Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,902, William Curtiss, Conn. Continental N.H.
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[column headings: SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER|]
Conn.|Curtiss, William|W. 23,902|
Continental|or Curtis|[blank]|
N.H.|Charry|[blank]|
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CONTENTS
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31.900
New Hampshire, Concord
William Curtis dec'd of Coos Co in the State of N.H. who was a private in the comp'y commanded by ['Captain' crossed out] Lieut Wheeler of the Reg't commanded by Col Bedel in the N.H. line for 11 months 2 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 36 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. to 1: January 1841 when he died 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of March 1831 and sent to John Bedel Bath, N.H. 
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['Arrears to the 4th of' crossed out] [blank]
['Semi-anl allowance ending' crossed out] [blank]
Inc'd from $26:88
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1 Page 78
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6.050
New Hampshire Concord
Charry Curtis dec'd widow of William Curtis NH who was a private in the Revolution
Inc'd from $26:88
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & End'g 31" August 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 14" day of March 1851 and sent to John Bedel Bath, N.H. 
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 14
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Nov. 8" 1906 AWF
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Curtis William 
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War, on Feby 28, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 160
Rank: Private
Regt: Col. Whiting's 
Disability, wounded by a musket ball in the fleshy part of the left thigh.
When and where disabled; April, 1777, Ridgefield, State of Connecticut
Residence; Stratford
To what pension entitled; One-half.
Remarks: Militia.
Evidence complete
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[verso]
one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk

[recto]
William Curtis Declaration
30.361
H. Hibbard Rep in Con from N.H.
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Declaration in order to obtain a Pension. 
State of New Hampshire
County of Coos, ss} On this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared before me, Joshua Marshall one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Coos, William Curtiss, a citizen of Stratford in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. 
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in May or June in the year 1775 with Lieut. Seth Wheler (Wheeler) in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment at Stratford N.H. and passed Muster at Haverhill N.H. marched thence to Burlington V.t. thence sailed on lake Champlain to St. John's was at the taking of St. Johns, Montreal, Chamblee & that he enlisted with said Wheler (Wheeler) for six months as a private in the Infantry that he served out the six months and was discharged at St. Johns, and returned to Stratford in Connecticut. [margin note: 6] 
That in February or March 1776 he again enlisted as a private and volunteer in the Militia, in Stratford in the State of Connecticut, with Capt. George Benjamin for the term of three months, marched to the City of New York and then served out the three months - 
That he then came again to Stratford N.H. and in June 1776 he again enlisted with Capt. Jerremiah Eams (Jeremiah Eames) as a private for six months and served that term at the forts in Nothumberland & Stratford and on Scouting parties to Spy out the Enemy and guard the frontier against the Indians. 
That after the above term of service had expired he went to Stratford in the State of Connecticut & in April 1777 the Brittish landed at Fairfield Ct. and marched out into the C(o)untry, that he then went a volunteer in the Militia under Capt.
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Coe, in Col. Whiting's Regiment in pursuit of the said Brittish and met them at a place called Ridgefield about four miles from Danbury where a sharpe battle was fought in which Gen. Wooster, Col. Gould and several others were killed and his Captain (Coe) and himself and many others were wounded, that he there received a wound by a ball, a little below his hip bone the ball lodging in his thigh which still remains there, but he so far recovered in the fall after as to be able to ride on horseback. [margin note: not stated] 
That in December in the year 1777 at Stratford in the State of Connecticut he enlisted as a private in a volunteer company of light horse or dragoons and in March following was called on to go and went to Whiteplains in the State of New York under the command of Capt. Elathan (Nathan) Nichols, with whom he had enlisted and in Whiteplains and about that place he served at this term not less than three months. 
He then returned to Stratford Ct. and was called out on several short tours of service in the Militia when the Brittish landed at Newhaven, Fairfield, Norwalk, Bedford &c. that he was in service during the greatest part of the time in the year 1778 but the exact time he cannot state. 
That in February 1779 he enlisted in the light horse or dragoons as a private for one year and served Capt. Hoglin's Company in Col. Shelden's (Sheldon) Regiment that her served at Canaan, a placed called Woodpecker Ridge and King's Ferry in the State of New York. that he served not less than nine months at this term but for age being scarce he was discharged before his years service had expired. 
That he enlisted again in February or March under the Selectmen of Stratford Ct. in the year 1780. in what was then called the horse Neck guard as a private in the dragoons was ordered to join the troops under General Waterbury at Stamford that he served under Lieut. Phelps
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that he helped build a fort not far from Stamford the name of which he does not recollect but he served at this term not less than ten months in what was then called the said Horse Neck Guard but was discharged before the year was out for which he enlisted. [margin note: 10]
That He never received any written discharge as he recollects, nor does he know whether his two last terms of service was in the Continental line or in the State troops, that he knows of no other person by which he can prove his services, excepting Elijah Blodget, Eunice Blodget, and Mills Deforest - That He was born in Stratford in the State of Connecticut in the year 1758, resided there, untill March 1775, when he came to Stratford N.H. where he first entered the service, That he now resides in Stratford N.H. and has resided there ever since the Revolutionary War; excepting about two years, he resided in Stratford in the State of Connecticut. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except his Invalid pension & the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State only the Invalid Pension Roll of the Agency of the State of New-Hampshire.
/s/William Curtiss 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. We Antipas Marshall a Clergyman residing in the town of Northumberland and Leonard Hatch residing in Stratford both in the County of Coos hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Curtiss who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that he believe him to be seventy five years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
/s/Antipas Marshall
/s/Leonard Hatch
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states
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And the said Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that Antipas Marshall, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Northumberland in said County of Coos, and Leonard Hatch, who has also signed the same certificate is a resident ['is a resident' crossed out] in the town of Stratford in said County of Coos and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. And that the said Curtiss from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Coos being a Court of Record in and for the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in said County of Coos, and that his name above subscribed is his true and proper signature. [margin note: Hon. H. Hubbard(Hibbard)]
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lancaster in said County of Coos on this twenty six day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. 
/s/Wm. Farrar Clerk 

William Curtis Declaration 
30.361
H. Hubbard (Hibbard) Rep in Con from N.H.
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Declaration Widow Charry Curtis
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County ]ss.
On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord, eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before Joshua Marshall one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos aforesaid, Charry Curtis a resident in Stratford in said County of Coos, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 and the 23d of August, 1842, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. 
That she is the widow of William Curtis who was a Private in the army of the United States during the war of the revolution and served as she believes as follows, to wit, That he entered in Capt. Parker's Company in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment in the Spring of 1775. and served six months including the time he was allowed to travel home from St. Johns in Canada to Stratford in Connecticut being discharged at St Johns in Dec. the same year, she also believes he served in the Militia in Capt. Jerremiah Eam's (Jeremiah Eames) Company Six months as a gard near the frontier Settlement on Connecticut River in New Hampshire in the year 1776. She also believes he served in Capt. Coe's Company in Col. Whiting's Regiment in the State
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of Connecticut in the year 1777 where he was wounded and for which term she has heard him say he was paid for six months service, although he was disabled and was not in actual duty all of that time. 
She further declares that she believes he served under Col. or Gen. Waterbury in the State of Connecticut in what Company she cannot say, she also believes he served one or two terms in the New York State line, that all his services after he was wounded were performed in what was then called the Troop or lighthorse, She further declares that she was married to the said Wm. Curtis on the tenth day of March 1782 seventeen hundred and eighty two by Elisha Ruxford A Congregational Minister in ['a Justice of the peace on' crossed out] what was then called new Stratford in the State of Connecticut, that her husband, the aforesaid William Curtis died on the first day of January in the year 1841, and that she still remains a Widow, that since the death of her said husband she has receive a certificate for eight months service and drawn the Pension up to the time of his death. 
/s/Charry Curtiss
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
/s/Joshua Marshall associate Justice of the Court Common Pleas
I further certify that the words hundred and one or two were interlined by me before signed and sworn to 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the C.C. Pleas
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I further certify that the words a Justice of the peace in ['were' crossed out] were crosed by me at the request of the said Widow Charry Curtis and the words Congregational Minister interlined it being a mistake of mine in taken down her declaration
/s/Joshua Marshall Associate Justice of Court Common Pleas 

I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is an Associate Justice of said Court as within and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. 
/s/James M. Rix Clerk 
The words "state of New Hampshire" interlined by me, /s/James M. Rix Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 January 1845 - 
Whereas the act of the 30th April 1844 prohibited ['me from drawing' crossed out] my Mother, Charry Curtis Widow of William Curtis both dec'd, from drawing a pension for the same period during which my Father the said William Curtis was a pensioner I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned as I am the son of Charry Curtis Widow of William Curtis both late of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire dec'd - my Father was a Private in the War of the Revolution and drew in his life time as Invalid Pension of $96. per annum and my Mother Charry Curtis Widow of said William drew a pension of $26.88 per annum from the date of my said Father's decease Jany. 1. 1841 and also the arrears due My said Father under law of June 7, 1832. - She was first pensioned under law of July 7, 1838 and afterwards under law March 3d 1843 & June 17, 1844 & drew 
$26.88 per annum to the time of her decease Aug. 31, 1844 - 
I now ask for the amount due to as one of the children of said Charry Curtis from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 1st day of Jany. 1841 when her pension commenced & Said Charry  Curtis made her declaration under law July 7, 1838 before the 30th day of April 1844 and it was filed in the pension Office before the 23d day of January 1845 - 
/s/William Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 15th day of August 1849 - at Stratford N.H.}
/s/Benj'n B. Ockington Jus. Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that he is the same individual he represents himself to be in the foregoing affidavit - 
/s/Benj'n B. Ockington Jus. Peace
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Benjamin B. Ockington is a Justice of Peace, within and for said County as within, and that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty nine. 
/s/James M. Rix Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. Probate Court Oct. 7, 1850
I Samuel Swasey Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited at said Court and put on file that William Curtis of Stratford N.H. was an Invalid pensioner of the United States at $96. per annum and died at said Stratford on the first day of January 1841 leaving his widow Charry Curtis who was pensioned at the rate of $26.88 per annum and died at said Stratford on the 31st day of August A.D. 1844, and that their only surviving children known to be living are Lewis Curtis, Thomas Curtis, and William Curtis all of said Stratford and Charity Lamphere of Compton, Canada - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of Probate at Haverhill in said County this 15th day of October A.D. 1850 - 
/s/Samuel Swasey, Reg'r
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Family Record taken from the Curtis Bible
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Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE. 
Washington D.C. [blank] 18[blank]
William Curtis was married to Chary Lewis march 10th 1782
Louis Curtis was born June 8, 1783
Betsy  "  "  "  July 18, 1785.
Charley  "  "  "  Feb 12 1787.
Thos  "  "  "  Sep. 4 1789.
William  "  "  "  January 6, 1792.
Robert  "  "  "  Aug. 30, 1795.
Phebe  "  "  "  July 19, 1797.
Grant  "  "  "  Apl 6 1802
This is all of record in the Curtis family Bible
/s/W. B. Evans clk
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[typewritten letter]
[margin note: AW WM OWN]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 28, 1924.

