History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolution, from 1774 to 1783, Part 18

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Reading, Pa. : C. F. Haage, printer
Number of Pages: 310


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The natural elements startle us at times, but when the lightnings, storms and floods subside, the air is pure and the sky is clear. It seems that these forces must visit the earth, even if attended with suffering, loss and death; and so it seems that the spirit of social and political agitation must visit a progressive people in the course of their development, even if attended with cruel and destructive warfare. Dictators, rulers and priests, whether in business, politics or religion, may flourish for a time in their vain conceits, and spread extravagant notions in the several affairs of life, and thereby they may obstruct the course of social elevation for a time, just as rocks and cascades impede the flowing waters of winding streams ; but they shall pass away like a cloud in the infinite sky, and their influence shall be absorbed by the multitude just as rivulets from the mountains are at last swallowed by the sea.


By speculation and imaginary values, some men may be enabled to reach out hundreds, even thousands, of miles, and affect the labors, the morals, the hopes and the fears of the people ; they may build costly temples for various purposes and win temporary ap- plause ; they may scatter large gifts here and there with seeming generous hands and awaken great admi-


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ration ; and they may disturb the social equilibrium by forcing an unnatural and unjust distribution of wealth and power. But they cannot alter the course of free government. It was started centuries ago in the con- victions of the people through suffering and blood- shed ; and nurtured by succeeding generations until now, particularly through increasing liberality for gen- eral education, it has become an indisputable, inalien- able and imperishable possession.


The will of the people is expressed in their constant desire for liberty, justice and equality. These princi- ples may again seem weak and presumptuous in the face of concentrating wealth and power. So were they apparently in 1776, but they nevertheless pre- vailed againist a government that was distinguished for its worldly greatness and success. By the course of progress in human affairs, we need not doubt their ultimate triumph, for they are not weak and changing creations from the conception of man, but eternal vir- tues from the power of God.


INDEX.


A DDRESS of Provincial Con- ference. 45


For Flying Camp.


48


Admiralty, Register of Court of ...


195


Affairs at Reading, 1777-78.


198


Allegiance, Oath of Required.


66


Oaths Administered in County 69 Appeal for Support in Warfare .... 191 Army Supplies from County .... 174 Army Surgeons from County ... 144


Articles of Association, Preamble


to. 41


County


Committee Recom-


mends ..


41


Assembly,


Members


of, from


County.


194


Assessors of County.


197


Associated Battalions, County


Colonels of.


.40, 195


Associators, Address to, for Flying


Camp.


47


Companies, what to Consist of 40


County Colonels of.


40


County Committee


Recom-


mends Articles of ..


41


Preamble to Articles of.


41


Recommendation of Congress


as to.


39


Attainder,


Committee


on,


of


County.


196


Auditing Committee of County ...


197


B ALDY, Capt. Jacob, Company


of in New Jersey.


133


Roll of Company


I33


On the Frontier


137


Battalions, Companies and Classes,


Militia System


67


Berks County, Districts of in 1776, 38


Population of in 1776.


38


Resolution of Standing Com-


mittee to Support Civil Au-


thority.


44


Bethlehem, County Troops at .....


92


Biddle Edward, Chairman of Pub-


lic Meeting in 1774 ...


23


Delegate to Congress in 1774 ..


27


Member of Assembly.


194


Sketch of.


209


Bird, Col. Mark, Battalion of at


South Amboy in 1776 ..


...


108


Letter from, to Council of


Safety.


108


Letter About English Prison-


ers at Reading


15I


Sketch of.


212


Bower, Capt. Jacob, Company of


in Continental Line.


117


Roll of Company


I18


Sketch of.


214


Bright, Michael, Sketch of.


215


British Authority, Suppression of


Recommended by Congress. 43


Invasion, not of the County .. . 126 Brodhead, Col. Daniel, on Com- mittee of Correspondence .. . 24


Appointed a Lieutenant.


35


Colonel of Associators.


40


On Standing Committee.


