Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17141, for Timon Miles, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Miles, Simon
W. 17141
or Simon
Mercy
CONTENTS

Rep?
Connecticut 4498
Mercy Miles widow of Simon Miles who was a Private Conn. in the Revolution Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 49 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan. 1844 and sent to E. F. Merrell Watbury, Con.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 72.

17076 Connecticut
Simon Miles of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut who was a Priv in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg commanded by Col Phelps in the Conn line for Militia No. Mo 24
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 4 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and sent R. T. Hiram Waterbury. Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March: 1833 $16.42
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 6. 33. 24.10
$130.52
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 27

Timon Miles son of Stephen Miles was married to Mercy Dudd Daughter of Capt. Samuel Dudd April fifth A.D. Seventeen Hundred Eighty five
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } } Town of Waterbury } September 8 1838
I Willard Spencer Clerk of the Town of Waterbury certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of Timon Miles to Mercy Dudd on the Records in my Office with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows (April 5 th A.D. 1785 -)
Willard Spencer Town Clerk
I Willard Spencer above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Waterbury in the County & State afore said and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Willard Spencer Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } } Probate District of Waterbury } ss
On this 8 day of Sept 1838 the above named Willard Spencer appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate and deposition by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Willard Spencer that he holds the Office of Town Clerk of the said Town of Waterbury and that his certificate and deposition as such is entitled to full

Credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Probate Court the day & year above written
Soel Hinman Judge of Probate for the District of Watkins
I Elijah H Merrill of Watkins in New Haven County Connecticut aged Fifty years of age and say that I am well acquainted with Mercy Miles widow of Simon Miles and that I was well acquainted with the said Simon Miles in his life time that I have been acquainted with them from my infancy till this time that I have read the deposition of Millard Hemen above & that the record to which he certifies & deposes is without doubt a record of the marriage of the said Simon to the said Mercy Miles who is now the widow of said Simon & has remained a widow ever since his death I know that said Simon in his life time was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 and I know that said Miles died early in the Spring of the year 1833 the present day that he died I do not now recollect but have no doubt but that his widow has stated the time correctly in her declaration E. H. Merrill

State of Connecticut, New Haven County } ss. District of Watbury
On this 11 day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Probate Court for the District of Watbury at Watbury in New Haven County & said District
Simon Miles a resident of now sitting, Watbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged Twenty three years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1775 December He enlisted in Capt Phineas Porter's company Nathaniel Edwards was 1 st and Isaac Bronson 2 d Lieutenants of said company & James Warden Ensign Andrew Wood was Col of the Regt and — Douglas was Major He enlisted for two months after the Regt should be mustered He was ordered out to Fairfield County and stationed there nine days He was then dismissed and called for & came home remained 10 days & then ordered to New York went there & was kept 24 days in the City then taken to Long Island when the Regt was mustered and he served his two months out after mustered & was dismissed & then requested to stay longer as the troops which were to relieve them had not arrived he remained four days & then came home He did duty as a soldier this tour two months 17 days besides marching to & from his station at Fairfield & New York
In April 1776 He enlisted for three months under Captain Ichabod Norton Lieutenants Wetmore & Beecher & Ensign Hukox in Col Samuel Mott's Regt Worthington was Lt Col & Sumner Major State Troops He joined the Northern Army at P'keepsburgh now called White Hall where Genl Gates commanded He was a part of the time at Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga There was a fight on the lake between Genl Arnold & Gen Watbury and the enemy Gen Watbury was taken but Arnold ran his vessel aground and escaped He served his enlistment out & was dismissed.
In March 1777 He enlisted to work as a hand at the works across the Hudson River at New Windsor and worked as said works for six weeks In April 1777 He turned out as a volunteer on the alarm of the burning of Danbury boats and was out under Capt Beecher five days
June 17 th da & then going to return
Simon Miles

