Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2682, for John Miles, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Miles, John Mary
W. 2682
B.L.Wt. 13902-160-55-
CONTENTS

Ohio 963 — Am.
Mary Miles widow of John Miles
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 — Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th — day of Aug t 1852 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Print.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 105 Vol. 4.
acko 43544

12.354 Ohio
John Miles
of Clermont  Cott in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Green of the Virginia line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of July 1818 and put to Alexander Black Williamsburgh Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 71. 9 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 48. 00 8 Mo. \frac{25}{30} \frac{4}{31} $119. 96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Confidence
let 18 Nov 1839 G.S. See
see letter March 20. 1847 to W. H. Medary
with pension book No. 88. 1818-1846 I sent to England to Thomas D. ...

May 2 nd 1854 Mary Miles Mary Miller - did of John Miller & Ruth & Parsons
Mary Miles and John Miles. Pris. Va: Cont. line.
139.0
Revolutionary War No: 160 acres Jan'y 18 th 1836. Ohio July 4 th 1863.
Wm B. Bangs
Cincinnati, Ohio
Vol M 2, page 35.

5 John Miles 5 June 1818. private 10 th reg t Green - Virginia line 77 till 80 - Wanted the judges certificate of the re- duced circumstances of the claimants. and proof of service
admt prop in closed
Admitted
on Roll A.S.

The State of Ohio ss On the fifth day of June Clermont County in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen Came personally before me Alex Blair one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for said County John Lilla resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy nine years who being duly sworn deposed and saith That in the year 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier in the County of Farguier in the State of Virginia in the Company Com- manded by Thomas Blackwell in the 10 th Regim- ent commanded by Col. Green in the Virginia line an Continental Establishment, that he served three years in the Army of the revolutionary war against the Common enemy, that he received his discharge in the year 1780. at Valley Forge (Pa.) that he was in the Battle of Brandywine and many others that his discharge has been many years since lost or destroyed, That on the next day after he received his discharge he again enlisted as aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt John Gillieson for three years in the Regiment Line above stated that he served as aforesaid three longer years that he received his discharge from the Army in the year 1783 and in the year 1784 at Richmond in Virginia here e d his discharge in writing, which said discharge has also long since been lost or mislayed, that he never has heretofore applied

for nor received any pension from the United States, that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, that he has no other evidence in his power to offer, and the said deponent on his oath aforesaid declares that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance for support from his country for support -
John his  S Miles mark
I do certify that the before named John Miles took and subscribed before me the oath first above mentioned the aforesaid oath and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John served in the revolutionary war as afore said against the common enemy -
Alex d Blair

The State of Ohio ss  ss I. David C Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do certify that Alexander Blair Esquire whose name is subscribed to the
Within Certificate of the deposition of the therein named John Miles and before whom the same appears to have been made now is and was at the time of signing his name thereto a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid the 9 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
David C Bryan

State of Ohio
Belmont County
388
On this tenth day of January A D 1846 Personally appeared before the undersi- gner one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said County, Mary Miles a resident of the Township of Union in the County aforesaid aged about eighty 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 th A D 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows That she is the Widow of John Miles who was a revolutionary Soldier and for services as a Soldier in the revolutionary war received a pension from the United States up to the time of his death She further declares that she was married to the said John Miles on the fifteenth day of November A Seventeen hundred and eighty nine and that her hus- band the aforesaid John Miles died on the eighth day of January eighteen hundred thirty three That she was not married to the said John Miles prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place as above stated and previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
Mary her  Miles mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the tenth day of January, A D 1846
Thomas Sheldon one of the judges of the court of common pleas for Belmont County, Ohio,

I Thomas Sheldon one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that this day appeared to the house of Mary Miles the within named declarant for the purpose of receiving her declaration aforesaid. And I am satisfied that from her extreme age and bodily infirmity she cannot attend the court of Common Pleas in this County this January 10 th A.D. 1846
Thomas Sheldon, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State of Ohio.
The State of Ohio Clermont County } ss. I J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Sheldon Esquire was on the 10 th day of January 1846 and now is one of the acting Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Clermont duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his signatures above written are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia in said County this 21 st day of January A.D. 1846
J. D. Morris Clk
Feb 9 1846
56561

112.931
Act 3 rd March 1155 8 th Section
Mary Miles
Widow of John Miles of the Revolutionary war
For. 1000 Acres
Wm H. H. H. Cincinnati Ohio

STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY OF Clermont
On this 17 th day of April 1855
Personally appeared before me a Notary Public — within and for said County,
Mary Miles — 90 aged Ninety years, a resident of Sara County — Forty five years
who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the 5 th section of the Act of Congress,
approved March 3 rd 1855
THAT She is the widow of John Miles decd Late of said County who was a Private in the war of the Revolution from the State of Virginia and a pensioner of the United States. that she is now a pensioner of the United States at the Cincinnati Ohio Agency as his widow at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum under Act of Congress of 29 th July 1848 on pension Certificate No 9666. She further declares that she has not again married since the decease of her said Husband which took place on the 8 th day of January 1853. but is now a widow
That she constitutes and appoints Wm B. Barry of Cincinnati also her Attorney in the premises to receive her warrant — her
ATTEST Peter Roth N. G. Witham
Mary M. Miles mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year first above written, before me, as Witness My hand & seal. & I certify that the said applicant is the identical person she represents herself to be, who is now a pensioner as stated by herself, & that I have no interest in this claim.
D. Jones Notary Public

We Peter Robb and N. B. Witham
Residents of Clermont County in the state of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the within declaration was signed & acknowledged by Mary Miller in our presence. We further declare that we have been acquainted with her for thirty years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and who is a Reformer or widow of within named John Miller. We also declare that from our intimacy with her we know that she is now a widow, and that we are disinterested persons.
Peter Robb N. B. Witham
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year first within written as witness my hand & seal & I Certify that the deponents are known to me to be credible persons. D. Jones Notary Public

Bantam, Clermont County, Ohio -
July 5 th 1849,
Dear Sir, I have been requested by two respectable men of my neighborhood to enquire on what claim or pretence does Bernard Rumpelly draw a pension, or in other words what right he has to draw a pension - Those persons say they understand he draws on account of an alledged wound in the eye in the late war (1812 or 1813) If so they say the eye was put out in other way than in the Army as they are credibly informed and that Proof can be adduced to that effect -
Yours &c
Thomas Sheldon
To The Commissioner of Pensions }

Declaration of Mary Miles for Pension under the Act of July 7 th A.D. 1838
Presented by William B. Davis Columbus Ohio

State of Ohio County of Belmont ss Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State personally appeared Gileus Bradbury and Gideon V. Witham Two respectable and reliable citizens of said County and State who being first duly sworn according to law on their oaths, said That without doubt John Miles deceased late of this County was a revolutionary soldier, that he was for some time previous and up to the time of his death a regular pensioner of the United States. That prior to his death (which took place at Withamsville in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio on the 8 th day of January A D 1834.) they were acquainted with him and Mary his wife for the term of 14 Years or thereabout during which time the said John and Mary lived together as man and

and Wife, and were universally reputed so to be, and that they had not the slightest doubt but such was the fact, that the said Mary Miles undoubtedly on the verge of Ninety years old, that the said John Miles died as above said, that the said Mary Miles has remained the widow of the said John Miles from the said 8 th day of January A D 1834 up to this present time and that they are disinterested in this matter - Sworn to and subscri- bed this 16 th day of June A D 1857. and I hereby certify that the said Gibens Bradbury and Gideon V Witham are entitled to full credit and belief
Gibens Bradbury Gideon V Witham Justices of the Peace

