Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,655, for Valentine Kuter, Pennsylvania
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(3-1778)
SERVICE Penn. | Kuter, Valentine or Kuder |
NUMER S. 5,655. 

CONTENTS
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30
Pennsylvania
30139
Valentine Kuder
of Schuylkill, in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the comp'y commanded
by Captain Pearson of the regt commanded
by Col Butler in the Pennsylvania
line for ten months from 1777

[in pencil]
Not in 1835 list [illegible] 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of August
1835 and sent to Hon
H. A. Muhlenberg Reading

Arrears to the 4th of March of 1835/ 133.34
Semi-an. allowance ending 10 Sep 35 16.66
$150.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm S Allison Clerk
Book E 2 Vol. 5 Page 35
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Pension papers
Valentine Kuter Soldier

A german who cannot speak english

9 months as a private
1 do as a Lieut
30659


Hon S Clark
Write to 
Wm Thompson
Ovid Seneca County N. Y.
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[left margin]
 7 months in the year 1780. private from May to December

State of New York Seneca County ss
On this 8th day of February A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County the said Judges now holding, the said court, now sitting at the Village of Waterloo in & for said county of Seneca, Valentine Kuter resident of the town of Fayette in the said County of Seneca and in the state of New York. aged 74 years the 25th day of May last past, 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 in the month of May 1780, and served for the term, in this tour, 7 months. Applicant declares, that he enlisted for this tour in the town of Lower Milford, in Bucks County in the state of Pennsylvania. That applicant was born at that place. Applicant enlisted under and by Captain George Wycand. On his enlistment he marched to Philadelphia, under Captain Abraham Keeline. At Philadelphia applicant was put into Captain Pierson's company, which company served, applicant continuing in it, in Colonel Butler’s regiment - during the said 7 months.
Applicant thinks that the Butler's regiment was the 9th regiment. Applicant, during the said tour and term marched with the said Butler's regiment from Philadelphia to Trenton in Jersey and from thence to Princeton and from thence to Tappan, near the North river, at which last place applicant’s regiment, under command of Colonel Butler, joined the Army
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commanded by General Wayne, and marched from the to Stony point from thence to Back ensue from thence to West Point where he remained about
two weeks, it being in the last of the month month of September as he supposes or first of October. Saw Maj Andre in the Fort after he was captured. Applicant marched from thence under the same [?] to Morristown, where he took a winter quarter, but stayed only three or four weeks at which time he obtained his discharge from the army which applicant took to the office in Philadelphia he left it and received a
certificate, which he carried to David Killenhouse [Rittenhouse?]who paid him lb. 17, 10 shillings being his pay for seven months. Applicant obtained his discharge from the officer who succeeded to Col. Butler in command, and whose name the applicant does not recollect, the succession being but a very short time previous to his discharge, the said officer however discharged all the soldiers belonging to Butler's Regiment.  Butler having been appointed Brigadier General. And the said applicant further declares
that upon a thorough search, he has been able to find only one witness who knows any thing about his enlistment, to wit Christian Huber of Bucks County, Pa. that from the time he left West Point until he reached Morristown he is unable to say how long time intervened, but that according to his best recollection, his discharge was received in the latter part of the month of December AD 1780 and that during the period of service above mentioned he was not employed in any civil pursuit 
And the applicant further declares that in
the month of August AD 1777 he was drafted into the militia into the company of Captain Millinger, under the command of Col McMaster at Bellings Fort in
New  Jersey where he was held in service two months during all of which time he was engaged in erecting fortifications, and at the end of that time was declared

[left margin note] 
In year 1777 Oct or September
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[left margin]
2 months private in August
1 month as Lieutenant Sept. 1781

by parole by the said Col McMartin, and after he returned home he received his pay to the amount of five pounds, being paid for two  months at the rate of fifty shillings per month, from [? a] Lieutenant Smith who he thinks was a paymaster.
And the said applicant further declares that in the month of September 1781 he was again drafted in the militia in the company of Captain Elias Kuter, a brother of the said applicant, whose company belonged to the Regiment of militia commanded by Colonel John Keller, and marched to [illegible] in Bucks County Pa,  where he remained during one month as lieutenant of the company. At the end of which time Colonel Keller by parole discharged him [&] the whole company and Lieutenant Murray then at [illegible] paid him nine pounds one month's pay.
 And the said application 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.
And the declarant further saith that he resided in Lower Milford Bucks County Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War except when he was in service and has resided in the same town ever since, until within 2 years when he moved into the town of Fayette in the county of Seneca, state of New York, where he now resides. The applicant has no documentary evidence in his possession of his services having left his discharge in Philadelphia, during the war.
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The applicant says he has a family record of his age taken from the record of the church in Lower Milford Bucks County Pa. That he is a native of that town of German descent and cannot read or speak the English language. That Henry Shankwiler of the town of Fayette this county has been acquainted with him nearly forty years. The applicant further saith that he thinks his name must be on the rolls in the war office, but as he always wrote in the German language letters, it may be difficult to identify the same. He served as a private in the seven months and all the service above mentioned except the last month's militia service mentioned, in his brother's company where he served in the capacity of lieutenant. 
Vallentin Kuter [umlaut above the u]
Sworn in open Court on the eighth day of February 1834 before me
Seb’n Murphy Clk

 Seneca County ss Henry Shankwiler of the town of Fayette in said county Being truly sworn deposit and saith that he has known Valentine Kuter the soldier, who has made and sworn to the above declaration, ever since the year 1796 and is now a near neighbor to him. That said Kuter is a man of good character, entitled to full credit. That he the witness always since he knew said Kuter, which is nearly 40 years, understood he served as a soldier in the US Army in the Revolutionary War. and he verily believes the facts stated in the above declaration to be true. That he, said witness, has interpreted the said declaration truly to said declarant in open court and said declarant has knowledge of, as he believes, assented to and declared the fact that the said Valentine Kuter writes his name
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In the german as follows (Vallentin Kuter [umlaut above the u]) and this deponent saw him sign the above declaration.
Henry Shankwiler
Subscribed and sworn in open Court 8 February 1834
Seb’n Murphy Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion.
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Shankwiler,
who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed certificate is a  resident of the Town of Fayette in the county of Seneca and a 
credible person and that their statement is intitled to full credit. Witness my hand the day and year first within written. 
Seb’n Murphy Clk

The State of New York Seneca County ss. I Seb’n Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Valentine Kuter for a pension. Witness my hand and seal of office at Ovid this 8th day of February A.D. 1834. Seb’n Murphy Clk
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30659
Valentine Kuter

April 19 ‘34

Hon S Clark

Wm Thompson Esq
Ovid New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
April 23d 1834.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A statement, showing the service of Valentine Kuter

Period when the service was rendered.
1780 May
1777
1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
7 mos
2 mos
1 mo

Rank of claimant. 
Private
Private
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Butler, Capt Pearson
Col McMartin
Col Keller

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
[blank] 

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[blank] 


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

+The name of the claimant is not found on the rolls of Col Butler’s regiment
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or of
On this day of County of of A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before in the county of
and State, Territory or District aged 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the
With line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
And the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of  do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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.
6. To a Solder. - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 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 than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and -- For -- months and – and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown under want 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 in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 other papers 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.
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 claimant's 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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August 7, 1939.
Mrs. Maude Kuder Allen     
Cresco Iowa       
BA-J/ILL
Valentine Kuter
S. 5655
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elias Kuder who served in the Revolutionary War, also, in regard to John Kuder who served in the War of 1812, both residents of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension found based upon service of an Elias Kuder; the War of 1812 records have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of a John Kuder.  The record has been found of Valentine Kuder of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who served in the Revolutionary Was under his brother, Captain Elias Kuder.  His record is furnished you herein as found in pension claim, S. 5655.
Valentine Kuder (pensioned Kuder) was born May 25, 1759 in Lower Milford, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents were not given. 
While a resident of his native place, Valentine Kuter enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania troops, on tours given as follow:  From August 1777, two months as private in Captain Mellinger's company, Colonel McMaster's regiment, from November 1777, two months as private in Captain Stenger's company, Colonel Sewit's regiment from May 1780; seven months as private in Captain Pearson's  company, Colonel Butler's regiment; from sometime in 1781;  one month as 1st Lieutenant in Captain Elias Kuder's (Valentine's bother's) company, Colonel John Keller's regiment. 
Valentine Kuter was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1834, at which time he resided in Fayette, Seneca
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County, New York. In 1835, he resided in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Valentine Kuter made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Valentine Kuter (as his name was borne on pension roll)
Certificate # 30139
Issued August 31, 1835
Rate $ 33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Suspended 
See letter 4 Apl
1835 to Jacob 
Harrimer Graingesburg [per] dr. 15 Apl 35 to C [?] to Hon M A Muhlenberg 6 August [35]

