Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8457, for Thomas Miles, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
CP 6.
Miles, Thomas Ann
W. 845-7
Room in the
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No 2709.
Tennessee.
Ann Miles.
Reported to Nashville Pen. Agt. July 12, 1839.
Widow of Thomas Miles, Decd. * who died on the 15th: September, 1838. of Rutherford Co in the State of Tennessee who was a priv: D in the compy - commanded by Captain Green - of the Regt commanded by Col: Moor - in the Virginia line for - 5 Months priv: 6 months Ensign & 6 - Lieutenants * on roll act 7 June, 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 166 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 . 16th: September, 1838 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of June 1839 and sent to H. You- -kum, Mufreesboro, Tenn: -
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $77.79 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1838 33
$161.12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 32 }
Recorded by M m Stuart Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 181

West Tennessee
19.104
Inscribed on the Roll of W. L. Gurney at the rate of 100 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of August 1867 and Smith R.R. Carruthers Lebanon
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bays Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 59

13. 8 3/4 Declaration of Thomas Miles Jr.

State of Tennessee Wilson County Sept. Term County Court 1832
On this day, viz, Sept. 27th. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before James M. Martin, David C. Hibbitts & Benj. H. Billings Esquires, now holding said court & presiding thereon as Quorum Justices thereof, Thomas Miles, a resident of said County, aged about 80 years or upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 9th 1832.
He was born in Charles City County in the state of Virginia in what year he was born he cannot tell, as there was no record kept of his age, but from the best information he has been able to obtain, & from the ages of his children he has no doubt but that he is something upwards of 80 years of age at this time.
When he was a boy, his step- father moved with him into Cumberland County on James river in the same state. About the commencement of the Revolutionary war he moved to Caswell County North Carolina. He married before he left Cumberland County. He remained in Caswell after the war till 1798 when he moved to Davidson County Tennessee where he continued till 1804 when he moved to Williamson & staid there ten years, & then came to Wilson County in the same state where he has remained ever since & where he still resides.
His first service against the enemy of his country was as a volunteer in Georgia. Green, was his Capt. There were no field officers, it was a company of rangers. We had several skirmishes with the British & Tories, but no regular engagement. He was out three months the time for which he engaged & was then regularly discharged, but received no written evidence thereof. He then returned home to Caswell.
In the 1780 he again volunteered for three months, but was kept out in the service six months. He was an ensign this campaign, & received a commission as such from General Rutherford. Lieut. McFarland was our Capt.

He does not remember his major, but Colo. Mr Moore, who died 1833 in Carthage Tennessee was his Colonel. We were in the Brigade commanded by Genl. Butler. We started from Caswell on the 20th day of July in the year 1880, & marched to Hillsborough Town, & from there to Ranges Mills in South Carolina, & from there to the battle ground where the American Army under General Gates met the enemy, & after a short conflict retreated, in mortification, disgrace & defeat. The army being so torn to pieces & dispirited, dispersed & each man made the best of his way home, where we staid a few days & as soon as we could make a little hasty preparation, we returned to the service under the same officers, & marched to Salsberry in N. Carolina, & from Salsberry we went as a detachment to the Waxsaw settlement where our regiment under Colo. Moore was placed under General Smallwood. From there our company was detached to guard a mill about eight miles off while it was grinding for the army. Here our time of six months expired & we returned to head quarters, where we were discharged, & received written evidences thereof, which has been long since lost or mislaid as we set no value upon them. So he served on that tour six months as an Ensign .
In Febry 1881 When General Green was retreating before Cornwallis, he came to his house, & he volunteered to go on with him, under Colo. Moore; we passed on across Dan River a few miles, & then being reinforced by the Virginia Militia, General Green considered himself able to meet the enemy, & returned the same way we came recrossed Dan River at the same place. We were then detached with Colonel Lee, & scouted under him about the British lines & tried but little day or night. At Whitesells Mills on Ready fork of Haw River, we had a pretty severe conflict with the enemy, but being greatly outnumbered we could only delay the enemy till our baggage got clear, indeed that was our only object in fighting them. Then we retreated. They came upon us several miles before we got to the mills, but we made no stand till we got there. There were several killed in the action on both sides. We then ranged about to watch & annoy the enemy till the