State of Ohio County of Clermont ss Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Clermont and State of Ohio, personally appeared Mary Miles a resident of said County and State aged Eighty Six years, and whom I hereby certify to be then aged and infirm to appear in open court, who being first duly sworn according to law, made the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. "En- titled" an act granting half pay and "Pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of John Miles (familiar- ly known in the army as wicked Jack) who was a private in the company com- manded by the  captain Captain Buford in the 10 th Regiment of Virginia troops, commanded by Colonel Hays

in the Revolutionary war, that she cannot recollect the time or place of his enlistment, or other matter in reference to his said service, but believes he was in the service some Six Years and 9 Months, She further states that her said Husband was a regular Pensioner of the United States on the Revolutionary Roll for the district for which Pensions are payable at Cincinnati Ohio. That his Pension certificate was surrendered at the time the last Pension moneys were drawn, to wit. to Saml Hall Esq r at said Cincinnati on the 24 th day of March A D 1834. and she hereby most respectfully refers the department to the papers filed by her said Husband for the purpose of obtaining his pension to establish her right to the claim here made. She further states that she was married to the said

John Miles in the County of Lou- ren State of Virginia on or about the 20 th day of December A D 1790 by one John Littlejohn a minister of the Gospel, that his name before he said Marriage was Mary Beasley - That her said Husband died at Withamsville, Belmont County and State of Ohio, on the Eight day of January A D 1834, and that she has remained a widow from the said 8 th day of January A D 1834 to this present time, That she was not married to the said John Miles previous to his leaving the ser- vice, but the marriage took place prior to the 1 st day of January A D 1794 to wit at the time above stated Sworn to and subscribed } Claimant's Signature before me a Judge as afore } said and I hereby certify } Mary her Miles by that by reason of bodily } mark infirmary the said Mary Miles can =

not appear in open Court, and I further certify that without doubt the said Mary Miles is the widow of the said John Miles, and her declaration is entitled to full credit and belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto officially set my hand this 16 th day of July 1851.
Jonathan Johnson
Judge of the Court Pleasantville, Ohio
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Virginia :
J. Presley Saunders, Clerk of the County Court of Loudoun, in the State aforesaid, certify, that I have examined the records of my Office from the year 1787 to the year 1797 inclusive, and find no evidence of the marriage of John Miles and Mary Presley, either direct or collateral; and I further certify, that I believe the records of said Office to be defective in regard to evidence of that character between said periods.
Given from under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Leesburg, this 16 th day, of August 1852.
J. Saunders, Atty.

11. 485
Ohio Cincinnati
widow of Mary Miles who died on the 10th day of March 1835 at Clermont Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Pirate in the Revolution commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of April 1833 and sent to J. J. Coombs Present Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by [blank] Clerk Page 393

9.367
Ohio, Cincinnati
Mary Miles widow of John Miles who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars & 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1853 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 206

John Miles further profit op. service
St. Louis

I the aforesaid John Miles do further depose declare and say to enable me to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1878. entitled an act to provide for certain pensions etc. That Col. Green in whose Regiment I served as heretofore stated and sworn to, was killed by the enemy the British at the battle of Monmouth. and I was in the ranks of the Army and not fifteen feet from him when he fell, that while under the command of Col. Green at the battle of Brandywine I was wounded in the left shoulder with a musket ball which ball was extracted, at the same time I was wounded by a buckshot which yet remains in my arm and at times causes me much pain, that my Captain Blackwell was killed as I believe shortly after Col. Green fell, Col. Hayes com- manded the same Regiment and I marched with the Reg t to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, I afterwards marched with the Reg t to South Carolina. but previous to our arrival at Charleston I was ordered back to Philadelphia with an wagon, I afterwards joined the Regiment again in Virginia and re- mained with the same until I was finally

discharged in 1783. I am poor & indigent wholly unable to proceed to Virginia to obtain further proof should any person now be alive to prove my service, for three years of the time I was blessed with health, regularly called when the Roll of the other soldiers was called and never within my recollection omitted to answer to my name and at all times ready and willing to obey the commands of my officers. I beg therefore most respect- fully to refer to the records of the War department for further proof of my service, the last three years of my ser- vice although a regular enlisted soldier I was ordered by the Col. (Hawes) to drive and did drive his baggage wagon and the reason assigned by my Col. was that owing to the wound in my shoulder and arm I was unable to handle a gun William Johnston was paymaster for Col. Hawes Regiment and did pay for three years. I do offer the foregoing as the only further proof I have of my having faith- fully served my Country for a period of seven years during her Revolutionary con- test.
John his M c Niles mark

I Alexander Blair Judge as aforesaid do further Certify to the Honble the Secretary of War that the before named John Miles took and subscribed the foregoing oath & declaration before me. And that it appears to my satisfaction that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Given Under My hand the 31 st day of May A. D. 1819 Alex r Blair

John Miles -
(12.354.)
7 July 1819
(Sept. 1819.)
Continue
Continue -
David E. Bryan Esq.
Colk.
Clarendon
Colk. Miles
one hour and one acre, and that he is a daily

The State of Ohio Clermont County ss On this 8 th day of June A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open court, being the court of common pleas, within & for the said County being a court of record, and which have the power of fine and imprisonment, John Miles age eighty one Years, a resident in the said County, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary War, as follows to wit, in the tenth reg t command by Col. Green, in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Blackwell in the Virginia line and that he was notified, of his being inscribed, on the pen- sion list roll of the Ohio agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the 5 th day of June 1818, by a pension certificate N o 12354 bearing date 7 th July 1819. & I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself, within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War." passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or security, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit, real estate none one bow and one axe, and that he is a daily

labourer, but owing to age and infirmity is a part of the time unable to work at all and that he has only his wife Polly aged fifty two years, and not very able to work and his daughter Polly, living with him aged seventeen years, but sickly — Sworn to and declared on the his John Miles — 8 th day of June 1820, before the said court
The state I David C. Bryan clerk of the court of common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, on this 12 th day of June A.D. 1820.
David C. Bryan, clerk of the court of common pleas for Clermont county Ohio

