Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3282, for William Miller, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn.
NUMBER _____
Miller, William Margaret
No. 3282
CONTENTS

Reprinted
Lt. A. F. Bagg
Sept. 30/53
Rebecca S. Miller Nov 25/53
8835. Phil. Pennsylvania.
Margaret Miller dec. widow of William Miller Penn who was a Captain in the Revolution for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Sent 11 th Feby 1844, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1857 and sent to
Mrs. J. Freedley Nones & Rife
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 112
Payable to only surviving children James H. Miller, Nancy Miller Thomas D. Miller & Maria Paxton

(1.) State of Maryland, Baltimore City Court Octob. Term 1844
Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on this 4 th day of January Eighteen hundred & forty five personally appeared in open court the same being a Court of law and record, James H. Miller a resident of this City aged 56 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension which was due but not applied for by his mother Margaret Miller late of this City, deceased and formerly of Pennsylvania, under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows to wit That the said Margaret Miller was the wife and widow of the late William Miller, deceased of Pennsylvania, who was a Captain in the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, and who entered the service in the early part of said war, and retired therefrom entitled to his commutation pay, which he received in the year 1784; That he the said William Miller was married to said Margaret his wife on the sixteenth day of March 1784, That he died June the third 1831. That she the said Margaret Miller his widow never intermarried again, but died on the eleventh day of February 1844, leaving

only four surviving children viz this de- ponent James H. Miller and Nancy Miller residents of this City. Thomas C. Miller a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Maria Paxton, Wife of James H. Paxton a resident of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. That he now applies for as a vested right on behalf of himself and his brother and sisters aforesaid, all that amount of half pay and Pension which their mother the said Margaret Miller was entitled to, under the provisions of the act of Congress above mentioned.
James Henry Miller.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Subscribed by
Harry C. Paxton
Baltimore City Court
City of Baltimore Pt
I hereby certify that at the above time The Honorable Nicholas Baisd Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court before whom the above declaration or deposition was made and who hath thereto subscribed his name was, at the time of so doing Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whose acts as such are of full and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as therein.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore City Court this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Robert Lee Baltimore City Court

H Gastonia Pa } Nov 5
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Alexander Yearley Esq Baltimore

Alexander Yearley Esq.
Hartsville, Nov. 4 th 1846
Dear Sir
Immediately on the receipt of your letter, I looked into the Register of Marriages in my possession, and to my regret found that they extended no farther back than 1784. * I feel confident however that the record is in existence and will endeavor to obtain it. The reason that I am confident of this, is that the Rev. Nathaniel Irwin who was pastor of the Meshaming church at the time you mention was a man distinguished for his practical turn of mind, - and of great business habits - indeed for a while he held the office of Recorder in this County. so that it is hardly possible he would neglect so important a matter. as a correct record of marriages.
I then recollected that the first wife of our tavern Keeper at Hartsville was named Craig. I went to see him and he immediately gave me the information desired. Mr B. F. Wright - (the tavern Keeper alluded to) is well acquainted with D r Miller. His first wife Joanna Craig was a niece of the Margaret Craig mentioned in your letter.
turn over

Mr Wright bought his Family Bible in which the record you desire is found. It is as follows
Margaret Craig was married to W m Miller 16 th of March 1784. —
The Bible was printed in 1803. Thomas Craig the Father of the above named Margaret Craig has written his name in it in the same year and the first four entries made on the family record of marriages are evidently in the same hand-writing - and the record above quoted is the last of the four entries.
The four first entries, undoubtedly made by the same hand, and the same ink, are as follows
Thomas and Jane Craig was married 13 th Nov. 1759. Daniel & Jane Craig was married 28 th Feb y 1794. Mary Craig was married to Tho s Ried Oct r 1778 Margaret Craig was married to W m Miller — 16 th of March 1784.
It may not perhaps be too tedious to copy also the births of some of the individuals above mentioned from the next page of the same Family Bible.
Thomas Craig, son of Daniel and Mary Craig was born 27 th Feb y 1789. O.S.