General engagement at Guilford, but being engaged in these other duties, he was not immediately in the action but was near it. After the battle he was dismissed & went home. He was out Two months .
The same year the Tories gathered together took Governor Bark & several other prisoners, at Hillsborough. He there together with Capt. Soley made up a volunteer company, 46 men & 8 mounted after the Tories to Hillsborough, & went on in pursuit, & overhauled them at Lindleys Mill, where we had very severe fight with them. Colo. Literal was killed, together with many others. There were most of the Tories killed. The Tories still kept the Governor & pressed on to Browns Marsh where we camped, & during the night, the Tories came upon & took us by surprise after some fighting losing most all our horses, we retreated & got together again seventy miles from there at Cross Creek in N. Carolina, where we made a stand & were joined by General Rutherford who took command. We then followed on after the Tories to Wilmington where they joined the British. After staying there some time we returned home, being all dismissed. We were out this time for Six he being Lieutenant all the time.
So this declarant served Five months as a private soldier, Six months as an Ensign , & Six months as a Lieutenant .
He has no documentary evidence of his services.
The following are some of the persons to whom this declarant is known in his present neighbourhood, & who will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, Lieut. Harald , Hugh Lilford , James Dunton Esq. , James Cray Esq. , Maj. Thomas  Westphalen , James Gunn Esq. , John Roach , John Curry , Miss S. Puckett , Peter Leath , Mrs. Leath , Robert Bell & others.
In consideration of the foregoing services, this declarant prays to be placed on the Pension Roll.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory. Sworn to & subscribed in open court this day & date above written.
Joseph M c Clain Clerk of Wilson County Court
Thos. Wilkes

State of Tennessee Wilson County
James Turner, a citizen of Williamson County, makes oath that he was acquainted with Thomas Miles Sr., who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, in the Revolutionary war, that he served with him in a part of one campaigns, viz, one when Gates was defeated, & they afterwards afterwards went to Salisbury. The first was a tour of six months. The said Thomas Miles Sr. was then an Ensign. Affiant was first out, & when the said Thomas first came out he was in an adjoining company, & afterwards he was in the same company. The said Thomas he remembers was called Ensign when he came, & he commanded as Ensign after affiant got into the same company. Affiant does not doubt but that the said Thomas did serve all that tour of six months. Affiant knew the said Thomas before & since the war & has not the least doubt but that he served all the tours as stated by himself in his declaration.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
James Turner
Josiah J. McCloud Clerk of Wilson County Court
We William Maury, a clergyman residing in the County of Wilson and Lea. Haralson — residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Miles Sr., who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; — that we believe him to be about 70 years of age; — that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court Sept 28 1832 Josiah J. McCloud Clerk of Wilson County Court
William Maury Lea Haralson
State of Tennessee } In open court Sept 28 1832 Wilson County }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Mr. Maury who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Wilson, & that Lea Haralson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same county & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
D.C. McCall M. Martin G.W. Billings
Declaration of Thomas Miles Sr.

I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the of Wilson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Miles for a pension In testimony whereof I have here unto set my name and the seal of said court at office this 29th day of Sept AD 1832
Josiah S. McClain
State of Tennessee Wilson County
J. William Stude
Chairman of the county court of said county, do hereby certify, that Josiah S. McClain, whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of said court & was at the time of signing the same, & that his certificate is in due form of law, & that all his acts & duties as such are entitled to full faith & credit Sept. 29 1832
Wm Stude Ch of Wilson Cty Court

N o 13.840 Tho s Miles Jr.
from -- private Ensign & Lieut 17 mths.
Pa. 4 5 mo. -- 26.66 Ensign 6 mo. -- 60. -- Lieut 6 mo. -- 80. --
$166.66
$166.66 100
120 60
320 160
R. L. Baruther
Sebanon
Tex a

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Miles ser t of the County of Wilson in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 17 — 3 — Volun teer Capt. Green   "80 July 20 th — 6 — Essig n Col. Moore, Capt. W. Farland   "81 Feby — 2 — Volun teer Same   " — 6 — Lt. Capt. Foley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Whitesell's Mill (ready fork of Harn river) Yates' defeat  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland Charles City Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Post his discharges - Deposition & Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

A NEW VERSION OF THE P S A L M S V EL OF M SPA D A V I D,
Fitted to the TUNES used in CHURCHES.
By N. BRADY, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary.      N. TATE, Esq. Poet Laureat
To His MAJESTY.
EDINBURGH: Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID His Majesty's Printer. MDCCCLX.

Heavilwell Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 27th of March 1781
Thomas Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 18th of April 1782
Thomas Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 4th of June 1783
Heavilwell Miles Was Born the 18th of April 1781
Thomas Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 18th of April 1782
Thomas Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 20th of July 1780
Anna Miles the Daughter of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 9th of September 1782
Thomas Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Anna his wife was born the 18th of April 1783

Phoebe Miles the Daughter of Thomas Miles and Ann his wife was born the 22 nd of March 1802 Patterson Miles the son of Thomas Miles and Ann his wife was born the 1 st of March 1802 Patterson Miles B.M.

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
On this first day of February eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before me Alfred Blackman an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Rutherford, Ann Miles a resident of said County, aged eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, with on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836; That she is the widow of Thomas Miles who was a private, Ensign & Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war: that her said husband received during his life, under the act of June 1832 a pension of one hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty six cents - and of course the evidence of his services is on file in the war department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Miles on the _____ day of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy three, that her husband the aforesaid died on the fifteenth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this first day of February 1839 - and I do further certify that by reason of age & infirmity this declarant is unable to appear in open court
Alfred Blackman Acting Justice of the Peace
Ann Miles Mark

4357
State of Tennessee ss County of ss Rutherford ss I, Robert S. Morris, Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County, do hereby certify that Bailey W. Harmon, and Alfred Blackman, who have attested the first named, the deposition of Patterson Miles and Lea Haraldson, and the second the declaration of Ann Miles, are and were at the date of attesting the same justices of the peace in and for our said county, duly elected and qualified and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office, this fifth day of February AD 1829 Robert S. Morris Clerk of Rutherford County Court
State of Tennessee, Rutherford County, To wit, I, General William Vinson Chairman of the county court of Rutherford County do hereby certify that Robert S. Morris who has made the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of making the same clerk of our said court, duly elected and qualified, that said certificate is in all forms of law, and sealed with our county seal. Given under my hand and seal, this 5th day of February 1829 William Vinson Esq. Chairman of Rutherford County Court

State of Tennessee 3 Before me Bailey W. Farmer, an Rutherford County 3 acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rutherford aforesaid This day person- ally appeared Patterson Miles, who being first duly sworn upon oath and saith that he is one of the sons of Thomas & Ann Miles and is aged about forty nine years, that the annexed record is in the hand writing of deponent's father Thomas Miles deceased - that said record has been in the family ever since deponent's earliest remembrance; that Hartwell Miles the oldest child of Thomas & Ann Miles was born as deponent has always understood on the 17th day of April seventeen hundred and seventy four; that the said Ann Miles is still a widow, & has so remained since the death of the said Thomas Miles; which occurred on the fifteenth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight. Said widow resided at the time of her husband's death & still resides in said County of Rutherford.
Subscribed & sworn to
before me this 31st day
of January 1839. P.M.
I do further certify that said Patterson Miles and Lea Haralson are persons of credit & respectability
B W Farmer Esq. Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee } Before me Bailey W Farmer Rutherford County } an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Rutherford, this day personally appeared Leo Haraldson, age seventy three years, who after being duly sworn deposes and saith that he has been well acquainted with Thomas Miles now lately deceased and his wife Fannie Miles, ever since about the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven, they then lived as man & wife in Caswell County, North Carolina. They had then two  three children. This deponent did not see them married; but they were respectable people, & always passed as husband & wife. This deponent remembers when Thomas Miles left his family & went into the service. He was then Lieutenant. This deponent has before been examined as to the service of said Thomas Miles. Leo Haraldson Subscribed & sworn to before me this 31st day of January 1899 B W Farmer Esq Justice of the peace

