Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16.354, Josiah Culbertson, S.C.

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S.C    Culbertson, Josiah    S. 16354
Carded

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13910
Indiana
Josiah Culbertson
Daviss Co in the state of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Thomas Jr of the regiment commanded
Col Thomas in the So: Carolina
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July
1833 and sent to John Van Trees Washington

Arrears to the 4th of March 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 109

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[illegible]
[illegible] Jan 13
1836
1881 June 22 L. C. Draper Historical
"So Hun. - Service & residence
1890
March 8 J N Culbertson history [illegible]

Death not on AB.
ILL

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Josiah Culbertson
Daviss
Indiana
from 1775 private
2 years $80.
return

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Thomas
Thomas Jr
N.C.
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John Van Trees
Washington
Inda

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11,546
BRIEF in the case of Josiah Culbertson
of Daviess County of  in the State of Indiana
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? about 84 years

4. State his service, as directed in the [illegible] annexed.
[column headings: Period. Duration of Service Years. Months. Days. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served]
Volunteered as near as he now recollects in the fall in 1775. served 6 weeks. -. -. -. Capt John Thomas Jr. Colo. John Thomas Genl. Mason.
Volunteered again in June 1776. tour 14 weeks. -. -. -. -.
Drafted. tour 3 months was out in several Campaigns as a voltr from 1775 to 1780 That he was in service more than 3 years in all-. -. -. -. -.

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Cowpens - Ramsours & Kings Mountain & various small engagements with the enemy -

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? District Ninety Six, So. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by traditionary evidence & by living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.

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State of Indiana
Daviess County }Sct
Declaration under the act of Congress to obtain a Pension
On this eighteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Amory Kinney president Judge and Ephraim Thompson and Michael Murphy Esquires associate Judges of the Court being the Circuit Court in the County of Daviess and State aforesaid now sitting Josiah Culbertson a resident of Daviess and State aforesaid aged about eighty four years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. The first service which this deponant engaged in was as a volunteer in a Company commanded by Capt John Thomas Jr the Regiment commanded by his father Col John Thomas and the the whole commanded by Genl Mason this was as near as Deponant now recollects in the fall of 1775 Deponant served six weeks it was what was known in South Carolina as the Snow Camp Campaign In June 1776 he started again as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt John Thomas Jr and Col Thomas Col of the Regiment the whole commanded by Genl Mason on a tour of fourteen weeks against the Cherokee Indians who

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was committing depredations on the frontier of South Carolina - That he was drafted and want out under the command of the same Captain and Col at the time Savannah was besieged and was absent on this tour doing duty for three months That he was out as volunteer in several campaigns from 1775 to 1780 against the Indians Tories and British most generally under the same officers the particulars of which [illegible] the length of time he served at each he cannot now exactly recollect. The Camp to which he was attached from its frequency of movement and action being known and designated as the Flying Camp - during which they had several engagements with Col Fergusons men the tories & Indians - That he was out in all more than three years in service adding up the whole time he was engaged in the service That he was in the battles of Cowpens Ramsowers & Kings Mountain and in various smaller engagements with the Enemy - He served with the regular troops at the time Genl Lincoln & Morgan commanded them the names of the other regular officers who were commanders of Regiments & Companies of the Regular Troops he does not now recollect - The Captain of his Company at the battle of the Cowpens and Kings Mountain was Roebuck That he cannot in consequence of his advanced age and the consequent loss of his memory now give the particulars of all the various engagements and combats he was in during the revolution but as one event is connected with the history of the times and well known in his native State South

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Carolina he will briefly refer to it - In seventeen hundred and seventy six Gov Rutledge sent up ammunition to the Whigs in the district of ninety six where Deponant resided to keep the Tories in awe who were plenty enough in that Section and continued to do more mischief than were the British a part of the ammunition was deposited at the house of Col John Thomas before mentioned - In the Spring of 80 while the British besieged Charleston this ammunition which was all important to the American cause was guarded by the Deponant and twenty five men - The success of the British inspired the Tories and a Col Moore with almost one hundred and fifty men determined to attack the house in which the ammunition was lodged and destroy it - Moore with his men approached - the guard being fearfull of such odds retreated - although strongly remonstrated with by this deponant leaving no one to defend the house but deponant and his mother in Law Mrs Thomas - The house was a log house and the rest of the guard having retreated he determined great as the hazard was rather than give it up to defend it himself against the besiegers - He accordingly loaded his guns and while his mother in Law was employed in running him a supply of bullets kept up such a fire upon the Tories from the House that they believing the whole guard was there retreated leaving himself his mother in Law and the ammunition safe - The destruction of the ammunition would have been a severe loss to the Americans and the same was afterward made use of by Sumpter at his fight on the Rocky Mountain and at the battle of the Hanging Rock.

