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JOSEPH CULBERTSON AND HIS DESCENDANTS

Compiled By: James H. Culbert
Last Revised: 23 Dec 2008

An unnamed CULBERTSON emigrated from Scotland to Ireland between 1665 and 1690 with two of his brothers.  He settled in Ballygan, County Antrim, Ireland, and called his settlement "CULBERTSON's Row."  This unnamed CULBERTSON died in Ireland.  Two unnamed sons of this unnamed CULBERTSON are mentioned in the Culbertson book lrc, however other researchers have suggested the names of Joseph and William for these sons, and this is how they are given below.

2. William CULBERTSON also lived and died in "CULBERTSON's Row, Ireland." lrc2  He and his wife had:
    2.1 John CULBERTSON; (d. Ireland)  John settled in Ballywalter c. 1720 lrc2
      2.1.1 John CULBERTSON lrc2
      2.1.2 Hugh CULBERTSON lrc2
    2.2 ? CULBERTSON; (d. Ireland) [See Bulaughmore, County Tyrone Family.] lrc2
Notes

Except as otherwise noted, the foregoing was provided in Jan 2002 by Carol in Washington State.  [Email: Carol99 at aol.com]  Her ancestors were [1.2.1.2.2.3] Polly LINDSAY and Louis COOPER, who moved from Kentucky to Oregon.

The BRECKENRIDGE family mentioned here was found early on in Massachusetts, then went to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  Some were found later in the Carolinas & Kentucky.  There was also a branch in Virginia. lind

Note 1 In a copy of Lewis R. Culbertson's 1893 book, borrowed from the Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, [book ref. number: CS 71 C967 1893; bar code: 30372 0061 8561 2] on page 317-318 under Family Records penciled into this particular book, I found the following descendants of Alexander or Samuel:

    1. John Dickey CULBERTSON, Jr.; (d. Mar 1942); m. 1908, Wheeling, West Virginia, Viola WHEELER; (d. Jul 1921). [ref. Culbertson Book, No. 225, p. 114]  They had:
      1.1 Harlow Wheeler CULBERTSON; (b. 1910); m. (1st), Jun 1934, Elizabeth LIGGETT.  They had no children and divorced 18 May 1946.  Harlow m. (2nd), 30 May 1946, Cora Marsh TRACEY.  They had:
        1.1.1 Stephanie TRACEY CULBERTSON; (b. 25 Dec 1938)
      1.2 John Dickey CULBERTSON, III; (b. 1913); m. Mary RICHARDS.  They had 3 children, including:
        1.2.1 John Dickey CULBERTSON
        1.2.2 Tingle Woods CULBERTSON (female); (b. Aug 1946)
      1.3 Viola Tingle CULBERTSON; (b. 1921); m. Enos T. GREER, Jr.  They had 1 child.

agaf Laurence R. Guthrie, 1933, American Guthrie and Allied Families, reprinted 1985.

alex Alexander BRECKENRIDGE; early 1700s, emigrated from Ireland to America with siblings James, Martha, and William; 1735-36, founded Culbertson's Row, Franklin County, Pennsylvania with siblings James, Martha, and William; Alexander moved to Augusta County, Virginia; descendants then spread to the south & west from there.

arch Pennsylvania Archives.

djm Diana J. Muir [Email: dmuir at intelligented.com]  Last Contact: June 2002.

dl3 Dale Leppard [Email: clonfada at hotmail.com]  Last Contact: June 2002.

erie John Miller, 1909, A Twentieth Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, vol. II, biography of Andrew Augustus Culbertson, pp. 176-177.

hfc History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Part II, Chapter II, Pioneer Settlers.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Pioneer Settlers
"In Montgomery, as it now exists, was Philip DAVIS in 1737; James HARLAND and John DAVYRICH were his neighbors; in 1749 Thomas EVANS, with David ALEXANDER, John DAVIS and Aaron ALEXANDER as neighbors; in 1743, William MAXWELL, with John McLELLAND and Robert McCOY as neighbors; and in same year, Robert CULBERSON, with William and Thomas DINWIDDY and James GARDNER as neighbors."
"In Greene the oldest [land] warrant found was that of Joseph CULBERTSON in 1744. Alexander CULBERTSON had one dated 1749. Their neighbors at the time were John NEAL, William CARR, Reuben GILLESPIE, John STUMP. This settlement was known as CULBERTSON'S ROW."

