Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1453, for Leonard Miles, South Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Miles, Leonard Mary
W 1453
CONTENTS

No. 6299. West Tennessee.
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Mary Miles widow of Leonard Miles, deceased.
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7th: 1832 - and who died on the 8th: of April, 1835 - of Lincoln Co in the State of Tennessee - who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col: Taylor in the South Carolina line for 3 mo: 28 days 1st Inf: & 2 mo: 20 days private of Cavalry -
Inscribed on the Roll of Pulaski, Tenn: at the rate of 24 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of July 1841 and sent to Hon. A. V. Brown, H. R. on the 30 July 1841 -
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $121.05 Semi-annual allowance ending _____
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. M. Stewart - Clerk, Book 4 - Vol. 2 - Page 208

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West Tennessee
Leonard Miles
of Lincoln in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com ny commanded by Captain Woodward of the reg t commanded by Col Gooden in the Pennsylvania S. Carolina mile line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Dec r 1833 and Davis Eastland Waynesville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep t 200.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th March 40.00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 93
22997

No 22997 Leonard Miles Lincoln County Tennessee
el from 1777 private 2 yrs $80.
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Leonard Miles care of Davis Eastland Fayetteville Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 7 th 1833
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 subjjoined 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, shewing the Service of Leonard Miles Lincoln County Tennessee
   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 Fall 1777 - 3 - private Capt Woodward Col Gooden Pendleton 72 years Traditionary evidence   Vol. Apr. 1779. - 3 - private Capt Woodward Col Gooden Conquere Fairfield Clergymans certificate   Vol. Winter 1780 - 2 - private Capt Mumprey Col Taylor Rebn at Granby, & Marched to District Wm's certif d credible   Vol. Sum. 1780 - 2 - private Capt Mumprey Col Taylor South Carolina South Carolina papers not properly attached -   Vol. Fall 1780 about 1 4 - private Same Capt Same Col Guilford Courta Monks Corner to Pungsburg Marched to Augusta Sp d Dist Hill  
The time that the applicant was in actual service from the Fall of 1780 should be stated. The militia were not in actual service for such a length of time as is claimed by the applicant under our engagement.
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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
+ The answers to the interrogatories will be found embodied in the declaration J. G.

Leonard Miles Application for pension
22997
address to the care of Davis Eastland Fayetteville Tennessee

State of Tennessee Lincoln County 3 County Court January Term 1833
On this 28 th day of January 1833 Personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Lincoln County, Tennessee, (sitting now) Leonard Miles a resident of the county & state aforesaid, aged about seventy two 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 officers and served as herein stated. I was born in in Cumberland County North Carolina some time in the year 1760 according to the best of my information and of a record of my age now in my possession. - I lived in Fairfield District, South Carolina, at the time I entered the service - some time in the latter part of the year 1777, about four or five weeks (I think) before Christmas, I volunteered in the South Carolina Militia, in a regiment - Commanded by Col. Robert Goodwin in the place of my father who had been drafted in said regiment. The company to which I was attached was commanded by Capt John Woodward - We rendezvoused on the Congaree river at Granby, from thence we marched to Wadsworth  Monk's corner thence to the quarter House about five miles from Charleston. there we joined the forces under the command of General Moultrie, who in a short time marched us down to Puryesburg on Savannah river, the British being then in possession of the town of Savannah, we did not have any fighting except some slight skirmishes, at that place

we remained at Purgsburg and in the vicinity thereof until the time for which I had volunteered, being three months expired I was then discharged and went home — Some time in April 1779 according to the best of my present recollection I volunteered in the same regiment, commanded by the same officers, we rendezvoused at Granby, and were marched to Augusta, & were stationed at a place called on the south side of the Serenus Hill, & placed under the command of Genl Williamson — we remained at this station five or six weeks, we then crossed over the river to the Georgia side, went down the river ten, or twelve miles and found the forces under the command of Genl Lincoln, we then went in pursuit of the British who marched out into the country of Georgia, & then turned back in the direction of Charleston, in all which rout we continued to pursue them, until they took a station at Stone Point, at which time the term of my service being three months having expired, I was discharged and went home, — Some time in the winter of 1780, a short time I think after Christmas, I volunteered for a two months tour in the same regiment then commanded by Col Thomas Taylor, the Company then commanded by Capt. Henry Wimpey — We rendezvoused at Russell's Ferry about 14 miles below Granby, and marched to Orangeburg Courthouse, where General Huger took the command — we had no fighting this tour except some slight skirmishes with the Tories after the two months expired I was again discharged (but I think, early in the summer) a few months afterwards (the particular time I now forget) I again volunteered for a two months tour in the same regiment, commanded by the same officers last mentioned and still under the command of Genl Huger, we marched to the Hous Hole Bridge, where we were stationed until our term of service expired — In the latter part of the summer or the fall of the same year, I volunteered again in the same regiment commanded by the same officers & was

