Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,326, for Samuel Miller, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Miller Samuel
S. 23,326
CONTENTS

1891 Oct 16 Geo. Miller history P. 100
Date of death not on a B.
not 28 th  New York 24.041 Samuel Miller 24641 of Westchester in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Morgan of the 2 d Reg t - commanded by Col. Thorne, in the N.Y. mil. line for 34 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July 1831 and Cents to A.W. and H. Rep n
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31. 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 106

application of Samuel Miller for a Pension under act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
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Mr Ward
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Supplemental affidavit
State of New York Westchester County, ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Westchester Samuel Miller of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester who being duly sworn deposed and saith That by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades For one year I served as a private in a company of volunteers called rangers commanded by Captain Micajah Townsend and afterwards for the term of one year I served as a private in a volunteer Company of Militia called Minutemen Men under the command of Captain William Moger. And for such service I claim a Pension. And this Deponent further saith that in his Declaration to which this affidavit is annexed set forth as particularly and fully as his advanced age and consequent loss of memory will permit all the facts and circumstances relating to his services as a Soldier of the Revolution to the best of his recollection.
Sworn and subscribed this 17 th day of May 1833 before me — Gilbert Oakley Justice of the peace
Samuel Miller
I Gilbert Oakley the Justice of the Peace before whom the preceding affidavit was taken and subscribed do hereby certify that Samuel Miller who has made and subscribed the said Affidavit is well known to me and is a credible person Dated May 17 th 1833 Gilbert Oakley Justice of The peace

State of New York Westchester County ss. I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the said County of Westchester and of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby cer- tify that Gilbert Oakley whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and certificate was on the day of the Date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Westchester duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized to take said affidavit. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Gilbert Oakley and verily believe the signa- tures of Gilbert Oakley to the within affidavit and certificate to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this seven- teenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
N Bayles Clk 44

State of New York Westchester County ss On this third day of December in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared to Open Court Before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Westchester now sitting at the Court House in White Plains in the said County of Westchester Samuel Miller a resident of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester aged seventy five Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated that is to say, That about the end of the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, or the commencement of the following year, but the day or month he is unable to state he enlisted as a private at the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester in a company of Volunteers called Pungus Commanded by Capt Micajah Townsend for the term of one year And served as a private in the said Company during the whole of the year following said enlistment until the same had expired, When about the com- mencement of the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven the said Company was disbanded, And this deponent discharged at King Street in the State of Connecticut by Isaphaniah Miller of Peapack in the said County the Lieutenant of the said Company. That the declarants term of enlistment being then expired he was regularly discharged verbally, but did not receive any written discharge neither did any of the said Company receive a written discharge to the knowledge or belief of this declarant. That the services performed by the said Company to which this declarant belonged as afore- said during the said year. And which this decla- rant now recollects were as follows

That during the Winter following their Enlistment the said Company guarded the Committee of pub-lic Safety in the said County of Westchester and executed the orders of the said Committee particularly in taking up and disbanding the Tories and Disaffected who were engaged in collecting together and concealing measures to destroy the said Committee and opposing the cause of Revolution.
That when the British Armies vessels Phoenix and Rose sailed up the Hudson River the said Company went along the said River and acted as guards along the shores of the said River in the said County at Tarry Town, Yonkers and the intermediate places and during that time was under the command of Col. Hammond part of the time, and the residue of Col. Buddington. That afterwards the said Company went to the big lots near Mamaroneck in the said County and killed a Capt. William Samsbury of the British service on whom was found a British Commission, and who was engaged in enlisting a band of Tories, and succeeding in capturing all but two of his men.
That afterwards this Declarant with the Lieutenant and a detachment of said Company went to Hornsbrook on York Island and worked at the Entrenchment there till the American Army retreated out of New York when the said Lieutenant and his Detachment came out with the American Army to White Plains in the said County of Westchester where this Declarant with the said Company lay near Genl. Parsons brigade on Horsens Hill when the battle of White Plains took place. That there are none of the Officers or privates of the said Company now living except Uriah Travis of the Town of South-coats in the said County of Westchester and Capt. Micajah Townsend whom this Declarant about four years since was informed was living in one of the British Provinces of the Canadas but whose testimony whether he be now living or dead this Declarant would be unable to prove.

