Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6745, Jotham Curtis, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                 NUMBER                         
Conn                          Curtis, Jotham                    W. 6745   
                                   or  Curtiss                 B.L. Wt. 33760 -160-55
                                     Elizabeth  
CONTENTS
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Curtis, Jotham
(conn)
W6745
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Michigan
Elizabeth Curtis
widow of Jotham Curtis 
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a [?]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to 
J.G. Austin
Presents
[?] July [?]
d on Roll of Pensioners under act July
18. Page 20[?] Vol.
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Curtis, Jothum
(conn.)
W6745
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Michigan
19.940
19940
Pittsburg Agency (crossed out)
=====================
Jotham Curtis
of Medina in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Barker of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Meigs n the Connecticut
line for the term of nine months
from March 1777 to                   17
======================
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 21 day of May 1818
=======================
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1818
and sent to Timothy
Hudson Esq Medina C.H. Ohio
========================
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  $27.89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending       
                                                $27.89

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March, 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820}

second column
Silver Jan
Hm J Norvell, John

the heading under 
#April 1838 from
1840 to 4th Mar 1841
cmt notified April 15th 1842
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209.118.-Act March 3 }
                      Sept 7 } 55
__________________________
Elizabeth Curtis widow of
Jotham Curtis, Rev. Pensioner
__________________________
Elizabeth wid: Jotham Curtis. Pri


Rev: War.
________________________________

Mich Inly 48 - 1189
_________________________________
NO:160AG July 11/56
BR/10h



__________________________________
James G. Austin,
Washington, D.C.

Vol. C2. 155
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Family Register

JOTHUM CURTIS. Senr
was born Aug 22d 1759

ELIZABETH CURTIS
was born Feb 7th of 1781
They were married Dec 1?th 1799

DENISON CURTIS
was born Dec 14th 1802

PHEBE CURTIS
was born April 19th 1804

THOMAS J CURTIS
was born May 13th 1806

ELIZA CURTIS
was born May 24th 1808

JOTHUM CURTIS Junr
was born Dec 9th 1809

Richmond H. Curtis was born Aug 4th 1814

Joseph A Curtis was born March 25th 1816

James W. Curtis was born Aug 5th 1819

Denison Curtis died Sept 19th 1819
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Richmond M. Curtis died Feb 27th 1845

Jothum Curtis died June 21st 18??
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DEATHS

Dennison Curtis died
September 19th 1819
_________________________
Richmond Curtis died
February 27th 1845
_________________________
Jotham Curtis Died
June 22, 1848
Age at his death 
88 years & 10 months


second column
DEATHS
Julius Curtis died
September 25 1854
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS

Julia A. Curtis was born
August 6, 1848
===============
Lurancy E Curtis was born
August 29 1850
==================
Eugene Curtis was born
August 13, 1852
==================
Julius Curtis was born
June 28 1854
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Dennison Curtis was born
December 14th 1802

Phebe Curtis was born 
April 19th 1804

Thomas J Curtis was
Born May 13th 1806

Eliza S. Curtis was born
May 24th 1808

Jotham Curtis Junior was 
born December 9th 1809

Richmond Curtis was
born August 4th 1814

Joseph A. Curtis was born 
March 25th 1816

James W. Curtis was
born August 5th 1819

second column
Jotham Curtis Senr was
born August 22nd 1759

Elizabeth Curtis was
born February 7th 178?

-----------------
James W. Curtis was
born August 5, 1819

Margaret A. Curtis
was Born March 27, 1827
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
-------------------
James W. Curtis and Margaret A. his wife
were married Feb 14 1847

second column
Jotham Curtis Senr
and Elizabeth his wife
were married December
13th 1799
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Bounty Land
Act of 1855
____________________
Elizabeth Curtis
widow of \Jotham Curtis Deced
Michigan
Husband a pensioner
Act of 1818
She an
applicant Act 29?
July 1848

James G Austin
atty
Present



second column
209.ii8-s
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State of Michigan
County of Cass}  SS

Be it known that Before me the subscriber a notary Public within & for the County & State aforesaid. (duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths) personally appeared Elizabeth Curtis a resident of the County & State aforesaid & aged seventy-four years who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of Jotham Curtis [illegible] who was a Revolutionary Pensioner & Died leaving her his widow, that she has made application for a Pension under act 29th July 1848 & she Respectfully refers to the papers in file in her Husbands case as well as to her own papers now in file at the Pension Office , for proof of her Husbands service as well as to her Marriage & Widowhood 

That she is still the Widow of the said Jotham Curtis aforesaid.

She Makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Lane to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855.  Never having received Bounty Land nor made any other appplication Except the Present.

James G Austin of Washington D.C. is hereby authorized to prosecute this may claim & to receive any [illegible] that may be issued hereon    August the 27th 1855

Elizabeth Curtis                          [Seal]
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Affidavit of 2 Witnesses

We Eli Tuts and Michael Hower
residents of the County & State aforesaid, upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration was signed
and acknowledged by the above named Elizabeth
Curtis 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. & that we have no interest
in this Claim August twenty seventh 1855
                                       Michael Hower                     Seal
                                                           his
                                                      Eli   X   Tuts            Seal
                                                           mark           

Officers Certificate
The foregoing declarations & affidavit were sworn to
& Subscribed before me on the day and year first
above written; and I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons; that I believe
the Claimant is the identical person she represents
herself to be & that I have no interest in this
Claim
Heman Redfield
Notary Public                                    Seal 

on the other side get the
Federal Co Clerks Certificate & Seal
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State of Michigan
County of Canop
I Ezra B. Warner Clerk
of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby
certify that Heman Redfield Esq. before whom
the foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the
time of taking said affidavits a Notary Public
in and for said County duly appointed & Commiss'd
and duly authorized to take the same, and that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of said Notary, and truly believe the signature
attached to the above certifficate purporting to be his
is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of our said Circuit Court at
Canapolis this 30th day of August
A.D. 1855
Ezra B. Warner
Clerk
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No 498
Elizabeth Curtis
of Michigan
Widow of
Jotham Curtis
Late of Mich Decd
He was a Pensioner
of the United States
in the Michigan
Agency
Act of 1818
at $96 per Ann
Connecticut Continental
Service
He died 2d June 1848
& She remains his Widow
Claims under act of
July 1st & 29th 1848

Filed by
James G Austin
Present
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State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss
 Township of Mason

Personally came
On this twenty second day
of March A.D. One thousand
Eight hundred and fifty five before the undersigned
Heman Redfield a Notary Public in and for said
County of Cass township of Mason and State aforesaid
Elizabeth Curtis a resident of said township of Mason
County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years
who being duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made
by the act of Congress passed July twenty ninth A D
1848 That she is the widow of Jotham Curtis who
was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution
and was a pensioner of the United States for services
rendered in said war as the records of the department
of war will fully establish and show
the further declares that she was married to the said
Jotham Curtis on the thirteenth day of December AD 1799
One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine at Coeymans
in the County of Albany State of New York. that her
husband the aforesaid Jotham Curtis died on the
second day of June A.D. 1848 at Mason in the
City of Cass and State of Michigan as the pension rolls
of the pension department will exhibit that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service
but the marriage took place previous to the second day
of January eighteen hundred  viz at the time specified
above. She further declares that she is now a widow
and has received no pension or made application
except under the act above specified, and that she
is unable from badly infirmity to appear before a court
to make this application.
Elizabeth Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me a Notary Public in and for said County & State
Heman Redfield N. P.

