Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,610, William Custar, Va Ind War 1788
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SERVICE Va
Custar, William 
Custer, Anna
NUMBER R. 2,610
Ind War 1788.
CONTENTS
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No. 14526


Anna Custard
Widow of William

Ind

Act 7 July 1838


H. Bright
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State of Indiana
County of Delaware

On this 26th day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Anna Custard aged 82 years resident of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Custard deceased who was a private soldier commenced his services in Greenbrier Co. Va, from thence to Monongahela, from thence to point pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa where he was under General Lewis who was ordered by Governor Dunmore of Va, in AD 1774, from thence to Fort Washington, (now Cincinnati) thence to Bourbon Co. Kentucky and that he was in the battle of the Blue Lick, she does not remember the number of regiment or his particular commander)  but well remembers Patterson, Todd Magara McBride, and talks much about Briants station, she does not remember the time but thinks it was about in the year of 1782, she was acquainted with Col. Boon and with Simon Kenton, he wa also in the expedition of 17888 against the northwestern Indians under the command of General B. Logan and Major McGary.  After the war, her husband bought land and built a house and afterward it was claimed as  military land and was taken from him and he left all his possessions and emigrated to Mad River 2  1/2  miles west of Urbana, then purchased a small tract of and in Champaign Co. Ohio
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and in the year 1825 he removed to Miami co. 18 miles west and on the 28th of Feb. 1828 he dies, she further states that she was married to the said William Custard on the 1785 by preacher Rice of KY and that her name before she was married was Anna Smith and that her husband died at the time and place above stated, and that she is still his widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension and bounty land, to which she may be entitled to under the act of Sept. 28th 1850. Or the resolutions of Oct. 21st 1780 or June 1832, or under any or all the acts combined together respecting the legality of claims of Revolutioners. 

Signed
Anna Custard (her mark)

Subscribed and sworn to Before me  this 26th day of March AD 1851  Samule T. Koile J.P.

I do certify that I have been acquainted with  the above claimant for 35 years and am confident that she is the Identical widow of the said William Custar deceased the foregoing named solider and that she is of the age above stated.

Signed 
William O'Neal

Subscribed and sworn to Before me this 26th day of March AD 1851

Samuel T. Koile 
J.P.
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State of Indiana
Delaware Conty ss.

This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  William O'Neal of said County and being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that he was  acquainted with Willam Custar and Anna Custar the persons as named in the declaration, for years before the deceased of the said William Custar and they lived together as man and wife and always recognized each other as such and was recognized as such by all the people who were acquainted with them, and that there is no public or private record in the possession of the said Anna Custar or which can be ascertained as as I know of, as the private record was burnt.  Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of March AD 1851

William O'Neal

Jobe Swain 
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana
Delaware County 

I Thomas J. Matthews Clerk of the Delaware Circuit Court of said County as hereby certify that Samuel T. Koile and Jobe Swain were both acting Justices of the Peace in said County at the time the foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed by them and that there were duly elected commissioned and qualified as such justices and full faith and credit are due to all their official acts as such justices.
In testimony whereof I Thomas J. Matthews Clerk of the Delaware Circuit court hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Muncie this 27th day of March AD 1851.

Thomas J. Matthews Clerk


Address to Henry Bright Miami County, Ohio
Cass Town P.O.
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April 18, 1940

BA-J/ILL
William Custar
R. 2610


Mr. Milo Custer
1110 Low Street
Bloomington, Illinois


Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Custer who served from Botetourt County, Virginia, in the Revolutionary War.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a William Custar, under any spelling of that surname.  The date which follow were obtained from the papers on file in that claim - R. 2610.

William Custar, his name shown also Custer and Custard, married in Mason County, Kentucky, in the year 1785, Anna Smith; the names of her parents were not given, nor birth of either party.

He died February 28, 1828 in Miami County, Ohio; he had moved there in the year 1825 from his former home in Champaign County, Ohio; previous to that he had resided near Urbana.

March 26, 1851, Anna Custar, the widow of William Custar, was a resident of Delaware County, Indiana, aged eighty-two year.  She applied then for the pension which might have been on account of the service of her deceased husband in the Revolutionary War.  She stated that his service began in Greenbrier County, Virginia, from there he went to "Monongahala", thence to Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kanawha, in 1774 under General lewis, to which place he had been ordered by Governor Dunmore, thence to Fort Washington, thence to Bourbon County, Kentucky, was at Bryant's Station and in the battle of Blue Licks; that he served also in the expedition in 1788 under Major Mcgary and Colonel B. Logan against the Northwest Indians.  

Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to
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furnish proof of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War as required by the pension law under which she applied.


No reference was made to children of Wiliam Custar and his wife, Anna.


Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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2610


Anna Custard


Rejected


1936 - Jan. 17 - Hist. to  W.C. Kenmore - ILL.
1940 - April 1 Hist. to Milo Custer - ILL
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No. 14526


Anna Custard
widow of William

Ind:

Act 7th July 1838


H. Bright - Feb. 5/52 (crossed out)


2610
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Know all men by these presents, that I Anna Custar the undersigned subscriber of the County of Delaware and State of Indiana have appointed and by these presents do appoint and constitute Henry Bright Esq. of the County of Miami and State of Ohio my true and lawful agent in fact to receive from the Secretary of War, Paymaster General, Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury, or any other officer or officers,  authorized to settle or  pay the same, all drafts, pension money, land scrip or warrant, or any other dues of any kind, due to me from the United States in lieu of my husband William Custar's services in the different wars within the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned, or any other Officer, or officers of the United States; and I hereby request said officers, or any either of them to pay said amount to said Bright, and do hereby give said Bright full power to endorse all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges or any other act which I could do if present; and any act by him to be done shall be the same as if done by me in proper person.

