Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9400, Gideon Curtiss, Conn.
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Conn.
Gideon Curtiss (Curtis)
Hannah Curtiss
W. 9400 
BL.Wt.5440-160-55
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355
Vermont
Gideon Curtiss
of Chittender in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commended by Captain 
Dowones of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sherman in the Comm line, for the term of 3 years from the date 1780 to 17 [left blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eighty dollars per anum to commence on the 4th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd of August 1832 and sent to Nathan B Maxwell Burlington Vt.
          the Roll on.    day of     182     and notification sent to      at     Pension commencing on the     of     182    
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832  $80
Semi annum 4 Sept                          40
                                                          $120.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Acts 7 June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 4 Page 37
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Increase                                  No. 386.
Vermont
---
Hannah Curtiss
widow of Gideon Curtis
Conn.
who served in the Revolutionary War
as a Private

Burlington agency
Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum.
Commencing 27 July 1868
Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated 6 May 1870
and sent to L. F. Wilber
Jerico, Chittenden Co
Vt

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb-
ruary 3, 1853, and July 27th 1868  Page  184  Vol.  N
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21
Vt
Feby 53 No 386

46.212  Act Mar 3d /33
           April 6th /33
Hannah Curtis wid
Gideon Curtis Pvt
Pensions
Via act June 7th 1832
Ct Cont'l line

Revolutionary War
AD: 160 day Sept 4 1855,
N Boynton
Boynton

5440 iss Sept 5/55
Weston & Shaw
Burlington
Vt
Rev W
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46.212
Hannah Curtis
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State of Vermont
Chittender County } On this 30th day of March A.D. 1833, persons atty. appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Curtis aged sixty six years, a resident of Essex in the County of Chittender and State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Gideon Curtis deceased  who was a private in the Connecticut Continental Line during the Revolutionary War, and in his lifetime a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818. and 7 June 1832 inscribed on said Vermont Roll at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and she further states that she was married to the said Gideon Curtis in Essex Vermont on the 5th day of August 1818 by on Asaph Morgan a clergyman and that her name before her marriage to aforesaid was Hannah Stimsson, that her said husband died at said Essex on the 7th day of July A.D. 1843 and that she is now a widow and is a Pensioner under the act of February 3rd 1853, and is inscribed on the Burlington Vermont Roll at the rate of eighty dollars per annum.
For further proof in regard to her marriage to and this death of the said Gideon Curtis she refers to her application for a pension under the act of February 3, 1853 and the proof sent therewith for file in the Pension Office at Washington D.C..
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land in which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1853.
Hannah Curtis
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W Stephen Curtis and Annah Hevean
residents
of Essex
the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Curtis
our presence and that we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be, and that we know that she is
Widow
Stephen Curtis
Annaherpresing
declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subs
head
the
cent th
know the priests
be cretive
Persons
that the claim
person she represents herself to be
that
interest in this Claim
notice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State,
certify that P. L. Castle
Montpelier, April 2d 1855 ⎬
Esquire, whose name is subscribed
in his own proper handwriting to the foregoing certificate, is and was at
the date thereof a Justice of the Peace
Chittenden
within and for the county of
ly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under
and by virtue of the laws of said State to administer oaths and take depositions, and acknowledgments
of deeds, and man to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith
and credit are and ought to be given.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 2d day of April
A.D. 1855.
Daniel Thompson
Secretary of State.
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I Gideon Curtis of Essex in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being duly sworn declare and say that under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818, I made my declaration before the Hon. Truman Chittenden May 2, 1818, my services were in the Connecticut troops, I enlisted in the fall of 1780 for three years, and was discharged at West Point the 28th day of October 1783. and my original discharge amended that declaration.
In presence of that declaration I received a pension certificate which is hereto attached, dated June 30, 1818 and November 11 78 that I was stricken from the Roll on account of my property, the precise time not [illegible].
Gideon Curtiss
Sworn and subscribed this 18th day of July A.D> 1832 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Curtis and know him to be the person described in the above affidavit that in his original declaration make May 2 1818 he stated that he enlisted in the fall of 1780 in Captain Dorrones Company in Col. Sherman Regt of Connecticut with troops for three years.
Nathan B. Maswell Justice of the Peace the said Gideon Curtis hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his mane is not now on the Pension Roll of any state, and that the only evidence of his ever being a Pensioner  is by the amended certificate before Nathan B. Maswell Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County  I, Nathan B Maswell Clerk
of Chittenden  County Court do
hereby certify that Nathan B Maswell 
before whom the within affidavit was
taken, was at the time thereof a Justice
of the Peace duly qualified acting
under the authority of this State, and
that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said court al
Burlington this first day of August AD 1832
Nathan B Maswell
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Burlington July 18, 1832
To the Hon Levin Cap Sectr'yy of War or any other
Person duly authorised

Iherewith transmit my original
Pension Certificate for the purpose of being 
reinstated on the Pension Roll under the
act of congress of June 7 1832, and I
hereby request that a new Certificate
may issue in my name, and also
requesting that such sum as  may 
be found my due may be transmitted
to me, directed to the case of Nathan
B Maswell, Esqr Burlington Post Office
hereby ratifying whatever may be done in
the premises,
yours Respectfully
Gideon Curtiss
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden  SS
On this fifth day
of March in the year Eighteen hundred
and fifty three, personally appeared
before the Hon. Probate Court within
and for the District of Chittenden afor-
said Hannah Curtis, a resident of
Essex in the County of Chittenden and
State of Vermont, aged Sixty four years last
August, who being first duly sworn ac-
cording to law, doth, on her oath, make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provisions made by the
second section of the act of Congress, passed
on the third day of February 1853 granting
pensions to widows of all officers, non-com-
missioned officers, musicians and privates
of the Revolutionary Army who were married
subsequent to January A.D. 1800.  That
she is the widow of Gideon Curtis, late
of said Essex, deceased, who was a private
in the War of the Revolution, in the
Connecticut Continental line, and who
was at the time of his death a pensioner
of the United States, inscribed in the
Burlington Vermont, Roll under the act
of 18th March 1818, at the rate of ninety six
dollars per annum, and afterwards dropped
and again pensioned under the act of June
7th 1832, at the rate of 80 dollars per
annum;
She further declares that she was married
to the said Gideon Curtis, on the fifth
day of August in the year one thousand
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eight hundred and sixteen
at Essex, in said County of Chittenden
and that her name before her said
marriage was Hannah Stimpson.
She further declares that
her husband, the aforesaid Gideon Curtis
died in the Seventh day of July, in the
year Eighteen hundred and forty three,
and that she never intermarried after
the death of her aforesaid husband
and that she is still a widow and 
has never before made an applica-
tion for a Pension
Hannah Curtis

Sworn to and subscribed to before me
on the day and year first above written,
and I hereby certify that the declarant
is a woman of truth and credibility
also that the word years on the first
page was interlined before signing
W. H. French Judge
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I Stephen Curtis of Essex in
the County of Chittenden and State of
Vermont aged thirty five years
on oath testify and say that I was
well acquainted with Gideon Curtis
late of Essex aforesaid, deceased, that
Gideon Curtis died on the Seventh
day of July in the year eighteen
hundred and forty three. I was
present at his death and attended
his funeral. He was a pensioner
of the United States. That I am
well acquainted with Hannah Curtis
who has made the foregoing declaration
for a pension. She has not married
since the death of the aforesaid Gideon
and is still a Widow
Stephen Curtis

Subscribed and sworn to before me
on this fifth day of March 1853
and I certify that the affiant is a
man of truth
W. H. French Judge
I Jeremiah Nichols, of Essex, in the
County of
Chittenden and State of
Vermont, aged 45 years, on oath, testify
and say that I was well acquainted 
with Gideon Curtis of Essex aforesaid
deceased; that he the said Curtis
died some years ago and at-
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tended his funeral, that he was 
A pensioner of the United States
That I am well acquainted and
have been for many years, with
Hannah Curtis, who has made the
foregoing declaration for a pension
She has never married again
since the death of the aforesaid
Gideon her husband, and is still
a widow
Jeremiah Nichols

