Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,573, John Culver, Continental (New Jersey)
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Continental, (New Jersey) Culver, John R. 2.573
Sarah
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[upper right corner] 4897
Brief is the case of John Culver
of Bedford County in the state of Tennessee ( Act 7 June, 1932)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  In open court
2. If before a judge, does it appear the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [left blank]
3. How old is he? Between 69 & 70 years
4 State his service , as directe in the form annexed.
[table]
[column headings]
Period.| Duration of Service.| Rank.| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|
[data]
Enlisted in October [illegible] 1777| 2 years| [blank under rank]| 
In Ref to Pen. & line
General Auth Wayne General Starling
Colonel Lee & Col Butler
Captain Chapman [illegible] compant & troops
General Washington
Marquis DeLaFayette|
[end of chart]
5. In what battles was he enaged? Battle of White Plains- Battle of Fairfield cont. and in many skirmishes
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Suffolk County New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect? [left blank]
Certify that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with th evidence in the case above mentioned.
[lower right corner]  Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee
County of Bedford  )  SS

  In open court of Record held in and for Said County on the 6 day of October 1851 personally appeared Sarah Anglin aged fifty five years resident in Said County who being first duly Sworn according to law makes the following Declaration under the act of Congress passed 7 July 1838 &  (?) March 1848.     This Declarant States that She is the lawful child of John and Sarah Culver of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee  That her said Father was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of 80$ per annum and that he died on the 23d day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty six (1836) leaving a widow who Survived him several years and who was the Mother of the declarant, and whose maiden name was Sarah Bailey and who died on the twenty third (23d) day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843)  This declarant further States that the said John and Sarah Culver were lawfully married (as this declarant believes from what she has heard her said parents say) about the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Six (1786) and that the ceremony of Said marriage took place in the State of North Carolina.  declarant states that She has no knowledge of the Existance of any Record of Said marriage either public or private.  declarant States that the Said John & Sarah lived in lawful wedlock as man and wife from the time of their Said marriage up to the period when the Said John died, and that they had 3 children born as the fruits of their Said marriage prior to the year 1794 whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver & Charity Cook  That the Said Sarah Culver did not again marry after the death of her Said husband  that She
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Surviving her whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edith Anglin, Simeon Culver & Fanny Campbell.
   Sarah (her X mark) Anglin
Sworn To and Subscribed
on this 6th day of 
October 1851
Before me Andrew Fannoy Clerk

State of Tennessee
County of Bedford  )  SS
   I Andrew Vannoy - clerk of the county court of said county certify that at a court of Record held in and for Said county satisfactory proof was made in open Court that John Culver late a Pensioner of the United States in the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee at the rate of 80$ per annum died on the 23d day of November 1836 leaving a widow named Sarah Culver, who did not again marry, but died being his widow, that her death occurred on the 23d day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) and that She left twelve children only surviving her whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edith Anglin, Simeon Culver, & Fanny Campbell.
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said Court and County this 6th day of October 1851
Andrew Vannoy Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Bedford County     )  SS