Mrs. Gladstone Jordan,
41 Chestnut St.,
Manchester, N. H.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23902 it appears that William Curtiss or Curtis was born July 17, 1758, at Stratford, Connecticut. While a resident of Stratford, Coos County, New Hampshire, he enlisted July 15, 1775, as a private in Captain John Parker's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment, and was at the siege of St. Johns and was discharged December 16, 1775.
He enlisted at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1776 and served as a private for 3 months in Captain George Benjamin's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in July 1776 and served as a private for about 6 months in Captain Jeremiah James' New Hampshire Company.
He enlisted in April 1777 as a private in Captain Coe's Company, Colonel Whiting's Connecticut regiment and was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Ridgefield.
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[handwritten letter]
He enlisted at Stratford, Connecticut, in December 1777 and served about 3 months as a private in Captain Elnathan Nichols' Connecticut Company of Light Dragoons.
He was called out at various times in 1779 when the British landed at Bedford, New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk. [margin note: these places carded by [illegible] in 1779]
He enlisted in February 1780 and served as a private about 9 months in Captain Hoogland's Company, Colonel Sheldon's Continental Regiment of Light Dragoons.
He enlisted in March 1781 and served about 10 months as a private under Lieutenant Phelps in the Dragoons, General Waterbury's Brigade on guard at Horseneck. [margin note: See Com'r Archives for C. Phelps 1781]
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1800, on account of disability resulting from his wound, while a resident of Coos County, New Hampshire. He died at Stratford, New Hampshire, January 1, 1841.
Soldier married at New Stratford, Connecticut, March 10, 1782, Charry Lewis. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 8, 1843, while a resident of Stratford, Coos County, New Hampshire, aged 80 years. She died August 31, 1844, at said Stratford. Their children were:
Louis (or Lewis) born June 8, 1783.
Betsy  "  July 18, 1785.
Charity (or Charley)  "  February 12, 1787, married -- Lamphere.
Thomas  "  September 4, 1789.
William born January 6, 1792, married Emily --
Robert  "  August 30, 1795.
Phebe  "  July 19, 1797.
Grant  "  April 6, 1802. 

Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.
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I did not use statements as to grandchildren in Post Master's letter of 1877, too vague, probably only hearsay, - nor reports of service from states not claimed by soldier. 
And dates uses are verified by history for soldiers was confused about them
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[verso]
1924, Feb 29. Hist. to Mrs. Gladstone Jordan WM.

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23902 
Charry Curtis Wid of William Curtis
Priv Rev War
Act Mar 3rd 1843 June 17th 1844
Index: - Vol. A, Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[verso]
1924, Feb 29. Hist. to Mrs. Gladstone Jordan WM.

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23902
Charry Curtis Wid of William Curtis
Priv Rev War
Act Mar 3rd 1843 June 17th 1844
Index: - Vol. A, Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 30361
New Hampshire
William Curtis
Suspended
Let to G. Marshall 9 Nov. 1835
  "  "  "  20  "  "
  "  Hon. H. Hubbard
Apl 19 1838
Aug't 15 1838 let to J. Marshall
() same Sept 17th 1841
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8634
New Hampshire Concord
Charry Curtis dec'd Widow of William Curtis who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1st Jany 1841 of Coos Co. in the State of N.H. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by  Col. Bedel in the N.H. line for 11 mos & 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 36 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1836' crossed out] 1" of Jany 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 14" day of March 1837 and sent to John Bedel and sent to John Bedel Bath N.H. 
['Total amount' crossed out] Inc'd from $26.88
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 47
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[verso]
6050
Concord, N. Hampshire
Charry Curtis widow of William Curtis who was a Private in the Revolution 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of September 1844 and sent to Joshua Marshall Stratford, N.H. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 272

[recto]
Rep'd 
Letter John Bedel 27th August 1849
  "  same 6th Dec'r 1849
Hon H. Hibbard 23d Sept 1850
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[verso]
Agent notified see letter

[recto]
31900
New Hampshire
William Curtis, dec'd 
Payable to Charry Curtis, widow of Coos Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the company commanded by ['Captain' crossed out] Lieut. Wheeler of the regt. commanded by Col. Bedel in the N.H. line for 8 months & 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord, N.H. at the rate of 26 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending January 1, 1841 when he died. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Nov'r 1841 and sent to J. Marshall, Esq. Stratford, N.H. 
Arrears to the ['4th of' crossed out] 1st Jan'y 1841 $273.57
['Semi-annual allowance ending' crossed out][verso]
1924, Feb 29. Hist. to Mrs. Gladstone Jordan WM.

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23902
Charry Curtis Wid of William Curtis
Priv Rev War
Act Mar 3rd 1843 June 17th 1844
Index: - Vol. A, Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870. Page 77
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1.
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[verso]
Rep'd

[recto]
8634
New Hampshire
Charry Curtis widow of William Curtis who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1st January 1841 of Coos Co in the State of N.H. who as a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the reg't commanded by Col. Bedel in the N.H. line for 8 months & 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 26 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on ['the 4th day of March, 1836' crossed out] 1st January 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of September 1844 and sent to Joshua Marshall, Stratford, N. Hamp're
Total amount, $[blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, 
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 27.
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[handwritten letter]
Stratford Hall on Sept 4 1877

Pension Officer
Dear Sir
I received your letter in [illegible] seasons & in reply will say that all the people that you name in your letter are dead but their children live in this post office districk you can send the bible to Mary Blosom daughter of Chary Lamkin or to Anderson Curtis Son of Lewis Curtis or to Frances Curtis son of Thomas Curtis William Curtis never had any children you can address eather case of the above at this office
Truly Yours
/s/C. B. Blodget PM
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Evidence of marriage, family Record filed in Commissioners Room
Bible marked Charry Curtis 
August 30 1844
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[handwritten letter] 
Stratford July 19th 1841
Hon. James L. Edwards, Commissioners of Pensions. 

Respected Sir,
By request of Charry Curtiss, Widow of William C. Curtiss late of Stratford in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire deceased, who was an Invalid pensioner of the United States, I now again address you on the subject of the application of said deceased, for his Revolutionary pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832, in behalf of said Widow. Said William Curtiss died on the 1st day of January 1841.
After receiving the comunication herewith enclosed, from the War Department, I again wrote to the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut by the request of said deceased, to ascertain whether there had been any mistake in the certificate send on to your Department and received the enclosed answer from said Comptroller. If the filing on the back of said Pay Table, as Stated by the Controller of accounts of the State of Connecticut is considered as conclusive proof that there was another William Curtiss when no Pay Roll of Capt. Coe's Company in Col. Whiting's Regiment for the year 1777 can be found; all we can say is that we have proved his services in Canada as will appear by the affidavit of Elijah Blodgett Isaac Stevens and Col. Bedel already filed in your Honour's Department. 5 months & ten days & that the said deceased was discharged at St. Johns in Lower Canada Sick and 300. miles from home (Stratford Connecticut) allowing him 15 miles a day to travel that distance, the Widow thinks was considered as Six Months and includes the 20 days he was discharged before his time was out. 
And in addition to that she thinks the Department of War must be possessed of the proof of his services under Capt. Coe in Col. Whiting's Regiment in the year 1777. at the time he was wounded and disabled or must have been possesed
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[handwritten letter]
possessed of that proof in order to have placed him on the Invalid Pension Roll, as the Pension Rol States the service at that time to be in Col. Whiting's Regiment, and the deceased Stated in his life time that he was allowed at that term for six months service and paid for that term of service which as before stated was in the year 1777 - 
Knowing that he drew a full pension as an Invalid I did not think it best to press his claim any further while he was living And I should not now interest myself at all in it did I not think the Widow Intitled to something on account of her husband's services as a Revolutionary Pensioner. 
The said William Curtis never would consent to wave any part of his claim to full pension and persisted in the truth of this declaration untill his death and I have no doubt he declared according to the best of his recollection. I have been acquainted with him more than 50 years & have made out his certificates and powers of Attorney to draw his Invalid pension 27 years previous to his death in which he swore twice a year that he served in Col. Whiting's Regiment at the time he was disabled.
During thirty years or more previous to his death he was intirely helpless having no use of himself below his hips unable to stand alone, or to get from his seat to the bed or from his bed to his seat without the help of a man or woman enough to lift him, and the Widow has had a hard time of it to take care of him, and she is now left poor and entirely dependant on her children for support. 
I have been more particular perhaps than was necessary as your honour has all the proof in this case and the Widow waves all claim to any services in this case that your Honour shall think are not satisfactorily proved and only requests that her case may be taken into consideration and such sum allowed her as your honour under all the circumstances may think just and proper to the time of her husband's death, to wit, 1st day of January 1881 -
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[handwritten letter]
And that a certificate may be forwarded to her to entitle her to draw said pension up to the time her said Husband died - 
Will all due respect, I am your Obt. Serv't
/s/Joshua Marshall
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"1776"
"July 13. Ordered the Receiver General To pay Capt. Jeremiah Ames Eighty three pounds Ten Shillings £ m'y as wages for a Cap' One Lt. & one Ensign in and about the Upper Cohas(Cohoes) - 
Captain 6- 
Lt - 4-
Ensign 3
47 at a Bounty of 30/ Book £83.10"

"Tuesday Sept'r 24th 1776 
Wrote to Capt Eames at upper Cohoes to continue his Company there until the 1st of December unless ordered otherwise"
"October 4th 1776 - Wrote to Capt. Eames at Cohoes to Employ his soldiers in building a Fort at Lancaster & strictly to obey his former orders"

"Friday November 1st 1776
Gave verbal orders to Capt Eames at Cohoes to Employ his soldiers in building a Fort at Lancaster & strictly to obey his former orders"

