Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,518, for Peleg Miller, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Miller, Peleg Phebe
V. 18,518
CONTENTS

3756
New York Albany
Phebe Miller widow of Peleg Miller NY who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Beach Jennings Franklin N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 21
Reported Feb 8/49

5491
New York
Peleg Miller
of Franklin in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mayford of the Reg t commanded by Col Smith in the New York line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Febru- ary 1833 and sent to Hon E Root H o Rep s
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $30.00 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 10.00
$ 40.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Cromwell Clerk, Book A Vol. 5 Page 175

P. G. Peleg Miller
Pension
$20 per annum
H. E. Root

State of New York } County of Delaware } S.
On this 9 day of October 1832 person- ally appeared before the county court of common pleas of the county of Delaware Peleg Miller a resi- dent of the town of Franklin in the said county of Delaware, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7, 1832. That he was born in the town of East Hampton in the county of Suffolk state of New York in August 1757 & resided in that town until the first week in June 1776 when he enlisted into a company of a corps called the Flying camp, raised for the defence of Long Island. He enlisted as a private for five months. The company into which he enlisted was commanded by Capt. Eze- kiel Mumford. Lieutenants David Sayres & Na- thaniel Board. The regiment to which said company was attached was commanded by Col. Josiah Smith. The major name was Epinetus Smith. He con- tinued in service in said company on Long Island till the September following, when the American ar- my retreated therefrom & repaired to New York. He marched with his company on the evacuation of New York, by Kingsbridge to New Rochelle where he took shipping with said company & was landed at Saphenbor. After his arrival at Saphenbor in the month of September he was engaged with others of his corps, waiting  employed by a Captain Byington in transporting people & effects from Long Island to Connecticut for about three weeks, when he with a sufficient number of his corps to form a company, were collected at New Haven under the command of Lieut. Sayre aforesaid &

Kept garrison there for about two months under the command of Col. Harry Livingston. He with his said company under the command of L t . Sayre at this time called captain, marched from New Haven to Old Milford in Connecticut. About this time the five months had expired for which they had en- listed but he with almost all the said company volunteered their services to garrison the place & guard the coast along that part of Long Island sound He continued in this service till some time in December when he was dismissed. He returned home by the way of Stonington & arrived at East Hampton a few days before Christmas. He cannot exactly determine the time he served but this he distinctly recollects that he received for his pay, fifty one dollars & a part of a dollar, in continental money, which he kept till it had depreciated to almost nothing. -
He was engaged during his service in one general battle. That was the battle of Brooklyn Heights where Gen. Washington commanded, a few days before the retreat from Long Island to New York. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or any annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
He does not know of any one of his corps who served till their dismission at Milford, who is now alive. He has no discharge or written document whereby to prove his service. -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid C. B. Sheldon Clerk
Pelez Miller
We Jeremiah Sherill & Joseph Wood residing in the town of Franklin County of Delaware aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Pelez Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid C. B. Sheldon Clerk
Jeremiah Sherill Joseph Wood
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after the putting the interrogatories insinuated by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Sherill & Joseph Wood who have signed the above certificates are residents of the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware & that they are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit. And it is the opinion of the court that a Chapman could not be inducted in court by the said applicant without too much expense & inconvenience to him

I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing - contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Polly Miller for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 9 th day of October 1832 -
C B Sheldon Clerk

Peleg Miller New York
Adm
Hono E Root A. B.

BRIEF in the case of Pelag Miller of Delaware Co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 45  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 1746 5 Private Gen. Gage & Mumsford Col Smith   " He then volunteered but day not recollect how long he served "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Brooklyn "Genl Washington" Comms.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Suffolk Co. New York  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? — They are not accurate as to amount of service — except the first 5 months 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

6607 In the matter of Phebe Miller for a pension -
Ny.
Nr. 86.
husband died 1 st Oct 1838
J. Allen
Hon. Judson Allen H.R.