Declaration, of Mary Miles widow of John Miles decd (A Pensioner,
State of Ohio Clermont County ss, On this 31 st day of November AD 1849 Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, Mary Miles a resident of Union Township in the County of Clermont and State Aforesaid Aged Eighty three years past, 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 nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Miles who was a Private in the Army 10 th Virginia Regiment (as she verily believes) She believes the Captain of this company was called Capt Blewfoot, She believes his colonel's name was Hawes, The paymaster's name she believes was William Hall, her husband died on the 15 th day of January 1834, She was married to the said John Miles on the 15 th day of April 1791, She further states that she was twenty five years of age when she was married and from the time her age as given to her by her parents, her parents died when she was quite

young and the family was scattered among strangers that is the reason why her Brother and Sister who now lives in this county does not know about her marriage, (her Brothers name is Beasley & her Sisters name is Alice Chalmers They are twins and they have a record of their ages which Sids her in the time of her age she being between two & three years older than they are) She Always understood her husband to say that he served six years & nine Months in the Army, she further States that she was married in the State of Virginia London County and she has no Documentary evidence of her marriage,
She further States that she is still a widow, she further States that she has lived in the State of Ohio for thirty seven years,
Mary her Miles
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above first written before me this 31 st day of November AD 1849,
Thomas Sheldon Associate Judge
State of Ohio Clermont County ss, I Thomas Sheldon one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Mary Miles since the year 1824 having formerly lived in the immediate neighborhood where Mrs Miles now lives but now reside about nine Miles from her and I know her husband drew a pension when I lived in the

neighborhood of them, I Also further certify that Mrs Miles from Age and Bodily infirmity she is unable to attend the Court of Common pleas in this County and has been unable to attend Court for perhaps Ten or Twelve years past. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 31 st day of November AD 1849
Thomas Sheldon Foster Associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Clermont County State of Ohio
State of Ohio Clermont County. ss. Before me the undersigned one of the Associate Judges within and for said County Personally appeared Gideon Witham of said County who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that he has been acquainted with Mary Miles widow of John Miles for more than Thirty years and was Also acquainted with her husband likewise previous to his death, And that the time she states in her Declaration as to the death of her husband he believes to be correct, Also that during the time they lived together previous to his death was considered by the neighborhood to be man & wife - Also the said deponent says he Always considered her a woman of truth and veracity And that he has no reason to doubt a word of her statement in the foregoing Declaration, And the said John Miles drew a pension when first in his lifetime as is to said as he never saw him draw it

And further this deponent saith not Gideon Witham
We concur fully in the } Robert Kyle foregoing statement - } John Kyle
The said Gideon Witham, Robert Kyle and John Kyle subscribed the foregoing statement and was sworn according to Law to the foregoing statement, given under my hand this 30 th day of November AD 1849
Thomas Sheldon Associate Judge C.C.P.C.C. Ohio
State of Ohio Belmont County S.S.
Before me the undersigned one of the Associate Judges within and for said County. Personally appeared John Warren Senior who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that he has been a resident of the now State of Ohio since the year 1801 that he has resided where he now lives (in the same neighborhood) ever since that time, and that John Miles & Mary Miles moved into this part of the country more than thirty years last past. And that said John Miles was a Pensioner, that he believes that said Miles died about the time she states, And that I believe (She that is Mary Miles is now and always was considered a woman of truth and veracity,
And said deponent says that the statement of Robert Kyle, John Kyle & Gideon Witham is entitled to full credit. And that he fully believes her statement in this case
Sworn to and subscribed before me John Warren S d on this 30 th day of November AD 1849
Thomas Sheldon, Associate Judge,

12495—
Mary Miles Ohio
Act 7. July 38

Washington 8 Feb 1846
Wm Lloyd J. Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers in reference to the claim of Mrs Miles, who is the widow of a Revolutionary pensioner. I hope you will do her the kindness and in the favor of examining the immediately, and informing me what can be done for her.
Your humble Servt.
A. McDowell, M.C.

Decease of Mary Miles-
Mrs. Miles in her several declarations has given various dates to her marriage, all, however, representing it to have taken place prior to 1844.
In her last declaration she explains how these discrepancies occurred, as follows: The family record having been destroyed, she had no means of coming at the date of her marriage, except by a calculation based upon her age at the time of making her declarations, and her age at the time of her marriage, and she may have made some mistakes in the calculation. We have, however, the means of making the calculation for ourselves.
She has uniformly stated that she was twenty-five years of age at the time of her marriage.
Her brother, Silas Beasley, in

June 1849, says that he is then 80 years of age, and that his sister, Mary Miles was always said by his parents to be three years his elder. She was consequently born in 1766. If she was 25 years old when married, therefore, she was married in 1791.
The daughter, Hanna Walker, who has made several depositions in the case, although from the lap of the family record, she cannot be relied upon as knowing her own age with entire accuracy yet she shows clearly that she must have been born prior to 1794. She has very distinct recollections as far back as 1800, and thinks she has a less distinct recollections as far back as 1794. I admit that all this evidence leaves it somewhat uncertain as to the exact year in which the marriage took place, but I insist that it leaves no reasonable doubt that it took place prior to 1794.
Maurice Williams, a highly respect-

able gentleman, testifies that he knew the family as far back as 1818, and Mr. Walker was then married, and had been for some years previous to that time.
The Certificate of the Clerk of Loudon County, shows that there is no record of the marriage there, and that the records at the date of her alleged marriage are imperfect.
I respectfully submit, that the marriage is proved to have taken place prior to 1794, about as well as it is possible to prove the date of a marriage so far back, in the absence of both public and private records.
As Mrs. Miles was unquestionably of a marriageable age prior to 1794, there is no presumption against the claim to be overcome. It presents merely a question as to  of the weight of evidence , that the parties were married is not disputed. The question simply is, does the evidence preponderate

in favor of the allegation that she was married prior to 1794. I aver that there is not a fact in the whole case tending to show that the marriage took place subsequent to that date. On the contrary, every fact in the case tends to show a marriage previous to that date, although some doubt may be left as to how long previous it occurred.
Very resp Y e
J. J. Coombs

Batavia Clermont Co Ohio
June 5 1845
Dr Sir
An aged woman of this County Mary Miles desires to obtain a pension as a widow of John Miles - Called as she says in the pension office "wicked Jack" - who was a revolutionary soldier and died about 11 years since - receiving a pension down to the period of his death - Mary, the applicant - intermarried with John Miles on the 15th November 1890. (if I read the marriage Certificate aright) which is almost illegible from age -
I informed her that I thought a law of Congress was passed within the last 3 or 4 years extending the law of 1838 to the widows of deceased soldiers, whether married at the time of service or not - The congressional laws are not to be had in this County which will I hope excuse me for troubling you with the enquiry - whether under the circumstances she can obtain a pension?
Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt Thos L Shields

Mary Miles widow of John Ohio.
adm? July 7 1838. 8 c
2 yrs per $80.
per annum from
4 March 1836 to
4 March 1848.
2 yrs excepted.
deduct former payments
at $96 per annum from 1836 to
1848 Henceforward
at $96 per annum
as she is pensioned under
29 July 1848
As to J. H. Cramb Esq Present

Brief in the case of Mary Mills Widow of John County and State of Ohio act July 7 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase," )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, Paul Spring of Marij
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Plenk
Thornton Tipton
Examining Clerk.

