Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,164, Peter Cutright, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Outright, Peter
S. 32,164
CONTENTS

Illinois
26,295
Peter Cartwright
of Sangamon in the State of Ill who was a Pr in the B commanded by Captain Rethman of the Reg commanded by Col in the B a line for
5 c No P $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May and sent to T.R. Matheny, Springfield, Ill
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 $0.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 10.00 $10.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 8 - Page 63
H. K Scott at age 24:31 Lt to 3rd aud. Nov 26. 1839
at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1832 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 20 Dec 1839.

On this second day of December A.D 1833 personally appeared before the County Commissioners Court for Sangamon County. Peter Cutright of the County of Sangamon in the State of Illinois - aged seventy four 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7. A.D 1832.
I was born in the year 1759. in Hampshire County Virginia - In 1785 I removed to Fayette afterwards Bourbon County - Kentucky. From Fayette I removed in 1788 to Montgomery Co. when I resided until 1803 when I removed to Madison Co. Ohio. In 1822 I removed to Sangamon County, Illinois - and in 1831 to Putnam Co. Ill. In 1832 I returned to Sangamon Sangamon County Illinois, where I now reside -
on the first of September 1780. I enlisted at Hampshire County Virginia. as a volunteer private in a company of militia commanded by Capt Daniel Retton - and served six months. From Hampshire Co. Virg. we were marched to Hillsborough in North Carolina, where we were joined to Genl Green. Our Regimental officers were Colonel Robert Stevens, and Major

George Stubblefield. At Hillsborough a rifle Company was formed of them armed with rifles. & put under the Command of Capt Robert Cravins - we marched under Capt Cravins to the Cheraw Hills - on our re- turn I was placed again under the Command of Capt. Ritson - Here we were detached as guard a body of prisoners to Albemarle Barracks - where we were discharged - the first of March 1781. by Major Geo. Stubblefield - I received a discharge which has been lost -
The applicant Peter Cutright - has resided for the last four weeks in Macon County - Illinois - He is old and in indigent circumstances and lives with his relations, sometimes in Macon and sometimes in Sangamon County - He has come a distance of 25 miles to make his declaration - being under the impression - that it could properly be done w this (Sangamon) County.

1 st When & in what year were you born? Ans. In Hampshire Co. Virg. in 1759.
2 nd Have you any record of your age? Ans. I have not.
3 rd When were you living when called into service when have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Ans When called into service I lived in Hampshire County Virginia - In 1785 I removed to Fayette County Kentucky - & in 1805 to Madison Co. Ohio. In 1822 I removed to Sangamon Co. Illinois - & in 1831. to Putnam Co. Ill. In 1832 I returned to Sangamon Co. & about four weeks since I removed to Macon Co. Ill. where I now reside -
4 th How were you called into service? Ans I volunteered.
5 th State the names of Regular officers - Continental and Militia Regiments &c.
Ans. I recollect the names of no Regular officers except those mentioned in the declaration - nor do I remember any continental or militia Re= giments.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge if so, from whom & what has become of it.
Ans I received a discharge from Major Stubblefield, which is lost.

7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. Aaron Vanderveer Rev. The Rev? Richard Mason . & Mr Daniel Cutright.
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State. I know of no person by whom my services could be proved.
Sworn to and Subscribed this Second day of December A.D. 1832.
Peter Cutright.
Aaron Vanderveer We, Richard Mason a clergyman, residing in Sangamon County, & Daniel Cutright residing in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Cutright, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seven- ty four years of age, that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Richard Mason Daniel Cutright

Aaron Vanderveer
And the said [blank] do hereby declare that [blank] after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolu- tionary Soldier & served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Aaron Vanderveer  Aaron who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Sangamon County, & that Daniel Cutright who also signed the same is a resident in Sangamon County, & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
County Commissioners for Sangamon County {
Josiah Belsmith Thomas Moffett Reuben Harrison
I Charles R. Matheny, Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for Sangamon County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court the [blank] matter of the application of Peter Cutright for [blank] claim.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office this second day of December A.D. 1832. C. R. Matheny

30.799. Peter Cartwright Illinois
Adm. H. Moatless
C. B. Matheny Springfield Illinois

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Peter Cartwright.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780. 6 Jno Capt. Pettisau 74 years. Hamphire County Va. Traditionary—  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmxI
February 5, 1925
Milo Custer 1110 South Low St., Bloomington, Ill.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32164 it appears that Peter Outright was born in 1759 in Hampshire County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county he enlisted September 1, 1780, served as a private in Captains Daniel Ritison and Robert Cravens' Companies, Colonel Robert Stevens' Virginia Regiment and was discharged March 1, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 2, 1833 while a resident of Macon County, (very recently of Sangamon County), Illinois.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Date of death not on AB
Acting Commissioner.

32 164 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 164
Peter Cartwright
Rev Rev
Act: June 74 32 p
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911, Aug. 29 Hist. to Mrs. E. S. Walker.
1912, Feb. 26 - Letter to
H. C. Schaub 1912 June 17. Mrs. E. S. Walker ref. to and. for date of death etc.
1925 - Feb. 5 - Hist. to Miles Cresser - MMSF
1925 Aug. 11 Hist. to Dr. Edw. M. Callcott. MMSF
1929. Sept. 23 - Hist. to M. C. Fannay. J.S.R.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec: 5 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Cutright, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837, to the 4 th March, 1839. Two years.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Larris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Ex. P. O. Div. Finance
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3, 1912
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to the Bureau.
Certificate number 32164
XXXXXXXX
Name of soldier, Peter Cartwright Pensylvania May 1834
XXXX address of claimant, X
Company _____
Regiment _____
State where enlisted Wampshire Co Virginia
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Col. Robert Stevens Capt. Daniel Riter Robert Stevens
Return attached letter with reply.
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.

