Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3250, John Cunningham, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Cunningham, John

NUMBER
S.3250

carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] 

[left side] 25231
West Tennessee

John Cunningham
of Warren Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the com [Company] commanded by Captain Collins of the regt [regiment] commanded by Col. Dangerfield in the Virginia line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of December 1833 and [sent to] Hon. J B Forrester HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept.    58.33
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 March  11.67
$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 75

[right side]
J. M. Bass and 3d Auditor 1839.
to the Treasury under the [paper torn] 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1834 to 4 Sep 1838. Agt. Notified 6 June 1839 

Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt [Agent] Notified 3d Jany [January] 1840

Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt [Agent] Notified 5 June 1841
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State of Tennessee } 
Warren county } 
On this 6th day of April 1833 personally appeared before us two acting justices of the peace for said county John Cunningham sen’r [Senior] a resident of Warren county and State aforesaid aged about eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit [benefit] of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832; says that he entered the service of the United States and served as herein after stated to wit: that on the [blank] day of March 1776 he entered the Service of the United States as a minute man for twelve month and about the 1st of April same year went into actual service in Capt. Robert Dixon company which was organised [organized] in Lenenurg county [Lunenburg County] Virginia and united with Capt. Thomas Collier’s company of Charlotte county Virginia, then marched on toward Raliegh [Raleigh] North Carolina against the tories [Tories] we were informed the tories were dispersed before we reached Raleigh and our troops received order to return to Virginia we marched through Brunswick county Virginia Dinwiddie county Petersburg thence trough [through] Prince George to the town of Blanford [possibly Blandford near Petersburg] thence to Little York at which place we were attached to the regiment of Colonel Dangerfield [sic: William Daingerfield] we marched to Williamsburg from thence to
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Gloucester county Virginia on the Piankatank river where four men of war and some smaller vessels lay. the three of the vessels were called Kingfisher Roebuck and Feay [Fowey] the enemy were fortified on the oppisite [opposite] side of the river on Gwinn’s island [sic: Gwynn Island; forces commanded by Royal Governor Lord Dunmore beginning 9 Dec 1775] Col. Dangerfield dug a ditch and threw up breastworks to secure his troops. after who five hundred of our troops were detached to go below and cross the river and land on Gwinn’s Island and dislodge the enemy from their fortification this applicant was amongst them out troops succeeded in landing on said Island and marched up to the fortification of the enemy but when we got there the enemy had gone aboard of their vessels and sailed off [11 Jul 1776] 
We then marched to the Potomack [Potomac River] where we again came to the enemies ships of war which lay nearest the Maryland shore and our troops on that side were fortified after Col. Dangerfield’s regiment arrived there about two weeks the Maryland troops fired red hot balls into two of their vessels and burnt them up the other ship hoisted sail and left there. There being nothing more for our troops in that quarter and we received information that the Indians were massacring the inhabitance on our frontiers we hastened home to chastise them but before we got there they were defeated and we were dismissed and not called into service any more that year which dismissal took force
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the last of August after serving 5 five months. This applicant again entered the service as a volunteer on the 15th of Feb 1781 in Capt. James Hollaway’s company which was organised [organized] in Charlotte county Virginia and marched on towards Guilford North Carolina On our way we were attached to Col. Nathaniel Cocke’s regiment; the object of these troops was to aid General Green [Nathanael Greene] who was at Halifax cout [court] house in resisting Cornwallace [Lord Cornwallis]. On 15th of March 1781 this applicant was engaged in the battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse] This was the order of battle. The enemy was lying about five miles from Guilford and our troops were stationed near Guilford in the morning - Gen Green detached the light horse and light infantry to bring on the engagement the enimy [enemy] pursued them and they retreated until the enimy [enemy] came near our troops and formed a line of battle at or near the foot of a hill. Green then sent another detachment who fired on the enmy [enemy] and several rounds and retreated the enemy came on in pursuit of them out malitia [militia] were placed in front and the regulars in the rear the battle soon became general and continued for upwards of an hour when we were ordered to retreat. After this we marched to Troublesome iron works remained there several days. Cornwallace [Cornwallis] then retreated and General Green followed close at his heels determine to give him battle
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but Corn Wallase [Cornwallis] crossed deep rever [river] by means of floating bridges the morning before our army got there in the evening Gen Green then gave up the pursuit and discharged the volunteers and we marched home after serving near two months this applicant never entered the service any more he has one discharge which was signed by Capt. Hollaway fer [for] the last tour he received a written discharge fer [for] the other tour but it lost mislaid or destroyed does not recollect who signed it he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services at least in this section of country he hereby relinquishes all claims to an annuity or pension except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any states