42, 196


Sketch of.


216


Buildings, Pre-Revolutionary at


Reading.


203


Burd, Edward, at Cambridge.


80


At Long Island.


98


Sketch of.


218


C


ABAL, Conway.


200


Canada Campaign, Jones's


Company in.


80


Captains, Names of, from County


in Service


173


Of County in Continental Line


118


Cause of the Revolution.


19


Chester, Two Battalions of County


at.


119


288


INDEX.


Christ, Capt. Henry, Company of at Long Island in 1776 .. ... .


86


Roll of Company ...


86


Services of Company. 87 Sketch of. 219


Churches at Reading Used


as


Hospitals.


145


Civil Authority, Support of by the


County ..


44


Collectors of Excise.


196


Colonels, Names of, from County


in Service.


I73


Of Associated Battalions.


.40, 195


Commissioners of County.


197


Of Forage.


196


Committee


on


Correspon-


dence.


.24, 29, 195


Auditing of County


197


Local.


196


On Attainder and Forfeited


Estates.


196


On Observation.


28, 195


Standing.


42, 196


To Collect Arms, &c


196


Company Roll of- Capt. Jacob Baldy I33


Capt. Jacob Bower


II8


Capt. Henry Christ 86


Capt. Peter Decker.


84


Capt. Daniel DeTurck


94


Capt. John Diehl. 115


Capt. Michael Furrer 107


Capt. Conrad Geist.


156, 165


Capt. Charles Gobin. 130


Capt. Jonathan Jones


81


Capt. Charles Krause.


164


Capt. John Lesher. 105


Capt. John Ludwig. 133


Capt. George Miller.


106


Capt. Jacob Moser.


Capt. George Nagel


77


Capt. Peter Nagel.


167


Capt. Ferdinand Ritter.


I3I


Capt. John Robinson


139


Capt. Nicholas Scheffer


115


Capt. Conrad Sherman. I32


Capt. John Spohn.


83


Capt. Henry Strouch. I34


Capt. Bartholomew Von Heer, I28 Capt. Benjamin Weiser. 102


Capt. George Will.


II4


Capt. Michael Wolf.


105


Companies of Associators, what to Consist of .. 40


From County at New York ... 82


At Newtown


II3


In Revolution.


75


Militia System


67


Of Ely's Battalion on Frontier, 136


Conference, Provincial, June, 1774, 44


Address for Convention ....... 45 For Flying Camp. 47


Declaration of Independence .. 46 Deputies from County to. .. . 45, 194 Resolutions of, in 1775 .. 3I


Congress, Declaration of Inde- pendence by. 49


Delegate to, from County ..... 27 Deputies to, at Philadelphia, 1774. 27


Letter to, from Standing Com- mittee 90


Recommendation of, for Asso- ciators. 40 Representatives to, in 1776. ... 49


Resolution by, to Suppress British Authority 43


Conscientious Scruples Against


War. 33 Resolutions Adopted at Pub- lic Meeting. 33


Constitutional Convention of Province in 1776. 50


Delegates from County to ... 50, 194


Preamble to Constitution. ... 5I


Declaration of Rights.


53


Continental Congress, Delegate to I94


Continental Line, County Men in, II6


Captains from County in II8 Sundry Enlistments in. II8


Continental Paper Money.


I87


Conway-Cabal.


200


Correspondence, Committee of .. 29, 195 Councillors, from County 195


Counties of Province in 1775. 39


County Assessors ..


197


Auditing Committee of.


197


Battalions of, at Chester 119


Captains, Names of in Service, 173


Commissioners.


197


Committee Recommends Arti-


cles of Association.


4I


289


INDEX.


County-(Continued.)


Colonels of Associators ...... 40, 195


Committee


of


Correspon-


dence


.24, 29


By Province.


46


Committee of Observation ....


28


Delegates to Constitutional


Convention.


.51, 194


Delegates to Provincial Con-


ference.


.29, 45, 194


Districts of, in 1776.


