Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,939, for Thomas Miles, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Miles, Thomas
S 15939
Born in Ind.
carded
CONTENTS

23.452 Virginia
Thomas Miles - of Amherst in the State of Virginia who was a Pvt - in the Company commanded by Captain Lusk of the --- commanded by --- in the 1 st line for ---
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 - Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan 34 - and Sub Robt Tinsley at Amherst C.H. Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 57 Semi-ant. allowance ending Jan 34 10 - $60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A Rice Clerk, book C Vol. 64 Page 24

State of Virginia County of Amherst Se.
On the 18th day of November 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of Amherst County now sitting Thomas Miles a resident of the said County and State of Virginia aged 73 years in the month of February next, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following accusation in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated That in the year 1781 he was residing in the County of Albemarle Virginia when he was ordered out as a private of the Militia to perform a tour of three months service and was placed under the command of Capt Mays or Mark Seal of the said County That the company to which he was attached as aforesaid was marched to the lower part of the State of Virginia and formed a part of the command of Gen Lafayette That after his order they were marched and countermarched in various directions but without any incident of note until the expiration of the tour of three months as aforesaid when being discharged and returned to the County of Albemarle That very soon after his return to Albemarle as aforesaid he was again called out in the same character as a private soldier to perform another tour of three months and was marched from the said County under the command of Capt Benjamin Harris and he thinks Lieut Geo Martin under whose command the company with him marches again to the lower part of Virginia and joined the same army of Lafayette That the company to which he was attached formed a part of the besieging Army at York Town and he was present at the surrender of the place That he recollects storming the redoubts and the driving the British within their lines That after the said surrender the company to which he was attached formed a part of the guard of the British prisoners of war who were marched across Howlins Ferry on the Potomac on their way as it was said to be guarded at Fredericksburg That after this service was performed the company of Capt Harris and he with them were marched to Leesburg where they surrendered their arms and returned home That he was enga-

ged in this latter tour not less than three months, and that in both tours he served not less than six months. That he was quite a young man when this service was performed and did not observe closely men or things and has no distinct idea of dates and therefore recollects but few of its incidents. That he having documentary evidence to support his said claim and that after diligent enquiry he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and decline that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Interrogatories propounded by the Court.
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I have been told by my Parents that I was born in some County of Maryland, but which I cannot recollect, and that I was born in July 1761.
2 d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age and know it only from my parents whilst alive.
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer. I was living in the County of (Albemarle) when called into service, and the next year after the capture of Cornwallis I removed with my Parents to the County of Amherst where I have lived ever since.
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer. I was called or ordered out by the Col of the County through my Captain, and presume it was by draft, this was the case as to both of my tours.
5 th 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 service?
Answer. So great is the lapse of time that I cannot name

any of the Regular Officers that I saw except Genl. Lafayette whom I saw frequently, nor can I name any particular Continental or Militia Regiment, nor more of the general circumstances of my service than is advised in the body of my declaration.
Qth Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
A Answer To the best of my recollection I never received any written discharge from service and of said I have now no knowledge of it.
7th 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 good behaviour, and of your reputation as a Soldier of the Revolution?
A Answer I am known to who I expect will certify for me favorably on these points.
Thomas his Miles mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
We Daniel Day a clergyman residing in the County of Amherst and Richard Wilson residing in the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Miles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 73 years of age as he states, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Day Richard Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 Daniel Day who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Amherst, and that Richard Wilson who has also signed the same is also a resident of the same County, and is a credible person, and

That their statement is entitled to credit
State of Virginia
Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the Court of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Thomas Miles for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 6th day of December 1833 in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
Robert Tinsley
Admitted as a record 6 months $20-
29.277

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 22 d , 1842.
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 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Thomas Miles, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of _____ Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 _____ has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
J. Wilson B. Barringer Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

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File No. 15939
Thomas Miles
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 92
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 and 23. Aug 1842, from 4 th Sep 1840 to 4. Sep 1841 Agt notified 28 th Feb 1842.