And this declarant further saith that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven or seven hundred seventy eight but in which of said years or what day or month he is unable to recollect this declarant enlisted as a private for one year in a Volunteer Company called Minute Men at the house of Deborah Tyden in the town of North Castle in the said County of Westchester under the command of Capt Williams. Hoge and faithfully served as a private in the said last mentioned company during the whole of the said last mentioned year And at the expiration of the said enlistment this declarant with the said last mentioned company was regularly discharged by their said Captain at the town of North Castle aforesaid but no written discharge was granted to any of them that some of the services performed by the said last mentioned company during his last enlistment were as follows viz A large body of British Horse attacked them in North Castle aforesaid where after sharp fighting this declarants brother who belonged to the said company was killed, and the said company compelled to retreat
That this declarant with a detachment of the said company attacked the advanced guard of a party of British Horse near Round Hill in the state of Connecticut and killed Capt. Thomas Theall and wounded several others
That during the rest of the revolutionary war this declarant served in the Militia of the said County of Westchester or as a volunteer at different times when ever his services were required and during his last mentioned service he was under the command first of the time of Capt John Thomas an other part of the time of Capt. P. John and the rest of the time of Lieutenant James Miller all of whom are now deceased That the aforesaid Capt Williams. Hoge under whom this declarant served as aforesaid

is or was lately living in the County of Dutchess in this state, but was insane and unable to testify on the subject. And that no member of said Moggs Company who served with this declarant as aforesaid is now living to the knowledge or belief of this declarant. That this declarant has no documentary or written evidence upon his aforesaid services as aforesaid, or in any wise relating thereto. But that at the close of the Revo- lution certificates were granted to this declarant for four years services as a private during the Revolutionary War, which certificates this decl- arant shortly afterwards sold to Col Thomas Thomas of the County of Westchester who is since deceased and this declarant cannot find or procure the same. That this declarant was born at the Town of Harrison aforesaid on the twentieth day of November A D 1757 where he resided when he entered the service of the United States as aforesaid and has resided ever since the revolutionary War (excepting that he has resided about thirty years since the Revolution in the Town of Somers in the said County of Westchester) and that he now resides in the Town of Harrison aforesaid. That the record of this declarants age was contained in his Fathers Family Bible which is now in the possession of his brother Nicholas Miller who resides in the Western part of this state and that there is no other record thereof. That this declarant always served as a volunteer but never as a substitute for any one neither was he ever drafted to his recollection. That he never received any written discharge from the service but verbal ones as aforesaid. That this declarant is known in the neighborhood where he now resides to Joseph Haviland of the Town of Harrison and William Haviland of the Town of White Plains both in the said County of Westchester who can testify to this declarants character for veracity, their belief of his age and his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. But that there is

no Clergyman living in this Declaration Neighborhood to give such certificate. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present And declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this day 7th of said
A. Bayles Clerk
Samuel Miller
State of New York
Westchester County ss On this third day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Westchester now sitting at White Plains in the said County Micah Davis of the Town of North Castle in the said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he has heard the preceding Declaration of the said Samuel Miller read to him and he understands the contents thereof, that he this Deponent is now aged eighty Years and he is a pensioner as a private in the Army of the Revolution and served nearly the whole of the revolutionary war in the service of the United States that this Deponent was a private in and served one year with the said Samuel Miller in the Company of Langas of Capt. Micajah Townsend. And that the said Samuel Miller did serve the said one year in the said Company as he has set forth in his previous