P. O. Sept 11/55
The Commissioner has 
decided that under the
circumstances in the
failure of this office to
require a declarant to
??? no further transcription possible ???
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State of Michigan
County of Cass Ss     I Ezra W. Warner Clerk of the Circuit Court
for said County do hereby certify that Heman Redfield
Esq before whom the annexed affidavits were taken was
at the time of taking said affidavits a Notary Public
in and for said County duly appointed and qualified
and duly authorized to take the same and that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of said Notary and
truly believe the signatures attached to said affidavits
purporting to be his are his genuine signatures
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of on said Circuit Court at
Cassopolis this 1st day of May
A D 1885
Ezra B. Warner
Clerk
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20.281.
Jotham Curtis
Medina Co
Ohio

Timothy Hudson Esq
Clerk of Medina Co C. H
Ohio
Pension Office 
Recv'd
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The State of Ohio
Medina County ss:    Jotham Curtis Application
for a Pension
Be it remembered that at a Term of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County, begun and held at the 
Court house in the town of Medina, within and for said County 
by and before the Honorable George Tod. President of the
third Judicial Circuit of the Court of Common pleas of
said State for which said Circuit the said County of Medina
is included  and the Hon Hendrick Brown, Noah M. Ben-
son and John Mead Associate Judges of the same Court
when held within and for said County on Monday
the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, then and
therecame into Court the above named Jotham Curtiss
and presented to said Court his declaration in order
to be placed on the pension list together with a schedule
of his property which said Declaration and a Schedule
are contained in these words and figures following
that is to say
The State of Ohio
Medina County
On this Eighth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
twenty seven personally appeared Jotham Curtis in open
Court it being a Court of Record so constituted by
the laws of the State of Ohio for the State of Ohio
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with civil and criminal jurisdiction within & for the
County of Medina and State of Ohio aged Sixty eight
years who being duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order to ob-
tain the provision made by the act of Congress of the
18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the
said Jotham Curtis enlisted for the term of nine month
some time in the month of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, 
in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded
by Capt Samuel Barker in the Regt commanded
by Col Riturn J. Meigs in the line of the State of Con-
necticut on the Continental establishment ,that he
continued to serve in the said Corps until the February
following when he was discharged from the said service
at White Plains in the State of New York that he had a
written discharge which with his dwelling house and
contents was destroyed fire in the month of Oct 1808
that he was in the battle of Horseneck and that he
has now no other evidence in his power
that by reason of the fire aforesaid and other misfortunes he is
in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need
of the assistance of his Country for his support and
in pursuance of the act of 1st May 1820 I do solomley
swear that I was a resident of the United States
on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen and that I have not since 
that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed
of
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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 Revolutionary War
passed on the 18th day of March one thousand Eight
hundred and Eighteen and that I have not nor has
my person in trust for me any property or securities con-
tracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than
what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by
me subscribed to wit:
One Horse                                           $23.00
Two Cows                                              18.00
Two sheep                                               2.00
Farming tools                                          5.00
Mason tools                                            1.20
Oner Grind Stone                                    1.00
One pair old Wagon wheels                    3.00
Two old cracked I paid Kettles                3. 00
Two pots                                                 2.50
One old broken tea kettle                        .50
Two Chests                                            1. 50
One old table                                           .75
Six old chairs                                          1.50
One stand table                                        .50
Three Barrels                                          1.50
Cupboard furniture                                5.00
                                                         ---------------
                                                             73.00
                                                         ---------------
By occupation I am a Stone Mason - that by reason
of age and ill health I am quite enfeebled that I have
a wife to wit Elizabeth aged 41years who enjoys middling
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health four children to wit Jothan 16 years of
age healthy Richman aged 12 years Joseph 8 years
old James 6 years old healthy
Jotham Curtis
Sworn to and declared on the 8th day of March
A. D 1827 before me
Timothy Hudson Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, Medina
County and State of Ohio

Whereupon the premises aforesaid having been
seen and heard, and by the said Court now here
fully understood, it is ordered that the application
be certified to the Department of War

The State of Ohio
Medina County
I Timothy Hudson Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas  within and for said County do hereby
certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the
said Jotham Curtis did serve in the Revolutionary War.
as stated in the preceding declaration against the
Common Enemy for the term of nine months under and
engagements on the Continental establishment I also
certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly
coping from the records of the said Court; and I do
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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 Seventy three dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court at Medina, this
22d day of March A.D. 1827 -
Timothy Hudson Clerk
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Mrs. Grace C. Wellwood                   BA-J/ILL
Bridgewater                                      Jotham Curtis
Connecticut.                                      W. 6745



Dear Madam:

         The data which follow are found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6745, based upon service of Jotham Curtis in that war.

         He enlisted in March 1778, in Connecticut, served as a private in Captain Samuel Baker's company, Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut regiment, was in the battle of Horseneck and was dis-charged in February 1779.

         The soldier resided between the years 1801 and 1807, in Nerthampton (later LeRoy), Genesee County, New York. He served  in the War of 1812 also, no details given. 

         Jotham Curtis was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed March 8, 1827, at which time he resided in Medina County, Ohio. In January 1833, he resided in Cass County, Michigan Territory, having moved there recently from Ohio. He died June 22, 1848 in Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan.

         Jotham Curtis married December 13, 1799 in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, Elizabeth, who was born February 7, 1781; her maiden name and the place of her birth are not shown.
 
           Elizabeth Curtis, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1855, at which time she resided in Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan. She was allowed 160 acres of bountyland on warrant # 33760, under the Act of March 3, 1855, en
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account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War.
The names of the children of Jotham Curtis and his wife,
Elizabeth, also, birth and deaths, are shown as follow
Dennison (Denison ) Curtis, born December 14, 1802; died Sept. 19,
Phebe                          "          "     April          19, 1804
Thomas J. Jefferson )   "          "     May           13, 1806
Eliza S.                         "          "     May            24, 1808
Jotham, Junior,            "         "      December    9,  1809
Richmond M.               "         "      August         4,  1814: died Feb. 27, 1845
Joseph A.                    "          "      March         25,  1816
James W.                     "          "     August         5,  1819

In 1855, the following named surviving children made affidavit
in behalf of their mother, Elisabeth Curtis, in Cass County, Michigan:
Jotham Curtis; Joseph A. Curtis: Thomas Jefferson Curtis; James W.
Curtis: Phebe Hess and Eliza S. Plass. John Plass, said Eliza's
husband, made affidavit also.
In 1855, his son, James W. Curtis, resided in Elkhart, Indiana.
He married February 14, 1847, Margaret A., who was born March 27, 1827,
her maiden name not shown. The names of their children were listed in
1855, as follows
Julia A.     Curtis    born                August,  6  1848
Lurancy E.  "             "                  August,  29  1850                 
Eugene      "             "                  August   13  1852
Julius         "             "                  June       28, 1854, died Sept. 25, 1854.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land
which was granted on account of service in the Revolutionary War of
Jotham Curtis, you should address The Commissioner, General Land Office,
this city, and cite the following warrant #33760 for 160 acres of bounty
land, Act of March 3, 1855.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and
address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
                   2.
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this city, and cite the following:
Elizabeth Curtis, widow of Jotham Curtis,
Certificate #1189
Issued September 29, 1855
Rate $96 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of July 29, 1848
Michigan Agency.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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June 13  '98
Miss L C a
See. W. 282
 1902
Williams Lisorne N.Y.
1921, Feb. 11 Hist to
Nellie L. Curtis. En
1924. May 24. Hist. to Mrs. Elean
1928. Sept 12-Hish Wm
1933 Jan. V. Hist to Eunice C.
1938 Hist. to Dr. Willard Mo
see letter in rev.. Peter Monfor
1939. Mar. 4, Hist to Mrs Grace

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6745
Elizabeth Curtis
Widow
Jotham Curtis
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 160
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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33760
⎬
Her Ans
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Medina C. 7.6.0                            Free
May 28.
The Hon James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington City



To be admitted
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Mohegan Roll
Elizabeth Curtis, widow of
Jotham, who was a private
Connecticut troops
He ds'd July 29, 1848.
$96 per Ann
Commence March 4, 1848

J. G. Austin
Present
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209.118
Bo Land
Act of 1855

J. Minot Esq
Coum'r of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Jotham Curtis
transferred from
Ohio Pittsburg to
Michigan Territory
when his papers are
found put the within
transfer with them

certif of pension signed
6th June 1828
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No 498
Elizabeth Curtis
Mich
Letter to James Sullivan 24th Oct 1849
Hon. C.E. Stuart, Augt 2/52
Hon. D. A. Noble, 4 " Jany /54
J. G. Austin, Sept. 10/55.
3d Acct Sept. 11/55
J. G. Austin, Sept. 18/55

act 29 July 1848
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6745
Elizabeth Curtis
Mch 8 1837                             Born Aug 22 1759
Wid
Jotham Curtis
Mch. 1827 -68
Medina Co Ohio
Mch. 78                                          Con

