the foregoing declaration named is personally known to me to be the Identical person who received the above mentioned pension from the United States;
September 29th 1843.
Saml B. Miller - Judge of Common pleas
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss. 

I John P Jackson Clerk of the County of Essen and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sarah Miller was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned & sworn; and that the signatures ""Saml B Miller" to
the Jurat of said Affidavit & the certificate thereunder written respectively are genuine -

In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand
and official Seal at Newark in same County the
Second day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty three-
J P Jackson Clk
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State of New Jersey
Essex County SS

Personally appeared before me the under signed a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex Clark Miller of the County and State aforesaid. Who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same Clark Miller who heretofore made a Declaration for a pension dated the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 (No In the pension office 65 ad) And that the service stated in his said Declaration and Supplemental affidavit of Five months as a drafted soldier in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain John Scudder in the year 1776 in the Revolutionary war - was actually done and performed as follows viz In the months of April May and June done two months duty in the said Captain John Scudders Company stationed at Elizabeth Town point building Brest works under the command of Col Thomas and in the month of July August and September done Two Month more duty in the said Captain Scudders Company stationed as above stated building Brest works under the command of the sd Col Tomes And in November done one Month more duty under the same officers stationed at the same place making three tour of duty two of two months each and one of one month, all as a private Soldier actually in service doing Military duty all that time. ---

And he further saith that in the month of
December the same year 1776 he Listed in a Company of three months then under the command of Captain Jacob Crane and commenced doing duty in said Company
on the First of January 1777 and done duty in said Company all the month of January February & March making a tour of three months duty in actual service
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as a private soldier for all that time doing duty stationed Between New Brunswick and Hackensack under the Command of Col Spencer and Major Bott and was discharged on the first day of April following but never received any written discharge.-- And he further saith that in the month of June the same year 1777- he was drafted in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain John Scudder and done one Month duty in the month of June and done one Month duty in the month of September and done one Month duty in the month of November making three tours of duty as a private Soldier in the Common Militia that year stationed at Rahway and Tremblys point guarding the lines under the command of Col Samuel Cotter - actually in service for all that time.

And this deponent further saith that the services stated to have been done by him in his said supplemental affidavit as a private Soldier
in the war of the Revolution in the year 1779
was actually done and performed in Four Monthly Tours Viz on March and April done one Month duty under Captain John Scudder in June done one Month duty in the same Company Commanded by Capt Benjamin Ling and in August done one Month duty under the said Capt Scudder and in October done one Month duty under the said Capt Laing all in the same Company stationed at Rahway Elizabeth Town and along the lines guarding the enemy, under the command of Col Moses Jaquish.

And he further saith that the service stated to have been done by him in his said supplemental Affidavit as a private soldier in the the year 1779 was actually done and performed in Four Monthly tours of one month each Viz
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in the Month of February done one Month duty under Captain Benjamin Laing and in the month of April done one Month duty under Capt John Scudder and the month of July done one Month duty under the said Capt Laing and in October done one Month duty under the said Captain Scudder Stationed at Elizabeth Town and Connecticut Farms under the command of the said Col Jaquish standing guard and waiting the enemy along the River -

And he further saith that the services
stated to have been done by him in his said
Supplemental affidavit as a private soldier in the
year 1790 - was actually done and performed in
Four Monthly tours of one month each Viz in
the month of April done one Month duty under Capt Laing - In June done one Month
duty under Capt Scudder in August done one
Month duty under Capt Dunham and in October
done one Month duty under the said Capt Scudder Stationed between New Brunswick and Hackensack in New Jersey all that time in actual service under the command of Col Jaquish.

And he further saith that the Service stated to have been done by him in his said supplemental affidavit as a private soldier in the year 1781 was actually done and performed in three monthly tours of one month each Viz in April done one Month duty under Capt Sudder and done one Month duty in July under Capt Laing and in October one one Month duty under the said Capt Scudder stationed between New Brunswick and Hackensack in New Jersey along the enemies lines all the time in actual served under the command of Col Jaquish.
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And this deponent further saith that he has produced the best evidence in his power &
that he knows of no other living witness or
witnesses at this time except those he has
produced that on testify to his services.