There were enlistments in Penn’a in 1780 for seven months, see discharge with papers of James McDowell Penn’a, see act of June 1832
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New York
Valentine Kuter
Revo’y
Suspended
Let to 
Hon S Clarke May 29 1834

Act of June ‘32
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State of Pennsylvania Bucks County SS
 On the eighteenth day of June Anno Domini 1835 personally appeared before me David Drissel Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Bucks, Christian Huber of Lower Milford Township in the County of Bucks aforesaid, aged 78 years, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Valentine Kuter, a resident of Schuylkill County who preferred his application to the pension office of the United States dated March 23rd A.D. 1835. That he served with him in the Revolutionary War under Captain Mellinger in the year 1777 for the space of 2 months during which time they were engaged in building the fort at Billingsport. That he served another tour of near 2 months under Captain Elias Kuter,  the brother of the said applicant in the year 1781. During this time the said Valentine Kuter officiated as first lieutenant. That Captain Kuter's company was stationed at Newtown in Bucks county. That although they did not serve the full period of two months they received full pay. That he was a neighbor of the said Valentine Kuter at the time he enlisted and marched from Lower Milford township of Bucks county. That he remembers that another person by name [Ulrich Spitz] left the same place as an enlisted soldier in company with said Kuter. That he does not recollect the precise time when those persons joined the Army but that it was prior to the time of his service under Captain Elias Kuter. That the time of his absence from home was about seven months and that he verily believed the said Valentine Kuter to have being [been] in the service of his country during that period. That he is the same person whose deposition dated June 10th A.D. 1833 and taken before David Drissel Esquire a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Bucks, and attached to the application of the said Valentine Kuter
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which has been exhibited to him. that at the time of the taking of the aforesaid deposition. He well knows the facts stated in the present deposition but the questions put by the Justice were not put to him then, or he would have answered them as he has now done. That he himself receives a pension from the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary war. And further he saith not.
Chistian Huber
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 18th day of June A.D. 1835
D’d Drissel  Justice Peace

State of Pennsylvania Bucks County SS
I Charles H Matthews Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that David Drissel Esquire before whom the within acknowledgment was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a regularly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County and was and is truly qualified according to law as such and that I verily believe the signature to be his. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Doylestown this nineteenth day of June AD 1835.
Ch H Matthews Prothy
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County 
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Schuylkill aforesaid, Adam Snyder of said county aged seventy eight years and upwards who after being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Valentine Kuder a soldier of the Revolutionary War who was formerly a resident of Upper Milford township Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, now a resident of Schuylkill County in the state aforesaid, that he is acquainted, and well remembers the fact that the said Valentine Kuder was an enlisted soldier under Capt Mercherd and marched with others from Upper Milford township aforesaid and entered the service of his country, that he was absent from home about seven months, that said deponent resided in the neighborhood of said Kuder and recollects well the time of his service and absence to be as above specified that he does not recollect the precise year when the said Kuder entered the service as an enlisted soldier but that he believes it to have been in the year 1780  That he knows it to have been the same year of the taking of Major Andre according to general reports then circulating that he also knows that the said Valentine Kuder afterwards served as a Militia Man and lay encamped at Newtown in the said  county of Bucks, that the said deponant is a soldier of the Revolutionary War that he served  three tours of two
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month each for which he receives a pension of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents yearly from the government of the United States, and further saith that sworn and subscribed before me August 24th A.D. 1835

Adam Snyder Jun'r
 
J. Kaucher (signature)


Schuylkill County ss

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Adam Snyder, that his character for veracity in the neighborhood were he resides is good and that full faith and credit is due to his statement contained in the above deposition.