Jane Craig daughter of Henry and Mary Jamieson, was born 9 th Dec r 1738. C.S.
Mary Craig, daughter of Thos and Jane Craig was born 29 th Oct r 1760. C.S.
Daniel Craig was born son of Thos and Jane Craig was born 18 th Nov r 1762.
Margaret Craig daughter of Thos & Jane Craig was born 26 th March 1766.
Jane Craig (no doubt, the wife of Daniel & mother of Margaret) daughter of Robert & Jamieson was born 19 th Feb y 1770.
There are a great many other records of the Craig family in the same Bible.
I need not add that the names of Jamieson & Miller are among the very oldest & most respectable in the Records of this County.
I have now before me the deed for the ground on which my church stands (1 acre 11 perches) dated "May 27 th in the Eleventh year of the reign of our Sovereign "Lord George the second over Great Britain, France & "Ireland &c. &c. A. D. 1738. presented from W m Miller Sen r and Isabel his wife - to W m Miller Jun r , Robert Miller, Hugh Miller, Andrew Long, John Earles, Henry Jamieson Sen r , Robert Jamieson, Alexander Jamieson, Henry Jamieson Jun r

William Ramsay & Robert Polk. —
If you still desire the church Register of the marriage referred to. I will use every effort to obtain it if in existence.
Yours very respectfully
James P. Wilson
Pastor of the Newhaminy Church.
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Sparksville Pa } Nov 5
Alexander Gearley Esq Baltimore

W. H. Dallinger
Feb 11

Pennsylvania. S. S.
IN THE NAME & BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON
Governor OF THE SAID Commonwealth
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SENDS GREETING:
Know ye, That the Attestation or Certificate hereunto annexed, is in due form, and made by the proper Officer, and that John Cloud whose name is subscribed thereto, was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland in this State
duly elected and commissioned, and full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this third day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- and of the Commonwealth the seventy- fourth
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. L. Russell Secretary of the Commonwealth.

1150 Phil. Pennsylvania William Miller dec d
of in the State of who was a Captain in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831  1826 , to end June 3. 1831, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1850 and sent to Hon. J. Freyling N.R.
Payable to the Atty of Payable to only surviving children Sept-annual allowance ending James H. Miller, Nancy Miller Thomas R. Miller and Maria Paxton
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 1
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Act 15 May 1825

Paffenbott
1312 34 St
Mr Filer. Please Give her Williamson what information you can with Consistency + You will Obey Very truly yours
Samuel Willite
Feb 21-93

CABLE ADDRESS "BANKING NEW YORK"
W. P. STEVENSON, 62 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
Dictated. M.
January 16, 1893.
Joseph A. Williamson, Esqr., 2906 P Street., Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir: -
Two of my great-grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War, and being entitled to pensions under certain laws that were enacted thereafter, made application therefor, and in both instances the family records taken from the family Bible were sent to Washington to be filed with the applications for pensions, and were never returned.
I am very much interested in the genealogy of our family, and want to get all the information that I possibly can with reference to my ancestry, and consequently would like to know just what these records were that were taken from these family Bibles forty or fifty years ago.
I presume that all these things are filed by the Government officers in such a way that they can be readily gotten at.
I understand that the pages were cut out of the Bibles and filed with the application papers, consequently, the records back of my grandfathers' were contained in these pages that were cut from the Bibles, and this is what I want to get.
Can you, with your entre to the archives of the Pension Office, get these papers out and have copy made of each of these family Bible records made for me?
The first is Alexander Russell, who was Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental Infantry, (Colonel William Irvine,) January, 1777, and was promoted to First Lieutenant

(2) J. A. W.
in the same Regiment on September 1st, 1777. He died on the 15th of April, 1836, and I understand that he received the pension for some time before his death, and that his wife received it afterwards for some years. He lived at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
The second one was Captain William Miller, Ensign in Captain Hayes' Company, Eighth Battalion, Pennsylvania Line, January 9, 1776, First Lieutenant Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Line, Colonel William Irvine, March 20, 1777, and Captain Lieutenant of the same February 2nd, 1778, and Captain of the same October 17, 1779. He died June 2nd 1831, and lived at Millerstown, now called Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania; I do not think that the application for his pension was filed until after his death. If you can help me in this direction I will be very much obliged, and I hope that you will, with your knowledge of the Pension Office, be able to look up the same without any trouble.
We remember your little visit to Roselle with pleasure, and hope that you will repeat it at your earliest opportunity.
With kind regards to all the family, and wishing you a happy New Year,
Yours truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "W. Stevenson", written in dark ink. The signature is underlined with a single, slightly curved line.

