Christopher Wiegner and Anna Schultz [154-1]

[154-1] CHRISTOPHER WIEGNER[E 56], b 1712; d Dec. 24, 1777; s Christopher and Susanna (Seibt) Wiegner [154]; came to Pa. in 1734 with his mother. On Nov. 18, 1739, in the presence of witnesses and elders he m ANNA SCHULTZ [E 150], b Apr. 1, 1714; d June 26, 1789; dau Balthasar and Susanna (Dietrich) Schultz [149]. Christopher Wiegner was naturalized June 21, 1748. He lived in Towamencin Twp., Pa. [Plate F XVI], on farm owned (1920) by Enoch Heebner. Both Christopher Wiegner and his wife are buried in Salford Sechw. Cem.

Children (7):

Daniel Wiegner [154-6] originally lived in Springfield Twp., Pa., and served in the Revolutionary War. All information that could be obtained concerning him is contained in the following abstract of the Pension Records at Washington. “PENSION OFFICE Revolutionary Dept. “Penn. Wigner, Daniel S 3605

“Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. State of Ohio, Gallia County.

“On this eleventh day of August, 4.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Gallia County in the State of Ohio now sitting Daniel Wigner, a resident of Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio, aged 77 years the last day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

“That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that is to say that some time about harvest time, the day not recollected, in the year 1776, at Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania where he then resided, he enlisted among the troops called the Flying Camp for the period of five months in the company commanded by Capt. Valentine Up in Col. MacCallister’s Regiment that they marched for Long Island and when they arrived within about thirty miles of that place that there was a battle for eight —-———-(?) when they received orders and marched to Amboy in the Jerseys that they remained in and about that place from three to four months when they were marched to Fort Lee and soon retreated across the Delaware to Trenton where he continued in the service until about the first of March under the afsd. enlistment when he was discharged by writing under the hand of Lieut. Trumbower, that previous to tais time Capt. Up had resigned & the company was commanded by Capt. Saml Dean who had also prior to that time resigned, leaving the company under the command of sd. Lieutenant that he served as first serjeant in that company during said service, that about the first of June, 1777, at Philadelphia Co. afsd. where he still resided he volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Jacob Shupe who was under the command of General Potter to serve for two months that they marched to the Delaware River, were at Trenton Conells Ferry from which place they went with (7?) boats up the river about ten miles that they returned back

to Conells Ferry where his afsd. term of service expired when he again received a written discharge from his afsd. Capt. That after he joined the last named Company he was required to take the oath of allegiance which he did and rec’d a certificate thereof dated 13th June 1777, signed by Joseph Sackett in which he is discribed as Dan’l Weigner, Soldier, © which is forwarded with this declaration,

“That shortly after he returned home perhaps two months, the time is not exactly remembered, he volunteered in the service & was placed to driving a team which was sometimes employed in drawing provisions from the head of Elk (?) to Valley Forge and forrage from the back Country to the same place, that he served in driving this team for twelve months when he was dismissed by Nicholes Weav er who was Captain over the Waggons or Waggon Master, but rec’d no written discharge as he recollects of,

“That in the latter part of the month of September 1781 at the County afsd. he was drafted for a tour (?) of two months in the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Peterman, the superior officers not recollected, that he served his tour (?) of two months, principally in the Jerseys at the expiration of the time rec’d a discharge from his said Capt. in writing dated 27th Nov. 1781 which is forwarded with this declaration. That he has no other documentary evidence his other papers being lost or destroyed by time & accident and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service—That he was born within 26 miles of Phila. in that county on the last day of July 1755. That when he was about forty-four years of age he moved from Phila. County to the County of Harrison, Ya. where he resided until about fourteen years since when he moved to Gallia Co., Ohio, where he has ever since and still resides, that he has no record of his age, He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.” “August 11, 1832.” “Daniel Wigner”

“Inscribed on roll of

Ohio at the rate of

70 Dollars per annum.” {1810 | 4 Harrison Co. { (Va.