Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,562, John Cullins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
or Collins, John Collins. Jane
R. 2562
CONTENTS

Let 69 S. Armstrong, Pa. Apt. Mar 5. 1836
John Cullens, his widow, claimed a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, which was rejected. See letter to Hon. J. L. Harmer Feb. 20. 1839. let to Hon. Cave Johnson Feb 24 '46
1,876
Admitted File No 10513
Ohio
John Cullens
Private in Captain Foreman's company of the U.S. Army
Ratio of disability, Total
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st January 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of May 1835 and sent to Hon. R. Mitchell, Zanesville Ohio
  Arrears to 4th of March '35,  113.06    Semi-annual acct ending 1 st Sept. '35,  48.00     $161.06  
Act of the 3 rd March 1835 - Record. Book D. Vol. 10. p. 3 By D. Brown Clerk

Memorial of John Collins
January 27 1834 Ref d to the Committee on Rev. Pensions
Feb. 1. 1834
Ref. to Com. on Rev. Pens.
Feb. 14. 1834 - Bill N o 304
Rev. Pens. Disch d to Rev. Pens. Mitchell 107. Pens.

To the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
Your Memorialist John Collins of Millersburg County Ohio respectfully represents that in the month of August 1777 your Memorialist, then a resident of Hampshire County Virginia volunteered under Captain William Foreman at said Hampshire County & marched to Pittsburgh & joined the troops then under the command of General Hand. There by order of Genl. Hand your Memorialist with said Company marched to Wheeling & was placed under the command of General Shelby. After performing duty at Wheeling a few weeks, your Memorialist was one of a party of forty six men on a scouting party under command of Captain Foreman & some other officers, marched to the Fort on Green Creek & on their return were attacked by a party of Indians, by whom the greater part of the party were cut off, and in this action your Memorialist was wounded by a ball which broke his right leg in such a manner that he has never since that time recovered the full use of it; That in consequence of said wound your Memorialist has been lame from that time has suffered severe pain in his limb & has been wholly unable to pursue any laborious occupation.

Your memorialist further represents that he is in the seventy sixth year of his age, that he is in needy circumstances and requires the assistance of his country. He therefore prays that by a special act of Congress some provision may be made for his relief. & your petitioner will ever pray &c
John Cullins
The State of Ohio Muskingum County § Before the Subordinate Justice of the Peace of said County personally appeared the above named John Cullins & made oath in due form of law that all the facts stated in the foregoing memorial are true. Given under my hand & seal this 8th day of January 1835
David Thompson Justice of the Peace

X 4319 Jane Cullens of John Ohio
Hn. J. L. Hanes H. D. H.

State of Ohio — Muskington County 3/4 On this fourth day of February 1839. personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County afore- -said Jane Cullens , a resident of Ohio, in the County of Muskington, aged seventy seven years , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the fol- -lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- -vision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838. entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows". That she is the widow of John Cullens who was private in the revolutionary army, was under the com- -mand of Captain Forreman , in the battle with the Indians at the mouth of Crape Creek Virginia, in which battle he had his leg broke by a ball from the enemy, after which he was in General Washington army as a private but whether he was a volunteer or a regular, applicant can not at this time recollect, but that he obtained a regular discharge therefrom, which discharge applicant has often seen but at this time does not know by whom it was given Believes her husband joined the service in Hampshire County Virginia; does not now recollect of any battles he was in except as above stated; does not recollect the names of any of the officers under whom he served except as above stated, but believes that there are sufficient evi- -dence on file in the house of representatives, on which my husband was placed on the pension list. Has no other documentary evidence in support of her claim. Applicant further declares, that she was married to the said John Cullens either in the year of 1783 or 1784 but is uncertain which of the years. That her hus- -band the said John Cullens died on the fifteenth day

day of September 1837. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January. Seventeen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me — W. Blackson Associate Judge John his X Collins mark
I William Blackson one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Muskingum, do certify, that the above named applicant, from age and bodily infirmity cannot attend the Court, given under my hand the day and year above written. W. Blackson Associate Judge
State of Ohio Muskingum County } ss Personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Henry Collins who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that he was present with John Collins the husband of the said applicant, and that he died on the fifteenth day of September 1837. Sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of February 1839 Henry Collins W. Blackson Associate Judge
State of Ohio Muskingum County } ss Personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Muskingum Joseph P. Owens who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that John Collins the husband of the applicant, died on the fifteenth day of September 1837 in Muskingum County. Sworn to and subscribed this eighth day of Feb y 1839 Joseph Owens William Blackson Associate Judge

State of Ohio Muscungum County Before me came the the certain named applicant Jane Cullens, who on her oath, further deposes, that when she was married to John Cullens, there were no marriage license procured, for this reason they were published three times in church and further saith not sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of February 1839 before me W. Blackson Associate Judge Jane in Cullens mark
The State of Ohio Muscungum County I, E. T. Loox Clerk of the court of common pleas in for said county do hereby certify that Mr. Blackson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was administered, was at the time the same, was taken, an acting Associate Judge of the court of common pleas in for said county, duly commissioned and qualified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said court of common pleas at Zanesville, this ninth day of Febru- ary A.D. 1839 E. T. Loox Clerk By Saml. S. Bor, Deputy Clerk.

