Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4009, for John Klingler, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pension
Klingler, John or Klingler,
V. 4009.
Catherine
CONTENTS

9077 Ohio, Wm
Catherine Klingler dec d widow of John or Clinger Jenr who was a Corporal in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8 Dollars 80 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending 3 March 1844. Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Oct r 1851, and sent to
Dickins Hoomb, Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 205
Pen Sgt notified to pay Admr Decr 3 rd 1851

State of Ohio, } Brown County } ss.
On this Seventeenth day of July Eighteen hundred and fifty one, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally came, Frederick Klingler a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, makes oath and says, that he is one of the surviving children of Catharine Klingler deceased, who was the widow of John Klingler deceased. That the said Catharine in her life-time claimed a Revolutionary Pension under the act of 7 th July 1838, for the services of her deceased husband. That the said John and Catharine were married as this declarant believes in Berks County in the State of Pennsylvania about the year Seventeen hundred eighty four. That this declarant was sixty years old the 24 th day of June last, having been born the 24 th day of June Seventeen hundred and ninety one, that he then had a sister and brother older than himself, his sister (Elisabeth, now dead) being six years older than himself. That his said father died in Clermont County Ohio on the 18 th August A.D. Eighteen hundred & Eighteen, leaving the said Catharine his widow. That the said Catharine never afterwards married and died in Brown

County in said State, on the second day of March eighteen hundred and forty seven. That this declarant and Peter Klingler of Owen County in the State of Indiana, and Susanna Salvage of Clermont County in said State of Ohio are surviving children, and the only sur- viving children of the said John and Cath- arine or either of them.
He makes this declaration on be- half of himself and the other surviving children, above named of the said John and Catharine, for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of Pension due their said Mother under the act of 7 th July 1838, and refers to her declaration and the evidence in sup- port of the same on file in the Pension office.
Frederick Klingler
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first above written. And I certify that I well knew the said Catha- rine Klingler in her life time - that the said Frederick is the son of the said Catharine, and his statements are worthy of belief.
Jonas Murphy J.P.

The State of Ohio } Brown County } ss.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally came David Carhart of the said County of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to Law, makes oath and says that on the third day of March Eighteen hundred and forty seven he made a coffin for the burial of Catharine Klingler deceased, above named, that he then lived about two miles from where the said Catharine died - that she died the day before the said third of March, to wit on the second day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty seven - That he ascertains the date of her said death by a charge in his book of accounts which is as follows - "March 3 d 1847. Frederick Klingler Dr to one coffin $6.00" which said account book he has now before him. That the said Frederick is the son of the said Catharine, and the said coffin so charged to him was for the burial of his said Mother.
David Carhart
Sworn to and subscribed before me
This 17 th day of July 1851
Jonas Murphy J.P.

The State of Ohio Brown County ss.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally came John Brooks and Isaac Penney both of lawful age of the said County, who being duly sworn according to law make oath and say that they well knew the said Catharine Telingler - that she died in Brown County about four years since last March - The exact time they do not now recollect but they believe the time set forth in the affidavit of David Earhart to be the correct time of her death. And they are disinterested witnesses. John Brooks
I do hereby
sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of July 1851 - And I certify that I also well knew the said Catharine, and that I believe the time of her death is truly set forth by the said David Earhart. And I further certify that the said David Earhart, John Brooks and Isaac Penney are credible witnesses.
Jonas Murphy J. P.

Augt. 1/01
Power Atty v Decl in case Catharine Klingler — or Glinger
Application for an increased pension
Capt. Triplett
Dickins & Coombs Atty.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Frederick Klingler son of Catharine Klingler deceased
hereby constitute and appoint J. Hooks of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of The said Catharine Klingler for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Myself, and Peter Klingler, and Susannah Salvage surviving children of said Catharine Klingler to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and Seal this 17 th day July A. D., 1851.
Frederick Klingler  seal
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } J. R. Stanley Jonas Murphy
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Brown } ss:
On this Seventeenth day of July A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Frederick Klingler and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Jonas Murphy
J. Peace.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY Brown } ss.
day of July  Be it known , That on this seventeenth A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty One , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Frederick Klingler a resident of Clarke Township in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Catharine Klingler deceased, who in her life time claimed a Rev- olutionary Pension
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Jonas Murphy
J. Peace.
Frederick Klingler
I, Jonas Murphy Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Frederick Klingler who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Jonas Murphy
J. Peace.
The State of Ohio Brown County ss
I, Gideon Durham Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonas Murphy before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 18 th day of
July
A. D. 1851.
Gideon Durham Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that States at the rate of $
day of
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and that died on the eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