38


English People, Location of in,


35


Enlistments from.


I4I


Forges in.


183


Furnaces in ..


183


Incumbents of Positions-


National


194


State,


194


County.


195


Industries of.


183, 184


Ironmasters of.


184


Jail Building


204


Judges of ..


197


Douglass, Capt. George, at Long


Island.


90


Lieutenants of.


196


Members of Assembly of.


194


Sketch of.


220


Militia, Payments for.


149


Paymasters of Militia of.


196


Quarterinaster of


196


Sub-Lieutenants of.


196


Support of Civil Authority by,


44


Surgeons of Army.


144,194


Standing Committee


.42, 196


Troops at Bethlehem


92


Sheriffs.


197


Treasurers.


197


Troops at Newtown, 1781 .


138


Sketch of.


224


On Frontier, 1782.


14I


Eckert, Valentine. Lieutenant of


Orders for.


.146, 147, 148


County.


196


At South Amboy


103


Court House Building.


204


Cut of.


22


Crumrine, Capt. Stephen, Pay to,


for Poor Associators ..


146


D AYS of Drill, Militia System, 68 Decker, Capt. Peter, Com- pany of at New York in 1776 84


Roll of Company.


84


Services of Company.


84


One of First Officers Selected


from County.


34


Sketch of.


220


Declaration of Independence by


Congress.


49


Read in Berks County.


50


Of Rights by Constitutional


Convention ..


53


Delegate Continental Congress, 27, 194 Provincial Conference ....... 29, 194 Constitutional Convention ... 45, 194 DeTurck, Capt. Daniel, Company of at Bethlehem. 93


Marching Order to


94


Roll of Company


94


Pay of Men


95


Order to Organize.


96


Deputies, Congress of.


27


Diehl, Capt. John, Company of at


Newtown ..


115


Roll of Company.


II5


Districts of the County in 1776 .... 38


Drill, Days of, in Militia System .. 68


Duel at Reading.


202


Dundas, Thomas, on Committee of


Correspondence.


.24, 195


Sketch of.


22I


E


CKERT, Capt. Conrad,


at


White Marsh,


I22


Sub-Lieutenant of County.


196


Sketch of.


223


Ege, George, Shot and Shell from


to Government.


177


Sketch of ..


225


Ely, Col. Samuel, Battalion of on


Frontier Service in 1780. .... 136


Battalion of, at Newtown, 1781,


138


English People, Location of, in County. .... 35


English Prisoners at Reading.


151


Conduct of.


152


Geist's Company as Guard.


I56


Enlistments from County


I4I


290


INDEX.


Estimate of Men in Service .. ... 68, 168


Executive Councillors of County .. 195


Excise, Collectors of. 196


Exempted Persons from Service


in Militia. 69


F ARMERS' Inn at Reading .. .. 203


Farmers of Berks County,


Letter to as to Wool. 30


Federal Inn at Reading.


204


Cut of.


244


Fines of Militia System.


69


First Officers Selected from


County ...


34


George Nagel, Major.


34


John Spohn, Captain


34


Peter Scull,


34


Peter Decker,


34


Daniel Brodhead, Lieutenant,


35


Flying Camp, Address of Confer- ence for. 47


Intentions of Congress Ex- plained.


9I


Lotz's Battalion in


89


Forage, Commissioners of.


196


Forfeited Estates, Committee on. 196


Forges of County.


183


Friends' Meeting House.


204


Frontiers, Battalion of Col. Mich- ael Lindemuth on ... . I28


Ely's Battalion on. 136


County Troops on in 1782. 14I


Furnaces of County.


183


Furrer, Capt. Michael, Company


of in Patton's Battalion.


107


Roll of Company


107


G EEHR, Col. Balser, Battalion of at Bethlehem.


93


Colonel of Associated Bat- talions. 40


Judge of County Courts 197 Member of Assembly. 194 On Observation Committee .. 28, 195 On Standing Committee ... . .. 196 Sketch of. 227


Geist, Capt. Conrad, Company of


Guarding English Prisoners, 156 Roll of Company. .156, 165


Germantown, Reading Officer


Wounded at.