  On this 9th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before John B Armstrong, John L Neill & Samuel Philips Gentlemen Justices of the peace, appointed to hold the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Bedford County in the State of Tennessee for the year 1832.  John Culver a Citizen of & now residing in the County of Bedford & State aforesaid aged between Sixty nine and Seventy years, & being duly sworn in open Court, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in October 177(?)- for the term of two years under William Reynolds who also commanded the Company as Captain for the said two years (writing blurred) States, he Served in the fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line of regular, or Continental Troops under the following named officers viz  General Anthony Wayne, as principal officer - General Starling  Colonel Lee -
  The names of the other officers I do not distinctly recollect - My Captain during this term of two years was William Reynolds - my Lieutenant was named - I lived at the time of my first enlistment in Sussex County, in the State of New Jersey,  He states he enlisted at the Court house in said County at the time aforesaid -  He states He was in the Battles at the White Plains, Short
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Hills of Morristown & Spring Field all in the State of New Jersey - at the White Plains - General George Washington, Anthony Wayne, L Starling & I think General Lee, commanded as officers of this Grade, Colonel Butler commanded the Regiment to which I belonged & William Reynold commanded the Company to which I was attached - in this Battle the Americans were successful, & the enemy were defeated - The battles of Morristown and Springfield were commanded by the same officers as the White Plains and fought by the same troops, in all the foregoing battles the Americans were successful & kept the Ground  He states it is his belief that the distance from the White Plains to Morristown is about Sixty miles, and from the Latter place to Spring field he thinks is twenty or thereabouts.  he states that during his two years service, he was stationed in New Jersey, at the above named places & at Elizabeth Town, Sometimes at one & some times at another - but that no battle was fought by him of any note except as aforesaid  He was in many skirmishes unnecessary to mention  He states that at the expiration of his term of Service to two years, he was stationed at the White Plains in New Jersey - at which time & place he enlisted for three years or during the war under Capt Chapman in the fifth Regiment of the Connecticut troops - or Continental line.  Col Lee was commander of the Regiment to which he was attached or belonged during the balance of the war.  The Generals who Commanded that part of the Army to which he belonged during the rest of the war were, Generals Washington, Marquis De Le Fayette.
He states he served the principal part of this time
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during his Second enlistment in the State of Connecticut, from whence he was ordered to the White Plains in New Jersey where he was finally discharged, at the close of the Revolutionary War, He was in the battle of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut - General Lafayette was the principal commander of the Americans at this battle,
Col Lee & Captain Chapman were both at this battle, Chapman was wounded in this battle being occasioned by a Grape shot which struck him in the right Shoulder.  He has no recollection of any other officers, they were mostly Militia officers except LaFayette, Lee & Chapman -  He states he was discharged from the service of the United States at the White Plains in the State of New Jersey, on the 14th day of Novem next after the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - which he suppose to be Novem 1781 - I received a regular discharge from Colonel Lee, by order of General Washington;  This discharge I have long since lost in the State of N Carolina.  I took very little care of it, not believing it would ever be of any service or advantage to me -  He states that the period and dates when the different battles spoken of above took place he does not recollect, nor can he speak of them with any kind of certainty, he supposes they are recorded in the History of the Revolutionary War -
  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of any agency of any
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State in the United States -  He states he has applied for a pension under the former Law, but duing as he supposes to the death of the person who was preparing his evidences & papers for the same, he never obtained one, and he has been advised his name is to be found on the Muster Rolls now in the War department
He states that after he was discharged as aforesaid he moved to the State of Maryland, in which State he spent one summer, that he moved from that State to the State of N Carolina Guilford County, as he believes in the year 1786-  He lived in N. Carolina until he moved to Sevier County in the State of Tennessee as he believes in the year 1796.  Since he settled in Sevier County he has moved & lived in different Counties in the State of Tennessee, viz. Overton, Rutherford & Bedford, in which last County he has lived for about four years - he's now a Resident in the same  He does not know that there is living any person by whom he can know the particular facts of his service, and the battles he was in - He states he was born in the State of New Jersey Morris County in the year 1762 - He has seen it on the family Register of his fathers family - but has no recollection of what has become of it at this time -
   John (his x mark) Culver
Sworn to & subscribed in
open Court 7th August
1832
  Jas McKeseck Clk
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January 7, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
Miss Helen Culbertson
Piper City, Illinois
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2573, that John Culver was born 1762 in Morris County, New Jersey.
While residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in October, 1776 and served in Captain William Reynolds' company, Colonels Butler's and Lee's regiments, was in the battle of White Plains, where wounded by a bayonet, and battles of Short Hills, Springfield, and in an engagement at Morristown; length of service two years.  He enlisted and served in Captain Chapman's company, Colonel Lee's regiment, was in the battle of Fairfield and was discharged November 14, 1781, having served three years.  After the Revolution he moved to Maryland, thence to Guilford County, North Carolina.  
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Bedford, County, Tennessee.  
He died on November 23, 1836.
The soldier married in 1786 or 1878, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Sarah Bailey.
She died October 23, 1843, leaving the following children:- George Culver, born about 1788, Nathan or Nathaniel Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, who was fifty-five years old in
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1851, and residing in Bedford County, Tennessee, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edith Anglin, Simeon Culver and Fanny Campbell.
This bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Joseph Culver as described.
Very truly yours
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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On Ref
# 2573
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For the purpose of attaining the benefit of [ineligible] [ineligible-act?] for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828.

I John Culver of the county of Bedford and the state of Tennessee a native of the state of New Jersey do here by declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Chapmans company in the 5th regiment of the Connecticut line, and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars  to which I was entitled to  under a resolve of congress [ineligible] the 15th May 1788 and I further declare that I was [ineligible-not?] on the 15th day of March 1828. on the pension list of the United States After the surrender of Cornwallis I received a regular discharge which discharge I carried with me when
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I removed to the state of North Carolina, & which I lost in North Carolina previously to my removal to the state of Tennessee.  Having removed far from my native land and my old acquaintance being nearly all dead, I know of no person living by who I can prove the facts above stated

I served under General Washington and General  LaFayette and was in many battles and received a wound from a bayonet at the battle of White Plains-
I can only prove by respectable witnesses that have been generale [ineligible] to have been a solider of the revolution and prove my identity-

Before me Jeremiah Dyal one of the justices of the peace for the county of Bedford and state of Tennesse personally appeared this day  John Culver a soldier of the Revolution and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true.-
 [lower left dated]June 2, 182[ineligible-9?]
[lower left signature] Jeremiah Dias [ineligible]
[lower right]  Signed-
[lower right signature] John Culver
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This day came before me Jeremiah Dial one of the acting justices of the peace for the county of Bedford and state of Tennessee William Murphree who made oath that John Culver who signed the above declaration is now & has generally been believed and reputed to have been a soldier of the American Revolution - in manner as therein stated.
   William Murphree
June 2d. 1829
Jeremiah Dial JP

This day came before me William Murphree one of the acting justices of the peace for Bedford county and state of Tennessee Jeremiah Dial a soldier of the revolution who made oath that John Culver who signed the above declaration is now & has generally been believed and reputed to have been a soldier of the American revolution - in manner as therein stated.
   Jeremiah Dial
June 2d. 1829.
William Murphree JP.
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State of Tennessee  SS

   I James M Kisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for Bedford County in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that William Murphree and Jeremiah Dial Esquires before whom the within affidavits were sworn to is and was at the time they purport to have been sworn to acting Justices of the Peace for said County of Bedford duly Commissioned and qualified as such & that full Faith and credit is due to all their official acts as such and that the signatures of said Murphree & Dial are genuine
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
seal of Bedford County Court at
office in Shelbyville 18th Octr. 1829
   Jas. M. Kisick Clr
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State of Texas  )
Titus County    )

Personally appeared before me, Joel Arington, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county Thomas Baily, and after being duly sworn States as follows. That he was acquainted with John and Sarah Culver from his earliest recollection up to the time of their death  That he (said Baily) was only about four years of age at the time that the said John Culver was said to have been married to his older sister Sarah Baily  That he, said Baily was born in the year 1783 the 11 day of August.  And though too young at the time of the marriage of John Culver to his (Bailys) oldest sister to have any distinct recollection of the circumstances of their marrigae, has no doubt but that they were lawful man and wife.  He never heard the legality of their marriage called in question.  That they lived together as man and wife and raised a large family of children, say seven sons and five daughters, and that he believes that the marrige took place in Gifford County North Carolina, about A.D. 1787  That their oldest son according to the best of his recollection was born A.D. 1788  I.E. that their oldest son was
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five years younger than himself.  The names of their other children was as follows  Nathaniel, George, John, Benjamin, Hayman, Samuel & Simeon  Sarah, Charity, Susan Edith & Frances.  he states further that he has every reason to believe that and does believe that the said John Culver was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he had heard said John Culver speak of it frequently, and heard him frequently say that he served seven years as a Soldier.
  Thomas Baily
This 26. April 1853
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I Joel Arington the aforesaid Justice of the peace do certify that the said Thomas Baily is a man of Good standing and veracity, given under my hand and official Seal this day and date above writen
   Joel Arrington
   J.P.

