Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1621-100, for John Miller, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
or ★ Miller John Millar
B.L.W. 1621-100
comm. residence of heir in 1830
CONTENTS

STATE OF County of
Connecticut Windham
Windham Jan 5 th 1830
E. Elisha Millar
heir at law of John Millar
do, upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that my Father John Millar did enlist in 1777 for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. one under the command of Colonel Vonkerr — of the U.S. line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War . I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to my father John Millar — on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transfered his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
KNOW all men by these presents, That I Elisha Millar aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Hon Ebon Young Esq. to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed.
Attest.
Elisha Miller
Windham County of Windham Jan. 5 th 1830
Personally appeared the above named Elisha Miller subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest.
Thos. Gray Justice of the Peace
In testimony that the above written was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Connecticut at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Windham this day of January 18
C. Clerk, &c.

Thomas Gray June, 3 rd 1835
#1621
new
Recorded p 66 vol 9

Sir
War Dep t Bounty S r office June 3 d 1830
By the directions of the Hon ble Ebenezer Young I herewith send you said Warrant N o 1621. issued in the name of Elisha Miller: Son, and heir at law of John Miller, who was a private of Von Hars Dragoons, in the Revolutionary War, the receipt whereof, you will please acknowledge, stating in the same, the number of the Warrant, and the Corps to which he belonged
Under the provisions of the late Act of Congress approved 30 th May 1830, the party entitled to the within Warrant, is authorised to surrender the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the U. States, and to receive in lieu thereof, Certificate, or Scrip for such sum as shall be equal to the minimum price of each 80 acres of Land, due by such Warrant, or subdivisions thereof; and the said Certificate, or Scrip shall be receivable in payment for any Lands hereafter to be purchased at private sale, and shall remain unsold at any of the Land Offices of the U. States, established in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; and all such Certificate, or Scrip, shall be assignable by endorsement thereon, attested by two witnesses
For information in relation to the proper mode of proceeding under the Act above referred to, I have to refer you to the Secretary of the Treasury
Respectfully &c W m Gordon
W m Thomas Gray Windham Connecticut

Windham, Ct June 11.
Free
Dear John H. Eaton Esq. Secretary of War Washington Ct. (D.C.)
1621

Windham Connecticut June 8 th 1830
Sir. I have rec d Land Warrant N o . 1621 issued in the name of Elisha Miller son & heir at law of John Miller a private of Gen. Hays Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, which was enclosed to me by direction of Hon d Eben r . Young -
Resp d Yrs. Thos. Gray

State of Connecticut Windham County
{ to Windham Probate
District, Probate Office Feb. 8 th ad 1830
I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Elisha Millar is the child and heir at law in fee to John Millar late a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this Eighth day of February one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty —
Chauncy L. Hovey Judge

Elisha Miller. Elisha Miller Son and heir of John Miller Von Herrs Reg Det m for Bounty Land
Mar. 15. 1830
Ref d to com d Rev. Clair
Warr t to be sent to Prof Gray Wendham Conn t . by directions contained in the letter of the Hon d Eben Young of the 29 th May
Entered 17 May 1830
Young 15. Rev. Cl

John Miller N o 1621
Run
100 acres
Rev. War
secular

To the Hon the Senate & the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled — the Petition of Elipha Miller of Mendham in the County of Mendham in Connecticut respectfully states that he is the child & heir at Law of John Miller who a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution that the said John Miller by his will devised is entitled to to the close of the war is entitled to the Pension and in such case provided that the said John Miller deceased and his  heirs  and  assigns  heirs  and  assigns  heirs  and  assigns has never received said Bounty Lands — nor hath the Petitioner a therefore prays that he may be admitted a Member thereof as in duty bound — for Elipha Miller