Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9569, for Jacob Miller, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Miller, Jacob
24 9569
Margaret
B.Lt 13.717-160-55-
CONTENTS

Transferred to Indiana 11 June 1827 from 20 March 1827.
84859 Indiana Kentucky Jacob Miller
He was 69 in the state of Kentucky was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Col. William H. Harrison for the War of 1812
on the Roll of Kentucky at a rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of Oct 1809
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1820 and sent to Hon. Wm R. C. Anderson M. C.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 37:67 semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48 8 mos 24/31 $85:67
Revolutionary claim. Act 18th March, 1818.
18 12 6
W 9569
Miller, Jacob No. W 9569
Information sent to him at 1820 by Hon. Wm H. Harrison

4.416
Indiana.
Ind a .
Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller
Va
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Increased from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 1 00 / 4
July 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jany 1858. and sent to
J. G. Bryant Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 217 Vol. 26.
Rate of death not on file
L. P. M. Hearn Jan 11, 1859

111358 { Act March 3/55- May 1 "
Margaret Miller Widow Jacob Miller his
Capt Commissary August Army Maj Finaly Enr 1778 718 Va Cont Line
Revolutionary War Act of Congress Jan 4 th 1856. Ind: Feb 48- 450 per ton
Thomson & Ristene Crawfordsville Ind
Vol M 2. page 35,

16, 859.
Free
post. Miller
City
Dec 29. 1820
most Miller
Washington
To the Secretary of War
Walter Pope, Esq. Louisville, Kentky

State of Kentucky, Be it Remembered that at a County - Court held for Jefferson County in the State aforesaid at the Court - House in the Town of Louisville, in the twenty ninth year of our Commonwealth,
On this fourteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of records for the said County by the Common law, and statute law of this State
Jacob Miller aged sixty five years residing in said County who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. He entered in Capt. Ab. Kirkpatrick's Company of which Capt. Luke Cannon soon after took the command in the Regiment or detachment commanded by Colo. Tho. Posey, to which Saml. Finlay was Major, all of the Virginia line on Continental establishment, in the summer 1781. He was at the siege of York & then marched to the Southward & served to the end of the war.
The number of his pension is 16.859. and the date of his original application was the fourteenth October 1819.
and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof.

with intent thereby as to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the Certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States" passed on the 18 th March 1818 & that I have not nor has any one for in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than that is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz: two horses, the one eighteen years old, the other other seven years old, two cows and one calves three heifers twenty one - - - hogs, ten of them large, two sheep, one bureau, one table, one cupboard six split bottom chairs, six knives & forks, twelve delf plates, one ten gallon cast iron kettle, three gallon cook pot, a small dutch oven & a skillet, a shovel plow - & one wagging plow
The declarant is by occupation a farmer - his wife is aged about 58 years of age - she is generally com- -plaining - her health is not good - he has faded much in two or three years past - he has living with him five children, three of them daughters - The eldest son is named George aged about 29 years this son is now & has been a cripple for 18 years by having his hip put out of place - the other son named Isaac aged about twenty two years - the

own labours for himself - the names of the daughters are Mary, Fanny, & Eliza aged respectively about twenty five years, eighteen & thirteen - The second one Fanny is a cripple & has been so for thirteen years - The children not mentioned as cripples are healthy as ordinary persons - sworn to and declared on the 14 th day of August 1890. before the court aforesaid -  Jacob Miller marked
5. Warden Pope clerk of the County - Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and twenty five Dollars.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on the fourteenth day of August 1890. and in the 29 th year of our Commonwealth.
(Warden Pope) Clerk of the Court for the County of Jefferson State of Kentucky

X 7480 Margaret Miller of Jacob Indiana
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 1

State of Indiana } Montgomery County }
On the sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared Margaret Miller a resident in the County of Montgomery aged twenty two years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, July 7 th , 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Jacob Miller who was a private in the war of the Revolution. That the record and documentary evidence showing the rank and length of the service of the said Jacob Miller and further particulars in relation to the service as required in the first rule of July 17 th 1838 as prescribed by the President and adopted by the Secretary of War, is to be found in the War office of the United States by virtue of which evidence the said Jacob Miller first obtained his pension. That the said Jacob Miller was a revolutionary soldier. That he first obtained his pension in Kentucky and drew his first pension money at Lexington and that afterwards he was transferred to the Indiana pension list and drew his pension in said state of Indiana. That she drew the arrear of pension due at his death at Madison Indiana from J. F. Lakin Indiana Pension agent with whom the pension certificate of said Jacob Miller was deposited in the year of our Lord 1839.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Miller on (or about) the first day of April in the year nineteen hundred and eighty seven that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Miller died on the twenty fifth day of July 1839. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated and that she knows of no documentary evidence of the said marriage.
Margaret her x Miller mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Montgomery Circuit Court. J. F. Lakin Clerk

State of Indiana Montgomery County
I James W. Lynn Clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that there are no church, town, parish or family records, of the time when the marriage of Margaret Miller and Jacob Miller junior deceased took place from the testimony of George Miller a respectable person and that the family bible which contained a record of the said marriage was consumed by fire several years ago in the state of Kentucky with the house in which it then was that the said Jacob Miller junior and the said Margaret always lived together and were recognised and known as husband and wife and raised a family of children as such husband and wife. Given under my hand & seal of office this sixth day of October A.D. 1840
Ja s W. Lynn Clerk

111,358
Margaret Miller Applicant for Bounty, Land,
Forwarded by Thomson & Ristim of Crawfordsville Indiana