declaration. And that what is contained in said declaration as to said Samuel Miller Enlistment and service. And the employment and services of said Company is true to the recollection of this deponent That after said Year had expired this deponent enlisted in the Continental Line and did not often see the said Samuel Miller. but he was known to this deponent and always reputed during the whole war as a friend to the cause of the Revolution a soldier of the Revolution and a good and faithful soldier. And this deponent having been well acquainted with the said Samuel Miller ever since the Year of our Lord seven hundred seventy five truely believes all the statements contained in his aforesaid declaration to be true. And that he did serve more than two years as a volunteer and in the Militia in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war and is entitled to the benefit of the pension act referred to in the said Samuel Miller's declaration.
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
N o Bayles clk
W m Travis mark
Westchester County To J e H o thorne C o Bayles Clerk of the said County of Westchester before whom the preceding affidavit of W m Travis was sworn and subscribed. do certify that said W m Travis is known to me to be a credible person & his statement as regards is entitled to credit.
N o Bayles clk
We William Haviland of the Town of White Plains and Joseph Haviland of the Town of Harrison both in the County of Westchester and State of New York and residing in the said Towns hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Miller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
N o Bayles clk
William Haviland
Joseph Haviland

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that William Haviland who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of White Plains in the said County of Westchester And that Joseph Haviland who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester And that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the Court further certifies that Michael Trages who has made the preceding affidavit in open Court is known to them and is a credible person
Se Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Miller of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two -
N Bayles CLK of said Court

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Samuel Miller Westchester Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol enlisted 1775 discharged 1777 1 Private Captain Lowndes and Captain Miller Col. Horn mand. Col. Lord Brigadier no Battle King's Creek Connecticut Fort Ticonderoga Battles Point Barnes- Hook G. Island White Plains Fort Castle Round Hill 75 years Town of Harrison Evidence of which shows for 2 years at sufficient proof he has also had a pension   Vol enlisted 1777 discharged 1778 1 Captain Thayer Captain Thomas Lieut. Miller   Vol enlisted 1778 discharged 1781 2  
No service can be taken into the computation of a pension which does not clearly appear to have been rendered in field or garrison in an embodied corps - a specification of each term of service is req d I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Miller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. 8 file 23326
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Harrison, NY Fall 75 1 yr. Pri. (Ranger) Micajah Townsend Hammond NY.   * 77 " 78 1 " " William Moore Thomas   80 6 mos. John Thomas Thomas Thomas   81 6 mos. and   82 6 mos. Moses St. John  
* Sol. (father belonged with same company & was killed in a skirmish at Mount Castle, NY)
Battles engaged in, at Mount Castle NY & Round Hill Conn.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harrison, Westchester Co. NY.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 3. 1832.
Residence at date of application, Harrison, Westchester Co. NY.
Age at date of application, B. Harrison NY Nov. 14. 1757
Remarks:
Bro. Nicholas Miller living in western New York in 1832
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Very respectfully,

State of New York Westchester County 3 rd ss. Samuel Miller of the Town of Harrison in the said County being duly sworn deposes and saith that he has heretofore made an application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 and his pension papers and dec- laration are now at the Pension office of the United States That in his said Pension Decla- ration he has particularly set forth that he served for one year from the fall of the year 1775 to the fall of 1776 as a private in Capt. Micajah Townsend's Company of Rangers in Colonel Hammonds Regiment of Militia in said County. And that he also served one year and xxxxxxxxxx as a private in a company of men called minute men commanded by Captain William Roger in Colonel Thomas' Regiment of Militia in said County. Said last years service commencing in the year 1777 or 1778 but which of those years or the particular day or month in them he cannot now rec- ollect or state That he has been required by the Commission of Pensions to state in his affidavit more fully whether he was in actual military service during each and every of the aforesaid years, and the particulars of such service That in conse- quence of old age and consequent loss of Memory it is impossible for him now to recollect or state more particularly than he has in his said Declaration heretofore made the particulars of his aforesaid two years service but he does state and well recollects that during each of the aforesaid two years he was at present constantly and faithfully served out each of said years as a private in each of said Companies in actual military service under arms during the whole of each of said years being the period of his enlistment in said Companies

