transcription of Records->ArmedForces->30.204.pdf 5. Miller Robbins of Oxford twp. Sussex Co.; Rev. War pension applicati Posted by: "marcelofamilytx" tmarcelo@austin.rr.com marcelofamilytx Date: Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:24 pm ((PDT)) BEGIN Here is a transcription of the Revolutionary War Pension Application of Miller Robbins. He was born 6 July 1758 in Oxford twp. Sussex Co. New Jersey. He also lived in Tompkins Co. New York, and Lawrence Co. Ohio. Tracey ========================================================== Pension Application for Miller Robbins Service New Jersey Name Miller Robbens or Robbins Number R8858 State of Ohio Lawrence County On this 10th day of October A.D. 1845, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Lawrence now sitting Miller Robbins is a resident of Union Township in the county of Lawrence aforesaid aged eighty seven years on the 6th day of July last past 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 and served as herein stated. That in the month of July (the year he does not recollect otherwise than it was about the year before the battle of Monmouth) while living in Oxford Township, Sussex County in the State of New Jersey, about the age of nineteen as near as he can recollect he was drafted for a three months tour in the military service of the United States. That the Captain of the company to which he was attached was Captain Caleb Swasy that the said company was made up of men drafted from three companies of militia in the neighborhood of deponent and was marched from that place to Trenton New Jersey, that at Trenton the company was attached to a battalion of militia commanded by Major Robert Hoops, that said battalion composed a part of a body of militia stationed at Trenton consisting as near in as deponent can recollect of about one thousand men, the commanding officer he does not recollect with certainty but is strongly ?impressed that it was Colonel ?Wait. That while stationed at and about Trenton the service of the said body of militia to which he was attached was to guard that section of the county and the Delaware River against incursions and depredations of the British who then lay in body in Philadelphia under the command of Lt. Howe. That during this tour of service he was not engaged in any battle or skirmish. There were no continental companies or regiments in and about Trenton during his service and he served with none and that at the end of the three months for which he was drafted he was discharged ?----- by the captain of his company the said Captain Caleb Swasy having served three months as a private and with his comrades returned home. That he was not engaged in any civil ?--------- or employment, during his tour of service that he never has had a written discharge from service nor any documentary evidence of his service end that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testifiy to his service. That in the next year in the month of June while living in the said township of Oxford county of Sussex the deponent was again drafted for a six month tour. The captain of the company to which he was attached was the same Captain Swasy above mentioned. That the militia of the county were collected at the Oxford meeting house in the said Sussex county where his company was marched and where a battalion was formed of between five and six hundred men under the command of Major Anthony ?Squares. That with said battalion he was immediately marched towards Monmouth in New Jersey, that and he recollects on the way of passing through the towns of Mansfield and Bordentown. That on the day immediately proceeding that on which the battle of Monmouth was fought the battalion to which he was attached reached the vicinity of Monmouth and was united with the Continental Army under the immediate command of General Washington That on the next day the battle of Monmouth was fought in which he was engaged he recollects that this battle was fought in the latter part of the month of June, the particular day of the month he does not remember - he recollects that the weather was extremely warm. Deponent was in the said division of the army on this occasion and he recollects distinctly the surprise and apprehension that ? all was lost manifested upon observing the ?advanced division under General Lee ?----ing of the general officers of the Continental Army present on that occasion, he recollects hearing of (though he does not proclaim that he saw them all) General Washington, ?--- Lafayette, Green, Wayne, and Colonel ?Morgan. Of the militia he recollects General Maxwell who he thinks commanded the regiment to which deponent was attached That after the battle of Monmouth body of militia to which deponent was attached was marched to Trenton and remained in and about Trenton until the duration of their six months tour guarding the vicinity or ?remaining ?forces for any ?------- that demand their services That at the end of six months he was verbally discharged by his Captain and returned home. That he has never had a written discharge and any documentary evidence of the last service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service. That he was engaged in no civil business or employment during this last mentioned tour of service. In answer to the investigators in the s--------s part of the said Court deponent answered as follows: that he was born in the township Oxford, county of Sussex, State of New Jersey, that he has no record of his age, that from recollection he believes himself to be eighty seven years of the 6th day of July last - that he was born in the year 1758, That he was living in the township of Oxford as before mentioned when he was called into service, that he lived at the place of his birth until he was about sixty years old, he then removed to the state of New York and resided in Hunter Township Tompkins County in that state until year 1841 when he removed to his present residence in Lawrence County Ohio where he has since resided, that he was drafted into the service as above stated, that as to the regular officers with the troops where he served and as to the continental and