Capt. Samuel Barker
Col Return J. Meigs
Disch. White Plains N.Y
Feby 29
Bat' Horseneck
Pvt
Wid app                    75
Mch 22, 1855 Cass Co Mich
No.as Elizabeth
Dec. 13, 1799 Coeymans N.Y
Died June 2, 1848  Mason Mich
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Service admitted
by N. E.
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State of New York
Allegany County  Ss
I Amos Peabody Clerk of the
County of Allegany do hereby cer-
tify that George W. Knapp Esqr
before whom the annexed affidavits were
taken was at the time of taking the same
a commissioner to take the acknowled ?????
of Deeds discharge of Mortgages Affidavits
&c duly appointed and sworn and authorized
by law to take the same in and for said County and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Commissioner and verily believe the sig-
nature of G. W. Knapp subscribed to said
affidavits to be his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-
scribed my name and affixed the seal of
said County this 11th day of February
A.D. 1828

James Peabody Clerk
of Allegany County
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
Feby 26th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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," Jotham Curtis
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Michigan Agency, at
the rate of Eight Dollars and  ---- cents
per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840
to the 4th March 1841
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Curtis, widow of Jotham
Curtis Cass County and State of Michigan
act July 29, 1848,
Claim, (original " or " for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance
Elizabeth Curtis is directly identified as the
widow of Jotham Curtis, who at his death
a pensioner on the Michigan Roll
under the act of March 18,1818. & May
1st 1820 at the rate of 96 dollars per annum, and

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed in the admission the claim? If so, what?
her marriage to him prior to 1800 established
by Record proof

Name and residence of Agent
J. G. Austin
Present
Examining Clerk.
Ogden Miles
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Payment to be made in Detroit
by
Elisha Taylor Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Michigan
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioner under act (February) July
29th, 1848, Page 202 Vol. A
G. T. Getty
Clerk


???? Called Cancelled
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848,
Hannah Curtis,
widow of Jotham Curtis
who was a private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety six -
dollars and ---- cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March 1848 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 twenty first day of September
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five

Examined and Countersigned
(Head)
Commissioner of Pensions.

Secretary of the Interior.

Cancelled for mistake in name
JM
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Additional evidence in the case of
Jotham Curtis' Widow who applied for a
pension some two or three years since, through
Senator Felch of Michigan
James Ganson. testifies that he knew said
Curtis & his wife Elizabeth from the year 1801 to 1807
or 1808.  that Mrs. C's age was apparently 23 or 24
That it was then said that Curtis had been engaged
in the Revolution war
Geo Redfield Knew Mr. Curtis and wife
14 years previous to his decease. That they lived
together as man and wife and were usually
respected by the neighbors, and that he considered
them honest 
Mr Worden & Mr Baker of Wyoming County
N. Y. testify that they are acquainted with
Ezra Mallison & Lucy Smith 27 to 38 years
that they are reputable person &c
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Rev Act
July 29. 1848
Additional Evidence
in the case of
Elizabeth Curtis
of Michigan
Wid of
Jotham Curtis Decd
on Roll act of 1818

Present By
James G. Austin
Atty
Present
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Washington D C
Sept 6. 1855
J Minot Esq
Comr of Pensions
Sir
Herein please find the
additional Evidence in the case of Elizabeth Curtis
wid of Jotham  Act July 29 1848 - Michigan
This contains the old family Record & appears
to be most satisfactorily authenticated & I
trust will prove conclusive in this case
Respectfully Yours
James G Austin
Present
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Pension Office
Sept. 10, 1835.
Sir,
The family record submitted by you as
additional testimony in the case of Elizabeth Curtis,
widow of Absalom, is deemed satisfactory to show that
her marriage took place on the 13th of December, 1799,
and thus to bring the claim within the provisions of
the act of July 29. 1848. But before a certificate
can be issued, she must make a declaration in open
Court, under said act, according to the form herewith
sent. The declaration on file was made before a
Notary Public, and cannot, under the rules, be considered.

I am, very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. Minot
Commissioner


J.G. Austin, Esq
Present.
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Sept 19 " 1855
Sir,
On examination of the voucher
in the case of Jotham Curtis, of
Michigan, I find that he died on
the 22 June 1848, & that his pension
has been paid up to the day of
his death. In my letter to you of
the 17th Inst. it was stated that
his pension was paid up to 4 Sept
1848. This information was taken from
the books & proved to be erronious
I am, Sir, your
Obedient Servant
W.H S. Taylor
Acting Auditor

J. Minot  Esq
Commr of Pensions
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Sept 17. 1855
Sir,
I herewith return to you
the papers in the case of Jotham
Curtis of Michigan, received from
you under date of the 11th Inst &
have to inform you that it appears
from the books of this Office that
his pension has been paid up to
4 Sept 1848

I am, Sir, your
Obedient Servant
W. H. S. Taylor
Acting Auditor

J. Minot Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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Sent Copy of this
Aug 18/55 & Requested
old family Record
will authenticated &c
also Draft for
Application for
Br Land
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Pension Office
August 9, 1853
Sir,
I have examined the additional proof
filed by you in the case of Elizabeth Curtis, widow
of Jotham of Michigan, who claims pension under
act of 24th July 1848
The copy of the record of marriage is not
satisfactorily authenticated the witness not being
certified to be credible. Independent of this, it now
appears that the original is available, and must
therefore be produced. Some of the papers originally
filed in the case are not now to be found
I am, respectfully,
Your Ob. Sevt
J. Minot
Commissioner

James G. Austin, Esq.
Present
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Washington D C
July 26.  1855
L. P. Waldo Esq
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Herein please find the
application of Elizabeth Curtis of Michigan, the
widow of Jotham Curtis late of Michigan Decd He
was a Pensioner act 1818. Died 2 June 1848
widow entitled under acts July 1st & 29. 1848.
Some evidence of Marriage & identity &c may be
found among the papers filed at the 3d auditors
office upon which some arrears of Pension was
paid soon after his death. The old family
Record herewith sent & other proofs I trust will
prove satisfactory & her claim be allowed
Respectfully yours
James G. Austin
Present
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Washington, Jan. 5, 1838.
Sir,
Will you enable me to answer
the within in reference to the case of Cur-
tis?
I am, my respectfully
Your most obt servant

John Norvell


James L. Edwards, Esq
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State of Michigan
County of Cass ⎬ ss
On this twenty second day of
March A D 1855 personally
appeared before me a Notary Public in and for
said County Oliver W Hatch a practising physician
of said County who being duly sworn deposes that
he is acquainted with Elizabeth Curtis who is
the person named in the application herewith attached
and that said Elizabeth Curtis is by reason of
bodily infirmity unable to appear in Court for the
purpose of making said application and said Oliver
W Hatch further deposes that he has known
the said declarant over twenty years and verily
believes her to be the identical person she represents
herself to be and that her statements are correct in
all respects
                                 Oliver W. Hatch. M D.
In Presence of

