Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7448, for Jesse Mills, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
W.
Mills, Jesse Sarah
W. 7448
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
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1404. North Carolina
Sarah Mills
widow of Jesse Mills N C who was a Private
in the A. C. line
for 6 months,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of August, 1843. and sent to
Robt G. Smith Rutherfordton, N. C.
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 203

1404 North Carolina
W. E. King May 15 1845.
Sarah Mills widow of Jesse Mills who was a Private in the A. C. line for 6 months
Rep Aug 8
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of August, 1843. and sent to
Robt G. Smith Rutherfordton, N. C.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 203

North Carolina 16.499
Jesse Mills of Rutherford in the State of NC who was a priv. — in the — commanded by Captain — of the Regt — commanded by Col. Miller in the NC Ca. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Aug. 32 and Sub-Pension White Oak P.O. Rutherford Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 180 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb. 1833 40
$220
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice — Clerk, Book — Vol. 6 Page 49

Admit to a purah 1763 V 2 years - $8000
J. not authenticated
Few in - White Oak P. O. Rutherford Co. N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Apr. 26 1883
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Leese Mills
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     in 1778 & 1780 2 { 8 { Private There was no field officer. There was three companies of Miss Bunker, when they acted together the oldest Captain commanded as I think and was said 72 or 73 years Rutherford County, N.C. Paul Earle Esq m of S.C. Col. & John Mills Esq m of this County   Second term of service 1780 & perhaps a part of 1781 3 Private Col. James Miller I have no proof of this term of service and know of none by whom it could be proved   Third term of service Apr. 1881 to Nov. of same year 7 Private Col. James Harniss and the Major's name I cannot recollect William Williams of this County now a U.S. Pensioner  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Where applicant name neither appears nor can be established, [illegible] or South Carolina, he must comply with the rule [illegible] upon the [illegible]

born may 14 1792
Yes
Davy mills born March
14 1799 day
Yes Joe Mills was born december 28 1797 day
JESSE MILLS
CAR RIT WAS
cit enter 3 day 1792
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]

born may 14 1795
yes
Sarah Mills born March
1795
Jesse Mills was born december 28 1797 day
JESSE MILLS CARLIT W.A.R. emperor day
Jan. 1840 Jesse Mills born 1797 1840

SARAH GARRETT WAS BORN MAY THE 1 st Day 1922
NANCY MILLS WAS BORN OCTOBER THE 26 th 1911
MARY MARTIN BORN THE 20 th day of the 11 th day 1918
William Mills Was born October The 13 th day 1991

V 8598
Sarah Mills
N.C.
act 7. July 30
m 85. d 42
adm?
6mo pri
20 F
Dec 1842
Rev. M. Morgan can
no 8598
Rev. J. Grahams

State of North Carolina } Rutherford County } Hundred & forty two.
on this 25 th day of November Eighteen
Personally appeared Sarah Mills a Resident of Rutherford County aged seventy five years who Being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 intitled, an act granting half pay & pension, to certain widows that she is the widow of Jesse Mills who was a Pensioner at his death She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Mills on the 8 th day of December Seventeen Hundred & eighty five that her husband the afore said Jesse Mills died the 11 th day of October Eighteen Hundred & forty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred & ninety four as at the time above stated Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before
Robt G Lurtly B.B.
Sarah Mills her mark

North Carolina } Personally appeared Amos Rutherford County } Mills & after being duly sworn says that he was at the wedding & saw Jesse Mills & Sarah Garnet married at the time set forth in Sarah Mills Declaration in order to obtain a pension he further states that he has been acquainted with Jesse Mills & Sarah his wife ever since their marriage up to the death of Jesse Mills which took place on the 11 th of October last & that he was a pensioner at her death. This 25 th day of November 1842 Sworn to & subscribed before me Robt. G. Turtley J.P. J. Mills
North Carolina } Personally appeared Benjamin Rutherford County } Coward & after being duly sworn make the following Declaration I am sixty nine years old I have lived in the Habron Road of Jesse Mills since the year 1800 & 1801 and 1802 & 1803 & 1804 I was not at the wedding of Jesse Mills, but believe he was married at the time set forth in Sarah Mills Declaration that Jesse Mills & Sarah Garnet was married 8 th day of December 1785 they lived as man & wife up to the death of Jesse Mills which took place 11 th day of October 1842 This 25 th November 1842 Sworn to & subscribed before me Robt. G. Turtley J.P. Benjamin Coward

