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Persons, who neglected or refused to take this oath, were declared to be incapable of holding any office; serving as jurors ; suing for debts ; electing or being elected ; buying, selling, or transferring real estate ; and they were liable to be disarined by the County Lieutenants and Deputies. If they were not provided with passes, they were liable to be arrested as spies, upon being found out of the city or county away from their immediate residence; and forgery of a certificate was punishable with a flogging and a fine of £50.
County Districts Established .- This law directed the counties to be divided into districts, and each dis- trict was to contain not less than 440 inen, nor inore than 680, fit for duty, to be arranged in eight com- panies. The officer in charge of a county was called a "Lieutenant," and of each district, a "Sub-Lieu- tenant." It was the duty of the "Lieutenant" to enlist the people, collect the fines, and execute the details of the law.
Battalions, Companies and Classes .- Each district was subdivided into eight parts with due regard to the convenience of the inhabitants, and each district
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elected its officers, from lieutenant-colonel down to sub-alterns. Thic term of service was three years. A company was set apart for each subdivision, and this was also divided by lot into eight parts, called classes, as nearly equal as possible, and the several classes were nuinbered from one to eight in numerical order. Berks County was divided into six districts. Accord- ingly, the county had six battalions, or forty-eight companies.
The rank of the battalions and their officers, also of the captains and sub-alterns, was determined by lot. The precedence of the officers of the several counties, as to rank, was arranged according to the seniority of the counties, Philadelphia being first.
In case of invasion, or assistance were asked by Congress, the militia was called out by classes. The first draft consisted of class one of each company, and if insufficient, then class two, and so on as occasion required. Each class was liable to serve two months, and it was relieved by the next class in numerical order.
Pay and Rations .- The pay and rations were the same as Continental troops. They were to commence two days before marching, and to be allowed at the rate of twenty miles a day till the men returned home.
Days of Drill .- Days of drill were set apart in the Spring and Fall for military exercise ; in companies, on the last Monday of April, and first three Mondays of May; also, on the last two Mondays of August, the last two Mondays of September, and the third Monday of October ; and in battalions, on the fourth Mondays of May and October.
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Fines .- Enrolled men who refused to parade were fined 7sh. 6d. per diem ; absent officers, Iosh. ; non- commissioned officers and privates, 5slı. On field days, the fine for non-attendance was £5, and for non-com- inissioned officers and privates, 15sh.
Pensions .- Pensions were allowed for incapacitating injuries not exceeding one-half the pay received ; and for persons who died from wounds, or were killed, in service, the Orplians' Court was authorized to allow support to the families in amounts.not to exceed one- half the pay of such persons.
Persons Exempted from Service .- The excepted persons fromn bearing arms were Delegates in Congress, Members of the Executive Council, Judges of the Su- preme Court, Masters and Faculty of Colleges, Minis- ters, and servants purchased bona fide.
Oaths Administered in the County .- In pursuance of said Act, over forty-nine hundred men took the oath of allegiance in Berks County during the years 1777 and 1778, before the Justices of the Peace in the several sections of the county. The greater num- ber was taken from June to October in 1777.
The Justices, who administered the oaths, and the number taken by each Justice, were as follows :
Henry Christ, Reading. 943
Jacob Shoemaker, Central Section 1149
John Ludwig, Central Section. 287
Peter Spyker, Western Section .. 779
Charles Shoemaker, Northern Section 300
Samuel Ely, Northeastern Section. 497
Daniel Rothermel, Eastern Section
315
John Old, Southeastern Section 228
Jacob Weaver, Southern Section. 385
Jacob Morgan, Southern Section 37
Total. 4920
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This number would indicate how many men were in Berks County at that time over the age of eighteen years. It exceeds the number of those who were sub- ject to military duty, but many of the men were, of course, over sixty years of age.
The several Justices presented certified lists of the names of the persons, who had "taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and fidelity," to Henry Christ, Esq., (the Recorder of the County,) and he recorded them in a book provided for that purpose, which was entitled "Book D, volume I."
COUNTY RETURNS FOR 1778.
The militia returns for the year 1778 were as fol- lows. Total number of men enrolled was 4058:
Ist Battalion-Lower Eastern Section.
Colonel, Daniel Hunter.
CAPTAINS.
