Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23980, for William Miles, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Miles, William Sarah
23980 W 23980
B.L.W. 19767-160-55
CONTENTS

153,234 { Act March 3/83 May 20/33
Sarah Miles, wid of William Miles Corporal of Artillery Capt. Headwell Col. Crane Map: Dept. line Est. dis. { Maps File
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner, under Act Feb 2/48 MS. Feb 48-4401
Ad: 160 acres, Oct. 11/56, Blyton,
River Peak, Gibson N.Y.
Vol M1. page 38.

14401 New York Albany Sarah Miles widow of Nicholas who served in the Revolutionary war, born 1740, died 1810
Inscribed in the Roll at the rate of Twenty Dollars Cash for this sum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of February 1849 and signed
W. H. Miller J. H. Miller J. H. Miller
Received of the Pensions Office the sum of Twenty Dollars on the 10th day of February 1849

Application of E. West. 200. 100. 100. 100. 100. Johnathan Forman, Esq. Oneida Co. N.Y.
12,702 New York
William Miles of Canajoharie in the state of N. York who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years - 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of July 1819 and sent to Johnathan Forman, Esq. Oneida County N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 10 3/4 35.37 P.D. 88 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 - 40.00 B: 133.02
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Oneida County.

153, 234
Class of Sarah Miller To Bonne Bay Island N. of Mack 8 1/2
Ware of Revolution
Presented by Chimney Peak H. G. Gilson for the N. S.

State of New York County of Steuben
On this 4 th day of April A D 1855 Personally appeared before me Butcher J. Molaro a Justice of the Peace within and the County & State aforesaid Sarah Miles aged Eighty six years a resident of Corning Steuben County in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declared that she is the widow of William Miles deceased who was a Corporal of Artillery in the Company commanded by Captain Dreadbell in the regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel M c Clintock in the Revolutionary war between the Colonies & Great Britain in the year 1776 That her said husband Enlisted She thinks in the State of Massachusetts but cannot state the time or place but she believes he served five years or over and continued in actual service in said war five years or more and was honorably discharged Cannot state when or where & said she refers to a Pension warrant now in her possession of which the following is a copy Department of the Interior Widow's Pension Certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1848 Sarah Miles Widow of William Miles who was a Corporal of Artillery in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of One hundred twenty Dollars Per annum Commencing on the 4 th 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 Department of the Interior this 17 th day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty nine Signed & countersigned J. Ewing O. Edwards Secretary of the Interior Pensions

And she refers to her former Proof of her said Marriage with William Miles and which is now in the office of the Pension Department at Washington on her application for her Pension in A.D. 1847. The justice stated that she was married to the said William Miles in the County of Columbia Westchester County in the State of New York on or about the first of April A.D. 1789. And that before her said Marriage was Sarah W was her maiden name and that she was married by one Silas Constant a Presbyterian Clergyman and that her said husband died at the town of Barrington, Yates County, State of New York on the day of February 1835 as she verily believes she cannot state the exact time as she has no record of her husband's death. And that she is now widow and that in executing this her declaration And she further declares that she has never applied for nor received any Pension since under any act of Congress. Neither herself nor her said husband now deceased.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension and to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3 rd A.D. 1855. She also declares that she never received nor applied for any Pension and under this act or any other act of Congress except as above stated. Sarah Miles sworn to and subscribed
Before me this day and hour within said County and I believe the claimant to be the person described to be the widow of said claimant. I have no interest in said claim. B. J. McCloud Justice

Attorney under him for the purpose aforesaid to be made at his pleasure to such duly authorized all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in any wise legally or cause to be done in and about the premises in such as if present myself
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 4 th day of April A.D. 1853
Isaac X Mills
Subscribed and sworn to before me Butler H. Pole att Justice Peace in & for the County of Steuben and State of New York this 4 th day of March A.D. 1853
Before me Justing the peace in the Steuben County
CITY OF BRONX
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BRONX
1612

As Attorney under him for the purpose of serving a to make it at his pleasure to make him pay for all and what so ever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises in which I am now present myself
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 4 th day of April A.D. 1853
Isaac my Miles
acknowledged and subscribed before me at Bath N.Y. Wolcott Justice of the Peace in & for the County of St.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, CHARLES W. CAMPBELL, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that B. G. Wolcott Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit of power of attorney were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this tenth day of May 185 5
C. W. Campbell
Clerk.

