Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25707, for Henry Miller, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Miller Henry Bernard
M. 25707
B.L. Mt 34,809-160-55
CONTENTS

Kentucky, 22318 West Tennessee Nat.
Henry Miller Sackville in the State of Mississippi who was a private in the comd commanded by Captain Moore of the regt commanded by Col Lock in the Mississippi line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of October 1833 and James Purcell Gamewell
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 75 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 15 $90
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book C Vol. 7 Page 93
Letter to Pension Agent 14 April '38 do to Hon J. R. Underwood 83rd Under 29 Dec 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to the 4 Sept 1837. Age notified 12 Jany 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Age notified 20 March 1839.
Due to Pension Agent 17 Feb 1843. " to Nashville Agent 15th March 1843.
To Kentucky from 4th Sept 1843. 7. April 1843. Notification to A. T. Morris Tompkinsville Ky
31 March 1852.

167.703. June 13. ad mar 1850
Permina Miller wid. Henry Miller priv.
Capt Brisco Col. Clark Lt. So. Car. mil. Private Col. Clark 80 Lt. Va. Troops Pensionary Rev War
167.703. June 13. 1853
ad. 160 acs July 19/56 Dodd
167.703
Miller & Brown. Present
Vol. 16 2-43

5870. Kentucky. Pernina Miller, widow of the Henry Miller who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 29 th day of July 1853 and sent to
Miller & Brown, Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act. February 3, 1853, Page 175. Vol. W.H.

Permina Miller
Pension Claim
forwarded by
W P Hester
To
Miller S Brown
of Washington
City D.C.

State of Kentucky } In open Court May Term County of Monroe } 1855- Present the Honorable Wm B. Bledsoe Judge of the The Monroe County Court
On this 28 th day of May 1855-
before the aforesaid court held within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Derrina Miller aged 85 years a resident of Jackson County, & State of Tennessee adjoining County to this County of Monroe who being duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed and approved on the 3 rd day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Henry Miller dec d who was a in the Regiment commanded by private in the Company commanded by Captain Brice in the Regiment of N o S th Carolina Militia Commanded by Col Clark in the war of the Revolution does not now recollect any Battle herein To the best of her knowledge & information and belief her said husband entered the service at - - in N o S th Carolina about the twelve day of 17 78  79 for the term of 12 months as she thinks and continued in actual service after said war for the term of twelve months and was honorably discharged as she now recollects at about the day of 178 0 But does not now recollect where who she has heard him say but she is too old to have good recollection

That her said Husband was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed as she now recollects on the day of at the rate of thirty dollars per annum as she now recollects which was paid to him at, the agency in Nashville Tennessee and afterwards was transferred to the agency at Louisville in the State of Kentucky. She further states that she was married to the said Henry Miller in Hawkins County State of Tennessee as she thinks though she is very old & cannot now recollect. on or about the 12 day of November AD 1794 by one Richard Murray a minister of the gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Perrina McElhinney that her said husband died in the County of Jackson and State of Tennessee on the 31 st day of March 1852  1852 that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January 18 eighteen hundred but at the time above stated and she further states that there is or ought to be a public record of her marriage in which she cannot now find said County of Hawkins in said State of Tennessee that there is no private record of her said marriage among any of her family nor in her said husband's papers or books as she now can find that she cannot find his certificate of discharge herewith for the reason that he has either sent it to the pension office or has lost the same and she further declares that she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband. She hereby appoints Wm P Weather of Louisville State of Kentucky her true

and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts legal and necessary in the premises & for other purposes. Witness Her hand Pernina Miller Mark
Sworn to and subscribed by Pernina Miller on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Pernina Miller and believe her to be as above stated and that she is of the age above stated and further that I am not interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise. Witness my hand and the seal of said court affid. by order of said court sirs in session
St. Leonhard — Clinking
State of Kentucky } County of Monroe } ss On this 28 th day of May A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer this oaths John Emerson and William
These residents of the county of Morgan and state of Kentucky who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who by me being duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Perrina Miller.