Baltimore 4 th of Jan y 1875
I Joseph Taylor aged 70 years, now a resident of the City of Baltimore Maryland, and formerly of Adams County, Pennsylvania, depose and say that I became personally acquainted with William Miller and Margaret Miller his wife, at their residence in Adams County Penn a in or about the year Seventeen hundred and ninety. That they were persons of highly respectable character known as acknowledged man and wife in the best society, that he the said William Miller was said to have been an officer in the Penn a line in the war of the Revolution. That he died many years ago, leaving said Margaret Miller, his widow. That she died in this City on the 11 th day of February 1844, leaving as this deponent believes four children by her said husband viz James H. Miller and Nancy Miller residents of this City, and Thomas H. Miller residing in Cumberland County Penn a and Maria Paxton wife of Col James D. Paxton residing in Franklin County Penn a her only surviving children. I further depose and say that James H. Miller above named as one of the children of the said Margaret Miller is the identical person

person who is about applying on account of himself and his above named brother and sister for the pension due their said. Mother Margaret Miller dec d . from the United States on account of her husband the said William Miller's Military services in the war of the Revolution. And that I this deponent am disinterested therein.
Joseph Taylor
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Set.
On this 4 th . day of January 1845, personally appears before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the City of Baltimore. Joseph Taylor, who makes oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God that the facts as set forth in the above statement are true and correct.
Sworn before
Nick Ridgely
And I do hereby certify that the above named deponent Joseph Taylor who in my presence signed and made the above deposition is a resident of this City of highly respectable character and entitled to full and ample credit.
Nick Ridgely Justice of the Peace

Baltimore January 7 th 1845  I, Samuel McClellan of the City of Baltimore aged 57 years & formerly of Adams County, State of Penn a , depose, and say, that from my earliest recollection I was acquainted with William Miller and his wife Margaret Miller, and their family, being a resident of their neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, and intimate with their children. That they were persons of highly respectable character. And the said William Miller was reputed and known as having been an officer in the Penn a line of the United States Army, in the war of the Revolution. That he died many years ago, leaving said Margaret Miller his widow. That she died in this City, on the 11 th day of February 1844: leaving the following named four children, by her said husband: viz; James H. Miller, and Nancy Miller, residents of this City. And Thomas C. Miller residing in Cumberland County Penn a , and Maria Payton wife of James D. Payton, residing in Franklin County, Penn a , her only surviving children. I further depose and say that James H. Miller above named as one of the children of the said Margaret Miller (is the)

is the identical person who is about applying on account of himself and his above named brother and sisters for the pension due their said Mother Margaret Miller, deceased, from the United States on account of her husband the said William Millers military services in the war of the Revolution, and that this deponent is disinterested therein
Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Baltimore, on this 7 th day of January 1845.
See.
DANL DONALD
And I do hereby certify that the above named deponent Samuel McMillan is known to me as a highly respectable resident of this City, and entitled to full and ample credit
DANL DONALD

State of Maryland } Baltimore County, ss. } I hereby certify that Noah Ridgely and D. W. M. Donald Elkins before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken and certificates given are and who have thereto subscribed their names were at the time of so doing Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Balti- more, duly Commissioned & sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I here to sub- scribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 18 th day of January 1845, Thos. M c Call Clerk

Coast Survey Office Washington Sept. 21 st 1853
Sir
Your letter of the 6 th inst in re- lation to the pension of Wm Miller was received some time since but I delayed writing until I could hear from Baltimore of the four surviving children of Wm Mil- ler, two viz Craig Miller and Maria Paxton lived in Pennsylvania (I believe both in Adams county) the other two Dr James H Miller and Nancy Miller in Baltimore Md a
The pension was paid in Philadelphia Pa a in 1850 or 1851 =
My information is derived from the children of John Miller dec d and is very vague and indefinite
I am Sir
Very respectfully your obt servt A. H. Boggs
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm ee of Pensions

no on pension 28 7, 1896 d to yes ill
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3282  Margaret Miller  Widow.  William Miller  Capt. Rev. War. Act: March 3 rd 48 Index: —Vol. M. , Page 48.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1893 Apr 18 family record file to H.P.O. New York N.Y. Mich. Soldier pension Mrs Laura J. V. Carthage 1920 Oct. 29 sent to G. Clement for more data to identify her ancestor.