State of New-York
Delaware County ss On this first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty- —, personally appeared before Amos Douglas Lignic one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware in the State of New-York aforesaid, Pheba Miller, a resident of the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware aforesaid aged seventy six who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Phebe Miller deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army of the United States & obtained a pension, under the law of the United States passed "the 7 th June 1832" & drew said pension under a certificate, issued by the war department, of which the following is a true copy
"War Department"
"Revolutionary claims."
"I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June, 1832, Phebe Miller of the State of New-York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and  cents per annum during her natural life, commencing on the fourth day of March 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4 th of March, & 4 th of September, in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this 12 th day of February, one thousand eight hundred & thirty three - { L. P. } "Examined & " Lew. Cass "Countersigned } Secretary of War" J. L. Edwards"
William K. J. Keermance Clerk

- that said certificate was endorsed thus "No 5491" & that on the back of said certificate were the following endorse- ments. "Payments to be made at New-York by Presd. M. & Br Bank agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of New-York". "Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, in "Book D Vol. 5. Page 175"
To the application of the said Peleg Miller & the evide- ce of his services in the Revolutionary Army, filed in the office of the Secretary of War & to other records that the said Peleg Miller was a pensioner, there being, the this deponent respectfully refers.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Peleg Miller some time in the month of June in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighty six at East Hampton in the County of Suffolk in the State of New-York - That her husband, the aforesaid Peleg Mil- ler died on the first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty-eight; 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 & ninety-four viz at the time above stated; And that deponent further declares that she has no record of her marriage in her possession, nor was there any family record of her marriage with the aforesaid Peleg Miller deceased kept in the family by her deceased husband aforesaid in his life time & this deponent does not know that there is any record evidence of her mar- riage with the said Peleg Miller deceased her late husband.
Sworn to & subscribed on Phoebe Miller the day & year above written.
before me Amos Douglas Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, being a Court of record.

State of New York
Delaware County ss. I Amos Douglas, the said judge of said court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that Phebe Miller, the above named applicant is a resident of the town of Franklin in said County of Delaware, and by reason of bodily infirmity is unable and cannot attend or appear before a court of record and I also certify that I have been well acquainted with said Peleg Miller and Phebe Miller his wife, for at least thirty years, before his decease, that said Peleg Miller is dead, that Phebe Miller the said applicant is his widow, having never been married since his death - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name (having no seal of office) on this first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Amos Douglas a judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, being a court of record

State of New-York
Delaware County ss. William A Miller of the town of Franklin & County of Delaware aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & says, that he was well acquainted with Peleg Miller in his life time - that he the said Peleg Miller died on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred & thirty-eight at Franklin aforesaid; And this deponent further says that he is also well acquainted with the said Phoebe Miller, widow of the said Peleg Miller deceased & the person mentioned in the certificate of pensions a copy of which is set out in the application of the said Phoebe Miller as above described; & this deponent further says that the said Phoebe Miller has never been married since the decease of her husband the said Peleg Miller deceased, but still remains a widow living near this deponent in the town of Franklin aforesaid.
Subscribed & sworn before me William A Miller this 31 st day of December
1839. Amos Douglas Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware
I Amos Douglas a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware before whom the foregoing affidavit of William A Miller was made & sworn to by the said William A Miller do certify that I have been well acquainted with the said William A Miller for more than twenty years past & that he is a person of truth & veracity. - Dated Franklin December
31 st 1839.
Amos Douglas Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware being Court of record
William K. J. Keermance Clerk

State of New York Delaware County ss. I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the said County do certify that Amos Douglas before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, and who has signed the foregoing certificates was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures thereto annexed are genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the said County this 20 th day January 1840. C B Sheldon Clerk