hfc1 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Part II, Chapter III, Indian War.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Indian War
"At a meeting of the general committee of Cumberland County, convened by order of John POTTER, sheriff of the county, at the house of Edward SHIPPEN, October 30, 1755, at which eighteen persons (William ALLISON, John IRWIN, Alan HOOPS, James BURD, William SMITH, James MCCORMICK, Benjamin CHAMBERS, Robert CHAMBERS, H. ALEXANDER, John FINDLAY, John POTTER, Rev. Mr. BAY, John MUSHETT, Samuel REYNOLDS, Rev. John BLAIR, John SMITH, Alex CULBERTSON, John ARMSTRONG) including Col. Benjamin CHAMBERS, were present, it was resolved to build immediately five large forts, viz.: at Carlisle, Shippensburg, Col. CHAMBERS', Mr. STEELE's meetinghouse and William ALLISON, Esq.'s, in which the women and children were to be deposited, from which, on any alarm, intelligence was to be sent to the other forts.  It is thought to be doubtful whether this plan was executed in full."

hfc2 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Part II, Chapter III, Indian War.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Indian War
"April 5, 1756, McCord's Fort was burned and many inhabitants killed and captured by the Indians.  Immediately upon receipt of the news, Captain Alexander CULBERTSON, with a company of fifty men, set out in pursuit, and overtook them at Sidling Hill, where a serious contest ensued, in which Capt. CULBERTSON was slain.  So many were wounded, that a surgeon, living in Carlisle, was sent for, and even then much inconvenience was experienced.  Following is a list of killed and wounded: KILLED: Alexander CULBERTSON, Captain; John REYNOLDS, Ensign, Capt. CHAMBERS' Co.; William KERR; James BLAIR; John LAYSON; William DENNY; Francis SCOTT; William BOYD; Jacob PAYNTER; Jacob JONES; Robert KERR; William CHAMBERS; Daniel MCCOY; James ROBERTSON, tailor; James ROBERTSON, weaver; James PEACE; John BLAIR; Henry JONES; John MCCARTY; John KELLY; James LOWDER; WOUNDED: Abraham JONES; Francis CAMPBELL; William REYNOLDS; John BARNET; Benjamin BLYTH; John MCDONALD; Isaac MILLER, Ensign JAMIESON; William HUNTER; Matthias GANSHORN; William SWAILES."

hfc3 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Chapter IV, The Revolution.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: The Revolution
"In addition to the companies enumerated above, it is an established fact that there were companies of Captain James MCCONNELL, Captain William HUSTON, Captain Robert CULBERTSON, and Captain Conrad SCHNEIDER - four full companies - that were from what is now Franklin County.  These were recruited and all prepared to go to the front, but as they were among the last men enlisted, it is not positively known, nor are there any records by which the fact can be exactly stated, that they were ordered from the county and were in the field.  Possibly they did not really join the Colonial Army, and this may account for the absence of them on the army rolls."
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"In the early part of 1777, the first battalion of Cumberland County militia was formed; commanded by Colonel James DUNLAP.  The Lieutenant-Colonel was Robert CULBERTSON, of Franklin County.  In this battalion were three companies that were from what is now Franklin County - the companies of Captain Noah ABRAHAM of Path Valley; Captain Patrick JACK of Hamilton, and Captain Charles MACLAY of Lurgen."

hfc4 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Chapter IV, The Revolution.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: The Revolution
"The Sixth Battalion was mostly officered by Franklin County men, as follows: Colonel Samuel CULBERTSON; Lieutenant-Colonel John WORK; Major James MCCAMMONT (MCCALMONT); Adjutant John WILSON; Quartermaster Samuel FINLEY; Surgeon Richard BROWNSON."

