| Sources (n.b., Somerset Co. was
formed from Bedford Co. in 1795):
1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
David KUPP
Christening: 14 Apr 1799, German Reformed Church, Stoyestown, Somerset,
Pennsylvania
Father: Ludwig KUPP; Mother: Elizabeth
Source: Reformed and Lutheran Church Records of Somerset County,
Pennsylvania. Fischer, Della Reagan |
2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#15 of 17; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
PA |
Bedford [now Somerset] Co. |
p. 29/257 |
Ln. 18 |
Ludiwick Cap |
1-3-3-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 free white male |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= Ludwig (b. 1759) |
| 3 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= Ludwig (b. 1784)
= Son A
= Son B |
| 3 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Elizabeth
= Daughter A
= Daughter B |
3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund
CD-312). Please see my WARNING
regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).
| 1800 |
Cupp, Ludwig |
12010-4301000 |
PA |
Somerset Co. |
p. 561 |
3b. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #3 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
PA |
Somerset Co. |
Stoneycreek Twp. |
p. 561 |
Cupp Ludwig |
43010-12010-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= David (b. 1799) |
| 2 males |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Son A or B
= Ludwig (b. 1784) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Ludwig (b. 1759) |
| 4 females |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Daughter G
= Daughter F
= Daughter E
= Daughter D |
| 3 females |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Daughter C (b. 1790)
= Daughter B
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Elizabeth |
4. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #2 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
PA |
Somerset Co. |
Stony Creek Twp. |
p. 430 |
Ln. 12 |
Kope Ludwick Ser |
11101-11101-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Son C |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= David (b. 1799) |
| 1 male |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Son A or B |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Ludwig (b. 1759) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Daughter H |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Daughter |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Daughter |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Elizabeth |
5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund
CD-314): not found.
6. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund
CD-315): not found.
7. Anon. 1943-1960. "Index of Revolutionary War Pension
Applications." National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Supplement I, pp. 1-1284 (Broderbund CD-210):
| p. 614 |
KOPP (or KUPP), Ludwig or Ludovic, Penn. Elizabeth,
W2129 |
"W2129" is the file number; "W" stands for "widow."
8. Messages in the Cupp Family Genealogy Forum (online
at GenForum.com), one of which messages included a transcription of Ludwig's
pension application:
| ...Ludwic Kopp who on the 18th Nov 1833 personally appeared
before the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, State of Pennsylvania,
aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That
he enlisted in the army of the US in the month of May in the year 1776,
in Allentown, Lehigh Co PA. in Capt. Jacob Haugerbough's company of Riflemen,
belonging to what was called the Flying Camp, in the Regiment of Peter
Keichlein (or Keathline) and under Major ---bst, Lieutenant John Murray
and Conrad Myers, and 1st and 2nd Sergeants John Turner & Abraham Bootzinger,
that he entered as a volunteer for seven months, that he served
seven months as a private, when he entered the service he lived in Allentown
aforesaid .....Penna, he was in the battle of Long Island, and was afterwards
taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington, that during the time
of his service he marched through the eastern part of Penn. and through
New Jersey. He further declares, with reference to the question put to
him according to the directions of the War department, that he was born
in Northampton Co. PA on the 12 Oct. 1759. He has a record of his
age in an old German psalm book, written by his grandfather in
German, his father being dead three months before the declarant was born,
but that he has the same and has therefore procured a true copy of the
same to be hereto annexed, certified under the oath of Rev'd Kammerer his
clergyman, together with a translation thereof... |
9. Anon. 1968/92. The Pension Roll of 1835: Vol.
III, the Southern States. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore,
MD (1998, Broderbund CD-156). On p. 828:
| Statement, &c. of Alleghany county,
Pennsylvania. |
| NAME. |
Rank. |
Annual
allowance. |
Sum
received. |
Description
of service. |
When placed on
the pension roll. |
Commencement
of pension. |
Age |
| Ludwick Kopp |
Private |
23 33 |
69 99 |
Penn. militia |
Dec. 29, 1833 |
Mar. 4, 1831 |
75 |
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