Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8455, for Charles Miles, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Miles, Charles Patty
W. 8455-
CONTENTS

3789. Virginia
Charles Miles of Culpeper in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gormeson of the Regt commanded by Col. Gormeson in the Virginia line for 8 months from 1775.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 26 — Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jan'y 1833 — and sent to Hon. D. S. Barbour, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 39.99 Pens ant. allowance ending 4 mar: 33 13.33 $53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice — Clerk. Book 26 Vol. 7 Page 126 —

aid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th of Sept r 1840 to the 4 th Sept r 1841 Ag t notified June 4 th 1842
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1839, to 4 March 1840. Ag t notified 23 May 1843
Letter to Hon J. H. Tibbatts Esq Civ to Rev Ag t . 30. April 1843.
Transferred to Kentucky from 11 th March, 1843 - to Hon J. H. Tibbatts 2 Dec 1845
Kentucky, 2990
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atty Miles
widow of Charles Miles, die a pension, Act 1832, who died on the 4 January 1838, of Culpeper in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Com d commanded by Captain Jamison of the reg t commanded by Col. Jamison in the Virg a line for S. Berwick
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of Jan y 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Aug t 1839, I certify that Hon. Sam l B. Banks, Madison Co. Va.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar 1839 $ 31.11 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 13.33
$44.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d of the }
Recorded by L. M. Gundy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 158.

Charles Miles Declaration

(Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832)
State of Virginia, Giles County 3.
On this 16 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the justices of the Court of Giles County now sitting, Charles Miles a resident in said County and State, aged Seventeen years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth in his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was in the County of Giles County Virginia on the 8 th of March 1756, where he has lived ever since. That he first entered the service in 1775 in the minute service under Captain John Lamerson afterwards Colonel and Lieutenant Gabriel Ling afterwards Major and Ensign David Lamerson now living and will certify - And went first to Williamsburg, thence to Charles River, thence to Suffolk, thence to the Great Bridge, where he was in a Battle, thence to Norfolk, and was never when that Battle was lost, thence back to Giles County all together and were discharged, in his term he was in service six months. It commenced while Dunmore was burning and committing depredations in lower Virginia.
That same time after he does not recollect, what date he marched under Company officers, and after getting near Shadwell Ferry he was for a time quartered - then passed for a time
That in the year 1781 he was drafted and marched toward Richmond under Captain Rodgers and Col. Atchison, that the Colonel was Malcom Steele, but he was at different points, and was discharged at Malcom Steele, when General Wayne arrived with relief General Stevens commanded. That he was not agreed with the service, That he camped the above service by Col. David Lamerson Robert Rogers and Francis Vaughan.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 or Territory. Sworn to and subscribed this day in open Court 3 Charles Miles
I David Lamerson of the County of Giles County Virginia hereby certify that I was an ensign in the Company commanded by Captain John Lamerson as stated by Charles Miles in the above Declaration and knew the said Miles as belonging to that Company, that he faithfully performed the same of that time as he states - and that so far as I ever knew, he is entitled to full credence in what he states.
Sworn to and subscribed this day in open Court 3
David Lamerson

We Reuben Rofan & Thomas Vaughan residents of (Lee) paper (County) Virginia do hereby that we knew Charles H. Hays who subscribed the above (Declaration) in the course of which he speaks of (Harrison) Hays, and knew that he faithfully served that time. We have known him ever since, and consider him entitled to pension in what he states.
Sworn to and subscribed this day in open Court
Reuben his Rofan mark Thomas Vaughan
And the Court then proceeded to propound the following interrogatories to the applicant, he being under oath, and which he answered as is hereafter recorded, viz:
Quest. 1 When, and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in the County of (Lee) paper Virginia on the 8th of March 1756.
Quest. Have you any record of your age, if so where is it?
Ans. The Family Bible in my Father's hand writing.
Quest. When were you living when you entered the service, when had you lived since, and where do you now live?
Ans. I was then living in (Lee) paper and still do.
Quest. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? —
Ans. I was in the first line in the minute service, I suppose I should say enlisted, the other terms drafted.
Quest. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. I recollect General Stevens, Wayne and others whose names I have mentioned.
Quest. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I never did in writing, nor never discharged by Companies.
Quest. State the names of persons to whom you had known in your present neighborhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity, and then belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. I recollect Messrs. Martin, Pace, Mr. Shults (Barnes) (Sturminster) — I spread my minute service by my officers, and the other by my fellow soldiers —
The Court certify from their knowledge that no Regular man resides in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant, and he proved his service by respectable Witnesses, and the Court are in the opinion, formed (as it do hereby declare their opinion), after the investigation of the matter, and of hearing the interrogatories propounded by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

The Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that David Jamieson who has signed one of the foregoing Certificates, and Robert Kipin and Thomas Vaughan who have signed the other of the foregoing Certificates are residents in the County of Cape Cod, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Francis H. Lightfoot Clerk of the Court of Cape Cod do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles a Miles for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and annexed the seal of the said Court this 31 st day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfour, and in the 57 th year of the Independence.
F. H. Lightfoot

4509 Patty Miles wife of Charles Va At - July 4. 1836 Mama 1779 died Jan 4. 1838 Allow p 26.66 per ann -
Mr Sam Banks Madison Va

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
State of Virginia } County of Culpeper } S.S.
On this 26th day of May 1838 personally appeared before me Gabriel Gray Jr a justice of the peace in and for said County, Patley Miles, a resident of Stevensburg, in the County of Culpeper Virginia, aged 76 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 4th 1836: That she is the widow of Charles Miles dec late of Culpeper County Virginia, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, in the annual receipt of Twenty six dollars sixty six cents. That this pension was allowed him for services in the Revolutionary War and which is fully set forth in his declaration for a pension made 1832 to which she begs leave to refer, and which was presented to the pension Commission December 1832. That she only remembers that her said husband often told her before and after marriage that he was in the service early in the war for a good while, and she knows that he was called in for another time the year that Cornwallis was in Virginia which was about two years after their marriage and that he was gone two or three months. She She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Miles on the 17th day of June 1779 (in words) seventeen hundred and seventy nine; by Mason Dower, that her husband the aforesaid Charles Miles, died on

the 4 th day of January 1838, and that she has remain- ed a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day { her } and year first above written, before { Patty her Miles mark Gabriel Gray Jr. J.P.
State of Virginia, Giles County, } ss.
I Gabriel Gray Jr the justice of the peace before whom the for- going declaration was made, do certify that the declar- ant is obviously unable (without imminent hazard to go to the Court House of the County to make her dec- laration) from bodily infirmity. And that from an acquaintance of many years she consider her entitled be entitled to the fullest credit in all she has said in her declaration as above. Given under my hand this 26 th day of May 1838. Gabriel Gray Jr J.P.

State of Virginia County of Bedford

Certificate of Patty Miles Marri- -age

Virginia:
Culpeper county to wit
I, F. Maury Clerk of the county court of Culpeper do hereby certify that there is of record in my office a marriage license bond dated 17 th June 1779 the condition of which bond recites that there is a marriage shortly intend- ed to be solemnised between the above bound Charles Miles and Patsy Vaughan daughter of William Vaughan: and the principal obligor in the bond is Charles Miles.
I further certify that it appears from the Book of marriages in my office that but very few cer- tificates of marriage were ever returned to this office by the ministers who solemnised the marriages in those times; and that in the case of Charles Miles no cer- tificate of the actual marriage has been return- ed and recorded here. There is but little doubt however from the custom of Virginia in relation of such matters that the marriage was solemnised on the very day of the date of the bond probably, or at all events within a very few days thereafter. In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 25 th day of June 1839
F Maury. C.C.

