Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,933, David Culver, Conn. Continental

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Conn, Continental
Culver, David Mary
W. 4933 
BLM 14514-160-5 [8]

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2.540
New York, Albany
Mary Culver widow of David Culver [Conn]
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Octr 183[3?] and sent to Wm Hotchkiss, Chestertown, Warren, Co. New York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 40, Vol. A

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5335
New York
David Culver, private,
Connecticut line, 3 years 1770
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of Jan, 1819 and sent to E.W. Abbott, Esq.
Warren, New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept [blot] 818. 4[unclear] 26/100  38.93
Semi-anl.all'ee ending 4th, March 1819. 48.00
$86.93
Durkee 
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
Chester, Warren County

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115432. [unclear] Mar [unclear]
May [unclear]

Mary Culver
[unclear "wid of"]
David Culver, Priv

Capt. " "
Col   " "
Private Joe Durkee
County Sino
War of [unclear]
[US] Pensioner
[under ? ] Feb 1833
N.Y. [unclear Feb?] 53-2540
AD 160 acs Jany 14/56
Wm Hotchkiss
Chestertown
Warran Co. - NY

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David Culver
Ex

5385
Mauk NY [unclear]
276

Alanson Fox 
Chester, New York 
Nov 2nd, 1820

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State of New York}
Warren County Ss.}
On this twelfth day of September in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty.  Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said security- a Court of Record which provide according to the Court of Common Law with a Jurisdiction [unclear] keeping a record of these proceedings and which have the Power of Time and [unclear], David Culver [aged] sixty two years, a Resident of Chester in the County of Warren, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the provisions of the Act of [Congress] of the 18th of March, [May is crossed out} 1818 and the 1st of May 1820.  That he the said David Culver [unclear] in the Revolutionary war as follows viz one year [in] the Company Commanded by the Captain John Keyes [in?]and Col John Durqes [Durkee's?] Regiment in General Parsons Brigade that he continued to serve in the Corps aforesaid for the [space] of one year when he was discharged this service in the state of Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. That he [afterward served?] in the Company Commanded by Captain John [Herman?] in the Regiment and Brigade aforesaid that he continued to serve in the Company [last ] aforesaid for the space of sixteen months as a substitute for his Father at the [extension?] of which time he was again discharged the Services at Morristown in the state of New Jersey in 1780.  And further that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818.  The ninth day of April Eight hundred and eighteen and Recd a Pension Certificate No 5335 dated at the war office of the United States the fifteenth day of January One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen and has Recd his pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from the said ninth day of April 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820.

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Here in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of May 1820.  I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift , sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with an Intent so to diminish or as to bring myself well in the provision of the act of bring up Entitled an "act to provide for certain persons Engaged in the land and Naval Service of the [unclear] on the Revolutionary War" [unclear] the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has every person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained  in this schedule herewith annexed our by [unclear]
Schedule:
1st Real Estates I have none
My personal property [unclear]
1. Black Mare  30.00
1. Old Horse.   5.00
1. " Cow.           14.00
2  Calves.          2.50
10 Sheep           7.50
5 Hogs              10.00
1 Old Wagon and Harness 5.00
1 Plough old one    2.00
2 Old Axes            1.00
2 Hoes old ones    " 50
1. Chain                   1.25
3 Old Sythes           "50
1 5 pine Kettle        1.00
1 dish kettle broke.  1.00
1 Pot                          1.00
1 Spider                       "75
2 [illegible]             1.00
Broken Stove &Tongs  "50
1 Old [Etrost]                "25
4 Chairs                    1.00
2 Pails                        "50
2 Tin Pails                 1.00
3 Tubs                        1.50
4 Milk Pans                "75
5 Basins                     "62
6 Spoons                    "34
1 Tea pot (metal)          1.00
1 Tea Kettle                   "75
1 Old Table                    "25
1 Candle Stand             "50
5 Tea spoons                "25
6 Earthen plates           "36
1 " plator                         12[illegible]
1 Flat Iron                       "25
2 Seekles                       "25

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[Column 1]
6 Knives & forks .... 50
1 Razer & Shaving Box - 75
2 Pitch Forks - 37
5. Broken Rakes-- 0
8 [Dray?] teeth - 2.00
1 old Saddle & Bridle - 2.00
[Column 2]
1 Old Slay - 1-50
1 Wooden Clock - 15.00
1 Bible ---- 1.00
1 Psalm Book - " 37
Spetacles [House?] - " 25