"Friday November 1st 1776
Gave verbal orders to Capt Eames to engage 10 men at Cohoes thr'o the winter for Scouts - ordered the R. G, to pay Capt. Eames £284-11 - the Balance of his Roll & acct" 
State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State,
I do hereby certify, That the foregoing are true extracts from the "Journal of the Committee of Safety" of New Hampshire, during the War of the Revolution, which Journal remains in this Office
[seal affixed] Given under my hand & the seal of the State, this 25th day of December A.D. 1849
/s/Thos. P. Treadwell, Secretary of State
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Rangers at Co'os 1776
[four untitled columns]
Engaged 1776|Captain David Woodward's Company[blank]|[blank]|
July 5th|discharged Oct'o 4th|[blank]|[blank]|
to Oct'r 4th|1 Captain @ £6-1 Lieut @ £4-1 Ensign @ £3|39,,0,,0|[blank]|
[blank]|3 Serjeants @48/. 3 Corporals @44/. and 23 Privates @40/. |210,,6,,9|bounties 42£ not allowed|
[blank]|28 Bounties @30/. 691 11/90} pa 29|249,,6..9|207,,6,,9|
691.11|Paid David Woodward for Billeting pacc.|['99,,15,,1' crossed out]|P file|Paid Joel Brown for doctering as a Holt ent'd in other a/c at Royalstown}|['2,,7,,5' crossed out]|[blank]|
[blank]|[blank]|£351,,9,,3|[blank]|
1776|Captain Samuel Atkinson's Comp'y|[blank]|[blank]|
Sept &|1 Capt @6£ 1 Lieut @£4 - 1 Ensign @ £3,,10/.|39,,9,,2|[blank]|
Oct'o|4 Serjeants @48/. 4 Corp'ls & Fifer @44/.|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|38 Privates @40/. per month 47 Bounties @ 30/.}|272,,2,,7|[blank]|
[blank]|Travel @ 1d of Mile|14,,2,,8|[blank]|
[blank]|Paid Samuel Atkinson's expences raising Men by account}|6,,19,,0|[blank]|
1108 81|Bounties not included pa. 29|332,,13,,5|file|
1776
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66
Rangers 1776
[four untitled columns]
1776 July|Paid Capt. Joshua Heath's accounts|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|30 Lead @ 8'd 1.0.0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|60 Flints 0.9.0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|2 Tin Kettles 0.10.0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|transporting them from Portsmouth to Conway}0,,10,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|to 2 Horses from Conway to Ammariscogen (Androscoggin) River transporting Provisions} 1,,0,,0}|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|143 weeks & 2 days supporting Soldiers @ Conway 6/ pr week}42,,19,,8|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|a Bounty paid 9 Men @30% 13,,10,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
247.70|amount of his pay Roll 74,,6,,8|[blank]|[blank]|[margin: 74,,6,,8 6 file]
[blank]|£134,,6,,7 ha 29|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Gen'l Folsom delv'd 11th Powder for his Comp'y and 10th ditto for the Indians}@4/8d|4,,18,,0|[blank]|
1776 July|Paid Capt Jeremiah Eames 650 Bricks 0,,13,,4 4 Axes 2,,8,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|6 3/4 Gal's Rum supplied the scouting party when on duty}4,,1,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|p'd 10 Men for 10 days Rations before the Commissary supply'd pd receipt}2,,18,,9|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|his expences from Northumberland to Exeter to make returnm18 days @4/}3,,12,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Horse hire on the Journey 1,,10,,2|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|paid Doctr. Wright for Medicines for the Soldiers - 12,,0|15,,,15,,1|[blank]|
993.15|Amount of the Pay Roll Wages, Bounty & Travel 352,,13,,11 deduct 47 bounties @ 30% 70,,10|282,,3,,11|[blank]|
[blank]|Orders on the Treasurer for 368,,9,,0|297,,19,,0 ha 29|[blank]|[margin: 993 15/90 6 file]
1776|paid Jacob Treadwell's account for 81 3/4th Gun powder 6/|24,,10,,6|[blank]|
July|4 Kegs for do|9,,6|[blank]|
[blank]|140 lbs. Shot & Lead @ 1/3|8,,15,,0|[blank]|
[blank]|5 Tin Kettles|1,,18|35,,13,,0|
[blank]|delivered at Northumberland Upper Coos delivered the Rangers|entered different heads|[blank]|
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71
Rangers 1776.
[five untitled columns]
Curtis not on this Roll|Captain Jeremiah Eames Company engaged October 14, 1776 & discharged Dec'r 1st 1 Captain 1 Lieutenant 2 Sargents &|£|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|22 Privates - amount Wages|£92,,2,,4|£|Dollars|
322.65|account settling Roll|4,,14,,0/ha 29|96,,16,,4|322.65/90 6 file|
1776|Paid Joseph Peverly, Commissary & account particulars on file|143,,10,,1|[blank]|[blank]|
July|Paid Emmons Stockwell Comm'y & account see File}|50,,1,,0|[blank]|[blank]|
1775|Captain Thomas Simpson's Co. engaged in Sep't & discharg'd Decm'r 1 Captain 1 Lieut & 1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 4 Corporal & 1 Drummer 41 Privates|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|advance wages & Blanket Money|['89,,17,,0' crossed out|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Balance of Wages & Travel|['199,,10,,-' crossed out|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Capts. account for Rations due|['6,,14,,0' crossed out]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Amount Wages|251,,18 6|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|50 Blankets @ 12/|30,,-,,-|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Travel|5,,12,,6|[blank]|[blank]|
980.75|Cap Simpsons a/c|6,,14,,-|294,,5,,0 & file|[blank]|
1776|Captain Jeremiah Eames's Co: engaged in December & discharged in Apl. 1 Captain, 1 Serjeant & 9 Privates|£|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|Wages|110,,19,,9|£|[blank]|
[blank]|Billeting &c for Eames's Acco, 78,,6,,8|['86,,12,,8' crossed out]|['197,,12,,5' crossed out]|'658 66/90' crossed out]|
[blank]|Journey Settling Roll|8,,6.-|[blank]|397.56/90|
397.56|[blank]|119,,5,,9 ha 29|[blank]|on file|
[blank]|John Hurd Esq Acc'o|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
1776|for billeting the Rangers|529,,8,,5}|ent'd under Rations|[blank]|
1776|Account of Medicines dtd Doct'r Samuel Hale at Coos|13,,2,,6}|Hospital|[blank]|
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State of New Hampshire 
Office of Secretary of State.
I  do hereby certify, That the foregoing are true and correct copies of pages 65, 66, and 71 of Army Rolls of New Hampshire, being statements of Accounts charged to the United States and due to New Hampshire "for raising, mustering, paying & subsisting" Officers & Soldiers engaged in service in the War of the Revolution.
I further certify, That pages 67, 68, 69 and 70 of the same Book contain accounts for Rations, Forage Hospital etc, Ordnance Stores, Contingent etc, Transportation etc, Provisions, Salt, Pork, Peas & Beans, Sugar & Milk, for "Rangers at Co'os A.D. 1776."
[seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 29th day of August, A.D. 1849. 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
[margin notes: Pages 65, 66, & 71 Vol. 11 "C"]
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Northumberland October 12th 1776
Col'o Nicholas Gilman Treasure for the State of New Hampshire 
Please to pay to Capt. Jeremiah Eames the whole of the Wages for the time of Service in his Company as shall be found Due on the said Captain Eames's Roll
34 John Trickey
35 Jon'a Willard
36 Abner Osgood
37 Samuel Page
38 John Page
39 Zebulon Colbey 
40 Zachariah Parker
41 Abijah Wright
42 David Brown
43 X his mark Ebenezer Kempfield
40 Moses Page
45 Edmund Eastman
46 David Cunningham
47 Alexander Craig
48 Daniel Spalding
49 Jonathan Craford
1 David Larned
2 Abel Larned
3 Abijah Larned
4 William Patter
5 James Whitling
6 Abel Lovejoy 
7 John Willoughby
8 Benj: Preson
9 Benj Pegley
10 Jona. Clarke
11 Jacob Draper
12 Jonah Chaptman
13 Joseph Palmar
14 Samuel Marsh
15 X his mark Edward Taylor
16 Gardner Duston
17 Nathan Caswell
18 Nathan Barbow
19 Abner Barlow
20 Gideon Smith
21 William Curtiss
22 Thomas Blodgett
23 Archippus Blodgett
24 Josiah Blogget
25 John Gibson
26 John Hazelton
27 Caleb Marshall
28 Dill Sawyer
29 William Amg
30 James Black
31 Ward Bailey
32 Thomas Peverly
33 Benj'a Sawyer
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State of New Hampshire 
Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify, That the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original, and remains in this Office
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 29th day of August A.D. 1849. 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State

Order from the Soldiers' for Capt. Eames to draw their wages
Oct'o 12th 1776
A true copy 
attest /s/Thos. P. Treadwell Secy of State
"B"
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State of New Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of William Curtis is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt. John Parker's Company Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment, as a private in said company, with an allowance for Five months & 2 days service, commencing July 15, and ending December 16th 1775. And the name of Will'm Courtiss (Curtiss) is borne upon a paper headed "Camp St. Johns the 28th Septem'r 1775. An Effective Role of Capt. John Parker's Company." Also upon a paper headed "year 1775, A List of Capt. John Parker's Company and the time they got Home from Caneday allowing 15 days for there march from said Caneday" is borne the name of Will'm Curtas 
And I further certify, that the name of William Curtiss is born upon an order from Soldiers in Capt. Eames' co. headed as follows: - "Northumberland October 12th 1776, Col'o Nicholas Gilman Treasure for the State of Newhampshire Please to Pay to Capt. Jeremiah Eames the whole of the Wages for the time of Service in his Company as shall be found Due on the said Captain Eames's Roll"
I further certify, That I find a "Pay Roll of Captain Jeremiah Eames's Scouting Party from December 2d to April 15, 1777 Head Quarters Great Coos". on page 190 vol. 7 Army Rolls New Hampshire 
And under the head of "Rangers at Co'os A.D. 1776," page 71 vol. 11 Army Rolls N.H. I find a minute of "Captain Jeremiah Eames Company engaged October 14, 1776 & discharged Dec'r 1st" amount Roll £96,,16,,4 and
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And upon page 66, vol. 11, Army Rolls N.H. under the head of "Ranger at Co'os 1776, is a minute, under Date 1776 July "Paid Capt. Jeremiah Eames" "Amount of the pay Roll Wages, Bounty & Travel £352,,13,,11,," also, his Expences from Northumberland to Exeter to make a return £3,,12,,0
And I find upon page 71, vol. 11, Army Rolls N.H. under head of "Rangers at Co'os A.D. 1776, a minute of Captain Jeremiah Eames's Co. engaged in December & discharged in Apl." Amount of Roll £119,,5,,9,, And in the same book, page 91, under head of "Alarm at Ticonderoga", I find a minute of "Capt. Jeremiah Eames's Co of Rangers," no Date, Amt. of Roll £96,,16,,4.
I further certify, That I can find no other Rolls or evidence relative to said Jeremiah Eames' Company in the Revolutionary War, in this Office, other than above mentioned. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand & the Seal of the State, this 21st day of Decm'r A.D. 1849
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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This may certify that the subscriber a practising Physician in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire after a careful examination made in the case of William Curtis, who is now on the Invalid Pension Roll of s'd State, which examination I have ['been' crossed out] made once in two years for more than fifteen years past and has proved to be an extensive lameness affecting at this time his whole system, ['wholly' crossed out] disenabling him from locomotion almost entirely which was caused by the passage of a ball into his left thigh, which ball passed into the anterior part of the limb & has remained in s'd thigh near the great trochanter thereby destroying & rendering useless the large muscles of s'd thigh, whereby, for the want of natural exercise he has wholly lost the use of s'd limb & in a great degree all the other muscles of locomotion, in consequence of which he is at this time, & has been for several years past completely helpless & requiring much aid and attention to render him in any degree comfortable in his declining years - 
/s/Eliph't Lyman M.D. 
State of New Hampshire
Coos. ss. May 23d 1835} Sworn and subscribed to before me,
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I certify that Doc. Eliphalet Lyman above named is a person of Respectability and a credible disinterested Witness
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire Coos ss. 
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in and for the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall Esquire before whom the within affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos duly qualified to take affidavits and that his name within subscribed is his true and proper signature
[court seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lancaster in said County on this twenty third day of May Anno Domini 1835
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk 

