Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21809, for Nathan Horton Miller, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass R.I.
Miller or Millerd or Millard
Nathan Horton No. 21809
B.L.M. 13424-160-55
CONTENTS
Martha

6.271
Rhode Island Martha Miller widow of Nathan H. Miller who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Teamster.
Hon. Thos. Davis, Feb. 8/55, Lt Genl M c Off, Jun 16/55.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 59 Dollars 63 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
B. Cowell, Aug. 17/55.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1854, and sent to
Benjamin Cowell. Providence R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 3.

109207 Act 1843
Martha Miller wife of Abraham  Valentine Miller
Martha Miller wife Valentine H. Miller
James Miller R.D. Freeport Capt. Melinpath
cont'd H. J. J.
Rev. A. A. A.
Rev. J. P. P. R.D. Tel 48-6271
Ad 1160 A Cr, Dec 29 th 1855, Bryant
Henry Benjamin Cowell Providence R.I.
Vol M 2. page 35

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 25 day of September A.D. 1839 personally appeared before me Daniel Potter one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Martha Miller now resident in the City of Providence in said County aged 73 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 9 th 1838 viz. that she is the widow of some Nathan H. Miller late of said Providence deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution, that the said Nathan served in various companies & regiments in Massachusetts in the neighborhood where they were born & brought up but it being before her marriage she cannot specify them but she has heard him speak of them. These services were in the far part of the war. Towards the close of the War about the year 1780 he enlisted as a Waggner

It was at the time the French Army was in Rhode Island, In this service he continued until the close of the War as she has always understood, And she further declares that she was married to the said Nathan H Miller on the 29 th day of August 1784, as will appear by an old register hereto annexed which has been in the family a great many years & is the only record evidence she has but her sister Priscilla Bordin was present at her marriage & her affidavit is also annexed. her husband the said Nathan departed this life on the 23 rd day of March A D 1823 and since that period she has remained a widow she was not married to him prior to his death the reason but the marriage took place prior to the first of January Eighteen hundred & ninety four at the time above mentioned
Attest By Jamil Potter
Martha Miller
Providence ss In the City of Providence Sept 25 th A D 1889 Personally appeared before me who signed the foregoing Martha Miller who signed the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same & I further certify that said Martha from age & infirmities is too feeble to attend court on this day Jamil Potter Just G. S. Pleas

I Eliza R Pollard of the City of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island & being now 39 years of age on oath do testify & say that Martha Miller who has signed & sworn to the foregoing declara- tion is mother and that the said Nathan H Miller was my father & that he the said Nathan H Miller this life on the 23 day of March A D 1823 and since that time my Mother the said Martha has remained unmarried
Eliza R Pollard
Providence In the City of Providence Sept 25 th A D 1889 Personally appeared before me Eliza R Pollard who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made oath to the same & I further certify that said is a credible witness
My Will Potter Just C. C. Pleas

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Oct. 16:39
Lord of Nathan H.
R. S. Act July 1838
Sept 29
Presented by Bryant Ladd Providence R.I.

I. Priscilla Bardine of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, being now sixty six years of age — on oath do testify & say — that Martha Miller of the City of Providence and the widow Nathan H. Miller late of said City is my Sister — I was present at their marriage, when they were married she lived in Swansea in Massachusetts — They were married in the month of August 1784 by Eldr Ralph Mason. I was her Bride Maid and stood up with them — I was then about fourteen years of age
Priscilla Bardine
Swansea to I subscribed at East Greenwich this 20 th day of November A D 1835 before me. I certify that Priscilla Bardine is a credible witness
John Brown Just cc plus

I Jonathan Peck of Cumberland in the county of Providence, aged eighty years, on solemn oath do testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Nathan H. Miller formerly of Providence, husband of Martha Miller now his widow who resides in said Providence.
Nathan H. Miller and I were born and brought up near neighbors to each other in Rehoboth in Massachusetts. During the War of the Revolution and in the year 1777 in October of that year, we both served in Colonel Williams Regiment as privates upwards of a month, stationed at Tiverton in Capt Sylvanus Martins company.
In the year 1778 we served together under Lieutenant Israel Nichols as privates two months stationed at Providence. This was in the Spring.
In Sullivans expedition in August of the same year we served two months in Capt Stephen Bullocks company and Col Carpenters Regiment, stationed on the Island of Rhode Island and at Fall River.
Said Nathan also served two months stationed at Fall River, with me in Capt Joseph Wilmarths company in said Carpenters Regiment.
This service began in November 1778 and continued until the last of December of said year, according to my best recollection.
Jonathan Peck

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence ss. In this Ninth day of September 1839, Jonathan Peck aforesaid personally appeared before me, the undersigned, and made oath that the facts stated in the deposition on the other side by me reduced to writing and by him signed, are true to the best of his recollection, knowledge and belief.
I certify that the said Jonathan Peck is a credible witness.
William H Smith Justs of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office Sept 26. 1839.
Henry Bowen, Secretary of said State, and Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof
Do certify, that at the session of the General Assembly of said State holden on the third Monday of June eighteen hundred thirty eight, John Brown was elected Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Kent, until the first Wednesday of May then next:
That at the session holden on the first Wednesday of May last, Lemuel Potter was elected Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Providence, and William H Smith Justice of the Peace for the City of Providence in said County for one year: and severally commissioned accordingly: as appears of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year first above written
Henry Bowen

Mr Miller sold his Oxen September 30 1789.

Nathan H Miller
March the 25 y 1789
Was Born y 1708
Martha Wood was born
July 13 y 1766
Nathan H Miller
Was married to Martha
Wood August 29 y 1784
Martha Miller was
born December
1795
Mary Miller was born
June 6 y 1799
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss, Town Clerk's office of the Town of Rehoboth.
June 15 th 1854. I Cyrus M. Wheaton of Rehoboth do certify that I am Town Clerk of said Town and hold by virtue of my office the records of the Births and Marriages &c which have taken place in said town, and upon examination I find the record of the family of John Millard and his wife as follows word for word
"The Children of John Millard Resided as follows Sara Millard daughter of John Millard & of his wife Korahy Millard daughter of John Millard & of his wife Nathan Norton Millard son of John Millard & of his wife John Norton Millard son of John Millard & of his wife Nath l Loogood Miller son of John Millard & of his wife,,
The above is the true Record of said John Millard's Family, there is no date given of the Birth of either child, It appears to be in the hand writing of Jesse Perrin who was Town Clerk of said Town many years before and during the War of the Revolution and afterwards until the year 1786. Attest Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk

Bristol ss In Rehoboth June 15, 1854. Personally appeared before me the within named Cyrus M. Wheaton known to me as the Town Clerk of said Town and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed. Which is entitled to full credit.
Danforth G Morton } Justice of the Peace

Martha Miller
109208

State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Providence
On this 29 th day of April A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, W m Knowles a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Martha Miller aged 88 years, now resident in the City of Providence in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Nathan H. Miller who was a private in Capt. Wilmarth com- pany, and also a Seaman in a Regiment commanded by Col. and also a Seaman in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more than twelve months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to said Nathan H. Miller on the 29 day of August A. D. 1789 by Rev d Russell Mason and that her name before marriage was Martha Wood and that her said husband died on the 23 day of March A. D. 1823 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ 59.63 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying pensions in the City of Providence. And she further declares that when she made a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855, and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.
Witness W m Knowles  Martha Miller She  Rhoda H. Ormsbee and Catherine E. Ormsbee residents of the City of Providence in said County & State upon an oath, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by said Martha Miller in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Rhoda H. Ormsbee Catherine E. Ormsbee

The foregoing and Affidavits were subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W TH Knowles Justice of the Peace.
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE, April 27 th A. D., 1855
I, Annessa S. Wettest
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within
and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Knowles was on the twelfth sixth day of April A.D. 1855 a Justice of the Peace for said County of Providence
duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledg- ment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Annessa S. Wettest Clerk.

