Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,590, John Cuppy, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Cuppy, John
NUMBER
R. 2590
Wt. 7954-160-50 Issued for Indian War Service 1790-1794
CONTENTS
See in War of 1812 files the claim Widow Orig. No 142522 of Lydia widow of John Cuppy Indian War of 1790-1792. } Papers within It may possibly be this man.

General Land Office, Oct. 22 d 1852.
Sir,
Bounty Land Warrant N o . 7.954. for 160 acres, issued under Act of Sept. 1850 in the name of John Cuppy, is herewith returned to your Office for re-examination and correction, as a discrepancy appears on the face of the Warrant, and his signature to the assignment, the word "Senior," being omitted on the Warrant, which is used by him in the assignment.
You will please make the correction and return the Warrant to this Office.
Very Respectfully Yr. Ob. Servt. John Wilson Commissioner
Rev. James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions. 3.

CLAIM FOR PENSION
OF
AFFIDAVIT OF
Henry Neff
FILED BY
M. P. NOLAN,
Attorney at Law and Military Claim Agent,
28 EAST THIRD STREET,
DAYTON, OHIO.

GENERAL AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF OHIO, County of MONTGOMERY, } ss.
In the matter of the claim for pension OF LYDIA CUPPY, WIDOW OF JOHN CUPPY,
No. _____
of CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY'S of Company OF SCOUTS & PRIVATES, Regiment IN THE INDIAN WAR OF 1790-1794. Volunteers. On this 28 th day of
October 188 , personally came before me, a Probate Judge in and for said County and State of Ohio  Henry Steff and who, being duly sworn, states as follows:
I am aged 68 years, and a citizen of the County of MONTGOMERY,
and State of OHIO, and that my Post Office address is DAYTON OHIO, AND
THAT MY PRESENT RESIDENCE IS IN THE SAID CITY OF DAYTON, ; THAT I HAVE
BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH SAID LYDIA CUPPY, EVER SINCE THE YEAR
1836; THAT I ALSO KNEW HER HUSBAND, JOHN CUPPY, NOW DECEASED, WHO IN HIS
LIFETIME IT IS SAID WAS A SOLDIER, IN THE INDIAN WAR, PRIOR TO 1812; THAT
SAID JOHN CUPPY LIVED IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO, FROM THE
YEAR 1836 TO THE YEAR 1861, THE DATE OF HIS DEATH; THAT SAID LYDIA
CUPPY, FROM THE TIME OF HER MARRIAGE TO SAID JOHN CUPPY IN 1834, UNTIL
1861, CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH SAID JOHN CUPPY AS HIS WIFE, AND WAS TAKEN
AND REPUTED TO BE HIS WIFE, AND ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECOGNIZED AS SUCH, BY
THE COMMUNITY, AND BY ALL HER ACQUAINTANCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ; THAT
AFFIANT IS NOW, AND HAS BEEN, WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE SONS AND CHILDREN
OF SAID JOHN CUPPY AND SAID CLAIMANT, LYDIA CUPPY, HIS WIDOW; THAT ALL
OF THEIR SAID CHILDREN, ARE NOW GROWN TO MANS ESTATE, -ALL BEING FIFTY, OR
MORE YEARS OF AGE; -AS FOLLOWS--HENRY CUPPY NOW LIVING IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO, --JOHN CUPPY, NOW LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,
NEBRASKA, AND FLETCHER P. CUPPY, NOW LIVING AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.; -
THAT HE WAS PRESENT AND SAW THE CLAIMANT, LYDIA CUPPY, MAKE HER MARK TO
THE APPLICATION FOR PENSION, AND HER DECLARATION RELATING THERETO; THAT
HE HAS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE, FROM HIS LONG ACQUAINTANCE WITH HER, THAT
SHE IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON SHE NOW REPRESENTS HERSELF TO BE, AND HE IS
ABLE TO IDENTIFY HER AS THE AS THE PERSON WHO WAS THE WIFE OF THE
IDENTICAL JOHN CUPPY, BY WHOM SAID SERVICE, IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN
RENDERED, AS SCOUT AND PRIVATE, IN THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY,
IN THE INDIAN WAR OF 1790 AND 1794.
That I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of said claim.
Two witnesses sign when X is signed.
} Sign
Henry Steff
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that I read said affidavit to said affiant, and acquainted him with its contents before he executed the same, and that I am an entirely disinterested party. Concerning the testimony of the witness, I certify as follows:
(Officer please certify to all facts known touching the credibility of the affiant.)
That said Henry Steff is a man of unquestioned integrity
Magistrate Sign here
Wm D McHenry Probate Judge Montgomery County O
NOTE.—This affidavit may be sworn to before any person authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes. If not executed before a COURT OF RECORD, the certificate of the CLERK of such Court must be attached
M. R. NOLAN, War Claim Attorney, No. 28 East Third St., DAYTON, OHIO.

The State of Indiana } Tippecanoe County } 3/
Be it Remembered that on this day personally came before me Henry Oilar a justice of the peace in and for said County. Ann Moore of lawful age, who being by me duly sworn upon her solemn oath says doth depose and say, "that she is a lawful daughter of John Kuppy of the County of Montgomery in the State of Ohio that the said John Kuppy served as a ranger or spy for the space of two years or upwards, that said service was performed in or about the years A.D. 1792 and 1793 that said service was performed under Captain Samuel Brady, that said service was performed in the State of Ohio, that said service was per- formed in the State of Ohio during the Indian war, That though she was but about ten years of age her recollection is distinct as it Respects the foregoing statements" and this de- ponent further saith not. Ann her X Moore mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of July 1851. Henry Oilar justice of the peace

The State of Indiana } Tippecanoe County } p.
I Mark Jones clerk of the Tippecanoe circuit court in the State of Indiana, do hereby certify that Henry Oilar esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to, and who has subscribed his name to the certificate of the administration of the same, was at the time of administering said oath, and subscribing said certificate, an acting justice of the peace within and for said County in said State, duly elected, commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such, and that his signature to said certificate of administration is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court at office, in Lafayette, on this fourth day of July A.D 1857
Mark Jones clerk By O. M. Weakly Deputy

