Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,501, for Robert Mc Millan, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
McMillan Robert
S 18501
Carded
CONTENTS

Ohio. 13477.
Robert M c Millan
of the State of Ohio. (b) who was a Private, in the Co. — commanded by Captain Blackburn of the Regt. — commanded by Col. Mansfield in the Battle of — for five months.
$20.
Enrolled on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 20. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July 1833, and sent to — J. Brown. M c Millan. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 40.00. Pension allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833. 10.00.
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 17.
Order to pay 20 Jan y 1838. Letter to E. C. Van G. 3 and 12 June 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 — from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Age notified 20 July 1839.

15078 P. 1177. Robert McMillan Knox county Ohio
Return
Adm 6 months. Benj. S. Brown.
$ 20. —
Benj. S. Brown Benj. S. Brown Mt. Vernon Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Robert McMillan  of Knox county in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
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 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer In 1776 2 Private Capt. Blackburn & Col. Montgomery   Volunteer 1777 2 Capt James McDowell   Drafted 2 Capt Ephraim Blackburn  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Germanstown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chester county Pennsylvania  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Except, except no opinion of the court states. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. S. Bradford.  Examining Clerk.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 (1) The State of Ohio } On this 25 th day of Knox County ss } September A.D. 1832 person ally appeared in open court before
The Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting, Robert McMillen a resident of Union Township, in County & State aforesaid, aged Seventy three ye- ars, 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 7 th A.D. 1832, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, to wit, under the Command of Colonel Montgomery of the Eighth Battalion of Pennsylvania Militia in Chester County in said State, and that he was attached to Captain Blackburn's Company, belong- ing to said Battalion, and that he entered the service about the last of July A.D. 1776 at Phila- delphia in said State, I marched from thence to Trenton, and from Trenton to Amboy New Jersey, & from thence to the Blazing Star Ferry in said State, at which place the company to which he belonged was dismissed, about the last of Sep. 1776, making about two months service, That he entered the service, a second time, as a Volunteer, in the Company commanded by Capt. James McDowell the 2 nd day of January A.D. 1777 and that the said Company was attached to the Brigade commanded by Genl Mifflin Penn a Volunteers, And that he entered the ser- vice at Philadelphia, (Penn a ) and marched from

thence to Berlinton, from thence to Berdin town and from thence to Trenton (New Jersey) and from Trenton to Sparsistown, at which place the Brigade, to which his company was attached was dismissed, about the first of March 1777, making about two months service, and declarant further states, that he was present at the Cannonade of Trenton during his said second service, And that he entered the service of the United States a third time, by being drafted, and was attached to the Company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Bl- ackburn, said Company was attached to the 8 th Battalion, attached to the Brigade commanded by General Irvine (Penn a Militia) And that he entered the service in Chester County Penn a about the first of September A.D. 1777 and ma- rched to Germantown, and was present at the Battle of Germantown, and said Brigade was fired on by the enemy at said Battle, from thence the said Brigade retreated to Red Bank Creek at which place the company to which he was attached was dismissed about the Ninth day of November 1777 making about two months service. The declarant does not know the names of any of the Regular Officers, who were with the Troops Declarant says that he did not receive a discharge from service where he served, Declarant further saith that he was born in West Nottingham Township, Chester County Pennsylvania, in the year A.D. 1758, and that he has a record of his age, at his present resi- dence, taken from his father's Record, That he lived in Chester County Penn a when called into service, And that he has lived in Westmacland & Washington Counties, Penn a , Jefferson & Knox Counties, Ohio, since the Revolutionary War, It is not in Declarant's power to produce any documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person, now living whose

testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said services, or any part thereof. Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Robert M. Millan in Open Court Alex. Elliott Clerk.
We James Smith a Clergyman residing in Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio, and James M c Gil- leny residing in said Township, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Robert M c Millan, who has sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration; that we believe him to be a man of veracity, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion, and that he is Seventy Three years of age Sworn and subscribed James Smith the day & year aforesaid James McGilenny Alex. Elliott Clerk

And the 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 his State. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the said County of Knox, and that James M. Sebring, who has also signed the same is a resident in Clinton Township in said County of Knox, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
15578 Declaration of Robert McMillan for a Pension
I Alex Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Knox, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Robert McMillan for a pension.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, this 4 th day of July A. D. 1833.
Alex Elliott Clerk
James M. Sebring James Smith Clerk

