Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7212, for John Miller, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Miller John Leah
R. 7212
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Albany 14.527
John Miller
of Erie in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Croft of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Johnson in the N. York line for 6 months
8.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April 1836 and sent to Hon. John Galbraith, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Jan. - ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4. Page 45
Cur. 36 Transferred to Penn. 4th March 1836 - Sep't 3rd '36
Letter to H. McConnel 15 March 1836
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4th Sep't to 4th Decr 1842. as notified 7th Decr 1842

20384
John Miller
Erie county
New York
To be sent to Hon John Galbraith
H. R.
Noah P. Sprague Esq Buffalo Erie county New York
Mr. Deuel on Nov

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Miller of Erie co
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Subscribed for by Thompson 1777 1 private Captain Croop Newburgh 71   Enlisted 1778 3 private and teamster Capt Sullivan Stillwater Montgomery, N.Y. tradition.   Volunteered 1778 1 private Ensign Mont White Plains   do 1779 3 Capt De Witt Col Johnson Hassing Orange county   Enlisted 1879 1 same  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
X a mistake - must mean 1739
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Deall in Roll

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
25/3207/nd

Erie County State of New York
On this sixth day of December 1882 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Buffalo in said County. John Miller a Resident of Westfield in the County of Erie and State of New York aforesaid aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- -vision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he was born in the town of Montgomery in the County of Montgom- -ery and State of New York in the year seventeen hundred and sixty one. That he entered service of the United States as a private as a substitute of one William Thompson in the year seventeen hundred and sixty seven in June under the follow- -ing officers of New York Militia Voluntary to wit Captain William Cross - that he does not recollect the names of any other officers - That he left the town of Montgomery like - he then resided about the first of June and marched through Pinesburgh to Westport where he was employed one month in erecting or building two forts opposite Fort Constitution on the East side of the Hudson River. And was discharged about the first of July after serving one month the time that he engaged - he had but a limited discharge - does not recall any name of any Continental officers
And the said John Miller further says that in January in the year seventeen hundred and sixty eight he enlisted for the term of three months under - Captain Timothy Sullivan of the New- York Militia Voluntary as a private and teamster. And he marched from

3 m. leaving from Montgomery when he resided in Parnassus to Poughkeepsie in the state of New York - that he was employed in driving a team hauling clothing and provisions for the Continental Army at Newburgh and it being and along the Hudson River to Stillwater and also down said River to White Plains near the British lines till about the first of April when he was discharged after receiving three months the term for which he enlisted. He had but a verbal discharge - does not recollect the names of any other officers.
And the said John Miller further states that he enlisted in the Month of October for one Month in the year seventeen hundred and sixty eight in the New York Militia under Ensign Robert Moul- trie Marched from Montgomery to Wapping in Ulster County New York where he continued till November and was discharged after receiving one month. He does not recollect any other commis- sioned officer on that station.
And the said John Miller further says In the Month of September in the year seventeen hundred and sixty nine he again volunteered for three Months in the New York Militia under Captain Levi Sweet Colonel Thomas Johnson - that he Marched from Montgomery to a place called Shongunk Kill in the County of Orange at the expiration of the three Months was discharged had a discharges given him but lost it

and the said John Miller further saith that in the month of October in the year 1829 he again enlisted for the term of one month & marched to the offen- said Shuampunk Hill to defend the inhabitants of the frontier from the invasion of the Indians under the com- mand of the said Capt Levi DeWitt and that he was on several other oc- casions called on & went to the then frontier for a week or more at a time under the command of the said Levi DeWitt
That he has resided since the revolution- ary war in the State of Pennsylvania in the County of Luzerne for the term of one year from there he removed to the Town of Phepa in the County of Cayuga about 45 years from there he removed to what is now the Town of Westfield in the County of Erie in the State of New York until about 2 years ago when I removed to the Territory of Michigan and stayed for the term of one year then I removed to the Town of Westfield which is now the same to a proficiency or ordinary except the present and dollars his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed this 6th day of December 1832 before me
John Miller mark
Not Public Justice Clerk of Gen. Common Pleas