123


German Regiment, Weiser's Com-


pany in.


IOI


Other Men from County in ... .


103


German Prisoners at Reading ..


163


Germans to the Rescue.


35


Graydon Alexander, Extracts


from Memoirs.


198


Sketch of ..


230


Gobin, Capt. Charles, Company of


in New Jersey ..


130


Roll of Company.


I30


H ALLER, Col. Henry, Ap- pointed to Solicit Subscrip- tions to Loan. 189


Battalion near Trenton.


109


Desertion of Battalion.


IIO


Conduct Explained


IIO


Wagonmaster of County


196


Sketch of.


230


Hessian Prisoners at Reading.


I 57


Camp for.


158


Camp Surprised. 159


Letter for Removal of. 157


Officer Drowned.


162


Sickness and Burial.


163


Hiester, Gabriel, Sketch of ..


232


Hiester, Joseph, Battalion of with


Reed's Army in New Jersey, 129


Company of at Long Island. 90


Incidents of Company 99


Sketch of.


233


Hospitals at Reading.


145


Hunter, Col. Daniel, Battalion of


in New Jersey in Jan'y, 1777, III


At Chester, August, 1777.


I20


Col Brodhead's Letter. III


Member of Council of Safety .. 51


Putnam's Letter to Council ... II2


Resolutions of Council.


II2


Sketch of.


235


NCUMBENTS of Positions


from County


194


National 194


State.


194


County.


195


INDEX. 291


Independence and Peace


205


Independence of the Province.


. .


43


Declaration of by Province.


46


By Congress.


49


Indians, Inhabitants of County


Killed by.


136


Industries of County


.183, 184


Inhabitants of County Killed by


Indians.


136


Ironmasters of County


184


J


AIL Building of County.


204


Cut of.


155


Jones, Capt. Jonathan, Company


of in Canada Campaign.


. .


80


Roll of Company


81


Services of Company.


81


Jones Thomas, Sketch of.


236


Judges of County.


197


Justices of the Peace of County.


. . 197


K


RAUSE, Capt. Charles,


Company of Guarding Pris-


oners at Reading.


164


Roll of Company.


164


Kutztown, Troops Encamped at ..


125


Local Committees.


196


Patton's Battalion Marched by


Way of


104


L


ADICH, Capt. Jacob, Com-


pany of at Newtown.


. .


149


Pay and Bounty of Company. .


149


Letter to Council from, about


Supplies Taken


18I


Sketch of.


237


Letter as to Wool from Committee of Correspondence. 30


To James Read from Gen'1 Thomas Mifflin .. II3


To Congress from Standing


Committee


90


To Council from Mark Bird, 151, 176


From Gen'l Israel Putnam


about County Troops.


....


II2


From James Read .


153


From Jacob Morgan, Jr


179


From John Lesher.


I81


Levan, Daniel, Sheriff of County. 197


Treasurer of County


197


Sketch of.


238


Levan, Sebastian, Sketch of.


238


Lexington1,


Battle at Awakens


County.


32


Lieutenants of County


196


Lincoln, Abraham, County Com-


missioner


197


Member of Assembly.


194


Sketch of. 239 Lindemuth Col. Michael, Bat- talion of on Frontiers in 1778, I28


Letter from on Murder of In- habitants in 1780. 136


One Class of Battalion on


Frontiers in 1781


138


On Frontier Service,


. 137, 138


Livingood, Capt. Jacob, Company


of in Service in 1781


140


Order for Enlistment


140


Pay of Service


140


Sketch of.


24I


Long Island, Battle of.


97


Lotz, Col. Nicholas, Battalion in Flying Camp. 89


Notice to Elect Officers of Bat- talion 89


Committee Letter to Con-


gress.


90


Lancaster Committee, Letters to


from County Committee .... 29, 30


Chairman of Standing Com-


mittee


196


Receipt Book of ..