October 15, 1936
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BA-J/MCS John Cullins, R. 2562
Mrs. J. C. Pattenger P.O.Box 207 Newell, West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldier, John Cullins of Hampshire County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R.2562, based upon the disability incurred by John Cullins during service in the Revolutionary War.
While living in Hampshire County, Virginia, John Cullins volunteered in August, 1777, as private with the Virginia troops under Captain William Foreman; in an engagement with the Indians on September 28, 1777, at the narrows of Grave Creek in Virginia he had his right leg broken by a rifle ball.
He married in 1783 or 1784 in Hampshire County, Virginia, Jane Beatty, the daughter of George Beatty of that county.
In 1832 John Cullins was living in Muskingum County, Ohio, with his son whose name was not given.
On account of disability resulting from the wound noted above, John Cullins was pensioned from January 1, 1834. He was then aged seventy-five years.
He died September 15, 1837.
On February 4, 1839, his widow, Jane Cullins, a resident of Muskingum County, Ohio, aged seventy-seven years, applied for pension. Her claim was not allowed as John Cullins rendered less than six months military service which was the minimum length of service required by the pension law to entitle her to pension.

One Henry Cullins stated that he was present when the soldier, John Cullins, died but did not give his relationship to him. One Isaac Beatty was living in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1832, but it was not stated that he was related to the widow. There are no further data relative to the family of John Cullins.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Jane H. Cullens Ohio
Rejected
See let 20 Feb; 1839 No. 9. L. Warner
servant kept there six months.
2562
Act 7 July 1838

JOHN CULLINS.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 204.]
————— FEBRUARY 24, 1834. —————
Mr. CHILTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the petition of John Cullins, report:
The memorialist states, that in the month of August, in the year 1777, while a resident of Hampshire county, Virginia, he volunteered under Captain William Foreman; marched to Pittsburg, and joined the troops under the command of General Hand. Then marched to Wheeling, where he remained some weeks; and from thence, in company with a scouting party, commanded by Captain Foreman, marched to Grave creek, and on their return to Wheeling were attacked by a body of Indians, and in the engagement memorialist had his right leg broken by a ball; the most of the party being cut off. That his leg has been disabled from that time to the present, and he has been prevented from obtaining a subsistence by any kind of labor. He further states that he is in his seventy-sixth year of age, and very poor and needy. This memorial is sworn to before a justice of the peace, and duly certified; but the justice says nothing of the credibility of the memorialist.
John Green states, on oath, that the morning after the engagement with the Indians, near Grave creek, he was passing up the Ohio with a boat, and that the memorialist was brought to his boat and put on board, with his leg broken, and that it was said to have been done in the engagement. The certifying magistrate says nothing of Green's credibility. The same witness, Green, has made a second affidavit, in which he states that he knew Cullins at Wheeling, while in the service, and speaks more particularly of the Indian battle and the wound, but evidently from rumor, except as to the condition of the man, when he found him at the battle ground, on the day after the battle. Nothing is said in the certificate appended to his second affidavit concerning his credibility.
Catherine Pettit states, on oath, that she was acquainted with the memorialist; and that some time in the last of September, 1777 or 1778, he belonged to Captain Foreman's company, which was stationed at Wheeling, Virginia, and that, in an engagement with the Indians, they broke his leg, and that she attended to him, furnishing him with provisions, &c. She does not state whether she had a personal knowledge of the manner