Rev. War Section.
Aug. 24, 1923.
J. H. Beazley, Mutual Bldg., Richmond, Va.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8455 , it appears that Charles Miles was born in Culpeper Co., Va., Mch. 8, 1756 and while residing there enlisted 1775 and served six months in the minute service, in Captain John Jameson's company, Va. troops. In 1781, he enlisted and served two or three months as a private in Captain Rodgers' company, Colonel Allcock's regiment. He was in the battle of Great Bridge.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Aug. 16, 1832, while a resident of Culpeper Co., Va. He died Jan. 4, 1838.
Soldier married June 17, 1779, Patty (Patsey), daughter of William Vaughan, she was allowed pension on her

application executed May 26, 1838, while living in Stevensburg, Culpeper Co., Va., aged 76 years.
She was living in Covington, Ky. in 1844 with a daughter, name not stated. In 1844, a daughter, Sarah, living in Ky., testified in the case.
In order to make a proper search of the records for a soldier named Wood, some of the following data is essen- tial- full name of soldier, approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, given name of widow.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
H. E. C.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
February 8, 1896.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Charles Miles ---, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 6 mos. Pvt. John Jameson Not stated. Va.   1781 2 mos. Pvt. Rodgers Allcock Va.        
Battles engaged in, _____ Great Bridge. Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Culpeper Co., Va. Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ August 16, 1832. Age at date of application, _____ Culpeper Co., Va.
Remarks: Born in Culpeper Co., Va., March 8, 1756. married Patty Vaughan, June 17, 1779, and died Jan. 4, 1838. Both he and his widow were pensioners.
Mr. A. H. Pugh Cincinnati, Ohio. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Col. Miles 10 th June 7 $21.11 when paid - d e 1838 H.H. Due 4 th Jan. 1838 p t . Thalpred 1/9 No 2990

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Some months since I received from you a communication on the subject of the claim of Elizabeth Towle, widow of Capt Henry Towle, for a pension under the act of 4th of July 1836. You required that record evidence of his commission as Captain be produced. I have not been able to find such evidence direct but think I come near enough. Heretofore I sent you David Lamson's affidavit proving that it was common for the Governor to place in the hands of the County Col blank commissions to be filled up for service as occasion might require and he had no doubt Towle was commissioned in that way - also I sent you our clerk certificate showing that soon after the revolution the Court recommended Towle, and others, to be re-commissioned to take rank according to former commission. I now send the certificate of our present Clerk showing that two officers were appointed in Capt

Soule's company and that there was no other Capt Soules near that time than Henry, also the affidavit or rather certificate of William Gowell showing that Henry Soule, was a Capt in service at home and in service before and after the time he was with Soule in service. It does seem to me that the case is made out.
I send with this the papers of Patsy Miles which I hope and believe will be found to be complete.
Please relieve those widows as soon as your con- venience will admit.
Very respectfully Edmund Brady

Washington City 28 th Ap. 1844-
J. L. Edwards Esq
My Dear Sir
You will oblige me by in- closing to me at your earliest convenience the necessary order of transfer according to the enclosed application -
very respectfully
your M c . serv t .
John M c . Little

Charles Miles A Almond Bushman Virginia Admitted
Send certificates reports to Hon. J. S. Barlow. M.P.
Inter. Letter on India
W. H. C. ... 1842
1842

Sir;
I enclose the Declarations of Almond Vaughan and Charles Miles with Affidavits which I hope will be found to obviate the difficulties in the way of passing the claims. To Mr John S. Barton I refer should further explanation be necessary. — I have written him upon the subject. An early attention to these claims will be acknowledged by
(Your most Ob Ser
Edmund Broady

Application for a Transfer
County of Kenton ss
On this 13 th day of April 1844 before me, the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Kenton personally appeared Patty Miles who on her oath declares that she is the same person the widow of Charles Miles dec'd who was a private & pensioner Act 1832 and died 4 th January 1838. That her name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Virginia whence she has lately removed that she now resides in Covington in the State of Kentucky where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future at Cincinnati or Louisville. The following are her reasons for removing from Virginia to Kentucky. She has a Daughter with whom she has lived since the death of her husband & she moved to Kentucky, Covington and I could not separate from her. Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Patty her Miles mark
James Kelley J.P.