State of Indiana } Montgomery County } ss.
On this 23 rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, Margaret Miller aged eighty nine years - a resident of Montgomery county State of Indiana, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Miller who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cannon in the Regiment of Regular Troops commanded by Major Findley in the Revolutionary War, that her said husband enlisted at the County of London in the State of Virginia in the Regular Army in the year 1779 as she believes, although it may have been in the year 1780, for the term of the war and that he continued in actual service in said war for upwards of three years and that he was honorably discharged at the end of said war, in the year 1783, She further states that she was married to the said Jacob Miller on the day of April 1785, at the County of Frederick in the State of Virginia by a minister of the gospel whom she has forgotten and that her name before her marriage was, Margaret Dick and that her said husband died at Crawfordville in said county of Montgomery in the State of Indiana

on the 25 th day of July, A.D. 1839 That her said husband at the time of his decease was in the receipt of an annual Pension from the United States for his services in said war, and that she is herself now a pensioner of the United States, which said pension was granted to her on account of the revo- lutionary services of her said husband, in conformity with the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848 and the certificate under which she now draws such pension is dated March 20 th 1849 - and that upon her application for said pension she made satisfactory proof of her said marriage with the said Jacob Miller and also of his death, and for evidence of these facts she respectfully refers to said evidence now on file in the Department at the City of Washington She further states that she is still the widow of the said Jacob Miller
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855  attest Samuel Austin } W.C. Vance }  Margaret her Miller mark
We Ben T. Ritten and William C. Vance residents of Montgomery County in the State of Indiana upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Margaret Miller in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the claimant that she is the

identical person she represents herself to be, and that her husband the said Jacob Miller died at the time mentioned in said declaration and that she is still his widow,
Ben J. Ritchie N C Turner
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be in her said declaration, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal Samuel Austin Notary Public

State of Ohio Ross county ss
Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the county aforesaid personally came Jacob Miller a resident of Jefferson county state of Kentucky, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the revolutionary war." That he the said Jacob Miller enlisted in the service of the united states for the term of eighteen months so well as he recollects in the spring of the year 1781 at first in the company commanded by Capt. Patrick which was afterwards commanded by Capt. Luke Cannon belonging to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Posey of the Virginia line on continental establishment that he continued to serve in the same corps until the conclusion of the war when he was discharged in the state of Virginia - Which discharge with his other effects he lost by fire, that he was at the Siege of York and afterwards marched to the southward - that he is now sixty four years of age, infirm and in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and in addition to the above statement of facts made by himself he with herewith transmits the deposition of Gen. Samuel Finley who was a Major in the Corps in which he served
Sworn and subscribed before Me the day and year aforesaid
his Jacob Miller Mark
James Armstrong A.J.

State of Ohio Ross county ss I James Armstrong one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for the county, aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Miller did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for more than twelve months at one time on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War department pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support Given under my hand and seal this fourteenth day of October One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen
James Armstrong Official
The State of Ohio
Ross county ss } I Humphrey Fullerton clerk of the court of common pleas for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that James Armstrong Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate was at the time and now is one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Chillicothe this 15 th day of October 1819 and in the 19 th year of this State
Humphrey Fullerton

July 2, 1936
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BA-J/EEL Jacob Miller-W.9569
Helen Sigmond 307 E. Jefferson Crawfordsville, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Jacob Miller, a Revolutionary War soldier of Virginia, who resided in Montgomery County, Indiana, and received a pension in 1819.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9569, based upon the military service in that war of Jacob Miller.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jacob Miller are not shown.
1819 1745 Jacob Miller enlisted in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the spring or summer of 1781, served as a private in Captains Abraham Kirkpatrick and Luke Cannon's Company, Colonel Thomas Posey's Virginia Regiment and was at the siege of Yorktown, after which he marched to Georgia, and served there until after the evacuation of that state by the British and was discharged at the close of the war.
In 1795, he moved from Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, to Kentucky, in which state, in Jefferson County, he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 14, 1819, aged sixty-four years.
About 1824, he moved to Indiana.
He died July 25, 1839, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
The soldier married in April, between the years 1782 and 1787 (conflicting statements as to the day of the month and the year shown), near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, Margaret Dick, who was born between the years 1762 and 1768 (many conflicting dates shown). Both were then of Frederick County, Virginia.

Margaret, widow of Jacob Miller, was allowed pension on her application executed October 6, 1840, while residing in Montgomery County, Indiana.
In 1820, the soldier stated that he then had five children residing with him, two sons, George and Isaac, aged twenty-nine and twenty-two respectively, and three daughters, Mary, Fanny and Eliza, aged twenty-five, eighteen and thirteen years respectively. The oldest child, John, was born between one and two years after the marriage of his parents and was deceased in 1844. George Miller died July 14, 1846, according to an inscription on his tombstone which, it was stated, was erected by a relative, Mrs. Maria Gibson, degree of relationship not shown. George Miller died in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Washington 23 July 6 th 1845
James L. Edwards Esq Sir
You will find enclosed the application of the Mason Smith for a pension, I think you will have no difficulty in deciding this cause from the proof enclosed, please give this cause your attention as soon as convenient
Yours Truly James M. Wright

4416 Indiana Madison Margaret Miller widow of Jacob who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1849 and sent to
Isaac E. Lea Madison Inda
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 330 Vol. 3
Wm D Bright June 10 1836.

Rept Jany 29. 1843 let to J. R. Bryant Oct 24 1845
6633 Indiana
Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller who was a private in the Virginia line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January 1845 and sent to Hon. J. A. Wright A. R. —
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 8th June, 1843 Vol. 2 Page 219.

9024
Indiana
Margaret Miller
widow of Jacob Miller
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 - and who died on the 25 July, 1839 - of Montg. Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the
commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. - commanded by Col. Porey - in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January, 1845 and sent to Hn. J. S. Wright, H. R. _____
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stewart - Clerk, Book D - Vol. 1 - Page 427

Please indorse on your reply the number and name of claim.
Very respectfully,
----- Commission
CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, Navy Department.
Navy claim No.-----

Jacob Miller
Sp g . 1781 - att Capt. Patrick put. + Luke Cannon -
Col Thos. Posey Va. served till end of War at Siege of York -
Died July 2 nd 1839 in Crawfordville near Winchester Va. Apr 8, 1781
Crawfordville Margaret - Montgomery Co Ind aged 58 in 1820 - 93 in 187- John - dead son Son George 53 in 1846 died July 14, 186 Isaac 22 " 1820 Mary 25 - " Henry 18 " Eliza 13 - "
Dec. Oct 14, 1819 - aged 64 then in Jefferson Co Ky -