Christopher Foulk, George Focht, Daniel Reiff,
Stephen Crumrine, Jacob Hill, David Stause,
Sebastian Lentz,
Peter Wanner,
Number of men enrolled, 642.
2nd Battalion-Upper Eastern Section.
Colonel, Daniel Udree. CAPTAINS.
Charles Krouse,
George Kemp, Abraham Huy,
Peter Smith, Casper Smeck, Henry Egner.
Jacob Rothermel, Michael Voyge,
Number of mien enrolled, 565.
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3rd Battalion-Upper Western Section.
Colonel, Michael Lindemuth. CAPTAINS. Sebastian Emrich, Daniel Will,
Jacob Whetstone,
Conrad Minnich, George Souter, Jacob Schraedle, Jacob Shable,
Ferdinand Ritter.
Number of men enrolled, 722.
4th Battalion-Central Section.
Colonel, Joseph Hiester. CAPTAINS. Peter Nagel, Sebastian Miller,
Conrad Geist,
John Reitunger,
George Riehm,
Philip Krick.
George Ax,
Conrad Eckert,
Number of men enrolled, 756.
5th Battalion-Lower Western Section.
Colonel, Jacob Weaver. CAPTAINS. Jacob Graul, John Keim.
Joseph McMurray,
Harris,
Joseph Sands,
David Morgan.
John Bishop,
Number of men enrolled, 645.
6th Battalion-Western Section.
Colonel, Henry Spyker. CAPTAINS. Conrad Weiser, Jacob Kreamer,
John Lesher,
George Batdorff,
Michael Bretz,
Philip Filbert.
Henry Shepler, Henry Weaver,
Number of men enrolled, 728.
ADDITIONAL CAPTAINS.
George Grant,
Jacob Rhoads.
Daniel Deturk,
George Beaver,
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COUNTY RETURNS FOR 1780.
A return of the Field Officers, Captains, and Sub- alterns of the county militia was certified to by Col. Jacob Morgan, the Lieutenant of the county on May 10, 1780, when he issued commissions and delivered them to Col. Jacob Morgan, Jr. It is published in the Pennsylvania Associators, 2nd vol., pp. 278 to 292. The Field Officers and Captains were as follows :
Ist Battalion-North-Eastern Section.
Lt .- Col., Samuel Ely. Maj., Abraham Betz. CAPTAINS. Jacob Mourer, Leonard Stone,
Charles Crouse, Jacob Ledich,
George Beaver, Jacob Rickstein.
Jacob Rothermel,
Jacob Balty,
2nd Battalion-Western Section.
Lt .- Col., Henry Spyker. Maj., John Lesher.
Henry Shepler,
CAPTAINS.
Michael Wolf,
John Sheffer,
Daniel Groff, Philip Hetrich, John Fulmer.
John Anspach, Philip Filbert,
3rd Battalion-Southern Section.
Lt .- Col., Jonathan Jones. Maj., .Jacob Kirlin. CAPTAINS. Michael Stophel, John Ludwig,
David Weidner,
Thomas Hamilton,
George Graul,
David Morgan.
Adam Beard, George Ax,
4th Battalion-Northern Section.
Lt .- Col., Michael Lindemuth. Maj., Martin Kercher. CAPTAINS.
Daniel Will, Ferdinand Ritter,
Jacob Frantz, Jacob Weston, Jacob Shartel, Francis Umbenhacker.
Christian Balty, Jacob Strabel,
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5th Battalion-Eastern Section. Lt .- Col., John Cunius. Maj., Michael Mullin. CAPTAINS.
Abraham Kiefer, Jacob Griesemer, Daniel Leinbach,
Henry Knause, Jacob Hill, David Strause.
Anthony Schroeder, Henry Strouch,
6tl Battalion-Central Section.
Lt .- Col., Joseph Hiester. Maj., Edward Scull.
CAPTAINS.
Sebastian Miller, Paul Feger, George Riehm,
Conrad Geist,
Peter Nagel, John Spohn.
Conrad Eckert,
Charles Gobin,
COUNTY RETURNS FOR 1783.
