Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2088-300, for William Miller, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Miller, William
B.L. Mt. 2088-300
CONTENTS

William Miller N o . 2088.

I know all men by these presents, that I Elizabeth Ege of the County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Northup of Louisville, State of Kentucky, but now at Washington City, my true and lawful attorney with power of substitution for me, and in my name, to ask, demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the Bounty Lands, due me in right of my late Uncle, William Miller for his services as a Captain of the Pennsylvania Line of the Army of the Revolution. And to deposit the said Warrant when so obtained with the Secretary of the Treasury or Commissioners of the General Land Office, and to ask, demand, receive and receipt for the Certificates or Land scrip due thereon, and to assign transfer and make sale thereof. And my said Attorney is hereby authorized to do and perform all manner of things, which I myself might do were I personally present. In witness whereof I have set my hand & Seal the Twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord, one Thousand, eight hundred and thirty four
Witness Peter Lorach George Ege
Elizabeth Ege Seal
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Elizabeth Ege, signed and sealed to the foregoing power of Attorney, and acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. Also being duly sworn according to law, saith, that to the best of her knowledge and belief, her late Uncle William Miller was a Captain of the Pennsylvania Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war, or until he retired from the service as a supernumerary or retiring officer and that he departed this life shortly afterwards, intestate and without issue, being a single and unmarried man at the time of his death - Also that her late father John Miller was his eldest brother, and has also departed this life many years ago intestate, and that the the said deponent is his only child. She also says that she has never at any time received a warrant from the United States in right of her said Uncle, neither does she believe that her late father ever did

on that her said uncle in his life time ever received it, or transferred his right to the same in any manner whatsoever Sworn, subscribed and acknowledged before me this 12 th day of December 1834 Peter Lebach Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, John Smith, and John McElvinnis, old, and to me well known to be highly creditable witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, say, that they were acquainted with Captain William Miller of the Pennsylvania Line of the Army of the Revolution that he served to the close of the war, or until he became a retiring officer, under some of the resolves of Congress, that he died shortly afterwards, intestate, and being a single and unmarried man at the time of his death. Also that John Miller was his eldest Brother, and that the said John Miller has been dead many years, dying intestate, leaving one only child, to wit Elizabeth wife of George Ege of said County, who is now at this time living and further they say not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 13 th day December A.D. 1834
Robert Snodgrass
Justice of the Peace
J. Smith
John McElvinnis

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss
I John Harper, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do by these presents certify that Peter Lobach and Robert Goodgrass Esquires before whom the foregoing acknowledgement and affidavits were taken, are Magistrates or Justices of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such: and further that the signatures thereto purporting to be theirs, are genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty four.
J. H. Harper Protho

24 Capt W Miller 7 th Regs 102
A
100 William Miller Ret d Off ce Comm d
76431 - L - $800
32 A 800 { Nil. & loose receipts
33 B 800
Balance of Issues Aug st 20. 1784
That
W m Miller No. 2088.

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss Duties
Personally appeared before me the subscribed, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, John Smith and John McElvane, old and to me well known to be highly creditable witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, say, that they were acquainted with Captain William Miller of the Pennsylvania Line of the Army of the Revolution, that he served until the end of the war or until he became a retiring Officer under some of the resolutions of Congress, that he died shortly afterwards, on the Twenty second day of January in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, intestate, and being a single and unmarried man at the time of his death. Also that John Miller was his eldest Brother, and that the said John Miller has been dead many years, dying intestate, leaving one only child, to wit, Elizabeth wife of George Ege of said County, who is now at this time living and further they say not.
Mr. Smith John McElvane
Sworn & subscribed before me this 20 th day of December 1834
Robert Snodgrass
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss
I John Harper Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby Certify, that Robert Snodgrass Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken & subscribed is a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & qualified, and was so at the time of the taking of the same: and further, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Carlisle, the twentieth day of December in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four -
J. Harper Prothonotary

Retiring Officers Commutation
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed do acknowledge to have received from Major-Thomas B Bower and Captain Eneurius Beatty Agents for the late Pennsylvania line the several sums opposite to our names respectively in Certificates dated July 1, 1784, bearing Interest at six per Cent from March the twenty second 1783 signed by John Pierce Commissioner and described as below being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States and us for commutation of five years full pay in Lieu of half pay for Life
   Date of Issue No. of Certificates Letter Names Sums Signers   Dollars 90ths     76.431 A William Miller 800 " Delivered see loose Receipt   2 L William Miller 800 "   3 A William Miller 800 "  
Auditor General's Office December 26 th 1834
I Certify that the Above is a true extract from the Original Pay Roll Remaining on file in this Department
Witness my hand & Seal of Office The day & year aforesaid
David Sturgeon Auditor Gen l

Pennsylvania Cumberland County Set
Be it Remembered that on the Twenty sixth day of May A.D. 1785 Letters of Administration issued in common form to Robert Miller Esq. on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Captain William Miller, deceased, by William Lyon Esq then Register for the said County of Cumberland.
In Testimony of the correctness of the above I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the Register Office at Carlisle the nineteenth of December A.D. One Thousand eight Hundred and Thirtyfour. Sam Woodburn Regr

Mr. Joseph