Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application of Philip Miller
R7220
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June
7, 1832.
State of New York
County of Essex
On this 13th
day of January 1835, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the
Common Pleas of said County now sitting Philip Miller a resident of the Town
of Elisabethtown, County & State aforesaid aged 70, 10th of last February
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.
That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers & served
as herein stated.
The highest
officer in command he knew was Levi Stockwell (1) who called himself Captain
Commandent & Stockwell was called Captain from the first of his calling
himself such & from his being the highest officer but it was understood
that Stockwell was Lieutenant in the Regiment to which he belonged & acting
as such at Fort Stanwix this applicant has heard Stockwell (2) say the same
himself & that
he was a Continental Officer & that he was sent to Command the men at
the station at Skenesborough & this applicant has recently been informed
that Levi Stockwell’s Colonel was Harper & this information is
such that he believes it to be correct. Lieutenant was Thomas Boggs
first Serjeant was John [Undes?] 2d Thomas Miles 3 was Tyrrel (3) Commissary
was Gillet, Quarter Master Serjeant was Abraham VanDeusen—no other
officers recollected—entered
the service on the last of May 1779 & left the same on the first of January
following & that he served not less then seven, 7, months as a private—He
was then a resident of the town of Granville N.York—he went as a substitute
for John VanDeusen who had been drafted & engaged this applicant to take
his place & was received by said Stockwell as a substitute for said VanDeusen
this applicant went volunteerily by the consent of his father—he
was engaged in no battles, had no marching, stationed with about 100 others
at Skenesborough (now Whitehall NY) & quartered in Skeens (4) buildings
a [?] stone house & other buildings—Duties were scouting, guarding
the frontiers observing the movements of the enemy, keeping guards & giving
alarms to the militia by sending expressed to Col [Alexander]Webster (5)
who then lived in Hebron N.Y. who would then immediately order the militia
to Skenesborough which he as many as 3 times while this applicant was in
the service. The Militia
while there performed the same duties as those stationed there. Some
of the militia in scouting would occassionly come to the station & after
a short stay left—Stotckwell [blotted] [?] & them were at Skenesborough
4 or 5 miles from the Station which was at the lead of Lake Champlain—This
applicant knew no regular officer at the above mentioned—No Continental
regements or companies at that place &b knew none except one company
which came from Fort Edward & staid there one month. This applicant
has not documentary evidence & knows of no person who can testify to
his service except Nathaniel Miller whose affidavit is here with sent this
applicant was born at what is now called Mount Washington in the State of
Massachusetts born in the year 1764—has
no record of his age—lived in Granville, N.Y. when called into the
service & since
then he came to Skenesborough & moved from there to Ticonderoga N.Y.
from there to Shorehans VT & from there to Elisabethtown, NY where he
now resides he was called into the service as a substitute for John VanDeusen
he knew no regular officer or Continental or militia regiments other than
the above stated & recollects
no other general circumstances of his service.
Received no
written discharge &b had no commission—William Brown, Thomas Brown
I.[?] lives here in his present neighborhood &b well know this applicant &b
can certify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his
service as a soldier of the Revolution—there is no particular reasons for
the witness of this application except the difficulty of & trouble of it & the
shortness of his term of service & he would [?] of the [?] to which
he would be entitled.
He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares
that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
(Signed) Philip Miller
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid in open Court before the Judges of the
same.
Edw Cuyler, Clerk
State of New York
County of Essex SS
Manaah Miller
of Elizabethtown in said county being duly sworn says that he is directly interested
in a claim for some arrears of Pension supposed to have been due to Philip Miller
at the time of his death, which event took place in the town of Elizabethtown
Essex County NY on the 19th of August 1845—That he left a widow whose
name was Dorcas Miller to whom he was married about 59 or 60 years ago and
she died on the 19th day of November 1850 leaving the following children
VIZ Charles Miller, Susan Goodrich, Manaah Miller, Philip S. Miller, Nathaniel
Miller, Nicanar Miller, Stephen Miller.
This deponent
appoints P. Douglas Woodward of Plattsburgh N.Y. to examine all papers in the
pension office or elsewhere, relating to said claim, and to act as his Attorney
in obtaining a certificate for the amount of pension to which the aforesaid children
maybe entitled. Witness my hand &b seal this 18th day of March 1853. In
presents of O. Kellogg. Manaah Miller
Sworn and
subscribed and acknowledged before me this 18th day of March 1853 and I certify
that Deponent is a credible person & that I have no interest in the result
of the claim to which the above affadavits relates nor am I concerned in
its prosecution.
M.F Nicholson Justice Peace
End Notes by James F. Morrison
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