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That he has no documentary evidence to prove his services but refers to the deposition hereto attached of Mr Hammond and Mr Neal marked A. B as proof of his services. He was born as he believes about 1748 he believes this from the circumstance that he thinks he was 8 or 9 years of age when Braddock was defeated He has no record of his age He was living in in District Ninety Six South Carolina when called into service He lived in said District and Greenville District in the same State untill 1810 when he moved to Daviess County Indiana where he has ever since resided and now resides - He never was drafted but once during the war as before stated but was most of the time a volunteer - He has stated as near as he can now recollect the names of the Regular officers he served with and the general circumstances of his services He never received a discharge from the service ^but was mustered out - In addition to the depositions accompanying this of Mr Hammond and Mr Neal he would refer to the Judges Thompson and Murphy and to the Presiding Judge for his veracity and the belief as to his services as a Soldier in the revolution - He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jno. Van Trees Clerk
Josiah Culbertson his mark

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August 18, 1932.

The Memorial Branch
Office of the Quartermaster General
War Department
Washington, D.C.

BA-J/ILL
Josiah Culbertson
S. 16354

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 16, 1932, in which you request the record of Josiah Culbertson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The record of the above named soldier is furnished you herewith, from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16354.

Josiah Culbertson was born about the year 1748 in South Carolina, the exact date and place of his birth is not given.

While a resident of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1775, and served as private at various time in each year until near the close of the Revolutionary War, amounting in all to more than three years in the South Carolina troops: during the period of his service, he was engaged in the "Snow Campaign" in 1775, a tour against the Cherokee Indians in 1776, the "Stono Campaign" in 1777, a tour against the Indians under Captain Parsons in 1778, and in the Siege of Savannah; he was in the Siege of Charleston in 1780, during which siege he guarded the American ammunition, which was stored in the house of Colonel John Thomas, and defeated the enemy when they besieged that house, being assisted only by Mrs. Thomas (who was the mother-in-law of said Josiah Culbertson), who ran him the supply of bullets as he kept up the heavy fire until the Tories retreated; he was in the battle of Ramsour's Mills, was in the battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens under Captain Roebuck, and was in many less important engagements with Indians and Tories; most of the above service was rendered in Captain John Thomas' Company, Colonel John Thomas' Regiment. Colonel John Thomas was the father of Captain John Thomas. 

The soldier lived in South Carolina until 1810, when he

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moved to Daviess County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.

The name of the wife of the soldier is not stated and there is no reference to children.

The application for headstone of Josiah Culbertson and all correspondence pertaining thereto are returned herewith.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator. 

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16.354
INVALID.
File No. 16,354
Josiah Culbertson
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1912 Apr. 5 Letter to Mrs. Austin F. Cabel (Both letters in cl. George Lashley, S. 31,814)
1932 July 27 - Hist to Jennie W. Hart - ILL
1932- Aug. 18 - Memorial Br. W. Dept furnished record - ILL

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten]Josiah Culbertson which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten]yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten]yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [handwritten]yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades to which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? [handwritten]No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [handwritten]yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [handwritten]yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten]yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten]yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [handwritten]yes & has a device.

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten]yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [handwritten]by living witness

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [handwritten]Certified by the Court

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [handwritten]yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten]No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of this service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _ year_ months, and _ days, I served as a _ For _ months and _ days, I served as a _; and for such service I claim a pension.

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State of Indiana
County of Daviess } Ss.
On this fifteenth day of January, 1833, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Daviess aforesaid, Josiah Culbertson, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Six weeks I served as a private volunteer, under Capt John Thomas, in the fall of 1775, in what was called the Snow Camp Campaign. For fourteen weeks I served as a private volunteer under the aforesaid Captain, against the Cherokee Indians, in June and July 1776. For three months, I served as a private (drafted) under the same Captain, at the time Savannah was besieged. For two months I served as a private Soldier under same Captain in what was called the Stono Campaign in the year 1777 - For one year and six months, I served as a private Soldier under different officers - This service commenced the first of June, 1778. For two weeks I served as a private volunteer - For three weeks I served as a private volunteer under Capt Parsons against the Cherokees - For five weeks I served as a pilot or spy on the frontier. There are many other tours of duty in which I served as a private, between the years 1775 and 1780 under different officers officers, but most generally under Capt Thomas, the particulars of which and length of service I cannot call to memory, consequently cannot state with more certainty than I have in my declaration made before the Judges of the Circuit Court of said County of Daviess, on the 18th day of September last past, and hereunto attached. I am confident I served in all more than three years as a private soldier of the American Revolution, although I cannot now state more definitely the various services I have done in said declaration and in this amendment;

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and for such service I claim a pension. 
Josiah Culbertson his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Crabs Justice of the peace Daivs County Indiana

The State of Indiana
County of Daviess} Sct
I John Van Trees Clerk of the Court of said County of Daviess, do hereby certify, that Jacob Crabs is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and Qualified, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is his genuine signature, and as such, entitled to full faith and credence.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office at Washington, this fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Jno. Van Trees Clerk