Satavia Ohio Nov 7 - 1839
Dear Sir
John Miles a private in the 10 Regt Pa. Infantry & commanded for many years died Jan 6 - 1834 Leaving Mary Miles his widow Who states that they were married in 1795 in Lorain Co. Pa. That the principal service of John Miles was previous to his marriage to her - But that Miles in 1814 since for 5 years or during the war - was stationed at Harpers Ferry where he served 3 months & until discharged (perhaps to the close of the war) In October 1839 Mary Miles widow & married again to Mr. Abbott she makes the following statement of which she is intitled to receive the benefits of 3rd Sec. Act of Cong up paper in as follows July 4 - 1835 granting her pay & or any other act.
As she is intitled you will confer a favor on her (who is really in great need) by informing her on one of the proofs necessary to sustain her application.
Yours &
Geo. L.
P.S. Please copy

Wantage, D. & Co Sept 68
Waukegan, Ill. Sept 18 th 1890 Mrs. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City D. C.

Brantam, Clermont County, Ohio, September 18 th 1849
Dear Sir
I forwarded to your Office the Application of Mary Miles for a Pension About the Month of June last, And I have not heard any thing About it since, I desire on behalf of the old Lady your earliest attention as she is very Poor And Afflicted (And a Township charge) She has by some means or other been very much neglected as she ought to have drawn under the former Laws in force, if proper Application had been made by Suppose she would have drawn pleas to examine her case as soon as possible and write me on the Subject, I remain your obedient Servant,
To J. L. Edwards esq r Comm r of Pensions
Thomas Sheldon

Mary Miller
Ohio - Jan 58
Claim of Act of
Ex W. J. Goombe
Dec - 6 - 1857
STATE OF COUNTY
} ss.
Be it known, That on this day of _____ A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty _____, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum ; that _____ has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mary Miles, widow of John Miles deceased
hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the the Claim of  my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension , that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all prior warrants of Attorney
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 28 th day November A. D., 1851.
her Mary Miles mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Maurice Witham } J. R. Stanley }
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Clermont } ss:
On this Twenty Eighth day of November A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Miles and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
W. Witham J. Peace.

Dec - 6 - 1851 P. W. Groom
Ohio - Nov 28 Maurice Witham
Claim of Act of
STATE OF COUNTY
} ss.
Be it known, That on this day of _____ A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty _____, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum ; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. } J. Peace. }
I, _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that _____ who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
State of Ohio } ss. Clermont County }
I, R. M. Clarke Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Maurice Witham Esquire before whom the foregoing papers was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths ; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 29 th day of November A. D. 1851.
R. M. Clarke Clerk.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2682
Mary Miles Widow John Miles Br. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 48.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Ohio Clermont County } ss On this 27 th day of October A 1832 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came Barbara Lindsey aged Sixty three who being duly sworn according to law makes oath and says that in the year 1815 or 1816 that Hannah Walker daughter of John and Mary Miles lived on her husband's and her farm and that at that time the said Hannah Walker was a married woman and had one child about three years old which child died while they lived on our farm and that at that time the said Hannah Walker appeared to be at least twenty four or twenty five years of age that this affiant knows the facts from daily intercourse with their family and that she has no interest in the application of Mary Miles for a pension Barbara for Lindsey mark
Cynthia C. Lindsey
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of October A 1832 M Witham Clerk

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Barbara Lindsey and that full faith would be given to her word wherever she was known and that she is a first class citizen
October 27 th 1852
M c William Deaf I P

Brief in the case of Mary Miles wd of John County and State of Ohio act 5 7 July 38 He
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner for Three years service in Vt Cont. Line.
Evidence of marriage, parole & traditional
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Present,
Kirby Examining Clerk.

Pension Office August 13 th 1852
Sir.
I have re-examined the claim of Mary Miles widow of John of Ohio under the act of 7 July 1838 in connection with the supplemental declaration of Mrs. M. filed by you, but am not satisfied as to the date of the marriage.
In one of her statements she declares she was married in 1790, in another, in 1789 and in another in 1791 - One of the witnesses - the daughter, declares she was born in 1790. It is evident from the contradictory statements made by Mrs. Miles that she knows nothing of the date of her marriage and that her memory is not at all to be relied on.
Without much clearer evidence that she was married previous to 1794 no allowance can be made under act of 7 July 1838.
It does not appear that the record

of the County in Pa in which the marriage is alleged to have taken place - has been searched. This should be done.
I am respectfully, Your Obedient F. J. K. Triplett Very Comm d
J. Coombs Esq Present,

Washington, Aug 26 th 1882
Sir:
In the case of Mary Miles of Ohio widow of John Miles dec d as you are not entirely satisfied with the sufficiency of the evidence to prove a marriage prior to 1794, I will agree to take a certificate under the act of 29 th July 1848, waiving any claim under prior acts until additional evidence is filed. I am expecting to receive additional evidence of a more satisfactory character as to the age of Mrs Walker, the daughter. When that evidence shall come to hand, if I think it materially strengthens the claim under act of 1835 etc. I shall file it, and ask an allowance under said previous acts.
I am, very resp y
Your ob dt serv t J. V. Coombs
J. H. C. Pritchett Esq.

Washington, June 1 st 1882
Sir:
Enclosed please find the supplemental declaration of Mary Miles, widow of John Miles, dec d . of Ohio, claiming Pension under the Act of 7 th July 1838, with Additional Evidence.
This case has undoubtedly been prejudiced by a letter on file written by one Lee, of Batavia, Ohio, representing that Mrs. Miles had again married since the death of her husband, and stating the date of her marriage subsequent to 1794; both of which statements are contrary to the repeated declarations of Mrs. Miles, under oath, and to all the evidence on file in the case. This letter does not seem to have been written by Mr. Lee with any view of prejudicing the case. I presume he merely wrote under a mistake as to the facts. He does not, however appear ever to have been Mrs. Miles' atty.
J. H. Heath Esq. Very resp ct . J. J. Coombs Com r of Pensions.

Withamsville April 28 th 1832
Hon J J Cramb
Dear Sir I take this opportunity to say that in reference to the Mary Miles case that her never having been married to Robert can be as well proven as any negative could be and as to the family record of which Mrs Walker speaks it was burned in 1818 I was at the fire myself and can state on oath that I knew Miles and Mrs Miles as husband and wife as early as 1815 and Mrs Walker was then married and appeared to be some 23 or 25 years old as well as I can now recollect
If a transcript from the Bible is necessary and no other proof will do the matter is up
I can take Mrs Miles Declaration and a Statement from Lee and some Statements from the old citizens and send them on and you may do what you can
Accept the High consideration of Maurice Witham

State of Ohio Clermont County S.S
I Rebecca Courn on my oath declare that Alice Chalmers has lived in my family in Clermont County State of Ohio for the last five years past and that the said Alice Chalmers is credible and her statements are good and correct would be taken as true where she is known Oct 27 th 1832 Rebecca her X Courn mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th  1832 of October 1832 W Witham Ed Justice of the Peace
The undersigned on his honor says that Alice Chalmers whose affidavit of October 27 th 1832 in reference to the marriage of Mary Miles to John Miles was stated with a clearness and correctness that indicates its truth without affidavit Her mind is strong and vigorous for a person of her age She the said Alice Chalmers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing and enjoys the highest esteem in her neighborhood Oct 27 th 1832 W Witham