under the Command of Genl Sumpter, we marched down to a place called Bicken Church (or some such name) about thirty miles from Charleston, where the British had some forces stationed, we had a considerable skirmish with them, and drove them off - we then marched up the country on the Catawba river, - after staying there some time. Genl Sumpter took two or three hundred of us, and we marched to the High Hill, of Santee. - we marched to Granby, where the British were then posted, we surrounded the fort, and had several skirmishes with them, and had a prospect of taking them, but they were relieved by a reinforce- ment under Lord Rawdon - we then marched down the river to Thompson's Fork, where some British forces were stationed and had a skirmish with them, but did not succeed in driving them out of the fort. - we then marched to a fort called Wright's Bluff, where we had another skirmish with the British - we then marched again into the upper parts of South Carolina, and between the waters of Black river & Lynch's creek, we met a body of British Tories, under the command of Majr Brayer with whom we had a skirmish and drove them from their first position, but they retired & took another position from which we were unable to dislodge them. we then marched to North Carolina where we joined the forces under the Genl Greene and our troops soon after had a severe battle with British troops, at Guilford Court house, but I was not in the battle, being confined a few miles from Guilford by the small-pox, which I think was in March 1781. - after I recovered from the small-pox, which I think was about a month or six weeks, after the battle at Guilford

I joined the forces under Genl Sumpter then on the Catawba river, we marched down the Congaree and crossed the river at Thompson's foot, near which place we joined the troops under Genl Greene. Having joined the forces under Genl Marion a few days before - we then continued to maneuver about in different parts of the country, watching the movements of the British until some time in the fall, (I think between the 1 st & the 15 th of September,) our troops commanded by Genl Greene Sumpter & Marion attacked the British at a place called "Eutaw Springs," where we gave them a pretty severe defeat, we then marched up about the North Carolina line, and were engaged in scouting parties against the Tories, until some time in November when we were discharged & I went home, having been engaged in service this last tour, something like fifteen or sixteen months. I was not engaged in service afterwards, - I continued to live in South Carolina fifteen or sixteen years after close of the war, I then moved to Sumner County in this state, then to this County where I now live and have lived for about twenty two years. -
I have no documentary evidence, nor do I know of any person whose testimony I can, at this time procure to testify to my services - I never received a written discharge - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and hereby declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of

any State, —
Sworn to & subscribed in open court The day and year aforesaid
Leonard Miles
We Ebenezer McEwen a clergyman residing in the county of Lincoln and state of Tennessee, and Junstat Gregory and Henry Warren residing in the county & state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Miles who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be about seventy two 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 to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. Gregory Henry Warren E. McEwen
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 Eben- ezer McEwen who has signed the preceding

Certificate is a clergyman resident in Lincoln County, Tennessee and that Installe Gregory and Henry Warren who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. H. Lang
Sam. Load
Wm. Smith
I Robert S. Inge Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Leonard Miles for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at office this 22 nd day of January 1833
Robt. Inge Clerk.

State of Tennessee Lincoln County \frac{3}{3} . Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Leonard Miles, who being duly sworn deposeth & 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades. \frac{3}{3} For three months I served as a private in the year 1777 - for three months . I served as a private in 1779 - for two months . I served as a private in the winter of 1780 - for two months . I served as a private in the summer of 1780 - for one year and three months I served as a private in the fall & winter of 1780 & in the year of 1781. - for such service I claim a pension - In the first tour of my service, I was a substitute for my father Thomas Miles, in all the rest I volunteered -
Sworn to & subscribed before me Leonard Miles This 23 rd August 1833.
Archibald Baxter Justice of the peace for Lincoln County Tennessee
State of Tennessee Lincoln County \frac{3}{3} J. Francis L. Kincaid Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that Archibald Baxter before whom the foregoing affidavit, was made, was and was at the time of making the same, an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and is entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 7 th day of September 1833. Francis L. Kincaid Clerk

