Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,230, for Zephaniah Miller, New York

SERVICE
New York
Miller Zephaniah
NUMBER
R. 7230
CONTENTS
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New York October 4. 1821.
Dear Sir
Mr. Miller requested me to forward to you his Claim respecting his Pension, as a Soldier late of the Revolution if this Claim comes within the Act of the 18th March 1818. Please forward me his Certificate of Pension.
I have the Honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. Thos West
James L. Edwards Esq. Chief of the Pension Office War Department

Zephaniah Miller, New York 6 o N.Yk.
Thos West, City of N.Yk.
Recd. 8 Oct. 1821.
FREE
Department 6
Washington City
Rejected, not continental.
See letter to Thos. West Esq.
9 Oct. 1821
7230
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
REJECTED
7530
P. O. Stephanie Miller Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New-York,
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That RICHARD RIKER , Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York. and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this sixth day of August 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Stephaniah Lachanah Miller
Officer
one thousand eight hundred and of the Year of our Lord City of New York, this the 1st day of March in the

To the Hon. Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Zephaniah Miller formerly a Lieutenant — engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Zephaniah Miller — sometime in the
year 1775 as private in Capt. Miller's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Holmes, was promoted to a Corporal in the City of Albany He then marched to Canada & was promoted to an Orderly Sergeant in the Company of Capt. Cook at which time he captured Fort St. Johns. he was then ordered to enlist men which he did and for service he was promoted to a First Lieutenant, and was stationed to guard the Military & Public Stores. after the battle of White Plains he was a Lieut in Capt. Holley's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas. He afterwards served in the Silver Greys as a Volunteer until peace took place — The Commission is lost
And the declaration farther sheweth, that the said Zephaniah Miller is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Is Seventy four years of
Age —
Therefore the said Zephaniah Miller — conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Zephaniah Miller — refers to
Alvan Hyatt —
City and County of New-York, ss.
Zephaniah Miller —
of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this Eleventh day of April 1818,
Zephaniah Miller P. P. Pike Recorder of the City New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
Alvan Hyatt
of the City of New York — being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with Zephaniah Miller and that he served under him as a soldier in the Continental army against the common enemy and that he is an honest & faithful citizen of the U.S.
Sworn before me this Eleventh day of April 1818
Alvan H. Hyatt mark!
P. P. Pike

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Richard Rike Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Zephaniah Miller
who being by me duly sworn to in the foregoing Declaration and
the truth of the facts stated
produced satisfactory evidence
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Zephaniah Miller did serve in the War of the United States in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this Eleventh day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
R Rike

City and County of New York ss. Peter Field and Whitehead Field being duly sworn do depose and say that they are well acquainted with Zachariah Miller and know him to be in indigent circumstances and in need of his country's support.
Sworn this 22 day of June 1819 Before me P. A. Jay
Peter Field Whitehead Field mark
Given under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New York, this 22 day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Stephania Miller Officer
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