State of North Carolina } December Term Court 1842 Rutherford County }
I George W Logan clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County certify that Root G. Smith appeared in open Court and after being duly sworn saith that Sarah Miles the within Petitioner is una- ble from bodily infirmity to attend in Court and also that Andrew Miles & Benjamin Conrad whose names appear to the within cer- tificate are Men of Respectability. I also cer- tify that Root G. Smith whose names appears to the within certificate was an acting Justice of the Pleas for said County at the time of his signature thereto. The foregoing is hereby hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the at Office of Clerk this 12
Dec 1842
Geo. W. Logan clk
no 8598
H. J. Graham 112
8598 Sarah Miles N.C. Oct 7. July 30 m 85. d 42 adm? 6mo/pri 20

Jane Mills Declaration and application to be placed on the pension Roll
17631
V
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of North Carolina } on the 25 th day of October 1832 County of Rutherford } personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County now sitting Jesse Mills a resident of Green River in the County aforesaid aged seventy years and upwards 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
The declarer would here, inasmuch that his mind and memory never strong is much impaired by age and infirmity so that he cannot conscientiously after the lapse of so many years pretend to state with precision the day or month in which he entered the service or several other circumstances connected therewith - but will make his statement to the best of his recollection.
He enlisted in Rutherford County aforesaid with Lieutenant Thomas Prince in a company of infantry of the State Troops of South Carolina of which company John Bowie was Captain and Sam l Earle Ensign He cannot recollect the time of year that he enlisted but thinks that he received his discharge at White Hall South Carolina about the time stated in the annexed probate of Sam l Earle say in June 1780 and that he served about two years in that Company His original enlistment was for three years or during the War but the term of service of the Company which was formed some time before he enlisted having expired he with the rest of the Company received his discharge - he served in different parts of South Carolina to keep the Tories and Indians in check - he was the greater part of his time as well as he can recollect stationed at White Hall not far from Kenly Six and was also a part of his time at Fort Independence, Augusta, Georgetown, and other places - he was not at the battle of Stone or the siege of Savannah being left at that time with a few other men at White Hall - he did not belong while in

While in this service to any regiment, there was he thinks two or three Com- panies of these State Troops raised who mostly acted separately when he was stationed if there was any Regimental Officers among them he does not recollect them
After his discharge from his first service in 1780 he made two Hours of Duty against the Indians in the Militia on the frontiers or what is now the Western part of Rutherford County and Buncombe County which was he thinks then called Tryon County - he was then under the Command of Col n James Miller and Capt n Lewis Maurice - he cannot specify the precise time but thinks it was in the fall and beginning winter of 1780 & 1781 and that he was out in the whole time about three months.
In April 1781 he enlisted at Rutherford Court House then called Gilbert Town with Capt n James M c Elheney who comman- ded a Troop of South Carolina Dragoons for ten months of which Troop Nicholas Harvey was Lieutenant the Regiment when acting together was commanded by Colonel Samuel Hammond while in this service he ranged through different parts of South Carolina and sometime before the Battle of Eutaw the Company to which he belonged together with the rest of the Regiment joined the Army commanded by General Greene. A few days before the Battle he was taken sick and was with other sick Soldiers left at Simmons Plantation on the Wateree River under the Care of William Williams a soldier in the same Company so that he was not in the Battle sometime after which the Troop to which he belonged was ordered up the Country to the neighbourhood of Saluda where after serving seven months of the ten for which he enlisted he hired a man of the name of Thomas Pitts to serve the other three months in his place and the said Pitts further saith that he has no Documentary evidence by which to prove his service.
He here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Interrogatories by the Court to the Applicant 1 st Where and in what year were you born

