Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7228, for William Miller, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Miller, William
S 7228
CONTENTS
Carded

At 10 a.m. Clayton Sept 1 to G. R. Clayton 10. Co. to Pen Ag 11 Dec 1838. To Mississipi from me. 1834 14 Aug 1839. & notified at Clayton Letter to G. R. Clayton Let to 3rd child. Paid at the Act of the 4 Sept 1834 Agt notified 31 Aug 1839. Paid as above March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 16 Oct 1839 Paid as above 1838 to 4 Sept 1839 Agt notified 28 Oct 1840 Letter to 3 a on Oct 13 1842 Paid as above on 4 Sept 1841 Agt notified 12 1842.
See letter Aug. 15. 1845 to Hon. C. Johnson - P. Hagner 3rd Adm. Telfer, Treasurer
 Georgia 3780 Mississippi
William Miller
of Jackson in the State of Georgia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Webb of the Regt command by Col. Wade in the North Carolina line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June '33 and sent Hon. A. H. Clayton Athens Ga.
Arrears to the 14th of March '33 - 100 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 25- $ 125
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk Book D Vol. 8. Page 138
57228

Application for a transfer
The State of Mississippi } County of Neshoba }
On this, Seventh day of November 1838, before
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Neshoba, personally appeared, William Miller, who, on oath, declared, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Webb that said company during part of the service of the said William Miller was commanded, by Captain White, that said company was in the regiment commanded during part of the service of the said Miller, by John Wade part of the time by John Stephen Miller, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Georgia; from whence he removed, during the winter of 1834; that he now resides in the State of Mississippi County of Neshoba, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Georgia to the State of Mississippi, because the most of his children had removed to the State of Mississippi in order to procure land that was more fresh & fertile than they had in the State of Georgia. He wished to live with his children during the remainder of his life & consequently removed with them to the State of Miss- issippi.
Sworn to & subscribed before me } William Miller the day & year aforesaid
R. D. Barker
Justice of the Peace
The State of Mississippi } County of Neshoba }
I, John B. Roberts Clerk of Probates Court in the said County of Neshoba & State of Mississippi do hereby certify that Richard
D Barker whose name appears signed to the above af- fidavit as Justice of the Peace is a duly qualified Justice of the Peace in for the said County of Neshoba & State of Mississippi that said signature is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of office, this Seventh day of November 1838.
Jn B Roberts Clerk P.C.M.C

The State of Mississippi } Thomas H. Dixon Judge County of Neshoba } of Probates Court in & for the County of Neshoba & State of Mississippi do hereby certify that John B. Roberts whose name appears signed to the above certificate is the clerk of the Probates Court in & for the said County of Neshoba State of Mississippi that the said signature is genuine. Given under my hand this seventh day of November 1838. Thos H Dixon Judge of Probate
The State of Mississippi } On this, seventh day of County of Neshoba } November 1838, before me, the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Neshoba State of Mississippi, personally appeared George R. Clayton who on his oath, declared that he was well acquainted with William Miller whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing affidavit; that he as- sisted the said Miller in making out his papers to draw his pension, whilst said Miller resided in the State of Georgia; that he knew him to have been upon the pen- sion roll of the State of Georgia, from having his certificate of pension often in his possession, which the said Miller now has; and that the said Miller whose name ap- pears subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, is the person described in the same, that he is the same Miller who was on the pension roll of the State of Georgia.
Sworn to & subscribed before me } George R. Clayton On the day & date last } above written. } Richard D. Barker } Justice of the Peace
The State of Mississippi } Richard D. Barker County of Neshoba } Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Neshoba State of Mississippi do hereby certify that George R. Clayton whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, is a man of veracity. His oath may be relied upon, as true. Given under my hand & private seal, having no seal of Office, this seventh day of November 1838. Richard D. Barker } Justice of the Peace

The State of Mississippi } I John B. Roberts County of Noxubee } Clerk of Probates Court in for the County of Noxubee State of Mississippi, do hereby certify that Richard M. Barker whose name appears signed to the Affidavit of Certificate immediately proceeding this, is a duly qualified Justice of the Peace in for the said County of Noxubee State of Mississippi that the signature to the said Affidavit of Certificate last forelaid is genuine. Given under my hand & Seal of Office this Seventh day of November 1838. J B Roberts Clerk P.C.N.C
The State of Mississippi } I Thomas H. Dixon County of Noxubee } Judge of Probates Court in for the said County of Noxubee State of Mississippi do hereby certify that John B. Roberts - whose name appears signed to the Certificate immediately proceeding this is the Clerk of the Probates Court in for the said County of Noxubee State of Mississippi that said signature is genuine. Given under my hand this Seventh day of November 1838. Thomas Dixon Judge of Probate

Declaration of William Miller in order to obtain a pen- sion —
Period of war not mentioned.
Entered at the about 16, in 719 which makes the period 1777.
Hon. M c Clayton.

1892 State of Georgia County of Jackson 3 55
On this tenth day of November, 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Superior Court of said County State, (being a court of record) now sitting William Miller a resident of the County of Jackson & State of Georgia aged 71 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, Viz. —
He entered the service at about the age of sixteen years (as well as he recollects) in Anson County N. Carolina under the Command of Capt. Theodoric Webb who raised a volunteer Company by Command of Col. Thomas Wade — So soon as sufficient force was raised amounting to about 400 men Col. Wade marched up across the Pedee in order to keep down a Tory Colonel by the name of the Fanning who at times was very strong in that section of the Country — We encountered him at a place called Beatties bridge on Wapping Creek but were compelled to retreat with the loss of a number of our men — at this engagement one McNeil a Scotchman & Colonel

Who at times was very strong in that section of the Country - We encountered him at a place called Beatties bridge on Arrowing Creek but were compelled to retreat with the loss of a number of our men - at this engagement one M c Neil a Scotchman & Colonel among the Tories was taken with Fannin above named - After this battle we were disbanded & went home - and almost immediately on my arrival home I was drafted to serve under General Rutherford but not being able to go I employed a substitute who served out the term - I was shortly afterwards chosen as a Minute-man to act under the same Capt. Webb, & with orders to be always ready at a minutes warning to go whenever called on - During this service I was called on a number of times, perhaps twenty, to aid in dispersing various bands & collections of Tories and so constant were the calls that I was unable scarcely to do any thing else - Among the number of Companies of Tories which I aided in dispersing were the following - One at Wauhobbs mills in what was called the Waxhaw settlement I think in Mecklenburg Co. County S.C. - Another on Brown's Creek in the edge of So. Carolina being about the head of said Creek - Another on Richardson's Creek in Anson County S.C. - Another about the line of North & South Carolina on Thompson's Creek - & many others - These bands would collect together for the purpose of selecting officers & forming themselves to put down the Whigs - I continued as a Minute-man near about two years & should have continued longer but from great exposure in the service I took the white swelling in my knee & thigh & was compelled to lie up for a long time, at least a year & never performed any service afterwards - The physicians who attended me Drs Alexander & Brown of Leesburg, So. Carolina to whom I had gone a long way in order to

place myself under those who had the reputation of being skill- full always told me that my Complaint arose from Cold & exposure. The first tour I performed was about six months as well as I recollect -
He answered to the question propounded by Depart- ment as follows -
1 st . I was born on Drowning Creek N. Carolina - on the day of 1761 -
2 nd . I have a record of the year in which I was born given me by my father in a family Bible -
3 rd . When first called into service I lived in Anson Co. N. Co. - after the war I resided a while in Lancaster Co. So. Carolina; then in Washington Co. Geo. afterwards Greene Co. Geo. & for the last thirty years in this County in Jackson Co. Geo.
4 th . I volunteered first - was afterwards drafted & substituted - & afterwards chosen as a minute man - I never was a substitute for any body -
5 th . I never knew any regular officers or regiments in the service I performed was entirely in the militia and disconnected with the operations of the regular army -
6 th . I think I received a discharge from Capt. Webb but have long since lost or destroyed -