militia regiments and general circumstances of his service he remembers nothing of consequence than or above stated in this declaration. That he never received a discharge from the service other than as above stated. That he is known to James Kelly, Richard Morrison and David Fudge of his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for truth and varacity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution. That he hereby acknowledges any claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of any state. Sworn to and subcribed the day and year first appeared in open Court Miller Robbins, his mark Vos H ?Hurles, Clk Comments: Know all men of these presence that, I Anna Pierce of the County of Lawrence, and State of Ohio, daughter of Miller Robbins, late deceased of said county, do by these presence do constitute and appoint Richard M Ross, of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney, to explain any and all papers now on file in the Pension Office for a petition filed by my father; and to all such actions as necessary ?----- to exp----- and prosecute the same to a final decision. In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal, this 28th day of November A.D. 1853 her Anna Pierce X mark Witness in presence of viz Mahala Kelly (Or Colby) John S King State of Ohio County of Lawrence Personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace, Anna Pierce of the County and State aforesaid, who acknowledged that she signed and sealed the above power of attorney for the use and purposes therein contained - Witness my hand and seal this 28th day of November A.D. 1853. John S King, JP (seal) State of Ohio County of Lawrence I Thomas Proctor, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that John S. King, Esquire, before whom the above power of attorney was acknowledged, was at the time an acting Trustee of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts. Witness my hand and seal of said County this 28th day of November 1853. Thomas Proctor, Clk. [Power of Attorney] [form filled in but many areas left blank] Know all men by these presence, that I Elizabeth Sites, of the County of Lawrence, and State of Ohio, for and in consideration of, do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, L. Blanchard True, of Washington City, D.C. true and lawful Attorney, for and in name, to examine all papers filed in any Department, or Office of Government, upon which a a Pension was granted to on account of the services of , and to obtain by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said , by virtue of said services, as in the company of Capt. in the Regiment of and in the line of the forces of And for good and sufficient reasons do hereby Revoke and Cancel, any and all other Powers of Attorney, and authority which may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and do hereby vest the same irrevocably in said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard True. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of March A.D. 1854 Elizabeth Sites, her mark In presence of James Sites, his mark John S. King State of Ohio County of Lawrence ss. On this 28th day of March in the year A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before me John S. King, a Justice of the Peace, --- for said County, suly authorized by law to admiister oaths and take acknowledgments in and for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Sites, the subcriber of the above, and acknowledged the forgoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned; and made oath in due form of law, that she is personally interested as the heir of Miller Robins deceased in said claim. And I further certify that Elizabeth Sites personally known to me to be the identical individual represented in the above power. John S. King, JP (seal) END Posted by: "marcelofamilytx" tmarcelo@austin.rr.com Date: Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:57 am ((PST)) BEGIN The Elizabeth Robins in this Sussex Co. marriage record: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VWRQ-8GK is daughter of Miller Robbins of Sussex. Miller applied for a Revolutionary War pension and Elizabeth Sites is mentioned in it as Miller's daughter. This family moved to Tompkins Co. NY by 1817 and to Lawrence Co. Ohio by 1841. (Again, those are details from his Rev. War pension application.) This Miller Robins is in the 1793 militia list of Oxford twp. Sussex Co. with Absolem Robins. A transcript of this list http://sussexcountyhistory.org/1793Oxfo.htm (A note about that too...the title on that web page says the list is a tax list, however, that is incorrect. I realized that there were no surviving tax lists from 1793 but rather militia lists. This makes a big difference when looking at these lists because not ALL men are on it. Only men who were of militia age 18-45 are on it. Below is the explanation I got from the Sussex Co. Historical Society about those 1793 lists: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: 1793 tax lists? Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:49:19 -0400 From: sussexcountyhs@gmail.com To: tmarcelo@austin.rr.com HI Tracey, I am a volunteer with the Sussex County Historical Society. In answer to your question, about the 1793 "tax lists," you are right; they are transcriptions of the 1793 militia lists, by James S. Norton (Salt Lake City, 1973). James Norton microfilmed records at the Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City "census of every free, white, able-bodied male between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the State of New Jersey...excluding Revolutionary War Veterans and others previously enrolled in the militia organizations." The book by James Norton is here in the SCHS collection. It tells what militia the individuals were in and what township they lived in. If you have names, someone could look up that information for you if you would like. I can't say why Nancy Pascal called them "tax lists," but apparently she is not the only one who refers to them as such! I hope this answers your question. Valerie Stern, CG Sussex, New Jersey) ---------------------- Tracey END