Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3093, for Nicholas Kline, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Keline, Nicholas Margaret
W. 3093
CONTENTS

1287
Pennsylvania
Margaret Kline widow of Nicholas Kline decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 14 th December 1831 of Northampton in the State of Pa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ellis of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Pa line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Pa at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Decr. 1838 and Lieut Genl. H. H. Magener Vols of Reps.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March, 20.00
$120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. A. A. dispo Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 156

Jan 10 1782
Jan 26 Monday Tuesday
It is a cold night at home in Columbia
Jan 10 1782
It is a cold night
at home in Columbia
Jan 13 Tuesday
It is a cold night
at home in Columbia

Im Jahr 1786
Is Anna Maria Gerdts
kleine Tochter
den 15. Aug.
Im Jahr 1788 Is
Anna Maria Elisabeth
kleine Tochter
den 12. April
Im Jahr 1789 1790
ist Anna Maria Gerdts
den 26. September
in der Kirche
getauft (Anna Maria Gerdts)
Papa Maria (B)

Papu matter A

1793. d. 16. April ist Anna Margaretha Klein gestorben.
1797. den 29. März ist Lydia Klein gestorben.
1819.
den 13. d. M. ist gestorben
18
der Herr Karl

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss
On this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-Eight personally appeared before me Daniel Wagoner one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, Margaret Kline a resident of the Township of Williams in the said County (whom I hereby certify to be unable to attend Court on account of Bodily infirmity and old age) aged Eighty-one years last March, who being duly Sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress passed in 1838 granting the pensions to widows of Soldiers of the Revolution who were married before 1794 -
That she is the widow of Nicholas Kline who was a Soldier of the Revolution and enlisted in the winter of 1776 about about the a few years, she thinks a little after a New year, that the time he enlisted they both lived in Upper Milford Township then in Northampton County, now Lehigh, about Two miles apart, that he enlisted under Capt Henry Ellis and remained some time at Allentown, then in Northam- pton County, now Lehigh, until the Company was full, and then marched as she was informed, and understood from him, to Philadelphia and from thence to New York and from thence to Fort Washington and helped to build the said Fort and was taken prisoner there in Novem- ber and was detained until the next March, that she well recollects the that he returned in that month 1777 to his place of residence in the said Township of Upper Milford, having him absent more than one year - She further declares that she was married to the said Nicholas Kline on the Twenty-Six day of March Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-Two that her Husband the said Nicholas Kline died the fourteenth day of December A D 1831 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto an- nected
Sworn and Subscribed on the 13 th day of October A D 1838 the day and year above written before Daniel Wagoner
Margaret by Kline mark

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss
On this thirteenth day of October
AD 1838 personally appeared before me Daniel Wagoner one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County, Henry Rline a resident of Williams Township in Said County, (whom I hereby Certify to be a man of Credibility and his Statements entitled to full Credit and belief) who being duly sworn according to Law says he is the Son of the within named Nicholas and Margaret Rline, that he was born according to the information received from his parents on the 12th day of March 1784 that the time of his birth as well as the day of the date of the Marriage of his parents are entered in the Church records of his Said father in the a prayer Book the Leaps Containing which entries he set from the Same and are hereunto annexed marked A & B that he is the Second child, his Sister Mary was born before him - The day of the birth of his other Brothers and Sisters are also entered in the Said Leaps - That his father died on the 14th day of December AD 1831 and his mother has remained a widow ever since that period - That his father always informed  and upon bore the reputation of a Soldier of the Revolution and frequently thus informed that he served upwards of one year, that he helped build Fort Washington and was taken prisoner at the fort and put in a Church
Yours sincerely Henry Rline
Sworn and Subscribed
this 13th day of October AD 1838
Before Daniel Wagoner "

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Northampton County ss
I Samuel Yohe Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Daniel Wagner Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration of Margaret Kline was made and before the foregoing affidavit of Henry Kline was made and taken, was at the time thereof and still is one of the Judges of the said Court (the same being a Court of Record) duly Commissioned and qualified to act and that full faith and credit are due to of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Easton October 23 rd 1838
Sam Yohe Proth

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3093
Margaret Klinge (Widow Nicholas Klinge Printer, Mar)
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 406
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2737
Margaret Kline Pa
admitted Prison #40
on roll as a lot of them taken from St. Paul Washingt in under Pa roll
B. D. D. Wagon, N.R.