Answer. I was born on Deep River in [St Paul] Chatham County in this State - the year I cannot exactly tell
2nd have you any record of your Age - and if so where is it
Answer - I have no record of my age and none was kept to my knowledge.
3rd where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now live
Answer I lived in Rutherford County when called into service I live there now and have lived there since I left the service
4th how were you called into service - were you drafted - did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer - I volunteered in every instance.
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops with which you served and such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer - I have before stated that during my first enlistment the Company in which I served generally acted alone - I have also stated most truly that my mind and memory as well as my body was very frail - that I can remember nothing but what has made a deep impression on my mind - I do not know that I could relate more fully than I have already done any thing connected with my services.
6th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer - I received a Discharge for my first term of service and from no other - this I think I received from Capt. Bowie
Some time after I received this Discharge the Indians were very troublesome in this County - I was in a Fort or Stockade at Mills Station on Green River most of the men who were in the Fort usually happened to be absent - when it was surprised and taken by the Indians and several persons murdered and the Fort set on fire by them - I was in an out house at the time and made my escape with difficulty my Discharge with a great many other things belonging to me and others was consumed in the Fort.
7th State State the names of persons to whom you are known in your immediate neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

Answer - I name the Reverend Joel Blackwell and John Mills Esq r a judge of this Court
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test This P. Bursell Clk
Isaac Mills Master
We Joel Blackwell a minister of the Baptist Church and John Mills Esq r both now and the first named one of us forty years and upwards a resident of the same neighbourhood and the last named one of us for above fifty years generally a resident of the same neighbourhood with Isaac Mills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him the said Isaac Mills and that we believe him to be over seventy years of age - that he has always supported the character of an honest man - and that from our own personal knowledge as well as from the report of the neigh- =bourhood we believe him to have been a sufferer of the Revolution - to by Mr. Mills & affirmed to by Joel Blackwell Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Test J. P. Bursell Clk
Joel Blackwell Isaac Mills
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the above named applicants on a Blackboard as of so advice and served as in Stokes and further certify that it appears to them that Joel Blackwell who has signed the preceding certificate is a Christian minister in this County and that John Mills Esq r has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a credible person and their statements is entitled to credit.
It is known to some of the Court that the applicant is a poor and very weakly man
Isaac Mills Esq r

On the day and year aforesaid personally appeared William Williams and saith that he was a Soldier in the Troop of Dragoons Commanded by Capt. James M. Elaney at the time that Jesse Mills who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration states his having served as a soldier in the Troop aforesaid - and the said Williams saith that he knows of his own personal knowledge that the said Jesse Mills did serve as a soldier in the said Troop of Dragoons in manner and time as by him stated say for seven months on then about
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court October 25 th 1832
W m Williams
[Signature]
I Theodore P. Bissell Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Rutherford in the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Mills for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office the 30 th day of October A.D. 1832.
T. P. Bissell

North Carolina 7054
Reported
Sarah Mills
widow of Jesse Mills
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 11. Oct. 1842 of Rutherford Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Miller in the N. C. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1843 and sent to Hon. J. G. Graham, House of Representatives.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $100 Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 188

State of North Carolina Rutherford County Before me Stephen Camp So Surlice of the Peace in & for the said County - Perme also heard John Mills Esq. who being first duly sworn deposed & saith that during the Rebelled War who with the permission was to know the mother of Jesse Mills when of age she deposed & said to in the same Declaration - said at the depositions Father House that On a day & year that the deponent cannot now picture to her mind some persons were seen Riding towards the House it was said it was Jesse Mills returning from the Army his mother ran out to meet him Clapping her hands as Jesse Mills came up Close to her she felt afraid it is then the deponent further Say that Jesse Mills was riding at a fast Station with a Ball face Jesse Father William Mills commonly called English Billy was a Very fine man Whose circumstances would not justify the purchase of such a horse as Jesse Rode home & the deponent further Say that he understood that Jesse got this horse for his services in the Rebelled War & during the time of his services it was stationed