hfc5 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., Publisher and John Morris Co., Printer, Chapter IV, The Revolution.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: The Revolution
"Company 3 in this battalion [6th?], was from Letterkenny Township, and the following officers: Captain Samuel PATTON; First Lieutenant John EATON; Second Lieutenant David SHIELDS; Ensign William RAMSEY.  A company No. 4 from Peters Township had the following: Captain James PATTON; First Lieutenant Thomas MCDOWELL; Second Lieutenant John WELSH; Ensign John DICKEY.  Company No. 5: Captain Joseph CULBERTSON; First Lieutenant John BARR, Second Lieutenant William CESSNA; Ensign Hugh ALLISON.  This company was from Lurgan Township."

jb Will of John BRACKENRIDGE, Southampton Township, yeoman, dated 9 Jun 1806, proven 21 Nov 1810.  Eldest son Andrew; sons John and Samuel; daughter Gennet intermarried with Benjamin JOHNSTON; to the children of daughter Sarah intermarried with Archibald MAHAN, i.e. Salley, John, Jean, and David; daughter Elizabeth intermarried with James HERRON; daughter Polley intermarried with James SHOOF; daughter Nancy intermarried with Robert CULBERTSON; son Culbertson BRACKENRIDGE.  Executors: Friend George JOHNSTON, and son Culbertson.  Witnesses: James BRACKENRIDGE, John HERRON, Joseph BRACKENRIDGE, and Martha BRACKENRIDGE, both of Southampton Township, sworn to the signature of their father James BRACKENRIDGE.  [Note: James BRACKENRIDGE witnessed the will 9 Jun 1806, but died 15 Jul 1809 before the will was proven.]  From: [Franklin County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (1784-1826), Book B, p 427. Viewed Nov 2002 at: ]

jhb John H. Boyd, possible descendant of 1.4 John BOYD, seen below.  [Email: JohnHBoyd at compuserve.com]  Last Contact: May 2002.

    1. Robert BOYD; (b.c. 1705, Scotland; d.c. 1760, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania); m.c. 1720, Elizabeth ? (b. 1686-1712; d. 1736-1800)
      1.1 Margaret BOYD; (b.c. 1723; d. aft. 1755); m. Alexander CULBERTSON; (b. 1721, Ireland; d. 21 Jun 1776, Isle Aux Noix, Canada)
      1.2 Jane BOYD; (b.c. 1724); m.c. 1740, John CRAIGHEAD (b.c. 1720; d. 20 Apr 1779, Franklin County, Pennsylvania)
      1.3 Agnes BOYD; (b.c. 1725)
      1.4 John BOYD (b.c. 1725, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. Mar 1770, Lurgan, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania); m.c. 1745, Mary ?; (b.c. 1725, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; d. 30 Jun 1778, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania)
      1.5 James BOYD; (b.c. 1726)
      1.6 Esther BOYD; (b.c. 1727)
      1.7 Samuel BOYD; (b.c. 1729)
      1.8 Mary BOYD; (b.c. 1730)

jk Marriages by John King, D.D., 1769-1812, Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Marriage Records

jl James LINDSAY, Jr. lived in Scott Co., Kentucky in 1804, at the time of his father's death.  James, Jr. inherited 100 pounds and was entitled to the residue of his father's estate, along with his 6 sisters, after 300 pounds was paid to his mother following the sale of land off the family tract on the east side adjoining land of John ANDREW, deceased.

