Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,220, for Philip Miller, New York

SERVICE
New York
Miller Philip
NUMBER
R. 7220
CONTENTS

one of the Children of Philip Miller N.Y. Act of 1832 To L. D. Woodward, Power of Atty.

State of New York County of Essex Co.
Mannah Miller of Elizabethtown in said county, duly sworn says that he is directly interested in a claim for some arrears of Pension supposed to have been due to Philip Miller at the time of his death, which event took place in the town of Elizabethtown County N.Y. on the 19 th day of August 1845. That he left a widow whose name was Sarah Miller, to whom he was married about 59 or 60 years ago and she died on the 19 th day of November 1850 leaving the following children viz. Charles Miller - Susan Goodrich. Hannah Miller, Philip S. Miller, Nathaniel Miller, Micah Miller, Stephen Miller. This Deponent appoints S. Douglas Woodward of Plattsburgh N.Y. to examine all papers in the Pension Office or elsewhere, relating to said claim, and to act as his Attorney in obtaining a certificate for the amount of pension to which the aforesaid children may be entitled. Witness my hand & seal this 18 th day of February March 1853. in presence of. Mannah Miller  O. Kellogg
Sworn subscribed and acknowledged before me this 18 th day of February March 1853. and I certify that Deponent is a credible person & that I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the above affidavits relates nor am I concerned in its prosecution
W. H. Nicholson — Justice Peace

32817.
Phillip Miller -
Application for Pension under act June 7. 1882 - by Philip Miller
W. H. H. Miller Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
State of New York
County of Otsego } ss: On this 13 th Day of January 1835 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Common Pleas of said County now sitting Philip M ... a resident of the town of Elizabethtown County & State of said aged 70. 10 th of last February who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & services herein stated -
The highest officer in command he knew was Levi Stockwell who called himself Captain Commandant & Stockwell was called Captain from the fact of his calling himself such & from his being the highest officer but it was understood that Stockwell was Lieutenant in the Regiment to which he belonged & acted as such at Fort Plattsburg this applicant has heard Stockwell say the same himself & that he was a Continental Officer & that he was sent to command the men at the station at Skeensborough & this applicant has recently been informed that Levi Stockwell Colonel was Harper & the information is sent that he believes it to be correct. Lieutenant was Thomas Bayys. First Sergeant was John VanDer. 2 d Thomas Miley 3 d was Guel Cornish was Gillet. Quarters Master Sergeant was Abram Van Dusen - no other officers recollected - entered the service on the last of May 1779 left the service on the first of January following & that he served not less than seven (7) months in private. He was then a resident of the town of Greenville N.Y. He went as a substitute for John Van Dusen who had been drafted & engaged this applicant to take his place & was received by said Stockwell as a substitute for said Van Dusen. This applicant went voluntarily by the consent of his father. He was engaged in no battle. Had no marching - stationed with about 100 others at Skeensborough (now Whitehall N.Y.) & quartered in

Skeens buildings & large stone house & other buildings - Gates near station, guarding the frontier & observing the movements of the enemy, keeping guard & giving alarm to the Militia by sending express to Col Webster who then lived in Tiberon N.Y. who would then immediately order the Militia to Skeensborough which he did as many as 3 times while this applicant was in the service - The Militia while there performed the same duties as then stationed there - some of the Militia in party would occasionally come to the station & often short stay left - Skeens was family & farm about Skeensborough 4 or 5 miles from the station which was at the head of Lake Champlain - This appli- cant knew no regular officers except those above mentioned - no continental regiments or companies at that place & knew none except one company which came from Fort Crown & staid there one night - This applicant has no documentary evidence & knows of no person who can testify to his services except Nathaniel Miller whose affidavit is herewith sent - This applicant was born at at what is now called Mount Washington in the State of Mass- achusetts, born in the year 1764 - has no record of his age - lived in Granville N.Y. when called into the service & came then by way to Skeensborough & moved from there to Lion's Bridge to Pownal Mt. then to Elizabethton N.Y. where he now resides he was called into the service as a substitute for John Vanden- he knew no regular officers or continental or militia regiments other than above stated & recollects no other general circumstances of his service -
Received no written discharge - & had no commission -
William Brown Thomas Brown & James Green live in his present neighborhood & will know this applicant & can testify as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - there is no particular reasons for the lateness of this application except the difficulty of trouble of it & the shortness of his term of service & the small size of the sum to which he would be entitled