A similar return was made by Col. Valentine Eck- ert, the Lieutenant of the county for the year 1783, and he issued commissions to the officers elected in April of that year. It is published in Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 10, pp. 190 and 331. The number of men in the Ist Battalion, commanded by Lt .- Col. Nicholas Lotz, was about 840 ; and of the 6th Bat- talion, commanded by Lt .- Col. John Cunius, was 643.
The number of men in the several companies of the other Battalions was not given.
The Battalion officers were as follows :
1st Battalion-Centre. Lt .- Col., Nicholas Lotz. Major, Jacob Bower.
2nd Battalion-North. Lt .- Col., Balser Geehr. Major, Martin Kercher. 3rd Battalion-Northeast. Lt .- Col., Samuel Ely. Major, Stephen Balty.
4th Battalion-South. Lt .- Col., George Ax. Major, Benjamin Talbert. 5th Battalion- West. Lt .- Col., Henry Spyker. Major, Christian Lower, Jr.,
6th Battalion-East. Lt .- Col., John Cunnius. Major, Nicholas Hunter.
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NOTE .- By way of getting at the returns of the companies for the year 1776, it lias been stated 011 page 58 that only eleven companies were found of which any mention was made. I overlooked tlie fol- lowing thirteen companies :
Jonathan Jones. Joseph Hiester, John Ludwig,
John Spohn. Jacob Maurer, Benjamin Weiser,
Peter Decker.
George May, John Lesher,
Henry Christ,
George Douglass, Conrad Geist.
Jacob Graul,
Besides Lotz's Battalion, and part of Patton's, tliree other battalions were in service-Geehr's, Bird's and Haller's-but their respective companies were not ob- tainable. (See Chap. VI.)
Capt. George Riehm is mentioned as a delegate to the Lancaster Convention for the 3rd Battalion. He also had a company organized. I have thus identified twenty-five companies out of forty-two estimated for the seven battalions. Thirteen of them were froin the cell- tral section of tlic county, and five from thic western.
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CHAPTER VI.
COMPANIES FROM THE COUNTY IN THE REVOLUTION.
After much research and study, I am enabled to present the following companies and battalions of men from Berks County which were engaged in the Rev- olution during the period extending froin 1775 to 1782. The evidence relating to them was taken al- most entirely from the publications issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, comprising the Col- onial Records, Pennsylvania Archives, (first and sec- ond series,) and Pennsylvania Associators.
I made diligent and persistent inquiry in the several county offices in the Court House at Reading, but I found only a single record that related to this impor- tant event in our history. In locating the several battalions, companies and leading men at the head of affairs, I had recourse to the public records. Occa- sionally I found private manuscripts in different parts of the county, but they were few in number and lim- ited in character.
NAGEL'S COMPANY AT CAMBRIDGE.
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress passed resolutions requiring twelve companies of expert rifle- men to be raised for the purpose of joining the army near Boston. Eight of these companies were to be raised in Pennsylvania, formed into a battalion, and
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commanded by officers recommended by the Assembly. The command formed of these companies was called "Colonel Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen." Each company consisted of one captain, three lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, a drummer or trumpeter and sixty-eight privates. The pay was as follows : Captain, $20 a month ; lieutenant, $1313 ; sergeant, $8; corporal, $713 ; drummer, $773 ; private, $62/3. They supplied their own arms and clothes. The term of enlistment was one year. The form of enlistment was as follows :
"I have this day voluntarily enlisted myself as a soldier in the American Continental Army, for one year, unless sooner dis- charged, and do bind myself to conform in all instances to such rules and regulations as are or shall be established for the govern- ment of the said army."
One company in this battalion was from Reading. It was commanded by Capt. George Nagel.
By the "Journal of Capt. Win. Hendricks" in Penna. Archives, vol. 15, p. 26, it appears that three compa- nies, commanded by Captains Patterson, Smith and Lowden were at Reading, with the company of a Capt. " Noggle," awaiting the arrival of two compa- nics from Carlisle, commanded by Captains Wmn. Hen- drick and John Chambers, all destined for Cambridge. The latter two companies remained at Reading from July 17th to 22nd. All the companies started in a body on the 22nd. The Capt. "Noggle " mentioned can not have been George Nagel, because his com- pany was then at Cambridge.
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Roll of Company.
Captains.