I83


Lesher, Capt. John, Company of


in Patton's Battalion ..


105


Commissioner of Forage.


196


Roll of Company.


105


Sketch of.


242


Lower, Christian, County Com-


missioner


196


Sub-Lieutenant of County.


196


Sketch of ..


245


Ludwig. Capt. John, Company in


New Jersey.


133


Roll of Company


133


Justice of Peace.


197


Sketch of.


246


292


INDEX.


M ANUFACTURED Supplies


for Army from County ..


.....


175


Masts for Navy cut in County . . 137, 182


Members of Assembly from


County.


194


Men, Estimate of in Service .. I68 Men Subject to Military Duty .... 40, 59 Men Supplied from County, Re- ports of. 145


Mifflin, Gen'1


Thomas, Letter


about Raising Men at Read-


ing.


I13


Militia System.


56


County Delegates to Lancaster Convention. 58


County Returns for 1775. 57


1776


58


New System Provided in 1777, Battalions, Companies and Classes. 67


County


Districts


Estab-


lished.


67


Days of Drill.


68


Fines.


69


Oaths


Administered


in


County.


69


Oath of Allegiance. 66


Pay and Rations. 68


Pensions.


69


Persons Exempted.


69


Guard for Prisoners.


166


Payments for, in County 149


Paymasters of County.


196


Resolution of Council for


167


Miller, Capt. George, Company of in Patton's Battalion. 106


Roll of Company.


106


Money, Continental Paper 187


Morgan, Col. Jacob, Delegate to Constitutional Convention .. 51


Delegate to Provincial Con- ference. 45


Judge of County Courts. 197


Justice of the Peace,


197


Lieutenant of County


196


Sketch of.


247


Morgan, Col. Jacob, Jr., Deputy


Quartermaster-General .. ..


194


Superintendent of Commis-


sioners of Purchases.


195


Quartermaster of County.


196


Wagonmaster - General


of


State.


195


Sketch of.


250


Morgan, David, Sketch of ..


253


Moser, Capt. Jacob, Company of in Continental Line .. II6


Roll of Company. II6 Murder of Inbabitants by Indians, 136


Musket Barrels, Length of.


40


N AGEL, Capt. George, Com- pany ofat Cambridge in 1775 75


Form of Enlistment ..


76


Roll of Company.


77


Services of Company.


79


1778


70


One of First Officers Selected


I780.


72


from County.


34


1783.


..


73


Sketch of.


254


Nagel, Capt. Peter, Company of Guarding Prisoners at Read- ing. 167


Chairman of Meeting of Revo- lutionary Survivors 207


Roll of Company


167


Sketch of.


255


Names of Captains and Colonels


from County in Service ...... 173


National Incumbents of Positions from County. 194


Negman John and Children Mur- dered by Indians in 1780. ... 136


Newtown, Companies from County at .. II3


Mifflin's Letter for, to Read, II3


County Troops at in 1781 ..


...


New York, Companies at from


I13


County in 1776.


82


ATH of Allegiance Required in 1777. 66 Administered in County. 69 Observation, County Committee of,. 28, 195


Old, Capt. John, Company of in Lotz's Battalion. 90


At Bethlehem. 93 Oley, Supplies Taken from in 1778, 181


Otto, Dr. John A., Sketch of ..... 261


1777 ..


59


66


INDEX.


293


Otto, Dr. Bodo, Delegate to Pro- vincial Conference. 45


National Surgeon.


194


Surgeon of Army. 144


Sketch of.


258


P ATTON, Col. John, Battalion of at Bethlehem


93


At South Amboy


103


Appointed to Sign Currency ..


189


Judge of County Courts


197


Member of Assembly


194


Pay to for Cannon Shot ..


178


Sketch of.


262


Paper Money, Continental.