State of Ohio Belmont County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Samuel M c Loughlin of lawful age who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been intimately and personally acquainted with Edmund and Barbara Lindsey for about twenty years and that he never heard any thing said against their character for truth and veracity and further this deponent knows from his own knowledge that the said Edmund and Barbara Lindsey are persons of truth and their statements would be taken in any court or investigation. The said Edmund and Barbara Lindsey have resided in Ohio Township Belmont County ever since deponent first became acquainted with them in 1832 or 1833.
S M c Loughlin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st day of November A D 1832
W m Witham Read Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Belmont County Ss
I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Edmund Lindsey (whose affidavit was lately taken before in reference to the age of Hannah Walker daughter of Ben and Mary Miles) for twenty five years last past and have always understood that the said Edmund Lindsey was a man of truth and veracity and I also know that, that is his character Nov 21 st 1852
William Dick
Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid

The State of Ohio Belmont County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid John Swem Esqr who being first duly sworn, according to law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Edmund and Barbara Lindsey for forty years or more and that they are persons of truth and veracity and that deponent never heard any thing said against their characters and that they would be believed wherever they were known that they now reside in Belmont County Ohio Township State of Ohio and that said deponent has served as a Justice of the Peace in said Ohio Township for twelve years and has had ample opportunity to become acquainted with said Edmund and Barbara Lindsey Nov 24 th 1832
John Swem
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 th day of November 1832
W Witham
Justice of the Peace
{ The above interlining was done before signing } W Witham

The State of Ohio Belmont County ss. I, John Griffiths Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that M c Mitham Esq before whom the foregoing Affidavits were taken & sworn to, was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, that his commission bears date April 13 th A.D. 1850 and expires April 13 th A.D. 1853 and that the signature of said Justice thereto is genuine
For testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia this 26 th November A.D. 1852
John Griffiths Clerk

Mary Miles, A. Supt Sept 1838 -
By order of C.C. Andrew for Mr. Cromb

State of Ohio Belmont County SS
Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Elijah Mattox who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that between the years 1813 and 1814 deponent was acquainted with John Miles and Mary Miles that they then lived together as husband and wife and that it was always understood that they were such and further that the said Mary Miles is the widow of John Miles deceased as he has always understood and believes That the means deponent has of knowing the above facts are that they worked together and that it was the same year that deponent was married which was 1813 and that deponent is now fifty seven years of age and is a resident of Ohio Township County and State aforesaid That the said John and Mary Miles lived at the time spoken of in Ohio Township Belmont County Ohio
Elijah Mattox
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of June A 1838 And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said affiant and that he is a man of truth and veracity W Witham Q J.P. for the County and State aforesaid

Mary Miles, widow of John Miles,
Ohio
Act 1838, suspended
Supplemental
Act
June 1 st 1852.
J. V. Goumb

State of Ohio Clermont County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned M Witham who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that as far back as the year 1818 he was personally acquainted with John and Mary Miles and that deponent was frequently at their house and that they the said John and Mary Miles lived together as husband and wife and it was generally believed that they were such and further that their daughter Hannah Walker was then married and had been for some years previous to that time And deponent further states that he heard the report of the marriage of Mary Miles widow of John Miles with Bezaleel Robart and that deponent asked Mary Miles if she was married to said Robart and she answered in the negative and further although the said report was in circulation it was not believed by any of the neighbors as deponent ever heard and further Mary Miles has resided within two miles or less of deponent for about thirty five years and he believes that the report of said marriage was not true
And further deponent says that he believes Mary Miles to be the widow of John Miles who was revolutionary soldier and Pensioner And the means that deponent has of knowing the above statements is that he has been engaged in doing business for the said John and Mary Miles since the year 1827
And further deponent saith not May 25 th 1852
M Witham
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 25 th day of May AD 1852 P S Jones Notary Public

Ph. A. 29 July, 48, P.
W. H. D.

W. B. Ferris Oct 9. 1881 J. J. Coombs Aug 13/82.
No 12495
Mary Miles
A Residue
Set to Hon J. J. McDowell July 24/46
" " Same " Augt 46
" " Mr. H. Medary 20 March 47
" Thomas Sheldon 25 th Sept r 1849
" Hon J. D. Morris Jan: 23/50
" Thomas Sheldon Feb: 16/50
act 7 July 1858 to

Washington, Nov. 11 th 1852
Sir:
Enclosed please find additional evidence in the case of Mary Miles, of Ohio, widow of John, for the benefit of the Act of 7 th July 1838.
Mrs. Miles originally claimed under said Act, but on the last examination, the evidence not being deemed altogether conclusive of marriage prior to 1794, and the claimant being very old and needy, I agreed to take a certificate under the Act of 29 th July 1848, reserving all rights under the former Act.
The evidence I now present, I think is conclusive that the marriage must have taken place prior to 1794. Alice Chalmers, the claimant's sister, and herself a pensioner, shows that she has the means of arriving at correct conclusions on this point. She knows that Hannah Walker, the eldest child of said John & Mary Miles was older than her son William, who was born in 1794.
The testimony of Lindsay and wife

is also of such a character as to leave little doubt that Mrs. Walker must have been born prior to 1794.
You will observe that there is no certificate that Mairied Witham before whom this testimony was taken is a Justice of the Peace. I will supply this defect, before the case comes up for Examination.
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt J. H. Gough
J. E. Heath Esq Com r of Pension
P.S. Since writing the above, I have looked into the papers of Alice Chalmers, a pensioner under the acts of 1838, and subsequent acts.
I find that they corroborate her present statements in the most complete manner. In her original declaration, she stated that she was married in 1785, and proved it by the most satisfactory evidence. This shows that her present statement that as to the time of her own marriage is not manufactured for the

occasion. She says that she recollects that her sister Mary Miles was married four or five years after her own marriage. Now admitting that Mrs Chalmers may be mistaken , as to the time that intervened between her own marriage & that of her sister, there is surely no reason to suppose that she has made so wide a mistake as she must have made if Mrs. Miles was not in fact married prior to 1794. You will observe, that if Mrs. Miles was married within nine years after the marriage of the witness, her claim comes within the Act of 1838. Mrs. Miles is two years older than Mrs. Chalmers, who was married in 1785. Mrs. Miles was therefore of a marriageable age ten years prior to 1794. The testimony all tends to show that she was married at least as early as 1791.
I feel confident that no reasonable objection can be further urged against allowing the claim under Acts of 1838, &c
Very resp. y
H. V. Coombs

5 13902
2 Newbury

Mary Miles, wid of John, Ohio
Pensioned under Act of 1848
Addl. Evidence under Act of 1838
J. H. Coombs

