Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25494, for Curtiss Tomlinson, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS

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Tomlinson, Curtiss or Curtis
Lucy

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NUMBER
W.25494
B.L. NE.25.315-160-55
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Act March 3 1855
90480
Apl 23/33
Lucy Tomlinson wid
of Curtis Tomlinson Pri
Tomlinson 
Rev War
Pensioner 
Cert. No. 129. dated July 18, 1848
Conn [illegible] 48-729
Wil 60 ac my 20/56
R Boynton
No 263315 iss May 23/56
Cir S.S. Booth Nov 21/55
Let " " " Apl 26/56
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0952
Connecticut
Curtis Tomlinson
Fairfield in the State of Connt
who was a Private Srgt in the Compy commanded
by Captain Mackman of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Lacy in the Connt
line for 7 months                             $29.12
            6     "      Inf                           20.
                                                        $49.12
Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 49 Dollars 12 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June
1833 and sent to 
Pensioner Hunting in (Fairfield)
County

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 23                      $98.24
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sep. '33       24.56
                                                                  $122.80
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  G. C. Stiles  Clerk,
Book C   Vol. 3 Page 43

Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th April
1838 from 4 March 1835 to
the 25 April 1835, the day
of his death. Agt notified
5  June 1839
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729
Connecticut
Lucy Tomlinson
widow Curtis Tomlinson
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
49 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
15 day of July 1848,
and sent to
Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 357, Vol 1.
Reg S no 55-90480
Reported
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Connecticut
Lucy Tomlinson
widow Curtis Tomlinson
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
10 Dollars 12
47.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
and sent to day of July 1848,
Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 35
same my
Reported
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I David Booth of the Town of Trumbull in Fair-
field County (now in court), testify that I am well
acquainted with Curtis Tomlinson the within named
Applicant - The said Curtis Tomlinson & myself were
both enlisted men in the Connecticut Horse Cavalry
or Militia - The said Curtis Tomlinson & myself
were both Drafted for three months in the year
1780 or 1782  in the month of June to go to
Horse Neck guard the Enemy at this time had
possession of New York City, & we were stationed
on the lines - We both staid the whole three
months & one week over- I messed with said Tom-
linson - There were about ninety, Horsemen & 800 inf-
antry Capt Saymen of Hartford Conn, was
our Captain, I do not recollect any of the officers
of the Infantry - Zachariah Lewis of Armonk now
Decd was Coronel & I think the Sd Tomlinson
was a Corporal. we both served together
David Booth
I Ona Bridsey of Stratford in Fairfield County (now
in Conn) testify that I was with Curtis Tomlinson
on the within named Applicant in the United States
service as follows. to wit - In 1776 at New York
under Capt Samuel Blackman (as I think) 15 days
according to his Statement 30 Days I cannot  Say it
was not 30 days again at Saw fits I was with
said Tomlinson. He states he was in the service
two months. We staid 10 Weeks at first & then
returned & then were immediatley back & Staid 3
Weeks longer which makes 13 Weeks but whether
or not said Tomlinson was there more than 10 -
weeks & I cannot say - I further say that said
Tomlinson was in the service with me one month
at Fishkill in the State of Newyork He left before
I did as my service was Six Weeks at this
time  all the officers under whom he served are
dead.
Ezra Birdsey
I Nathan Lewis of Huntington (in court,) testify that I
served in the Revolutionary War commencing in Decem-
ber 1775 Thee months in the City of Newyork under Lieut
Nathaniel Judson Decd I enlisted at Stratford Conn the sd
Judson had Listing orders from the State, the within named
applicant was in the same company & served in sd company
three months we came home by water together in the month
of April 1776 In August 1777. The sd Tomlinson & myself
were in Capt Blackmans company of Horse 1to Fishkill in
Newyork where we were in the service one Month Capt
Blackman and whole company was then in the service &
Again in July 1778 I was drafted by Capt Blackman for
three months & went under Capt Benjamin Hencock now
Decd to Red Hook & served there & in scouting on the lines
three months the sd Tomlinson was drafted & served
this tour of service with me we both live near together
the said Tomlinson enlisted into the Horse before I did all the
officers of sd Militia company are dead, & all the officers and
whom he served I am  positive that sd Tomlinson served
these three periods (in the whole 7 months)
Nathan Lewis
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Again in the year 1780 or 1782 in May, I was drafted out of
 Capt Blackman's Company at said Huntington for three
months & went to Horseneck on the lines in the State
of Newyork & Served out said three months under Capt
Serplow from Hartford, David Booth of Trumb-
ull was in said Draft & served with me & was present
in court to listen to the same 
I was at Danbury when it was burnt & out
on other short alarms but my whole service before
stated & proved amounts to thirteen months
I never had any written discharge nor have I any proven military
evidence my Brother Joseph in Huntington has any I had heard 
of a Birth whic always lived at said Huntungton I further state that Col. sister state that Col ????
The said Curtis Tomlinson is hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Curtis Tomlinson
We , Agur Judson residing in the town of Huntington
and Dr Algernon Jones residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Curtis Tomlinson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 79 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the
neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Algernon S Jones
Agur Judson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was revolutionary Soldier.
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Doctor Algernon Judson
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Huntington and that Agur Judson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Huntinton and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, & that David
& Nathan Lewis Witnesses in supor tof this application
are men of good character for truth & veracity & are
well known to the Court
& credible Witnesses
Filew Miller Judge
I R S Nichols Clerk of the afore sd court
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of one Curtis Tomlinson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
Office.
this 20 day of December 1882
.
R S. Nichols Clerk
Seth Wheeler Judge of me aforesaid Court do certify that
Nichols is date of said Court & that the above is
his genuine signalise with the seal of said Court Milite
annexed
Idah Wheeler Judge
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the foregoing Depositions of David Booth
Ena Bradley & Nathan Lewis Male subscri-
bed & sworn in open court
Attest
R. L. Nichols, Clerk
Ohio