October 8, 1937
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Mrs. Emma Blair Ewalt Mt. Vernon Knox County, Ohio
Robert McMillan, S.18501 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Robert (Ephraim) McMillan, a Revolutionary War soldier who served from Pennsylvania and applied for pension from Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.18501, based upon the military service of the only Robert McMillan who applied for pension while living in Ohio that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to an Ephraim McMillan, searched under all spellings of the surname.
Robert McMillan was born in 1758 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows: from about the last of July, 1776, until about the last of September, 1776, in Captain Blackburn's company in Colonel Montgomery's battalion of Pennsylvania militia; from January 2, 1777, until about the first of March, 1777, in Captain James McDowell's company and was in the battle of Trenton; from about the first of September, 1777, until about November 9, 1777, in Captain Ephraim Blackburn's company and was in the battle of Germantown.
After the Revolution he lived in Westmoreland and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, and in Jefferson and Knox Counties, Ohio.

Robert McMillan was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Union Township, Knox County, Ohio.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Robert McMillan, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Robert McMillan, Certificate 13477, issued July 27, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

R
18501
INVALID.
File No. 18,501
Robert McMillan
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Apr. 20 Hist. to Elizabeth A. Thomson 1922 Mar. 16 Hist. to Mrs. R. H. Hyde 1937 Oct. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Emma Blair Gwaltney 1937 Nov. 22. Hist. to Mrs. B. G.

Robert M c Millan Ohio 7. June 1822 $20
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To what time last paid
Pension Office paid t. the 4 Sep 1835 2 Jan y 1838. D/H

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 8 th , 1839.
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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," Robert McMillan, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio — Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Jan 2 '38
New Haven
Yee
J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Franklin Bank of Cincinnati
29th Dec 1837
Sir,
The enclosed voucher of Robert McMillan, a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832, is for your examination, which if found correct you will please return to this Agency with an order for payment.
I am Yours
Very respectfully John H. Goybache P. Agt By R. W. Lawrence
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Commissioner of Pensions; Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly favor me with an account of the Revolutionary record of Robert McMiller, a private in Captain Ephraim Blackburn's Co., (West Nottingham Company) of Chester County, Pennsylvania Militia, War of the Revolution, in 1778. He was under Colonel Evan Evans. He had been a pensioner as a revolutionary soldier. He was living in Knox County Ind. in 1833. Thanking you in advance for prompt attention, I am
Sincerely
Elizabeth A. Thompson
April - 9 - 1908
Box 131 Rochester, Indiana
I am Robert McMiller's great grand child-

29 stamp
Rev W
1038 Clayton Street, San Francisco, Calif. February 9, 1922.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War Service of Robert McMillan who was pensioned July 27, 1833 at the age of 75.
I found in the Pennsylvania Archives this notation: Vol. 23 - 3rd Series.
"Robt. McMillan pensioned pr. P. M. July 27, 1833; 75.
I will appreciate this very much.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs) A. H. Hyde

COLUMBUS EWALT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ROOMS 1 & 3 HANNING BLDG. MT. VERNON, OHIO
Sept. 20th, 1937
Pension Bureau, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
I wish to mark the grave of Robert (Ephraim) McMillan, who served in the Revolutionary War, and the relatives say that he served under General Washington, and that he enlisted from the State of Pennsylvania.
Soldier later moved to Danville, Ohio, and received a pension in 1833, and died in 1839 and is buried at Danville, Ohio.
I have not got the war record of this soldier and do not know the names of his parents, and shall be pleased to have you send me his war record and all other information that you may have pertaining to this soldier.
Trusting that I may receive an early reply giving me the desired information, I am,
Very Truly Yours,
Mrs. Emma Blair Ewalt Kokosing Chapter, D.A.R.
Mt. Vernon, Knox Co. Ohio

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November 22, 1937
Robert McMillan S. 18501 BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Robert McMillan, private in the Pennsylvania militia, War of the Revolution, died August 7, 1839 in Ohio.
The data which follow concerning Robert McMillan were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 18501, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Robert McMillan was born in 1758 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows: from about the last of July, 1776, until about the last of September, 1776 in Captain Blackburn's company in Colonel Montgomery's battalion; from January 2, 1777, until about the first of March, 1777 in Captain James McDowell's company and was in the battle of Trenton; from about the first of September, 1777, until about November 9, 1777 in Captain Ephraim Blackburn's company and was in the battle of Germantown.
After the Revolution he lived in Westmoreland and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, and in Jefferson and Knox Counties, Ohio.
Robert McMillan was allowed pension on his appli-

cation executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Union Township, Knox County, Ohio. His pension certificate number was 13477.
The papers on file in this claim contain no data relative to the family of the soldier, Robert McMillan.
The application for headstone for Robert McMillan is returned herewith, as is, also, a type-written sheet giving a description of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator