Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3444, for Stephen Miller, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Miller, Stephen Jemima
W. 3444 B.L.Wt. 19612-160-55-
CONTENTS

149. 446. { Act Mar. 3 d May 26 th 1853 Geminia Miller, wife of Stephen Miller, New York. Act. President (like Mrs. Miller) Act. Max  Max  contl. June Rev. John May Mar. Widow has her pension AB: B8 Mar, Mach: 23 d 1852. John May 48 H. G. T. H.
W. Van Yackel Commodore U.S.N. Cresap's Wharf
Apr. 12/59 Let to Elisha Whittelsey Canfield Ohio - notice of the reference of his letter of the 9 th inst to Comr. Gen Land Office - J. P. sn 62673 - 120 - May 16/59 Notice of the entry of a caveat filed within Apr. 4/60 Let to Hon Mr. Hutchinson returning certificate of J. W. McClellan, Canfield, Ohio, - introduced. - J. P.
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149 446 { Act Mar. 3/53 May 26 1853 Dominica Miller, widow of Stephen Miller, Sgt.  Capt. J. Miller (who thinks  lost Major Cont. Line Revolutionary War. Widow has been pensioned ad: 1680, mch: 22, 1882. Penn leg 48 A 1711
B. Van Tassel Conneautville Crawford Co. Pa.
Apr. 12/53 left to Eliza Whiteley Canfield Ohio - notice of the reference of his letter of the 9th inst to Comdr. Gen. Davis Office - 7-6 in 6th 673 - 120 - May 16/53 notice of the entry of a caveat filed with Apr. 4/60 John H. Van Hous (who thinks) returning with 7-8-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-100
Vol. 1

2802
Pennsylvania
Stephen Miller
of Waterford in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Miller of the Reg t commanded by Col. Vose in the Massachusetts line for 2 years and more
see letter to Hon. J. Galbr June 1843.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 120 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of Dec r 1832 and sent to Pensioner (Waterford P a )
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  180.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Mch 1833  60.00     $240.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by McCuffie Clerk Book D Vol. 6 Page 70.

321.
Pennsylvania Philada.
Marina Miller widow of Stephen Miller
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Sergeant.
Mrs. Sine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June 1848 and sent to
Hon Jas. Thompson W of C
Died Oct. 24, 1858.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 2
Reported
A. H. Wilson 29 July 1854. Same Aug 31 1854
Reg 3 m 55-149446

Stephen Miller
8818
Crauford Con boty
Apr. 19

Crawford County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss
On this 16 th day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court, of Common Pleas, being a court of common pleas being a court of Record in and for the said County of Crawford in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania establishing it, as such, Stephen Miller, aged seventy years on the 19 th day of December 1819, resident in said County and Commonwealth who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows. — In the year 1775, he enlisted for eight months in Captain David Robb's company in the Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Patterson in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, and served in the said company and Regiment, during the full term of his enlistment; at the expiration of said eight months he enlisted for one year in the said company and Regiment, and served in the same for and during the said term; at the close of which, when he was entitled to his discharge, he volunteered, at the desire of General Washington to do a tour of six weeks service, which performance and received an honorable discharge at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. — The said Stephen Miller in the year 1777, enlisted for three years in Captain Jeremiah Miller's company in the first Massachusetts Regiment, on the Continental establishment, which Regiment was commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose, and served in said company and Regiment, during the full term of his enlistment, and received an honorable discharge at Peekskill in the State of New York.
The said Stephen Miller has received a pension from the United States in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 on his application thereto dated the 28 th day of April 1818; and the certificate of the Hon. Secretary of War placing him on the pension list is dated the 29 th day of April 1819, which certificate is numbered 8.818.
And I do hereby solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of any part thereof with intent thereby to disqualify it, save being myself.

Within the provisions of a act, of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed. Sworn to and subscribed in open court for the county of Crawford this 16 th day of August 1820. Before
William Mac Arthur Prothy } Stephen Miller
Schedule of Property belonging to Stephen Miller. Seventy five acres of land on which I reside. Situate in Vevanga township, Crawford county there on it, about Ten acres in cultivation. — The land is subject to the payment of four hundred dollars on account of the purchase money of the same; with interest for four years on two hundred dollars of it, and interest on the remaining two hundred dollars from Novr 1819. — It is out of my power to pay the above mentioned sum and the land must revert back to the purchaser from whom I purchased it. — I have one horse, old and lame. One cow. Three sheep. — two hogs, one ox, one Hoe. Household furniture, excepting bedding, not exceeding the value of ten dollars. — The debts I owe amount to about fifty dollars, besides what I owe on account of the land.
I have a wife who is very weakly, and unable to work, I have a grand child living with me, aged about nine years. — I have been by occupation a cooper, but from my age and infirmities I am totally unable to labour and to earn a livelihood by work and unless assisted by my country, I must depend on public or private charity for support.
I was to and subscribed in open court, for the county of Crawford this 16 th day of August 1820. — Before
William Mac Arthur Prothy } Stephen Miller

William Mac Arthur Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Crawford do here- -by certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto an- -nexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that from the evidence offered that the land bought at four hundred dollars is not worth more than two hundred and twenty- five dollars, that the value of the other property returned is thirty one dollars and twenty five cents, that the debts, be- -sides what is owed for the lands is fifty dollars, and that leaving the land which is not paid for, out of the calcu- -lation, the applicant owes about nineteen dollars and seventy five cents more than the value of the property re- -turned.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of September A D C C C C C C C C.
William Mac Arthur Protho of the said Court, for the said County

Jesse Moore, Esq; Judge, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylv a .
Stephen Miller, Serg. t Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls of Massachusetts as a serjeant.
The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satisfied the applicant is in reduced circumstances, and needs the support of his country.

