Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,554, Oliver Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Curtis, Oliver Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 14.554
CONTENTS
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4838.
Massachusetts
Oliver Curtis
of Winchester the State of Mass who was a S er g t in the Company commanded by Captain  of the  S er g t commanded by Col l Whitney in the Mass line for 8 May 21 Days S er g t - "          "          "          "
Inscribed on the Roll of M rs at the rate of 56 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Janry 1833 and sent to J. Davis H. of Reps
    Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832  $ 841.97    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 33  28.32          $ 113.29    
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Bland Clerk, Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 94.
Pen. Agent, March 23, 1837. do. 1 Apr. 1837 to same — Letter to Mrs Barton 9. April 1839.
Dea.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 10 June 1837. The day of his death aged notified 30. April 1839.

1624 Massachusetts Elizabeth Curtis widow of Oliver Curtis Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Sergeant
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 83,
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of August 1848 and sent to
Wm. M. Benties Worcester Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. 2,

12,090
Oliver Curtis
Leagt 8 Mo & 21 day
Annual Li. 9
13
 3) 5.00  1.67  1.62  3.34  1.16  3.50 
M.C.E
 40.  14.33  3.50  57.53 
$ 56.65
Mrs J. H. Davis AR

12,090
BRIEF in the case of Oliver Curtis  of Worcester  Mass  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Jan'y '76 2 private Gen. Lord Wolseley the Capt. St. Mary   Apr (thin h) '77 2 9 " Capt. Myman - Col. Whitney   May or June '78 - Feb '79 8 21 Sergeant Capt. Richardson Col. Root   " Capt. Perry  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stoughton Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 21 Jan 1833

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
On this third first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight formerly of Springfield before me, Nathan Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampshire, Elizabeth Curtis a widow of her husband in said County aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following deposition in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and that an Act grant- ing half pay and pensions to widows and orcs."
That she is the widow of Elias Curtis late of her husband in said County deceased who was a private and sergeant in the Ar- my of the United States and a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of 1832.
That her said husband (Elias)

to the time of Shannen in the County of Norfolk when he went into the service and she belonged to the same was, and should be as yet in the service. But as for stating that there are no such offices she can do no such thing. She respectfully refers to the wills in the Apostle's and to the papers in her late husband's case for evidence of his services.
I further declare that she was married to the late Oliver Curtis at said Shannen on the ninth  tenth day of November January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one That her husband the Reverend Oliver Curtis died at said house on the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one and that she was at that time his widow. That she was not married to him previous to his being the service but the marriage

took place before the first day of Jan why in the year seventeen hundred were mainly from to wit at the from also states that she has married I am to H. H. Miller the further states that the day in the year she was married by also written - the Right Reverend Bishop -
the further states that she was married by Right Reverend at her father's on a Sunday after making but whether her name was ever recorded, she does not know.
Dear Brother Elizabeth Curtis In part of the cost of Pulpit for some count of hundreds - and I further certify that the words "worth" and "money" were introduced upon the oath and subscription M. B. ...

Oliver Curtis's Application
12.090

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 12 th  Sept  Feb day of August  Sept in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Oliver Curtis a resident of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in Shrewsbury in Norfolk County Massachusetts in that part of it now called Sharon where I suppose the Record of my birth is. I entered the Revolutionary service in January 1776 by enlisting into a company raised in the neighborhood of Weston Middlesex County Massachusetts of which the Lieutenant's name was Coney but the Captain I do not remember. I resided in Weston at that time I enlisted for two months & marched to Cambridge Massachusetts where I was stationed in one of the College buildings. I served out my term of time during which the British troops evacuated Boston which I witnessed from a fort at Lechmere Point where I was stationed a short time before I was discharged. I was honorably discharged by verbal order & returned to Weston. I again enlisted in April, I think, of 1777 into the service under Captain Jesse Mymann to go to Rhode Island. I belonged to Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment. I marched with our Company to Providence and staid there for about five weeks when we marched down upon the Narragansett shore as far as Point Judith, and after two months and nine days service I was honorably discharged and returned home.
I again enlisted on the last days of May or the first days of June 1778 at Weston as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Edward Richardson of Watertown Massachusetts. The Company belonged to Colonel Poor's Regiment. We marched to Peekskill in New York thro' Hartford & Danbury Connecticut, and after twenty one days arrived in the American Camp at Peekskill. From there we marched down the North River to White Plains & while we lay there the Monmouth Battle was fought. We afterwards marched back to West Point & afterwards down to near the British lines and here on the 27 th February 1779 we were discharged by verbal orders from Captain Poor who took command of our company in place of Captain Richardson on our march down from West Point. I served eight months after joining the Company at Peekskill as I have above stated. I then returned to Weston. I have lived for 30 years in Worcester aforesaid.
I offer as proof of my last mentioned tours of duty the Depositions of Joseph Stone & Philip Curtis & the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth hereto annexed. I know of no one living who served with me the first two months above mentioned.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Oliver Curtis

