Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8269, Jonathan Curtis, N.C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
NC

*
Curtis, Jonathan

NUMBER
S.8269

carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] 

5890 N. Carolina

Jonathan Curtis
of Burke Co. in the State of N. Carolina
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hardin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bateman in the N. Carolina line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 80 Dollars [Cents crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Febry [February] 1833 and sent to Hon SP Carson Ho Repres [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 - $120.00
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40.00

$160.00

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell, Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 50

[written sideways] Pay Sus. [suspended] Let. Agt: Augt. [sic: letter to Agent: August] 8 ‘35
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Jonathan Curtis

516

[Illegible] 

1 Febry [February] ‘33

Hon. SP Carson Ho Reps
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Curtis of Burke County in the State of N. Carolina 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 85 years 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Years Months, Days. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.]
In 1776, entered the service under Capt. Jno [John] Hardin - Col Christr [Christopher] Bateman does not state how long he served or what time he was discharged 
In 1777. inlisted [enlisted] for 3 years,, under Capt. Benj. Walker, Commd [commanded] by Genl [General] Elbert, was taken prisoner, and continued as such for 3 mos [months] at Savannah made his escape at the time of the attack in that place, and shortly after the battle of Guilford, received a permit to return home alleges that he served from the year 1776 to the year 1781 

5. In what battles was he engaged? Guilford 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Burke N. Carolina 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers and not attached as required by the Regulations 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina}
Burke County} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions October Term AD 1832 

On this the 23 of October 1832 Johnathan [Jonathan] Curtis age eighty five years - appeared in open Court in the presence of the Justice of said Court and being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 in favour of Revolutionary Soldiers. States that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the County of Burke in the State of North Carolina in the year 1776 under Captain John Hardin and March [marched] to cross Creek under the command of Col Christopher Bateman March [marched] from there to Hillsborough as one of the guard of a parcel of Tories - who were afterwards sent to Halifax and we were discharged by Capt. Litle. In the year 1777, I enlisted in the Town of Hillsboro No Carolina under Capt. Benjamin Walker for the term of three years and march [marched] to Agusta [Augusta] under Capt. Walker commanded by Genl. Elbert and was stationed in the fronters of Georgia as a guard to protect the whites from the Indians. I was afterwards attached to reconnecting party commanded by Albert Ferris & was taken prisoner at Smiths Ferry in South Carolina by a band of British & Tories commanded by Henry Sharpe - we were taken to Savanah & put on board of a prison ship for three months when the Americans & french [French] attached the Savanah we were taken and placed in a strong house in the Town afterwards escaped and returned to Hillsboro N C
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there joined the malitia [Militia] under Capt. Thompson and Col Butler afterwards served the mane [main] army at the high rock ford on Haw River Commanded General Green [Greene] and marched to the Grove where the battle of Guilford was fought & was in that battle (acting at that time as a Sergeant Major) we then pursued the British to Deep River we return into Guilford & there Capt. Phillips gave me a permit to return home which has since been destroyed by fire. [crossed out - I have no documentary evidence and proof of not person who can prove] who can [several words crossed out] was in the service of the United States from the year 1776 until 1781, [several words crossed out] that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to my services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State – 
1. Where and in what year were you born 
[Answer] I was born in Fredrick County Virginia in the year 1747.
2. Have you any record of your age – 
Answer Have not 
3. Where were you living when you entered the service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you no [now] 
[Answer] I live in the County of Burke then & ever since –
4 How were you called into the service 
Anr [Answer] I enlisted
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5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where you served & such continental and malitia Redgments [Militia Regiments] as you can recollect – 
[Answer] When I was in the expedition to Georgia Genl [General] Elbert & Col Ray were the commanders a part of the time (Elbert was taken prisoner at Brier Creek.) McIntosh was appointed Commander of his division - General Green [Greene] commanded at the battle of Guilford in the year 1781. I was under the immediate command of Captain Thompson & Col Butler 

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given & what has become of it 
[Answer] I never received a regular discharge but received a permit from Captain Phillips in September 1781 to return home which has been destroyed.

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
[Answer] I am known to Reuben Walker, Mark Brittain, Aaron Brittain but I do not know of no person who can prove my service as a revolutionary solder –

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid 24th October 1832 
Teste  J Erwin Clk [Clerk]
[signed] Jonathan Curtis
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We David Ferrel a Clergaman [Clergyman] & Mark Brittain residing in the County of Burke in the State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Johnathan Curtis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration – 
That we believe him to be 85 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above 
Test J Erwin Clk [Clerk]   
David D Ferrel
M Brittain

The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And that it appears to us that David Ferrel is a Clergyman resident in the County of Burke … and that Mark Brittain is a resident of said County & State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit – 
Test 
J Erwin Clk [Clerk] 
M. Brittain Chairman 
of the County Court of Burke
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Johnathan [Jonathan] Curtis’s

Declaration

Admd. [admitted]
2 years pri [private]
80$

[Illegible] 

[written sideways] Jonathan Curtis Pension Dec.
[written upside down] State of North Carolina
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I certify that the within papers were given me by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Burke Co. who officiates frequently for the clerk of the County Courts - Feby [February] 13th 1833 
Saml Carson BC
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State of North Carolina} 
Burke County} 
I James Erwin Clerk of the Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jonathan Curtis for pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office done at Morganton this 21st day of November AD 1832
Teste    J. Erwin Clk [Clerk]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

8269
Rev War INVALID Own

File No. 8269

Jonathan Curtis
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832

Index: - Vol. [Illegible], Page 84

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[left side] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41

[center] BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

[right side] Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Name Curtis, Joseph Grade Private Line Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 3872 ACREAGE  100 ISSUED Sept. 13, 1792  
to ---- not shown -----

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.