1 N 35.914 John Capps Ohio a/c 7 June 182

The Declaration of John Cuppy, a revolutionary soldier, to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Ohio } County of Montgomery } ss.
On this Sunday day of December Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred & forty four, personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Montgomery in the state of Ohio, now sitting, John Cuppy, a resident of the said county & state, aged eighty three years on the eleventh day of March last (1844), 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. 1832:— That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated:— He was born in the state of New Jersey, near Morristown, but was removed with his father's family, while he was yet an infant, to the county of Hampshire in the state of Virginia, where he was thought up & continued to reside until he was about forty years of age, at which time he removed with a family of his own to Brooke county on the Ohio river in Virginia, & from thence afterwards, about twenty years ago, to the neighborhood of Laurenceburgh in the state of Indiana, & then to this county, where he has ever since resided. His residence in Hampshire county, Virginia, was near Romney on a stream called Mill creek, emptying into the South Branch. There between the years 1777 & 1778, as he thinks it was, though he is not now able to recollect the precise date, he volunteered to serve as an American soldier, in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Meads, as he was called, though he thinks his real rank & commission was only Lieutenant. The names of the other company officers he does not remember. The company consisting altogether of volunteers, he thinks was not attached to any regiment or battalion, or at least

did not act in conjunction with any other company or force. The service for which the company was organized, was to proceed against a body of Tories who had assembled on the South fork of the South branch. There were other companies of volunteers formed for the same purpose about that time: one of these other companies, he remembers was commanded by one Ned McCarty. Immediately after Capt. Means company, to which he was attached, was formed, they marched up the South fork to the  through of the Tories, but found they had been already dispersed by other companies, who held some of them as prisoners. After scouring the neighborhood for a short time, the company returned to Romney, having in charge seven of these Tory prisoners whom they confined in Romney jail. The whole time occupied in this actual service was from three to four weeks. The enlistment, or time of volunteering, however, was for three months, the men having been promised that if they would volunteer for that length of time, they should not be held subject then to be drafted. The company continued therefore at home after that, ready at any moment to be called out if their services should be needed before the end of the three months term; but were not again called into service. While on service they drew rations a portion of the time from the government, but the supply of provisions being irregular, they were dependent much of the time for subsistence on the liberality of the Whigs, & especially of the Whig women, in the neighborhoods through which they passed. — His next service was a few months afterwards, beginning in the month of August, as he thinks, either of the year 1778 or 1779. He was then drafted for three months as a soldier in the company of Captain Robert Cunningham. The regiment to which this company was attached was commanded by a

Colonel or Major Samet Vanmeter, who left them however on the march down afterwards, & returned home, being unable to travel by reason of sickness or his great personal weight or size. This Militia force was joined with a body of regulars, & the whole body or army, consisting of about three thousand men, was under the command of General Mackintosh. The company joined some of the rest of this force, on their march westward in the Alleghany mountains, but the general rendezvous, where all were at last assembled, was at the mouth of Big Beaver on the Ohio river, where they built Fort Mackintosh. Leaving five hundred men there, mostly regulars, they then proceeded to the Tuscarawas river, in or near what is now Stark County in Ohio, near the mouth of Big Sandy, & built another fort which they named Fort Laurence. At Fort Laurence they remained until after the three months for which he was drafted had expired, & to the month of December, for he recollects that he reached home, after he was discharged, on Christmas eve, having been about four months, or within a few days of that period in service. General Mackintosh was occupied during this time in trying to treat with the Indians. He would not discharge the soldiers of Captain Cunningham's company, nor any of the Militia, when their term of draft or enlistment had expired, but threatened them with attack by the regulars, if they should attempt to leave him, until regularly discharged, which was not as before stated until in December. — The said John Cuppy's next enlistment as a soldier, was when again drafted for three months, in the fall, he believes it was, either of the year 1779 or 1780. After being drafted he was required to hold himself in readiness to march at any time to join the army at the East. He continued to hold himself thus ready for marching orders for a period of two weeks, & then without having

yet received orders, or being attached to any company, he hired a man by the name of John Devore who went & served in his place for the remainder of the three months. He gave to this substitute in money, clothes, two cows &c, nearly everything he owned in the world, in order to get him to go in his place, not because he was deficient in courage or patriotism, but because being then only between nineteen & twenty years old he had just married a wife a little younger than himself & would not think of leaving her when it was possible to be relieved from such necessity. —
The whole term of the declarant's services was three months, as before stated, when a volunteer; not less than three months & twenty five days, when drafted as before stated for the Western Army; & not less than two weeks, before hiring a substitute at the time of his last being drafted. Making in all certainly as much as seven months & a week.
The declarant never had any paper evidence of his services, except a discharge from General MacKintosh, which he lost somehow many years ago, not having then supposed it of any account to be preserved. That discharge came through Captain Cunningham, the commander of his company, he does not recollect by whom it was signed, but thinks it was by the Captain. He has now therefore no documentary evidence of any kind; nor does he know of any person living, whose testimony he can procure, to testify to his service. His service on every occasion was only as a private soldier.
The declarant was born on the 11th of March 1761 as he has always understood, & knows by the record in an old family bible of his father, which he has now in his own possession & exhibits here to the satisfaction of

the Court -
The declarant would refer to any of his respectable neighbors in the township of Wayne, or its vicinity in this County, where he had resided for twenty years, to testify to his character for veracity, & their belief of the above statement of his services as a soldier of the revolution; & especially named the Rev. Mr. Noah Fidler a Methodist Clergyman, & Thomas Stockstee a farmer.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
E. M. Smith
John Cuppy
We Noah Fidler a clergyman residing in the township of Bethel, Miami County, near the residence of John Cuppy & adjoining the township of Wayne, County of Montgomery and State of Ohio and Thomas Stockstee of the same township County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Cuppy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty-three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Noah Fidler Thos Stockstee
Sworn to & subscribed before me in Open Court this 17 th day of December A.D. 1844
E. M. Smith