Subscribed and sworn to before
me this fifth day of March AD
1853; and I certify that the affiant
is a man of truth

W. H. French Judge

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
I hereby certify that W. H
French, before whom the foregoing declaration
of Hannah Curtis, and the affidavits of Stephen
Curtis and Jeremiah Nichols, were made, and
who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at
the time of so doing, and still is, Judge of the
Court of Probate, within and for the
District of Chittenden aforesaid, duly qualified,
and that the signatures, thereto subscribed, pur-
porting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office
as Register of the Probate Court of said District
this 9th day of March A.D. 1853
J.  S. Ullmer  Register
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State of Vermont    )              Be it remembered that at
Chittenden County )ss ⎬       Essex, County of Chittenden, on
the fifth day of August, A.D. Eighteen hundred and
Sixteen, Gideon Curtiss and Hannah Stimson, both
of Essex, were duly joined in marriage
By me, Asaph Morgan
Minister of the Gospel
Recd for record, Essex, October 8th 1816
Andrew Morgan, Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record. Amasa Bryant Town Clerk
I Amasa Bryant, of Essex, in the County of
Chittenden and State of Vermont, depose and say that
I hold the office of town Clerk, in the town of Essex
aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from
the original records of said town, with the excep-
tion, that, in the original, the date of the marriage
is expressed on the record in fair legible figures,
as follows:-- " 5th day of August, A.D. 1816."
I also testify that I was acquainted with the
said Gideon Curtis, in his lifetime, and know
that he (was a pensioner of) has been dead several
years but I do not remember when he died
I am also acquainted with Hannah Curtiss, who
I am informed, is making a claim for a pension
She is still a widow
"was a pensioner of " erased above before signing
Amasa Bryant
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifth
day of March A.D. 1853
William M. Miller Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont, Chittenden County
County Clerks Office      I Daniel B
Buckley, Clerk of the County Court, within
and for said County of Chittenden, do hereby
certify that William M. Miller, Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavit
of Amasa Bryant was sworn to and
subscribed, and who has thereunto
subscribed his name, was at the time
of so doing a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County aforesaid, duly com-
missioned and sworn, and the
signature thereto purporting to be his
is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office as Clerk
of the County Court of said County
this 9th day of March A.D. 1853
Daniel B. Buckley
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                                                              May 9, 1932

                                                       BA-J/AWF
                                                   XXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                                   Gideon Curtiss
                                                    W. 9400
Mrs. Hope C. Smith
6410 Eggleston Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Gideon Cur-
tiss, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9400,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Gideon Curtiss.
He enlisted at Woodbury, Connecticut, in

the fall of 1780 and served as a private in Capt-
tain Dorrance's company in Colonel Sherman's Con-
necticut regiment, and was discharged October 28,
1783.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted May 2, 1818, at which time he was living in
Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont, and was fifty
years of age.
He died July 7, 1843 in said Essex.
He married August 5, 1816 in Essex, Vermont,
Hannah Stimson, who was born in August, 1788.
She was allowed pension on her application ex-
ecuted March 5, 1853, then a resident of Essex, Vermont.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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By Major General Knox, commanding the Garrison
of West point and its dependencies
Gideon Curtis, Soldier sin the Connecticut
regiment, being inlisted for three years, is hereby hono-
rably discharged the service of the United States
Given at West point the 28 day of Octob. 1783
J. Knox M. General
By the Generals Command
Jnr. Lillie Aide de Camp
Registered in the Regimental Brook
Libb Loomis Adj.
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1910 Jan. 28. History to
Charles T. Curtiss, &c
1922 Jany 21 Hist to Elizabeth
Curtiss
1922 Aug. 1 Elizabeth Cur-
tiss notf'd of Hist of Jan 21
1922 of only Gideon Curtis
on file  MMH 
1922, Aug. 9 Hist to Mrs. C.A.
Jewett Env. Stamp ret.
1926 Jan.12- Hist to Mrs. G.
H. Churchill and
1932 May 9 - Hist to Mrs Hope
C Smith and