Statement of Stephen Miller, residing in Crawford County State of Pennsylvania, who applies for a pension from the United States in pursuance of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed the 18 th day of March 1818
Said Stephen Miller saith, that in the year 1776 he enlisted for one year in Captain David Noble's company, in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Patterson, in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment, and served in said company & regiment during the full term of his enlist- ment, when he received his discharge at Morristown in New Jersey, after the capture of the Hessians at Trenton - The said Stephen Miller further saith, that in April 1777 he again en- listed, for the term of three years, in Captain Jeremiah Miller's company, in the first Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose, on the continental establishment, and served in the said company and regiment for the full term of his enlist- ment, and received an honorable discharge at Peekskill in the State of New York, which discharge, as well as the one he received at at Morristown in New Jersey, has been long since lost - The said Stephen Miller was in the battles of Trenton, when the Hessians were captured, and at Saratoga, where Genl. Burgoyne was captured
The said Stephen Miller hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension that may heretofore have been allowed to him by the laws of the United States, and further saith, that from his adverse circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support
Stephen Miller

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss
On the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Jesse Moore, President of the Sixth Judicial District of Penna Stephen Miller, whose name is subscribed to the statement on the opposite page of this paper, & having been duly sworn as the law directs, did declare and say that the said statement was just and true.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written before me } Stephen Miller Jesse Moore
Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the subscriber, President of the several courts of Common Pleas in the Sixth Judicial District, consisting of the counties of Butler, Mercer, Venango, Crawford & Erie within the said Commonwealth, do hereby certify, that from the deposition of Stephen Miller, which I believe is entitled to full credit, it appears to my satisfaction that he the said Stephen served in the revolutionary war, as he has stated in the foregoing deposition, against the common enemy. In testimony whereof this twenty eighth day of April 1818. at Meadville in the said county of Crawford, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal
Jesse Moore

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss
I William MacArthur Prothonotary in and for the said County do by these presents certify that the Honorable Jesse Moore before whom the deposition on the preceding page of this paper was made and whose name in his own proper hand write is subscribed to the certificate on the same page is President of the sixth Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania consisting of the Counties of Butler, Venango, Crawford & Erie. That he is duly commissioned and sworn and now acting under the Authority of the said Commonwealth to whose Official Acts as such faith and credit, is due and of right ought to be given as well in courts of Justice of the United States of America as elsewhere.
In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name at Meadville the first day of May and affixed the County seal in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
William MacArthur Protho
Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss. To the Secretary of the Department of War I subscriber president of the aforesaid sixth judicial District in the said Commonwealth do hereby certify, as well on the oath of Elisha Rice and Jeremiah Miller neighbors of the aforesaid Stephen Miller, who know his circumstances, as on the oath of the said Stephen, that I am satisfied, that the said Stephen is, "by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support." In testimony whereof at Meadville in the said county of Crawford this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal.
Jesse Moore
Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss I William MacArthur Prothonotary in and for the said County do by these presents certify that the Honorable Jesse Moore whose name in his own proper hand write is subscribed to the preceding certificate is President of the sixth Judicial district of the said Commonwealth; and that he is now lawfully acting under the Authority of the same to whose Official acts as such faith and credit, is due and of right ought to be given in courts of Justice in the United States and elsewhere. In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the County seal at Meadville in the said County the 10th day of March 1819 Wm MacArthur Protho

State of Pennsylvania { ss County of Crawford {
On this Twenty Third day of March A D 1855 Personally appeared before me, the subscriber one of the Judges of the Courts in & for the Co of Crawford & State of Pennsylvania Femma Miller aged 93 Years. A resident of Conneautville in the County of Crawford & State of Pennsylvania. Who being duely sworn according to law deposeth & saith. that She is the Widow of Stephen Miller, Deceased, who was a Sargeant. in the United States Army in the War of the revolution That by reason of age & infirmity She is unable to recollect the regiment the name of the Colonel or Captain under which he served but thinks he was at some time in the Co Commanded by his Brother Captain Jeramiah Miller & that he fought in the battle at the capture of Burgoyne. That her Maiden name was Femma Winston, That she was Married to him the said Stephen Miller on the 2 nd day of January A D 1781 in Stephen Town Ransalers Patent in the State of New York, That her said Husband Died on the 28 th day of August 1838 as she verily believes. That she had to the said Stephen 6 Children 5 of which is still alive. That Since the death of her said husband She has not inter Married but Still remains his Widow. That Since the 4 th day of March A D 1848 She has been in receipt of a Pension of the United States of the Annual Sum of one hundred & twenty dollars, in conformity with the act of the 2 nd February 1848. That the Certificate of her right to Pension is with & in possession of her agent E B Vantassel of Conneautville in Crawford Co. She further declares that she has never before applied for or received any bounty land of the United States or elsewhere -
She makes this declaration & application

for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled to under the act approved March 3 rd AD 1855
Jemima Miller
We Wm H Darby and C W Phelps residents of the County of Crawford & State of Pennsylvania upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknow- ledged by Jemima Miller in our presence and from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
William H Darby C. W. Phelps
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written: And I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons: That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Thos J Lowry Associate Judge
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss I Wm M Barron Clerk of the Courts in and for the County of Crawford and State aforesaid do certify that Thos Lowry before whom the foregoing declarations and affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting associate judge in and for said County duly commissioned & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office at Meadville this 19 th day of May 1853. W. M. Barron Clerk

419 446
Widows claim
Claim of Frimina Miller, Daughter of Act. of March 3 d 1855, Widow of Stephen Miller March 1812.
In presence of J. M. Phelps
Terrence Miller
E. B. Van Lend Atty.

Know All men by these Presents - That I Jemima Miller of the Co. of Crawford & State of Pa Have constituted & appointed & by these presents do constitute & appoint E B Vanlassel of the Borough of Conneautville Co. & State aforesaid My true & lawful Attorney irrevocably for me in my name to receive from the United States the bounty land certificate or war- rant & also the Patent for the same when issued to I may be entitled as the Widow of Stephen Miller deceased as set forth in the foregoing declaration - an generally to do all acts & things whatsoever touching the premises & an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make & revoke hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall legally do or cause to be done in my name in & about the premises
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23 day of March A.D. 1855
In presence of C. W. Phelps
Jemima Miller
119.446
Widows claim
claim of Jemima Miller
Bounty land
Act of March 3 1855
Widow of Stephen Miller
March 1855
E. B. Van Lassel Atty.

