Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,528, for Isaac Miller, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Miller, Isaac
NUMBER _____
S. 15,528
carded
CONTENTS

5911. New Hampshire
Isaac Miller
of Cheshire in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the reg t commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the  line for 13 Mo. Mass.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 213 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feby 1833 and suit St. of Rep. Hubbard St. of Rep.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $49.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 26.66
$ 86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by S F e p o Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 171.

9200 Isaac Miller Probate 13 Months M.C. E
11. 12. 14 & 16 interrog- atories not completed until Nov 23 1832
Adm Hon. A. Hubbard J.R. $43,33
Th. M. Edwards Keene Cheshire Co J.H.

BRIEF in the case of
Isaac Miller of Keene Cheshire Co in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  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.     1775 April 1st 8 Private Gen. Col. Benj. - Col. Whitcomb   1776 3 " Capt. Carlisle - Col. Whitney   Soon after first service 2 " Capt. Hill  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 3 living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Affidavits NOT sealed 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Declaration 9286 of Grace Miller Keene which Co N.H.

32 28 44 Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Aaron Watson , Judge of the Court of Probate , for the County of Cheshire and State aforesaid now sitting, Isaac Miller a resident of Keene in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged 78 years last March who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st In 1775 I first went to Concord & Cambridge & enlisted immediately at Cambridge for eight months in Capt. Brown's Comp y Col. Whitcomb's Reg t Lt. Col. Whitney Maj. Sawyer Stationed at Cambridge & Prospect Hill daily guard duty & skirmish here in the Battle of Bunker's Hill went with others as a reinforcement under Major Sawyer , dismissed at Prospect Hill last of Dec r . 2 d 1776 enlisted for three months Capt. Coat's Comp y Lt. Col. Brown & Genl. Whitney Lt. Col. Carter Reg t marched to N. Jersey to Bounded Brook near Brunswick Col. Spaulding Reg t each stationed near us our duty was watching the enemy to prevent their foraging and plundering. 3 rd Also soon after I returned home from the last of duty first above mentioned I volunteered and went to Prospect Hill 2 months under Capt. Hills Company - left just before the British evacuated Boston A.D. 1776. in Westminster . Mass. My birth is recorded in the town of Westminster . I lived in Westminster of W.H. when I entered the service - I lived in Keene of W.H. since A.D. 1806. I volunteered every time I served - I was under Col. Whitcomb 8 mo s - 3 mo s under Col. Whitney , 2 mo s under a Col. whose name I write at this moment without - never rec d . any written Discharge. Daniel Carpenter Esq r and Isaac Gray live near me and I believe can testify as to my character for truth, and my services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Isaac Miller
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate

We, David Carpenter and Isaac Gray both of Kennebec aforesaid
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
David Carpenter
Isaac Gray
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
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 certi- fies, that it appears to them that David Carpenter and Isaac Gray who have signed the preceding certificate are widely of said Kennebec are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Miller for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parker { Register of the Court of Probate

Disposition of Nathan Wood de
Becho for Yrnc child. —

...in the County
I Nathan Wood of Westminster in the County of Westminster and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of full age to give testimony do testify and say that Isaac Miller of New Hampshire enlisted as a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt Hill of New Bedford and Regiment commanded by Colonel Wells and served in the Revolutionary War for the term of two months I think and was then honorably discharged
Nathan Wood
Witnesseth Commonwealth of Massachusetts, July 19th 1832.
This person appeared the above named Nathan Wood and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me Simon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deposition is a credible witness Simon Sanderson Justice of the Peace.

22 Nathan Wood Nathan Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Simeon Sanderson Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit of Nathan Wood was made and sworn to, is, and on the nineteenth day of July last, was, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County of Worcester, and that his signa- tures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twelfth day of December A.D. 1832.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

I Ebenezer Bolton of Gardner in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massa- -chusetts of lawful age to give Testimony do testify and say that Isaac Miller then of Westminster in said County now of Name N.H. enlisted as a Soldier in the Company recommended by Capt. Edmund Burnis and Regiment commanded by Colonel commanded by Colonel Whitcomb in the Revolutionary Army and served eight months said Miller enlisted in the year 1775 on the nineteenth day of April of that year - and at the expiration of said Eight months was honorably discharged and for the Deposit scitthe not - his Ebenezer Bolton mark
Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts July 19 th 1832
This person affirmed appeared the above named Ebenezer Bolton and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true before me Simon Sanderson Justice of the Peace
above Ebenezer Bolton I certify that the Deposition is a credible Witness Simon Sanderson Justice of the Peace

Stephen of Ebenezer Bolton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Simon Sanderson, Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit of Ebenezer Bolton was made and sworn to, is, and on the nineteenth day of July last, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that his signature thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Ath. County I Nathan Wood of Westminster in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that Isaac Miller of him in the State of New Hampshire enlisted as a Soldier in the year 1776 in the month of December in the Company commanded by Capt. Cook's Co. of Cambridge and Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitney and Brigade commanded by Genl. Heaton and that said Miller served in the Revolutionary War for the term of three months and was honorably discharged from the service of the Commonwealth. Nathan Wood
Westminster. Commonwealth of Massachusetts July 19 th 1832
Then personally appeared Nathan Wood the above named and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed was true.
Simeon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above Deposition is a true and correct copy.
Simeon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Westminster. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holding within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Simeon Sanderson, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Nathan Wood, Ebenezer Bolton and Nathan Wood, were made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signatures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

P 15528
INVALID.
File No. 13328
Isaac Miller
Pa. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9240 Isaac Miller
Th. M. Edwards Keene Cheshire Co NH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac 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? [Signature] 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?  so
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  so
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?  so
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? Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  so
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?  no
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 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.