Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19878, for Peter Miller, New York
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(3--1776) SERVICE New York 
Miller, Peter Catharine 
NUMBER W. 19878 
CONTENTS [blank]
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2 Certs 
1838 1843 } reported, Let to G. G. Reynolds 23 Apl 1851 
6312 Albany New York 
Catharine Miller widow of Peter Miller, N. Y. who was a Private in the N. Y. Line, 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued th 
28 day of Oct. 1844 and sent to Arad Joy Ovid N. Y 
[ Act of March 3, 1843. 
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 80
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Dead 
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep to 11. Decm 1837. Agt Notified 19. Oct 1844 
20.361 New York 
Peter Miller of Steuben Co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hardenburgh of the Regt commanded by Col. Weisenfelt on the N. York line for 9 mos: 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 39 day of Aug 1833 and sent to J. G. Masten Bath 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '31 $60 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '31 15 
$75 
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. } 
Recorded by Go. C Stiles Clerk 
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 64
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Arad Joy Esq Ovid Seneca Co. New York 
11220
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows. 
State of New York County of Steuben } SS. On this ninth day of February 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for said county Catharine Miller - a resident of Howard - in the Said County aged Eighty two - 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 Peter Miller - who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States - She further declares that She married to the Said Peter Miller in March 1785 or 86 Seventeen hundred and eighty five, or eighty Six that he husband the aforesaid Peter Miller died on the 11th day of December 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty Seven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place  previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above Stated- her X mark Catharine Miller 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before [signature:] Otis Thatcher Judge Steuben County Com. Pleas } 
I certify that the above named Catharine Miller is a respectable person that I consider her to be of the age represented by her, that She cannot attend court in consequence of bodily infirmity - [signature:] Otis Thatcher Judge &c 
State of New York County of Steuben } SS Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, Samuel N. Miller of Howard in Said County aged, forty five years, after being duly Sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that widow Catharine Miller above named and who is applying for a Pension as the widow of Peter Miller late a Pensioner of the United States is this deponents mother, and that the aforesaid Peter Miller a Pensioner, was this deponents father, that this deponents eldest Sister is fifty Seven or fifty Eight years of Age, own Sister to this deponent, of the same father and Mother, that this deponent knows of no family record of his aforesaid father and mothers family, that this deponents father aforesaid died on the 11th day of December 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty Seven, and that his aforesaid mother Still remains a widow- [signature:] S N Miller 
this tenth day of February 1844} 
[signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice 
I certify that the above named Samuel N. Miller  is a respectable person - [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice
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State of New York County of Steuben } SS Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Daniel N. Miller of Howard in Said County aged thirty five years, after being duly Sworn according to law, deposeth and Saith that widow Catharine Miller within named and who is applying for a Pension as the widow of Peter Miller late a Pensioner of the United States, is this deponents mother, and that the said Peter Miller was this deponents father, that this deponent knows of no family record of his aforesaid father and mothers family; that this deponents eldest Sister, an own Sister to the deponent is fifty Seven or fifty eight years of age; that this deponents Said father died on the 11th day of December 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty Seven, and that this deponents aforesaid mother Still remains a widow- [signature:] Daniel N Miller 
Subscribed and Sworn before me this tenth day of February 1844 [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice 
I certify that the above named Daniel N. Miller is a respectable person - [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice 
 State of New York County of Steuben } SS Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Alfred J Burleson of Howard in said County aged thirty two years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he has for the last twenty four years, been personally acquainted with the widow Catharine Miller, the late wife and present widow of Peter Miller late a Pensioner of the United States, this deponent deposeth and saith, that She is the identical person, who was the wife and was living with the aforesaid Peter Miller, and that they were living together as husband and wife, at the first acquaintance of this deponent, and that this deponent has from them understood and believed that they the aforesaid parties had been married as early as 1786 seventeen hundred and eighty Six; and that their eldest child was fifty seven or fifty eight years of age, of which fact, this deponent has no doubt; and that this deponent has understood and believed that Samuel N. Miller, and Daniel N Miller Philip Miller were sons of the aforesaid parties and that they have no older children living near them; that the aforesaid Peter Miller died in December 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty Seven; and that his widow, the aforesaid Catharine Miller has not since married, but remains a widow- [signature:] Alfred J. Burleson 