Peekskill County of Westchester and State of New York the 10 th day of September 1839. The undersigned Executor of the Reverend Silas Con- stant Deceased. Do hereby certify that I have examined the Journal and record of Marriages, that are in the hand writing of the Reverend Silas Constant Deceased aforesaid and find recorded the Marriage of William Miles to Sarah Kear the date has been omitted. The marriage proceeding on the same page was April 20 th 1787 and the marriage immediately after said William Miles to Sarah Kear on the same page was May 20 th 1787. The marriage of William Miles and Sarah Kear must have taken place between the 8 th of April and the 20 th of May 1787 — I was personally acquainted with William Miles and Sarah Kear before and after their mar- riage for a number of years, and believe I was present at the marriage of this pair I am not certain ————— St John Constant
Westchester County, ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of the Town of Cortlandt, Village of Peekskill, County aforesaid, St. John Constant, and he being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that the above Statement sub- scribed by him, is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 th day of September 1839
James M. Woodhull Justice
The above named Justice of the Peace do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named St. John Constant and that his character for truth and veracity is good

And that his said statement and deposition above written are entitled to full faith and credit. Dated at Northcutt, Westchester County, N.Y. this Eighth day of November A.D. 1839.
Samuel Marks Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Westchester County ss: I John H. Smith the Clerk of said County do certify that Samuel Marks Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition of St. John Constant was taken and who made the above certificate was at the time of taking the said deposition and making the said Certificate respectively a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Westchester duly elected and sworn as such. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice of the peace and believe the signatures of his name to the said first of said deposition and the said Certificate are the genuine signatures of the said — Justice of the peace
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. (the same being My official seal) this 13 th day of November A.D. 1839.
John H. Smith Clerk

William Miller
12,702
6 th Sept 1879
End

State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the first day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, William Miles aged Sixty three years, resident in Marcellus in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Under
Col John Cramers Regt artillery in the army of the United States as chief gunner in Capt Broadwells Company from which he was discharged in 1781 as by the discharge now on file at Washington City will more fully appear he holds a pension certificate No 12,702 & applied for the same pension April 13th 1818
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 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Landless property I have none personal property as follows
  One cow worth twelve dollars  1 tea pot 3 butter plates  0.50  Debts I owe about forty dollars to different persons    two Swine Seven Doll  1 pepper box & grater     20 sheep worth twelve dollars  1 funnel  3.25    One Jack Knife twelve cents  1 chamber pot     One hoe  1 hen & five chickens  1.75    One Stub hoe forty cents  1 tea Kettle 2 tin cups  1.12 1/2    Great wheel  1 meat Bame     Little "  1 water tub  1.12 1/2    Rue  1 Soap Bame     table  2 flat irons  1.    1/2 doz Knives & forks  2 pails 1 piggem 1 keg  1  My family consists of Self Wife & three children wife fifty five years old & infirm 1 son 21 Years old 2 girls 1 Sixteen & the other 14 Years old myself old & infirm 63 years all which is true Wm Miles    4 Spoons iron   .25    1 Earthen pan   .12 1/2    2 wooden bowls one cracked   .50    1 Salt cellar   .03    1 mortar & Pestle   .12 1/2    1 pot & 1 Kettle   2.    1 Spider & frying pan no handle   .50    8 tea cups & saucers one half cracked   .75    3 pewter plates 3 earthen plates   .50  
Sworn in open court this 1 day of September 1820
J O Wallis Judge of Onondaga
I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty one dollars and Sixty cents. forty one
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this
22 day of September 1820.
Truman Adams Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

State of New York
Yates County ss. On this Twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Nine personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Yates being a Court of Record, Sarah Miles, a resident of the Town of Washington in the said County of Yates, aged Seventy one years on the twenty Seventh day of May last past 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 July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting Half Pay and Pensions to certain widows" that is to say - That she is the widow of William Miles deceased. That she was lawfully married to the said William Miles at Cortlands Manor in York Town in Westchester County & State aforesaid, on the first Wednesday of April one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Six by the Reverend Silas Constant the Presbyterian Clergyman then residing and preaching at a place called Crum Pond in the said Town of Kirkton, and County of Westchester aforesaid. That her name before she was so married as aforesaid to the said William Miles was Sarah Keer. That there were several persons present at and witnessed the said Marriage among whom were H. John Constant, the son of the said Silas Constant, Chloe Constant a daughter of the said Silas Constant, Josiah Ingersoll and Jonathan Keer the brother of this Declarant all of whom and of the other persons whom attended said Marriage are all either dead or removed to parts unknown to this Declarant - That immediately after this declaration and the said William Miles were married as aforesaid they commenced keeping house living together & cohabiting as husband & wife on a farm adjoining a farm then occupied by Samuel Garrison the defendant named in an affidavit hereto annexed, and continued so to live there about four years then removed about four miles to Stephentown

