Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 36146, for Benjamin Miller, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Leon
Miller, Benjamin
S 36146
CONTENTS

14. 683 Connecticut
Benjamin Miller of Windham in the state of Connecticut: who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkie of the Connecticut line, for the term of 13 mos. fm 175
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 30 th of August 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Sept. 1819 and sent to David Bolles Esq. Windham Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 - \frac{2.4}{31.30} 1. 59 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 - 40. 00 $41. 59
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Windham Colf:
The law of the 1 May 1820 continued on the roll under the law of 18 May 1820 Notification sent to David Bolles Esq 10 July 1820. Windham Conn

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Winsted within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 28 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,]
Benjamin Miller of Winsted in the County of Windham in said District
aged sixty four years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of one year on the 28 th day of November in the year 1775 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Dyer in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until the 1 st day of January 1777 having served one year one month & three days when he was discharged from the said service in Some town he does not recollect what in the State of New Jersey
My discharge is lost I am now a Pensioner - the date of my original application was the 30 th day of August 1819 - the No of my Pension certificate is 14,683 - I am a farmer I am in a weak & feeble state of health my shoulder was broken 15 years ago & I have been able to do very little since - I am very Poor - I have a wife Lucinda Miller aged sixty years who is apt being troubled with the Phthisis enjoys good health I have one daughter (Sarah Miller) aged 32 years who has for the last 5 years been weak & infirm & unable to attend to any business & who depends on me for support
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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.
Benjamin Miller
A schedule of the whole real & Personal estate & income of Benjamin Miller of Winsted in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut - viz -
 1 Cow & Calf $ 15.00  1 base of drawers $ 3.00  1 Iron kettle $ 1.50  1 ditto small $ 0.50  1 Iron Pot $ 0.75  6 Kitchen chairs $ 0.75 
Amount carried over $ 21.50

Amount Brought over — $ 12.13 $21.50
  1 Pine table $ 0.75 Brought up — $ 12.13   1 Looking Glass $ 1.00 2 tea kettles $ 0.75   4 old Brooms — $ 0.40 1 Plough Iron — $ 0.75   2 old Wash tubs — $ 0.40 6 earthen Plates — $ 0.36   2 Pewter Plates — $ 1.00 1 old Pitch fork — $ 0.25   3 Pewter Basins $ 0.75 2 Iron Spiders — $ 0.25   1 Tea pot — $ 0.17 1 earthen jug $ 0.16   1 Stand Sable $ 0.25 2 Sickles — $ 0.25   2 Chests — $ 2.00 1 set of cups & saucers $ 0.10   1 Pair fire tongs $ 0.34 2 Pails — $ 0.34 15.34   1 horse plough $ 2.00   9 hazaar teeth $ 2.40   1 bake kettle $ 0.67   carried up — 12.13   One old house & land & small lot of land worth not more than $266.67 - if free from encumbrance but which is subject to a Mortgage to John H. Charles Taintor for $214.00 } 36.84  52.67 52.67 $89.51
The above Schedule contains the whole of my estate & income & I owe bonafide debts to the amount of $127.24 - besides the above mentioned Mortgage
Benjamin Miller
Total estate $89.51 — Debts owing $127.24 —
Benjamin Miller Contested 14,683 23 Sep 1819
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest. David C. Bolles Clerk.
I, David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 Eighty nine Dollars, and 51 — Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 1 st day of July A. D. 1820.
David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

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David Bolles Judge Winokan, Court. Rec. Sept. 6. 1819.
J. P. Calhoun Esquire History of War City Washington Pa

Benj te Miller - priv:
Col. Deukies Connecticut Ref.
25 th Nov. 1795 - 13 mos: -
30 th Aug t 1819.
Benj te Miller application -
Memorandum no.

To David Bolles Judge of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut I Benjamin Miller of the town of Windham in said County a citizen of the United States on oath declare that I S d Miller on the 28 th day of November AD 1775 enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Dyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dushree in the Connecticut line of the Continental army in which company I served as a private soldier until on or about the 12 th day of April 1776 when I was ordered to serve in the commissary department under Samuel Gray commissary where I continued to serve until the 1 st of December 1776 when S d Gray left me and I continued to serve in the same department under Joshua Lando a commissary until the 1 st day of January 1777 when S d Lando dismissed from the service in an honorable manner I had no discharge in writing as I was in the commissary department as aforesaid and not with the company to which I belonged when it was discharged I served as aforesaid on the Continental establishment against the common enemy in the War of the Revolution as a private soldier from S d 28 November 1775 to 1 st January 1777 I am now poor and in reduced circumstances in life and by reason thereof I do stand in need of the assistance of my country for support agreeable to the United States Law entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
Benjamin Miller
State of Connecticut, Windham ss. Asst. Judge 28 th June 1819 Personally came to me Benjamin Miller a citizen of the United States dwelling in Windham in S d County and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Attest David Bolles Judge of Windham County Court