We the undersigned  Stephen H. Mearns a Clergyman residing in the Town of Amstead and County of Erie and William Hall residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Miller, who has subscribed and sworn to the forego- ing declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is reported and believed to be a revolutionary soldier in the neighbourhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion. - Stephen H. Mearns Sworn & subscribed this 6 th day Decm r 1832 William Hall Not Public Clerk of our Common Pleas

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that After the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears therein that it appears to them that Stephen H. D. is a Clergyman residing in the said Town of Newstead in the said County of Erie that William Hall who has signed the form is a resident of the said Town of Newstead & is a credible person that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Miller for his pension Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and set my office this 5th day of December AD 1832
John Miller 20384

State of Pennsylvania Lawrence County ss
vs Leah Miller
On the first day of July A D 1851 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County & State of Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn according to Law, with an oath made the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed for the relief of the widows of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Miller deceased who was soldier in said War & who was during her lifetime a pensioner of the United States & received therefrom the sum of "Twenty Dollars" per Annum. That her original certificate is now on file in the pension office at Washington City having been sent on by your deponent with other papers upon her application to draw a balance of pension due her said husband at his death & still remain there as she is informed of which the following is a correct copy
"War Department"
"Revolutionary claims" "I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832, John Miller of the State of New York who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive "Twenty Dollars per annum during his natural"
one

"life, Commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, "and payable semiannually on the 4 th of March "and 4 th of September in every year "This certificate issued in lieu of one dated "the 28 th day May 1833. which has been cancelled "Given at the War office of the United "States this 4 th day of April one "Thousand eight. Hundred and "Thirty six Examin'd and counter signed Secy of War J. S. Edwards
"Commissioner of Pensions - Endorsed
"Payment to be made at Albany by J. H. Dett g "acting Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of "Albany - Recorded in the Pension office in Brk s "E. 2 o Vol 4 page 215 by D Brown clerks "
She further declared that she was married to the said John Miller on the fourth day of April A D 1791 in the State of New York and that husband, the aforesaid John Miller, died on the fourth day of December in the year Eighteen Hundred & Forty two in Mercer County Pa. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - that the deceased John Miller had the following named children your deponent - James Miller of Northad Erie County State of New York, John Miller Lydia Dunham married to Orange Dunham David Miller, Christopher Miller, Henry Miller, Ashur Miller & Almon Miller that your deponent if she ever received a

Marriage certificate has lost the same although she does not now remember the fact that they were (the said John Miller & deponent) married in the State of New York by a Presbyterian Minister who is long since dead. Neither does she know or can learn that any record was made of the same either public or private but that a number of persons were present at the marriage among whom was a "James Stage & his wife Jane Stage" which said "James Stage" resided on March the 24 th A.D. 1843 at Newstead One County in the State of New York Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 1 st July Anno Domini 1857 James D. Clarke Esq.
Re Leah T. Miller Nees
Pennsylvanian Lawrence County ss
I hereby certify that due proof was made by disinterested testimony in open court before the Hon. Judges of the Court of common Pleas of Lawrence County Pennsylvanian on the 1 st July 1857 that Leah Miller the f who makes the foregoing application & affidavit was the Widow of John Miller dec d who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & that he drew a Pension from the Government of the United States until his death at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum & that he died 4 th Dec r 1842 in Mercer County Penn a & that said Leah Miller still remains his Widow Given under my hand & seal of said Court at New Castle this 1 st July A.D. 1857 James D. Clarke Esq

