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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 20 Aug 1763 Heidelberg Twp / Northampton / PA Death: 18 May 1835 Turbot Twp / Northumberland / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Third Battalion, Seventh Company, Fourth Class, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia.
Additional References:
Return of Captain Conrad Rater (Ritter), Fourth Class, Sixth Battalion, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia, dated 28 September 1782.
General Class Roll of the Sixth Battalion Militia of Northampton County, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Geiger and Major Frederick Sechler, dated 1782
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Arnold Children: Wilhelmina; Conrad; Anna Elisabeth; John; Catharine; James;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
Photos displayed courtesy of Scott Giltner, KYSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
West of the sidewalk in the center of the cemetery, there is a row of eight grave markers near Linden Street. Christian's grave is the second grave marker from the north end of the row
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Author: Scott George Giltner
Christian Giltner (Güldner)
Christian was born at Heidelberg Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 20 August 1763. He was the eleventh child and fifth son of Frantz Güldner, an immigrant from the Rhine Palatinate of Germany, who arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1738. Christian lived within a few miles of the Blue Mountains, which at the time marked the frontier with Indian Territory.
Christian enlisted 14 May 1778 as a private in the General Muster in the Fourth Class of the Seventh Company of the Third Battalion for the Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia. Three of Christian’s brothers were also enlisted in the same class. Christian is additionally listed in the muster rolls of the Continental Line and Rangers on the Frontier. The men from the various townships were organized at the company level. All the members of the Seventh Company were from Heidelberg Township.
In the Third Battalion, Christian served under Colonel Michael Poost. This term of service was until 28 July 1778, when the Third Battalion was dismissed at Weisenberg Township, Northampton County. Christian received payment of £40 for his service. Christian was mustered into subsequent services, 26 October 1780 and 20 September 1782. By 1780, the Third Battalion had been reorganized as the Sixth Battalion under Colonel Henry Giger. Christian and his brothers remained in the Seventh Company, Fourth Class. The Sixth Battalion was called into service 21 September 1782, and served until 28 October of the same year.
Evidence of Christian’s military service entailed is found in the pension application for Revolutionary War service from his brother Frantz. Frantz stated they were stationed on the Indian frontier at Fort Allen at the Lehigh River at what is present-day Weissport, Pennsylvania. The fort was strategically placed on the north side of the Blue Mountains protecting the Lehigh Gap. Of additional historic interest, Fort Allen was designed by Benjamin Franklin who supervised its construction in 1756. Frantz described their militia duties as “…scouting parties and watching the Indians and Tories…”
In the year 1799 Christian appeared for the first time on a tax list of Penn Township, Union County (then Northumberland). He was listed as a carpenter. He is said to have had six children: Wilhelmina, Conrad, Anna Elisabeth, John, Catharine, and James. According to family tradition, most of them moved to Kentucky.
Christian claimed to have married Mary Elizabeth Arnold in 1789. He moved to Turbot Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he died 18 May 1835. Christian was buried in the Old Allentown Cemetery at the corner of Tenth and Linden at Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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