Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,115, for Christian Klinedinst, Pennsylvania
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Service                                            Number

Penn.         Klinedinst, Christian      S.7115
                  or Klinedirst

carded
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26.337
Pennsylvania
Christian Klinedinst 
of York Co. in the State of Penna.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain (illegible) of the Regt. commanded  by Col. (illegible) on the Penna Militia.

8 (illegible) $28.32.
Christian Klinedinst
Records Corrected

Inscribed on the Rolls of Penna at the rate of 28 dollars 32 , Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of May and sent to B. J. Corey York, Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of May (illegible)     84.96
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept       14.16
                                                            _______
                                                           $99.12}
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.T.Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol 5 Page 32


Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6th April 1828 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1835 from 4th to 22 March 1836. Agen Notified 7 Dec 1844.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York
 On this 8th day of May 1834 Personally appeared in open Court
The Circuit Court of the State of Pennsylvania now sitting at York in
the State aforesaid Christian Klinedinst a resident of said
County aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according
 to law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress
June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.


[NOTE-Unable to transcribe the beginning narrative of the declaration, due to faded ink & fragmented extraction. Information  in quotes below is copied from other pages in this file, to provide basic data from the missing paragraph (shown in quotes below)]

“Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania 1758. Lived in York County when called into Service and have lived in s’d County ever since. Pennsylvania troops from July 1, 1776, four and one-half months in Captain Diehl's company, Colonel Swope's regiment.“
 
Then about the first of August, to the best of his recollection,
 in the year 1777, he was drafted again to serve in Capt. 
McDonald's company, in Colonel Rankin's regiment .
Served two months and marched from York County 
[illegible line of text] to Lancaster and
 from thence to Chester County where they were
 stationed until the 1st September 1777, when he
 marched toward Brandywine, but [illegible]
that place [blank] in time of battle. 

After that, he served two months in that [town]
 and was [commanded?] by Capt. McDonald
 in Chester County, Pa., about ten miles from Wilmington.
That on or about the 1st January 1782 he was
 drafted again for two months in Captain
Copenhaffer’s Company in the County of York
 to do Guard watch and keep secure the British
 prisoners taken with Genl Cornwallis who
 were then a place called Camp Security in the
 County of York and were prisoners of War and that
 he was two months that tour and was Hon. Discharged
 by Capt Copenhaffer and that he served at least all together 
 eight months and a half in the [Continental] army of the Revolution
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And that I have no documentary evidence in my possession nor do I know of any person living whose testimony I can procure to prove my services.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension
 or annuity except the present & declare that my
name is not on the pension roll of any State of Agency
except that of the State of Pennsylvania.

Quest 1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania 1758.


Quest by Court 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer. I have a record of my age in my possession.

Quest by Court 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived in York County when called into Service and have lived in s’d County ever
since the Revolutionary War.

Quest by Court 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I was drafted [each time] I was called into Service.

Quest by Court 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Answer. I do not Recollect any of the names of the Regular officers. I was well acquainted with Col Swope and Capt Snyder and Capt Log and Capt McDonald and Capt Diehl under whom I served.



Quest by Court 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. [illegible - best guess is he never received any discharge]

Quest by Court 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. John Zeigler George Deihl Godfrey Klinedinst
 can all Testify as to my character for veracity and truth
 and there belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Christian Klinedinst his mark

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
in open court. 
[illegible-John Herrick?] Proth’y
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30.923
Christian Klinedirst
Pennsylvania

fm  1776 April 87
No. $28.33/100

David Corey 
York,
Penna.
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I John G. Schmucker a Clergyman resident of 
the Borough and County of York and George [Zoure]
 of the same do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Christian Klinedinst who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That
we believe him to be Seventy Six years of age. 
That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
J. Geo. Schmucker
George [Zoure]

Sworn to and subscribed 
In open court [illegible date]
[illegible-J. Merrick?] Proth’y

And the Court do hereby declare their 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 Court further certifies, that it appears
 to them that John G. Schmucker who
 has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman,
 resident in the Borough & County of York
 and that George [Zoure], who has signed the same
 is a resident in the Borough & County of York
 and is a credible person, and that their statement
 is entitled to credit.