Laurence County Sublette State of Pennsylvania
David Miller of Lawrence age being duly sworn according to law upon oath and lay at the request of his Mother "Leah Miller" Who is the widow of John Miller deceased Who was a Revolutionary Soldier who drew a pension from the Government of the United States during his lifetime - That he David Miller is the fourth Child of the aforesaid John Leah Miller, and is a married man & has Eleven living Children and four Grandchildren he now resides in Laurence County Pennsylvania in Washington Township - Your deponent will be fifty-two years of age On the fourth day of April 1852. Was born on the 4 th of April 1800. This deponent he has of his age given to him by information from his father & Mother as far back as he can remember the entry in the Bible he is informed corresponds with that information not having seen the Bible that he remembers of but has been informed by the members of his father's family has long since been lost in moving about - Deponent further states the oldest Child of his father's family was named "James" the second Child named "John" Who now lives in Allegheny County State of Pennsylvania the third Child is "Mrs. Lydia Dunham" now residing in Laurence Co Pa "James" the eldest

Said in April 1822 I knew the fact because I was married in June afterwards - As Lydia Durham I have always understood was 25 years & ten months older than Aspinwall and was born in May 1797 - This I state from best recollection from my father and mother having no recourse to show the facts in any way - Aspinwall is not able to state any other facts which will show anything in relation to the marriage of my father & mother nor the births of my brothers & sisters - I have always heard father & mother say James Stage of Newstead Erie County New York was at their wedding, that they had a fine party that they danced & afterwards had on the premises of my mother's father's, I went there, & moved afterward into Plymouth & removed to Seneca in State of New York - I have several times heard a James Stage say he was at wedding of my father & mother telling over the circumstances Aspinwall knows of nothing further that will give any information as to the time of their marriage except having heard them both say they were married in the year 1797 the month he cannot now state
Given & subscribed before me This 9 th of March 1852 Jas Dickson
Signed Miller

State of Pennsylvania
Lawrence County Pa
Mrs Lydia Dunham of Lawrence Co Pa being duly sworn according to Law, oath before me & say she is the only daughter of John Miller & Sarah Miller - Her Father John Miller was deceased formerly lived in Mercer County Pennsylvania & was a Revolutionary Pensioner & her Mother his widow Sarah Miller who is now making application for a pension has removed and is now his widow residing near Skolton Lawrence Co Pa - Your deponent from best information from her parents knew her was born in May 1797. in the State of New York & is the third child - deponent was one child now married to George Miller and is now Twentyseven years of age residing in Skolton - I have seen my fathers Bible when I was a little girl which contained our ages. but have not seen it for many years have heard my parents say that in moving about it got lost some way as to the time of the marriage of my father and mother I have seen any record or Certificate of marriage and all I can say I have many times heard them both say when they were married my recollection is that it was sometime during the year 1791 but the month or the day of the month I cannot remember. but have heard them say James Hays his wife were both present at the wedding & have heard

Father relating over some of the Circumstances that took place one of which I now recollect & that was "that after the Ceremony was over & they sat down on the chairs father was the first to get up & to go out of the door & that was a sign they all said he would die first" I have often heard James keep mention about being at the wedding. He resides in Newstead New York. He is my uncle having married my fathers sister - I have heard him mention about them dancing & the police they had & I also heard him mention about the Circumstance I have also related about my father being the first to get up & go out of the door. and you is of the opinion they all thought there was some truth about it. Nothing I recollect my Brother James died in Newstead Erie County New York He died in April 1822. He was my oldest Brother and I always heard my father and mother say he was born in the month of January 1792. and in conversation with "James" he said that was the time he was born. As present I can't now say any thing about the Mother that would be of any importance or give any information of the subject down & subscribed before a Justice of the Peace The this 5 day of April 1852 Jas Dickson J.P.
Lydia her Dunham mark

State of Pennsylvania Lawrence Co ss
I James Dickson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing depositions of David Miller and a wife Lydia Dunham were duly sworn to & subscribed before me at my office in said County & I further certify they are true & correct & nothing of belief in any Court of Justice given under my hand this 5 th of April 1852 Jas s Dickson J.P.
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County ss
I James D Clarke Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that James Dickson Esqr before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made was at the date thereof an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned & sworn, that his signature is genuine, that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts, and that the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County is a Court of Records. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at New Castle this 9 th day of August A.D. 1852.
James D Clarke Pro

