Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,796, for John Nicholas Kline, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE: Penn.
Kline, John Nicholas
NUMBER: S.8796
carded.
CONTENTS:
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6325
Virginia

John Nicholas Kline of Loudon in the State of Va:
who was a pri. in the Compy commanded by Captain Hon of the Regt commanded by Col. Stanley in the Penn line for 16 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 53 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby. 1833 and delivered Let:
Richards.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 May 33

79.99
26.67
$106.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Chatham Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 7 Page 17-

Dead
Paid at the [illegible] under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 25 April 1837. Agt notified 24 April 1845
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com'd
5333

W. G. Richards
of Va
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BRIEF in the case of John Nicholas Kline
County of Loudon in the State of Va
{Act 7th June, 1832}

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
15 July in 1776; Completed 1777; Spring of 1781; 1781 was called at about 16 mo
Duration of Service.
Years, Months (7; 1; 2; 6), Days.
Rank.
As a Private; "; "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. 
Capt Hagenback, Col Heichlain; Capt Geary; Col Stread
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton Co Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? Comit

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Michael Cutter
Examining Clerk.
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State of Virginia
Loudon County} ss
On this 10th day of September personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of the Court of Loudon County now sitting, John Nicholas Kline, a Resident of Leesburg in the County of Loudon & State of Virginia, aged seventy one 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 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the forthcoming named officers and served as [illegible].
was born in Berk County, Pennsylvania in 1761 and baptized in the name he is usually called, Nicholas, by what name (or naming him John) I was drafted in the Militia. I have no record of my age, I [illegible]. When called into service I rendered in Northampton County, Allentown, Pa. I left said County in 1783. I have since resided in Philadelphia and in Delaware - but in Loudon County, Va service the year 1798. It was about the middle of July 1776 a month or six weeks before the Battle of Long Island that, knowing I was among the Militia to be drafted, I volunteered in a Company of about one hundred men under Capt. Hagenback, first Lieut. Maritz 2nd Lieut. - Mummy. We were apart of several Companies called the Flying Camp Militia. 
A Col. Kichlain Jaleija Porst was [illegible] it appears we first marched to Perth Arrtoy & remained there a few days, then to New York - (then called Manhattan Island), we did not reach Long Island until the 26th August and were hardly fixed in our Camp before the Battle of the 27th began. Our Col. Capts & nearly all our Company were made prisoners. That day we were commanded by General Sullivan. The two Lieutenants, Maritz & Mummy, myself & some few others got off safely and joined the remains of our Troops at P. Arrtoy under a Col. Baxter, known then placed over the Flying Camp Militia, our Company was then missing a Captain, but for the time commanded by our two Lieutenants Maritz & Mummy who were then
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marched to Fort Washington. Col. Magan re S. Officer Commanding. On the 16 of November 1776 the Fort was attacked by the Enemy at four different places & captured. The prisoners and myself surrendered then were sent to New York & confined in the North Church for about 5 weeks - afterwards I was removed on board the Jersey Prison Ship laying in the Hudson - but the I was soon after removed to a Cave in East River:
I was confined onboard this ship for about 8 weeks, - I was sometime in February 1777 I was discharged on my parole & returned home sick & continued to take in the following summon - This first service, including my imprisonment, continued for about seven months I believe of left time by sickness for there or for months. As my sickness was caused by War and severe treatment while in a Prison which proved a  [illegible] to so many Americans & I was [illegible] in the service of my County. I respectfully ask that the time they left my be considered as service spent in the Service.
 2nd Between August and September 1777 I was called out with some Militia and employed in recovering the Pa & his property ans of Phil. This service lasted about a month. It was, I think, either this year, or in 1778 that the Militia of Northampton County was dismembered from one to eight to do duty at such places as might be necessary along the Frontiers. The County then being a Frontier County & the settlers much hassled by the Indians. The remains of the Flying Camp Militia were sent into Class No. 8 with the avowed reason. That they (if called on at all, should be [illegible] as they had suffered much in the service before. The officers to there corps were elected from [illegible] the County & were determined strangers I don't recollect any but [illegible] unto and me [illegible] on reason of discomfort. I think it must have.
