Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5881, for Samuel Kepler, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Penn
Kepler, Samuel
Susanna
NUMBER R.5881

CONTENTS
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No. 3428
Pennsylvania
Samuel Kepler
of Lycoming Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dougherty of the Regt. commanded by Col. Butler in the Pennsylvania line for 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Dec. 1832 and sent to A. V. Parsons, Jersey Shore Pa.

Arrears to 4th of September 1832 120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833} 40.00
[sum] $160.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
 Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book D. Vol. 6 Page 65

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See letter to D. Hanna HP
Agt. May 30 1836-
let, 26 Apl 41 A.D.
Wilson
Letter to A.D. Wilson 26 April 1841.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 24 April 1839.  Agt notified 27 Nov. 1841
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No 7284
Pennsylvania
[illegible] Novr. 19. 1832.
Oly. 16.
adm 21. Dec. 32
3 yrs private
$80

To A: V: Parsons.
Jersey Shore Pa.

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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Kepler of Chapman County of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.}
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that he applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Feby
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[table row head] Period./Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days/Rank./Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
[row] In 1779/not given/private/Capt Dougherty & Hurly. Genl. Hand'
[row] 1781/3 years or during the war/Private/Col Butler
[end table]
5. In what battles was he engaged? with Indians
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland County Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct, except not being properly attached. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Mileau Examining Clerk
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No 8023
Susannah Kepler.
Pa
act 7 July 38
m90.d39

A.D. Wilson
Williamsport Pa
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" 
State of Pennsylvania County of Clinton Ss.
On this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the same in the Borough of Lock Haven and County of Clinton formerly Lycoming Susanna Kepler a resident of the Township of Chapman in the County of Clinton formerly Lycoming aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled and act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows: That she is the widow of Samuel Kepler who was a private in the army of the revolution and a pensioner in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, which will more fully appear by a refference [sic] to his pension certificate of which the following is an exact copy in words and figures following to wit
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Samuel Kepler of Lycoming County of the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards {seal}
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No. 3428 Endorsed. Payments to be made at Philadelphia by the Prest. U. S. Bank & Agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Pennsylvania. Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 6 page 65. The original certificate of which the foregoing is a copy is surrendered to the War Department as evidence of identity upon an application of said Susanna &c &c for the arrears of pension due her said husband.  She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Kepler in the spring of the year AD. one thousand seven hundred & ninety but that she has no certificate of marriage in her possession neither has she any means by which to show her marriage except by the annexed depositions of Simeon Pfoutz and Jacob Kepler and Samuel Kepler her two eldest sons. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Kepler died on 24th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated. That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Samuel Kepler
Susanna Kepler
her mark x

Sworn and subscribed in open court this 15th day of September AD. 1841
Philip Krebs Proty

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress on the 7th July 1838 entitled and act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows 
Susanna Kepler the widow of
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The above named Samuel Kepler as the best proof in her power or possessions produces the following depositions
State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss
On this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared in open court before the judges of the same Simeon Pfoutz - who having made oath in due form of law doth depose and say that he has known Susanna Kepler the present applicant for a pension since the year AD one thousand seven hundred and eighty six - previous to her marriage with Samuel Kepler that she then resided in Greenwood Township Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania - that he well recollects that she intermarried with Samuel Kepler A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety - and that he is well known to this deponent as the identical Samuel Kepler mentioned in the pension  certificate  and exact copy of which is before recited and that he was intimately acquainted with said Samuel Kepler from the period last aforesaid until the 24th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine the day of his death. That the said Susanna Kepler has ever since the day of her aforesaid marriage lived with the above named Samuel Kepler until the day of his death, and has not since intermarried but still continues the widow of the above named Samuel Kepler
Simeon Pfautz

Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court the day & year first above written
Philip Krebs Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss

On this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the same, Jacob Kepler, who being duly sworn, has made oath according to law doth depose and say that he is the oldest son of Susanna Kepler the present applicant, and that she is his mother, and that the aforesaid Samuel Kepler who is mentioned in the foregoing certificate and a private in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner, was his father and the husband of the said Susanna Kepler, that this deponent was born on the 21st day of February A.D. 1791, that his father the identical Samuel Samuel Kepler and his mother Susanna Kepler, the identical persons above mentioned have every since that time lived together as man and wife and until the death of his father which occurred on the 24th day of April A. D. 1839, as such have ever been reputed and esteemed & that she has not intermarried since his death but still continues the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler, that there is no record in his possession or power of the time of the marriage of his said father Samuel Kepler & his said mother Susanna Kepler or of the time of his birth
Jacob Kepler
Sworn & subscribed in open court before me the day and year above mentioned
Philip Krebs Proty