1822 1 6/16 175 4 22
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
* R. 7212 Rev.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Miller , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 77 1 mo. Priv. Wm Cross — N.Y.   Jany. 78 3 " Priv + Quarterm. Timothy Sullivan —   Oct. 78 1 " Ens. Robt. Mont —   Sept. 79 3 " Levi Dewitt Thos. Johnson   Oct. 1879 " "  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery, Montgomery Co - N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 6, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Newstead, Erie Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. 1761 at Montgomery, Montgomery Co. N.Y.
Remarks: 1836 rem. to Erie Co. Pa.
Sol. mar. Leah Stage Apr. 4, 1791 at Mamakating N.Y. Sol. d. Dec. 4, 1842 Mercer Co., Pa. m. Oct 22 1844 at 67 res Mohunk Twp - Mercer Co., Pa. Their ch. James, John, Lydia m. Orange  Annheim , David Christopher, Henry Asher + Almon.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
* Ref mis married after limitation of the Act.

125 24 New York
John Miller
of Erie in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Com. commanded by Captain Cross - of the Regt. commanded by Col Johnson - in the N.Y. line for 9 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1833 — and sent to Noah D. Synagogue Buffalo N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 60. 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sep 1833. 15. 00
$75. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4 Page 67
Set to Thomas M Boussee all appt. '34. Reduced to $20 - see outside wrapper. April 2 nd 1836.

11734 Feb. 10. 1845.
Leah Miller
Pa.
amt 7 July 1838
W. J. Allison
Past.
Recd Feb 10. 1845
amt 7 July 1838

37
Mrs
J. S. Medara & Co. Philadelphia
3 Mail }
City
Pa

State of Pennsylvania Mercer county ss
I A A Douglass Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said locality do hereby certify that the annexed disposition of Sarah Miller was made in open court before the judges of said court on the 22 nd day of October 1844 and further I hereby certify that due proof was made before said court on the day last aforesaid that the said John Miller pensioner named in the annexed disposition was a pensioner at the rate of "Twenty dollars per annum" and that he died in Mahonk Township in the county aforesaid on the 4 th day of December in the year 1842
Given under my hand and the seal of said court the 22 nd day of October 1844
A A Douglass Pro

State of Pennsylvania Mercer County ss
On the 22 nd day of October 1834 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Mercer Leah Miller of Mahanoy Township in said County age 67 years who first being duly sworn accuses to her knowledge that the within is true to the best of her knowledge in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of June 19 June 19 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Miller who was a voluntary pensioner of the United States at the rate of "Twenty Dollars" per annum. She further declares she was married to the said John Miller in the year 1825 - the age of the widow she does not exceed
shall testify her husband the pensioner John Miller died on the 4 th December 1842 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place as aforesaid at the time of said marriage and the said Leah Miller in the city of Johnstown Pa before me the Judge of said Court
A. A. Douglass Justice.
In presence of Sam Guffin

Know all men by these presents That I Leah Miller of Summit Township Mercer County Pa (Widow of "John Miller" a pensioner) name in the foregoing certificate of the Putterton of Mercer County. do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Sparkhall of the City of Philadelphia my true and Lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States by their agent at Philadelphia the pension due from the United States as widow of John Miller as a pension from the 4 th day of December 1842 to the present time
Witness my hand & seal this 9 th day of December 1844 Leah Miller  State of Pennsylvania Mercer County } Be it known that on the 9 th day of December
1844 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer personally appeared the above named Leah Miller and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day & year last above written  Notary Public
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss
I A A Douglas Prothonotary & clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Reynolds is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified! that his Commission was dated on the 28 th day of April 1840 and will expire on the 28 th day of April 1845 and that his signature attached to the Power of attorney on the other side of this page attached to the acknowledgement of the same is Genuine Given under my hand and Seal of said Court this day of December 1844
A. A. Douglas Protho for J. P. Douglas Dep
City of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania
Be It Known That on the day of 184 before the subscriber in and for said City personally appeared Thomas Sparkhurst the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension then authorized to be received by him Sworn & subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me

181=
Double only
Paid
25
Wm. J. Allison Esq. Washington City D. C.