Total amt of the Schedule -- $117 - 84
Since further the said David Culver says that he is
Indebted to sundry persons for a part of the property
contained in the above Schedule which he has
purchased since he obtained his pension Certificate
That he is indebted to -    in
the sum of $15.00
and also to . . . . 
in the sum of - 6.00
and also to O Knapp - 5 
and also to [?] & N Fox for Sundry goods [&c] 39.64
$65. 64
And further the [illegible] David Culver saith that he 
[illegible] 50 years
has a wife and four children which live at home
with
(viz) one son aged 17 years, able to
perform [?] labour, one son of 14 years &
one girl of 11 years and youngest girl nine years old
all well and hearty Children
the saith David and his wife are infirm and
unable to perform much Labour-
Subscribed and sworn the twelfth day of September
1820 before in open Court
Seth C Baldwin Jr Clerk
Signed David Culver

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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Warren County, ss.
David Culver
1, Seth C. Baldwin, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Country, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court --And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the afore said schedule, sixty five Dollars sixty four Cents --and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820----In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of September 1820.
Seth C Baldwin Clerk

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State of New York, Warren County
On this ninth day of April one thousand
Eight hundred & Eighteen before me the [illegible] [illegible] one of the Judges of the Court of Commons [illegible]
in & for the County of Warren afore
[illegible] 
David Culver of the town of Chester in
[illegible] County personally appears aged
Fifty nine years resident in the said town of
Chester who being by me first duly sworn
according to Law doth on is oath make 
the following declaration in order to obtain
the provision made by the late act of
Congress entitled "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land & naval
[services] of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that the said David Culver
enlisted in the State of Connecticut in this Continental establishment in the company
commanded by Captain John Keyes of [Colonel] Durqi's Regiment whose Christian name this Deponent thinks was John - 
That he continued to serve in said
Corps or in the service of the United States until the [illegible] part of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven when he was discharged that service being in the service at that time one year & was discharged [illegible] Trenton in the State of New Jersey. That he was
afterwards in the [illegible] year service in a

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company commanded by Captain John
Herman in said Colonel John Durqi's Regiment & was discharged that service at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That he was in no general battle with the enemy but in the sundry [illegible]. 
That he is in reduced circumstances in
life & and needs the assistance of his Country
for support. That he was discharged from
[illegible] in writing which said writing was 
on a piece of paper together with his brother's  whose name is "John Culver" now
living (if alive) in the State of New Hampshire & that he has now no other
evidence in his power of his said
service that he has no property & a wife and
five Children to support

Sworn & declared before me the day and
year aforesaid David Culver

Edw. W. Abbott one of the
Judges of the Court of Common [illegible] in
&/or the County of Warren.

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115432
[Claim?] of Mary Culver
to
Bounty Land [under?]
Act of March 3rd 1855
Presented by
William [Hotchkiss?]
Chesterton, Warren Co
State of New York

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State of New York
Warren County 
On this 21st day of April A.D. One thousand
Eight hundred and Fifty Five. Personally appeared before me William Hotchkiss a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Mary Culver aged Sixty Seven was a resident of the Town of Horicon County of Warren and State of New York, who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Widow of David Culver deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier a Private and who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum. She further declares that she is the identical Mary Culver who made a declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1833 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she received a Pension Certificate issued by the Secretary of the Interior R McClelland, and examined and countersigned by L. P. [illegible] [illegible] of Pensions. Given at the Department of the Interior dated 20th day of October 1853 granting her a Term of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life [unless?] she [should?] again marry in which case the Pension is not Payable after the time of such marriage. And she now [illegible] for the Particulars of her husband services, and for Proof of her marriage upon which she obtained her Pension Certificate above set forth on [Fish?] in the Department at Washington and that she is now a widow. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the of Act Approved March 3rd 1855. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under
this or any other Act of Congress nor made any other application therefor - and the hereby constitutes

