Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 104, John Tupman, Va. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va Sea Service
Tupman, John
R. 104
Va. half pay.
CONTENTS
See N.A. Acc. No. 837 Virginia State Proj John Tupman, YS File Va. Half Pay

210
John Tupman.
Re. '16 Dec. 1834.
W. Thompson will be present for the service.

State of Kentucky ss.
Adair County
on this of the day of July 1834 person- nally came before the undersigned a Jus- -tice of the peace in and for the County of Adair of William Littleton aged Sixty nine years in August next who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in ear- -ly life previous to the Revolutionary war he was acquainted with John Lupman then a resident of western -land County State of Virginia, he con- -tinued his acquaintance with said Lupman up to the year 1798 he states that he lived near said John Lupman, during the war and he knows that said Lupman was in the Navy of the United States. during the war that is he knows so far as this, that said Lupman was absent and from upon it - he said Lupman was in the navy as a sailing master in the very line in the war of the Revolu- tion; this affiant never saw said Lupman on board any vessel but this was the common & universal report and it was never controverted or doubted, and after the close of the war this affiant often heard said Lupman speak of his services in

in the navy during the war of the Revol- ution and was at the States  States  was  once  States taken prisoner, by the british; he further states that in the month of April in the year 1798 he the said John Lupman, went on Board of a vessel bound for the west indies; that from Report the vessel was lost away and the said John Lupman with the balance of the crew was lost, this affiant further states that said Lupman left a wife who has long since departed this life also William Lupman now a resident of the county of adair state of Kentucky, and nancy his Lupman who afterwards intermarried with Benjamin Settles, that by him she had four children, to wit Louisa  Eliza who has intermarried with John Clark, & also Matilda who
has intermarried with Thomas Smith Emily who has married Thomas Stubbs also Sally who intermarried with Lonsey Stubbs these are all the Heirs now living of said John Lupman he further states that the said Nancy Settles has departed this life leaving the age children her heirs, he further states that said Lupman made no will that is he never heard of his having left any - he knows that Benjamin Settles administered on said John Lupmans estate and no will was ever mentioned or shown by him further states that

I said I suppose left no children but the Two before named, to wit William and Nancy and from his own knowledge he left no other legal heirs he further states that he cannot state the time of I said I suppose's death but knows he saw him in 1798 in the month of April But how long he lived after that time he cannot state the top of the vessel was not mentioned for sometime thereafter Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
William Sibley Jr.
State of Kentucky Adair County ss I Daniel Saddarth one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and being duly empowered to administer Oaths do hereby certify that on this 7th day of July 1834 the above named William Sibley Jr. Subscribed the above deposition in my presence and was duly sworn to the same before me and that I believe him to be the age he states and moreover that he is a resident of the County of Adair aforesaid and that he is a respecta- ble person and that his statements are entitled to credit given under my hand as a Justice of the peace as of this 7th day of July 1834 (Daniel Saddarth J. P.)
State of Kentucky ss Adair County 3
I William Caldwell Clerk of the County Court of Adair County do hereby certify that

Daniel Underwood Esq. who signed the preceding Certificate is now and was at the time he signed the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Adair Regularly Commissioned and qualified as such and that the signature thereto subscribed is his genuine signature and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts friends witnesses have related therein in testimony whereof I the said William Caldwell Clerk of the Court aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 8 th day of July A.D. 1834 & 43 d year of our Common wealth
W m Caldwell, Clerk By W m B. Caldwell, D.C.

July 20, 1936.
Mrs. A. C. Ehrhart "Greenacre" Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL Thomas George S. 16821 John Tupman R. 104
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas George of Virginia, and John Tupman of the Virginia State Navy.
The records of Thomas George and John Tupman are furnished herein as found in pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
THOMAS GEORGE-S. 16821.
Thomas George was born October 17, 1759, in Amelia County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not shown. He moved from said Amelia County, November 1, 1776, to Lunenburg County, Virginia, and resided there during the period of the Revolutionary War.
Thomas George enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1778, and served three months as private in Captain William Munford's Virginia company, and was discharged at Charles City Court House. He enlisted in December 1780, served as private in Captain Sylvanus Walker's company, Colonel Nathaniel Cocke's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Guilford Court House, Ramsour's Mills and Eutaw Springs and was discharged sometime in September 1781.
The soldier moved about the year 1822, from Virginia to Oldham County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he resided in Oldham County, Kentucky. In September 1839, Thomas George was a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana, having moved there from Kentucky.