Answers to the interrogateries [interrogatories] prescribed by the war department to be put by the court says he was born 10th of Feb 1748 in Lunenburg county Virginia has a record of his age in his family bible. he resided in Lunenberg about 31 years then moved to Charlotte county Virginia where he lived 5 years he then moved to Wilks [Wilkes] county North Carolina where he resided 35 or 36 years he then moved to Warren county Tennessee where he now lives. Always volunteered and served with General Green, Col [William] Washington
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Col [Henry] Lee, in his last tour and other officer not recollected he is not able without inconvenience to get to court to file his declaration he has stated the principal places he marched to in his declaration except Jamestown in the first tour where he crossed James river and is acquaid [acquainted] with Jesse Caffee, William Stroud Sr. Jas. Wilson Jn’r [Jr.], David Caulson Jn’r [Jr.] Benjamin Wootton and Asa Cox 
He has one discharge signed by James Hallaway Capt. his other discharges lost or Distroyed [destroyed] he was in all in actual service 7 months 
[signed] John Cunningham Sen’r. [Sr.]

Sworn to and subscribed in presants [presence] of Kincher Matthews & Elisha Reynolds two of the acting Justices of the peace in & for s’d [said] county

We George Stubblefiel Clergyman and Wm. McGehee Citizen residing in the County of Warren and in the neighbourhood of John Cunningham Snr. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Cunningham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty five years old that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion we believe he is unable to get
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to Court to file his declaration sworn to and subscribed in the presence of us Geo Stubblefield Clar”an [Clergyman]
Sworn to and subscribed before us Wm McGehee Kinchen Mathews & Elisha Reynolds two acting Justices of the peace for said County
We Elisha Reynolds and Kitchen Matthews Two acting Justices of the Peace for said County do hereby declare our opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interragetories [interrogatories] prescribed by the war department the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and we further certify that it appears to us that George Stubblefield who has subscribed the above certificate is Clergyman and resides in the County of Warren and that Wm. McGehee who has signed the preceding certificate resides in the County of Warren and that they are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit give under our hands and seals this sixth day of April 1833 
Kinchen Matthews {seal] 
Justice of the peace 
Elisha Reynolds {seal}
Justice of the peace
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John Cunning papers for pension 

from 1776 private 
7 months, $23.33/100 

Hon. J. B. Forrester H R
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State of Tennessee} 
Warren County} 
I Joseph Colvill clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions the said county do hereby certify that Kinchen Matthews and Elisha Reynolds are and were at the time of making the foregoing certificates acting Justices of the peace and their signatures as they appear above are genuine. 
{Seal} In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal their being no seal of office 18th of Mar. 1833 
Jos Colville Clerk
By L. Colville D C

State of Tennessee} 
Warren county} 
John Cunningham jun [Jr.] this day personally appeared before me Francis Smartt an acting justice of the peace for said county and made oath that John Cunningham Sen [Sr.] his grand father gave to him affiant a discharge signed by James Hollaway for a tour of two months as he thinks said discharge was given to him together with the pension papers of his grandfather John Cunningham sen [Sr] to carry to J B Forester – but
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affiant states that he lost said discharge and never has been able to find it though he has made diligent search this 17th of Nov’r [November] 1833. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above before me
[signed] John Cunningham
Francis Smartt
Justice of the peace 
I Joseph Colville clerk of the court of pleas and quarter Sessions for said County hereby certify that Frances Smartt whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for said County and that his signature attended said affidavit is genuine. 
{Seal} In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no Seal of office this 17th day of November 1833 
Jos Colville Clerk 
By L Colville DC
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I hereby certify that Joseph Colville whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is clerk of the county court of Warren County Ten. and L Colville is his deputy and that the signature of the said L Colville to the foregoing certificate is genuine this [? 22nd] of Dec. 1833
John B Forester
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section     M.C.S.

