Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7161, for Thomas Mighell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Miguel, Thomas
R 7161
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Thomas Mitchell, his Miles. act June 7. 1832.
Ex. 35, 151.
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Act June 7, 1832.
State of New York
County of Clinton On this 17 th day of December 1840 personally appeared before me William F Haile First Judge of the County Court of said County. Thomas Mitchell (alias Thomas Miles) a resident of Plattsburgh in said County aged Eighty four years who being first duly 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.
He resided in Cheshire now Adams Mass and enlisted at that place as a substitute for Hezekiah Bowen into Capt Barnes Company Col Benjamin Simonds Regiment Massachusetts Militia for on the first of September 1776 for two months, and served his tour, and was discharged at North Castle N.Y. near White Plains, about the first of November 1776. - Returned home and in May 1777 he served one month and a few days over under Captain Shubal Milworth Col Jackson. Major Roster in an alarm and went to Albany and Saratoga and was discharged or dismissed at the latter place. Then returned to Adams, and in June of the same year he was called out in an alarm under Captain Samuel Dow, Lieut William Perkins Col Simonds Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, and marched to St. Croix Works, from thence to Fort Edward N.Y. Half way Brook where we had a skirmish with the Indians and Tories - He served in that tour two months short one week. His Company was mostly discharged at Stillwater N.Y. and he returned home to Adams.  In September 1777 he was called out again under Captain Samuel Dow. Col Simonds Regt Mass. Militia and went to Pownal Vermont, and served there and was stationed there until the last of October same year. until after the surrender of Burgoyne - He was discharged at Pownal with a part of his Company the last of October 1777, having served two months short one week including going and returning -
2 months 1 m. V.R. 24.15 on 24 th 8 m. 3 w. 21. 11 from x 30 June 10 14 Aug 77 1. 1. from 4 Aug 6 to 19 Aug 1 m 3. 6 m 2 weeks
He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services. He 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. He further declares that he was born in the town of Killingly in the state of Connecticut

on the Eighteenth day of May — in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty six — He has no record of his age
After the revolution he resided in Adams Mass. until the year 1797 when he moved to Hartford N.Y. where he resided a little over two years when he moved to Wallingford Vermont & resided there till 1808 when he removed to Pines N.Y. where he has resided ever since keeping house the three first years and for twenty nine years last past he has resided with his daughter in Pines aforesaid & now resides in said town. She knows of persons in his present neighborhood to whom he is known & who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services are Richard Heyworth, Nathan Rice P.M. — Dea. Harold Lucius Elderskin. Elisha Butts Esq. and all the principal inhabitants of the town who are acquainted with him. He has delayed his present application for want of evidence of his services.
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written, and I certify that deponent is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend court which is ten miles from where this declaration is taken, and I declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. and I further certify that it appears to me that Herman Gullick who has signed the annexed certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Pines aforesaid and that Lucius Elderskin Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town and is a credible person. and that their statement is entitled to full credit in so far as it concerns the said Thomas Miles appears to be very old and feeble & has the rheumatism and difficulty in moving about. — He was in full credit in so far as it concerns this certificate. — and also the words "except his sister Mary does & Alaged Jewell" intended
Thomas Migkell
Wm F. Hail 1st Judge of Chautauqua County

We Hermon Garlisle a clergyman & Lucius Elder- kin Esq. residing in the town of Pown Clinton County New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Mighell (alias Miles) who has subscribed the annexed Declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age, (84 on the 18 th May 1840), that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion -
I was an attested to before me this 17 th day of December 1840 and I certify that Deponent is an credible person & witness.
Hermon Garlisle B.D. Lucius Elderkin
Wm F Haile Esq. July 24 Clinton County Court.
State of New York County of Clinton p. I the Subscriber Clerk of said County Cer- tify that Thomas Mighell William F Haile before whom the declaration of Thomas Mighell was before whom the above affidavit of Hermon Garlisle & Lucius Elderkin were taken & sworn on the seventeenth day of December 1840 was at said time a first Judge of the County Courts of said County, and his signature to the jurats of each of said Papers is genuine - On return whereof I have pasted said papers together by a piece of red tape which papers under my official seal this twelfth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty one Thomas Mighell Esq. Smith Mead Clerk