State of Kentucky, Kenton County } ss
personally came before me James Kelley a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Sarah Miles who made oath that Patty Miles her mother is the Identical Patty Miles whose name is on the Pension Roll of Virginia and was wife and now the widow of Charles Miles dec'd and the same person named in the forgoing certificate. & I do certify that Sarah Miles is a Lady of Reputable character & veracity.
Given under my hand and Seal this 13 th day of April 1844
James Kelley J.P. (Seal)
Commonwealth of Kentucky Kenton County } to wit
I William A. Garabaton Clerk of the County Court of the County of Ky. certify that James Kelley is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my Seal of Office & subscribe my Name this 15 th day April 1844 Wm. A. Garabaton

Bank of Virginia,
May 2 d 1844
Sir
The last payment to Patty Miles (widow of Charles Miles) a pensioner under the Act of the 4 th July 1836, at $26, 66 cents per annum, was to the 4 th day of March 1843.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obed t Servant
Ant y Robinson
for J. W. Pegram.
J. L. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.

Col. Miles
Virga
from 1775 private 8 months, $26 \frac{66}{100}
Hon. J. S. Barbour,

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Wiley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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?
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? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? _____
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
X 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 15 th 1843.
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, Patty Miles ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July  1836 , has been paid at this Department, from the  4 th of Sept. 1839 to the 4 th March 1840 .
Respectfully, yours,
 Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 21 st , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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,"
Patty Miles,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six — Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Wilson N. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of Virginia } Culpeper County } ss
On this 17 th day of December 1838 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Edmund Vaughan of said County who being aged 82 years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, That he was in the militia service of the United States in different Tours in the year 1781. — That during that year the late Charles Miles late of this County served a tour of he thinks 2 months — That about 2 years prior to that but he cannot recollect the exact date the said Miles was married to the late Vaughan the sister of deponent — That during the time Miles was gone in the service his wife came to her father and staid, That at that time she had one child. — That his sister the said Mrs Miles is the widow of the said Charles Miles, who in his lifetime drew a pension for service in the Revolutionary War, and that she now lives in the County of Culpeper and never has married since.
Given under my hand the day and year first above stated.
Isaac Pickleack J.P.

I certify that Almond Vaughan whose deposition is within, is an old and very respectable citizen of this county and that his statement on the subject embraced in his deposition is entitled to the fullest credit. Given under my hand as above
And. Fishback J. P.

Certificate of Charles Miles' Death.

In Culpeper County Court 21st May 1838
On motion of Patsey Miles widow of Charles Miles it is ordered to be certified that it was proved to the satisfaction of the court that said Charles Miles departed this life on the 4th day of January 1838 and that the said Patsey Miles is the widow of the said Charles Miles
Teste
F. Mawzy c.c
I, F. Mawzy Clerk of the county court of Culpeper do hereby certify that the foregoing order of court certifying the death of Charles Miles is a true copy from the minutes of the proceedings of the said court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 26th day of June 1839.
F. Mawzy. CLK

Lee County Court 18th. day of December 1838
A paper writing purporting to be a declaration of Patty Miles for a pension, made before Gabriel Gray Jr. a Justice of the peace for Lee County Virginia on the 26th. day of May 1838, accompanied by the certificate of said Gray as to the bodily infirmity and credibility of the said Patty Miles at the time said declaration was made before him - also a paper purporting to be an affidavit of Almond Vaughan made before Frederick Fishback a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid upon the 17th. day of December 1838, accompanied by a certificate of the said Justice of the peace given on the same day and year aforesaid, as to the credibility of the said Vaughan as a witness, were this day presented to the Court - and thereupon the Court doth order that it be certified to the Hon. the Justices of the peace, that the said papers were proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be genuine, and entitled to be so regarded to the full extent of their purport - and that it be further certified to the said Justices, that it was proved to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Patty Miles did make the declaration in the said paper set forth on the 26th. day of May 1838, before Gabriel Gray Jr. who was at that time a duly qualified acting Justice of the peace of the County and State aforesaid - that the said Patty Miles at the time of making the said declaration was, from bodily infirmity, unable to attend Court to make the said declaration, and that she has always borne in her neighbourhood an excellent character for honesty and probity - that the said Almond Vaughan did make the said affidavit before the said Justice of the peace on the day and year aforesaid, and that the said Vaughan, at the time of making the said affidavit, was a man of credit and honesty, and his word to be depended upon.
Virginia:
Francis T. Lightfoot. Clerk of the Court