I never knew any regular officer... I performed was entirely in the militia and disconnected with the operations of the regular army - 6. I think I received a discharge from Capt. Webb but have long since lost or destroyed -
7 Francis Brown, Edward H. ... Horatio Webb, Esq. (Reply) Yes. forward. -
I have no documentary proof by which I can establish my claim nor give there any person living nearer than the farther side of So. Carolina by whom I can prove it. I have no claim other than this to any pension or annuity nor is my name on the rolls of any state agency -
Sworn to & subscribed this 10 th day of Nov r 1832 Robt. Southwick J.P. B Joseph Hampton J.P. B Amos Brown J.P. B
William Miller
We William Pentecost a Clergyman residing in Jackson Co. Geo. & Horatio Webb of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
W. Pentecost B.M. Horatio Webb
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robt. Southwick J.P. B Joseph Hampton J.P. B Amos Brown J.P. B

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that William Putnam — who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Jackson & that Horatio Webb who has also signed said the same is a resident of said County & is a Credible person & that their statement is entitled to Credit
Ally J Brown J.P.C. B Joseph Hampton J.P.C. B Robert Matthews J.P.C. B
I Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Miller for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set (my) hand & seal of office this 11 th day of November 1832
Sylvanus Ripley

August 4, 1933
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WILLIAM MILLER S. 7228 BA-J/MLB Car
Mrs. Carl O. McKnight 1902 Schiller Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 29, in which you request the record of William Miller, of Jackson County, Georgia, who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7228, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Miller.
William Miller was born in 1760 or 1761 in Anson County, or on Drowning Creek, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
While residing in Anson County, North Carolina, he volunteered in August, 1778, and served three months as a private in Captain Theederick Webb's company, Colonel Thomas Wade's North Carolina regiment; from November, 1778, he served a tour of six months as private in Captain Webb's North Carolina company; he volunteered in May, 1779, and served three months as private in Captain James White's company, Colonels Wade's and Stephen Miller's North Carolina regiment; immediately upon the expiration of this tour he volunteered and served three months as a private in Captain Jemison's North Carolina company, and immediately following that tour he again volunteered and served twelve months as a private in Captain Patrick Bogan's North Carolina company; during his service he was in many engagements with the Tories including ones at Beattie's Bridge on Drowning Creek, Wahab's Mills in the Waxhaw settlement, Brown's Creek, Richardson Creek in Anson County, North Carolina, Thompson Creek and many others not named. The soldier stated that he served to the close of the year 1780, twenty-seven months of continuous service.

After the Revolutionary War, William Miller lived for a while in Anson County, North Carolina, Lancaster County, South Carolina, then moved to Georgia where he lived in Washington, Greene and Jackson Counties, of that state.
William Miller was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1832, while a resident of Jackson County, Georgia where he had lived thirty years.
The soldier moved from the State of Georgia in the fall or winter of 1834 to Neshoba County, Mississippi, to live with his children, most of whom had moved there; he did not state the number of his children or their names, nor did he give the name of his wife.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of William Miller's pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data: - William Miller, Certificate 3780, issued June 24, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Mississippi Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Georgia 3780
William Miller of Jackson in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Webb of the Regt commanded by Col: Wade in the N. Ga. line for 6 months from
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 - Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d — day of Jan'y. 1833 — and sent to Hon. A.S. Clayton, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 30 — Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 10 — $40 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D Vol. 8 Page 138 -

Date of death not on Q.B.

Payments to be made at Savannah. Geo: by the Presd: W.S. Pr: Pk Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Georgia
Recorded by N. Rice Clerk, in Book D Vol. 8- page 138.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William Miller of the state of Georgia, _____ who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution. _____
is entitled to receive Twenty. _____ 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 2 - day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three -
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J L Edwards

Mar 22 W Evans
the Rev. Mr. J. C. Edwards
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Home of Friends
Washington City

Columbus March 5 th 1839
Honble J. S. Edwards
Sir
Your communication to William Miller, addressed to my care under date of 14 th of Jan y 1839, giving information that William Miller Pensioner, had been transferred from the "Roll of Georgia" to that of Mississippi, has been received. Will you please send me a form containing the requisites of the department for drawing his money & at what place payment will be made him. He has not you will recollect drawn his pension since he removed from Georgia, several years ago. I presume he will be entitled to draw all the pension money that will be due him. Please let the form you may send have reference to the whole amount that may be due him, & I should also be pleased to receive a form, to enable him to draw act by, in the future. I hope you will excuse the trouble I impose on you in this matter & let the opportunities & wants of old age & my add of worthy old age, be my apology for troubling you.
Yrs with much Respect Geo. W. Clayton

Theragen
Admix as purat
15 mo. $50-
Stomach Engr

Athens, June 12 th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Dear Sir,
Accompanying this you will receive the amended declaration of Levy Lowry, who is unquestionably a most honest & highly respectable character in whose statements I would place the most implicit confidence. Also the declarations of Daniel M c Daniel, John Bradley & William Miller. This last is a second application in consequence of great dissatisfaction at the result of the first. Though the first was, to a certain extent successful, yet the old man seems so confident that unintentional injus- tice has been done him that he wishes to return his Cer- tificate & rely upon a more full & explicit declaration of his Claim. I feel some interest in this renewed claim Claim as I was the innocent cause of his reduced Pension, and as I now feel confident not only from the facts I was sworn to but my personal knowledge of the good character of Mr. Miller & the credit to which his state- ments are entitled I have wronged him by not returning his declaration to have its objections obviated. I must beg the singular favor of you to give to this

second application the earliest attention - I will remain for your telling me, at the time, that if I chose to take up then the claim was for, it would not prejudice the right of the party to any future allowance upon making out an unexceptionable testimonial of his claim - This he has now done & as he has rec d nothing, as yet, under his certificate he returns it & hopes you will, if you allow his claim, send him another & order make the necessary order to enable him to receive it at Savannah -
very respectfully yours
J. H. Clayton
P.S. I do not recollect whether I wrote to you about the declaration of John M c Daniel of Jackson County, Geo. - If I did not please let me know what has been done with it
J. H. C.

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Oct 9/38.
Prison Office.
W Ewan
Secretary Waltham
Hon. Mr. Secy. to Govt.
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To The Honble Joel P. Pointdexter
Secretary of War Washington City
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Columbus Sept 22 1838
Dear Sir
On the 24 th day of June in the year 1833 William Miller formerly of the State of Georgia, a revolutionary soldier was placed upon the pension list of the the act of Congress passed on the 7 th of June 1832 by his certificate of the Secretary of War which he now holds, he is entitled to receive Fifty dollars per annum, during his natural life - His certificate bears date at first mentioned dis numbered 3780. was Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D Vol 8 Page 138, by Nathan Rice btk Mr Miller removed from the State of Georgia, as well as I can now recollect in the fall, I can ascertain the time with certainty of 1834, having received during that his last semi annual Pension on the 4 th of Sept of that year from Savannah the place appointed by the government for him to receive his Pension.
He is now a resident of the State of Mississippi has been, ever since his removal from Georgia. His Pension is necessary for him in his old age, to render

him comfortable. He called to see me a few days ago, having learned that I had removed to this State, in order to try & get his name transferred from the pension list of Georgia to the pension list of Mississippi. My father Augustin S. Clayton of Georgia had assisted him in making out his original papers, & I had assisted him in drawing his pensions & am well acquainted with him, & can identify his person & even his certificate for I had it frequently when in Georgia. He informs me that he has made one attempt since he has been in this State to have his name placed on the pension list in this State, but owing to the informality of the papers sent, he failed. I brought with me from Georgia, none of the directions of the Department relative to pensioners, I have forgotten them. Will you be so kind as to inform me what will be necessary for Mr. Miller to do, so as to enable him to draw his pension in this State. And also, so as to draw his pensions that are now due him for past years, or since Sept 1834. By not doing, you will

benefit a poor, but very excellent worthy Old Soldier - I confer a favour on your Most Oblest St. Bro. B. B. Clayton
Brook

Declaration of William Miller in Order to obtain a Pension
Georgia, Jackson County
On this third day of June 1833, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Justices of the Inferior Court sitting as a Court of Ordinary, being a Court of Record, now sitting, William Miller a resident of said County of Jackson & State aforesaid, aged Seventy two years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th , 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated: His first service was as a volunteer in the army of the United States, in the County of Anson, State of North Carolina in the month of August 1778, as a private in Captain Webb's Company belonging to Col. Wades Regiment & served under said officers a tour of three months
Second Service. He was drafted in the month of November of the same year under the command of Capt. Webb for a tour of Six months, most of which time they were stationed near Raleigh North Carolina, which service being fully completed he commenced his Third Service, in the month of May 1779 by volunteering under the command of Capt. James White for three months, they were stationed a part of the time on Pedee, from thence they marched to Drowning Creek & were there attached to Col. Wades' Regiment, at Bates' Bridge on said Creek when they met a large party of Tories commanded by Colonels McNeal & Fanning & after a warm contest of about an hour the Americans were compelled to retreat with considerable loss, Capt. James White was among the slain. At the close of this tour, which was faithfully performed the Tories were committing

so many ravages in different parts that he was induced, immediately , to volunteer, which constituted his fourth Service , under the Command of Capt. Jennison for Three Months longer during the whole of which time he served was in Constant Service but no engagement worthy of note occurred. Immediately after the close of this last Service under Col. Jennison, which ended in the last of November he entered upon his fifth & last Service as a Volunteer in a Company of Minute Men commanded by Capt. Patrick Bogan in which Service he continued constantly employed for Twelve Months to the close of the year 1780. Which five tours of Service united make twenty seven months in which he was actually & constantly employed.
To the 7 questions propounded by the regulations of the War Department The answers to the
1 st He was born in Asbury County, North Carolina in the year 1760 2 o I have an extract of from the family record, kept in a Book 3 I was living in Asbury County, North Carolina when called into the Service, where I lived for some time after the Revolutionary war then moved to where I now live, in Jackson County Georgia, for the last 33 years 4 My whole Service was performed, with the exception of being once drafted, as a Volunteer . Never was a substitute for any one 5 I have stated all the officers & the Services that come, with any degree of certainty, within my recollection 6 I do not recollect, if I did it is lost or mislaid 7 th The State, the names of
He has no documentary evidence, he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & especially he relinquishes a Certificate

which he has received lately under the act of June 7 th 1832 in the granting of which manifest, though he has no doubt, unintentional injustice has been done him in allowing only a small part of the time he was engaged in service, instead of that which would have entitled him to a full pension, he therefore prefers to surrender back that Certificate to obviate, by a new declaration, the objections which prevented him from the full benefit of the law. He declares his name not on the pension role of the agency of any State, or
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Edward Adams ISSC
( Nathl C. Garrett ISSC
Samuel Burns ISSC
William Miller
Mr John Pendergrass, a clergyman, residing in Jackson County & Horatio Webb residing in the same County certify, that we are well acquainted with William Miller who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that Opinion.
Edward Adams ISSC
( Nathl C. Garrett ISSC
Samuel Burns ISSC
John Pendergrass Cler Horatio Webb
And the said Court do hereby certify & declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served in State. And the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that John Pendergrass who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman, residing in the County of Jackson & that Horatio Webb who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit this third day of June 1833
Samuel Burns ISSC Edward Adams ISSC ( Nathl C. Garrett ISSC

I William Cowan Clerk of the When sitting as a Court of Ordinary Inferior Court of Jackson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Miller for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my and private Seal, having no hand and seal of the office this third day of June 1833
William Cowan C.C.O.
Georgia. § I Augustus L. Clayton of the town of Athens Clarke County } in the County & State aforesaid & Representative of said state in Congress do hereby certify that William Cowan whose signature appears to the above Certification is & was at the time of making the same the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Jackson County in said State & full faith & credit ought to be given to his attestation as such & that the same is in his own proper hand true & just.
Given under my hand this 10 th June 1833
A. L. Clayton M.C.

3780
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4 Sept. 1842 to 4 March, 1844. Agent notified April 8, 1846.

There are two objections
1 st He as mentioned the period when he entered the Service - but has minutely stated the Service given such facts as supposing that fact or at least greatly di- minishes its governing influence
2. He states he served "nearly two years" & swears positively to six months - Now he will be wil- ling to take an oath for any pe- riod from 6 to 18 months, the latter however will be the just time Allowance for 14 months service.

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George Wm Crump Esq. Acting Com d of Pensions Washington City

Athens, Geo. Sep. 11 th 1833
Dear Sir
I have rec d yours of the 2 nd inst & regret to inform you that Mr Miller's paper, allowing an addition to his first Pension has never come to hand - Will it not be in your power to forward him another Certificate & I will make the necessary affidavit, if required of the failure of that , noted as having been forwarded to me, on the 24 th of June last - Shall I ask the kind favor of you to give this case the earliest attention as the old man, perhaps, needs it as much any pensioner to whom the bounty of the government has been extended.
With the highest esteem
I am Sir your obedt servt
A. H. Clayton
P.S. Will you oblige me by stating what has become of the application of John M c Elhannon of Jackson Co. Geo. & also that of Jno M c Donald of Clarke -

William Miller
6 mo-
$20.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Miller which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No.
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No.
Should state how long he was in actual service
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes. device not legible

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? ans. 2
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Columbus Nov 16 th 1838 To the Honble J. S. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Application of Wm Miller a re- -volutionary soldier, to be transferred from the Pension roll of the State of Georgia to the Pension roll of the State of Mississippi.
If the papers sent, are sufficient to procure a transfer, I presume Mr Miller will be entitled to receive his Pension for the last few years, which he has never yet received on account of his remo- -val from Georgia. If so, you would confer a favour by sending me the formula re- -quisites of the Department for him to draw his Pension.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Yours Obedt Servt Geo. W. Clayton
N.B.
Mr Miller's certificate of Pension will be found "recorded in the Pension office, in Book L. Vol 8. Page 138, by Nathan Rice.
Oct 16 "
And numbered "3780."

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August, 16 th , 1845.
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, William Miller , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson Miss s Agency, at the rate of Fifty 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. 1842, to the 4 th March 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Davis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 9 th , 1839.
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," William Miller, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of fifty 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 March 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Alvin B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 19 th 1840.
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," William Miller, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of Fifty — 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. 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parise
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 18 th 1842.
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 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, William Miller ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi ————— Agency, at the rate of — Fifty ————— 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. 1839, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 24 th , 1839.
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," William Miller, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of Fifty — 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., 1834, to the 4 th March, 1838, 3½ years.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Harrison Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Pension Agency. Planters Bank Savannah 8 December 1838.
Sir
Your letter of the 1 st inst is received. William Miller private, revolutionary pensioner per Act 7 June 1832, at the rate of Fifty dollars per annum, was paid at this agency on the 7 th October 1834, up to 4 th September 1834
Respectfully Yr Obt Servt
Samuel H. Cashin + Penr 195
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

1932 Aug. 4 Heeb. to Mrs Carl O. McKnight — MLB
Rev Han
7228
INVALID.
File No. 7228
William Woiler
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 106 , Page 257
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Little Rock, Ark. July 29, 1933
Director of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me all the information you have concerning the war record of Wm 10 Miller from Jackson Co. Georgia, who fought in the revolution. Would like to know his wife's name and to whom his pension was paid. Also his address at the time he received the money.
My gr. gr. grandfather was Wm. P. Miller from Jackson Co, Ga. He died Feb, 1, 1848 in Noxubee, or Winston Co, Miss. at the age of 90 years.
From reading an old letter written in 1842 addressed to my gr. grandfather, Abram Miller, I find that

My gr. gr. grandfather, Wm. Miller, had some money due him in Washington City. If this was not his pension how can I find out why the money was due him?
Thanking you for a prompt reply, I am,
yours very truly,
Mrs. Carl O. McKnight 1902 Schiller avenue.