The State of Texas
County of Titus

  I, Tho R Hill Clk of the County court of said county do hereby certify that the above & foregoing affidavit was made before Joel Arrington who is now & was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths &c and that all the acts of said Arrington as such are entitled to full faith &c
[seal affied]
Given under my hand and seal of office at Mt Pleasant on this 29th of April AD 1853
  Tho R Hill Co Clk
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Greensboro N. Carolina,
   June 10th 1852

Mr. George Willson

Sir

  Yours of the Second Inst is to hand & I have made search through all the old marriage Bonds in my Office from Bonds of which you wish to obtain a certified copy, but cannot find such Bond, nor do I know of any Such man as Culver in our County.  I have also made some inquiry as to the name, & will make further inuiry & Should I be able to make Satisfactory discovery I will inform you of the fact -
  I herewith enclose a remit to you the one dollar which you sent to me

Very Respectfully
John M Logan C.C.C.
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State of Tennessee
County of Bedford )  SS
  Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Said county personally appeared Margarett Parsons aged Fifty Eight years resident in said County who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith, That She was intimately acquainted with Sarah Culver wife of John Culver late of the State of Tennessee  that the Said Sarah Culver died in the month of October in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843)  that she saw the Said Sarah a few minutes after she died - that She also saw the Said Sarah when she was Shrouded for her burial.  That deponent's husband died on the 16th day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & forty two (1842)  That She recollects that the Said Sarah died within one year after the period when her said husand died
Sworn To and Subscribed
this 28h day of July 1851   
   Margarett (her x mark) Parsons
Before me Joseph P. Thompson JP

I certify that the above named affiant is a woman of Sound mind and a creditable witness, and do further certify that from personal knowledge the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true.
   Joseph P. Thompson JP
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State of Tennessee  )
County of Bedford  )  Ss

  I Andrew Vannoy clerk of the county court of said county certify that Joseph P Thompson Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in Said county and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his are genuine.
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Said County this 29th day of July 1851
   Andrew Vannoy, Clerk
   By his deputy John H. Oneal
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the State of Mississippi )
  Chickasaw County       )  this day personally appeared Before me Ransom Murphree an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Hayman Bailey and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with John Culver & Saray Culver his wife which was Saray Bailey previous to there Mariage were Maried in North Carolina Gilford County In the year of 1787 & lived together as husband and wife untill seperated by deth & Raised Seven sons and five daughters  Sworn to and Subscribed Before Me this the 20th April 1851
  Hayman Bailey (seal)
Ransom Murphree
Justice of the Pease (seal)

I Ransom Murphree an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Hayman Baily, whose genuine Signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavit, and that he is a gentleman of unquestionably good character for credibility & varacity.  Given under my hand and private seal, this 20h day of April 1852
  Ransom Murphree (seal)
  Justice of the Peace

The State of Mississippi )
   Chickasaw County       )  I, A.E.S. Dumas Clerk of the Probate Court of said County do hereby certify that Ransom Murphree whose genuine signature appears to the within and foregoing instrument of writing is now and was at the time of its signature an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected qualified and commissioned and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office this the 21st day of April 1832
  A.E.S. Dumas Clerk
  By A.H. Foster D.C.
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I Hayman Bailey a Clergyman residing in the County of Bedford & State of Tennessee do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with John Culver who has subscribed & sworn to the above and foregoing declaration, that I have known him and been intimately acquainted with him for about forty five years; I knew him in the states of Maryland North Carolina & since he came to the State of Tennessee & now I'm about two miles from him - when I first knew him and ever since he was reputed & believed to be a Revolutionary Soldier, I have never heard it doubted or disputed; I have also been acquainted with the General Character of said Culver in the different neighbourhoods where he has lived since I first became acquainted with - and Judging from his General Character, or any other knowledge I have of him, he would be entitled to full Credit on his oath.  I further Certify his character as to his being a man of veracity, truth & Honesty is good and unimpeachable.  That I believe him to be of the age he states - and have always believed him to be a Soldier of the Revolution
   Hayman Bailey
Sworn to and subscribed
7th August 1832 in open
Court
  Jas McKisick Clk
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We the undersigned members of said Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now presiding in Shelbyville State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the applicant John Culver also with the Revd Hayman Bailey who have given the foregoing Certificate & Declaration, that said Bailey is a Clergyman of correct honest and Honorable Standing in Society - and that it is our opinion & we so declare it, that the above named applicant John Culver, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states
  Samuel Phillips
  Jos. Neill
  John B. Armstrong

State of Tennessee  SS
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of the County of Bedford in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Culver for a pension.
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court at Office in Shelbyville this 7th day of August 1832
  Jas. McKisick
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Recd 23 Dec 1829.             1215
                                Shelbyville Tennessee
Decr. 7th. 1829.