of the wound being inflicted, or whether it was from rumor that she obtained her information. Nothing is said in the certificate of either the justice or clerk of the credibility of the witness.
James Callahan, Isaac Beaty, and Benjamin Stage, severally swear that they are well acquainted with the memorialist, and with his circumstances; that they have known him for nine years past, and his entire property does not exceed one hundred and ten or fifteen dollars; that they believe him to be about seventy-five years old.
D. W. Rhodes, surgeon and physician, certifies, on oath, that the memorialist appears to have been injured by a gun shot in the right leg, the wound commencing three or four inches above the ankle joint, fracturing both bones, and ranging upwards, and passing out three or four inches above its entrance, on the opposite side of the leg, thereby carrying away the principal part of the bloodvessels and nerves; and the bones having reunited in such a manner as to produce considerable projection and crookedness. He thinks the memorialist has been disabled from the time of receiving the wound, and that it should be considered total disability .
Doctor Robert Mitchell, a member of Congress, of this committee, certifies that he considers the disability total . He describes the wound as in the foregoing certificate of Rhodes. And now the question to be decided is, whether or not the proof of service, and the infliction of the wound, while in service, is satisfactory or not. It appears that nearly all the persons engaged in the battle were killed, which might account for the fact, that no testimony is adduced to prove that the wound was actually received in the service, besides the statement of the memorialist, and the rumor of the day. Nothing is said on the subject of the application being so long postponed, nor why it has not been made at the Pensioning Department. On a view of the whole case, the committee are of opinion that the prayer of the memorialist should be granted, and that eight dollars per month should be allowed him, commencing on the 1st January, 1834. Doctor Mitchell, of the committee, certifies that the memorialist, and his witnesses, are highly credible. They report a bill.

Enclosed are papers sent to me by the Hon. R. Mitchell of Youngs- -ville Ohio.
Respectfully H. L. Hamer
July 12 th 39

Wm. T. L. Hamer
Feby 20 th 1839
OC

War Dept. Pen Offin Feb 20. 1889
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Jane Collins widow of John Collins did have been examined. Her husband was allowed a pension on account of a wound received in 1867 while in service as a volunteer militia man of Virginia. The service was less than six months, and the act of 7 July 1838 does not provide for any widows whose husbands did not perform that length of service. The claim has consequently been rejected and the papers filed in this office.
Hon: T. L. Hamer, N. R.
4319 act 7 July 1838

Payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Cincinnati
by the First Natl. U. S. Br. Bk.
No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate.
Registered in Book D.
Vol. 10 - Page 3 - by
D. Brown Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Invalid Pension.
I certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 3 d of March 1835 ————— John Gullens ————— late a Private in the Army of the United States ————— is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio, ————— Agency, at the rate of Eight ————— dollars per month, to commence on the first ————— day of January ————— one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of May ————— one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Lucas
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pension.

Tanersville Ohio Jan'y 8 th 1834 Having been called upon by John Collins to examine his disability
Do hereby certify that he appears to have been injured by a Gun shot wound in the right leg. The ball having entered from the out side three or four inches above the ankle joint fracturing both bones. The tibia obliquely upwards & passing out on the inner side 3 or 4 inches above its entrance thereby carrying away the principal blood vessels & nerves. The bones having united with a considerable proportion of the tibia crooked up, & about one inch shortening of the limb. I further am of opinion that the above disability as stated has existed since he received the wound & so great as to have prevented his obtaining his support by bodily labour & therefore total. When the wound was received the limb must have been in a state of flexion
D. W. Rhodes Surgeon & Physician
The State of Ohio } ss. Before me appeared one of the above attested John Collins } s.s. Before me appeared one of the above Justices of the peace in and for said county. Personally appeared Doct. D. W. Rhodes. and after being duly qua- lified according to law. Deposited and saith, above facts in his affidavit are true as stated to the best of his knowledge and belief — Given under my hand & seal 8 Jan'y 1834
D. W. Rhodes Surgeon of the Peace

State of Ohio Muskingum County Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace of Wayne Township in the aforesaid County John Green Sen r who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with John Collins your Petitioner that the first of our acquain- tance was in the year 1777 in the month of September of said year at which time I was ascending the Ohio in a boat of which I had the Command we stopped at the Harmons of Grave Creek on the Ohio the day after the Indians had surprised a Company of Volunteers commanded by Capt n Wm. Furman which Company was nearly all slain there being among the rest in which Engagement John Collins was wounded and one of his legs was broken and had lain all night under a log on the hill he was brought down and put on board of my boat in which I conveyed him the said Collins to Pittsburg and further the Deponent saith not
John Green Sen r
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of January 1834 James Reeve J Peace

M c Cullen Sh - Act
4 May 1835
Pension Office
act March 3. 1835.
$8 per month Com d 1 st Jan. 1834. Ohio Invalid Roll. -
Send Cert to.
Hon R. Mitchell
Zanersville
Ohio.