War Department, Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 d , 1848, Grinnia Miller , Widow of Stephen Miller , who was a Sergeant, in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of One hundred and twenty Dollars per Annum, Commencing on the 4 th day of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case, the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twentieth day of June, One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight.
W. L. Meigs
Examined and Countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner
Secy of War
I certify that the above is a true copy of a Certificate in the pension of the above named Grinnia Miller , on which I as her agent have made out her papers and drawn her Pension from Annually up to 4, March 1853, and that the said Grinnia Miller is still living.
Cornersville, May 16, 1855
E. B. Van Lend J.P.
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under age 70 January 1 st 1848. Page 142, Vol. 2 d

State of Pennsylvania Erie County ss.
On this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie aforesaid, being a Court of Record and having a jurisdiction unlimited in amount Jermina Miller, a resident of the Township of Wash- -ington in the said County of Erie, aged Twenty Seven 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 the 7 th of July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to widows" in certain cases. That she is the widow of Stephen Miller who was a Sergeant in the army of the United States, on the continental establishment (and as this deponent believes) in the Massachusetts line. This deponent further states that her said husband, received a Pension Certificate for his said services, dated the Six th day of December 1832, he being at that time, a resident of the Township of Walaford, in the said County of Erie, which said certificate is now on file among the records of the Pension office, it having been returned to the said office since the decease of the said Stephen Miller and is referred to, as containing with the application pertaining thereto, proof of the services of the said Stephen Miller. She further de- -clares that she was married to the said Stephen Miller, on the fourth day of January, in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one. That her husband, the aforesaid Stephen Miller, died on the twenty eighth day of August last, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand Seven hundred Thirty four, viz: on the time above stated.

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
In open Court } under "in certain cases" } witness, and under "certain" } intended before signing } Witness to the signing } Munroe, H. Rice
for Seminole Nation marks
William Kelley Pres } }

January 23, 1931
Mrs. Clara E. Miller 14900 Lakewood Heights Boulevard Lakewood, Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3444, that Stephen Miller was born December 19, 1749, and was "brought up" in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
He enlisted in 1775, served one year, eight months and six weeks as a private in Captain David Noble's company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment and was in the battle of Trenton. He enlisted in April, 1777, served one year as private and two years as sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Miller's (soldier's brother) company, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts regiment and was at the battle of Saratoga and the capture of General Burgoyne.
After the Revolution the soldier lived in Cayuga and Niagara Counties, New York, and in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818.
In 1820 he was a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1832 he was living in Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
He died August 28, 1838, at the home of John Shorwood or Sherwood, in Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married January 2 or 4, 1781, Jemima Winston, born February 8, 1762; both were residents of Richmond, Massachusetts, but were married in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, at the home of the bride's father, whose name is not shown.

She was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1839, while a resident of Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
In 1845 she was living in Waterford, Pennsylvania, and in 1855, in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
She died October 24, 1858.
Their children were: - David C.; Lurinda; Jeremiah; Nosanna, who married about 1803, John Shorwood, both were then living in Cayuga County, New York; Frederick W; and Lucina. All were living in 1839.
In 1820 the soldier referred to his grandchild, then aged about nine years; the name of the child is not given.
The above noted Stephen Miller is the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

(8,818) Pennsylvania
Stephen Miller 4
of Crawford bty in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d of April 1819 and sent to Jesse Moore Esq. of Meadville Crawford County Penn ia
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 mos \frac{3}{20} \frac{4}{21} = 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Sep: 1819 - 48.
$129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application sent November 11 1890 to Mr. M. C. Smith, Secretary of War
From: Sgt. Aug. 177 En. April 180

(818 8)
Henry Francis
Stephen Miller 4
of Bradford City in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Asa of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of — $ — Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of April 1819, and sent to Jesse Moore Esq. at Monacaville Crawford County  Pa.
 Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 100mo \frac{31}{30} \frac{4}{21} = 81 \text{m } 83 Semi-ann. all'ce endings 4 Sept: 1819 - 48" 
8129-83
 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } 
Continued
Notification sent November 11. 1820 to Wm Mac. Luthier, Meadsville, Pa.
from. Sept. Aug. 177 Dis. Apl. 1. '80

State of Pennsylvania Erie county ss.
On this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & sixty three personally before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Erie, Lemina Miller aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she was married to Stephen Miller (who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution) and as this deponent believes in the Massachussetts line) - That she was married to said Stephen Miller on the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred & eighty one by a justice of the Peace in Stephentown, Rensselaer county in the State of New York - That she & said Stephen Miller were residents at the time of the town of Richmond, Berkshire county Massachussetts, & went over the state line to Stephentown to this deponent's father's house, who had recently removed with his family to Stephentown aforesaid - That they went thither for the purpose of being married & were married by a justice of the Peace as above stated, whose name she does not now distinctly remember, but thinks it was White of whom she had no knowledge afterwards - She believes there was no record of her marriage kept, & knows of no one living who can now testify to her marriage, & knows of no other testimony that she can now furnish, than that already forwarded to the Pension Office
sworn & subscribed the 26th day of June A.D. 1863. before me C Hook J.P.
Lamina Miller mark

State of Pennsylvania Erie county ss.
On this Twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for said county of Erie, Cornelius Langdon, to me known as a respectable citizen, who being aged fifty five years who being by me first duly sworn according to law, deposits & saith that he has been well acquainted with Bethuel Bond Esquire, late of the village of May- ville in Chautauqua county New York, whose depo- sition on behalf of Emma Miller has just been exhibited to me. That he first became acquainted with him about the year 1816 & from that time up to the year 1839 he knew him well & lived in his immediate neighborhood for about two years within a quarter of a mile & the remainder of said period about two miles. That during all that time the said Bond maintained a good character as a res- pectable citizen & a man of unquestioned veracity, & upon whose statement this deponent would rely with full confidence. That this deponent removed from Chautauqua county to Erie, Pennsylvania in April 1839 since which time he has not seen the said Bethuel Bond, but has lately understood that he has since deceased. Cors. Langdon Sworn & Subscribed before me this 26/6/43 before me C. H. H. Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Erie county ss.
On this twenty six th day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared Wilson King Englin, who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth & saith that he has been acquainted with John Sherwood of said county, one of the witnesses in behalf of Lemina Miller in her application for a pension for fifteen or twenty years - That said Sherwood resided in Washington township in said county & this deponent resided in the adjoining township of Waterford in said county in the immediate neighborhood - That said Sherwood sustained & now sustains the reputation of an upright & respectable citizen of good repute for truth & veracity, & that this deponent from his reputation & knowledge of him, would upon the fullest confidence in his statements.
Wilson King
sworn & subscribed the 26 th June 1843. before me -
C. Block J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Erie county ss.
I, Wilson King, of the county of Erie, do hereby certify that Christian Beck Englin is an acting magistrate in said county, and that the signature to the foregoing deposition of "C. Beck" is known to me as his proper and writing, & that full faith & credit are due to all his acts as an acting magistrate for said county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said county.

This twenty six th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three -
Wilson King Broth r

Pennsylvania 7629
Jemima Miller
widow of Stephen Miller
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 28 th August 1838 of Erie Co., in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Miller of the regt. commanded by Col. Dose in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of September 1843 and sent to Hon. J. Galbraith, Erie, Penn.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $600 — Pemi-annual allowances ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 159.