5 In July 1777 He was drafted to serve 5 weeks in the Militia in the N S arm & was called out & served that length of time at Cumm Pond N.Y. and in its vicinity He was commanded by Capt Stephen Lieutenant Beecher the other officers of the Comp y he has forgotten Col Geo Stanley commanded the Regt and Col M aj Regt or a part of it was there at the same time
6 In Sept 1777 He volunteered under Capt James Haddad Lieutenant Beecher Ensign Ives in a Regt commanded by Andrew Adams of Litchfield who was Major he thinks and joined General Gates Army at Stillwater N.Y. and remained there until after Burgoin surrendered He saw the English Army after it had surrendered marched back by his station on its road to Boston His Regt were stationed at Stillwater to take care of the Sick of Burgoin's Army that were left there when Burgoin retreated from there
7 In July 1779 He was drafted & went to Horn Neck and stayed there doing duty one month & then assigned was under Capt Asa Bray Lieut Hooker and Ensign Burns Thinks Col Mead was there but is not certain Gen l Putnam he thinks had the chief command but of this is not certain His tour of duty at Stillwater was one month besides marching to & from there.
He was born in Watbury New Haven County that part which is now Middlebury in the year 1759 He supposes there is a record of his age in the Town Clerks Office in Watbury but does not know when he went into the town of the N S

He resided in that part of Farmington which is now Wolcott & continued to reside there until he was 23 years old when he removed to Watbury before said & has resided there ever since He is acquainted with John Kingsbury Esq. & the Rev Samuel Potter of Watbury
The said Simon Miles 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Simon Miles
We, Samuel Potter a clergyman, residing in the town of Watbury and John Kingsbury residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Simon Miles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 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.
Samuel Potter John Kingsbury
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Potter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Watbury and that John Kingsbury who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Watbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Robinson Hume Clerk of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Miles for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Eleventh day of August 1832
Office,
R. Hume Clerk

State of Connecticut County of New Haven Probate District of Watbury } $
On this 16 day of August 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Watbury at Watbury in the District County State aforesaid now sitting in open Court: Marcy Miles a resident of the town of Watbury in the District County State aforesaid aged Twenty four years who being first duly sworn 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 1838 Entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Simon Miles late of said Watbury deceased who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as such for the period of fourteen months as near as she can now recollect but she states that the precise length of his services and the officers under whom he served are unknown to her but that her said husband during his life was a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 and as such had issued to him a pension certificate which certificate must have been issued about the time or soon after his death which took place May 21 1833 as the application on which it issued was made in the winter of 1832-3. and she remembers that the arrears of pay from

from the time his pension commenced till his death were all paid to her and upon such payment the pension certificate was forwarded to the Pension Office at Washington. She therefore begs leave to refer the War Department and the Commissioner of Pensions to the said application of her husband for a pension under said Act of June 7, 1832 and to the pension certificate which issued thereon, all which documents are in the possession of your department, for proof of her husband's service & for proof of the length of his service and for the proof of the nature of the service and the circumstances under which it was rendered.
She further declares that she was married to the said Simon Miles on the 5 th day of April 1785 that her husband the aforesaid Simon Miles died on the 21 st day of May 1833 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated which facts appear by the documents & proofs herunto annexed and that she has remained a widow ever since her said husband's death. Sworn to & subscribed on the day

and year above written Before Mercy Miles
Joel H. Newman
Judge of Probate for the District of Waterville

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Timon Miles 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. N. 17,141
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 10, 1775 2 yrs. 17 da. Private Phineas Porter Andrew Ward Conn.   Apr. 26, 1776 7 mos. Ichabod Norton Samuel Mott   Oct. 1, 1777 6 mos. Abraham Wooster Samuel Mott   Apr. 1777 5 days Brook at Danbury   July 10, 1777 5 wks. Subne Sloper Genl. Stanley   Sept 20, 1777 1 mo. 1 da. James Stoddard Maj. Andrew Adams   July 13, 1779 1 mo. 3 da. Asa Bray Col. Woodcock Phelps  
Battles engaged in, under of Ancon
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 11, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Waterbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, born 1759 at Waterbury Conn. son of
Remarks: He married Apr. 5, 1785, Mary Dudd dau. of Samuel Dudd; soldier died May 21, 1833 and she was allowed pens. on her appln. exec. Aug. 16, 1838, while 74 yrs. of age & a res. of Waterbury, Conn.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of New Haven,
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
SS.
I, Robert H. Osborne Esq.,
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
THAT,
E. P. Merrill Esquire
was on the 9 th day of October
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, are is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 2 nd day of November 1843
R. H. Osborne Clerk.