Martha Miller of the City of Providence widow of Nathan H Miller alias Millard maketh oath, that Sarah Miller Dorothy Miller John Horton Miller Nathaniel Tupper Miller married in the Town Clerks Certificate of Rehoboth into married were brothers & sisters to her husband the said Nathan Horton Miller otherwise Miller, that her said husband afterwards spelt his name Miller & did also some others of the family but some of her husbands connections spell their name Millard to this day, as she believes And the said Martha further maketh oath that she has always understood, & such has been the tradition in the family, that her said husband used to serve as a substitute for his father John Miller in the war of the Revolution, & that he did actually serve several terms of duty before he enlisted as a Waggoneer or before he was called into service in that capacity. She states in her first declaration that her said husband was called into service as a waggoneer, but at that

time, she had no evidence of his services, but since that time, evidence of his services has been discovered, that her husband did serve as she then alleged, wherefore she prays that her pension may be granted pursuant to the provisions of the acts of Congress, and that be half —
In presence of Wm E. Peck
Martha Miller
Providence So. In the City of Providence this 16 th day of June A.D. 1854. — Now personally appeared the above named Martha Miller and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her finger — and I further certify that said affiant is entitled to full credence
Before me
Wm E. Peck
Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME COURT,
PROVIDENCE, June 19 th A. D., 1854
I, Thomas I. Anthony
Clerk of the SUPREME COURT of said State within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William E. Peck before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, & who has thereunto affixed his name, was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledg- ment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Thomas I. Anthony Clerk.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence On this tenth day of January A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in said County Martha Miller resident in the City of Providence in said City, aged 88 years who being duly sworn makes the following declaration in order to obtain an increase of her pension which she now draws under the act of July 7 1838 & other subsequent acts of Congress at the U.S. Agency for paying pensions in said City. The said Martha declares that she is the widow of Nathan H. Miller who was a soldier & Trampeter in the war of the Revolution, that she now draws fifty nine dollars & sixty three Cents per annum on account of his services as Trampeter, but nothing on account of his services as a soldier. The said Martha declares & says that her said husband the said Nathan H. Miller served twenty seven days in Capt Joseph Wilmouths Company in Col John Hathaways regiment from April 12 1779 as a private, also five days as a private in same Company & Col Capenters regiment from July 28 1780 as a private also nine days as a private from August 1 1780 in same Company under General Heath. Her said husband

sixty one days as will appear by the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being annoyed for which she ought to be pensioned under said act. She the said Martha has often heard her said husband speak of his services in Capt. Wilmarth's Company in his life time some of which she believes were performed as a substitute for his father, in her former declarations she has always claimed for services both as a private, but has been allowed only for his services as a Teamster. - During the war of the Revolution she & her said husband lived in Rehoboth as will appear by the evidence in her case After the war they moved into Roxbury. Her husband's full name was Nathan Horton Miller or "Millard" as formerly called, & sometimes called "Horton Miller" and this is the reason why the Secretary of State was requested to search for the name of "Horton Miller", Relying on the justice of her claim she requests that her case be reexamined & her pension increased annually to the amount on file, now transmitted
Her
Amasa J. West
Martha her Miller X mark

Subscribed & sworn to before me (the said Martha Miller this tenth day of January A.D. 1855, and I certify that her statements are entitled to credit Amasa S. Westcott
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, PROVIDENCE, January 10 th A. D., 1855
I, Amasa S. Westcott
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Amasa S. Westcott before whom the affirmed declaration of Martha Miller was sworn is a justice of the Peace for the city of Providence in said County duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa S. Westcott Clerk.

Subscribed & sworn to before me (the said Martha Miller this tenth day of January A.D. 1855, and I certify that her statements are entitled to credit
Amos A. Phelps
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
Oct. 20 th 1854.
I  H ereby C ertify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that The name of Nathan H. Miller is borne on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Willmarth's Comp. Col. John Hathaway's Regt. from April 12 th 1779. 27 days, as private, service at Howland's Ferry.
Also on pay roll of Capt. J. Willmarth's Comp. Col. (as per his) Regt. who marched from Rehoboth to Tiverton and served under Gen. Heath from July 28. 1780 5 days.
Also under Same Capt. & Same Col. on alarm and Marched from Rehoboth to Tiverton from Aug 1. 1780 under Gen. Heath 9 days including travel.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
February 3. 1851.
Sir:
A thorough search for evidence of service by Nathan H. Miller was made March 28, 1850, and nothing found except what had been already certified. The search embraced the name of Horton Miller, whose name was not found.
Another search shows nothing further; - is not enough to procure a pension; - There was service by "Nathan Miller" in the beginning of the war, but under such circumstances as to be highly improbable it was done by applicant's husband.
The rolls for 1781 are not in this office
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Thomas Campbell
for the Secy
Benj. Cowell. Esq.

Roy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26809
Martha Miller
wid of
Nathan H. Miller
Leamington Rev. was
Act: Feb. 20 /48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jonathan Pick Mitchell for Martha Miller His dec. 1775 S.N. Capulin S. Wathen Nov 76. 1. Martha L. Claiborne
Nov 76. 1. Jas Hill "
Oct 77 1 1/2 S Master. Millers
Wm 1/2 — 3 } Piley Pick. Dagg Bm 1/2 — 1 }
Aug 78. 2 1/2 S. Bullock. (capulin)
Sp 1780 6. E. Gifford, Hanner on R L
Mathias H Miller

The application of Elizabeth (S) Butler for Bounty Land, which was filed 17 th March last No 3297 has been passed over , please atten- -to it,
Yours unreservedly
John D. Clarke
To the Commissioners of Pensions
Case to H on Aud t ap r 24/55

No 3291
Elizabeth Butler —
To the Common Pleas of Pennsylvania — Memt.

Martha Miller widow of P.G. Nathan H. act 1838
Let to B. Cowell 9 March 1840 — A. Ray 19 th Oct: 1853.
1838

N o 6219. Martha Miller widow of Nathan H. R. I.
Letter to,
B. Cowell 9 th March 1840. A. Ray 19 th Oct: 1853. B. Cowell 2 nd June 1854.
Act of July 1838.