Thomas (alt. Miles) Mitchell New York
Ref. Oct 1832.
7161 A Hillackland Farm

State of New York County of Clinton
Be it Known, that on this Thirteenth day of December A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Lucius Elderkin and Achsah Elderkin his wife residents of Peru in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs of Thomas Mitchell who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1841 . That they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Thomas Mitchell for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Lucius Elderkin Achsah Elderkin
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Lucius Elderkin and Achsah Elderkin to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
James R. Reynolds Justice of the Peace
State of State of New York County of Clinton
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Respect of which that Lucius and Achsah Elderkin the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the 10  Identical child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that James R. Reynolds Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this Twentieth day of Dec 185 2
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C. H. [unintelligible]
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

October 25, 1939.
Mrs. L. Lee Dunlap 80 Ottawa Drive Pontiac, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Robert Dunlap S. 8374 Thomas Migheill R. 7161
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Dunlap, who was born in 1752 in Pennsylvania, and died in Ohio in 1838, also, the record of Thomas Migheill (Miles) who applied for pension while a resident of Para, New York.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished you herewith as found in claims for pension-Robert Dunlap, S. 8374 and Thomas Migheill-R. 7161.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

October 25, 1939.
Mrs. L. Lee Dunlap 80 Ottawa Drive Pontiac, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Thomas Migbell R. 7161
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7161, based upon service of Thomas Migbell (alias Thomas Miles) in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Migbell (alias Thomas Miles) was born May 18, 1758 in Killingly, Connecticut; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Cheshire (later Adams), Massachusetts, he enlisted September 1, 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Barnes' company, Colonel Benjamin Simonds' Massachusetts regiment, a part of the time engaged near White Plains, New York; this service was rendered as substitute for Hezekiah Bowen. Thomas Migbell (alias Thomas Miles) enlisted next in May 1777, and served one month and a few days as private in Captain Shubal Wilmarth's company, Colonel Jackson's Massachusetts regiment; he enlisted in June 1777, served as private in Captain Samuel Low's company, Colonel Benjamin Simonds' Massachusetts regiment, marched to Fort Edward and was in a skirmish at Halfway Brook, length of this tour one month and three weeks; he was called out in September 1777, served under these same officers at Pawlet, Vermont, and was discharged late in October, after which he returned home.
He continued to reside in Cheshire, Massachusetts, until 1797, at which time he moved to Hartford, New York, and resided for more than two years, then moved to Wallingford, Vermont, and continued to live there until 1808, at which time he moved to Peru, Clinton County, New York.
Thomas Migbell (alias Thomas Miles) applied December 17, 1840, for the pension which might have been due under the Act of June 7,

1832, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He resided then in Peru, New York. His claim for pension was not allowed as he did not render service of six months as required by the pension laws.
The soldier died in 1845, the day not shown, at the home of his daughter, Achsah Elderkin, and her husband Lucius Elderkin, in Peru, New York.
The name of the wife of Thomas Migbell (alias Thomas Miles) and the date and place of their marriage were not given.
In 1840, the soldier referred to his sisters, Marcy Ives and Abigail Jeney, or Jenny; there are no further data regarding them in this claim.
In December 1852, the soldier's daughter, Achsah Elderkin, of Peru, New York, was his only surviving child; she had been married then for more than thirty-five years and lived with her husband and family in Peru.
In 1852, Elijah Batten, of Clinton County, New York, stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier's daughter, Achsah, for more than fifty years. No relationship between him and the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1939-Oct. 28-Inst. to Mrs. L. Lee Dunlap see letter in Rev. Robert Dunlap - S. 8374-J.L.E.
Acts of July 14, 1860, and March 3, 1873.
7101.
REJECTED
P. O.
Thomas Mayhill
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed Volume - Rejected & Suspended. Pensions - New York - Rejected Claims
Application filed: Act of 1832 - Page 998
Reason - He did not serve 6 months.
Alleges: _____ J.L.E. 10-25-39.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract. _____
Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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J. D. Woodward Esq. Plattsburg N.Y.
H. A. C. Hand A.D.
Sheldon M. Lee. copy! J. D. Woodward.

