Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,573, John Culver, Continental (New Jersey)

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Continental (New Jersey) Culver, John Sarah
R. 2573
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13.680 West Tennessee
John Culver
of Bedford Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Reynolds of the regt commanded by Col Battle North, in the Peninsular line for two years.
3900 C. Line
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of June 1833 — and sent to H. I. K. Rock, Shelbyville, Columbia
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $1060 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 40
$200 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book 6, Vol. 7 Page 74

4897 John Culver Tennessee from 1777 private 2 years #80 4.5.16.
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Hon. J. K. Polk Columbia, Shelbyville Enlist Nov 8-1862 To J. M. Harkness Shelbyville Tenn 4584

BRIEF in the case of  John Culver of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Between 69 & 70 years
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.     Enlisted in Octr. In 177 - doubtless he means 1777 - Enlisted for 3 years 2 - - As a Gen. Wayne 4 Reg t Pen a Line Gen d  Stirling Col o  Lee & Col o  Butler Capt Wm Reynolds Capt Chapman 5 th Reg t Cont t Troops Lieut. Washington Marquis La Fayette  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of White Plains - Battle of Fairfield Cont t - & in many Skirmishes
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex Co ty New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee County of Bedford
In open Court of Record held in and for said County on the 6 day of October 1851 personally appeared Sarah Anglin aged fifty five years resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following Decla- -ration under the act of Congress passed 7 th March 1831.
This Declarant State that she is the lawful child of John and Sarah Culver of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee That her said Father was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of 80 $ per Annum and that he died on the 23 rd day of November in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty six (1836) leaving a widow who survived him several years and who was the Mother of this declarant, and whose maiden name was Sarah Bailey and who died on the twenty third (23 rd ) day of October in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) This declarant further states that the said John and Sarah Culver were lawfully married (as this declarant believes from what she has heard heard her said parents say) about the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty six (1786) and that the Ceremony of said Marriage took place in the State of North Carolina, Declarant states that she has no knowledge of the Existence of any Record of said Marriage Either public or private. Declarant states that the said John & Sarah lived in lawful wedlock as man and wife from the time of their said marriage up to the period when the said John died, and that they had 3 Children born as the fruits of their said marriage prior to the Year 1794 whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver & Charity Cook. That the said Sarah Culver did not again marry after the death of her said husband that she died being his widow, and leaving 12 Children only (over)

Surviving her whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edeth Anglin, Simeon Culver, & Fanny Campbell.
Sworn to and subscribed
Sarah her  X Anglin mark
On this 6 th day of October 1851
Before me Andrew Varnoy Clerk
State of Tennessee } County of Bedford }
I Andrew Varnoy s - Clerk of The County Court of said County Certify that at a court of Record held in and for said County Satisfactory proof was made in Open Court that John Culver late a Pensioner of the United States in the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee at the rate of 80 $ per Annum died on the 23 rd day of November 1836 leaving a widow named Sarah Culver, who did not again marry, but died being his widow, that her death occurred on the 23 rd day of October in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) And that she left twelve children only surviving her whose names are George Culver, Nathan Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edeth Anglin, Simeon Culver, & Fanny Campbell.
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and the seal of said Court and County this 6 th day of October 1851
Andrew Varnoy Clerk

State of Tennessee } Bedford County } 3
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On this 9th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before John Robertson, John L. Hill & Samuel Phillips, Justices of the peace, appointed to hold the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County in the State of Tennessee for the year 1832. John Culver a citizen of, & now residing in the County of Bedford a state of mind aged between sixty nine and seventy years, & being duly sworn in open court, 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 October 177 for the term of two years, under William Reynolds who also commanded the Company as Captain for the said two years - in the United States , he served in the fourth Regiment of the Penn- -sylvania line of Regular, or Continental Troops under the following named officers, viz General Anthony Wayne, as principal officer - General Starling                      Colonel Lee -
The names of the other officers do not distinctly recollect. My Captain during this term of two years was William Reynolds. My Lieutenant was named - I lined County, in the State of New Jersey. He states he enlisted at the Court house in said County at the time of my enlistment. He states he was in the Battle at the White Plains, Short