State of Pennsylvania, Erie county } ss.
On this twenty ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three, per- sonally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Erie, Lemina Miller a resident of said county & in the township of Washington in said county aged eighty one years on the eighth day of February last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 and the 23 d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution- ary War. That she is the widow of Stephen Miller, deceased who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution in Captain Jeremiah Miller's company, Col. Rose's Regiment first of the Massachusetts line. She also declares that she was married to the said Stephen Miller on the fourth day of January 1787 (eighteen hundred and eighty one) - That her husband, the above said Stephen Miller died on the twenty eighth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight - That she was not married to him prior to his having the service in the regular army, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. She further declares, that after the

death of her husband aforesaid she has not been mar- ried; and that she is still the widow of the said Stephen Miller deceased
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the Peace & magis- trate of said county. And I further certify that said Lemina Miller is known to me as a resident of said township of Washington in Erie county aforesaid.
G. Ball Justice of the Peace
her Lemina X Miller mark.
Attest. John Calbraith F. W. Miller.
State of Pennsylvania, Erie county } ss.
I William King, Pro- thonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby cer- tify that Gideon J. Ball Esquire before whom the foregoing decla- ration was made is an acting Justice of the Peace and magistrate in & for said county, duly commissioned as such & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such & that the foregoing signature

Importing to be his is genuine - In to him any claim- of. I have been unto not my hand and affix'd the seal of said court the twenty ninth day of March A. D. 1873 -
Wilson (Kings Prov) " "

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State Pennsylvania } ss. County of Erie
On this twentieth day of March A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber William Bensen one of the Justices of the peace for said county, Levina Miller a resident of the town of Waterford in the county of Erie aforesaid aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Stephen Miller who was a Sergeant in the first Col. Vose's Regiment Massachusetts line in the Army of the Revolution and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was one hundred twenty dollars. for an annuity
She further declares that she is still a widow. -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
her Levina Miller mark
Wm Bensen a Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Erie
March 20. 1845
I, William Bensen a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz. my own personal knowledge, that Levina Miller who this day appeared before me, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Given under my hand at Waterford Erie county on the day and year above written.
Wm Bensen
State of Pennsylvania } Erie County } p 3
I, Nelson King Prothodacy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, certify that William Bensen Esquire is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 22 day of March , in the year
1845
Nelson King Proth.

District of Columbia Washington County
Hon. J. Galbraith Present
Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county, personally came John Galbraith who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth & saith that he learns from the Pension office that a certificate of Pension to the within named Lemina Miller spouse on the 2 d day of Novr 1843 & sent to him at Erie, Pa. That he has no recollection of receiving said certificate & believes he never did receive it, & is satisfied it never came into the hands of said Lemina Miller.
Thos. Ramey J.P. John Galbraith

DATE MAR/24 March 9, 1929
Mrs. Daisy S. Rottie 18 First Avenue Union City, Pennsylvania
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.3444, it appears that Stephen Miller was born, December 19, 1749, and was "brought up" in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
He enlisted in 1775, served one year, eight months and six weeks as a private in Captain David Noble's Company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Trenton.
He enlisted in April, 1777, served one year as private and two years as sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Miller's (soldier's brother) Company, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the battle of Saratoga and the capture of General Burgoyne.
After the Revolution the soldier lived in Cayuga and Niagara Counties, New York, and in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

111- 10721- 2- 1000000 111- 10721- 2- 1000000 April 28, 1818.
In 1820, he was a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1832 he was living in Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
He died, August 28, 1838, at the home of John Shorwood or Sherwood, in Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married, January 2 or 4, 1781, Jemima Winston, born , February 8, 1762; both were residents of Richmond, Massachusetts, but were married in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, at the home of the Bride's father, his name is not shown.
She was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1839, while a resident of Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
In 1845, she was living in Waterford, Pennsylvania, and in 1855, in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. She died, October 24, 1858.
Their children were: David C.; Lurinda ; Jeremiah; Nosanna, who married about 1803, John Shorwood, both were then living in Cayuga County, New York; Frederick W; and Lucina. All were living in 1839.

Compt. Bureau... ...who in 1825 was living in... In 1850 he was a resident of... ...1878
In 1820, soldier referred to his grandchild, then aged about nine years, the name of the child is not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

statement of the military history of Stephen Miller of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) applications for pen- sion file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 3444.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 yr 8 mo 6 wks Pri. David Noble John Paterson Mass.   Apr. 1777 3 yrs. Sergt. †Jeremiah Miller Joseph Vose "    †Soldier's brother.
Battles engaged in, Trenton; Capture of General Burgoyne. Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Apr. 28. 1818.  His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Crawford Co., Pa. Age at date of application, Born Dec. 19 1749. Died Aug. 28. 1838.
Remarks: who lived in the county of Richmond, Berkshire Co. Mass. when they Sol. married at Stephentown, Rensselaer Co. N.Y., Jan. 4, 1781. Jemima Winston. She was allowed pension on an ap. executed Jan. 29, 1839, while 77 yrs. old and a res. of Washington Twp., Erie Co., Pa. Children: David C., Lucinda, Jeremiah, Mosanna, mar. John Sherwood,  (name not stated) Frederick M. and Lucina, all alive in 1839. Very respectfully,

Prospect
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3444
Jemima Miller Widow Stephen Miller Sergt Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2? 1848
Index: —Vol. 11 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 30/98.
Mrs. Mary E. Ben Waterford, Pa.
Apr 18 '99 same
June 14 99
Mrs Ann Main Union City - Pa
1908. Rept. 19. History to Dr. R. F. Miller, St. Louis, Mo.
1919 Feb. 5. Hist. to Mrs. S. K. Frost.
1929 - Mar 9 Hist to Mrs. Lois S. Rollo - M.E.E.
1931 - Jan. 23 - Hist to Mrs.
Clara E. Miller

MRS. CLARA E. MILLER 14900 LKW'D HTS. BLVD. LAKEWOOD, OHIO
Jan 4 th 1931
U. S. Pension Bureau. Washington. D. C.
Please give me any information you may have regarding Stephen only Miller (private) in the Revolutionary War - from Northampton or Williamsburg Mass. Enlisted under Gen. Gates. Did he draw a pension? if so did it revert to his wife? I am trying to obtain the necessary data to become a D.A.R. and will appreciate any information you can give me.
Resp yours.
Mrs Clara E. Miller