the above and foregoing named applicants for a pension that they have known her for  fifty  (50) years last past that they were acquainted with Henry Miller her late husband having known him for fifty  fifty years or more previous to his death that the said Henry Miller and Pamina Miller and lived together as hus- band and wife and were reputed so to be and cohabited together as such that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned that the said Henry Miller died about the time stated in the above and foregoing declaration and that the said Pamina is to her knowledge now the widow of said Henry Miller and has been a widow ever since his the said Henry Miller's death & that she has never been married since said Henry's death and still is his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above, and further that they were present and saw her the said Pamina Miller sign her name by making her mark there to and by marking her mark and acknowledge- ing the same together with the foregoing affida- vit power of attorney & and making oaths thereto in due form of law and that they deponed as reside in the county aforesaid
Witness John B. Beckman Wm. Gibson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of May 1855
E. M. Russell J.P. Me
State of Kentucky County of Monroe
I hereby certify that before whom the the foregoing affidavits and power of attorney were made and acknowledged, & who being

has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and duly Commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine and that all the foregoing proceedings were had in open court & being a Court of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office of the Monroe County Court this 28 th day of May 1855—
St. Leonard Clerk U.S.C.
I W P Witcher the above attorney for the Claimant hereby appoint Miller & Brown of Washington City DC my substitutes for me & in my name for the Claimant to do any and all things which I am by the foregoing power of attorney authorized to do this 29 th May 1855 2
W P Witcher of Tompkinsville Ky

27 164
Henry Miller Jackson Co. Tennessee
for 1779 periods 9 months $30.
can only allow for 9 months in withd.
James T. Quarles Gainesboro Tennessee.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Miller
   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.     1779 3 P. Col Moore Col Locke 73 N.E.   age 1782 2 " Col G.R. Clarke   " 2 " Col Clarke   Sept " 2 " "   June 1783 3 this service not allowed. it being after the army was laid down.  
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) 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 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

27. 164.
Henry Miller
James J. Quarles Gainesboro. Tenn.

State of Tennessee County of Jackson 3 rd p.
On this 12 day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court before William P. Hampton John Welch Welcome Butler & Jonas Griffith Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county of Jackson now sitting Henry Miller a resident of the county of Jackson and state of Tennessee aforesaid aged seventy three years of age last January who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in Roane county, state of North Carolina where he then resided in July 1779, the day of the month not recollected, as a volunteer under Captain Moore Lieut. rank not recollected and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Locke a militia Colonel under General Rutherford in the same county. He volunteered for no definite period, to go an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He marched under said officers to the head of Catawba river then down the French Broad river across Little & Big Pigeon rivers across the Hiwassee river to the Cherokee Cherokee towns which were evacuated except by a few skulking Indians. General Rutherford's command consisted of about 3000 men all militia. After the army arrived in the Cherokee nation and found the towns evacuated - the army was divided in two divisions one division to remain in nation and the other division to go against the Overkill Cherokees about 50 miles distant applicant went to Overkilly and said Captain Moore sent has forgotten who commanded the expedition when the Overkill towns were also evacuated and the troops returned to the Cherokee nation and joined their comrades and returned home under General Rutherford.

When in October 1779 Applicant was verbally discharged by his Captain Moore. During said term Applicant served three months as a private in the United States service.
Applicant again entered the service of the United States in about five miles from Lexington State of Kentucky, he does not recollect the name of the County, where he then resided about the last of April 1782 as a volunteer under Colonel Clark to guard the falls of Ohio where a fort and boat was being built there. There was no Captain or other officer except Col. Clark as applicant recollects, the party consisting only about 20 men. Applicant remained in the service two months was verbally discharged by Colonel Clark about first of July 1782.
Applicant again entered the service of the United States in Harrodsburg State of Kentucky where he then resided then called Harrods Station as a substitute for a man whose name is not recollects for two months under Col. Clark to guard the falls of Ohio as above stated no other officer as is believed the party consisting about 20 men. Applicant served out his full term of two months and was verbally discharged by Col. Clark in September 1782 the day of the month when he entered the service and when he left the same is not recollects.
Applicant still residing at Harrods Station now Harrodsburg Kentucky again entered the service of the United States in September 1782 for two months as a substitute for another man whose name he has also forgotten under Col. Clark with about 19 or 20 others to guard the falls of Ohio as stated the the two foregoing terms no other officer as is believed - applicant served out his full term of two months and was verbally discharged by Col. Clark in November 1782 the day of the month when he entered the service as