Q. W. & N. DIV.
F.S.
W. 5282.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16, 1893.
547
REDACTED The communication of January 16th., received in this Bureau on Feb. 21st. by the reference of Mr. Joseph A. Williamson, in which you request copies of the family records on file with the applications of Mary Russell and REDACTED Margaret Miller for pension, you will please find enclosed a copy of the record on file in the Russell case. There is no family record on file in the Miller case. In other papers with the case, however, the date of marriage of Margaret Craig to William Miller is given as March 16, 1784. This was obtained, it appears, the the year 1844 from a family bible then in possession of Mr. B.F. Wright, a tavern keeper at Hartsville, Pa., whose first wife was Joanna Craig, a niece of Margaret above referred to.
Very respectfully,
W. P. Stevenson, Esq.,
Commissioner.
62 William St.,
New York, N.Y.

T.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
W. F. 3282
October 30, 1920.
Leota Young Clement, 635 Forrest Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio.
W 3282
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 16 th ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War soldier, William Miller, who was a Captain in the Pennsylvania troops, died in 1831 in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, and does not appear to have resided in Ohio.
If you will furnish this Bureau the approximate dates of birth and death of William Miller , the subject of your inquiry, place of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of his widow another search of the records will be made in your behalf.
Very respectfully,
F D Byington
Acting Commissioner.
Her letter returned, she quotes this man's service as given in 18th century with death date but says her ancestor
was one of the earliest settlers of Marietta Ohio

Dear Sir
I am continually called on by an old lady by the name of Margaret Miller who applied some time since to you for a pension. I promised her write to you to be informed if you will hear the findings as to the situation and prospect of her claim being allowed -
Will you be kind enough to inform me if it has not been allowed what the difficulty is
L. L. Edwards Esq
Yours Respectfully - W. H. Fletcher 12 N 7th
Philad a July 28/77

See Bible in Dr Brunk's Room a large one, in the a white Muslin Cover.
J D Wilson

Baltimore Nov 19 th 1853
Sir,
I have the honor to make application for that portion of the arrears of pension due Capt William Miller dec d late of Millers town Pennsylvania which would come to me on my Children in the right of my late Husband John Miller who died in the year 1840, and was entitled (agreeably to your letter of Sept 30 th to A. F. Boggs Esq) to an equal share with the other Children living June 3 d 1831. which would make his share one fifth - I believe some of the heirs were paid through an agent in Philadelphia, But as no person was ever authorized to receive my husbands share I presume it is still in the hands of Government or its agents, unless it has been paid through some misapprehension to those not entitled to receive it, In which case I trust you will place at my disposal such evidence as you may have on file in relation to the matter as will enable me to recover it -
I will feel much obliged to you for any advice on this subject you may offer as we are the only heirs, that are left destitute
Very Respectfully Yours &c
Hon S. P. Hilds.
Rebecca G. Miller

House of Reps. Washington June 5. 1850.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions }
Sir
In the case of W m Miller and of his widow Margaret, late of Penn a , appli- -cants for Pension You will receive herewith a further declaration made by their son R. C. Miller of Penn a May I ask your early attention to the examination of the claims. Your compliance will oblige
Your obedt. Servt
John Freeland

Phil.
William Miller, decd Pennsylvania
admitted
Captain 2 yrs of 480. — com 4 March 1826 to June 3 rd 1831 when she died, payable to children James H. Miller, Nancy Miller Thomas A. Miller, & Maria Paxton,
abt 25 May 1828
Margaret Miller decd widow of William Miller, $480 per ann. com 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. from 4 March 1843 to 11 Feb 1844,
abt 7 July 1838 & 3 rd March 1843
Rev. J. Freadley M.R.

✓ Washington D.C.
Aug 31. 1853.
A. F. Boggs,
Relation to the heirs of Mrs. Millne - Claiming a pension,
Let. ch. to Boggs.
Sept. 6/53
Col. Eliz. Referred to Com. on Pensions
Inverness
John H. McElland
Referred to Commissioner of Pensions, for report,
A. H. White Acting Clerk,
Dept. of the Interior,
Sept. 2. 1853
and Secretary

Washington Augt 31, 1853
Dear Sir
W m Miller was a Captain in the Revolution and died about the year 1832 leaving five children one of whom died in 1840 (John) and in 1850 or 51 the other four applied for and received a pension which they divided among themselves— The question is should not the children of John Miller (7 in number) have received the share that their Father would have claimed if alive
very respectfully your ob t Serv t A. F. Boggs
Hon R. McClelland

Pennsylvania
Margaret Miller dec d .
Widow of William Miller who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 June 1831 of in the State of who was a Captain in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1831 and sent to Hon. J. Frendley, N.H.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page 225
J. P. Chase Clerk,