State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss
On this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-one personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the same, Samuel Kepler who being duly sworn has
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made oath according to Law doth depose and say that he is the second son of Susanna Kepler the present applicant for pension, and that she is his mother, and that the aforesaid Samuel Kepler who is mentioned in the foregoing certificate, and a private in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner was his father and the husband of the said Susanna Kepler, that this deponent was born on the 3rd day of April A.D. 1797 that his father the said Samuel Kepler and his mother Susanna Kepler the identical persons before mentioned have ever since that time lived together as man and wife, and until the day of his father's death which occurred on the 24th day of April A.D. 1839 as such have ever been reputed and esteemed and that she has not intermarried since his death but still continues the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler. That there is no Record in his possession power or knowledge of the time of the marriage of his said father Samuel Kepler with his said mother Susanna Kepler or of the time of his birth
Samuel Kepler
Sworn & Subscribed in open court before me the day and year above mentioned
Philip Krebs Proty

State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss
I Philip Krebs Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Lock Haven in and for the County of Clinton do hereby certify that the foregoing deponents are men of good standing in society
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and in every way worth of confidence and credit and that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Samuel Kepler was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and a resident of the County of Lycoming now Clinton & state of Pennsylvania, and died in the Township of Chapman and County and state aforesaid in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine & on the twenty fourth day of April; that he left a widow whose name is Susanna Kepler and that she is the identical person named in the foregoing depositions & declaration
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Lock Haven this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred & forty one
Philip Krebs Proty
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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County Ss
Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lycoming, George Quigley Jr. aged about sixty one years when his solemn oath duly administered doth depose and say that he has from a boy & from the time he knew any body knows the said Samuel Kepler who has this day applied for a pension & by filing the foregoing declaration in the Court in said County that they lived in the same neighborhood when this deponent was a boy - That he knows that the said Samuel Kepler enlisted as a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war - and the same same time of Keplers enlistment this deponents father Philip Quigley (who is now decd) enlisted.  They enlisted into the Company command by Captain Henry Dougherty in Cumberland County Penna in the regiment command by Cody Hubley under the command of General Sullivan in Sullivans campaign in the line of Pennsylvania Troops, and that Samuel Kepler went with my father, and I have heard my father say that they were stationed at Yeager point - on the Yeager river - The precise time of the year that they enlisted this deponent does not recollect, but will [illegible] that it was in the year A.D. 1779. That said Kepler continued in the service of his country during Sullivans Campaign that said Kepler came home & staid a while - my father then removed to York County -after that I understood that
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said Kepler had enlisted in the army again and was stationed at Carlisle this was during the war that I heard this information - I saw Kepler soon after peace was proclaimed he came to my fathers in York county - I then understood that he was discharged by peace being proclaimed, my father told Kepler that he wanted to move back again to Cumberland County - and wished Kepler to go up & get boat to move my fathers family back.  I recollect more of seeing Kepler soon after his return from Sullivans Campaign.  I recollect that he was then lame and under stand he got hurt during the campaign--I have frequently since heard him complain of his lameness. I have known said Kepler in this county for 28 or 30 years past-I knew Captain Henry Dougherty he was drowned near Culthistons mill on the West Bank of the Susquehanna river - and this deponent further saith that he has no interest in procuring the Pension of said applicant or in having the name of said Kepler placed on the Pension list roll and this deponent is entirely disinterested in the matter - and further saith not
George Quigley Jr.
his mark x

