Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6826, for Samuel Millard, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
R. J.
Willard, Samuel Sarah
No 6826
B. L. Wt. 53674-160-55
CONTENTS

5.966
New York W.
Sarah Willard, widow of Samuel
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 14 day of November 1856 and sent to L. Adams Rochester N. York.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 22 Vol. 16
258208

13,763 4/1 New York
Samuel Millard
of Ontario in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the R. Island line; for the term of nine months 1782
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July, 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Nov 1819. 10m 2 1/2/40 83.20 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819. 18. 20 B:13 1:20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Dead. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep 1842 to 4 th March 1843 Age Modified 25 Oct 1844.
Application sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N.Y.

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Jan 19/57
Act Mar. 3. '57
Dec. 27. '56
Sarah Millard. mid. Samuel Millard. pri.
ad 160000 3674 Jan 10/57 B. J. ...
Obv. war.
Pun? Act Mar. 1818. '53 - No 5966
Vol. No - 50.2
H. L. Adams. Rochester. N.Y.

Sam l Millard Declaration
Admitted
Hon. Secy of War

State of New York Ontario County
On the twenty third day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen - before me
William Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario and Herkford personally appeared Samuel Millard aged fifty six years last October, a resident citizen of the Town of Ontario, County & State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God, on his oath, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the law or late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" - That the aged Samuel Millard enlisted in the Town of Herkford  Troop in the State of Rhode Island, that is to say belonged to a Company and engaged for said Company. Jonathan Smith was the head of said Company. He was Muster at Providence in the State of Rhode Island on the month of month of April 1782 and marched from thence on the eighth day of April to Philadelphia and joined Colonel Crary's Rhode Island Regiment, under Captain John Holden's Company. That he continued to serve in the said Corps in the army of the United States until the last of December or the first of January January following, and says he served his Country nine months and at the Town of Saratoga or Barrack he received an honorable discharge by Major Logginshall Oney in the State of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he labours under serious difficulties by a rupture &c. and that he had no other evidence now in his power of the said services.
Sworn to and declared (subscribed this 23 d day) of April A.D. 1818 before me
Wm Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario
Samuel Millard

State of New York & fs Ontario County fs
I certify by Personal Knowledge and Satisfactory Proof that Samuel Millard the aforesaid Applicant is in Real Circumstances and in Need of the Assistance of his Country for Support
Canandaigua July 10 th 1819.
Stephen Phelps & Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas
The Hon: Secretary of War if my Claims are allowed will please to forward a Certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps of Canandaigua who is authorized to receive the same for me & if again rejected please to forward my papers to him
Canandaigua July 10 th 1819
Samuel Millard
1545

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
In Testimony that William Rogers whose name is subscribed to the foregoing, Certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario, and that the same is his signature, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said County, at Canandaigua this 24 th day of June A D 1818. —
Wm Rogers
Subscribed April 23 1818
James Hayward
to certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said or within twenty days after the date of the foregoing act of Congress within declaration against the Common Pleas, and I now pronounce the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, as the evidence for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the department.
State of New York Ontario County p. I William Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original.

State of New York
Ontario County ss.
I William Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario & State aforesaid
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said or within named Samuel Millard did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding or within declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Palmyra April 23 d 1810
Wm Rogers
Samuel Millard
On Testimony that William Rogers whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario, and that the same is his signature, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Canandaigua this 24 th day of June A d 1818.
William Rogers
State of New York Ontario County ss. Clerks Office 31 st July 1818

It appears by the Regimental Book, That Samuel Millard, now residing in the County of Ontario in the State of New-York, enlisted for, and served the term of Nine Months, a Private Soldier in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental Establishment, and that he was honourably discharged from said Regiment at Saratoga in the State of New-York on the twentieth day of December 1782. —
Providence June 26 th 1819.
J. G. Dexter ## Major of said Reg t . eodem tempore.
It In witness whereof, the Board of Common Pleas