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and appoint William Hotchkiss of Chestertown, Warren Co. N York her attorney to receive said Warrant. 
[signature] Mary Culver
We William H Greene and Stephen L Goodman
residents of the Town of Chester County of Warren and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Culver in our presence, and that we [believe?] from the appearance and statements of the applicant
are from our personal knowledge, that
she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we further declare from our personal knowledge, she still [illegible] the Widow of David Culver. [signature] William H Greene 
[signature] Stephen S Goodman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claim ant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
[signature] William Hotchkiss. Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Warren County     ⎬ I hereby certify that William Hotchkiss Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made
is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforsaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 26th day of April 1855 Thomas Archibald Clerk

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State of New York
Warren County
On this first day of September 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of Session of the County Court of Warren County, State of New York, Mary Culver a resident of the Town of Horicon County of Warren and State aforesaid aged Sixty Six years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by an Act of Congress on the 3d of February 1853 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the Widow of David Culver who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary Services at the time of his Death. Under Act of 18th March 1818, at the Rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum, payable at the New York Agency at Albany, and for a partial
account of his services referance can be had to the Papers and Proofs on file with his original application. She further declares that she was
Married to the said David Culver on the Thirtieth day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Three (AD 1823) at the Town of Chester County and State aforesaid by Lewis Numan Esq a Justice of the Peace of the said Town of Chester, County aforesaid, that her name before her
said Marriage was Mary French. that her said Husband died on the Fourth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Eight (A.D.1848) that she was not Married to him prior to the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above mentioned. The further declares that she is now a Widow.
[signtutre] Mary Culver 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the
above named Mary Culver, that on account of her age and bodily infirmity she is unable to attend Court. And I further Certify that the
above deposition is entitled to full credit.
Jonathan H Leuch
Justice of Sessions of the County Court of Warren County

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August 7, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
David Culver
W. 4933

Mrs. Winifred Ridall
59 Oxford Avenue
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Culver, born December 29, 1750, who came from Voluntown, Connecticut, and settled at Reading Center (near Watkins) New York, before 1789, with his wife, Jerusha and several children, and died June 4, 1829 in Reading Center. 
 
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the David Culver described above.  The record has been found of only one David Culver of Connecticut: the data which follow were found in pension claim, W. 4933, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  It may aid you in your research. 
 
David Culver enlisted in Connecticut, the place not stated, in January 1776, served as private in Captain John Keyes' company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut regiment and was discharged in January 1777.  He enlisted afterwards, served sixteen months as substitute for his father, whose name was not given, in Captain John Harmon's company, Colonel John Durkee's regiment and was discharged in 1780 at Morristown, New Jersey.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he resided in Chester, Warren County, New York.  He was then fifty-nine years of age; the date and place of his birth was not given.  In 1820, the soldier's wife was about fifty years of age, her name not given, nor the date of their marriage.  Four children were living at home then; a son, aged seventeen years, a son aged fourteen years, a daughter eleven years and a daughter nine years.  He referred to another child, but did not give the names of any of said children.

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David Culver died March 4, 1848.

The soldier married November 30, 1823, in Chester, New York, Mary French; both parties were then of Bolton, Warren County, New York.

Mary Culver, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1853, at which time she resided in Horicon, Warren County, New York; she was then aged sixty-six years.  The date and place oh [sic] her birth and the names of her parents were not given.

David Culver referred to his brother, John Culver, who in 1818, resided in New Hampshire. [in file-served together]

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Mary Culver, widow fo [sic] David Culver
Certificate #2540
Issued October 20, 1853
Rate $96 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853.
New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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[Column 1 - handwritten notes possibly logging inquries related to the file?]
[illegible] [2nd Comptroller?] [illegible]
[Due 18-??]
[illegible]
No. Granville NY
ov. 24 Hiskto
Culver, Albany
July 28 1902
Histor Dr. C M. Calver
Albany, NY
1908 Apr. 6 [illegible]
Culver [illegible]
[illegible]
1924 Nov. 20 Hisk to Mary E. [illegible]
Her letter in [illegible] 13136 [illegible]
1925 [illegible]
1925 [illegible]

[center panel]

Died Nov. 13. 1876
Revy WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 4933
Mary Culver
Widow
David Culver
Pvt, Rev: War
---
Act: Feby 3/53
Indes: - Vol. A, Page 160 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right panel]
1936 Aug 8 Hisk to Mrs. N?? Ridall ILL

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14.514

[illegible] any

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Appl of No 3253
Mary Culver,
Widow of
David, 
M19
Warren Co.
N. York
Act '/53
Rev.
[illegible] $96 per annum
Commencing 3d Feb. 1853
Wm Hotchkiss,
Chestertown
Warren Co.
N. York