Sworn and subscribed in open court this 7th of September 1832.
J. Wood Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County Ss
Personally also came in open court Samuel Anderson aged 69 years who on his column oath doth depose & say that he's well acquainted with the said Samuel Kepler who has this day subscribed the foregoing declaration for in order to have his name placed upon the Pension list roll - that in the years 1781, 1782, 1783, he was frequently at Carlisle Pa, he the same then saw Samuel Kepler stationed as a soldier in the army of the United States, and saw him trying to obtain recruits under Sergeant Moorbanks, that said Kepler tried to enlist this deponent, but he told him he was enlisted, and then in the service, that he has known said Kepler as being in this county for near 26 years past, that this deponent has no interest in procuring the Pension of said applicant or having the name of said Kepler placed on the Pension list roll and that this deponent is entirely disinterested in the matter, & further saith not
Samuel Anderson
Sworn & subscribed in open court the 7th of Sept 1832
J. Wood Prothy
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We George Quigley Jr. and Samuel Anderson residing in said county & in the neighborhood of said Samuel Kepler hereby certify that we are acquainted with the said said Samuel Kepler who has sworn 7 subscribed this the declaration and that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
George Quigley
his mark +
Samuel Anderson
Sworn & Subscribed in open court the 7th of Sept 1832
G Woods Prothy

And the said Court do hereby certify & declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter & after haaring first the interrogations presented by the War department, that the above named applicant Samuel Kepler was a soldier of the revolutionary arm and served as he stated., And the court further certifies that it appears to them the George Quigley & Samuel Anderson who have signed the forgoing certificates & depositions are disinterested & credible persons & residents in said county & in the neighbor hood of the applicant & that their statements are entitled to credit.
John Chapman
John Cummings
A Davidson
7284

I Joseph Wood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the open Court in the matter of the application Samuel Kepler for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of my office the 7th day of Sept 1832
J. Wood Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County Ss.

On this fourth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Seth Chapman Esqr President Judge and the Hon John Commings & Asher Davidson his associated Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lycoming now sitting Samuel Kepler a resident of Chapman township in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid aged seventy eight years 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 7th AD one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated, that he enlisted at the house of Abraham Lesking in Cumberland County in said state in the company commanded by Captain Henry Dougherty in the regiment commanded by Col. Hubley (his christian name he does not recollect) and the state line of the Pennsylvania Troops in the United States service, I think the army was then commanded by Genl. Hand under Genl. Sullivan this was in February he thinks it was in the year 1779, but will not be positive as to the year but is sure that it was in the year of Sullivans campaign nor thereafter he was enlisted marched to Middletown Dauphin county in said State then went on board of boats & furthered the boats up to Sunbury loaded with provisions for the army, at Sunbury the army
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drained their arms ammunition and knapsacks, no boatman could be obtained & the soldiers pushed the boats on the north branch of the river Susquehanna up to Yeager point, and then up the chanels to Newtown, we  then entered the Fort that now 400 men in this for to guard the same, there was an encampment of Indians within a kind of bush fort with eight hundred Indians in it we attached the Indians & had a battle with them General Sullivan was the commanding officer on the day of the battle, we conquered them on that day during the battle this deponent got wounded in his foot, by getting the cannon out of the boats when one of them in charging it up the beach one of them was suffered to be loaded by the ropes on one side it came back striking the foot of this deponent & broke it, of which wound this deponent has been lame from that day to this, this deponent was present when a fort was built at Tioga point and was continued in the same Fort after it was built till after the  return of General Sullivans army (a part of which after the battle aforesaid) marched towards Niagara in the Sate of New York, after the return of that part of the army we all moved down to Covistown Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River, we were then under the command of Col Con to guard a stone house of provisions of the Continental army, continued there until Christmas of the same year. This deponent had got better of his wound and was able to suffer
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and in about six months he drafted into the militia service in a company commanded by Capt Hurl - to guard the Frontiers against the Indians in which service he continued two months he was then through Buffalo Valley in said state in what is now Union county - they then marched into Lunbury to give up our arms, while there word came that the Indians were near & committing depredations upon the whites and all of Captain Hurls company immediately volunteered to protect them - we continued about six miles when a draft of militia came to our relief - I then returned home and in the spring of the year AD 1781, this deponent then enlisted under Col Butler in the State Troops at Carlisle, after three years or during the war, but before the three years expired peace was proclaimed & he was discharged, he continued stationed and at the garrison in Carlisle during this last hurrah, and in answer to the several Interrogations proposed by the war department he says, that he was born in Chester County Pennsylvania about 30 miles from Philadelphia in the year AD 1754. he has no record of his age but he once saw it on the records of the church book where he was Christened. He was living in Cumberland County Pa when he enlisted as a soldier - from Cumberland county he removed to Centre County this state, from there to Chapman Township, Lycoming County where he now resides - that he there enlisted & once was drafted & once volunteered as stated in the above declaration
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This deponent can tell no more fully relating to the names of the regular officers of the army and of the troops when he served than is set forth in the forgoing declaration. That he was discharged, but thought them of no value & has long since lost them, - and now [illegible] a commission that while he was at Carlisle he met a recruiting officer under Sergiant [sic] Moore Banks - he would state that he is known to George Quigbey jr.  who knows of this deponents entitlement, & service and who know him in his present neighborhood, and can testify as to his character and whose deposition is also hereto annexed relating to his knowledge of his sums - also to Samuel Anderson, who knows of this deponents service & of his character - for veracity & their beliefs of his services as a soldier of the revolution. - And hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Samuel Kepler
his mark x

Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
J. Wood, Prothy.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pension to certain widows"
State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton ss.
On this 14 day of September 1846 in open court holes in & for the County aforesaid at Lock Haven in said County, personally appeared Jacob Kepler of Chapman in said county aged fifty five years the 11th day of February last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following deletion in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838, granting Pensions to certain widows - That this deponent is a son of the late widow of Samuel Kepler, vis, Susan Kepler. that his said Father Samuel Kepler was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and died on the 28 day of April 1839 (eighteen hundred and thirty nine) leaving a widow, Susan Kepler, whose maiden name was Smith, to whom he was married prior to 1794, viz, as early as the year 1789 (seventeen hundred and eight nine) that this deponents said mother, Susan Kepler, who was the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler, died on the 24 day of February 1843 (eighteen hundred and forty three) without having received a pension -  that as one of the children, and in behalf of all the surviving  children of the aforesaid late widow Susan Kepler, this deponent makes the foregoing declaration and application for the Pension due to his said late mother Susan Kepler, being the widow at her death of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler, who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum.
Jacob Kepler
Subscribed & sworn before the court in open court the day and date above written
Geo. W. Woodward
Prest. Judge 4 Judct. Dis. Pa
Presiding officer of the Court

The court certify that the above named Jacob Kepler is a reputable person and that it appeared to the satisfaction of the Court that Samuel Kepler who is reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution died on the 28th day of April 1839, leaving his widow Susan Kepler, who died his widow on the 24 day of February 1843, leaving the following named children, being  the only children her surviving, to wit, Isiah and Samuel Kepler both of whom reside in Chapman Clinton county Pennsylvania, and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years & [illegible] thus it appears to the satisfaction of the court from the annexed testimony of James Smith - Sarah Drake, and Simeon Pfouts whose affidavits were duly executed and examined.
Geo. W. Woodward
Prest Judge 4 Judal. dist. Pa.
Presiding Officer of the Court
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State of Pennsylvania
Clinton county ss.
I Wm Fearon Jr clerk of the courts in and for said county do hereby certify that George W. Woodward was the Presiding Officer of the Court holden at Lock Haven on the 14 day of September 1846, that the forgoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Jacob Kepler for a Pension was had in open court the day and year aforesaid, and that the signature to the within purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court the 14th day of September 1846
Wm. Fearon Jr.
Clerk of court of Clinton County
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State of Pennsylvania
Clinton county ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid James Smith of Chapman in said county aged sixty one years who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith. That from his earliest recollection he was personally acquainted with Samuel Kepler deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States, and also with his late widow Susan Kepler.  That he knew the said Samuel and Susan prior to their marriage, and even after while they lived.  That the said parties had the reputation of having been married fifty six or seven years since, and from that time lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Samuel, which took place the 28 day of April eighteen hundred and thirty nine. That the said Sarah Kepler died the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler on the 24 day of February 1843 (eighteen hundred and forty three) leaving the following named children, being the only children her surviving, viz, Jacob, and Samuel Kepler of Chapman County  & state aforesaid. That each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, and that the said Jacob Kepler is a reputable person.  This deponent thinks he is not mistaken in regard to the time the said parties commenced living together as husband & wife as he recollects that he was at that time about ten years old.
James Smith
his mark +