At a Place Called White Hall in South Carolina in All Dispute but then & at the time the said J. J. Parker and those survivors in the death out of Ninety Six of South Carolina the deponent for the State that he was then in memory the House or Station dis- acted by the said J. J. Parker as having been burned by the Indians & had all people living there killed & burn the house belonged to the deponent for then who with the deponent were absent at the time of attack & destruction the deponent knows nothing about the loss of prop- erty & property stated by J. J. Parker or any other persons by J. J. Parker the deponent says knows nothing the deponent for the say that he has no doubt of the present appearance being the same J. J. Parker that for for me there were several affidavits deposited - sworn to & subscribed by me this 18th day of May 1833.
J. J. Parker
continued on the back side of this paper

On reflection the deponent conceives it better for him to state that at before the time of killing & burning by the Indians, before mentioned in the deposition the Applicant and Jesse Mills made him some at the house of the deponent's father & the deponent thinks it highly probable that the Jesse Mills paper & clothing was destroyed or destroyed by him the deponent has no personal knowledge of the fact — Sworn to & subscribed before this day & date above mentioned
Stephen Lamb Sp
J. Mills

State of North Carolina Rutherford County
I Theo F. Bissett clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County do certify that before whom the written deposition of John Mills was made in an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County and was on the 18 th day of May in said year, and that his attestations as such are entitled to Credit. — I further certify that the said John Mills is a Magistrate of this County, & is the Chairman or Presiding Magistrate in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and that he is a credible person; and further that William Williams whose affidavit is attached to the accompanying original declaration is a credible person & now as I am informed is a prisoner of the United States, having appeared about the time as John Mills within named, a portion of whose services he procures. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at office the 20 th day of May A.D. 1833
Theo F. Bissett
John Mills for lack

in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of North Carolina } ss
Rutherford County
On this 12 th day of May 1843. Personally appeared before Robert G. Lurty one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County Sarah Mills a resident of North Carolina in the County of Rutherford aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 Granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Jesse Mills who was a private in the army . The annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was Twenty dollars per annum from 4 th March 1836 to 4 th March 1841. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before
Robt G Lurty (JB)
Sarah Mills mark
North Carolina } Rutherford County } I certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Mills who has  who has appeared before me & filed the above Declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 3 rd March 1843. She is still a widow as above described this 12 th day of May 1843
Robt G Lurty (JB)

North Carolina } Rutherford County } I Geo. W. Logan clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County Certify that Robert G. Twitty whose name appears to the within -in Redaction of Certificate was an acting Justice of the Peace for said County at the time of his signature thereto. & the same is genuine. & his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at office, and en- scribed my name this 23 rd May 1843. Geo. W. Logan clerk
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Sarah Mills
$20 per acre
Rob t G. Twitty Rutherfordton N.C.

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James Graham
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Mr. J. Graham W R

Office of Comptroller General Charleston S C Feb y 20 th 1843
Sir
On examining the records in this office, I find the following evidence of military service rendered by Jesse Mills. viz. Book M, "Issued the first October 1784 To Mr Jesse Mills N o 64 } for Bounties, four pounds Sterling, being the balance of Pay and Bounties due him for services done in Lieut Col Samuel Hammonds Regiment of State Troops as a Private, together with interest thereon from the first April one thousand Seven hundred and eighty two, to date of indent. Agreeably to a resolution of General Assembly of the Eleventh March last." (Principal) £ 94. 0. 0 Interest . . . 6 11 7
I certify the foregoing to be a correct transcript from the original Record, in this Office
W. L. Ward Comptroller
PS. The term of service is not mentioned, but the amount of the indent proves it to have been for a longer period than the Law requires, to substantiate the claim in this case W. L.

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V Sarah Mills N. Carolina Sus a
Set to Wm J. Graham Jan. 26 '43
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Museum of Science Washington City D. C.