when he left the same is not recollected.
Applicant again entered the service of the United States at Bulls Lick Kentucky where he then resided about first of June 1783 as a volunteer under capt Brisco Col. Clark, & Col. Logan. Lieut & Ensign not recollected to go an expedition against the Shawnee Indians went with a small party with by water with salt for the army down Salt river, up the Ohio river to the falls where he again joined the army marched up the Ohio river under said officers to the place where Cincinnati now stands built a small fort and left about 20 men there to guard the boats then marched to the Shawnee towns and on the 8 th of August of the same year fought a battle with the Indians and a few British then marched back to the fort above mentioned crossed the Ohio river up  where about the first of September 1783 Applicant was verbally discharged by Captain Brisco Applicant served during this last engagement three months
Applicant served in the service the United States during the several terms above mentioned in all twelve months as a private. There were no regular officers or continental regiments with the troops where he served except at the falls of Ohio where there were a few regular officers but who they were or what was their grade applicant does not know as they had

nothing to do with the troops with whom he served. He does not recollect the names or numbers of the militia regiments where he served.
Applicant was born in Roann county State of North Carolina 13 th day of January 1760 his age was recorded in the family Bible of his father and is copied in his own bible now in his possession from said family Bible.
Since the Revolutionary war Applicant has lived in Wilkes county North Carolina, in Union & Newberry counties South Carolina in Green, Sullivan counties Tennessee, in Barren county Kentucky and now reside in Jackson county Tennessee. He knows no documentary evidence and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
1 st Henry Miller the foregoing Applicant was born in Roann county North Carolina.
2 nd He has a copy of the record of his age in my Bible now in my possession taken from the my father's family Bible.
3 rd I lived in Roann county when I first entered the service near Lexington Kentucky the second time I entered the service, at Harrods Station Kentucky the third and fourth time I entered the service and at Bullets Lick the fifth time I entered the service. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Wilkes county North Carolina, in Union & Newberry counties South Carolina in Green & Sullivan counties Tennessee in Barren county Kentucky and I now live in Jackson county Tennessee.
4 th I volunteered three times and was a substitute twice but for whom I was a substitute I have forgotten.

5 There were no regular officers, nor Continental regiments 5 with the troops where I served. I do not recollect the names of the militia Regiments with whom I served. The first time I entered the service I volunteered in Roanoke county, North Carolina and marched under Captain Moore Col. Beck & Genl. Rutherford to the Cherokee nation and from thence to the Overhill Cherokee the Indian towns were vacated & we returned home. The second third and fourth time I entered the service I with about 19 or 20 others guarded the falls of Ohio. The fifth time I entered the service I marched under Capt Brisco Col. Clark, & Col Logan to the Shawnee towns where we had an engagement with the Indians and a few British. We then returned home. I served in all 12 months.
6 I never received a written discharge from the Service but was verbally discharged or dismissed at the expiration of my several terms of service.
7 The names of some of the persons to whom I am known in my present neighbourhood and who can testify to as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Soldier of the revolution are Samuel Allen, Michael Miller William Plumlee, Christopher Clemmons Alexander Keith.
He (said applicant, hereby relinquishes every claim what 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court William Gailbreath Clerk
Henry his Miller mark

We Samuel Allen a clergyman residing in Monroe county Kentucky about a quarter of a mile from the line of this county and within about 2 miles of Henry Miller the foregoing applicant. And Michael Miller residing in Jackson county State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Miller who has subscribed and sworn and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, to the above declaration; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Allen
Michael Rev Miller M.D.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid William Gailbreath Clerk.
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 Samuel Allen who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Gloucester and state of Kentucky and that Michael Miller who has signed the same is a president in the county of Jackson and state of Tennessee and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William P. Hampton
John Welch (J.P.)
Wilcome Dutton (J.P.)
Darius Griffith (J.P.)