Anna Custar (her mark)

Witness my hand and seal this 12 day of August AD 1851.

In presence of me Jesse Bracken
Justice of the Peace


State of Indiana
County of Delaware

I hereby certify that Jesse Bracken Esq. who has subscribed the foregoing and above power of attorney was at the time of so doing an  acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Delaware and State of Indiana duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and the foregoing is his signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk of said County and affixed the seal of the Delaware Circuit Court of said County at Muncie this 17th day of October 1851.

Thomas J. Matthews Clerk
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State of Indiana
Delaware County

This day personally appeared before me Jesse Bracken a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Anna Custar and acknowledged that she signed the within power of attorney for the purposes therein specified.  Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of August AD 1851.

Jesse Bracken
Justice of the Peace
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Miami County Ohio, November 4th, 1851.
Dear Sir,
In reference to this business we have done the best we know how, & as the old lady & her friends are poor, it is our desire, First to ascertain whether anything would be due her, Should her husband have served as stated in the enclosed Declaration, before going to further expense;
As Abram Thomas of said County, Drew a pension some years past. & her husband (Wm Custar) being a fellow Soldier with him as we have been informed, gives her hopes that her plea will let be admissible; They were married in Mason County Ky.
A copy of the Marriage can be forwarded if required with other matters necessary in the case.
I have waited for information from your office & as yet I have recd, none,
I still hope for it yet,
I am yours, Respectfully,
Henry Bright
Miami County, Ohio, Cass Town, P.O.
I again return the declaration which you have already examined, in order to be refered to in the case, & should nothing be coming to her, you will know what to do with it & Should the prospect be good, & the proceedings wrong, please inform me how we must proceed,
An answer if you please,
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55
73
Pens Office
Feby 5, 1832
Sir,
The application of Anna Custard is filed under the Act of 7 July, 1838.
None of the service which she claims her husband to have performed was revolutionary, and consequently nothing is due her.

H. Bright
Cass Town
O.
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RECEIVED JAN 11 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #60
42 Albemarle Place,
Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1935.
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to yours of the 3rd, inst, file BA-J/ILL in which you ask for more information about William Custer before you can give me his Revolutionary War record.
He was a private in Captain Robert McClennahan's Company of Greenbrier Valley Volunteers in the Boutetourt County, Virginia, Regement in Lord Dunsmore's War - 1774.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me about his War record, I am
Yours very truly
W C Kennamer
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30
BLOOMINGTON ILL.
MAR 23 1130 AM 1940
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
RECEIVED MAR 25 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV. 
Reader No. 
VETS ADM
The Administrator,
U. S. Veteran's Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
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1110 Low St. Bloomington, Illinois, 322, 1940;
Dear Sir;-, If the records of your Bureau show any application for pension on the service of 
only one of all William Custer, Private in Capt. McClannachan's Company, Botetourt County, Virginia, Volunteers, Revolutionary War, (Enlisted Sept. 10, 1777);
please send me a complete statement of such service and greatly oblige.
With sincere thanks for your former favors, I am
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer
Milo Custer.
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January 17, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
William Custer
R. 2610
W. C. Kennamer
42 Albemarle Place
Yonkers, New York.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 9, 1936, in which you state that you are interested in the record of William Custer who served in Lord Dunmore's War-1774.
The record of William Custar is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 2610. It may aid you in your research.
William Custar, name shown also as Custer and Custard, married in Mason County, Kentucky, in the year 1785, Anna Smith. The names of her parents are not shown, nor the age of either
person given.
He died February 28, 1828 in Miami County, Ohio; he had moved there in the year 1825, from his former home in Champaign
County, Ohio; prior to that he had resided in Urbana.
near
On March 26, 1851, Anna Custar, the widow of said William, was a resident of Delaware County, Indiana, aged eighty-two years. She applied then for pension which might have been due on account of the service of her deceased husband in the Revolutionary War.
By Mrs. Finch She stated that his service began in Greenbrier County, Virginia, from there he went to "Monongahala", thence to Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kanawha, in 1774 under General Lewis, to which place they had been ordered by Governor Dunmore, thence to Fort Washington, thence to Bourbon County, Kentucky, was at Bryant's Station, and in the battle of Blue Licks; that he served also in
the expedition in 1788 under Major McGarry and Colonel B. Logan against the North West Indians,
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to
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furnish proof of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War as required by the pension law under which she applied.
No reference was made to children of William Custar and his wife, Anna.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
2.
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January 3, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
W. C. Kennamer
42 Albemarle Place
Yonkers, New York.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Custer who died in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1837, John Custard or John Custerd of Virginia, and William Custer of that state.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and there is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a John Custer, under any spelling of that surname. In order to identify the record of the particular soldier named William Custer in whom you are interested kindly furnish the approximate dates of his birth and death, his residence after
service in that war, and given name of his wife or widow. Another effort will be made then to aid you in your research.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Ask for more on the Wm Custar R 2610 - is Dtd Mr. 1788
Custer
Mrs. Finch