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss
Thomas Skipsey of said
County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Millard that the said Samuel Millard was an intitled soldier in the late revolutionary war and served at one time under the continental establishment nine months in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and that the said Samuel Millard enlisted in that year  that year in a company commanded by Captain John Halcott in a regiment commanded by Jeremiah Olney of the Road Island line and was honorably discharged and this deponent further saith that he served in the same regiment with said Samuel during the term aforesaid and further saith not
Sworn before me this 14th day of June 1877
Thomas Skipsey
Casper M Rouse one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
I before You one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County that I am well acquainted with Thomas Shipsey who sub- scribed the within affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and in all cases to be believed Given under my hand this 14th day of June 1829 Ebenezer M. Rouse

Case of Samuel Miller
Olney
C
13763
31 July 1819
Sep 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this this twenty first day of August 182 1 , personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Samuel Millard aged fifty nine years, resident in the town of Ontario in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
under Capt. John Holden in Col. Seranah Olney's Regiment of the Rhode Island line and continued to serve as a private in said Regiment nine months and was regularly discharged in 1783 at the close of the war.
and that he made application for a Pension on the twenty third day of April 181 5 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 13,763 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  one cow  12.00  one calf  1.50  1 year old heifer  3.00  16.50    five sheep  5.00  slamb.  .95  five hogs  4.80  10.75    four pigs  2.00  old plough  irons  .75   2.75    seven drag teeth  2.50  two hay forks  .75    3.25    two rakes  .25  two iron wedges  .50    .75    one plate  .12  one basin  .12  two bowls  .18  .30    four cups and saucers  .18  five knife and forks  .25    .43    four saucer plates  .25  one shovel  .25    .50    one small iron pot  .38  2 kettles  1.50    1.88    one broken tea kettle  .25  two pails  .50    .75    two barrels  .75  three old axes  2.00    2.75    one spinning wheel  1.00  one chest  .75    1.75    two old tickles  .75      .75     $43.11  
Samuel Millard
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by means of a rupture am unable to work and that my family consists of my wife aged fifty seven years my son Samuel aged eighteen years my son Noah sixteen years my son Eleazar aged fourteen years and my daughter Hannah aged twelve years
Samuel Millard

Sworn and declared to this 21 st day of August 1820 in open Court before me Wm Rogers a Judge of Ontario Com Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is forty three dollars and eleven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth Second day of August 1820.
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

758. 208
Bounty Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Sarah Millard
Widow of Samuel Millard
L. Adams City for Elmer Rochester N.Y.

STATE OF NEW YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER.
William Pr Sage I, W. Barron Williams , Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record, having a common Seal, do certify that William Cotton Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 24 day of Sept A. D. 185 6
William Pr Sage Clerk.

Form of Declaration for Widow of a Deceased Officer or Soldier.
[Who has never before had a Land Warrant.]
On this 24 th day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Millard aged 74 years, a resident of the town of Walworth  Mayne County, in the State of New-York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of General Millard deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the war of the Revolution
that her said husband _____ at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D.
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Millard in the town of Walworth aforesaid on the eleventh day of October A. D. 1834 by one Daniel Lyon a Baptist minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Sloman that her said husband died at Webster Monroe County N. Y. on the seventh day of August A. D. 1823 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855.." She further declares that her said husband was a prisoner under the laws of the United States on the 15 th of March 1815. That his certificate bon date 28 th day of July 1819 and _____ She refers to the evidence on file for proof of his service, honors of his officers - That after his discharge the drawers bank pay up to the time of his death in the fall of 1843. and refers to the proofs on file and the affidavit of Charles Jones annexed to her application for a pension for services of her marriage and the death of her said husband. Sarah H. Mitchell
We, Christian James and Leonard Adams residents of Monroe County in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Millard in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
_____ Chester Young _____ Leonard H. Harris
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written ; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons ; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William L. Starnes Justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Sarah Millard of the town of Walworth County of Manne do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Leonard Adams my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military Services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration: and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said Attorney, said Leonard Adams
Attest, William C Morris } Chester Jones
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six
Sarah Millard mark
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Notary Public in and for the County of Glen and State of New-York, this Tenth day of Sept 185 6 .
William C Morris G.P.