No reference was made to wife or children of Thomas George. -----
JOHN TUPMAN - R. 104.
John Tupman resided in Westmoreland County, Virginia, previous to the Revolutionary War. His age was not stated, nor the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents given.
John Tupman was a sailing master in the Virginia State Navy during the Revolutionary War, at one time was taken prisoner by the British, and continued in service until the reduction of that navy in 1781. The length of service and other details were not given.
About April 1798, he went on board a vessel bound for the West Indies, which vessel and crew were lost at sea, presumably about 1801; said John Tupman never returned.
John Tupman was survived by a widow, who died many years prior to 1834, whose name was not given, and also by two children. William Tupman of Adair County, Kentucky, in 1834 and resided there still in 1844, and Nancy, who married Benjamin Settles; said Nancy was deceased in 1834, and was survived by four children, given in 1834, as Louisa, who married John Clark, Matilda, who married Thomas Smith, Emily, who married Thomas Stubbs, and Sally, who married Lonsey (?) or Sansey(?) Stubbs.
The Virginia half pay which was due on account of service of John Tupman, sailing master, Virginia State Navy, War of the Revolution, was allowed his heirs in 1847.
He was allowed 1000 acres of bounty land by the State of Kentucky on account of his service in the Virginia State Navy on warrant #213. Information regarding this land might be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.

In 1834, William Settles, Senior, who was born in August 1765, resided in Adair County, Kentucky; he stated that he was well acquainted with John Tupman in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and that he saw him before he went away in 1798, but he did not state any relationship to the Benjamin Settles, who married Nancy Tupman.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Washington City
Dec. 28 th 1844
Dear Sir
One of my Constituents, W m Luffman of Adair County Ky. informs me that his father John Luffman was a Sailing master in the navy, in the Virginia line of the war of the Revolution, and that his name is on the roll as such in your department - and that his father is entitled to half pay, from the close of the war till his death which was about 15 years after the close of the war. I am also advised that there is evidence in your office that S d Luffman received his depreciation pay and bounty land from Virginia. I send you as evidence a patent furnished me by Mr. Luffman for a part of the land which he got in that way.

I have not paid much attention to these Cases, but if all the information which I am told is in your Office can be found in relation to the service of John Lupman, I hope you can give me information as to what steps are necessary for Mr. Lupman to take to obtain any money or land to which he may be entitled. Please inform me whether he is not entitled to half pay under the act of the 5 th of July 1832. also to land - what amount of each and how it can be got. If you can comply with this request I hope Mr. Lupman will get his rights without having to divide his claim with an agent
Your friend
And O bt Servt
G. A. Caldwell
Hon. J. L. Edwards
P.S. Please preserve the Patent.

Mem. Rep. 14 th Ap. 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pension My Dear Sir
Your attention to the marked part of the enclosed letter & the return of the letter to me at your earliest convenience will oblige very respectfully
Yours At. servt. John N. Lillie

Pension Office Apr 15. 1846
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr. Hary, and to inform you that a claim under the act of July 5. 1832, on account of the revolutionary service of John Tiptman was presented in December 1834. I enclose herewith an extract from my letter of the 6 th June 1836 to the Hon. Sherrod Williams, which will shew what has been required in this case. No evidence has since been furnished.
Hon. J. W. Tibbatts H. R.
act July 5. '32 susp d

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 3rd day of July 1783 , in the name of John Tufman as Master Navy for £ 264. 17. 9 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
11th day of June 183 4 .
J. H. Beall AUDITOR.

Dec 30 44
Mrs. Infirmary Va. Navy half pay & land
L. Edwards Commissr of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Rev. G. A. Calhoun G. A. Calhoun

Mr. Merrod Williams
June 10 1836.
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Record Vol 28. P 517.

War Dept. Pension Office. June 10. 1836.
Sir, I have the honor to enclose herewith, certified copies of the papers in the case of John Chapman decd, I cannot The original papers cannot consistently with the regulations of the Dept. be withdrawn from our files,
Hon. Sherrod Williams Wm

June 9
Mr. Infoman Act 5 July 32
J. I. Edwards Esq. Pension Office
Williams H. R.