Jacob Kaercher
Justice of the peace

Pennsylvania Schuylkill County ss
I Jacob Hammer Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County do certify that
Jacob Kaercher Esqr the person before the
foregoing proceedings appear to have been had
then was and now is an acting Justice of the
Peace of said County duly appointed commissioned and qualified
as such and that I believe the above signatures purporting to be his
to be Genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Court at Orwigsburg August
25th 1835
Jac. Hammer
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32.915
Valentine Kuder
Pennsylvania

susp’d

Allow for ten mos as a private

original declaration made in N.Y. sets forth
 only ten months and [illegible] service to that time only

clk
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State of Pennsylvania County of Schuylkill SS
 on the 23rd day of March ad 1,835 personally appeared in open court before Calvin Blythe  Esquire president of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Schuylkill aforesaid in the state of Pennsylvania, Valentine Kuter aged 75 years, who being first truly sworn according to law, doth on his oath makes 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 following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted as a private under Captain George Weicherd in Lower Milford Township Bucks County and state of Pennsylvania in the month of May in the year 1780 and served in the 9th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line under General Anthony Wayne, Colonel Butler and Captain Pearsons. That he marched from Lower Milford aforesaid through Germantown to Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania where he entered on board of Shallop, and landed at Trenton in the state of New Jersey. From there they were marched to Princeton, from then to a place called Buckness in the state of New Jersey where he joined the army under the aforementioned officers. That he marched to Hackensack, Tappan, and Stony Point on the North river, that he arrived at the Block house shortly after the Battle of
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the latter place. That he there assisted in the removal of the wounded American soldiers, numbering about seventy men. That he again returned to [Buckness] where the armies stationed themselves a short while. From thence they again took the line of march to Stony Point where the first brigade was stationed, and the first brigade continued on their line of march until they arrived at [?] point on the North river. That he was attached to the first brigade. That he well Recollects that Major Andre was taken as a [spye?] prisoner at the latter place and that he, this deponent himself, saw Major Andre. That they were marched from thence to a place near Morristown in the state of New Jersey where the Army took up their winter quarters. That he there received a written discharge, as he supposed it to have been, which instrument of writing he left in some office at Philadelphia where he received his certificate for his pay. That he returned to his home in the month of December in the former year after having served about seven months, during which time of service he was not engaged in any battle. That he frequently served in a scouting party and as a guard. That he knows of no living witness who served with him in the tour just set forth, but that Christian Huber whose affidavit is hereto attached, served with him as a militia man, and who recollect[s] that he enlisted and served during the Revolutionary war.
 That he entered the service as a private in the militia, at Lower Millford aforesaid in the year 1777 in the Harvest time, under Captain Mellinger and served under Colonel McMaster[‘s] regiment. That he was marched
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to Philadelphia, from thence to Chester in Delaware County Pennsylvania, from thence to Billings Fort. That he assisted in the building of said fort, at which place he remained until discharged. That he received a general discharge after serving two months and again returned to Lower Milford in the county of Bucks and state of Pennsylvania, his place of residence.
 That he again entered the service as a private militia man in the month of November in the year 1777. That he marched from Lower Milford aforesaid under the command of Captain Stenger under Colonel Lewis to Jarred’s Ferry on the Delaware River where the British prisoners were brought across from Jersey side. That he assisted in escorting the prisoners from the latter place to Lancaster Pennsylvania through York and McAllister in Pennsylvania to Tarrytown in the state of Maryland, where the prisoners (said to have been and known as Burgoyne’s)were stationed or left. That he was left off from duty at the latter place, and again returned to his former place of residence after having served 2 months.
 That he again entered the service as a first lieutenant in the militia, and marched from Lower Milford aforesaid in the month of May, in the year 1781, under Captain Elias Kuter, who was a brother of this deponent, and served under John Keller, the Col. in command. And marched to New Town in the same county of Bucks aforesaid, where he was stationed for the space of one month. That he was discharged at the latter place, as he understood, because their services were no longer required. The whole regiment left there about the same time.
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That he was born in the year 1759 on the 25th day of May in Lower Milford Township Bucks County and state of Pennsylvania. That the record of his age is contained in a certificate now in his possession. That he resided in Lower Milford Township aforesaid for the space of fifty seven years. That he lived in the county of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania twelve years. That he resided in the county of Columbia in the state aforesaid. That he resided in Seneca County in the state of New York between three and four years. And that he has again taken his residence In the county of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania, where he has resided since the month of November last. that he intends to make the latter place his permanent place of residence.
 He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state, except that of the agency of the state of Pennsylvania.
 Valentine Kuter
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said in open court.
Jac. Hammer Clk

We Isaac Stickly a clergyman residing in the County of Schuylkill and George Kehler residing in the same county hereby certify that we are am well acquainted with Valentine Kuder who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy
five years of age. That he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood when he resides, to have
been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Stickly
George G [Kehler? Longbow?]
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid.
Jac. Hammer Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion.
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac F Stickly,
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Schuylkill and a George Kehler who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county of Schuylkill and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
By the Court
Jac. Hammer Clk

I Jacob Hammer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Valentine Kuter for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 23rd day of March A.D. 1835.
Jac. Hammer
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Aug 31 Pa

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READING PA 
AUG 27

Free 
H A Muhlenberg

FREE
James L Edwards Esqr
Commis’r of Pensions
Washington City
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Reading Aug 27th, 1835

 Dear Sir
 I trust we have now all the evidence you desire in the case of Kuder. We had about despaired of getting it, but were more fortunate in the prosecution of our inquiries than we would have anticipated.
 