Wt. to Hn. J. Galbraith Oct 23 rd 1844.
Duplicate certificate issued 28 th March 1845 and sent to Hon. John Galbraith, Present Capt. Nov 2 nd 1845
2575.
Pennsylvania Phil a
Jemima Miller
widow of Stephen Miller who was a Sergeant
in the Mass line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of, 120 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Hon. John Galbraith Esq. Penn a
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 134

IX Jemima Miller Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let. 5 July 1839
J. H. Sill do. to Hon. J. Galbraith June 7. 1843.
husbands died after passage of act 4 July 1838.
Act 7 July 1838

Col Edwards. Please inform me if the written papers are in form - an early answer is very much desired - The appli- cation is by a very old lady & whose time is nearly out.
— When the papers are informed with a form - I sent a similar application a day or two since green huts
James Thompson
May 29

✓ GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
May 12 th , 1859.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of I have to state that there is on file in this Office a CAVEAT against the issue of a Patent on Bounty Land Warrant No. 19.612 for 160 acres, act March 3, 1855, in the name of Jemima Miller, filed by J. W. McClelland as assignee.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Thos. A. Hendon
Commissioner.
To Geo: A. Whiting Esq
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. A. C. F. 10:27, 48. A. C.
W. H. M.

Donehoo, Esq r of the 6 th Dist. relating to the bounty land claim of Mrs. Martha Dr France, widow of John Dr France, deceased, which you enclosed to this Office

116
apl 3 1843
pa
July 7 1838
apl 3 1843
Jeremiah Miller
L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
B. C.

Coni, March 29. 1863
Dear Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Miller for pension under the acts of 1838 & 1842 & also under the act of 3 rd inst. If granted, please enclose the certificate to me as soon as convenient
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
John G. Calhoun
J. L. Edwards Esq

No 4703 Jerimiah Miller Pa Act 7 th July '38
Admitted 2 years Aug t $120 per An.
Also Under Act Mar 3 rd 1843.
H on ble J. G. Calbraith Erie Pa

D. D. VDI
18 3/4
Mrs. Jemima Miller Washington Township Erie Co Penn a

Washington April 7 th 1843
Madam, I have information in my possession which will enable me to establish a claim for you against the General Government for about $3 or $400. which I am willing to do for 20 per cent.
Should you feel disposed to employ me, you will please address me a line to that effect, and I will immediately forward you the necessary instructions for your guidance in making application for the same.
When the claim is established the money will be paid to you in person or to any one you may authorize in Pennsylvania, by the Agent of the Government.
You are also entitled to one years pension at the rate of $80. which I will procure for you for $5. An early answer is most respectfully requested. Very Respectfully N. Addison

PENSION AGENCY.
The Subscriber, who was employed as a clerk in the Pension Office for the last ten years, has opened in the City of Washington an Agency for the prosecution of all descriptions of claims against the General Government.
His perfect knowledge of all the Pension laws, and the places where are deposited all evidence of service now extant, will enable him to establish many claims which have long remained suspended for want of proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services, particularly in the following cases, viz :
Suspended and rejected claims under all the Pension laws.
Applications for increase of pension, under any of the Pension laws, where the pensioners are dissatisfied with their present allowance.
Widows' claims for arrears of pension, under the act of July 7th, 1838, and joint resolution of the 16th of August, 1842, where their pensions were made to commence on the day of the death of the husband, instead of the 4th of March, 1836.
Widows' claims under the act of August 23d, 1842, which does away with the objection of the second marriage, under the act of July 7th, 1838.
All widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers, whose husbands have died, or may hereafter die, whose marriage took place previous to the 1st of January, 1794.
All persons who received pensions under the act of July 7th, 1838, will, on application to the subscriber, receive information whereby they may be enabled to receive some further allowance.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established, otherwise no charge.
All communications must be post paid, and directed to the subscriber, Washington, D. C.
D. D. ADDISON.
WASHINGTON, MARCH, 1843.

Erie Co. Pa. or. Crawford.
Act of 7. July/36.

Pension Office Aug. 31, 1888
Sir
In my letter of the 29 th of July in relation to the case of Jerimma Miller widow of Stephen of Pa. I misapprehend your inquiry and the facts in the case. She was pensioned under the acts of July 7. 1838, 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 as well as under the act of Feby. 2, 1848. Her pension at $120 a year commenced running 4 th March 1836 and is continuous except the two years between 4 th of Mch. 1841 and 4 th March 1843. During which 2 years Congress made no provision for the continuance of the pensions under the act of 1838.
I am respectfully Your Ob t . Servt. W. Cole
Acting Commissioner
H. F. S. Wilson Esq. Meadville Pa.
I do hereby substitute as Atty. G. E. Amos Esq. of Washington City D. C. F. F. A. Wilson

Meadville Pa Aug. 25, /54 Hon. G. F. Waldo Comr. of Pensions, & Sir.
Your kind favour, of the 29 ult., was duly Recd. in relation to the Claim of Jennima Miller, Widow of Stephen, who was pensioned as a Sought. under act of 7. June. 1832, at $120. per annum, and died in August 1838, Jennima his Widow was pensioned under act of 2 d February 1848, And from her Statement, received about $600. of Arrears, or pay from 4 day of March 1843. to 4 March. 1848, under act of 3. March 1843. and June 17. 1844, And now Claims Arrears of two years, and about seven months, under act of 7. July. 1838, being that portion of the five years pension which accrued, between the day of her husband's death when his pension ceased, and the 4. day of March 1841.
Will you please send me a copy of decision of the Hon. Secretary of the Interior, to which you refer, showing that said Widow, has no Claim under Act,

of July 7. 1838, and has no claim for arrears &c, or showing that said Widow's pension should not commence on the day of her husband's death unless said husband died before the 4 day of March 1836, or between the 4 day of March 1841, and the 4 day of March 1843,
and much oblige your humble Servt.
F. F. A. Wilson Atty for Widow, Meaaville
N.B. If I am in error as to the Amount paid the Widow, will you please correct me, as I depend only on her Statement, and she is much supernumerary, Melson "
Hon. S. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Philadelphia at the Bank United States
Stephen Miller
Recorded AS

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Stephen Miller . . . . . late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of eight . . . . . dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty eighth day of April . . . . . one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Second . . . . . day of April . . . . . one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Capt Jeremiah Miller C o
Col Joseph Vose rgt. Infantry Massachusetts Pennsylvania

Miller Pa
J
Nov 9 44
Debunk
James L. Edwards Esq Commr. of Pensions Washington City
D. C.

