Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,572, Reuben Culver, Conn.

SERVICE
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Buhler, Reuben
NUMBER
R. 2572
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19178
Reuben Culner
Rejected
deserted Aug. 10. 1780
See letter 25 Mar 1831
2572
H. Pettibone, Wilkesbarre Pa

BRIEF in the case of  Reuben Culner Huntington Township  County of Luzerne  in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rate. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 77 3 — As a Gen. Col. Rufus Col. Smith - Col. Chanley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Monmouth  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lehigh County Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? improperly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. B. Thruston Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania County of Luzerne
On this ninth day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges thereof to wit The Honorable David Scott President and Wm S Keas and Charles O'Keemaker his Associates now sitting as a Court of Common Pleas at Wilks-Barre in and for the Said County Reuben Culver a Resident of Huntington Township in Said County aged Seventy one years 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 7 th 1832.
In the year month of October in the year 1777 I Enlisted for the Term of Three years in a Company of Continental Troops commanded by Capt David Smith in Col Charlyp's Regiment and Marched from Northbury Litchfield County State of Connecticut to Valley Forge where Col Charlyp Resigned & Col Roupel took the Command (Gen Parsons Brigade) we Remained at Valley Forge the  following Spring until the month of June 1778 when we Marched against the British at Monmouth in which Battle a Bullet passed through my Hat and another through my Coat, after this Battle we Marched to West Point where we Remained most of the Summer  from there we Marched to Redding the  East side of the  North  river  where we Remained through the  Winter the following Winter at the Opening of Spring we Marched through New Jersey and some time in the fall we Encamped at Morristown where we remained through what was called the Hard Winter in the Spring following we Left Morristown and Continued in Jersey and the State of New York in different Places until October following which Terminated the three years term for which I first Enlisted at which time I returned to my Father's House in Northbury Conn
I do hereby Relinquish every Claim whatever to any Pension or Annuity (Except the present) and Declares that his name is not on the Pension List or Roll of the agency of any State — Reuben Culver
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Nov 9 th 1832
H Pettibone Pro
We Joel Rogers and Elias Dodson Clergymen Residing in the Township of Huntington Luzerne County Pa hereby Certify that we have been and are well acquainted with Reuben Culver who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 71 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 that Opinion Sworn and Subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the

Residing in the Township of Huntingdon Luzerne County Pa hereby certify that we have been and are well acquainted with Reuben Culver who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 71 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 that Opinion Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Luzerne the Second Day of Novr 1832. } John P. Dorr } Elias Dorr John P. Dorr Joel Rogers
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the Matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that that the above named Applicant was a Revolution-ary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that
Joel Rogers and Elias Dudson who have signed the preceding Certificate are Clergymen Resident in the Township of Huntington aforesaid are Credible Persons and that their Statements are Entitled to Credit and that it would be Inconvenient and Expensive for the Applicant to Produce them in Court and that John Dudson - Esq. Who has taken their Deposition is a Justice of the Peace and full Faith and Credit is due to his acts as such
I Henry Pettebon Notary Notary of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Rosenber Gulser for a Pension in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal at Albany this 17th day of November Anno Domini one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two
W. Pettibone Inst.

Interrogatories propounded to Reuben Culver by The Court in obedience to Instructions of the War Department
Ques 1 st
Ans Where and in what year were you Born
I was Born in Woodbury, Connecticut in the year 1761
Ques 2 d
Have you any Record of your age and if so Where is it
Ans
I believe there is a Record of my age in the Office of the Town Clerk of Woodbury where I was Born
Ques 3 d
Where were you Living when Called into Service Where have you Lived Since the Revolutionary War and where do you now Live
Ans
When Called into Service I lived in Northbury Conn I have since Resided in Windsor, Conn and again in Northbury from thence I Removed to Huntington Luzerne County Pa Where I now Live
Ques 4 th
How were you Called into Service, Were you Drafted, Did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute
Ans
I was not Drafted I was not a Substitute but Voluntarily Enlisted in the Company stated above
Ques 5 th
State the names of Some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you Served Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general Circumstances of your Service
Ans
Gen Washington Commanded at the Battle of Monmouth where I Recollect seeing the Baron Steuben where he acted as Master Master and Spued his Orders through an Interpreter also Gen Parsons who Commanded our Brigade I have stated the general Circumstances of my Service as near as I can Recollect in the foregoing Declaration, Col. Mings, Col. Willys, Col. Durkee & Col. Russell belonged to Gen. Parson's Brigade
Ques 6 th
Did you ever Receive any Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it
Ans
I Received no written Discharge and knew of none being given to any of our Company at the Expiration of three years for which I Entered I Returned Home
Ques 7 th
State the names of Persons to whom you are Known in your Neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character