Very respectfully
 Your ob’t serv’t
Hen A Muhlenberg

J L Edwards Esqr
Commis’r of Pensions
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Reading July 31, 1835

Dear Sir
I again hand you the papers of Valentine Kuder returned to me some time since with a few objections, which are now removed by the additions made. Kuder is poor but a man of great probity and truth.  No one in his neighborhood ever questioned his having served as stated and great interest is felt for him. I know him well and would take his word for any thing even where he is a party interested & am convinced that he would rather starve than even think of testifying to an untruth.
 I trust this case will be disposed of as soon as your convenience may admit. That you will send me a pension certificate for the amount you may think him justly entitled to,  be it great or small. anything to relieve the necessities of a poor, old & deserving man. 

I am
With unfeigned regard
Your friend & ob’t serv’t
Hon A Muhlenberg

J L Edwards Esqr
Commis’r of Pensions
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Reading June 23rd, 1835

Dear Sir
May I ask your attention to the enclosed Declaration of Val. Kuder, who applied for a pension under the act of June 1832. it has been returned on account of some informality and insufficiency of proof, I believe. I know Kuder well. He is a most worthy old man & no one knowing him can doubt his having served. I should much regret if he could not produce [solid] evidence as to satisfy the Department of the justice of his claim.
In the hope of hearing from you favorably as soon as your convenience will admit of.
 I am
Very respectfully
 Your ob’t serv’t
Hon A Muhlenberg

James L Edwards Esqr
Commis’r of Pensions
Washington City
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Free
Hon. Sam’l Clark
Member Congress
Washington

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WATERLOO NY
MAY 10

Immediate attention

Hon. S Clark
[Dep’t?] May 29 1834
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Waterloo May 19th 1834

Dr Sam’l,
[illegible first line]
the [D __d] of all papers, as you
know, Uncle Shankwiler’s. 
Each of them to old Kuter & 
has plagued me to death & 
now he wants me to do the same
 to you. You will see, that the 
defect is that his name is not 
found, in the roll.  Now he [claims?] 
it in this way, he says that the 
orderly was an Irishman and
 always called him Koeter. 
That he had to correct him, but 
his Irish temper refused [correction?]
What I want is that 
you examine the roll. And 
I have no doubt you will then
 find the name of Valentine
 Koeter, & that he has not had
 a pension. May have spelt 
his name [Gokter? Illegible]
Name. Your wife & children
 (including the altar boy) are well.
Will write you in a few days. I 
will say something [political?]
Your od’t sv’t
J Knox

Hon S Clark
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bucks County SS
 Personally appeared Christian Huber of this Township of Milford and said County of Bucks before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for said County. maketh oath and depose and says that he and Valentine Kuter have served as privates in the militia in the Revolutionary War the term of two months and the deponent says the above named Valentine Kuter have enlisted afterwards again in the Army of said Revolutionary War under the seven months [illegible] and further says deponent that he and said Valentine Kuter have served together as privates in the militia of said war one month more and they where [were] honourably discharged by their officers. Further saith not.
Christian Huber
Sworn and subscribed before me the 10th day of June A.D. 1833
D’d Drissell
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Set

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Valentine Kuder of the said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and sairth that by reason of old age and the consequent lapse of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services as an enlisted private soldier of the Revolutionary War under Captain George Merchert but that according to the best of his knowledge and recollections he served not less than seven months and that he also served two months as a private militia man under Captain Mellinger and that he also served two months as a private militia man under Captain Stenger and that he served as a first Lieutenant in the militia under Captain Elias Kuder for a period not less than one month and for such services he claims a pension.

Sworn and subscribed before the 17th day of July A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty five.  