jlj Another researcher provided the following information on James LINDSAY, Jr.:
(b. 20 Feb 1755, probably Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; d. 25 Jun 1833, Gallatin County, Kentucky; buried there).  His military service: #R6353 Virginia Line.  James served with Col. Robert PATTERSON in George Rogers CLARK Army in Kentucky.  20 Jun 1783, Vol 5, survey 1172, grant 1,000 acres on South Fork of Elkhorn, Bk 2-91.  1790, James's will gives to wife all of estate both real & personal.  The family is found on Woodford Co. Tax List; 1820 census, Fayette County, Kentucky; 1830 census, Gallatin County, Kentucky; Fayette County, Kentucky Court minutes.  James was one of founders of Lexington, Kentucky per various histories of Kentucky.  He lived along Steele's Run, Fayette County, Kentucky per Conovers in "Concerning Our Forefathers".  1832, Application for Revolutionary War Pension, Shelby County, Kentucky, states wife & 8 children.  Pension matters: Arthur PATTERSON states he is long acquainted with James; George STRATHER, clergyman, states he a man of good chararcter.  Will dated 6 Jun 1833, Witnesses: John B. FLOYD, William SMITH, and Issac FOSTER; Executors: wife, Kitty (Hetty?) LINDSAY & son, James LINDSAY; Probated: Oct Term Court, 1833, recorded Book D.  10 Sep 1834, Inventory of $2,429.75 includes 180 acres valued at $11 per acre, by Washington FLOYD, Baxter MAYFIELD, David FLOYD.  10 Nov 1834, Circuit Court, John B. FLOYD s-i-l appears on behalf of Hetty LINDSAY.  30 Dec 1835, Hetty states she saw name of her husband written in the Bible of his father, in possession of Col. Robt. PATTERSON in Ohio.  James HADEN of Franklin County, Kentucky makes affadavit that he fought under Col. PATTERSON with James in 1780.  Hetty, of Hawsville, Hancock County, Kentucky writes to L.L. EDWARDS, Commission of Pension, 28 Mar 1836, signed Hetty LINDSY(sic).  3 Jan 1839, John B. FLOYD, Milton post office, Trimble County, Kentucky writes that he has no further information on James' service & Mrs. LINDSAY is now dead.

km Jeannette Maxey  [Email: jsmaxey at direcway.com]  Last Contact: June 2004  Found at: Ancestry.com Culbertson Board post

km The Battle of Kings Mountain occurred on 7 Oct 1780.  The site is now Kings Mountain National Military Park, located in South Carolina near the North Carolina border.  Western mountain militiamen pursued a Loyalist force along what is now the Overmountain National Historic Trail, which now runs from Arlington, Virginia to Kings Mountain, who threatened the western settlements.  In no other instance did about one thousand frontiersmen come together to form a volunteer army.  Many of these men had Irish roots.  When British Colonel Patrick Ferguson sent word to this army that, unless they came to join him and the King, he would march over the mountains and hang every one of them, these frontiersmen decided to take matters into their own hands.  Their defeat of Ferguson's Loyalists began the decline of British domination during the American Revolution in the South.

karen Karen from Ohio  [Email: bschode at neo.rr.com]  Last Contact: June 2003.

km1 Kim Macklin  [Email: evankimjeff at yahoo.com]  Last Contact: Mar 2003.]

lajb Elizabeth BRACKENRIDGE, widow, renounces her right to administer on the estate of her husband and requests that letters be granted to her brother and brother-in-law.  Letters of Administration on the estate of James BRACKENRIDGE were granted to Joseph CULBERTSON and John BRACKENRIDGE, 7 Aug 1809.  Sureties: Henry REGES and Peter EBERLY.  From: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Will Abstracts (1784-1826), Book B, p. 373.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Estate of James BRACKENRIDGE

lind G.O. Seilhamer, 1909, "The Lindsay Family of Falling Spring, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania," Line of John Barnard LINDSAY.

lrc Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Second, Part First and Second, pp. 94-95.

lrc1 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Second, Part Second, p. 98.

lrc2 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Second, Part Sixth, pp. 225-227.

lrc3 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Second, Part Fourth, p. 163.

lrc4 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Second, Part Fifth, pp. 195-196.

lrc5 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Fifth, Part First, p. 259.

lrc6 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Fifth, Part Fifth, p. 263.

lrc7 Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1923, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families.

lrcw Dr. Lewis Rogers Culbertson, M.D., 1923, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families.  Samuel's will lists sons Samuel, John, Robert, Joseph, Alexander (who received one light blue suit coat of my own weaving), and daughters, Agnes LONG, Martha CULBERTSON, Joanna SHARP, Mary CULBERTSON, and Jennet GUTHRY.  In addition, he left son, James, the entire plantation, which was valued at about $70,000.

ml Margaret Lydum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  (A descendant of Samuel CULBERTSON, who was one of three brothers who emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania.)  Her GGgrandmother was Margaret Arminda CULBERTSON [#69 in Lewis R. Culbertson book, p. 112 lrc].  She has found descendants of Samuel's brother, John, in Brandywine, Pennsylvania.  [Email: bumkins at earthlink.net]  Last Contact: Apr 2002.

pa1 Class Roll of the Second Company, Fourth Battalion of the Cumberland County Militia, commanded by Colonel Samuel Culbertson, dated August 28, 1780.  Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, 1897, Wm. Henry Egle, M.D., Ed., Vol. 23, p. 708.

rspc Tombstone inscriptions from the Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church Yard, Letterkenney Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  From: William Henry Egle's "Notes and Queries," Fourth Series, Volume II, (1895), pp. 106-108, annotated from Franklin County (1784-1826) and Cumberland County (1750-1785) will bbstracts.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Tombstone Inscriptions
James BRACKENRIDGE; (b 1742; d. 15 Jul 1809)
Elizabeth BRACKENRIDGE, wife of James; (b. 1760; d. 19 May 1835)
Rebecca BRACKENRIDGE, wife of John; (b. 1810; d. 24 Dec 1839)
Culbertson BRACKENRIDGE; (b. 20 Mar 1773; d. 31 Dec 1832)
Mrs. Mary CULBERTSON, wife of Joseph and daughter of James FINLEY, Esq.; (b. 13 Jan 1781; d. 2 Apr 1817) [See: Robert Culbertson & His Descendants]
Sarah CULBERTSON; (b. 1800; d. 29 Mar 1875) [Relationship unknown]
John CULBERTSON; (b. 1803; d. 15 Mar 1861) [Relationship unknown]
William E. CULBERTSON; (b. 1838; d. 15 Aug 1865) [Relationship unknown]
Joseph CULBERTSON; (b. 16 Oct 1840; d. 16 Apr 1871) [Relationship unknown]

rspc2 Pewholders, Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, 1794, Letterkenney Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  From: "Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical: Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania," William Henry Egle, Fourth Series, Vol. 2, 1895, pp. 100-103.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Pewholders]
Pew #1 - Joseph CULBERTSON, Samuel CULBERTSON, John RHEA
[Note: John RHEA; (b. 17 Jan 1755, Chester County, Pennsylvania; d. 6 Feb 1829, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; bur. Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church cemetery) became a military General, and in 1806 married Elizabeth CULBERTSON, a granddaughter of Alexander CULBERTSON (1.1 in the above genealogy).] rwa
Pew #29 - Captain Alexander CULBERTSON, James REED, William TROTTER
Pew #31 - Samuel CULBERTSON (creek), Captain Robert CULBERTSON, Alexander MCCONNELL
Pew #50 - Oliver CULBERTSON, William GILL, Joseph SIVAN

rspc3 Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, Edifice Centennial Celebration, 1894, Letterkenney Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Parts I and II.  Viewed Nov 2002 at: Church History I and Church History II

rwa RootsWeb Adair Message Board post, with subject "Robert Adair, b.c. 1760, Dromore, County Down, Ireland."  Message Board URL

sc Esther CULBERTSON was the granddaughter of Samuel CULBERTSON, of CULBERTSON's Row, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and a cousin to James LINDSAY. Jr.

sit Billy Kennedy, The Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee, p. 157.

tax Early Tax Lists found in "The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties," 1846, I. Daniel Rupp, Gilbert Hills and Pub., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, List of taxables in areas (of Cumberland County) that are now part of Franklin County, pp. 458-460.  Viewed Nov 2002 at:  1751 Tax List
Lurgan Township, 1751:  [In 1751, Lurgan Township, Cumberland County would have included Fannett, Metal, Letterkenny, and part of Southampton Townships, i.e. covering the entire northern third of present day Franklin County.]
Alexander CULBERTSON, Joseph CULBERTSON, James CULBERTSON, Oliver CULBERTSON, and Samuel CULBERTSON
Peters Township, 1751:  [In 1751, Peters Township covered the entire southwest part of modern day Franklin County, including Peters, Montgomery, Warren, and part of St. Thomas Townships.]
Robert CULBERTSON

wb William BRECKENRIDGE settled at Rock Spring, Pennsylvania, with the church on his grounds.  In 1762 William was appointed Constable of Letterkenny Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (probably the first constable).

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