was honorably discharged and... I again enlisted on the last days of May on the first days of June 1778 at Newton as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Edward Richardson of Watertown Massachusetts the Company belonged to Colonel Poor's Regiment. We marched to Peekskill in New York thro' Hartford & Danbury Connecticut, and after twenty one days arrived in the American Camp at Peekskill. From there we marched down the North River to White Plains & while we lay there the Monmouth Battle was fought. We afterwards marched back to West Point & afterwards down to near the British lines and here on the 27th February 1779 we were discharged by verbal orders from Captain Perry who took command of our company in place of Captain Richardson on our march down from West Point. I served eight months after joining the Camp at Peekskill as I have above stated. I then returned to Newton. I have lived for 30 years in Dover, aforesaid.
I offer as proof of my last mentioned terms of discharge the deposition of Joseph Stone & Philip Curtis & the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Records annexed. I know of no one living who served with me the first two months above mentioned.
In addition to the foregoing terms of service I did actual duty one day when the Concord fight was having mustered from Newton before day on the occasion of that alarm & marched to Concord & followed the British to Boston.
I was again on duty during the day of the Battle of Bunker Hill and marched to Cambridge.
I afterwards lived in Dighton, Massachusetts, in 1781 & 82 and during that time was called out on an occasion of an alarm from the enemy & marched to Newport Rhode Island where I did service three days and was discharged.

We Samuel Ward a Clergyman residing in the Town of Worcester and Thos B Eaton residing in the Town of Worcester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Curtis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl Same Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Samuel Ward Thos B. Eaton
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Col o Samuel Ward who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the Town of Worcester and that Capt t Thos B. Eaton who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Worcester and is an credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl Same Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Joseph Wheeler Reg d or, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Curtis for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Joseph Wheeler Reg d of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

I Jeremiah Richards of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I am at the present time the Clerk of the said town of Sharon and have the custody and keeping of the records of said town, and it appears upon those records that the intention of marriage between Oliver Curtis and Elizabeth Sabels both of Sharon was duly entered according to law the twentieth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, the date being expressed in legible figures thus "Nov. 20 th 1790."
Jeremiah Richards } Clerk of the town of Sharon
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
Sworn and subscribed this twentyeighth day of August 1838 by the above named Jeremiah Richards - before me
Jeremiah Gould, Justice of the Peace
Chloe Sabels, of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was present and witnessed the marriage of Oliver Curtis and Elizabeth Sabels and according to my recollection the marriage took place in December 1790 or in January 1791.
Chloe Sabels
State of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk ss.
Sworn and subscribed this twentyeighth day of August 1838 by the above named Chloe Sabels who is a credible witness
before me Jeremiah Gould, Justice of the Peace

I Jerusha Savel's of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was present and witnessed the marriage of Oliver Curtis and Elizabeth Savel's, and according to my recollection the marriage took place in December 1790 or in January 1791.
Jerusha Savel's
State of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk ss.
Sworn and subscribed this twenty eighth day of August 1838 by the above named Jerusha Savel's who is a credible witness. — before me
Jeremiah Gould, Justice of the Peace "

Revy  WIDOW, &c.  cur
File No. 14554 Elizabeth Curtis Widow of Oliver Curtis Seventh Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 3836
Elizabeth Carlin, widow of Oliver Carlin, who was a Private Sergeant in the Massachusetts line for 8 mo 21 day Supt 4 " 9 " Amale
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty Seven Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of December 1843 and sent to Mrs M. Carlin Weston Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 38

791.
Massachusetts 791.
Elizabeth Curtis widow of Oliver Curtis
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1 th June 1837. of Worcester Co in the State of Mass.
who was a private during the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____
Re 9 th commanded by Whitney in the staff — line for S. West & 21. days. Surg 4 " 9. priv
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 5 7 / 8 Dollars 83. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. & ending 10 th June 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1843 and sent to Elizah Clark, Brighton, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book 9. Vol. 1. Page 79.
Reported
A new Certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the Attorney General of the 2 d Sep 1842, which was given in consequence of the opinion of the Attorney Genl. Resolution of Congress of the 16 th Aug. 1842