Court of the Superior County in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21 st . day of December 1838, and in the 63 rd . year of the Commonwealth.
F. T. Lightfoot

4509
Im ab. Aug 12.
via 1000 c/pf
fact 1836
mail
Mr. Rankin
J. L. Edwards
Commissaire of Pensions Washington (D.C.)
Thos. E. Banks (m.c.)

Madison Co. House Mch. 8 th August 1833
Dear Edward Egan
Dr. Sir I take the liberty of enclosing you some additional evidence in the case of old Mary Louisa's application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836; Also the application of Mary Miles for a Pension under the same Law. Mayor Cummins produced the number 21.23 from the County of Culpeper to the Legislature of Virginia. I must also address you a letter upon the subject. These ladies are very old and I must request your early and special attention to their cases.
Yours respectfully J. P. Banks

State of Virginia
Guiseppi County S S
On this, 17 th the day of Dec 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of peace for said county, Charles Miles and being sworn deponeth and saith that he cannot recollect with precision the time he was in service at the time he speaks in his declaration made in open Court on the 18 th August last) of being countermanded at Fredericksburg. That he knows it was not long and rather than venture he wishes to withdraw that part of said declaration and receive for the other two tours. That the term mentioned as being in 1781 and which ended at Martin Neill was for two months and that he recollects it will and supposes the omission to state it in the declaration to have proceeded from inadvertence.
William Major J.P.
Given under my hand this day and year first above written —

Virginia
I Francis H. Lightfoot (Under the lawful custody of Culpeper, in the State aforesaid, certify that William Major before whom the foregoing copy  affidavit appears to have been subscribed is a true copy of the original thereof and that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
F. H. Lightfoot

Feb. 8, 1898 it history to Mr. A. H. Pugh, Cincinnati, Ohio 1923-Aug. 24. Hist to J. H. Brazley. awd.
Devy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8455
Patty Miles Wid. of Charles Miles Port. Va. line
Act: July 11/36, Sec. 3d
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE OHIO SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, A. H. PUGH, SECRETARY,
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Nat - J 8455 - ok.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 9, 1896.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
Would you be kind enough to send me certificate of the services of Charles Miles of Gulpeper Co. Va. He is supposed to have been a Lieutenant in the service , and wounded at Brandywine and pensioned.
Yours very truly.
A. H. Pugh
Secy. O. S. S. of R.
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OFFICE OF J. HENRY BEAZLEY ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW MUTUAL BUILDING RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
July 14, 1923.
To The Commissioner of Pensions, U.S.Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Records of Charles Miles and _____ Dear Sir:- Wood.
I am very desirous of locating the military records of (1) Charles Miles, and the only record that I could discover in Virginia or at the Adjutant Generals Office was to the effect:-
" Placed on Pension "Rolls U.S.Govern- ment, Jan. 13, 1833; Pension began March 4, 1831, annual allowance $26.66; Resided Culpepper County, Va.; Private Va. Continental Troops U.S. Army of the Revolution. Would appreciate any further military record that you may have of Charles Miles.
(2) I am trying to locate one Private _____ Wood, who volunteered from Spotsylvania County, Va.; and served with Fielding Lewis at the Gunery at Fredricksburg, Va.; during the Revolutionary War . I cannot locate his Given or Christian name, would appreciate any thing you can find out for me, and if you cannot help me, would appreciate that you suggest where I could locate the records of same.
Very Truly Yours,
J. Henry Beazley J. Henry Beazley, Major F.A.U.S.R.
JHB/E