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We Ebenezer Jones a clergyman residing in the Township of Washington County of Daviss and State of Indiana and Ephraim Thompson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Culbertson who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the above opinion
E Jones
Ephraim Thompson
Sworn & Subscribed to in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Jno Van Trees Clerk 

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Personally appeared in open Court this eighteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two John Hammond aged ninety one years last June of sound mind & memory and now on the pension roll who being duly sworn declareth and saith That he is well acquainted with Josiah Culbertson the Declarant has known him before the American Revolution having lived in the adjoining County to his in South Carolina That he knew him in service in the Revolutionary War and served in the same Regiment with him before deponent listed in Washingtons Light Horse That he understood he was in the Battle of Kings Mountain and believe him to have been in the other engagements set forth in the declarants statement and to have served as there stated

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That the circumstances of his declarants gallant defence of the House of Col Thomas where the ammunition was lodged was well known and talked of and great praise awarded declarant who this deponent believes to be the same man That his reputation was that of a gallant and usefull Soldier and he was much thought of by the army for his bravery and activity
M Hammond his mark
Sworn & Subscribed to this 18th Septb 1832
Jno. Van Trees Clerk

B.
Personally appeared in open Court this eighteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two James Neal who being duly sworn deposeth & saith  - That he has known the declarant Josiah Culbertson ever since 1776 - That he never served with him but knew him well in South Carolina - That he was as Deponent believes in the Service at that period and was highly esteemed as a Soldier for his bravery & activity That he understood shortly after the event of declarants defence of the ammunition as stated in the declaration of said Culbertson and has no doubt of its truth That he believes him to have served as Stated and to have been in the Engagements set forth That the deponent is a resident of Daviss County aged Seventy nine and further saith not
James C Neale
Sworn & Subscribed to this 18th Septb 1832
Jno Van Trees Clerk

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after putting the Interogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant Josiah Culbertson was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Ebenezer Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Washington County of Daviess and that Ephraim Thompson who also signed the same is a resident in the same township and is a credible person and their statement is is entitled to credit And the said Court are also well acquainted with the other affiants John Hammond and James Neal that they are residents of the County of Daviess and the Court places full confidence in their Statements as above set forth
A. Kinney Pres Judge
Michael Murphy Ass Judge

I John Van Trees, Clerk of the Court of Daviess County Indiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Josiah Culbertson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jno. Van Trees Clerk

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July 17, 1932.

Jennie W. Hart
101 S. E. 7th 
Washington, Indiana.

BA-J/ILL
Josiah Culbertson
S. 16354

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Josiah Culbertson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S/ 16354, based upon the service of Josiah Culbertson.

Josiah Culbertson was born about the year 1748 in South Carolina, the exact date and place of his birth not given.

While a resident of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1775, and served as private at various times in each year until near the close of the Revolutionary War, amounting in all to more than three years in the South Carolina troops: during the period of his service, he was engaged in the "Snow Campaign" in 1775, a tour against the Cherokee Indians in 1776, the "Stono Campaign" in 1777, a tour against the Indians under Captain Parsons in 1778, and in the Siege of Savannah; he was in the Siege of Charleston in 1780, during which siege he guarded the American ammunition, which was stored in the house of Colonel John Thomas, and defeated the enemy when they besieged that house, being assisted only by Mrs. Thomas (who was the mother-in-law of said Josiah Culbertson), who ran him the supply of bullets as he kept up the heavy fire until the Tories retreated; he was in the battle of Ramsour's Mills, was in the battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens under Captain Roebuck, and was in many less important engagements with Indians and Tories; most of the above service was rendered in Captain John Thomas' Company, Colonel John Thomas' Regiment. Colonel John Thomas was the father of Captain John Thomas. 

The soldier lived in South Carolina until 1810, when he moved to Daviess County, Indiana.

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[handwritten in left margin]See Mrs. Thomas - McCrady - pages 609-610 - Vol. I.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.

The name of the wife of the soldier is not stated and there is no reference to children.

A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of a soldier named Hezekiah Watkins.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten]Service OK - Mrs. Finch -

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Indian evasion 
Thank you for any advice available. Daviess Co History gives his name as a Rev. War patriot and it is the desire of White River Chapter of D.A.R. to mark the grave if one can procure the necessary information

Yours
Jennie W Hart
[illegible] White River Chapter D.A.R.
Washington
101 SE 7th Indiana

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101 S E 7th 
Washington Ind

July 3rd 32

Director of Pensions

Will you please let me know if you have in your records the name of Josiah Culbertson some say he came from Va others the Carolinas He came about 1808 to Daviess Co and to near Washington entered land in 1808 had 3 sons John Samuel & Josiah the son Samuel was killed in defending a fort in 1813 from

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Pension Dept.
Will you see if you have on your file the name of Hezediah Watkins Orange Co N.Y. went later to [illegible] Co. was a [illegible] of Captain Samuel Watkin's 

Thanking you for same.
Jennie W Hart

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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
Aug 16 1932

Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N.W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

[stamp] RECEIVED AUG 17 1932 [illegible] SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION