Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45004, for John Mc Curdy, New Hampshire
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Service Number.  N.H. McCurdy, John    S45004
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16,092. R. New Hampshire. John McCurdy of New Boston in the state of N. Hampshire was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of the war. Inscribed in the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of October 1818-  Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Dec 1819 and sent to J K Smith, Esq. Amherst N.Hampshire. Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 - 10 17/31 .4/30 85.44 semi-and. all'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 - 40.   $133.44. Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818 Continued Hillsborough Co


Notification sent to K. Smith Esq. Amherst N.H. July 19.1820
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Copy     120  John McCurdy.  16092  Continued  3 decr  1819
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My occupation is labouring I am very feeble and earn preform but little labor 

My family, residing with me, consists of my wife aged 63 years is infirm and not able to perform but very little labour. 

John McCurdy

Sworn to and declared in open court, on the 5th day of July Anno Domini, 1820
Moses Eastman Clerk

I MOSES EASTMAN, Clerk of the above named Court, do herby certify, that the foregoing declaration and oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited, in the foregoing schedule, is D 165,, 80 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of July, 1820.

M Eastman Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough.
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[handwritten] 
Jn McCurdy 73
Priv.

Sworn to this 15th of Oct
and
N H Line & Witnesses
Col. Reids
N. Hampshire Regn
1782 - for the war
15th Oct 1818
Admitted
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I John McCurdy a Resident Citizen of the United State of the Town of New Boston in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire now in the seventy third year of my age do solemnly swear that I enlisted under the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary War for the term of three years in the Town of Londonderry in New Hampshire the first of July AD 1782 & joined my Regiment the same month at Johnstown in the State of New York & served in Capt Moses Dustins Company in the Regt commanded by Col George Reid in the New Hampshire Line.  I afterwards while in the service by permission of my Officers & my own consent was returned a during the war man & I continued to serve my Country untill some time in June AD 1783 when I was honourably discharged at a place called Fishkill in New York oposite New Burgh which discharge I have since lost. I have no further evidence at this time that I can offer in support of my claim to a pension. I have never been on the pension list of Invalids & am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my country for my support making my service eleven months or
thereabouts.

John McCurdy

Sworn to this day.
Before me
J.K. Smith
Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

Oct. 15th, 1818
Hillsborough
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State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On the 15th day of October AD 1818 Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared John McCurdy of New Boston in said County in the seventy third year of his age and being duly cautioned made solemn oath agreeably to Law in order to obtain a pension under the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land Naval service of the United in the Revolutionary War", that he enlisted under the continental establishment in the Revolutionary for the term of three years in the Town of Londonderry NH the first of July 1782 and joined his Regiment the same month at Johnstown in the State of NY & served in Capt Moses Dustin's Company in the Regiment commanded by to Col. George Reed in the New Hampshire Line afterwards by permission of his officers & by his own consent he
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was returned a during the War man & that he continued to serve his country untill sometime in the month of June AD 1783 when he was honorably discharged at a place called Fishkill in NY oposit [opposite] Newburgh which discharge he has lost[,] that he has never been on the pension list of the U.S. & is in reduced  circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support From which I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that that the said John McCurdy and did serve in the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment against the Common enemy more than nine months, that he is not on the pension list of the U. & from my own knowledge that he is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his County for his support & I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the aforesaid Act of Congress
[signed] J. K. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

This certifies that the signatures of J. K. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid in Testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court.
[signed] Moss Eastman Clerk
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Revo;lutionary War Records Section
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., 

S.F. 45004

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank], for a statement of the military history of John McCurdy, 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.

July1, 1782 - June 11, 1783; Captain Moses Dustin; Colonel George Reid; N.H.

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Londonderry, N.H. 
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1818.  His cl. was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Boston, Hillsborough Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, in 73rd year*, died June 4, 1824
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife aged 63 years , no other data on file as to his family.  The only soldier of this name N.H. troops.
*from A. B.

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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45,004

INVALID.
Revy
File No. 45,004
John McCurdy
Priv. Rev War
Act:  18 March 1818
Index:  Vol. 3, Page 321
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.


1919 Jany 23 Hist. to Frances E. McCurdy

1921 Mch. 22  Hist. to Mrs. E. A. Edmonds.
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I Frederic French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judications of the State of New Hampshire for the County of Hillsborough do hereby certify that the Honorable Samuel Bell is one of the Judges of the said Superior Court & that the name Samuel Bell subscribed to the within certificate is the signature & hand writing of the said Samuel Bell Judge as aforesaid In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
F. French 
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Washington, DC. Jan. 15, 1909
Chief of Records,
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension certificate granted to John McCurdy, private, 4th company, 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Battalion, commanded by Major William Scott, War of the Revolution.

I am asking for this certificate as an aid in establishing my eligibility as a Daughter of the Revolution.

Yours truly
Frances E. McCurdy
925 St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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