Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,725, John Curtis, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Md
Curtis, John
NUMBER   S.34,725
CONTENTS
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Marryland. 
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John Curtis private,
Maryland line    Capt Smith
n army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
nscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21st of April 1818-
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th Septemr 18
and sent to Thomas Bailey
Baltimore
Arrears to 4th of Septemr 1818   4 mo 14/13  }    35.73
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819   48.00
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$83.73
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818 }
276
three years
City of Baltimore
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Notification sent September 6 [illegible]
Philip Moore, Baltimore, Maryland

Hed Dev. 30-1830  G.B
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Sc.
On this twenty first day of April in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen, personally appeared before me the undersigned, John Curtis of the City of Baltimore, aged about Seventy years, an applicant for a pension under the 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," and then and there made the following declaration on Oath by me administered- "that he enlisted at Baltimore into Capt Nathaniel Smiths Company, called the "first Maryland Matross" early in the year 1776 stationed at the fort at Whetstone Point, since called Fort Mc.Henry.-  Served as Sergeant in said Company, from about two months after enlistment until discharged by Major Nathaniel Smith, his former Captain, at Whetstone Point in the Fall of 1779 - which discharge has either been lost or mislaid and that there is no Officer of said Company now living. -- that his name hath never been enscribed on any Pension list, therefore  hath none to Relinquish, and from his
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his reduced circumstances, needs the assistance of his Country for support. John Curtis Subscribed and Sworn to before me 
Alex. Nisbet
Asst. Judge Baltimore City Court

City of Baltimore Sc.
I hereby certify that John Curtis, in addition to the within declaration on Oath, brought before me a certain Philip Sisler, whose deposition is hereto annexed, from which documents it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Curtis served in the Revolutionary war, against the Common enemy, on the Continental establish ment, as stated in said declaration . And is entitled to a pension, under the late act of Congress.
Alex. Number
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SCHEDULE.
United States of America  Maryland District ss:
ON this Tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court, in the District Court in and for the District of Maryland  John Curtis aged Seventy four years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said District 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 in Baltimore in the State of Maryland in the 1st Company of Matross or Artillary of the State of Maryland some time about the year 1776 under command of Capt. Nathaniel Smith and continued to serve in said company unconnected with the regular line but in the actual service of the U States on the Continental establishment for the term of three years and three months or thereabout when he was discharged by said N. Smith who had been promoted to the rank of Major & the Compy Commanded by Capt. Richard Dorsey which discharge was to best of his recollection in the latter part of 1779 -- That he hath been placed on the Revolutionary Pension List of the Maryland agency at the State of $8 per month as will appear by his pension certificate bearing date 30 Sept. 1818 and numbered 3,193.  and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring 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, 1818; 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.
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Schedule referred to within Viz: --
That he hath not any property of any description whatever either real or personal - Neither hath he any family, but lives with his son in law That he is by trade a Bricklayer but hath not been able to work for many years past in consequence of a Wen which has grown to an enormous size & rendered him in a great degree helpless - And were it not for the pension he receive and the kindness of his son in law he would be incapable of supporting himself except from private or public charity-
John Curtis

SWORN to and declared on the tenth day of July 1820.
BEFORE, the District Court
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the District Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 not worth one dollar - Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of the said court, on this second day of August 1820
Philip Moore
Clerk of the District Court for the District of Maryland
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aws
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
January 18, 1926

Mrs. M. G. Curtis
Ashland,
Kan.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34925, it appears
that John Curtis enlisted in Baltimore,
Maryland in 1778 and served as a private and sergeant
in Captain Nathaniel Smith's Company of
Maryland Artillery, he was discharged in the fall
of 1779, having served about three years and three
months; he was then in Captain Richard Dorsey's
Company, Captain Smith having been promoted to
Major.
He was allowed pension on his application exeecuted
April 21, 1818, while a resident of Baltimore,
Maryland, aged seventy years.
In 1820 he stated that he was living with his
son-in-law in said Baltimore. He died December 30,
1830. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Agency Book
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1926 Jan. 16. Hist to Mrs. M. G. Curtis  ag.
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34725
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34,125
John Curtis
Pri  Rev War
Act: 18n March 18n
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 94
Arrangement of 1870.)