Eliphalet Lyman Affidavit
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[addressed envelope]
[margin note: m. N.H. Aug 19.]
Stratford N.H. 
August 12 Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
City of Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Stratford August 5th 1835 - 
Hon. J. L. Edwards. Esquire Commissioner of Pensions for the United States.
Sir;
I again enclose the papers in support of the claim of William Curtis, with some additional evidence.
I have made application to the Controller of Public accounts at Hartford Connecticut and he informed me that all the records relating to Revolutionary Soldiers were sent to Philadelphia many years ago. 
I also applied to Ralph Metcalf Esquire Secretary of the State of New Hampshire and his answer was that the Records relating to the Revolutionary Soldiers were all sent to the City of Washington some years since 
After a great delay and several unsuccessful attempts to obtain the Affidavit of Col. Moody Bedel we have at length succeeded as you will perceive by his Affidavit herewith enclosed.
I know of nothing more that can be offered in support of said Curtis' claim, excepting there should be doubts respecting his moral character if that should be the case than doubts can be removed by the Affidavits of any or all of his neighbours if necessary.
I have been acquainted with said William Curtis for more than forty years last past he was lame when I first became acquainted with him and for more than thirty years has been wholly disabled and incapable of doing any business. He has a wife who lost her health and has not been able to take care of herself a great part of the time - during thirty years or more and they are poor notwithstanding he has drawn an Invalid Pension for many years - I do not doubt myself that the above named William Curtis has stated his services as a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army as correctly as he is capable of recollecting I believe he has served nearly as he stated but whether he is correct as to time, I cannot say: I have no doubt he believes as he has stated.
I have reexamined him and taken his Statement under oath which is enclosed with his declaration.
If there was an instance in which an Invalid Pensioner deserved a Revolutionary Pension under Act of June 7th 1832, I think Mr. Curtis is one of that kind his sufferings have been long and severe - but with the evidence herewith enclosed I leave all to your Honour to Judge of the equity and justice of the case 
Very Respectfully your most Obt. Serv't
/s/Joshua Marshall
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I William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire aged fifty years last January do depose and testify that I am as I believe the Son of William Curtis late of Stratford in said County of Coos deceased, that I have always lived in the same house with the said deceased untill his death, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, that the record, made in the bible hearunto annexed, is in his hand writing, That the record of his marriage made on the last page, being nearly obliterated 
The same is drawn off on the fourth page of said Bible in the hand writing of my Father the said William Curtis and was made as long ago as I can remember, and as long ago as I could first read writing, I think not less than thirty five years.
The record of the marraige of Wiliam Curtis and Charry Lewis, and the birth of Lewis Curtis my oldest Brother made on the last page of said Bible I have no doubt was made at or near the time they purport to have been made and all the births that are recorded on said last page are all in my Father's hand writing and I have no doubt were made at or near to the time they purport to have been made. 
I further testify that my late Father was so blind for more than twenty years that it was with deficulty he wrote his name/
/s/Wm Curtis
State of New Hampshire
Coos ss. December 18th 1843. Sworn and subscribed to before me
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Curtis - that he is a credible witness
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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I Emily Curtis wife of the within named William Curtis testify and say that I ['have' crossed out] lived in the house with the within named William Curtis deceased, twenty three years ago and from that time untill his death the 1st of January 1841, that the same record of the marriage of William  Curtis and Charry Lewis and the record of their family as it now appears in the Bible hereunto anexed was then in said Bible and that the said deceased was so blind when I first came to live in the family, that I never knew him write any thing more than his name while he lived afterward.
/s/Emily Curtis
State of New Hampshire Coos ss. December 18th 1843
Subscribed & Sworn to before me
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Emily Curtis and that she is a credible witness
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County s above, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of December in the year of our
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I William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy nine years, the 17th day of July last past, do testify and say, that I came from Stratford in the State of Connecticut to the town of Stratford in the State of New Hampshire in March in the year 1775 - and in May or June following in the same year, at Northumberland or Stratford N.H. I enlisted in the service of the United States in the Company under the Command of Capt. Parker and Lieut. Wheeler in Col. Bedel's Regiment and marched to Burlington V.t. and thence by water went to St. Johns in Lower Canada; was with the first troops that went to that place, and as near as I can recollect was there about forty days before St. Johns was taken, and was stationed there two or three months after it was taken, then went to Ticonderoga, where being sick and unable for duty I was discharged by Lieut. Patte, and I arrived home in Connecticut on the first day of January 1776, that I served at this term six months, lacking ten days as I believe, and was out ['from home' crossed out] nearly seven before I got home - That I again enlisted under Capt George Benjamin as a volunteer to make up the number required from Stratford in the State of Connecticut in January in the year 1776, and marched to the City of New York, and was imployed in fortifying or building fortifications on the Shore of the Sound as it was then called, was once detached with a number of others and went onto an Island in the night and was there imployed all night, in the rain, entrenching or throwing Breastworks, that at this time the Said Ship of War lay in the harbour at New York and at day break she hoisted her anchor and fell down the sound about a mile out of the reach of our Shot, where she again anchored and in the morning we again came off of the Island and went to our quarters in the City - That I served at this term
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I think not less than three months - That soon after my return home to Stratford in Connecticut I went to Stratford in the State of New Hampshire, and in May or the first of June in the year 1776. I enlisted as a volunteer under Capt. Jerremiah Eames in Northumberland N.H. for Six Months. Lieut. Caleb Marshall belonged to the same Company, when I helped build a fort & a Block house and was frequently sent with others out on a Scout, as it was then called; up the Connecticut & Nulhegan Rivers, to Spy out the enemy and guard the Inhabitants against being surprised by the Indians - That I served six months at this time and then returned home to Stratford in Connecticut - That in April 1777, I entered the service again under Capt. Coe, in Col. Whiting's Regiment and the enemy landed at Fairfield Con. and marched to Danbury and distroyed some stores at that place and we met them on their return at Rigbury I think, and an engagement took place in which Gen. Worcester, Col. Gould and Capt. Thompson were killed and several others ['and march' crossed out] were wounded among which were our Capt. Coe, who was shot into the Eye and the bull(et) came out the Ear, and as the Enemy passed him they gave him two or three wounds with their bayonets, I received a ball just below my hip, which still remains in my thigh, from which wounds I have never been wholly recovered and was confined at that time nine months and have not at any time since been as well as I was before - 
That according to my best recollection and belief I enlisted again in the Light horse under the Selectmen of the town to make the number required to go into the service at that time in the town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut it being some time in the Spring of the year 1778, I marched to a place called Canaan near Stamford and thence to
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a place called Dobbs Ferry on the North river and was employed as a guard or Scout and were kept continually from day to day on the lookout and patrooling between said Canaan and Dobb's Ferry so called and other places exposed to the incursions of the enemy at that time, a place for nearly a hundred Miles left unprotected from the enemy, it was out duty to travel back & fourth and kept guard &c - and make such diversions as we could of the movements of the enemy, I was out at this time according to my best recollection not Less than three months at least. - 
we were under the command of a Serjeant by the name of Barrick or Barret, I do recollect of any other Officer's being there of a higher grade than Serjeant; there were other troops came there before we were discharged but I was then discharged and I do not remember the names of any of the Officers for as soon as they came, we left that place - That some time of the Winter of the year 1779 - I enlisted or entered the service in the Light horse to make up a draught in the town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut and marched to Stamford in the State of aforesaid and served under the command Lieut. Phelps, Gen. Waterbury commanded at that place & there was a Major Humphrey & a Major Chitman there and a Capt. Smith; then troops were called the horseneck guard, that I enlisted at this time for a year; but how long I served I cannot tell I think I left that place late in the fall but whether I was permitted to leave on account of the scarcity of forage I cannot say as some were at that time allowed to go back into the Country on furlow two or three months in the winter on account of the scarcity of forage, but I believe I served not Less than eight months at this term - actual service but how long I was allowed pay for I do not know but I do remember that Lieut. Phelps received the money to pay us and was missing, and we never got one cent for that term of service - 
I was in the service under Capt. Naagley or Noaglin (Negley) in the Lighthorse with  Col. Sheldon's Regiment in the State of New York - I then went to make one of the number required from said Stratford in the State of Connecticut under the direction of the Selectmen but in what year I am not positive nor how long I served but according to my best recollection I served at this time not less than eight months I went early in the Spring of the year I think in the year, before I served in the horseneck guard
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but I am not certain whether I served in Capt. Naagley's (Negley) Co in Col. Shelden's (Sheldon) Regiment the year before I served in the Horse Neck Guard or the year afterwards but I served according to the best of my recollection not less than eight months in both of those places and under those officers that is eight months in each place at each term - 
My services were all in a private capacity the then first term in the Infantry, but I was always lame after I received said would and afterwards performed all my services in the Lighthorse as it as then called, and found my own horn and equipment - I have been a perfect Criple for thirty years last past, and have ever since I was wounded been lame and for the last thirty years since injured waiting upon as much as when I was a child have been almost entirely helpless and except my invalid pension myself & my wife who is yet living  have been supported by my children - 
I further testify that I know of no other proof there that which I have furnished already in  support of my claim to a pension - 
/s/Wm Curtis J'r for Wm Curtis by his request
Attest
/s/Mary Marshall
/s/William Snow 
State of New Hampshire Coos ss
February 21st 1838 - The above affidavit was subscribed & sworn to before me.
I further certify that the above named William Curtis sustains a good character and is a credible witness - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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William Curtis Declaration Sept. 24, 1849
For arrears - 
"A"
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos }ss: On this 24 day of September, A.D. 1849 personally appeared, Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, William Curtiss a resident of Stratford in said County aged 45 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears due to his late Father William Curtis a Revolutionary Soldier and Invalid Pensioner deceased, and the arrears due his late Mother Chary Curtis a Revolutionary Pensioner dec'd Widow of said William Curtis dec'd - That according to the best information he has been able to obtain and as he verily believes his said Father William Curtis did serve in the Revolutionary War as follows - in Capt. John Parker Company Col. Tim'o Bedel's Reg't from July 15, 1775, 5 months and two days - in Capt. Jeremiah Eames Company at Northumberland N.H. from July 5, to Dec'r 2d 1776 - in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company in Vt. in April 1780, 2 days - in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company in Vt. in October 1780 3 days, and in Capt. Seth Hodge's Company at the tak'g of Burgoyne from Aug. 16, to Oct. 4, 1777 - for proof of which reference may be had to the papers filed heretofore in my said Father's application for a pension under law June 7, 1832 and my said mother's application under law July 7, 1838 and the accompanying certificates of the Sec'y of State New Hampshire and the Secy. of State of Vermont 
That his said Father William Curtis died on the 1st day of January 1841 and his said Mother Charry Curtis died on the 31st day of August 1844 as will more fully appear from the  papers ['from papers' crossed out] already on file in the pension Office - 
/s/William Curtis
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, ['holden at Coos' crossed out] within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Benjamin B. Ockington is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, as within, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty ninth day of September, Anno Domini 1849.
/s/James M. Rix Clerk
The above erasure made by me, 
/s/James M. Rix, Clerk.
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[handwritten letter]
Bath New Hamp"
Nov. 5th 1849 - 

Sir
In behalf of the Heirs of William Curtis & his Widow Chary Curtis both dec'd both Pensioners of the United States, please find the Declaration William Curtis a son of said William & Chary dec'd marked "A" supported by papers marked B, C, & D, all enclosed - It is expected that upon reference to the papers or Declaration of William Curtis dec'd filed as early as 1834 or 35 under law June 7th 1832 the particular service that he performed in the Revolution will there fully appear and as I understand from Judge Marshall of Stratford there was considerable difficulty in establishing said Curtis claim to a pension it is hoped that these papers may satisfactorily sustain all the service for which he claimed - of the service in Col. Bedel's Reg't in 1775 5 mo. 2 days it is taken for granted that sufficient evidence has been already submitted, and from paper "B" it will appear that he was a soldier in Capt. Jeremiah Eames Co. Oct. 12, 1776 which was raised in July 1776 and paid for 3 months service as will appear from paper "C" on Page 66, where the amount paid to Capt. Eames, 2 Lts. & 47 men £282,,3,,11 clearly shows their length of service previous to Oct. 12, 1776 - Page 65 & 66 of "C", upon examination, will most conclusively show that Capt. Woodward, Capt. Atkinson, Capt. Russell, Capt. Heath & Capt. Jeremiah Eames Cos, were raised in July and were all paid for 3 months service and upon Page 71 of "C" at tope it appear that said Eames Co. was in service 1 mo 19 days from Oct. 14, to Dec. 1, 1776 in reference to which examination of his declaration is desired - 
His service in Vermont will appear from paper "D" 1 mo. 25 days from his application for an Invalid Pension which he drew after 1800 it is supposed that more service will
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[handwritten letter]
appear than the foregoing, as he there declares as it there appears that he was in Col. Whiting's Regiment - 
It appears that he has been allowed but for 8 months which can but be less than he was entitled from all the evidence now adduced - 
I am, Very Respectfully, Your Obt. Ser't
/s/John Bedel 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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q10425 
Declaration, Widow 
Charry Curtis
adm'd
1775 - 5 mo 2. Col. Bedel
1776 3 - Cap Eames
1780 3 Capt Hodges
['1799 3' crossed out]
11 mo 2 days
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County} ss. 
On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before Joshua Marshall one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos aforesaid Charry Curtis ['Charry Curtis' crossed out]  a resident of Stratford in said County of Coos, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. 
That she is the widow of William Curtis who was a Private in the army of the United States during the war of the Revolution and served as follows, to wit, Six months in Capt. Parker's Company in Col. Bedel's Regiment in the year 1775 in Campaign in Canada and was discharged at St. John's in Canada in Dec. of the same year. That he served in Capt. Jeremiah Eames Company in the New Hampshire Militia near the frontier settlement on Connecticut River in the year 1776. That he served in Capt. Coe's Company in Col. Whiting's Regiment in Connecticut in 1777. in which service he was ['served' crossed out] wounded that she believes he was allowed and paid for six months at this time, she also believes he served in the State of Connecticut under Col. Waterbury and in the New York State troops -
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She thinks two seasons or terms but how long she cannot say, he served either under Col. Waterbury and in the New York State troops. 
That she has since the death of her said husband received a certificate from the War Department and drawn his Pension up to the time of his death Viz to 1st day of January 1841. That the amount of pension which she annually received was twenty six dollars and sixty six cents that she has not yet received the ['balance of the' crossed out] five years pension ['from the first day of January 1841 to the first of March [illegible]' crossed out] only the arrears of Pension. 
She further declares she is still a widow - 
/s/Charry Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year within written before me Joshua Marshall Judge of C.C. Pleas I further certify that from bodily infirmity the above named Charry Curtis is unable to attend in Court and that the above named declarant is personally known to me that the erasures and interlining the name Charry Curtis &c. were made by me before sworn to or subscribed - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Court Common Pleas
I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is a Justice of said Court as above and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
/s/James M. Rix Clerk.
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I Joshua Marshall of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty three years, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with William Curtis, late of Stratford in said County of Coos, deceased, that I have made out his certificates of Identity and powers of Attorney, I think twice in every year nearly thirty years previous to his death, in order to draw his Invalid Pension; was well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt the record in the Bible hereunto annexed on the last and fourth pages, of his marriage to Charry Lewis and the births of their children that follow in said record are in his hand writing; - The said William Curtis was very decrepit during more than thirty years, previous to his death, which took place in January 1841, that the said certificates of Identity, were made at his own house, that for twenty years previous to his death he was so blind it was with difficulty that he wrote his name - that during the times I have assisted him in preparing his papers in order to draw his invalid pension, the Bible above mentioned has been referred to, to ascertain the time of his residence in Stratford N.H. by the record of the birth of his oldest son Lewis Curtis. 
That I think it is many years since I saw said Bible with the same record in it as now appears, that the record on the fourth page is in William's hand writing I have no doubt, and I think must have made more than twenty years previous to said
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deceased's death, as he was to blind to my knowledge to have written it later than that date. 
By reference to the papers, in drawing the semmi anual payments to pensioners it can be ascertained how long I have made out the certificates for said deceased - 
The widow of said deceased now resides in said Stratford with whom I have been acquainted more than forty years - 
/s/Joshua Marshall
Coos ss. Northumberland Dec. 20, 1843,
Subscribed & sworn to before me,
/s/James M. Rix Jus. Peace

State of New Hampshire. Coos ss. 
I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that James M. Rix is a Justice of Peace within and for said County as above, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. 
/s/James M. Rix Clerk
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I Elijah Blodget of Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aged seventy six years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire and have been acquainted with him during fifty nine years that I was knowing to his serving six months in the army of the Revolution in the year 1775 in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment that I enlisted with him under Lieut Seth Wheeler and served with him in Capt. Parker's Company, (Christian name of Capt. Parker he does not recollect,) that I was with him at the siege of saint Johns & at Chamblee &c that he was discharged at St Johns, and came home. 
I was not personally knowing to his serving six month under Jerremiah Eames in the year 1776, but I have no doubt of the fact I have resided in the vicinity of Stratford and Northumberland in the State of New Hampshire ever since the revolution and resided there in the year 1777 and have always understood that said William Curtis served under the said Eams (Eames) six months at the forts in Northumberland & Stratford as guard against the Indians, neither have I any doubt that he served as he has stated in his declaration in the infantry and in the Light horse or Dragoons I have always heard it asserted that he served as he has stated by those persons that Stated they were knowing to the fact. 
/s/Elijah Blodgett
State of New Hampshire
Coos. ss. March 22d 1834} Personally appeared the above named Elijah Blodget and subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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I Eunice Blodget of Stratford in the County of Coos & State of New Ham(p)shire aged Seventy one years do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with William Curtis of Stratford in said County of Coos and have been acquainted with him during fifty nine years, that in the summer of year 1776 there were soldiers stationed or quartered at my Father's house in Stratford
I recollect the time from the circumstance of having moved from Connecticut to Stratford N.H. two years before and from the circumstance of seeing the number 1776 upon the flag or earlier that the Soldiers hoisted made of red cloth and the figures 1776 drawn on the same I recollect that the said William Curtis was with them and remained there untill fall or forepart of Winter and then I think he returned to Connecticut, as I understood at that time. 
That the said Curtis has been lame ever since he was wounded in the revolutionary War & for more than forty years last past has been a Cripple & during thirty or thirty five years confined to his bed or chair. 
/s/Eunice Blodget
State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss.} March 18th 1834 Personally appeared Eunice Blodget above named and subscribed and made oath to the above declaration by her subscribed
Before me /s/Joshua Marshall Justice of Peace
I further certify that the above named Eunice Blodget is a credible person. 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, being a Court of Record in and for the State of New Hampshire, do certify, That Joshua Marshall Esquire, before whom the within affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos, duly qualified to take Depositions and that his name within subscribed is his true and proper signature.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lancaster in said County of Coos on this twenty six day of March Anno Domini 1834 - 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk  

Deposition Eunice Blodget
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss}
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, being a Court of Record in and for the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for said county of Coos duly qualified to take depositions and that I believe his name within subscribed to be his true and proper signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court at Lancaster on this twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty five. 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk 

Moody Bedel's Affidavit
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I Moody Bedel of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy one years do testify and say that I have in my possession the Pay Roll of that part of Capt John Parker's Company enlisted by Seth Wheeler and it appears by that Pay Roll that William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire enlisted in the service of the United States under said Wheeler the 15th day of July 1775 and was discharged the 16th day of December following that he served five Months and two days, that I knew said Parker and know he served in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment; that expedition or Campaign into Canada and I have not doubt William Curtis, above mentioned served in said Campaign during the time above mentioned and was paid for the same by the State of New Hampshire according to said Roll which is now before me
/s/Moody Bedel 
State of New Hampshire
Coos. ss. July 18th 1835} Then the above named Moody Bedel personally appeared Before me the subscriber, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Moody Bedel is a credible disinterested Witness.
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of Peace
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I Isaac Stevens of Stratford in the State of New Hampshire testify that I was a soldier in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment in the year 1775 and was with him in the Campaign in Canada that year and that there was a Capt. John Parker belonging to his Regiment and that he commanded a Company at that time and at the expiration of the first six months which I think was some time in December our first enlistments were out and Col. Bedel gave all who would reinlist the privilege of choosing their own Officers, but Capt. Parker who then appeared to wish to be chosen and go on to Quebec was not elected by the Soldiers and I think did not go to Quebec with the Regiment and was not with us the last six months of that Campaign - 
I was not acquainted at that time with Elijah Blodget or William Curtis but have been acquainted with them about forty years last past and have no doubt their statements are as near the truth as they can recollect for they are both credible persons. I well recollect Capt. Parker he was a stiff necked man and could not turn his head without turning his body. 
/s/Isaac Stevens
State of New Hampshire
Coos ss. July 21, 1834} Sworn & subscribed to Before me
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Isaac Stevens is a person of Respectability and a credible disinterested Witness - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire Coos. ss - 
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record in and for the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall Esquire, before whom the within Affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos duly qualified to take affidavits and that his name within subscribed is his true and proper signiture
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Lancaster in said County on this twenty third day of May Anno Domini 1835 - 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk

Deposition Isaac Stevens
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Increase
William Curtis NH
act 7 June 1832
adm'd 11 mo 2 days 
$36.88 pr ann from 4 March 1831 to 1st January 1841. payable 
to Lewis Curtis 
Thomas Curtis
Wm Curtis &
Charity Lamphere
only surviving children ded'g $26:88 per ann.
Also under Act 38, 43 & 44 from 1 Jany 1841 to Aug 31 1844 except 2 years
John Bedel
Bath N.H.
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[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H. 
Decr. 27, 1849