State of Tennessee Lincoln County } I Robert S Inge, who was clerk of the county court of said county, at the time, that the within declaration was made hereby certify, that the within declaration and the certificates annexed thereto, contain the original proceedings of said court, at the January Term 1833 of said court, in the matter of the application of Leonard Miles for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office, this 7 th day of September 1833.
Robt. S. Inge Clerk
State of Tennessee Lincoln County } I William Edmiston chairman of the county court of said county hereby certify that Robert S Inge whose name is signed to the preceding certificate, was, at the time that the within declaration was made, clerk of said court, and that his said certificate is entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7 th day of September 1833.
W m Edmiston chair m

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.
State of Tennessee S.S.
Lincoln County ss On this 22 nd day of December 1840, personally came before me John Moorhead an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Lincoln Mrs. Mary Miles, originally from the State of South Carolina, now a resident of the State of Tennessee County of Lincoln, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is the Widow of Leonard Miles originally of the State of South Carolina, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard Miles, in the State of South Carolina and County, or District of Fairfield, by the Rev. Ralph Jones, a Baptist Minister on the last day of March 1785 and that her husband the aforesaid Leonard Miles died in the State of Tennessee and County of Lincoln on the 8 th day of April 1830. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place, previous to the first of January
No 757 Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four, viz. at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before, attest Nathaniel Borum John Moorhead Justice of the Peace Lincoln County
Mary X Miles mark
Hon. A. O. Brown H.R.
State of Tennessee S.S.
Lincoln County ss Personally came before me John Moorhead an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Lincoln, the above deponent Mrs. Mary Miles, of said State County, and after having been sworn in due form of law, doth on oath, that she has not a record of her marriage with her husband the aforesaid Leonard Miles, but has a correct record of the births, and ages of their children.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year last written, before, attest Nathaniel Borum
Mary X Miles mark
John Moorhead Justice of the Peace Lincoln County

State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Miles of the State of Tennessee County of Lincoln, and have been so for the last seventeen years past, and from my knowledge of her good character & standing in society, that her declarations as before made, are justly entitled to the utmost faith and credit, and from old age and its consequent infirmities, is unable to attend court. Given under my hand and seal this 22 nd day of December 1840 John Moorhead (P Seal)
State of Tennessee ss. Lincoln County ss Personally came before me John Moorhead an acting Magistrate for said county of Lincoln, William Miles the son of Leonard Miles deceased, a resident of the county State aforesaid aged forty nine years in April next, and after being sworn according to law, saith on oath that his Father Leonard Miles was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eighty Dollars, per annum, and that a Certificate of pension was granted by the War department to the aforesaid Leonard Miles deceased, by which said deceased drew, from the Branch Bank of the United States at Nashville State of Tennessee, the full amount payable thereon up to the 4 th day of March 1835, and the aforesaid Certificate is so lost or mislaid so the same cannot be had, and that his Father as aforesaid died in the State of Tennessee County of Lincoln on the 8 th day of April 1835, and left a Widow whose name is Mary Miles, and who is yet a Widow, and has remained such since the death of her husband Leonard Miles, as aforesaid and that the inclosed leaf purporting to be a record of the names and ages of the children of Leonard Miles & his Wife Mary, was written by the said deceased, and is the genuine transcript of his Father as aforesaid, and has been kept in his deponents possession since the death of his Father as aforesaid.
Revolutionary Interlined before asfigd Sworn to and subscribed the day & date last above written, before Nathaniel Brown. John Moorhead Justice of the Peace William J. Miles Lincoln County mark

State of Tennessee
Lincoln County } I hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Miles of said State & County, who has made oath to the foregoing, and from the character he sustains for truth and honesty, that full faith and credit are due to his acts and doings, Given under my hand and seal this 22 nd day of December 1840.
John Moorhead
State of Tennessee } S.S.
Lincoln County } Personally came before me John Moorhead an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Lincoln, Joseph Underwood of said State & County, aged Sixty one years, and after being sworn in due form of law, saith on oath, that he was acquainted with Leonard Miles and of said State & County, and had been for thirty years previous to his death, which took place in the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee on the 8 th day of April 1835, and also with Mary Miles the widow of the said deceased for the same length of time, & that the aforesaid Leonard Miles and Mary his wife lived together as Husband and Wife in the utmost peace and harmony, and that the aforesaid Mary Miles, is a resident of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee, a Widow, and has been such since the death of her husband as aforesaid,
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of December 1840. before
Attest
Joseph his Underwood mark
Nathaniel Corum,
John Moorhead Justice of the Peace
For Lincoln County
State of Tennessee
Lincoln County } I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Underwood of said State & County, who has made oath to the foregoing and from the character he sustains for truth and honesty. That full faith and credit are due to his acts and doings, Given under my hand and seal this the 3 rd day of May 1841
John Moorhead Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County