Sir,
  I wrote to you some time since for information respecting John Culvers claim as forwarded to you through Wm. B. Lewis Esqr. - Since which time Mr. Culver has explained to me how the mistake occurred with regard to the period of his enlistment.  he has made a statement under oath before the same magistrate who took his former deposition giving the facts which led to that mistake.  Should they be satisfactory, I presume he will be embraced in the law of 1828.  It is the common understanding of the country that he did serve during the whole of the war, but this rests on rumor only as there are no persons living, that he knows of now who can prove that fact positively.
  With the highest respect
  your most Obt. servt.
N.B. Statement enclosed.
  P.J. Scudder

Saml. D. Ingham Esq.
Secy. of the Treasury
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State of Tennessee  )  Court of Pleas and Quarter
Bedford County       )  Sessions - May Term 1833-

   This day being the 7th day of May 1833 - personally appeared in open Court Hayman Bailey - aged about fifty five years - who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith - That he became acquainted with John Culver - about forty five years ago, in Summersett County in the State of Maryland, - and that at that time said John Culver was reputed and generally believed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution.  Deponent states that said John Culver removed from the State of New Jersey to Maryland - where he first knew him; - and that he has for the last forty five years - continued to live near the said John Culver, - removed with him from Maryland to N. Carolina - and from there to Bedford County Tennessee where he now lives; - that he has often heard said John Culver make statements of his revolutionary services (interlined:  and before any pension laws were ever passed by congress) in substance as he has set (interlined: them) forth in his declaration for a pension - under the act of 7th of June 1832,- and that was since he has known him - it was always believed by all who know him that he did serve as a soldier of the Revolution but Deponent - states that he was too young to know him - during the Revolution; but
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he verily believes that he did serve as he has stated in his declaration.  Deponent further states that said John Culver is and has been for many years - a pious man - and sustains a good character;- and he would believe him on oath as (?) as any man he has known.
   Hayman Bailey

This day has appeared in open Court John Culver - who has heretofore applied for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 - and made oath - that the foregoing depositin of Hayman Bailey - is the best evidence which at this distance of time he is inabled to deliver of his revolutionary services;- He states that he knows none of his associates in arms - who are now living by whom he can prove his services as stated in his declaration;- that it has been upwards of forty five years since he removed from N. Jersey - where he was known whilst he was in service, - and does not know of any one now living by whom he can make positive proof of his service. -
   John (his N mark) Culver
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I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Beford County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify Hayman Baily & John Culver were duly sworn in open Court to the foregoing affidavits at our May Term 1833 of said Court, and that the said Hayman Baily and John Culver are men of good standing in society and they are entitled to full credit upon their oaths.
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office at office in Shelbyville this Seventh of May A.D. 1833
   Jas. McKisick Clk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
30 Oct 1829.

John Culver of _____ in the county of Bedford in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and cotinued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Chapman's company, in the fifth regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March 1826, nothing

  The third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By Order of the Secretary
F. A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office
31st October 1829

  It further appears that John Culver is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826
   The name of John Culver cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued.  It appears from The Register of Musters of the Connecticut line that a man by the name of John Culer enlisted in Colo. Bradley's Regt. of said line, on the lst July 1780 for 6 months
/correct/   Peter Hagner
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Rec 23 Dec 1829.

This day came before me Jeremiah Dial an acting Justice of the peace for the county of Bedford in the state of Tennessee, John Culver of said county a soldier of the revolution & made oath that the herein after statement in addition to the statements before made relative to his revolutionary claim is just & true - Viz.  That John Culver whose enlistment for six months as refered to by the secy of the treasury in his communication to him of the 2d. Novr. 1829. was a cousin of this deponent & enlisted for the period thus specified but this deponent enlisted for and during the war and continued in the service till its termination and received his discharge after peace was made, at White Plains.  That he belonged to the artilery - and that he with others had previously applied for a discharge, having then been absent from home for five years in service without seeing his connections but was refused and discharged on the ground that he had enlisted for & during the war & in consequence thereof was not discharged till its close.  Deponent knows of no person living by whom he can prove sd. discharge - and the discharge was lost as specified in his former statement. -
  John Culver
Sworn to before me -
Jeremiah Dial J.P.
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An Amendment to the declaration of Jno Culver, made at August term 1832 of Bedford county court in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said county, John Culver, who Subscribed and was qualified to the declaration aboe alluded to who after being Sworn, deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot Swear positively to the precise periods of the War when he served; but to the best of his recollection, his first (blocked)we of two years that he Served commanded
(blocked)n the month of Octobr, as set forth in the
(blocked)accompaning declaration, and in the year 1776 and after the expiration of said two years he inlisted immediately for three years, or duing the war and to the best of his recollections at this time, he was disharged in the month of November 1781  Shortly after the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and he is pretty certain he servd not less than five years in the Revolutionary army.  Sworn to and Subscribed this 6th day of January 1833.