Rev: E. H. 48, SW:
BB/Br

State of Indiana } Montgomery County } ss.
On this 21 st thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty four, before me Isaac Naylor, President Judge of First Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana personally appeared Margaret Miller, a resident of Crawfordsville in the county of Montgomery aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Jacob Miller who was a private in the army of the revolution. That he the said Jacob Miller was - a Revolutionary pensioner, originally of the Kentucky Roll, and at the time of his decease, of the Indiana Roll by transfer from the Kentucky Roll. That the evidence upon which he was pensioned is now on file in the Pension Office, to which the said Marga- ret Miller begs leave to refer if need be (to wit the certificate of May 17 th 1841) She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Miller on the _____ day of _____ in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four . That her husband the aforesaid Jacob Miller died on the twenty fifth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated.
Margaret her Miller Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me December 30 th A. D. 1844. I. Naylor

State of Indiana Montgomery County ss
I hereby certify that Margaret Miller whose name is attached to the foregoing application is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court.
Given under my hand at Crawfordsville in the said County of Montgomery and State of Indiana this twentyseventh day of December A.D. 1844.
J. Naylor Pres Judge of the 1 st Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana
State of Indiana Montgomery County ss
I James W Lynn Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that the Honorable Isaac Naylor before whom the foregoing, and following, declaration, appears to have been made, is President Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, and that I believe the signatures to the said declarations attached are the genuine signatures of the said President Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerk's office thereof in Crawfordsville the 30th day of December in the year 1844.
Jas. W. Lynn Clerk
Dec. 25 1844

Washington D.C., Dec. 7. 1838.
Sir:
Some time since Margaret  Miller widow of Jacob Miller dec. of Indiana, applied for pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, by reason of her marriage with said Jacob prior to 1794, but owing to the fact that she was unable at that time to adduce any second proof of her said marriage, her claim under said act was disallowed.
I however now adduce conclusive proof of her marriage to said Jacob at a period prior to 1794, which is the record of the age of George Miller the oldest child of Jacob and Margaret , and trust that it may prove satisfactory and that her pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 from March 1836 to commencement of present pension may now be allowed.
Very respectfully Geo. C. Whitning for J. M. Henry Commr. of Pensions

PAID 12 3/4
J. F. D. Lanier Esq. Indiana Pension Agent Madison Indiana

J. F. H. Lamin Esq. Indiana Pension Agent Madison Indiana
Crawfordsville 23 Nov. 1840
Dr. Sir,
I enclose you some evidence collected for the purpose of obtaining a pension certificate for Margaret Miller who was the wife of Jacob Miller of our County a pensioner, who died last year and the annuities of whose pension you paid and at the same time rec d the certificate. She was married to Miller after the war and previous to 1794 and comes strictly within the purview of the Act of July 7. 1838. granting half pay to certain widows. - She is entitled to five years pension of her husband. I have complied with the instructions of the Pension Office of July 17. 1838 as well as I could. Will you have the goodness to look over the evidence, and if you see any fatal defect inform me of it, and if not send it on to Washington with such directions as you may deem necessary. I hope. Your prompt attention to this matter will oblige greatly not only the widow who wants her dues but
Yours Respectfully
A. H. Humphrys

Winchester V a April 1 st 1843.
Dear Sir
I have examined the returns of Marriages recorded in my Office from 1782 to 1796 and do not find any return of the marriage of Jacob Miller within those periods - There is no record of marriages prior to 1782 nor do I find any law requiring ministers to make returns prior to that date - If ministers were then as negligent in making their returns as they now are it is very probable that the person who married him may have neglected to do so.
I regret that I cannot find evidence of the marriage for the old lady to enable her to procure a pension - If she can make any reference by which I can procure evidence of the marriage other than the record it will give me pleasure to obtain it for her.
I am
Your Obs t
W. H. H. W. H. H.
J. A. Sidwell

Crawfordsville Indiana Nov. 14/44
J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City
Sir,
I am informed that a rule has been added in reference to the proof regarding the marriage of a widow of a Revolutionary pensioner, varying somewhat the regulations under the act of July 7 th 1838, a copy of which I have the honor to acknowledge per Hon. J. A. Wright from you on the 14 th of last March.
Widow Margaret Miller nee Jacob Miller dec d late of Montgomery County Indiana made application for a pension under said act, and forwarded her evidence some three years since which is now on file in the Pension office. Under the said regulations (the 2 d Sec) you did not consider the evidence of the marriage sufficient. But under the late rule is not the evidence of marriage sufficient?
The widow needs the pension, and under the strict rule of the 2 d Sec. it is very doubtful whether she can get it - the evidence forwarded I suppose would be sufficient to prove the marriage in a Court of law.
Will you have the goodness to reply, informing us what can be done and should be done in the premises to obtain the pension.
Yours respectfully
H. D. Humphreys atty for Margaret Miller

Chillicothe October 13 th 1819
Jacob Miller, the undersigned , who makes application for the benefit of the late Act of Congress, was a private in Captain Luke Cannon's company of Infantry belonging to Col. Thomas Posey's detachment of the Virg a Continental Line, which marched in the Spring of 1782, from Cumberland Old Court House in Virg a to the State of Georgia, and served there, under General Wayne, until the evacuation of that State by the British Troops, when the Army of Georgia joined General Greene's Army at Ashley Hill in S C Carolina, where he continued in service until the termination of the War, when he was honorably discharged; which discharge, he says, was destroyed with every thing he had, by the burning of John Grinn's House in Winchester, Virginia. The said Jacob Miller, after being attached to Captain Cannon's company, served more than twelve months in the Detachment.
Sam Timly late Major of the above said Detachment
State of Ohio Ross County } Mayor's Office Chillicothe } ss:
I Levin B. Bell Mayor of the Town of Chillicothe do certify that the above statement was sworn to and subscribed before me
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office this fourteenth day October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Levin Bell Mayor