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
By Politeness of
James H. Miller, M.D.
Washington

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Baltimore May 22. 1845
Respected Sir
My esteemed Friend James H. Miller, M.D. being about visiting the City Washington (on other business) will take opportunity of speaking with you in regard to the application of himself and the other children of the late Captain William Miller, of the Pennsylvania line in the war of the Revolution for arrears of Pension due their Mother, which was presented by me in January last, and additional testimony on 15 th April last.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t . Servant
Alex r Yearley
Mayt Miller
M d Sep t 38

State of Maryland Baltimore City Court
I William M. Medcalfe Clerk of Baltimore City Court, a court of Record certify that due and satisfactory proof has been produced to this Court that Margaret Miller, dec d , late a resident of this City was the Widow of William Miller a captain in the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the United States in the war of the Revolution. That the said William Miller died at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the third day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty one, That she, the said Margaret Miller his Widow, died in this City on the Eleventh day of February Eighteen hundred and forty four, having not married again. That James A Miller and Nancy Miller, residents of this City, and Thomas C. Miller of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Maria Paxton wife of James D. Paxton, a resident of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, all of lawful age, are the children of said Margaret Miller by her said husband Captain William Miller, and the only children who survived her.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my Name and affix the Seal of Baltimore City Court this Sixth day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four
W. M. Medcalfe Baltimore City Court

April 16. 1845.
Adams Express
Maynard Miller,
Edwards, Esq.
FILE
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Baltimore, April 15. 1845
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir.
Herewith I send you additional testimony as to the marriage of my Father & Mother, William Miller and Margaret Craig; which I trust and believe will be found satisfactory.
As to the length of time which my Father Captain William Miller served in the war of the Revolution the Records at Harrisburg contain nothing further of importance than what is contained in the certified statement already sent you with my declaration in January last. The fact of his having received commutation pay is proof that he served to the end of the war, and you know that commutation pay was not granted for temporary services. And I remember well of hearing my Father say that he was in command at Philadelphia, the seat of Government, when the Declaration of Independence was made July 4. 1776; and this same fact I have heard stated by several other officers of the Revolution who are now no more. I regret that his papers have been lost.
I take leave to add, that my Father & Mother were well known to the Honorable James Buchanan, now Secretary of State, to whom I would most respectfully refer you as to their character and standing in society and also as respects us their children - viz: My brother Gen d . Thomas C Miller, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. My sister Nancy Miller of this City; and

Maria Paxton wife of Col. James D. Paxton of Franklin County Pennsylvania; and
Your obedient Servant
James H. Miller, M.D. Prof. Anat. Le. L. L.
Please direct to the care of Alex Yearley & Son

Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed May 15 th 1828 and the act passed the 7 th of July 1838
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County } On this twenty ninth day of May 1850
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Thomas L Miller a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state That he is one of the surviving children of William Miller and Margaret Miller both now deceased And makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension in the name of himself & the surviving children in right of their late Parents Capt: W m Miller & Margaret his Widow. -
That his Father served as set forth in the original Declaration filed with the Commission of Pension, as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Line to the end of the war on his engagement and died in the County Pa on on the 3 rd June 1831 & that his Mother the said Margaret whose claim is also on file, died on the 11 th Feb y 1844 leaving the following named children. Jas A Miller, Thomas L Miller, Nancy Miller of Maria Captain Wife of Jas Captain. And that their marriage death is now on file with papers in said application, and the heirs respectfully request that whatever may be allowed will be made payable at Philadelphia in the state said Miller lived & died. -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written John Aulde J.P.
T L Miller

11,618 Margaret Miller Received M c January 21. 1845. Act 7 th July 38
Rec d made Jan 7 4. 45- Filed Jan 7 21 '45 m. 10 march 84 L. d. June 3 rd '31 w. d. Feb 11 th '44

Baltimore January 20 th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I send you my Application, in behalf of myself, my two Sisters and one brother for the half pay & Pension which was due, under the Act of Congress passed 7 July 1838, to our Mother Margaret Miller, the Wife and Widow of William Miller, dec d , who was a Captain in the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution.
Respectfully referring you to the enclosed documents and to the record of my Father & Mothers Marriage in the Family Bible herewith sent you
I am very Respectfully
Your obedient Servant
James Henry Miller
Please direct for me to the Care of Alex Yearley and Son, of this City
List of documents
1 James H. Miller's declaration 2 Certificate of Court as to the children and their identity as the only surviving children of Margaret Miller and by Capt W m Miller of the Penn a line &c 3. deposition of W m Taylor 4 deposition of Sam d . McClellan 5 Certificate of Service 6.7 Letters from Rev d James P. Wilson as to church Record &c 8 Family Bible containing Record of the Marriage

