Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2945, for Peter Kachlein, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pen.
Kathleen, Peter Elizabeth
W 2945
CONTENTS

10.833.
Phila.
Reported
Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth Nachlein dec d
Widow of Peter Nachlein who was a Pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1828 after having in the State of Penn a who was a Serjt in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Batt n commanded by Col Baxter in the Penn a line for 4 mo. 21 days 1 " 9 " per m th
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 66 Dollars 97 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Vend 16 Sept. 1839 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Feby 1850 and sent to Hon M. M. Dimmick, A.R.
Total amount, Payable to surviving children Due back of [Act July 7, 1838.] this file - Recorded by Chase Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 223
Payable to only surviving children my
Peter Nachlein John Nachlein Michael Nachlein Elizabeth Schurman Margaret Nachlein & David Nachlein.
Letter Hon Mr. H. Dimmick 25 Mar 1850

The Reverend Thomas Pomp of the Borough of Easton in the County of Northampton and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania being duly sworn according to Law, says, That he became Pastor of the German Reformed Congregation in said Borough of Easton in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six, and has continued to officiate in that Capacity from that time up to the present time.
That shortly after his so becoming such Pastor, he became acquainted with Peter Koechlein and Elizabeth his wife, who resided a short distance from said Borough and who were in the habit of worshipping at the Deponent's Church from that time to the time of their respective deaths, and that some of their children born after the year seventeen hundred and ninety six were baptized by Deponent.
In reference to the record of Births and Baptisms made by the predecessor of deponent in the Pastoral Office, he finds that Peter Koechlein, a son of the said Peter Koechlein & Elizabeth his wife, born 22 nd February 1786 was baptized on the 19 March 1786, the parents, the said Peter Koechlein and Elizabeth his wife, being the sponsors.
That the said Peter Koechlein and Elizabeth his wife were people of character and respectability and well connected, and were always held and reputed by the Community in which they lived as man and wife lawfully married, and the Deponent never heard the fact of their marriage or the legitimacy of their children questioned; and the mode of entry of the baptism of their child on the 19 March 1786 would show they were so considered at the time. The said Peter Koechlein, as Deponent always understood, was reputed to be the son of Colonel Peter Koechlein, one of the leading men of the County in the Revolutionary War, and who by common report was taken prisoner in the Flying Camp and died while a Prisoner. The said Peter Koechlein the husband of the said Elizabeth deponent has heard from those who stated they had been in service with him, and are now deceased, was also an Officer in the said Flying Camp.
Deponent was not present at the funeral of the said

Peter Kachlein, but was present at the funeral of his wife, the said Elizabeth. She died as Deponent finds by reference to the record of Deaths in the said Congregation kept by him, on the sixteenth of September eighteen hundred and thirty nine, her husband having died several years before her.
Sworn and Subscribed the 27 th Day of March A. D. 1848 before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County
Thos. Pomp
Geo. Hays Jr.
Philip H. Mattes of the Borough of Easton Esquire, aged sixty three years and upwards, being duly sworn according to Law, says that he was acquainted with Peter Kachlein now deceased, the reputed revolutionary officer for whose services an application is being made to the proper Department for the Pension due the Widow. That the said Peter Kachlein died in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and left a widow named Elizabeth, whose maiden name this Deponent had always understood to have been Elizabeth Greff. That the said Elizabeth survived her said Husband and died about the year 1839 leaving the following Children living at her decease - Peter Kachlein, John Kachlein, Michael Kachlein, Jacob Kachlein, Elizabeth then the wife now the Widow of Jacob Ackerman deceased, Margaret Kachlein, and David Kachlein.
Sworn and subscribed the fifteenth day of June - A. D. 1848 before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County
P. H. Mattes.
Geo. Hays