in Westchester County aforesaid and continued to reside there as aforesaid above four years as near as declarant can recollect. And then the said William Miles and this declarant his wife again removed to within a mile of the said place where they first commenced keeping house as aforesaid and cohabited & resided there as aforesaid about a year as near as this declarant can recollect. And then removed to Saratoga County in the said State of New York. That this declarant was during all the time she lived in York, Town as aforesaid and yet is well acquainted with the said Samuel Garrison and that this declarant was present at the time when the said Samuel Garrison made the said canonical affidavit. That this declarant and the said William Miles her husband resided in Saratoga County aforesaid about sixteen years, then removed to Camillus in Onondaga County where they resided about four years, then removed to Marcellus in the same County of Onondaga, where they resided about three years, then removed to the Town of Barrington, upresaid where the said William Miles died on the twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
That this declarant was informed by the said William Miles, he served in the War of the Revolution for the period of six or seven years, as an Artillery Man and a part of the time under Colonel Cramer, in the regular line of the Service of the United States, which service as this declarant was also informed by the said Miles, commenced about the beginning of the said War. All of which information is received from the said William Miles as aforesaid this declarant then believes and still fully believes to be true. That this declarant does not know nor can she state or set forth in what particular Regiment or line the said William Miles enlisted or served as aforesaid. That as this declarant was informed by the said William Miles and very believes to be true, he the said Miles was while in such service, in the Battles of Brandywine, Princeton, Trenton.

Monmouth and at the taking of Strong Point - That as this declarant was informed by the said Miles and also by others and which she believes to be true the said Miles was severely wounded in his head at the Battle of Brandywine for Princeton but which she does not now recollect - That the said William Miles was regularly & honorably discharged from the said Service at the close thereof as she has been informed by the said William Miles and verily believes - That she has repeatedly seen in the possession of the said William Miles his said discharge but she cannot recollect who signed such discharge - That the said William Miles made an application for a Pension under the Pension Law of 1818 & soon after the said Pension Law was passed and as this declarant is informed and believes the said discharge was sent to the War Department at Washington City with his said application & she supposes it now remains there on file with his declaration made on that occasion under the said Pension Law that she supposes and believes in said declaration of the said William Miles made as aforesaid for a pension, he set forth most or all his said services - That a Pension Certificate was issued to the said William Miles upon his said application and that he drew a Pension of eight Dollars per Month up to the last Semi Annual Pay day before his death - That after the death of the said William Miles his said Pension Certificate was surrendered up in drawing the arrears of Pension due him at the time of his death - And this declarant further says that she always lived and cohabited with her said husband the said William Miles from the time of her said marriage to him until the death of the said William Miles - That she never has been married to any other person than the said William Miles and that she remains his widow at the present time. And that she has no other evidence of her said marriage now in her possession or under her control but the annexed affidavits - This declarant

Further says that she is well acquainted with Sarah Garrison the person named in and who made one of the annexed affidavits purporting to have been made by her - That this Declarant became acquainted with the said Sarah Garrison at York Town aforesaid before the said marriage of this Declarant & continued well acquainted with her until this Declarant left said town of York Town as aforesaid - That the said Sarah Garrison then lived in the same house with the said Samuel Garrison whose Mother she was
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year first } above written before me }
her Sarah x Miles Mark
Abner Woodworth Clerk
State of New York
County of Yates ss. I Abner Woodworth Clerk of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof do hereby certify that on the twelfth day of February A.D. 1839 Sarah Miles named in the foregoing declaration personally appeared in open Court in the said Court of Common Pleas at the February Term thereof (the same being a court of Record in & for the said County of Yates) and subscribed the said declaration and was then and there examined and made oath to the truth of the matters in the said declaration recited and set forth
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said County (and the said Court My official seal) at My office in Penn Yan the twelfth day of February one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Nine Abner Woodworth Clerk