Crawfordville Ind a May 21 st 1827
Sir
I am a prisoner of the revolutionary army, and have resided in this state upwards of three years, and previous to September last have drawn my pay as such, from the agent in Kentucky, and on my application for my biennial allowance ending in March last, he, the Kentucky agent, referred me to the agent in this state, to whom I have applied, and he has informed me that he cannot pay until my name is transferred from the pension Roll of Ky. to the state of Ind a . Will your Honor be pleased to direct a transfer of my name so that I may get my pay without further difficulty or expense. The enclosed documents will show the cause for my removal from Ky to this state.
I am with great Respect Sir.
Your Humble Servt Jacob Miller

hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of the Circuit Court of said County This = 30 th day of July 1859. Wm O. Vance Clerk By A. P. Watson Deputy
Indiana
act (Midsum 1838)
Margaret Miller
Charles O.
Jacob Miller
also exec
J. M. Henry
Resident
Aug. 16 th 59

Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents: That I Margaret Miller of the town of Crawfordsville and State of Indiana the widow of Jacob Miller
do hereby constitute and appoint J. M. Henry of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, and with power of substitution to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid claim now on file in the as well as all the Master Rolls and other records that may show the services of the said Miller and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever, touching the premises, in order to prosecute said claim to some result, and to receive the moneys due, when issued: hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall, in my name, legally do in the premises: In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of July, 1856.
Margaret her X Miller mark
Attest
John W. Busk
Martha A. Vance
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice

of the Peace, for the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana; and I certify that of my own personal knowledge the above said Margaret Miller is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Witness my hand and seal, this thirtieth day of July 1854.
John W. Burk Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana } ss: County of Montgomery }
I certify that John W. Burk Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made, was at the time of it being made, a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of said County This = 30 th day of July 1854.
Wm C Vance Clerk By A. P. Watson Deputy

Oct 24 '45
20
7 Hon James L. Edwards 66 B33 43 Commisioner of Pensions Washington City M rs M ary Miller Indiar

Williamsport Warren Co Indiana
October 16 th 1845
Dear Sir
Margaret Miller of Montgomery County in this State is in the receipt of a pension of $80 per annum as the widow of Jacob Miller deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum a proportionate deduction was also made from the arrearage of pension which she was authorised to draw at the time she was placed upon the pension roll. It is believed that by the act of Congress she is entitled to the same pension which her deceased husband was in the receipt of, and that the reduced amount has been inserted through an oversight in relation to the amount of her husband's pension. The Attorney who acted for her in the matter, having recently deceased, I am unable to say what correspondence may have taken place between your department and himself upon the subject, and will thank you to inform me after an inspection of the papers on file in your office, whether her impressions are correct, and whether she is in the receipt of the whole amount of the pension to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress. Please address me at Williamsport Indiana.
Very respectfully your Obedient
James R.M. Bryant
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at Madison
by
J. H. D. Lauer
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Indiana
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 330 Vol. 3.
Geo. H. Smith
Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 20th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine ,
J. E. Emory
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Dr Hill
Honble Joseph A. Wright House of Representatives Washington City

Virginia
I Thomas Allen Sidball, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that I have examined the register of Marriages in my Office prior to the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five and do not find any return of the marriage of Jacob and Margaret Millers and I do further certify that I don't know of any Church or Parish record of marriages kept in the said County between the close of the Revolutionary War and the year 1794.
In Testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court the 28 th day of December 1844 and in the 69 th year of the Commonwealth
T. A. Sidball
Winchester Va Dec 28 th 1844
for In a letter recd from Mr. D. Humphrey I was requested to forward the above certificate to you.
I am Sincerely
Your Obey
T. A. Sidball

Washington City Decr. 23 rd 1887.
Sir.
I enclose to you herewith, as requested in letter from your Office, of June 10 th 1886, to the Hon: J. D. Wright, the Pension certificate of Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller, Private, Revo: War, together with certain additional evidence, upon which Mrs. Miller relies for a re-adjudication of her pension claim.
Very Respectfully Your Obd. Servt. John W. Bryant
Hon: Geo: A. Whiting Commr. of Pensions

State of Indiana } County of Montgomery } ss
On this 17 th day of December A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a Notary Public in & for the Said County & State W m le Vance and Joel Lee residents of Crawfordsville Montgomery County Indiana who being by me duly sworn according to law on their oaths declare that they are each well acquainted with Mrs Margaret Miller the above applicant for issues of Pension, that they have known her for many years past and were each well acquainted with Joel Miller her late husband, previous to his death which took place in Crawfordsville Montgomery County, Indiana on or about the 25 th day of July A.D. 1839. That the said Margaret Miller has lived a widow since the death of her said husband & is now a widow, And that she is the identical person named as a pensioner in a pension certificate which we have seen & which she has in her possession, That they witnessed her

Subscribed make oath to the aforesaid Declaration or Application for awards of pension as well as acknowledging a Power of Attorney to prosecute her claim to John W. Bryant of Washington D.C., in due form of law - And further, That they believe the statements contained in her said Declaration are in every respect true - Wm L. Pierce Dael Lee
Subscribed & sworn to before me on the days & years above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed my official Seal
Lewis J. Moore Notary Public
Com d . of Pensions will please refer for the authority of Lewis J. Moore to act as Notary to his Commission which he sent to the Dept t with the Claim of Joshua Fry for By Land on 16 or 17 of November 1857 - requesting it to be placed on file for future reference

State of Indiana Montgomery County ss.
On this 17 th day of December A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a Notary Public in & for the County & State aforesaid Margaret Miller aged ninety three, years, a resident of Crawfordsville Montgomery County, Indiana, who being by me duly sworn, according to law, on her oath declares, That she is the identical Margaret Miller to whom a Pension Certificate for Eighty Dollars per annum was issued on the 20 th day of March A.D. 1849 under the Act of February 2 d 1848, which said Pension Certificate she herewith surrenders, for the purpose of receiving the benefit of the Act of fourth of July 1836, granting pensions to the widows of revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the widow of Jacob Miller deceased who was a revolutionary Soldier, the particulars of whose service in said revolutionary war will fully appear by a reference to the evidence on file in the Pension Dept., filed by the said Jacob Miller when he was pensioned under the pension