George Nagel, com, June 25, 1775 ; prom. major of the 5th Batt., Col. Robert Magaw, Jan. 5, 1776; to Lt .- Col. 9th Regt., Con- tinental Line, Oct. 25, 1776, to rank from Aug. 21, 1776; to Col. of 10th Regt. Feb., 1778, and became a Supernumerary July 1, 1778.
Morgan Conner, com. Jan. 5, 1776 ; March 9th called from camp by Congress, and sent into the Southern Department ; after- wards Lt .- Col. of Col. Hartley's Regiment.
First Lieutenants.
Morgan Conner, com. dated July 17, 1775 ; prom. capt.
David Harris, appointed Jan. 5, 1776.
Second Lieutenants.
Peter Scull, com. July 17, 1775; prom. capt. in 3rd Penn. Batt., Col. John Shee, Jan. 5, 1776. Benjamin Chambers, Sr., from private in Capt. Chambers' Co., Jan. 5, 1776 ; subsequent- ly first lieut., 1st Pa. Regt. Third Lieutenants.
Peter Grubb, com. July 17, 1775; app. to Miles' rifle regt.
Peter Weiser, app. Jan. 5, 1776.
Sergeants.
Jacob Bower, app. Q. M. Hananiah Lincoln.
John McKinty. Alexander Brannon. Philip Gibbons.
Corporals.
James Williams.
Hugh Hughes.
Henry Snevely.
Casper Heiner.
Surgeon.
Dr. Jonathan Potts.
Drummer.
John Maloy.
Privates.
Thomas Bain. Robert Creed.
Christopher Balty.
William Crowley.
Yost Berger. Henry Deckert.
George Fisher.
Conrad Bourke.
Christian Derr, re-
Christian Fought.
Peter Bowman.
enlisted in old
Michael Foust. LewisFranklinberry.
James Brown. Hugh Dennison.
George Gearhart.
John Bermeter.
John Dombaugh.
Charles Gordon.
Daniel Gorman.
Daniel Graff.
John Cox.
Jacob Ebright.
Andrew Engel.
Peter Felix.
Peter Brough. 11th regt.
Michael Ceney. Jacob Duck.
Casper Cool, or Kool. Jacob Elgerts.
John Grant.
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Abrabam Griffith. John Lewis.
Thomas Reilly.
Jobn Grow.
Samuel McFarland.
John Rewalt.
Timothy Harris.
Christopher Martin.
William Robinson.
Jobn Huber.
Michael Miller.
Christian Rone.
William Jones.
Peter Mingle.
Nicholas Shanefelt.
George Kemmerling. Alexander Mogey John Kerner, wound- [McGee. ]
Andrew Shirk. Josepb Smitb.
ed at Lechmere Adam Moyer.
Henry Snevely, Sr.
Pond, Nov. 9, 1775; Christian Moyer, or
Christopber Myer.
John Stone.
re-enlisted in 6th Pa. regt. in 1777.
Michael Moyer.
John Strecker.
Charles Kleckner, prom. ensign of German Regt.
Ernst Nibber [Law- rence.] Frederick Nipple. Philip Waggoner.
Frederick Tueo. Abraham Umstead.
Nicholas Leasure.
Henry Orwig. Nicholas Waltman.
Jobn Leaman.
Samuel Parks.
Christian Wander.
Casper Leib.
Adam Pickle.
John Weiser.
Harmon Leitbeiser,
Elias Rieger. Isaac Willey.
ensign 6th Pa. Reg.
A return of March, 1776, states the strength of the company present, as follows : 1 captain, 3 lieuten- ants, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, I drummer and 65 pri- vates.
Within three weeks froin the time of their enlist- ment, some of the companies took up their line of inarch to the Hudson River on their way to the army at Cambridge, Mass. During July and August, 1775, they passed through New Windsor, (on the Hudson several iniles above West Point.) Nagel's company reported at headquarters, at Cambridge, on the 18th of July. The last of the battalion arrived ou the 18th of August. The appearance of the men was described as follows :
"They are remarkably stout and hardy men, many of tbem ex- ceeding six feet in beigbt. They are dressed in white frocks or rifle-shirts and round hats. Tbese men are remarkable for tbe
George Spotts.