5787 Mr. Sarah Miles Sarah Miles
Elizabeth Rice
Application for Pension under act of Congress of July 7 th 1838
Manned April 1787 Husband died
Col Crane Artillery Mass. Line
Capt. William Fradelle
Admitted Corporal 2 years
Miss m Wells & Judd Pam Yan New York

State of New York
Yates County ss — On this 13 th day of March 1839 before me Ray L. Waite
a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Yates personally appeared Jonathan Miles and being duly sworn according to law did depose as follows. That he is the son of William Miles and Sarah Miles which Sarah Miles is named in the papers hereto annexed. That the said William Miles was a United States pensioner in his life time under the act of Congress passed in the year 1818 in favor of Soldiers of the American Revolution. That this deponent cannot state the exact time when he was placed on the pension list as this deponent as his administrator surrendered up his pension certificate in March 1835 according to his best recollection, upon drawing the arrears of his pension from the 4 th day of September 1834 to the 12 th day of December 1834 being the day of the death of the said William Miles. And this deponent further saith that he has always understood from his parents the said William & Sarah Miles, this deponent he was born on the 18 th day of April 1799. That this deponent had a sister by the name of Phebe who has been dead some years, who was born as this deponent always understood in the family of said William & Sarah Miles, on the 11 th day of November 1787. That this deponent also had a sister by the name of Betsey who died at about the age of 16 years, who was born as this deponent always understood in said family on the 29 th day of May 1790. That

This deponent has a brother living in the County of St. Lawrence in this State who was born at this deponent also understood as aforesaid on the 17 th February 1792. That this deponent has understood from his said parents & believes that they had a son by the name of William who was born 5 th of February 1793 and who died about about a week old. That this deponent has a sister by the name of Nancy who this deponent understood in the said family and believes was born 26 th day of April 1796, which said last mentioned sister died at about the age of fifteen. That this deponent has one brother & one sister younger than himself and has lost a sister younger than himself. That all of this deponent's said brothers & sisters were and are the children of the said William & Sarah Miles born since their marriage as this deponent is informed and believes. That the said Sarah Miles now resides with this deponent in the Town of Barrington Yates County & State of New York, and remains the widow of the said William Miles. That the said William Miles died at the house of this deponent at the time above mentioned. And this deponent further saith that from his earliest recollection up to the time of the death of the said William Miles as aforesaid they the said William & Sarah Miles cohabited together as husband & wife - and that he always understood from his said parents that they were married as stated in the annexed advertisement of the said Sarah

Miles at Cortlands Manor in York Town West Chester County & State aforesaid on the first Wednesday of April 1786 by the Rev d Silas Constant, and this deponent has always understood and verily believes that they the said William & Sarah Miles lived & cohabited together as husband & wife from the time of their said marriage to the death of the said William Miles as aforesaid - And this deponent further saith that he has never known or heard of any record of the said marriage or of the births of the said children of the said William & Sarah Miles - and further this de- ponent saith not - Sworn and Subscribed                      Jonathan Miles this 13 th day of March A.D. 1839 before me Ray G. Waite J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jonathan Miles and that his character for truth & veracity is good, and that his said deposition is entitled to full faith and credit - Dated March 13 th A.D. 1839 - Ray G. Waite J.P.
State of New York Yates County ss - I Abner Woodworth Clerk of said County do certify that Ray G. Waite Esquire before whom the fore- going affidavit of Jonathan Miles was taken & who made the above certificate

was at the time of taking the said Affidavit & making the said Certificate a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, duly elected & sworn as such - That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the peace & believe the signatures of his name to the said Affidavit & the said Certificate are the genuine signatures of the said Justice -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County (being my official seal) this 14 th day of March 1839
Abner Woodworth Clerk

Ref  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23980
Sarah Miles Widow of William Miles Cap Rev War
Act Feb 2 nd 1848
Index: Vol. M , Page 52
rrangement of 1870.]