and that such services so rendered by this deponent were regular and continual and not occasional during each of said years and this deponent could not and did not follow any other a civil employment during said two years or either of them or any part thereof in consequence of his continual service during each of said years under arms within the said County of Ulster as a private in said Company on duty either in the field, in garrison or on guard. That this deponent in the year 1780, 1781, and 1782 was enrolled and served as a private in a Company of Militia in said County commanded by Captain Moses St John in Colonel Thomas Thomas Regiment of Militia in said County That this deponent faithfully served during the three last mentioned years as a private in said last mentioned Company of Militia whenever said Company was ordered out on their services required in defence of the American lines in said County and in repelling the attacks of the enemy in said County of Ulster then and during most of the Revolutionary war being the theatre of almost constant Military operations between the Contending parties That this deponent for the reasons above stated cannot now detail the particular periods and terms of service in either of said last mentioned years but is confident and therefore states that he served in each of the last mentioned years as a private in said last mentioned Company of Militia in actual Military service under arms six months in each of said years as will also appear by the affidavits of Simon Tyler Elisha Bellaghaid and others hereto annexed and by his declaration and proofs now on file in the Pension Office

and to which he hereunto refers. Sworn and Subscribed to this 22 nd day of January 1834 before me Samuel Miller. Augustus Purdy Justice of the Peace
I certify that Samuel Miller who has sub- scribed and sworn to the preceding affidavit before me is known to me and is a cred- ible person.
Dated January 22 nd 1834
Augustus Purdy Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Westchester County } ss
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York, do hereby certify that Augustus Purdy Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Miller was sworn to, and who has subscribed the same thereto, and the certificate above written is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly elected & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice & believe the signatures subscribed aforesaid as his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 22 nd day of January 1834
N Bayles CLK

State of New York.
West Chester County 3. ss. On the 22 nd day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty four before me personally appeared Eliza B. Maynard who being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say That he is now aged about Seventy years. That he is a resident of the town of Harrison in the said County of West Chester. That he was a Soldier in the Revolution (of said County) =any war. That he well knew Sam l Miller (who is now an Applicant for a pension) during the Revolution - And knew said Miller before that period - and has known him ever since that this deponent while Enrolled in Capt Thomas Carpenter's Company belonging to Col Thomas Thomas Regiment of Militia was taken Prisoner by the month of November 1778 by a detachment of troops under the Command of Col Simcoe. and continued a prisoner till April 1779 when this deponent came home. and Enrolled himself in Capt Isaac Miller's Company of Bedford. That in the year 1779 - Capt Miller's Company was divided - And this deponent fell under the Command of Capt Moses St John where he commenced serving with said Miller who was then Enrolled (as a private) in said St John's Company. That he well recollects said Miller in the years 1780 1781 and 1782 That said Miller was Enrolled in Capt Moses St John's Company from the commencement of the time above alluded to - till the close of the war. That they were in Actual service under arms at least half of the time above specified. That said Company held themselves in readiness to turn out at a moments warning & were almost constantly guarding the American lines Patrolling the streets - and watching the Cow Boys This deponent verily believes said Miller was in Actual service under arms. during his Enrollment in Capt Moses St John's Company, Six months in the year 1780 - in the year 1781 Six months more and in the year 1782 Six months more. Making according to the best of this deponent's recollection at least Eighteen months actual service during the aforesaid time - That this deponent was Enrolled in said Company with said Miller during

The time above specified - That he well recollects Simson Tyler - who has sworn & subscribed the accompanying affidavit - That said Miller was always considered a good friend to the County, and a faithful soldier of the Revolution
Sworn and subscribed before me This 22 nd day of January 1834 }
Elisha B. Maynard
Leah Foshay Commissioner of deeds &c
I certify that Elisha B. Maynard who has sworn and subscribed the preceding Affidavit, is known to me and is a credible person.
Leah Foshay Commissioner of deeds &c