Pay, Martha Mills, widow.
Certificate to, Benjamin Cawell Esq. Providence. R.I.

Martha Miller widow of Nathan H.
R. I.
Admitted.
Atch 7 th July 1838.
1 Yr. 5 Mos. 8 27 days Tenure at $59.63 per annum from 4 th March 1836. excepting two years.

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Recd of 2 nd F. 1861. 48. R. I.
By J. M.

Pension Office, June 16 th 1853.
Sir:
I will be greatly obliged if you will, with as little delay as possible, cause the rolls of Capt. Willmarth's company, of Col. Thomas Carpenter's regiment, Massachusetts militia, to be examined, and inform me if the name of Nathan H. Miller, of Rehoboth, is credited with any service after the tour of 9 days, commencing (according to a report from your Office, made in 1846,) August 1 st 1780. Or, if you cannot find his name upon the rolls of the above company and regiment, please state whether his name appears upon any other Roll or regiment after August 9 th 1780. The information is desired, to settle an important question pending before this Office; and, if imparted to us, will add another to the many obligations we owe you.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.,
Hon. E. M. Wright, Secretary of State, Boston, Mass.
Special Commissioner.

Providence July 3 d / 55 Sir
I wish you to be kind enough to examine the Records of births in your office & see if there was any by the name of "Nathan Horton Miller" recorded for 30 or 40 years prior to the Revolution except the other "Nathan Horton Miller" son of "John Miller" the certificate of which you sent me about a year since. My object is to ascertain if there was any other man by that name in Rehoboth at that time. Please send me an answer as soon you conveniently can & much oblige yours truly Benj a Lowell
Andrew is a Turkish
Col. Wheaton Esq.

Dear Sir
Rehoboth July 6 1855
I have carefully examined the Records of Births in my custody from from the year 1720 to 1786, and do not find therein the Record of any Birth between the above named dates except the by the name of Nathan Horton  Miller , except the one named in the Certificate you allude to,
Yours very Respectfully
Cyrus M. Wheaton

Providence Feb 15 1855
My dear Sir
I have received your letter of the 12 th inst enclosing one from the Commissioner of Pensions relative to the claim of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H Miller for an increase of pension under the act July 7 1838 - I am somewhat surprised that any "serious doubts" should have arisen in the Commissioner's mind as to "her right to a pension" The same objections growing out the same "discrepancies" were made by the Commissioner in his letter to me of June 2 1854, I then explained them to his satisfaction & he at once granted the pension, In my mind no fact was ever better or more fully proved, both by record and hard testimony than that Nathan H Miller the son of John Miller was a Teamster in the war of the Revolution & that this same Teamster was the husband of Martha Miller the claimant
It was proved by the public records of the town of Rehoboth that Nathan H Miller was the son of John Miller. It was proved by the testimony of several respectable witnesses, & neighbors to John Miller when living that in the war of the Revolution, Nathan H Miller the husband of Martha Miller enlisted as a "Teamster" & that he went into service & was gone pretty much the whole year 1781 & was with the army at York Town - I refer to the affidavits of D r Samuel Bullock C o H th Barn Hail Martin & Ploa Bullock

as witnesses, whose character for truth and veracity are unimpeachable, And it was also proved by original records in the hands of Adad Joy Esq that Nathan H Miller enlisted as Teamster July 7 1780 under Freeman Lincoln to serve until December 31 1781, & that John Miller was the owner of the team, And it was moreover proved that the names of John Miller & Nathan H used to be spelt with a "d" at the end of the name & that even now some of the family connections spell their names with a "d" at the end I refer now to the additional affidavits, of Dr Bullock and C H Bue. Now with all this testimony and "dovetailed" together as it were who could doubt the fact, that Nathan H Miller & Nathan H Millerd were one & the same person, with only the difference of a "d" in the spelling & this difference fully accounted for?
It is true this claim was first made many years ago, It is true also that the widow always claimed for services as Teamster as well as private but not being able to prove six months service, in either capacity her claim was not allowed, Several years elapsed before the claim was undertaken again, but Mrs Miller having had frequent letters from pension agents, requesting permission to prosecute, she again urged me to try. I was confident six months service as a private could not be proved & therefore went over to Rehoboth to the neighborhood where Mrs Miller said her husband and her husband's father

lived in war time, and there I found Dr Bullock who was a next door neighbor, & who showed the very house where John & his son Nathan H, lived & he had a clear & distinct recollection when Nathan H Miller went off with his team to serve in the army as teamster and he testified he was absent about a year in that service & so did several other witnesses testify to the same fact, and to the circumstances which took place at the time,
With such testimony Mrs Miller made a supplemental declaration which was transmitted to the Pension office by me, but I was informed by a letter dated Oct 19, 1853 that the evidence was not satisfactory & that some "second evidence" should be adduced, of his service as teamster I then again gave up the claim, But it so happened, that about year afterward, I received a letter from Adad Joy stating he had a great many original records of the services of Wagon Conductors & teamsters &c and I immediately wrote him to ascertain if he had the name of Nathan H Miller, He answered, he had the name of "Nathan H Miller" & that "John Miller" was the owner of his team & when Mrs Miller informed me that her husband's father's name was "John" I had not the least doubt but that Nathan H Miller the teamster was her husband and this was the reason why I called the discovery of this evidence "providential" I thought so & still think so, & the pension granted has afforded great relief to the widow

I will now again explain the "discrepancies" alluded to by the Commission in his letter to you.
It appears that Nathan H. Miller, enlisted as transfer July 7 1780 to serve until Dec 31, 1781, And it appears by the Sundry certificate that "Nathan H. Miller from Rehoboth" served in the Militia from July 28 1780 & from August 1, 1780. I admit he could not have served in both capacities. But let it be remembered, that altho' he enlisted July 7 1780 he was not called upon to go off with his team, until several months afterwards. This fact appears from the testimony of Dr Bullock & others, In the mean time his father was drafted, for a short term of duty & Nathan took his place as a substitute. I admit there is no direct evidence of this, but the widows statement, but such has been the tradition in the family & so it has been understood. And it looks very probable & natural, for there was no other person by the name of Nathan H. Miller or Nathan H. Millard in Rehoboth at that time. It seems to me, it must have been so & not otherwise. But for a more particular explanation of this "discrepancy" I refer the Commission to my letter to him in June 1854 — As before observed, this same objection was then raised & was then explained to the Commission's satisfaction and the pension was granted —
But one word further with regard to the certificate of the Sundry of Massachusetts

This certificate itself involves a "discrepancy" It certifies 5 days service from July 28 1780 and 9 days from August 1 1780, 14 days in all; This discrepancy would be fatal to a six months pension if it depended upon the 14 days to make up the 6 months for at most, only 12 days could be allowed, by this certificate; But this is of no consequence as respects this claim, and I agree it ought not to be allowed especially if the services as "Tramster" "first commenced July 4 1780" as stated in the Commissioners letter to you. But was the widows pension computed from that date? How that was I do not know, but if it was, there ought to have been 18 months service allowed as "Tramster" alone, which was not the fact, as the whole pension was but $59 63 per annum. In conclusion I ask for nothing but what is right & proper, but I must say that the 27 days as a private certified by the Secretary of Massachusetts from April 12 1779 in Capt. Wilimouths, involves no dis- crepancy. This ought to be allowed in addition to what is allowed as Tramster for there can be no doubt but the "private" & "Tramster" were one & the same person. Hoping & expecting the above remarks & & explanation will be satisfactory. I am respectfully & truly yours Benja Conell
Hon Thos Davis

I Samuel Bullock of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that I am now in the eighty seventh year of my age, as I have before testified I well remember Nathan Horton Miller alias Millerd the son of John Millerd and who was the husband of Martha Miller now his widow residing in Providence And I further testify that I never knew any other man by the name of Nathan Horton Miller or Millerd but the one above mentioned I was born in said Rehoboth and having been a practicing Physician above sixty years and consequently have had an extensive acquaintance with the inhabitants of this and the adjoining towns, and I never knew or heard of any other man by the name of Nathan H. Miller or Millerd, I knew two persons father & son by the name of Nathan Horton, but no other Nathan H. Miller
Samuel Bullock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss: July 2 nd 1855 Subscribed & sworn to by the said Samuel Bullock Before me; and I further certify that I have long known the said Samuel Bullock to be a practicing Physician of respectable standing, and he is a credible witness and that I have no interest in this claim
Viall Medbery Justice of the Peace

I Caleb H. Burr of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say I am now in the Eighty third year of my age. I further testify that I knew Nathan Horton Miller who was the son of John Miller alias Millerd formerly of this town, the said Nathan H. was the husband of Martha Miller now his widow and living in Providence and I further testify that I never knew any other man by the name of Nathan H. Miller but the one above mentioned, I further testify that many years ago I was one of the Selectmen of said town Assessor of taxes & Overseer of the Poor and knew almost every man in the town, and I never knew or heard of any other man by name of Nathan H. Miller but the one above mentioned
Caleb H Burr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss: July 2-1855
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Caleb H. Burr Before me; and I further certify that he is a credible witness, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Viall Medbury Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Miller of Seekonk in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that I am now in the Seventy seventh year of my age. I was well acquainted with Nathan H. Miller the son of John Miller formerly of Rehoboth, the said John and my Father were brothers, the Nathan H. married Martha Wood of Swansea, and she is now his widow and resides in Providence. I never knew of any other man by the name of Nathan H. Miller but the one above mentioned either in Seekonk, Rehoboth or Swansea or any where else. I have always been acquainted with the families of the Millers in said Rehoboth & Seekonk and never knew of any other Nathan H. Miller or heard of any, The Millers used to spell their name with a "d," at the end of the name the "d" was first left off by Philip Miller the Father of the celebrated Surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Miller, after which the other families followed suit, my Father held on to the "d" untill about sixty years of age, and when the record of my fathers family was made up to be recorded in the Town Clerk's books, the "d" was left off. Jacob Miller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. July 2 nd 1855
Subscribed and sworn by the said Jacob Miller Before me, and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with him & have known him for forty years and he is a creditable witness, and that I have no interest in this claim
Viall Meebury Justice of the Peace

N.B. The official character of the Gazette has, I believe, been already noticed & allow me also to remark that no persons would be better acquainted with the names of the inhabitants of a town than a "practising physician" or an "assessor of taxes" I enclose also a letter from the Town Clerk of Roxburgh
B.C.
1813

Providence Jan y 11 1855 My dear Sir
Will you have the goodness to present the endorsed claim of Martha Stillings at the Pension office for an increase of her pension. The increase claimed is but small, but still it is something for her old age, she being poor & infirm. Her husband served as "Francis" in the war of the Revolution, & for this she has been allowed $5963 per An. He also served as a "private" in Capt. Wilmarth's Company & for this she now claims. I enclose her Certificate & request a new certificate may be allowed for the services proved by the Secretarys Certificate annexed. The other certificates which she received under the acts of July 9 1838 March 3 d 1843 June 17 1844, have been surrendered. I now request others under same acts for the increase. Your attention to this when convenient will very much a poor but respectable woman's widow as well as yours truly
Her T Davis
B. Mayhew Lowell

Providence June 7 1855
Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the claim of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H Miller for an increase of pension. This claim was made about the first of February last through Mr Davis M.C. and your answer was given through him to me Feb 9 th 1855. In this answer you expressed "serious doubts" whether she was entitled to a pension but would wait "my explanations" of the matter. These explanations were sent to you through Mr Davis in a letter dated Feb 15/55 and to that letter I now refer you.
I will only add that whatever may be the result, no earthly claim to human justice was ever better substantiated according to the proof. It is proved that Nathan Horton Miller the teamster was the son of John Miller the owner of the team.
It is proved that Nathan Horton Miller was the husband of Martha Miller the claimant, and that no other man by that name was ever known to exist in Rehoboth - and that the difference of spelling the name "Miller" in former

times with a "d" at the end and in later times without it, is fully accounted for by a number of witnesses,
And it is moreover proved beyond all doubt that altho' N H Miller enlisted as Traill "July 4 1780 to serve until December 31 1781" he did not enter upon his duty until several months afterwards. "ad interim" might have served a short time of a few days as a "substitute for his father" Knowing perhaps he would not be called upon to go off with the troops, as is the tradition and as his widow has sworn, who well remembers the fact, and it is not pretended or alleged that he at once entered upon his duty as Traill, nor until several months after his enlistment (please see the depositions of Dr Samuel Bullen & others as to the time he left with his troops) There can be no doubt therefore, that he did serve a few days for his father as his widow has asserted. Indeed it cannot be otherwise, for no other man by that name as before mentioned, lived in Rehoboth. This trifling discrepancy was made an objection before the pension was granted, It was then explained to your satisfaction and the pension was granted and I again explained it in my letter

of the 15 th of Feb last to which I refer you I do hope therefore this poor widow will be allowed the small increase claimed or else her pension certificate may be returned without it
I am Respectfully Yours O bt Servt Bryan Cowell
Hon L P Waldo

Providence June 22 d 1855
Sir
Favored you on the 7 inst respecting the claim of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H Miller formerly of Rehoboth Mass. for an increase of pension since which I have not heard from you I write now merely for correction I stated, according to my recollection that no other man by the name of "Nathan H Miller alias Miller" was ever known to exist in this language was too strong, I meant that in my opinion or I believed such to have been the fact. It is possible there might have been another man by that name in that town, and if it should turn out there was, that I have been misinformed, I shall have nothing further to do with the claim, I am going over to Rehoboth in a few days to the neighborhood where John Miller the father of Nathan H, lived & to other parts of the town & will make all the necessary enquiries of many old people

with whom, I am acquainted & will let you know the result of my inquiries whether for or against my opinion
I am Respectfully
Yours - Benja Lowell
Hon. L. P. Waldo