187


Patriotic Spirit of the County


23


Pay and Rations of Militia


68


Payments for County Militia


149


Paymasters of County Militia,


196


Pay of Men in Service .. ... .76, 95, 186


Pennybacker, Capt. Dirck, Pay to 149 Pennsylvania, Counties of in 1775. 39 Men from, in service in 1776 .. 145


In 1777 147 Population of in 1776. 38 Peace, Independence and 205


Pensions of Militia System 69


Persons Exempted from Service in Militia 69


Philadelphia, Public Papers Re- moved from, to Reading 198


Population of County in 1776.


38


Pennsylvania in 1776


38


Potts, Dr. Jonathan, Army Sur- geon from County. I44


Delegate to Provincial Con-


vention.


29


Letters to Lancaster Commit-


tee


29


Letter to Farmers as to Wool,


30


National Surgeon.


194


On Committee of Observation,


28


Sketch of.


263


Prayer, First Recommendation for


190


Pre-Revolutionary Buildings at


Reading.


203


Prices During Revolution ..


185, 186


German.


163


Militia Guarding. . 156, 164, 165, 167 Proclamation for Favor of God ... 190 Prominent Industries of County ... 183


Furnaces.


183


Forge


183


Prothonotary of Supreme Court ..


195


Province, Counties of in 1775 ..


..


39


Independence of.


43


Provincial Conference at Philadel-


phia, July, 1774.


26


Notice issued for.


26


Conference, June, 1776.


44


Address for Flying Camp by 47 Address Issued by. 45 Declaration of Independence 46 Deputies from County to. . 45, 194 Resolutions of in 1775. .. 3I Provincial Convention, Notice for on January 23, 1775. 28


County Delegates to.


29


Resolutions of.


3I


Provost Guard, Dragoons of


County in ..


127


Public Meeting at Reading, 1774 ... 23


Public Papers Removed from Philadelphia to Reading .... 198


Purchases, Superintendent


of


Commissioners of ..


195


Superintendent of.


196


Putnam, Gen'l Israel, Letter of


about Berks County Troops, 112


UAKER Prisoners at Read-


ing.


I 54


Quartermaster of County


196


Quartermaster-General,


Deputy,


from County.


194


68


R


ATIONS of Militia


. .


Read, Collinson, Secretary


of Standing Committee, 42, 44, 196


Sketch of ..


264


Read, James, Appointed to Sign


Continental Notes ..


189


Prisoners of War at Reading


15I


English.


15I


Committee on


Correspon-


dence.


24, 195


Executive Councillor.


195


Hessian.


157


Justice of the Peace.


197


294


INDEX.


James Read-(Continued.)


Letter from About English


Prisoners ..


153


Member of Assembly.


194


Register of Court of Adıni- ralty. 195


Sketch of ..


265


Reading, Affairs at.


198


Centre of Trade. 25


Churches at, used as Hopitals, I45


Duel at.


202


Federal Inn at.


204


First Companies at.


33


Hospitals at ..


I45


Militia to Guard Stores at.


148


Patriotic Feeling at in 1775. ... 33 Pre-Revolutionary Buildings .. 203


Prisoners of War at.


15I


Public Meeting at in 1774 .


. ..


23


Committee Appointed by .... 24


Resolutions Adopted by .... 23


Public Papers removed to, from Philadelphia.


198


Social Condition in 1777 .. 198


Storekeeper at.


196


Receipt Book of Col. Nicholas Lotz. 183


Reeser, William, Chairman of


Meeting ..


33


On Committee of Observa-


tion.


.28, 198


Sketch of


266


Reformed Church Building.


204


Cut of.


144


Register of Court of Admiralty ...


195


Reports of Men Supplied from County I45


Return of the Soldiers.


206


Revolution, Cause of ..


19


Revolutionary Survivors.


.207, 208


Riehm, Capt. George, Company of at Newtown .. .138, 149 Pay of Company for Services .. 149


Ritter, Capt. Ferdinand, Company


of in New Jersey. I3I


Roll of Company.


I31


Robinson, Capt. Jolin, Company


of at Newtown in 1781 .. I39


On Frontiers in 1782.