William Gailbreath Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Jackson aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Miller for a pension. William Gailbreath Clerk
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office at Gainesboro this 15 th day of August
1833.
William Gailbreath Clerk

Pointy Land Claims of Mrs Permina Miller War of The Reclamation
No
Forwarded By H. P. H. H. H. H. H. Tompkinsville Ky To Miller H Brown of Washington City Ky
167.703.
my agree as agree in Tompkinsville Union County Kentucky May 28 th 1833 H. C. C. C. C. C. C.

State of Kentucky } ss.
County of Monroe } ss.
On this 28 th day of May 1855- personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State afore said Permina Miller aged Eighty five years a resident of Jackson County Tennessee State who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Henry Miller deceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Briscoe in the Regiment of North or S Carolina Militia being very old and State precisely does not recollect which was commanded by Colonel Clarke in the war of the Revolution and that her said husband volunteered in one of said States about the 1 st day of July 1780 as she recollects but to have heard her said husband say for the time of twelve months and continued in actual service for said time in said war and was honorably disch- -arged some time in the year following as she now recollects in one of said States She further states that she was married to the said Miller in the County of Hawkins as she now thinks in the State of Tennessee about the 12 th November 1794 by one Richard Murray a minister of the gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Permina Mullinax that her said husband died in Jackson County Tennessee on the 31 st day of March 1852 & that she is now a widow she further states that she is so old and infirm that she cannot now procure

for a cure a copy of said marriage nor has she any family record of her said marriage but refers for proof of witness who knows of her reputation and cohabitation with her said husband as such. She states that her said husband was a pensioner up to the time of his death and she would most respectfully ask your reference to said papers for more full proof of her said husband's service. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed and approved March the 3 rd 1855 and that she nor her said husband has now, heretofore received Bounty Land under this nor any other act of Congress and she hereby appoints Wm O Writcher of Tompkinsville Ky her true and lawful attorney to receive receive and take all other things in the premises legal in prosecuting this claim or any other claim in the pension office with power of substitution and to receive her war rent when issued
her Pernina Miller Mark
We Grubbs Hix and Wm Chisum residents of Monroe County in the State Kentucky upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara- tion and power of attorney was signed and acknowledged by Pernina Miller in our presence that we have known her and the said Henry Miller before his death for many years and know he was a Revolutionary pensioner and continued such

up to the time of his death and that they the said Henry & Parina Miller did live and cohabit together as husband and wife up to the time of his death which was about three years ago and that they were always reputed as such and we never heard that fact doubted that she is now a widow and that we have no interest in this claim in any way whatever and that she is of the age above stated and is the identical person she represents her self to be Greencastle Ind
Wm Christy
The foregoing declaration affidavit and power of attorney 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 that one of them is a respectable minister of the gospel that the Claimant is the person she represents her self to be and that I have no interest in this claim either as attorney or otherwise
John Ray B.D.