Newcastle Dec r 17 th 1844
Mr Thomas Sparkhalk
Sir inclosed you have a power of Attorney to draw a petition make affidavit to the blank & Present it to the agent you can make inquiry & find who he is when you rec d the amount I believe is $40- give me credit for same & write me by mail what amount
yours Respectfully James Henderson
Double only Paid Mr J. Allison Esq. Washington City D.C.
Philad a Jan 30 th 1845
Wm Allison Esq.
Dr Sir, By request of Mr James Henderson I forward the enclosed petition for pension, in relation to which he informs me Lawrence McLaughlin Esq. of Merion Co has addressed you Respectfully Yours Mr Sparkhalk

06 CAS PAID William
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Leah McEllis Penn a 
at 7 July 38 add d evidence
W. J. Allison Penn a 
no Aug 18

State of Pennsylvania Mercer county ss
I A. A. Douglass Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer county State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to said Court That "Leah Miller" of Mercer County was the widow of "John Miller" deceased who was a voluntary Soldier & a pensioner of the United States and received a pension at the rate of "Twenty Dollars" per annum That she was married to him the said John Miller deceased in the year 1799 the day & the minute she does not now recall & that she has no record of her marriage (nor marriage certificate it being lost) That her husband died on the fourth day of December 1842 in the County of Mercer Pa. That he was entitled to his pension up to his death, and that he left the following natural children: Lydia Dunham, John, Henry and Almon & David, and "Leah" his widow the present applicant That she remains a widow and unmarried yet.
Given under my hand seal of the said Court at Mercer this 16 th day of April in the year of our Lord A D 1845 A. A. Douglass  Prothonotary

Know all men by these presents. That I Leah Miller of New Castle Mercer County Pennsylvania Widow of "John Miller" deceased a pensioner of the United States
Do hereby constitute and appoint Mr. Jay Cook of the City of Philadelphia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States from their Agent for paying pensions at Philadelphia the pension due me from the United States or to which I might be or am entitled according to the provisions of the act of Congress for pay to Widows of Military Soldiers up to the date of this instrument
Given under my hand & seal at Newcastle this 15 th day of April 1845
Witness my hand at signing M c Reynolds Jas Dechamps Leah S. Miller mark 
State of Pennsylvania Be it known that on the Mercer County ss 15 th day of April 1845 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Mercer County Personally appeared the above named "Leah Miller" and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day & year above written M c Reynolds 

Mercer County ss State of Pennsylvania
3
J. A. A. Douglass Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County Pennsylvania
Do hereby certify that John Reynolds was a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Mercer at the date of the acknowledgment of the foregoing power of attorney and the signature purporting to be his is in his own genuine handwriting In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 16 th day of April 1845 A. A. Douglass Prothonotary
Philad a April 24. 1845
Dear Friend Anderson
Sir,
We presented the above to Mr. Cook who has returned it to us to day saying that he cannot pay the pension at the pension office here, without an order from the Government at Washington directing them to continue the pension to the widow & that it will be necessary to send this to Washington Mr. Allison will obtain that order. If we can do anything further in the matter we shall be happy to do it.
Truly Yours Richard Sparks

Aug 30, 1845,
Leah Miller Penna John
at 9 July 1838
add l evidence
A.
W. S. Allison Pret d
See also the following papers of John Miller