April 30, 1927

Mrs. Irving Southworth 
Andover, Mass. 

Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3250, it appears that JOHN CUNNINGHAM was born February 10, 1748, in Lunenburg County, Virginia & resided here about 31 years.

He enlisted in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in April, 1776, in Captain Robert Dixon's Company in Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia Regiment and served five months as a private. He enlisted February 15, 1781 and served nearly two months as a private in Captain James Hollaway’s Company in Colonel Nathaniel Cocke's Virginia Regiment; he was in the battle of Guilford. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. 

In 1833 John Cunningham, Jr., the soldier's grandson, was a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. 

There are no further data on file relative to the family of JOHN CUNNINGHAM. 

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT         29
Commissioner

Date of death not on AB

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN (VA) S-3250
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[left side] 
Oct 22, 1900 Scott Cunningham Alton Ill 

1915 Oct. 25 Hist. to Mrs. J. E. Bentley 

1927 Apr. 30 hist. to Mrs. Irving Southworth M.C. S. 

1927 Oct. 29 - Photos to Mr. Carleton, B. Cunningham  MMHF

1930, Jan 18, Hist to Smith W. Brookhart. Corresp [correspondence] in claims of Valentine Cunningham, S39390  M.E.E.

[right side] Rev War [check mark] 3250
INVALID

File No. 3250

John Cunningham
Pvt. Va. line

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A., Page 84

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
May 21st, 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Cunningham, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten”ee [Tennessee] Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1834, to the 4th Sept. 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner Of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
Dec. 28th, 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Cunningham, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. [Tennessee] Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March 1839.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner Of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
May 26th, 18841

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Cunningham, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. [Tennessee] Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1840.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner Of Pensions,
Present.
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ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS 

Pension Department 
Washington, D. C. 

[Gentlemen:?]
Will you be kind enough to give me the pension record of my [Illegible] who drew Revolutionary pension in Tennessee 
Thomas Armstrong drew his Pention [pension]
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at Lincoln Co., Tenn. and John Cunningham drew his Pension in Warren Co., Tenn. 
Both are on the 1840 roll.
Appreciating your courtesy, I am 
Very truly yours 
Myrte S Southworth 
(Mrs. Irving) 
March 5th 1927.
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Revolutionary Department 
Pension Building 
Washington D.C. N L 1 Rev. Sec.

The pension papers of the following Revolutionary soldiers are desired 

Reuben Roberts in North Carolina service, lived in Tennessee 

John Nelson in North Carolina service later in Tennessee 

John Cunningham in Warren Co. Tenn. where pension was granted opposed to have been in North Carolina service.

Matthew Lyon in Vermont service afterward lived in Kentucky. 

If I cannot get papers of all names
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mentioned, I mean if I cannot ask for so many be kind enough to send me those of 
Reuben Roberts and Matthew Lyon 
thanking you 
Mrs. J. E. Bentley 
McMinnville Tennessee

October 17, 1915

[circular stamp] PENSION O OCT 20 1915 U. S. OFFICE.
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[LETTERHEAD typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side of letterhead] SCOTT CUNNINGHAM, ALTON, ILLS. - - - 
JOHN DEERE PLOWS AND CULTIVATORS. [circle with elephant in the middle TRADE MARK]
MANUFACTURERS WHITE ELEPHANT VEHICLES. 

[right side of letter head] REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH MISSOURI.

[center of letterhead] MANSUR & TEBBETTS IMPLEMENT CO FARM MACHINERY & VEHICLES. ST. LOUIS AND DALLAS. 