Simon Miles Jan. Ad-1832 When paid? A H S Paid 21 May 1833 p d to that period A H S

220 East Grand Blvd Seton, Mich Jan 9. 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish me the army record of Timon Mills who was a pensioner for service in the Revolu- tionary, having enlisted from Torrington or Water- bury. I think he was in one of the three regiments called out in December 1775 and in service in and around Boston un- til February 1776. The re- port of the Adjutant Gen- eral of Conn gives the roster of only one of these regiments, Col Wolcott's, the records of the other two not being available. Yours Respectfully Wm Stocking

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 171 211
Mercy Miles widow of Simon Miles Priv. Rev' War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 18, 1895 Mil. history to Mr. C. S. Stocking Jones, N.Y.
1914 Jan. 15. History to William Stocking &

D. 398
Connecticut
Mercy Miles widow of Simon Miles dec?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 21 st May 1833 of New Haven Ct. in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Phelps in the Ct line for 14 mos & 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct at the rate of 40 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Apr. 1839 and Lieut. Genl. Hunman Waterbury Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39, $148.02 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 2467
$172.69
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 195

4726
Mercy Miles
$49:34 per an
E. F. Merrell Waterbury Conn.

State of Connecticut New Haven County, ss - On this 9 th day of October 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of Peace in and for the county aforesaid Mary Miles a resident of the town of Watertown in the County of New Haven aforesaid aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Rev- olutionary war That she is the Widow of Simon Miles who was a private in the war of the Revolution and that she received the sum of forty nine dollars and thirty four cents for arrear under the act of July 7 th 1838 She further declares that she is still a widow sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Before me E. A. Murrell Justice of Peace
Mary Miles
I further certify that the above named Mary Miles is well known to me E. A. Murrell Justice of Peace

1971
Mercy Myles application for Pension wid of Simon
Conn
Ad June 7 1832
Allow. $48 21
for ann
Mand 1785
- due 1833
Full Pension Waterbury Co

State of Connecticut County of New Haven Probate District of Waterbury
On this 8 day of Sept 1838 Willard Spencer Elijah T Merritt to me well known to be a respectable man and credible witness appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court of Probate for the District of Waterbury
Joel H. H. H. Judge of Probate for the District of Waterbury

State of Connecticut County of New Haven } Probate District of Waterbury } p
I Charles Scott Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District hereby certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Marcy Miles for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 day of August 1838
Charles Scott Clerk

Simon Miles
of Watbury Connecticut, Application for pension
Years of duty 14 Mo 13 da under marching to & from his usual stations
No 1663.
14 Mo 13 days Pension

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That David Bird Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Ephraim Munson was taken, and at the time of such caption, was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day

I Ephraim 'Munson' of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being 69 years of age Do hereby say that I was well acquainted with Simon Miles in the year of 1779 when then lived in the Town of Farmington in the County of Hartford I well remember that said Miles was draughted to go into the Army of the Revolution some time in the Month of July 1779 to serve one month after he should arrive at a place called Hornbrook I well recollect that said Miles was one week on the march before he arrived at said Hornbrook and I well recollect that said Miles served in a company of State troops commanded by Capt. Asaph Pray for the term of one month after he arrived at Hornbrook said Company belong to a regiment commanded by Col. Sediah Dabbs the Lieut. Col. was Simon Adams of Litchfield the Brigadier was commanded by Brigadier Genl Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield - Said Miles now lives in the Town of Waterbury in the County of New Haven I have been personally acquainted with said Miles since the year 1779 further the Deponent sayth not Ephraim Munson
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Bethlehem on the 2 nd day of August 1832 came before me David Bird a justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield Ephraim Munson of Bethlehem in said County to me well known to be a credible witness and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
David Bird justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
New Haven County
for Matherbury Aug 11 1831
Be it remembered that on the day & year aforesaid personally appeared before me Dea. Burnham Justice of the Peace for New Haven County only commissioned & sworn Ebenezer Brown of Matherbury aforesaid to me personally known to who is a credible witness and being first duly sworn on oath declares & says that about the 1 day of January 1776 he enlisted into a company of State Troops commanded by Phineas Porter as Capt Lieutenants Isaac Brown & Nathaniel Edwards Ensign James Warner Col Ward commanded the Regt He enlisted for two months from the time they should march from Norwalk. He was held in the company nearly a month before they did march from there from Norwalk they marched to New York & were there a few days & then marched to or taken to Long Island & kept out time out which was counted from the time he left Norwalk according to his recollection after the Regt time was out the officers requested that we should stay longer & the Regt did stay some days but the opponent did not stay. He got home three or 4 days before the rest. His opponent knows that Simon Miles of Matherbury with whom he has been acquainted ever since Jan 1776 was one of the soldiers in the same company with the Deponent and did duty in said company the whole time that the Deponent did & as he believes three or 4 days longer. I have subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me Dea. Burnham Justice of Peace Ebenezer Brown