June 5, 1935
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Thomas Miles-W.8457 BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Thomas Miles, soldier of the War of the Revolution from North Carolina, and a pensioner in Wilson County, Tennessee.
The Revolutionary War record of Thomas Miles which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8457, based upon his service in that war.
Thomas Miles was born in Charles City County, Virginia, no date given, nor are the names of his parents shown. He moved when "a boy" with his stepfather, his name not given, to Cumberland County, Virginia, and thence to Caswell County, North Carolina.
While residing in Caswell County, he volunteered and served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
In 1776 or 1777, three months as a private in Captain Green's company of Rangers, and was in several skirmishes with British and Tories; from July 20, 1780, six months as ensign in Captain Daniel McFarland's company, Colonel William Moore's regiment, and was in the battle of Gates' Defeat; from in February, 1781, two months as private in Colonel Moore's regiment, and was in the battle of Whitsall's Mills; again in 1781, six months as lieutenant in Captain Foley's company, and was in the battle of Lindley's Mill.
He continued to live in Caswell County until in 1798,

then moved to Davidson County, Tennessee, there until 1804, moved to Williamson County, was there about ten years, when he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee.
The soldier, Thomas Miles, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 27, 1832, then aged about eighty years and living in Wilson County, Tennessee. He died September 15, 1838.
Thomas Miles married in February, 1773, Ann, whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed, February 1, 1839, at which time she was eighty-nine years old and a resident of Rutherford County, Tennessee.
The children of Thomas Miles and his wife, Ann:
Heartwell or Hartwell born April 17, 1774 John " (illegible) Ann " June 4, 1778 Thomas " July 20, 1780 Betsy " September 9, 1782 Byrd (?) " April 4, 1785 Thanny or Phanny " January 28, 1788 Patterson " March 11 or 14, 1790.
The application for headstone for Thomas Miles is returned herewith, as is also a letter addressed to the Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C., signed by Rebekah Jetton of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

No 13.840 Tho: Miles Jr.
R. L. Smith Esq. Lebanon            Ten ee

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Miles for which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes except the first for 3 months — V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no . Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes as to one term of 6 months XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Should prove that he was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant

Thomas Miles senior Jon. Actg June 1832 to what time paid? Pen. Officr June 28. 1837
died in 1835
Died 15 th Sep 1838 to that period 1/4

40  13.11 26.89
666 2 / 3  2666 2 / 3
1.66 1.11  13.33 1 / 3 22  13.11
30g
16666  1388 16656  4.623 13.86  166.11 83.33  3.521 77.79
13.88  462 42  5.54 5.54  11.08

Musfreesboro Tenn Feb. 5. 1839
Dear S. L. Edwards
I send enclosed the papers of Wm Mills, for a pension under act of 4. July 1836.
If the act is so explained as to include cases where the soldier died after the passage of the act, I presume the papers will be found correct.
Very Resp ly J. P. H. H. L.
H. G. Vaughan