Hills of Morristown - & Spring Field all in the state of New Jersey - at the White Plains -
Generals George Washington, Anthony Wayne, & I think Starting General Lee, commanded as officers of this Grade, Colonel Butler commanded the Regiment to which I belonged - & William Reynold commanded the Company to which I was attached - in this Battle the Americans were Successful, the enemy were defeated - The battles of Morristown and Spring field were commanded by the same officers at the White Plains and fought by the same troops, in all the foregoing battles the Americans were Successful & kept the Enemy He states it is his belief that the distance from the White Plains to Morristown is about Sixty miles, and from the latter place to Spring field he thinks is twenty or thirty miles. He states that during his two years service, he was stationed in New Jersey, at the above named places & at Elizabeth Town, sometimes at one & some- times at another - but that no battle was fought by him of any note except as above He was in many skirmishes unnecessary to mention He states that at the expiration of his term of service of two years, he was stationed at the White Plains, in New Jersey at which time & place he enlisted for three years or during the war under Capt Chapman in the Fifth Regiment of the Connecticut Troops - or Continental line. Col Lee was commander of the Regiment to which he was attached or belonged during the balance of the war - The Generals who commanded that part of the Army to which he belonged during the rest of the war were, Generals Washington, Marquis De La Fayette, and He states he served the principal part of this time

During his Second enlistment in the state of Connecticut, from whence he was ordered to the White Plains in New Jersey where he was finally discharged, at the close of the Revolutionary War; He was in the battle of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut. General Lafayette was the principal commander of the Americans at this battle,
Col Lee & Captain Chapman were both at this battle, Chapman was wounded in this battle by a grape shot which struck him in the right shoulder, he has no recollection of any other officers, they were mostly Militia officers except La Fayette, Lee & Chapman —
He states he was discharged from the service of the United States at the White Plains in the state of New Jersey, on the 19th day of November next after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis — which he supposes to be about 1781 — I received a regular discharge from
Colonel Lee, by order of General Washington; This discharge I have long since lost in the state of Carolina, I took very little care of it, not believing it would ever be of any service or advantage to me — He states that the periods and dates when the different battles spoken of above took place he does not recollect, nor can he speak of them with any kind of certainty, he supposes they are recorded in the History of the Revolution any war —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of any agency of any

state in the United States - He states he has applied for a pension under the former Law, but owing as he supposes to the death of the person who was preparing his evidence & papers for the same, he never obtained one, and he has been advised his name is to be found in the Muster Rolls now in the War Department
He states that after he was discharged as aforesaid he moved to the state of Maryland, in which state he spent one summer, that he moved from that state to the state of Carolina Guilford County, as he believes in the year 1786 - He lived in N. Carolina until he moved to Seneca County in the state of Tennessee as he believes in the year 1796 - Since he settled in Seneca County he has moved & lived in different counties in the state of Tennessee, viz. Overton, Rutherford & Bedford, in which last county he has lived for about four years - as was a resident in the same He does not know that there is living any person by whom he can know the particular facts of his service, and the battles he was in - He states he was born in the state of West Luray Morris County in the year 1762 - He has seen it on the family register of his father's family - but has no recollection of what has become of it at this time -
I subscribe as my his John M. Culver open court 7th August 1832
C. H. West Ck

January 7, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB aw
Miss Helen Culbertson Piper City, Illinois
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2573, that John Culver was born in 1762 in Morris County, New Jersey.
While residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in October, 1776 and served in Captain William Reynolds' company, Colonels Butler's and Lee's regiments, was in the battle of White Plains, where wounded by a bayonet, and battles of Short Hills, Springfield, and in an engagement at Morristown; length of service two years.
He enlisted and served in Captain Chapman's company, Colonel Lee's regiment, was in the battle of Fairfield and was discharged November 14, 1781, having served three years.
After the Revolution he moved to Maryland, thence to Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Bedford County, Tennessee.
He died November 23, 1836.
The soldier married in 1786 or 1787, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Sarah Bailey.
She died October 23, 1843, leaving the following children:- George Culver, born about 1788, Nathan or Nathaniel Culver, Charity Cook, John Culver, Sarah Anglin, who was fifty-five years old in

1851, and residing in Bedford County, Tennessee, Benjamin Culver, Susan Jones, Haymond Culver, Samuel Culver, Edith Anglin, Simeon Culver and Fanny Campbell.
This bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Joseph Culver, as described.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

1907 July 13. History to Frank B. Culver c 1910 Mar 31. J B Culver info only one record to each person and 1929 - June 19 - High to D. A. J. Culver Hartzell awg. 1931 - Jan 7 - High to Helen Culbertson awg.
Acts of July 14, 1802, and March 3, 1873.
25/3 REFLECTED
P. O. Sarah Culver
Service: widow of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Pa + Com Recognized. Contra
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No - 14,946
Sarah Culver Wid. of John Culver Tenn.
L. M. Drury Augt 24/53 Canandaigua N.Y.
2573
Act July 7-1858

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John Culver - Comm. line -
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Ref. File No 2573 OK
No record of them
Not allowed Act 1828 .