In the matter of the application of Sarah Millard widow of Samuel Millard a Revolutionary Soldier deceased
State of New York County of Nassau } ss
Hannah Jones of the town of Webster in said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she knew Samuel Millard in his life time and she knew him to have a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier that the said deponent was present at the time of the death of the said Samuel Millard and saw him die that in the said Samuel Millard died at the town of Webster in said county on or about the seventh day of August 1843 And this deponent further saith that she knows the said Samuel Millard whom she saw die as above stated to be the identical person whom she knew in his life time to be a Revolutionary Soldier and to have a pension as such soldier
Sworn to and subscribed on } Hannah Jones the 21. day Oct 1856 before me C. P. Wolcott Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Nassau } ss I certify that I know Hannah Jones the affiant named in the foregoing affidavit and whom name is subscribed thereto to be a credible person and that full faith is to be given to her statements in said affidavit
C. P. Wolcott J. P.

State of New York. MONROE CO. CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER.
I, WILLIAM N. SAGE, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said county, and of the Supreme Court, both being courts of record, having a common seal, do certify, that
_____ Esquire, was at the date of the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE , in and for said County, duly authorised to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, and Courts, this 23 day of Oct
A. D. 185 6
William N. Sage Clerk.

State of New York
County of Monroe ss I hereby certify that I know Christopher James the affiant named in the foregoing affidavit to be a credible person and that full faith and credit is to be given to his statements therein
Washington Gilbont Comr of Deeds
In the matter of the application of Sarah Millard widow of Samuel Millard for a Pension act of Feb 3-1833
Additional Proofs.
E. Adams of Rochester N.Y. Atty for applicant

In the matter of the application of Sarah Millard widow of Samuel Millard a revolutionary soldier deceased
State of New York
County of Monroe 3/3
Mary Gaily of the town of Walworth in the county of Wayne and State aforesaid, being duly sworn according law deposeth and saith that she was well acquainted with Samuel Mill- ard in his life time, and is also well acquainted with Sarah Millard his widow, that she this deponent was present at the time of the marriage of the said Samuel and Sarah and saw them married. That the said Samuel and Sarah were married by the Rev. Daniel Lyon at the town of Walworth in said county of Wayne on or about the Eleventh day of October 1834 That she this deponent knows the said Sarah Millard above named to be the the identical person whom she saw married to the said Samuel Millard as above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on, Mary Gaily the 21. day of Oct 1838
C. P. Wolcott
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Monroe
I certify that I know
Mary Gaily the affiant named in the foregoing affidavit to be a credible person and that full faith is to be given to her statements in said affidavit.
C. P. Wolcott J. P.

In the matter of the application of Sarah Millard widow of Samuel Millard a Revolutionary soldier deceased
State of New York
County of Monroe } ss Chester Jones of the town of Webster in the county and state aforesaid being duly sworn according to law says that he knows Samuel Millard and Sarah Millard named in his affidavit of the 24 th of September 1856 and attached to the declaration of said Sarah Millard to be the identical persons whom he saw married as stated in said affidavit and that said Samuel Millard is the identical person whom he saw die as stated in said affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed this 25 th Chester Jones day of October 1856 before me
Washington Gilbong Comr of Deeds
State of New York
County of Monroe } ss I hereby certify that I know Chester Jones the affiant named in the foregoing affidavit to be a credible person and that full faith and credit is to be given to his statements therein
Washington Gilbong Comr of Deeds

Brief in the case of Sarah Millard, widow of Samuel Monroe County and State of New York act February 3, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of June 1832 at March 18, 1818, at $96 per annum and the balance of his allowance, due 7 th August, 1843, (the date of his death), was paid to his widow "Sarah Millard" as per 3 rd auditor's Certificate
Marriage, (October 11, 1834,) identity of Claimant as the widow of above named pensioner, and (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
his death, proved by three credible witnesses - two of whom were at the wedding.
Allowance accordingly.
L Adams, Esq.,
Name and residence of Agent
Rochester,
New York
R Goddard.
Examining Clerk.