Melchior Hay of Fork Township in the County of Northampton and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Farmer, aged eighty Years and upwards, being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says, That he became acquainted with Peter Kachlein of Fork Township aforesaid before the Revolutionary War. The said Peter Kachlein was the Son of Colonel Peter Kachlein, one of the Colonels in the Flying Camp and had been taken a prisoner by the British, and was at one time Sheriff of the said County of Northampton.
That the said Peter Kachlein (son of the said Colonel Peter Kachlein) when Deponent first knew him was a single Man in the Service of his father as a Miller in a Mill owned by his said father on the Rushkill Creek in said County. That he was afterwards married to a woman by the name of Snyder who died shortly afterwards and by whom he never had any Issue; and that after the death of his said wife he intermarried with Elizabeth Gress Daughter of Michael Gress with whom & whose family the Deponent was intimately acquainted, being immediate neighbours to each other. Deponent was not present at their Marriage, but they lived and cohabited together as man and wife and were so deemed and reputed by all their Neighbours & acquaintances, and were always considered persons of respectability of Character. That the said Peter Kachlein died several Years ago leaving surviving him his said wife Elizabeth, who is also since deceased, leaving the following named Children Issue of her said husband, viz: Peter Kachlein, John Kachlein, Michael Kachlein, Jacob Kachlein, David Kachlein and Elizabeth wife of Jacob Ackerman dec d and Margaret Kachlein

That the Deponent well knows that the said Peter Kachlein was second Lieutenant in Captain John Amst's Company attached to the Flying Camp. The other Officers in said Company were Joseph Martin & Isaac Shimer as Deponent understood. That the said Peter Kachlein joined the said Company at its original Organization about the year seventeen hundred & seventy six and marched from Easton through New Jersey and they were accompanied on their March by Peter Haas, the Deponent's brother, with his team, for some distance. Deponent did not personally see the said Lieutenant Kachlein in the ranks as he was not present at their departure from Easton, but he heard and understood at the time, and uniformly afterwards that the said Peter Kachlein was such Officer and was in the Service of the United States in that Capacity in New Jersey, Long Island &c. but for how long a period the deponent cannot well recollect.
That the Deponent has frequently understood from the said Peter Kachlein that after the close of his Service in the said flying Camp, he performed a tour of military duty under the Command of Captain Patterson against the Indians who were committing depredations on the Inhabitants of the northern parts of Northampton County, on which on which duty he had been drafted as deponent understood in consequence of the killing of George Larner by the Indians on the Pocono Mountain.
That Deponent was in habits of frequent Intercourse with the said Peter Kachlein, who often detailed to him his services as a Revolutionary Officer, but from the lapse of time Deponent is unable to state more minutely than he has done the facts.

in regard to such service which he formerly knew but which have now escaped his recollection
Sworn & Subscribed
June 6. A.D. 1849
Before me
A. D. Wolf J.P.
Melchior his  mark  Hay

State of Pennsylvania Northampton County
ss. I Thomas John Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Northampton aforesaid, Do hereby certify, That Horace E. Wolf Esquire before whom the preceding affidavits of Peter Waldy and Melchior Kay respectively were made and taken, and Joseph Hirst Esq. before whom the preceding Deposition of John Reed was made and taken were lawfully Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Northampton duly commissioned and sworn, at the time the same were so made and taken, and yet are such Justices of the Peace; and I further certify that the Honorable George Hest before whom the foregoing Deposi- tions of the Rev. Thomas Pomp and Philip H. Mattes Esq. were made and taken was at the time thereof and yet is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Northampton duly commissioned & qualified And that the signatures purporting to be the signatures of the aforesaid Horace E. Wolf, Joseph Hirst and George Hest Esquires are genuine & of their proper handwritings respectively —
Witness my Hand & the Seal of the said Court at Easton the eleventh Day of June. A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine —
Thos. J. Hest Prothonotary

13947

State of Pennsylvania } Northampton County } ss.
On this Nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton aforesaid, Michael Kachlein, a resident of Forks Township in the said County of Northampton aged sixty Years and upwards, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July seventh A D eighteen hundred & thirty eight entitled "An Act granting half Pay and Pensions to Certain Widows" and the Acts in addition thereto:
That he this Deponent is one of the Sons of Elizabeth Kachlein late of the Township of Forks in the said County of Northampton deceased. That she the said Elizabeth was the Widow of Peter Koechlein junior who was a Lieutenant in the Flying Camp from Northampton County. That he served as such Officer in the Company Commanded by Captain John Arndt in the Battalion Commanded by Col. Baxter. That he entered the Service on the ninth Day of July A D. One thousand seven hundred and seventy six and continued therein until the first Day of December A D one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, being a period of four months and twenty one Days. That the said Peter Kachlein Jun r when he so entered the said Service resided in the Township of Forks in the said County of Northampton and entered the same as a Volunteer. That the battles in which he was engaged during the term of his service as Lieutenant as aforesaid were generally those in which the said Flying Camp were engaged in their Expedition through New Jersey, Long Island &c.
That after the Termination of his service as Lieutenant in the said Flying Camp, the said Peter Koechlein Jun r entered the Service of the United States as a Lieutenant