Sworn to before me this 23 day March AD 1855
Heman Redfield
Notary Public

State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss
Township of Mason
Personally came before me a Notary
Public in and for County the
undersigned residents of said County & State who being
duly sworn according to law declare that they are
and have been personally acquainted with the afore-
said Elizabeth Curtis for twenty years and over and
do here and depose that she did live with the
said Jotham Curtis as his lawful wife until the death
of said Jotham Curtis on the twenty second day of
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June A D 1848 in the township of Mason County
and State aforesaid and that she still resides in said
township as his widow and has received no pension
They further depose and say that they verily believe
the said Jotham Curtis was a soldier of the Revolution
and a pensioner as such and also a soldier of
the war with Great Britam declared by the United States
on the 18th day of June AD 1812
Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty second
day of March A.D. 1855
Heman Redfield                   Ezra Hatch
Notary Public                       Supervisor of Mason
                                            Township Cass Co. Mich.
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State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss
Personally came before me
a Notary Public in and for the County & State aforesaid
James W Curtiss a resident of Elkhart in the State of
Indiana who being duly sworn deposes and says
that he is the eighth child and sixth son of Jotham Curtis
Deceased who was a pensioner of the United States and of
Elizabeth Curtis his wife who is now applying for a pension
under the Act of 29th July 1848. That the family Record
annexed hereto is the true and only record of his family
that it was contained in an old family Bible given
and bequeathed to him the said James W. Curtis by his
said Father Jotham Curtis that he has kept and
used the same for the Record of his own manage
and the Births and deaths of his own children and
that aside from the entries therein made as aforesaid
said Record is unaltered and remains the same
as when the same came into his possession and
he verily believes the same to be true in all aspects
                        James W Curtiss                                 L. S.
Subscribed to and sworn before me this
twenty seventh day of August 1855 by the above
named James W Curtiss who is personally known
to me and I certify that the said James W Curtiss
is a Credible person and his statements are entitled
to credit and further that I have no interest in this claim
Heman Redfield                                          ( Notaries)
Notary Public                                              ( Seal       )
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State of Michigan
County of Cass  Ss
I Ezra B. Warner Clerk
of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby
certify that Heman Redfield Esq before whom
the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time
of taking said affidavits a Notary Public in and
for said County duly appointed & Commissioned &
duly authorized to take the same and that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of said Notary
and verily believe the several signatures attached
thereto are his genuine signatures. I also certify
that I am acquainted with the Individuals
and their signatures who signed affidavits as Town
officers & Minister of the gospel and verily believe
those signatures purporting to be the signatures of the
Supervisor, Justice of the Peace & Minister are genuine
and their statements true
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of our said Circuit Court at Cassapoli
this 30th day of August A.D. 1855,
Ezra B. Warner
Clerk
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State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss
---
Personally came before
me a notary Public in and for said County
Jotham Curtis, Thomas Jefferson Curtis
Joseph A Curtiss, Phebe Rose, Ella S. Ploss
James W Curtis Surviving Children of Jotham
Curtis Deceased who was a pensioner of the United
States and of Elizabeth Curtis his wife who is now
applying for a pension under act of 29th May 1848
who being duly sworn depose and say that they
are the children of said Jotham & Elizabeth Curtis
and that the annexed family Record is the true
and only family Record of the family and as
such has been and is used and recognized by
their said Father & Mother and by themselves as
the Record of the Birth & marriage of their said parents
and of their own Births - That in accordance with
the wish of their said Father the annexed Record and
the old Family Bible containing the same was given to
their Brother James W Curtis who has kept and used
the same for the Record of his own marriage and
the Births & Death of his children and that the
said Record has undergone no alteration whatever
and they verily believe the dates & facts contained
therein to be true in all respects
Thomas Curtis
Jothan Curtis Jnr
Phebe Gross
Joseph A Curtis                James W. Curtis
Eliza S. Plass
Subscribed & sworn to before me this twenty seventh
day of August 1855
Heman Renfield                             Notary
Notary Public                                  Seal
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State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss

Pennally came before me
a Notary Public in and for said County
Samuel Ketcham a minister of the Gospel
and for seven years or thereabout a resident
of Mason Township County & State aforesaid who
deposes and says that he is oldest resident
Clergyman in said township that he is acquainted with
Elizabeth Curtis widow  of Jotham Curtis
Deceased who was a pensioner of the United States
That he is also acquainted the family of children
resident in said township that he has seen
the Family Record of said Curtiss faring and
that it compoints with his acquaintance with
said family and that from its appearance he
thinks and believes it to be said family record
and has no interest in this claim.   Samuel Ketcham
                                                        Minister of the
                                                         Gospel
Subscribed to and sworn before me this tbeing
Seventh day of August 1855 by the above named
Samuel Ketcham who is personally known to me
and I certify that the said Samuel Ketcham
is a credible person and his statements are entitled
to credit and further that I have no interest in
this claim
Heman Redfield                              Seal
Notary Public
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State of Michigan
County of Cass   Ss   Ethan C Moody, John Garmon
Oliver W Hatch, Horace Barnum George Arnold and Ezra Hatch
Residents of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn
according to law depose and say that they are well acquainted with Elizabeth Curtiss who is now applying for a pension under the
Act of 29th July 1848. as the widow of Jotham Curtiss deceased and
who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States and at the
time of his death - That they also knew her husband the said
Jotham Curtiss in his life time and are well acquainted with
the family of children and further that the annexed old
family Record was and has been used by them, and recognized
by them and the children as the record of the marriage of
their father and mother and Births & Deaths of the children of
said Elizabeth and Jotham Curtiss and that said record was
taken from an old family Bible now in the posession of James W Curtiss
of Elkhart in the State of Indiana - That they verily believe the same
to be the true and Original Record of said family and
that they neither of them have any interest whatever in the
claim of the said Elizabeth Curtiss above named
Sighel
Ely and
John
Garmon
℗
George Arnold
Supervisor of Mason Harding
Oliver W. Hitch- M.D.
Ben
Subscribed and
℗
-
Ezra Hatch Justice of the Pace
of Mosanship, Co. Michsworn

to before me this twenty day of August
1853 by the above named Elton C Morly John Furman Oliver W Hatch
Barnum To Abel E. Hart who are personally known to me
and I certify that the said Ethan C Moody John Gammon
Oliver W Hatch Homa Barnum & & are credible persons and
their statements are entitled to credit and further that
I have no interest in this claim
Heman Redfield
Notary Public
The signatures attached above are all residents & thy pages
of from fifteen to twenty five years standing
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State of Michigan County of Cass ss:

Personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said county and State who being duly sworn according to law declares that the Family Register hereto attached is in all respects a true and believed copy of the original record of the family of Jotham Curtis a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner who died in Mason County of Cass & State of Michigan on the twenty second day of June AD 1848 aged 88 years That the said record is in the possession of James Curtiss a son of the deceased a resident of Elkhart in the State of Indiana - That said John Plass is a son in law of said deceased and had the accompanying copy of said family record taken in the year AD 1841 and has ever since had the same in his possession and the same has not been altered or mutilated in any way whatsoever
Johb \\n Plass

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the twenty second day of March A.D.1855
Heman Redfield Notary Public
John Plass (line drawn through)
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61274
Jany 6 1833
Pension Office
Jotham Curtis
Mich roll
ansd Jan 11 1838



free
Secretary of War
War Department
Washington City
D.C.
Union Mic
Dec 15th
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Act July 29, 1848
Hannah Curtis
$96 per year
Recd Sept. 25, 1855

Returned as per advice 
dated Sept. 29, 1855
E. Taylor 
Pens Agt
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PENSION OFFICE, September 31st 1855
SIR: Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.
To: Wm Taylor  Esq. Pension Agent
Respectfully,
J Minot Commissioner of Pensions

Names: Hannah Curtis, widow of Jotham
Rank: private
Act: July 29, 1848
Annual Amount: $96.00
Commencement of Pensions: March 4th 1848
Continuation of Pensions: widowhood

Returned & Cancelled
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State of New York
Wyoming County} ss.
We Archibald Worden and Ebenezer Baker  being duly sworn depose and says that they are acquainted with Ezra Mallison and Lucy Smith that they both of them reside in the Town of Middlebury, in County and State aforesaid and first the said Archibald Worden says he has been acquainted with the above named Ezra Mallison and Lucy Smith for the term of thirty eight years and that he knowing of their living in said Town of Middleburg for the term of thirty eight years and further says he knows by report that they formerly lived in Albany County in the said State of New York that they are persons of good character and of veracity and integrity and that their statement under oath are entitled to implicit credit and second the said Ebenezer Baker says he has been acquainted with the abovenamed Ezra Mallison and Lucy Smith for the term of twenty seven years that they have lived in said Town of Middleburg for the same time and knows by report that they formerly lived in Albany County in the State of New York that they are persons of good character and of veracity and integrity and that their statements under oath are entitled to implicit credit.
Archibald Worden
Ebenezer Baker

Subscribed and sworn to this 28th day of June 1851 before me.
Orlando Kelly Justice of the Peace in and for said County
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State of New York Wyoming County Clerk's Office ss:

I hereby certify that Orlando Kelly Esq before whom that written affidavit was subscribed & sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Wyoming duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justic and verily believe the signature is genuine. And I would further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Ezra Mallison & Lucy Smith about twenty five years and from that accquaintance I should not hesitate to give credit to their statements.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Warsaw in said county this 24th day of June A.D. 1851
Ransom B Crippen Clerk of Wyoming County
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State of Michigan Cass County ss"

George Redfield of said county being duly sworn testifies and says that he was acquainted with Jotham Curtiss formerly a resident of the Township of Mason and Revolutionary Pensioner, for some fourteen years years previous to his decease, and during that time has lived in their neighborhood, that he has partially know Elizabeth Curtis during that period and since, that during the term of affiant acquaintance with, then and until the decease of the said Jotham Curtis they lived together as husband and wife and were so universally reputed and believed by their neighbors and acquaintances, that said affiant always regarded them as persons of fairness and honesty and they occupied a respectable position in society for uprightness and integrity.
Geo. Redfield