  John (his x mark) Culver

William Murphree JP
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State of Tennessee )
Bedford County      )

  I James McKisick clerk of the court of pleas and quarter Sessions of Said county do hereby certify that William Murphree Esqr. before whom John Culver was qualified to the foregoing amended declaration is now and was at the time of qualifying him thereto an acting Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as Such. -
[seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Bedford County court at office this 9th day of January 1833.
Jas. M. Kisick Clerk
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Columbia Tenn. May 8th 1833

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

   Enclosed I returned the Declaration of John Culver for a Pension, with the best additional testimony of service, which it is in his power to produce.  he is very poor, is a man of excellent character and is universally reputed to have served as he has declared.  It is impossible for him to procure direct testimony of his services. - I flatter myself that the proof now forwarded may be satisfactory.

I am Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Srt
James K Polk
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Canandiagua NY
June 2d 1853.

Sir;

   Herewith is presented the claim of Sarah Culver decd widow of John - under the act 27th July 1838.
   No record evidence can be found of the marriage in this case - and all the parol testimony in existence so far as can be discovered is now adduced by the affidavits of her two Brothers -
    These affidavits show clearly & it is hoped satisfactorily the marriage relation to have subsisted, and the birth of children previous to the year 1794.

Respectfully.
Your Obt. Servt.
L.M. Drury

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissoiner of Pensions
Washington
  D.C.
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STATE OF MARYLAND,
Office of the Adjutant General,
Annapolis.    Feby 4, 1907

The Commissioner of Pensions:
   Wash., D.C.

Sir:
   For the purpose of completing my records for a family history I have the honor to request the following data from your Department.
   In the archives of Penna. vol. 23, P570 (3rd series), in a list of "names of Pennsylvanians residing in the State of Tennessee, who have been inscribed on the pension list under the Act passed June 7, 1832" appears the name of John Culver, of Bedford Co., Tenn., Pvt., P.L.
      date June 1, 1833.
Will you kindly furnish me with the copy of such data as may have been filed with this pensioner's application which will show his date of birth, place of nativity, parents' and other relations as may be mentioned in his papers - in fact, all data that will fully identify the man?
   Thanking you.  I have the honor to be
    Yours respectfully,
     Frank B. Culver
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American Bonding Co.
Baltimore, Md. 3/28/10

The Commissioner of Pensions
  Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
   Please furnish me the military service record in the Revolutionary War of one John Culver, who served in New Jersey and possibly Conn. Militia, was pensioned from Penna., 1832, and later resided in Tennessee.
   He married in North (or South) Carolina and names of his wife and children are desired, together with any available data of record concerning them.

Respectfully,
Frank B. Culver

Stamp:
U. S. 
Pension Office
A
Mar
28
1910
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Piper City, Delaware
December 5, 1930

Bureau of Pensions
Veterans Administrtion
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

   Are the original applications of the following named soldiers of the Revolutionary War on file in your department.  If so I desire to know what appears thereon: age, notes, or other data.
   I am related to the Culvers through my mother and thank you very much for this information if you have such.

1.  John Culver pensioned in Bedford county, Tennessee for service as a private in Pennsylvania Line; placed on roll June 1, 1833; pension commenced March 4, 1831; aged 71 years; born 1760
Reference for John Culver-H.H. Shenk, archivist,
Pennsylvania State Library.
Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolution, Volume 2, page 287.
2.  Joseph Culver Ensign 4th company, 4th battalion county of Berke, Pennsylvania Militia, enlisted May 17, 1777
Pennsylvania archives, Volume 14, page 268

Very truly yours,
[Miss] Helen Culbertson

Stamp:
U. S.
Pension Office
D
Dec
8
1930