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interroga- tories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Noah Fidler who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Bethel Miami County Ohio, and that Thomas Stock still is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Edwin Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Lepply for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17 th day of December A.D. 1844
Edwin Smith Clerk Thatzaway S.P.
By W. M. Smith Deputy

County _____
PROBATE COURT.
CERTIFIED COPY
— OF —
_____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____
_____ Probate Judge.
  ODELL & MAYER, Blank Book Manufacturers and Legal Blank Publishers, Dayton, Ohio

CERTIFIED COPY FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
THE STATE OF OHIO, } PROBATE COURT. Montgomery County, ss: }
I, Wm D McKenny , Sole Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Probate Court, a Court of Record within and for the County of Montgomery and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing  following is a true, correct and complete copy of the Marriage of John Cuppy and Lydia Russell , to wit:
"October 7 th 1824. were married Jno. Cuppy and Lydia Russell, by me. Elias Matthews. J. P."
as the same appears in the records of said Court in Record of Marriages Volume, " A " Page 145 in the Office of the Probate Judge of said County.
Witness, my hand and the seal of said Probate Court this 25 th day of October
A. D. 188 2
Wm D McKenny Probate Judge.

Oct 29/50 No 16453.
John Kupfy Pa Penn. Vol.
Act Left 28/50
Waynes Indr War Land
John Anderson Dayton Ohio

State of Ohio } ss Montgomery County, } On this twenty fifth day of October A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County, and State aforesaid John Cuffy aged Ninety years, a resident of Montgomery County, and State of Ohio: Who being duly sworn according to law, declare, that he is the identical John Cuffy who was a private in the Company of Rangers under the command of Captain Brady, in the Indian Wars. That he volunteered at Washington in the State of Pennsylvania some time the year One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one, or one thousand seven hundred and ninety two - for the term of three years, and that he continued in actual service in said War, for the term of three years - and that he was discharged at Washington Pennsylvania some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, or five by Colonel Beane,
That said discharge has been lost many years ago. All of which will be seen by the Muster Rolls of said Company
Now makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "Act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States. Passed September 28 th 1850"
John Cuffy
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe said John Cuffy to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated
John Anderson J. P.

SW
Dayton O October 25 th 1858
Please examine my claim for Bounties Land and if I am entitled to the same please issue a my Certificate to J Anderson J.P. of this place who is my Agent for procuring the same
Melness
Respectfully
James T Shortel
}}}
Your Ob. Serv t
Isaac L. Eddy
Caleb B. Winder
John C. Wirtz
To J L Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D.C.

January 6, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EE John Cuppy-R.2590
Mrs. Myrtle M. Dix 2009 Clay Street Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.2590, based upon the military service in that war of John Cuppy.
John Cuppy was born March 11, 1761, near Morristown, New Jersey. When an infant, his father moved with his family to Hampshire County, Virginia (later West Virginia) and settled on Mill Creek, near "Romney" (probably meant for Romney). The names of John Cuppy's parents are not shown.
While residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, John Cuppy enlisted in 1777 or in 1778, and served three or four weeks as a private under Lieutenant or Captain Isaac Means in the Virginia troops, went out against the Tories and captured seven of them; enlisted again in 1778, and served nearly four months in Captain Robert Cunningham's Company, Colonel Garrett Vanmetre's Virginia Regiment, went on General McIntosh's expedition against the Ohio Indians and assisted in building Forts McIntosh and Laurens; after the Revolution, he volunteered in Washington County, Pennsylvania, or in Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia), served as a ranger and spy in the Indian warfare in Captain Samuel Brady's Company and was discharged by Colonel Beash about September 1, 1794, having served between three and four years.
After the termination of his service, John Cuppy continued to reside in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia), until about 1801, then moved with his own family to Brooke County, Virginia (West Virginia) on the Ohio River; he lived there until about 1824, when he moved to Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, thence to Montgomery County, Ohio.
On December 17, 1844, while residing in Montgomery County, Ohio, John Cuppy applied for pension on account of his service

in the Revolutionary War. His claim was not allowed as he did not render six months' service as required by the pension law under which he applied.
October 25, 1850, John Cuppy, then residing in Montgomery County, Ohio, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the Indian war. He was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 17954, under the Act of September 28, 1850.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued.
John Cuppy died in Montgomery County, Ohio, June 28, 1861.
The soldier married in 1778 or 1779, place not shown nor is the name of his wife given. He married October 7, 1824, in Montgomery County, Ohio, Lydia Russell. In 1882, said Lydia was aged eighty-five years and resided in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, postoffice, Osborne, Greene County, Ohio.
In 1851, Ann Moore made affidavit in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, that she was the daughter of the soldier, John Cuppy, and that she was about ten years of age when her father went into the Indian War. The name of the husband of Ann Moore is not given, nor is the name of her mother shown.
The names of three children of John Cuppy and his wife, Lydia are shown, as follows:
Henry Cuppy. . . . . in 1882, living in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. John Cuppy . . . . . " " living in Washington County, Nebraska. Fletcher Cuppy . . . . . " " living in Washington, D.C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

35.914.
John Casney Ohio
Sub to Mrs. P. L. Schenck Oct 27th 1844
No. 6 H. Lawrence, Aug 16/60
25-90
7 June 1832

PENSION OFFICE,
March 24, 1856.
Sir:
Please report service from the rolls.
Very respectfully,
C. H. Rhetts.
7 Years
For COMMISSIONER.
Capt W Spratt 14 J Dyers 3
1856 12 27 March 13

NOV 20. 1882 OFFICE
Application for Service Pension.
Indian War of 1892.
Sydia WIDOW OF John Cuppy of Capt Sam Mays Co. Scouts Reg't of 1790 - 1794 Indian Wars NO Duplicate. M.L.C.
Filed by
Died 28 June 1867

84 2 ✓
REJECTED. ✓
[3-220.]
No. 42522 C
SERVICE PENSION.
7954 - 1644 1832 WAR OF 1812 1790-1794
Act of March 9. 1878
Lydia Guppy Osborne, Greene Co. Ohio.
WIDOW of John Guppy Pri. Capt. Samuel Brady
Enlisted in Brooke Co. Va.,
Died June 28 - 1861
[No service war 1812 - Ranger, or Spy, from 1790-1794, Indian War.]
REJECTED.
BR'D OF REVIEW DEC 1882
Receipt of Pension not recorded.
Nov. 21 - 1882 Fletcher P. Coffey Present
Attorney.
N

NOTES.
 1. Here allege full name of applicant.  2. Here allege full name of soldier.  3. Here allege again the name of soldier.  4. Here allege the name under which the soldier served.  5. Here allege the rank under which the soldier served.  6. Here state "enlisted," "volunteered," or "was drafted," as the case may be.  7. Here state the number of days or months of service rendered by the soldier; fourteen days being the shortest period for which service pension is by law allowed, unless the soldier was actually engaged in a battle. If the claim is made for battle service the blank should be so varied as to allege such service in addition to the allegation of term of service.  8. Here insert the words "an honorable discharge," or "death," as the case may be.  9. Here let a full description of soldier follow, giving age, occupation, birth-place, height, color of hair, eyes, and complexion, and any other particulars as to description.  10. Here allege the name of the person who performed the marriage ceremony.  11. Here state the official character of the person who performed the ceremony; i. e. , whether a minister of the gospel or a justice of the peace, &c.  12. Here state whether the claimant or her husband (the soldier) had been previously married; and if either had, the name of the former husband or wife should be stated; and the date and place of the death of, or divorce from, the former consort should be alleged.  13. Here insert the name of the husband on account of whose service and death the claim is made.  14. Here state all the places of residence; if in a city, giving the street and number; and from and to what dates he resided at each place.  15. If any application for bounty land or pension has previously been made, state the fact here, giving the date, and number if possible, and the act of Congress under which the claim was made; and designating whether it was a claim for bounty land or pension, and whether a warrant for the land or certificate for the pension was ever issued.  16. Here insert the name of the soldier.  17. Here name all the facts and circumstances which enable the witnesses to swear, from a personal knowledge, that the claimant is the widow of the identical person who rendered the service alleged in the claim.  All services rendered war for which claim is made, or in any other war, with the names of officers in each service, must be given in the application. If this blank is spaces relating to the appointment of attorneys. If the service name of the principal for whom the substitute served should be given.

1933 - Jan 19 - Visit to Encino A. Rife - E. G. L. 1938 - Jan 6 - Visit to Mrs. Myrtle A. Wix - E. L. 1939 - Dec 18 - " " W. A. Setton's copy E. L.
2590
P. O. _____
John Guppy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of rejection Alleges: _____
"Not six months service." _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

963 John Cuppy, Susp. p. a. Sept 28/00
J. M. B.
H. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D.C.
James
Additional Testimony of John Cuppy -
Mr. H. C.
A
22

with widow 42.522 act 18 78.
Oct 17 6/82 - let file to Gen Land office 1902
Answered Oct 23/82 by order Capt Simon Letter of 4/22 John N. Capt Fisher Ensign - to G. T. Jones - 1902
No 1453 Oct 29/50 John Murphy Pri Capt Brinker Reg Penn. Vol En 1791 Dis 1794 Supt. let. Phila 1851 Edward Am. 100 am Saperd
Warrant 7954 ipd ipd Aug 30/57 sent to John Anderson Dayton, Ohio Vol. 37 - p 16

THE STATE OF OHIO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, SS.
I, Wm. J. McKINNEY , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said County, do hereby certify that John Anderson Esq. before whom the foregoing
affidavit hereto attached appears to have been made was, at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, AN ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In witness whereof, I, the said Clerk, have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Dayton in said County, this 25 day of October A. D. 1850.
Wm J. McKinney CLERK. By Wm J. McKinney

SERVICE PENSION, War of 1812.
WIDOW'S BRIEF.
Claim No. 42522
Certificate No. _____
Act of March 9' 1878
Claimant, Lydia Culp
Soldier, John Culp
Action, Rejected
Examiner, Philgrau

Claim No. 42,522
Act of March 9 th 1878
REJECTED. DEC 28 1882
SERVICE PENSION, War of 1812.
Original Case. Reopened from Act of _____
WIDOW'S BRIEF.
Lydian Cuppy , widow of
John Cuppy
Rank: Scout Captain Brady Regiment: Indian War for 1790 to 1795 State: Va
Post Office: Osborne , County of Green , State of Ohio
Attorney: Fletcher P Cuppy P. O.: Presump County, State of Mo no, Fee _____ Contract _____
Application filed Nov 21 st , 1882.
Alleged service. { Claimant alleges her husband Enlisted in Brooke Co Va about the 10 th of Nov. 1790 in the Indian War served as a Scout for 37 & 2 months & rec d a Land Wt no 7.954
Record evidence of service. { 3 rd aud it Nov 27/51 Reports "There is no Roll of Capt Brady's Co on file etc"
Parol evidence of service. { Land Warrant 7.954 appears to have been granted on the testimony of Ann Moore & Henry Gamble who testify to service as a ranger or spy from 1790 to 1794 - Rejection Rejected on the ground that the service was rendered prior to the War of 1812 and
Length of service. { not entitled to the benefits of the Act.
Proof of identity. { Gives No. of Land Warrant and date of service etc -
Proof of loyalty. {
Admitted Rejected  December 12 th , 1882, to a pension of EIGHT DOLLARS per month from _____ the date of _____
NO pension previously applied for
Wm L Coover Pension Searcher.
Bounty Land claim Wt 7954  160  1850
Wm L Coover Bounty Land Searcher.
M. G. Grazier Examiner.
APPROVED December 20 th , 1882 , for rejection on the ground that the service alleged was rendered prior to the war of 1812. J. W. Dutton. Reviewer.

SUMMARY OF PROOF.
Marriage. { Date _____, of _____ to _____ _____ _____ _____
Proof as to capacity to marry. { _____ _____ _____ _____
Death of soldier. { Date _____ _____ _____ _____
Widowhood. { _____ _____
INCIDENTAL MATTER.