Service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it Ans
I Received no written Discharge and knew of none being given to any of our Company at the Expiration of three years for which I Entered I returned Home
Dec 7 th
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity and their knowledge of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution Ans
Reev Joel Rogers Reev Elias Dodson Jonathan Weston Esq John Dodson Esq John Reons Esq A.M. H Benjamin Harvey Esq
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court May and year above written H. Pettibone Pro.
Reuben Culver
We the Undersigned Inhabitants of Huntington Luzern Co Pa having been acquainted with the above named Reuben Culver for a number of years Last Past feel it a Duty and a Pleasure to Recommend him to the attention of the Honorable the Secretary at War as a man Whose Statement is Entitled to full faith and Credit and we have not the least Doubt of the facts set forth in the foregoing Declaration We wish him Success in his Application and unite in the Opinion that he Merits the Bounty of the Government
J Dodson
John Thoms Esq
Jonathan Weston

July 6, 1932
Mrs. Edwin L. Bowen The Arcady Rampart and Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California
BA-J/MCS Q XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Reuben Culver R. 2572
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 2572, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Reuben Culver.
He was born in 1761 at Woodbury, Connecticut, names of parents not stated.
He applied for pension November 9, 1832, while living in Huntingdon Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years and alleged that while a resident of Northbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in October, 1777, for three years in Captain David Smith's Company, Colonels John Chandler's and Russell's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the end of service of three years he returned to the home of his father in Northbury, Connecticut.
His claim was not allowed because he deserted on August 10, 1780, as shown by the rolls of Colonel Chandler's Regiment.
After his service he lived in Northbury, Connecticut, Windsor, Connecticut, again in Northbury and from there moved to Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
It was not stated whether he was married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1922- June 2 - Disch. to Hon. S. A. Wendell - mmst 1924- Nov. 20 - Hist. to Mary E. Lewis - Her letter in cl. 8/13/36 of Hooker Gilbert - mmst 1931 Nov. 12 Hist. to m Mrs. Wm. H. Lewis Mc 1932 July 6 Hist. to Mrs. Edwin L. Bowen. W.C.
2572 REFLECTED
P. O. Reuben Culver
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection as:
Re-enlisted: "He was a deserter"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Pennsylvania Lebanon County ss
Before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Culver & being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he with his father (he being young) resided in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut, and that he has a recollection of often times hearing his father say and mother state that their son Reuben Culver was enlisted in the Army of the Revolution, and further that he several times saw Reuben his brother in a bereaved return dress to his father's house, and he soon again as was said, departed to join the army, and that he often heard Reuben his brother relate the many perilous situations that he had been placed in while serving in the said army & further this deponent saith not — Sworn and subscribed before Sam l Culver Nov d 3 rd 1832
John Daddon J P
State of Pennsylvania Lebanon County ss
Before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Capt. Thomas Stevens of Huntington Township & County aforesaid & being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was an enlisted soldier in the army of the Revolution in the Connecticut line of Infantry, commanded by Col. in the year John Chandler he believes it to have been 1777 or 78 and that he there became acquainted with the above named Reuben Culver who was also a soldier at the same time in the Regiment aforesaid, that as this deponent believes the said Culver was from the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut aforesaid — Sworn and subscribed before Nov d 3 rd 1832
Th o Stevens
John Daddon J P

H. Satterline Esq March 25th 1833
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Recorded Vol. 8. Page 388.

War Dept-
Pension Office
March 26, 1883
Sir
The papers of Reuben Culver have been examined. It appears from the rolls of Chandler's regiment, in which he alleged that he served three years, that he deserted on the August 10, 1780. His claim has therefore been rejected and his papers remain on file according to the usage of the Department.
W. Pettibone Esq. Wilkesbarre

SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS,
HALVOR STEENERSON, MINN., CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM W. GRIEST, PA. CALVIN D. PAIGE, MASS. HARRY C. WOODYARD, W. VA. C. WILLIAM RAMSEYER, IOWA. ARCHIE D. SANDERS, N. Y. SAMUEL A. KENDALL, PA. GUY U. HARDY, COLO. C. ELLIS MOORE, OHIO. M. CLYDE KELLY, PA. JOHN D. KETCHAM, MICH. ROSCOE C. PATTERSON, MO. ARCHIBALD E. OLPP, N. J. JOHN J. GORMAN, ILL. RICHARD E. BIRD, KANS. DAN A. SUTHERLAND, ALASKA.
THOMAS M. BELL, GA. ARTHUR B. ROUSE, KY. JAMES M. MEAD, N. Y. LUCIAN W. PARRISH, TEX. JOHN H. SMITHWICK, FLA. RORER JAMES, VA.
L. M. SPARBY, CLERK.
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, House of Representatives, United States,
Washington, D. C.
8 June, 1922
Honorable Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
Kindly give me the service of Reuben Culver, a Revolutionary War soldier who enlis- ted December 23, 1777, in Connecticut. I am informed that he drew a pension.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
S. A. Kendall

Mrs. William H. Lewin
36 Everett Street New Britain, Connecticut
September 11, 1931
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Please send me notice of the amount of money required for photostatic copies of the Pension Applications etc., in cases of these two Pensioners of the Revolutionary War.
Reuben Culver , enlisted at Wallingford, Conn. Applied from Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
(Refused as a deserter.)
Thomas Tubbs , Pen. Refused, S. 10729. I believe he was born and served in Connecticut, but died in Pennsylvania. Probably in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, where I have eaten in his daughter's house, with his daughter,
Again thanking you for past favors, and awaiting this information with deep interest,
Sincerely,
D.A.R.#175499
Mrs Wm. H. Lewin.

July 6, 1932.
To Veterans Administration Bureau.
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly give me a statement in typed form of the Record of Reuben Culver Conn. Troops, file R. 2572-
Mrs. Edna D. Bower.
The Arcady-
Los Angeles.
Rampart & Wilshire Blvd.
California.

November 12, 1931
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. William H. Lewin 36 Everett Street New Britain, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requested information in regard to Reuben Culver and Thomas Tubbs, soldiers of the Revolution.
The full records of these soldiers, as found in the papers on file, are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

November 12, 1931
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. William H. Lewin 36 Everett Street New Britain, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 2572, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Reuben Culver .
He was born in 1761 at Woodbury, Connecticut, names of parents not stated.
He applied for pension November 9, 1832, while living in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years and alleged that while a resident of Northbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in October, 1777, for three years in Captain David Smith's Company, Colonels John Chandler and Russell's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the end of service of three years he returned to the home of his father in Northbury, Connecticut.
His claim was not allowed because he deserted on August 10, 1780, as shown by the rolls of Colonel Chandler's Regiment.
After his service he lived in Northbury, Connecticut, Windson, Connecticut, again in Northbury and from there moved to Huntington, Pennsylvania.
It is not stated whether he was married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Mrs. Finch said send histories instead of photos. U.C.S. 11/12/31

Rev. War Section
mmk
June 13, 1922
Hon. S.A. Kendall House of Representatives
In re: Reuben Culver - War of Revolution R. 3573
You are advised that from the papers in the above noted pension claim it appears that Reuben Culver was born in 1751 at Woodbury, Connecticut. The names of his parents not Realed.
He applied for pension November 9, 1832 while living in Huntingdon Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years and alleged that while a resident that he enlisted  he enlisted in Northbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in October 1777, and served three years  for three years, in Captain David Smith's Company, Colonel John Chandler's and Colonel Russell's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, was discharged  and after the expiration of service of three years he returned to the home of his father in neighboring Conn. His claim was not allowed, owing to the fact that
because he was a deserter August 10, 1780 as shown by the rolls of Colonel Chandler's Regiment.
It is not stated whether he was married.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
After his act. he lived in Northbury, Conn., Windsor, Conn., back in Northbury, thence to Huntingdon, Pa.
See letter in Conn. and Penn. page 32

MMHJ
This letter To Mary E. Lewis -
claim R. 2572 it appears that Reuben Culver was born in 1761 at Woodbury, Connecticut.
He applied for pension November 9, 1832 while living in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years and alleged that he enlisted in Northbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in October 1777 and served three years in Captain David Smith's Company, Colonel John Chandler's and Colonel Russell's Connecticut Regiment. Was in the battle of Monmouth.
His claim was not allowed, owing to the fact that he was a deserter August 10, 1780 as shown by the rolls of Colonel Chandler's Regiment.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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