Signature Vallentine Kuture

Elijah Yarnall
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Schuylkill County

I Jacob Hammer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that Elijah Yarnall Esq is an acting Justice of the peace of said county duly appointed commissioner and qualified as such and that I believe that within signature Elijah Yarnall to be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Oswigsburg  the twenty eighth day of July A.D. 1835

Jas Hammer
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State of Pennsylvania Bucks County SS

I the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the county and state said before whom before going deposition of Christian Huber was taken dated the eighteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.  That I am well acquainted with the said Christian Huber. That he is a respectable man and that his character for veracity and honesty is good and that full faith and credit is due to the statement as set forth in his deposition. 
Witness my hand this eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
D’d Drissell
Justice of the peace
 in and for
Bucks County
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Valentine Kuder
Pennsylvania

Rev Claims Free

See letter to 
Hon H A Muhlenberg
26 June 1835

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READING  PA
JUNE 23

June 26 Pa.
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September 20, 1933
BA-J/MMHF/eel
Valentine Kuter-S.5655

Mr. Paul M. Kuder
236 West 55th Street
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Kuder, of the Bucks County Militia and Peter Kuder.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services in that war of a Peter Kuder or Kuter.  The record of one Valentine Kuder has been found in whose claim the record of one Captain Elias Kuder is shown.  That record is furnished herein as found in pension claim, S 5655, based upon the service of Valentine Kuter or Kuder in that war.

Valentine Kuter
S.5655

Valentine Kuter (pensioned Kuder) was born May 25, 1759 in Lower Milford, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of his native place, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:  from August, 1777, two months as a private in Captain Mellinger's Company, Colonel McMaster's Regiment; from November, 1777, two months as a private in Captain Stenger's Company, Colonel Sewits' Regiment;  From May, 1780, seven months as a private in Captain Pearson's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment; from sometime in 1781, one month as first lieutenant in Captain Elias Kuder's Company (said captain was the soldier's brother) Colonel John Keller's Regiment.
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Valentine Kuter was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1834, while a resident of Fayette, Seneca County, New York.  In 1835, he was living in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

There are no data as to his family, other than the reference to his brother, Elias.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Valentine Kuter (s.5655), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

Valentine Kuter (pensioned Kuder), Certificate No. 30139, issued August 31, 1835, Rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section       MMHF

March 18, 1925

Theodore A. Haish
527 North Ashland Ave.,
LaGrange, Ill.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5655 it appears that Valentine Kuter (pensioned Kuder) was born May 25, 1759 in Lower Milford, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of his native place he enlisted in August 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Mellinger's Company, Colonel McMaster's Pennsylvania Regiment.

He enlisted in November 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Stenger's Company, Colonel Sewitz' Pennsylvania Regiment.

He enlisted in May 1780 and served seven months as a private in Captain Pearson's Company, Colonel Butler's Pennsylvania Regiment.

He enlisted in 1781 and served one month as First
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Lieutenant in Captain Elias Kuder's Company (said Captain was the soldier's brother), Colonel John Keller's Pennsylvania Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1834 while a resident of Fayette, Seneca County, New York.

In 1835 he was living in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 

There is no data on file as to his family, other than the reference to his brother Elias.

This Bureau is unable to furnish the full history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show a claim on file on account of the service of Elias Kuter or Kuder.

Respectully, 

Acting Commissioner

Date of death not availb
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 Oct. 11, 1921.

Mrs E. M. K. Petteys
Toutogany, Ohio.

Madam:
In response to your letter of the 19” ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the full history of a soldier of the revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty has been made on account of his service and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Elias Kuder or Kuter, but he is referred to as a Captain of a Penn. Militia Company in the pension claim of his brother Valentine Kuder or Kuter. S. file 5655. very respectfully 
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

I address envelope to McIntosh Fla
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In reply to your request of ___, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Valentine Kuder, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 5655

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
3. May 1780 to Dec 1780
1. Aug 1777
4. 1781
2. 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[blank - 8 mos]
2 mos.
1 mo.
2 mos.