State of New York
Westchester County 3. On the 22 nd day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four Personally appeared before me, Simeon Tyler, who being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say, That he is now aged 72 years. That he is now and has been for the last forty years a resident of the town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester. That he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. That he now receives a Pension for his services as such Soldier. That he was well acquainted with Samuel Miller (who is now an Applicant for a Pension) during the Revolution and has been ever since. That in the commencement of the year 1780 said Miller was Enrolled (as a private) in a Company Commanded by Capt Moses St John. belonging to Col Thomas Thomas - Regiment of Militia. That said Miller continued Enrolled in said Company till the close of the War. That said Miller was in actual service at least one half of the time during his enrollment in said Company. That said Company held themselves in readiness to turn out at a moments warning and were almost continually guarding the Amer- ican Lines. Patrolling the Streets and watching the Cow Boys. This Affiant firmly believes. said Miller was in actual service under Arms. during his enrollment in said Company at least six months in the year 1780. In the year 1781 six months more and in the year 1782 at least six months more - Making according to the best of this Affi- ants recollection Eighteen Months actual service. That this Affiant served with said Miller - in said Company - Commanded by Capt Moses St John the whole of the aforesaid time. Except- ing about nine months in the year 1781. when this Affiant was Enrolled in Capt Richard Sacketts Company of Rangers. That said Miller was always considered a good friend to the County and a faithful Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn & subscribed before me
This 22 nd day of January 1834
Jacob Fosberg Com. of deeds
Simeon Tyler

I Certify that Simeon Tyler, who has sworn and subscribed the preceding Affidavit is known to me and is a credible person
Isaac Foshey Commissioner of deeds
State of New York Westchester County
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York, do hereby certify that Isaac Foshey before whom the foregoing affidavits of Simeon Tyler & Elisha B. Maynard were sworn to and who has subscribed the same and certificate thereof is a Commissioner of Deeds in for said County duly appointed & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and believe the signatures subscribed as aforesaid are his proper handwriting
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County & subscribed my name this 22 nd day of January 1834
N Bayles Clerk

Samuel Miller Supplemental Affidavit to proofs
The alleged continuity of 12 mo service in each of the Companies of Tow- -rend & Moyer is not con- sistent with the information heretofore rec d in relation to that service but as he alleges extensive considerable service in '80. '81. '82 it is admitted that in all his service may have amounted to 2 years
adm d 24 mo pri 80 8
M c Wood

State of New York
Westchester County ss On the 18 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four before me personally came Roger Purdy who being duly sworn on oath says that he is now in the 80 th year of his age that he has always resided in the town of Harrison in said county until about nine months since that he now resides in the town of Rye in said county that he has always been acquainted with Samuel Miller of the said town of Harrison from his youth to the present time, that he knows the said Samuel Miller to have been a soldier in American army of the revolution, that the said Miller served under Col. Maccaugh Townsend in the year 1775 that he frequently saw the said Miller in the said army of the revolution and has always understood and verily believes that the said Miller was a soldier in the said American army for more than four years - I further certify that the said Roger Purdy is personally known to me to be a man of truth to be believed under oath -
Roger Purdy Sworn and Subscribed before the 18 th day of January 1834
John H. Smith Commissioner of Deeds &c
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that John H. Smith whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County of Westchester duly appointed and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with handwriting of said Commissioner and believe the signature subscribed as aforesaid as his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County & subscribed my name this 21 st day of January 1834
N Bayles Clerk

State of New York,
Westchester Co. 3
I hereby certify that Mrs. Hannah Robinson now a resident in the town of Mamaroneck in said County, has this day solemnly, sincerely & truly declared & affirmed before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, that she personally knew Samuel Miller in the years 77. or 78 & that the said Miller served under William Morris then a Lieutenant in the American Army of the Revolution at North Castle in said County - and that she is certain the said Samuel Miller must have served at least one year under the said Lieutenant Morris - Mrs. Robinson says she is in her 79 th year and knows that the Father of the said Samuel Miller was, killed when living in the Revolutionary War at North Castle in Westchester Co. -
From my knowledge of Mrs. Hannah Robinson's character, I can give due credence to her testimony, & I believe her to be a woman of the strictest, & most undoubted veracity -
Mamaroneck
18 Jany 1834 -
Levi Ogilby.