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } Waterbury April 18 1833
I Job Himmann Justice of the Peace in for said County do certify that I am the same Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing deposition was taken & sworn to & I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the sd Ebenezer Brown who signed & made oath to the 1 o deposition & that he is a credible witness & his statement is entitled to credit
Job Himmann Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
New Haven County
Waterbury July 30 1832
Be it remembred that on the day & year aforesaid personally appeared before me Job H. in an Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & sworn Joseph Minor of Wolcott in said County to me personally known & who is a credible witness who being first duly sworn on oath declares & says that he is well acquainted with Simon Miles of Waterbury New Haven County knew him previous to the War of the Revolution & has known him ever since, in the year 1777 in the sum- mer July or Aug the deponent thinks from the fact that people were getting hay at that time the deponent was in the service of the United States at Brimfield in the State of New York where a part of his Regt was stationed There were at that time One Regt & perhaps more of Militia stationed there The deponent knew Capt Amos Hobbs of Southington and Lieut. Beecher of Wolcott as they were neighbours of the deponent & he knows that Simon Miles was in the Militia service at that time & was in Capt Hobbs Company of the Militia I was in the Continental service The Continental Soldiers & the Militia were in the habit of wrestling together.

In March and April 1777 This deponent was in a Company of Entitled Artificers. we listed I listed at Wolcott our business was to work at Chevangdefuse at New Windsor in the State of New York on the North or Hudson River, which were placed across the river to stop the shipping from going up. I will remember that Simon Miles was one of our company a part of the time we were there he did not enlist so soon as I did but left at the same time I should think he was there about six weeks —Abraham Wooten was our Capt at this time. Joseph Minor
Sworn & Subscribed the Day & year aforesaid before me Job Hurn an Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven } p Watertown April 18 1833. I Job Hurn an Justice of the Peace in & for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Minor who signed & made oath to the foregoing Deposition before me on the 30 day of July 1832 & I do further certify that the said Joseph Minor is a credible witness & his statement is entitled to credit. Job Hurn an Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
New Haven for Wotebury Aug 7 1882
On the day & year aforesaid be it remembered that Before me Joel Heman Austin of the Peace personally appeared Stephen Carter of Wotebury to me personally known to be a credible witness & being first duly sworn on oath declares & says that in the year 1777 in July as the defendant thinks he was drafted to serve in the Militia of said State in the Revolutionary War for the term of 5 weeks & was called out & went to Brimfield Pond N.Y. & served said five weeks under Ambrose Hoke, Capt. Talcott, Beecher
in Col. Gad Haskins Regt. This defendant knows that Simon Miles of Watbury New Haven County then of that part of Farmington which is now Wotebury was drafted at the same time into the same service & served the same time of 5 weeks in the same company with the defendant.
In the year 1777 in Sept. The defendant thinks, he turned out as a volunteer under Capt. James Hoddan Lieut. Beecher Ensign Inver. Major Andrew Adams of Litchfield & joined Genl. Gates Army at Still Water N.Y. and served there until Oct. a few days after Burgoyne surrendered our Regt. were left to take care of the sick & wounded of the English Army which they had left on their retreat & we remained there until the British Army marched back by which time we lay on their way to Boston after they had surrendered he was out on this tour a little over a month This defendant knows that said Simon Miles was a volunteer in the same company with him & stayed the whole tour through & they started for home together. Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Joel Heman Austin of the Peace Stephen Carter