or Private in Captain Patterson's Company of Northampton County Militia, and was engaged in the Skirmishes with the Indians in the upper parts of Northampton and Luzerne Counties, in Pennsylvania, against whom the said Militia were drafted - but the exact period at which the said service was performed, or the length thereof, the Declarant is unable to state, but believes it to have been for a period of eighteen months. This Deponent further declares that his said mother, the said Elizabeth Kocchlein, was married to the said Peter Kachlein jun d in or about the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and that her Husband the said Peter Kachlein jun d died in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight; - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated.
He further declares that his said Mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Kocchlein also departed this Life in or about the Year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, leaving the following named Children living at her decease, to wit: Peter Kachlein, John Kachlein, Michael Kachlein (This Declarant) Jacob Kachlein, Elizabeth then the Wife, now widow of Jacob Kachlein deceased, Margaret Kachlein and David Kachlein - all of whom are yet living, except Jacob Kachlein who died in the month of August A D One thousand eight hundred & forty six and left a Widow named Elizabeth & issue six Children, to wit, Jacob, Charles, David, Reuben, Susanna & Catherine -
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court Nov: 19. 1849 attest
The Heter. Not. y
Michael Kuchleine

I, Thomas Sletor, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do certify, That the foregoing Declaration of Michael Kachlein was made in open Court, before the Honorable J. Pringle Jones President and his associates George Hess and John H. Keller Esquires Judges of the said Court & that the Declarant, Michael Kachlein is a person entitled to Credit.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said Court at Easton, the twenty seventh Day of November A d eighteen hundred and forty nine.
Thos Sletor. Prothonotary

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by James R. Snowden Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 2, Vol- ume 1, Page _____ by J. P. Chase Clerk.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th July 1838, Elizabeth Wachlein dec d . late of Pennsylvania, widow of Peter Wachlein who was a Lieutenant & private in the Revolution and died in the year 1828, is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of Sixty Six 2/3rds dollars, per annum, commencing March 4 th 1836, and ending 16 th September 1839 when she died.
The amount is due and payable to her only surviving children, to wit, Peter Wachlein, John Wachlein, Michael Wachlein, Elizabeth Ackerman, Margaret Wachlein and David Wachlein.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 4 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

No 13.947
Elizabeth Koachline wid of Peter
Pu Northampton Co.
act 7 July 1838
b. d. — 1828,
m. d. 16 Sept 1839
admitted
St. 4m 21 day $62.64
P. 11 9 4.33 $66.97
P. on for 4 March 1836 to 4 March 16 Sep 1839 when she died. Children now surviving —
Peter Koachline, John Koachline John Koachline Michael Koachline Elizabeth Ackerman Margaret Koachline David Koachline
Non: M. M. Linnick
H. R.
Setty enclosed to be returned with certificate to be returned.

At a Meeting of the Standing Committee held at Easton the 9th day of July Anno 1776, Present Lewis Gordon Chair d Jesse Jones, Abraham Berlin, Jonas Hartzel, Conradus Weygandt and Robert Matthews
Resolved with the concurrence of the Commissioners and Field Officers of this County, that in order to encourage a sufficient number of Volunteers to turn out to serve in the defence of their Country to form a Flying Camp, a bounty of £3 be given to every able bodied man to enlist in the said service to the first day of December next, unless sooner dis- charged by Congress, the said bounty to be raised by a tax on the Inhabitants of this County
The following Gentlemen were recommended as Officers in the said Flying Camp now to be raised
Of the 1 st Battalion
Capt. . . . . John Arndt 1 st Lieut. . . . . Joseph Martin 2 d Lieut. . . . . Peter Kachlein Jr. Ensign . . . . . Isaac Shrymer
Of the 3 d Battalion
Capt. . . . . Nicholas Kern 1 st Lieut. . . . . Enoch Reer 2 d Lieut. . . . . Peter Brüche Ensign . . . . . William Daniel
Of the 2 d Battalion
Capt. . . . . Henry Hagonbuck 1 st Lieut. . . . . John Moritz 2 d Lieut. . . . . Godfrey Meyer Ensign . . . . . Jacob Mummey
Of the 4 th Battalion
Capt. . . . . Timothy Jayne 1 st Lieut. . . . . Peter Middagh 2 d Lieut. . . . . Poy a Ennis Ensign . . . . . Abner Everett
Major . . . . . Michael Robst Surgeon's Mate John Tampert Serjeant Major John Spangenberg Lieut Col d not yet appointed.