791  Massachusetts Elizabeth Curtis widow of Oliver Curtis dec?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 10th June 1837 of Worcester, in the State of MS. who was a Sgt. & Priv. in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney in the Mass. Militia line for 8 mos & 21 days { " " " " " Private }
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. a at the rate of 57 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 10th June 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept. 1838 and sent Ch. G. J. Prentiss Worcester MS.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 39. 40.00 $160.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 12 Page 79

Oliver Curtis' Mass. Act of June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen Office
Oct 25, 1838,
p to 4 th March 1837
2H

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
Ernest Sampson
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Jeremiah Guild Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed certificate is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this twenty ninth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight  Ernest Sampson Clerk

I Alvin Curtis of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, do hereby once say that I am the son of Alvin Curtis and Elizabeth Curtis his wife. My said father died at said Braintree on the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and my mother the said Elizabeth Curtis now survives him has not been married since his death and is now his widow. I further testify and say that I have made diligent search for the record of my mother's marriage in the office of the town Clerk in Sharon, Shurton corner Cambridge, but the record of my said mother's marriage was not to be found. I also made diligent inquiry for the papers of Dr. George Copeman Esquire of Shurton who who married my said mother

but I could not find them. I was cer- tly informed that he did a great number of years service. I could find none of his family but a widow of a Grandson who could give me no in- formation as to her Grandfather's manuscripts.
Oliver Curtis
Concord, Mass. of Manchester N.H. Nov. 21. 1838 I am to certify that I know the same Curtis to be a man of truth
Mr. Bashore

Elizabeth Curtis Mass.
act 7. July 3 8 $57 83/100 from 4 March 36 to 10 June '37
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this third day of February eighteen hundred and forty three, Personally appeared before me Esq M. Pitblott a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester, Elizabeth Curtis, a resident of Worcester in said County, seventy four years of age, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836, to the tenth day of June A.D. 1837, from which period she has been already paid under the Act of the seventh of July 1838, and the declarant further alleges that she is still the Widow of Oliver Curtis, who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, that her pension was allowed at the rate of fifty seven dollars, and eighty three cents per annum, and was paid to her at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and further she saith not, Elizabeth Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, Before Me,
M. Pitblott Justice Peace I further certify that the said Elizabeth Curtis is known to me as a person of truth, and the widow of Oliver Curtis, having never been married since his decease.
M. Pitblott Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office
Feb. 11, 1843
I hereby certify that the within named Ira M c Barton on the third day of Febru- ary instant was a Justice of the Peace in for said County of Gloucester Witness the hand of the Com- monwealth
John A t Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 5 1832.
I 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 Department, it appears that Oliver Curtis served two months & nine days in Capt Jesse Wymans Company, Col. Jonah Whitrneys Regiment - & also served in Capt Edw d Richardson's Company, Col. Thos s Poor's regiment for the term of Eight months & twenty one days. —
Edward D Bangs. Secy

Commonwealth Bank, Pension Office Boston 26. Jan y . 1837.
Sir,
Herewith you will receive the Power of Attorney of Oliver Curtis a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832. who had neglected to draw his pension for 18. months.
Be pleased to inform me if payment can be made on the same.
I am. very respectfully Your ob st . serv t ! L. M. Stone for John K. Simpson Ag t .
J. L. Edwards Esq r , Com t Pensions Washington D. C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office.
April 27 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Oliver Curtis, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Fifty Six Dollars and Sixty five Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 10 th June, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

12,090
Oliver Co. Wis.
M Davis

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Curtis which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (No reason assigned) IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

4095- Oct 15-1843
E. Burdis
Oct 1843
$57.83 per an
Ira M. Bartas
Worcester
Mass
8536
38
Lebanon Pa
Commission of Partners
Super
Henry

Weymouth Sept. 12. 1863
Sir
Enclosed is the Advertisement of Elizabeth Parker for the anti-slavery pension under the act of March 3. 1843. The Certificate may be returned as to me
Very Respectfully,
Sam M. Burson

Hon. J. S. Edwards

Worcester Aug t 31. 1838.
Sir,
I send the applications of Elizabeth Luntis and Lydia Pierce.
Please to send the certificates to Your obedient servant, Chas. G. Prentiss.
Hon. J. S. Edwards.