13566
Catharine Blangr mo of John
D. act 7 July 1838

State of Ohio Brown County ss
Personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County sitting at George Town. Catharine Klingler a resident of Brown County and State of Ohio aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of John Klingler who was a Corporal in the Third Regiment of Pennsylvania as an enlisted soldier in the war of the revolution and was discharged on the 17 th day of January 1781. She states that she has always understood and verily believes that the said John was a soldier in the service of the United States prior to his said enlistment and served most all the time of the revolutionary war that he was at the battle of Brandywine, Germantown and several others that she cannot now recollect. She states that she has often heard her said husband tell what officers he was under and describe the battles he had been in but she cannot now recollect the particulars. She believes the rolls and other evidences in the proper department at Washington City will fully set forth his services. She states that when she was married to the said John Klingler which happened in 1784 he had then a discharge from service signed by Anthony Wayne B.G. and a sixty dollar Continental

Continental Bill which the said John al- ways said he had received as part of his wages as a soldier in said War and that the said discharge and Continental bill remained in the possession of the said John until the time of his death and They now remain with her. And she has always under stood that the said John never received any land from the united States on account of his said service And she believes if he ever received any papers entitling him to any land they must have been lost prior to his death. She further declares that she was married to the said John Klingler on the 14 th day of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty four by Elder Emanuel Shultz in Tulpa Newbern Township Berks County Pennsylva- nia That her husband the aforesaid John Klingler died on the 18 th day of August Eighteen hundred and eighteen That she was not mar- ried to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four on the day and year above stated. And further that she had a record of her marriage kept by the said John which about ten years ago was burned with her family Bible when the house of her son Frederick Klingler was burned
Katharine nee Klingler
sworn to and subscribed in open court Nov 13 th 1846. John H. Blair clerk

The State of Ohio } Brown County } ss.
I John H. Blair Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was made in open court on the thirteenth day of November A. D. 1846 at Georgetown in the county of Brown & State of Ohio before the court of common pleas held in and for said county.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at Georgetown, this eighteenth day of November A. D. 1846.
John H. Blair Clerk

October 12, 1937
John Klingler W. 4009 BA-J/AWF OW
Mrs. L. W. Howard, Jr. 30 East Broad Street West Point, Mississippi
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Martin and Jacob Bougher of Pennsylvania; and John Klinger who served from Berks County, Pennsylvania, and died in Ohio, and that you are especially interested in his daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, John, of the above named John Klinger.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such data, it is not possible to comply in full with each request.
The record of John "Klingler" is furnished herein as found in papers on file in pension claim, W. 4009, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Klingler were not given, nor were the names of his parents shown.
He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was a corporal in the 3rd Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, and several other battles, and was discharged January 17, 1781; names of officers and length of service not stated.
John Klingler married April 14, 1784 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Catherine; her maiden name was not given, nor date and place of birth shown. They were living in Mason County, Kentucky

about the year 1800.
The soldier, John Klingler, died August 18, 1818 in Clermont County, Ohio.
His widow, Catherine Klingler, applied for pension November 13, 1846, at which time she was aged eighty-five years, and living in Brown County, Ohio. The pension was allowed. She died March 2, 1847 in said Brown County.
The following data are shown relative to their children:
Elizabeth born ———  1785 John " February 22, 1787, { of Boone County, Frederick " June 24, 1791 { (Indiana, in 1846). Peter date of birth not given Susanna " " " " " "
The following children survived their mother— Frederick Klingler, a resident of Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio in 1851; Peter Klingler, living in Owen County, Indiana in 1851; and Susanna Salvage, a resident of Clermont County, Ohio in 1851.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1909 Feb 23 Hist Soc Harriet F Chapman to 1937 Oct 12 - dist to Mrs. P.W. Harvard
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4009 of Clinger Catharine Klingler
John Klingler or Clinger Corp. Rev. Min
Act: Mar. 3rd June 1784
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Clinger or Klinger W.F 4009
The Continental Bill of '60 mentioned in the Bureau Memorandum is not found among the papers in this case -
Irvin Reilly
April 28, 1903.
J.S.C.

