Northampton County PA Archives Military Records.....NOLF, George, Sr.  Revwar - Pension 
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  Pension File
  Pension Files of George Nolf,  April 28, 1939:  "George Nolf     W 3188  
  The Quartermaster General    Memorial Branch   War Department   Washington, D.C.

  Dear Sir:  
     Reference is made to your request for information relative to George Nolf, 
  Captain in the Pennsylvania Militia, War of the Revolution, died in September 
  1830.  The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim 
  for pension, W. 3188, based upon the military service of George Nolf (Nulff) 
  in the Revolutionary War.  The date & place of birth of George Nolf & names of 
  his parents were not stated.  
     George Nolf served in the Northampton County, Pennsylvania Militia, two 
  months as sergeant, 4 months & 7 days as lieutenant; he was appointed Captain 
  May 10, 1780, & served as such, 11 months & 21 days, a part of the time he 
  served under colonels Kern & Roulp.  His service was to protect the frontiers 
  from incursions of the Indians, & in ranging between the Delaware & 
  Susquehanna Rivers.  George Nolf married in the year 1795, Susanna Edelman.  
  The date & place of her birth & names of her parents are not given.  George 
  Nolf died in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1830 aged about 82 
  years & his widow, Susanna Nolf, died Jan. 4, 1841, in More Township, 
  Northampton County, Pennsylvania, aged about 84 years.
     Susanna Nolf was survived by the following children all of whom were living 
  in 1846:  
       Catharine, born Sept. 1, 1775, married Daniel Close, living in 
  Northampton County, Pa. in 1846
       Susan, born June 21, 1777, married George Zeigenfuss; said George 
  Zeigenfuss was dead in 1846, & she was living in Carbon Co., Pa.
       Barbara, married Frederick Brownmiller; they were living in 1846 in 
  Delaware County, Ohio
       Conrad Nolf, residing in 1846 near Pittsburgh, Pa.
       Elizabeth, married Michael Creever (?); they were living in 1846 in 
  Lehigh County, Pa.
       Isaac Nolf, residing in 1846 in Northampton County, Pa.
       Sarah, married John Huvier of Havier, who was dead in 1846, & she was 
  living in Northampton County, Pa.
       Rachael, married Robert Jamieson; they were living in 1846 in Northampton 
  County, Pa.
       Jacob Nolf, residing in 1846 in Northampton County, Pa.
       Mary Robinson, name of her husband not stated, nor was her place of 
  residence shown.
     In 1854 the following children of George Nolf & his wife Susanna were 
  allowed the pension due her:  Barbara Brownmiller, Conrad Nolf, Elizabeth 
  Greever, Susan Zeigenfuss, Isaac Nolf, Sarah Huvler of Havler, Rachael 
  Jamieson, Mary Robinson & Jacob Nolf who was then 69 years old & a resident of 
  Moore Township, Pennsylvania.
     Reference was made in 1777 to Elizabeth Edelmann, & to Conrad Edelmann & 
  his wife Catharine, in 1846, Charles Zeigenfull was Justice of the peace for 
  Northampton County, Pa. & in 1854 Susan Zeigenfuss was 77 years old, & George 
  Zeigenfuss was 75 years of age.
     The relationship of these persons to the family of the Revolutionary War 
  officer, George Nolf was not stated.
     The application for headstone for George Nolf is returned herewith.  There 
  was no correspondence enclosed.
  	Yours very truly,  A. D. Hiller, 
                             Executive Assistant to the Administrator"
  		
  
  
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