Curtis Tomlinson
Huntington Conn.
one year & one month
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Curtiss Tomlinson
Huntington Conn's
-
13 months
Service
not sufficient detail

To Filleder
Connt.

C. Tomlinson
Dep C J Bendez
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I
Thomas Beardslee of Roxbury in Litchfield
County of lawful age being duly sworn depose &
say that in June 1776 a Regiment of Cavalry
commanded by Col. Gould Sillick Litleman of
the Connecticut Militia was ordered to New York by Govenor
Trumbull, attached to which Regiment was a  Company under the command of Capt Samuel Blackman of Stratford in
Fairfield County, I was a private in sd Company &
Curtis Tomlinson then of Stratford was also a private
therein & both of us marched with said Regiment which
stopped about half way between Kingsbridge & New York
near the Dwelling House of Ore Devon with whom
I & the sd Tomlinson & our company rested during
our stay there the Regiment was at length marched
to New York & was there when the declaration
of independence was just published. After about a months
absence we returned to Connecticut said regiment
having been dismissed by General Washingtons order.
Afterwards I believe in the fall of 1777 said Company
under the command of Capt. Blackman was detached
for a tour of two months service of was marched to
SandPits ( said Curtis Tomlinson being with it & myself) where said company served sd time under the direction of General David Booster. And further saith not
July July 27, 1832
Thomas Beardsley
New Haven County Ss Derby July 27, 1832
Perssonally approved Thomas Beardsley signer of the foregoing Deposition & made oath te same containing the truth before me
John L. Tomlinson  Justice of Peace
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Nathan Lewis of Huntington being duly
on testify & say that I am well acqua-
nted with the named Witness
Thomas Beardsley & that I know him
to be a man of truth veracity & of
good character. Nathan Lewis

Subscribed & Sworn         R.S. Nichols, Clerk
in open Court

I Thos. Miller Judge of the Court of Probate in & for
sd District of Harford Do hereby certify that the
above named Nathan Levis is a man of
good character for truth & veracity & further
certify that John L Tomlinson Esq. before
whom the within Deposition of Thomas Beard-
sley) was taken is a Justice of the Peace & that
I know the signature of said John L Tomlinson
& that the same is geniune
T W Miller  Judge
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Curtis Tomlinson
Cont.