11.179
Ohio, in Catherine Klingler
Widow of John who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the — of — in the State of O. who was a Corp t in the — commanded by Captain — of the the 7. commanded by — in time for 2 Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Cin t 00 at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Oct 1851 and sent to Dickens Coombs Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk, Book 15 Vol. 1 Page 391

THIS is to certify that the Bearer, having served in the Third Regiment, is now discharged the Service of
Trenton this 27th Day of
John Klingler Corp. having served in Pennsylvania during the Term of his Enlistment. United States of America. Given at
Trenton 1781.
Wm. Magruder
John Klingler P. W File 4009

N 13566 Catharine Klinga Q Lt. & Hon. J. D. Morris Feb. 21st '48
By Lydia Croomb. Aug. 15/31
Act. 7 July 1838

Brief in the case of Catharine Klinger dec d wid of John County and State of Ohio act 7 July 1838 & supplementals
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service; Original discharge and supported by the rolls.
Evidence of marriage. Ages of children &c.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Dickins Hoombs Present.
F. F. Kirt Examining Clerk.

The State of Ohio County of Franklin  Claymont
On This Seventeenth day of July, A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty one personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid John Rees, of the said County of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law, makes oath and says, that he is now sixty six years old having been born March 18 th A.D. 1785 - That he became acquainted with John and Catharine Klingler and their family then living in Mason County Kentucky - That they then lived together as husband and wife - That they were reputed by all their neighbors to be husband and wife - That they then had five children the oldest of whom, (Elizabeth) I think was then about my own age, I am confident there could not have been much difference in our ages - That the time at which he first became acquainted with the said John and Catharine Klingler as above stated was about fifty years since, before the formation of the State of Ohio, That he has from that time hitherto been acquainted with them until the death of the said John which took place about thirty years since in Clermont County Ohio, and with the said Catharine until her death which took place in Brown County Ohio about four years since - That Frederick Klingler of Brown County Ohio - Peter Klingler of Owen County

Indiana and Susanna Servage of Belmont County Ohio are the surviving children and the only surviving children of the said John and Catharine Klingler or either of them. That during all his acquaintance with the said John and Catharine, and his family and now, by all their neighbors they were reputed and still are reputed to have been husband and wife, and so lived together until his death and this affiant does not doubt the fact. That he states the time of his own birth both from memory and from a record thereof which he has just now inspected - That Frederick Klingler now living and present was the third child of the said John and Catharine and this affiant thinks he is at least sixty years of age. John Treib
Also at the same time and place, came Christopher Amacost, and Nancy Amacost wife of the said Christopher, who being duly sworn according to law make oath and say, that they became acquainted with John and Catharine Klingler above named in the year Eighteen hundred and Six, and from that time thenceforward were well acquainted with them until the death of the said John which took place in Belmont County Ohio in the year Eighteen hundred and eighteen, and with the said Catharine until her death which took place in Brown County Ohio about four years since. - That at that time and until his death they lived together as husband

and wife, and were so reputed by all their neighbors, and still are so reputed to have been, of the truth of which these affiants have not a doubt. That at the time of our first acquaintance as above stated, Elisabeth Klinger (now deceased) the oldest child of the said John and Catharine was about Twenty or Twenty one years old - She was then a young woman, and her brother younger was a young man - Frederick Klinger the third child of the said John and Catharine was then a boy and We should think some older than our son Levi, and We find on inspection of our family record that our son Levi was born January Eleventh Seven ten hundred and ninety four. That the said Frederick Klinger of Brown County Ohio, Peter Klinger of Owen County Indiana, and Susanna Salvage of Clermont County Ohio, are the surviving children and the only surviving children of the said John and Catharine or either of them - That these affiants are not interested in this application and are not any relation to any of the parties above named. (That the said Christopher is in his eightieth year and the said Nancy in her eighty first year of age)
Christopher Klinger Nancy Klinger
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first above written, by the said John

Yees, Christopher Amacost and Nancy Amacost respectively, and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with all of the said Witnesses, and that they are among our best and most respected citizens of our county, and every way entitled to full faith and credit in all their statements, and none of them are in any way related to the family of John and Catharine Kling- ler. I further state that I was well ac- quainted with the said John and Cath- arine, and from the reputation of their neigh- bors and the ages of their children I am satisfied that they were married about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four.
W. H. Webb

