Capt. James Culbertson

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Husband Capt. James Culbertson ¹

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         Father: "Irish" Robert Culbertson (Bef 1722-1762/1763) 2
         Mother: Margaret Breckenridge (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James Culbertson

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Capt. James Culbertson moved [from Pennsylvania] to [Staunton,] Virginia, before the Revolution.
He was commissioned 2nd Lieut, in the 9th Va. Line Regt. Mar. 16, 1776. Capt. Lt. Nov. 17, 1776, transferred to 1st Va. Line Sept. 14, 1778, and Capt. 5th Va. Line, Feb. 12, 1781. In his will he states he was Commissary, Quartermaster and Forage Master to Pulaski's Legion for which he says he was not paid. Also that he was Commissary for the prisoners stationed at Staunton, of Burgoyne's Army for which he was not paid. He was given a bounty land warrant by the government of 4000 acres of Military Land north of the Ohio River, near the mouth of the Miami river, but he willed all of this to his various creditors. He willed the balance of his property, if any (there was none) to his brothers and sisters: Robert, Molly, Ann and Margaret of Sherman's Valley, Perry Co., Pa. His brother, Thomas, was not named in the will. Robert was named one of the executors. Will made in April, 1788; probated June, 1788.

1 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 248.

2 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 133, 248.