House of Reps June 7 th 1836 J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir will you be so good as to Enclose me all the papers on file in your office in the Case of Tupmans. heirs. heretofore filed and as you say in your letter to me this morning in answer to the letter of Col. Owens and Mr Gilmer. has been rejected I am yours respectfully
Shenod Williams

John Tipton act 5 July 1836.
Does not pertain to this case. See letter to Hon. S. Williams 6 June 1836 do to same " " " do to Hon. J. W. Hill 6 Oct. 11 Dec. after 15 1846

ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
3334
Heirs of John Lipman Bailing Master War Star Revolution
Discharged _____, 18
6024
Lipman
N.Y. Pay _____ act-32
Admitted
Received _____, 187
Attorney.
104.
1936 - Hist. to Mrs. A.C. Ehrhart - see her letter in Rev. el. - Thomas George - S16824 - J.L.R.

Clark & Quantrell
9. June 1867

Pension Office June 9. 1847
Gentlemen, The papers in the case of the representatives of John Tupperman, decd. who claim half-pay under the act of July 5. 1832, have been examined and filed. They are defective.
1. In not showing when he left the service. I am not authorized under the law to admit any claim unless it can be shown when the officer left the service.
2. In not showing when he died. Letter of administration was granted on the 3 d of December 1801, but we could not allow the claim pay up to that date, should the claim ultimately be admitted.
3. It does not appear that the administrator for claim. A copy of the letter of administration must be produced, duly certified, and
4. The administrator must

give a power of attorney to you, authorizing you to draw the money, if the claim should be allowed. Under an order of the Secretary of War, the sum should set forth the sum, as near as can be ascertained, which the administrator expects to receive. The
The sum which will perhaps, be paid in this case, if the claim should be allowed, will be upwards of $3000.
Messrs Clark & Quantrill, Present
Enter this act July 7. '32 Vra claim

John Tiptman - June 22. 1847
Act 5 July 1832
Recorded vol 43 page 189.

Pension Office
June 22. 1847
I certify that I have examined the claim of the administrator of John Tupman, deceased, who was a Sailing Master in the State Navy of Virginia. It appears that Tupman served until the reduction of that Navy in 1781, and that he died in the year 1801. The claim is provided for by the act of July 5. 1832. I therefore certify that Henry Northcutt as administrator of said Tupman is entitled to half-pay under said act at the rate of one hundred and fifty two dollars and eight cents, per annum from the 31 st of December 1781 to the first of January 1801.
Commissioner of Pensions
Approved
Secretary of War.
Enter this on Book, act 5 July 32

Henry Northrup June 17/47

Pension Office June 17. 1847
Sir,
This morning I received a letter from you in relation to the case of John Tupman, dec d . My letter of the 9 th inst. to Messrs s Clark and Quantrill will shew what is wanted in this case. Since I wrote that letter, no evidence or paper has been filed in the case, except a letter from Mr s Dickinson, and a certificate as to the brig Jefferson and the galleys in the river Chickahominy. Whether or not Tupman served till the Navy was reduced is not very clear to my mind. as to the duration of his service I shall take time to examine the case thoroughly. If, however, the difficulty as to the duration of his service were removed, I could not admit the claim unless the papers required by my letter of the 9 th inst. were produced.
Henry Northrop Esq r P.S.
Enter this in see Book, act 5 July 1832 Ent d R

ISAAC SHELBY Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of KENTUCKY, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: KNOW YE, that by virtue and in consideration of Part of a Military Warrant Number 215.
there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto John Lufman
a certain tract or parcel of Land containing One Thousand acres by Survey bearing date the Eleventh day of August One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty five. Lying and being in the district set apart for the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State line and Kentucky militia. Beginning at the Southeast corner of Capt. Schu's Survey of 1000 acres. N 89 W on the waters of Rapels Creek, at a red oak and Walnut thence East four hundred poles crossing a branch at one hundred poles, one at two hundred and thirty poles to two Hickories and black oak, thence North four hundred poles crossing a branch to a black oak at 125 degrees. thence west four hundred poles to a black oak Hickory oak, thence South four hundred poles to the Beginning.
with its appurtenances. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances to the said John Lufman and his heirs forever. IN WITNESS whereof, the said ISAAC SHELBY Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed at Frankfort, on the Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-one and of the Commonwealth the fourth.
Isaac Shelby
By the Governor,
James Brown Secy.

John Dupman is entitled to the within mentioned land. obtain.
Baker, Elmer N. S. P.
John Dupman via his service N. 104
Virginia State Archives
1860-1865
John Dupman