Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2713, for John Kuntz, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn.

Kountz, John

Number
S 2713

carded
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5114

Pennsylvania

I John Kuntz in the Sate of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stahler of the Reg commanded by Colonel  Geyer in the Penn [illegible] for Private 10mo - $33.33

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Feb 1833 and entrusted to Hon L Duwent House Reps

Arrears to 4th of Apr. 1832    $49.99
[illegible] allowance ending 4 Mar 1833    $16.66
$66.65 [total]

{Revolutionary War Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, 
Book D 
Vol. 6 
Page 65


[vertical handwritten note right margin] Date of death not rec [initialed] AB
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Submitted
10 mo.
$33.33
Hon. L Dewent
[illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of John Kuntz of Union County in the Sate of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [no written response, only several dashes]

3. How old is he? 78 years.

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Four Table columns identified as: Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank.  | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

Row 1
Period 1777 | Duration of Service 2 Months | Rank Private | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Adam, Stahler, Maj. Benninghoff, Gen. Irvine

Row 2
Period " [1777] | Duration of Service 2 Months | Rank do [private] | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Geyer, Capt. Wm. Moyer

Row 3
Period " [1777] | Duration of Service 2 Months | Rank do [private] | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Same [Col. Geyer, Capt. Wm. Moyer]

Row 4
Period " [1777] | Duration of Service 2 Months | Rank do [private] | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Same [Col. Geyer, Capt. Wm. Moyer]

Row 5
Period " [1777] | Duration of Service 2 Months | Rank do [private] | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Same [Col. Geyer, Capt. Wm. Moyer]

Row 6
Duration of Service
10 Months

5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine, Germantown, Big Pine Swamp

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton County, Pennsylvania

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No.

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with evidence in the case above mentioned.
BF Pleasants [signature]
Examining Clerk
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Declaration of John Kuntz
174.95
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State of Pennsylvania
Union County

Declaration on order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

    On the twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at New Berlin in and for the county of Union in the state of Pennsylvania no sitting, John Kuntz,  a resident of Center Township, in the county of Union and state of Pennsylvania, aged about seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oat makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.

    That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:

    I lived in Linton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania where I entered the service of the United States. I entered the service as a substitute for a man named Conrad Bilman, who was draughted for two months. I marched in Capt. Adam Stahler and Lieut. Nicholas Cally's company and under Major Benighoff from the house of Michael Bobats in Linton Township to Phila. - I think this was in August 1777. At Phila we got under the command of General Irwin.  Genl. Washington with the regular army lay there at the time. I saw General Washington frequently; also Genl. Bull; after having laid there several days we marched to Chester at a distance of sixteen or seventeen miles; from Chester we marched to Wilmington; from Wilmington back to Brandywine where we had a battle with the British. This was I think in the month of September; we ran out of ammunition & were therefore obliged to give way; The British crossed the Schuylkill & we came up on the other side; Having marched faster than they did.  They crossed over again behind us & proceeded to Germantown where we over took them and had another battle with them. At Brandywine I was wounded in the breast by a musket ball;  When the two months were up - the term of our service - I was discharged - but whether by a written or a paid discharge I don't remember. After my discharge I returned to Linton Township, Northampton County.

    Soon after my return home I turned out again as a substitute for Andrew Kunkle who was draughted to go against the Indians; I marched in Capt. William Moyer's company, under the command of Col. Geyer; This was in the fall of the year, not long after the Battle of Germantown; under(??) at Anthony Tavern in Linton Township whence we marched over the Blue Mountains to watch the Indians and prevent them from coming over the mountain to commit depredations;  We had a battle with them at what was called the "Big Pine Swamp" where three of our men were killed and one John Moyer taken prisoner;  then our two months were expired we were discharged & the rest went home, but I remained till another class of militia was draughted and had come over the mountain to the place we were. One John Deitrick was draughted in this class & came out; I was in Capt. Reader's company this tour, which was still under the command of Col Geyer; We again spent two months in watching the Indians & scouting every day; We were again discharged and the rest went home but I again remained.  In the new class that was drawn was my brother George Michael Kuntz who marches in Capt. Greflo's company and under Col Geyer across the Blue Mountains where I still remained;
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I then became a substitute for my brother & he returned home. [missing text] spent the two months – the term of the service – as we did before, scouting against the Indians every day: When the two months were expired we were again discharged, and the rest went home: I still remained there. My bother Jack Kuntz was draughted [drafted] in the next [illegible] and marched under Capt. William Moyer and Col. Geyer: when he came over to where I was I took his place & he went home: We continued scouting as before till our two months had again expired when we were again discharged & then we all went home: I can’t recollect in what year this was, but it was, I think, towards the close of the war, for the Indians had withdrawn from [illegible] neighbourhood where we had been stationed: I remained over the Blue Mountain for four tours of two months each – marking together eight months, which with my tour at Brandywine & Germantown would make altogether ten months service:

I cant [can’t] remember how we were discharged at any time, whether in writing or by [illegible] – if by writing, my discharges have all been lost.

From the lapse of time I know no person who can testify as to my actual service: There may be persons in Northampton County who know something about my service, but where or how to find them I do not know nor have I any documentary evidence. It is upwards of forty years since I left Linton Township, Northampton County, when I where I was born, & lived during the whole of the war, and until I removed to Penns Township in the county of Northumberland, now Union, where I continued to [illegible] till about six months since I removed to Centre Township, the place of my present residence.