The State of Ohio Chermont County } ss Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid on the 27 th day of October A D 1832 Personally came Edmund Lind- sey who being duly sworn according to law makes oath and says that he is seventy nine years of age on the first day of December A D 1832 and that some time in the year 1815 or 1816 that John Walker and Hannah Walker his wife that the said Hannah was the daughter of John and Mary Miles that the said Hannah Walker resided on his farm for two or three years that at the time above mentioned say 1815 or 1816 that Hannah Walker was then a married woman and had one child which child died while they lived on my farm and that they were married some three years before said child was born and from the appearance of said Hann- ah Walker she must have been some twenty four or twenty five years of age at that time I have no interest in the application of Mary Miles for a pension
Edmund Lindsey
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of October A D 1832 W Witham Clerk Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named Edmund Lindsey for about twenty five years and he stands fair in his neighborhood for truth and his statement would be taken where known And is a first rate citizen in every particular October 27 th A D 1832
M c William son Justice of the Peace

Mary Miles, — widow of John Miles Ohio
Act 1838 - suspended
Add l Evidence
Filed 1 st June 1852
J. H. Coombs,

State of Ohio Belmont County S d
Mary Miles of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law on her oath declares that she is the widow of John Miles deceased late of said County who was in his life time a revolutionary Pensioner That she has through different agents made several applications to the Pension Office for a Pension under the act of 7 th July 1838 but has never yet received any pension. That she was married to the said John Miles in Loudon County Virginia before the 1 st day of January 1794 but having no record of her said marriage she cannot be positive as to its date but she verily believes it took place in the year 1789 for her eldest child Hannah Walker is now more than sixty years of age and she believes she will be sixty two years of age next November She further states that if she has heretofore given contradictory statements as to the date of her marriage the same has occurred from the fact that she has always been compelled to resort to a computation founded on her age at the time and at the date of her marriage to arrive at the year in which she was married and that in making these computations she may have sometimes made an error of a year or two She further states that she has been informed that there is on file in the Pension Office a letter from one Lee of Batavia Ohio representing that she stated to him (said Lee) that she was married to said John Miles in the year 1795 and that since the death of said Miles she has again married one Berael Robart She further states that she never made any such statements to said Lee and that she is a single woman and has always been so since the death of her only husband the said John Miles That there was a report that she was married to Bezaleel Robart and probably Lee wrote from the report She further states that she did in the years 1839-40 do some work for B Robart and the neighbors in jest got up said report She also states that she is now the widow of John Miles deceased she makes this supplemental declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th July 1838 And of any and all other acts or resolutions of Congress acts or resolutions to the benefit of which she may be found to be entitled
William H Fisher } her mark
Mary X Miles mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of May A.D. 1832
W. Witham Clerk
Notary of the Peace in and for said County

The State of Ohio Belmont County } SS On this twenty seventh day of October A D 1832 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Alice Chalmers aged eighty four years the 14 th of October A D 1832 a resident of said County who being duly sworn according to law makes oath and says that she is the sister of Mary Miles widow of John Miles who in his lifetime was a revolutionary pensioner that the said Mary Miles is two years older than this affiant that the said Mary was married to the said John Miles in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine or seventeen hundred ninety That Hannah Walker the eldest child of John and Mary Miles was born in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two and is now about sixty or sixty two years old this affiant recollects of seeing the said Hannah Wal- ker about the year eighteen hundred sixteen or seventeen and at that time the said Han- nah Walker was a married woman and had one child and was twenty five or six years of age and this affiant recollects the date of the marriage by her own which took place in 1785 and that her sister was married some four or five years afterwards this affiant well recollects that Hannah Walker daughter of John and Mary Miles was older than her own son William Chalmers who was born in the year 1794 This affiant first saw Hannah Walker in the County of Belmont State of Ohio at the time above referred to she has no interest in the application of said Mary for Pension her Alice her Chalmers mark Witness Rebecca her Courn mark

The within Statement Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th 1832
W m Witham Esq Justice of the Peace

Clermont County. Personally came before the Undersigned State of Ohio } S.S. as Notary Public Hannah Walker who being first duly sworn according to law dep- oses and says that she is the daughter of John Miles deceased and Mary Miles now living and that she was born on the tenth day of November A Seventeen hun- dred and ninety, as she has always understood and verily believes and as it has been recorded in her family Bible about thirty years. And that she has often heard her Father and Mother speak of their Marriage being certifi- ed to them by the Preacher who married them which was on the 15 th day of November Seventeen hundred and eighty- nine which Original certificate (as she has always under- stood) was burnt up when the house of her Father and Mother was destroyed by fire. And further that from her earliest recollection which runs back as far as Eighteen hundred up to the death of her Father which happened on the eighth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty- three her Father and Mother always lived together as husband and wife. And that she has always understood and verily believes that her Father and Mother were marri- ed on the 15 th November Seventeen hundred and eighty- nine. And that her Father to wit the said John Miles lived in the County of Clermont and State of Ohio, and that prior to his death for several years he drew a pension from the United States for services as a soldier of the revolutionary war. December 30 th A 1845 J Monroe, Witham Hannah her + Walker Mark
Sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of December 1845 before me Maurice Witham Notary Public

State of Ohio } Personally appeared before the un- Clermont County } ss. 333 Nathaniel Witham who being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Hannah Walker the above named affiant for fifteen years and believes her to be a person of good character for truth and that she is entitled to full faith and credit. Jan 12 th D 1846 Nathl. " Witham - 29.
Sworn to and subscribed this twelfth day of D 1846 Maurice Witham Notary Public.
State of Ohio } Clermont County } ss. 333 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Notary Public for said County. Nathaniel Witham who being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with John Miles now deceased and Mary Miles now living, from the year D 1818 up to the time of his death which happened in the year 1833 and the said Mary Miles lived with John Miles as his wife until his death. And he further states that the dwelling house of John Miles was destroyed by fire some time between the year D 1819 and 1823 as he believes. Nathl. " Witham - 29.
Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of January 1846
Maurice Witham Notary Public

Clermont County, ss Personally appeared before the undersigned State of Ohio ss 3 58 pm and a Notary Public for said County Elisha Bennett who being duly sworn deposits and says that he was acquainted with John Miles deceased and Mary Miles now living about Twenty years or upwards, prior to this time and that they lived together as husband and wife until the death of said Miles And further he says he was knowing to the destruction of the dwelling house of said Miles by fire as he verily believes
Elisha Bennett
Sworn to and subscribed this 16 th day of January A 1846
Maurice Witham Notary Public

Wm B Jarvis From } Power of Atty Mary Miles

Know all men by these presents that I the subscriber have and do hereby appoint William B Larvis of Columbus Ohio my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Secretary of War Pay Master General Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury or any officer or officers authorized to pay the same Land Warrants and all moneys drafts or other dues of every kind nature and name for extra pay commu- tation money bounty clothing money prize money withheld pay or any other dues of every kind due me from the United States whether paid by any of the beforementioned or any other officers of the United States and I do hereby request said officers or any or either of them to pay said amounts to said William B Larvis and do hereby give said William B Larvis full power to endorse all drafts pay certificates or any other papers in reference to said business and to execute any and all receipts or discharges and to do any other act which I could do if present and any act by him done shall be the same as if done by me in person
Witness my hand and Seal this 20 th day of May A D 1857 Signed and Sealed in presence of us { Mary her Miles Seal mark J H. Wilmington, Maurice Witham }
State of Ohio Clermont County ss Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Mary Miles and acknow- ledged that she had executed the foregoing instrument I certify that I know her to be the person described in the same Given under my hand this 20 th day of May A D 1857 M Witham Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid

United States of America.
STATESMAN PRINT.
THE STATE OF OHIO,
Secretary of State's Office.
I, HENRY W. KING, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Jonathan Johnson & M. Witham, whose attestations are  were hereunto annexed, were on the days of the dates thereof, an acting the former an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and the latter a Justice of the Peace, both within and for the county of Clermont, in the State of Ohio, Duly Commissioned as such; that they are  are the proper officers to take such attestations; that their  their attestations are  are in due form; and that their  their official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus, the twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one .
Henry W. King Secretary of State.