State of New York County of Greene
On this the Twenty Eighth day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirty Nine personally appeared before me the undersigned One of the Justices of the Peace of the said County of Greene Daniel Miller a resident of Green Village in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law Aoth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with Polly Miller deceased and Phebe his wife late of the Town of Franklin in the County of Delaware and State aforesaid That he has been acquainted with them both for sixty years past. That he was present at the Marriage of the said Polly Miller with the said Phebe Miller. That such Marriage took place in the presence of this deponent at East Hampton in the County of Suffolk in the State of New York in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Six and that the Marriage Ceremony was performed by Samuel Buel then a Resident of East Hampton aforesaid. a regular Minister of the gospel of the denomination called Presbyterian. & further this deponent hath not known to & subscribed on the day and year first above written before Daniel Miller Me Joseph C. Botiford Justice of Peace
I Joseph C Botiford the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Miller was made and sworn to by the said Daniel Miller do Certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Daniel Miller for Fifteen Years past and that he is a person of truth and veracity Dated Green Village February 28 th 1839. J. C. Botiford
State of New York Greene County ss. I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do Certify that Joseph C. Botiford Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County duly elected & qualified & that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the said County this 8 th day of March 1839.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

12 M. Med. File 18578 Rev. War Madam:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of July 7th , received July 9th for a statement of the military history of Peter Miller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July in June 1776 Dec. 1776 Pvt. Captain Muford David Layne Joseph Smith Henry Livingston N.Y.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Long Island and retreat from New York Residence of soldier at enlistment, Easthampton about N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1852. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Franklin Delaware Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, Easthampton Suffolk Co. N.Y. Aug. 1757 and Oct. 1, 1838 at Franklin N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier married at Easthampton N.Y. June 1786, Phebe Sherrill. She was allowed pension on an application executed July 1, 1840 when a resident of Franklin N.Y. 76 years old. They raised a large family of children whose names are not stated. Very respectfully, Mrs. Sophia Sherrill. South Wales Verne Co. N.Y.
Commissioner.
OK

Ray  WIDOW, &c.
July 17, 1907 History to Mrs. Sophia Ackley
File No. 18518 Phebe Miller widow of Deley Miller of New Mar
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9647.
New York.
Phebe Miller,
widow of Peleg Miller, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 1 October, 1838, of Delaware (in the State of N. Yk) who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Munford — of the commanded by Smith the New-york line for 6 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th: — day of October 1845 and sent to A. R. Present —
Total amount, $ 00.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Act: resolution 38 Jan'y 4.
Recorded by W. D. Smith Clerk Book D Vol. 1 — Page 169.

7318.
New York.
Phoebe Miller,
widow of Peleg Miller,
who was a private,
in the New-York line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of Oct: '45
and sent to A. Ray, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
+ 17 June 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 80
Handwritten note on the right margin: H. Smith: under act 7 July '38 & H. B. Ward: No 365.

1 South Wales N. Y.
July 7. 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: Having read so much in the news papers about an association called Daughters of the American Revolution, and not knowing if said society was social of a or beneficiary character thought I would write you.
I have been told many times by my mother (who was many years

2 my father's (junior) that my grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. his name was Benj. Miller, a resident of Columbia or Delaware Co. N. Y.
How can I establish my identity at this late day. My father was born in October, 1790. died May 19, 1868.
I was born July 4, 1858. Enclosed you will find Mrs. Wallace's letter which may help you. I am quite sure the pensioner mentioned is my grandfather.

Perhaps I can tell you more if you should wish to know
Any assistance you can give me will be most graciously appreciated,
Please write soon
Respectfully Yours
Mrs. Sophia Cookley. So Wales. Erie Co. N. Y.