Boston August 20 th 1840
Sir,
By direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, I have made a thorough examination of the Revolutionary documents remaining in this department, but the name of Thomas Miles (or Mightill) does not appear on any of the books or rolls as yet indexed, although there are rolls of several of the services named in your letter. A resolve passed the last session of the Legislature, directing an examination of documents in the Treasury department, relating to pay for Revolutionary service, and an index to be made of the same. This is rapidly progressing, and numerous names are daily added. Should this name be hereafter found, notice will immediately be forwarded to you.
Respectfully, Your ob t Serv t .
H. S. Dunning
by direction of the Secretary.
J. D. Woodward Esq.

Wm. Ch. Heard Jan. 25. 1841 Q. 6.

Genl. Off Jan 23, 41
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Thomas Highhill alias Milds has been examined & disallowed. The Dept. is furnished with no evidence to justify the admission that the claimant is entitled to the service which may be credited to either of those names but if such admission were made the rolls show less than six months service.
The claim is asserted for 4 terms of service. The first under Capt. Barnes in 70 is not sustained by the rolls of that company - The 2 nd under Capt. Wilmarth is credited to Highhill being 24 days. The 3 rd under Capt. Low to Milds 1 mo 19 ds & 4 th under Capt. Low also to Milds 27 days. The reduction of the 3 last terms by the rolls brings the service below 6 mos even if the first term were allowed.
Yr. on. A. C. Hand
A. R.

Washington City June 9 th 1839.
Hon. L. P. Waldo. Com r of Pensions.
Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith a power of attorney executed by the heirs of Thomas Mitchell, dec d of the State of New York, whose claim under act of July 7 th 1832 has been rejected.
I hope to be enabled to file additional evidence in the case sufficient to establish the claim before it comes up for examination.
Very Respectfully Your Obdt. Servt. S. M. Knight

Mighill 24 days -
Milds from 30 June to 19 Aug - 1-11 phases - " 27 Days - Sept -
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Pow: City: case Thomas Mighele
deed
NY.
Act 1832
Hon S P Macdo Gen'l Pension Pension Office.

W.Y. 38:157, Thomas Mighell
NY
let to Henry B. Board January 25, 1841
Rejected. Set S. Mr. Knight - Aug 22/53 Surrendered act June 32

State of Kentucky Clinton County ss.
Aaron Ayres being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that I was acquainted with the late Thomas Mitchell (deceased) that I am and have been acquainted with Lucius Elamkin and Absalom Elamkin his wife for twenty nine years - that I boarded with them some years of this time that Thomas Mitchell lived in the family with them during this time until he died in the year 1845 - that he was when he died as this deponent believes eighty nine years old. That I believe the said Lucius Elamkin and Absalom Elamkin to be the only surviving heirs of the said Thomas Mitchell
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of Sept. 1852 { Aaron Ayres James R Reynolds } Justice of the peace }
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron Ayres - and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Per Sept. 13 th 1852
J R Reynolds Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
Clinton County ss. } Eliza Burtton being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says - that I am, and have been acquainted with Abigail Eleanor (formerly Abigail Mitchell) over fifty years - that she has been married to Lucius Eleanor over thirty five years - that she is the only surviving daughter or child of the late Thomas Mitchell (deceased) that I have been acquainted with Lucius Eleanor her husband over thirty five years and believe them to be the only surviving heirs of the aforesaid Thomas Mitchell
Eliza Burtton
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 18 th day of December 1832
James R Reynolds Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Eliza Burtton and that I believe her to be a man of truth and veracity.
James R Reynolds
Dec. 18 th 1832
Justice of the peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mighles, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4713 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 7, 1798
to William Woodward, assignee of the heirs of Thomas Mighles
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.