Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17140, for Samuel Milliken, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Milliken, Samuel Mary
W. 17140
CONTENTS

sent to Pensions 25 March 1840 To Albany N. York 6 and 4 March 1834. 27 April 1840. Notification To David Murgas Clarendon NY see let. to Hon. S. B. Beck May 12. '42. Dr. F. and Dr. 1 June 1840 Dr. Samuel Jenkins - Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 15 th April 1838 from 4 March 1834 to 4 Sep 1839. Age notified 17 June 1840
New York 10.710 Albany.  Allen Hampshire Samuel Milliken of Amherst in the State of N. H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Clark in the N. H. line for 8 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Apr 1833 and sent to  Parker Amherst N. H. Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1833 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Sept " 13.33  $66.65 
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk, Book R. Vol. 1, Page 102.

4315. New York Albany, Mary Milliken widow of Samuel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private N. 26.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 1849, and sent to
J. S. Knapp Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 4.

13. 611 Samuel Miller
State troops
Send to C Parker Amherst-

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1832 Samuel personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting a within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, Samuel Milliken of Sharon in said County  Esquire aged 79 years Who being 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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, that on the last of April or the first of May in the year 1775. at Peterborough in said county, he enlisted in Capt. William Scott's company of New Hampshire State troops - marched  for eight months to Bedford in Massachusetts and joined Col. Stark's regiment. Served in Capt. Scott's company until the last of June or first of July, when he changed into Capt. Mc Laughlin's company in the same regiment, and did duty in that company at Winter Hill, until said eight months were out, when he was discharged.
That he was born in Windham N.H. as he has been informed, but in his infancy his father came to Welton N.H. - That he came to live in Sharon then called Peterborough Slip, in the beginning of the year 1775. and has lived there ever since. That he has a record of his age in his family Bible taken from his parents. - had no discharge

He further says that there is no clergyman residing in Sharon. — That he has no person from Sharon now present in Court, but is acquainted David Stiles Grier and Elias Boynton Grier of Temple a Town adjoining said Town of Sharon, who are now in Court. — Also that he has been a Justice of the Peace in said town of Sharon for more than thirty years. That he had a discharge but has lost it.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sam l Milliken Sworn to Elias Boynton
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
We David Stiles Grier a clergyman residing in the town of Temple in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Elias Boynton Grier residing in Temple aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Milliken who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
David Stiles Elias Boynton
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 David Stiles, a clergyman who has signed the preceding Certificates is a clergyman resident in the town of Temple and that Elias Boynton who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Temple and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker } Judge of Probate for said } County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Milliken for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Samuel Mellickin and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Windham N.H. in 1752 as he believes
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a record of my age in a family Bible
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, at Sharon N.H. then called Peterborough since. when I have lived ever since.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I enlisted
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 service?
Answer, I have given the names of the Captains and Col. -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, I never received a discharge. but how about 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?
Answer, Capt. Abiel Sawyer - Benjamin Russell Esquire Dea. Samuel Ryan Esquire -
Certified by
H. Atherton
Register.

State of New York County of Orleans ss. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for Said County Alexander Milliken of Clarendon in Said County aged fifty five and upwards after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that the above named widow Mary Milliken who is applying for a pension is the widow of Samuel Milliken late a pensioner of the United States, in this deponent's Mother and that the aforesaid Samuel Milliken was this deponent's father, that this deponent's aforesaid father & Mother had one child older than this deponent & who was an own brother of this deponent, that this deponent's aforesaid father died on the 27 th day of May 1842 eighteen hundred and forty two and that his widow the aforesaid Mary Milliken is still a widow, and that the attached family record is the original family record kept by this deponent's aforesaid father and Mother
Alexander Milliken
Subscribed to me before me
this 12 day of March 1844
Austin Day A. Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify that the above named Alexander Milliken is a respectable person
Austin Day
State of New York
Orleans County Clerk's Office ss. I hereby certify that Austin Day Esquire, before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken, and at the date of the same, a Judge of Orleans County Courts, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and duly commissioned & sworn, and residing in said County. And I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe each of the signatures of "Austin Day" above written, are his genuine hand writing.
Witness my hand, and Official Seal at Albion, this fourteenth day of March, 1844
J. Strong Deputy Clerk