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 7th day of January A.D. 1850
D. M Howell Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan Cass County ss:

I hereby certify that D. M. Howell Esq before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such affidavit and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and quallified and duly authorized to administer oaths and that due credit should be had to all his official acts as such Justice, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the above signature to be his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Circuit Court at Cassopolis this twenty sixth
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Day of April A,D, 1852.
William Seares Clerk
by E. B. Warner Dpty
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State of Michigan Jackson County ss:

James Ganson of said County of Jackson being duly sworn, testifies and says that he was acquainted with Jotham Curtis and Elizabeth Curtis his wife from the year 891 to the year 1807 or 1808, that they then lived together as husband and wife, and were so reputed, that he was acquainted with them in the then town of North Hampton, now Leroy, in the County of Genesee in the State of New York, that Jotham Curtis was then said to have been engaged in the war of the Revolution - that Elizabeth Curtis was then, judging from her looks merely, from twenty to twenty three or twenty-four years old.
James Ganson

Subscribed & sworn this 15th day of February AD 1850 before me 
Edward Higby Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan County of Jackson ss:

I Walter Budington clerk of said County, hereby certify that Edward Higby Esq the person before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and affirmations. Further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Edward Higby Esq; and that the foregoing is his own proper signature.

Witness my hand and the seal of the circuit court for the said County of Jackson, this fifteenth day of February AD 1850
W Budington Clerk 
By M H. Myrick Dept Clerk
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Edwardsburgh NJ
Feby 2nd 1833                         Free
To the Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
District of Columbia

apl. for transfer
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Territory of Michigan
Cass County} ss.
Be it known that before me John Bogart a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Jotham Curtis and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical Jothan Curtis names in an original certificate in his possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy. John Bogart J. Peace
War Department Revolutionary claim. I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 18th March 1818, 1st May 1820 & 1 March 1823 Jotham Curtis late a private of Capt. Barker's company Col. Meigs's Regiment in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Ohio Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
S.S. Given at the War Office of the United State this sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Saml L Southard
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned
By L Beall
for J. L. Edwards
that he is entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month on account of wounds and disabilities received or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War that he served in Cap. Barker's company, Col. Meigs's Regiment; that for the purpose of purchasing land and bettering his condition in life he has recently removed from the county of Medina in the State of Ohio to the County of Cass in the Territory of Michigan, and that he is therefore desirous of having the power for the payment of his pension transferred from the Ohio Pittsburgh Agency to the Detroit Agency as soon as may be expectant.
Jotham Curtis

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of January 1833.
John Bogart J. Peace
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Territory of Michigan
Cass County ss.}
Before me personally appeared Jacob Ross and being duly sworn according to law, saith that the within named Jotham Curtis is the identical man that is named in the [unk] and am pursuing that he is the man that did draw money from the Pittsburgh Agency named in this certificate and that he has now moved to Cass County Michigan.
Jacob Ross

Taken and subscribed before me this 29th day of Jany AD 1833
John Bogart J. Peace

Territory of Michigan
Cass County} ss. I Martin C. Whitmore Clerk of said county do hereby certify that John Bogart Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits appear to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace within ad for the county of Cass duly commissioned and qualified and to whom official acts full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as there out and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and signature and verily believe his name subscribed to the execution of said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of January 1833.
Martin C. Whitmore Clerk
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I Gustavus V Willard of Medina in the county of Medina & State of Ohio of lawful age depose & say that for 6 or 7 years last part I have been acquainted with Jotham Curtiss & that for one or two years I lived neighbour to him & was knowing that his family were most of them sick during the summer season with the fever & ague & other complaints & that sd Curtiss had not much personal property nor any landed property at that time & what little property he had must have been expressed in support of his family & in paying Physician bills & that I believe sd Curtiss is not now able to labor sufficiently to support himself & family &has great need of assistence from Government or other[ unk]. And further this Deponent saith not. Medina March 17th, 1828
Gustavus V. Willard

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17th day of March A.D. 1828
Timothy Hudson
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Medina County ss.
In testimony that Timothy Hudson above named is an acting Justice of the Peace of sd county, duly elected, commissioned and sworn, I hereto sign my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said Count at Medina this 17th day of March A.D. 1828.
T. Hudson Clerk
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I hereby certify that the within named Thomas Stephens, Joel Owen, Robert Montgomery & John Scovill are personally known to me, & considered to be disinterested & entitled to credit when under oath- certified by Jesse Blackinton Justice Peace
Saybrook 6th March 1828




The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss.}
I Saml. Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Astabula aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jesse Blackinton Esquire whose name is to the above instrument subscribed, is a Justice of the Peace of the Township of Saybrook in said county duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to Law and that to his acts as such full credit are to be given. Also that I am well acquainted wit the hand writing and signature of the said Jesse Blackinton and that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, to be true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Jefferson in said County the 6th day of March AD 1828.
Saml Hendry Clerk
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The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss:
Saybrook township 5th March 1828

Personally came before me Jesse Blackinton, Justice of the Peace of sd. township Joel Owen Robert Montgomery, Thomas Stephens, & John Scovill, all persons to me well known who being duly sworn depose & say, that Jotham Curtis a man ro us known, mooved into this township about ten years ago lived here about one year, when here he lost considerable property by misfortunes in various ways, & we verily believe he carried away but little when he went from that place.
Thomas Stephens
Joel Owen
Robert M.gomery
John Scovill

Subscribed & sworn to before me
Jesse Blackinton Justice Peace
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State of Ohio
Medina County ss.} Personally appeared Thomas Heathman Esq to me known before me & also Pardee a Justice of the Peace who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that for seven years last past he has known Jotham Curtiss and that at the time of his first knowing him the said Jotham he was possessed of a small property but that in consequence of sickness in his family and his own infirmyties he is at this time unable to support himself and family in a confortable manner.
Thomas Heathman

State of Ohio
Medina County ss.} I hereby certify that Thomas Heathman is a man of truth and veracity and worthy to be believed on oath & sworn before me at Wadsworth this 12th day March 1828.
Allen Pardee Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Medina County ss.} I timothy Hudson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county certify that Allen Pardee Esq whose name is subscribed to the above deposition, was on the 12th inst. and now is an acting Justice of the Peace of said county, who is duly elected, commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of sd Pardee, and verily believe the above signature purporting to be his to be genuine. In testimony whereof, I hereunto sign my name, and affix the seal of said court, at Medina, this 17th day of March AD 1828.
Timothy Hudson Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Medina County ss.} On this 15th day of March on the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight personally appeared before me an Associate Judge in the Court of Common Please for said County Holland Brown of lawfull age who being duly sworn & cautioned says about nine years ago I became acquainted with Jothan Curtis and lived in the neighborhood with him. That about one year after he with his Family were visited with severe sickness in which he lay confined in a most distressing manner for a number of months his oldest son died & the most of the other of the family consisting of six or seven were very sick. In short it was one of the most distressed families I ever saw. That so far as I was acquainted his property was principally exhausted in paying phisicians and other expenses and that they were largely  dependent on public charity for their support. That the Family  were afterward severely with the fever and ague for a long time, and further the deponent saith not.
Holland Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me
Frederick Brown Asst Judge

I also certify that the above named Holland Brown is a man of credibility and when on oath may be believed.
Frederick Brown
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The State of Ohio
Medina County ss.} I Timothy Hudson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Medina do hereby certify that Frederick Brown was on the 15th inst. & now is an acting Associate Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Brown, and verily believe the signature to the within deposition purporting to be his to be genuine. I further certify that the said Brown is duly authorized according to the laws of sd State, to take and certify deposition. In testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and affix the seal of sd Court at Medina this 17th day of March A.D. 1828.
T. Hudson Clerk

Tolland Browns
Deposition
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War Department
Revolutionary claim

I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 15th of March 1818, 1 May 1820 & 1March 1823.

