Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,897, for Thomas Mc Millen, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
McMillen, Thomas
13897
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CONTENTS

11.993
Pennsylvania
Thomas M c Millen
of Huntingdon in the State of Pennsylvania who was a for d Lieut in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Reg t commanded by Col d Boyd - in the Pa a ma
  line for 4 mos Lt.  53.33    2 " Pr a  6.66     59.99  
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July 1833 and sent to
Pensioner  Burroughs
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $120.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept  30.00  
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 5 Page 39

19.978
Thos McMillan of
Birmingham
1 Feby 1833
Obj: 4. 5. 11. 12. 13
Page 236
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  4 mrs. Lieut.  5. 9. 33    2 " private  6. 66       £ 59.99  
John H. McMillan
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Pensioner Birmingham

BRIEF in the case of Thos McMillan & Hyrum  by of Huntingdon in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 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? 72.  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.     In 1776 about 2 Lieut Gen. Colt. Martin,   not given 2 as Young. Col Boyd   as 2 Private Lindsay  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster County  Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective  acts assumed - No clergyman mentioned
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J Michener Examining Clerk.  July 28. 1833

State of Pennsylvania County of Huntingdon - }
ss. On this twenty fourth day of Novem- ber in the year of Our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Thomas Brumbaugh Esquire, President, and his associates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said coun- ty of Huntingdon, now sitting, Thomas McMillan a resident of Tyrone township, in the county of Hunting- don & State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, aged about 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 7 th 1832.
"That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated - viz. That in some part of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, deponent was commissioned as Lieutenant in a company of militia raised at New Holland in Lancaster county in the State of Pennsylvania, which company was commanded by Captain Martin, that deponent marched with said company to Philadelphia and done duty in the same for about the space of two months when he took ill with the Dysentery and had to return to his former place of residence - after a lapse of several months the exact number of which deponent does not now recollect and after his health had been fully restored, a new company of militia was raised or drafted in his said neigh- borhood in the county of Lancaster aforesaid, in which deponent was appointed to act as Lieutenant under his before recited commission, the command of which company was given to a Captain Young, that said company was put under the command of Colonel Boyd and stationed at White Marsh near Philadel- phia, that during his service in said company the battle of Brandywine was fought to which they were called but took no other part therein than carrying

some of the dead. That deponent after serving two months in said corps was discharged at White Marsh aforesaid and returned to his former place of residence: That deponent several months afterwards, the exact time not now recollected, was again called out as a private in a company of Militia raised near his said residence in the said county of Lancaster, commanded by Captain W m Lindsey and marched in said company to the town of York in the state of Pennsylvania, where he done duty for a term of two months principally in guarding prisoners which had been taken from the British out of the armies of Burgoyne & Cornwallis -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Thomas M c Millan
We Thomas Johnson Sheriff residing in borough of Huntingdon in said county of Huntingdon, and David R. Porter, Rottenrow residing in said borough, in said county, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas M c Millan, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy two 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Thomas Johnston
D. R. Porter
Questions by the court -
1. When, and in what year were you born?
Ans: I was born in the townland of Anahone county of Tyrone Ireland, and according to the knowledge I had of my age when I arrived in the United States, on or about the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty

2 nd Question. Have you any record of your age, and if so when is it?
Answer - I have not any record of my age, but believe it to be between seventy & seventy five years about seventy two -
3 rd When were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - When called into service, I was living at New Holland in the county of Lancaster, after I removed from said county, I went to reside in Adams county near Gettysburg & resided therein for nine or ten years, from which place he removed to the aforesaid township of Tyrone in the county aforesaid where he has now resided upwards of thirty years -
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer - I was always drafted, I was not a substitute for any person
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. I remember Colonel Boyd. General Potter. There was another Regiment at White Marsh while I was there, but I do not recollect what its title was. Captain Doyle His company from Lancaster in Pennsylvania was also at Barracks when I was -
6 th Did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed & what has become of it? And did you receive any discharge from the service & by whom was it signed or what has become of it?
Answer I had a commission as lieutenant in the Militia it is lost, & I do not recollect by whom it was signed
I also had a discharge & it is lost & I know not who signed it 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, & who can testify as to your character for morality & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution - Ans r Thomas Johnson, Sheriff David R. Porter, Brotherstown, both of said county of Huntingdon, John Owens & Jacob Kintner justice of the peace in said county and many others