Yees, Christopher Amacost and Nancy Amacost respectively, and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with all of the said Witnesses, and that they are among our best and most respected citizens of our County, and every way entitled to full faith and credit in all their statements, and none of them are in any way related to the family of John and Catharine Kling- ler. I further state that I was well ac- quainted with the said Christopher Amacost
The State of Ohio, Clermont County---ss.
I, R. W. CLARKE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, certify that W. H. Noble Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken and acknowledged, was, at the time of the taking and acknowledging thereof, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; that the same is in due form of law, and the signature of said Justice thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, the 1 st day of August 1851.
R. W. Clarke CLERK.

Library Administration

State of Ohio, Brown County, ss.
The Honorable George Gittings , President Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Ohio, and Henry Martin, Isaac Carey and Benjamin Sells, Esquires, his Associates, Judges of the same Court, within and for the county of Brown --- Holding said court at the Court House in said county, the 29 th day of November 1851:
To Frederick Klingler Greeting:
Whereas, Mathias Klinger of Clark Township, in said county, (as is alleged) lately died intestate, having, whilst living, and at the time of his death, goods, chattles, rights, credits and estate within said county of Brown, by reason whereof the granting Administration of all and singular the said goods, chattles, rights, credits and estate, and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the account thereof, doth appertain to us; and we, being desirous that said goods, chattles, rights, credits and estate may be well and faithfully administered, applied and disposed of according to law, do therefore, by these presents, appoint and constitute you, the said Frederick Klinger Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattles, rights and credits of the said deceased: You having accepted said trust and executed your bond to our acceptance, well and faithfully, in the manner prescribed by law, to make and return unto said Court, on oath, within three months from the date of these Letters of Administration, a true inventory of all the moneys, goods, chattles, rights and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to your possession or knowledge, and if required by the said court, an inventory of the real estate of the deceased; also to administer according to law, all the moneys, goods, chattles, rights and credits of the deceased, and the proceeds of all the real estate, that may be sold for the payment of his  her debts, which shall at any time come to your possession as such administrator, or to the possession of any other person for you; also to render, upon oath, a true account of your administration, within eighteen months from the date of these Letters of Administration, and at any other times, when required by the said court, or the Law; also to pay any balance remaining in your hands, upon the settlement of your account, to such persons as the court or the law shall direct---and also to deliver these Letters of Administration into said court, in case any will of the deceased shall be hereafter duly proved and allowed.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the Seal of our said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Witness Gideon Dunham, Clerk thereof, at Georgetown, in said county, this 27 th day of Novr. A. D. 1851.
Leiden. Omaha Clerk.
State of Ohio, Brown County, ss - I, Gideon Ormwood, Clerk of the above entitled action, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a letter of administration granted by said court to Mrs. Maria Gideon Ormwood.
The testimony whereof I hereby subscribe, my mark in and affix the seal of said Court this 27 th day of Nov AD 1857. Gideon Dinsmore Clerk B. C. P.

State of Indiana } ss Personally appeared before the Broon County } Undersigned a Justice of Peace for said County John Klingler who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the son of John and Catharine Klingler and was born February 22 nd A D 1787 as he believes and that his Father John Klingler was a soldier of the revolution as he has allways understood and that he can very well remember back to the year 1794 and that at that time his Father and Mother lived together as husband and wife and that they must have lived together as husband and wife before that time from the fact that from the period of his earliest recollection they lived together in that capacity and the said John and Catharine Klingler have always lived together as husband and wife up to the death of his Father which took place in the year 1818
Subscribed and sworn to this 18 th day of August 1846 before me John Klingler Thomas P Miller Esq r Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana } set. Broon County } I Levi Lane clerk of the Circuit Court of said county of Rome. do hereby certify that Thomas P Miller Esq r . whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate and affidavit of John Klingler, was at the time of signing the same and still is an acting Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified into office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court. This 2 nd day of September A.D. 1846 Levi Lane Clerk

Catharine Klinger dec. d wid of John Ohio
Ad 7 July 1838 Ho.
2 yrs bond $88 per An. from from 4 mch 35 to 3 d mch '47 when she dec. - except 2 years.
Payable to Frederick Klinger, Peter Klinger and Isannah Salvage, only children.
bequeathed to (Deckins Hoombs Present.