N o 1992] Certificate for £ 6. 15. 0 Specie.
WE do certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Nicholas Kline late private of the third Pennsylvania Regiment in the sum of six pounds fifteen shillings Specie with lawful Interest from the tenth day of April 1781 being the amount of the residue of the depreciation of his pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia the 18th of December 1780, and the 10th. of April 1781.
Phila. a 18 Feby 1786. One year Int. p. J. W. One year Int. p. J. W. One year Int. p. J. W.
M o Nicholson
Certify the above to be a correct copy of the original remaining in this Office - Auditor General's Office Harrisburg October 24 th 1838
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
Watt P. Hobart, Aud. Genl.

The Commonwealth of Penn a County of Lehigh
On this twentyth day of October A D 1838 before me Jacob Vark one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Frederick Kemmerer of said County, a Revolutionary Soldier. (whose statements I hereby Certify to be entitled to full credit and belief) who being duly sworn according to Law says - That he was well acquainted with Nicholas Alino in the winter of 1776 in February, that the said Alino and this Deponent both lived in Upper Merion Township then in Northampton Now Lehigh County, that in the said month of February they both enlisted for one year, the said Alino under Captain Alis, and this Deponent under Capt John Melcher, they both marched to Philadelphia from there across to Trenton & Elizabeth town to New York where they remained some time, & from thence by water up the River to Fort Washington, and both helped to build the said Fort - It was not quite finished when the British were fought, Battle in November, both were in the battle and both taken prisoners and taken to New York. The said Deponent was soon released on parole and came home to said Township, the said Alino was sick and did not get home until the next Spring, he thinks in March, that he was not out quite a year but out the said Alino was a little over that time - That they were confined in New York in a Church - That within six or seven years after the said Alino returned he got married to Margaret Freymeyer who lived about four miles from the said Alino and this Deponent, and some years after they were married they moved near Easton in the said County of Northampton -
Sworn and Subscribed Oct 20th 1838 the day and year first above written
his Frederick X Kemmerer mark
A H M Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
vs County of
I Christian & Bechtel prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Lehigh do hereby certify that Jacob Hart Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made, and to be read at the time thereof, and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Lehigh duly commissioned and sworn according to Law and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, And that his signature thereto set is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the seventeenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Wm. Bechtel
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lehigh County ss
On the ninth day of November A. D. 1838 before me Jacob Hart the Justice of the peace within named personally appeared the within named Frederick Leinmeyer who being on the oath within mentioned says that Nicholas Miller was listed at the time within mentioned under the within named Captain Alice, but afterwards and went to Philadelphia under her command. Then the said Miller returned and also the Defendant goes about 7 or 8 miles as he thinks before leaving Philadelphia and remained as within stated. Captain Alice was succeeded by another Captain under whose command the said Miller fell but whose name the Defendant can not now recollect. The Regiment to which the said Nicholas Miller belonged was under the command of Col. Walwallader. At the battle Col. Walwallader was not present but had gone to Philadelphia as was said. Col. Walwallader who commanded the Regiment to which the Defendant belonged was present at the battle.
Sworn on the twentieth day of October A. D. 1838 and before me Jacob Hart Justice of the Peace
his Frederick X Leinmeyer Mark

State of Pennsylvania } Lehigh County } 3
I Christian F. Beitel, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Lehigh do certify that Isaac Hart Eagle, before whom the above affidavit was taken this day, in the capacity of a Justice of the Peace - is one of the Jus- tices of the Peace in and for said County of Lehigh, duly commissioned & sworn ac- cording to law. And that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Christian F. Beitel Atty

Nov. 12
Miss. Chase Margt. Kline,
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Hee
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.