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French
Mary Culver 66 years (David

Dec
Married 30 Nov 1823 by Lewis Numan
Died 4 March 1848
the Justice who married them
Lewis Newman proves marriage
Good case-

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[file label? - written horizontally down the page]
David Culver Act 1818. $8 p. month.
Died 4th March 1848, Paid to his death.
F. [illegible]
Auditor
[column]
Pension Office
Oct. 17. 1853
Sir,
Please certify the
time to which the within
named pensioner was
paid, and, if in your [illegible]
the exact date of his
death.
Very respectfully
[Your ob't serv't] 
F. Cole
For Commissioner
F. [Bivst] Esqr
3d Auditor,
Present
(See other side)

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State of New York
Warren County

I Thomas Archibald Clark of the said County and also Clerk of the Court of Sessions of
of said County being a Court of Record do here by certify that Jonathan H Seach Esquire before whom the annexed declaration purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same One of the Justices of said Court duly Elected & designated to hold said Court according to the Laws of the State of New York And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said
annexed declaration to be his proper hand writing & signature
In Testimony when I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 16th of September AD 1853
Thomas Archibald Clark

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Warren County I [illegible] Certify [illegible] the said David Culver from my own knowledge absolutely needs the assistance of his country for [support].
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court
of Common [pleas] in & for the County of Warren

David Culver Private
Durkee's Conn. Reg
1777 to 1780 of [illegible] 1818

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Warren County
I Edward W. Abbott am of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Warren foresaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Culver did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the
preceding Declaration against the common
Enemy & I now transmit the proceedings
& the testimony taken & [had]
before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions
of the aforementioned Act of Congress -
That I am well acquainted with
both David Culver (and his next door
neighbor Reuben Green whose affidavit
is here unto [illegible] and that they are both
reputed to be men of truth & veracity.
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of
the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Warren.

State of New York
Warren County Clerks office 
I certify that by Letters patent and qualification Roll now in this office Edward W Abbott whose signature [apper] on annexed affidavit. the above certificate was a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Warren on this ninth day of April 1818 & I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Edward W. Abbott & believe the the signature therein be his. In Testimony whereof I have caused the seal of our court to be hereunto affixed this 12th day May 1818.  
[N W RonBrach] Clerk
⎬

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Warren County [?] I [illegible] Certify that the said David Culver from my own knowledge absolutely needs the assistance of his country for apport.
.
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of 
Warren
---
[sideways on the page]
David Culver private
Durkee's Conn Reg
1777 to 1780 of [illegible] 1818
Warren
---
Warren County [?] Rueben Green of the town of Chester in the County of Warren & State of New York being duly sworn doth [depose?] & say that he is well acquainted with the within named David Culver that he is in reduced circumstances in life & in the opinion of this deponent and the assistance of his country for support - that he hath an aged wife & five children to provide for that he sustains an unblemished character for truth & veracity
Sworn 17. April 1818 Reuben Green
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the
Court of Common pleas in & for the County of
Warren

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State of New York
Warren County
Lewis Newman of the Village
of Glens Falls in said County, being duly sworn
doth depose and say that during the year
1823, he was a Justice of the Peace in the
Town of Chester, in and for the County of Warren in said State, and that on the thirtieth day of November A.D. 1823 he married David Culver then residing in the town of Bolton in said County to Mary French residing in the same Town and this deponent further says that at the time of said marriage and previous thereto and afterwards the said David Culver was a Revolutionany Pensioner under the acts of 1818 - drawing a private's pension of $96.00 per year and that this deponent was agent for said Culver and received for him said pension both before and after said marriage as aforesaid. And this deponent further says that he made a record of said marriage and hath kept the same unto this time,
and the facts [illegible] set forth in relation thereto appear from said record.
Subscribed and sworn to this
6th day of August 1853
before me
Geo. W. Chesney
Justice of the Peace
[signature] Lewis Newman

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State of New York
Warren County

I Thomas Archibald Clark of the said County
do herby Certify that Geo W Chesny before whom the within officiant purports to have been sworn was on the [illegible] of the date of said officiant of the Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & very believe his name subscribed to said officiant to be his proper hand writing and signature
In Testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and [affixed?] the
Seal of the said County this 16th day
September 1853
Thomas Archibald Clark

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State of New York
Warren County
On this First day of September 1853
personally appeared before me a Justice of
the Peace within and for the Town of Chester County and State aforesaid Benjamin L Thomson
and
Charles H Faxon both residents of the Town of
Chester County and State aforesaid who being
duly sworn according to Law depose and says
that they are personally acquainted with Mary Culver, that they saw her Sign her name to the annexed declaration, and that she is the identical Mary Calver named in said declaration, and further saith not-
Benj L. Thomson
Chas H Faxon
Sworn to and [subscribed?] the day and year
above written, and I certify that I am personally
acquainted with the above named Benjamin
Thomson and Charles H Faxon that they are
persons of Credibility and good character, and
that the above depositions are entitled to
full credit-
William Hotchkiss Justice

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State of Newyork
Warren County
I Thomas Archibald Clark of the said County do
hereby certify that William Hotchkiss Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the within officiant to be his [illegible] hand writing and Signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 16 day of September 1853
Thomas Archibald Clark

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Brief in the case of Mary Culver, widow of David Culver
Warren county and state of New York
Act 30 February 1853
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18th March 1818
Marriage proved by Lewis Numan, the officiating magistrate.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

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Chestertown, Warren Co
N. York 17th September 1853
Hon L P Waldo
Comm of Pensions

Sir
I send you the Declaration and Application
Mrs Mary Culver for Pension under Act Passed 
passed February 1853 and accompanying papers.

Any Communication, reference to said papers may be directed to me at Chestertown Warren Co. N.York [illegible oblige?]
Very repectfully
& Truly Yours
William Hotchkiss

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SAAC V. BAKER, President. (No. 1348.) GEO. B. CULVER, Cashier.

The North Granville National Bank.
North Granville, N.Y. May 15, 1874
Hon. the Commissioner
of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir
My grandfather, David Culver, and
also my great-grandfather David Culver, both
fought three years or more in the Revolutionary War. I think in the Connecticut Line.

But I find the names of several David Culvers
in "Connecticut in the Revolution", and cannot identify them as ancestors; but find that the last widow of my grandfather, Mary F. Culver drew a pension, and am unable to find any papers.

Will you please send me a copy of the pension
certificate of Mary F. Culver, (or Mary French
Culver) late of Warrensburgh, Warren Co. N.Y. widow of David Culver, late of Horicon, N.Y.

Mary French Culver died Nov. 13. 1876, at
her daughters, Mrs. Lydia Ann Dickinson,
Warrensburgh, N.Y. I thus particularize for identification, as Mrs. Dickinson may have been frequently a witness to her mothers voucher.
Also please send me a copy of the

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The North Granville National Bank.
North Granville, N.Y. May 15 1884
2 Culver
"military record" of the David Culver mentioned in that pension certificate, and oblige. 
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Geo, B,Culver
North Granville;
Washington Co.
N. Y.

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Mrs. EDWIN B. FLOYD
112 ROATH STREET
NORWICH, CONN.
April 20, 1925
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give me details in regard to the service of DAVID CULVER who fought in the American Revolution.  According to the records I have been able to secure so far, he came from Gilead, Conn. and lived in either Warren or Essex Co. New York at the time of his death.  He was born in 1758 and died Mar. 4, 1848.  I am trying to get the information necessary to qualify my children for membership in the Children of the American Revolution.  I understand he was a pensioner and his wife, Mary French, drew a pension during her life after his death.  Said Mary French died about 1881.

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I am anxious to ascertain the nature of his service in the war and the place of his death, also the year, according to the pension office records.  
Very truly yours,
Mrs. E.B. Floyd
P.S. Any further details regarding said David Culver will be greatly appreciated.

