Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43428 1/2, Joel Curtis, Conn.
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Service - Conn.


Curtis, Joel


Number - S.43428 1/2
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New York
9.923

Ohio

Joel Curtis
of Muskingum Co in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year. 1782

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of August 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of April 1819 and sent to Danl. Stillwell Esqr. Zanesville, Ohio.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 ~ 6 20/31  55.22
semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819   48.00
________
$103.22

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818)

Transferred from Ohio to New York to take effect [illegible] March 1820. [illegible] presented with the application.
Muskingum Co. 

[top of right side]
[illegible faint writing]
Dead - See letter to J. C. Wicker, June 8, 1836.

[sideways]
Continued under Act May 1820 - Notification sent 11 July 1820 to W. Myers & co City of New York
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Joel Curtis
Private
Col. Swifts Regiment
Connecticut Line
1782 1 year

8th Augst 1818

Roll.

Admitted
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State of Ohio
Muskingun County S. C. T.  
Be it known; that before me in the State and County afd. personally appeared Joel Curtis and made oath that he belonged & served, in the army of the U. S. on the Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War.
That he enlisted in the service thereof in the year 1781 under Capt. Curtis of Farrington of Litchfield in Connecticut; was conducted to camp at the Highlands, State of New York by Lieut. Burnett; and joined the Connecticut Line, General Huntington's Brigade, Col. Heman Swifts Regiment, and Capt. Chapman's company. In this I served until a disagreement took place among the officers, when I was transferred into Capt. David Strong's company, where I continued until those who were enlisted for & during the War were discharged. After which I was again transferred into Capt. Humphrey's company, he being an aid to his Excellency Genl. Washington, bore the title of Colonel, & the company commanded by Lt. Benjamin until I was discharged at West Point by Col. Swift by a written discharge, having served out the time of his enlistment being 3 years; that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support.
Joel Curtis

Sworn & Subscribed to this 8th day of August 1818. Before me,
David Findley Associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Muskingum County.    Be t know that Joel Curtis having personally appeared before me has satisfied me that he performed a continued service of Nine months & more, in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy; I therefor do certify, that he has satisfied me that he is in reduced & indignant circumstance in life & requires support from his country. 
Given under my Hand this 8th day of August 
1818. 
                                David Findley [signature]     
                               Associate Judge

State of Ohio
Muskingum County Ss} I David Chambers clerk  of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Findley Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was made and who has signed the above certificate is and was at the time the same was done, one of the acting associate Judges of the court of common pleas of said county, duly commissioned and that to all his official acts as such full [illegible] and credit are due as well in court of Justices as elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Lanesville the 10th day of August AD 1818. 
                       David Chambers [signature]
                       Clerk M Cty.
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Joel Curtis

*faded* 9923
transferred from Ohio.

iss'd 29 Apr. 1819.
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Sold by J. B. Janson