Providence July 9 1855
I wrote you on the 23 rd ult respecting the claim of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H Miller for an increase of pension. That I intended to go over to Rehoboth to ascertain the fact whether there were two persons by that name during the war of the Revolution. I have now to inform you that I have made the investigation and the enclosed affidavits are the result of my inquiries. I have not the least desire to urge this claim against any reasonable doubts, as to the fact of identity, but the evidence I believe, justifies me in saying, that Nathan H Miller the transfer and Nathan H Miller the private were one and the same person. How then it may be asked could they be the same person, when Nathan H Miller was entered as a transfer July 4 1780 and the married Martha Miller as a private in Capt. Wilmuth's Co. in August 1780? I answer that altho' his name was entered as a transfer (this probably by the father) July 4 1780

he was not called to go off with the Team until several months after that date, (this fact appears from the evidence taken before the "second evidence" was discovered) and in the mean time he being still at his father's house for he was then under 21 years of age, he was called out upon an "alarm" and served a few days as a private. This, I think is the most natural conclusion. —
That there was an Alarm at that time is historically true, the French Troops were then stationed on the Island of Rhode Island, an attack was expected from the enemy, and hence the Alarm to all the surrounding country. —
If you have made the pension as Tramote to commence to commence July 4 1780 allow me to say, that in my opinion that was too soon as the actual service as Tramote did not begin until several months afterwards, according to the evidence of all the witnesses, & it was for this reason I supposed he might have served in the Alarm.
But if you think the actual service as Tramote ought to commence at the time, his father so entered his name, then his service as a private ought

not to be allowed, nor does the widow desire it, I believe this circumstance has been the cause of the seeming "discrepancy" and difficulty.
There is another circumstance to which I beg leave to call your attention, I have recently missed a letter from a gentleman in New Hampshire (J Bryant Esq) requesting me to ascertain if there is any evidence of the services of one "Isabury Wheeler" formerly of Rehoboth. He writes, that Wheeler in his declaration, named as persons who served with him among others "Nathan Horton Miller" He names Miller as being in service with him in "Capt Freeman Lincoln Company in 1778" In Capt "Sylvanus Mather's Co. in Spring of 1780" In Capt "Milmouth's Co in June 1780" I have to request that you will examine Wheeler's declaration, I suppose he has been pensioned, & see if there are any facts which may throw light upon Miller's claim.
I am very Respectfully your att servt Benja Lowell
Hon L P Waldo

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 19 th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that there is no further evidence of service in favor of Nathan H. Miller of Rehoboth, than that given May 25. 1846, and the last service being in Capt. Joseph Withnall's Comp. Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. on alarm, at Tiverton, R. Island, and there did duty under General Heath, from Aug. 1. To Aug. 8. 1780. 9 days, travel included.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Levi McWhorter Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Providence June 19 1854
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 2 nd inst respecting the claim of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H. Miller for a pension, I herewith enclose the further affidavits of Dr Samuel Bullock & Caleb H. Barr which wholly obviate the objections raised from the orthographical difference in spelling the name. The name "Miller" used to be spelt with a "t" at the end, & is now by some of the family connections in the neighborhood where her husband was born & brought up, as will appear by the enclosed affidavits. - From the enclosed testimony it is proved beyond all reasonable doubt that Nathan H. Miller. (The middle name was "Horton") the "Teamster" under Freeman Lincoln, conductor, was no other than the husband of Martha Miller the claimant; and when in addition to this, we add that four witnesses, whose testimony is unimpeached may, unimpeachable, to wit: Dr Samuel Bullock Caleb H. Barr, Hail Martin & Mrs. Clara Bullock widow of the late Honorable Darius Bullock of Halifax Vt, who all testify from their personal knowledge of the fact, that Nathan H. Miller did go off with a team into the service of the United States as "Teamster" in 1781, as was gone about a year before his return home, I ask, how can such evidence be resisted by any tribunal aiming to do right?

But in addition to this, I enclose the certificate of the town Clerk of Rehoboth, the town in which the claimant's husband was born, & by this certificate, it is conclusively proved, that in former times the name was spelt "Millerd" & was so recorded, and the name of "Nathan Horton Millerd" is so recorded in the Registry of births, & as the son of "John Millerd" and John Millerd was the owner of the team as appears from the documentary evidence —
But you obscure in your letter, "Suppose that her husband did serve to 31 December 1780 still it would not suffice to justify the admission of the claim, for the service is less than six months."
It is not pretended or alleged that her husband did serve "six months" in the year 1780. The service claimed, or rather proved was done in the year 1781 during the time of enlistment & afterwards. The greater part, as appears by the evidence was done in 1781 or the year Lord Cornwallis surrendered his Army at York Town and history records this event to have taken place "October 19, 1781." Her husband, as appears by the documentary evidence enlisted to serve until Decr 31 of that year, and it is a fixed fact he left home that year & entered the service, & drove a waggon from Rhode Island to York Town, as was there at the time of the battle, for Rhode Island Troops stormed

one of the Redoubts, and he was waggoner to R d I t Troops as always understood It is true, he enlisted in the year 1780, as appears by the documentary evidence, but probably he was not called into service until some months after his enlistment. Waggoners were not called into service until wanted for the campaign And it is probable before he was wanted, he he served a few days in August of that year on an alarm, for his father as a substitute for him, And the traditional evidence is, that he did so serve for his father two or three times. Whether he served any length time as "Teamster" in 1780 or not is not asserted but it is asserted & proved that in 1781 he did go into service as Teamster & served about a year before his return home,
If the widow cannot be allowed service from the date of his enlistment, she ought to be allowed a year's service in 1781 & 1782 for the testimony proves he was gone about a year before his return home; and what confirms this testimony of the witnesses, is the fact, that the Rhode Island Troops which were at the siege of York Town were returned until 1782 I infer this from the "Book of Returns" of Col Olney's Regiment, now in my possession. One Return is dated "Camp before York Oct 5 1781" and on the Return of the Regt Eastward

another Return is dated "Philadelphia April 19 1782"
Now I ask can there be any reasonable doubt that as Nathan H. Miller went with these troops, so he returned with them. I think not, nor is this inference contradicted by the record. The Record does not say he was "discharged" Dec 31, 1781 but only that he enlisted to serve until that time; and being at that time, in service he continued so for several months afterwar, and this conclusion corresponds with the hard evidence
April 19/54
I ask, in conclusion, for nothing for this poor widow but what is just & right and this I hope & expect. It seems to me Providential that a Record proving her claim, has been discovered which so signally confirms her declaration, made fifteen years ago, as well as the hard testimony taken recently, in her case -
I am Respectfully your obt Servt Benja Lowell
Hon L. P. Waldo

