Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3564, for Michael Kuhns, Pennsylvania
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( 2 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Pennsylvania
Kuhns, Michael or Kuhn
Julian or Julia Ann
NUMBER
W 3564
CONTENTS
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3643
Pennsylvania
Michael Kuhn of Northumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Col. Hand in the Pennsylvania
line for 2 years Private - $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of December, 1832 and J. F. Wolfinger, Milton, Pennsylvania.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 $40.
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Viral Luce, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6, Page 65
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80502
Pennsylvania
Julia Ann Kuhns, widow of Michael Kuhns who was a Private, Penn, in the Pennsylvania Line. 
Husband died 23rd Dec 1832
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Dec. 1846 and sent to John F. Curtis, Huron, N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] and 17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A, Vol 2, Page 110
Peter Kuhns, and [illegible] committee [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
On this Thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty, personally appeared before me, John Montgomery, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, Julian Kuhns of Turbut Township in said County aged seventy nine years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows", or such other act or acts of Congress as her case may fall under, viz. That she is the widow of Michael Kuhns, late of Turbut Township, Northumberland and State aforesaid, deceased, who was nearly three years a private soldier in the army of the Revolution and drew a pension from the United States under the act of Congress passed the 7 of June 1832 (for a detailed account of the nature and kinds of services rendered by said Michael, see his Declaration and accompanying papers on file in the War Department). She further declares that she was born in Springfield Township, Northampton County and State aforesaid in the month of January (precise day not recollected) anno Domini seventeen hundred and sixty one (1761). That she was married to the said Michael Kuhns about seeding time of the month of September Anno Domini seventeen hundred and seventy eight (1778) in Allentown, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Plummer, a German Reformed Clergyman, precise day of the marriage not being recollected, and that her husband, the aforesaid Michael Kuhns, died on the Sunday before Christmas in December Anno Domini sixteen hundred and thirty two (1832) in Turbut Township, County and State aforesaid, that according to her recollection, she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service in the army but immediately after his return from the service and before the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794) in about September 1778 as above stated. She further states that she has no record of her marriage excepting what appears on a blank leaf in the front part of her family Bible (a German one) this record (if it be one) referred to when translated into English, for it is written in German, being as follows, in-- "Michael Kuhns and Julian Cares (meaning the declarant) were intermarried on the 8 September in the year 1778 in the year of our Lord and Saviour." She also states that said memorandum is in the handwriting of a certain Matthias Ditzler who wrote the same about twenty years ago, according to the best of her recollec-
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tion) and that the Bible in which the same is written has been in the possession of herself in connection with her husband while living ever since. She further states in confirmation of her age and marriage as aforesaid, that she has had seven children viz, four girls and three boys, with the said Michael Kuhns, her late and only husband, viz Elizabeth, Mary, Caty, Peter, George, David and Hannah Kuhns, all of whom are still living excepting Elizabeth, the oldest, and are aged as follows viz in March 1840 Mary will be 57 years of age and Caty 54 years of age, in December 1839, Peter was 52 years of age, George about the same time was 47 years and 9 months old and David 45 years and 10 months old, and Hannah 3 9years and 9 months old and Elizabeth, if still living, would in June 1840 have been 60 years of age. And furthermore, that the facts of her intermarriage with the said Michael Kuhns in the year 1778 and of her never having been married since the death of the said Michael are fully and clearly proved by the depositions of Peter Kuhns and Peter Houck hereto annexed, and further she saith not. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me, John Montgomery, Esquire, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, State of Pennsylvania.
Julian Kuhns [her mark]
John Montgomery
State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
I, John Montgomery, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Northumberland, the same being a court of record, do certify that Julian Kuhns, who has made the aforesaid Declaration before me, owing to her advanced age and bodily infirmities and the severities of this season of the year in Pennsylvania, could not safely attend in open court, a distance of nearly twenty miles from her residence and furthermore that the said Court [illegible] other County Court is in session now and will not be until the first Monday of April next and then the roads and climate would render it equally unsafe for her to venture out such a distance. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Turbut Township in said County this 13 day of February A.D. 1840.
John Montgomery [seal]
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
Be it remembered that on the Thirteenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and forty, before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally came Peter Kuhns, eldest son of the aforesaid Julian Kuhns, who being first duly sworn according to law did depose and say that his father, viz the above-named Michael Kuhns, died on the day and year specified in the foregoing petition, that his mother, viz Julian Kuhns, the petitioner above-named, has from that time forward been and still is a widow, having never been married more than once. And that he believes the ages of himself and his brothers and sisters to be as represented in the above petition of his said mother and further saith not. 
Peter Kuhns
Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of February A.D. 1840 before me, John Montgomery
Peter King
State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
I, Samuel Durell Jordan, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that John Montgomery, before whom the foregoing proceeding purports to have been executed, is an associate Judge of the said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, to all of whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. As witness my hand and seal and the seal of the said Court this 15th day of February Anno Domini 1840.
Samuel D Jordan [seal]
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, SS.
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty, before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Peter Houck of Allentown borough, County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath did depose and say that he is Eighty eight years of age, that he is well acquainted with Julian Kuhns (who he understands is petitioning Congress for a pension), having known her from the time he was twenty one years old, that she was married to Michael Kuhns sometime in the fall of the year 1778 at Allentown, then in Northampton, now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Abraham Blum, the said deponent having been present at, and witnessed the marriage [illegible] and that there was many persons present at the marriage that said deponent knew said Julian Kuhns from that time forward till about the year 1795 or when she and her husband left the neighborhood of Allentown and moved to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and that said Michael Kuhns, her husband, was one of the first soldiers enlisted and left Allentown under Col. Craig (then Captain) and that he knows that said Michael Kuhns drew a pension and that at the time they removed from Lehigh (then Northampton) County to Northumberland County, Pa., that this deponent went along and helped them to move to said Northumberland County, and further deponent saith not.
Peter Houck
Sworn and subscribed this 23rd day of January A.D. 1840
Before me, 
John J. Krause, J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
I, John J. Krause, the same Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was drawn and sworn to, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Houck, the deponent above named, having known him for twenty eight years, that I believe him to be of the age aforementioned by himself, that he [illegible] may confidently be relied on [illegible].
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [illegible].
John J. Krause [seal]
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County SS.
I, Jesse Samuels, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Lehigh, do certify that John J. Krause, Esq., before whom the within proceedings purport to have been had, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, to all of whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court. Jan. 23rd A. D. 1840
Jesse Samuels, Prothonotary
I, the subscriber, of Allentown in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Houck, the deponent within named. I have known him this forty years and believe him to be a respectable citizen of the aforesaid town. As to his credibility, I do not doubt of those statements made by him under oath may be confidentially relied on in all cases.
Peter Newhard
House of Representatives
Washington City
July 9th, 1840
Hon. R. H. Hammond
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[illegible - German] Jan 1757
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[illegible - German] 1778 [illegible - German]
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
On this twenty first day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Seth Chapman and his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in open Court (the same being a court of record), Michael Kuhns, a resident of Turbut Township in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution." To wit, that he was born near Winchester in the State of Virginia on the 10th of September AD 1758, whence he about the age of five or six years removed to the State of Maryland and thence long before the revolution (the precise time not now recollected) to Northampton (now Lehigh) County in the State of Pennsylvania and thence about the year 1796 or 1797 to Turbut Township in the County of Northumberland and State aforesaid where he has since continued to reside. That in the fall or spring of 1776, he at the early age of nineteen enlisted at Allentown in the County of Northampton (now Lehigh) and state of Pennsylvania in a company commanded by Captain Thomas Craig, wherein Andrew Rechline was Lieutenant and William Craig, brother of the aforesaid Thomas Craig, Ensign. They were stationed at Allentown a week or two after his enlistment. They then marched to Easton where they stayed one month, thence to the garrison at Philadelphia where they stayed about four weeks. They then returned to Easton where they stayed one night and then went to Esopus in the State of New York where they stayed about two days. From thence they went to Albany where they stayed about one month and then went to Fort Edward where they stayed two weeks, thence to Fort George where they stayed two or three weeks, then went to
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Ticonderoga where they stayed about one week - thence to Crown Point where stayed between one and two weeks, thence to St. Johns where they stayed one or two weeks, thence to Lake Champlain where they stayed one or two weeks, thence to the Three Rivers where they lay about four weeks in garrison, thence they went to a place within two and a half miles of Quebec and shortly afterwards returned to Point Shamps, where they stayed about one week. Thence they went to a place called Sarel where they stayed one night and then marched to the Three Rivers where they had an engagement with the British who were commanded by Gen. Burgoyne. The British, according to the best of his recollection, amounted to about six or seven thousand while the American forces, who were commanded by Gen. Thompson, amounted to about five thousand men. The battle commenced about ten or eleven o'clock in the day and continued between two and three hours. The British compelled them to retire with a loss of between two and three hundred, killed, wounded and missing. The loss sustained by the British is not known. From the three weeks they went to Sarel where they stayed one night and then returned to Lake Champlain where they stayed half a day and then went to an Island in Lake Champlain where they stayed about one week. They then took their captain, Thomas Craig, who was sick, to Crown Point where they stayed one or two weeks, thence they marched with their captain, who had recovered, to Ticonderoga where they remained all winter. They arrived at Ticonderoga late in the fall, cold weather having already set in. Early in the spring, they went to Albany where they stayed one night and then went to Esopus where they stayed one night and then went to Easton where they stayed about one week and then went to Philadelphia where they stayed four or five weeks in a house in Race Street, the garrison being occupied by other American companies. Thence they went home, stayed about two weeks and then returned to Philadelphia and in two weeks were discharged from the service. In about nine months or one year afterwards, he entered a company of militia at Allentown, Northampton (now Lehigh) County in the State of Pennsylvania. The company was commanded by Captain Clayhons.