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9400
Hannah Curtiss
Wid
Gideon Curtiss
Pri Rev War
Act: Feby 3. 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Vermont     Burli?
=====
Hannah Curtiss,
widow of Gideon,
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars   00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
14th day of May 1853
and sent to
Weston H Noyes
Burlington
Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 26 Vol. A
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Vermont Roll
1,179
Gideon  Curtiss
Shermans regt.                     4
Private   
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2d of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 June ad 1818,
and sent to N.B. Haswell, Esq.
Burlington, Vt
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
3 months 30 /31                                $32.80
4/30

{Revolutionary claim,  )
Act 18th March, 1818.}
3 years

Essex,  Chittenden  Co
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Mar / Feb 5/5 3d App
Boynton
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5440


160 Any
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Vermont
Hannah Curtis
widow of Gideon
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the (4th day of March, 1848.)
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of May 1853
and sent to
Weston & Noyes
Burlington
Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners
July 29 1848 Page 6 Vol.
183
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No. 46212
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 6,  1855.
Gideon Curtis
Revolutionary War

Warrant No. 5440-160-55

Weston & Shaw
Burlington
Vt
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AoT      3 -- 871.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
---
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Jan 22 1910.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Gideon Curtis
Service Conn.          RW
Additional Service
No  ____ claim, State records _______ 190___
No claim, combination records ____ 190 ___

REMARKS:
No W. War R. as above
except W.F. 9400
O - 8                   Chief Division
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March 12 1853
No 450
Appl of Hannah
Curtis widow of
Gideon Curtis

Vermont.
350

Act 3d Feby:1853
$80.00 per Annum,
Commencing 3d Feby. 1853
Revy.

Weston & Noyes
Burlington
Vermont


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Pension Office, Official Business
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Hannah Curtis
Wid. Gideon
Vt Roll at $80 per
Annum
Revolutionary
Act 3d Feb '53
Please say to what
date last paid
J D Wilson
Mar 28 70
Temporary Reviewer

Mr Soule

Last paid to 4 Sept 1869
Hart
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No. _______ it is necessary that a Certificate should be procured, if
possible, from the Surgeon of his Regiment, setting forth the time
when, place where, and circumstances under which, the injury was
received, or the disease contracted, which is the cause of the claimant's
alleged disability. If the officer certifying is not in actual service
he must make oath to his certificate, his credibility being certified; and
the signature and official character of the person administering the oath
must be authenticated under the seal of a Court of Record.
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Jericho Vermont March 12th 1800
Hon. H. Van Airaman
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir:  Enclose find the Aff of Hannah 
Curtisa widow of a Revolutionist the
Alf is for the increase from $80 to $96 per
year & also enclose to you her original
Pension Certificate Please accept the
papers
Resp't Yours
L. F. Wilbur
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Burlington Ist Mch 1853
J. E. Heath Esq
Comr. of Pensions
Dr Sir
We send
you herewith the Declaration
of Mrs. Hannah Curtis for
a Pension under the act of
Feb. 3 1853; the affidavits of
Stephen Curtis, Jeremiah Nichols
and Amasa Bryant
Please transmit to us the cer-
tificate when granted,
Very Respectfly
Weston & Noyes
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Payment be made at
Burlington by
Wm. J. Odell Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Vermont
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 26  Vol. a
A. R. Weightman Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb=
ruary 3, 1853,
Hannah Curtis
widow of Gideon Curtis
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this fourteenth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Hannah Curtis, Widow of Gideon
Chittenden County and State of Vermont,
act 3d February, 1853.

Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance
Husband was a pensioner, under act of 18" March
1818 & then under 7" June 1832
Marriage proved by Record
of Marriage from Town Clerk, a copy of which is
on file, & duly certified to

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Weston & Noyes Esqr
Burlington
Vt.
Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Aug 14 1832
Pension
Office

FREE

$80 per annum

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Revolutionary Claim
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Burlington
Increase
Brief in the case of Hannah Curtiss, Widow of Gideon
Private- Revy War  Essex
Chittenden  County and State of  Vermont
P O Add,
Essex, Vt
Act 2d Sec Feb 3, 1853
Inc.13th Sec Act July 27, 1868
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERT

PROOF EXHIBITED,

A Pensioner, on the roll of Vermont at the
to of $80.00 per Ann
She applies for increase provided 
in 17th Sec Act July 2, 1868
Identity & Widowhood Shown

Admitted, March 17. 1870, to pension at the
rate of $96 per annum, to commence July 27
1868 deducting pay't since
                                                        W. E. Trask
                                                     Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
L. F. Wilbur
Jerico
Chittenden Co.
Vermont
Approved
J D Wilson
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Widow's Claim for increase of Pension

State of Vermont
COUNTY of Chittenden SS

On this 24th day of February A. D. 1870 personally appeared before
me A J Howard Clerk of the County Court in said County Hannah Curtis
a resident of Essex                in the County of Chittenden
State of Vermont aged 81 years, who, being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the second section of the act of Congress
increasing the pension of Revolutionary widows approved July 27, 1868: That she is the widow
of Gideon Curtis who was a Private in the Revolutionary 
war and he died 7th day of July AD 1843
and that, by reason of his death and service aforesaid, she has been granted
a pension of eighty dollars per year in accordance with a certificate (numbered)
bearing date14 May 1853 ⌨ 
which pension certificate
is recorded in the pension office on the Roll of
pensions under act February 3rd 1853
Page 26 Vol .a  to which reference is made
and herewith return her pension certificate.
She makes this application for
an increase of her pension to Eight
dollars per month

She further declares that she has not remarried since the death of her said husband, 

And the hereby appoint L. F. Wilbur Jericho Vermont her attorney to
prosecute her claim, and receive her pension certificate when issued.
My Post Office address is Essex
Chittenden Co. Vermont nature of claimant
My Post Office address is Essex                                  
signature of claimant                                                 Hannah Curtis
If she makes her mark, 
have two witnesses
who write their names.

Also personally appeared Stephen Curtis and Lucius Woodworth
residents of Chittenden County, and State of Vermont
persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn,
say that they were present and saw Hannah Curtis sign her name
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from
the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signature of witnesses.
Stephen Curtis
Lucius Woodworth
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of February  A. D. 1870
and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Official Signature

the penting in a line and the words" in the war and in the
The 10 line and "did" and counter in the 11 line and all of the
12 line to yard which in 14 line
him all repent in 23 & 24 lines counting from the top
erased be on hand and the word revolutionary
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in 7 line & figure 7 or '5" and figure & over 6 in same
line interlined & made before signing as were also the
words "in said War" in ten line, the affidavit of
of said Witnesses as well as the declaration read over to
them and was understood by them before swearing to it.
often at my the day and
In testimony I set my hand in & the seal
of  said Court the day and year last aforesaid
A. J. Howard Clerk of
Chittenden Co. Court

Printed and sold by TUTTLE, GAY & Co., Burlington Vt.

WIDOW'S CLAIM
For
INCREASE PENSION.
CLAIM OF
Hannah Curtis
WIDOW OF
Gideon Curtis
L. F. Wilbur Attorney
Jericho  Post Office
Chittenden County
Vermont  State
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Burlington Augt 1. 1832-
J  L.. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir
The certificate of Isaac Chase in lieu of
one, originally granted, and which was surrendered
in a similar manner to the one enclosed, was
duly received, by last mail
I herewith transmit the original certificate
of Gideon Curtis which he surrenders for the
purpose of receiving a new one under the act
of June 7th 1832, - you will please to
enclose me the new certificate
And oblige
your Respectfully
Nathan B. Maswell
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Payable on the 4th of
March & 4th of Sept.
of each year at Ben-
nington , Vermont, by
D. Robinson, Agent.


Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18th of March 1818, Gideon Curtis
---   late a private in the
Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency
at the rate of Eight dollars ----- cents per month,
to commence on the second day of May one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen

Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this 30th day of June
one thousand eight hundred and 1818
J.C. Calhoun
Secy of War
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State of Vermont
County of Chittenden
On this second day of May AD 1878 before
me the subscriber, one of the assistant Judges of Chittenden County
Court for the said County, personally appears Gideon Curtis aged
about fifty years, resident in Essex in said County, who being
by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision
made by the late 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"; that he the said Gideon
Curtis, enlisted in Woodbury in the State of Connecticut
in the company commanded by Capt. Dorrance in Col
Shermons Regiment of the Connecticut line in the fall of the
year 1780 - for three years, and continued to serve in the said corps
or in the service of the United States until the 28th day of October
1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point & that 
the Certificate hereto attached is the original Certificate of Discharge
received at said time - that he is in reduced circumstances and
stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his war
services
                                               Gideon Curtiss
Sworn to and declared before me
the day and year aforesaid
Truman Chittenden


I Truman Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County
Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Gideon Curtis did serve in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration , against the common
enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony
taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of
War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Burlington May 1. 1878
                                        Truman Chittenden
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State of Vermont       ) County Clerks Office Burlington Vermont
County of Chittenden )  Nathan B. Maswell Clerk of Chitten-
den County Court do hereby certify that
Truman Chittenden, before whom the within
Declaration is made, is an Assistant Judge of
Chittenden County Court, duly qualified
acting under the authority of this State, and
that his name thereto inscribed is his own
proper signature.  In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
Court this 2d day of May AD. 1878
Nathan B. Haswell


Gideon Curtis 2 May
Correct by
Genl. know discharge



N.B. Haswell Esq.
Burlington
Vt.
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2d Postage Stamp rec of T A E
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Rev/W
Could you give me the
Revolutionary War record of
Gideon Curtiss, think he enlisted
in Connecticut, some where about
Bridgeport or Stratford or there
abouts - any information will be
appreciated
Mrs C. A. \
Georgiana G. Jewett
80 Florida Ave
Amsterdam
New York
June 19-1922
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Rev Sec

Ransomville New York
June 11, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. Records,
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sirs
On May 7 I wrote ask-
ing for facts concerning Gid-
on Curtiss of Wallingford Conn.
He was born in 1726, at Walling-
ford. Married Mirriam
Hotchkiss in 1747
He served in Rev. War but
may not have been disa-
bled. If he were and recd
pension will you send facts?
Very truly yours
( Miss ) Elizabeth Curtiss
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Chicago, Ill. Jan. 17, 1910
Rev
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir:-
I find in the
book, "Connecticut in the Revolution,"
that Gideon Curtiss served as private
under Capt. John Brown, and Ensign
Richard Case, 18th Regiment Conn.
Militia - Arrived in New York
Aug. 19, 1776, Discharged Sept. 25, 1776
Also, that he was a Connecticut
Pensioner, Act 1818, Residing in Vt. -
Now, my grandfather was named Gideon
Curtiss - I desire to know if the
Gideon Curtiss, mentioned in book
left any descendants, and if so, their
names - My father, Gilbert Wood
Curtiss, was born at Litchfield Conn.
June 28, 1794, - Respy Yours,
Chas F Curtiss, 1936 Warner Ave.
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Ransomville, N.Y.
Jan. 5, 1922        Rev WD
Pension Department
Revolutionary War Records
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
I am a descendant
of Gideon Curtiss a pension-
er in Vt. in 1818, and I would
like a copy of his record
I am also a descend.
ant of Aaron Haskins
who was with Capt. Geo.
Markhams Co. Sept. 11, 1781                Conn.
(Militia Regiment). I would
also like a copy of his
record if you have it
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I am also a descendant
of Nathaniel Merriman
who was one of the first
settlers at Wallingford, Conn.
its representative 1674, Lieut.
and late in 1675, Captain
of the dragoons of the
Company, and continued
proper at New Haven, died
in 1694, aged 80
Have you a record
of Nathaniel Merriman?
If so, may I have his
Record?  Of course, he
would not come under
Rev. soldiers
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Elizabeth  Curtiss