1757 For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving of- ficers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved on the 15 th of May 1828. I John Culver of the county of Bedford and State of Tennessee a native of the State of New Jersey do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Chapmans company in the 5 th regiment of the Connecticut line, and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of congress passed the 15 th May 1788. and I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March 1828. on the pension list of the United States. - After the surrender of Cornwallis I received a regular discharge which discharge I carried with me when

I removed to the state of North Carolina, & which I lost in North Carolina previously to my removal to the state of Tennessee. Having removed far from my native land, & my old acquaintance being now nearly all dead, I know of no person living by whom I can prove the facts above stated. I served under Genl. Washington & Genl. La Fayette & was in many battles, and received a wound from a bayonet at the battle of White Plains. - I can only prove by respectable witnesses that I have been generally reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and prove my identity. -
Before me Jeremiah Dyal one of the justices of the peace for the county of Bedford and state of Tennessee personally appeared this day John Culver a soldier of the Revolution and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true. -
June 2 d 1825 Jeremiah Dyal J.P.
Signed -
JOHN CULVER

This day came before me Jeremiah Dyal one of the acting justices of the peace for the county of Bedford and State of Tennessee William Mur- phree who made oath that John Culver who signed the above declaration is now & has generally been believed and reputed to have been a soldier of the American revolution — in manner as therein stated. June 2 d 1829 Jeremiah Dyal J.P. William Murphree
2 This day came before me William Murphree one of the acting justices of the peace for Bedford County and state of Tennessee Jeremiah Dyal a soldier of the revolution who made oath that John Culver who signed the above dec- laration is now & has generally been believed and reputed to have been a soldier for of the American revolution — in manner as therein stated. June 2 d 1829. Jeremiah Dyal — William Murphree J.P.

State of Tennessee James M'Kie Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for Bedford County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Murphree D r Francis L d Dial Esquires before whom the within Affidavits were sworn to in and over at the time they purport to have been sworn to acting Justices of the Peace for said County of Bedford duly Commissioned and qualified as such of that full faith and credit is due to all their official acts as such and that the signatures of said Murphree & Dial are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of Bedford County Court at office in Shelbyville 18 th Oct r 1829 C. M. Kieck

(Seal) State of Idaho } Personally appeared before Titus County } me, Paul Singleton, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county Thomas Bailey, and after being duly sworn, states as follows, That he was acquainted with John and Sarah Culver from his earliest recollection up to the time of their death That he (said Bailey) was only about four years of age at the time that the said John Culver was said to have been married to his older sister Sarah Bailey That he, said Bailey was born in the year 1783 the 11 day of August. And though too young at the time of the marriage of John Culver to his (Baileys) oldest sister to recollect have any distinct recollection of the circum- -stances of their marriage, has no doubt but that they were lawful man and wife. He never heard the legality of their marriage called in question. That they lived together as man and wife and raised a large family of chil- -dren, say seven sons and five daughters. and that he believes that the marriage took place in Gifford County North Carolina, about the A. D. 1784 Then That their oldest son according to the best of his recollection was born A. D. 1788 I. E. That their oldest son was

five years younger than himself. The names of their other children was as follows Nathaniel, George, John, Benjamin, Hargrave, Samuel Frederick, & Lincoln. Sarah, Charity, Susan Edith & Frances. He states further that he has every reason to believe that and does believe that the said John Walker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he said had heard said John Walker speak of it frequently, and heard him frequently say that he served seven years as a soldier. Given under Thomas Bailey This 26. April 1853
The State of Texas { Titus Co County of Titus {
Sworn to before me Joel Arrington an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and subscribed to Given under my hand and official seal a scroll being used for a seal This the 26 day of April 1853
Joel Arrington
A circular official seal for Joel Arrington, Justice of the Peace. The name "Joel Arrington" is written in a circular border around a central design.