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1893 Mar 14
Hist to J L Curt
Willsbury
1893
April 1[?] Mrs Emma J White 
Her 
priv
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 1893, July 31, Hist. to
 Nettie L. White.  B.of  J.C.B.
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Oct. 11/95 Hist. to Mrs. 
C. D. Long.  243 No B   Lexington, Ky
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May 27, 1897 - His  to Mr. E. H. Curtis - Be
Mr. E. H. Curtis. Be
Brooke Co. West Virgi
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1911 Oct. 14 to Mrs. Alice McFarland
place of with not shown.  C
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I certify that it appears by the Depreciation
List that John Curtis Matross Md. Artillery
Received £ 65,6,6 Depreciation pay on the
2nd day of July 1783
R Loorherman[???] And Genl
Auditors Office Annapolis 21 Sept 1818.
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John Curtis
Born in Wales;
died in West Liberty  W. Va. - home was in Baltimore.
Wants record of service.
Nettie L  White
Room of 2d Defy Comr

Jom[??]
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O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington. D. C.   189

Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
Wm Lockson   Commissioner.

Full name of soldier:   John Curtis
Place of residence before service:   Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Balto. A., Md
Place of residence after service:   (Town, county, and State, if possible.) and Date of death (as near as possible):
Sometime in '40s
Christian name of widow:  
[blank]
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Pensioned about 1840
Remarks:
Enlisted 74 or 76 in 1st Md-

Your name and address;
E. H. Curtis,
Bethany
Brooke Co. W. Va
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:  John Curtis
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)  Baltimore Md
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) Baltimore Md. and West Liberty
Date of death (as near as possible):  1843
Christian name of widow:  Ealsy Wilkins Curtis
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?  John Curtis receved a pension his wife died before he died.
Remarks: He served from 1776 to 1779. officers under whom
he served see Captain Nathaniel Smith and Col. Matross 1st Md.
Your name and address:  Mrs Ida C DeLong  243 North Broadway  Lexington Ky. 

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John Curtis
Revy. Pensioner
$8.00
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State of Maryland -- City of Baltimore Sc.
On this twenty first day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen, Personally appeared before me the undersigned, Philip Sisler of the City of Baltimore, who being duly sworn, deposeth and Saith, "that he well knows John Curtis, now present, to have served in the Revolutionary war, on the Continental Establishment, that they were both enlisted into the same Company, about the same time, and served together about four years and six months, and was discharged by Capt. Smith about the same time John Curtis was.-
Philip his X mark Sisler
Subscribed & sworn to before me-
Alex. Nisbet
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City of Baltimore Sct.
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Court, do hereby Certify that the
Honorable Alexander Nisbet Esquire before whom the aforegoing proceedings were taken and Certified, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of taking and certifying the same, and still is Associate Judge of Baltimore City Court, duly commissioned and qualified and to all his acts, as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty fir[illegilbe] day of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen.--
Ths. Harwood
Baltimore City Court.

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Admitted, if the claimant can produce a certificate from the Auditor Genl. at Annapolis, to shew that he was on the Continental Establishment.
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Auditor Genl. Cert. obtained and hereunto annexed--
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Pension Certif. to be sent to Thos. Bailey Esqr Baltimore

Admitted
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Honl. Sir
When the Pension Certificate is granted [illegible] these documents please forward the same to me "care of Thos. Bailey Esquire Post Office Baltimore
Philip his X mark Sisler
Witness   P. G. Hands
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Washington, D.C.
December 18, 1892.

Dear Mr. Morrison; - Eastern Div
Will you kindly look up some information
for me in regard to one of my relations who was receiving a pension
at the time of his death. I want to learn of what regiment or
company "John Curtis" of West Liberty, Virginia (now West "Virginia)
was a member, whether he was an officer or a private in the Revolutionary
War, if an officer what was his rank? He died in 1840 or
1841 at West Liberty.

If you will kindly give me the desired information I shall be
greatly obliged for the same.

Very respectfully,
Emma J. Wheat.

#48 I Street, N.W.
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prs

M Lochren
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington
D.C.