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from Allentown they went to a place called Saucon, about eight miles from Allentown. Here they stayed about two weeks and then went to a little town called Crooked Billet near Philadelphia where after a stay of two months they were discharged by Captain Clahouns, he the said Michael Kuhns having in the whole served a period of nearly three years. The deponent further states that his discharge has by some means or other been lost and that it is impossible for him now by reason of the lapse of time to procure a witness who from personal knowledge can testify to his service in the revolution. He further states that he has a record of his age in his Family Bible which accords with his age as above given, and that he is personally known to Bethuel Vincent, Adam Gudykunst, Peter Egner, Anthony Eshbauch, Henry Shaffer, one of the associate Judges of this Court, and indeed to a large number of the old gentlemen of this county, all of whom can testify in support of his veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. The deponent further states that he made application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 and received a certificate from the War Department authorizing him, the said Michael Kuhns, to receive from the President of the United States Bank in Philadelphia at the rate of $8.00 per month for his revolutionary services to commence on the 3rd day of November AD 1818, as by the certificate herewith presented will more fully and at large appear. The certificate is dated May the 6th 1819 and signed J. C. Calhoun and is the only documentary evidence now in his possession proving him to have been a soldier of the revolution. He also hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Michael Kuhns [his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Ed G. Bright, Prothonotary
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Interrogatories put to said applicant by the court and his answers thereto annexed.
1st Interrogatory: "Where and in what year were you born?"
Answer: Near Winchester in the State of Virginia on the 10th of Sept
A.D. 1758
2nd Interrogatory: "Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?"
Answer: I have a record of my age in my family Bible at home.
3rd Interrogatory: "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 Allentown in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania. I now live and ever since the revolution have lived in Turbut Township in the County of Northumberland and State of Penna.
4th: "How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?" I enlisted under Captain Thomas Craig as stated in my declaration.
5th: "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 service." All the regular officers whom I recollect are Gen. Thompson and Col. Wood of Phila. I recollect no continental or militia regiments. The general circumstances of my service are narrated in my declaration.
6th: "Did you receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?" 
Answer: I received my first discharge from Captain Bonner, my second from Captain Clayhons, but both have been lost.
7th: "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 service as a soldier of the revolution." Bethuel Vincent, Adam Gudykunst, Peter Egner, Anthony Eshbach, Henry Shaffer, associate Judge of this Court. 
Michael Kuhns [his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid, before me. 
Ed G Bright, Prothonotary
We, Henry Frick and Bethuel Vincent, residing in the Borough of Milton in the County of Northumberland and State of Penna., hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Kuhns who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy-three 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and aforesaid.
H. Frick
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the several interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Frick and Bethuel Vincent, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the place by them mentioned, that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Seth Chapman
Jacob Gearhart
I, Edward G. Bright, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michael Kuhns for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year aforesaid.
Ed G. Bright, Prothonotary
War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Michael Kuhns, late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of November one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.
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GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Michael Kuhns
Militia 2,838
Admitted
2 years and more
Private
$80.00
J. F. Wolfinger
Milton, Pa.
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Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by Pres. U.S. Bank in Philadelphia.
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
Registered by J.H. Henshaw, Clerk, in book B, volume 7, page 116
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10.300
Pennsylvania
Michael Kuhns, of [illegible], the state of [blank] who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hans on the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 1 year 8.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of November 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819 and sent to Jonas Harlot, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 $32.49
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1819 $48.00
$80.49
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
See letter 3rd April 1832 to Hon. L. Dewart
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Julian Kuhns of Michael
Pennsylvania
Suspended
See letter 22 Feb. 1840
Hon. R. N. Hammond
Letter 8 July 1840 to Hon. Peter Newhard
Act 7 July 1838
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5618
Pennsylvania
Julian Kuhns, widow of Michael Kuhns, deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 23 Dec 1832, of Northumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Craig of the regiment commanded by Col. Hand in the Pennsylvania line for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1840, and sent to John J. Wolfinger, Milton, Pennsylvania.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $160.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40 $20.00
$180.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk, Book A Vol. 2, Page 156.