State of Kentucky County of Monroe
I, Eleazar M. Clark, Clerk of the Monroe County Court do certify that John Ray Esqr whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration affidavit and power of attorney is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe and that aforesaid duly elected Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office at office in Simpsonville Monroe County Kentucky May 28 th 1855 Eleazar M. Clark

Tenn 22318 Germantown Miller
Earl Warren J. Edgar Hoover 5753
Am S. P. Waldo Com. of Pressions P. Waldo

Tompkinsville Ky Jany 25 th 1843
Sir
I herewith enclose to you the Affa- davit of Henry Miller formerly of Jackson County Tennessee who have removed to this County (Monroe) and State of Kentucky who wishes a transfer of his Pension you will see if they are properly authenticated and if they are send it directed to me if not send the Paper to me directed to the above office I am yours &c
A. T. Harris
To The Secretary of War
Pension Bureau

State of Kentucky Monroe County sit on this 25 th day of January 1843 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Monroe and state of Kentucky personally appeared Henry Miller who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company of Commanded by Captains Moore & Briscoe in the Regiments Commanded by Lock & Clark H C in the service of the united States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the state of Tennessee from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the state of Kentucky Monroe County where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be there pay able in future
The following are his reasons for removing from Jackson County Tennessee To the County of Monroe and state of Kentucky
I had very poor Land in Tennessee and moved to Kentucky to get better Land
his Henry X Miller mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
W. H. Norton J. P. Alijah T. Marrs

State of Kentucky } Monroe County } ss
I William H Wooten a Magistrate in the county above named do certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence of the oath of Michael Miller and Abijah T Marrs both witnesses are persons of veracity That Henry Miller who hath taken the foregoing oath before me this day is the Person described in his affidavit Given under my hand at Tompkinsville Ky this 25 th day of January 1843
W H Wooten J.P.
State of Kentucky Monroe County ss I Will Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe County certify that W. H. Wooten who hath subscribed his name to the above and foregoing certificates is a Magistrate and the certificates purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 25 th day of January 1843
Will Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe County

L. L. Edwards Esq.
Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 3 rd April 1838
Dear Sir
At the request of Mr. Thomas L. Bransford the attorney of Mr. Henry Miller a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 7 th June 1832 and to whom there is one year & a half's Pension due to, up to the 1 st March 1838. I herewith transmit you his Pension Identity for your examination & sanction of his payment. The attorney Mr. Bransford requests you will return this claim to this office with your instructions as he expects to be in Nashville about the time it would probably be back. I am with much Respect
Your O bt . Serv t
John M. Bais Post. & Pension Agent By S. Cantrell

all 3 43
Mr Wm.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Pension Office Nashville Tennessee March 27 th 1843.
Sir
Yours of the 18 th instants, Requesting to be informed as to what time Henry Miller, a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency under the act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of Thirty dollars, per annum, was last paid, is received.
He was last paid up to 4 th September 1842
I am. Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J. M. Smith Pm: Agent
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City

Mar 13 1843
FREE
Rev. W. Crump Esq. Pension Office Washington D.C.
W. Crump

Geo. W. Crump Esq.
Packard Inn
Mar. 2 1843
Dear Sir
Your favor of 17 ult. is rec?
Henry Miller , the pensioner named in your letter, has never been enrolled on the List of pensioners at this agency -
Very Respectfully J. M. Campbell Per agt

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, January 2 d , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Henry Miller, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tennessee, Agency, at the rate of Thirty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1832, to the 4 th September, 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, February 26 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Henry Miller, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Thirty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Brief in the case of Pernina Miller Widow of Henry County and State of Kentucky act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832 at $30 a year and died in 1852 Proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, identity as the pensioner's widow, his death & her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Messrs Miller & Brown Present
Thomas D. Phelps Examining Clerk.

Additional evidence
Perninah Miller and Henry
Triplet
Muller & Brown

Hon. J. M. Benoit Pension Office, June 10 th 1856 Comm of Pensions
Comm of Pensions
Yrs - Sirs -
We herewith enclose additional evidence in the case of Bernissah Miller, widow of Henry who has made application for a pension under act of 1853, now suspended -
We remain Yours sincerely
William & Brown
Handwritten signature or initials