Sir
I have failed to enclosed
Memoranda, and again state
my request and the reason
for it. I wish very much to
know the birth place of John
Curtis if it is given in his
application for pension, I
know he was born in Wales
but do not know in what
part of Wales. He left property
there that has never been
claimed by his descendent
because they did not know
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the place of his birth-
I wish also to know any
information concerning his
services in the Revolutionary 
War. He was a cripple for
life, because of a wound
received in the knee, yet
we do not know in what
battle he received it. If
these things are stated
in his application for
Pension, please inform
me.
Very Respt
Mrs. Ida C. Delong
243 North Broadway
Lexington
Ky
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[round date stamp]  
RECORD DIVISION  OCT 12 [ILLEGIBLE] 
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San Francisco Cal.
127 - 1st Avenue
Oct 7th 1911 -
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir
I am writing to in regard to the record of John Curtis a soldier of the Revolutionary war he enlisted in Baltimore M.D. in the Spring of 1776 which ended 1779, he was a (rank) Sergeant his Capt was Nathaniel Smith - Col Matross. Baltimore - M.D.  
he was born May - 1750 Wales Now I have this record and could you tell me in what town in Wales he was born, that is very important the other is no use to me unless I have the town or city where he was born, all of the other we know is on record so please see if you can hunt this
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up and let me know as 
soon as possible.

Very truly yours-
Mrs Alice Mc.Farland
1277 1st Avenue
San Francisco Cal

(stamp)
US Pension Office
Oct 12 1911
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Ashland Kansas
Nov 29/25

Bureau of Pensions
Washington,

Gentleman, I am desirously 
working for facts that will
make my relationship to D.A.R
eligible. 
Please look up record
of Jno Curtis & Ealey Curtis deaths 
July 27 -1843, and July 13 1838.

He was a revolutionary soldier, 
enlisted at Baltimore Maryland in
spring of 1776, under Captain 
1Nathaniel Smith Coui.  
Matross(?) Artillery of same state.
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I am the 5th child of Geo
Washington Curtis a Mexican
Veteran also of Civil War

What is necessary that
should do in order to be
a member very soon. Would
love to be able to become
a charter member at
Dodge City where a chapter
will soon be organized by
Mrs Juliet Denoise.

Please send record and
oblige, your sincerely
Mrs M. G. Curtis,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

[illegible] DIV.   K.S.    [illegible] 

Sir:-
In response to your letter of March 1st.,  [illegible] to this Bureau by
Hon. John S. Pendelton, in which you request a statement of the military services of John Curtis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are informed that he enlisted at Baltimore, MD., early in the year 177[?], in Captain Nathaniel Smith's Company and served as sergeant in this company [illegible words] for [illegible words]  until discharged in the Fall of 17[??].  He was stationed at Whetstone  Point, since called Fort McHenry.  [illegible] mention is made of any engagements in which he participated:
This information is taken from his application for Pension on file in this office.  He applied April 21, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Baltimore, Md., and 70 years of age.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

J. L. Curtis, Es1.,
Wellstate, W. Va.
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department. 
Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary 
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.

L.W.B.
I. 34725.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 27, 1897.

Sir:- 
Replying to your request for information concerning John Curtis,
a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an
application for pension on April 21, 1818, at which time he was 70
years of age and residing at Baltimore, Md., and his pension was allowed
for three years' actual service as a private in the Maryland
troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt.
Smith. He enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Mr. E. H. Curtis,
Bethany, West Virginia.
Brooke Co.
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Record Division
October 14, 1911

Mrs. Alice McFarland,
1877 First Avenue,
Sunset District,
San Francisco, Calif.

Madam;
In reply to your letter dated the 7"" and received the 18"" instant,
relative to John Curtis of Baltimore, Md., who served as a Sergeant in
Captain Nathaniel Smith's company of Matross (or Artillery), you are advised
that in the papers in his claim for pension, Sur. File 34,725 Rev. War, 
there is no reference whatever to the place of his birth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
F.S.
M.E.C.
October 11, 1895.
Madam
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of _____,a soldier of the Revolutionary war,
you will please find below the desired information as contained in his
(or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
---John Curtis---
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH
OF SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.

STATE.

He served as a private and Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Smith's
company, 1st Maryland regiment, from early in the year 1776 until the
fall of 1779; was stationed at Whetstone Point, since called Ft.
McHenry.

Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment,_____
Date of application for pension, None mentioned.
Residence at date of application, Baltimore, Md.
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
April 21, 1818.
Baltimore, Md.
About seventy years.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Mrs. Ida C. DeLong,
243 North Broadway,
Lexington, Ky.

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