Act of June 7th 1837 - That she was married near Winchester Frederick County Virginia on the 8th or 18th day of April A.D. 1782 to the said Jacob Miller - As will appear fully by reference to the evidence filed by her in the Pension Dept't when she applied for the benefit of the Pension Act of February 2d 1848. That her said husband Jacob Miller died at Crawfordsville Montgomery County Indiana on the 28th day of July A.D. 1839 And that she has remained a widow ever since that period & is now a widow as will appear from evidence annexed hereto - That the following is a true copy of said Pension certificate above referred to
Department of the Interior, Widows Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2d, 1848 Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per Annum Commencing on the fourth of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again

uary, in which the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 20th day of March one thousand eight hundred & sixty nine.
J. E. Mung Secretary of the Interior
Examined & countersigned. J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions."
Signed in the presence of W. C. Vance Joel Lee
Margaret her Miller mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me Lewis J. Moore a Notary Public in & for said county on this seventeenth day of December AD 1857 And I certify that I know the above claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that the above is a correct full copy of her Pension certificate In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & affix my official seal
Lewis J. Moore Notary Public

Margaret Miller Jacob - Ind. - a 27-1/2 1848.
Filed by Senator Bright, & speedy action requested.
Col.
Hon J. H. Bright U. S. Senate

State of Indiana, ss Montgomery county ss
On this 14th day of May A. D. 1856, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally came Margaret Miller, who upon her oath declares that she is the identical person to whom the Certificate of Pension, of which I hereby certify the following is a true copy, was issued, to wit:
Department of the Interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848.
Margaret Miller, widow of Jacob Miller, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 28th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned D. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions."
And that she is still unmarried and the widow

of the said Jacob Miller, the deceased Pensioner named in said certificate, and that said Jacob Miller in his lifetime, as she verily believes was entitled to and drew the sum of Ninety Six dollars per annum for Revolutionary services; and that this application is made to enable her to draw any increase of pension or back pension to which as such widow, she may be entitled under the laws of the United States; and for proof of her right thereto, she refers the Department to the applications of the said Jacob Miller, and the said affiant, now on file in the Pension Office.
Attest: Wm B. Vance
Margaret her + Miller mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of May A.D. 1856 John H. Bush (Seal) Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana } Montgomery County }
On this 14 th day of May 1856 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Samuel B Willson and Joseph E McDonald to me well known as credible witnesses of good character for truth and veracity who being duly sworn upon their solemn oath declare that they are well acquainted with the

above named applicant Margaret Miller and that they have known her for twenty years last past and know that she is the identical person to whom the Certificate of Pension of which the above in her said applica- tion is a copy was issued and that she is the widow of Jacob Miller deceased a reputed revolutionary soldier and that the said Margaret Miller is still a widow and resides in the County of Montgomery and State of Indiana
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written
John W. Burk Esq. Justice of the Peace
J. M. Donald D. C. Wilson
State of Indiana Montgomery County ss
I, Williams L. Vance, Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County, do hereby certify that John W. Burk, Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing De- claration and Affidavits, is now, and was at the time of taking and signing the same, lawfully acting as Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Montgomery, duly Elected, Commissioned and qualified, and that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Crawfordsville, the 14 th day of May A.D. 1856.
W. L. Vance, Clerk By Stephen Beck, Deputy

State of Indiana } county of Montgomery } ss:
On this nineteenth day of May 1827. before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Montgomery personally appeared Jacob Miller who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Smith Cannon in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Popley in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable in future in said State of Indiana; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Indiana are that he might live in the neighborhood of his children who had previously moved to this State, and that he might be the better able to support himself & family
Sworn to & subscribed before me. the day and year aforesaid P. M. Currey Jus. Peace
his Jacob Miller mark
The State of Indiana Montgomery County. ss: Before me P. M. Currey a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, personally came Isaac C. Elston who maketh oath that he verily believes that the above named & subscribed Jacob Miller is the same person named in the above affidavit and that he has heretofore brought this same Jacob Miller's pension money from Louisville in Kentucky to the said Miller in this place Isaac C. Elston
The above deposition is subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 th day May 1827. and I do now here from under my hand seal now certify that the above named Isaac C. Elston who is a merchant by calling is a man of undoubted truth and veracity, as is also the said Jacob Miller.
P. M. Currey Justice of Peace

State of Indiana Montgomery County } B. I John Wilson Clerk of the Circuit Court of Said County do hereby certify that P. M. Gurney Esquire before whom the within foregoing affidavits were made was at the date of the making thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his Official acts as such.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of Said Court to be affixed at Crawfordsville in Said County the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty Seven John Wilson Clk

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Wm C Hillis Esq Madison Indiana
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State of Indiana Montgomery County ss. Be it known that on this 28 th day of December 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Margaret Miller, a resident of Crawfordsville in the County of Montgomery in the State of Indiana, aged 83 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 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the War of the Revolution: That she is the widow of Jacob Miller — who was a Private — during the Revolutionary war, and that he served in the Regular army in the Company commanded by Capt. Cannon.
That she received an annual Pension of Eighty Dollars under the act of Congress passed on 17 June 1844, and that she has intermarried but continues the widow of the above named Jacob Miller.
Margaret mark Miller
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
Witness Benj. Rislin
W. C. Vance
Dan Mills I.P.
Certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Dan Mills I.P.
Know all men by these presents that I, Margaret Miller of Montgomery County, State of Indiana, Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Madison State

of Indiana my Power from the 4 th day of March 1848 to the 4 th day of September 1848. Witness my hand and seal this 28 day of December 1848. Sealed and delivered in presence of Ben T. Miller and W. C. Vance
Margaret Miller mark Seal
State of Indiana Montgomery County ss. Be it known that on the 28 th day of December 1848 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Margaret Miller above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned Dan Mills J.P. Seal
State of Indiana } Montgomery County ss. } I, James W. Lynn Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Dan Mills is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, that his Commission was dated on the 27 th day of November 1844, and will expire on the 26 th day of November 1849, and that his Signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 30 th day of November, December AD 1848. J. W. Lynn Clerk

