John and Patrick Culbertson and their descendants
Much of the
Culbertson information comes from Culbertson (1923), pages
424-436. There are no site-specific sources. In his preface, Lewis
Culbertson lists the following sources for his book: family bible
records, will, deeds, settlements to sale bills, inventories, tax
records, U. S. census records of 1790 and in some instances 1800,
pension records, land grants, Congressional records, State land grants,
State archives, Colonial and Revolutionary War and historical works,
and in some instances county histories. However, in most sections,
there are no additional mention of these sources.
The information on the McFate family associated with our lines
comes mainly from "The history of the McFate family," by Robert W. McFate, 1888 (see References) and Robert McFate and his descendants
in western Pennsylvania, by Frank J. McFate, Margaret McFate and
William Brown, 1982, pages 1–17, 67–87, and 102–123; published in Crawford
County Genealogy by the Crawford County Genealogical Society, 1982.
Additions came mainly from the federal censuses and Marlene Burkheimer. Marlene Burkheimer
credits her sources, besides her own, to Joseph Robert McFate who lives
in Clearwater, Florida. Other additions were from Roy W. Smith (1972)
and my information on McFates, Jamisons, Lytles and Culbertsons. The
Roy W. Smith information, written in 1972, was received from Mark E.
Roche, Historian of the Cochranton (Wayne Township, Crawford County)
Heritage Society. Mark Roche informed me Mr. Smith was physically
challenged with polio and spent much of his life compiling information
on many early families. Roy W. Smith died in 1996 at age 92.
Francis Culbertson, brother of Mary (Culbertson) McClintock
(#12), was in Venango County by 1800. Perhaps he came with, or at least
at about the same time as, the McClintocks. As known for the
McClintocks, our Culbertsons can be traced to what is present–day Perry
County, Pennsylvania, and before that to Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Unlike the McClintocks, however, there were other early Culbertsons in
Venango County, especially in the south of Venango County, that can not
be associated with our Culbertsons. Our early Culbertsons were closely
associated with McFates, many of whom were known to have come to North
America from County Donegal, in the north of Ireland, but part of
present–day Republic of Ireland. Perhaps County Donegal was also the
ancestral home of some of our Culbertsons.
1. UNKNOWN1 PARENTS of
Patrick and John Culbertson. I have no information on the parents or
other ancestors of the brothers Patrick and John Culbertson. One would
suspect they were from the north of Ireland. They would still have been
alive in circa 1745, the time of Patrick’s birth. Perhaps Patrick and
John Culbertson had a sister Jane Culbertson who married Joseph McFate.
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Culbertson (1923), page 436, mentions that he has no evidence that John
Culbertson (Patrick’s brother) was from Delaware, but alludes to John
being the son of John Culbertson, Sr., of St. Georges Hundred (K. K. in
Section Third), Delaware.
Children of unknown
Culbertson parents include:
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John2 Culbertson,
died circa 1825–1826; married Mary McClintock. |
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Patrick Culbertson, (direct
line
ancestor of the author), born circa 1745; died 1818 in Venango County,
Pennsylvania; married Jane McClintock, sister of Mary (McClintock)
Culbertson (#2). |