DANIEL MILLER
Revolutionary War Pension Declaration
Source: NARA Microfilm M804 1724
LDS Microfilm 971.724

On the 3rd day of September 1832 personally appears before the court of Montgomery, Daniel Miller Sen., resident of said county and state, aged 85 years next December, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 or 1776 in the county of Augusta in the state of Virginia, with Captain Michael Bowyers (Robert Gammel was Lieutenant) and the regiment was commanded by Colonel James Woods in the Brigade commanded by General Scott in the line of the state of Virginia, that he was in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth and Brandywine, and at the storming of the fort of Mud Island, that he enlisted to serve for two years, which time he served out, but after his term of service was ended, he was kept for two months longer, until the campaign was shut up and was then discharged at Robinson's Plain on the north river in the state of New York by Lieutenant Russell.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state whatever. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid.

Daniel Miller Sen.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I Rice D. Montague clerk of the court of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Miller Senior for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of September 1832 in the 57th year of the commonwealth.

Rice D. Montague