State of Ohio Ashland County, ss. ss Henry Gambol of the County of Ashland and State of Ohio being first duly sworn, deposes as follows..
Henry Gambol of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with John Cuppy of Montgomery County and State of Ohio for nearly sixty years. I have always known him to be a man of good moral character. I know that he served as a Ranger. I have frequently seen him while he was out on his scouting expedition. I was well acquainted with Captain Samuel Rogers and know that the said John Cuppy served under him. Said service was performed in the State of Ohio. He was enlisted in Brooke County, Virginia. Said service was performed between the years A. D. 1790 & 1794. I cannot tell be positive about the exact time of his service, but I think he served at least two years. In witness of which Henry Gambol have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th day of July A. D. 1851.
Henry Gambol
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this th 16 th day of July A. D. 1851 A. S. Reed a Notary Public within and for the County of Ashland and State of Ohio, this sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
A. S. Reed Notary Public

No. _____
IN THE
CLAIM FOR PENSION
OF
AFFIDAVIT OF
Elias Favorite
FILED BY
M. P. NOLAN,
Attorney at Law and Military Claim Agent, 28 EAST THIRD STREET, DAYTON, OHIO.

GENERAL AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF OHIO, } ss. County of MONTGOMERY }
In the matter of the claim for pension of LYDIA CUPPY, WIDOW OF JOHN CUPPY, A SOLDIER No.
of OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY'S of Company OF SCOUTS AND PRIVATES
Regiment IN THE INDIAN WAR, OF 1790- 1794. Volunteers. On this 28 th day of
October 1882, personally came before me, a Probate Judge in and for said
County and State, OF OHIO, Elias Favrite and who, being duly sworn, states as follows:
I am aged 75 th years, and a citizen of the County of MONTGOMERY,
and State of OHIO and that my Post Office address is DAYTON OHIO, AND
THAT MY PRESENT RESIDENCE IS THE CITY OF DAYTON, OHIO; THAT I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH SAID LYDIA CUPPY, EVER SINCE THE YEAR 1824 THAT I ALSO KNEW HER HUSBAND, JOHN CUPPY, NOW DECEASED, WHO IN HIS LIFETIME, IT IS SAID, WAS A SOLDIER IN THE INDIAN WAR, PRIOR TO YEAR OF 1812; THAT SAID JOHN CUPPY LIVED IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO, FROM THE YEAR, 1822, TO THE YEAR 1861, THE DATE OF HIS DEATH; THAT SAID LYDIA CUPPY, FROM THE TIME OF HER MARRIAGE, UNTIL THE YEAR 1861, CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH SAID JOHN CUPPY, AS HIS WIFE, AND DURING ALL OF SAID TIME WAS TAKEN AND REPUTED TO BE HIS WIFE, AND ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND BY ALL HER ACQUAINTANCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS SUCH; THAT AFFIANT HAS BEEN, AND IS NOW WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE SONS AND CHILDREN OF SAID JOHN CUPPY, AND SAID CLAIMANT, LYDIA CUPPY, HIS WIDOW; THAT ALL OF THEIR SAID CHILDREN ARE NOW GROWN TO MANS ESTATE, - ALL BEING FIFTY OR MORE YEARS OF AGE, AS FOLLOWS, --- HENRY CUPPY NOW LIVING IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO; -- JOHN CUPPY, NOW LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, -- AND FLETCHER P. CUPPY, NOW LIVING IN WASHINGTON CITY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; -- THAT HE WAS PRESENT, AND SAW THE CLAIMANT, LYDIA CUPPY, MAKE HER MARK TO THE APPLICATION, FOR PENSION, AND HER DECLARATION RELATING THERE TO; THAT HE HAS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE, FROM HIS LONG ACQUAINTANCE WITH HER THAT SHE IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON SHE NOW REPRESENTS HERSELF TO BE; AND THAT HE IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HER AS THE PERSON WHO WAS THE WIFE OF THE IDENTICAL JOHN CUPPY, BY WHOM SAID SERVICE IS ALLALGED TO HAVE BEEN RENDERED, AS SCOUT AND PRIVATE, IN THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY, IN THE INDIAN WAR OF 1790 AND 1794.
That I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of said claim. Two witnesses sign when X is signed.
} Sign Elias Favrite
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that I read said affidavit to said affiant, and acquainted him with its contents before he executed the same, and that I am an entirely disinterested party. Concerning the testimony of the witness, I certify as follows: (Officer please certify to all facts known touching the credibility of the affiant.)
that said Elias Favrite, is a man of unquestioned integrity.
Magistrate Sign here Wm D. Kenny Probate Judge Montgomery County O
NOTE.—This affidavit may be sworn to before any person authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes. If not executed before a COURT OF RECORD, the certificate of the CLERK of such Court must be attached

CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR SERVICE PENSION,
Under the provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740, (inclusive,) Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9th, 1878.
N. B.—All the blank spaces in this form must be carefully filled up in accordance with the instructions on the back hereof; and from the best information possessed, or obtainable, by the applicant.
State of Ohio } ss: County of Montgomery }
On this 28 th day of October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Eighty five, personally appeared before me, Isabelle Judg. Montgomery , the same being a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid, (1) Lydia Cuppy aged 83 years, a resident of Montgomery County, in the State of Ohio, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) John Cuppy deceased, who was the identical (3) John Cuppy who served under the name of (4) John Cuppy as a (5) Scout Private in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Brady , in the Indian Regiment of War of 1790 to 1794 commanded by Brig Genl. Wayne , in the war of 1812; that her said husband (6) John Cuppy enlisted at Brooke County Virginia on or about the 14 th day of November , A. D. 1790, for the term of three years , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of (7) three years and two months , and whose services terminated, by reason of (8) cessation of hostilities , at the place of service, on the 18 th day of September , A. D. 1794.
She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: Fair complexion, blue eyes 5 ft 9 in high, stout and muscular, weight about 200 lbs . She further states that she was married to the said John Cuppy , at the city (or town) of in State of Ohio , in the county of Montgomery , and in the State of Ohio , on the 7 th day of October , A. D. 1824 by one (10) Elias Mathews , who was a (11) Justice of the Peace ; and that her name before her said marriage was Lydia Russell ; and she further states that (12) She is the widow of the said John Cuppy
and that her said husband (13) John Cuppy , died at Montgomery in the State of Ohio , on the 28 th day of June , A. D. 1861
and that she has not again married; and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: (14) Brook County West Virginia, Harrison Co. Indiana and Montgomery Co. Ohio
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled under Sections 4736 to 4740, (inclusive,) Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9th, 1878, and hereby appoints Fletcher S. Cuppy , of Washington D.C. her true and lawful attorney, to prosecute her claim; and she further declares that she has heretofore made no application for (15) pension, and that her said deceased husband John Cuppy received Land Warrant No 7954 under act of September 28, 1850 for his said military services