Subscribed & sworn before me this 11 day of September 1846
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named James Smith is a respectable person and worthy of credit/
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Clinton County ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Sarah Drake of Chapman in said County aged fifty eight years who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith.
That when she was a small child she became personally acquainted with Samuel Kepler deceased, and also with his late widow Susan Kepler. whose name, when this deponents acquaintance commenced with her was Susan Smith. That the said parties were reputed to have been married fifty six years said and upwards and lived together as husband & wife, ever after that time until the death of said Samuel Kepler on the 28th day of April 1839. that Jacob Kepler, who is by these present applying for a Pension, is & always has been considered a child of the said Samuel and Susan Kepler, and that the said Jacob is of the age of fifty five years and
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upwards as this deponent determined by her own age.  That the said Susan Kepler, who was the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler died on the 24 day of February 1843 (eighteen hundred & forty three) leaving the following named children, being the only children her surviving, viz Jacob and Samuel Kepler of Chapman County and state aforesaid, each of whom is aged of twenty one years and upwards
Sarah Drake
Her Mark x
Subscribed & sworn before me this 11 day of September 1846
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace
I certify that Sarah Drake who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a reputable person, whose statement may be relyed [sic] upon as true.
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Simeon Pfouts of Chapman in said county aged sixty six years in January next, who after being duly sworn according to law deposit and saith.  That from his childhood, he was personally acquainted with Samuel Kepler who was a Pensioner of the Untied  States, and that he was also, at the same time, intimately acquainted with Susan Smith, who was the late widow of the said Samuel Kepler.  That the said Susan before and at the time of her marriage with the aforesaid Samuel Kepler, lived with this deponents father. That the said parties were married in Greenwood Township, Cumberland County, Pa. as early as the year seventeen hundred and ninety. That this deponent distinctly recollects the said marriage, and that the officiating officer was James McMurray Esqr who was at that time an acting Justice of the Peace. That from that time, the said parties lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Samuel Kepler which took place on the 28 day of April 1839 (eighteen hundred & thirty nine). That the said Susan Kepler died the widow of the aforesaid Samuel Kepler on the 24 day of February 1843 (eighteen hundred and forty three, leaving
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the following named children, being the only children her surviving, viz, Jacob and Samuel Kepler, who live in Chapman Clinton County Pa. and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards. This deponent is confident that he is not mistaken in regard to the time the said parties were married as he has an Old Family Record showing his own age, and knows that his mother died when he was eleven years old and that the said parties had then been married about two years, and had one child (the above named Jacob) who was about one year old.
Simeon Pfautz
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 11 day of September 1846
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Simeon Pfoutz, who has subscribed the foregoing affadavit [sic]. That he is a man of unimpeachable veracity, whose statements are entitled to the fullest confidence.
Michael Quigley
Justice of the Peace

Answer to John F Curtis Huron Wayne Co.
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State of Pennsylvania
Clinton County Ss.
I Jno B. Wagner Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county, do hereby certify that Michael Quigley is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned according to law, and that full faith and credit is and of right should be given to his official acts and that the Signiture [sic] purporting to be his in the foregoing Certificates are his own proper signitures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lock Haven in said County this 24th day of December A.D. 1846
Jon. B. Wagner Prothonotary

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13292
Susan Kepler 
widow of Samuel
Penna.
Act 7 July '38
5881
Jno. F. Curtis, Esqr
Huron, Wayne Co. NY
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November 1, 1930
Dorothy Seider 
Public Library 
South Bend, Indiana

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5881, that Samuel Kepler was born in 1754 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows: 
From February, 1779, until December 25, 1779, in Captain Henry Dougherty's company in Colonel Hubley's regiment and was in Sullivan's expedition against the Indians, where he was wounded in the foot; in 1780, three months and two weeks in Captain Hurl's company, guarding the frontier against the Indians; from the spring of 1781, to the end of the war, in Colonel Butler's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Chapman Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He died April 24, 1839 in said Chapman Township.
The soldier married in the spring of 1790 in Greenwood Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Susanna Smith, who died February 24, 1843.
Two sons survived her both living in Chapman, Pennsylvania in 1846: Jacob, born February 21, 1791 and Samuel born April 3, 1797.
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There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Dec by Said Kepler

aff of
James Smith
Sarah Drake - 2
Simeon Pfoutz - 2
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1922 - July 25. Hist to Harry C. (?) Neall. Wm H
1930 - Nov. 1. " " Dorothy Seider [illegible].
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REJECTED
3-881
P.O. Susan Kepler
Service: widow of Saml.

Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ____, 18
Application filed: ____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: ______
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
______Recognized
_____Contra
_____Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____, 18
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
South Main Street at Wayne
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

ETHEL G. BAKER, Librarian
October 16, 1930
Pension Bureau
War Dept.
Revolutionary War Section
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Will you kindly let me know if pensions were granted for the Revolutionary War services of the following: Andrew Kepler and Samuel Kepler both of whom resided in Pennsylvania.
Andrew served with the Fourth Battalion of the Philadelphia County Militia under Col. Bitting -- John Missimer Captain -- 1780.
Samuel served as private in the Cumberland County Militia Continental Line and received Depreclation pay. In the Pennsylvania Archives he is listed as receiving a pension for sevices as private P. L. Dec. 21, 1832 - age 80.
Yours very truly,
Dorothy Seider

Dorothy Seider
Public Library
South Bend, Indiana.
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W. Cole

John F. Curtis
March 24 1847

Let to same Feb 17 48
Set to the John Hastins
March 4d 48
J. F. Curtiss Nov. 1/51
Rejected. was not a widow in the year 1838
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Rev. and 181[illegible]
Wars Section
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C., _____, 19____

R.5881
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Kepler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,  you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his heirs) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

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[header row] Dates of enlistment or appointment./Length of service./Rank./Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain. colonel./State
[row] Feb. 1799 until/Dec. 25 1779/Pvt/Henry Dougherty/Hubley/Pa.
[row]About middle of 1780/2 months, 2 weeks/"/Hurl {illegible]//
[row]Spring 1781/to end of war/"//Butler/
Battles engaged in, Sullivan's Expedition against Indians (wounded in foot)
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 7 - 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Chapman Township, Lycoming Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, Born in 1754 in Chester Co. Pa.
Remarks: Soldier died Apr. 24 1754 in Chapman Twp. Clinton Co. (formerly Lycoming) Pa. In the Spring 1790 soldier married Susanna Smith in Greenwood Twp. Cumberland Co. Pa. She died Feb. 24, 1843. Two sons survived her, both living in Chapman, Clinton Co. Pa in 1846. Jacob born Feb. 21, 1791 and Samuel born Aril 3, 1797. There is no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Off. note: I did not use the conflicting dates of birth of Jaboc (Feb. 11), death of soldier (Apr. 28) and marriage of soldier (1789) in "Jacob's Declaration."

Though others correct.
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[illegible handwriting note]
923 Fifth Street, Eureka, California, June 3, 1922.
Hon Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- 
Will you kindly send me the record of Samuel Kepler a private in the Continental line during the Revolution who resided in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania when he was pensioned December 21, 1832 to commence from March 4, 1831, at which time he was 80 years of age.
I want this information in connection with the making the required proofs for admission to the Sons of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for your early attention to this request I am
Yours truly
Harry J. Neall
P.S. Family data would also be very valuable to me
[stamp seal from Pension Office Jun 8 1922]
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8023
Pa
Rejected
Let to R. D. Wilson
Octo. 4th 1841
Act 7 July 38
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Samuel Kepler Pa. Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid & Penn office,
$80
Aprl 26, 1841
pd to 4 Sep 1837
J/F
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Williamsport 26 Sept 41
Adol. D. Wilson
Recd 1 Oct
Ans 1st of Oct.
No 8023