RANK. 
Pvt.
Pvt.
Lieut
[blank]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
 Pearson
Mellinger
Elias Kuder
[blank]

COLONEL. 
Butler
McMaster
[illegible]
[illegible]

STATE. 
Pa.
Penn.
[blank]
[blank]

Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lower Milford, Bucks Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Feb 3, 1834 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Fayette Seneca Co, N.Y.
Age at date of application, born May 25, 1759 in Lower Milford Twnshp
Remarks: [illegible] in church at Lower Milford; Captain Elias Kuder is his brother

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section
September 6, 1913
Mrs. Orrie K. Oppermann
Tontogany, Ohio
Madam:
In response to your undated communication received the 5th instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the full military history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed on account of his services, and careful search of the Revolutionary War records fails to show such a claim for Elias Kuder (variously spelled) ; but he is referred to as a Captain of a Militia company in 1781, in the claim of his brother Valentine Kuder, Sur File No 5.655, whose history is furnished you herewith. 
Very Respectfully, 
/s/ G.M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner
see Penn Arch,
Fifth Series
Vol V. 
pp 427-430
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Rev. War Section.
January 27, 1916

Susan E. Keter
811 So. 11th Street
Tacoma, Washington.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 4” instant, relative to Valentine Kuter or Kudr, Sur. File No. 5655, Rev. War, you are advised that in his first application for pension, executed February 8th, 1834, he stated that in May 1780, he was enlisted for 7 months under and by Captain Wycard, marched to Philadelphia under Captain Abraham Keeline, and was put into Captain Pearson's company, continuing in it, in Colonel Butler's 9th regiment during the 7 months, as private, until December.
In his second application executed March 23, 1835, quoted only in part in the copy of Secretary Ryan's letter, Valentine Kuter stated that he enlisted in May 1780, as a private, under 
Captain George Weicherd and served in the 9th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line under Captain Pearson, Colonel Butler and General Anthony Wayne, 7 months.
 In 1781, he served one month as First Lieutenant under his brother Captain Elias Kuder, not Captain Louis Keeder.
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He resided in Lower Milford Township, 57 years, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 12 years; Columbia County, Pennsylvania, - - -; Seneca County, New York, between 3 and 4 years; and returned to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, November 1834.

The records of this Bureau fail to show that the soldier's name was ever recorded as "Keeder"; it is recorded as Kuder and he was pensioned as "Kuder" although he appears to have signed in German, "Kuter."

Upon verification of the above data it is suggested that you accept the letter of November 29, 1915, compiled from the original papers on file in this Bureau, in kieu of the incomplete abstract furnished you under date of December 23, 1903, which is not a report of all of said papers.

Very respectfully,

[handwritten G. M. Saltzgaber]

Commissioner.

Kuter or Kuder -2-
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RECEIVED
JUNE 19 1939
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADMIN
READER 15

Cresco, Iowa
June 16 - 39

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
I have been trying to find
a record of Elias Kuder who
fought thru out the entire Revolutionary 
War - and also a John Kude a son
of Elias who fought thru the War
of 1812. They were residents 
of Bucks Co Penn but they haven’t 
any Records. And they advised
 me to write you.
Will you please help me?  And 
thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours-
(Maude Kuder Allen) Mrs E. H. Allen
Cresco, Iowa
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[letterhead]
Telephone Circle 7-0533
CODE: AMHOPS
A.B.C. 5th Edition
American Hops Company
Choice Domestic and Imported Hops
236 WEST 55th STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y.

September 13 th, 1933.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

I am compiling information relative to the Kuder family which I
am contemplating putting into pamphlet form for distribution
among my relatives and I would, therefore, appreciate any information that you might be able to supply me with concerning Captain Kuder of Colonel John Keller's Regiment of Bucks County Militia during the Revolutionary War. Also Peter Kuder a private in Captain Henry Huber's Company from Lower Milford in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Thanking you in advance for what assistance that you can give me as to their place of enlistment or parents, I am

Sincerely yours,
Paul M. Kuder
Paul M. Kuder

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SEP 15 1933
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADMIN
READER 64
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527 North Ashland Avenue,
La Grange, Illinois
February 5th, 1925

Bureau of Pensioners,
Revolutionary Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
In working out the genealogical history of the
family and would appreciate your sending to me the family
history and any other information which appears in the application of VALENTINE KUTER
He was a private and a Lieutenant in the War. He was born in 1759 and died in 1852.