Sam l . Milliken Born October th 2: 1752
Mary his wife Born January th 12: 1766
and married December th 8: 1785
John Milliken Born to Sam l . Milliken and to Mary
his wife August th 31: 1786
Alexander Milliken Born to Sam l . Milliken and to Mary his wife August th 26: 1788
Sam l . Milliken Born to Sam l . Milliken and to Mary
his wife November th 24: 1790
William Milliken Born to Sam l . Milliken and to
Mary his wife March th 26: 1795
William Milliken that was Born to Sam l . Milliken
and to Mary his wife departed this life November th 21: 1795
Polly Milliken Born to Sam l . Milliken and to Mary
his wife November th 9: 1796
Betsy Milliken Daughter to Sam l . Milliken and
Mary his wife born th 26 day of May AD 1801
William Milliken Son of Sam l . Milliken
and Mary his wife Born October th 5: 1803
Polly Milliken that was Born to Samuel Milliken
and to Mary his wife departed this life March th 26 1831
William Milliken that was Born to Sam l . Milliken and to Mary his wife departed this life
February th 11 - 1834
Samuel Milliken that was Born to Sam l . Milliken & to Mary his wife departed this life - May 23 - 1834

Before CHRIST cir. 397.
16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
¶ Or, special treasure.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
C H A P. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.
FOR, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Before CHRIST cir. 397.
2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
a Luke 1. 78.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
b Exodus 20. 3.
5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
c Matthew 11. 14. Mark 9. 11. Luke 1. 17.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.
Wm Milliken Born October 8: 1808 Rachel his wife Born November 2: 1803 were married May 17: 1832 Mary J. Milliken Born to Wm. Milliken and to Rachel his wife June 16: 1833

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows." State of New York County of Orleans } ss On this 10 day of February 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in and for said county Mary Milliken a resident of Clarendon in the said county aged Seventy seven 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 Samuel Milliken who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States. She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Milliken on the 8th day of December 1785. Seventeen hundred and eighty five. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Milliken died on the 27th day of May 1842. eighteen hundred and forty two. 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. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day March 24 11th 1844 by Mary Milliken and year above written, before Mark Austin Day H. Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify that the above named Mary Milliken is a respectable person. That I consider her to be of the age represented by her that she cannot attend court, from bodily infirmity. Austin Day
State of New York County of Orleans } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in and for said county Alexander Milliken of Clarendon in said county aged fifty five years & upwards, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that the above named widow Mary Milliken who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Milliken late a pensioner of the United States is this deponent's mother, and that the aforesaid Samuel Milliken was this deponent's father. That this deponent's aforesaid father and mother had one child older than this deponent, & who was an own brother to this deponent. That this deponent's aforesaid father died on the 27th day of May 1842. eighteen hundred and forty two and that his widow the aforesaid Mary Milliken, is still a widow. Alexander Milliken Subscribed and sworn before me } This 19th day of February 1844 Austin Day H. Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify the above named Alexander Milliken is a respectable person. Austin Day

State of New York County of Orleans } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for said county Betsy Hood of Clarendon in said county aged forty two years and upwards, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that the within named widow Mary Milliken who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Milliken late a pensioner of the United States is this deponents mother, and that the aforesaid Samuel Milliken was this deponents father, that this deponents aforesaid father & mother had five children older than this deponent, all own brothers & sisters to this deponent, all of the same father and mother, & that the eldest of them was born in the year 1786. That this deponents said father died on the 27th day of May 1842 eighteen hundred and forty two, and that his widow, the aforesaid Mary Milliken has not since married but remains a widow. Subscribed & sworn before me ) Betsy Hood this 19 day of February 1844 Austin Day a Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify the above named Betsy Hood is a respectable person. Austin Day
State of New York County of Orleans } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for said county Elizabeth Key of Clarendon in said County aged Seventy five years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she has for fifty five or sixty years, been personally acquainted with widow Mary Milliken within mentioned and who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Milliken late a pensioner of the United States. This deponent deposeth and saith that she is the identical person and widow of the said Samuel Milliken. That she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Samuel Milliken more than fifty five years since, that the aforesaid parties as the lawful fruit of their marriage had three or four children more than fifty years since, that their son Alexander who is a witness in this case is fifty five years of age or older, and that the aforesaid parties had one child older than him, that the said Samuel Milliken died in May 1842 eighteen hundred and forty two, & that his widow, the said Mary Milliken is still a widow. Elizabeth her Key mark Sworn & subscribed before me ) this 19th day of February 1844 Austin Day a Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify the above named Elizabeth Key is a respectable person. Austin Day