WIDOW, &c.
Rev File No. 6826
Sarah Millard Wid Samuel Millard Print Rev War
Act: Feb 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. 16 Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 6 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Samuel Millard, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of — Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1842, to the 4 th March 1843. Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

In the matter of Sarah Millard for a Pension
Herewith are forwarded additional proofs in the above case - The certificate of the author- ity of Washington Libbans to administer oaths & was attached to the previous affidavit of Christian Jones before forwarded
L. Adams Pacheco N.Y. City &c
To Hon. Col. Whitney, Comr. &c Washington
Pacheco N.Y. Oct 25 th /55-

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53. 674
5 Geo. Andrews

No 6480
Sarah Millard widow of Samuel New York
Lis. L. Adams Oct 4/56
Ad. Feb 3, 1833.

Sarah Millard widow of Samuel- Monroe Co. New York , Admitted, Oct Feb. 3, 1833 as rate of $96 per Annum Commencing at date of said Act.
= Husband, private R. Island, line of months.
= Pay widow
= Certificate to L. Adams Esq. Rochester, New York

Third Auditors Office
October 3, 1856.
Sir,
Samuel Millard, Pensioner of the Albany Agency at $8,00 per month. Arrears of pension from 4th March to 7th August 1843 the day of his death, paid to his widow Sarah Millard.
Hon J. Minot Comr Pensions
Very respectfully Your obt. servt.
W. D. Dayton Chf. Clerk
Pension Office, Oct. 2. 1856.
September
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which within named Pensioner was paid, and name of widow if she received arrears.
Very respectfully,
J. Cole Chief Clerk.
Geddes

State of New York County of Monroe } ss.
On the 24 th day of September A. D. 1856 personally appeared before the county court of the county of Monroe in the State of New York Sarah Millard a resident of the town of Walworth in the county of Wayne in the State of said aged seventy four years who first being 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 third of February 1831 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Samuel Millard, who was a private, and who was a pensioner under the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 at the rate of eight dollars per month. That the pension entitled her to him as such pensioner on date the twenty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, that she refers to the evidence on file of the services of said Samuel Millard.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Millard on the 11 th day of October 1834 by Elder Daniel Lyon a Baptist minister at the said town of Walworth in the county of Wayne and State aforesaid, that there is no record of her marriage either public or private according to her best knowledge and belief, that the said Daniel Lyons who solemnized said marriage is now deceased that she in the fall of 1843 (but the exact date she cannot now recollect) obtained and drew the aforesaid pension on said Samuel Millard as his widow, at the time of her claim, and refers to the proofs on file of her marriage to said Samuel Millard, and of his services

That the said Samuel Millard her said husband died on the seventh day of August A.D. 1843 at the town of Webster in the county of Monroe aforesaid.
That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on her Sarah X Millard the day and year above written mark before the said county court in open court.
Geo. G. Munger Monroe Judge
State of New York
Monroe County ss I William M Sage Clerk of the county court of Monroe County being a court of Record and having a seal do certify that George G. Munger Esquire at the date of the foregoing declaration and the annexed affidavit was county judge of said county of Monroe duly authorized to hold said county court and act as such county judge and take affidavits, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature to said declaration and affidavit is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court this 24 th day of September A.D. 1856
William M Sage Clerk

Application for a Pension Act of 3 rd Feb y 1853 of Sarah Millard Widow of Samuel Millard
L. Adams atty for Applicant Rochester N.Y.
Triplett
Said claim also filed this day.
Marked Sep 29

State of New York county of Monroe ss. Chester Jones of the town of Webster in the county of Monroe and state of New York aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Samuel Millard named in the annexed declaration of Sarah Millard in his life time and is also well acquainted with the said Sarah Millard his wife. That in this deposition at the time said Samuel and Sarah were married and saw them married That they the said Samuel and Sarah were married at Walworth in the county of Wayne in the state aforesaid on the eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty four - And this deponent further saith that he was present at the death of the said Samuel Millard and saw him die - That the said Samuel Mil- lard died on the seventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three - that this deponent was present at the funeral of the said Samuel Millard and saw him buried Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 24 th day of
September 1855
Geo. B. Allen Jr
Vernon Co. Judge