The claim for the widows pension was respectfully forward to the Comm. of Pensions. The original [illegible] certificate of M Kepler is on file in this office 3rd auditor's office. 
October 1st 1841.
Pa.
July 7 1838
Sms: kepler
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Williamsport Pa. Sept 24th 18[illegible]
Sir
I herewith transmit two applications of Susanna Kepler widow of Samuel Kepler a Pensioner deceased.  One for drawing the arrears of pension due her husband, the other for drawing a pension under the act of 7th July 1838. The papers have been prepared in conformity with the instructions sent me by J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, and at great trouble the old lady being infirm and living at a distance from the County seat. I hope they are correct & will receive your earliest attention.  I enclose to you by the directions of Mr. Edwards.
Your svt.
Adol. D. Wilson
P. Hagner Esq.
Washington City D. C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 4th 1841
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensions, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"The widow of Samuel Kepler, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837 to the 24th of April 1837.
Respectfully yours,
[signature]
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present
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Clerk's Office
Greenwood township Perry Co. Pa.
February 13th 1847-
John f. Curtis Esqr.
Sir, yours of January 29th 1847 is received and in answer to your inquiries, relative to the marriage of Susan Smith to Samuel Kepler, I would hereby certify that I have carefully examined all the records in this office, and do not find the marriage of the above named persons recorded in this town, and I would further state that this township was in Cumberland county, but was separated from that county about twenty years since.
Yours &c.
Wm J. Jones T. Clk.
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24 Feb 1848
Resp. Susanna Kepler DC
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J Strohm [illegible]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
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House of Representatives Feby. 23d 1848
Hon. James L. Edwards,
Dear Sir,
I request that the papers of Mrs. Susanna Keppler, widow of Samuel Kepler, whose application for a pension, under the Act of July 4th 1838, was not granted, be furnished me at your earliest convenience, for which you have herewith my receipt, under the resolution of the House of 31st January
Very respectfully
Yours &c.
John Strohm
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WILLIAMSPORT PA APR 21
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Mat Pa
Apl. 26 1841
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Williamsport, Apl. 20th 1841
J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Sir
Permit me to trespass upon your good nature by asking information relevant to your official business.  Samuel Kepler who was a private in the Revolutionary War & a pensioner in conformity with the Law of 7th June 1832 whose certificate is recorded by D. Brown Clk. in Book D. page 65 died some years previous to the passage of the 5 year pension act of 7 July 1838. his widow who resides in this (Lycoming) County (Penna.) wishes to draw the back pay of her husband, as well as her pension under the five year act, which expired 4th of March /41. You will do an act of charity toward a very needy and helpless old lady by sending me the form to gather with instructions by which I may procure for her the pension.  The certificate of her husband is now in my hands.  Please answer immediately as the County Court is near at hand in order that it may be attended to at the ensuing term
I am Yours with Respect,
Adol D. Wilson

Direct to
A.D. Wilson
Williamsport
Lycoming Co. Penna.
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May 25
Samuel Kepler
Penna.
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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City D. Col.

[stamp] PHILA 28 MAY
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Phila. May 23. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
I have this day applied to the Pension agent, Phila. for the pension of Saml. Kepler.  I find he cannot pay it without an order from your department. The pension not having him paid by his books for two years & upwards. Will you be pleased to examine the enclosed vouchers and if found to your satisfaction return it to me at Phila. Penna. and give the agent the necessary order for paying what may be due.  I would just add that I live at a great distance and will have to wait here for your answer.  Your immediate attention would very much oblige yours with due respect
David Hanna
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Jersey Shore Lycoming Co.
Pa Décembre 7th 1832
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you the application of Samuel Kepler that was returned to me.  and have corrected the error pointed out in the Brief questions forwarded.
I hope their is none no questions but that his Pension will be granted and if it is Please enclose it to me at this place.
I am respectfully yours
A. D. Parsons
Hon Linus [illegible]
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Huron City 28th 1848
Hon. J. E. Heath
Sir May I ask you to examine the papers on file in your office in the case Susan Kepler deceased, widow of Samuel Kepler of Pa.  It is difficult to add any further proof to that already on file, which I think will be deemed sufficient to establish the claims
Very respectfully &c
John F. Curtis
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss.
Reasonably appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Jacob Kepler of Chapman in said County aged fifty six years, the 11th day of February last, after being duly sworn according to law deposit and saith. That Susan Kepler, widow of Samuel Kepler who was a pensioner of the United States was this deponents mother and that the said Samuel Kepler was this deponent father. That his said father died on the 28th day of April 1839, leaving the said Susan Kepler his widow, who died his widow on the 24th day of February 1843. This deponent is the oldest child of the said Samuel & Susan Kepler. That he establishes his age by an old ancient record made by his said parents. That on the 8th day of October last this deponents house was carried away by a great Freshet and with it the said record was lost in our General ruin
Jacob Kepler
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 17 day of December 1847
Michael Quigley JP

I certify that Jacob Kepler who has signed the above affidavit is a highly respectable man. That his character for truth and morality is good.
Michael Quigley JP