Holley NY June 24
25
Jan. 31. 1840
Mr. Edwards
L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Application for a Transfer.
County of Orleans p. 3
On this 13. day of January 1840, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Orleans, personally appeared Samuel Millikin, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain William Scott in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the Town of Sharon in the State of New Hampshire to the Town of Clarendon in the State of New York; viz: That he had lived with one of his children in the said Town of Sharon, upon whose account he came, in the year 1834, to reside with other of his children in the Town of Clarendon Orleans County, New York.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
For a Justice of the Peace
County of Orleans p. 3
On the 13. day of January 1840 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in, and for the said County of Orleans, personally appeared John Millikin, and Alexander Millikin of the Town of Clarendon in the County of Orleans and State of New York, who upon their oath, administered by me according to me

form of law, Severally depose and declare that they, are personally acquainted with Samuel Millikin formerly of the Town of Sharon in the State of New Hampshire, and now a resident of the Town of Clarendon aforesaid; and that they know him to be the identical Samuel Millikin described in the foregoing affidavit to which this is annexed.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } John Millikin The day and year aforesaid. } Alexander Millikin Jonathan Howard Justice of the Peace
County of Orleans ss. 3
This May certify, That I, Jonathan Howard, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans, in the State of New York, am personally acquainted with John, and Alexander Millikin the persons mentioned in the above affidavit, and that they are men of good character and unquestionable veracity.
Clarendon January 13. 1840. Jonathan Howard Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Orleans County. Clerk's Office } ss
I certify that Jonathan Howard Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and legally authorized to take the same; that the said Howard was elected for four years, that his term of service commenced on the first day of January in the year 1839, and such term of office will expire on the 31 st day of Dec. 1842, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand, and impressed the Seal of said County at Albion this 23 rd day of January. A.D. 1840.
Timothy C. Strong Clerk E. Strong Dep. Clk.
Note. The word "above" in the 3 rd line written on an erasure and the numerical "3." in 1839, on an erasure in the 8 th line of the above certificate made by me at the time of date. E. Strong Dep. Clk.

Charleston Jan'y the 22: 1840
Mr Edw. Sanders Sir it is Mr Millhean Request that you should Adress a line to me as soone as convenient respecting the transfer of his pension yours with respect David Sturges.
The Spshire

Rev. War Section.
June 19, 1918.
Mrs. B. J. Wilkinson, Antrim, New Hampshire.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Samuel Milliken W. File No. 17,140 Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file in the claim.
Samuel Milliken born October 2, 1752, married December 8, 1785, Mary his wife born January 12, 1766.
Children
John born August 31, 1786.
Alexander " August 26, 1788.
Samuel " November 24, 1790; died May 23, 1834.
William " March 26, 1795, died November 21, 1795.
Polly B. " November 9, 1796, died March 26, 1831.
Betsey " May 26, 1801.
William " October 8, 1803, died February 11, 1834, married May 17, 1832, Rachel-----born November 2, 1803.
Their child
Mary F. was born June 16, 1833.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Satchford Commissioner.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Samuel Milliken N. 17,140
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Appl'd May 1775 June 1775 8 mos. Private William Scott McLaughlin John Stark N.H.                              
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Peterborough Twp. (Sharon) N.H.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sharon, Hillsborough Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 2, 1752 at Windham N.H.
Remarks: soldier married
Dec. 8, 1785 Mary McCallister
He died May 27, 1842
she was allowed
pension on her appln. executed Feby. 19, 1844 while a resident of Clarendon, N.Y.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
5-2850  Upon the decease of one of his children at Sharon, he removed in 1834 to Clarendon, N.Y. to reside with other of his children.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 11 th 1840
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," Samuel Milliken, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 — has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1834, to the 4 th Sept. 1839. 5 1/2 years.
Respectfully, yours,
Alvin B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Rev 5-2
Antioch, N.H., June 14, 1918
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please inform me as to the records on file of Revolutionary pensioners. Samuel Milliken, m. 1714 of the New Hampshire continental line, Hillsboro county also of Betsy Hawkley who lived with Adams Milliken in Charlestown, N.H.
This looks all like last
Were there any other New Hampshire Millikens pensioners from the Rev. War?
Or any Reeds of Stoddard N.H.?
Thanking you, I am Sincerely yours
Mary J. Wilkinson.
Mrs. B. J. Wilkinson from envelope.
Antioch, N.H.

Albany Decr 7. 1848.
James L. Edwards Esq., Commisr. of Pensions,
Sir, I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Mary Millikan, for the purpose of obtaining her pension certi- ficate under the Act of 2 d Febry. 1848.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt Samuel Jenkins.

