Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,029, Joseph Culver, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Culver, Joseph
S 46,029
CONTENTS

8852 New York
Joseph Culver
bayuger in the State of NY who was a private in the 6th regt. commanded by Captain Warren of the N.Y. commanded by Col Daily - in the line for 2 years
✓
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1833 - and sent to A Gould Ancon NY
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $260 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833. 40
$200
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor Ch Book E Vol 4 Page 49
1840 Ms R 14 Geo W Culver - history
Prior

Jos. Culver
Col Bailey
Capt. Warren
Ent. 15 March 1777
Discharged 15. Apr 1780
A. Gould
Auburn N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Culver  County of Cayuga  in the State of NY  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 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. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 th Mar. 15 3 — — Private Gen. Col. Bailey, Capt. Martin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Co Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? nothing  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No certificate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Joseph Culver
12.224

State of New-York, Cayuga COUNTY, } ss.
On this 18 th day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting, Joseph Culver a resident of Scipio in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, 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: — That about the 15 th of March A D 1777 at the town of Eggemont in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts he enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Warren in Col John Baileys Regiment of the Massachusetts line for a term of three years . that he continued to serve in said company or in the service of the United States during the whole of said term of three years when he was discharged at West Point in the State of New York . That he received a regular discharge from said service but has since lost the same. that he joined said Regiment at Albany and marched from thence to Fort George , thence to Stillwater , thence to Fort Stanwix , thence back to Saratoga , thence down the Hudson River to New Windsor , thence into New Jersey & joined the army of Gen Washington , and continued with said army until after the battle of Monmouth , thence to Red Bank & Red Bank , thence to Hartford in the State of Connecticut , thence back to Fish Kill , where he spent the winter of 1779. from thence he marched to Stony Point thence to Newark in the State of New Jersey , where he continued until late in the fall or the first of winter when he returned to West Point where he continued until he was discharged. that in the year 1788 whilst at Valley Forge he was sent back into the County to the Hospital sick and was returned dead, but soon recovered & joined the army.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or Territory. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Culver

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of Joseph Culver for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 18 th day of eighteenth A.D. 1832
M. S. Myers

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau: Joseph Calver Sur. File #6029
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 5 1777 3 years Pvt. Isaac Warren John Bailey Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Egremont, Berkshire Co. Mass.  Date of application for pension, Sept. 18, 1832. His el. mar. ch.  Residence at date of application, Scipio, Cayuga Co. N.Y.  Age at date of application, 71 years.  Remarks: No data as to family

1908 Oct 26 Hist. to F.B. Culver. V.P. etc.
1909 Apr 30 F.B. Culver that Hist. was furnished him as above. 1917 Aug. 25 Hist. to Mrs. F.H. Culver. Letter sent to Record Div. to any civil war inquiry.
Invalid
Rev
File No. 46.029
Joseph Culver - Private New York Mil a Rev. War.
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Joseph Culver Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except J. # 46029

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Gulen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of 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 _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

F. H. CULVER, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR, 43 MONTAUK BLOCK.
Green B Bann
CHICAGO, March 8 1880
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 1 st inst is received, for which please accept my thanks. Joseph Culver to whom you refer as having enlisted in a Mass Regiment is the person that I made inquiries of in my former letter.
Knowing but little of his early history except that I have always been told that he was born in Connecticut and from that inferred that he enlisted in a regiment from that state but it seems that I am mistaken in that.
After the war he married and settled in Otsego Co at the foot of Green Horn Mountain
F. H. CULVER, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR, 43 MONTAUK BLOCK.
CHICAGO, 188
State of New York, from thence he moved to Scipio Cayuga Co same state in the year 1801 where he lived and died August 28, 1849 in the 89 th year. As it is necessary for me to furnish further proof that I am a grandson of his I can do so
Any record that you may have of him or the regiment to which he belonged will be thankfully received by me. My earliest recollection of him as a boy began in when I was four years old in the year of 1830. From that time until his death I of my own knowledge knew him to be what he claimed as a soldier of the Revolution and that he drew his pension as regular as the years came round.

F. H. CULVER, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR, 43 MONTAUK BLOCK.
CHICAGO, .....188
An early answer is desired, address me as before Room 43 Montauk Block Chicago Ill Respectfully yours Geo W. Culver

American Bonding Company Baltimore, Md Oct 17. 1908
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Please furnish me the military service records, personal and family data, of Joseph Culver (or Colver), Revolutionary war, a Pvt. in N.Y. militia and Pensions from 1831, as of Cayuga county, N.Y.
Respectfully,
J. B. Culver.

American Bonding Co.
Baltimore, Md., 4/21/09
Commissioner of Pensions. Wash., D.C.
Dear Sir: Please furnish the military service, Revolutionary War, of Joseph Culver pot. N.Y. Militia. (pension began 3/4/1831) together with all personal & family data etc.
Respectfully
Frank B. Culver

Record Division.
April 30, 1909.
Mr. Frank E. Culver, American Bonding Company, Baltimore, Md.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated and received the 21" instant, you are advised that on October 22, 1908 you were furnished a history of the service of Joseph Culver, Sur. File No. 46,020, Revolutionary War pensioner; and it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to each person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.