Sir
In the application for increase of the heirs of William Curtiss and his Widow Charry Curtiss; agreeably to the suggestions in your letter of the 6th Inst. in this case, enclosed please find additional papers marked "E" & "F" from which it is hoped that sufficient appears to clearly establish the date of the engagement and discharge of said Wm. Curtiss in Capt. Jeremiah Eames' Comp'y in 1776 - That he was engaged as early as July 13th 1776 and remained as late as Oct. 13, 1776 and served 3 months is established beyond question - From all the papers in this case it appears that Capt. Jeremiah Eames had a company in actual service all the time from ['the' crossed out] July 13 1776 to April 15 1777 - that his company as first organized consisted of our Capt. - one Lt. - our Ensign and 47 Rank and file, (whose names all appear on order marked "B"  on file in this) and so remained until Oct. 13th 1776 when on Oct. 14th it was reduced to one Capt. - one Lt. - 2 sergts & 22 privates and continued thus until Dec'r 1st 1776, and on Dec'r 2'd 1776 was reduced to one Capt. 1 Sergt. & 9 privates and so remained until April 15th, 1777 when it was discharged - 
It appears that no Pay Roll of the first 3 months of Capt. Jeremiah Eames Co. from July 13th to Oct. 13th 1776 can be found in Our Sec'y of States office - that his Pay Roll from Oct. 14th to Dec'r 1st 1776 is on file in your Office, and his Pay Roll from Dec'r 2d 1776 to April 15th 1777 is on file at Concord, and that I have now introduced the best evidence that can be adduced of this 3 months service from July 13th to Oct. 13 1776 - unless you have a Pay Roll for this time on file in your Office. I know of
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[handwritten letter]
no other place to look for it - 
On the evidence now adduced I trust your claim for 3 months from July 13th to Oct. 13th 1776 will be allowed - 
I am, Very respectfully Your Obt. Sert.
/s/John Bedel 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C. }
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I William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire aged seventy six years, do testify and say, that in consequence of old age and infirmity, my memory is much impaired, and my recollection at times is not distinct and clear, and that in consequence of the loss of my Eye sight, for or during the term of thirty years last past, so that I have been unable to read the history of past events; and in consequence  of a wound received in the Revolutionary War of the United States, have been a cripple wholly disabled, and confined to the house, more than thirty years, almost entirely shut from society, so that I have had no means to refresh my memory, and I made my declaration in order to obtain my pension on the eighteenth of March in the year of our Lord 1834, wholly from my own recollection; under the before mentioned circumstances. And that since I have received the objections of the Commissioner of Pensions, I have carefully examined them, and it still appears to me that I was correct in my Statement ['in my Statement' crossed out] made on the said 18th of March 1834 - that as respects my service in the year 1776 under Capt. Geo. Benjamin I can only say I served under him at that time as stated in my declaration during the term of Nine Months, according my best recollection, that we were out then as a Guard before the Brittish evacuated Boston, that I recollect there was a Captain there by the name of Clark; and other Officers whose names I do not recollect. That while in this service I was detached with I think about two hundred others at night and went on to an Island not far from the City of New York and there was employed all night in intrenching or throwing up a breastwork, that in the morning we discovered the Asia, British man of War, within Musket shot; when we first discovered her, but she soon moved down the sound out of our reach and we came off of said Island -
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I do not recollect who took the Command of the troops at that time or whether there was any regular commander then or not - As respects the service under Jerremiah Eams (Eames) mentioned in  my declaration I know nothing except that I served as then stated and was paid by him - That the service mentioned in said declaration under Capt. Elnathan Nichols was under the command of no other Officer as I recollect but was designed chiefly to prevent what was then called the Cowboys, from supplying the Enemy with battle and provisions, for their Army, and I was not stationed at any particular place but was continually Scouting the c(o)untry from place to place for a distance I think of about sixty miles in the vicinity of White plains - 
That as respects ['his' crossed out] my services in Capt. Hogelin's Company in Col. Shelden's (Sheldon) Reg't I can only say; that as I understood it at the time, that Capt. Nichols was sent to, to furnish number of men from his Company to fill up the Continental line, and I was one that turned out to make that number (which number I have forgotten whether it was six or eight), and when I arrived at Col. Shelden's (Sheldon) Regiment I was under the command of his Officers and drew our rations from his regiment but whether i was included in the State troops from the State of Connecticut and paid by that State, or the United States I cannot tell neither am I very positive that I have stated the right year, 1779, but I think it was in that year - 
That as respects the service mentioned in said declaration in the year 1780 in the horse neck guard so called under Gen. Waterbury, I can say that I know I served as stated but as I said in relation to the last mentioned term in 1779; if that term is incorrect as to time the term under Gen. Waterbury must also be incorrect and I have nothing now by which I can fix the time any better than my recollection and that is the same now that it was then; at
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the time I made my declaration I may have missed a year in the time of the two last mentioned terms. 
I recollect that while I was in the service under Gen. Waterbury Gen. Parson called on Gen. Waterbury for I think eight horsemen to go with a flag of truce to the City of New York I think to guard the Officers & Waiters of then officers, which were taken prisoners with the Army under Gen. Burgoyne; as I then understood. 
And I was one of the eight selected; we went as far as a place called West Chester I think and then was discharged from the flag of truce; and ordered to return to Gen. Waterbury's head Quarters, and on our return we met with a number of Cowboys so called with a number of Cattle and Sheep and I think some hogs agoing to the British Army one of whom we took prisoner - the others made their escape, we drove then the Cattle back about two miles with the said prisioner and then took from him his gun; and a number of pairs of Silver Shoe buckles, Handkerchiefs and other property and let him go and returned to our quarters, and in a few days after we were all arrested and put under Guard for taking the said prisoners and taking the property from him while returning from accompanying the said flag of truce; in consequence of which as we were then told Maj'r Lawrence who commanded the flag of truce was detained a prisoner in the City of New York a number of days, how many now I cannot say - we were tried by Gen. Parsons and he ordered us to restore the property taken and discharged us saying it was a Soldier-like trick - 
Whether the circumstances of Guarding those Officers of Burgoyne's Army as I was then told, is the [illegible] of my fixing the time of service under G. Waterbury, I cannot say or from what particular circumstance I cannot say. 
Immediately after my discharge from under guard I
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Was sent on an express from Stamford to New Haven and had leave of the General to stay at home a few days at old Stratford Con. and then rejoined the army under Gen. Waterbury, and whether I have stated a year to soon or a year to late I have no other means of knowing but my own recollection. I was in the service more or less in the Militia or regular State troops during the years 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, & 1780 - but I have no distinct recollection of being in the service at all in the year 1781 but if Gen. Waterbury's troops did not serve at Stamford untill year then I am wrong in my Statement, for I was under Gen. Waterbury the last year of my service; and the time I served I have stated as near as I would recollect in my declaration made the eighteenth day of March Anno Domini 1834. before Joshua Marshall one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Coos County N.H. 
/s/William Curtis
State of New Hampshire
Coos. ss. May 14th 1835} Sworn and subscribed to before me
/s/Joshua Marshall} Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Coos-ss-
I William Turner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Coos, being a Court of  record for said County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire do certify that Joshua Marshall Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Coos, duly qualified to take affidavits and that his name within subscribed is his true and propper signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this twenty third day of May Anno Domini 1835 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk
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copy
"State of New Hampshire, Grafton ss. Probate Court oct. 7, 1850
I Samuel Swasey Register of said Court of Probate, do hereby certify that satisfactory was exhibited at said Court and put on file, that William Curtis of Stratford N.H. was an Invalid pensioner of the United States of $96. per annum, and died at said Stratford on the first day of January 1841 leaving his widow Charry Curtis, who was pensioned at the rate of $26.88 per annum and died at said Stratford on the 31st day of August A.D. 1844 and that their only surviving children known to be living are Lewis Curtis, Thomas Curtis, and William Curtis, all of said Stratford, and Charity Lamphere of Compton Canada - 
[facsimile seal 'S.S.'] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of  Probate at Haverhill in said county on this 15 day of October A.D. 1850
(Signed) Samuel Swasey Reg'r"
(copy)
"Bath N.H. Oct. 16, 1850
Sir, In the case of William Curtis dec'd and Invalid pensioner and also pensioned under act of June 7, 1832, and his widow Charry Curtis dec'd a pensioner under act July 7, 1838 &c at $26.88 per annum, in [illegible] of Sept. 23d 1850 to Hon. H. Hibbard I paid the following (being the 3d paragraph) "A certificate will be issued in the name of William Curtis, so soon as a certificate of some court of Record showing the date of his death, and giving the names of all his children now being, shall have been produced" - Enclosed please find the certificate required, you will be pleased to forward the certificate in this case to me or Hon. H. Hibbard - 
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt. Sert.
/s/John Bedel
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C}"
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County} ss. 
I George A. Cossett Register of the Probate Court holden at Lancaster in and for the said County of Coos on the second day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty one, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that William Curtis late of Stratford in said County of Coos deceased, died on the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and forty one at said Stratford and that the said Charry Curtis of said Stratford was lawfully married to the said William Curtis on the tenth day of March 1782 and that she is now the lawful Widow of the said William Curtis deceased - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the second day of November Anno Domini 1841 - 
/s/Geo A. Cossett Register of Probate
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I William Curtiss Jr. of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, testify that William Curtis late of said Stratford deceased, died at my house in said Stratford on the first day of January in the year 1841 - that he was at the time of his death an Invalid Pensioner of the United States and that he left a Widow by the name of Charry Curtiss, that she now resides in the town of Stratford aforesaid.
/s/Wm Curtis Jr
State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss} July 15th 1841 Subscribed and Sworn to before me 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I Emily Curtiss wife of the above named William Curtiss Junior testify and say that I was present on the first day of January in the year 1841 when William Curtiss late of Stratford New-Hampshire died and that he was an Invalid Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and that he left a Widow who now resides in said town of Stratford and that her given name is Charry - 
/s/Emily Curtis 
State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss} July 15 1841 Then the above named Emily Curtis subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Curtis Jr & Emily Curtis and that they are credible Witnesses.
/s/Joshua Marshall Just. of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire, Coos ss. 
I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is a Justice of the Peace as within and that the the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty one. 
/s/James M. Rix Clerk.
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Monroe Ct.  37
Joshua Marshall Esq
Stratford Newhampshire
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[handwritten letter]
Monroe Fairfield County Conn. Dec'r 4th '43
Dear Sir, 
Yours of the 26th of Oct'r last came duly to hand by Mail, you probably think before this that no answer is to be expected, in reply to which I have to say that being not much acquainted with the coarse to be pursued in obtaining pensions thought best to confer with, one of my neighbors better acquainted than I am who advised me to procure for the benefit of said Wid'w Charry Curtiss the Deposition of the Clerk of the Congregational society in the town of Monroe (New Stratford at the time you say s'd Charry was married Rev'd Elisha Rexford was Pastor of s'd Parish by whom the s'd Wm. Curtiss & C. Lewis were probably married - and it does not appear by any Records now in existance that there is any Record whatever of any marriage by s'd Rexford during his Ministry was over 40 years the conclusion is they are all lost, the s'd Wid'w can inform whether she was married by s'd Rexford or not, in case she was, the next evidence to record is living credible evidence that was at the weding and I cannot by the most diligent enquiry for it not one among all the aged people who can testify being at the wedding, there may be one and it is thought to be the most likely one if living near you by the name of Abraham Dunning who lived where last heard from in Canaan Vt. which I take to be near as he lived within half a mile of the Father of said Charry - I have had the names of 2 other persons named to wit-
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[handwritten letter]
Elihu & Isaac Morse who both reside at Canandaigua in the state of N. York if living the s'd Wid'w will recollect whether they were or not at the wed'g 
I have done and had done all in the case that could be done - And therewith said you enclosed my own Deposition as Town Clerk of  Monroe & the Deposition of Nathan N. Wheeler as Clerk of the Society of which said Rexford was formerly Pastor [illegible] they will prove usefull to the Wid'w in getting a pension, all things considered I hope and trust so long a delay will be excused - 
Yours Respectfully
/s/Agur Cable
Joshua Marshall Esq'r
P.S. Fees, fr. Clk. of C't for Certificate 40.50
Two Deposions - .50
time & trouble to find [illegible] 1. - 
$2.
Cash sent - 2.
4.
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I Agur Cable of Monroe formerly a part of the town of Huntington in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut, am Town Clerk of said town of Monroe and that I can find no record of the marriage of Charry Lewis formerly of said town of Huntington now Monroe on the records of said town & further the deponant saith not - 
/s/Agur Cable Town Clerk
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield}ss. Monroe, On this 28th day of November AD 1843, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Agur Cable signer of the above Deposition & made Oath to the same. I further certify that the s'd Agur Cable is a man of truth & Respectability and that his Deposition is entitled to full credit
/s/Agur Lewis Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport
I Mark Moore Clerk of the Probate Court within & for the District of Bridgeport in said County & State do hereby certify that Agur Lewis is a Justice of the Peace in & for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & qualified & that his Signatures to the foregoing Depositions of Agur Cable & Nathan N. Wheeler are genuine
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand & Seal of Office this 4th Day of December Ad 1843
Attest /s/Mark Moore Clk
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I Nathan N. Wheeler of the town of Monroe in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, Depose and say, that, I am Clerk of the Congregational society in said town of Monroe, and by a careful examination of the records of said society cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Charry Lewis said records commencing on the year 1764 ending on the 28th day of Nov'r 1843 - 
/s/Nathan N. Wheeler
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss. Monroe, On this 28th day of November 1843, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Fairfield, personally appeared Nathan N. Wheeler signer of the above Deposition & made Oath to the truth of the same. I further certify that the said Nathan N. Wheeler is a man of truth & Respectability, & that his Deposition is entitled to full credit 
/s/Agur Lewis Justice of Peace
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I Mills Deforest of Lemington in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aged Seventy years testify that I have been acquainted with William Curtis of Stratford in the County of Coos in the state of New Hampshire during fifty seven years, that I resided in Stratford in the State of Connecticut the same town in which the said William Curtis resided and am knowing to  his being gone from home and in the army of the revolution the principle part of the time during the War, after the year 1777 and I have no doubt that he served more than two years after that time actual service and that the said William has always sustained a good character and is a Credible Person - 
/s/Mills DeForest 
State of New Hampshire} March 22d 1834
Personally came before me the subscriber Mills DeForest above named and subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit.
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the peace
I further certify that the above named Mills Deforest is a credible person. 
July 31, 1835.} I further certify that the above named Mills Deforest is a person of Respectability and a Credible disinterested Witness
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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This may certify that I have been acquainted with Wm. Curtis of Stratford in the County Coos & State of New Hampshire for more than twenty years, - am well acquainted with his character & his lameness & disability, which has been such as to render him wholly incapable of performing the best labor, owing to a wound he received in the Revolutionary war - and that he is at this time totally incapable of helping himself to and from his bed - his character for truth and veracity is held in estimation by all his acquaintance - 
Lancaster Coos Co. N.H. March 1834
/s/Eliphalet Lyman M.D. 
State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss} March 26th 1834 Then the above named Eliphalet Lyman subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit.
Before me /s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Eliphalet Lyman is a credible witness - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
May 31, 1834
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State of New Hampshire
Coos ss
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Coos, being a Court of Record in and for the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify, That Joshua Marshall Esquire, before whom the within affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos duly qualified to take affidavits and that his name within subscribed is his true and proper signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lancaster in said County on this twenty six day of March Anno Domini 1834.
/s/Wm. Farrar Clerk 
Deposition of Mills Deforest
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William Curtis 1 mo 25 days
Vermont Secy. of States Certificate
"D"
3666
22/8
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier August 20th 1849
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office "A Pay Roll for that part of Capt Joshua Hazen's Company in Col. Woods' Regiment that marched with Lieut. William Bramble to Dresden in the alarm at Newbury when Col. Thos. Johnson was carried away captive"; on which Roll is the name of "William Curtis", with an allowance for two days service as a private: the Roll is dated April 1781. [margin note: 2 days] 
Also, "A Pay Roll of the men that as out in the Royalton alarm list October who, through mistake were left out of the Roll that I sent in at the session of June last. Hartford, Oct. 9, 1781"; said Roll is signed "Joshua Hazen Capt.", and on said Roll is the name of "William Curtis", with an allowance for three days service as a private. [margin note: 3 days]
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt. Seth Hodges' Company in Col. Joseph Marsh's Regiment of Militia, for the bounty allowed by the State of Vermont, Pomfret Oct. 7, 1777"; on which Roll is the name of "William Curtis", with an allowance for fifty days [margin note: 50 days/25]
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service as a private, commencing August 16th and ending October 4th.
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this office this 30th day of August A.D. 1849. 
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill 
Secretary of State
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10425
Charry Curtis widow of William NH
act 7 July 1838
6344
adm'd 8 mo 2 days private 
commencing on the 1st day of January 1841, and terminating on 4 March 1841.
$26.88 per ann
adm'd act 3 March 1843 $26.88
Joshua Marshall 
Stratford
N. Hampshire
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William Curtis 
NH
Act June 7 1832
Allow pri 8 mos 2 days $26.88 per ann from 4 March 1831 to Jan'y 1, 1841. Lieut Wheeler 
Col. Bedel N.H. 
Military Certificate for his widow Charry Curtis
J. Marshall Esq
Stratford
N.H.
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Bath Dec'r 12, 1850
Col. Hibbard - 
Enclosed find Col. Edwards letter to you in relation to the case of William Curtis, and copies of my letter and certificate of Court as required sent to the Pension Office Oct. 16, 1850 - 
Will you please call with these papers on the Com'r of Pensions and demand the certificate in this case, and much oblige, yours truly, 
/s/John Bedel
If the certificate is granted in this case above named please furnish it to me & much oblige
Yours very truly 
/s/Harry Hibbard
The Com'r of Pensions
House of Reps. 
Dec. 17, 1850 -
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Wm. Curtis 
75.6 mo Lieut Wheeler Col. Bedel *NH
feb. 76-3 mo Cap'n Geo Benj'n Conn't N.Y.Փ
June 6 J. Eames NH frontier NH
Apl. 77 Col. Whitney Conn
dec'r 3. Michael Coe. Ens NY
79 9 Drag. Hoglin* Co. Sheldon NY
80. 10  "  Conn Nat troops
Lieut Phelps, Waterbury
* 5 m. 2 ds see Moody Bedel's aff't 
+3/8 - 2 ds.
disch 16 Dec 1775. 
*Hoagland Capt Nov 1778
There was a Wm Curtis in Waterbury Reg't in 1775
Փat the time Danbury was Burnt was wounded there.
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Asa Squire
Woodstock Co. 
Sheldon Drag's
Jun 81 DN
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[handwritten letter]
Bath New Hamp
August 20th 1849
Sir
In behalf of Wm. Curtis, one of the Heirs of Charry Curtis, Widow of Wm. Curtis, both of late of Stratford in the County of Coos, N.H. dec'd, I forward you his declaration under Resolution January 23d 1840 - 
I am, Very respectfully, Your Ob't Ser't
/s/John Bedel