1.	I was born in Linton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania but in what year I cant [can’t] remember, but think it must have been about the year 1754.
2.	I have no record of my age.
3.	This is [illegible] in my Declaration
4.	_____, _____, _____ } as far as I recollect
5.	_____, _____, _____
6.	Never recd any commission – so to my discharge I have stated my answer in my Declaration
7.	Jacob Beckel George Warick Esquire; [illegible] and many others can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any state.
-	John Kuntz X his mark
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Stelwell Proth.
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Mr. John G. Heim, a clergyman residing in Buffalo Township and William Kessler residing in New Berlin in the County of Union  & state of Penna.,  - hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Kuntz, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Stelwlell, Prot.[signature]

J. G. Heim [signature]
William Kessler [signature]

And the said 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 War soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John G. Heim – who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Buffalo Township --- and that William Kepler – who has also signed the same, is a resident in New Berlin in Union co. aforesaid and is a [illegible]udible person, and  that their statement is entitled to credit.

Hugh Wilson
Adam Leight

I Joseph Stelwill Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Union in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of John Kuntz for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th September AD 1832.

Joseph Stelwell Prothy
69 2
[round seal on bottom left] COMMON [rest of seal is illegible]
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June 3, 1932

John Kuntz - S.2713

Mr. Ezra M. Kuhns
The National Cash Register Company
Main and K. Streets
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Kuntz, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.2713, based upon the military service of John Kuntz in that war.

John Kuntz was born in 1754, in Linton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in Linton Township, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in August, 177 or 1778, served two months as a private in Captain Adam Staller's Company under Major Benninghoff in the Pennsylvania Troops and was in the battles of Brandywine, where wounded in the breast by a musket ball, and Germantown.  Sometime in the fall after the expiration of the above named services, he enlisted and served four tours of two months each, two of which were as substitute for his brothers, George Michael Kuntz and Jacob Kuntz, as a private under Captains William Moyer, Rader, Kreghlah and Colonel Geyer (probably meant for Geiger) in the Pennsylvania Troops; no dates are given for any of these last named tours, during which he marched over the Blue Mountains and was engaged in scouting and watching the Indians with whom he was in one battle at a place call "Big Pine Swamp".

After the Revolution, he moved to Penn Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for six months, then to Centre Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. 

He was allowed pension on his application entered September 24, 1833, while residing in Centre Township, Pennsylvania.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours

A. B. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

[partial handwritten note bottom of typed letter] 
Date of death not on
AB
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Feb. 5 1916
708 S. Third St.
Champaign, Ill.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir -

   I have been tracing the lineage of my great grandfather, in order to join the D.A.R.

    I wish to know under whom he enlisted, and when mustered out.  I have found his name appears on record as soldier on both revolutionary and
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War of 1812.

I send you the statement sent me by the Penn Librarian.
Please inform me if you can, what I wish to know, or where would you advise me, to find it otherwise.
Respect.
(Mrs) Jennie Ridge

(Librarian report "John Kuntz Pri Northampton Co. Mil Rev War & "" returned to writer Mrs Ridge)
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In reply to your request [missing text]
F.W. 
for a statement  of the military history of John Kuntz a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. [illegible] F 2713.

|DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.| |LENGTH OF SERVICE.| | RANK.| |OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. – CAPTAIN.  COLONEL. | | STATE |

|August, 1777| |2 mos. | | Pri. | |Adam Stahler [or Stabler] | | Maj. Beninghoff | | Pa. |
| Fall, 1777. | | 2 “ | | Wm. Moyer | | Geyer | | “ |
| -- | | 2 “ |” | Reader | | “ | | “ | | “ |
* | -- | | 2 “| “| Reader | “ | | “ | | “ |
+ | -- | | 2 “ |” | Griglo | “ | | “| 
| -- | | 2 “ | | “ | | Wm. Moyer | | “| |” |
* Substituted for his bro. George Michael + substituted for his bro. Jacob. Wounded in breast in battle of Brandywine. 
Battles engaged in Germantown, battel with Indians at X. Big Pine Swamp
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Linton Twp., Northampton Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 24, 1832. Cl al.
Residence of date of application, Centre Twp., Union Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, Born about 1754 in Linton Twp, Northampton Co. Pa
Remarks: No further data as to family

(The above noted is the only John Kuntz, Kountz, Koontz or Kuns of Pa found in the Rev. War [word “pension” crossed out] records not included in circulation [illegible] Ridge) of this Bureau.

Very respectfully,
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3-595.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
April 20, 1808
Searched by A.O.T.
Original No. ______
Certificate No._____
Claimant, ________
Soldier, John Kountz, Kuntz or Kuntz
Service, Pa.
Rev War

Remarks: No other pension claim than Ind. File 2713. This may not be the right one so state that. There is no other or the lady will contact again...A.O.T.

Chief of Division
27498b4m2-07
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Miss M. E. Hazlett
12B St. N.E.
City
John Kountz
Ohio, War 1812 

John Kountz or Kuontz or Kuntz
Rev War

Wife Margaret Crough

(Date Stamp)
Record Division
APR
20
1908
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2713
Rev War
INVALID

File No.  2713
John Kuntz
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index-Vol. A, Page 200

(Arrangement of 1870}
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Apr. 21, 09. Hist to Mrs. M.E. Hazlett   frr
 1916, Feb 16, History to Mrs. Jennie Ridge.  frr
1932 June 3, Hist to Ezra M. Kuhns.  ees
Letter in case Michael Handerliter   S38016
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War Section

February 16, 1916.

Mrs. Jennie Ridge
708 So. Third Street
Champaign, Illinois

Madam:
In response to your letter of the fifth instant, you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fails to afford any information in regard to John Kuns [underlined], but you are furnished herewith the history in the claim of John Kuntz [underlined], Sur. File No, 2713 Rev. War, with the information that said soldier is the only one of that name, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
You are again advised that the pension records of the War of 1812 fail to afford any information in regard to John Kuns of Pennsylvania.
Very respectively,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner
[signature written over signature of]
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.