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accuracy of their aim, striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance. At a review, while on a quick ad- vance, a company of them fired their balls into objects of seven inches diameter at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards. They are now stationed in our lines, and their shot have frequently proved fatal to British officers and soldiers who expose themselves to view even at more than double the distance of common musket- shot. Each man bore a rifle-barreled gun, a tomahawk or small ax and a long knife, usually called a 'scalping-knife,' which served for all purposes in the woods. His underdress-by no means in military style-was covered by a deep ash-colored hunting-shirt, leggins and moccasins-if the latter could be procured. It was the silly fashion of those times for riflemen to ape the manners of savages."
The battalion was first actually engaged and sus- tained its first loss in killed and wounded on the 27th of August, while covering an entrenching party.
Services of Company.
The services of this company were in connection with Thompson's Battalion at and about Cambridge, and are detailed in 10 Penna. Archives, (2nd series), pp. 3 to 13. No losses in the company were reported. The battalion received orders about March 11, 1776, to march from Cambridge to New York. The men went by way of Hartford, and New York was reached on March 28th. On April 22nd, Gen'l Washington, while at New York, said in a letter addressed to the President of Congress :
" The time for which the riflemen enlisted, will expire on the Ist of July next, and as the loss of such a valuable and brave body of men will be of great injury to the service, I would submit it to the consideration of Congress whether it would not be best to adopt some method to induce them to continue. They are in- deed a very useful corps ; but I need not mention this, as their importance is already well known to the Congress."
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It was stated in a letter of June 30th, by Col. Hand, that "almost all the men discharged to-day declare that they will stay to know what the fleet will do." On July Ist, the battalion entered upon another term of service as the Ist Regiment of the Continental Line.
A number of gentlemen went along in the marclı to Cambridge as independent volunteers. Their names were not entered on the rolls, and they claimed the privilege of paying their own expenses and re- turning at pleasure. Among these was Edward Burd, then a practicing attorney-at-law of Reading, who, in August, 1776, participated in the Battle of Long Island as a Major under Lieut .- Col. Nicholas Lotz, and there became a prisoner of war.
JONES'S COMPANY IN THE CANADA CAMPAIGN.
The news from Lexington and Concord reached Berks County in the latter part of April, 1775, and Jonathan Jones, of Caernarvon township raised a com- pany of men in that township and vicinity. Six com- panies of riflemen were ordered to be raised in Penn- sylvania in June, but it was not until the following October that the first regular regiment was called out by Congress. On the 25th of that month, the captains were appointed, and among them was Captain Jones. In December, Congress ordered four additional regi- inents to be raised in Pennsylvania, and in January, 1776, still another. These six regiments then com- posed the Pennsylvania Line, and the Ist, 2nd, 4th and 6th participated in the movements against Can- ada. The company of Capt. Jones was the first
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named in the Ist Regiment, commanded by Col. John Philip DeHaas. The roll was complete at the time of enlistment, but the following names are all that were obtainable :
Roll of Company.
Captain. Jonathan Jones.
Corporals.
Bean.
- Kelly.
Jacob Candy. Matthew Clark.
Privates.
George Alexander.
John McGregor.
James Murphy.
John Brown.
Robert McKillup.
Albert Pearson.
James Dagley.
Joseph McMullen.
Ezra Shea.
Brice Dunlap.
Patrick McLaughlin. Joseph Skelton.
Joseph Fullerton.
Clement Merls. William Tennent.
Robert Gouger.
Philip O. Miller.
William Walker.
Daniel Leary.
Robert Murdock. Thomas Walters.
James McCorley.
Services of Company.