State of Pennsylvania
Clinton County ss
Simeon Pfout of Chapman Township in said County being duly sworn according to law deposit and saith.  That he is sixty six years old last June.  That he establishes his age by an old ancient record. That he has been well acquainted with Susan Kepler widow of Samuel Kepler, since he was a child.  That the said Susan lived with this deponents parents some years previous to her marriage.  This deponent knows by record & by written data that his mother died in the year 1792 and that he this deponent was then eleven years old and he well recollects that Samuel Kepler and Susan Smith was married about two years previous to that event and then had one child whose name was Jacob and is the same individual that has signed the above affidavit
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This deponent was married in 1815. This date is established by church records and at that time Jacob Kepler was a full grown man. This deponent thinks he cannot be mistaken in relation to the above facts as they are all fresh in his recollection and are supported by written dates.
Simeon Pfautz
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 day of December 1847
Michael Quigley JP

I certify that Simeon Pfout who has signed the above affidavit is a highly respectable and intelligent person that any statement he may make is entitled to full credit.
Michael Quigley JP

State of Pennsylvania
Clinton County ss.
Sarah Drake being duly sworn according to law deposit and saith, That she was fifty nine years of age last April. That since her earliest recollection she has been well acquainted with Saul Kepler who was a Pensioner of the United States and with Susan Kepler who died his widow and with their family.  That the name of their oldest child is Jacob who is three years younger than this deponent, of this fact this deponent thinks she cannot be mistaken as she and the said Jacob was playmates and associates when children and intimately acquainted since and that it was a always talked and understood that the said Jacob was about three years younger than this deponent
Sarah Drake
her mark x
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27 day of December 1847
Michael Quigley JP
I certify that the above mentioned Sarah Drake is a respectable person. That her character for truth and veracity is good
Michael Quigley JP
Report to John F Curtis Heron Wayne Co.
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State of Pennsylvania
Clinton county ss:

I Jno B. Wagner, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Michael Quigley is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said, duly qualified according to law, and that full faith and credit is due his official acts, and that the signature purporting to be his in the foregoing certificates of acknowledgments is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lock Haven the 28th December Anno Domino 1847.
Jno. B. Wagner Prothy
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Feb 16 [illegible]
Millerstown

[illegible]
John F. Curtis Esq.
Huran
Wayne  County
New York
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Millerstown February 15 1847
Dr. Sir,
In reply to yours of the 29th of January, I would say that I have made inquiry respecting the marriage of Samuel Kepler to Susan Smith, but have not as yet found any person who knows anything about either of them. But there is no doubt that such is the fact as these an Keplers and Pfouts both living a few miles from our town, I have not seen them since the reception of yours, and besides I think they are too young to know anything about a marriage so long ago.  David Kepler and Simeon Pouts, both about 60 years of age live four miles out of town, likely they might know something from report. When I see them I will engress, and write to you if they do. One man in our town informs me that he has seen James Murray Esqr thinks he did not go by the name of McMurrey however he says he was an Irishman. It is customary in our state for Justice or minister who marries to make a record of the marriage and other person, the docket of Esq Murray or McMurray cannot now be found, consequently it would be difficult task to find a record of the above marriage.  However if I can obtain any information on the subject I will write to you.
Yours truly
Wm. J. Jones

John F Curtis Esq.
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Know all men by these presents that I Susanna Kepler of Chapman Township in the County of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania and widow of Samuel Kepler deceased who was a pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Adolphus D. Wilson my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensioners in Washington City D.C. or in Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania the pension due me from the 24th day of April A. D. one thousand eight-hundred and thirty nine the day of the death of Samuel Kepler my husband who was a private in the army the Revolution and a pensioner, until the 4th day of March A.D. one thousand eight-hundred and forty one.
Witness my hand and seal this day of September A.D. 1841
Susanna Kepler {seal}
her mark x
Sealed and delivered in presence of 
James Armstrong
S. A. Mackey

State of Pennsylvania
County of Clinton Ss
Be it known that on the Fifteenth day of September A.D. 1841, before the subscriber Recorder in and for said County personally appeared Susanna Kepler above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Phil Krebs Recorder
The word Prothonotary in the 3rd line of the above acknowledgment erased & Recorder interlined before the signature & sealing of the same.
Phil Krebs Recorder
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State of Pennsylvania
Clinton County Ss
Be it known, that on the 15th day of September A.D. 1841 before the subscriber Prothonotary in and for the said County personally appeared Adolphus D. Wilson, the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension, or arrears thereof authorized to be received by him.
Adol D. Wilson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me
Phil Krebs Proty