Re: What is a "Class" in the Militia
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Re: What is a "Class" in the Militia
Gayle 4/02/08
Gayle
Thank you for your interest in helping me learn about my 5x great-grandfather's military service.The name Dietterich is a tough one to track, it has been spelled many ways over the years for the same individual.
The entry in his bible states that he was enlisted as Elias Dietrich and his son was enlisted as Johan Dietrich both on 12 April 1778 in Northampton Co., PA.The Muster Role that I found for 14 May 1778 for the Northampton Co. militia, 6th Battalion, 2nd Company showed his name as Elias Deitrick and his son as John Deitrick.A Class Report of Capt. John Long Company, 5th Battalion, 4th Company, dated 1 May 1782, showed him as Elious Deter.I found the above two entries in a book entitled PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, Fifth Series, Vol. VIII, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery.On the Pennsylvania State Archives website, Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, I also found him listed as Elious Deter in the Northampton Lieutanancy, 5th Battalion, 4th Company, 1st Class, dated 1 May 1782.
The real name of Elias Deitrick (aka Elious Deter) was Johannes Dietterich.He wrote in his bible that he was enlisted as Elias because he "most strongly resembled his father, Elias, and his uncle Jacob called him Elias."Johannes was born about 1738 in Germany and he died in 1809 in Bloom Twp., Northumberland Co. (as of 1813, became the Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia Co.) PA.Johannes was married to Anna Margaretha Long.I believe the Captain John Long in charge of the 5th Battalion, 4th Company on 1 May 1782 was Anna's father or brother.
Again, thank you for your assistance.
Lester
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