Albany 5018
Sarah Miles
widow of William Miles
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 12. Dec. 1834
Wyatts Co., in the State of N. York
who was a Corporal artillery in the company commanded by Captain Treadwell of the regt. commanded by Col. Crane in the Mass.
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 120 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Feb. 1840 and sent to Messrs. McElroy Judd, Penn Yan, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 420.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '40. 60.00
$480.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 2 — Page 90

New York 3481
Sarah Miles
widow of William Miles who was a Corporal of Artillery in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of One hundred twenty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of December 1842 and sent to
S. H. Wells Prn Yan New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 109

19767
S Rev. Amos

N. York Sarah Miles let to H. Miller 29. July 1839
Act July 1838

State of New York County of Yates } ss -
Samuel Garrison of the Town of Benton in the said County of Yates being duly sworn maketh oath and saith some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six and for some time previously this deponent was acquainted with William Miles, and also with Sarah Keer in York Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. That this deponent saw also the said William Miles & Sarah Keer at the time aforesaid resided in York Town aforesaid. That some time during the year aforesaid but the particular time in the year deponent does not recollect the said William Miles and Sarah Keer were lawfully married by the Reverend Mr. Constant the Presbyterian Clergyman residing and preaching at the time at a place called Crumpond in the said Town of Yorktown & County of Westchester aforesaid as this deponent was informed at the time and as was currently reported in York Town aforesaid & as this deponent then and still verily believes, although this deponent was not present at said marriage. That within a few months & in less than a year after this deponent understood they were married as aforesaid the said William and Sarah Miles went to Keer's house on a farm adjoining the farm of this deponent in Yorktown aforesaid, and continued to Keer's house and cohabited as man and wife for the space of four years, when they removed five or six miles from where they commenced house-keeping as aforesaid, and continued to reside there & cohabited as man & wife as aforesaid two or three years & then removed back to within one mile of their first residence as aforesaid & resided there about two years & then removed to another place about one & a half miles from the last mentioned

place, and resided there about one year when they removed as this deponent understood and believes into Saratoga County in said state of New York - and this deponent had no further knowledge of the said William Miles & Sarah Miles until he heard of them in the Town of Barrington in said County of late six or seven years since - That he has understood and believes that the said William Miles died in said Town of Barrington about four years since, and that his widow the said Sarah Miles who this deponent recognizes with entire certainty is now present at the time of taking this affidavit - And this deponent further saith that during all the time of his acquaintance with the said William Miles & the said Sarah after their reputed marriage as aforesaid, they lived together, and cohabited as husband & wife and were reputed to be and this deponent has no doubt but that they actually were such -
And this deponent further saith that during the first years of his acquaintance with the said William Miles as aforesaid he frequently heard him speak of his having been engaged in the War of the American Revolution in the service of the United States, and of his being engaged in various battles or skirmishes with the British, and it was generally reported and understood that he the said in the neighbourhood that he the said William Miles had been engaged in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - and this deponent further saith that he is now rising of sixty three years of age - And this deponent further saith that he this deponent continued to reside in Yorktown aforesaid from the period hereinbefore first mentioned until between fourteen & fifteen years since when he removed to the said Town of Benton -

in said County of Yates where he now resides & where he has continued to reside ever since he moved there as aforesaid —
Samuel Garrison
State of New York County of Yates
On this twenty eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight before me Jesse T. Gage Esquire a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Samuel Garrison to me personally known to be a person sustaining a good character for truth and veracity, and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit or deposition. And I do certify that in my opinion the said af- fidavit or deposition of the said Samuel Garrison is entitled to full faith and credit —
J. M. W. Mays
State of New York County of Yates
ss — Sarah Garrison of the Town of Benton in said County of Yates being duly sworn make the oaths and saith that she has heard the foregoing affidavit or deposition of Samuel Garrison read and knows its contents — and that the said deposition or affidavit is in all respects true so far as the same relates to the said William Miles and Sarah his wife — That this deponent is the mother of the said Samuel Garrison and is eighty six years of age and rising — That the said Samuel Garrison always from the time he was born until he removed from York Town in Westchester County between fourteen & fifteen years since as stated in his said affidavit or deposition, resided with this deponent & within a mile from her

This deponent was well acquainted with the said Sarah Miles after her marriage to the said William Miles and also for several years before that event, when her name was Sarah Rees. And that the said Marriage took place about the time mentioned in the said affidavit or deposition, but this deponent cannot recollect the particular time of said Marriage, and is sure the same took place or was understood at the time when this deponent understood and believed and when the same was generally reported in the neighbourhood to have taken place, was a number of years before the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred ninety four. This deponent well recollects the residence of the said William Miles & Sarah Miles near this deponent's residence & that of the said Samuel Garrison, and the several removals of the said William & Sarah Miles & their living together and cohabiting as husband & wife, as stated in the said affidavit or deposition of the said Samuel Garrison. and this deponent also well recollects visiting the said William & Sarah Miles after their said reputed marriage & has no doubt whatever of their having been actually married at the time before in that behalf mentioned.
Sarah her X Garrison Mark
State of New York County of Yates } ss - On this twenty eighth day of November 1838 before me Jesse T. Gage a Justice of the Peace of said County of Yates personally appeared the above named Sarah

