Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,154, for John Miller, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Miller, John
NUMBER
Penn.
S. 40.154
CONTENTS

Pensioned 30 Dec.
d. Dec 11, 1818.
5,140
Pennsylvania
John Miller, 2 d
Capt Smith, Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary
Inscribed on the Roll of — Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Nov r 1818 and sent Hon. Mr. Whiteside  House of Representatives.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 mos \frac{23}{31} \frac{4}{30} = 30.99 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 = 48.00
$78.99
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Township of Lampeter, Lancaster.

Lancaster County ss.
On this ninth day of May in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the subscriber President of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Lancaster, personally appears John Miller aged Twenty Six years resident in the Township of Lampeter in the county aforesaid and state of Pennsylvania who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the united states in the revolutionary war" That he the said John Miller enlisted as a private soldier in the month of June A.D. one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Five, in Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania in the rifle company commanded by Captain Mathew Smith, of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one year, That he faithfully served more than nine months of the said term & was then taken prisoner at the storming of Quebec, & was so retained by the enemy for near nine months after his term of service was out. That in consequence of this declarant being so taken prisoner he never received any written discharge. That he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country, in support of that he does not

now no man has received any pension from the united States -
I sworn & declared before me the day & year above written
Walter Franklin
his John H. Miller Marks
I Walter Franklin President of the court of common as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satis- -faction that the said John Miller did serve in the -revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding de- -claration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress -
Done at Lancaster this 8th day of May 1878 - Walter Franklin

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss.
I John Hoff Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Lancaster. Certify that Walter Franklin Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgments were made was at the time of making the same President Judge of the Second Judicial district for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania composing the County of Lancaster and York and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts, in Courts of Justice and elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Lancaster the ninth day of May. In the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
John Hoff Clks L.S.

I do hereby certify the bearer John Miller late a Soldier in the Continental Army was was enlisted in June 1775 in a Rifle Company commanded by Capt Matthew Smith, in a Regt. Comd by Col William Thompson, and march in said company from Lancaster Pennsylvania to Boston, and from thence to Quebec under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, and do further certify that said John Miller was wounded and made prisoner on the night of the 31 st December 1775 or the morning of the first of January 1776 at the storming of Quebec
May 1 st 1810—
Archibald Steel Late Lieut. of said Company and Regt. Mil Storekeeper U.S. Arsenal, Phila.

1929- June 18- Adah L. Miller ad. copy of Elsie's MMST 1929 July 16. Photos to Adah L. Miller & Fin. Wirt ntf. a.m. Y.
40 154
INVALID.
Barry
File No. 40 154
John Miller Rev Rev Grad
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
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PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 33471
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
July 3, 1929.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job Photostatic copies of 5 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Miller, S. 40154, Penn. Troops.
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For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved:
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Mississinewa Chapter Portland, Indiana
June 21, 1929
M.O. # 327407 = $1 00
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C. Rev. and 1812 Wars Section mm #7
Dear Sir:
Your letter dated June 18, received today.
Am enclosing one dollar money order, for photostatic copy of Rev. War pension claim of John Miller, S. 4015-4. This includes twenty-five cents for certification, as you referred to.
Respectfully
Adah L. Miller Registrar Mississinewa Chapter, D. Q. A. R. Portland, Indiana R. R. #

June 18, 1929.
Adah L. Miller, R. R. 4, Portland, Indiana.
Madam:
I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Miller, S. 40154, will be furnished you, under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
Sol. decl. May 9 - 18/8 + County Clerks affid - same date 3 p - Archibald Steel's affid - May 1 - 18/8 - 1 p - Cij. jacket - 1 p -
Adah L. Miller Registrar Missionary Church Portland, Ind.
R.R.7.
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Mississinewa Chapter Portland, Indiana
June 5, 1929
U. S. Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
June 3, I wrote you for an exact copy of the application for pension of John Miller .
Congress passed Mar 18, 1818. Lancaster Co. Pa. John Miller (2d), pr. Nov 17, 1818; 76; d. Dec. 11, 1818.
I failed to mention Lancaster Co. in my previous letter and thought perhaps you would not be able to identify him unless I mentioned this. Will appreciate an immediate reply.
Sincerely
Adah L. Miller
Registrar Mississinewa Chapter D.A.R.
Portland, Ind.
R.R.4.

Mississinewa Chapter Portland, Indiana
June 3, 1929
Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me an exact copy of the application for pension of John Miller . Pa Pensioners Mar. 18, 1818. "John Miller (2d), pr., Nov. 17, 1818; 76; d. Dec. 11, 1818.
Please send copy at your earliest convenience
Respectfully
Adah L. Miller
Registrar, Mississinewa Chapter Portland, Indiana R. R. Y.