Belig Miller New York
6 mo. pr.
Hono E. Root H. B.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Miller 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? No 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? No. no clergyman, Certificate - yes as to Bitigum XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 29 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? 29 XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 29 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 29 step 2 o
 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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

6407
Phoebe Miller
Widow of Peleg
183
act 7 July 1838 and 23 rd January 1840
Adm. 6 mo per
$20 2 / 3 per ann from 4 March 1836 to 4
March 1841 —
Adm. Act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$20 2 / 3 per ann.
Alexander Ray
Present

Nov 8 '44
my dear Phoebe Miller
James. I Edwards Esq.
Com te of Pension
Nov 27/1.
additional evidence

Washington
Nov 7. 1844
Sir
In the case of Phebe Miller widow of Phebe of New York, claiming a pension under act July 7. 1838, I herewith enclose an affidavit made by the Clerk of the Town of East Hampton Ct. that no record appears to have been made of her marriage, and also an affidavit from the widow that no written or family record was ever made of her marriage.
As there is no record evidence to be had, the evidence of marriage must therefore rest upon parole testimony now on file in her case.
I am very
respectfully
Your Order
Alex. Way
J. L. Edwards Esq. Examiners of Pensions

State of New York Delaware County ss.
Simeon Howell being duly sworn deposes that he was born Feb 4 th 1776, being now 69 years of age, that he first became acquainted with Phebe Miller now of Franklin, & Peleg Miller her husband, in the year 1788, at Green River, in the County of Columbia State of New York, that his acquaintance with the said Peleg & Phebe continued until the death of the said Peleg, during all of which time this deponent knows perfectly well that they lived together as husband and wife, and that they raised a large family of children, and this deponent further says, that they were so living together in the fall of the year 1789, and that the facts which transpired at the time, to impress the same on his memory were, that the said Peleg went that fall to Long Island to look after some business left unfinished when he moved from the Island, that this deponent during his absence, staid at the house of said Peleg as help & company for his wife, and that his wife, the said Phebe became greatly alarmed for the safety of her husband, fearing he had been drowned in a Sloop that was cast away in the Highlands of the Hudson about the time her husband took passage for the said Island, which was in a Sloop. And this deponent further says that he knows the said Peleg & Phebe had been living together more than six years previous to 1794 from the circumstance that this deponent's father got a broad axe made in the

year 1794 and had the year stamped on the axe, which was kept many years in the family of deponents father
Subscribed and sworn
this 23 rd day of July 1845 before me
Simeon Nowell
Beach Jennings, a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Delaware
I certify that I am well acquainted with Simeon Nowell, the person who made the above affidavit, & have been for more than twenty years past. That he is a man of good reputation, and strict veracity, and that the facts set forth in his said affidavit are entitled to full credit and belief
Dated July 23 rd 1845. Beach Jennings. Judge of State of New York Delaware Common Pleas Delaware County Clerk's Office p.
I, Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do certify that Beach Jennings Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for said County and that his name subscribed to the same and the above certificate affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court -by this 26 th day of July 1845 C B Sheldon Clerk

N. York
Phebe Miller
let. to Hon. J. Allen 31. Jan. 1840
Rejected
" to Hon. P. Brannan May 31. '44
Alexandra May Dec 17 th
Fitts April 12. '45 1844
Same Sept 5 '45
At July 1835

Feb. 26, 1843.
Adair's case of Shel. Miller.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Com d of Pensions from Dept

Washington
July 26. 1845
Sir,
I now enclose additional evidence in support of the marriage of Peter Miller of New York an applicant for the benefit of the act, July 1838.
Very respectfully
I remain
Your Off. Servt.
Alex. Ray
J. L. Evans Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

No. A. Apr. 17. 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards
I have the Hon. to enclose you the application of Phoebe Miller Miller for a W.P. Pension. - my correspondent says that altho the am't claimed is very small. she is old and very poor it would do her much good. and that it would be very desirable to have it speedily. A convenience please give it your early attention and Obey
Yours Dennison P. Chipman
P.S. Also the Papers of "Emma Overbaugh" for a P.S. This moment Rec'd
D.P.C.