Washington Oct 7 th 1853.
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions Sir
I have rec d from a correspondent in Rhode Island. the enclosed additional evidence in the case of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H. Miller, claiming the benefit of act 7 July 1838.
Yours; most respectfully Alex. Orr
9 15 1. 27 5 11
41

Nathan H. Miller d 1823
Martha. m 1784
1780. teamster to close war
1777 * 1. bef. Master. Williams ①
1778 2 Lut. Nichols
" 2 St. Pallecks. Carpenter ②
1780 2 J. Malmuth. 5 d Vols 259 P. and on —
* J. Peck mitraty to all
① mother Miller via Peck Vol 2. 205
(2) " " " " Vol 1. 55

Breit in the case of Martha Miller widow of Nathan H. Providence County and State of Rhode Island. act 7 th July 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Nathan H. Served one year, five months and twenty se- ven days as a Teamster - proved by Rolls, Samuel Bullock, Hail Martin and Caleb H. Burr. Nathan H. and Martha married 29 th August 1784 - proved by family record. Martha now a widow - proved by Samuel Bullock &c. Nathan H. died 23 rd March 1823.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent Benjamin Gowell Esq. Providence. R. I.
Charles H. Rhetts.
Examining Clerk.

Providence May 29 1854
Sir It is now about fifteen years since it forwarded to the Pension office the claim of Martha Miller in view of the death of her husband for a pension under the act of July 9 1838. She claimed for services of her husband as private in the War of 1812. The claim was not allowed the proof of service not being sufficient. Then it was then suspended for some years, but some time or three years since it was again undertaken proof of her services as Martha having been discovered in the neighborhood where Martha lived in the time of the of the Revolution - Young people & witnesses testified to his services as a private and that when he went off with his wife but could not remember under what conditions he enlisted - Upon this testimony, view on file in her case, the Miller was added a supplemental declaration forwarded the same to the Pension office & by advice employed Mr Clegg of Washington to attend to her claim. But it seems the claim was not allowed

sufficient as appears by your letter to him of October 19, 1853 you allege "some documentary evidence is necessary to prove his service as 'Granite'"
Procedentially speaking proof has now been discovered in the with enclosed with a further supplemental declaration. The evidence now enclosed proves that Nathan H. Millard enlisted July 4, 1860 to serve until December 31, 1860 under General Lincoln Commander of Troops. And this service record performance will appear by the perusal before taken now on file. It appears by the enclosed evidence that "John Millard" was the owner of the farm and John Millard alias Millard was the father of Nathan H. as proved by the testimony of Dr. Brattleboro' etc. The circumstance that the name was spelt with a "d" at the end cannot alter the fact of identity. To my certain knowledge the name is now often spelt with a "d". But the striking coincidence that John Millard was the father of John Millard the "owner" of the farm, which Nathan H. Millard the son of Nathan H. Millard, the "Granite" enlisted to serve, must be conclusive upon the question of identity. E.

The fact also that Nathan H Miller after the war, followed the business of a "Waggoner" between Providence & Boston is also further proof of identity & this is proved by the evidence of Philip H Martin, herewith enclosed — Hoping the evidence now enclosed will be satisfactory I have to request that this claim be allowed & certificate granted,
I am very Respectfully Yours att sent Benja Lowell
PS when Miller employed Mr Ray she sent him a power of Attorney. It will be seen by the enclosed that this power is now revoked. This has been done by his consent,
Hon L P Nasdall

Martha Miller
May 54.

State of Rhode Island ss
County of Providence ss
On this 22 nd day of May A D 1854 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in said County, Martha Miller of the City of Providence who being duly sworn makes the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress granting pensions to the widows of those persons who served in the war of the Revolution, passed July 7, 1838. The said Martha declares & says that when she made her first declaration under said act & claim for a pension, she alleged the time she was married to Nathan Miller who had been a soldier & Granter in the war of the Revolution, & such proof as she then had but she could not remember under whom he served as Granter or Wagoner or who enlisted him. But she now has reason to believe & alleges that her said husband enlisted & served in that capacity under Freeman Linsdell a Commander of Troops & that he enlisted July 4 1780 to serve until the 31 st day of December 1781, as will appear by a copy of a record hereto annexed, duly attested & sworn to. And she further declares that her said husband was the son of John Miller who, at the time that her husband enlisted, lived in the Town of Rehoboth, a Town then adjoining the City of Providence, altho in another State, separated only by "Sukowtuck" river,

And the said Martha further declares & says that her said husband was often called "Nathan H Millard" the letter "d" was added to the end of his name, & his father was also called John Millard But this was a mistake made by the person who wrote down his name at the time he was in service. Her  his said husband had little or no education, and this circumstance may account for the mistake, and further, to show that her husband was the identical man named in the record, a copy of which is annexed. She refers to the depositions on file in her claim, and particularly to the deposition of Doctor, Samuel Bullock, who testified that her husband's father, was named John & who was present when her said husband went off with the team, and she believes the other witnesses from the same.
And she further declares that her said husband served from July 4 1880 to 31st of July  December 1881 as Teamster in the war of the Revolution. He also served in the troops of Massachusetts as a private as will appear by the evidence on file in her case both parol & documentary, and as her claim has been pending a great while she hopes it will be granted without further delay, her marriage having already been proved & admitted. She has also heard her said husband says that he was in service as a Teamster at York Town when Lord Cornwallis Surrendered

his army to General Washington October 19, 1781 as she believes he must have been in service more than two months afterwards before he could have got home
And the said Martha further declares that her said husband died March 23 1823 as she has before alleged & proved, That after the war of the Revolution, he followed the business of a Waggoner, driving a wagon between Providence & Boston for transporting goods from one place to the other and this business he pursued until a few years before his death. She mentions this circumstance to show the identity that her husband was the same Waggoner whose name is on the record a copy of which is annexed
affid Thomas Greene
Martha Miller
State of Rhode Island Providence ss In the city of Providence this twenty second day of May, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four Personally appeared Martha Miller and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by her signature. I further certify that the statements of the said Martha are entitled to full credence
Before me
Thomas C Greene
Justice of the Peace

Extracts from an original, authentic manuscript Vol 2 page 251. in hands of a boy
"Return of a Brigade of Teams with their Appraisements H o enlisted under the direction of Freeman Lincoln Conductors of Teams for the State of Rhode Island to serve in the Army of the United States to the 31 st Decem r 1781"
   "Date of Entry Owners Names "Drivers Names "Carts or Waggon "Men & Horses Covers Yokes & Plows Chains Total Amount in specie Dollars   Number Appraisement Whole Number 1 st Yoke Appraisement 2 nd Yoke Appraisement 3 rd Yoke Appraisement Number Appraisement Number Appraisement Number Appraisement     " 1780 " S. by 4 " John Millard Nathan H Millard Waggon 10 56 4 22 99 " " " 2 43 3/4 1 3 1/2 295 6  
State of New York County of Seneca } ss I, Clerk of the Court at Ovid N.Y. being first duly sworn according to law, depose and say that the above are true extracts from Vol 2 page 251 now in his possession, which volume has been several times presented by him in the pension office, and at least one extract made from the same page and certified by J. Cole Chief Clerk, all of which is true according to his best knowledge & understanding. Sworn & subscribed before me this 10th day of May 1854 Gordis Dunlop Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Brad Joy is a highly respectable person, a worthy & reliable witness, I further certify that I have compared the above extracts with the original manuscript & find it to be a correct copy. I further certify that I have no hand in the agency of this case - Gordis Dunlop Justice of the Peace