Enn, Nov. 2. 1846.
Dear Sir,
There is a misapprehension in some way in relation to the pension papers of Mrs. Le-mina Miller. She had a certificate under the act of 1838 & drew her pension under it up to the end of the 5 years for which it was granted, & the paying agent required her pension certificate be given up, which was done - She then made a declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of 1843, & she has never received any certificate under that act, which is necessary as I understand it, in order to draw under the act of 1844. Although no provision was made by Congress for funds to pay under the act of 1844, as you mention in your last, there was for the payment under the act of 1843 - It is then the certificate under the act of 1843 that I wish to obtain for her - Her application was regularly made (as I understood) a good deal more than a year since, & up to this time there is no certificate - & her former certificate under the act '38 she was required to surrender at the agency for payment, according to the rules of the Department - & she is therefore now without a certificate & cannot draw for 1843 what is due to her long ago -
Please look at this matter - & send certificate
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
John Galbraith
James L. Edwards Esq.

June 7 '43
Cms
Jemima Miller p.s. 1838 p. 1843 the C. & O. Co.
Edward Eq.
One mis. issue of Pensions Washington City
D.C.

Eric, June 1. 1865.
Dear Sir,
I forwarded some time or six weeks since the application of Mrs. Louisa Miller for her pension under the late acts of Congress & have not since heard any thing on the subject. When I was in the City in March I called at the Pension Office & you examined the papers & informed me there was nothing wanting but for her to have her application made agreeably to the form which you were good enough to furnish me. It was made in exact accordance with that form as nearly as I could make it out, & I know no reason why a certificate should not be granted to her.
Mrs. Miller has received two letters from persons in Washington, professing to be clerks about the pension office, offering for a large portion of the pension to procure it for her, & she begins to suspect that possibly the papers may be delayed by persons interested with them without your knowledge, or purpose to induce her to comply with the offers made her. In this section of the country we are in the habit of charging no more than a bare compensation for making out the papers, & it would certainly be a matter of regret that they should be compelled to pay more.
Will you be good enough to turn to these papers at your earliest convenience & act upon them?
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.
John Galt
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Nov 1. 1843
James Miller Furnace 38
L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
FRED
7629 138

Emi, Oct 27. 1875
Dear Sir,
I send by this mail several pension papers, to which I desire as early attention as convenient.
I received some time since a certificate for Mrs. Lemina Miller of pension for the five years, but not receive anything in relation to her application for the one year pension which was sent on at the same time with her application for the five years. I beg leave to turn your attention to this, supposing it may have been overlooked. As she was entitled to the one, I suppose as a matter of course she is entitled to the other. If so, please forward to me as soon as convenient.
Very Respectfully Your Obed. Servt.
John Galt
Laura L. Edwards

Feb. 20 1839
4763
July 10 38
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission Merchant
Washington City
D.C.

Quincy, Pa. Feb y 12 th 1839
Sir,
I herewith enclose the application of Jennie- mae Miller, the widow of Stephen Miller, for a Pension, with the accompanying deposition of Bethuel Bond and John Stewart; an answer to which is respectfully requested.
I remain
very respectfully
Your most obedt Servt Thomas H. Siler
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Jemima Miller
$120 her amo
Hon. John Galbraith Eric Penn a

State of Pennsylvania Erie county ss.
On this twenty ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for said county of Erie, Jerimiah Miller, to me well known as a resident of Washington township in the county of Erie aged eighty one years on the 8 th day of February last past who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Stephen Miller who was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, in Captain Jerimiah Miller's company in the first regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Col. Vose, & that he received up to the time of his decease a pension at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
J. Barr Justice Peace
Jerimiah X Miller mark
Witness John Galbraith F. W. Miller

State of Pennsylvania Erie county } ss.
I Milton King, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Erie, do hereby certify that Gideon J. Ball Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the Peace and magistrate in and for said county, duly commissioned as such, & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts, as such, & further that the signature above purporting to be his, is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the twenty ninth day of March A. D. 1873 at Erie Milton King (Prothonotary)

Maternal fat 3 Nov 24 3
Nov 29
Plura a / 11 Han
Sto Casa  Francis
now $120.00

23
Pension claimed
is Capt
Secretary of War Washington City D. C.
Admitted
Sept. 1. 2 years
more $120.00

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Sir
in accordance with directions from the War Department in relation to applicants for pensions. Under the act of Congress of the last Session I herewith enclose my certificate which was granted me in pursuance of the act of 1818 by which I have drawn a pension of eight dollars per month. Under the law of last Session I now present myself as a claimant of two dollars per month in addition to the pay which I rec d under the law of 1818. The two last years of My service in the War of the Revolution I served as a Sargeant of infantry in the Company commanded by Capt t Jeremiah Miller in the 1 st Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Vose. The evidence of which service was found on record in the War Department at the time that I obtain d the certificate herewith enclosed, any communication which you may make to me in relation to this subject please to direct to Sam l Hutchinson Watford Erie County Penn te .
Watford Nov r 22 d 1832
Stephen Miller

July 1. 1843 Pavia papers.
pa.
Gemini Miller -
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Erie, June 26. 1873
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 7 th in relation to the application of Germina Miller was received & attended to. You directed the credibility of the witnesses to be certified by the magistrate. This under the circumstances could not be done, but I have done what I suppose should be equivalent to it. You will observe that the depositions, I mean those formerly taken & which you enclosed to me, were taken in open court, & the attestation taken by William Kelly Esq. who was Clerk of the court at the time & knew nothing of the witnesses personally. Bethuel Bond, one of the witnesses was at the time a resident of Mayville Chautauqua county, not known to Mr. Kelly, but known to some of our citizens here as a respectable man, & many years since a Justice of the Peace in New York. As to his respectability then I forward the deposition of Cornelius Langdon, known here as a respectable man. Inowing the reputation of Mr. Bond. As to the respectability of John Sherwood, the other witness, I took the deposition of Mr. King, the present Prothonotary; but he is one over old respectable citizens, whose reputation, could be proved by almost everybody, & is doubted by none. Then I should think ought to place the credibility of the witnesses beyond question. To them I have added, as directed the oath of Mrs. Miller, that she has no record evidence or further proof in her power of the marriage - & her oath of the marriage again - I know Mrs. Miller well, & no one who knows her, would question her statement.
In what I said in my former letter, I
* Mayville is about 37 miles from this place, & the witness Bond was brought here & made his deposition in open court, the proof of which is since sent, & I know from that Bond has lived within the last year or so that we could not have known him, even before a magistrate in his neighborhood.