Rutherfordton May 23 rd 1843
J L Edwards Esq
Dr Sir I enclose
I hand you the certificates of Martha Forte & Sarah Mills I hope they will answer If so please forward their certificates to me as Post Master at White Oak Grove I have Jesse Mills Pension papers in my possession his allowance was Eighty dollars a year & I supposed his widow would be intitled to half that amt I will forward her papers to you Perhaps there is some one else of the same name I would be glad to hear from you soon yours Respectfully
Robt G Gentry

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, Sarah Mills, widow of Asse Mills who was a Private and died on the 11th day of October, 1842 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner should marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8th day of August , one thousand eight hundred and forty-three .
J. M. Porter Secretary of War.
{ Examined and } { Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at Fayetteville by John Warke Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina .
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1 Page 203 .
Theo. Lumpkin , Clerk.

Mrs Sarah Wells is dead & I understand there will be no administration as she has no property & what she is entitled to under her claim will not pay expenses in getting March 9 th 1844 N. G. Smith
Payment to be made at Fayetteville by John Mark Esr Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1 Page 203.
Thos. N. S. Kin, Clerk.

Pension Office.
January 26 th 1843
Sir:
The Claim of Sarah Mills has been examined and I have the honor to inform you that the proof of the date of the marriage is satisfactory; but upon an examination of her late husband's papers the proof of service is not deemed sufficient. When his Claim was adjusted it was not known that the records in the office of the Comptroller General of South Carolina afford record proof of the service rendered under the authority of that State. The rules, at all times, have required the best attainable evidence and the Claimant should adduce that Officer's Certificate showing how far his books verify the alleged service of two years under Capt. Bonin in 1778 and 1779. Three months in 1780 under Capt. Moseley of Col. Miller's Regiment and seven months in 1780 under Capt. McElhany in a troop of Horse.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Ob t Servant.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. J. Graham House of Representatives

Wendersville } May 8 } May 15 45 Sarah Mull N. B. Mull
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J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Wendersville 5 th . May 1845.
Dear Sir
Mrs Sarah Mills of Rutherford County N. Carolina filed a Declaration for a Pension in the War Department of the U.S. in the latter part of the year 1842. or near that time) She is the widow of Jesse Mills Deceased of Rutherford Co. Ky, who drew a Pension at the Rate of $80. per annum, & she obtained a Pension Certificate under the act of June 7 th 1838. also one under the act of 3 rd March 1843. at the Rate of $20. per annum. The reason this mistake exist is she not entitled to the same amount which her husband drew. Inasmuch as for the term allowed by these two acts. Mrs Sarah Mills Deceased in Decr or. Jan y 1843. And her Legatee now wish to obtain the amt. of Arrearage Due her. & which vested in her before her death & which was not Received by her. She did Receive by Virtue of the Certificate she obtained the sum of Twenty Dollars Per annum from 4 th . March 1836. to 4 th . March 1841. also under the act of 1843. the same pay from 4 th . March 1843. up to 4 th . Sept 1843. The sum therefore of Sixty Dollars per annum. from 4 th . March. 1836. up to 4 th . March 1841. also the same pay from 4 th . March 1843. up to the time of her death, under the acts aforesaid, is still due. The date of her Decease I am informed may be found in the agency for paying Pensions at Fayetteville as her Legatee applied after her death for what was due on said Certificate. I hope you will forward a Certificate or Certificates of Pension for the amt. Still due at the earliest Opportunity you will find the names of the proper Persons to issue in favour of at the Agency before mentioned, as I presume it is merely a mistake; and that there will be no further proceedings necessary for its correction. If however there should be

any further Proof Necessary be so good as to Inform me what it is the Certificate of Pension was Returned to the war Office, by Robt. J. Purty Post Master at White Oak Rutledge Co Ky. Soon after the Col. Ladies Death.
I have the Honor to be with our Respect your Obt. Servant. Elisha King
My address is Hendersonville Henderson County Ky.
J. C. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

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Feb 24 th 1843
J L Edwards Esq
on receiving your letter of the 26 th January in relation to the Pension of Sarah Mills, I wrote to South Carolina and inclosed your letter to show what was needed and have just received the within answer which shows, I think she is clearly entitled to a Pension. Please now send me her certificate or warrant for a Pension if she be entitled
Yours
James Graham