State of Kentucky Jefferson Circuit & County Jct
Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty before me the subscriber sole judge of the Circuit and County aforesaid personally came Jacob Miller a resident of Jefferson County & State of Kentucky, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War" that he the said Jacob Miller enlisted in the Service of the United States for the term of eighteen months, so well as he recollects, in the spring of the year 1781 at first with the company commanded by Capt. Kirkpatrick which which was afterwards commanded by Colonel Thomas Poyey of the Virginia line on Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the same Corps until the conclusion of the War when he was discharged in the State of Virginia which discharge with his other effects he lost by fire, that he was at the siege of York and afterwards marched to the Southward - that he is now sixty four years of age, infirm and in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and in addition to the above statement of facts made by himself he herewith transmits the deposition of General

Samuel Finley who was a Major in the Corps in which he served —
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid —
Jacob Miller
State of Kentucky Jefferson County
I John P. Oldham sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Miller did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for more than twelve months at one time on the continental establishment and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War department pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid act of Congress — I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support — Given under my hand this fourteenth day of February 1820. —
Jno P Oldham
I Morton Pope clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that John P. Oldham esquire, who has signed the above Certificate, is sole Judge of the said Court, duly Commissioned and sworn, and that to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in as out of Court. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Circuit Court this fourteenth day of February 1820 in the 28th year of the Commonwealth.
Morton Pope

Revolutionary. Claim for pension Per act July 7. 1838 1/2
Margaret Miller Widow of Jacob Now pensioned under the act of July 29. 1848 1/2 Indiana Agency.
Claims pension under act of July 1838 by reason of her marriage prior to 1794.
J. M. Henry Present. Dec. 7/58.

State of Indiana } Montgomery County }
Be it known, That before me, John W. Burk a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared James H. Vanarsdall to me well and personally known as a credible person, who, being by me first duly sworn, upon his oath, declares: That he resides in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana and has resided there ever since childhood; that he is personally acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Miller having been intimately acquainted with her for the last eighteen years; that she is, as he has been informed and verily believes is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety-six dollars per annum; that she resides in Crawfordsville, in the County and State aforesaid that she is as affiant verily believes in the ninety fourth year of her age; that she has resided in the County and State aforesaid for the term of about thirty-eight years; that she is well known to said affiant as the mother of one George Miller with whom said affiant was intimately acquainted from his earliest recollection up to the date of his (George Miller's) death July 14th 1846; that from his affiant-

personal acquaintance with and knowledge of the said George Miller; from his - Miller's - statements to said affiant during his - affi = ant's - acquaintance with him; from the statements as of the said Margaret Miller; from the fact now that the said Margaret Miller has, ever since affiant's acquaintance with her recognized the = said George  Margaret Miller as her legitimate son; d from the fact that the said George Miller was = generally known as and reputed to be her le = gitimate son, and from the fact that his being her legitimate son has never been disputed or called in question by her or his acquaintan = ces, said affiant swears that the said George Mill = er is her legitimate son.
Said affiant further declares that the said Margaret Miller is the widow of one Jacob Miller whom said affiant has been informed and verily believes, was a soldier of the Revolution. That said affiant was acquainted with the said Jacob Miller and knew him and the said Margaret Miller to live together as husband and wife. That the said Jacob Miller died at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana on the 25th day of July, 1839.
Said affiant further declares that from his acquaintance with the said George Miller; from Miller's appearance, and from general repute, he

the said George Miller was about fifty = five years of age at the date of his death, July 14th 1846.
Said affiant further declares that he has taken and carefully and critically compared the following record on lines numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 with the inscription on the tomb stone of the said George Miller's grave; that it is a correct, full and complete record of the same; that he is well aware that the grave at which is the said tomb stone is the grave of the said George Miller from the fact that it is generally known as such and from the fact that he was present at the burial of the said George Miller. He further declares that he has been credibly informed and does verily believe that said tomb-stone was erected in the year 1850. That the inscription is in the following words:
1 George Miller 2 Died 3 July 14, 1846. 4 Aged 55 Yrs.
That he has been credibly informed and verily believes said tombstone was erected by Mrs. Maria Gibson a relative of the deceased; that it has been publicly exhibited and was well known to the relatives of the deceased and that the authenticity and correctness of said inscription has never been disputed or called in question by any person, to the best of affiant's knowledge and belief.
Said affiant further declares that he is in no wise interested in the claim of the said Margaret Miller for arrears of pension.

Witness his hand and seal this 2 nd day of December, 1858
Just H. Wanausdall
State of Indiana, Montgomery County } ss:
Be it known, that before me, a justice of the peace as aforesaid, personally came Mr. John Speed who being by me first duly sworn, upon his oath, declares, that he was personally acquainted with George Miller as aforesaid from the year 1836 up to the year 1846; that he was and is personally acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Miller from the year up to the present hour; that she resides in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County Indiana; that she is as affiant well knows a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety-six dollars per annum; that he was personally acquainted with Jacob Miller known and reputed to be a soldier of the Revolution; that he knew the said Jacob Miller and Margaret Miller to live together as husband and wife; that the fact of their marriage has never been disputed or called in question by any person, to the best of affiant's knowledge; that the said George Miller was generally known as and reputed to be the legitimate son of the said Jacob and Margaret Miller; that he - George Miller - was always recognized as such by the said Jacob and Margaret Miller; and by his and their acquaintances; that the fact of his being their legitimate son has never been disputed or called in question by any person;
Said affiant further declares that from his acquaintance with the said George Miller, from Miller's appearance and from general repute he, the said George Miller, was about fifty-five years of age at the date of his death in Crawfordsville, Indiana, July 14 th 1846.