State of Tennessee ss Lincoln County ss I George W Jones Clerk of the County Court of of Lincoln County in the State of Tennessee, hereby certify that John Moorhead, is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing sign- atures purporting to be his are genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of Office at Fayetteville this 4 th day of January 1841.
G. W. Jones Clerk
State of Tennessee ss Lincoln County ss
I George W Dennis Chairman and Presiding Magistrate of the County Court of said County of Lincoln in the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that George W Jones, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is, and was at the time of subscribing the same, the Clerk of the County Court of said County of Lincoln, and that the signature as above, purporting to be his, is genuine,
Given under my hand at Fayetteville this 4 th day of January 1841. George W Dennis Chairman

THE NEW TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Newly translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
AND WITH THE FORMER
TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED FOR MATHEW CAREY, NO. 118, HIGH-STREET.
ROBERT CARR, PRINTER. 1802.

Courtney Miles was Born January 1 st - - - - 1886
Mary Miles was Born January 1 st - - - - 1888
John Miles was Born January 1 st - - - - 1889
William Miles was Born April 25 th - - - - 1892
Elizabeth Miles was Born April 3 rd - - - - 1894/1896
Sarah Miles was Born March 25
Rose Miles was Born April 5
Leonard Miles was Born 1898
Born December 26 th 1899.
Samuel Miles was Born October the 1 st in the year of our Lord 18
Patco Miles was Born May the 21 1811

State of Tennessee S.S.
Davidson County } Personally came before me Thomas W. Shearon, an acting Justice of the Peace, for said County of Davidson, Mrs Polly Lee originally from the State of South Carolina, now a resident of the County of Davidson & State of Tennessee, aged twenty three years, and after having been sworn, in due form of law, sayeth on oath, that she was acquainted with Mary Miles of South Carolina, and also with Leonard Miles, of South Carolina, before the marriage of the aforesaid Mary Miles, and Leonard Miles took place, that their marriage was solemnized by the Rev. Ralph Jones a Baptist Minister, in the State of South Carolina, on the last day of March 1785. The reason why deponent has a thorough knowledge of the marriage, of Leonard Miles and Mary Miles his wife, and the time when it took place, is in consequence of said deponent having a Brother, who married a sister of the aforesaid Mary Miles, and also from the birth of the first child of the aforesaid Mary Miles, who was born nine months and fourteen days, after the marriage of the aforesaid Leonard Miles and Mary Miles, his wife, took place,
Sworn to and subscribed this 26 th day of January 1841. before,
Attest
Nathaniel Gwynn,
Polly her X Lee mark
Justice of the Peace for Davidson County
State of Tennessee
Davidson County } I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent Mrs. Polly Lee, of the County State aforesaid and from my knowledge of the character she sustains for truth and honesty, that the utmost faith, and credit are justly due to the declaration as above stated. Given under my hand and seal this day and year last above written
Thos. W. Shearon J.P. Trial

State of Tennessee - Feb. Davidson County ss
Robert B. Cartleman Clerk of the County Court of Davidson County, in the State of Tennessee, hereby certify that Thomas W. Shearon, is a magistrate, as is herein stated, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of Office at Nashville This 28 th day of January 1841.
R. B. Cartleman Clerk of said Court
State of Tennessee - Davidson County ss
I Edwin S. Hale Chairman and Presiding Magistrate of the County Court of said County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that Robert B. Cartleman, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is, and was at the time of subscribing the same, the Clerk of the County Court, of said County of Davidson, in the State of Tennessee, and that the signature as above, purporting to be his, is genuine,
Given under my hand at Nashville, this 28 th day of January 1841.
E. S. Hale

Mary Miles of Leonard Tennessee
Suspended
See let: 22 d June 1841 No. A. W. Boston,
Act 7 July 18.8

Indent Book B. V. 330
No. 1.
Issued 11 th July 1787 to Mr. Leonard Wile for nine- teen pounds 17/ 1. S. for 198 days duty in Col. Thomas Taylor's Regiment N. of James the Commissioners Principal £ 19.. 17.. 1 and part £ 1.. 7.. 9
State of South Carolina
No. 2.
To Leonard Wile Esq. From 6 th July 1781 to the 22 nd Sep r 1781 To 80 days duty on Horse Back in Col. Taylor's Regiment c. 20/ £ 80.. 0.. 0  From 23 rd Sep r 1781 to the 17 th Jany 1782. To 118 days duty on Foot in the said Regiment c. 10/ £ 59.. 0.. 0  £ 139.. 0.. 0
I do certify the above A/c is just & true Rich d Winn Br. Genl. Our £ 139.. 0.. 0. Leg. £ 19.. 17.. 1
Compt. Genl. Office
Columbia 22 nd July 1841
I do hereby certify the above memorandum No. 1. to be a true copy taken from the margin of Indent Book No. 1 330 deposited in this Office. That No. 2. is a copy of the A/c audited for which the said Indent was issued
Wm. G. Arthur Compt. Genl.