and that her residence is No. Wayne Township street, city (or town) of _____ county of Montgomery , State of Ohio , and that her post-office address is Asborne Greene County State of Ohio
Lydia her mark (Signature of claimant.)
ATTEST: J. M. McKenny
Also personally appeared Elias Favorite , aged 75 years, residing at No. Second street, in Dayton O , and Henry Steff , aged 68 years, residing at No. Water street, in Dayton O , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Lydia Cuppy for 58 years and for 46 years, respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical (16) John Cuppy who rendered the service alleged in the above application (in the company of Captain Samuel Brady in the regiment of _____, in the war of 1790 and 1794 ) by the following named facts and circumstances: From personal knowledge
to soldier in the will be useless to fill the ered as a substitute, the nan
this claim.
(Signatures of witnesses.)
SWORN to and subscribed before me this 28th day of October , A. D. 18 82 ; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, &c., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the words _____, erased, and the words _____, added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
J. M. McKenny, Probate Judge (Official character) Montgomery Co. O.
[L. S.]

Wm R. Schenck Dec 27. '44

6157 Pension Office December 27 1844
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of John Capps, now for the first time presented has been reexamined and filed under the act of 7 June 1832. This Claim is made for three terms of service of 3 months each in the Virginia Militia, without any proof whatever to sustain it. But admitting his statements to be true his actual service would not amount to 6 mo. and he is therefore not entitled to the benefits of the Pension Law. Agreeably to his own declaration his factual service in his first term was not more than 3 or 4 weeks. His second term was 4 months, having been detained by the Commanding Officer 1 month, after the expiration of his enlistment. In the third term, he did not serve at all having, as he says, "married a young wife he could not think of leaving her", and hired a substitute. Unless he can show clearly, by persons, who had a personal knowledge of his service, that he served as much as 6 mo. no pension can be allowed.
Hon. R. C. Schuch House of Reps.
Under this act 7 June 1832

Ho. of Reps.
Dec. 23. 1844
Sir
I send herewith the declaration & papers of Mr John Cuppy, of Montgomery County, Ohio, an applicant for a pension under the act of 1832 - Will you please notify me of your action on the case.
I am very respectfully
Yours &c
Robt. C. Schenck
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Com. of Pensions -

Revolutionary Pension.
Act. June 7, 1832.
Joint Suffer.
Adison
Joseph Heumady Washington City D.C.

Washington City. July 19, 1853.
Respectful Friend.
Enclosed is a power of attorney from John Lumpy, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and who appears to have applied for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832, authorizing me to act as his agent. I am informed by his son that his papers were filed in 1844. The old man is still living, and very desirous of obtaining his pension. May I therefore ask you to inform me at an early day, particularly , what additional evidence is required before you feel justified in issuing this old soldier his pension certificate? In the mean time I desire a personal examination of his papers, in hopes that I may find it in my power to further the object of his application.
Believe me to be,
very respectfully,
Your friend,
Joseph Howard.
Hon. L. P. Waldo. Comm. of Pensions.

Know all men by these presents, That John Cuppy of Montgomery County in the state of Ohio have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint JOSEPH HOWARD , of Washington City, in the District of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to apply for, demand, and receive, from the Government of the United States, the amount of my claim for a pension on account of my services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
And I do hereby further authorize my said attorney to prosecute, recover, and receive, the amount of such claim or claims as may be now due, or which may become due, or to which I may be found entitled, or may become entitled, by virtue of any Act or Resolution of Congress; and for the purpose aforesaid to examine any papers or documents which may have been filed in the Pension office — or other Bureau or Department of the Government, touching said claim or claims for Pension — and on the receipt of such claim or the certificate for the same to give good and sufficient acquittances and discharges therefor; with full power of substitution and revocation; giving and granting unto my said attorney or his substitute, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as I might or could do, if personally present—ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do in the premises by virtue hereof; hereby revoking and annulling all former powers of attorney by me heretofore made.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth day of
July
A. D. 1853.
John Cuppy [L. S.] mark
Executed in presence of
D. P. Nead J. P. Cuppy
STATE OF Ohio .
COUNTY OF Montgomery . } ss.
On this Eighth day of July — A. D. 1853, personally came before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said county, John Cuppy whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the same to be his free, voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written.
D. P. Nead [L. S.] Notary Public for Montgomery County, Ohio

Pension Office, July 16. 1860.
Sir,
In response to the inquiries contained in the enclosed letter of Mr. Stradner, I have the honor to state that the claim of John Cuskey, for pension under act of June 7, 1832, was disallowed by this office for the reasons set forth in the a letter dated December 27, 1844, a copy of which is herewith enclosed. He has not since  was  been for  xxx never, a pensioner of the United States. His papers make no mention of service in "Wagner's war," nor of any other service subsequent to the close of the revolution.
Hon. C. A. Larrabee, House of Reps.

No 1453
Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, April 7 th 1831.
There is no Rolls of Capt Brady's Co on file in this Office, if his company was in the service, the Rolls were no doubt destroyed in 1814 at the time the Public Buildings were burnt by the Enemy.
D. T. Gales Jr Auditor
Cour t of Pens, Dep t of the Inter. }
W.H.M.