Admitted
Private Dragoons 7mo
   do     Infantry    6  "
          X


356
4.16
     1     1
39.12    4
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
TSir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of (Comer) Curtis Tomlinson Cont.
Period when the
1776              1        Private        Blackman                     79 year         first tour
                              Trooper                                            Fairfield           proved by a
                                                                                                        surviving Witness
Decm 1775    3          "              Col. Lamb                       N York    2d proved by
                                                                                                        Nathan Lewis
Summer 1777 2      drafted       capt. Blackman Genl     Fishkill     3d the same witness
                                                                         Sullivan   N York     that proved the 
                                                                                                        first tour proved this
1778                3          ".            Cap. Hescock                Red Hook
                                                                                        NYork
1780 or            3    drafted        Cap Seymore               went on     this proved by
1782                                                                               the line      David Booth
                                                                                        N York
Summer 1774   1      "               Genl Sullivan                     "            proved by a
                                                                                                         surviving witness



I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

                                              DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of)
                             County of) ss.
On this                 day of          personally appeared (a) before   
A.B. a resident (b) of               in the county of     and State, Territory or District
of            aged (c)         years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with        and
served in the                (e) regiment of the           line, under the following named officers 
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                          for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of                                   & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the              and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                                   who was
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.               who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I                      Clerk of the Court of                  do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this                   day of                                                 & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in the character
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and -------
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for is guidance
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and ----- days, I served as a ------ For months and days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, ans if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases
(l) If a witness cannot be found the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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(1594
Lucy Tomlinson
Wid of Curtis
Conn
Ad July 1838
Married 1790
died
1835
Allce $49.12 per
Ann

Hane Sherman Esq.
Bridgeport
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ⎬ Bridgeport
On this first day of September AD 1838
personally appeared before the Court of
Probate within and for the District of
Stratford aforesaid Lucy Tomlinson
a resident of Huntington in said County
aged 67 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 Act of Congress passed July
7th 1838 entitled "An Act granting &
pay and Pensions to certain Widows"
that she is the widow of Curtis Tomlinson
who was a private of dragoons in the Revolutionary army
of the United States on the Roll of the Connecticut
Agency under Act of June 7 1832.
that said Curtis drew his Pension up to
March 4th 1835 and his widow the said
Applicant has not drawn his Pension
since his death, the amount being
Small that was due is the reason
of her not drawing it and to his
Pension application at Washington she
refers for proof of her said Husband's
service  in the Revolutionary War
⎬
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She further declares that she was married
to the said Curtis Tomlinson on the fifteenth
day of September in the year Seventeen
hundred and ninety. (1790)
that her husband the afforesaid Curtis
Tomlinson died at said Huntington of the liver
Complaint on the twenty fifth day of April
in the Eighteen hundred and thirty five
(1835)
That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage
took place previous to the first day of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety four and,
at the time above stated.
That she has a family Record of her
Marriage to said Curtis Tomlinson,
which also contains the Record of his death
which Record (Record) she has now
taken from her family Bible and which
is herewith attach to her Declaration
The Record of her marriage above
refered is as follows. & of his death
Curtis Tomlinson and Lucy Martin
was married September 15 AD 1790
Curtis Tomlinson Died April 25 1835.
That she was married by the B??? Benedict
of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield State of
Connecticut as afforesaid & that maiden name
was Lucy Atwood and at the time of her Marriage
to said Tomlinson she was the Widow of Joel Martin
Lucy Tomlinson
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written
Before me Hanson Hamlin Judge
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I hereby certify that the inclosed paper on
which appear the names of Curtis Tomlinson
& Lucy Martin on which the first date is
September 15th AD 1790 - was in my presence torn
from a bible which said applicant states
was the Family Bible of her late husband
Curtis Tomlinson, & that the record thereon
is a Record of Marriages, Births & Deaths
in her family-- and that the above are true
copies of the marriage of said applicant
with said Curtis Tomlinson, and of the
death of said Curtis Tomkinson
Alanson Hamlin Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after investigating the
matter that the above named
applicant is the Widow of Curtis
Tomlinson a Revolutionary Soldier
and Pensioner as she states.
attest Ira Therman Clerk
Alanson Hamlin Judge