On January 23, 1776, Capt. Jones began a long march from Philadelphia to Canada with his company. The weather was intensely cold, that Winter having been one of great severity. They had one baggage wagon but no tents, depending upon such lodgings and provisions as their quarter-master could procure for them on the way. The roads were in a bad con- dition and the greater part of the journey extended through a wilderness. Even the best parts of the country were but sparsely settled, and limited accom- modations were afforded for so large a body of men. The company proceeded by way of Germantown, Bethlehem and Easton to the Hudson river, and were
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then transported on boats at the public expense to Albany. It took eleven days to cover this distance. By that time their mittens and shoes were worn out and their muskets were useless from constant exposure. After a detention of several days in obtaining the necessary supplies, they continued up the Hudson and over Lakes George and Champlain to St. John and Montreal, partly by boats but mostly on foot. They remained at Montreal two weeks and then marched to Quebec, where they halted the latter part of March. The weather was still very cold, the snow at some places six feet deep, and the situation of af- - fairs extremely discouraging. The campaign was un- successful and the American Army was obliged to re- treat to Ticonderoga, where the men were entrenched and remained for some time on the defensive. The British, not succeeding in their mission, returned to Canada, and General Gates then ordered the regiment with certain other troops to embark for Pennsylvania. They started November 15th, and while marching homeward, Washington sent pressing orders to them to join his army at Trenton; but before reaching that place they were ordered to halt thirty miles to the North. After the defeat of the British at Trenton, they marched to Philadelphia and were discharged on January 10, 1777. It is not known how many returned with the company. The roll, as presented, numbers only twenty-seven men.
COMPANIES AT NEW YORK.
Three companies from Berks County were in service at New York and in that vicinity in 1776. Two of
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them formed part of the 5th Battalion of Pennsylvania troops, which was under the command of Col. Robert Magaw, of Carlisle. The captains were John Spohn and Peter Decker, both residents of Reading. The men of Spohn's company were also from Reading, but those of Decker's were inostly from the districts surrounding Reading.
The third company constituted part of the Penn- sylvania Rifle Regiment, of which Samuel Miles was appointed Colonel. It was commanded by Capt. Henry Christ, who was also from Reading.
The company rolls are incomplete.
Roll of Spohn's Company.
Captain.
John Spohn, com'd Jan. 5, 1776 ; resigned Nov. 4, 1776.
First Lieutenant. John Morgan, Philadelphia, com'd Jan. 6, 1776; taken August 16, 1776; same day prom. capt., vice Miller, killed; June 1, 1778, became super- numerary ; exch. Aug. 26, 1778.
.Second Lieutenant.
William Stanley, com'd Jan. 8, 1776 ; taken Aug. 16th ; same day prom. 1st lieut. ; exch. Aug. 25, 1780.
Ensign.
John Gansel, com'd Jan. 8, 1776.
Sergeant-Major. Enoch Wright, app'd Nov. 16, 1776.
Sergeants. Jacob Vanderslice. Adam Ruth.
Corporals. Henry Vanderslice.
Henry Goodheart. James Campbell.
Privates.
Jacob Albert. George Cole.
William Fletcher.
John Allison, sergt .- maj. of 4th Pa.
William Collins.
Henry Goodhart.
Timothy Carney. Christopher Havener
John Barnhest. Dennis Calaghan.
Richard Barington. Anthony Bishop.
Valentine Dengler. Peter Duck.
George Heilman.
Christian Holick.
Jacob Hausknecht.
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George Hoffner.
Peter Miller.
George Whitmire ;
Martin Link.
John Nair. died in New York
Nicholas Mann.
John Rangler.
two days before
George Marshal.
Michael Raume. exchange.
Jacob Miller ; re- John Rheam.
Benjamin Ziegler.
enlisted in Col.
Michael Selser.
Michael Zurn.
Hartley's regt .;
John Shelson.
disch. 1781. Michael Whitmer.
Roll of Decker's Company.
Captain. Peter Decker, com'd Jan. 5, 1776 ; resigned Feb. 2, 1777. First Lieutenant. Ensign.
Charles Phile, com'd Jan. 6,
1776; prom. capt. Feb. 1,
1777; exch. Aug. 26, 1778. Second Lieutenant.
James Mulloy, com'd Jan. 8 1776.
Sergeants. James Forsythe. Michael Gabby.
John Rudolph, com'd Jan. 8,
1776 ; prom. capt. Feb. 1,
1777 ; exch. Oct. 25, 1780.
Philip Duck.
Privates.
Abraham Brosius. James Finerty. Matthias Spang.
Michael Burkhart ;
Robert Fry. Leonard Strow.
died in prison. George Huber. Edward Welsh.
Jacob Churchner Anthony Lehman. Jacob Young.
Peter Moyer ; exch. Michael Zeller.
(Kerchner) ; died in prison. 1778; re-enlisted John Zuier, died in
Andrew Cook.
in Bankson's Co. prison.
Leonard Dell.
Christopher Weiser.
Corporal.
Services of Companies.
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