I4I


Roll of Company.


139


S


CHEFFER, Capt. Nicholas,


Company of at Newtown .... II5


Roll of Company. II5 Schultz, Christopher, Justice of the Peace. 197


On Committee of Correspon- dence. 24 On Committee of Observation, 28


Sketch of.


267


Scull, Edward, Secretary of Board of War. 194


Ordered on Recruiting Ser-


vice, 1778.


147


Sketch of.


268


Scull, Peter, one of First Officers


Selected from County ..


34


Sketch of.


268


Secretary of Board of War from County 194


Service, Estimate of Men in from County. I68


Sherman, Capt. Conrad, Com-


pany of in New Jersey


132


Roll of Company.


132


Sheriffs of County ..


197


Shoemaker, Charles, Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 51


Delegate to Provincial Con-


ference.


45


Justice of the Peace.


197


Sketch of.


269


Shoemaker, Jacob, on Committee of Observation. 28, 195


Sketch of.


271


Shot and Shell from George Ege to the Government 177 Snell, Dr. Nicholas, Surgeon at Newtown. 149


South Amboy, County Troops at in 1776. 103


Social Condition at Reading in 1777 and 1778. 198


Soder, Capt. John, Sketch of.


27I


Soldiers, Return of the


206


Spohn, Capt. John, Company of at New York in 1776. 83


Roll of Company


83


Services of Company


84


One of First Officers Selected


from County.


34


Sketch of.


272


295


INDEX.


Spyker, Benjamin, Delegate to


Constitutional Conven-


tion.


-51, 194


Delegate to Provincial Con-


ference.


.45, 194


Sketch of


274


Spyker, Col. Henry, Battalion of


at White Marsh.


I22


Orders to for Pay of Militia ..


150


Paymaster of County Militia,


196,


Sketch of.


276


Spyker, Peter, Judge of County


Courts.


197


Justice of the Peace.


197


Sketch of.


275


Standing Committee.


42, 44, 91, 196


Letter of to Congress.


90


State Incumbents of positions from


County.


194


Strouch, Capt. Henry, Company


of in New Jersey.


1 34


Roll of Company.


134


Storekeeper at Reading


196


Sub-Lieutenants of County


196


Supplies for Army from County ..


174


Manufactured.


175


Collected.


177


At Reading


180


Suppression of British Authority


Recommended by Congress,


43


Surgeon of Army from County. ...


144


National from County


194


Supreme Court, Prothonotary of. .


195


Survivors of Revolution.


...


.. 207, 208


T


ORIES, who Designated ..... 21, 37


Trinity Lutheran Church


Building.


204


School Building.


204


Tulpehocken, Companies from at


U


DREE, Daniel, Colonel of


Militia ..


.61, 70


Commanded Battalion at


Chester.


I20


Sub-Lieutenant of County ..


196


Sketch of.


277


ON HEER, Capt. Bartholo-


mew, Company of Dragoons


in Provost Guard.


128


Roll of Company.


I28


W


AR, Conscientious Scru-


ples against.


33


Wagonmaster of County


196


Wagonmaster-Generals


of


the


County


195


Warfare, Appeal for Support in ...


19I


Washington's


Army near the


County.


124


Weiser, Capt. Benjamin, Com- pany in German Regiment .. IOI


Roll of Company.


I02


Services of Company


102


Sketch of.


281


Weiser Store Building.


204


Whigs, who Designated,


21


White Marsh, Battalion of Col. Henry Spyker at. I22


Whitman, Lieut., Wounded at


Germantown.


123


Will, Capt. George, Company of


at Bethlehem.


93


At Newtown


II4


Roll of Company.


II4


Wilson, Capt. James, Recom-


mended for Recruiting Ser-


vice in 1778.


148


Wolf, Capt. Michael, Company of


in Patton's Battalion


105


Roll of Company


105


Bethlehem


93


Wool, Committee Letter as to. ...


30


JUSTICE





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