Ordered, that the several Battalions in the County find the following Quota of men to compose said Flying camp viz t
  1st Battalion to find 92 Privates including non commissioned Officers   2d Battalion . . . . . 120 do do   3d Battalion . . . . . 57 do do   4th Battalion . . . . . 49 do do   318. 
State of Pennsylvania } Northampton County } S p .
Peter Baldy Esquire of the Borough of Easton, Pennsylvania, being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says, That he is Librarian of The Easton Library, at the said Borough of Easton, and that the foregoing is a correct Extract from the original Book of Minutes of the Committee of Safety of the County of Northampton, Pennsylvania, commencing 21 December 1774 and ending 14 August 1777 deposited and remaining in the Easton Library aforesaid —
Sworn & subscribed } the eleventh Day of June } A.D. 1849 — Before } HORNBOY J.P. in
Peter Baldy

Master Roll in the First Battalion of Associators in the County of Northampton & Province of Pennsylvania which is to compose part of the Flying Camp of Ten Thousand Men Commanded by Col. Hart yee in Cap t John Knadt's Company July 1776
John Knadt Cap t Joseph Martin 1 st Lieut t Peter Rachline Jr 2 nd Lieut t Isaac Shimer 3 rd Lieut t
   Sergents  Corporals  Drummer      Robert Scott  Jacob Rachline  John Knadt    Andrew Herster  George Edelmann  Henry Mshase Fiffer    Philip Knadt  Peter Rifter     Andrew Riefer  Elijah Crawford    
   1 Daniel Lewis  18  Jacob Andrew  35  Frederick Reeger    2 Benjamin Depue  19  Joseph Stout  36  Samuel McCracken    3 Thos Sybert  20  Jacob Weithnecht  37  James Franch    4 John Wolf  21  Henry Onayst  38  Jacob Englin    5 Christian Road  22  George Fry  39  George Reymann    6 James Hyndshaw  23  John Smith  40  Conrad Smith    7 John Middagh  24  Just Dornbaser  41  Geo. E. Figh    8 Alex r Syllaman  25  John Bush  42  Val m Yunt    9 Jacob Dafford  26  Math s Stitinger  43  Philip Reaser    10 John M c Farren  27  Jacob Wagner  44  Lewis Collins    11 Robert Lyle  28  Conrad Bittenbender  45  Joseph Keller    12 John Ropf  29  Henry Bush  46  Peter Bayer    13 Richard Overfield  30  Paul Reaser  47  Conrad Metz    14 Jacob Miller  31  John Shook  48  Peter Kern    15 Martin Dorn  32  Laurance Erb  49  Henry Fatsinger    16 Henry Sigel  33  Isaac Berlin  50  John Repler    17 Christian Stout  34  Adam The  51  Geo. Shieblin   

   52 Michael Strep 71 Isaac Stoom   53 Michael Stailer 72 Christ n Harpel   54 W m Banand 73 Joseph Minem   55 Fred a Wilhelm 74 Barn d Miller   56 Anth y Frutohy 75 John Gent   57 Henry Wolf Jr 76 John Fatstich   58 Adam Errett 77 Henry Weithknecht   59 Peter Sahr 78 Jacob Frowenfeller   60 Nick s Deal 79 Adam Weithknecht   61 Philip Booh 80 Geo. Eddinger   62 Peter Frees 81 M rs Peter   63 Henry Wolf Sen r 82 Adam Borts   64 Isaac Shoemaker 83 Jacob Brider   65 Dan l Sailer 84 Christ n Harpel   66 Fred k Wagner 85 Joseph Chease   67 Sam l Cunny 86 John Harpel   68 Henry Fretz 87 James Symanton   69 Henry Bueh Jr   70 Henry Shoup  
John Knott Capt t Joseph Martin 1 st Lieut t
The above is a true Copy of the original Muster made by me as D t . Muster Master Gen l y of the Roll now remaining in my hands.
for a B Smith
Auditor General's Office Harrisburg Feby. 23 d 1849.
I certify the above and foregoing to be a true copy of the original roll on file in this department: Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year above mentioned.
John P. Kirtland Aud. General.