Subscribed and Sworn before me this tenth day of February 1844 [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice 
I certify that the above named Alfred. J. Burleson is a respectable person - [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice
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State of New York County of Steuben } SS Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Philip Miller of Howard in said County aged forty seven years, after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that widow Catharine Miller within named and who is applying for a Pension as the widow of Peter Miller late a Pensioner of the United States, is this deponents mother and that the said Peter Miller was this deponents father, that this deponent knows of no family record of his aforesaid fathers and mothers family, that this deponents eldest sister, an own sister to this deponent is fifty seven or fifty eight years of age, that this deponents said father died on the 11th day of December 1837, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and that this deponents aforesaid mother still remains a widow his X Mark Phillip Miller 
I certify that the above named Philip Miller is a respectable person [signature:] A. A. Olmstead } Justice 
State of New York Steuben County SS } I. William Hamilton, Clerk of said County, do Certify, That Otis Thatcher Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration & oath of Catharine Miller was taken, was at the date of the same One of the Judges of the Court of Common Plea in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said declaration & oath ad also his name Subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and Signatures, and further That Augustus A. Olmstead Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Samuel N Miller, Daniel N. Miller, Alfred J. Burleson and Philip Miller purport to have been Sworn, was at the date of the same. One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said four Affidavits and also his name Subscribed to the four preceeding Certificates, to be his proper hand writing and Signatures. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this twelfth day of February in the year 1844 [signature:] Wm HamiltonClerk
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Family Register 
Names Births Marriages Deaths Aged 
John Hess. [birth] Dec. 18. 1785 [marriage] Dec. 26. 1809 
Jane Miller [birth] Aug. 16. 1785 [marriage] do  do 
Michael Hess [birth] Dec. 23. 1810. 
Peter M Hess VAp. 5. 1812. 
Andrew Hess [birth] Dec. 25. 1813 
Jacob Hess [birth] Dec. 17. 1815 [death] Feb. 7. 1818 [aged] 2 yrs. 1 mo 20 da 
John Hess Jun [birth] Oct. 19. 1817. 
Catharine Hess [birth] July. 2. 1819. 
Eliza Hess [birth] Aug. 14. 1821 
William C. Hess [birth] Jan. 26, 1824.
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18172 
Peter Miller Steuben County New York 
One Peter Miller enlisted for 3 years in Weissenfels 
died deserted -  
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Admd 9 mo. pri 30$  
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Joseph G. Masten, Bath, N. Y.
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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. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Peter Miller, Steuben Co. N. Y. 
Period when the service was rendered. Enlisted 1781 
Duration of the claimant's service. [blank] Years. 9 Months. [blank] Days. 
Rank of the claimant. private 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Captain Hardenburgh 
Names and Rank fo the General and Field Officers. Colonel Wiesenvelt [Weissenfels] 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. [blank] 
Country through which he marched. Rochester Wawarsing 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 72 Ulster Co. N. Y.  
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. tradition living witnesses prove the 9 mo. service 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. Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } SS.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provion [sic] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank] , with [blank] and served in the [blank]
(e) regiment of the [blank] 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 enered [sic] 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 [blank]
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [sic] of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] 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 he 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 during 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 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. 
[j2] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 
The Certificate of the Judge has not the Seal of the Clerk attachd to it. Testmadtaid [?]
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State of New York Steuben County } SS I deputy Clerk of Steuben County do certify that the papers annexed to this certificate passed the court in the form & attached as they now are- 
Given under my hand & seal of office this third day of June eighteen hundred thirty three [signature:] A. C. Switzer
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Peter MIller a pensioner in the matter of 18172 
Continental service 
Write [?] to J. G. Masten Bates Steuben Coy. N Y 
9 months
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 