Said affiant further declares that the record on = lines numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 is a correct, full and complete record of the inscription on the tomb stone at the head of the grave of the said George Miller; that he well knows said grave to be the grave of the said George Miller, from the fact that it is generally known as such and from the fact that he was present at the burial of the said George Miller; that he was present and assisted in the erection of the said tomb stone and that it was erected in the month of February eighteen hun- dred and fifty; that said tomb stone has been publicly exhibited and has been and is yet well known to the relatives and acquaintances of the deceased and that the authenticity and correctness of said inscription = has never been disputed or called in question by any person, to the best of affiant's knowledge and belief.
Said affiant further declares that he is in no wise interested in the claim of the said Margaret Miller for arrears of pension, and that he makes this affiant's affidavit only for the furtherance of justice.
Witness his hand and seal this 2nd day of December, 1858.
John Speed.
Seal
State of Indiana } ss Montgomery County }
I, John W. Burk, justice of the peace as = aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above affiant's

James H. Vanarsdall and John Speed This day personally appeared before me and made oath that the forgoing affidavits to which they have placed their signatures, are just and true as they verily believe, and I further certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. I further certify that I am not interested in the claim of the said Margaret Miller for arrears of pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of December, 1858.
John W Burk Justice of the Peace
Ed
State of Indiana } ss Montgomery County }
I, William C. Vance, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John W. Burk, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly com- missioned and qualified; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this fourth day of December 1858.
Wm C. Vance Clerk By H. Watson Deputy
I certify that erasures and interlineations in lines numbered, 5, 6, 7 were made before the above affidavits were signed.
John W Burk Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana } Clarke County } ss.
On this fifteenth day of Novem- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight- hundred and forty four personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the County of Clarke State of Indiana Elizabeth Haymaker a resident of Vernon township in the county of Scott and State of Indiana who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration. That she was present at the marriage of Jacob Miller now deceased late of Montgomery County. State of Indiana and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States with Margaret Miller now the widow of said Jacob Miller that she has known the said Jacob Miller and Mar- garet as husband and wife up to the time of his decease and that the said Margaret still continues unmarried that she does not recollect the year in which the said marriage took place but that it occurred after the close of the Revolutionary war and previous to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four in the county of Frederic State of Virginia where the said Jacob and Margaret then lived that up to the time of the decease of the said Jacob Miller the said Jacob and Margaret lived together and were known as husband and wife and as such raised a family of children Sworn to & subscribed in Elizabeth her Haymaker seal open court, before me this mark 15 th day of November 1844 Test, Eli McCalla Clerk

State of Indiana Clark County.
I Eli McCalley Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Clark do hereby certify that the above named Elizabeth Haymaker did personally appear in open court and was sworn to and subscribed the within and foregoing statement before me this fif- teenth day of November A D 1844
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Charlestown this 15 th day of November A D 1844. and the fifth day of the November term of said Court.
Test,
Eli McCalley Clerk
I hereby state that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Haymaker who has known & observed to the above Affiant, & that I hereby state that she is a worthy of credit & that her said deed is true to the best of my knowledge, Done at Repsn Dec 18 th 1844
Thos Hurley m.c

State of Indiana Montgomery County ss
On this Thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before me Isaac Mayda President Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana George Miller a resident of the town of Crawfordsville in the County of Montgomery and State of Indiana who being first duly sworn according to law d. the day.
That he is the oldest child now living of Jacob Miller, deceased State of Montgomery County Indiana. That the said Jacob Miller was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his decease. That he the said Jacob Miller, was first pensioned in Kentucky and belonged to the Kentucky Roll & that afterwards he was transferred to the Indiana Roll of Pensioners. That the said Jacob Miller departed this life on the 25 th day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine. That he left at his decease Margaret Miller his widow who still lives and is unmarried and has been since the death of the said Jacob Miller.
That the said Jacob Miller, as he the said George, has been informed by the said Jacob Miller, and by divers other persons acquainted with him, the said Jacob in early life, was married to the said Margaret, shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war, in the County of Frederic, State of Virginia.
That the said Jacob Miller, and his wife Margaret, left the town of Winchester in the said County of Frederic, State of Virginia, where they were residing at the time to wit in the year

Seventeen hundred and ninety five and went to live in the state of Kentucky, where he the said Jacob Miller and his said wife Margaret lived together and always lived together as husband and wife until his death and raised a family of Children
That he the said George Miller was as he has always been informed by his parents and others acquainted with them in Virginia thats at the time of their leaving the state of Virginia to wit in seventeen hundred and ninety five he was about seven years of age.
That there was one child older by about two years than he the said George who is now dead and that he the said George Miller always understood that the said child whose name was John Miller was born between one and two years after the marriage of the said Jacob and Margaret.
That that the said Jacob and Margaret never had a family Bible or any family record in which was recorded the births of the children before leaving the state of Virginia and that the he the said George has heard of a Bible lost by fire in the state of Virginia in which it was said or supposed was the record of the marriage of the said Jacob and Margaret, and the the births of their children.
George Miller
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Isaac Taylor president judge of the first judicial circuit of the state of Indiana
I. Taylor
This Mr George Miller is a worthy man & entitled to all his rights

Margaret Miller wid: Jacob. hus:
Interest
Allowed @ the rate of $96. per An: from July 1 st 1848 deducting former payts: @ the rate of $8 per An: interest 2 nd $96.48
Interest Interest under the fourth Resolution of 1 st July 48 BDR
Cert: to Jno. H. Bryant, Present

Brief in the case of Margaret Miller widow of Jacob, Montgomery County and State of Indiana, Joint Resolution 1 st July, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") Increase from $80 per An to $96 per An: Commencing July, 1 st 48, deducting former payments under act of 2 d Proof exhibited, (if original.) Feb: 1848, @ the rate of $80 per An:
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Claimant is a pensioner upon the Indian roll under the Act of 2 d Feb; 1848, @ the rate of $80 per Annum. Her husband was pensioner under the act of 18 th March, 1818 & continued under the Act of 1 st May, 1820, @ the rate of $96 per An. She has surrendered her pension Certificate under said Act of Feb; 2 d & is entitled to an allowance under the the Joint Resolution of Congress of 1 st July, 1848, of $96 per An; commencing July, 1 st 1848, & to continue during her natural life, deducting former payts under the Act of 2 d Feb: 1848. Her present widowhood residency is satisfactorily established.
Mrs: Y. Bryant. Esq. Name and residence of Agent Present,
B. W. D. Examining Clerk.

Margaret Miller widow of Jacob Miller Pwate $80 per an.
married in 1784 husband died 25 July 1839
Madison Indiana Roll
Acts 38 - 43 - V 444 to commence 4 March '36 Joint Resolution 23 Jan. 1845
Hon. J. A. Wright H.R.