Thomas McMillan
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 Thos. Johnson is a resident in, His Sheriff's office in said county of Huntingdon, who has signed the preceding certificate, and that David R. Porter is a Notary who has also signed the same. It is a resident of the borough of Huntingdon said county, that they are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Thos. Johnson
David R. Porter
Notary
I David R. Porter, clerk a Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Huntingdon, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of Thomas McMillan for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Office this twenty fourth day of November, One thousand eight hundred thirty two
D. R. Porter Protho
Address Thomas McMillan, Birmingham
Huntingdon County Pa

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. ADY
June 19, 1929.
Edward B. McMillan, R. R. 2, Marshfield, Missouri.
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13897, it appears that Thomas McMillen was born about 1760 in Anahone, County Tyrone, Ireland.
While a resident of New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1776, he was commissioned Lieutenant and served two months in Captain Martin's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted in 1777 and served two months as Lieutenant in Captain Young's Company, Colonel Boyd's Pennsylvania Regiment. He again enlisted and served two months as private in Captain William Lindsey's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 24, 1832 while a resident of Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
There are no family data on file.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

1912 Mch. 14. Hist. to Mrs. Anna M. Murkhey. f 1922 Dec. 12. History to Mrs. Martha M. Lord. Aug. 1923 Oct. 18. Hist. to Mrs. P. S. Cassidy. 1929 June 19. Hist. to Edward B. Mc Millan. A. N. Y.
Reborn
INVALID.
File No. 13. 897
Thomas P. Miller Lieut. Genl. R. R.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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10.8532 Riley McMillan Penns George Green, Jr. 1844. — Atch July 7. 1855. —

Huntingdon County ss
Personally appeared before Me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County of Huntingdon George Flock and being Duly sworn according to Law Did Depose and say that the M c Millen was in the United States service at the Spring House Tavern and kept the picket guard at the White Marsh Church in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. At that time I was there and seen him and further said not sworn and subscribed this eighth day of April one thousand and thirty three. Do certify that this Deposition of George Flock is true to the best of my knowledge by reason of bodily infirmity in his sight and that I was at his house
Thos. Wilson
George Flock his Mark
State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss I David R. Porter Notary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County. Do certify that Thomas Wilson Esq before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made & taken, and the annexed Certificate given, is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Huntingdon, duly commissioned & qualified & that to all his official acts full faith & credit are due.
And that I am acquainted with the said Justice and with his hand writing, and that I believe the name "Thos. Wilson" thereto subscribed to be in the own proper hand writing of the said Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of the said Court at Huntingdon the Nineteenth day of April A.D. Eight hundred and thirty three - D. R. Porter Not.

Application of J. P. M c Millan on behalf of George Beck
I do certify that I known the Defendant G. Beck this forty one or two years and he lives about half a mile from me and that I believe him to be a honest good man a man of truth and a good neighbor to the best of my knowledge, and further I have never heard any person saying anything else. I think I have known him long enough to know him, and to my knowledge he the said G. Beck has not been out of sinking valley this two or three years as I know of him that but I don't off given under my hand and seal at Lyndon Township this seventeenth day of March A D 1853 In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand He served J. P.
J. P. M c Millan