Retiring officers commutation
We and each of us, whose names are hereunto, subscribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Brown, and Captain Erenius Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums opposite to our names respectively, in certificates, dated July 1, 1784, bearing interest at six per cent, from March the twenty second 1783. Signed by John Pierce, Commissioner, and described as below, being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States and us for commutation of five years full pay in lieu of half pay for life.
   Date of Issue No of certificate Letter Names Sums Signers   Dollars 90ths     Aug 20 th 1784 76.1131 A. William Miller 800. .. Delivered See loose receipt   " " 32 A. William Miller 800. ..   " " 33 B. William Miller 800. ..  
Auditor Generals Office Penn ya Harrisburg Nov r 20 th 1811
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct extract copy of the original, on Pay Roll Book A. Page 150, on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office.
J. H. Baker
Asst Genl.

File with Cens Maurice L. A. Maurice Maurice
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissaire of Pensions.

Senate Chamber 21 January 1845.
Dear Sir,
I was intimately acquainted with the late William Miller whose children are  widows now are applicants to you for the pension. When first elected to the Legislature of Pennsylvania I found him there a most respectable & influential Representative from Adams County. I have been on terms of friendship with his family ever since.
Of course I can know nothing of Mr. Miller's revolutionary services except from tradition, though I have never for a moment entertained a doubt but that he served his country in the field during the revolutionary war.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Yours very respectfully James Buchanan
Be pleased to file this letter with the papers of James H Miller - as a mem m of the respectability of the Family.
Alex r Yearley

State of Maryland City of Baltimore
(S.S.)
On the Seventh Day of May 1859 before me a Justice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore personally appeared Mrs Rachel Black a resident of Baltimore known to me to be a Lady of great respectability & truth & whose statement is entitled to the highest credit. —
Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state, that she is now 70 years of age that she well knew Capt. William Miller late of York County State of Penn. & Margaret Miller his Wife & her own Cousin; that she well knew said Margaret Miller who died in Baltimore in 1844, was the Wife & Widow of said Capt. Miller, who during his lifetime bore the character & reputation in the neighborhood where he resided as having been an Officer in the War of the Revolution in the Pennsylvania Continental line & served to the end of the War. —
Sworn to & subscribed to in the Day of the year above, written before
Rachel Black
me J. B. Buchanan J. P.

James L Edward Esdaile Compts of Proust.

Washington. May 17. 1850.
James L Edwards Esq Compt d of Pensions. Sir.
In an application made for a pension, by the Widow & children of Capt. W m Miller, under the act of 1838. I am informed, proof of the identity, is only wanting, to secure the pension. You will receive herewith three affidavits which seem conclusive of the fact. Capt Miller resided & died in Maryland, I am told. Your early attention will oblige
Yours very Respectfully Rich d J. Bont

Hartville Pa { Decr 31
12 1/2
Alexander Yearley Esq Baltimore Maryland

Alexander Yearley Esq P P
Hartsville Dec. 30 th 1844
Dear Sir
I am afraid you will think me remiss in relation to the acknowledgement of your last letter, but I have been engaged in attempting to get hold of the Rec d of the Church - oh enough to contain the marriage - I have made every enquiry and as yet without success. The Rec d is in my possession - as I informed you goes no further back than 1788. - I have written to the descendants of the former Elders of the church, from most of whom I have not yet heard, so that if there is any such evidence it will be surely forthcoming. It was sometimes the case formerly as it is now also, that such papers were kept by some one of the members of the Session as "Clerk of the Session" I will write to you immediately, if I succeed, - and if not, will let you know.
The marriage is well remembered by many old people in the neighborhood. One old lady informed me - that her three sisters were present - all of whom are dead - that she herself shook hands with the parties the following Sunday at church - when they received the congratulations of their friends. - There were some peculiar cir-