State of New Hampshire } County of New Hampshire } B Nashua April 18 1833. I Job Hemen Justice of the Peace & for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Cooter who signed & made oath to the foregoing Deposition before me on the 7 day of August 1832 & I do further certify that the said Stephen Cooter is a credible witness & his Statement is entitled to credit Job Hemen Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
New Haven County
ss Waterbury Aug 8 1832
Be it remembered that on the day & year aforesaid before me Job Himmann Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Ozias Norton of Wolcott in said County to me personally known & who is a credible witness & being first duly sworn on oath declares & says That that he is well acquainted with the Henson Mills of Waterbury. affirmed that he knew him previous to the war of the Revolution & has known him ever since in the year 1776 in the month of April said Mills enlisted for seven months to serve as a soldier in said war under Capt Ichabod Norton in Col Samuel Mott's Reg't Hote Troops said Mills joined the Northern Army at P'keepsborough N.Y. and served there and at Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga I served the above term of time and then was dismissed This deponent was in the war seen & in the same company with said Mills
OZIAS NORTON
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Job Himmann Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss Waterbury April 18 1833 I Job Himmann Justice of the Peace in & for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Ozias Norton who signed & made oath to the foregoing deposition before me on the 8 day of August 1832 & I do further certify that the said Ozias Norton is a credible witness & his statement is entitled to credit
Job Himmann Justice of Peace

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Joel Winans Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Ebenezer Brown, Joseph Nims, Stephen Barker and Elias Norton were taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Thomas Day

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss District of Watbury }
On this 4 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court for the District of Watbury at Watbury in New Haven County and said District now sitting Simon Miles, a resident of Watbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged Seventy three years & who is the same Simon Miles who signed the original declaration to which this is annexed & who is the same Simon Miles mentioned in said original declaration who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make this the following his supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
To wit,
Question 5 in the Brief from the Department
In relation to the first tour of duty mentioned in his original declaration he says that he enlisted on the 10 th day of Dec 1775 and was marched on the 15 th day of Dec 1775 and did the service as a common soldier for the term of two months & seventeen days as stated in his original declaration besides marching to & from his Station at Fairfield & New York as mentioned in said original declaration which occupied eleven days, so that with the two months & 17 days his whole service lasted two months & 28 days this tour
In relation to the 2 d Tour of duty mentioned in his original declaration he says that he enlisted on the 26 th day of April 1776 for the term of seven months from the first of May 1776 & that he served said enlistment out as mentioned in said original declaration & was dismissed on the 1 st day of Dec 1776 & the length of this service was seven months
In relation to the 3 d Service mentioned in his original declaration he says that he enlisted & commenced his service on the 1 st day of March 1777 & was dismissed on the 16 th day of April 1777 & served this tour Six weeks -
In relation to the 4 th Service mentioned in his original declaration he says that he served five days as mentioned in his original declaration

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In relation to the 5 th Service mentioned in his original declaration he says that he commenced his said service on the 10 th day of July 1777 and was dismissed on the 18 th day of Aug 1777 & that he served this time five weeks
In relation to the 6 th Service mentioned in his original declaration he says that he commenced his said service on the 20 th of Sept 1777 & that he was dismissed on the 21 st day of October 1777 & that his service this tour lasted one month & one day -
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In relation to the 7 th Service mentioned in his original declaration he says that his service this time commenced on the 13 th day of July 1779 & was dismissed on the 16 th day of August 1779 & that his service this tour lasted one month and three days which includes three days marching to his station.
His whole service was in the grade of a private soldier and amounts in the whole to one year & three months including his time of marching to & from his services as mentioned in his original declaration & in this supplemental declaration
Question 5 from the Department in the Brief
In His first tour of Service he remembers that Lord, General Sterling frequently came from New York and gave orders to Col Ward who commanded his Regt - Jonas Prentiss of New Haven Ct was Adjutant of Col Ward's Regt & _____ Birk Op of New Haven was Quater Master of said Regt - Capt Thaddeus Cook Capt - Stow Capt - Starr & he thinks a Capt - Birk Op & a Capt Penfield commanded Companies in said Regt
In Relation to His 2 nd Tour of Service He says that he remembers Col Heman Swift and Col Charles Burall commanded Regts of Connecticut State Troops & that Col Warner of Vermont commanded a Regt & that Col Gates of the State of New York commanded Regts from their own States when the Army was at Mt Independence as stated in his original declaration
In relation to his 3 rd Service He says that he remembers that he was under the command of Capt Abram Wooster & Capt Watkins Thomas Mahon was chief Engineer & Youngs was 2 nd or assistant Engineer