Sept 23 rd 1848
Adal. to can
Shuk Miller.
J. L. Edwards. Jr.
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington Sep. 22-1845.
Sir,
In compliance with your letter of the 5 th hereunto endorsed in the case of Phebe Miller of New York.
I enclose you her affidavit and the certificate of Miss Jennings of her being alive on the 15 th inst; to entitle her to the benefit of the Joint resolution of the 23 rd Jan y last.
I am very respectfully
Yours On the Rev. Ray
J. S. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pension

Paris Office, September 5th 1845.
Sir,
No further objection will be made to the date of the marriage in the case of Phoebe Miller. If she will make a declaration under the Point Resolution of the 23rd January last, or produce evidence that she was living on that day, a certificate will be issued for the full five years under the Act of 7th July, 1838, notwithstanding her husband received one for a part of the same time.
I am, Very respectfully, Your Affec. Son! J L Edwards
Alexander May, Esq. Present.

July 4. 1848.
Dear Sir,
Phila. Miller.
Lab. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm ee of Pensions
New Sepr.

Washington
Aug. 2. 1865.
Sir,
I enclose you additional evidence of Marriage, in the case of Phebe Miller of New York, an applicant for the act July. 7. 1838.
I remain very respectfully
Yours On Ser Rev. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm d of Pensions

10
NY
To J. L. Edwards, Commr of Pensions Washington Dist. Columbia.
Franklin Pa Sept 27

Franklin Sept. 29 th 1848
To J. L. Edwards, County of Posey.
Indiana I send you the Declaration of Phebe Miller. If she is entitled to a Certificate, please send the same to me, at Franklin in the county of Delaware and state of New York.
Respectfully yours
Deach Jennings

In the matter of Phoebe Miller }
affidavits re
Paid estate 25 00 do Clerk 25 00 BOSTON

State of New York
County of Allegany ss. On this day personally appeared Lydia Ford of the town of Mountaintop, Allegany County, aged twenty one years, and first being duly sworn by me, deponeth & saith that she was acquainted with and lived in the neighborhood of Peter Miller and Phoebe his wife. The said Peter Miller for a person in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one was in the town of Hillsdale in the County of Columbia in the State of New York that she was at their house in that year and saw them at breakfast with their family, that she often in that year throughout saw them at meetings together with their children and that they were considered by all the neighbors and recognized as man and wife and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned before me J. M. Packard Sup Court Comr.
Lydia Ford
I hereby certify that the above named Lydia Ford is a person of good character and creditably discharging and of sound mind and memory - dated July 27. 1845.
J. M. Packard Sup Court Comr.

State of New York,
Otsego County - 3/8 Be it remembered that on this 27 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1845 came personally before me the undersigned a Superior Court Commissioner of the Superior Court of the State of New York Sylvester Ford of the town of Amity in Otsego County aged nearly forty years and on first being duly sworn by me deponeth and saith that he was acquainted with Peter Miller and Phoebe his wife, the said Peter Miller for a person, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two in what was then the town Hillsdale in the County of Columbia in the state of New York that he knew the said Peter Miller and Phoebe his wife to live and cohabit together as man and wife at that time, that he recollects during that year going into a shoe making shop near the house of said Peter Miller and getting a pair of boots. I also recollect distinctly that I saw the said Peter Miller & Phoebe his wife come to meeting together at the Presbyterian Church in Hillsdale and bring their children and that they were there and there accepted and known as man and wife and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned before me J. W. Paddock
Sylvester Ford
STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss.
Geo. B. Wilbur Clerk of said
County, do hereby certify that J. W. Paddock Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit
was on the date of the same a Supreme court,
Commissioner in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same. And
further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and verify believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 7 th day of
February A. D. 1845
Geo. B. Wilbur Clerk.