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office,
September 23d 1850. 

Sir:
I have the honor to inform you that, the additional evidence furnished by Mr. John Bedel, in the case of William ['Cherry' crossed out] Curtis, under the Act of 7th June 1832, and of his widow Charry Curtis, under the Act of 7th June, 1838, is sufficient to show that Curtis, served three months in 1776, under Capt. Evans, in addition to the service for which he has been allowed. This allowance to him may be increased. But Cherry (Charry) Curtis, not being a widow on the date of the passage of the law of 7th July 1838, acquired no right to the provisions of that law, consequently her children can derive none from her. 
By a decision of the late Secretary of the Interior, no widow, is entitled to a pension under the Act of 7th July 1838, who was not a widow on the date of the passage of the Act. Mrs. Curtis, was not a widow at that time, and was not therefore embraced by its provisions. 
A certificate will be issued in the name of William ['Cherry' crossed out] Curtis, so soon as a certificate of some Court of Record, showing the date of his death, and giving the names of all his children now living, shall have been produced. 
It does not appear that any applications for increase in the cases of Mehitable Pike, widow of Robert Pike, Mary Avery, widow of John Avery, or Anna Fifield, widow of Joseph Fifield, has been presented to this office. They have all been allowed the highest rate of pension that the law authorizes us to grant for the service rendered, by their husbands. 
x In reply to Mr. Bedel's enquiry in relation to the case of Mary Baily, widow of Jacob Baily, I have to state that, her claim
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[handwritten letter]
for increase is now before the Secretary of the Interior, upon an appeal. Mr. Bedel does not appear at this time as the Agent in this case. The appeal was taken by Hon. Moses B. Corwin, of the House of Representatives.
The allowance in the case of Lucy Sandborn, deceased, formerly widow of Thomas Hibbard, whose husband was an Adjutant, has no bearing upon the claim of Mrs. Baily. x
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Ob't Sv't
/s/J. L. Edwards

Hon. H. Hibbard,
House of Representatives
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Mehitable Morse [illegible]

[illegible] - by then Conv, agst Attn by Miller in the Court [illegible] David in Feby last 
Hon. H. Hibbard HR
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Joseph Fifield's heirs 
Mehitable Pike
Mary Amy's heirs
xMary Davis
xMehitable Morse } Take up these case Revo - claims
William & Mary Curtis (?)
Cherry (Charry) Curtis wid of William   6050 - 43 NH
John Bedel's cases not attended to.
Please examine and write H. Hibbard respecting them. 
Sept. 16, 1850
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[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H.
October 16, 1850

Sir
In the case of William Curtis dec'd, an Invalid Pensioner and also a pensioner under act June 7, 1832, and his Widow Charry Curtis dec'd a pensioner under act July 7, 1838 &c at $26.88 per annum, in your letter to Hon. H. Hibbard of Sept. 23d 1850 I find the following (being the third paragraph) "A certificate will be issued in the name of William Curtis, so soon as a certificate of Some Court of Record showing the date of his death and giving the names of all his children now living shall have been produced"
Enclosed please find the certificate required, you will be pleased to forward the certificate in this case to me or Hon. H. Hibbard
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt. Sert.
/s/John Bedel 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
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[handwritten letter]
House of Reps. Jan. 27, 1851