Jotham Curtis late a private of Capt. Barkers company Colonel Meiggs Regiment in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list  [unk] of the Ohio Pittsburgh agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

Given at the War Office of the United States this sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Samuel South
acting Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned
Benj J Jcall
for J L Edwards

County of Cass State of Michigan
To the War Department of the United States [unk] to the oath of Congress for the benefit of Revolutionaries in the United States ordered and directed
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To the War Department of the United States [unk] to the oath of Congress for the benefit of Revolutionaries in the United State ordered and directed Jotham Curtis have had and received agreeable to the above certificate the amount set both in the Town from the time it was granted but being entitled according to the act of Congress made and provided in such cases do ask and pray of your Honorable body to grant unto me the amount and from the time that such act was part & this you will see from the books the time I first received pay.
Witness whereof I set my hand and [unk] this seventh day of Decemb 1837
Jotham Curtis

Sworn and subscribed before me this thirteenth day of December AD 1837
Joseph Harp
Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan
County of Cass ss.} I Henley C Lybrook Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Harper Esq whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly elected & qualified he entered upon the dates of his office on the 4th day of July 1836 and his term of office will expire on the 4th of July 1839.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of said Count at Cassapolis this 13th day of December AD 1837.
H C Lybrook Clerk
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State of New York
Alaganey County ss.} On the 8 day of February 1828 personally appeared before me George W Knapp one of the Commissioners of said County to take affidavits & first young to me personally known who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he this deponent was personally acquainted with Jotham Curtis in the time of the Revolutionary war and further this deponent saith that he well recollects that the said Jotham Curtis enlisted in March 1778 and went in the service of the united States in the continental line under Samuel Barker Capt and return of Megs cannot be for the [unk] that the said Jotham Curtis served til February next after which time he returned home with a good discharge [unk] I was acquainted with the said Curtis in the service.
Israel Youngs

Sworn and subscribed this 8 day of February 1828
G W Knapp Commissioner
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I here by certify that the within named Israel Young is personally known to me to be a person of credibility and when under oath I think are entitled to full credit. February 8, 1828
George W Knapp
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State of New York
Alaganey County ss.} On the 8 day of February personally appeared before me George W Knapp one of the commissioners of said county take affidavits & Gomalial Yongs to me personally known who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was 4yrs actd with Jotham Curtis in the time of the Revolutionary war further saith that he was well knowing to his listing in the month of March in the year 1778 in the Connecticut Line of troops [unk] of at under Samuel Barker Capt and return of Megs cornal he furth saith that the said Jotham Curtis served til the [unk] & [unk] which time he returned home with a riten discharge from the captin.
Gomalial Yongs his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 day of February 1828
George W Knapp Commissioner
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I hereby certify that within named Gomalil Yongs is personally known to me to be a person of credibility and when under oath I think are intitled to full credit and [unk].
February 8th 1828
Gorg W Knapp
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I certify that I have been personally acqauinted

The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss.} Ashtabula Township 20th May 1828 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Ashtabula, Zadock Brown, who being duly sworn ad the law directs, deposeth and saith that in the year of our Lord A.D. 1817, he was an inhabitant of the Township of Waightsburgh in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, and that he this deponent was one of the constables of the said Township of Waightsburgh in the county and state aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, and the deponent further saith that he was at the time aforesaid acquainted with one Jotham Curtiss then a resident of the aforesaid township of Waightsburgh, and that this deponent was knowing to the fact of the said Curtiss disposing of the title he had to a farm in the Township of Waightsburgh aforesaid to sol and Alpheus Jinks of the same place, and he this deponent is likewise knowing t the fact of the said Curtiss in the year aforesaid turning out to him as constable on several [unk] he this deponent then held as the said Curtiss one note of hand the said Curtiss recd of sold & Lspheus Jinks as part consideration for his title to the farm aforesaid and which note was by this deponent applied in payment of said [unk] an agt the said Curtiss: and this deponent further saith that was at the time aforesaid knowing to the fact that the said Curtiss was very much [unk] and crowded for his debts, and has good reason to believe that all or nearly all he the said Curtiss received for his title to the land aforesaid was by him the said Curtiss applied towards the payments of debts he then owed, and he is knowing to the fact that the title to the land the said Curtiss failed in consequence of which he the said Curtiss lost considerable part of the connduation money and further this deponent saith that he is knowing to the fact of the said Curtiss while a resident of the Township of Waightsburgh aforesaid having met with many and serious losses, and among the rest three cows and one horse at one time, and
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further this deponent saith not.
Zadock Brown

Sworn and subscribed before me at [unk] the day and year first above written.
Wm W Reed Justice of the Peace

I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Zadock Brown the deponent above, for something rising of ten years last past, and that he is a man to whom general credit is given in the County and who is and ought to be believed under oath.
Wm W Reed
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County} ss. Saybrook Township 20th May 1828 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county for Ashtabula Alpheus Jinks, who being duly sworn as the law directs deposeth and saith that in Nov 1817 he bought in company with Solomon Junks a lot of land containing one hundred acred of Jotham Curtiss, lying in what was then called Wrightsburg Township but now Saybrook in the County & State aforesaid for which Lot of Land he the said Alpheus and Solomon Jinks gave their votes of hand for seven hundred dollars four hundred of which was given in small notes for the accommodation of some of his particular creditors, the other three hundred dollars the said Alpheus and Solomon Jinks gave to Jotham Curtiss contracted with Angel Whipple and took a deed from the said ANgel Whipple, and further this deponent saith, that when he and the said Solomon Jinks contracted with the said Jotham Curtis he the said Curtis gave up the deed he took of the said Angel Whipple, as the said deed was not recorded, and they the said Alpheus Jinks and Solomon Jinks took a deed directly from the said Angel Whipple for the aforesaid Land, and further this Deponent saith, that after contracting with the aforesaid Jotham Curtis and taking a deed as aforesaid the title to the aforesaid land wholly failed in consequence of a mortgage being previously given buy the original contractor for the Township, and further this Township, and further the Deponent with that after the failure of the title to the aforesaid Land they the aforesaid Alpheus Jinks and Solomon Jinks compromised with the said Jotham Curtis for the balance due him and paid the said Jotham Curtis sustained a loss, how much this deponent does not recollect, and further this deponent saith not.
Alpheus Jinks

Sworn and subscribed before me at Saysbrook the day and year first above written.
Solomon Junks Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss.} I Saml Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Solomon Kinks Esquire whose name appears affixed to this instrument, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to Law. Also that Wm W Reed Esquire whose name appears affixed to the instrument to which this is attached is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to Law. Also, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing and signatures of the said Solomon Jinks and the said Wm W Reed, and that I verily believe the signature aforesaid, purporting to be theirs, to be true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Jefferson the 21st day of May AD 1828.
Saml Hendrey Clerk

I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Alpheus Jinks the within Deponent for more than twenty years last past and that he is a man to whom general credit is given for truth and veracity where he is known whether under oath or not.
Solomon Jinks J. Peace
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Supplementary Declaration of Jotham Curtis made in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the act of the 18th March 1818.

On the 17th day of March AD 1828 personally appeared before me the abovenamed Jotham Curtis and being duly sworn doth on his said oath state the following as his reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension, that until & within a short time previous to making an application for a pension, although I had been informed that an act of this kind had been passed, I laboured under the impression that no person could obtain a pension unless he had served for the term of three years, during the war. I was then informed by Aaron Smith whose name is now on the pension list that the act provided that those who had served only nine months under one enlistment in the regular troops, and were so poor as to need the assistance of their country for a support, might obtain a pension. Knowing at the time of receiving this information that I was as needy as almost any person, in consequence of poverty, sickness and old age, I soon after made an application.
Also the changes which had taken place in my property I should state that in the cause of
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the fall of 1817 I purchased and paid for a farm in Wrightsburg in Ashtabula County, Ohio the title to which I soon found to be bad. That on the 18th March 1818, I was possessed of personal property to wit -- 1 yoke of oxen -- 2 cows -- 1 poor horse with 15 or 20 dollars and very little besides. I had made some improvemnts on the farm above mentioned which I sold in the course of that  season for one hundred dollars in goods for the use of my family and moved away the succeeding winter. Soon after that time my family was taken sick, and the above mentioned property was then principally expended. Owing to the lapse of time it is difficult to procure testimony to testify respecting the changes which have taken place in my property, as it was expended in small sums for [?] for my family, and physicians bills. The evidence of those physicians & other persons cannot be procured-- Doct. Miles Clark, who was my family physician some part of the time has deceased, and Doct. Harrington who also attended as a physician has gone to parts unknown. 
Jotham Curtis