Oliver Millikan
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Sam Stillman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 _____ 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Apl 6-1820
New Orleans
James H. Calhoun Esq Comm. of Public Worship City

Pinion Agency, Concord, N.H. March 31, 1840
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 25th March — Samuel Moulton has been paid to March 4, 1834.
I am, respectfully, sir.
Your obedient servant,
Sam H. Hill

Fls of Reps May 9. 1840
Sir
I since herewith a communication from Mr David Sturgis of Orleans Co N.Y. from which I understand that in the first place claiming to have sent to your address, an application for the transfer of Samuel M'Clintock's pension from one of the Eastern States, to the State of New York for pay - and also that he procured Mr Bunnell to send to your address the papers in support of the claim of Mary Sturgis widow of Augustus Sturgis deceased for her pension and that he has heard nothing from either of the applications
Mr S is a very respectable & worthy man
Very Respectfully Yours obediently J. B. Beck
Fls of Censuses Lower pension

183 4
Dear Sir McMillen Dear Sir Dear Sir W.H.
Hon. J. Patterson V.A.

Important
Peterborough Feb 10 1844
Mr. Jos. Sarg.
Yours of the 5 th was received. Stating that you wished me to make search and see whether any thing could be found respecting the Marriage of Sam l Milliken Esq. I have spared no pains in so doing, but no information can be found. I first went to the wife of Mr. Ammin. But she was not at the wedding nor does she remember any thing concerning it. I have also made search among the records of Sharon and Peterborough but none to be found. Sharon was a small piece of land left after Peterborough was incorporated and called Peterborough Slip. No regular records having been kept until 1791 when it became an incorporated town. I have been to see every individual whom I think would be likely to know any thing concerning it. But I will still make inquiry and if any thing can be found write again. If she can refer me to the place where she was Married, whether at home or abroad, or to any individual living that saw her Married, I will go and see them or get any other information that is within my power. Yours Respectfully. M ch Sarg nt Esq. Arad Gay
N. B. It is well known among the older People that Sam l Milliken Married Mary McAllister but no records can be found.
A S

Jan 17 45
My
Dear J. L. Edwards
Care of Persian
Washington
D. C.

Feb 28. 1845. 43 Mo 5676 Mary Miller, NC Refan 25/45.
Conner
J. J. P. ... Bond of Pension Washington D. C.

Ovid Feb 24th 1845
Dear Sir
I enclose application for Mrs Milliken Respectfully Yours
Mon 06 th Sent Arad Loyo
Hon J L Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ovid Jan'y 11th '45
Dear Sir
I beg leave very respectfully to ask if a pension from March 4th 1836 to March 4th '41 is not due to Mary Milliken, to whom you granted a pension certificate for one year, under the law of March 3 d 43
Respectfully Your Most Ob d Serv t Abad Joy
Hon J L Edwards,
Court of Pensions Washington

1918 June 19. History to Mrs. B. J. Wilkinson f.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17140 Mary Milliken Widow of Samuel Milliken Pri. New War
Act: Feb 27 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Milliken
under the joint resolution of 23 d Janys: 1845 & act 7 July, 1838 —
Amount: c. $26.66 per ann. from 4 March, 1836 to March 4. 1841 —
Joy Ovid, Seneca Co husband and 2 children N. York
A. Joy, Ovid, N. York

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 rd January, 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following Statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned.
I am the widow of Samuel Milliken, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum from the 4 th day of March, 1843, And now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th day of March, 1836, to the 4 th day of March, 1841, for which time I have not drawn a pension.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, on this Seventeenth day of February 1845.
Mary Milliken Mark
Jonathan Howard Justice of the peace Harley Wood witness to the mark
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.
Dated February 17 th 1845.
Jonathan Howard Justice of the peace
I Elijah Dana Clerk of the County of Orleans do hereby certify that Jonathan Howard who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Orleans 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 th day of February at Albany in the State of New York.
Elijah Dana Clerk E. H. Strong Deputy