did not intend to convey the idea that any one was permitted by you to propose collecting pensions for a large commission, but you can readily perceive how easy an impression infa- vorable could be made upon the minds of persons not so familiar with the business of the office as I have been - Mrs. Miller or her friends, would not well conceive how those persons could have "informa- tion in their possession," if they had no access to the office - That you may judge of that matter, I enclose you one of the letters - The other was from a man of the name of Allison. Whose letter I have not now, but have seen it, & I think, he proposes to be a Clerk in the Pension Office at the present time.
I hope Mrs. Miller's claim will receive an early & favorable consideration, as I am satis- fied she is just what she proposes to be
Very Respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
John Galbraith
J. L. Edwards Esq

Simina Miller, Widow of Stephen, Crawford Co. Pa. Act of 2 nd Feb. 1848. N o of Certificate 321.
J. F. A. Wilson. Atty. Meadville Crawford County Pa.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That Jemima Miller , Widow of Stephen Miller Decd
have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint J. H. A. Wilson of Mercersville Crawford Co Penna my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to examine into, to mortgage, to demand and to receive, from the General Government of U.S., any sums of pension that may be found due, and unpaid, as by the several Acts, of Congress I may be entitled and, in my name, to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for any amount found due me and to do any and every other act or acts in the premises that I might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty second day of July 185 4
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the
presence of E. B. Van Lamb , Elkanah Phelps } 2 Witnesses.
Jemima Miller ***** * SEAL. * *****
State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford } to wit: On this Twenty second day of July Jemima Miller
1854, personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
E. B. Van Lamb , ***** * SEAL. * *****
for those of 7 th June 1832, &c &c The widow is very aged and infirm, and in indigent circumstances,

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford ss.
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Emma Miller, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is the identical person to whom Certificate of Pension was issued No 321, dated the 13. day of June A.D. 1848, under the Act of Dec. 22. 1848.
Sworn & subscribed before Emma X Miller
State of Pennsylvania, CRAWFORD COUNTY, ss:
I, Joseph Brown, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Crawford, certify that E. B. Van Tassel Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit & act was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the same. And Further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Meadville, the twenty fourth day of July , A. D. 1854.
Joseph Brown Prothonotary.

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford 3 d .
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Emma Miller, who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and saith that she is the identical person to whom Certificate of Pension was issued No 321, dated the 1 st day of June A D 1848, under the Act of D. Feb y 1848.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 22 d day of July 1854. E. P. Van Sant, J.P.
Emma X Miller mark
to be his is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Meadville, the twenty fourth day of July , A. D. 1854.
Joseph Brannon Prothonotary.

Meadville Pa July 24/54.
Hon. J. T. Malas Comr. of Pensions, Washington City, D. C. & Sir,
Enclosed please find paper of Atty. Rec'd by Mrs. Jerimiah Miller Widow of Stephen Miller, dec'd. whose name was inscribed on pension rolls of the U. S. under Act of 18. March 1818, and relinquished for benefits of Act of 7. June 1832, and died Augst. 1838. (was a Citizen of Crawford County Pa.) Jerimiah the Widow was pensioned under Act of 2. February, 1848, at the rate of $120. per annum.
Will you please inform me if she was paid from the date of her husband's death, in pursu- ance of "Act of July 7. 1838," 3 d March 1843, 17 th June 1844, &c. &c. to which I suppose her clearly entitled. Also if any arrears of increase was due her said husband, and unpaid at the time of his death. (or at the time of his relinquishing the benefits of "Act. of 1818 for those of 7 th June 1832, &c. &c.)
The widow is very aged and infirm, and in indigent circumstances,

depending entirely on her pension stipend for a support, and the comforts of life, and desires, an examination of her case, that she may know to a certainty, the amount of money received by her agent, and the commencement of pension, &c, &c,
I have the honor to remain yours, with respect, &c
F. S. A. Wilson City

Jennie Miller Mist. of Stephen die
88 #149.446
19612-160
for Benjamin

Conneautville, Crawford Co Pa Dec 18. 1855. J. Mint. Com ee
Dear Sir - Permit me to solicit you to make a special case of the application of Priscilla Meiller , wid of  Stephen Meiller , No 149,446 for Bounty Land under Act of 3 rd March. She is a very aged & poor woman, the wid of of an Officer in the Revolutionary War - and being very much obliged. She borrows as great deal of trouble for fear she will not get her Warrant. - I do not know the Rules you adopt in relation to Application, but I would desire you to give said application your special attention - if it would not be Entirely contrary to your Rules -
Very Truly Yours E. B. Van Lassel, Atty for applicant.

Winfield Scott
June 27 th 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Sergt. Stephen Miller, First Mass. Regiment, born Dec. 19, 1749, and died Aug. 28, 1838.
Pension No. 8818.
18 First Ave. Union City, Pa.
Respectfully, (Mrs.) Darcy S. Rothe.

RR

Rev. Sec 254 Garfield Place NY Brooklyn NY Jan 25, 1919
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs: Will you kindly send me what information you may have on the services or family re of Stephen Miller who was a private in the Revolutionary War according to "Pensioners in Pennsylvania" page 520?
Also the services of Anthony Miller who is listed in those of Virginia Vol. 2 p. 213. apply to Secty. of State Va.
Very truly yours
Josephine C. Frost
(Mrs. S. K.)

DR. R. F. MILLER SUITE 318-319 FRISCO BUILDING
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7th 1908.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington
Dear Sirs: Will you please send me copies of the records of my great-grandfather Steven or Stephen Miller, a Revolutionary Soldier and for a time, at least, of the 1st Mass. Regiment. It has been suggested that I refer to L. W. B. W3444 as a number to aid in the location of his record in your office.
Very truly yours
(R. F. Miller 318 Frisco Bldg. St. Louis, Mo.)

Union City, Pa.
March, 22 nd 1899
H Clay Evans Comm. of Pensions
Will you please send to my address certificate of pension granted to Stephen Miller in April 1818 for three years service in First Mass.
Reg. Revolutionary War.
(Mrs) Ada M. Main.
Union City.
Pa.