State of Pennsylvania County of Huntingdon
On this nineteenth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three, personal
ly appeared in Open court, before the Honorable Thomas Burnside Esqrin, President, and his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Huntingdon, now sitting, Thomas McMillan a resident of Tyrone township, in the county of Huntingdon, and state of Pennsylvania aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who be- ing first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Solemn Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, viz.
That in some part of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, deponent was commissioned as a Lieutenant in a company of Militia which was raised at New Holland in the county of Lancaster & state of Pennsylvania, which company was commanded by Captain Martin. That deponent marched with said company to Philadelphia and done duty therein, for a span of time not less than two months, when he took ill with the Dysentery and was obliged to return to his former place of residence.
In the year one thousand seven hundred seventy seven, the time of the year not now recollected, and after deponent's health had been fully restored, a new company of Militia was raised or drafted in his said neighborhood in the county of Lancaster aforesaid, in which deponent was appointed to act as Lieutenant under his before re- cited commission, the command of which company was given to a Captain Young. That said company was put under the command of Colonel Boyd and stationed at White Marsh near Philadelphia, that during his service in said company the Battle of Brandywine was fought to which they were called but took no other part therein than burying some of the dead. That deponent after serving in said corps a term of not less than two months, was discharged at White Marsh aforesaid, and returned to his former place of

Residence: That deponent several months afterwards, the exact time not now recollected, was again called out as a private in a company of Militia raised near his said residence in the said county of Centre, commanded by Captain William Lindsey, and marched in said company to the town of York in the state of Pennsylvania, where he done duty as a private for a term of not less than two months, principally in guarding prisoners which had been taken from the British out of the Armies of Burgoyne and Cornwallis" That the whole time which deponent served during the war of the Revolution in the Militia was not less than six months, four months of which term, he served as a lieutenant, and the remaining two months as a private, and for such service, he claims a pension. Deponent also states that since the twenty fourth day of November last, it has come to his knowledge, that there is a living witness who can testify to his services, in part, during the war of the Revolution, to wit, George Fleck who resides in the aforesaid county of Huntingdon, but who is unable to attend in court by reason of bodily infirmity; and that deponent, can find no other person who has any knowledge of his Revolutionary services. That deponent did apply to the only clergyman in his neighborhood, that had any chance of being acquainted with him, and owing to the long distance it was to come, & other engagements he had made, deponent could not prevail on him to come to court and testify as required by the war department, and that he knows of no other clergyman he could procure for that purpose:-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 & subscribed this day & year aforesaid Thomas M. Miller

We Thomas Johnson, Sheriff of said county, of Huntingdon, and David R. Porter, Prothonotary, residing in the same, both residents of said county of Huntingdon, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas McMillan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Given & subscribed this day & year aforesaid -
before me in the facts
Thos Johnson D. R. Porter
Thomas Johnson D. R. Porter
Questions by the Court.
1 st . When and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in the townland of Anahorne county of Tyrone, Ireland, and some time in the year one thousand seven hundred & sixty, according to the best recollection I can have of the information I received concerning it.
2 nd . Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it?
Answer - I have no record of my age, but believe it to be about what I have already stated -
3 rd . When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - When called into service, I was living at New Holland in the county of Lancaster State aforesaid, from thence I removed to near Gettysburg in Adams county in the state aforesaid, where I resided for nine or ten years, and from thence I removed to the township of Tyrone in the county of Huntingdon aforesaid, where I have now resided for upwards of thirty years.
4 th . How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer - I was always drafted, I was not a substitute for any person.
5 th . State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops where you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I remember Colonel Boyd, General Potter, there was another Regiment at White Marsh whilst I was there, but I do not recollect its title.

Captain Doyle and his company from Lancaster in Penn- -sylvania, were also at Barracks when I was. The general circumstances of my service I have already stated. 6 th Did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? And did you receive any discharge from the service, and by whom was it signed, or what has become of it?
Answer. I had a commission as lieutenant in the Militia, it is lost, I do not recollect by whom it was signed. I also had a discharge, it is lost, and I do not recollect by whom it was signed.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans r Thomas Johnson, Esq r , David R. Porter Esq r , James Clarke Esq r , John Owens Esq r , Michael Wallan Esq r , Thomas Johnson Esq r , George Davis Esq r &c. -
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the in- -vestigation 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 Thomas Johnson, Sheriff, and David R. Porter, Prothonotary, of said county, who have signed the preceding certificate, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. B. Allee Judge
J. Adams
I David R. Porter, Clerk or Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of the county of Huntingdon, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas McMillan for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal said office this nineteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. R. Porter Proth.