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of March A.D. 1828
Timothy Hudson
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Medina County Js
In testimony that Timothy Hudson before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said county who is duly elected commissioned and sworn. I hereunto sign my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 17th day of March A.D. 1828
Timothy Hudson Clerk of said Court
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REV/K
3812-7th St., N.W., 
Washington, D.C.
Jan. 10, 1921
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
This is Rev W 6745
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me with the date and place of entrance into service of Jotham Curtis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and also the war of 1812. He was probably a resident of Vermont or on of the other New England states during the Revolution, was born August 22, 1759 and died in Cass County, Michigan, June 22, 1848. His widow, Elizabeth Malison Curtis who received a pension for many years, died (in the same county of the above mentioned state) October 5, 1878.
Thanking you, I am, 
Yours truly,
Nellie L. Curtis
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE JAN 11 1921
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Mrs. Eleanor C. Riggle
Goshen, Indiana
April 22, 1924
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFFICE L APR 21 1924
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
In establishing my eligibility to members list in Daughters of American Revolution I am asked to secure a statement from the Bureau of Pensions  setting forth the proof that Jotham Curtis (who enlisted in the Connecticut colony) and who died in Mason Cass Co Mich. June 22, 1848, was the husband of Elizabeth Curtis, who was a pension on an application executed March 22, 1855. If you have information concerning said Jotham Curtis birthplace may I have that also. Thanking you in advance 
I am Most gratefully yours
Eleanor Curtis Riggle
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The University of Chicago
Walker Museum of Palaeontology

Director
Stuart Weller

Associates
Wm. F. Gurley
Arthur W. Slocom
Paul C. Miller

Reply to this communication should be addressed to the undersigned at 6151 University Avenue

Chicago
September 8, 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me a certificate of the Revolutionary War services of Jotham Curtis who is said to have served with the Connecticut troops in 1778-9. I understand that his widow received a pension in 1855, he having died in 1848. I think that the record in this case is W.87457.

Thanking you in advance for the same, I am,
Veyr Sincerely Yours,

Wm. F. E. Gurley

Address:
Wm. F.E. Gurley,
6151 Univeristy Avenue
Chicago, Illinois.
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Salt Lake City Utah
15 Dec. 1932

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: Please give me all the information you have on file regarding Jothan Curtis who served in the Revolutionary War. He was born about 1756.

In the Census of Pensioners of Michgan, he is listed as residing with Jonathan Curtis in Mason, Michigan, on first of June 1840.

Yours Truly,
Eunice C. Record
3116 So. 10 East
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Bridgewater Connecticut
January 20th 1939

Veterans Administration
Mr. A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir --

I am assisting a family in Joining the D.A.R. Please send me the war records of the following

First Captain Jotham Curtiss, born in Waterbury Connecticut in 1726. Buried in Plymouth, Conn., Sept. 23--1785. Married First, Mary Yale daughter of Elihu Yale of Wallingford, Conn. January 24 -- 1754. Married second Esther Merriam Hull, in 1770. Widow of Dr. Benjamin Hull.

See next page -- B
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This copy I have reads --
"Copy --, Jotham Curtiss served in the Revolution in the capacity of Captain of 10th Militia. Captain Jotham Curtiss and his company turned out to the repel the enemy at New Haven, Connecticut, July 5th 1779 at the time of the invasion of Connecticut by Gov. Tryon of New YOrk. Captain Jotham Curtiss received a bounty at Fishkill in the month of October 1777. Lt. Col. J. Baldwin commanding." copy

If he received a pension, kindly give me anumber of same.
I thank you.

Also see next page for Abraham Beecher --
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"copy
Also 2nd please send me Abraham Beechers war record, and pension number if any. Abraham Beecher, born in Woodbridge, Connecticut September 17, 1745, married Desire Tollo she was born September 12 -- 1746 married April 8th 1768."

copy -- "Abraham Beecher took the 'oath of Fidelity' September 16 1777. He was one of the selectmen of the town of Derby during 1777 to 1778."

copy: Woodbridge was Amity Conn., until 1784. Oxford, Conn. was Derby until 1798.

See next please.
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copy

3rd also please send me Jacob Shew's war record, and pension number if any.

Jacob Shew was born Johnstown, New York, April 15 -- 1763 died January 23 --1853 Married March 10 1787 Hannah Annatje Putnam.
copy states Jacob Shew, Private Harpers Regiment, Putnam Co.

4th also please send me the war record of the following -- and pension number if any. copy. Lodewyck Putnam, born at Schnectady, N.Y. November 14 -- 1718 Married, Elizabeth Soets of Caughawaga Jamestown.
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I see by the copy I have there were two men, Godfrey Shew Esq. and his son Jacob Shew. 

These names I am sending are in a family desiring to join the D.A.R.

I thank you in advance and waiting your answer.
I am sincerely

Address--
Mrs. Grace C. Wellwood,
Bridgewater, Connecticut
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Revolutionary War Records Section.  3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 1921

In reply to your request of _____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Jotham Curtis a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Mar. 1778

Length of Service.
11 mos.

Rank.
Pvt.

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain. Sam'l Barker
Colonel. Return J. Meigs

State.
Conn.

Battles engaged in, Horseneck.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enl. in Conn.
Date of application for pension, Mar. 8, 1827- cl al
Residence at date of application, Medina Co. Ohio?
Age at date of application, b. Aug. 22, 1759

Remarks: He mar. Dec. 13, 1799 in Coeymans, Albany Co. N.Y. Elizabeth-- born Feb. 7, 1781 -- He d. June 22, 1848 in Mason, Cass Co. Mich. and she was allowed pension ap. ex. Mar 22, 1855 while residing in Mason, Mich. 

For additional fam. data See inp. 
Respectuflly,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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Copied from M.M. H.I. hist. Sept 12, 1928

January 6, 1933.
BJ-J/ADY
Jotham Curtis
W.6745

Miss Eunice C. Record,
3116 South 10" East,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Jotham Curtis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtrained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.6745, based upon his military service in that war.

Jotham Curtis or Curtiss was born August 22, 1759.

He enlisted in March 1778 in Connecticut and served as a private in Captain Samuel Barker's Company, Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Horseneck and was discharged in February 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1837 while a resident of Medina County, Ohio.

He died June 22, 1848 in Mason, Cass County, Michigan.

Soldier married December 13, 1799 in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, Elizabeth born February 7, 1781, maiden name not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1855 while living in Mason, Michgan.

Their children were:
Dennison born December 14, 1802, died September 19, 1819.
Phebe " April 19, 1804, married ....Ross.
Thomas Jefferson " May 13, 1806.
Eliza S. " May 1808, married John Ploss or Plass.
Jotham, Junior " December 9, 1809.
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Richmond M. born August 4, 1814, died February 27, 1845.
Joseph A. " March 25, 1816.
James W. " August 5, 1819, married February 14, 1847 Margaret A. born March 27, 1827.

Children of James W. and Margaret Curtis:
Julia A. born August 6, 1848.
Lurancy E. " August 29, 1850.
Eugene " August 13, 1852.
Julius " June 28, 1854, died September 25, 1854.

James W. Curtis resided in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1855.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

September 12, 1928

William F. E. Gurley,
6151 University Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.

Sir:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6745, it appears that Jotham Curtis or Curtiss, was born August 22, 1759.

He enlisted in March 1778 in Connecticut and served as a private in Captain Samuel Barker's Company, Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Horseneck and was discharged in February 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1827 while a resident of Medina County, Ohio.

He died June 22, 1848 in Mason, Cass County, Michgan.

Soldier married December 13, 1799 in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, Elizabeth born February 7, 1781, maiden name not stated, who was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1855 while living in Mason, Michigan.

Their children were:
Dennison born December 14, 1802, died September 19, 1819.
Phebe " April 19, 1804, married ..... Ross.
Thomas Jefferson " May 13, 1806.
Eliza S. " May 24, 1808, married John Ploss or Plass
Jotham, Junior " December 9, 1809.
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Rev. War

RIchmond M. born August 4, 1814, died February 27, 1845.
Joseph A. " March 25, 1816.
James W. " August 5, 1819, married February 14, 1847 Margaret A. born March 27, 1827


Children of James W. and Margaret Curtis:
Julia A. born August 6, 1848.
Luranoy E. " August 29, 1850.
Eugene " August 13, 1852.
Julius " June 28, 1854, died Septemnber 25, 1854.

James W. Curtis resided in Elkhart, Indiana in 1855.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.

Copied by Ady
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

May 24, 1924

Mrs. Eleanor C. Riggle
Goshen, Ind.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6745 it appears that Jotham Curtis, or Curtiss, was born August 22, 1759.