I Ira Sherman Clerk of the Court afforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of the Widow
Lucy Tomlinson for a Pension, and I further
certify that Isaac Sherman is a Justice
of Peace in and for said Fairfield County
duly commissioned and qualified and that
his signature to the Deposition of Stephen
Tomlinson hereto annexed is genuine
Given under my hand and
the seal of said Court this
1st day of September 1838.
Ira Sherman Clerk
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Curtis Tomlinson and Lucy Martin was married
September the 15th AD 1790
Stephen Tomlinson was born November the 4th 1791
John A. Tomlinson was born August the 7th 1793
Mary Tomlinson was born October the 19th 1795
Lucy Tomlinson was born November the 15 1797
Charles Curtis Tomlinson was born the 3d
Day of January AD 1801 Huntington Connecticut
Joel Martin was born in Bethel May the
6th AD 1789
Thomas Jefferson Tomlinson Born October 12th 1800
& died Dec 23. 1808
Caroline Elizabeth Tomlinson born Jany 11th 1810

Curtis Tomlinson died April 25th 1835
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Before
Christ
176.
34 So every man praised toward the head of the 37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that before
And here I will make an end.
glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power.
Christ
35 He hanged also Nicanors head upon the tower,
38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the
an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of
story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and
the Lord.
meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
36 And they ordained all with a common decree,
39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water
in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but
to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,
alone, and as wine mingled with water is pleasant,
and delighteth the tastes even so speech finely frame
which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day
delighteth the ears of them that read the story.
before Mardocheus day.
And here shall be an end.
The End of the APOCRYPHA.
168.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I Certify that in conformity with the law of the United State of
the 7th June, 1832, Curtis Tomlinson
of the State of Connecticut
who was a Private of Dragoons in the Revo-
lutionary Army
is entitled to receive Forty Nine dollars and
Twelve per annum during his natural life, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
4th September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office the United
States, this  25th day of
June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty Three
Solen Cobb
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Payments to be made
at Hartford Ct
by Pns. U.S,M.W.
Agent for paying Pension-
ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of-
fice, in Book E. Vol. 3
Page 43 by G. C. Stiles
Clerk
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Stephen Tomlinson of Huntington, in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut
of Lawful age Deposeth saith that he
was a son of Carter & Lucy Tomlinson
and that said Carter Tomlinson died of
the liver complaint and old age at said
Huntington on the 25 day of April AD 1835
that he was a Pensioner of the United States
on the Roll of the Connecticut
agency under Act of June 7 1832 and
that he left a widow by the same
of Lucy who is now a resident of
said Huntington and who has never
married since the death of said Curtis
Tomlinson
Stephen Tomlinson
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ⎬ Bridgeport Sept  1 1838
personally appeared Stephen Tomlinson
and Subscribed and made oath to the
truth of the above Deposition before me
who I certify is a credible Witness
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,)
COUNTY of Fairfield         )           Huntington
On this 20th  day of April  A.D. 1855
Personally appeared before a Notary Public, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and
for the County aforesaid. Lucy Tomlinson
aged 84 years, a resident of Huntington County in the State of
Connecticut who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of
Curtis Tomlinson of said Huntington deceased, who was a private
in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner of the
United States on the Roll of the Connecticut agency
under act of June 7th 1832 & for proof of his service
she refers to his application for a pension under act
and that she is now as his widow a pensioner of
the United States on the Roll of the Connecticut
agency at the rate of 49 dollars & twelve cents in Annum
Pensioned under act of Congress of February 2 1848
that her pension certificate is dated July 15 1848
(No 1729) that for proof of her marriage to said Curtis
Tomlinson, and of his death she refers to her application
for a pension at the Pension office at Washington
City and as she believes he
continued in actual service in said war for the term of more than one year
and was honorably discharged 
She further states that she was married to the said Curtis Tomlinson in Bethlehem on the 15th day of September A.D. 1790
by one                 and that her name before her said
marriage was Lucy Martin that her said husband died at Huntington on the 25th day of April A.D. 1835
and that she is now a widow.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, 
nor made any other application therefor.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled
under the ""act approved March 3, 1855."
Lucy Tomlinson

We Lyman Webster and Ezra Dayton
residents of Huntington County in the State of Connecticut
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said
Lucy Tomlinson in 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.
Ezra H Dayton
Lyman Webster

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Stephen S Booth Notary Public
(Justice of the Peace.)
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I Lyman Webster of the Town of Huntington
in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut
of lawful age do depose and say that I am
well acquainted with the widow Lucy Tomlinson 
who has signed the annexed application
for Bounty land that she is a pensioner
of the United States is now the widow of
Curtis Tomlinson decd as she has stated
in said application - and that in his life
time they lived and cohabited together as
man and wife & I have no doubt that
they were married, as she States, in
said applation
Huntington April 21. 1855
Lyman Webster