3d Back in the spring of 1787 that I was ordered upon the Indian Service - I am able to for the time from there facts - it was after Arnold Teason & it was the season for shad fishing. I was called out first for a term of
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two months then I served two months as the substitute of a man named Wm Mole, usually called Mull, He was a Gunsmith and too much enjoyed to leave his business. I was also called out several times after both nights and day off on duty on the frontier for 2,3, and 4 weeks each time. In this service I was engaged in all about six months, perhaps a little longer. In all their calls, I recollect the troops called on a Col. Stroud for orders instructions and the Captains Stations thereby by his advice. 
At our different station we were invited at different times by Cols Pool, Geeger and Shews (this last name found Chouse) It was along the frontier on the N.E. part of the County where I was stationed the Flying Camp Militia were I presume (words to light to read)  State Room of Pa for I expecting clothing. I was found and hows'about 50% per. mo.  Pa  currency which I used in the depreciated paper money  of the day it taking one two or three months pay to. No one me a night  Lodging. In the service on the Frontier of my County, I paid all my expenses. I received a discharge from (unreadable) 
I have no documentary evidence, nor is there any person living  so far as I know  who can testify to my (unreadable-smeared) My Captains were middle aged then, I should find 40 years old  is probable they have all deceased to The Grave. It is now 49 years since I left Northhampton county and the said applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the (unreadable) declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year  (unreadable) Nicholas Kline
The Thomas Burkley a Clergyman residing in the County of London Va. and John Thomas residing in said County hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Nicholas Kline and who is applying for Pension under the act of June 7th 1832 (unreadable) to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and that he is believed and reputed in the neighborhood whose he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed before me this 6th day Sept 1832 W.C. Selden Thomas Burkly John Thomas
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after entering 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 appears to them that Thomas Birkly who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in London County and that John Thomas  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same County and is a credible  person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  We also certify that  Dr W.C Selden is a duly qualified Magistrate of London County.  Charley Burns Clerk of the Court of London County do hereby certify that now foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Nicholas Kline for a Pension. in testimony  whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 10th day of September 1833. J Billis Clk
Memo W Buckly by who has recently been much confined by sickness was about setting off for the Spring on (unreadable) his health which occasioned his certificate being prepared on the 6th (unreadable)
Sept 10 1832 When I qualified to the within Certificate I copied to the off senate to the  above mens but circumstances have occured to delay me. This explanation is necessary to account for my coming into Court and certifying for others the day. Sworn and subscribed into open Court this 10th day Sept. 1832.
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Mrs. james B. Neale 
102 North Water Street
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam: 
I advise you fro the papers in
the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that John Klein, whose name appears on page 596 of Vol.IV 5" Beries, Pennsylvania Archives, was granted a state pension by the State of Pennsylvania, and such state applications are on file in the Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania State Library at Harrisburg as stated on page 497 of that volume.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau show that one John Nicholas Kline was born in 1761 in Berks County, Pennsylvania was baptized John Nicholas Kline, but was usually called "Nicolas" Kline.
While a resident of Allentown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted under the name of Nicholas Kline in the mi(smeared typing) le of July 1776, served as a private in Captain Hagenbuck's Company under Colonels Kichlein and Baxter in the Flying Camp, was in the retreat from Long Island and the battle, also battle of Fort Washington where he was capture, confined in the North Church in New York for about five weeks then removed to the "Jersey" prison ship where he was held a prisoner until discharged on parole in February 1777.
He served one month from  August or September 1777, removing property out of Philadelphia. He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served about six months under Colonel Stroud in the Pennsylvania Troops on the frontiers against the Indians.
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In 1783 he left Northampton County, Pennsylvania and after that lived in Philadelphia and in Delaware and in 1798 moved to Loudoun County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832 while residing in Loudoun County, Virginia.

