21 jan 1814, estate of william dieter, lehigh twp. partition; parcel 1) 82 acres by john buss, martin kester, conrad kreiter, george kuntz, samuel opplinger, parcels 2 and 3 parcel 2) 58 acres, 13 perches, by parcel 1 and 3, george brown, peter kase, samuel "upplinger" 25 aug 1814, estate of william osterday (osterdag) lehigh twp. (died in 1803) widow; eve,, now wf. of nicholas shaffer 5 children; william, e.s. petitioner, elizabeth under 21, jacob, under 21, magdalena, under 21, paul, under 21. land-messuage, tenement, 2 contiguous tracts, granted by george osterdag (' by the name of osterday:) by indenture 8 march 1803, recorded in deed book h, vol 2, page 278; 1) 49 1/2 acres called down hill, bounded by land late of jacob judah, michael overhart, heis of samuel upplinger, jacob shantz, george osterday mexican war knecht christian, wf elizabeth, filed 24 aug 1889, ohio, srv. as 2nd lt in ohio vols. jphn, wf caroline, filed dec. 1888, il. srv. in. john, wf margaret, filed 1887 md. louis, wf johanna, filed 1892 mi. remarried widow with pension knecht clara, filed 1916, widow of edward wilhem, srv co. d. 124th ohio merkling anna k. widow of john knecht, co. d. 34th us inf. indians wars knecht, john j. filed april 1925 in phila. srv 1878-73 as pvt. in co. i. of 6th cav. he died 21 aug 1932 in phila. sp. am. war opplinger, john h, co k. 4th regt. resident of chickies, pa. knecht, george j, co. b. 4th regt, resident of pottsville. knecht, thomas w. co. a. 9th regt, resinet of wilkes-barra, pa. lehigh co. history oplinger family the oplinber family were naties of schwartzena, in germany. the first reps, were nicholas, samuel, isaac. nicholas uplinger secured a warrant for 60 acres of land aug 31, 1734, which was situated in phila. co, now mongomery; under the name of nicholas opplinger. anna oplinger was born in schwartzena in 1724. she became the wf of bernhard kuntz and died dec 28, 1804. isaac oplinger was born in 1741, and died in 1813. assessment 1780-lehigh twp. samuel oplinger, isaac oplinger isaac oplinger and his wf. susanna, were parents of two sons, john and daniel. the latter was born dec 9, 1790 and died jan 2, 1851. his wife was susanna walp, born april 15,, 1793, and died april 5, 1865. both were buried in indian-land ch. northampton co. isaac also buried there. daniel oplinger lived in lehigh co., and he had 12 children; sarah died 1813 age 1, samuel, died age 84, elizabeth, james, elias marrried hannah anthony, paul of wilkes-barra, who married catharine biechy and had 2 sons (miffin and francis), thomas, joseph married phebe march, lived in lehigh twp, and had 4 children ( milton, jane, susanna, and louise) catharine married jonas snyder, charles married lena rothlein, and had 4 children ( george a., wilson, james and amanda) julia married david rothlein and david died as a child. Best Wishes, Geri