I Joel Arrington the aforesaid Justice of the Peace do certify that the said Thomas Boiling is a man of good standing and veracity, given under my hand and official seal this day and date above written.
Joel Arrington
J.A.
The State of Ind iana & J. Tho. D. Delle County of Tippecanoe C.W. of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the above & foregoing affidavit was made before Joel Arrington who is now & was at the time of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths & - and that all the acts of said Arrington as such are entitled to full faith &c.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Mt Pleasant on this 29 th of April A.D. 1853
Tho Delle Co Clk in law

Greensboro N. Carolina,
June 10 th 1852
Mr. George Wilson
Sir
Yours of the second Inst is to hand & I have made search through all the old Munroe Bonds in my office for the Bonds, which you wish to obtain a certified copy, but cannot find such Bonds, nor do I know of any such names as Culver in our bonds. I have also made some enquiry as to the name, & will make further enquiry & should be able to make satisfactory answer I will inform you of the fact -
I herewith enclose a remit to you the one dollar which you sent to me
Very Respectfully John M. Logan 664

State of Tennessee County of Bedford
Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Margaret Parsons aged Fifty Eight Years resident in said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, That she was intimately acquainted with Sarah Culver wife of John Culver late of the State of Tennessee that the said Sarah Culver died in the month of October in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) that she saw the said Sarah a few minutes after she died - that she also saw the said Sarah when she was shrouded for her burial. That deponent's husband died on the 16 th day of November in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty two (1842) that she recollects that the said Sarah died within one year after the period when her said husband died. Sworn to and subscribed her This 28 th day of July 1851 Margaret Parsons Before me Joseph P. Thompson J.P. Mark
I certify that the above named affiant is a woman of sound mind and a credible witness. and do further certify that from personal knowledge the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true.
Joseph P. Thompson J.P.

State of Tennessee } County of Bedford } p
I Andrew Vannoy clerk of the County Court of Said County certify that Joseph P Thompson Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace duly Comm- -issioned and qualified to act as such in Said County and that the foregoing signatures purpor- -ting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Said County this 29 th day of July 1850
Andrew Vannoy, Clerk By his deputy John R. O'Neal.

Sarah Culver -
Tennessee -
Act 7 th July 1838

The State of Mississippi
Chickasaw County } this day personally appeared Before me Ransom Murphy an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County. Hayman Bailey and after being duly sworn depose to and saith that he was well acquainted with John Culen & Sarah Culen his wife which was say Bailey previous to their marriage were married in Scott Carleton Gulfport County in the year of 17, 37 & like unto the time when he was and wife until separated by death & raised seven sons and five daughters. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 20th April 1851. Hayman Bailey and Ransom Murphy Justice of the peace
I, Ransom Murphy, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Hayman Bailey, whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavit, and that he is a gentle- man of unquestionably good character for credibil- ity & veracity. Given under my hand and private seal, this 20th day of April 1852. Ransom Murphy Justice of the peace
The State of Mississippi
Chickasaw County } I, H. S. Newman Clerk of the Probate Court of said County do hereby certify that Ransom Murphy whose genuine signature appears to the within and foregoing in- strument of writing is now and was at the time of its signature an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly swear- ed qualified and commissioned and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice of the peace and the Seal of said Court at office this the 21st day of April 1852 H. S. Newman Clerk By A. N. Horton H. C.

4897.
John Calvers
Declaration
Not on the Rolls proof of service required
South Pils
Mr Polk
111 80 240

William Bailey a Clergyman residing in the County of Bedford & State of Indiana do hereby Certify that I am well acquaint- -ed with John Calver who has subscribed & sworn to the above and foregoing declaration, that I have known him and been intimately acquainted with him for about forty five years; I knew him in the State of Maryland & North Carolina & since he came to the State of Tennessee & now live about two Miles from him - When I first knew him and ever since he was known & believed to be a Unctionian Soldier, I have never heard it doubted or disputed; I have also been acquainted with the General Character of said Calver in the different neighborhoods where he has lived since I first became acquainted with - and judging from his General Character, or any other knowledge I have of him, he would be entitled to full Credit on his oath - I further Certify his Character as to his being a Man of Morality, truth & Honesty is good and unimpeachable - That I believe him to be of the age he states - and have always believed him to be a Soldier of the Unctionian faith to and subscribed 7th August 1832 in open Court
William Bailey

