Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,876, for Peter Miller, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Continental Penn.
Miller, Peter
NUMBER _____
S. 41.876
CONTENTS

15.035 P
Pennsylvania
Peter Miller
of Bradford Com. the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private (Batt.) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pulaski of the U.S. Army line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 13 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Sep. 1818 and sent to Jonathan Stevens Esq. Asylum Pennsylvania
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819:  117.80    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820:  48.00    14/Nov. 22     30  $165.86  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

W. S. L. sent Dec. 29. 1820 / 105
Geo Scott Towanda Bragdon
Ino. W. Rollins, Apr. 8/89.
" " " May. 24/89
" " " July 29/89

Simon David Peter Miller
Con 15035 15 Feb 19 Bradford Co Pa Nov 20
George Beck Gaffney
Nov 20 1890
Bradford County, ss. I George Beck Beck of the County of Common Pleas of the said County of Bradford do hereby certify that the last and several numbers were arborly copied from the said Book and as further certify that it is the opinion of the said to wit that the said amount in value of the several Expenses in the absence of which is eight Dollars and cents in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Hazleton the 16th day of November 1890

District of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss
On this 11 th day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record held at Meadville in and for the said County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania Peter Miller aged sixty five years of Resident in Bradford the said County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law with on his oath Declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, That he Enlisted at Chambers town in Pennsylvania into a Corps called the Flying Camp in which he served until some time in the Month of November 1776 when he was taken Prisoner by the British at the capture of Fort Washington. A few Days previous to the last surrender of Fort Washington he Enlisted into Capt Boyles company of the first Regiment commanded by Colonel Chambers of the Pennsylvania line on the Continental Establishment for three years but had not joined that Regiment before he was taken Prisoner Some time towards the Spring of the Year 1777 he liberated by the British on Parole and Returned to Lancaster in the said State of Pennsylvania When supposing himself clear from his former enlistment in the first Regt he Enlisted at Lancaster aforesaid in a Company of Infantry attached to General Pulaski's Corps for three years where he served until the Spring of 1778. When he was Discharged at Little York but still kept with the said Corps & Drove a Waggan shortly after which Meeting with an Officer of the first Regiment of Pennsylvania aforesaid he was re-mand by his Captain (Boyle aforesaid) and compelled to serve in the said Regiment until November 1779 When he was discharged at White Marsh in Pennsylvania And that on the 13 th day of June 1818 under the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 he made application for the provision thereof and received a Certificate of Pension dated the 18 th day of September 1819 Numbered 15035 (or 10035) And I the said Peter Miller do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Deed or any other way disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of an 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 passed the 18 th day of March 1818" And that I have not nor has any Person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herunto Annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule
one Cow & one Swin & one Sheep one Axe & one Old hoe two Iron Potts & one Kettle & a Spade two Water Pails
one Earthen Tea Pot 4 Cups & Saucers 1 Earthen Bowl & three Plates
Name, Age, occupation & abilities of My family Myself Peter Miller aged sixty five years Labourer Ruptured & unable to labour My Wife Asah Miller aged sixty four Blind - & otherwise infirm -
Sworn & subscribed this 11 th day of Sep. A. D. 1820
Peter Miller Mark
George Scott Esq.

Bradford County ss I George Scott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Bradford do hereby certify that the List and Schedule thereunto an- nexed are truly copied from the Records 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 Eighteen Dollars and cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Mansfield the 16 th day of September 1820
George Scott Prothonotary
James Moxon John Miller John Moxon 16035 15/9/19 15/9/20

Deed of Amendment
District of Pennsylvania (Bradford County) ss.
On the 13 th day of June 1818 before the Subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Bradford and District aforesaid Personally came Peter Miller aged sixty years Resident in Wysoop Township in the said County and District 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 Peter Miller Enlisted in the Month of May 1776 into a Corps called the flying Camp for Six months before his time had Expired he Enlisted into the Continental troops raised by the State of Pennsylvania which he was to join as soon as his time was out in the flying Camp which would be in a few days being then about the beginning of November 1776 but before his time in that Corps was had Expired he was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington in the same Month (November) aforesaid That towards Spring of the year 1777 he was set at liberty on his Parole and in the Month of March 1777 he Enlisted into an Infantry Company Commanded by Capt. Degeon attached to a Corps of Horse Commanded by General Pulaski and Served in said Corps untill March 1778 when he was discharged at York in Pennsylvania having served one year the term for which he Enlisted. After Which In the Spring of 1781 While he was driving to the army team, the Sergeant belonging to the Pennsylvania lines .

here w. Then he had formerly Enlisted as a Native in the forgoing Cause across him and gave Information to his Capt & Col. Who obliged him to Join the Company Commanded by Captain Boyle and Regt Commanded by Capt Colonel Chambers being the first Regt of the Continental troops of the Pennsylvania line in which he served until he had Completed the three years for which he first Enlisted Counting the time of his Imprisonment etc - When he was Discharged at White Marsh in Pennsylvania he thinks in January 1780 - but he And that being a foreign European & having no permanent Settlement in that Part of Pennsylvania Where he Enlisted he has been absent from all his former acquaintance more than thirty Eight years - does not know that any Person is now living with Whom he served in the said first Regt & they are - does not know Where to find them; and that he was in the Battles of Fort Washington Iron Hill, Brandy Wine and Red Bank Red Bank and that he is in reduced Circumstance and Stand in need of the assistance of his Country for Support and that he has no other Evidence now in his Power of his said Services
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid test my hand the 19th day of August 1789 and again according to the foregoing fact
his Peter Miller mark
Jonathan D. Lewis

Jonathan Stevens judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Miller did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in his preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months at one time on the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings, testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Jonathan Stevens
In the first Statement of Peter Miller he has stated that he enlisted into the three years Service after he was liberated from Imprisonment by his parole: but he now Recollects that he had enlisted for three years before he was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington. But supposed himself clear from that Enlistment by his parole which was the reason that he enlisted in Pulaski's Corps Nor would the line of Pennsylvania have remanded him if he had not voluntarily broken his parole by an enlistment with Pulaski. But he is obliged to abandon his Claim at present as a Soldier in the Pennsylvania Line as he has neither thought to travel nor money or property to Bear his Expenses to search for Proof. And as he has by accident found proof of his services in Pulaski's Corps he rests for the present his Claim to ascertain on the above  the above mentioned three services when he first made application But told his Services in the Pennsylvania line if proved would be sufficient. & it was not worth his while to travel his history of services - his very Poor & entirely unlearned. — J. Stevens

District of Pennsylvania do Bradford County.
On this 19 day of August 1859 Before me the Subscriber Judge as aforesaid Personally came James Rolls a disinterested witness who being duly sworn according to law by me doth Depose and say that he was a Soldier in a Corps Capt- Simon's Company, in a Corps of Infantry commanded by Genl Pulaski: that he in the year 1777 and 1778 was a Quartermaster with Peter Miller the applicant named in the annexed application, and that he said Miller was an enlisted Sol- dier in the same Company for ever there and served in it from about the middle of March 1777 to about the same time in the Month of March 1778. and that the said Company was a Company of Light Infantry annexed to the said Corps under the command of the said (Count or) Genl Pulaski. that the said Peter Miller did duty as a Soldier part of the said term and part of the time he was taken to drive a Baggage Wagon - which accom- panied the said Corps - Sworn and subscribed before me James Rolls the day & year aforesaid
Jonathan Hovey
Mark I hereby that James Rolls known to me is reputed a Person of truth & veracity J. Hovey

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
Before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bradford Personally came John Schrader a dis- interested Witness Who being Duly Sworn according to Law Both Depose and Say that Some time in the Summer of 1877 or 1878 he cannot Recollect which he saw the same Peter Miller named in the annexed application. he was then driving a team attached to the Army and was doing business for that part of the American Army known by Pulaski's Corp - that the Deponent was a Quarter master in said Corp Commanded by the said Pulaski and that he cannot tell whether the said Miller was an Enlisted Soldier or a Waggoneer.
John Schrader
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 26 th day of July 1879
Jonathan Stevens
I certify that John Schrader well known to me is reputed a Man of truth & veracity -
Jonathan Stevens
J. Stevens

Application of Peter Miller (Private)
1 st Pennsylvania Regiment
One year
Service under Must be more explicit
In statement: see form enclosed
Proof of service wanted - the Deposition of a credible witness will be received.
Admitted

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County, ss
On the thirteenth day of June 1888, before me the Subscribers an associate judge of the County of Bradford aforesaid Personally came before Peter Miller aged sixty years resident in Alyson Township County aforesaid 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 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 Peter Miller Entered at Chambersburg Penn a in the month of May 1786 in the Flying Camp for six months - was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington - After release at Fort Lee New Jersey he Entered in a Company commanded by Capt - Doyle in the First Regt of Pennsylvania line troops that he continued in the service of the United States in the said Regt. Until the month of January 178 8 when he was discharged at White Marsh Pennsylvania from service - That he was in the Battles at Fort Washington Iron Hill, Brandy Wine and Germantown - and that he is in reduced Circum- stances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support after said service that he has no other evidence now in his power Worn and Declared before me The day and year aforesaid
Peter Miller Mark
Jonathan Stevens
Jonathan Stevens, one of the associate Judges in and for Bradford County do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Miller did serve in the revolutionary army against the Common Enemy as above stated in his declaration and that he is old and infirm and his Wife blind and in very indigent and distressed Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress
Jonathan Stevens
NOTE: The foregoing has been amended by a re-examination of the said Peter Miller on oath before me the 23 August 1889 J. Stevens

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
George Scott Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Bradford do hereby certify & make known that Jonathan Stevens is and was at the time of taking and signing the within deposition and certifying the same an Associate Judge of Bradford county in the State of Pennsylvania that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to all acts done by him as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Meadville Bradford county this thirty first day of August A. D. 1815
George Scott Prothon.

Peter Miller is a German by Birth and has Education & probably at the time of his Enlistment un- stood but little English from the Circumstances apologize in some degree for incorrectness of the Dates in his first Declaration Which he has endeavoured to amend in his Second - he resides about 180 Miles from the place where he resided when he joined the army he has no home and cannot walk by reason of Badly Infirmary (Badly Wounded) his Wife is Blind & has no Children to assist her - and are not able to live in this Situation Miller is Confined at home Except as necessity drives him out to procure Substance from those only who feel Charitably Disposed In the the Situation it is impossible for him to look for witnesses far from home - When Mr Rolls made his Declaration he accidentally mentioned that he knew Miller - he lives 35 Miles from Miller & Flechner had not seen him until he came to take his Deposition
Rolls is an Englishman was Badly Wounded at Cape May in the Year 1864 the Scar of which covered the bone over his right Eye and is remarkably visible was Described by Miller previous to their Meeting in the Country at this time.
J. Greene

M.R.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Inv. File 41876.
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 2, 1905.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Peter Miller , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.      * May, 1776  6 mos.   Was in "flying camp"   Pa.    Mar. 1777  1 yr.   Major  Genl. Pulaski     Soon after above    Capt. Doyle  Capt. Chambers  Pa.    { Discharged Nov., 1779          * Soldier was taken prisoner at capture of Fort Washington, and paroled the following spring.  Battles engaged in, 11-16-76 Fort Washington, 9-3-77 Iron Hill, 9-11-77 Brandywine, and 10-4-77 Germantown.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, June 13, 1818.  Residence at date of application, Wyo. Twp. Bradford Co., Pa.  Age at date of application, 60 yrs.  Remarks: His claim was allowed. His wife, Asah, was aged 64 years in 1820.
Very respectfully,
Col. Edward T. Miller Asst. G. M. Genl. Columbus, O.