7577 Mary Miles of Leonard Turner
Admitted
P. Infs: 3 mo. 28/23,11 P. Cans 2 " 20 = 11.10 caf. - Col Taylor $24.21 100 J. Cardin
died 8 Apr. 1835
121 05
Act 7 July 1838
M. A. V. Brown N. R.

At Rep. June 21 st 1841
Sir
I again present the accompanying papers - for a pension to my wife which I hope has been now made conformable to the rules of your Department
Respectfully
AN Brown
Genl. J. L. Edwards Comt of Pensions

Washington July 9 th 1841
Honl. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions;
Sir I enclose to you for examination & the action of your Department, the application of Levada Mary Miles, Widow H. whose mesh is an early action with the view of falling within the March paymt.
very Respectfully
A. V. Brown

Feb 11. 1841
Wm. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City
Hon. A. V. Brown H. Q.

W. Rep. July 10 th . 1841
Sir I observe that the credibility of one of the witnesses in Mary Miles' case is certified by the magistrates, the other is not - please say if you observe this fact & whether you require both of the witnesses to be certified for.
I have written to S. Carolina for any evidence of the actual service of her husband which may be in the Comptroller's office.
I would not trouble you with this enquiry but for the distance & delay of sending back the papers -
Respectfully
A. W. Brown
J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions

To the Pres.
FREE
D. W. Brown
Washington City

Columbia 16 th Feby 1841 To the Rev. A. B. Brown
Dear Sir
Yours of the 10 th instant is at hand requesting to know if the name of Leonard Willis can be found upon record in this Office: I answer in the affirmative: Let me know if you wish certified copies from the Office. If so, be good enough to enclose the fee which will be three Dollars and 62 1/2 cts
Very Respectfully Your ob t Serv t
W m E. Hayne
Camp d Genl In W m F. Arthur

July 27. 1841
Yours
Genl. J. L. Edwards
Comm.
Washington
Rev. Mr. Brown

N. Rep. July 26. th 1841
Sir I have the Honor to enclose a certificate from the Comptroller Genl of S. C. in relation to the Revolutionary services of Leonara Mills, which I hope will be satisfactory
Respectfully
A. W. Brown
Genl J. H. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1453
Mary Miles Widow Leonard Miles Br. So. Car. Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index Vol. M , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 22997 Leonard Miles

State of Tennessee Lincoln County } }
Personally appeared before me, the Undersigned, a Justice of the peace, in and for said County. Leonard Miles, 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 as to the last term of service mentioned in his declaration, he would state that from the best of his recollection, the time that he entered the service for that term, was about three or four weeks after the defeat of Genl. Gates at Camden, and that he was in continual actual service from that time until about two weeks after the Battle at "Cutaw Springs" which from the best of his recollection must be at least twelve months . after the time last mentioned He was discharged from service in the army, but as there were still a great many Tories in Fairfield District, South Carolina where he then lived, who continued to molest the peaceable inhabitants, he was almost constantly engaged in scouting parties against them, being sometimes called on by the Captain of the Company (Capt. Hagwood Rayford), sometimes volunteering with a few others, without any regular commanders and sometimes being called on by Col. Henry Hampton who lived not far from where he did

the time he was actually engaged under the command of officers in three scouting parties he cannot recollect, but thinks that all put together must have amounted to at least two months . — He would also state that during the time of the twelve months was before mentioned, he was also under the command of Capt. Bethany & Capt. Frazer. — He thinks it was more than two weeks after the Battle at Custer Springs, before he was discharged from the army, but he is certain it was that long. —
Sworn to and subscribed this 9 th day of November 1833
Before me
A. H. Blakemore Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Lincoln County 38. J. Francis L. Kincannon Clerk of the County Court of said County: hereby certify that Andrew S. Blakemore whose name is signed to the above certificate, or affidavit, is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 9 th day of November 1833. —
J. S. Kincannon Clerk