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59 Oxford Avenue
Buffalo, New York
July 25, 1936.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:- 
only one of Conn (one David Culver)
David Culver, born December 29, 1750, came from Voluntown, Conn., and settled at Reading Center, N.Y. (near Watkins, N.Y.) before 1789, with his wife Jerusha and several children.  At this date Reading, now in Schuyler County, was in Steuben County N.Y.
I do not know his birth place, but probably in Conn.  He died at Reading Center, N.Y., June 4, 1829.  He is buried in a field near by(probably a part of his farm).  There is a marker in good shape, and also one of his wife and son David, Jr.  There are several graves there and all are undermined with woodchuck holes. 
I have reason to believe that David Culver was in the Revolution, and if so i would like his record and all data possible.
I have a reply from the War Department with records of several by name of David Culver, and they advise me to write to you as they have no complete records of the Revolutionary War soldiers.
Very truly,
(Mrs.) Winifred (Drake) Ridall
(Mrs) Winifred (Drake) Ridall

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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.  David Culver Wid. File 4933
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Jan'y 1776
*

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Jan'y 1777 
16 mos

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Keyes
John Harmon

COLONEL.
John Durkee
---
---
STATE.
Conn.

*Substituted for his father, name not stated


Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 9. 1818. His cl. was [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Chester, Warren Co. NY.
Age at date of application, Died Mar 4, 1848.
Remarks: Soldier married at Chester N.Y. Nov. 30, 1823.
Mary French. She was allowed pension on an application executed Sept 1, 1853 while a resident of Horicon Warren Co at NY aged 66
yrs. In 1820 there were 1 son 17 yrs. 1 son 14 years 1 [dare? dam?] 11 and 1 [dare? dam?] 9 years. No names stated and another child referred to, age & name not stated.


Very respectfully,
3179365m10-07
Commissioner.

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This letter to Mary E. Lewis.
claim W. 4933 it appears that David Culver enlisted in Connecticut in January 1776, served as a private in Captain John Keyes' Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in January 1777.  
He afterwards enlisted and served sixteen months as substitute for his father, whose name is not geven, in Captain John Harmon's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Regiment.  
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818 while a resident of Chester, Warren County, New York, aged fifty-nine years.  He died March 4, 1848.  
Soldier married November 30, 1883 in Chester, New York, Mary French (both then of Bolton, Warren County, New York).  She was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1853 while a resident of Horicon, Warren County, New York aged sixty-six years.  
1820 soldier's children, a son aged seventeen years, a son fourteen years, a daughter eleven years, a daughter nine years, and a child whose age is not stated, are referred to, their names and the name of their mother given.
Had a Bro John
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension.

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June 24, 1925
Mrs. E.B. Floyd
122 Roath St.,
Norwich, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.4933 it appears that David Culver enlisted in Connecticut, the place not stated, in January 1776, served as a private in Captain John Keyes' Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged in January 1777.
He afterwards enlisted and served sixteen months as a substitute for his father, whose name is not given, in Captain John Harmon's Company, in Colonel John Durkee's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818 while a resident of Chester, Warren County, New York aged fifty-nine years.  He died March 4, 1848.
Soldier married November 30, 1823 in Chester, New

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York, Mary French (both then of Bolton, Warren
County, New York). She was allowed pension on her
application executed September 1, 1853 while a resident
of Horicon, Warren County, New York aged sixty-six
years.
In 1820 soldier's children, a son aged severteen
years, a son aged fourteen years, a daughter eleven
years,aaddaughter nine years, and a child whose age is
not stated, were referred to, their names and the name
of their mother not given.
Respectfully,



WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner.

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Rev.&1812 Wars Section             MMHZ [handwritten, illegible]



September 10, 1925

Honorable E. Hart Fenn
183 Ann St.,
Hartford, Connecticut


My dear Mr. Fenn:
In response to your letter of the 8th instant, I
have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4933 it appears that 
David Culver enlisted in Connecticut, the place not stated,
in January 1776, served as a private in Captain
John Keyes' Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut
Regiment and was discharged in January 1777.
He afterwards enlisted and served sixteen months as
a substitute for his father, whose name is not given, in
Captain John Harmon's Company, Colonel John Durkee's
Regiment. was dis in 1780 at Morr. NJ [handwritten]
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 9, 1818 while a resident of Chester, Warren County,
New York aged fifty-nine years. He died March 4, 1848.
Soldier married November 30, 1823 in Chester, New

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York, Mary French(both then of Bolton, Warren County,
New York). She was allowed pension on her application
executed September 1, 1853 while a resident of Horioon,
Warren County, New York aged sixty-six years.
In 1820 soldier's children, a son aged seventeen
years, a son aged fourteen years, a daughter eleven
years, a daughter nine years, and a child whose age is
not stated, were referred to, their names and the name
of their mother not given.
 Very truly yours,



WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.