PENSION
D
JAN
U.  7  S.
1922
OFFICE

RECORD
JAN  7  1922
DIVISION
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Amsterdam, N. Y.,
Nov. 27, 1925

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Section
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: --

Will you kindly advise me what you
have regarding the record of Gideon Curtis,
a pensioner for Connecticut service, living in
Chittenden County, Vt.

Yours very truly,
Florence J Churchill

Mrs. George H. Churchill,
80 Florida Ave,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
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6410 Eggleston
Chicago, Ill
Mch 4-32

Pension Office
War Dept.
Washington D.C.
Can you furnish me
with any further information on the
nature of the service of Gideon Curtiss. Gideon
of Essex Vt?
The published report of Secy of War of
Pension Establmt of U.S. dated 1834 (page
100 (514) under " List of Pensioner of
Chittenden Co., Vt". reads "Curtiss Gideon"
private $96.00 annually-- received $176.77-
Service, Conn. Cont'l line - pensioned
June 30, 1818 - beginning May 2 - 1818
age 68 yrs pensioned under act of
Mch 18, 1818 - dropped under Act 1820-
pensioned again under Act June 7 1832
What were these "Acts"?, from where
in Conn did he enlist? What was
date of his service
( Mrs) Hope Curtis Smith
Received A.G.O. MAR 7 1932

RECEIVED
MAR 8 1939
OLD RECORDS DIVN

ADNINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
MAR-7 1932
WAR DEPT.
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( M-27 )
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Rev. War Section
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1932

Miss Elizabeth Curtiss
Ransonville, New York

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the June 11, 1922 and
received the June 14, 1922, you are advised that the Revolu-
tionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information
in regard to Gideon Curtiss as described in your letter
of above date. The history of the only Gideon Curtis
found in said records was furnished you on January 21,
1922.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

January 18, 1926.

Mrs. G. H. Churchill
80 Florida Ave
Amsterdam, N. Y.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9400, it appears
that Gideon Curtiss enlisted at Woodbury,
Connecticut in the fall of 1780 and served as a
private in Captain Dorrance's Company, Colonel
Sherman's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged
October 28, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed May 2, 1818, while a resident of Essex,
Chittenden County, Vermont, aged fifty years.
He died at said Essex July 7, 1843.
Soldier married August 5, 1816 at Essex,
Vermont, Hannah Stimson, she was born in August,
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1788, and was allowed pension on her application
executed March 5, 1853, while a resident of said
Essex,
There is no further data on file as to his
family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of ________________________________, received ____________________
for a statement of the military history of Gideon Curtiss
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.                     W. File 9400

DATES OF              LENGTH OF    RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.      STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR    SERVICE.                             CAPTAIN.                           COLONEL.
APPOINTMENT.

Fall 1780 to Oct 28 '83                  Pri           Dorrance                                 Sherman                       Conn.
Disch. at West Pt, NY

Battles engaged in,  √
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Woodbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension,    May 2, 1818
Residence at date of application,     Essex, Chittenden Co Vt.
Age at date of application,    50
Remarks: So mar. Essex,  Vt.    Aug 5 1816 Hannah  b Aug 1788
Stimson      he died July 7, 1843 at said Essex
& she was alld pens on her appl exec. Mch 5 1853, while 64
yrs of age and a res. of Essex aforesaid.      No further data