State of New York County of Steuben } SS On this sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally in the open Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben before the Judges thereof appeared Peter Miller a resident of the town of Howard in said County aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed  June 7th 1832 - That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers * served as herein after stated- That he has no record of his age- That he was born in Plattekill in Ulster County State of New York where he resided when he enlisted. That he enlisted early in the spring of 1781 in Captain L Hardenburgh's company in the Regiment commanded by Col Wiesenvelt [Weissenfels] for nine months. That the said Regiment was stationed on the Indian frontier in the towns of Rochester & Wawarsing in Ulster County- that shortly after he enlisted having no provisions they were billeted out- That for the most part of the said nine months they were stationed in pickets fort- eight near being usually in our fort- in July of the same year it being reported that the Indians would attach Lackawafers [Lackawanna?] the whole Regiment marched to that place. where they stayed one week when they returned to their stations- That he served with said Regiment during the whole term of nine months when they were discharged at the house of Benjamin Hornbeck who at that time kept a tavern at the sign of the White Horse. That he
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did not receive a written discharge- That they were debriefed in the afternoon- that their Captain promised them a certificate if they would stay until morning but being anxious to get to their homes, [crossed out word] a few only staid [stayed]. That he did not stay- That there was another Peter Miller in the same Regiment, that this petitioner was distinguished by the name of "big Peter" the other by the name of "Little Pete" - That LIttle Pete answered to Peter MIller junior That LIttle Pete as this petitioner believes deserted- That for the last fourteen years this petitioner has resided in Howard in Steuben County- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State - Peter Miller his X mark 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid } [signature:] M G Rumsey Dep Clk Steuben County 
We Adonijah Ford a clergyman residing in the town of Howard in Steuben County State of New York and Nathan Delano residing in the same place hereby certify: that we are well acquainted with Peter Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion- [signature:] Adonijah Ford 
[signature:] Nathan Delano 
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid} [signature:] M S Rumsey Dep Clk Steuben County
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories [sic] 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 Adonijah Ford who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Howard in said County of Steuben and that Nathan Delano who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit- [signature:] Geo. C Edwards 
[signature:] Paul C Cook 
[signature:] Ezra Chapin 
I David Rumsley Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of Steuben County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Miller for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 16th day of October in the year 1832- 
[signature:?] D. Rumsey Clerk Steuben County By M. S. [signature:] Runsley Deputy Clk
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__ate of New York Ulster County Clerk's office } SS: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County - Do hereby Certify that Abraham G. Hardenbergh Esquire was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit of Jacob P. Markle a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County duly authorised to take affidavits &c and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature "Abm G. Hardnbergh" subscribed to the said annexed Certificate to be genuine. -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this fifth day of September A. D. 1832 
[signature:] Jacob Snyder
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__ person that served the aforesaid Nine Months with this deponent, his X mark Jacob P. Markel 
Sworn & Subscribed this 1st. Sep. 1832 before me [signature:] Abm. G. Hardenbergh one of the Judges of Ulster Cour. pleas- 
State of New York Ulster County. I do Certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob P. Markel the person mentioned in the within affidavit, and that on the 1st. Sep. 1832 he appeared before me, and made oath to and Subscribed said affidavit in my presence- and I do further Certify that he is a man of truth and Veracity, and Entitled to credit as a witness- [signature:] Abm G Hardenbergh one of the Judges of Ulster Cour. Pleas.
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Jacob P. Markel of the Town of Marbletown in the County of Ulster and State of New York, being sworn doth say that he was acquainted with Peter Miller in the time of the revolutionary War- that they this said Markel and Miller Served together in Said War for the term of Nine Months under one Enlistment at Wawarsink on the frontier in said County of Ulster, in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Wysenvelt [Weissenfels] in Capt Jo- L. Hardenbergh's [Johannes Hardenbergh] Company of New York State troops in the Year 1781- and were both discharged at the same time at Wawarsink aforesaid- and Said Markel further swears that there was another Peter Miller in said Company, and one of them was called on the Roll by the addition of Junior- but is positive that the person  [left lower corner of the page is missing] __ntioned in this affidavit by the name of Peter Miller is the
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__ame person that served the aforesaid Nine Months with this Deponent his X Mark Jacob P. Markel 
Sworn & Subscribed this 1st. Sep. 1832 before me [signature:] Abm. G. Hardenbergh one of the Judges of Ulster Cour. Pleas - 
State of New York Ulster County. I do Certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob P. Markel the person mentioned in the within affidavit, and that on the 1st. Sep. 1832 he appeared before me, and made oath to and Subscribed said affidavit in my presence - and I do further Certify that he is a man of truth and Veracity, and Entitled to credit as a witness- [signature:] Abm G Hardenbergh one of the Judges of Ulster Cour. pleas.