Remina Miller A. Teller
Triplet
Miller & Brown ,,

Pension Office July 29 th 1856
Hon J. P. Smith
Comm ee of Pensions
Dr Sir -
In the case of Perminah Miller who is a claimant for a pension under act of 5 th 3 rd . We would like to have a recommendation of her papers. It is suspended for further proof of marriage. We would say that she has had a warrant issued to her on the 19 th of this month. We think there must be sufficient proof of marriage now on file to authorize the Department to allow the issuing of a certificate. And further the proof of marriage does not depend upon the date of it - in her case -
Her application for land under act of 55 is No 169723
No after 160 warrant is 34809
See my file, under act of 55
Yours very truly
William A Brown

Henry Miller D r Skelton/52 Peruana Miller mid 1754
Two Sonberlin, Mühlheim,

Washington H July 3 rd 1855
Hon S P Waldo. Com. of Pensions
Sir
Herewith we enclose application of Penninah Miller widow of Harry Miller for pension.
She is entitled under the act of July 29/45 but as the evidence of marriage within that act has not been furnished we only ask now an examination under the act of Feby 3 rd 1853. intending hereafter to furnish the evidence of marriage prior to 1800 and ask admission under the former act.
We take this course to insure for the old lady at least a part of her pension in her life time.
Respectfully Yours Miller & Brown

State of Kentucky } County of Monroe } SET
This 19 th day of May 1856 personally appeared before me Sally Pitcock aged fifty seven years the 14 th day of June 1856 Who declares on oath that she is of the age above and that she is the daughter of Perminah Miller and Henry Miller that said Henry was once a Pensioner and that he is now dead and that the said Perminah Miller is now his widow said affiant states that she the said Sally is the third Child of said Henry & Perminah and that the two older Children than her was boys and that they are now dead but did not die till they was men grown and that said Henry and Perminah was always reported as husband and wife and that the fact was never questioned of their being mar- -ried and she further declares that said Perminah must have been married before 1800 for some five or six years from her age and that she has no interest in this claim in any way whatever and that she the said Sally resides in said County of Monroe in said State and that said Perminah has made an application for her Pension as widow of said Henry etc. Which is suspended for proof of marriage etc.

the names of these two sons that is dead was Eli and Richard that said Penin ah and Henry resided in Tennesse at this marriage and that before her the said Sally marriage to John Pitcock Her name was Sally Miller this day and date above written Test Sally + Pitcock mark
Henry Bragg Test Edward Beall
Sworn to and subscribed by the sub- scribed Sally Pitcock on this 19 th day of May 1856, and I certify that I know the said Sally Pitcock to be a credible person and that I know her to be of the age above stated & also know the said Richard and Eli Miller who were older than others and that they were the children of the said Henry & Peninah Miller and also know the said Henry & Peninah and that they were reported to be man & wife & know that fact brought in question _____ and that I have no interest in this claim this 19 th May 1856 Henry Bragg I P m c
State of Kentucky County of Monroe
I Blethenkin clerk of the Monroe County Court certify that Henry Bragg Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe duly elected and qualified

and from into office that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court at office in Loup City Nebraska County Kentucky
May 19 th 1886
Eleazar M. Clark

Pen Off. July 9 1853
Sir
Please inform me when Henry Miller of Ky. Act 1832 at $30 a year was last paid
S. Cale
Very Respectfully
R. Atkinson Esq
Thin Alston

Henry Miller died 31 May 1852 paid in full
Robt Johnson
July 9/55
Remained
Sept 1855

Permina Miller Widow of Henry Kentucky
adm. 3 Feby 1853
$30 a year from The Napasee He act
cert to Nephew Miller & Brown Present

5
34.809
} Nov 1881

No 5.861
Pernina Miller Widow of Henry & Kentucky
Miller Brown July 10 1855 Same June 21 1856-
3 Feb 1853

Reury
WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 25.707
Pernina Weiler
Widow of
Henry Weiler
Prin. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3 rd 1853
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Miller, Henry GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,038 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 8, 1793 To Cath. Miller, Adm x
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Miller, Henry GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10117 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 4, — (tom) To Michael Steuer, 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.