State of Pennsylvania Mercer County
Penny of service began in the volume one of the Index of the Index in which for some
county Santa Miller of the County of Indiana who has only some according to Law South In the end of John Miller & Leah Miller
John Miller his father was in his lifetime a voluntary soldier of the Battle of the Army a prisoner at the Battle of "Fredericksburg" Bellefont "for a time" has been here to know his father repeatedly - his mother "Leah Miller" who is now making application of the Government for a pension relates with the request in Mercer County Pa
That there was eight children of them or fewer; I am the eldest John was the second Leah now married to George Duncan in the third & you expect who was the fourth Child was born the fourth of April 1800 in the State of New York. I have been the eldest of my age and the other children but believe it is about long since when my father moved up to Meadville. Since father has been gone his best relations from the second and have his friends say of his brother James have since to this Spring (1845) he would be fifty years of age at least - there is five of the children living & three dead
My father was about 70 when he died David Miller born February 21 st May 1845 I'm Raymond

State of Pennsylvania Mercer County
Persimmon appears a before some selection of the Peace in and for said County "Leah Miller" who is the widow of John Miller said who was a voluntary pensioner of the United States at the rate of "Twenty dollars" per annum that as his widow she believes she is entitled to a pension also according to the laws of the United States That some time ago she made application for said pension she went into court by her & friends they were a number of miles from her much fatigue and when she went her marriage the court was state county but far in what she thought at the time but afterwards she discovered from the births of her children that she was many years in the date of her marriage that her oldest child (now dead) if alive until this date would be fifty three years of age She has made diligent search for the bible records but cannot find it believes the bible records are lost in moving up from New York to Meadville - but she recollects that James Sturge and his wife of Westmoreland County State of New York were present at the marriage of her husband and wife to the date she testified often certain professions in the hands of one Lewis of W. L. Albin which she is setting forth the court time of her marriage according to the above stated facts
Sworn and subscribed the 24 th day of May 1848 before me John Reynolds Justice of the Peace
Leah Miller widow

State of Pennsylvania Mercer County ss
I A A Douglass
Testimony of the County of Carbon Pleas of Mercer County State of Ohio as hereby certify that John Reynolds Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits was taken at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ohio duly commissioned as such and that signatures thereto are his own free act thereunto
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this sixteenth day of July 1845 A. A. Douglass
1845, John 1838 mer
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Nov. 25, 1848.
Leah Miller Sedap ten case
at 7 July 1838
Leah Miller.
Dr February 4, 1846
ch to W. Aug 11
Susp Pa- 38
Ch by my Willard
11. August 1845.
W. J. Allison
(Prest.)

State of New York Erie County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county James Stage who being of lawful age & by me first duly known with deposit and say that he is well acquainted with "Leah Miller" (widow of John Miller deceased a revolutionary pensioner) who is now making application for a pension that she was present at the marriage of "Leah Stage" to the aforesaid "John Miller" which said marriage took place in the year (1791) September hereunder & thirty one the day & month he does not now remember that the marriage took place at Nannawakating Conesville in the town of Newport & was married by Rev Mr. Bometot that he knows that they lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said "John Miller"
State of New-York, COUNTY OF ERIE.
ss.
I, MANLY COLTON, Clerk of the County of Erie, and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof, do hereby certify that Wm Pratt Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit
was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Elected and sworn, and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "Wm Pratt Justice of the Peace" to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas and of said County, this 18th day of October A. D. 1845.
Manly Colton Clerk. by Isaac F. Maltby Dep. Clerk
marriage again in the presence of the aforesaid James Stage Mercer County Pa ah Miller"
James Stage mark

State of New York Erie County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County James Stage who being of lawful age & being the first and known with respect and say that he is well acquainted with "Leah Miller" (widow of John Miller deceased a revolutionary pensioner) who is now making application for a pension that he was present at the marriage of "Leah Stage" to the aforesaid "John Miller" and that said marriage took place in the year (1798) between him and said party on the day & month he does not now remember that the marriage took place at Nannakating Ulster County in the State of New York & was married by Rev Mr. Cromer that he knows that they were together as husband & wife until the death of the said "John Miller" that the said widow was married again that she had a number of children and I know she is the identical person who is now making application for a pension from Mercer County Pa by the name of "Leah Miller" Sworn & subscribed this 17-day of Oct. before me
1845 James X Stage his mark
29 Brown - witness for
Wm Pratt Justice of the Peace

11.574 Leah Miller wid. of John Pennsylvania
Alb. Feb. 1838 Wth. F. Miller (wid) " " " " " " " " " " " " Jan. 29. 1852
7212

Girard Sept 17 th 1834
Sir Yours of the 29 th ult came duly to hand. agreeable to your request I herewith enclose Mr John Miller's Pension certificate -
Respectfully Yours J. G.
R. Edwards Esq. Com te of Pensions - Washington City D.C.
Thos M c Connell

Aug. 30. W. Martin
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions War Department City of Washington.