State of New York } ss. County of Orleans }
On this first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, personally appeared before the subscribers, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans, in the State of New York, Mary Milliken, a resident of the Town of Clarendon, in the said County of Orleans, aged eighty three 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 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Samuel Milliken who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and on account of whose services she was pensioned under the acts of Congress of July 7, 1838, 8 th March 1843, and 17 th June 1844, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of 17 th June 1844 was Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me
Mary X Milliken Mark
Ezekiel Hoag
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above Declaration is personally known to me, and that she makes her mark from inability to write.
Ezekiel Hoag
Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss. County of Orleans }
I Wammun Goodrich
Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Ezekiel Hoag was, on the day of the date of the above Declaration, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures to the sworn of the above Declaration, and to the above certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this First day of December, 1848.
Wammun Goodrich Clerk E. D. Strong Dep. Clk

New York, Albany Mary Milliken widow of Samuel Milliken who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27. (May) 1842 of Orleans Co in the State of New York who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the Reg commanded by Col Stark in the N. H. line for 8 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 18th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of April 1845 and sent to Arad Jay. Arad N. York.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by T. S. Evans Clerk, Book 20. Vol. 1. Page 295 should be 169

Set to Hon 7
Rep 7 June 44
Albany 5676 New York
Mary Milliken, widow of Samuel Milliken, who was a Pri. in the U.S. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June 1844, and sent to
Hon J. L. Patterson A. Rips
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. / Page 261

10600
Let to Hon T. J. Patterson June 7:44
Mary Millikin
NY. No. act 43. 5995
act 7. July 3 8
indict in 1842.
Rejected
Albany Co N.Y.
Albany
R. J. Chase Esq.
register No. act of
3 March 43 -
abn d 8mo per
-96
$26.66
Hon T. J. Patterson H.R.

State of New York County of Orleans } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber an of the County and for said County Clarisa Turner, a Resident of Orleans in said County aged Forty years, after being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that she has been for thirty to forty years, per- sonally acquainted with widow Mary Milliken, within named & who is applying for a pension, as the widow of Samuel Milliken late a pensioner of the United States. That this deponent, has from the first acquaintance known the said parties as husband & wife, and that she always understood & believed that Alexander Milliken who appears as a witness, was their son & that he is between fifty and sixty years of age, that the said Samuel Milliken died in May 1842 eighteen hundred & forty two, & that the widow the aforesaid Mary Milliken is still a widow. Subscribed & sworn before me this 19 th day of February 1844
Clarisa Turner
Austin Day Judge of Orleans County Courts
I certify the above named Clarisa Turner
is a respectable person.
State of New York Orleans County Clerk's Office ss
Austin Day
I hereby certify that Austin Day Esquire, before whom the above and foregoing affidavits, and Certificates purport to have been taken, and made, was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, a Judge of Orleans County Courts and duly authorized by the Laws of the State of New York to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Austin Day, and verily believe each and every of his signatures herein written are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official Seal at Albion this 20 th day of February A.D. 1844
E. Strong Deputy Clerk of Orleans County.

10600
Rec'd from T. J. Patterson June 7. 44
Mary Millikin NY.
No. act. 43. 5995
act 7. July 3 8
indict in 1842.
Rejected Hoback Co Ky
Hoback
P.O. Chase Ky
register No. act 4
3 March 43-
abn 8mo per
-96
$26.66
Hon T. J. Patterson HR
The County Clerk will furnish a certificate and not attach a blank, as now will add to pay to the State on the balance of the public treasury in the names of all the original delinquents who are excused. Also affix the seal of the county.

John Taggart Affidavit

I John Taggart of Dublin in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire being eighty two years of age do depose and say that Samuel Milliken of Sharon in the County of Hillsborough in said State was with me in the revolutionary war at Medford Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 in Capt. William Scotts Company, and in Col. John Starkes Regiment of New Hampshire Militia.
I further say that I have no doubts that he was in Bunker hill battle and that he stayed in said service from the first of May in said year till the first of January following or for the term of about eight months. The said Milliken went from Sharon aforesaid, at that time called Peterborough slip.
John Taggart
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. August 27. 1832
Subscribed and sworn to before me John Taggart Jun. r
Justice of the peace

Cheshire Co. October 3 d 1832
I Salme Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that John Taggart Jr is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe that the foregoing signature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, clerk
State of New Hampshire Cheshire Co. Dublin March 23. 1833
I the subscriber before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, do hereby certify that John Taggart the before named deponent and who has deceased since the said affidavit was sworn to, was a credible witness, and one to whose statement full credit may be given.
John Taggart. Justice of the Peace
Cheshire Co. March 25, 1833
I Salme Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that John Taggart, whom I believe to be the same person that was lately John Taggart Jr, having heard & believing that John Taggart Sen r has lately deceased, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and I believe that the foregoing official signature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, clerk
1832 80 1752