Garrison to me personally known to be a person of a good character for truth and veracity, and after hearing both the foregoing affidavits or depositions read, subscribing that the last mentioned by making her mark thereto and made oath to the same - and I certify that her said deposition is entitled to full faith and credit -
J. W. Mays
State of New York } County of Yates } ss. I Abner Woodworth Clerk of said County of Yates & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Jesse T. Gage Esquire whose signature appears to the jurats of the foregoing affidavits of Samuel Garrison & Sarah Garrison and before whom the same affidavits were taken, was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Yates duly Elected & sworn as such; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jesse T. Gage & believe that such signatures to be the proper hand writing of the said Jesse T. Gage
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County of the said Court this 14 th day of March A.D. 1839 Abner Woodworth Clerk

Mr. A. F. Feb 48. Albany,
By Dr.

3642
Sarah Miles
$120.
3487
109
S. H. Willes
Pen Yan
NY.

State of New York County of Yates ss) On this Ninetyth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the said county of Yates Sarah Miles a resident of the Town of Barrington in the County of Yates aged Seventyseven 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 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of William Miles who was a corporal of Artillery in the war of the Revolution that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was one hundred and twenty dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written } Sarah Miles Before Me J. W. Main a Justice of the Peace for said County
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Miles the above declarant
J. W. Main

State of New York Yates County p. 3 I Samuel Stevens clerk of said County and of the courts thereof do certify that Joseph M c Lain was on the thirtieth day of August instant a justice of the Peace in and for said county of Yates N.Y. duly commissioned and sworn - And that his said sixth signatures to the jurat of the affidavit of Sarah Miles and to the Certificate immediately following thereof are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County & the Courts thereof & subscribed my name on this the 30 th day of August 1843. Sam d Stevens clerk of Yates County N.Y.

William Miles Capt  James
Colonel Draper Regt
May 1775 year
It is not clear, that the categorical statement of police evidence was assented to by the judge's signature
13 April 1810. Ex  Ex
Admitted.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Onondaga County, }
ON this 13th day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga in said state, personally appears William Miles aged sixty years, resident in the town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:"
That the said William Miles enlisted in the month of January  1777 in the state of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain William Treadwell in Col. John Laramee's Regt. in the Massachusetts Line that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the full end of term of Three years from the time of his enlistment
when he was discharged from service in Massachusetts state of that he was in the battles of at White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Stony Point and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, } the day and year first aforesaid. }
Wm Miles
Ebenezer Mearns
I, Ebenezer Mearns Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Miles did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this 13th day of April 1818
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Onondaga County, }
Ebenezer Mearns
I certify that Ebenezer Mearns before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed.
Truman Adams Clk

I Squire Manno Judge & do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said William Doyle is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that the intimation in my certificate within written in relation to his circumstances was made before signature by me - Dated May 27 th 1819
Squire Manno

New York, City Alleg
William Miles at 1818 to what time paid?
Died 13 th Dec. 1834 paid the that period
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12 Dec 1834

5787 a/c 16 NY 7 July 1838 PENN
Sarah one of Williams
Col. James L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington City

Col. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application for a Pension of Mrs Sarah Miles under the act of July 8. 1838 — When case is decided please advise me —
On the 26 th of dec r last I enclosed you the application of Mrs Elizabeth Rice, since which neither she nor I have heard from it — Will you be good enough to inform me whether Mrs Rice's papers were rec d at your office —
I am Resp d Yours
Henry Welles
Fern Yan, Yates County N. Y.
April 8 th 1839

My Dear friend Sarah Miles Dec 2 nd
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Penn Yan N. Y. Nov. 26. 1839
Sir,
Enclosed we send you further Evidence of the Marriage of Mrs. Sarah Miles upon her application for a pension. It is all we have been able to procure, and we entertain the hope it will be deemed satisfactory Evid- ence of the fact, at least, in Connexion with the other evidence on file -
Yours very Respectfully
Welles & Judd per Charles E. Judd
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions.