- circumstances in the transaction. The parties were of different ages - I think there was considerable disparity of age - The lady was youthful, - gay - and thoughtless and declared the day before she came that she would not have living
My next neighbor former Sarah who died two years ago was groomsman at the wedding and accompanied the Bridal party one day's Journey on their way to Gettysburg where he resided. The same lady also alluded to informed me that there is an old gentleman now living in this State on the Susquehanna river that she says - was at the wedding
P.S. Dec 31 I am informed this morning, that the gentleman last alluded to has been dead more than two years. The same gentleman informs me also that there is now living an old lady that was at the wedding. Her name & address is - Pennsylvania Mrs. Anna Barclay - Carmichael Town, Greene County, yours respectfully
James P. Wilson

State of Pennsylvania.
Bucks County ss.
Be it known that on the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Bucks personally appeared Margaret Lively a resident of said county aged seventy one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her solemn oath declare that she was present at the marriage and witnessed the celebration of the marriage rites between William Miller and Margaret Craig which took place on the sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, of which she the said deponent has now the most perfect recollection, And that she is not interested in the result of the application now being made by the children of the said William and Margaret Miller for arrears of pension due them by the United States -
Witness present Wilson Levers
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the Margaret X Lively mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, And I do hereby certify that the above named deponent Margaret Lively is a person of good character and entitled to credits, As witness my hands and seal the day and year above written -
Mark Long Jr.

State of Pennsylvania Bucks County ss
I William D. Ruckman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that William H. Long Esq. is at this time, and was at the time of taking the foregoing Deposition a Justice of the Peace of said County of Bucks, duly elected Commissioned, and qualified to act as such Witness my hand and seal of Office at Doylestown in said County this first day of April A.D. One thousand eight Hundred and forty five
W. D. Ruckman Proth. y
I have searched the church books in my possession and find no record of any marriage, prior to the first of March, one thousand seven Hundred and eighty eight
James P. Wilson Pastor of the Neshannoy Church.
April 5 th 1845.
Dear Sir If you wish anything further that is in my power I will cheerfully attend to it we are in reasonable health at present the sale of my tavern property has fall through and we still remain here yours &c B F Wright

State of Maryland City of Baltimore { S.S.
On this Seventh day of May 1850 before me a Justice of the Peace, for the City of Baltimore in said State, personally appeared Doct. James H. Miller a resident of Baltimore, known to me to be a person of great respectability & veracity of whom Oath is entitled to the highest consideration & credit. —
Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath state that he is now in the 62 year of his age, that he is the son of Capt. William Miller late of York County in the state of Pennsylvania & Mrs. Margaret Miller late of the City of Baltimore deceased. That he has often heard his Father state the battles he was engaged in during the war of the Revolution at Fort Washington, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Monmouth — have heard his Father, Gen. Wayne talk about the battle of Stoney Point, that after the war ended he received his commutation pay from the United States. — That the said Captain after the the war called Major Miller died the third June 1831 & Margaret Miller his Mother died Feb. 11. 1844. And further states for many years his Father commu- -nicated with his Revolutionary papers & letters from his particular friend Col. May also of York County with whom his Father served throughout the war were destroyed by his Sister supposing them to be of no use or consequence. —
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
James H. Miller
J. Buchanan J. P.

State of Maryland } City of Baltimore } S.S.
On this seventh day of May 1850 before me a Justice of the Peace in the City of Baltimore, personally appeared Joseph Taylor resident of Baltimore and a Gentleman personally known to me of high standing & respectability and whose word & oath are entitled to the highest credit.
Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath state that he is now in the 76 th year of his age, that he became acquainted with Capt. William Miller a resident of York County Pennsylvania about the year 1790 & resided at one time in his Family - have often heard him relate the events of his Revolutionary services and have known the family of Major Miller ever since that period - knew Mrs. Margaret Miller as his Wife & as the Widow of said Major Miller & their several children. - That the said Mrs. Margaret Miller Widow of Major Miller died in Baltimore in or about the year 1842, leaving D o ct J. A. Miller - Nancy Miller & one or two other children. - He knew that the said Margaret was the identical Woman who was the Widow of Major William Miller of York County Pen ne & verily believes that said William Miller did serve in the War of the Revolution as stated by himself during his lifetime & bore the reputation in the neighbourhood where he resided that he was an Officer in the Revolutionary Army to the end thereof: in the Pennsylvania Continental Line. —

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year within written before me Joseph Taylor J. P. J. Buchanan
STATE OF MARYLAND,
Baltimore County, Set.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That James Buchanan Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit
was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court, this seventh day of
May A. D. 1850. A. M. Bradford
Clerk Baltimore County Court.