We the undersigned members of said Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now presiding in Shelbyville State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Applicant John Culver also with the Revd Hayman Bailey who has given the foregoing Certificate & Decla- ration, that said Bailey is a Clergyman, of Carrick Church and Hanoverville Sunday in Society - and that it is our opinion & we so declare it, that the above named Applicant John Culver, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states
Samuel Phillips
J. D. Veill
John B. Armstrong
State of Tennessee
I James M. Kincaid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Blount in the State aforesaid do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Culver for a pension. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court at Office in Shelbyville this 7th day of August 1832
J. M. Kincaid

Revolutionary Claims
Shelbyville Ky Dec 10
Free
Samuel S. Hughes Esq. Sec'y of the Navy. Washington City.

Rec d 23 Dec 1829.
1215 Shelbyville Tennessee
Dec r 7 th 1829.
Sir,
I wrote to you some time since for information respecting John Culvers claim as forwarded to you through Mr B. Lewis Esq r . - Since which time Mr Culver has explained to me how the mistake occurred with regard to the period of his enlistment. He has made a statement under oath before the same magistrate who took his former deposition giving the facts which led to that mistake. Should they be satisfactory, I presume he will be embraced in the law of 1828. It is the common understanding of the country that he did serve during the whole of the war, but this rests on rumor only as there are no persons living, that he knows of now who can prove that fact positively.
With the highest respect your most Ob t Serv t
M. B. Statement enclosed.
B. J. Cuddery
Genl D. Ingham Esq r Sec y of the Treasury

John Calum -
- Proof of Unitarian sermons. -
under Act of 7 th June 1832. -

State of Tennessee } Court of Pleas and Quarters Bedford County } Sessions - May Term 1833 -
This day being the 7 th day of May 1833 - personally appeared in open Court Hymen Bailey - aged about fifty five years - who being first duly sworn deposes and saith - That he became acquainted with John Culver - about forty five years ago, in Summerset County in the State of Maryland, - and that at that time said John Culver was reputed and generally believed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Defendant states that said John Culver removed from the State of New Jersey to Maryland - where he first knew him; - and that he has for the last forty five years - continued to live near the said John Culver , - removed with him from Maryland to Abingdon - and from Thomson to Bedford County Tennessee where he now lives; - that he has often heard said John Culver make statements of his Revolutionary and before any pension laws were passed by the  General Government, in consequence of which he has set forth in his declaration for a pension - under the act of 7 th of June 1832, - and that ever since he has known him - it is his and  his always been believed by all who knew him that he did serve as as a soldier of the Revolution but Defendant states that he was too young to know him - during the Revolution; but

firmly believes that he shall seem as he has stated in his declaration. He cannot further state that said John Calum is and has been for many years - a pious man - and sustaining a good character; - and he would believe him an able as seen as any man in New Haven. -
Hayman Bailey
This day also appeared in open court John Calum - who has heretofore applied for a Pardon under the act of bankruptcy of June 7 th 1832 - and made oath - that the foregoing declaration of Hayman Bailey - is the true matters which at this distance of time he is inclined to believe of his relationship services; - He states that he knows - none of his associates in arms - who are now living by whom he can now prove his services as stated in his declaration; - that it has been upwards of forty five years since he removed from Newbury - when he was there until he was in service, - and does not know of any one now living by whom he can make positive proof of his service. -
John his Calum Mark

I James M. Kiseck Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Hayman Baily & John Coulon were duly sworn in open Court to the foregoing affidavits at our February May Term 1833 of said Court, and that the said Hayman Baily and John Coulon are men of good standing in society, and they are entitled to full credit upon their oaths,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Shelbyville this Seventh of May A. D. 1833 Jas. M. Kiseck C.

Revolutionary Claims.
What regiment did capt Chapman belong to Col Bradley's
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 30 Oct 1829.
John Culver — of ————— in the county of Bedford — in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private ————— in captain Chapman — 's company, in the fifth regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. F. A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 31 st October 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to ————— in the ————— It further appears that John Culver ————— not is now on the pension list of the  any ————— agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of John Culver cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued. It appears from the Register of Muster of the Connecticut line that a man by the name of John Culver enlisted in Colo Bradley's Regt of said line, on the 1 st July 1780 for 6 months (correct) John H. ...