In relation to His 4 th Sermon mentioned in his original declaration He says His Ensign was Nathaniel Lewis & his Lieutenants Isaac Cleveland He remembers that Genl Noxon was killed at Danbury while he was out this time
In relation to his 5 th Sermon mentioned in his original declaration he says that Genl Barnum commanded the Troops at Pukaskill at the time he was at Cram Pond - & that Genl Andrew Ward was at Pukaskill at the same time - Col Angell with a Regt of Troops from Rhode Island was at Pukaskill or near there -
In relation to his 6 th Sermon mentioned in his original declaration he says that Genl Gates had the chief command of the Army at Stillwater Genl Lincoln & Genl Arnold were there & were both wounded on the 7 th of Oct 1777 Genl Schuyler & Genl Gates were there Col Morgan was there & commanded the Riflemen Col Cook & Col Warner commanded Regts there
In relation to his 7 th Sermon mentioned in his original declaration he says that Col Phelps commanded his Regt Andrew Adams was Lt Col Brigadier Genl Oliver Wolcott was there Col Mear he thinks commanded a Regt there a part of Col Shelams Lt Horn were there commanded by Lieut Keyes
Question No 13 In the Brief from the Department
The said Applicant states that he has no documentary evidence of any of his Sermons mentioned in his original declaration but that he can prove said Sermons by the testimony of Ebenezer Brown Joseph Minor left in Chester Oscar Norton and Ephraim Merson whose Depositions are hereto annexed & who testify two of said Sermons to his 5 th tour of Sermon and one witness to each

of his other tours of service and that after diligent search he can not find or procure nor does he know of any other testimony or witness that he can produce in relation to his said service or any of it The Applicant further says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear in relation to the names of Officers who served with him with any more particularity than what he has done in his original declaration & in this his supplemental declaration I swear & subscribe the day & year aforesaid
Simon Miles
R. P. Newman Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Supplemental statement.
Pinch Viles.
From December 10, 1776, he served 2 mo. 22 da. as a private in Capt. Paine's Porter's company, Col. Andrew Ward's regiment; from Apr. 22, 1776 1777 , served 7 mo. as a private in Capt. Ichabod Norton's company, Col. Israel Mott's regiment; from March 1, 1777, served 6 weeks at the works at New Windsor -- no officers names mentioned; in April, 1777, served 5 days as a private in Capt. Beecher's company at the time Danbury, Conn., was burned; July 10, 1777, was drafted and served 1 mo. 5 days in Capt. Soper's company, Col. Meigs' regiment; from September 20, 1777, served 1 mo. 1 day under Capt. James Stoddard and Col. Andrew Adams; from July 13 14 , 1779, served 1 mo. 8 days as a private under Capt. Asa Bray.
1 mo 3 da.

O. W. & N. Division.
F.R.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 12, 1886.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of TIMON KIBBS a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     See attached supplemental statement.  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Milford, Conn. Date of application for pension, August 11, 1862. Residence at date of application, Waterbury, Conn. Age at date of application, Born at Waterbury, Conn., in 1759.
Remarks: He married Mercy Judd on April 5, 1785, and died on May 21, 1855.
Mr. C. E. Stocking, Box 1236, Rome, N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rome N. Y. Nov 16 th 1895
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Revolution. Washington D. C.
Sir.
I have the honor, respectfully, to request that a transcript of the the record of service of Timon (or Simon) Miles a volunteer from Connecticut in the war of the Revolution , and a pensioner, be sent me at your early convenience.
The name appears in the Connecticut Records as Simon, but this is a clerical error, as it should be Timon .
The pension was continued to his wife Mercia Miles until her death 184-.
Very Respectfully Yours,
Charles L. Stocking. Box 1664.

Simon Miles
Page 69.
Admitted
Onward 14 May & 24 days Total $48.21 Sol. H. Newman
credibility of witnesses heard
not Pub certif not sufficient

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Simon Niles which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
It does not appear that the best evidence is produced
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
No.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.