Roane County TN Archives Military Records.....Miller, Henry 
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Martha, Widow Of Henry Miller, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1725, Application #W5377
Martha, widow of HENRY MILLER, a resident of Roane County, Tennessee, aged 85 

years in November 1844:

	“That she was the wife of HENRY MILLER, who was a private under Captain 

WILLIAM DOBSON in the NC militia, regiment commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER as 

she believes, in the fall of 1777, in Guilford County, NC, as a volunteer. That 

he was in the Battle of Shallow Ford [per Heitman, February 6, 1781], and at 

the Battle of King’s Mountain, which she believes was in the same fall [not 

accurate…per Heitman, King’s Mountain was on October 7th, 1780] that he entered 

the service, say ’77, in October. That he continued in the service without 

intermission as she believes, until after the Battle at Guilford Courthouse 

[per Heitman, March 15, 1781], where he was in the engagement, which she 

believes took place in the year 1781, after which battle he was discharged and 

came home, having been absent in the service of the United States from the fall 

of 1777 until the summer of 1781, a portion of which time he served under 

Captain HENRY FRANCIS [per Andrew Carson, page 62, he was killed at Battle of 

Shallow Ford], but at what period she cannot state with certainty.”

“She has often heard him speak of General MARION, Colonel HORRY and others, 

whose names she cannot recollect, but she recollects distinctly his absence in 

the service of his country from ’77 until ’81 from the fact of having to stay 

with her step-father, Daniel Miller all the time her husband was absent, with 

her three children, the youngest of whom was born a short time after he entered 

into the service, who resided on Cripple Creek in Virginia, as she thinks, and 

this circumstance satisfies her that her husband was in the service from the 

time he left home in 1777 until the spring or summer of ’81, between which 

periods she believes he was engaged in actual service, and did not return to 

his family until the last period. She heard from him frequently during this 

time.”

December 1845-Martha Miller-“That she is the widow of HENRY MILLER who was a 

soldier in the Continental line, in the state of North Carolina…That she often 

heard him say that he served three years in all during the War of the 

Revolution, as an enlisted private…that she knows of no person now living who 

was present at her marriage except her near neighbor (Mr. James Wiley) who was 

present when the marriage took place [in 1774]…”

“Personally appeared…James Wyley…that he has been well acquainted with HENRY 

MILLER and Martha Miller…that the said Miller was absent from his wife and 

family about three years…and that they lived with me during nearly all that 

time…and previous thereto, the said HENRY MILLER served a campaign under 

Colonel CHRISTIAN against the Cherokee Indians…”

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