Mech s & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency August 27. 1836.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 24 th inst. I have to state that John Miller, private, at $20 per annum, was last paid to 4 Sept. 1833 at $30 per annum - since reduced to $20 per your letter of 4 th April last.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Thos. W. Cluett Pud & Men

Aug 12
Mr Prudence
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Geo. M c Crump Actg. Comr. of Pensions
Thomas M c Connell Esq y Elk Creek, Pennsylvania.

Newcastle Laurence Co Pa November 12 1857
Genl Heath G
Sir
Enclose a please find papers on the application of Mrs Leah Miller (Widow of John Miller D- a voluntary soldier, for a pension = while at Washington in September last you informed me of any person on the Magistrate before whom James Staple testified (who is a Witness ) would certify that he was a man of truth her application should be granted - & at your suggestion I have prepared the papers and taking the old Laws against J s  Staples also, with affidavits of his Character all of which I hope will be satisfactory to the department I suppose when the application shall be granted Mrs Miller will have to prepare a power of atty for some person to receive the money the amount paying office is Italy as she has not 50 mts of it - you will please forward the papers to me & I will endeavor to have them prepared for her - she is extremely poor & will receive the bounty I have no doubt with a glad
With Respect L. L. Mc Guffin

John Miller
Abt. A. Y. R. to Penn.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Pennsylvania ————— County of Erie ss.
On this Third day of August 183 4 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Erie personally appeared John Miller who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Croft also Capt. Johnson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Johnson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow- ing are his reasons for removing from New York to Pennsylvania (viz) Having a large family to support could do it cheaper and better in Pennsylvania than he could in New York, & Lands were cheaper &c
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Hirany Dury "
John his Miller mark
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of Pennsylvania County of Erie ss
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace Thos M c Connell who On his Oath says that the within named John Miller is the identical person described in the affidavit Before Sworn and subscribed before Me the day and year within written
Jeremy Drey
I do certify that the witness Thos M c Connell is a man of truth and veracity
Jeremy Drey
Erie County ss.
I William Kelley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Hiram Drury Esquire before whom the above affidavit and within application was sworn to, and who has certified the same in his own proper handwriting to me well known, was at the time of making and certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, to all whom it shall be such full faith and credit is due — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the 4 August 1834. William Kelley Pro.

Washington May 25 th 1848.
Sir,
Some time ago, I received a letter from Mr James Henderson, on behalf of Mr Leah Miller, of Mercer County Penn a , requesting me, to ascertain why a pension had not been granted, to Mr Miller under the act of 1838, and informing me that Mr S. Allison for the papers, - In answer to a letter addressed to him by me, Mr Allison says that Mr Miller was allowed a pension of about $20, per annum terminating 4 th March 1848, - This information I communicated to Mr Henderson, who writes to me under date of May 19 th 1848, that Mr Miller never received the certificate of her pension, for any information from Mr Allison concerning it - Will you therefore please inform whether a pension has been granted to Mrs Miller, and whether any money has been paid to any person, on her account, & if any under what authority, - If the certificate has been sent from your office & has been lost, or never used by any person, I presume there can be no objection to sending me a new one or a certified copy, - Please send me also a blank form, for her under the Act of the present session.
Very respectfully &c.
J. W. Marshall
J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