Rec 23 Dec 1829.
This day came before me Jeremiah Dias an acting justice of the peace for the county of Bedford in the state of Tennessee, John Culver of said county a soldier of the revolution & made oath that the herein after statement in addition to the before statements before made relative to his revolutionary claim is just & true -
Viz. That John Culver whose enlistment for six months as referred to by the sec y of the treasury in his communication to him of the 2 d Nov. 1829. was a cousin of this deponent & enlisted for the period thus specified but this deponent enlisted for and during the war and continued in the service till its termination and received his discharge after peace was made, at White Plains. That he belonged to the Artillery - and that he with others had previously applied for a discharge, having then been absent from home for five years in service without seeing his connections but was refused a discharge on the ground that he had enlisted for & during the war & in consequence thereof was not discharged till its  the close. Deponent knows of no person living by whom he can prove a discharge - and the discharge was lost as specified in his former statement. - sworn to before me -
John Culver
Jeremiah Dias J.P.

An amendment to the declaration of Mr. Culver made at August term 1832 of Bedford county Court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County John Culver (who subscribed and was qualified to the declaration above alluded to) who after being sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear posit- ively to the precise periods of the war when he served; but to the best of his recollection, his first term of two years that he served commenced in the month of October, as set forth in the accompanying declaration, and in the year 1776 and after the expiration of said two years he enlisted immediately for three years or during the war and to the best of his recollection at this time, he was discharged in the month of November 1781 shortly after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and he is pretty certain he served not less than five years in the Revolutionary army. Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of January 1832.
John Culver Mark
William Mayhew J.P.

State of Tennessee Bedford County
I James W. Kisicki clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of said County do hereby certify that William Murphy Esq r before whom John Culver was qualified to the foregoing amended declaration, is now and was at the time of qualifying him thereunto an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of Bedford County Court at office this 9 th day of January 1832
J. W. Kisicki Clerk

Columbia, Jan. May 8 th 1833
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
England I returned the Mitigation of John Cullen for a Pension, with the best additional testimony of services, which it is in his power to produce - He is my peer, is a man of excellent character and is universally reported to have services as he has declared. It is impossible for him to produce direct testimony of his services. - I stated myself that the proof now forwarded may be satisfactory.
I am Very Respectfully
Yr Abt. Servt.
James M. Falkner

Canandaigua - N.Y. Aft June 2 nd 1853.
Sir;
Herewith is presented the claim of Sarah Cuber dec d widow of John - under the act of 7 th July 1838.
No record evidence testimony can be found, of the marriage in this case - and all the oral testimony in existence so far as can be discovered is now adduced by the affidavits of her two Brothers -
These affidavits show clearly that it is hoped satisfactorily the marriage relation, to have subsisted, and the birth of children previous to the year 1794.
Very respectfully.
Your Obedt. Servt.
L. M. Drury
Hon L. P. Waldo -
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

STATE OF MARYLAND, OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, ANNAPOLIS.
Feby 4, 1907
The Commissioner of Pensions: Wash., D.C.
13680
Sir: For the purpose of completing my records for a family history, I have the honor to request the following data from your Department:
In the Archives of Penna. vol. 23, p 570 (3 rd series), in a list of names of Pennsylvanians residing in the state of Tennessee, who have been inscribed on the pension list under the Act passed June 7, 1832, appears the name of John Culver , of Bedford Co., Tenn., Pvt., P.L. — date June 1, 1833.
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of such data as may have been filed with this pensioner's application which will show his date of birth, place of nativity, parents and other relatives as may be mentioned in his papers — in fact, all data that will fully identify the man?
Thanking you, I have the honor to be Yours respectfully,
Frank B. Culver

American Bonding Co.
Baltimore Md. 3/28/10
The Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Sir: Please furnish me the military service record in the Revolutionary War of one John Culver, who served in New Jersey and possibly Conn. militia, was pensioned from Penna., 1832, and later resided in Tennessee.
He married in North (or South) Carolina and names of his wife and children are desired, together with any available data of record concerning them.
Respectfully,
Frank B. Culver

Piper City, Illinois December 5, 1930
Bureau of Pensions Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Are the original applications of the following named soldiers of the Revolutionary War on file in your department. If so I desire to know what appears thereon: age, notes, or other data.
I am related to the Culvers through my mother and thank you very much for this information if you have such.
1 John Culver pensioned in Bedford county, Tennessee for service as a private in Pennsylvania line; placed on roll June 1, 1833; pension commenced March 4, 1831; aged 71 years; born 1760
Reference for John Culver - H. H. Shunk, archivist, Pennsylvania State Library. Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolution, Volume 2, page 287.
✓ 2. Joseph Culver Ensign 4 th Company, 4 th battalion county of Berks, Pennsylvania Militia, enlisted May 17, 1777 Pennsylvania archives, Volume 14, page 268
Very truly yours,
[Miss] Helen Culbertson.