111,358
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Hon. L. P. Commissioner City of

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1600 Ans

WIDOW, &c.
9569 File No. 9569
Margaret Miller Wid. of Jacob Miller Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 24 th 8
Index:—Vol. Me
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 20-1902
Mrs. Eliz. E. Davidson Crawfordsville Ind
1905 June 17. Mrs. Chas. O. Wilhite sent history of service, etc. Ga 1905 June 21. Mrs. James Sheldon Jr. sent history of service and by request Mr. Wilhite.
1916, March 18. Visit to Viola Root Cameron Dr.
1931 - Feb 2. Visit To Mabel J. Sanderburg. E. Ex.
1936 July 27 Visit To Helen Rigmond Ex.

February 2, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Mabel J. Funderburg 1316 E. 14th Avenue Denver, Colorado
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9569, that Jacob Miller enlisted in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the spring or summer of 1781, served as a private in Captains Abraham Kirkpatrick and Luke Cannon's Company, Colonel Thomas Posey's Virginia Regiment, was at the Siege of Yorktown, after which he marched to the State of Georgia, served there until after the evacuation of that state by the British and was discharged at the close of the war.
In 1795, he moved from Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, to the State of Kentucky, and about 1824, to the State of Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 14, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and resided in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
He died July 25, 1839, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
The soldier married in the month of April between the years 1782 and 1787 (conflicting statements as to the day of the month and the year shown), near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, Margaret Dick, who was born between the years 1762 and 1768 (many conflicting dates shown). Both were then of Frederick County, Virginia.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 6, 1840, while residing in Montgomery County, Indiana.
Widow said sol. enl. in 1779 or 1780 under Capt. Cannon Major Findley. but I used sol.'s statement as he made it very clearly. served time
Used the march to Ga because it was given by Major Findley
Dates of mar. given as 1st, 8th & 18 of April 1782, 1784, 1785 & 1787
Dates of her birth 1762, 1764 1765, 1766 & 1768

In 1820, the soldier stated that he had five children residing with him, two sons, George and Isaac, then aged twenty-nine and twenty-two respectively, and three daughters, Mary, Teny and Eliza, aged twenty-five, eighteen and thirteen years respectively. The oldest child, John, was born between one and two years after his parents marriage and was deceased in 1844. George Miller died July 14, 1846, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

reply to your request of _____, received _____ statement of the military history of Jacob Miller soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 79,569.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring, 1781 to end of war Pri. Abn. Kirkpatrick Luke Cannon Thomas Poy Va.       
Battles engaged in, Siege of York. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Loudoun Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Oct. 14, 1819. His cl. mar. el. Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co., Ky. Age at date of application, 64 yrs.
Remarks: He mar. about April 1, 1787, in Frederick Co., Va.,  Margaret Dick. He died July 25, 1839, at Crawfordsville, Mont-  Somery Co. Ind., where mid. resided when ab. pen. on his ap. ex. Oct. 6, 1840, aged 72 yrs.  Children: Eldest child, Johny George, died July 14, 1846, aged 55 yrs.; Mary,  aged 25; Isaac, 22, Henry 18, and Eliza 13, in 1820.
Respectfully,
There is no record evidence as to marriage and statements as to year of marriage Commissioner. are so varied that I have said about Apr. 1, 1787 - Date is given also as Apr. 8 or 18. Year " " as 1782, 1784-1785 + etc. etc.

Crawfordsville Ind
Mch. 10-36
War Records Div. of Rev Soldiers
Dear Sirs
We are endeavoring to complete our roster of Montgomery County Rev. soldiers
Jacob Miller who served from Virginia was a pensioner in Montgomery County Ind. while living here in 1819. Please send his war record and any family data available. Thanking you in advance for this very great favor Very Sincerely
Helen
Sigmund 307 E. Jefferson Crawfordsville Ind.

Denver Colorado January 15 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am desirous of obtaining information necessary to complete my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. I wrote to the Adjutant General's Office in this regard and they advised me to write to your department.
Jacob Miller, who was my great-great grandfather is buried in the Masonic Cemetery at Crawfordsville, Indiana. On the stone marking the grave is found the following: "Jacob Miller died July 25, 1839, aged 83 years. He was a Revolutionary Soldier under Washington" — "Jacob & Margaret Miller Old Virginia 1783" — "Margaret Miller, wife of Jacob Miller died Jan. 22, 1863 aged 97 years". Beside the stone is an iron slab with inscription "Jacob Miller Soldier of the Revolution". His son William Miller — my great grandfather is buried on the same lot.
I do not know how long they lived at Crawfordsville, but am hoping we can identify his service by records of a pension paid to him or his wife.
Any information you can furnish me in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
1316 E. 14 Ave., Denver, Colo.
Very truly yours
Mabel F. Funderburg

Margt Miller wid Jacob
Indiana. Pension papers Enda
4416 Feb '48
John J. Bryant
Feb 6/58

Rev Sec 4
Viola Root Cameron
GENEALOGIST ARTISTIC STATIONER ANTIQUES
MEMBER NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
BRYANT BUILDING 47 WEST 42ND STREET NEW YORK CITY
Mar. 8, 1916.
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am very anxious to obtain a copy of the pension record of W. 9569 Jacob Miller, who lived in Montgomery, Indiana, and drew pen- sion.
Also the records of S. 16972 Mordecai Miller, of Morgan, Ind., and S. 32416 John Norman of Putnam, Ind., as also the record of S. 16481 Henry Miller of Tippecanoe, Ind.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, and trusting to hear from you at your convenience, I am,
Cordially,
Viola Root Cameron

9589 Department of Agriculture, OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK. Washington, D. C.
June 12, 1905.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly advise me whether or not one Jacob Miller, a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia (probably Culpepper County) and who afterwards moved to Kentucky (probably Shelby County) and from thence to Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, where he died and was buried, was drawing a pension at the time of his death, and whether or not the records show any of his relations.
Thanking you in advance for the favor, I am,
Very respectfully,
Charles O. Wilhite, 1110 13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.