State of New York,
Albany County - 3/8 Be it remembered that on this 27 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1845 came personally before me the undersigned a Suprem Court Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Sylvester Ford of the town of Amherst in Albany County aged twenty four years and on first being duly sworn by me deposes and saith that he was acquainted with Peter Miller and Phoebe his wife, the usual appearance for a pension, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two in what was then the town Helderale in the County of Columbia in the state of New York that he knew the said Peter Miller and Phoebe his wife to live and cohabited together as man and wife at that time, that he recollects during that year going into a shoe making shop near the house of said Peter Miller and getting a pair of boots. I also recollect distinctly that I saw the said Peter Miller & Phoebe his wife come to meeting together at the Presbyterian Church in Helderale and bring their children and that they were there and there accepted and known as man and wife and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned before me J. M. Bradstock Sup Court Comr
Sylvester Ford
I hereby certify that the above named Sylvester Ford is a person of good character and credibility as a witness and of sound mind and memory Dated July 27. 1845.
J. M. Bradstock Sup Court Comr

Alexander Ray Esq. Washington Ray Esq. Washington District of Columbia 70
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Onondaga County, N.Y. Nathaniel Whitcomb being duly sworn, testified that he is sixty-eight years of age, and now resides in Marcy, Onondaga County, N.Y. That he is well acquainted with Deborah Miller of Franklin Delaware County, N.Y. daughter of Philip Miller, a revolution- ary prisoner. That said Philip is a sister of the deponent. That said Philip was the eldest of my father's family, and deponent was the twelfth child. That deponent well remembers the marriage of said Philip and Polly Miller. That the said marriage was at East Hampton on Long Island. That said Philip continued to reside with her father a year or more until after her first child was born. That soon after the birth of their first child said Polly and Philip removed to Green River, Columbia Co., N.Y. That said Polly and Philip lived there a number of years and then removed to Delaware County, and have resided together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage to the death of said Philip.
And deponent further says that said marriage was before the year 1787 as he can testify for this reason. That soon after the birth of their first child they removed to Green River, and deponent went to live with them and continued to live with them for between two and

years, that at the time deponent went to live with them & moved to Green River with them he was ten years old. This was in 1787, or in the spring of 1788. That deponent, was often at their residence afterwards, and knew that they continued to live together, from the year that deponent was ten years of age until the death of said Peter, or his said wife. Subscribed & sworn this 14 day of July 1845 before me
Nathaniel Sherill
W. McNamee Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Sr. Nathaniel Sherill the person who made the foregoing affidavit, that he is a man of high character and unquestioned credit and that his statements are entitled to credence. Dated July 14th 1845.
W. McNamee Justice of the Peace
Clerks Office State of New York Oneida County
To Delos D. D. Wolf Clerk of the said County certify, that William J. Wetmore Esq. was on the 14 th day of July 1845 a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Oneida, duly elected and qualified to act as such, and that the signatures above written, pur- -porting to be those of the said Justice are genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Official seal & subscribed my name this 14 th day of July A.D. 1845 Delos D. D. Wolf Clerk for James Edgar Dope Clerk

Franklin July 30 th 1845-
Dear Sir:
I have at length succeeded in obtaining the inclosed affidavits, which I hope will be satisfactory to the department. - The old Lady is still living, and anxious to get her pension. - If the department are suspicious that this case is fictitious or without merit I could refer them to S. R. Hobbie of the Post office department who is acquainted with the Miller Family & myself
Yours Respectfully Beach Jennings Alexander Reg. Eng.

State of New-York } ss. County of Delaware }
On this 25 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Delaware in the state of New-York, Phebe Miller, a resident of the town of Franklin in the said county of Delaware aged eighty five 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of the late Deleg Miller, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army.
That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844, was twenty dollars. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me } Phebe Miller Beach Jennings Justice of the Peace }
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me,
Beach Jennings Justice of the Peace.
State of New-York } ss. County of Delaware }
I W m M c Cloughry Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Beach Jennings Esq. was on the day of the date of the above Declaration, Justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures to the first of the above declaration, and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county, this twenty first day of September 1848.
W m M c Cloughry, Clerk