[right side of letterhead] CABLE ADDRESS MANTEBIT, ST. LOUIS. DIRECTORS: L. B. TEBBETTS, PRESIDENT. C. H. DEERE, VICE-PRESIDENT. G. S. TEBBETTS, TREASURER. C.W. MANSUR, SECRETARY, J.C. DUKE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND MANAGER DALLAS BRANCH, 

Alton Ill Oct 14 - 1900 

M – Pension Bureau Washington DC 

Dear sir I Reced [received] your recent enclosure of notation of Services of John Cunningham of Virginia in Revolutionary war, which stated services in was 4th Virginia Regiment Commanded by Col. Robt Lowton, 1876 1877- 
I today received from Alen R Boyd Sect Congressional Library, the following From Heitmans historical Register officers of Continental Army. 

John Cunningham (Va.) Ensign 7" Va. May 1776 from Virginia House of Delegate 1834 & 1835- (Doc. 44) List of Non Comm. Officers Soldier of the Va. line in Continental establishment 
Page 9. John Cunningham Soldier (no Record given) 
“ 13 “ “ “ ( “ “ “ )
In pension Rolls 1835. is found John Cunningham private, corporal Virginia Continental of Prince Edward Co. who Recd [received] pensions annal allowance $42.44 Sum Recd [received] $127.32 placed on Roll Dec 5 - 1832 Commencement pension March 4, 1831, age 76 years. 
Now your note calls for one Jno C of the

[rectangular stamp] O. W. & N. DIVISION OCT 18 1900 RECEIVED
[circular stamp] PENSION OCT 16 1900 U. S. OFFICE.
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[LETTERHEAD typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side of letterhead] SCOTT CUNNINGHAM, ALTON, ILLS. - - - 
JOHN DEERE PLOWS AND CULTIVATORS. [circle with elephant in the middle TRADE MARK]
MANUFACTURERS WHITE ELEPHANT VEHICLES. 

[right side of letter head] REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH MISSOURI.

[center of letterhead] MANSUR & TEBBETTS IMPLEMENT CO FARM MACHINERY & VEHICLES. ST. LOUIS AND DALLAS. 

[right side of letterhead] CABLE ADDRESS MANTEBIT, ST. LOUIS. DIRECTORS: L. B. TEBBETTS, PRESIDENT. C. H. DEERE, VICE-PRESIDENT. G. S. TEBBETTS, TREASURER. C.W. MANSUR, SECRETARY, J.C. DUKE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND MANAGER DALLAS BRANCH, 

M.
DEAR SIRS:
4th Virginia Regiment - While the letter tells for one Jno. C of the 7th Virginia.
Now I wish to learn if these are or could be the same person or were there 2 John Cunninghams in the service. 
Trusting you will give this your attention and greatly oblige
I am
Respectfully yours 
Scott Cunningham 
Alton Ill

[circular stamp] PENSION OCT 16 1900 U. S. OFFICE.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. / 1-681 / PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 18460
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.   October 20, 1927 
Room G 137.           192
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033 

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 

Title and description of job photostatic copies of 9 pages from Rev. War pension claim S.3250 of John Cunningham, Va. Troops.

No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? ---- ----- days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch 5033 Room No. 541 Phone No. 
Approved: 
O L Ganbin Recd [received] 
Chief Clerk of Bureau.               
Margaret M. H. Finch
Acting Chief of Branch

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering – 

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[oval stamp] DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED OCT 21 1927 DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
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15822

3 - 2233 

BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division

OCT 18 1927    192
Chief Rev. and 1812 Wars Section Division.