Waterford Pa March 7 th 1899
Bureau of Pensions
A. W. & K. Div. Revolutionary. - - - - -
Referring to a recent communication from your dept, marked L. W. B. No. 8444 regarding pension granted to Stephen Miller of the Mass. Troops Rev. War in 1818; and to his widow Jemima Winston after his death in 1838; I wish for some facts not given in yours of Nov 30 th 98. 'What is the number of the pension granted to Stephen Miller?' did he give his

birthplace in his application? 3 Did he name the battles in which he took part during his three years of service? 4 Was he wounded or disabled in any of them? 5 Did his widow state when and where she and Stephen Miller were married or where she was born? Any information will be thankfully received and any expense willingly made good. Address Mrs Mary Leavworth Benson Box 176 Waterford, Erie Co. Pa.

admitted
Hon. Jas. Thompson N of C

State of Penn a County of Erie } ss
on the twenty second day of May Anno Domini one Thousand eight hundred and forty eight Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Erie Lemimia Miller a resident of the Borough of Waterford in said county aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by act of congress passed the second day of February A D 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Stephen Miller who was a sergeant in the army of the Revolution and who was for many years a pensioner during his life at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum and she further declares that after the decease of her said husband she received a pension under the act of congress of the 17 th of June 1844 amounting to the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars annually and that she is still the widow of the said Stephen Miller
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written before me W m Benson L.P.
her Lemimia X Miller mark
I do hereby certify that the above named declarant Lemimia Miller widow of Stephen Miller deceased is personally well known to me as the person who is described in the above declaration and that said declaration is just and true Witness my hand and seal at Waterford Erie County Penn a May 22. 1848.
W m Benson

State of Penn o 2 d I Wilson King Prothonotary the County of ... of the Court of Common Pleas to and for said County Do hereby Certify that William Benson is an anointing justice of the Peace, and was at the time of signing the within, in and for said County, Duly Commissioned and qualified and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due; and further that the within signature "W m Benson" purporting to be his, is genuine
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Erie May 24 th 1848
Wilson King Pro By King

321 M P Waterford Pa November 15 th 1898
To The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will You kindly send me in the enclosed envelope the war record of Stephen Miller a pensioner of the Revolutionary War who drew his pension here in Waterford through Amos Judson local pension agt. until the time of his death (1844 I think), after which time his pension was paid to his widow Jennie (Winston) Miller (about 1859) till she died at Conneautville Pa. I think he served in a New England Regt. (possibly Connecticut). I shall be glad to remunerate you for

whatever time you may spend in obtaining this information as it is necessary that I should have full proof of his enlistment, services, and honorable discharge all of which are undoubtedly to be found in the records of your department. An early answer will greatly oblige
Yours Truly
Mrs Mary Annsworth Benson Box 176 Waterford, Erie Co. Pa.

Washington April 2 nd /60 The Honorable the Comr. of Pensions,
Sir
The writer of this letter is J. W. M c Clelland of Canfield Mahoning County Ohio. I believe it contains all the information I can state in relation to his wants. Will you give me the information he desires, that I may inform him. Respectfully Yours John R. Williams

19612
Ho Anis

State of Pennsylvania Erie County p:
on this twenty ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Bethuel Bond, a resident of the Village of Mayville, in the County of Chautauqua, in the State of New York, aged about five years, who first being duly sworn, deposed and saith, that he was well acquainted with Stephen Miller, formerly a Pensioner of the United States, and now deceased, and was ac- quainted with him from his early recollection, at least for the period of sixty six years, he having been brought up in the same neighborhood with the said Stephen Miller, in the Town of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts. He is also well acquainted with Jemima Miller, the widow of the said Stephen Miller (formerly Jemima Hinstone) the applicant for a Pension herein before mentioned, and has known her for nearly the same length of time, she having resided in the same neighborhood above men- tioned. This deponent was acquainted with both of the said parties, before their marriage; he was not present at the marriage, but knows it was understood and believed in the said neigh- borhood that they were married some time in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one. The said parties were, at that time, residing in the said Town of West Stockbridge, but it was understood, that they went over the line of the State of New York, a few miles, and were married in that State. This deponent has been well acquainted with both of the said parties, from that time to the time of the decease of the said Stephen Miller, which took place, as this depo- nent believes, some time in the course of last summer. He has lived a near neighbor to them, for several years, in the County of

Conesquaga, in the State of New York, and has known Mark, when living in the County of Niagara (now Erie County) near the Town of Buffalo in the State of New York - He has also known them since they have resided in the County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania - The said parties have always since the time they were reported to be married, as before mentioned, lived together as man and wife. They have always lived a good reputation, and have raised a family of six children, all of whom lived to years of maturity and are known to the deponent.
This deponent further states, that on an exami- nation of the foregoing statement, he wishes to correct one error in it, viz: that he himself was in residence of the said Town of West Stockbridge, and that the said Stephen Miller and Jermaine Miller resided, in the adjoining Town of Richmond and not more than one and a half miles distance from the residence of the said deponent.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 29th day of January 1839
William Kelley Pres
Bethuel Bond

X 4763
Jemima Miller of Stephen Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County p: }
On this twenty ninth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared in open court, being a Commissioner of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Erie aforesaid John Sherwood, a resident of the Township of Washington in the County of Erie aforesaid John Sherwood aged fifty eight, who being first duly sworn deposes and saith, that he was well acquainted with the before named Stephen Miller, and was acquainted with him for a period of above thirty six years prior to his decease - and has also been well acquainted with her, the said Jeremia Miller, the before named application for a Pension, for above the same period of time - she first became acquainted with the said parties in the County of Cayuga (now County of Seneca) in the State of New York, when this deponent and the said parties, then resided - The said Stephen Miller, and the said Jeremia Miller, at that time, and ever since, have lived together as man and wife and have reared a family of six children all of whom are now at years of maturity - The names of the said children are as follows - David C. Leonard, Deborah, Moses, Frederick H. Lucina - This deponent was married to the said Moses Miller, above thirty six years ago, and has known the family intimately ever since - The said Stephen and Jeremia Miller have always lived in good credit and reputation - The said Stephen died at the House of this deponent in the said Township of Washington on the twenty eighth day of August last - I am to all intents and purposes
In open court this 29th day of January 1839 } and "or Seneca" intended before signing
John Sherwood
William Kelley Esq.

X 4763 Jennie Miller of Stephen Pennsylvania
State of Pennsylvania In County of
William Kelley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify the within one foregoing to be the original proceedings in the case and application of Jennie Miller and that the character of the witnesses sworn in the matter are good for credibility and truth as the same was made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court which the Court direct to be so Entituled
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
William Kelley Pro