State of New-York } Delaware County ss. }
Phebe Miller, being duly sworn, deposes that she is still the Widow of Seleg Miller deceased her late husband, for whose services in the Revolutionary War she asserts a claim to a pension.
Phebe Miller
Sworn and subscribed before me this 15 th day
of September 1845-
Beach Jennings Judge of the County Court in and for Delaware and I further certify that the above named Phebe Miller is the identical person, or woman she represents herself to be, as I have been her personally acquainted with her for many years. Dated at Franklin, in said County of Delaware this 15 th day of September 1845-
Beach Jennings Judge of the County Courts in said County of Delaware

Suffolk County } ss. Town of East Hampton }
I Darius B. D. Clerk of
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, }
I, Wickham Sale Clerk of the County of Suffolk, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, Do hereby certify, that Henry B. Field whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, 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 such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
do certify and the public re- not find the Phebe Sherrill
Ba P... Town Clerk
JN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the Tenth day of August 1844
Wickham Sale CLERK.
Pla Defa
...sworn, deposed, that she has no written family record of her marriage to her late husband Peleg Miller, and that the reason why no record was kept, was merely from carelessness and neglect, expecting to remember the event with certainty through life, and not expecting the omission of a family record, would at any time, occasion any detriment to her interest.
Phoebe Miller
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 th day of October 1844, and I hereby certify that the above named Phebe Miller is a person of high repute and good character
Simus Porter Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss. County of Delaware } ss. I, Horawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that Simus Porter Esq. the person before whom the above affidavit was sworn to have been a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, 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 Oct. 30 th 1844
H. Sheldon Clerk

Suffolk County } ss. Town of East Hampton }
I, Darius Baker Esq. Clerk of the town of East Hampton in said county do certify and depose, that I have made search among the public re- cords of said town, and that I cannot find the appearance of any record of the marriage of Phebe Sherrill to Deleg Miller
Sworn and subscribed before me } Darius Baker Esq. Town Clerk this 5th day of August 1844. Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Delaware County } ss. Phebe Miller being duly sworn, deposes that she has no written family record of her marriage to her late husband Deleg Miller, and that the reason why no record was kept, was merely from carelessness and neglect, expecting to remember the event with certainty through life, and not expecting the omission of a family record, would at any time, occasion any detriment to her interest.
Sworn and subscribed before me Phebe Miller this 24 th day of October 1844. and I hereby certify that the above named Phebe Miller is a person of high repute and good character
Simms Porter Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Delaware County } ss. I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do certify that Lemus Porter Esq. the person before whom the above affidavit of Phebe Miller was taken and sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his name subscri- bed to the same is genuine. Interim testimony. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Oct. 30 th 1844 C. B. Sheldon Clerk

State of New York } s.s.
County of Delaware } On this 21 day of March 1844, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace of the said county Mrs. Phebe Miller, a resident of Franklin, in the County aforesaid, aged 80 years last may 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 provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, and the 23 rd of August 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the War of the Revolution. That she is the Widow of Peleg Miller deceased, who was a soldier in the revolution, and a pensioner of the United States under act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of twenty Dollars per annum, on the New York agency. She also declares that she was married to the said Peleg Miller in the year 1786, as will be satisfactorily shown in the papers filed in her late application for the benefit of the act 7. July 1838, That her husband, the aforesaid Peleg Miller, died on the first day of Oct in the year 1838 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but previous to the first day of January 1794, to wit in the year above stated, & that she still remains a widow. Phebe Miller Sworn to and subscribed on } the day and year first above } written, before me, and I } further certify that the signer } to the above declaration is personally } known to me as the widow of } Peleg Miller deceased } } }
Linus Porter Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Delaware County ss
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do Certify that Simon Porter as a Justice of the peace in
and for the County of Delaware, the person before whom the within "Declaration" purports to have been 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 March 23 d , 1844.
C B Sheldon Clerk