For all other peticulars [illegible] by the War department please to see the original Declaration and supplemental affidavit.-

Clark Miller

Sworn to and Subscribed
at Newark in said County
the 12th day of August 1833

Sworn to and subscribed
at Newark in said County
this 12th day of August
A.D. 1883, before me
Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace

Clark Miller
State of New Jersey, County of Essex ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex Do hereby certify that Samuel B Miller before whom the foregoing affidavit of Clark Miller was made & taken, at the time of taking the same, was and still is one of the Justices of the peace for the said County, residing therein duly
commissioned & sworn: And that the name
Saml B. Miller Subscribed to said affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Justice. Witness my hand & Seal of office at Newark in the County aforesaid, the Twelfth day of August AD Eighteen hundred & thirty three-
E Van Arsdale J. Clk
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex              ss.

Before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appears, Clark Miller, of said County who being duly sworn, [illegible]

I am the same Clark Miller, who on the 17th day of August 1832 before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of said County, made my Declaration to obtain the benefit of the law of the United States of June 7th 32, [crossed out line]

I have reflected much of the subject of militia services performed in the war, & have no means in my power which will enable me to give a more specific or dilated account of them, than is contained in my supplemental Declaration forwarded herewith, & in the additional testimony now also presented.-- I have made great efforts to find surviving witnesses of my services, & now forward all that an to be
found as I believe & which I trust will your Satisfaction.-- most of my fellow soldiers = eu, & I believe all my officers are dead, & my own memory is my frail.
All the time set forth in my Declaration, was faithfully & constantly spent in active duty at my section, & under the orders of my officers. In no part of my monthly tours, was engaged in any civil pursuit.

Clark Miller

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 7th day of Novr 1833
Andw H. Clark Justice of the peace.

Andrew Clark Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit of Clark Miller was taken is known to me to be a Justice of peace in Essex County & the signature of his name thereto is genuine. Clarke Miller the Deponent, I am personally
acquainted with, & know him to be [illegible]  as a man of truth & worthy of belief.
Novr 7th 1833.-
Lewis Condict, [illegible] Repr
from N. Jersey
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New Jersey
Essex County

Before the Subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County personally appears Wm Clark Esqr of said County, well known to me as a man of truth & well entitled to belief, & having first been duly sworn saith as follows
viz: I am a soldier of the Revolution, & performed much Militia duty, from the beginning to its close. I knew Clark Miller very well at that time & till the present time. We performed Militia duty together & after in the same company.-- In the year 1776 we performed duty together in Capt John Scudder's company at Elizth town &
the points of landing opposite Staten Island, building breast works & certifications & keeping
guard, as much as three months at least during the summer & fall months, under the
direction & command of Col. Thomas. In the following winter, Decr 76, we enlisted
in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Crane for 3 months, & finish out the
term at Elizth town, Connecticut farms & the landing point opposite Staten Island, and
Colonel Spencer & Adjutant Bott. During this time we took prisoners at Connecticut
farms a party of Hessians or Waldecker who came there to attack us, consisting of about
70 or 80, & in a week or two thereafter, another party of Hessians of about 60
In 77 I recollect him in 3 monthly tours-- one as I believe in June, in Captain Scudder company - 
one in July or August & another in the fall under the same Captain, guarding the shores & landings opposite Staten Island.-- In 78 in the spring, I remember him performing a months duty opposite Staten Island one month in the summer & one month in the fall, under Capt. Scudder & Capt. Laing

In 1779. I remember him on a month tour of duty in the winter, between Elizth town & Trumbly's point & one month under Capt. Scudder, as I believe in the latter part of summer or fall.  In
1781, in April, we performed together a month duty under Capt. E. Scudder & one month under Capt. Laing in the summer. In the fall, we performed one month duty near Amboy on guard duty under Capt. Scudder.- I believe Clark Miller performed much other duty in the revolution & that I saw him in service upon
many other occasions which I cannot now undertake to specify.  I remember him on duty under Capt Elisha Dunham one tour in 1780, near Trumbly's point, & another month at Josh Willis house in Rahway in 81. Sworn & subscribed before me, this 1st Novr 1833.