Read 4 May
Louisville April 28. 1835
Hon: Lewis Cass
Sir I am requested by Mr. John Cullen to ask the favour of you to transmit to me his certificate, that he might be enabled to draw his pension - in conformity to an act of Congress passed last Session and approved on the third March last
with which I am Your humble
servt N. Mitchell

Decy 1838.
State of Virginia, Hampshire County. To wit.
This day Sarah Parker, widow of Benjamin Parker decd., aged seventy two years, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the said county, and made oath, that, some time in the year 1783 or 1784, she was present when John Bulkins was married, in the said county, to Jane Beatty, the daughter of George Beatty, of said county, by the Revd Job Parker of said county.
Given under my hand the day & year first above written John Sloan
Virginia Hampshire County ss.
I John B White Clerk of the Court of the said county do hereby certify that John Sloan is a justice of the peace as above and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said county this 10 day of December 1838
John B. White

John Collins aff c of poverty

The State of Ohio Muskingum County p
Before me personally came James Callahan, Isaac Beatty and Benjamin Stage and severally make oath that they are well acquainted with John Collins of Muskingum County Ohio, and with his circumstances as to property, that they have lived in his neighborhood for the last nine years and that they have never known him to have owned any land during that time and that the whole amount of his personal property is  has not at  any one  this time amounted to more than one hundred and ten or fifteen Dollars, and that they believe him to be now about seventy five years of age, that he is now living with his son who is also in low circumstances as to property that they are well convinced that he has not alienated any property for the purpose of impoverishing himself to entitle him to the favorable consideration of Congress and further each not his James Callahan Sworn to and subscribed mark before me this 22 d February Isaac Beatty 1832. — Benjamin Stage
Thomas Flood J. D. L. A.

Feb, 7 4. 1833
It is hereby certified, That John Collins a soldier, in the Company, commanded by Captain Townsend, in the Indian War is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service of the United States, and in the line of his duty the by receiving a musket or rifle ball in his leg, which broke the same - By satisfactory evidence and accurate ex- amination, it appears that on the 28 th day of September in the year 1777 being engaged in battle with the enemy at or near a place called Grove Creek in the State of Virginia, he received a musket or a rifle ball in his right leg which fractured both bones obliquely separating the principle nerves and some of the muscles, the Union of the fracture was bad, producing permanent lameness and total disability
and he is thereby, not only incapacitated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labour, sworn to and subscribed
before me Sam l Thompson Justice of the Peace
Robt. Hetchell J. W. Rhoades

I Samuel Thompson a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Muskingum, do certify that Robert Mitchell are reputable in their professions Sam l Thompson Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid John Collins who being duly sworn on the law directs, do depose & say that he whilst engaged in a battle with the Indians on the 28 of September 1872 at a place called the Narrows of Grace creek in the State of Virginia under the command of Capt. Foreman, he had his leg broke by a musket or rifle ball, which wound disables him from manual labour hereon to and subscribed this 4 th day of February 1833 John Collins
Sam l Thompson Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio, Muskingum County } I Robert Wilson Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel Thompson Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace as within named, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. -
For Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Zanesville the fifth day of February A.D. 1833.
Robert Wilson Jr. Clerk.
I am acquainted with the Physicians, Doctors Rhodes & Mitchell, who have made the foregoing certificates - Doctor Rhodes is a highly respectable Physician - Doctor Mitchell is the Representative in the next Congress from that District Wm. W. Brim

Lancaster, O
Dec. 31st, 1831.
This is to certify that we have been acquainted with John Collins for many years and that we believe him to be an honest man and a worthy citizen. We have ever understood that he was a brave soldier and a friend to his country.
The M rs Flood Attorneys
James Raguet
Hosca Woodruff
D r Del Knap
Michael Huber
Sam Gorney
Sam Sullivan
A H Woodruff
Hezekiah Blunt
David Arison
J. H. Keith.

Before me James Reeve a Justice of the Peace for Wayne Township Muskingum County State of Ohio; Personally appeared John Green who being duly Sworn according to law; deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with John Collins in that he the S d Green was at Wheeling in the year 1747 at the time when the Collins was wounded that the said Collins was a volunteer under Captain Foreman and joined the Regiment under General Hand who was stationed at Wheeling at that time that about the 27 th of Septem r of the same year the said Collins being on a Scout Commanded by the said Capt n Foreman was attacked by the Indians at the narrows of Grave Creek and were defeated in which Engagement the said Collins was wounded by a shot which broke his leg that he the said Green arrived at the Battle ground the next morning after the Engagement where they were burying the dead that he enquired if there was no one left to to give an account of the Battle that he was informed that there was one man on the hill that was wounded and was alive and had been there all night which man proved to be this said John Collins in that he was conveyed to Wheeling and that he the S d Green took him from Wheeling to Pittsburgh in his Boat after his leg was broken; and further this deponent saith not Sworne and Subscribed John Green seon before me this 6 th day of January 1831
James Reeve Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio, Muskingum County ss. I John Willson Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Reave before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof an acting justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Muskingum, duly commis- sioned & qualified to whose official acts as such full faith & credit ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Zanesville the eleventh day of January A.D. 1831
John Willson Jr. Clerk By Chas. Atton Dep.