Very truly yours,
Theodore A. Haish
Theodore A. Haish
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Rev. Sect.
Toutogany, Ohio
Sept. 19 ‘21

Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.
Can you give me the record of
Elias Kuder, who enlisted
in Penn. for service during the
Revolutionary War.
I am a great grand daughter
and would like the record as it is 
necessary in order join the D.A.R
Thanking you in advance.
Address
Mrs. Emma M. Kuder Pettey
McIntosh,
Marion Co Fla

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PENSION OFFICE U S
SEP 22 1921
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Rev. - 1 C. B. H.
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DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED
OCT 23 1916
[TO] BUREAU PENSIONS

Hinckley, Ill.
Oct. 21, 1916
Sec. of the Interior,
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir, What information
that would be of interest as a
matter of family record regarding
Valentine Kuder, or Kuter, of Penn.
and Capt. Louis Kuder who served
in the Revolutionary War can be
obtained through your department?
Can you suggest how further
information can be obtained?
Gratefully yours,
A. H. Kuter
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DELMER H TRIMBLE MINISTER
RESIDENCE 1709 SO. EIGHTH STREET
PHONE MAIN 5137

First Methodist Episcopal Church
SO. EIGHTH AND G STREETS

SUSAN E KUTER
DEACONESS
RESIDENCE 811 SO ELEVENTH STREET
PHONE MAIN 4746

TACOMA, WASH.

 one 2 ct Stamp Enclosed
NL Stamp Ret/BH
OK Rev S
Rev Sec

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DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED
NOV 22 1915
BUREAU PENSIONS

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PENSION OFFICE U S
NOV 22 1915

Nov 15 - 1915
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington D.C

Sir:-- I shall be grateful for any
information you may be able to give
of my great grandfather, Valentine Kuter,
a pensioner, who served in the Revolutionary
 War. If I mistake not he served one month
as lieutenant, enlisted in 1777.
Thanking you I am very respectfully
Susan E. Kuter,

811 So 11th St.
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Tacoma, W'n.
Jan. 4-1915

G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner
Washington, D.C.
Sir - I wrote you in No.
for a statement of the military history
of Valentine Kuter.
I enclose one written to my aunt
Susan Kuter Bentz of Waterloo, Iowa
in 1903, by Sec. Ryan. I sent to you
as I wished to join the daughters
of the American Revolution and
there is lacking in your report
some information that Sec. Ryan
seemed to have at that time and
which I think is quite essential to
my gaining entrance into that most
worthy society; so for that reason
may I ask you to kindly write
in your statement the fact
contained in the last paragraph
Sec Ryan's enclosed report, Also
that Valentine Kuder or Kuter
served 7 mos as a private in the
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In 1780 he served seven months as a private in the Penn’a Vols under Capt Geo Wichard and Col
Anthony Wayne & in May 1781 he served one
month as lieutenant in the company of Pennsylvania
Volunteers under Capt Louis Reeder [Keeder or Kuder?]and Col. John Keller.
In this connection it is proper to add that the soldier’s name is recorded as “Kuder”, however he wrote  his name in German “Kuter.”

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PENSION OFFICE U S
JAN 10 1916
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Pa. Volunteers under Capt. Geo
Wercherd & Col. Anothy Wayne.
My father born in 1831
occupied the same room when
a boy of 18 to 20 and cared for
his grandfather until great
grandfather Valentine Kuter
was past 90 years of age so I 
know from my father that
this man was my great grand
father
I am exceedingly grateful
to you for your courtesy
and kindness
Most sincerely,
Susan E. Kuter
811 So. 11th St
Tacoma, W'n.
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SEP 5 1913
Mr Elias Kuder officer
was married in Bucks Co
Upper Milford Township, from
thence removed to
Northampton County in
the year 1788.
All in Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Orie K. Oppermann
Toutogany, O.

Send .
Valentine Kuder S 5655 for 
Mr Nelson
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5655
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 5655
Valentine Kuder
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol M, Page 202
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Dec. 22, 1903 Hist to
Mrs. S. K. Bentz
Waterloo Iowa thro Sec. 
office. Her letter returned

1913 Sept 8. Hist to Mrs.
Orrie K Oppermann [cents]

1915 Nov. 29. Hist. to Susan 
E. Kuter  [cents] 

1916 Jan. 17. Letter
to Susan E. Kuter see carbon  [cents]

1916 Nov. 13. History to A. H.
Kuter  [cents]

1921 Oct 11 Data as to Elias Ruder 
to Mrs. E. M. K. Petteys. aw

1923 Mch. 18 - Hist to Theo. A Haish mmhf

1933 - Dept 20 Hist to
Paul M. Kuder eel

1939 Aug. 9 Hist to Mrs. Maude
Kuder Allen jll