State of New York Yates County ss } On this 6 day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Yates Sarah Miles a resident of Barrington in the county of Yates, aged 83 years - who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 - granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war - That she is the widow of William Miles who was, an artillery man and a part of the time under Colonel Crane in the regular line of the Service of the United States, but in what particular regiment or line he so served she cannot now state - That the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 - was one hundred and twenty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow - Sworn to and subscribed } Sarah her Miles on the day and year above } x mark written before Jesse Eaton J.P. Witness. J. H. Miles
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me - and that she is unable to write her name in consequence of old age and feebleness - Jesse Eaton J.P.

State of New York
County of Yates, f: I Russel R Fargo Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jesse Eaton Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Sarah Miles was taken, was at the time a duly authorized acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the herat of the said affidavit and also to the Certificate of acknowledgment of the within Power of Attorney of the said Sarah Miles, subscribed are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County my Official seal the 7 th day of October A.D. 1848.
R.R. Fargo Clerk

36 42 Sept. 4. 1843
Sarah Muly
March 20/43
N.Y.
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Penn Tenn Aug 31. 1848-
Hon J. S. Edwards Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs Miles. to obtain the benefit of the act of 3 rd March 1843. Please give it the necessary attention, and return me the certificate upon which she is to draw the money.
On the 10 th inst I sent to the Pension department the declaration of Mrs Rice. since which time I have not heard from it. Mr R is very poor and so I am anxious to obtain her half the first drawing days.
I am Respectfully Your Obt Servt
J. H. Keller

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions Washington D. C.

SAMUEL H. WELLES, Attorney and Counsellor.
Penn-Yan, Yates Co., N. Y.
REFER TO:
H. B. GIBSON, Cash., Canandaigua. SOUTHWORTH, LITCHFIELD & BEACH, A. H. DEY, Broker. Detroit. 31 Water street, New York. H. W. BARNES, & Co., Liberty st., J. LEANDER STARR, 74 Wall-st., do. New York. S. H. HAMMOND, Esq., Albany.
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send two declarations of widows who received a pension - each under the act of 17 June 1844 for certificates under the act of February 2. 1848 - If the papers are correct please forward me the certificates if not correct please point out the deficiency.
I am Resp Your Obt Servt
J. H. Welles
Penn Yan Oct 17. 1848

Social Study
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May 26 '51
3.11.51 June 10-57

Whereas I Sarah Miles of the Town of Barrington, am the widow of William Miles deceased, who was a Captain Corporal of Artificers in the War of the Revolution, and am allowed a pension on account of his services at the rate of $120. per Annum. And whereas I am advised that I am entitled to a larger or increased amount of pension — Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Sylvester Esq. of the City of Washington, My true and lawful attorney and agent, for me and in my name and behalf to present and prosecute my claim to such of Pension increased amount as may be by law entitled to — Witness my hand and seal at Barrington this 16 th day of May A.D. 1851  Executed in presence of } J Taylor } James Miles }  Sarah h Miles mark
State of New York } County of Yates } ss. On this 16 th day of May A.D. 1851 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Miles above named, and to me known and acknowledged the foregoing power of
State of New-York, } ss. Yates County Clerk's Office, }
I, ALFRED REED, Clerk of said County, and of the County Court of said County, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that
Jonathan Taylor Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Penn Yan, this 17 th day of May 1851.
Alfred Reed CLERK.

Whereas I Sarah Miles of the Town of Barrington, am the widow of William Miles deceased, who was a captain Corporal of Artificers in the War of the Revolution, and am allowed a pension on account of his services at the rate of $120. per Annum. And whereas I am advised that I am entitled to a larger or increased amount of pension — Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Sylvester Esq. of the City of Washington, My true and lawful attorney and agent, for me and in my name and behalf to present and prosecute my claim to such of Pension increased amount as may be by law entitled to — Witness my hand and seal at Barrington this 16 th day of May A.D. 1851  Executed in presence of } J Taylor } James Miles }  Sarah h Miles mark
State of New York } County of Yates } ss. On this 16 th day of May A.D. 1851 Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Miles above named, and to me known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed  J Taylor Justice of the peace
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Penn Yan, this 17 th day of May 1851. Alfred Reed CLERK.

State of New York
County of Yates 3 ss.
Sarah Miles of the Town of Barrington in said County, being duly sworn doth depose that she is the widow of William Miles deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease, and that she is directly interested in the claim and application for an increase of pension specified in the within power of Attorney
Sworn to and subscribed on 3 Sarah Miles this 11 th day of May A.D. 1851 - before me 3 mk J Taylor Justice of the peace