I have this day received from Carleton B. Cunningham check in the amount of $1.35, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Copies mailed. acct. Finance Div. Mifd. MMNF Oct. 19 1927

O. J. RANDALL 
Chief, Finance Division. 
H. C. L. 

No C. C. Oct. 20
(one Cert)
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Check $1.35

Room 1333 #30 N. LaSalle St., 
Chicago, Ill.       Oct. 15, 1927

[rectangle stamp] FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK OCT 18 1927 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Mr. Winfield Scott, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

My dear Sir:- 

Your letter at hand to Carleton B. Cunningham, who had written you for data on the pension claim of his ancestor John Cunningham, “S.3250 Va. Troops, etc”. He did not know there such a voluminous filing, but we would like the copies produced of which you speak and enclose my check for the payment of same, and trust this will work can be done speedily for Mr. Cunningham. He will, I am sure, be delighted with it when it comes. 
Thanking you for you prompt attention, and kindness, 
Very truly yours, 
(Miss) [typed and signed] Irene C. Murphy for 
Carleton B. Cunningham.

It need not be certified.

[circular stamp] PENSION R OCT 17 1927 OFFICE U. S.
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Room 1333 #30 N. LaSalle St. 
Chicago, Ill. Oct. 3, 1927.

Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. War. Section,
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: - 
John Cunningham was my ancestor. He served in 1776 and 1781, Lunenburg Co. Va. and was pensioned for revolutionary service while a resident of Warren Co. Tenn. under Act 1832 I believe, it being a slight sum obtained. 
He was Born 10 Feb. 1748 and I am not certain when he or where he died, but anyway he was an old boy. I need this to join the S. A. R. 
What I would be truly grateful for is an exact copy of his pension certificate containing service and any family data thereon as well as his death date and place, if shown in your records. 
Looking forward to obtaining this from you at your early convenience, I am, 

Sincerely yours, 

Carleton Brown Cunningham, 
Room 1333, No. 30 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill.
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MMNF

[Rev] & 1812 Wars Section 

October 13, 1927

Carleton B. Cunningham 
Room 1333, No. 30 N. LaSalle St., 
Chicago, Ill. 

Sir: 

I have to advise you that if you desire photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension of John Cunningham, S. 3250, Virginia Troops, and a pensioner of Warren County, Tennessee, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, under the Act of August 24, 1922, with twenty- five cents extra for certification if that is desired. 
The number of pages to be copied is nine. 
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
S. F. 3250      Washington, D. C.,          , 19  

In reply to your request of        , received     for a statement of the military history of John Cunningham a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.; LENGTH OF SERVICE.; RANK.; OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain, Colonel.; STATE.
[dates] Mch [March] 1776 Apr. 1776 5 mos [months]; private; as officers stated [Captain] Robert Dixon [Colonel] Dangerfield [State] Va.
[date] Feby 15, 1781 nearly 2 mos. [Captain] James Hollaway [Colonel] Nathanael Cocke

Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Lauenburg Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1833. His cl. was al. [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Warren Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, b. Feby 10, 1748 in Lauenburg Co. Va.

Remarks: In 1833 John Cunningham Jr. Soldiers Grandson was a resident of Warren Co. Tenn. There is no other data as to his family.

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Respectfully,          29
Commissioner

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN (VA.) S-3250
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M E E copied from little L. M. C. S. own

To. Hon Smith W. Brookhart 
U.S. Senate           January 18, 1930 – 

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3250. it appears that John Cunningham was born February 10, 1748 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and resided there about thirty-one years. 

He enlisted in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in April 1776, in Captain Robert Dixon's Company, Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia Regiment, and served five months as a private, he enlisted February 15, 1781 and served nearly two months as a private in Captain James Hollaway's Company, in Colonel Nathaniel Cocke’s, Virginia Regiment . He was in the battle of Guilford. 

From Lunenburg County he moved to Charlotte County, Virginia, lived there five years and then moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina , where he resided thirty-five or thirty-six years, then moved to Warren County, Tennessee. The dates of his itinerary are not shown. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. 

In 1833 John Cunningham, Jr., the soldier's grandson, was a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. The names of his parents are not shown.

There are no further data on file relative to his family. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Cunningham, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data: 
John Cunningham 
Certificate Number 25231 
Issued December 14, 1833 
Rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
West Tennessee Agency.

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

the beginning of this letter is in the claim of Valentine Cunningham S. 39390 
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN (Va.) S-3250