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder
City of New-York ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Joel Curtis aged fifty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he enlisted on the Spring 1782 at Litchfield in the State of Connecticut in the 2nd Regt of the Connecticut Line on the continental establishment, commanded by Chapiman was transfered to Captain Strongs company and from that to Captain Humphries, he was never in any General action, that he served faithfully in said Regiment on the Continental establishment for about three years and was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York, which discharge with all his papers and property was consumed by fire in the Town of Paris, Oneida County, State of New York, he has no children living with him or under his control, he is a Painter and House Carpenter by profession, but from age, debility and deficiency of sight he is unable to obtain a livelihood and must depend on the aid of his Country or to private contributions for support, his property was burnt in June 1814 and that his original declaration is dated twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and that his pension certificate is No. 9923
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AND I Do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real Estates-- None
Fixed Income-- None
Personal Estate, viz.
1 small clothes chest 10/ 1 pine table 2/6-$1.56
4 chairs 5/4 tubs 5/ 1 pail 1/6, 1 tea kettle 2/6- 1.88
Pot & tranmel 3/6, 2 coffee pots 4/6, skillet 3/- 1.38
Stoneware 13/ Earthenware 6/6, 3 decanter 4/6- 3.--
1 Frying pan 4/-                            -.50
Scales, Weights & Measures               3.38
Paint Brushes Handsaw and Jornen Tools  4.87
Andirons Tongs Shovel &c              1.25
2 mugs 3 tumblers &c or 1 looking glass   1.63
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                                                 $?.95
Joel Curtis
Bedding & Clothing
1 matress 22/ 2 blankets 24/ slat 4/ 2 sheets 8/  7.25
1 pillow case 5/ 1 pr shoes 7/ 1 [unk] coat 24/ close coat 28/                                    8.--
2 vest 4 pr pantaloons 16/ new roundabout & trousers 19/                                     4.38
Boots 6/ 3 shirts 20/ 3 do 6/ socks 4/ [unk] 16/ 6.50
Suspenders 1/ Spectacles 2/                    .37
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                                                        $45.45
Joel Curtis
Sworn in open Court this 23d day of June 1820
Benja. Ferris Clerk
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I, Benjamin Curtis Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is about fifty dollars.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty seventh day of June 1820.
Benja. Ferris
Clk
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3-565
Sur. File
No. 43428 1/2
ACT OF Mch. 18, 1818
Received......................................, 18...........
Joel Curtis,
Conn. troops
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Joel Curtis requests
to be transferred from
Ohio to New York
28th April Transferred
2d May 1820
Sep. 19
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City & County of New York} ss.
Joel Curtis a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is the Identical Joel Curtis named in a certificate of Pensions granted at the War Office on the 29th day of April 1819 at the rate of Eight Dollars per month payable at Chillisothe agreeably to the Pension list Roll of the State of Ohio, that he then resided at Zanesville in that State and received his Pension there untill the fourth day of September last, since which he has removed to the City of New York in this State, where he has since resided and expects to reside hereafter, that Mr Orangton of the New York Loan Office sometime in February last took his affidavit to send to the Honorable the Secretary of the War Department to have him transferred to the New York Agency previous to the 4th day of March that on the 27th day of April he received
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back his Certificate as delivered and to his great disapointment [unk] he cannot receive his Pension in this city, he is therefore desirous to be transferred to the New York Agency to take effect on the fourth day of September last.
Joel Curtis
Sworn to before me the 28th day of April 1820
[unk] Blankhford
[unk]
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June 8
Joel Curtis
NY ??
or Ohio

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Utica Oneida County State of New York June 1st 1836
In behalf of the friends of Joel Curtis of Utica, deceased a pensioner permit me to enquire what measures are competent for them to pursue in order to obtain the residue of his pension which so far as they know is due from the 4th of March to the latter part of September of the year 1835.
He the said Joel Curtis was a Pensioner in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 - his name inscribed on the pension list roll of Ohio Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing on the eighth day August 1818.
Given at the war office of the United States the Twenty ninth day of April 1819.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Any instructions which you may be pleased to forward to the subscriber therein on this subject will be gratefully received by the friends of the deceased and duly authorized by your honorable servt.
J. C. Wester
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Office Of
AUDITOR FOR INTERNAL DEPARTMENT
In Replying Quote Initials

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, April 5, 1912

The Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant (Rev. War Section), you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at New York, N.Y., the records of this office show last payment to have been in the case of Joel Curtis, Private, War of Revolution, certificate No. 9923, at $8.00 per month to March 4, 1835, to James Ovington, Attorney for the pensioner, who resided in Utica, Oneida Co., N.Y., for two years, and previous thereto in Schenectady, N. Y. The date of his death is not shown.

Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
H C Shober
Auditor

By

Deputy Auditor
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3-397.
(Old No. 3-399.)
Rev War Section                       J.S.C. Ex'r/
S No
Joel Curtis
Conn. Rev. War

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.   April 2", 1903

SIR:

Foor use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Joel Curtis pensioned under the Act. of Mch. 18, 1818 by certificate No. 9.923, New York Agency, showing date of his death, or date of last payment of pension, and to whom paid.

Very respectfully,
 J S Davenport,
Commissioner

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

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PENSION
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APR 7, 1913
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