Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,304, for Abraham Kachline, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn

Kachline, Abraham

NUMBER
S. 22,304

CONTENTS
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11481
Pennsylvania
Abraham Kachline
of Bucks Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Melanger of the Regt. commanded by Col. McMaster in the Pennsylvania militia for 6 months 12 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 85 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May 1833 and sent to C. E. Dubois Doylestown Pa

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $170.66
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th Sept '33 42.66
$213.32

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 5  Page 31

(right side)
See letter to M. Yardley Sept 22/59 G. (illegible -torn off)
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Application of
Capt. Abrm. Kachline
for pension
16555
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State of Pennsylvania Bucks County SS
On this twenty ninth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me William Long one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County Abraham Kachline a resident of Haycock Township in said County of Bucks aged 79 who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

He was born in the year 1753 in the County of Bucks has no existing record of his age. Was residing in Bucks County when called into service. He cannot recollect the time precisely when first called out but thinks it was in the summer of 1777. he served as second Lieutenant under Capt. David Melanger Penna. Militia our Colonels name McMaster we marched in the first place to Delaware River below Frenchtown and were encamped there for some time from there we went to Trenton and lay some time from there to Philadelphia from thence to Old Chester from thence to Billingsport on the River Delaware There my time expired & was discharged. The length of time we were out  out can't exactly recollect but it exceeded two months. The next campaign I went out as Lieutenant under Capt. Wigner and marched to Philadelphia and was discharged after being out several weeks cant remember the precise period - The next campaign was under Capt. Meninger we marched to the River Delaware from there to Patterson N. J. there met the third division of Burgoynes Army and guarded them through Maryland within a few miles of the Potomac River it was in the winter season and suffered very much from the cold. The whole time I was in service was something more than six months but cannot say exactly the length of time. In 1780 I received a Captains commission but owing to sickness did not go out. one of my
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Lieutenants commissions had been lost or mislaid, Captains commissions I send herewith also my Lieutenants Commission.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
The witnesses of my service are hereto annexed.
Abraham Kachline X his mark

Affirmed & subscribed before me Oct 29th 1832
William Long

We John A Strasberger a Clergyman residing in Rockhill township and Nicholas McCarty residing in Hayrock Township hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Kachline who has subscribed & affirmed to the above declaration that we believe him to be 79 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
J A Strasberger V.D.W.
Nicholas McCarty
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And the said William Long Judge as aforesaid doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that AJ. A. Strasberger who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Rockhill Bucks County and that Nicholas McCarty Esq who has also signed the same is a resident of Hayrock Township and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And the said Judge also certifies that Abraham Kachline is blind and cannot from bodily infirmity conveniently attend the Court
William Long one of the A. Judges

Bucks County SS 
I William Purdy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the Honl. William Long Esquire is duly commissioned as one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County and by virtue of his said commission has subscribed his name to the above certificate and that the above is hi genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of said office this first day of November AD. 1832.
Wm. Purdy Prothonotary
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten] yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulation direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection e served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This from of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[A certificate with an illegible seal and “22 304” on the left side]

In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth, 

To Abraham Keichleine, Gent

WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of a company of foot in the Second Battalion of Militia in the County of Bucks     

You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Second Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Second Lieutenant ----- 

And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this fifth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven
Tho Wharton jun Pres

No. 4 
ATTEST.
T.Y. Matlock Secy
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[A certificate with an illegible seal and the words “James Ewing” on the left side]

In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth, 

To Abraham Kickline, Esquire-------

WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a company of foot in the First Battalion of Militia in the County of Bucks     

You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain----- 

And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN in Council under the hand of the Vice President and lesser Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this first Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty three


No. 3 
ATTEST.
John Armstrong Jr Secy