State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office
I, Isaac Fuller clerk of said County of Seneca & clerk of the county Court thereof, which is a court of record having a Seal do hereby certify that Gordon Duncalf before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the within Jurat, (10 th May 1854) a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths & affirmations generally - and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice & truly believe his signature to said Jurat & to the within certificate, to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, which is also the Seal of said Court, this Eleventh day of May 1854.
Isaac Fuller (Clerk)

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE, May 26 th A. D., 1859
I,
Amasa J. Westcott
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Thomas C. Greene is a Justice of the Peace for the city of Providence in said County.
duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa J. Westcott Clerk.

Philip W Martin of the city & county of Providence and State of Rhode Island on oath deposes and says. That I was formerly well acquainted with Nathan H Miller the husband of Martha Miller now living in said city of Providence. Said Nathan died about thirty years ago. and I knew him twenty five years before his death. He was a wagoner. and drove a wagon between Boston and Providence for the purpose of transporting goods. I am now fifty seven years old, and among the first things I learnt to read was the sign on said Nathan's Barn, which consisted of a covered wagon painted and drawn by four horses that was his sign. The Inscription over the wagon was "freight to and from Boston with despatch of Nathan H Miller". He followed wagoning nearly up to the time of his death. I have heard he was a wagoner in the war of the Revolution.
Philip W Martin
State of Rhode Island
Providence ss.
In the city of Providence this twenty fourth day of May A D 1852 personally appeared Philip W Martin and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him signed
I further certify that the said Martin is a true and credible witness
Before me
Thomas C Greene Justice of the Peace

Island Martha Miller Nathan H. was a Seamster the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 59. Dollars 63, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June, 1854, and sent to
Benjamin Cowell Providence R. I.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 215

11.6.85
Rhode Island.
Martha Miller.
widow of Nathan H. who died on the 23 d March 1823.
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a Teamster in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 1 year & 5 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Providence at the rate of 59. Dollars 63, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1854. and sent to.
Arrears to the 4th of Benj n Cowell Semi-annual allowance ending Providence R 9.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838.
G. J. Geey
Recorded by Book D. Vol. 1.
Clerk. Page 111

Know all men by these presents, that I Martha Miller of the City of Providence widow of Nathan H Miller late of said Providence a soldier & Traillie in the war of the Revolution, do hereby constitute & appoint Alexander Ray of the City of Washington my true & lawful Attorney to prosecute my claim for any amount of Revolutionary pension that may be due me. And I hereby authorize my said Agent & Attorney to examine all papers & documents in relation to my said claim on file in the Department at Washington or elsewhere, to file additional evidence & Arguments & to receive the Certificate which may be issued on said claim which is to be made payable to me to appoint a substitute under firm for the persons herein appointed or proxies & to do all things I might do herein. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & confirming what above my said Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises - Witness my hand & seal this 20 th day of December A.D. 1852
Martha Miller
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss.
In the city of Providence, this twentieth day of

December as. eighteen hundred & fifty two. person- -ally appeared Martha Miller and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by her signed to it her free act and deed.
Before me
Thomas C. Greene Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Bullock of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, of the age of Eighty five years, on oath depose & say and further testify respecting the services of Nathan H. Miller, formerly of said Rehoboth and the Husband of Martha Miller, now of the city of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and now his widow. He the said Nathan was the son of John Miller, and I further testify in regard of the spelling of the name, Miller that it always was and is now, the practice, among some of his family connections to add the letter "d" to the end of the name, there are Philip and Henry W. Millerd his son and his sisters always wrote their names with the letter "d" at the end of their names, I have a note of hand now in my possession of "Henry W. Millerd" signed to it; they were family connections of Nathan H. Miller alias Millerd. I have not the least doubt, that Nathan H. Miller and Nathan H. Millerd were one and the same person and that he was the son of John Millerd as I have before testified. I have a distinct recollection when the said Nathan H. Millerd went away from his fathers house with a team as "teamster" in the service of the United States in the year 1781, Seventeen Hundred and eighty one, it was the year that Lord Cornwallis

surrendered his army at Yorktown in Virginia, I saw the said Nathan H. Millard when he went off with the team, and one thing in particular makes me remember; I recollect that my father went and took a copse and pigs from the waggon, which belonged to him, John Millard and my father lived but a few rods apart. - my impression is that the said Nathan H. Millard was gone about a year before he returned.
Samuel Bullock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. At Rehoboth June 6 th 1854
Personally appeared before me, the above named Samuel Bullock, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed, and I further certify that said Samuel is a very respectable citizen, a practising physician in said town, and his testimony is entitled to the fullest credit.
Wiall Medbury Justice of the Peace

I Caleb H. Burr of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts of the age of eighty two years, do further testify and say respecting the services of Nathan H. Miller as teamster in the war of the Revolution. He was the son of John Miller of said Rehoboth. They used to spell their names "Millerd" I have not the least doubt, that Nathan H. Miller and Nathan H. Millerd were one and the same person. And I know of relatives of his, that spell their names "Millerd" at the present time. Nathan H. Millerd the teamster, was the husband of Martha Miller who is now his widow, and lives in the City of Providence in the State of Rhode Island. Although young I well remember the time when he went off as teamster it was in the year 1781 Seventeen Hundred and eighty one, the year that Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown in Virginia.
Caleb H. Burr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. At Rehoboth June 6 th 1854 Then personally appeared the above named Caleb H. Burr, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed and I further certify that he is a respectable citizen and a credible witness. Before Me; Viall Medberry Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 16 th 1854.
I Hereby Certify , That Vi'all Medbury and Danforth G. Horton are now, and have been for the three months last past, Justices of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Rhode Island.
County of Providence
Personally before me a Justice of the Peace in the City of Providence Martha Miller resident in said City, widow of Jonathan H. Miller who was a soldier & Teamster in the war of the Revolution & makes this further declaration as to her said husband in said war. Said Martha declares that her said husband served in the Army as a private soldier & also as a Teamster or waggoner as she has before asserted, that with respect to his services as Teamster she now further declares that in the year 1780 or 1781, her said husband enlisted as a Teamster in Rhode Island in a detachment when he then resided, & entered immediately on duty & drove drove a Team from Providence to Virginia's was near York Town when the battle took place in which the British Army surrendered but who his Captain or Conductor was she does not remember or if she ever heard him say she has forgotten but she has often heard him speak of the past

And she further states that she will recollect the following circumstance which took place after her marriage - Soon after their marriage they came to Providence to have that an officer of government was there & settled with her husband for his services as Teamster and give him a certificate of what was due him. This certificate she often saw but she cannot recollect the name of the officer who gave it to him. - It was what was called a final settlement certificate. Her said husband kept it for a long while & at length he sold it to Messrs Clark & Wightingale Merchants of Providence. She does remember she was present when he sold it, they told her husband that long up would never order it paid on warrants to that effect, & he sold it for a trifling sum. This fact she well remembers, - She also remembers remembers that a soldier by the name of William Rude used to come to their house after the war & he & her husband used to talk over the incidents that took place during that campaign that this William Rude was one of the guards to guard the Waggons or Teams - that this soldier belonged to Rhode Island Troops.