The State of Ohio Before me John S. Putman an Athens County Justice of the Peace of said County Personally appeared before me Catharine Pettit who being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and saith that she was acquainted with John Collins and some time in the last of September in 1777. or 1778 said John Collins belonged to the Company of William Howe- man and said Company was stationed at Wheeling Va and said Collins was wounded by the Indians that is they broke his leg and said Catharine Pettit attended to him by giving him Whestals at that time and further this deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of December A.D. 1830 her Catharine Pettit mark John S. Putman S d Seal
The State of Ohio Athens County ss I Henry Battell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that John S. Putman before whom the above Affidavit was made was on the tenth day of December instant & now is a Justice of the Peace in the County of said acting under the authority of this State & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Official Seal at Athens the Eleventh day of December A.D. 1830 Henry Battell Clerk

Rev War
10513
INVALID.
1936, Oct. 12. Hist. to Mrs. J. Y. Pittenger, Mels.
File No. 10,5-13
John Collins Dis. No. 8 Army
Act: March 30 35
Index:—Vol. A , Page 85-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

H. R. 304
John Collins
Committee on Pensions

2562
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Jane Cullens
Service: Widow
John Cullens
Enlisted: Revolution _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Conident Deaver Spnt
P.O. Box 207 Newell, W. Va.
August 15, 1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. —
conident 8/20/36
Do you have
701 record of a pension granted to John Collins (Allen & Collins) , who petitioned Congress while he was living in Muskingum Co., Ohio?
Tradition has it that he was seriously injured while serving on an expedition from Brownsville, Pa., against the Indians. He was with Col. Pomeroy.
May I have please, any records of this veteran that you have on file, also, was his widow pensioned?
Thanking you for help you have given me in the past, I am, Yours very truly Mrs. L. G. Pattenget.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
1774 to 1881, page 265--
Report on the Petition of John Cullins .
Committee on Invalid Pensions. February 14, 1834.
Reports of Committees, No. 268, 23d Cong., 1st sess., Vol. II. 2, pt., 8vo.
Recommends allowance of pension to petitioner; Bill reported.
UNITED STATES STATUTES-AT-LARGE
Private Acts from 1789 to March, 1845
Statute II. March 3, 1835.
To be placed on pension roll.
CHAP. LXXIX.--An Act for the relief of John Cullins, a soldier of the revolutionary war.
Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to place the name of John Cullins , of the State of Ohio, on the invalid pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and to continue during his said Cullins's natural life.
APPROVED, March 3, 1835
page 612, Chap. 79, 23d Cong., 2d sess.
From the Historical Library, October 5, 1936.
Georgia L. Clark GEORGIA L. CLARK, Librarian.

August 29, 1936.
BAHB 801
Mrs. J. G. Pittenger, P.O. Box 207, Newell, W. Va.
801 CULLINS, John H
Dear Madam:
In reply to your communication of August 15, 1936, you are informed that a careful search in the files of the Veterans Administration fails to identify any pension claim based on the service of John Cullins, (Cullen or Culling).
By direction,
GEO. R. CASSIDY, Acting Chief Clerk.
AC:ES
File in 801 files
AUG 29 1936
INDEX

MRS. J. G. PITTENGER P. O. BOX 207 NEWELL, W. VA.
Sept 29 1936.
Mr. George R. Cassidy, Chief Clerk, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:- Referring to your letter of August 29, 1936, File Reference, BAHB 806, Cullins, John
In Thwaite and Kellogg's "Frontier History", I find John Cullins who enlisted in Hampshire Co., Va., (now W. Va.) at age of 19. He was sent to Red Stone Old Fort at Brownsville, Pa. for service. Was sent from there by

Col Shepherd to to resist an Indian attack on Ft. Henry (now Wheeling). Capt Foreman was in charge of the expedition. Collins was permanently disabled in this attack and petitioned Congress for a pension while living in Muskingum Co., Ohio. Petition No. 2 E 67. no rec Rev. War 10/6/36 obs
He is also named a pensioner in "Pension Records of U.S., 1835."
Will you please have another search made for which I thank you very kindly! This soldier is my grandfather five lines removed. Very truly yours,
(Mrs. H.) Eula M. Pittinger