Peter Cline (Kline)

Ancestor Number

A202821 »

Date of Birth

circa 1756

Place of Birth

Germany

Date of Death

1843

Place of Death

Pike County, Kentucky

Spouse(s)

Elizabeth

Children

Sarah, Margaret, Jacob, Michael, William, Hannah, Peter

Service during theAmerican Revolution

12 Regiment Pennsylvania Line. Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, And Germantown. Wintered at Valley Forge with George Washington

State of Service

Pennsylvania

Donor

Pat Hatfield, Ronald Lester, Richard Cline, Barbara Webb, Danny Phillips, Karen Callaway, Teresa Rafferty, Susan Cox, Cammy Reece, Nancy Cline, Diane Jimenez, Melanie Cline, Jimmy Perry, Karen Schneider, Sharon Marshall, Kimberly Thompson, Lynda McGinnis, Brenda Cooper, Robert Pope Jr., Wayne McPherson, Vicki Gross, Wanda Cline and anonymous

Peter Cline/Kline was born 1756 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Michael and Maria Barbara (Ruhl) Kline. He passed away in Logan County, Virginia in1843. Peter Cline stated in his pension application that he joined the service from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1774.

Cline applied for his pension in Montgomery County, Virginia, on September 3, 1832. At the time Cline was a 76-year-old man who recalled the year wrong or the court recorder misunderstood his declaration.

Cline enlisted with Captain Henry Miller and serviced with the 12th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line under the following named officers: Captain Henry Miller, Lieutenant Henderson, Major Patterson, Lt. Col. Potter, Col. Cook and Ensign Taylor.

Cline left the service in the year 1778 after seeing action at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Germantown. He marched from the wide marsh in Pennsylvania to Germantown, Pennsylvania, then back to Chestnut Hill, then to the mouth of the Schuylkill River, then up the same to the Valley Forge. Cline left the service sometime in 1778 at the time residing in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Cline married Elizabeth, maiden name unknown, after leaving the service. He left Pennsylvania moving his family along the Shenandoah Trail in search of available land. Cline first settled in Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1785 and remained there until 1813. After Cline left Montgomery County, he searched for available land in Pike County, Kentucky, and Logan County, Virginia. He made his living by farming in the spring and summer and by hunting in the fall and winter.

Cline’s family consisted of Sarah, who married Abraham Honaker in Montgomery County, Virginia, and remained in Montgomery County, Virginia; Margaret, who married David Mounts whom Cline followed to Pike County, Kentucky; Jacob Cline, who settled in Pike County, Kentucky; Michael Cline, who made his home in McDowell County, Virginia; William Cline, who made his home in Logan County, Virginia; Hannah, who married Thomas Lester and died at an early age, and Peter Cline Jr., who made his home in Logan County, Virginia.