State of Connecticut )
Fairfield County         )   Huntington April 2d 1835
Personally appeared Lyman Webster who
Subscribed and made oath to the truth of the
above deposition who I certify is a credible
person before me a Notary Public duly authorized
by law to administer Oaths in and for the
County & State aforesaid
and I further certify that I have no interest
in the annexed application of Lucy Tomlinson
for Bounty Land
 Stephen S Booth Notary Public
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State of Connecticut
By his Excellency HENRY BUTTON, Governer of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
know ye, that Stephen S Booth was on the
14th day of August AD 1854 for the
sum of two years from and after said
date appointed a Notary Public
in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestation as such, full faith and set credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court
Henry Dutton

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereto affixed,
this 11th day of April A.D. 1835, and in the seventy ninth year of
the Independence of the United States of America
By His Excellency the Governor
O H Peny
Secretary of State
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
                                                      October 25,  1936
Mrs. Paul Jaqua
Portland
Ind
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 25494, it appears that Curtiss or Curtis Tomlinson was born August 31, 1752 at Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Huntington, he enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From December 1775, three months under Lieutenant Nathaniel Judson.
From June 1776, one month in Captain Samuel Blackman’s Company, Colonel Gold Sellick Silliman’s Regiment. 
In the summer of 1777, one month in Captain Blackman’s Company; and in the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Blackman’s Company.
From July 1778, three months in Captain Benjamin Heacock’s Company; and from spring 1780 or 1782 in 
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three months in Captain Seymour’s Company.
He was at Danbury, when it was burned and other alarms, not details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 30, 1832, while a resident of Huntington, Connecticut, and he died there April 25, 1835.
Soldier married September 15, 1790, Lucy, widow of Joel Martin, her maiden name was Atwood. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1838, while a resident of Huntington, Connecticut, aged sixty-seven years.
The following names appear on the family record-
Stephen Tomlinson born November 4, 1791.
John A. Tomlinson  “ August 7, 1793.
Mary A. Tomlinson “ October 19, 1795.
Lucy Tomlinson “ November 15, 1797.
Charles Curtiss Tomlinson “ January 3, 1801.
Joel Martin “ May 5, 1789.
Thomas Jefferson Tomlinson “ October 12, 1808, died December 28, 1808.
Carolina Elizabeth Tomlinson “ January 11, 1810, Married Martin B. Boiset (?) August 7, 183- (illegible)
In 1838, son, Stephen was living in Huntington, Connecticut.
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Stratford April 21st 1855
L. P. Waldo Esq
Com of Pensions
& Bounty Land
Sir I send you the
application of the widow Lucy Tomlinson
for Bounty Land under act of March 3 1855
please send her Bounty Land Warrant to me
Yours Respectfully
Stephen S. Booth
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State of Connecticut)
County of Fairfield   )ss     Bridgeport
On this 16th day of May AD 1843 personally
appeared before me Isaac Sherman a
Justice of the peace in and for said
Fairfield County Lucy Tomlinson a resident
of the Town of Derby in the
County of New Haven State aforesaid aged
73 years who being first duly Sworn
according to Law doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in
order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3 of March 1843 granting
pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Curtis Tomlinson
of Huntington in sd Fairfield County and who
was, as I believe a private of Cavalry in
the Army of the Revolutionary War in
which he served and that the Annual
Amount of her Pension that she received
as his widow under Act of July 7th 1838
was Forty nine Dollars & 12 cents
She further declares that she still remains
the widow of said Curtis Tomlinson decd
having formerly lived
in Fairfield County ⎬                                   Lucy Tomlinson
the reason of her making
this declaration in sd County ⎬
Sworn to and subscribed on the Day and
year above written before me And I
hereby certify that said Lucy Tomlinson
is personally known to me to be the
widow of said Curtis Tomlinson decd
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut)
County of Fairfield   )                  Bridgeport
I Mark Moore Clerk of the Court of Probate
within and for the District of Bridgeport in
said County do hereby certify that Isaac
Sherman is a Justice of the peace in &
for said County duly commissioned and
qualified, and that his signature to
the within declaration of Lucy Tomlinson
is genuine.
-
Given under my hand
& Seal of Office this 20 Day
of May AD 1843.
Mark Moore Clerk