(1) State of Ohio, Clermont County, SS.
On this 15 th day of June AD 1849, Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, Mary Miles a resident of Union Township in said County, 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 nd day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Miles (or known and called in the Army as wicked Jack) S t Private in the 10 th Virginia Regiment, (She believes the Captain of his Company was called Capt Bloodoot, his Col l name was Hawes) The paymasters name she believes was William Hall,
She further States that her husband drew a pension of Ninety Six dollars per annum up to the time of his death, She further States that he died the 15 th day of January last fifteen years ago. She further States that she was married to said John Miles (or called by some wicked Jack) on the 15 th day of April 1791 (She then being at that time about twenty five years of age), She She further States that she has no record of her Age, but that she (see back page 2)

being as told by her parents About two years older than her twin Brother & Sister And they have their Ages set down in their family Bible at Eighty years old in the Month of June. Her last - She has never yet received any pension, She further declares that She is still a widow -
She Always understood her husband to say that he Served six years and Nine Months in the Army of the Revolution,
her Mary S Miles Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of June AD 1849 -
Thomas Sheldon Associate Judge

State of Ohio Belmont County ss. I Thomas Sheldon one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that I have personally known the within named Mary Miles for about twenty five years She having lived where she now resides for that length of time (and longer as perhaps will appear from further affidavits) And I further certify that I was acquainted with her husband at the same time (John Miles) And that he was called the wickedest or most profane man in the whole country And he was a Revolutionary Pensioner Given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of June AD 1849.
Thomas Sheldon Esq. Associate Judge.

State of Ohio Clermont County ss. Before me the undersigned one of the Associate judges within and for said County. Personally appeared Gibbins Bradbury of the Township of Union and County & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says that he settled where he now lives in the year 1800, and that about thirty six years last past that John Miles and Mary his wife moved within a Mile of said deponent and that said deponent and them lived during all that time within said distance sometimes not more than half a Mile apart, until the death of said John Miles which time is correctly stated in her Declaration as said deponent nearly believes. And that John Miles was a Revolutionary Pensioner. And said deponent says that Mary Miles is a woman of truth and veracity among all her acquaintances and that her statement in her declaration said deponent believes to be entitled to full credit, that during the lifetime of her husband never heard it doubted but what they were lawful man and wife. And never heard it doubted at any time whatever since, And that she is justly as said deponent nearly believes entitled to a Pension. (The word Six above interlined was interlined previous to signing) And further said deponent saith not
Gibbins Bradbury Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 30 th day of November A.D. 1849. Thomas Hadden, Associate Judge

Answer as soon as you pop on the papers and let me know how the case stands and see if any thing remains to be done that can be done for the old Lady.
I remain your friend & the friend of humanity
Thomas Sheldon
To Hon J. L. Edwards Esq
Mr Gurney will acknowledge Mrs Sheldon and think some of the interests and money there to be paying Stephen Sheldon

Banton, Clermont County, Ohio —
Decr 8 th 1849.
Dear Sir, not having room to write on the other sheet all I wished I add a few more words here.
I called on Esqr Witham who drew up her papers for her in 1839 (as I believe) And wished his statement in reference to the Marriage Statement of Mary Miles in her declaration at that time, but he would not give any statement, as he was not successfull in getting the Pension at that time he is not well pleased, Mrs Miles stated to me on all occasions that she was twenty five years of Age when Married and that she made that statement to Esqr Witham so I thought he might have made a mistake in the calculation of her Age, And he holds an instrument of writing signed by her giving him a large amount of the Pension If he should successfully draw the pension, I will say here at this time that I have spent many days & much time & Money to try to get her papers prepared & I have done all gratis for her If I can succeed in getting the pension for her, And I do not expect any thing for my trouble, If I should take any thing it would be a small compensation for money expended.
I would be glad If you would forward me the name of the correspondent in 1839 to you opposing her a pension, for I cannot find any person in her neighborhood or any other place that doubts her Statement or thinks she is not entitled to full credit in all her statements, I understand Mr Joseph Coombs is a clerk in your department, you will call on him as to who I am & also as to the persons who have given their affidavits also I refer you to the Hon. J. D. Morris member of Congress from this county. Please write me an

Answer as soon as you pop on the papers and let me know how the case stands and see if any thing remains to be done that can be done for the old lady.
I remain your friend & the friend of humanity
Thomas Sheldon
To Hon J. L. Edwards Esq
Mr. Barnum will acknowledge that Sheldon and his sense of the untruth and Harry them to be passing Stephen Sheldon

Bantam, Clermont County, Ohio,
July 5 th 1849
Dear Sir, you will find in the accompanying papers the Declaration of Mary Miles the widow of John Miles a Revolutionary pensioner, Also the Affidavit of her Brother, I was about to take the Affidavits of some other persons but I showed the Declaration to the Hon. J. D. Morris esq. our member of Congress and he said he supposed it was sufficient for her to draw her pension.
So I concluded to forward the papers as soon as possible the old Lady is very feeble and is also a publick charge at present, And if she could draw her pension which of course she is entitled by Law, it would greatly benefit her and make her comfortable the little while she lives. She has been neglected by some means too long, I do not know for what cause, I do not live now nearer than nine Miles of her, I had been acquainted with her when I was a boy (I am now 42 years old) I heard her tell her case & wondered why she had never made some Application, she said a man by the name of Witham & a lawyer by the name of Knowles had undertaken about 3 years ago to get it for her And she had sent for them to come and see her but they did not come nor give her any satisfaction About it,
I request your special attention to this case as you can if all is right assist a suffering poor old woman, If any thing more is needed pleas write me word Immediately and I will try to do what can be done in the premises, I remain your friend
To The Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Thomas Sheldon

The State of Ohio Clermont County, ss.
On this 26 th day of June AD 1849 Personally came Silas Beasley of Tate Township in said County, Aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to Law Says he is the Brother of Mary Miles who makes the attached Declaration for a pension, And the said deponent Says that the said Mary Miles & her husband John Miles (or more commonly known and called Wicked Jack) lived in Union Township Clermont County in the year 1813 as he was at their house at that place for the first time and while said deponent was returning from serving a tour in the Indian War, And that the said Miles he and his sister continued to live from that time in the same neighborhood until his death and that said deponent sister still lives near where she did in the year 1813, And the said deponent says that his sister is still a widow, and that the said John Miles (or wicked Jack) was a Revolutionary Pensioner as he was with him several times when he drew a pension. The said John Miles was called wicked Jack on account of his propensity he being a very wicked or profane man to talk. The said deponent says that the Statement of his sister in reference to her age is correct as she was always by our parents said to be between two and three years older than me and my twin sister Sworn to and subscribed before me } Silas his Beasley this 26 th day of June AD 1849 } mark Thomas Sheldon, Associate Judge }