And the further declares that everything which she has heard her husband say that he served over a year as a Waggoner at this time
Martha Miller
State of Rhode Island
Providence ss.
This twentieth day of September A.D. 1880 one hundred and fifty two personally appeared Martha Miller and made oath to the truth of the foregoing state- ment by her signature. I also certify that the statements of the said Martha are entitled to full credence.
Before me
Thomas C Greene Justice of the Peace

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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Provi.
I Amasa L. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Providence, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Thomas C. Greene before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the city of Providence in said County. That by law he is authorized to take depositions administer oaths & c. and that his signature thereto written is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1853
Amasa L. Westcott Clerk

I Samuel Bullock of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in my eighty fourth year of my age, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Nathan R. Miller, formerly of this town, and the husband of Martha Miller now his Widow, and resident in the city of Providence. During the war of the Revolution, he lived the next door neighbor to me, he was the son of John Miller, and he married Martha Wood. He was several years older than myself, but I remember that he frequently went away on tours of duty in said war, and I have a distinct recollection that towards the close of the war in 1781 he enlisted as a teamster or waggoner, but I cannot say who enlisted him, or under what waggon conductor he served, but I have a clear recollection of his going off, I saw him when he went off with his team, I was then twelve or thirteen years of age he was gone about a year before he returned, and I believe he was with the army in that capacity during that time.
Samuel Bullock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. In Rehoboth September 14 th 1852
personally appeared before me the above named Samuel Bullock and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed in my presence, And I further certify

that I have been acquainted with the above named Samuel Bullock for thirty years, and that during that time he has been a respectable physician and his statements are entitled to full credit as a witness in the premises.
Will Mockery justice of the Peace

I Caleb H. Burr of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being in the eighty first year of my age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Nathan H. Miller formerly of this town, the husband of Martha Miller now his widow residing in the city of Providence during the war of the Revolution he lived in Rehoboth in my neighborhood he was about ten years older than myself. I have a distinct recollection that towards the close of the war in the year 1881, that said Miller was enlisted in the army as a waggoner and went off with his team to Virginia, to Yorktown as I understood and was there at the time Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington, he was gone about a year before he returned according to my best recollection. I do not know who enlisted him him, but suppose it was Colonel Thomas Carpenter of this town as he was employed in enlisting teams for the army. Caleb H Burr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. In Rehoboth September 14 th 1852 personally appeared Caleb H. Burr, a fore named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed, And I further certify that the said deponent is a creditable witness, and a respectable citizen of said Rehoboth, that I have been acquainted over twenty years with him Before me; Viall Meebury justice of the peace

I Hale Martin of Attleborough, County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the eighty fourth year of my age, do testify and say, that during the war of the Revolution I lived in Rehoboth in said County, where I was born and brought up, and always lived till within a few years past, and I further testify and say that I was well acquainted with Nathan H. Miller of said Rehoboth, the husband of Martha Miller now resident of Providence R. I. who is now his widow, and whose name was Martha Wood before marriage.
I have a distinct recollection, that toward the close of said Revolutionary War, said Miller enlisted as a waggoneer or teamster, and went off to join the Army; this was according to my best recollection in the year 1781, when I was about 12 or 13 years of age. He went off with troops, as I understood to the Southward, as far as Virginia, and was gone about a year before he returned. We lived near neighbors to each other, and I have a distinct recollection when he went and when he returned. I cannot say who enlisted him, but I have a distinct recollection that he enlisted as a waggoneer and served as before stated. Hail Martin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. October 23 d 1852. Personally appeared

before me the above named Haile Martin and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed; and I further certify that said Deponent is personally well known to me, and that his testimony is entitled to full credit.
John Daggett Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, December 18 th 1852.
I hereby Certify, That John Paggett and Niall Medbury are Justices of the Peace, and have been so for the past three months, for the County of Bristol.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Alvan Coolidge Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Vermont
Windham County ss. I Chloe Bullock of Halifax in the County of Windham & State of Vermont do on oath testify & say that I am now in my eighty seventh year of my age that during the war of the Revolution I lived in the Town of Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts & for many years afterwards. and I further testify that I distinctly remember Nathan Norton Miller who lived in said Rehoboth during said war we were neighbors to each others. I know his Father & Mother and also his wife which I now understand is his Widow I also distinctly recollect that said Nathan was a Salter of the Revolution he enlisted as a wagoner or teamster and went off with a Team but under whom he enlisted I can not tell or remember this was according to my best recollection in the year 1781 or near the end of the war he was gone at that time a year or more
State of Vermont } Chloe Bullock
Windham County ss Halifax August 11 1802
Personal appeared before me the above named Chloe Bullock & made oath to the foregoing deposition by her signed before me I further certify that she is a credible witness & her affidavit entitled to full credit. Danfor P. Noble Justiciary Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 25. 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan H. Miller is borne upon a Pay Abstract of Capt Joseph Milmarth's Company, in Col John Hathaway's regt, as a private from March 17 to April 12 1779 27 days. Upon a Pay roll of Capt Silvanus Rice's Company, in Col Israel Chapin's regt, as a private from 29 th October to 21 st November 1779 including allowance of 6 days for travel, 1 month. Upon a pay roll of Capt Joseph Milmarth's Company in Col Thomas Carpenter's regt, that marched from Rehoboth to Swanton, R.I. as a private, from July 28 to 31 st 1780, including allowance of 24 Miles travel, 5 days. Upon another of same Company, in same regt, as a private, from August 1. 1780. 9 days. The above is all the evidence of service of
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any one of the names, Shown by the Military Records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Honorable John G. Palfrey Secretary of State
My husband Nathan H. Miller during the war of the Revolution lived in Rehoboth & Swansea in the County of Bristol & did perform military services as a private in various Companies and Regiments But it is out of my power now to specify the names of his officers I have therefore to request that the Rolls in your office may be examined & a certificate of his services granted I am now his widow & reside in Providence in the State of Rhode Island, & am an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress
Martha Miller
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations Residence No. 3 in Providence, on this Tenth day of April A.D. 1846, personally appeared Martha Mil- ler, subscribe to the foregoing, and acknow- ledged the same to be her free and voluntary act and deed,
Before me, Samuel G. Druitt, Justice of the Peace.