Dayton July 21 st 1851
Sir
Please find Enclosed further Evidence of the Services of John Wappzy. The death of Gen Brady formerly the Captain of the Company to which he belonged, places it out of his power to procure more efficient testimony - This being the best he can produce - I hope the same may prove Satisfactory Respectfully Yours Obediently John Anderson Notary Public
J. P. E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City D.C.
In answer to yours of Apr l 16 th 1851

FELTON SEED CO.
307 WATER STREET
PHONE 8-7828
SIOUX CITY IOWA
11, 24, 1939.
ALFALFA SWEET CLOVER RED CLOVER ALSIKE CLOVER TIMOTHY
The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am advised by W. S. Binley, Chief, Indian Lands Division, that you may be able to tell me whether John Cuppy , was given a Land Grant for his service in the Revolutionary War.
His war record as we have it is as follows.
Served in General McIntosh's Expedition in 1778, Captain Robert Means, again with Captain Van Metre, enlisted in Hampshire County, Va., near Romney.
This John Cuppy b. March 11, 1761, Morristown, N.J. , d. June 8, 1861 at Dayton Ohio. He was interviewed by Draper in 1859 and the record is in the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. In this record it states that John Cuppy was given a Land Grant in Va. for his service as a Scout, and late in life was given a land Grant for his Revolutionary War service which land he selected in Wapello County, Iowa. This sounds like U.S.
mob res The General Land Office has given me the description of land in Wapello Co., which was purchased by Adam and Benjamin Cuppy, in the years 1845 - 6 - 7 and 1848. these purchases were made through the District Land Office at Fairfield, Iowa.
I will appreciate any information you can give me regarding the Land Grant if any to this John Cuppy of Hampshire County, Va.
Very truly yours
W. R. Felton

EUGENE A. RIGGS 1524 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
January 10, 1933
U. S. Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs -
Could you please provide me, at your convenience, the complete data on the following old wars pension records?
o Toft , Stephen - Revolutionary Officer, Uxbridge, Mass. o Toft , Silas (Stephen's son) Rev. soldier, probably Albany Co. N. Y. Toft , William - Civil War soldier, Sullivan Co. Indiana. Cuffy , John - Rev. soldier, Hampshire Co., Va. or Nelson Co. Ky. o Shelburne , John - Rev. soldier, Hanover Co. Va. or Nelson Co. Ky. Ingle , John - Rev. soldier, Kent Co. Md. or Shelby Co. Ky. OK Hill , Hardy - 1812 soldier, Nelson Co. Ky. or Sullivan Co. Indiana.
I regret very much to burden the Veteran's Bureau so heavily, but with one exception, they are all ancestors, and I desire very much to complete my genealogical files.
very truly yours,
Eugene A. Riggs

Cedar Falls, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1937.
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C. Dear Administrator:
Will you please send me a record of Revolutionary War service and all family data you have on the two names following: only  John Cuppy , Rev. War soldier and Govt. Scout along the Ohio River
Conrad Mattice , b. 1744 d 1811, served with N. Y. militia.
Thank you sincerely.
Gratefully yours, (Mrs.) Myrtle N. Dix, 2009 Clay St.

January 6, 1938.
Mrs. Myrtle N. Dix 2009 Clay Street Cedar Falls, Iowa.
BA-J/ILL John Cuppy R. 2590
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Cuppy, who served along the Ohio River as a scout, and Conrad Mattice, born 1744 and died 1811.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Conrad Mattice, under any spelling of the surname. The record has been found of a John Cuppy. His record is furnished herewith as found in pension claim, R. 2590.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 19, 1933
BA-J/REL
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John Cuppy-R.2590
Hardy Hill- W.C.15354
Mr. Eugene A. Riggs 1524 South Eighth Street Terre Haute, Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 10, 1933, in which you request the records of soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War.
A search of the records has been made in your behalf and no claims for pension found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John Ingles, as described by you, or of John Shelburne, Silas Taft and Stephen Taft.
In order to identify the record of William Taft, Civil War soldier, should it be on file, you should furnish as much as possible of the following data: the name of the organization in which he served, approximate date of death, residence at time he applied for pension and name of wife or widow.
The records of John Cuppy and Hardy Hill follow as found in the papers on file in the claims for pension based upon their respective services, John Cuppy, R. 2590, and Hardy Hill, W.C.15354.
John Cuppy was born March 11, 1761, near Morristown, New Jersey. When he was an infant his father, whose name is not given, moved his family to Hampshire County, Virginia(now West Virginia) and settled on Mill Creek, near Romney(probably meant for Rommey).
While residing at the above named place, John Cuppy enlisted in 1777 or in 1778, and served three or four weeks as a private under Lieutenant or Captain Isaac Means in the Virginia Troops, went out against the Tories and captured seven of them: he again enlisted in 1778, and served nearly four months in Captain Robert Cunningham's Company, Colonel Garrett Vanmetre's Virginia Regiment, went on General
Could not find Capt Isaac Means
Identified Capt Root Cunningham & Col Vanmetre
He said 1778 or 1779 but I used 1778 only as m. enlistment was in 1778 - not sure of the month of this expedition
I also omitted Aug 1778 because I was
the month of this expedition was the spring of 1778

Hardy Hill enlisted in Shelby County, Kentucky, served from August 15, 1812, as a private in Captain Bland W. Ballard's Rifle Company, Kentucky Militia, was in the battle at the River Raisin on January 22, 1813, where he was taken prisoner and held for one month and was discharged March 27, 1813.
In 1855, he was residing in Sullivan County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1871, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
He died March 24, 1876, in Sullivan County, Indiana.
The soldier married October 15, 1863, in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, Ally Hodges. Their marriage was recorded on the records of the clerk of the court of said Vigo County, Indiana.
Soldier's widow, Ally, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1878, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, with her son-in-law, G.W.G. Sparks. The name of Mr. Sparks' wife is not stated, and there are no further data as to family. The widow, Ally Hill, died May 20, 1882.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