Pension Office, Oct 2 nd . 1851.
Sir,
Before we can allow

House of Reps Jan 31. 1848
Sir.
You will please find accompanying this the papers in relation to the application of Catherine Lohinger for a pension.
If any thing should be wanted in relation to the perfecting the same please inform me
Yours Respectfully J. D. Morris
Hon J. L. Edwards

State of Ohio } I personally appeared before Warren County } the undersigned James Ross a justice of the the peace for Warren County Ohio Frederick Klingler who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the second son of John & Catharine Klingler and for so far the best of his recollection from reading the record of his Father and Mothers marriage it took place on the 14 th day of April A D 1784 and the record of the marriage of John and Catharine Klingler was recorded in their family bible which was destroyed by fire together with their house about the twenty third of December 1836 and further deponent is certain of the truth from his own memory as said deponent took his own age from said record himself and he knows of no other record of said marriage deponent was born June 24 th 1791 The record of my Father and Mother marriage and the births of the children was kept in the same Bible and I am positive from the best of my recollection that the above statements are true January 10 th 1848 Frederick Klingler
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of January 1848 James Ross J. Pa
I do hereby certify that the within name of Frederick Klingler is a man of truth and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit from his standing in society James Ross
{The underlining was done before subscribing}

The State of Ohio } Brown County } ss.
I John Blair, Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county, do hereby certify that James Ross, whose name appears to the within affidavit, was at the date thereof, and now is acting justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned & qualified as such, that said two signatures, within written, are in the proper hand writing of him, the said James Ross & are genuine - And that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice of the peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at Georgetown, this 18 th day of January A.D. 1848. John H. Blair Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     — — — — — 3 Penna left   — — — — — —   — — — — — —   — — — — — —   — — — — — —  
Battles engaged in, —
Residence of soldier at enlistment, —
Date of application for pension, —
Residence at date of application, —
Age at date of application, —
Remarks: —

5543 Tompkins Ave.
Madisonville, Ohio
4007
Dept of the Interior,
Dear friend,
Will you please give me information in regard to the enlistment of a soldier in the Revolution?
My maternal great-grandfather, John Klingler or John Jacob Klingler was
a soldier of the revolutionary war for between six and seven years.
He enlisted when he was between fourteen and fifteen years of age.
I had always believed that he was from near Reading Pa, but a Cousin says he was from Bradford Pa.
Will you please tell me how I can find out.
This is not for the purpose of becoming a D.A.R. though

I should delight to be very respectfully submitted Harriet F. Chapman.
Feb 19 th 1909.
To Off Record Action FEB 20 1909 COMMISSION MERCHANT
FOR BOTH ENCLOSURES III

Mrs. U. J. Howard, Jr.
30 East Broad Street
West Point, Mississippi
Aug. 30, 1934
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, - Will you please tell me if anyone drew a pension - on the Revolutionary soldier, Martin Boangher who served as a private under Capt. D. Bradley in the 4th Co. of the 9th Battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia in 1782.
Do you have the record of a Jacob Boangher, P.D. soldier who served in Penna. - probably Berks Co. One was father the other son. I am a direct descendant of these men, and any data you send me will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully
30 E. Broad St. West Point, Miss. Mrs. U. J. Howard

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Klingler
Service Pa
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim, except W. # 4009

West Point, Miss. Sept. 19, 1937
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen. - Do you have the pension record of Jacob Bougher (Beougher), who served in the Revolutionary War - from Chester County, Penna. ? Also that of John Klinger (Clinger) of the same - Chester County, Penna.
Does Jacob Bougher's pension record mention a da son Benjamin?
Does John Klinger's record mention a son John - or daughter Elizabeth?
I am a direct descendant of these two men.
Thank you for any information relative to them.
Very truly Yours,
Mrs. Lois W. Howard, 30 E. Broad St. West Point, Miss.

West Point, Miss.,
Sept. 9, 1937,
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen, - Do you have the Revolutionary War record of John Clinger (Klinger) who lived in Berks County, Penna., and died in Rocking County, Ohio, July 8, 1819. Was there any Pension claim for Revolutionary service in his name, and does it mention his wife and children, more especially a daughter Elizabeth? I am a direct descendant of this man, and am eagerly seeking any data concerning him. Thank you for anything you may send me.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Lois W. Howard, 30 E. Broad St. West Point, Miss.