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Sarah Mills
Edwards St.
Washington D.C.
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Jan'y 16 th 1843
Ed d Edwards Esq.
Please examine the within papers and see if Sarah Mills is entitled to a Pension. The witness A. Mills is known to me to be a man of high character
Respectfully yours
Jas. Graham

State of S th Carolina Pickens District Personally appeared before me Samuel Earle of said District for his oath of allegiance that on the 11 th day of June in the year 1777 he was made an Ensign Commission in Capt. John Bonar's Company of S th Carolina Infantry in which he served until the 11 th day of June 1780 at different places Fort Charlotte, Fort Indipendence, at Chillicothe, at Augusta, the Battle of Stone, at the Siege of Savannah, one expedition into the Cherokee Nation, between the two two dates 11 th June 1777 & 1780. I am still of Rutherford County S th Carolina entitled as a private of him in the same Company but the precise time he does not recollect but is entirely satisfied in his own mind that he must have been at least the year of the time & that he entered for that year or during the war but can not recollect the precise thing his discharge but from me it was the 11 th day of June 1780. I was then a Subscribed before me this 12 th Octobr 1832
John Ellis S.P.
Samuel Earle

The State of South Carolina } I William L. Huth Clerk Pickens District } of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas, in and for the District aforesaid do Certify, that John Myres, whose name appears to the within affidavit is genuine and he is an acting Justice of the Peace for said District duly Qualified and Commissioned and all due facts Faith and Credit is due and ought to be due him in all his official acts as such
And Samuel Earle who made the within affidavit is a man of as much respectability as any man that resides in our District
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Pickens Court House the thirteenth day of October A.D. 1832
William L. Huth C.C. G.S. & C.P.

State of North Carolina On the 9 th day of Rutherford County July 1833. Person who appeared before the court of pleas & quarter sessions of said county now sitting, Major John Lewis, who being duly sworn, Deposes & saith that since the latter part of the Rev- olutionary war, say, the year 1781 he has been intimately acquainted with Samuel Earle of Pickens County South Carolina, who made & subscribed the annexed probate certifying the military services of Jesse Earle, and that the said Samuel Earle is as much of as much creditability & respectability as any in this district, and as served with approbation as a member of Congress, as a Sheriff of the district of Pendleton, and he, thinks, in the State Legislature and filled other offices; and the deponent further says that he has always understood that the said Earle served as a Captain or Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, the said Earle was born & raised in the vicinity of this County, and that has removed many years ago to South Carolina yet as the deponent had a son & other relations living in the same vicinity of said Earle and was himself often in that neighborhood he cannot, he thinks, be mistaken in his statement of Samuel Earle standing
Sworn to in open Court the 9 th July A.D. 1833 J. C. Rutherford Clerk
John Lewis Sworn

At the same time appeared, personally, in Court As- pasio Earle, who, after having been duly sworn, saith that he is well acquainted with the afore named Sam- uel Earle, and, though the deponent is not old enough to recollect any of the occurrences of the Revolutionary War, he has always heard, & believes, that the said Samuel Earle, held a Commission in the Army, at the time of that War, & that the character given of him by John Lewis, in the annexed Probate, is true & correct. Sworn to & subscribed in open Court.
Aspasio Earle sworn
State of North Carolina Rutherford County 3 rd July Term 1833. -
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions I Theo W. Burchett clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Rutherford, do certify that Aspasio Earle and John Lewis appeared, each in open Court, and were duly sworn to the truth of the depositions by them respectively made & subscribed to hereon the testimony whereof I have herewith set my name and affixed the public seal of the said Court at Office the 9 th day of July A.D. 1833
T. W. Burchett Clk
Rutherford County
I John Mills chairman & Presiding Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of said County do certify that I am personally & well acquainted with Messrs John Lewis & Aspasio Earle whose depositions are herewith written, and know them to be persons on whose statement on oath the fullest reliance may be given. -
Given under my hand, the 10 th day of July 1833.
J. D. Mills

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mills, John GRADE Private LINE Artillery Artificers
WARRANT NUMBER 13475 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 19, 1792 To Isaac Bronson, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.