December 18, 1939
BA--J/AWF John Cuppy R. 2590
Mr. W. R. Felton 307 Water Street Sioux City, Iowa
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to John Cuppy, born March 11, 1761 in Morristown, New Jersey, served in General McIntosh's Expedition in 1778, died in 1861, in Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from claims on file under R. 2590, based upon service of John Cuppy in the Revolutionary War and in the Indian Wars after the Revolution.
John Cuppy was born March 11, 1761, near Morristown, New Jersey; when an infant, his father moved with his family to Hampshire County, Virginia (later West Virginia) and settled on Mill Creek, near "Romley" (probably meant for Romney). The names of the parents of John Cuppy are not given.
While residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, John Cuppy enlisted in 1777 or in 1778, served three or four weeks as a private under Lieutenant or Captain Isaac Means in the Virginia troops, went out against the Tories and captured seven of them. He served again in 1778, nearly four months in Captain Robert Cunningham's company, Colonel Garrett Vanmetre's Virginia regiment, went on General McIntosh's Expedition against the Ohio Indians and assisted in building Forts McIntosh and Laurens.
After the close of the Revolution, he volunteered

December 18, 1939
BA--J/AWF John Cuppy R. 2590
Mr. W. R. Felton 307 Water Street Sioux City, Iowa
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to John Cuppy, born March 11, 1761 in Morristown, New Jersey, served in General McIntosh's Expedition in 1778, died in 1861, in Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from claims on file under R. 2590, based upon service of John Cuppy in the Revolutionary War and in the Indian Wars after the Revolution.
John Cuppy was born March 11, 1761, near Morristown, New Jersey; when an infant, his father moved with his family to Hampshire County, Virginia (later West Virginia) and settled on Mill Creek, near "Romley" (probably meant for Romney). The names of the parents of John Cuppy are not given.
While residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, John Cuppy enlisted in 1777 or in 1778, served three or four weeks as a private under Lieutenant or Captain Isaac Means in the Virginia troops, went out against the Tories and captured seven of them. He served again in 1778, nearly four months in Captain Robert Cunningham's company, Colonel Garrett Vanmetre's Virginia regiment, went on General McIntosh's Expedition against the Ohio Indians and assisted in building Forts McIntosh and Laurens.
After the close of the Revolution, he volunteered

in Washington County, Pennsylvania, or in Brooks County, Virginia (West Virginia), served as a ranger and spy in the Indian warfare in Captain Samuel Brady's company and was discharged by Colonel Beach, about September 1, 1794, having served between three and four years.
John Cuppy continued to reside in Hampshire County, Virginia, until about 1801, then moved with his family to Brooks County, Virginia, on the Ohio River, lived there until about 1834, when he moved to Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, thence to Montgomery County, Ohio.
On December 17, 1844, while residing in Montgomery County, Ohio, John Cuppy applied for pension on account of his service in the War of the Revolution. His claim was not allowed as he did not render six months' service, as was required by the pension law under which he applied.
John Cuppy, October 25, 1850, then living in Montgomery County, Ohio, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the Indian War. He was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 17954, under the Act of September 28, 1850.
John Cuppy married in 1778 or in 1779, place not shown; the name of this wife is not given, and there are no further data in regard to her. He married October 7, 1824, in Montgomery County, Ohio, Lydia Russell, date and place of birth and names of her parents not given.
John Cuppy died June 28, 1861, in Montgomery County, Ohio. His widow, Lydia Cuppy, was eighty-five years old in 1882, then a resident of Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, postoffice, Osborne, Greene County, Ohio.
Ann Moore stated in 1851 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, that she was the daughter of the soldier,

John Cuppy, and that she was ten years old when her father went in the Indian War. The name of the husband of Ann Moore is not shown.
The following data in regard to the children of John Cuppy and his wife, Lydia, are shown in the claim-
Henry Cuppy, in 1882 living in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio; John Cuppy, in 1882 living in Washington County, Nebraska; Fletcher Cuppy, in 1882 living in Washington, D. C.
If you desire information in regard to location of the bounty land referred to herein, it is suggested that you apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data:
Warrant # 7954- 160 acres- Act of 1850.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

A Capt. Samuel Brady of Pa served in War of 1812 & was probably this same man.
McIntosh's expedition against the Ohio Indians and assisted in building Forts McIntosh and Laurens; he volunteered subsequent to the Revolutionary War, in Washington, Pennsylvania, or in Brooke County, Virginia (West Virginia), served as a ranger and spy in the Indian warfare in Captain Samuel Brady's Company and was discharged by Colonel Beach about September 1, 1794, having served between three and four years.
He gave Washington Pa. his widow, Brooke Co. Va.
After his service, John Cuppy continued to reside in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia), until about 1801, then moved with his own family to Brooke County, Virginia (West Virginia) on the Ohio River; he lived there until about 1824, when he moved to Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, thence to Montgomery County, Ohio.
On December 17, 1844, while residing in Montgomery County, Ohio, he applied for pension on account of his services in the War of the Revolution. His claim was not allowed as he did not render six months' military service as required by the pension law under which he applied. On October 25, 1850, he applied for bounty land on account of his Indian War service. His claim was allowed. At that time, he was still residing in Montgomery County, Ohio.
John Cuppy died June 28, 1861, in said Montgomery County.
The soldier married in 1778 or 1779, but the name of that wife is not stated. He married October 7, 1824, in Montgomery County, Ohio, Lydia Russell.
1160 Es 97954 Sept 28, 1861
In 1882, soldier's widow, Lydia, was aged eighty-five years and resided in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, postoffice Osborne, Green County, Ohio.
In 1851, Ann Moore made affidavit in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, that she was the daughter of the soldier, John Cuppy, and that she was about ten years old when her father went into the Indian War. She did not give the name of her mother.
The names of three children of John and Lydia Cuppy are shown; in 1882, their residences were;
Henry Cuppy, Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. John Cuppy, Washington County, Nebraska. Fletcher Cuppy, Washington, D.C.
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