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity until the present & Declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to & submitted the day & year aforesaid in Open Court before the Judges of the same
Philip Miller
Edw. Houghlin Clerk
We John Stearns a clergyman residing in the town of Elizabethtown county of Essex & state of New York & Matthew Perry, residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Miller who has submitted & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn to & submitted the day & year aforesaid in Open Court before the Judges of the same
John Stearns Matthew Perry
Edw. Houghlin Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Stearns who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Elizabethton (spelled) & that Nathan Perry who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit - I Edward P. Baylor clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Miller for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13th day of January, 1835
Edward P. Baylor Clerk
Application for Pension under act June 7, 1832 - by Philip Miller

32.817
New York
Philip Miller
Suspended
Letto E Pearson - 25 March 1835
7220

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7220 P. O. Philip Miller
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York
County of Essex } ss: Nathaniel Miller of Ticonderoga in the County and State aforesaid deposeth and saith that he is twenty-four years of age, that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, that he entered said service under the following named officers to wit: Captain or Commandant Levi Stockwell who resided in the town of Skeensborough, and this deponent would further state that he does not know that the said Levi Stockwell ranked as captain in his regiment but that he was the highest officer in command at Skeensborough, and he was called captain merely because he was the highest officer in command at Skeensborough and called himself such as this deponent thinks and believes - and that the said Stockwell had been a colonial officer as this deponent had understood - Lieut. Col. Thomas Bagg - First Sergeant was John Lansden - 2d Thomas Chiles - Third was Tyree - Commissary was Gillet - Quarter master Sergeant was Abram Van Buren - he entered the service on the first of April 1779 and left the same the first of January following - he was a resident of the town of Granville N.Y. - his station was Skeensborough and quartered in Skeens building - the company was said to contain one hundred men - his duties were scouting, guarding the frontiers, observing the movements of the enemy, keeping guards and giving alarms to the militia which was done by sending express to Col. Webster who resided in Helen N.Y. - This deponent would further state that his brother Philip Miller entered the service at Skeensborough about the last of May following the time in which this deponent entered - that the said Philip Miller was messmate with this deponent till the first of January following - and further that this deponent and the said Philip Miller then returned home in company together - and further that this deponent and the said Philip Miller entered the service as aforesaid and served together under the above named officers from the time that the said Philip Miller entered as aforesaid and that they left the same as above specified and that this deponent and the said Philip were dismissed without any written discharge and returned to their homes together in Granville N.Y. This company to which this deponent and the said Philip belonged was raised by draft - and this deponent would further state that he understood and believed at the time that the said Philip went as substitute for one John Van Deusen not being old enough to be compelled

to go by draft - This deponent was also in the service with the said Philip Miller from the close of the above term till the close of the war a great number of times - and some times they would be out from home two or three weeks or more or less just as occasion required - and the said Philip Miller resides in Elizabethtown N.Y. - and he knows that the said Philip Miller above mentioned is the same Philip Miller who resided in Granville N.Y. during the greater part of the Revolutionary war and who resided in Greenbough the latter part of the said war and who now resides in Elizabethtown Essex County aforesaid - and this deponent would further state that the said Philip Miller resided some years since in Greenbough & that he has visited him a number of times since and further says not -
Subscribed and sworn this 3 rd day of January 1835 before me
Nathaniel Miller
Almon Smith justice from
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit & that his statement and affidavit are entitled to full credit and credence - Dated this 8 th day of January 1835 - Almon Smith Justice from
State of New York Essex County ss. Edward Gleason Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Almon Smith Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Nathaniel Miller purports to have been taken and whose name appears subscribed to the Seal of the same was at the date when the same was taken a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County - duly commissioned & qualified according to law - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe his signature Almon Smith Justice from above written to be his genuine hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Official Seal by Office this 14 th day of January A.D. 1835.
Edward Gleason Clerk
Nathaniel Miller
affidavit

Philip Miller 7 mos in 79. as substitute for John Vandeusen in Capt. Levi Stockwell's Company
An Ensign Levi Stockwell in the Line until fall of '78. Appointed a Capt 11 th May 1780, not in service in 1779-

90-250:28 28 9000 500 90000 17-77- 13 60 64.17- at
90 300- 28 300 into used (

Reconveyance Jan. 14. 1885-
NY Jan 2 Original 9 mo. Stockwell Barnes & May Jan 14
11 11 J
J. A. Elmer Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dear Sir, I have the honor to inform you that the story of
Mr. Philip Miller's hopes - nothing is to be added now to his story of N. Miller off. Yours respectfully E. Pearson
J. L. Edward Esq.
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