I, John [illegible-Merrick?] Clerk of the Circuit Court aforesaid
 of the County of York in the state aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
 proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the
 application of Christian Klinedinst for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this 8th day of May 1834.

[illegible-J. Merrick?] Proth’y

30.923
Christian Klinedinst
Pennsylvania

For [1776 pr 8 ½]
No. $28 33/100

David Corey
York, Penn’a
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September 7, 1935
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Christian Klinedinst
S.7115
BA-J/AWF our

Mr. H. J. Young
Historical Society of York County
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

    The data which follow were obtaind from the papers on file in pension claim, S.7115, based upon Revolutionary War service of Christian Klinedinst of Klinedirst.

    He was born in the York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted July 1, 1776, served four months and two weeks in Captain Diehl's company, Colonel Swope's Pennsylvania regiment. He enlisted August 1, 1777, served two months in Captain McDonald's company and Colonel Rankin's regiiment. He enlisted January 1, 1782, served two months in Captain Coperhaufer's regiment, guarding prisoners at Camp Security in York County, Pennsylvania, who were taken at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis.

    He was allowed pension of his application executed May 8, 1834, then a resident of York County, Pennsylvania. 

    He died March 22, 1836.

    It is not state that he ever married.

    Godfrey Klinedinst of Klinedirst was referred to in 1834 as lining in the same neighborhood with the soldier; no relationship.

                                   Very truly yours

                                    A.D. Hiller
                                    Executive Assistant to 
                                    the Administrator
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7115
Revolutionary INVALID

File No. 7115
Christian Klinedirst
Priv  Rev  War  War

Act:  June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1 , Page 209
{Arrangement of 1870}
Christian Klinedinst 
Record corrected June 16, 1804

1931 March 18 Hist to Myrtle Allbritian auy
1935 Sept. 7       "     "   H. J. Young auy
See his letter in Deadlove Shadow S. 40404 auy
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Feb. 19, 1931

Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington

Will you kindly inform me if you
have the service of a man by the name of
Kleindins or Kleinditch (don't know
the correct spelling) recorded as serving
in the Revolutionary War? His home
was York Co. Pa.
And was there a Decker from
York Co. Pa. in the same war?
Also Stephen Smith from Orange
County, N.Y.?
I shall be very grateful for any
information concerning these three men.
Respectfully
Myrtle Allbritain
1021- 7th St
Lorain
Ohio

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S
FEB 20 1931
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 18th, 1844.

Sir:

   Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The (illegible) of Christian Klinederst dec'd a pensioner on the Rolls of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of twenty eight Dollars and 32 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1835 and from the 4th to the 22nd March 1836. 

Respectfully, yours,
//s//
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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May 15th 1834
Pennsylvania
Original

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions


(Faded date stamp)
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York May 11 1834

Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of
 Christian Klinedinst  for a pension.
If you find all correct please
send me his certificate.

From your Obedient
Humble Servant
David Corey


Com’r of Pensions
J.L. Edwards
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September 7, 1935.

BA-J/ILL
Deadlove Shadow
S. 40404

H. J. Young
Historical Society of York County,
York, Pennsylvania.
Dear Sir:
,
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War records of Christian Klinedinst and Deadlove
 Shadow, pensioners of York County, Pennsylvania
The records of these two soldiers are furnished herewith
from their claims for pension.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 18, 1931

Myrtle Allbritian            Rev. & 1812 War Section
1021 - 7th Street           AWF:MLB
Lorain, Ohio

Dear Madam:

    You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary Was pension claim, S.7115, that Christian Kilnedinst or Kiledirst was born in 1758 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    While residing in York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows: - from July 1, 1776, four and one-half months in Captain Diehl's company, Colonel Swope's regiment; from August 1, 1777, two months in Captain McDonald's company, Colonel Rankin's regiment; from January 1, 1782, two months in Captain Coperheafer's company.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1834, at which time he was living in York County, Pennsylvania.

    He dies March 22, 1836.

    There are no data as to his family.

    The above noted Christian Klinedinst is the only soldier with that surname (similar spellings searched) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

                              Very truly yours

                               E.W. Morgan
                               Acting Commissioner