Letter 18 Aug 1840 to Hon. R. H. Hammond
Let to J.F. Curtis Aug 29, 1846
To same Nov 4, 1846
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Michael Kuhns
Private
Pennsylvania Line
1776 - 20 months
Adm
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, SS.
On this third day of November A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, personally appears Michael Kuhns, aged sixty three years, resident in Northumberland County in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly affirmed according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war." That he, the said Michael Kuhns, enlisted in Allentown in January 1776 in the State aforesaid in the Rifle company commanded by Capt. Thomas Craig of the 2nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania line; that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until sometime about the month of August 1777, when he was discharged from service in Philadelphia in the State aforesaid. That he was in the battle of the three Rivers, that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and has no other evidence in his power of his said services, than that hereunto subjoined.
Michael Kuhns
Affirmed, sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Jonas Hartzell
On the day and year aforesaid, personally appeared before me, one of the Judges aforesaid, Abraham Rinker [illegible] and Leonard Nagle, Esq., who being respectively sworn according to law did depose and say that they are personally acquainted with the above named Michael Kuhns, having served with him in the same company as above stated, and are fully of the opinion that the facts set forth and contained in his application above written, are substantially true.
Leonard Nagle
Abraham Rinker
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid
Jonas Hartzell
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, SS.
I, Jonas Hartzell, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said county do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Michael Kuhns did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Jonas Hartzell
Nov. 3rd 1818.
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, SS.
I, Henry Wilson, Prothonotary of the court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonas Hartzell, whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing instrument of writing, was, at the time of subscribing the same and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of November A.D. 1818.
Henry Wilson, Prothonotary
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Milton, Pennsylvania
19 February 1840
J L Edwards, Esquire
Sir
I herewith enclose this, an application from Mrs. Kuhns for a Pension. I am personally acquainted with Mrs. K. and also her son, Peter, whose affidavit accompanies her papers. I know them both to be of good character and their statements to be entitled to full credit.
I will be again in my seat in Washington in 3 or 4 days.
Respectfully yours,
R.H. Hammond
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6661
Kuhns, Julian of Michael
Pennsylvania
March 6, 1840
[Stamp: Milton, Pa Mar 4]
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Milton March 2nd 1840
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the marriage record referred to in the Pension Declaration of Mrs. Julian Kuhns. I had all along been under the impression that the whole book would have to be sent on to the War Department and knew the old lady would not like to do without her Bible so long and for this reason it was not sent in the first place. I also told her that I considered it unnecessary to send it as we had better proof of her marriage than anything written in her Bible could be. However, we now send you the record itself for your own satisfaction and also refer you to Peter Newhard, Esq., the member of Congress from Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Penna., for a more full account of the character and credibility of Peter Houk, who testifies to the marriage of Mrs. Kuhns as set forth in his affidavit.
Yours respectfully,
John F. Wolfinger
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843, and of June 17th 1844.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Northumberland, SS. 
On this 16th day of July, 1846, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Peter Kuhns of Delwan in said County, aged Fifty Eight years, who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and Saith: That Julia Ann Kuhns is this deponents mother and that he is insane, and mentally disqualified to transact business, and this deponent, in behalf of the said Julia Ann Kuhns, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843 and of the 17th of June 1844, that the said Julia Ann Kuhns is a resident of the town of Turbot in said County, that she is of the age of eighty-six years. That she is the widow of Michael Kuhns who was a pensioner of the United States, and who died on the 22nd day of December 1832. That the said widow, Julia Ann Kuhns, applied for and received a pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of Forty Dollars per Annum. That his said mother became deranged in the month of June, 1841 and has continued in that state since. That she is now the widow of Michael Kuhns.
Peter Kuhns
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 16th day of July, 1846
John Vincent
I certify that the above-named Peter Kuhns, who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration, is a highly respectable person. That he has the reputation of being a son of Julia Ann Kuhns, who is the widow of Michael Kuhns, and the identical person who drew a Pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 and that she is now insane.
John Vincent, J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County SS. 
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Jacob Hortocher of Turbot in said County, aged sixty-eight years, who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that for the last Forty years he has
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been personally acquainted with Julia Ann Kuhns. That he became acquainted at the same time with her late husband, Michael Kuhns, who was a pensioner of the United States. That Peter Kuhns, who is by these presents applying for a Pension in behalf of the said Julia Ann Kuhns, is, and always has been reputed to be a son of the said Michael and Julia Ann. That his said Mother is now the widow of the aforesaid Michael and is the identical person who drew a pension as the widow of the said Michael Kuhns under the act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum. That the said Julia Ann Kuhns has been insane since 1841.
Jacob Horlocker
Subscribed and sworn before me this 15th day of July 1846
John Vincent, J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above-named Jacob Horlocker, that he sustains a fair reputation for truth and veracity, and that I consider any statement made by him entitled to credit.
John Vincent, J.P.
Northumberland County, SS.
I, John Farnsworth, Prothonotary of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing name two Justice of the Peace are at the present time acting Justices of said county and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Sunby this 17th day of July, A.D. 1846.
John Farnsworth, Prothonotary
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Huron, NY
Oct 27, 1846
Received 
Julian Kuhns
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Huron Oct 22. 1846
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
In answer to your report of August 29, 1846, relative to the case of Julia Kuhns, widow of Michael Kuhns, I have to state the Declaration of her son, Peter Kuhns, was made in conformity with the directions of Secretary Cass on page 138 of Doc. No. 95, published in January last, entitled "Pension laws now in force." I would respectfully submit to your consideration, whether the declarant is not entitled to a Pension Certificate under that Rule.
Yours with respect,
John F Curtis
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 and 17th June 1844 granting Pensions to Certain Widows.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Northumberland, SS.
On this third day of November 1846, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Peter Kuhns and Abraham Donat of the County aforesaid, after being duly sworn according to law, severely deposeth and saith that they are duly appointed trustees for the purposes of transacting business for and in the name of Julia Ann Kuhns, widow of Michael Kuhns, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States, and is now insane. That in behalf of the said Julia Ann Kuhns, they make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 3 March 1843 and 17th June 1844, granting pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of the above-named Michael Kuhns who was a soldier and a Pensioner of the United States as above stated, and that she is the identical person that drew a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 at the rate of Forty dollars per annum as the widow of the said Michael Kuhns. That she has not intermarried but continues as the widow of the said Michael Kuhns.
Peter Kuhns
Abraham Donat, Trustees of Julia Ann Kuhns, insane.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 3rd day of November 1846.
Wm Follmer, J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above-named Peter Kuhns and Abraham Donat, that they are respectable persons and worthy of confidence and credit. 
Witness my hand and seal this 3rd day November 1846.
Wm Follmer, J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS.
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Abraham Donat of the town of Turbut, in said County, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that for the last thirty years he has been personally acquainted with the within named Julia Ann Kuhns, widow of Michael Kuhns, who was a Pensioner of the United States. That the within named Julia Ann Kuhns is the identical person and widow of the said Michael Kuhns who drew a pension under act of 7th July 1838 of Forty Dollars per annum on account of the Revolutionary services of the said Michael Kuhns. That she is still his widow and is insane.
Abraham Donat
Subscribed and sworn before me this third day of November 1846
Wm Follmer, J.P.
I Certify that the above-named Abraham Donat, who has signed the above affidavit, is a respectable person and worthy of confidence and credit.
Witness my hand and seal this 3rd day of November 1846
Wm. Follmer, J.P.
Answer to John F Curtis, Huron, Wayne County, NY
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9155
1311
Julia Ann Kuhn
Pennsylvania
Admitted
$40
3 March 1843
17 June 1844
to be issued to Peter Kuhns and Abraham Donat. Committee appointed by the Court, she being insane and for her sole benefit.
John F. Curtis, Esq.
Huron, NY
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Northumberland, SS.
I, John Farnsworth, the Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify that at a Court holden at Sunbury in said County on the third day of November 1846, in open Court it was proven by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the Court, that Julia Ann Kuhns, widow of the late Michael Kuhns, who was a pensioner of the United States, is mentally deranged and is totally disqualified to transact business, and in consequence of such derangement and insanity, the Court has appointed Peter Kuhns and Abraham Donat of said County, as Trustees for the purpose of transacting business for and in the name of Julia Ann Kuhns.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this third day of November 1846.
John Farnsworth, Clerk
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6661
Julian Kuhns
of Michael
Pennsylvania
admitted
Private 1 year $40
Capt. Craig, Col. Hand, Pa.
died 23 Dec 1832
Act 7 July 1838
John F. Wolfinger
Milton, Pa.
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Revy. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3564
Julia Ann Kuhns
Widow
Michael Kuhns
Private, Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: Vol. A, Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]