Sir
I am desired to call your attention to the case of the heirs of William & Charry Curtis of Stratford N.H. which has been for some time paid in the Pension Office. 
I was informed by the late Court by a letter dated Sept 23d 1850, ['stating' crossed out] that certificates would issue in this case as soon as a certificate of some Court of record was filed, showing the names and evidences of the children of the parties. The agent of the claimants informs me that this certificate was filed Oct. 16, 1850, But no reply has been received. 
Allow me to call your attention to this matter and to desire that you will decide upon it as early as may be practicable. It has been long pending, and it seems
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[handwritten letter]
any little remains to be done - 
Very respectfully Your obt. Servant
/s/Harry Hibbard
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War Department to William Curtis
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[handwritten letter]
War Department Pension Office
August 15, 1838

Sir, 
I have received the certificate of the Comptroller of public accounts at Hartford Connecticut which is intended to support the alleged service of William Curtis a claimant for a pension. 
The certificate shows that William Curtis served in Col. Waterbury's regiment in the year 1775 from May 10, to December 10. Now this could not have been the same William Curtis here claiming a pension, for he states that he served 6 months in the  year 1775 in Col. Bedel's regiment of New Hampshire. The claim may therefore, be considered as yet requiring proof in support of the service therein claimed for. 
I am, Very respectfully Yr. mo. Ob't St. 
/s/J. L. Edwards

Joshua Marshall Esq.
Stratford New Hampshire}
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18
Joshua Marshall Esq'r
Stratford New Hampshire
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Conn't
June 13th 1838
I certify that the following is a true copy of the heading of a Pay-roll of Militia Service in the War of the Revolution which is in this Office.
"Pay Roll of Lieut. Samuel Whiting's Regiment of the Forces of the United Colonies under the command of Col. David Waterbury raised in the Colony of Connecticut commencing on the day in which they enlisted said service & ending with the time of their dismission including time of the Discharge to get home at 15 miles per day" - 
I further certify that on said roll I find the name of William Curtiss. time of entering the service May 10th. Time he left the service Dec'r 10th. Number of days in Service 215. Amt. of wages £14.s6.d8
I further certify that I find the following credit on Pay Table Book Page 115. Lt. Col. Samuel Whiting Col: Waterbury's Reg't 1775. By acc't rec'd his Compy viz £1727.s10. d6
/s/Henry Kilbourn Compt'r
[margin note: 215-182=33 7 m. 3 ds]
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[handwritten letter]
Joshua Marshall
Sir,
On the other side you will find a certificate of the services of William Curtiss which is all I can find n the Books in this office after almost Two days Search, hope  it may prove usefull - 
June 13 1838 - 
Yours Respectfully
/s/Henry Kilbourn, Comp'r
see change p 2 - for this extra see act -
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: HARTFORD CONN. OCT 22] free
Joshua Marshall Esqr
Stratford
N. Hampshire
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Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn't Oct 22" 1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the Services of Wm Curtis, I have examined the Books & papers in this Office relating to the War of the Revolution, and find his name on a "Pay Roll of Lieut. Col. Sam'l Whiting Co. in the Reg't of the Forces of the United Colonies under the command of Col. David Waterbury rais'd in the Colony of Conn't commencing on the day in which they enlisted said service & ending with the time of their Dismission including Time for the discharges. to get Home at 15 mi pr day" No date appears on the face of this Roll but is filed "2d Co. 5th Reg't May to Dec'r 1775" Wm Curtis enter'd service as a private May 10 & Discharged Dec 10 making 215 Days - 
/s/Henry Kilbourn Comp'r
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[handwritten letter]
Hartford Oct 22 1838

Dear Sir,
Enclosed you have an exact copy of the Pay Roll as I find is on file - There appears to be no date to the heading of this Roll but is filed May to Dec 1775 
We also find William Curtiss in Colo Chester's Regiment New York 1776 under Cap Chester ells 2 mo 27 days and find Capt Ta Coe under Colo Whiting in 1777 that no Pay Roll of Cap Coe can be found. David Waterbury was not a Gen'l untill after 1776. In the hurry of business I neglected to take a copy of the Certificate sent you and should you want an entire new Rec you will please send me the old one or a copy - I send Two Dollars in August last And shall make no more charge for Curtis 
Yours Very Resp'y 
/s/Henry Kilbourne Comp'r
To John Marshall Esqr.
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[handwritten letter]
War Department Pension Office
April 17, 1834

Sir
The papers of William Curtis which were returned to you on the 8th inst for further proofs having been again transmitted without such proof it is proper to point out the objections in detail. He claims to have served 6 months in 1775 under Lt. Wheeler in Col. Bedel's Regiment of N.H. Troops. Among the rolls of  N.H. service in this Office none can be found of the company of Capt. Parker to which Elijah Bloget (Blodgett) states he belonged, and it remains to be shewn by better evidence than any forwarded that such a company was in actual service under Col. Bedel that year. If such was the fact and the claimant served in it as is stated in that testimony the circumstances may be established both by the records of the state as well as by evidence in possession of Moody Bedel Esq'r of Bath N.H. The service in 1776 under Capt Jeremiah Eames cannot be recognized as actual service as none such appears to have been performed under proper authority at that time and place. 
His Connecticut services are quite doubtful. If the claimant will state the name of the
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[handwritten letter]
Colonel under whom he served in 1776 at New York some clue may be afforded for determining whether he might have belonged to a corps in actual service at that time. Similar remarks apply to his service in the light horse commencing in December 1777.
His other service in the militia not being specified in opinion can be expressed respecting them. 
The claim to have served in Shelden's (Sheldon) Dragoons cannot be admitted - his name not being borne upon the roll of that corps in this office which is in a complete state. If the claimant belonged to the corps commanded by Gen'l Waterbury at Horseneck which is quite uncertain from the officers and facts stated, he has mistaken the year as the corps was not ordered to be raised until November 1780. Upon the evidence of the claimant alone it is impossible to admit this service. 
Upon the whole case unless further proof and explanation can be furnished in support of the claim no allowance can be made under the act of June y'e 1832. The papers are herewith returned. 
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr. mo. Ob't St
/s/J. L. Edwards

Hon. H. Hibbard
House of Representatives}
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Respected Sir,
Herewith are enclosed the application of Widow Charry Curtis, for a pension:
In consequence of sickness and other unavoidable incidents the preparation of her papers has prolonged. 
She has produced the best evidence of her marriage that the nature of her case will admit.
Enclosed is the first family Bible with the record on the last page almost effaced or obliterated.
On the 4th page it seems is transcribed what was then on the last.
The Widow does not expect the former pension raised although she think if it could have been provided her late husband's pension would have been according to his services a full Revolutionary pension. 
She is poor, and she submits her case to your Hon's consideration, with no other consideration, of hers than that you will do by her as you have done by others in like situation
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
/s/Joshua Marshall
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Certificate corrected & returned 8. Dec'r 1841
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
City of Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Stratford November 30, 1841

Hon. James L. Edwards,
Respected Sir,
In the Pension certificate of Charry Curtis widow of William Curtis, late of Stratford in the County of  Coos and State of New Hampshire deceased, there seems to be a Clerical error. 
It is Stated in the certificate, that said William Curtis having died on the 1st of January 1841, the amount due is payable from the 4th of March 1841 to the time of his death, to Charry Curtis Widow of the said William Curtis deceased - 
Enclosed herewith is the certificate for amendment. Your Honour will readily see that the date of the commencement of the Pension is after the death of the said William Curtis - 
I am Sir very respectfully your Obedient Servant
/s/Joshua Marshall
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[addressed envelope]
Stratford Ct.
Nov. 16} Free
[margin note: Nov 19 Dec. Curtiss]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Stratford Ct., Nov'r 16th 1835

Sir,
Yours of the 14th Inst. has been received, agreeable to your direction. I return you (enclosed), the Letter address'd to Joshua Marshall Esq and am Sir - 
Very Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't
/s/David Brooks
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: CITY OF WASHINGTON NOV 9] FREE
J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of pensions

Joshua Marshall Esqr
Stratford Connecticut
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[handwritten letter]
War Department Pension Office
Nov y'e 9 1835

Sir
The claim of William Curtis has been again examined and is suspended From the imperfection of memory and from his inacquaintance with the law and the regulations, he evidently confounds civil with military service. The act of 7th June 1832 provides for no other service than that which was rendered under military obligations and discipline in an embodied corps in field or garrison, and as the pension is pro rata the length of each term claimed for should be expressed in precise terms.
The objections to this claim have been stated in detail by my letter to the Hon. H. Hubbard 17th April 1834 with which you are acquainted. They are not removed by the supplemental papers, His  papers are placed on file 
I am Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't
/s/J. L. Edwards

Joshua Marshall Esqr
Stratford Connecticut}
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[handwritten ]
941 Chestnut Street
Manchester, New Hampshire
January 23, 1924. 

Bureau of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Washington ,D.C. 

Gentlemen:
Can you give me any information in regard to the military history of William Curtis, a soldier in the War of the Revolution?
He enlisted July 13, 1776
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[handwritten letter]
and appears on the Muster and Payroll of Capt. Jeremiah Eames Company of Rangers. I do not know his place of enlistment. 
He was born in 1759 and died in 1841, at Stratford, N.H. 
I shall be very glad of any information you may be able to
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[handwritten letter]
supply, or any suggestion you may be able to make in regard to sources of possible information.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Gladstone Jordan 
941 Chestnut Street
Manchester, N.H. 
His wife's given name was Charity, died 1844, or thereabouts.
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[verso]
Received the Bible
Yours Truly /s/Anderson Curtis 
[receipt stamp: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE SEP 24 1877]

[recto]
Widows File No. 23.902
Charry  Curtis Wid. of William Curtis
Pri Rev War
Receipt for Bible filed Sep 25/77
Evans clk
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[handwritten letter]
N.O.W. and BL Division Evans} 
Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE. 
Washington, D.C. Sep 13, 1877. 

Dear Sir
I herewith transmit to your address the old family Bible which was sent to this Office in 1844 to be filed in evidence in behalf of Mrs. Charry Curtis when she applied for pension. 
Please acknowledge the receipt of the Bible on the back of this letter and return it to this office in the enclosed envelope.
Very respectfully, 
O.P.G. Clarke
Acting Commissioners for J.F.M.

Anderson Curtis
Stafford P.O. 
Coos Co. N.H.}
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[handwritten letter]
N.O.W. & BL Division Evans}
Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Aug. 27, 1877.

Dear Sir
Please furnish this Office with the names and present P.O. address of some of the descendants of Mrs. Charry Curtis, Widow of William Curtis - a private in the Rev. War. 
The Widow made application for pension in 1844 & filed a Bible in evidence in this Office about that time - It is now desired to return this Bible to the family who resided within the delivery of your Office as late as 1850. 
The children's names are Lewis, Thos., William Curtis & Charity Lamphere. 
Please return this letter with your reply in the enclosed envelope.
Very respectfully 
OPG Clarke
Acting Commissioner for JMP

Post Master
Stafford
Coos Co N.H.}