Brighton Feb. 6 th 1865
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Alice Brigham. for arrears. Also. the claims of Mrs Martha Whitney. for arrears. Also. the claims of Mrs Elizabeth Curtis. for arrears which are respectfully forwarded.
Very Respectfully Yours 66th St. Elijah Clark.
Thos J L Richards Commissioner of Pensions at Washington.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Jos. G. Kendall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, certify, that Ira M. Barlow, herein named, is a Justice of the Peace within for said County, duly qualified, and that the signature of his name on this paper appears to be in his own hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Worcester this thirteenth day of September A.D. 18213. Jos. G. Kendall Clerk.
I Alvin Curtis of Barnstable in the County of Bristol in defense and say that I am the son of the late Alvin Curtis deceased, and of Elizabeth Curtis his widow. My father died on the tenth of June 1837, and my said Mother has now been married since his death.
Oliver Curtis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss. Sept. 13. 18213 I swear to the Alvin Curtis who is known to me as a man of truth.
His son
Ira M. Barlow for Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss. On this Wednesday day of September A. D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, Elizabeth Curtis a resident of Worcester in said County, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Abner Curtis who was a private soldier and sergeant in the army of the Revolution and a prisoner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832, as by reference to the papers in his case will fully appear
and that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, of $ 5 78 3/4 per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow. Elizabeth Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me;—and I certify that the said Elizabeth Curtis is personally known to me.
Samuel H. Brattle Justice of the Peace.

1958 Elizabeth Luntis
admitted Sept 1 st Pr.
paper money $ 56. \frac{65}{100}
Chs J Poenip Worcester Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Israel Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed, are his own genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this thirty first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

Elizabeth Curtis,
5836
Admitted
Geo. M. Huntington Worcester Mass

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1818. entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution!"
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss.
On this Twenty-Eighth day of July 1848. personally appeared, before the Subscribers, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Elizabeth Curtis , a resident of Worcester in the County of Worcester aforesaid 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 Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February, 1818. granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Oliver Curtis , who was a resident of Worcester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and who was a Private & Sergeant in the Revolution, and is the identical person who drew a Pension under the act of 17 th June 1844. on account of the Revolutionary Service of her late husband, aforesaid, at the rate of Fifty-Seven Dollars & Eighty three cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Subscribed on this Elizabeth C. Curtis day and year above written.
In presence of Ebenezer Curtis Before me.
Geo. M. Prentiss,  Geo. M. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace.
I certify, that the Declarant is personally known to me, as a widow and Pensioner, as she declares.
Geo. M. Prentiss Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Stone of Weston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary soldier, being of lawful age, do testify and say, that Oliver Curtis, now of Worcester, in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was in the service of his country at Rhode Island, in the year 1777 for the term of two or three months, in Capt. Wymans company of Woburn and in the regiment commanded by Col. Whitney of Harvard, I further testify that the said Oliver Curtis was also in the service of his country in the year 1778 in the state of New York, for the term of eight months, in a company commanded by Capt. Richardson of Watertown in Col. Poor's regiment, acting as a sergeant during said time.
Joseph Stone
Middlesex ss. Sept. 5. A.D. 1832. Then personally appeared Joseph Stone and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Benj n James Just. of the Peace.
I, the subscriber, do hereby certify that the above named Joseph Stone is known to me, and that I believe him to be a man of truth.
Benj n James Just. of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex: ss. I Elias Phinney, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do hereby Certify that Benj a James, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within, and for the said County, and his name set to the foregoing certificate, is his own proper nature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September 1832.
E. Phinney

I Philip Curtis of Sharon in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say that Oliver Curtis now of Worcester in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts lived in Weston in the County of Middlesex in the year 1878 and enlisted as a Sergeant in the Service of his Country for eight months and was marched to the State of New York and served the term of eight months and was discharged in the State of New York from the Army
Philip Curtis
Norfolk ss
Septm. 3 rd 1882
Then the above named Philip Curtis person appeared before me and solemnly swore that the above instrument by him subscribed was true in every part thereof Benoit Raymond Justice of Peace
I the subscriber do testify and say that Deane Philip Curtis above named is reputed to be a man of truth whose testimony may be relied on Benoist Raymond Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts I, Jairus Ware Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for the County of Norfolk do hereby certify Benjamin Reynolds Esquire before whom the within Deposition was taken is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County duly appointed commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said Office, and that his signatures within twice written are genuine and true. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, hereunto at Dedham this fourth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. . . . Jairus Ware