State of New York Erie County ss
On the 23 rd day of October 1851 Personally appeared before the following
Justice of the Peace in and for said County James Stage age a Seventy six years who being duly sworn saith upon oath and and say that he is well acquainted with Mrs Leah Miller who has made the foregoing affidavit & declaration which is true to the best of her knowledge. She is the widow of John Miller deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier (and upon the basis from information unentitled and a new a pension from the United States) That said John Miller and his wife was married in the State of New York on the fourth day of April A D 1791 by a Presbyterian Minister that deponent was present at said Marriage which was solemnized in presence of several persons among whom was deponents wife Jane Stage - That said John Miller & wife lived together as man & wife & had several Children the number and names set forth in the affidavit of deponent of Leah Miller is correct She has no doubt that said John Miller & family removed from the State of New York & upon the basis from information he said in Mercer County Pennsylvania wore & subscribed before me this 23 rd day of October 1851 Ezra P. Godkin Justice of the Peace in and for said county
James X Stage his mark

State of New York
Erie County ss }
Personally came William Hall
before the subscribers a Justice of the Peace in & for said county on the 23 rd day of October 1857 who being duly sworn according to Law with deponent & say he is that he has been well acquainted with James Stage who has made the foregoing affidavit on the first side of this sheet of paper - that said "Stage" is a man of good moral character for honesty and his reputation for truth & veracity is undoubted & that his affidavit is entitled to full credit in any Court of Justice
Wm Hall
Known & subscribed before me { This 23 rd day of October 1857 { Ezra P. Godkin Justice of the Peace
in and for said county
Also at the same time & place came Ebenezer J Brown who being duly sworn according to Law saith he is well acquainted with "James Stage" whose affidavit is written on the first side of this sheet of paper has known him for a number of years & believes him to be a man of good moral character & of truth & veracity & his deposition is entitled to full credit in any court of Justice known & subscribed before
me this 23 rd day of October 1857 }
Ebenezer J Brown
Ezra P. Godkin Justice of the Peace in and for said county

I hereby Certify that "James Hays" whose affidavit is written on the first side of this sheet taken before me is a man of good character for truth and veracity having known him for quite a number of years and the persons William Hall & Ebenezer J. Brown who hath made affidavit hereto attached are men of good reputation for truth and veracity Given under my hand and seal at Northvale Erie County State of New York this 13 th day of October 1851  Ezra P. Goshin
State of New York, } ss ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WELLS BROOKS, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that Ezra P. Goshin whose name is sub- scribed to the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in said County, duly elected, sworn and acting as such and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand'writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and further, that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County at Buffalo, this 24 th day of October A. D. 1851.
W. Brooks Clerk.

Griswold Augt. 6- 1836-
Sir I send you a application for the transfer of Mr John Miller's Pension from the State of New York to the State of Pennsylvania If this paper are correct you will please Grant the transfer-
There will be due Mr Miller on the 1st Sept Next $35. Shall the draft be made for one & three Quarters years? Please inform me
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm d Pensions
Respectfully Yours &c Thos M c Namall

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 20 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of John Miller, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r — to the 4 th Dec r 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gass
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

John Miller
Payments to be made at the City of New York by the Post of the Dr. D. S. U.S. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4
Page 67 by
George Taylor Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Miller.
of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty — dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28 th day of May — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
[Signature]
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
[Signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.

$25, would have been payable on 4 Mar '36 if he had been allowed $20 per an

To what period was John Miller of New York last paid? -
Private - act 7 June 1832 at $30.
Pen. office.
ap t 1. 1836
He was paid to the 4 th Sep 1833
JH

$ 25, would have been payable on 4 mar '36 if he had been allowed $20 per an

make out Certif reducing the within pension to $20.

1906 Nov 22 - Hist. to Mrs. G. C. Bingham
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1921 2
Leah Miller

O.H. & H.
May 28, 23
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411 NORWOOD AVENUE.
Buffalo N.Y.
Nov. 11/06.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Kindly send me the record of John Miller of Erie Co N. York, in Pension list of 1801.
Yours truly
Julia Cobb Bingham.
(Mrs G. B.)
411 Norwood Ave.