TELEPHONE SYCAMORE 7473 (CINCINNATI DIRECTORY)
DR. J. CULVER HARTZELL CEDAR COTTAGE MADISONVILLE ROAD BLUE ASH, OHIO June 13, 1929.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir-
Supplemental to my communication of the 8th inst.
From the Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 14: - John Culver - Private. 1st Battalion, County of Northampton Militia, under Captain Casper Greenmayer and Lt. Col. Henry Geiger. Enlisted 20 November, 1781. (Incorrectly entered in the Archives as John Coller, but correctly given in U.S. Pension Rolls).
Can you tell me when and where this John Culver was born, and when and where he died? I think he was born at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, N.J., and died at Horseheads, N.Y. Schooley's Mountain is only a few miles from the Pennsylvania line, Northampton County.
Respectfully,
J. Culver Hartzell, M.D.
H/J

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
R. 2573
Rev.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Culver , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Essex Co. Court House, N.J. Oct. 76 2 yrs. William Reynolds Butter + Lee  James  Jersey  4 P. Regular  or Continental  57  or Continental    White Plains 3 yrs. Pvt. Chapman Lee  
He died Nov 14 1781 at White Pl.
Battles engaged in, Bayonet mount  White Plains  Short Hills  Springfield + Fairfield . Residence of soldier at enlistment, Essex Co. N.J. Date of application for pension, Aug. 7, 1832. Residence at date of application, Bedford Co., Tenn. Age at date of application, B. 1762 in Morris Co. N.J.
Leis Legion 100 N.J.
Remarks: Sol. mar. Guilford Co., N.C. 1786 1787 Sarah Bailey He died Nov. 23, 1836. Wif. died Oct. 23, 1843 leaving following children:
George Culver (B 1788) Nathan Culver Charity Cook John Culver Sarah Anglin (B 1781) Benj. Culver Susan Jones, Raymond, Samuel, Edith Anglin Simeon, + Fanny Campbell - Culver
20581b3m11-05 after Rev. moved to Md & left 185. 1858 there in Guilford Co. N.C. & 1858 & Jan 1796 res Co in Ten & gr
Commissioner.

Rec'd Division.
March 31, 1910.
Mr. Frank B. Culver, American Bonding Co. Baltimore, Md.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated and received the 22 d instant, you are advised that you were furnished the record of John Culver, R.File No. 2573 described in said letter, on February 13, 1907, and it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such certificate to any person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1912 Wars Section AWF/eel
June 19, 1929
Dr. J. Culver Hartzell Cedar Cottage, Madisonville Road Blue Ash, Ohio
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2573, it appears that John Culver was born in 1762, in Morris County, New Jersey.
While residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in October, 1776, and served two years in Captain William Reynolds' Company, Colonels Butler's and Lee's Regiments, He was in the battle of White Plains, where wounded by a bayonet, and battles of Short Hills, and  enlisted Jan 1777 2 yrs Springfield, and in an engagement at Morristown; after  Par which he enlisted and served in Captain Chapman's Company, Colonel Lee's Regiment, was in the battle of Fairfield, and was discharged November 14, 1781, having served three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Bedford, County, Tennessee. after Rev. moved to No. d. Union Co. Bedford Tn n.c. alt

3000 10 th 1880 He died November 23, 1836.
The soldier married in 1786 or 1787, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Sarah Bailey. Pa She died October 23, 1843, leaving the following children: George Culver, born about 1788; Nathan or Nathaniel Culver; Charity Cook; John Culver; Sarah Anglin; who was fifty-five years old in 1851, and residing in Bedford County, Tennessee; Benjamin Culver; Susan Jones; Haymond Culver; Samuel Culver; Edith Anglin; Simeon Culver; and Fanny Campbell.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.