Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43000, for John Miller, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
★ Miller, John
S. 43000
h. 1750
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(2,835) New York
John Miller Private Gansevoort New York line 1775. 8 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Septem r 1818 and sent to J Wendall esq r Albany New York
Arrears to 4th of Septem r 1818 } 39.73 4 mo 29 30 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 } 48.
87.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Walwick Albany Co
Respectfully sent to the Hon. John Van Buren 14 July 1821. W.P.

43.000 INVALID.
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File No. 43,000
John Miller De: Geo. D. D.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 850
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Miller
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THE NEW YORK TIMES

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Court of Common Pleas City and County of Albany
(Duplicate)
On this Thirteenth day of September 1820 — personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County — according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) John Miller a Private — aged Seventy — years, resident in the town of Waterkill — in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: In the Company Commanded by Captain Ostrom in Col: Gansevoort's Regiment of Infantry, on the Continental establishment, in the New York line, for the Term and in the manner specified, in his Original Declaration on file, in the Pension Office, at Washington — Dated the Sixth day of April 1818 — that his Certificate is numbered 2.835 — and was issued on the 24 th day of September 1818 — And that he has received his Pension at the rate of eight dollars per Month, up to the fourth of March last
And I do solemnly swear — that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 18th 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That I have a Wife aged fifty eight years, in an infirm situation that I have no occupation — that by reason of a rupture I am unable to perform hard labor — and stand in need of assistance from my country for support — that the following is a schedule of my Real & Personal Estate viz — Real Estate None — Personal Estate viz — One Cow & Pig Sixteen dollars — Two Chests, one Table Two dollars — Ten Chairs — Audious — Shovel & Case Two dollars — One Stove (old) four dollars — Four Kettles, Tea Kettle frying pan Three dollars — Three Earthen pots Two dollars Eighty one Cents — Two flat irons, Lumber Woomen bowl & bread trough One dollar — Two Pails, Churn and looking glass, Two dollars — Spinning Wheel One dollar Twenty five Cents — Old Pewter and Tin Ware One dollar — Crockery Ware, Knives, Forks, Spoons & Salt cellar One dollar, Fifty Cents — Trammel, Hand Saw, Axe, Hoe, Shovel & Spade Two dollars Twenty five Cents — Old Brass Kettle Two dollars — Candle stick — Garden Hoe & Sickle forty three Cents — Sworn to and declared in open Court this 13 day of September 1820 John Miller Mark
A. Williams Dep. Clerk
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Court of Common Pleas City and County of Albany Clerk's Office — I
Henry A. Williams Dep. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, 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 the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Thirty nine dollars and twenty four cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 19 th day of September 1820
A. Williams. Dep. Clerk.

John Miller & Pension documents Dated April 6 th 1818.
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New York State.
Admitted

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York. } TO WIT: CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY.
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," the following DECLARATION , in writing, is made under oath, by John Miller of the Town of Watervliet in the County of Albany — in the State of New York before the Honorable Philip J. Parker Esquire, one of the Judges of the Mayors Court of the City of Albany in the said state, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said John Miller doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I John Miller of the Town of Watervliet in the County of Albany — in the State of New York on this Sixth day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, — Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution, until the end thereof and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the City — County and State aforesaid ; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. — I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a private soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Captain  Ostrander Company Col  Vandevoort Regiment and New York — Line — That I entered the said service the month day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five — and left it the expiration day of the war — in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of conclusion of the war that I received one document concerning the same service and discharge, which has been casually lost or destroyed and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than Isaac Lararray who has made a deposition accompanying this declaration. — And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before; for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this Sixth day of April 1818.
Philip J. Parker Judge of the Mayors Court of Albany
John his  X  Mark

United States of America.
By the Honorable Philip S. Parker Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Mayors Court, of the City of Albany in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that John Miller of the Town of Waterkill in the County of Albany and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at the City of Albany, in the said State, on the Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true—Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration—Accordingly he produced as testimony,
The deposition of Isaac Laraway
(and which accompanies this Certificate)—And I having duly considered the said Declaration and the said testimony produced in support thereof, I DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said John Miller did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true—I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, the of the said Court at the City of Albany, the Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Philip S. Parker

State of New York City & County of Albany } I do hereby certify ss } that
Isaac Larraway late a soldier in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy, being duly sworn, saith, that he knows, John Miller the soldier in the preceding, Declaration, and the Certificate of his Honor Judge Parker named:— And that the said John Miller served as a private soldier in the Regiment commanded by Col Gansevoort— the New York Line— and that he truly believes the facts stated by the said John Miller, in the foregoing Declaration and Certificate to be true—
his Isaac X Larraway mark
Given Before me this 6 th day of April 1818.
Philip J. Van Rensselaer and Mayor of the Mayor's Court of Albany