William Clark

Sam B. Miller - Justice of the peace
-
Ichabod Clark, of Essex County being duly sworn, saith as follows viz-- I was a soldier in
the war of the revolution, & performed Militia service from early in the beginning to the end
thereof. I have known Clark Miller from boyhood to the present time, have lived neighbors many years & know that he performed much Militia duty in the war oftentimes in the same company with me, & at other times stationed near me & performing similar duty.  I cannot at this remote day specify one half of my our tours nor his but can mention a few instances in which I remember him on Militia service.

In the year 1776, we both performed Militia duty in Capt. Scudders company for 4 successive months, from May to September inclusive, were stationed at Elizth town performing guard & fatigue duty, more specifically constructing breast works for defense opposite Staten Island. This was the season in which the British fleet came into New York harbour, & took possession of the City of Long Island & Staten Island. This service was principally performed under direction of Col. Thomas.
In 1777, Clark Miller & I both served by enlistment in Captain Crane's company
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Saml B. Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing depositions of Wm. Clark & Clark Miller were taken is a Justice of Peace in Essex Co. N. J. & the signature of his name to each is genuine. [illegible] Lewis Condict [illegible]

during the term of three months, beginning as I believe in January, we were stationed at Elizth town performing guard duty along the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island, under command of Col. Oliver Spencer Bott Major or adjutant In 1777.  I remember Clark Miller performing Militia duty again in the summer [illegible] one month-- in Scudders company as I believe, & two other months in the fall of that year. We were under different Captains-- but were stationed along the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island from Elizt town point to Tumbly's point & Rahway. Col. Potter & Col. Jaques had command.-- In 78 we were both out on the line between Elizth town & Rahway performing Militia duty. Miller under Capt Scudder & Capt Laing, & under Capt Wood Laing & more Col. Jaques sometimes having command, & sometime Col. Potter. He performed 3 months in this year, according to the best of my recollection, in the spring summer & fall.-- In 1779, in the winter, we performed one monthly tour of Militia service in January & February, Miller under Capt
Laing, & I under Capt Scudder - In the Summer, one month duty, Miller under Capt Laing, & under Capt Morse-- & one month in the fall. Miller under Capt Scudder, & I under Capt Morse-- in guarding & protecting the inhabitants along the shore from
Elizth town point to Woodbridge, under command of Col. Jaques.

In 1780, I saw said Miller in Militia service under Capt Laing & Scudder, at Springfield, Connecticut farms, & at the points of landing between Hackensack & Elizth town in the spring Summer not less than three months, principally under Col. Jaques.

In 1781, I also saw him frequently performing tours of Militia duty in the various seasons of the year, sometimes under Capt. Scudder  & sometimes under Laing along the landing opposite Staten Island. I cannot say how after-- but I believe not less than two months, probably more-- generally commanded by Col Jaques

During all these monthly tours spoken of, we were constantly in active service, under the orders of our superior officers, & were not engaged or employed in any civil pursuit.

Our residence was distant from one Station points from 8 to 10 & 15 miles, & when on duty, we were never at home, except on some emergency for [illegible] a day or a night when our friends at home were sick-- or to obtain a charge of clothes-- & then always on parole, & with the consent of our officers. were together at the capture of the Hessians in the winter of 1776-7 & at various skirmishes which took place between Amboy & Elizabeth town, at different periods of the war. Every man able to bear arms was from [illegible] obliged to bear his musket against the enemy - or go over to the enemy.  And I believe few men at that [illegible] performed more active duty then Clark Miller.

I remember serving one month at Rahway in harvest time with Mr Miller in Col. Scudders
company under Col. Potter the year I do not remember; & and the month under Capt Dunham
at Tumbly's point: & one month at [illegible] Willis house in Rahway under Col. Jaques, in
Capt Laings company - month not [illegible]

Ichabod Clark

Sworn to & subscribed before
me November 1st 1833
Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace

I Samuel B. Miller-- Before whom the affidavit
William Clark was taken do hereby certify the
am will acquainted with the said William Clark
he is a man, in good standing in socity & that he
is entitled to full belief of a Witness 
Sam B. Miller
November 1st [illegible]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Miller, Conrad GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 9913

ACREAGE 100
ISSUED March 12, 1792 to Robert Ross, 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.