The Review
DECATUR, ILL. Feb. 20, 1912.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-Please tell us when the pension of Peter Cutright ceased and when and where his death occurred. His certificate of pension was issued May 3, 1834, for services in the revolutionary war. S. File 32,164. A.C.M.
Thanking you for any information that might be of help in locating the grave of this man, we are
Yours truly
The REVIEW
By H.C. Schaub

1125 South 5th Street Springfield Illinois, May 27, 1912
The Adjutant General:
My dear Sir:-
One Peter Cutright drew a pension in Sangamon county Illinois. I have his military record but do not know the time of his death.
Can you give me this information also where he died?
Thanking you in advance for courtesy, I am
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Edwin S. Walker
June 7 th 1912

The Central Illinois Historical Society.
Incorporated Feb. 27, 1917.
Officers; President, Prof. D. C. Ridgley; Vice-President, Mrs. Laura A. Miksell; Secretary, Milo Custer.
Assistant-Secretaries, Mrs. M. M. Booz, Mrs. Dan Strain.
Directors; G. A. Hodge, Milo Custer, C. M. Lawrence, A. H. Tobias, J. M. Steele.
Office of the Secretary; 1110 South Low Street, Bloomington, Illinois;
The Pension Commissioner,
January 12, 1925;
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;-, Will you please furnish me with a copy of whatever data may be shown by the records of your office on one, Peter Cutright, (or Cartwright?) a Revolutionary Soldier from Virginia, and greatly oblige.?
According to the U. S. census of Pensioners, 1840, he was living with his son, Samuel Cutright (or Cartwright?) in DeWitt County, Illinois, at that time. It is thought he removed about 1845 to near Ft. Scott, Kans. but of this I am not positive. I am only quoting this tradition as a possible aid to identification of record.
With most sincere thanks for the many former courtesies of your department, I am
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer
Sec. Cent. Ill. Hist. Soc.

EDWARD M. PALLETTE, M.D. 1501 SOUTH FIGUEROA ST. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
June 13, 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Revolutionary War Dept., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me any information you may have in regard to the revolutionary soldier from Virginia, Peter Cutright or Cutwright?
Very truly yours,
Edward M. Pallette
EMP:LM

Buckhannon, W. Va. August 29, 1939
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dears Sirs:
I will thank you for the record of Peter Cutright , A Revolutionary War Soldier, who served in the Virginia Militia. He was 74 years of age in 1835 and was living in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Yours very truly
M. C. Tenney M. C. Tenney

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Cutright a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 32,164
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sep. 1, 1780 6 mos. Pvt. Daniel Pitson Robert Craven Robert Stevens Va.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampshire Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 2, 1833  Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Mason Co., Ill.
Age at date of application, 6. Hampshire Co., Va. 1759
Remarks: Soldier made his apl. in Sangamon Co., Ill., and  his off. of pension was issued May 3, 1834. No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

mmuHf
August 11, 1925
Edward M. Pallette, M.D. 1501 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Calif.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32164 it appears that Peter Cutright was born in 1759 in Hampshire County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county he enlisted September 1, 1780, served as a private in Captains Daniel Ritison and Robert Cravens' Companies, Colonel Robert Stevens' Virginia Regiment and was discharged March 1, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 2, 1833 while a resident of Macon County, (very recently of Sangamon County) Illinois.
There is no data on file as to his family.
On November 19, 1921 you were furnished the history of Peter Cartwright, R. 1759, and the history herewith fur-

nished you is that of the only other soldier by that name(all spellings of the surname searched) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. War.
February 26, 1912.
Mr. H. C. Schaub, "The Review", Decatur, Ills.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 20" and received the 23" instant, you are advised that the papers on file in the claim of Peter Cutright, Sur. File No. 32,164, Rev. War, fail to afford any information in regard to the time and place of his death, or the date of the last payment of his pension.
For dates of last payment of pension and to whom paid, and possible date of death, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing all of the following data: Peter Cutright, Certificate No. 26,295, issued May 3, 1834, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the Illinois Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Same letter to Mrs. Edwin S. Walker 1125 So. 5 th St. Springfield, Ill. 1912 June 17 —

September 23, 1939.
M. G. Tenney Buckhannon West Virginia,
BA-J/ILL Peter Cutright S. 32164
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Cutright, who served from Virginia and resided in Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1835.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32164, based upon service of Peter Cutright in the Revolutionary War.
Peter Cutright was born in the year 1759, in Hampshire County, Virginia; the day of his birth and names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted September 1, 1780, served as a private in Captains Daniel Ritison's and Robert Cravens' companies, Colonel Robert Stevens' Virginia regiment, and was discharged March 1, 1781, at Albemarle Barracks.
Copied Service from Mrs. Finch's History (1925)
The soldier continued to reside in Hampshire County, Virginia, until sometime in 1785, then moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, from which place he moved in 1805 to Madison County, Ohio. In 1822, he moved to Sangamon County, Illinois; in 1831, he moved to Putnam County, that state, and returned to Sangamon County in 1832.
Peter Cutright was allowed pension on his application executed December 2, 1833, at which time he resided in Macon County, Illinois; he had moved there about one month previously from Sangamon County, Illinois. He made no reference to wife or children.

In 1833, Daniel Cutright resided in Sangamon County, Illinois, and made affidavit in behalf of Peter Cutright when he applied for pension. No relationship between these two persons was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Peter Cutright Certificate #26295 Issued May 3, 1834 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.