Pay Roll of Cap t John Arndt's Company of Col. Baytors Battalion of Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania of the Flying Camp. Elizabeth Town November 17 56
   Names of those present and absent with leave Time of Entry time of discharge to what time pay was drawn Time of Service since last pay Pay per Month Whole pay   Penn a Currency     Cap t John Arndt 9 th £ 10 — 16 0 0   Second Lieu t Peter Rachline July 1776 6 15 10 16 0   Serjeants Robert Scott 13 th July 3 0 4 16 0   " Philip Arndt 3 0 4 16 0   Corps ts Elijah Crawford 2 15 4 8   " Peter Righter 2 15 4 8   " Jacob Rachline 2 15 4 8  
First December 1776
13 th Oct last
One Month and eighteen days to the 1 st of Dec.
See Original of the above Roll on file in the Pension Office in the Case of Mrs Roth, Widow of Christian Roth late of Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County - On the muster Roll the name is spelled 'Road' -

No 8450] B. 6.
£10 . 6 . 6 Specie
I do certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Peter Kachlein Jr. of Northamp Co Militia in the sum of ten pounds six shillings & six pence Specie, with lawful interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this office. Pursuant to an act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller-General's Office } 2. Jany 1786. }
M c Nicholson
No 8509.] A. 6.
£4 . 10 . 0 Specie.
I do hereby certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Peter Kachlein Junr. of Northamp. Co Militia in the sum of four pounds ten shillings Specie with lawful interest from the first day of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller-General's Office } 3 rd Jany 1786. }
M c Nicholson
No 8684.] B.
£4 . 0 . 6. Specie
I do hereby certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Peter Kachlein Junr. of Northamp. Co. Militia in the sum of four pounds & six pence Specie with lawful interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller-General's Office } 4 Jany 1786. }
M c Nicholson
No 10.276.] A.
£3 . 3 . 0 Specie
I do hereby certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Peter Kachlein Junr. of Northamp Co. Militia in the sum of three pounds three shillings Specie with lawful interest from the first day of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due on an account settled in this office Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller-General's Office } 30 th Jany. 1786. }
M c Nicholson

Auditor General's Office Harrisburg 24 Feb. 1849.
I certify the foregoing to be true copies of the originals on file in this department. Witness my hand and seal of office the day and date aforesaid.
John N. Purvis
Aud. Genl.

Pennsylvania Northampton County } ss
John Reed of the Township of Moore in the said County aged Ninety four years and upwards, being duly sworn according to Law says that he served as a private in the flying Camp from the County of Northampton in Pennsylvania in the summer and fall of the year seventeen hundred and Seventy six in the Revolutionary Army under the command of Captain George Wolf an officer in the said flying Camp
That Deponent was well acquainted with Peter Rachline Junr. of Forks Township Northampton County the son of Lieut Colonel Peter Rachline also of the said Flying Camp and that the said Peter Rachline Junr. was on service of the United States in the said flying Camp Deponent frequently saw him while in service and in the performance of his duty
Sworn & subscribed before me this 17 th day of February A.D. 1848
Joseph Hirst J.P.
John Reed

Col. J. L. Edwards.

Easton June 11. 1849.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the Papers in the case of the Children of Elizabeth Kachlein deceased, claiming a Pension due to her as the Widow of Peter Kachlein, an Officer in the Revolutionary War.
The said Peter Kachlein served as a Lieutenant in the Flying Camp, as appears:
1. By the Extract from the Minutes of the Standing Committee of Safety of the County of Northampton, shewing his original Appointment as a Lieutenant in the Northampton Regiment.
2. by the Copy of the 'Muster Roll in the first Battalion of Associators in the County of Northampton, commanded by Col. Hart &c. in Capt. John Arndt's Company, July 1776', certified by Auditor General Purviance.
3. - by the Copy of the Pay Roll of Captain John Arndt's Company, shewing Service from July 9. 1776 to 1 December 1776, in the Flying Camp - the Original of which is now on file in your Office as one of the Documents accompanying the Claim of the Widow of Christian Roth, dec d . for a Pension which was allowed by the Department.
4 - by the Deposition of John Reeds
The said Peter Kachlein also served an additional tour of Duty under Colonel Shroud & others against the Indians North of the Blue Mountain, but the particular length of that Service does not appear except from the Certificates issued to him for that Service, Copies of which duly certified by Auditor Genl Purviance, accompanying the Papers.

