Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8268, James Cunningham, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.
Cunningham, James
NUMBER
S.8268.
Carded
CONTENTS
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Virginia
23.079
James Cunningham
of Meck [ __ ]in the State of Va.
who was a pr
in the commande
by Captain ___
of the Regt command
by Col. Burwell in the Va
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20-Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
_______________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Nov. 33
and such J.G. Baptist
Boydton C H. Va
_______________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833            50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34   10
                                                               ___
                                                             $60

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6½ Page [_]

date of death
not on AP
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26. 421
James Cunningham

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Admitg as approval
6 mo $20

In: G. Baptist Esq
Boydton CH 
VA
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County of Mecklenburg
State of Virginia [__]
On this 19
day of August 1833 personall appeared
before the Court of the aforesaid County James Cunningham a resident of the said County & State aforesaid
aged 69 __ years, who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That
he joined the company
of Captain Reuben Vaughan of the County of
Mecklenburg State of Virginia the commencement
of the year 1779, that is the beginning of January of that year & marched under him. John Holmes
Lieutenant in said Company. William Holloway
Sergeant. That they marched from the sd County of Mecklenburg to
the Court house of the County
of Granville State of North Carolina where
we joined Col David Mason & Lieutenant
Lewis Burnell who commanded the
Regiment
from thence we marched to Hillsborough
to Salsbury, to Charlotte Mecklenburg County
North Carolina- thence to lounden South Carolina and thence we marched & joined the main army
commanded by General Lincoln near the
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River Stone South Carolina where we remained
til after the battle fought on said River - which
battle is known by the name of "stone battle') and in which battle kept in Reinforcements - That about the
beginning of the month of July 1779 we
were discharged - & the discharge of sd Cunningham is lost - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, + he
declares his name is not on the pension list of
any agency of any State
and the said James Cunningham states that he
he cannot prove these facts by any one to the
best of his knowledge except by William Gay That he has resided in the aforesaid County of Mecklenburg since the Revolution till now except one year.

Mecklenburg County Va
to wit James Cunningham his mark
This day William Guy an old Revolutionary
soldier of Granville County North Carolina
came before me a justice of the peace for the
County & State aforesaid & made oath that James Cunningham of Mecklenburg Virginia served with him six months in the army of the Revolution under the command of Capt Reuben Vaughan 
of Mecklenburg Virginia in the army marched from
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Virginia under the command of Col David
Mason to the State of South Carolina. Given
under my hand & seal this 25th day of July in
1832
Nathl Alexander
 
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FathAnd the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Investigation prescribed by the War Department that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I John G Baptist Clerk of the Court at Mecklenburg County hereby certify that the 
foregoing contains the original proceedings on the in the matter of the application of
James Cunningham for a Pension.
In testimony whereas 

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogator__
prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. 
And the Court doth further certify that Nathaniel Alexander whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate
is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Mecklenburg, and that his signature is genuine: Also that
William Gay is a credible person.
I John G Baptist Clerk of the Court of Mecklenburg County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of James Cunningham for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
this the twenty sixth day of August in
the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three
and in the 58th year of the Comm___
G Baptist C
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HENRY MASHBURN J.D. FITZGERALD
MASHBURN & FITZGERALD
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND FARM PRODUCTS
GROWERS OF PAPER SHELL PECANS
ROCHELLE, GEORGIA

 JUN 11 1936  
Mail Sub.Div.
VETS ADM 5
Reader
 
June 7, 1936

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

J. D. FITZGERALD
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID
FOR COTTON
PRODUCE BOUGHT
of
Will you please refer to your records and see if at any time
Thomas Carleton of Mecklenburg Co., Va. drew a pension. He later moved to
Georgia, first to Wilkes Co., to Greene Co., and finally to Morgan County where he died in 1818. Give me any information you may have about him.
Also see if one Dudley Runnels is listed for such consideration. 
His marriage to a Fanny Hubert, an ancestor of mine who lived in Frederick
County, Virginia, in 1771, is all I know of him.
Do you carry a record of John Cunningham who migrated to Georgia
after the Revolution. My bible record shows he married a Polly Carleton,
another ancestor, in Mecklenburg County, Va. in 1809. Have you any Cunninghams
listed who had their residence had their residence in Mecklenburg Co., Va.?
Hoping to have some data that will be helpful, and thanking you
in advance for the research,
I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Henry Mashburn
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1936 June 24

June 24. Hist to Mrs. Henry
Mashburn  _ MLB.

File No. 8268
INVALID.
8268
James Cunningham ┃
Pri Rev War

Act:
June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 1st, Page 84

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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June 24, 1936

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Mrs. Henry Mashburn
Rochelle
Georgia

JAMES CUNNINGHAM
S. 8268
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Carleton, of Mecklenburg
County, Virginia, and later of Wilkes, Greene and Morgan Counties, Georgia, who died in 1818; Dudley Runnels, of Frederick County,
Virginia, in 1771, who married Fanny Hubert; John Cunningham who moved to Georgia after the Revolution and married in 1809 Polly
Carleton in Mecklenburg County, Virginia; also, the record of any soldier with surname Cunningham who lived in Mecklenburg
County, Virginia.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon
service of a Thomas Carleton or John Cunningham as described, nor
of any Dudley Runnels ( Reynolds, etc.). The record has been found, however, of a James Cunningham, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
which is furnished herein as it may be of interest to you. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension
claim, S. 8268, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of parents of James Cunningham are not shown.

James Cunningham enlisted in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, early in January, 1779, served as a private in Captain Reuben
Vaughn's company, Colonel David Mason's Virginia regiment, was at the battle of Stone, and was discharged early in July, 1779.

After the Revolution the soldier continued to reside in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, with the exception of one year, his place of residence then not given.
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James Cunningham was allowed pension on his application
executed August 19, 1833, at which time he was aged sixty-nine
years and a resident of Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
There are no family data given in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name 
of person paid and possibly the date of death of James Cunningham,
you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
James Cunningham
Certificate #23079
Issued November 2, 1833
Rate, $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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