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westches- ter State of New York do hereby certify that Leonard Ogilvy whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature subscribed to said Certificate is his proper handwriting
Given under my hand & seal of said County this 18 th day of January 1834.
N Bayles CLK

Annotation
23326 INVALID.
File No. 23326
Samuel Miller
Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan'y-16-1901 Dr. E. V. Armstrong Asst. Surg. U. S. Navy. N.Y. C.
June 17-1902 To above - name of w or widows not stated
1907 May 11. Hist. to Mrs. H. Palmer King.
1909 Feb'y 23 - Hist. to Elizabeth Miller Allen. V.P.A.

April 26 th 1907 N.Y. City
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension Certificate of Samuel Mills, a soldier who enlisted in the Revolutionary war, from Harrison N.Y., in 1775-
And oblige Yours Respectfully
Mrs. A. Palmer King 135 West 125 th St. N.Y. City

SM #28,109 SM IF 23,326 No own No DW Reg
JM - No Claim

NOOW Rej
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen
Will you kindly send me a copy of the record of Application for pension made out to Samuel Miller born November 14 th 1757 at Harris New York, next of kin being Joseph Miller, born Nov. 24 th 1785
* Who served in the war of the Revolution

at Bloomington, New York.
Respectfully,
(Mrs) Elizabeth Miller Allen
407 Washington Park.
Peekskill, New York.
February twelfth, nineteen hundred nine.

Rev. New York
Samt. Miller
Suspended 1st 7 Mo '32
letter 16 Decr '33
* Ha Alwano
H Rep

JAMES C. CARTER. LEWIS CASS LEDYARD. GEORGE H. BALKAM. GEORGE A. MILLER. EDMUND L. BAYLIES.
OFFICE OF CARTER & LEDYARD, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, No. 54 WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 - 1891-
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D. C.
Sir :-
My great-grandfather Samuel Miller concerning whose history I wrote for information, was undoubtedly the first one mentioned in your note of Oct. 7 which I herewith return. I shall therefore be greatly obliged for such further information concerning him as your records may disclose.
Truly Yours
George A. Miller

George A Miller NY May 19 1819
Samuel Miller NY
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wrote Oct 7 to design which of the two is the one described
OFFICE SECRETARY OF WAR, RECORD DIVISION. ACKNOWLEDGED MAY 20 1891

JAMES C. CARTER. LEWIS CASS LEDYARD. GEORGE H. BALKAM. GEORGE A. MILLER. EDMUND L. BAYLIES.
OFFICE OF CARTER & LEDYARD, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, No. 54 WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, May 19 1891.
Secretary of War, Washington D.C.
Sir:-
My great-grandfather Samuel Miller of Westchester County - New York - was, as I have been informed, a revolutionary pensioner.
He died about 1840 in Westchester County - N.Y. Is it practicable from the records of your office, to give me the information as to the nature of the service for which he drew a pension? I would like to procure this information, if it is to be had, in order to make title to membership in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
I am very Respectfully Yours &
George A. Miller 54 Wall St. N.Y.
1891

my inquiry had nothing to do with any ap- plication for a pension. It was simply whether from the records of the war department it appeared for what service Samuel Miller of Westchester Co. N.Y. who died about 1840, received a pension as a revolutionary soldier .
Geo. A. Miller
JUNE 1891
Geo. A. Miller Esq. May 26/1891 May 19/1891 Sam Miller Esq.

PRICE
JAMES C. CARTER. LEWIS CASS LEDYARD. GEORGE H. BALKAM. GEORGE A. MILLER. EDMUND L. BAYLIES.
OFFICE OF CARTER & LEDYARD, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, No. 54 WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, May 26 1891.
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington - D.C.
Dear Sir:-
On the 19 th inst. I addressed an inquiry to the Secretary of War, the receipt of which was acknowledged on the following day with the informa- tion that it had been referred to you. Will you kindly inform me whether my letter has reached you and whether you can from the records of your office give me the information which I seek?
Truly yours
Geo. A. Miller
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