1914- Feb. 18: Test to Mr. Clifford Love. M.B.H. 1935- June 5- Miss B. Memorial Branch
Dray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8457
Ann Miles Wid. of Thomas Miles Port. Washington
Act: July 14/36, Sec. 3 d
Index: —Vol. 16 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DIRECTORS
T. H. Harrison J. E. Manson, Jr. R. B. Roberts U. J. Owen Clifford Love B. B. Kerr
Union Trust & Realty Company
INCORPORATED
REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL INSURANCE
DIRECTORS
Chas. Cason Dr. W. C. Bilbro C. F. Perkins A. C. Johnson Jas. D. Richardson, Jr.
MURFREESBORO, TENN. Feb. 12, 1914.
Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I received a communication from you sometime ago through our Representative, W. C. Houston of this District, as to the war record of Thomas Miles a great-great-grandfather of mine and whose record my mother wishes to join the D. A. R.'s. You suggested in that letter that you found the name of Thomas Miles in several different places but not from North Carolina, I have found since that he was from South Carolina instead of North Carolina and that he drew a pension for war services prior to his death in 1838 and after his death, A. Miles continued to draw the pension, she residing with her son, Patterson Miles near Florence in Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was also suggested in your letter, the name of the regiment that he served in or some of the officers for whom he served, this I cannot ascertain accurately, have been informed that he fought xxx under General Marion's
Now with this much information, if it is possible for you to give me any further light on the record of the said Miles it will be very much appreciated by,
Yours very respectfully,
CL/N.

1532 1867 1752 25
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Miles S r a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 8.457.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 or 1777 3 mos. Pvt Greene N.C.   July 20 1780 6 mos. Ens. Daniel McFarland W m Moore   Feb 1781 2 mos. Pvt. " Moore   1781 6 mos Yt. Foley "  
Battles engaged in, Gates Defeat; Wetzel's Mills, Lindley's Mills
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Caswell Co N.C.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 27. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Wilson Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, 80 years; born in Charles City Co. Va. when a
boy removed with his step father, name not stated to Cumberland Co. Va. thence to
Remarks: Caswell Co. N.C. Soldier married in Feb. 1773 ann. — ;
he died Sept 15. 1838.
and she was allowed pension on an application ex. Feb. 1. 1839
While a resident of Butterfield Co. aged 89 years . Children: Beartwell or Hartwell b. Apr. 17. 1774; Johny —  Ann b. June 4. 1778; Thomas born July 20, 1780; Riley born Sept 9. 1782; Byrd , born Apr. 4. 1785; Danny b. Jan 28. 1788; Patterson born _____ Respectfully, March 11. or 14. 1890.
Commissioner.

Family record

No 13. 840
Thos. Miles Senr

Amended declaration of Thomas Miles sen.
On this 3 rd day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable James C. Mitchell Judge of the Court of law, law & Equity in the State of Tennessee, now presiding on the 11 th Judicial Circuit for Wilson County Thomas Miles Senr. a resident Citizen of the County of Wilson and made Oath - that the first tour of three months, mentioned in his Original Declaration was performed in the year 1776 - or 1777 as a private soldier.
He further States that he was commissioned when the service of the United States as Ensign & Lieutenant, during the periods set forth in his Declaration - but he has lost his commissions - never expecting any benefits from them he did not take care of them - He knows of no other person in this Country now living who can prove any of his services except the witness James Turner, whose affidavit is a part of his Original declaration. -
He received his commission as Ensign from Genl. Butler & was commissioned by Col. Wm. Moore when he was appointed Lieutenant.
He cannot say whether his first tour was in 1776 or 1777 but his impression is that it was in 1776. -
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this day & year first above written -
J. M. Martin clerk
State of Tennessee } In Open Court May 3 rd 1833. Wilson County }
And the Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter (the interrogatories having been previously answered) that the above named Thomas Miles was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that William Maury who has signed a Certificate in the Original

Declaration is a clergyman Resident in the County of Wilson of Wilson , & that Rev. Haraldson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Wilson, and that the other Witness James Turner is a resident of the County of Williamson in this State and they are all proven, to the Satisfaction of the Court, to be worthy & credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
O. C. Mitchell
Tennessee
Wilson County
I William L. Martin Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County of Wilson do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the amended declaration in the matter of the application of Thomas Miles sent for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my name and the seal of said Court at my office in Sebanow this fourth day of May A.D. 1833.
W. L. Martin