1906 Sept. 26. Mrs Chas. M. Vandervlice Pottstown, Pa — letter herewith 3-595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Sept. 19, 1906
Searched by Gill
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Peter Miller
Service, Pa Service
Rev. War
Remarks: _____
No D. W. knw. or wid.
except knw. 41,876 & knw. 23,805

COPY.
L.M.H.
Sept. 27, 1906.
Mrs. Charles M. Vanderslice, 320 High Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Madam:-
In reply to your letter dated the 11th instant, received the 12th, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show only two claims for pension filed under the name of Peter Miller, of Pennsylvania service in the War of the Revolution, viz. Survivor's File #23,805 already furnished you, and Survivor's File # 401,876, herewith enclosed.
As to the discrepancies in facts of service, it is proper to say, that the data furnished you is copied from the soldier's own statements which were made under oath.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

To The Hon. Mr. Whiten
Washington City
Pension Office
Peter Miller - Pa
ad. 1832
Peter Miller - Pa
1832
Elias Miller and
John W. Miller Pa
Not on roll

0.1177.
320 High St., Pottstown, Pa. September 11, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.,
Dear sir,
In reply to my request for the military history of Peter Miller in the Revolutionary War you sent me the same which I acknowledged with thanks.
But there seems to be some difference between the account you sent me and what I had found.
I know there are numerous Peter Millers but it seems scarcely likely that two would have been born in the same year, and the one for whose history I am searching and the one whose military record you gave me were both born in 175-9. But in the data you furnished me he made application for pension Nov. 1, 1832 whereas I have found that he died Aug. 25, 1832. Could there be a mistake and that

his widow filed the application? Can you tell me how long that pension was paid to him or his widow as that might settle conclusively if we are on the track of the same Peter Miller. My ancestor was born in May, 1759 in Europe as it is given on his Tombstone.
I find also in "Pennsylvania in the Revolution, 1775-1783" on page 239 Vol. I. that Peter Miller enlisted as a private in Capt. Peter Gouth's company, Col. Samuel Miles on the first of April 1776 instead of March fourth as you have it.
Also that Peter Miller was a private on the roll of Capt John instead of James Clarke's company, Colonel Walter Stewart and that the enlistment was from Mar 1, 1777 to May 1, 1777 instead of ten months as you have it. This is on page 273, Vol. I.
These latter mistakes are so slight that I think it must be the same man in both cases. I am not finding fault, simply trying to straighten out my ancestral line.
I hope it is within your province to

Let me straighten the matter so that I may know if this same Peter Miller for whom I am looking did do any Revolutionary service for his country. Thanking you in advance for any in- formation which you may give me
Yours truly
S. F. Vandusici.
(Mrs. Charles M. Vandusici)

Rev. Mr. ... ...
Rev. Mr. ... ...
Hon. G. B. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

41876
INVALID.
Rev —————
No. 41876
Peter Miller
Dr Peter Miller
Act: 18 March 18
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 2, 1905 History to Asst. Q. M. Genl. Edward J. Miller, Columbus, O.
letter in Sw. File M.P.R. 1890s. Peter Miller
1906 Sept. 25. History to Mrs. Chas. M. Vanderlice. c.

Auditor General's Office Harrisburg March 11 th 1859
John W. Robbins Esq.,
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 26 th February was handed over to this office by the Surgeon General, there being no evidence of service in that office; An examination has been made but no Roll of Capt. Helms is found. The names of Elias & Peter Miller, are found upon the Rolls of the Revolutionary war, as having served in the Bedford Co. Militia, Enclosed is the Postage Stamps &c. sent by you.
Respectfully &c.
Carroll M c Cloud, for
Asst. Secy. Dr.
P.S. It is impossible to find the service of any one in the Indian war, unless we know the Captain's name.