The State of Ohio } ss. Clermont County }
I, R. W. Clarke Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Sheldon before whom the Affidavits of Mary Miles & Silas Beasley appears to have been taken was at the dates of taking the same and subscribing the same and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Clermont, duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due to all his official Acts as such Judge in all Courts of Record as well as elsewhere and that his signatures thereto attached to said Affidavits are genuine, And as such Judge of said Court he is duly Authorized by the Laws of this State to Administer Oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia in said County this 3 rd day of July AD 1849 -
R. W. Clarke Clerk
Silas Beasley Deponent

Washington City 17. Mar. 1847
Commissioner of Prisons Sir, Be pleased to answer the inquiry  make inquiry into the subject Contained in the enclosed letter of Mr Knowles, and address your answer to M c H. Medary, Columbus, Ohio, as
Respectfully
Your obed t serv t or
M c H. Medary.
P.S. Mr Knowles is engaged as attorney for the miners and is a lawyer of eminence in Ohio.

✓ R. M. 838 Mary Miller Wid of John Ohio
Commissioner of Pensions
July 7 th 1838

The State of Ohio Belmont County ss Before me the undersigned one of the associate judges within and for said county, Personally appeared Silas Beasley & Alice Chalmers, Brother & Sister (and twin Brother & Sister) who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that from the Record they have in their possession they were born on the 14 th day of November AD 1768 And that Mary Miles who made the foregoing declaration is their Sister as they always understood and believe And that they were born in the State of Virginia for the Blue Ridge as they always understood, And that their parents died when young and that Mary Miles their sister was born as they believe some time in the year 1766 as she was as they always understood about two years or little more older than they were, And that said Alice Chalmers states that she went into the State of Pennsylvania, And that said Silas Beasley states he went to North Carolina And that when they left Virginia that their sister Mary Miles still lived there and they were at that time about nineteen years of age, And that said Alice Chalmers states that she never saw her sister Mary Miles till after her family was about grown up, And said Silas Beasley states that the first time he saw his sister Mary after he left her in Virginia was about the year 1812 then it was

of his sister and John Miles, were living together in the county of Clermont to  state of Ohio. as man and wife. And that their daughter Mary was then married and that John & Mary Miles lived near where his sister now lives -
And further these deponents says not -
Silas his Preasely mark Alice her Chalments mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of December AD 1849 -
Thomas Sheldon Associate Judge -
I do hereby certify that Robert Thyle, John Warner Jr, John Thyle & Gileas Bradbury are men of good character and standing in society and that they including Gideon Witham (who is also a man of truth and veracity) are among the oldest citizens in the Immediate Neighborhood of Mary Miles and have lived as will be seen since Ohio became a state, I will also state that I have conversed with a large portion of the citizens of Union Township & in the village of Withamsville where Mrs Miles lives all concur in saying they believe her statement in reference to her marriage as stated in the present attached declaration, And that they believe she is justly entitled to a Pension - Given under my hand this 5 th day of December AD 1849,
Thomas Sheldon Associate Judge -

The State of Ohio Clermont County ss J. R. W. Clarke, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, hereby certify that Thomas Sheldon esq s before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Gideon Witham, Robert Myle, John Myle, Gibbons Broadhurst and the Declaration of Mary Miles, Also the Affidavits of Silas Beasley & Alice Chalmers was taken, was at that time of the taking and acknowledging and Qualifying said persons and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such judge, And that he is legally Authorized to Administer Oaths by the Laws of the State of Ohio, and that his signatures attached to said Affidavits & Declaration is Genuine —
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and Affixed the seal of said Court, at Batavia, in said County the 5 th day of December A D 1849,
J. R. W. Clarke Clerk.

Bantam, Clermont County Ohio -
Dec r 8 th 1849 -
Dear Sir, I herewith forward the Declaration and Affidavits of a number of respectable persons in refference to the Application of Mary Miles for a Pension you will perceive, her Statement it is the same in substance that I forwarded to you last summer, If she is not entitled to a pension from these and the others I sent you, she will have to do without out I suppose, I submit the papers to you hoping you will give them your earliest and most favorable attention, from her statements she is not entitled to a pension under any other Law as I conceive than the one I have drawn her declaration for, If it would strengthen her statement I can get more than a hundred respectable people in her neighborhood, who will state that she is a woman of truth and veracity -
I remains yours truly - Thomas Sheldon
To Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions,
W. H. 838 Mary Miles M rs of John Ohio
July 9 th 1838

Hon J. F. Mc Dowell Washington City D.C.

Withams villa January 14 th 1846 Sir
I have been requested to state to you what I have known of John Miles and Mary Miles his wife The latter now an applicant for a pension
I will say then, that I knew them both intimately for many years before the death of Mr Miles, and that they lived together as man and wife That some time I think between 1818 and 1825 their house was burned I will further say that the statement of Nathl Withams which will be found with the papers may be relied upon Mrs Miles is now quite old and helpless, and needs any assistance the Government can legally extend to her You can refer this letter to Mr Edmonds if you think necessary
Respectfully William D. D. D.
Then J. Mc Dowell

In my former affidavit I stated that I was the daughter of John and Mary Miles and that my age was between fifty five and fifty six years and that I could distinctly recollect that my Father and Mother lived together as man and wife as far back as 1800 I now state that I can remember back as far as 1794 but not with the same distinctness, I am however certain from my recollection that John and Mary Miles lived together as husband and wife at that period, and I am the more certain of that fact from the circumstance that they always lived together as husband and wife from the earliest dawn of my recollection and I have never known or understood that they were ever separated nor have I ever heard a doubt expressed by any person whatever of the legality of my Father and Mothers marriage nor that it took place in 1789 and I verily believe it did then take place
July 9 th 1846
Attest M Witham
Hannah her Walker mark
State of Ohio      § Clermont County } ss Personally appeared before the Under signed a Notary Public for Clermont County State of Ohio, the above named Hannah Walker who being first duly sworn declares on her oath that the above statement made and subscribed by her is true — —

We the undersigned have been acquainted with Mary Miles Widow John Miles deceased an applicant for a pension for many years and believe her to be a person of good character for truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to her statements July 10 th A 1846 Joseph Hyle to best of belief
Robert Sawyer
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of July A 1846 Maurice Witham Notary Public for Clermont County Ohio
as she verily believes this July 9 th A 1846 Maurice Witham Notary Public

All the undersigned have long been acquainted with Hannah Walke the within affiant and state that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to her statements
July 10 th . D 1846
Gideon Witham
Daniel Clark Joseph Kyle to best of his belief James Witham Robert Swain Nathaniel Bennet
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of July D 1846
Maurice Witham Notary Public for Champlain