Windham p 30 th August 1819 I further certify that the inclosed deposition having been produced to me I am satisfied that Benjamin Miller's declaration within, made on oath & by him subscribed is fully true I do therefore cause the seal of the Court of Common Pleas or County Court for this County of Windham to be hereunto affixed and do seal up and transmit this application to the Honorable Secretary of War agreeable to the Statute aforesaid
David Bolles Judge of Windham County Court
I David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that David Bolles Esquire is Judge of the County Court, that the above signature is in his hand writing, & full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & Affixed the Public Seal of Court at Windham in said County this 30 th day of August Anno Domini 1819
David C. Bolles

36 146
Revz INVALID.
File No. 86 146
Benjamin Miller
Dis Rev 1880
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 6. 1903 - List to A.R. Kip - Bklyn NY

David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Jabez Clarke Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in & for Windham County, that the within signature is in his hand writing Full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such In testimony Whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the Publick Seal of the Court at Windham in the County this 17 th day of August A.D. 1819 — David C. Bolles
John Sanford Esq. Deponent to the foregoing of Benj. Miller
The Deposition of Samuel Gray who Testifies and says, he has been acquainted with Benj. Miller an Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 — for more than fifty years, that the Deponent was in the year 1776 an Assistant to Col. Joseph Trumbull, who was then Commissary General of the Army of the United States and have a perfect recollection, that in the Spring of the year 1776 S r Miller was a Soldier in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee, and that he was detached from S r Regiment in New York, to serve in the Commissaries Stores, and that he continued to serve in S r Stores until sometime in the summer following, when the Deponent was removed to Fort Washington after which he has no knowledge of S r Miller during that campaign, but has no doubt of his continuing in service until the time of his enlistment expired, and your Deponent says S r Miller is in reduced circumstances and a resident State of Connecticut, County of Windham Windham August 17. 1819 — Sam Gray Sam Gray Esq. appeared and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above Deposition by him subscribed, and further in testimony that the Deponent is a Just. of Peace at the County of Windham to the best of his knowledge and belief —

We John Taintor, Charles Taintor, and John Stanaford all of Windham in the County of Windham, in the District of Connecticut. Do Testify that we have been acquainted with Benjamin Middle of said Windham, who is an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818, and believe him to be an industrious, honest, and Temperate man, and that by distressing sickness in his family, he is much reduced in his circumstances, that he is about Sixty three years of age, and we know of no property, he owns excepting about Ten acres of land with an Old house and Barn thereon, and we know that he is indebted to the full value of all his property, and for which it is mortgaged — and that he wants assistance for his support
Dated at Windham the 31 st day of July 1819
John Taintor John Stanaford Charles Taintor
District of Connecticut County of Windham ss. Windham July 31. 1819
Then personally appeared before me Jacob Clarke Esq. Justice of the peace for said County of Windham, John Taintor, Charles Taintor & John Stanaford, the above named Deponents, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above Deposition by them submitted, and I do further certify that the Deponents are all well known to me, to be Gentlemen of good character and respectable for truth, and full faith credit ought to be given to their Testimony — Attest — Jacob Clarke

Aug 5-75 Due to Coll. Diden
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I Jerom Clark of Chersy valley in the County of Otsego in the State of New York - Testify that in the War of the Revolution, in the Campaign of 1776. I served in the 20 Continental Regiment, commanded by Col. John Durkee & in a company commanded by Capt. Thos. Dyer, from the 5 th of January of said year until the first of February, 1777, during the whole of said year, Benjamin Miller of Windham faithfully served in company as an Intested Soldier - when I Reg d was discharged. Jerom Clark
Otsego County ss. Chersy valley June 15 1819 Personally appeared Jerom Clark and being duly qualified made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me John Galt Justice Peace I certify that Jerom Clark is a man of credibility and truth John Galt Justice Peace
I Daniel Tilden late of Lebanon in Windham County, in the State of Connecticut, now of Warren in the County of Herkimer and State of New York - Testify and say, that in the year 1776. I served in the 20 Regiment of the Continental Army, commanded by Col. John Durkee in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Dyer until the 15 day of Sept r and the remainder of said year by the deponent - and that Benjamin Miller of Windham in the County of Windham aforesaid faithfully served as an Intested Soldier in said company the whole of said year and was regularly discharged in Jan y 1777. Daniel Tilden
Otsego County ss. Hartwick June 1 st 1819. Personally appeared Col. Daniel Tilden and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me Eliphatet Dewey Justice Peace I certify that the above named Daniel Tilden is a man of truth & that his testimony is to be relied on Eliphatet Dewey Justice Peace

State of New York Otsego County ss. I certify that and John Galt Ephraim Dewey, whose signatures appeared to the within certificates of acknowledgements, were in the days of the dates of the said Certificates Justices of the Peace acting under the authority of this State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego this 17 th day of June 1819
Israel Spofford Dep. Clk.