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State of New York Ulster County } SS: John Simpson of New Paltz in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he knew Peter Miller now present before this deponent, in the time of the Revolutionary War; that the said Peter Miller and this deponent served together in said War for the term of Nine Months, on the Indian frontier in Rochester and Wawarsing in the said County of Ulster in the Year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-one, in a Company Commanded by Captain John L Hardenburgh, in Col. Weisenvelt's [Weissenfels] Regiment; that they were both honorably discharged at the expiration of said term, at the house of Benjamin Hornbeck in Rochester, who kept, at that time a tavern at the sign of the White horse-- that there was another person in said Company by the name of Peter Miller, and among the soldiers one was called "Big Peet" and the other "Little Peet"- that the said Peter Miller now present before this deponent, is the one called "Big Peet," and was the oldest man of the two. - 
his + mark John Simpson 
Sworn September 3d. 1832 before me [signature:] A D Soper First Judge of Ulster County 
State of New York Ulster County } SS: Anthony Yelverton of New Paltz in said County being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he knew Peter Miller now present before this deponent, in the time of the Revolutionary War that the said Peter Miller and this deponent served together in said war for the term of nine months, on the Indian frontier in Rochester and Wawarsing in said County of Ulster, in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one, in a Company Commanded by Captain John L Hardenburgh in Col. Weisenvelts [Weissenfels] Regiment that they were both honorably discharged at the expiration of said term at the house of Benjamin Hornbeck in Rochester who kept a tavern at that time at the sign of the White horse - that there was another person in said Company by the name of Peter Miller, and among the soldiers one was called "Big Peet" and the other "Little Peet" that the said Peter Miller now present before this deponent, is the one called "Big Peet" and was the oldest man of the two.- on the Roll "Little Peet" was called Peter Miller Junior = [signature"] Anthony Yelverton 
Sworn September 3rd. 1832 before me A D [signature:] Soper First Judge Ulster County} 
Ulster County SS: I do Certify that I am well acquainted with John Simpson and Anthony Yelverton, both of whom personally appeared before me this day, and subscribed and made oath, to the above affidavits respectively in my presence- and I do further Certify, that they are men of truth, and entitled to full credit as witnesses- Dated September 3 1832 [signature:] A D Soper First of Ulster County -
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State of New York Ulster County Clerks office } SS: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Please in and for said County of Ulster do hereby Certify that Abraham D. Soper Esquire was on the day of the dates of the Certificates to the two within affidavits - First Judge of Ulster County duly authorised to take affidavits and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature "A. D. Soper" Subscribed to the said two within Certificates to be genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Curt and County this fifth day of September A.. D. 1832. [signature:] Jacob Snyder
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PAID ["183" is crossed out] 37 12 
Arad Joy Ovid Seneca Co New York 
[right edge only of a circular stamp:] N I
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State of new York County of Delaware } SS Personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Jane Hess of Walton in Said county aged ["Sixty" is crossed out] fifty eight 58-years after being duly Sworn according to law deposeth & Saith that Catharing Miller of Howard in Steuben County who is applying for a pension as the widow of Peter Miller late a pensioner of the United States is this affiants mother & that the Said Peter MIller was this deponents father, that this deponent is of the age represented above, that She was born in 1785, that She can well recollect that She was fourteen years of age, a young woman grown when Genl Washington died in 1799- that She was at the time of the "great Eclipse" in 1806 [crossed out word] was in her twentyeth year ["s of age" is crossed out] , that the attached family record is the old original family record of the age of this deponent & is the same record of her age by which She has always been governed as to her correct age, that this record has been in use twenty to thirty years, that this deponents Said father died on the 11th day of December 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty Seven, leaving as his widow the aforesaid present applicant, widow Catharine Miller who still remains a widow- her + mark Jane Hess 
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 22 day of July 1844 } [signature:] Platt Townsend Justice of the Peace 
I certify that the above named Jane Hess is a respectable person - [signature:] Platt Townsend Justice of the Peace 
State of New York Delaware County SS. I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delware [sic] do Certify that Platt Townsend Esqr the person before whom the above affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware duly Sworn and that his name Subscribed to the Same is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County July 24. 1844 [signature:] C B Sheldon Clerk
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Catharine Miller under joint resolution & act 7 July, 1838- 
allowd: @ $26.43 Per ann: from 4 March, 1836 to 12 Dec. 1837 - 
dec 9 Feby 44 
Arad Joy Ovid Seneca Co New York 
Single 
A. Joy, Ovid, N. York
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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 benefit of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Peter Miller, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Twenty-Six dollars and Forty three cents per Annum from the Eleventh day of December, 1837. And now ask for the amount due me from the 4th. day of March, 1836, to the 11th. day of December, When my former pension commenced, in the year 1837. At Twenty Six dollars & Forty-three cents per Annum. her X mark Catharine Miller 
Sworn to & Subscribed before me on this 14th day of February 1845 } [signature:] Ezekiel Rice JUn. {Justice of the Peace of the County of Steuben 
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. [signature:] Ezekiel Rice Jun. {Justice of the Peace of the County of Steuben 
I, Paul C. Cook Clerk of the County of Steuben, do hereby certify that Ezekiel Rice Junr. who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Steuben, in the State of New York, and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 18 day of February At Bath, in the State of New York in the year 1845 [signature:] P. C. Cook Clerk
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repd 
No. 138 
Certificate under Joint Resolution of 23d January 1845 at $26.43 per Annum issued on the 17th April 1845. Comg [commencing] 4. March 1836 and ending 12 Decr 1837. from which time her pension has already been allowed under Act 7th July 1838. 