He enlisted in March 1778 in Connecticut and served as a private in Captain Samuel Barker's Company, Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Horseneck and was discharaged in February 1770.

He was allowed penson on his application executed March 8, 1827 while a resident of Medina County, Ohio. He died June 22, 1848 in Mason, Cass County, Michigan.

Soldier married December 13, 1799 in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, Elizabeth born February 7, 1781, maiden name not stated, who was allowed pension on her application executed March 33, 1855 while living in
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Mason, Michigan.

Their children were:

Dennison .......born December 14, 1802, died September 19, 1819.
Phebe ....... " April 19, 1804, married .....Ross.
Thomas Jefferson " May 13, 1806
Eliza S. ..... " May 24, 1808, married John Ploss or Plass.
Jotham, Jr. .... " December 9, 1809.
Richmond M. ...." August 4, 1814, died February 27, 1845.
Joseph A. .... " March 25, 1816.
James W. .... " August 5, 1819, married February 14, 1847, Margaret A. born March 27, 1827.

................................
Children of James W. and Margaret Curtis:
Julia A. born August 6, 1848.
Lurancy E. " August 27, 1850.
Eugene " August 13, 1852. 
Julius " Juen 28, 1854, died September 25, 1854.

James W. Curtis resided in Elkhart, INdiana in 1855.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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War Section.

February 11, 1921.

Nellie L. Curtis,
3818 7" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Madam:

In addition to the military history of Jotham Curtis, W. F. 6745, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data: --

Children of Jotham and Elizabeth Curtis.

Dennison Curtis born Decemb er 14, 1802, died September 19, 1819.
Phebe " " April [September crossed out] 19, 1804, Married ----Ross.
Thomas Jefferson " " May 13, 1806.
Eliza S. " " May 24, 1808, Married John Ploss.
Jotham Jr. " " December 9, 1809.
Richmond M. " " August 4, 1814, died February 24, 1845.
Joseph A. " " March 25, 1818.
James W. " " August 3, 1819, married February 14, 1847, Margaret A.---born March 27, 1837.

Children of James W. and Margaret Curtis.
Julia A. Curtis born August 8, 1848.
Lurancey E. " " August 29, 1850.
Eugene " " August 13, 1852.
Julius " " June 28, 1854, died September 25, 1854.
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James W. Curtis resided in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1855.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Mrs. Grace C. Wellwood
Bridgewater
Connecticut

BA-J/AWF
Jotham Curtis-W.6745
Jacob Shew-S.22985

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War-

Jotham Curtiss, born in 1726 in Waterbury, Connecticut, buried September 23, 1785 in Plymouth, Connecticut;

Abraham Beecher, born September 17, 1745 in Woodbridge, Connecticut;

Jacob Shew, born April 15, 1763 in Johnstown, New York;

Lodewyck Putnam, born November 14, 1713 in Schenectady, New York;
Godfrey Shew, father of the above named Jacob Shew.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of any Abraham Beecher, Lodewyck Putnam, and Godfrey Shew, under any spellings of the surnames, or of a Jotham Curtiss, under any spelling of that surname, as described by you. 

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of Jotham Curtis, and Jacob Shew, which are the records of the only Jotham Curtis, and Jacob Shew found, on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
 
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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typewritten page

July 30, 1938


Dr. Willard Monfort
76 Arams Avenue West
Detroit, Michigan

BA-J/ILL
Peter Monfort
W. 183
Jotham Curtis
W. 6745

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary war record of Peter Monfort, born September 9, 1757, in New Jersey, also, the record of Jotham Curtis who served in that war and lived in New York State.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a Peter Monfort, under any spelling of that surname. His record and that of Jotham Curtis are furnished herein.

PETER MONFORT-W. 183.

The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 183, based upon service of Peter Monfort in the Revolutionary War.

peter Monfort (as he signed his name) was born March 14, 1760, in Somerset County, New Jersey; he stated that his birth was recorded in an old Dutch Testament of his parents, but did not give their names. He resided in Somerset County, New Jersey, during the period of the Revolutionary War.

Peter Monfort entered service in July 1776, and served two tours as private in Captain Henry Probasco' company, Colonel Abraham Quick's New Jersey regiment; he enlisted about April 1777, served on different tours  until the end of the war, amounting in all to more than two years, in Captain Abraham VanNest's company, Colonel Henry VanDyke's New Jersey Regiment, during which he was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth. At least one year and four months of his service was rendered as sergeant, the other part as private.

Peter Monfort was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he resided in Somerset County, New Jersey. He had resided in the county ever since the Revolutionary War with the exception of four years, during which he resided in Middlesex County, New Jersey. His name was borne on the pension roll as Montfort. He died March 23, 1849.
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Peter Monfort married May 12, 1783, Mary Hoagland; their marriage was recorded on the register of the Reformed Dutch Church of Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, and her name was borne on those records as Maria Hoagland.

Mary Monfort, the soldier's widow was allowed pension on her application executed July 3, 1841, at which time she was in the eighty-first year of her age; she did not state the day of her birth, place of her birth, nor the names of per parents. in 1843, she resided in Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey; she resided in that county in 1841 also.

No reference was made to children of Peter Monfort and his wife, Mary.

In August 1841, Catharine VanArsdalen, Mary's sister, was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the seventy-ninth year of her age; she stated then that she was living at home with her parents when Mary was married and that she was present at her marriage to Peter Monfort, also, that her father had been dead more than forty years. She did not give the names of her parents, nor that of her own husband.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following:

Mary Montfort, widow of Peter Montfort,
Certificate #19
Issued April 25, 1843
Rate $46.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843
New Jersey Agency.

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Jotham Curtis - W. 6745

The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6745, based upon the service of Jotham Curtis in the Revolutionary
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typewritten letter

War.

Jotham Curtis, or Curtiss was born August 22, 1759; the place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

He enlisted in March 1778, in Connecticut, served as a private in Captain Samuel Barker's company, Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut regiment, was in the battle of Horseneck and was discharged in February 1779.

The soldier resided between the years 1801 and 1807., in Northampton (later LeRoy), Genesee County, New York. He served in the War of 1812 also, details not given.
Jotham Curtis was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1827, at which time he resided in Medina County, Ohio. In January 183, he resided in Cass County, Michigan Territory, having moved there recently from Ohio. He died June 22, 1848, in Mason Township, Cass County,, Michigan.

The soldier married December 13, 1799, in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, Elizabeth, who was born February 7, 1781; her maiden name and the place of her birth are not shown.

Elizabeth Curtis, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1855, at which time she resided in Mason, Michigan. She was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on warrant #33769, under the Act of March 3, 1855, on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War.

The following names of their children are shown:

Denison (Dennison)  Curtis, born December 14, 1892, died Sept. 19, 1819
Phebe                            "         "    April 19, 1804.
Thomas J. (Jefferson)     "         "   May 13, 1806.
Eliza S.                            "         "   May 24, 1808.
Jotham (Jothum) Jr.        "         "   December 8, 1809.
Richmond M.                  "         "    August 4, 1814, died Feb. 27, 1845.
Joseph A.                         "         "    March 25, 1816.
James W.                         "         "    Augut 5, 1819.

In 1855, the following named surviving children of the soldier



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made affidavit in behalf of their mother, Elizabeth Curtis, in Cass County,  Michigan: Jotham Curtis (as he signed his name), Joseph A. Curtis, Thomas J. Curtis, James W. Curtis, Phebe Ross, and Eliza S. Plass. At that time, John Plass. Eliza's husband, made affidavit also.

In 1855, the son, James W. Curtis, noted above, resided in Elkhart, Indiana. The following data are shown regarding his family.
James W. Curtis married February 14, 1847, Margaret A., born March 27, 1827. Their children were

Julia A. Curtis, ...  born August 6, 1848.
Lurancy E. Curtis     "    August 29, 1850.
Eugene                    "    August 13, 1852
Julius                       "    June 28, 1854, died Sept. 25, 1854.

If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service in the Revolutionary War of Jotham Curtis, you should apply to the Commissioner,, General Land Office, this city, and furnish the following: bounty land warrant #33760, 160 acres.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: 

Elizabeth Curits, widow of Jetham Curtis
Certificate #1189
Issued September 29, 1855
Rate $96 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of July 29, 1848
Michigan Agency

Very truly yours,


A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator



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