Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28109, for Samuel Miller, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
★ Miller, Samuel
S. 28109
New York agency 2nd residence.
CONTENTS

Dec 6 43 Sam Miller My Mother Commissary Dept Washington D.C. 2nd Floor

Long Sing Dec 2. 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
I wrote to the Department some time since in order to get information respecting the widow of the late Samuel Miller, and in that letter I gave the situation of the widow and family in full - I received from you a letter stating that she would receive a pension in proportion to the time he served in the Army. I have ascertained that he was not in the Army, but that he received a pension by an Act of Congress - on account of having been pressed into the service. to assist to build a Bridge across the Boston River, so that Washington could cross with the Army and while at work part of the Bridge fell and broke his leg & thigh which made him a cripple until his death - his first pension was $4.00 per month, and it was increased under the act to $8.00 -
is she intitled to a pension, and if so, what will be required of her to obtain it. will you have the goodness to write and let me know
With much Respect I am Yours &c
Charles Yale

28 109 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 28,109
Samuel Miller
His N. G. Bridgebuilder
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Aug. 31, 1906
St. J. F.

Miller, Samuel
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on May 22, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 126.
Rank : Private
Regt : General McDougall
Disability : Had his leg mashed and broken in hauling a sleeper for a bridge building over Croton river by order of General McDougall.
When disabled : April, 1779.
Residence : Mount Pleasant, Westchester
To what pension entitled : Full
Remarks : Militia ; no rolls in the office.
Evidence complete.

Sam Miller & Co New York Mo. Dupli. No. Nov 8. 1841  building a bridge for Rev. army Sent Rent coin Not in army - of NY 6181 or 10000 Mt Pleasant W. York
True
J. P. Galt J. P. Galt Secretary of War Washington

It will be necessary for Saml. Miller to make affidavit that he has either never rec d a cert t : of pension, or lost it, after its having been rec d by him. — The oath must be made before a person duly authorized to admin- ister it, and authenticated by the cert t : and seal of the Clerk of the court, — when this evi- dence is rec d at the War Dept t a dupli- cate will be made out and sent to the party.
War Dept t Pension Office
Oct. 26 th 1879
Lt to Ch Yre Dec 9. '43

1. Pleasant in the County of Westchester & State of New York Oct r 15-1819
Dr. Sir. I was placed on the Pension list in the year 1796 - by the Act of the 28 th of April - and have drawn the same & was paid until last Monday when I was told that in the office in New York that I must apply to you for a Certifi- cate stating that I am intitled to a pension and how much the Amount since the year 1814 or there about when an addition was made and justly as my pension is much increased - please to send the Certificate to be sent to me direct to the Com re Office in New York or to this place where I reside and you will greatly oblige
Your humble Serv t
Samuel Miller

State of New York Westchester County.
Be it known that Before me Isaac Requa one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Samuel Miller Who made oath that he is the Identical Samuel Miller Who was placed on the Pension list by the act of Congress Passed 20 th April 1796 and that he never did Receive a Certificate of Pension and that he under in the Town of Mount Pleasant in the County aforesaid and Resided there for the space of twenty years Past and that Previous thereto he Resided in the same Place.
Sworn and subscribed Before me this 2 nd of November 1819 -
Samuel Miller
J. R. [unintelligible]
Westchester County ss
I Elijah Crawford Clerk of the County of Westchester and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do Certify that Isaac Requa was on the 2 nd day of November 1819 a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified. & further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of him the said Judge & truly believe the signature at the bottom of the above affidavit to be the proper handwriting of him the said Isaac Requa. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 2 nd day of November 1819.
Elijah Crawford Atk