These Certificates are 4 in number, and do not correspond with the Service in the Flying Camp for which the Pay Roll furnishes Evidence he was paid up to 13 October 1776, and none of those Certificates have relation to the Flying Camp Service, but to Service in the Northampton County Militia.
  The total amount of those Certificates is -  N o 8450,  £ 10.  6.  6.     8509  4.  10.  0.     8684  4.  0.  6.     10. 276,  3.  3.  0      £ 22.  0.  0.  
If his pay as a Lieutenant was £ 6. 15. 0. per Month, these Certificates would shew a Militia Service of 3 months & 8 days. The Flying Camp Service was 4 mos. 21 dys. - Making a total Service of 7 months 29 Days.
The Marriage of Elizabeth Kachlein, formerly Grefs, to the said Peter Kachlein, is proved by the Reverend Thomas Pomp; who proves that they lived & cohabited together as man and wife, as early as 1796; and that from the Records of births and baptisms, it appears that a son of theirs, Peter Kachlein, was born 22 February 1786, and baptized 19 March in the same Year, and that from the Mode of Entry, the Parents were then recognized as Man and wife. The wife died 16 Sept r 1839, having survived her husband. Mr. Melchior Hay, an aged & respectable farmer, also proves the general Reputation of their Marriage at & about the time it took place as well as the Identity of the Peter Kachlein who was married to Elizabeth Grefs with the Peter Kachlein who was second Lieutenant of Capt. John Arndt's Company, in the flying Camp.
He also speaks of the Reputation of his Service both in the Flying Camp & against the Indians under Capt. Patterson. He also & Philip N. Matthes Esq prove the Children left by the said Peter Kachlein & Eliz th his Wife

Mr. Matter also proves the time of Peter Kachlein's Death, as also that of the Widow
There is great difficulty, always, at this late date in proving by Documentary evidence, Marriages celebrated 70 years since. The Dockets of our old Justices are all lost or destroyed, and no Church Records can be found in this Neighborhood running further back than 1785. Hence we must resort to secondary Evidence furnished by facts, of the reputable standing of the Parties, among their Neighbours, their living & cohabiting together as man and wife, and the baptism of their children as legitimate. These are all furnished in the present Case.
I have, at the request of the Children, as their Attorney in fact & under the advice of the Honorable J. M. Porter prepared these papers for these parties. I do not profess to be a Pension Agent or Speculator
Very Respectfully Yours
H. M. Kachlein
Hon. J. S. Edwards. Comr. of Pensions -

New York City, January 17, 1901.
H. Clay Evans. Commissioner of Pension.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me information of a man named Kachline  Reichline of the state of Pennsylvania, can be found among the records of the Revolutionary war , and if so please send me a copy of the record.
I have been told he was an officer of high rank, a general or adjutant general.
Respectfully,
M. A. L. Hartpence, 227 West 23 St., New York City.

N 13947 Elizabeth Koehlin as Pn
Letter Mrs. Hackett 22 Sept 1849
act 7 July 1838

7945 - wid Peter Kochlein
Nov. 19 - 1849 - Michael Kochlein - heir Northampton Co. Pa. - 60
July 9. 76 - Northampton Co. Pa. to Dec. 1. 76 Adopt from Arndt Cal. Baxter
Marrried Elizabeth Gref
1785
Heir - 1828
She died 1839
No Date
Pens to heirs

Easton Jan. 23. 1850.
Dear Sir,
An application has been de- pending for a year past & upwards before the Commissioner of Pensions, for the arrears of pension Money due the heirs of Elizabeth Kachleen deceased who was the widow of the late Lieutenant Peter Kachline Jr.
Allow me to trouble you with the matter by calling the attention of Mr. Edwards to it, & ascertaining from him if the claim has been allowed.
Very Truly Yours
W m Hackett
Hon. M. M. Dinnick.

Washington
March 16/50
J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I send enclosed the letter of Mr Hacket Ely and respectfully request you to communicate to me the information desired by Mr Hacket that I may send the same to him
Very Respectfully Yours &c. &c. M c Kim A. B.

Easton Pa June 11. 1849
Dear Sir
William Hackett Esquire will forward you by this Mail the papers on the application of the children of Mrs Elizabeth Koechlein, the widow of Lieutenant Peter Koechlein for the pension to which their mother was entitled at the time of her death. - Lieut. Peter Koechlein I believe died in 1828 of her widow in 1839. - I knew them both very well from the time I came to Easton in 1818 until their respective deaths, and they were among the most respectable of our inhabitants - Col Peter Koechlein the father of Lt. Peter Koechlein was, as appears by the records of our County, as well as by Heckewelder's narrative of the history of Wyoming, Sheriff of this County for two terms in all its affairs before yet the commencement of the Revolution. I have had some difficulty to get hold of some of the necessary evidence as there was some one playing about it. Some of these bloodsucking pension agents as they call themselves had got hold of some of the papers which they endeavored to conceal, unless the children would give them half of what was obtained from Government. I advised them to yield to no such iniquitous demands, but to get Mr Hackett a most estimable Gentleman in this place who had been for many years, previously of this County to arrange the papers of depositions which he has done in a manner which I trust will be satisfactory to you.
Very truly Yours, J. M. D. D. D.
I have doubt as to the name of Peter Koechlein from some of the papers I have seen. I have been any but in the family since his death. I must have had some thing to do in the thirty years afterwards that I have resided in this place.
Col L. Edwards

Easton Pa. Jan. 10. 1850
Hon. J. L. Edwards
De Sir,
In the latter part of November last I forwarded to you the Declaration of Michael Kachlein made in Open Court to complete the Evidence in the case of the application of the Heirs of the late St. Peter Kachlein jun d for the arrearages of Pension due them in right of their Mother.
Not having heard from you on the subject, and the heirs being considerably importunate for their shares of the pension, I will be extremely obliged to you for and some information in regard to it.
As the Declaration in question was the only thing suggested in your last Communication to make the Evidence Complete, I presume the Certificate will be allowed.
Very Resp y
Yours
Wm. H. Acker

for amount to be paid to her - it is returned as before ordered the total amount of pay due to her is as follows Easton Pa. Nov. 24. 1849.
of her late husband's estate - it is returned as before ordered - it is returned as before ordered - it is returned as before ordered - it is returned as before ordered - it is returned as before ordered
Affidavit to the effect contained in your letter of the 22 d Sept. Michael Kacklein one of the child- ren of Elizabeth Kacklein deceased appeared in open court of the Common Pleas of this county & made the declaration agreeably to the printed form enclosed by you - A certified record of which I by leave to forward you
In reference to the services performed by Lieut. Kacklein subsequent to her residence in the Flying Camp, to wit, in the Northampton Militia, under Col. Shroud, the only documentary evidence we are enabled to furnish at this time are the Certificates of Adjutant General of Pennsylvania already sent to the depart- ment. These Certificates do not correspond with the service in the Flying Camp and must have been issued for services in the Northampton Militia. The Pay roll of Capt. Amst. furnishes evidence of pay- ment in the Flying Camp service up to 13 Oct 1776. The aggregate amount of these certificates is £22. Capt. Amst. Pay roll states the pay of Lieut. Kacklein per month at £6. 15. His pay from 13 Oct 1776 to 1 Dec 1776 - (stated in the pay roll to be "one month & eighteen days") would only amount, at that rate

per month to £10. 16- whereas as before observed the total amount of pay rec d under the Certificates is £22. 10. 00
If then these Certificates were issued for services after he quit the Flying Camp, they show a period of service, as Lieutenant at £6. 15 per month, of 3 months & 8 days.
The delay in forwarding you the enclosed Declaration was owing to the fact that no session of the Court of this County has been held since the receipt of your Letter of 22 nd Sept. until the present time.
The heirs some of whom are of the gutter are inordinate for their shares of the pension.
Yours Truly Wm. Stickney
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.)

Rev WIDOW, &c.
Jan'y - 30 - 1901, A. L. Hartpence, N.Y. City
File No. 2945
Elizabeth Hacklein
Widow
Peter Hacklein
St. Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index: —Vol. A , Page 388
[Arrangement of 1870.]