8820 New York 
Catharine Miller widow of Peter Miller who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 11 Dec 1837 of Steuben Co in the State of N Y who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain Hardenburgh of the Reg commanded by Weisenfelt [Weissenfels] in the N. Y. line for 7 mo 28 Ds 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 12 Dec. 1837 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Oct 1844 and Sent to Arad Joy. Ovid, N. York 
Total amount, $ [blank] 
[ Act July 7, 1838. ] 
Recorded byF. L. Swann Clerk, Book D Vol. A Page 169
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State of New York County of Tioga } SS. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Abigal Gee of Candor in said county aged eighty three years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that she has been for more than sixty years personally acquainted with Peter Miller late a pensioner of the United States & with his widow Catharine Miller. who is applying for a pension as his widow from Steuben County New York, this deponent deposeth & saith that she has known the said parties as husband & wife for fifty five to sixty years, that she has been during that time personally acquainted with the said parties & their children & that from the ages of this deponents own children. she has a data by which to judge of the time of the marriage of the said parties & of the age of their children. & this deponent deposeth & saith that the eldest child of the said parties a daughter by the name of Jane is if now living more than fifty five years of age, of this fact this deponent cannot be mistaken having known her ever since her birth & having a child herself of near that age- her X mark Abigal Gee 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 25 day of April 1844 } [signature:] Jesse Rosecrance J. P- 
I certify that the above named Abigal Gee is a respectable person [signature:] Jesse Rosecrance
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State of New York Tioga County } SS I Moses Stevens Clerk of the said County of Tioga certify that Jesse Rosecrance Esquire whose name is subscribed to the within deposition was at the time of takeing [sic] such deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in the said County Commissioned and Sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well-acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice ob the Peace and verily believe the Signature to the said deposition is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at Owego this 27th day of April 1844 [signature:] Moses Stevens Clerk
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Milton Ulster Co. N. Y. December 29. 1850 
To the Commissioner of Pensions- Sir - I wrote a letter to the Pension department some two or three months since in reference to the case of Peter Miller, a revolutionary pensioner, which I suppose must have miscarried, as I have recd no answer- His grandson Hilan Miller called on me for the purpose of getting some information as to anything which might be due the heirs- 
[note in left margin:] Brother refer to in 19.878 > 
Peter Miller lived somewhere in the northern part of this State & drew a pension- He is said to have died something like 12 years since & his heirs are informed that there was pension 
money due him at the time of his death which he never had - I wish to know from the records of the department when he last drew his pension- & whether his heirs are Entitled to any benefit - under any subsequent acts of Congress- Yours truly [signature:] Geo. G. Reynolds Milton Ulster Co N. Y.
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Rev WIDOW, &c. File No. 19,878 
Catharine Miller Widow of Peter Miller Priv. Rev. War 
Act: Mar. 3d 1843 
Index:-Vol. M, Page 52 
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Peter Miller N Y. Col Weisenfelts [Weissenfels] Roll 1781 Recd $ 21. 3. 2 - 7 mo 28 days
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Caty Miller Pens. Case '38 N. Y Wid of Peter old case of mine from Arad Joy
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Feb. 28. 1845 
43 Mo 631 N Y 
Catharine MIller, Rev Jan 23d 1845. Comm 
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.
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Ovid Feb 22d. 1845 
Dear Sir I beg leave to enclose pension application for Catharine Miller- Respectfully Your Most Obd. Servt [signature:] Arad Joy 
Hon J L Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington D. C
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11229 Aug 16. 1844 N. Y. July 7. 1838. Cath Miller 
Hon J. L. Edwards Coms. of Pens. Washington D. C.
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Ovid Augt. 13th, 44 
Hon J. L. Edwards Coms. of Pensions Dear Sir 
I beg leave to inclose an application for a pension for Catharine Miller, I am not aware that She has ever before applied, if it should turn out that she has, I hope & trust that it will not be considered "reprehensible" in me, I submit the papers in good faith & ask only what is just in the case I am Respectfully your Most Obd. Servt [signature:] Arad Joy
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11229 Catharine MIller Widow of Peter NY 
Act. 7 July 1838 
Adm. 7 mo 28d private from 12 Decem 1837 to 4 March 1841. $26.43 
No. 6611 oct 1843 
Admd. 3 March 1843 $26.43 per ann Arad Joy Ovid N. Y.
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GIDEON, PRINTER. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, March 15th 1844. 
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled ""An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Peter Miller, decd
 a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars ["and Cents" is crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. to the 11th Dec. 1837. 
Respectfully, yours, [signature:] Albion K Parris Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.