Youngstown March 9, 1912 Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The secretary of War referred me to you for information regarding Thomas McMillin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Their records show he entered service on December 16, 1776, and the company was in Philadelphia January 8, 1777. I have been

invited to join the R. A. R's. Any information will be Thankfully received. I am his granddaughter.
Yours truly
Mrs. Anna M. Murphey, 116 S. Hazel St., Youngstown, Ohio.

Altoona, Sept. 2, 1923.
To the U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, - Would you kindly send to me a record of Thomas M c Mill- len, a soldier of the Revolutionary War who was my ancestor. He was born about 1759 in County Tyrone, Ire- land and came to

ancestor, who, I have been told, was a pensioner. An old family Bible tells a part of his life, but another record that we deemed very important, was lost in a recent moving. I will be very glad indeed, for all the information you can give me.
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy

America in 1772 He died November 5 th , 1838 and is buried at Arch Springs Cemetery Penna, and a marker erected to his memory says that he was a Revolutionary soldier. I am desirous of joining the Daughters of the Revolution and will appreciate very much all the informa- tion you can give to me regarding this

of a reply, I am. Most respectfully, (Mrs. P. S) Gertrude Cassidy 3032 Broad Ave., Altoona, Pa.

Altoona Pa
Nov 16- 22
Pension Dept.
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly give me any thing that you may be able to enlighten me in
My grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier and is buried at Arch Spring Presby Church Cemetery. in Sinking Valley. his name is Thomas M c Millin he was born in Tyrone

Ireland, and settled in Penna. in Napier Township, or and thing if he received a pension or was given land as a bounty. I want to know the D. A. R. so please help me to get the out lines. the family bible is in Bedford, and I can note all that it gives so any information will surely be appreciated. I remain
Mrs Martha M c Leod 1912 Union Ave Rupert Apts 6. Altoona
Pa.

P. S If there is any fee I will forward same.

Marshfield Mo June 15 - 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir Will you please and give me the record of Thomas McMillan a Revolutionary soldier. The Harrisburg Pa record shows a Thomas McMillan was pensioned in 1833 aged 74 from Huntingdon Co. He was born in Ireland 1767 came to America 1772 - died 1835 Record on tombstone at Arch Springs Pa says "he was a revolutionary soldier"
Hoping you will oblige me I am kindly yours
Edward B. McMillan Marshfield Mo
A.P.O. No. 2

Marshfield, Mo May 24-1929
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you only please inform me if Thomas M c Millen a Revolutionary soldier ever got a pension He was born in Ireland. 1759 - came to America 1772 and served from 1775-77 as sergeant or sergeant and died in 1835 at Arch Springs Pa
Kindly yours
Edward B. McMillan
Marshfield Mo
R. F. D. No. 2.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas McMillen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion file in this Bureau. S. File 13897
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 2 mos. Lieut. Martin marched to Phila. ✓ Penn.   1777 2 " " Young Boyd.   2 " Pvt. M rs Lindsey ✓      
Battles engaged in, _____✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penna. ✓ Date of application for pension, Nov. 24, 1832. ✓ Sld. ✓ Residence at date of application, Tyrone Twp., Huntingdon Co., Penna. ✓ Age at date of application, born abt. 1760 at Anahone, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. ✓ Remarks: No family data.
(Not stated that he only helped bury the dead after battle Brandywine.)
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

October 18, 1923
Mrs. P. S. Cassidy 3032 Broad Ave., Altoona, Penn.
Madam:
County I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13897 13897 it appears that Thomas McMillen was born about 1760 in Anahone, Tyrone County, Ireland.
While a resident of New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1776, he was commissioned Lieutenant and served two months in Captain Martin's Pennsylvania Company. In 1777 He enlisted and served two months as X Lieutenant in Captain Young's Company, Colonel Boyd's Pennsylvania Regiment. He again enlisted and served two months as X private in Captain William Lindsey's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 24, 1832 while a resident of Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. There are is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Date of death not on file.