1346
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Wid
Tomlinson

OLD WAR AND NAVY
SEP 21 1893

PENSION
A
SEP
19
1893
OFFICE
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WILLIAM S. DOWNS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BIRMINGHAM, CONN.  Sept. 16, 1893.
Hon. William Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: --
My great grandmother was a pensioner of the war of the
Revolution; her name was Lucy Tomlinson, and she was the wife of
Curtis Tomlinson, who served in the Revolutionary war. I would like
to get a copy of her pension certificate. Will you kindly send me
the same, if it can be procured, and I will send you check for expense that may be connected therewith.
Yours truly,
I would like
W. S. Downs
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State of Cont
Bridgeport
J L. Edwards Esq   May 22 1843
Sir I send you the
Pension application of the widow
Lucy Tomlinson please send her
Certificate to me
Yours, Respectfully
Isaac Sherman
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Ad
(497)
870

admitted

Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Ct
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DECLARATION, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 2d of February, 1848, entitled" An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution:"
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Fairfield Ss    Huntington
On this 12 day of June 1848, personally appeared before me, a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid,
Lucy Tomlinson a resident of Huntington in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
 That she is the widow of Curtis Tomlinson who was a private soldier in the Army in said War  who had a
pension under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate
of  Forty nine Dollars & twelve cents per Annum
was a resident of the Town of Huntington aforesaid
the time of his decease and for proof of his service
in said War She refers to his pension application at
Washington City, as to the Regiment or Corps in which he served
sd War That she received a pension under the act of June 17th, 1844, at the rate of Forty nine Dollars and twelve
Cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Lucy Tomlinson
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year before written, before me.
Treat Stakeman
Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant and know she is the widow of Curtis Tomlinson decd, and the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration
Treat Stakeman  Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Fairfield
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Treat Blakeman was on the 12th of June 1848 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualfied; that
his commission was dated on the 19th day of June 1847, and that his signatures above written are genuine,
 That said Commission expired with the 19th day of June 1848
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County Court this 10th day of July 1848
and was on the 12th of June 1848, first interlined
Thomas Robinson Clerk
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Connecticut 2145
Lucy Tomlinson
widow of Curtis Tomlinson, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
and who died on the April 25 1835 
of Fairfield Co in the State of Connt
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Blackman of the Regt commanded
by Col Lamb in the Connt State
line for 7 mos Dragn
            6 mos  Inf
Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 49 Dollars 12 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Mar
1839 and sent to Isaac
Sherman Bridgeport, Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839                     $147.36
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sep 39          24,56
                                                                     $171.92
(Act July 7,}
(1838.       )
Recorded by DM Curdy Clerk
Book A Vol. 4 Page 214
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Reported
Connecticut 870
Lucy Tomlinson
widow of Curtis Tomlinson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
49 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of July 1843
and sent to Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport, Conn
(Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A.
No 1 Page 78,
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
May 4th 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Curtis Tomlinson,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at
the rate of Forty nine Dollars and twelve cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1835
to the 25th April, 1835, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours
J. Vaner
Acting
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
Comptroller.
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State of Con
Fairfield
County
J L Edwards Esq     Bridgeport
Sir I send you the
Pension application of the Widow
Lucy Tomlinson of Huntington in
sd County and you will please
to send her certificate to me
Yours Respectfully
Isaac Sherman
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Dear
Sir
MRS. PAUL JAQUA
PORTLAND, INDIANA
Kindly send me a copy
of the pension application of Curtis
Tomlinson who served in the war
of the Revolution from Connecticut.
and oblige
Mrs Paul Gagua
Portland
Indiana
(U.
F
AUG
36
S.
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26.315
the army
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BRIDGEPORT
APR
90480
FREE

L P Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensions
& Bounty Land
Washington City
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25.494
Lucy Tomlinson
wid of
Curtis Tomlinson
Pri Rev War
Ac t :  Feb 2d 48
Index:--Vol. 3 Page 423
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct. 9/93 Mil. Hist to Wm S. Downs, C.
Birmingham
Conn.

1926 - Oct 25 Hist to
Mrs Paul Jaques  any C
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