There are no family data on file.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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8796 
INVALID (handwritten on left side-RevWar)
No. 8796
John Nicolas Kline
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 702 Page 209
(Below written on right side)
1929 Aug 13 Hist to Mr. John M. Kline MFOF
1930 Apr 11 Hist Mrs. James B. Neale Curry
1930 June 30, Mrs. Alexander Graff adv. cost of photos.
1930 July 26. Photos mailed to Mrs. Alexander (Mary F) Graff and Line Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
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February 7, 1930
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Have you the
application for Pension
of John Klein who
fought in the Revolution
from Berks Co. Penna.

I shall be grateful for this
information
Sincerely
Annie Neale
Ms. James B. Neale
102 North Water Street
Kittanning. Penna
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section 
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington 
April 5, 1930
Mrs. James B. Neale
102 North Water Street
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam: I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter. Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit and return to this bureau.
First name of widow Magdelina
Full name of soldier John Klein Baptized Johnathon 
Residence of soldier at enlistment I think Berks County  or Zincke Co
residence of soldier after service X
Name of state from which he enlisted Penna
Approximate date of birth 1742
Approximate date of death Fought through Revolution 
Kindly return attached letter with your reply. Respectfully, E.W. Morgan Acting Commissioner.
(Below words written on left side of this document)
I think this Holiamere is the same  man who came later  Westmoreland Co. Hempfield  I know said died there. He probable applied for  pension from there in the old days  
(Stamped Seal Pension U.S. Apr 9 1930 Office)
(Handwritten at bottom of typed application: Name continued written Kline & Cline
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I myself am writing for information
My Grandmother Mary Kline from
Hempfield (Unreadable) Westmoreland Co. Pa.  Once wife of Micheal Gruby. She came
from [Illegible] each 
it was always said
&  I think daughter of John Kline Rev. Soldier
of whom George Wallace Albert Mitre
Westmoreland Co. Hiram are 
coming from Lebanon Co (next Berke) mills. I call son John. 
Now I have often wondered if this John was not the Johannes. Born 1742 in Berks Co: and where I  
saw Johannes Kline Pensioner on [illegible] Ser
5 Vol 4 P.506 Penna Archive ( Received Jeu-private in captain swees' co. Berks Co. Militia)
I felt that a copy of these papers would prove, or help me to prove the identity of Mary Kline Gruby
I do not know the first name of Mary Kline's mother - wife of John, but Johannes Kline = Magdelina Bartholemew (taken from Uley Hill Church Record).  It is a copy of the John (Ser. 5 Vol 4 P. 506) that I want.  How much will thee charge be
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In reply refer to Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MMHF
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON 
June 30, 1930
Check3148-$1.00
(Stamped Finance Division  Book Keeper July 7 1930
Bureau of Pension
Mrs. Alexander Graff, 
108 Arch Street
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam: I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Nicholas Kline, 8.8796, will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page. 
The number of pages to be copied is five. Should you desire to have them certified, twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to the bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Very truly yours, 
E.W. Morgan signature 
E.W. Morgan Acting Commissioner 
(written on left side of this letter: Enclosed find $1.00 for copy of the John Nicholas Kline Papers
Shany Y Gooff
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June 30, 1930
Mrs. Alexander Graff
108 Arch Street
Kittanning, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
I advise you that the photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Nicholas Kline, S.8787, will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is five.
Should you desire to have them certified, allow twenty-five cents additional for the set. The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very truly yours, E.W. Morgan,
Acting Commisssioner
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 45155
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Washington 
Chief, Division of Publications, Room G 139. Please furnish work specified below.  July 16, 1930 192 
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 5 pages from Revolutionary War claim of John Nicholas Kline, Penn. Troops 3.8796.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? ____  ____ days 
 For further information see Mrs. Finch  Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved (unreadable signature) Chief Clerk of Bureau
Chief of Division (unreadable signature)
Note: No order mad "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering______
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CHECK WORK DESIRED
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Addressograph from lists
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Proof list        Pay rolls
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Photostat X   Size actual  Official use? Repay yes $.75
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Remarks
(Seal under check work desired: Division of (unreadable) Jul 10 1930
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Note: Routine changes of addressess may be made on the blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus. 
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Make new addressograph plate
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Please have certified and return to Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Room 5033. Photostatic copies of five pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of John Nicholas Kline, Pennsylvania Troops, Survivor File No. 8796
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John Nicholas Kline

G. Richards
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Nicholas Kline Loudon C VA which require further proof or explanation

I Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI Has the applicnt obtained the evidence of clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII If the applicant has not 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 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 regulations direct? yes
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 personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 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 that 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 he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For______ year ____months, and _________days, I served as a ___ For ____ months and _____ days, I served as a ______; 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 form 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 i 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 the 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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"April-seventeenth
Mrs. Alexander Graff
10(unreadable number) Arch Street
Kittanning, Penna.
(blurred writing) Of Pensionser 
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly let me know how much you would charge for a copy of the Pension paper of John Nicholas Kline private in Captain Smeer's Company of Burke County-Militia? Yours
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List:
Sol died, Sept 10-1832 3 (cannot read a watermark)
Court record 1 "
Sol. cert. jacket 1"
(Stamped- Law Division April 19 1930
Received.)
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GENERAL/ ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Washington
(Stamped seal on right of letter as follows: Revolutionary & 1812 Wars
Section Aug 10 1929 B
BUREAU OF PENSIONS)
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE 
R-PDF_LA
August 8, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:     Attention: Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
The attached letters from Mr. John M Kline are referred for your consideration and reply direct to the writer thereof.
There was found no record of the payment of pension to Johannes Klein or John Kline from the records on file in this office.
A representative from this office called at your section and was informed that one John Klein, a private in Captain Sweer's (?) Company, Berks County militia, received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania, which information was found in Vol. 4 of the 5th Series of Pennsylvania Archives, page 497, under the caption "Abstract of pension application on file in the Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania state Library." The name of John Klein is listed on page 506 of said volume. 
It is requested that any information of record in oyour files be furnished to Mr. John M. Kline.
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully, 
R Wherrece
Chief, Records Division.
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RECEIVED
GAO
JUL-1 29
Washington, D.C.,
June 29, 1929.
Hon. J. R. McCarl,
Comptroller General of the United States,
General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
I am seeking official information relative to the
service of my Great Grandfather in the War of the Revolution.
His name was Johannes Klein or John Kline. He was born in
Bavaria in 1759, and died in Berks County, Pa. date unknown.
He served in the Pa. Militia from Berks County, Pa. and received
an arrow wound of the left arm at the Battle of Wyoming,
Pa. for which he was granted a pension by the Supreme Court
of Pa. This information is requested to enable my Granddaughter
to apply for membership to the Daughters of the American
Revolution. I am informed that the records of pensions
granted by the Supreme Court of Pa. and paid by the State of
Pa. to soldiers of the War of the Revolution were turned over
to the Third Auditor of the U. S. Treasury Department and are
now in your office. I have written the War Department and
Commissioner of Pensions but no record was found. Any further
information will be cheerfully furnished.
Respectfully yours,
John M Kline
3811 Gramercy St., N. W.
Chevy Chase, D.C.
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars
Section
Aug 10 1929
Bureau of Pensions
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Washington, D. C.,
July 17, 1929.

Mr. John K. Willis,
General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Willis:
Under date of June 29, 1929, I wrote the Comptroller General for certain data relative to my Great Grandfather John Kline, for service in the Pennsylvania Militia from Berks Co. Pa. in the War of the Revolution. He was pensioned
by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for an arrow wound of the left arm received at battle of Wyoming in 1778. More than two weeks have elapsed without a reply and I am taking the liberty to ask you to ascertain the cause of the delay and advise me.

Thanking you in advance and with personal regards and kind remembrance to my old friends and associates, I am

Very truly yours,
John M Kline

3811 Gramercy St., N.W.,
Chevy Chase, D.C.

Telephone: Cleveland 3517
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August 13, 1929.

Mr. John M. Kline,
3811 Gramercy Street, N.W.,
Chevy Chase, D.C.

Dear Sir:
In your previous letter to this bureau you requested the record of a Johannes (John) Klein who was born in 1759 in Bavaria, served in the Pennsylvania Militia from Berks County, Pennsylvania, was wounded in the battle of
Wyoming and who died in Berks County, Pennsylvania. You also stated that he was granted a pension by the State of
Pennsylvania.

A careful search of the records was made in your behalf and no record was found of an application for pension or bounty land ever having been made to the United States
on account of the services of the soldier described above.

Your letters of June 29 and July 17, 1929 have been referred to this bureau from the General Accounting Office for further consideration and Mr. H.M. Vandervort has delivered your telephone request in regard to the above
named John Klein (Kline etc.).
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The pensioner, John Klein, whose name appears on page 506 of Vol. IV, 5 " Series, Pennsylvania Archives, was granted a state pension by the State of Pennsylvania, and
such state applications are on file in the Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania State Library at Harrisburg as stated on page 497 of that volume.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau show that one John Nicholas Kline was born in 1761 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was baptized John Nicholas Kline, but was usually called Nicholas Kline.

While a resident of Allentown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania he enlisted under the name of Nicholas Kline in the middle of July 1776, served as a private in Captain Hagenbuck's Company, under Colonels Kichlein and Baxter in the Flying Camp, was in the retreat from Long Island and the battle, also battle of Fort Washington where he was captured, confined in the North Church in New York for about five weeks, then removed to the "Jersey" prison ship where he was held a prisoner until discharged on parole in February 1777.

He also served one month removing public property out of Philadelphia.

He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served about six months under Colonel Stroud in the Pennsylvania Troops
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on the frontiers against the Indians.

In 1783 he left Northampton County, Pennsylvania and after that, lived in Philadelphia and in Delaware and in 1798 moved to Loudoun County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832 while residing in Loudoun County, Virginia.
.
There are no family data on file.
Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.