Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,275, John Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Curtis, John
S 34,275
CONTENTS

12.839 D Massachusetts John Curtis
Williamsburg in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sergeant of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
enrolled on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of July 1818 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. Northampton Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819.  80.77    Semi-annual all'ce ending Sep 1819.  48.00    10 3/31  $128.77  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notified on first to Samuel Hinckley Esq. 23 May 1822 Northampton Massachusetts

I John Curtis of Williamstown in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty two years of age testify & say I enlisted into the Company commanded by Asa Brown & Col o Sargent's Regiment on or about the first day of March 1776 in the Continental Establishment & in the Massachusetts line and I continued in service in said Corps from my enlistment at and near Boston until the Reg t . was ordered to the State of New York where I went with the Regiment & continued in service in the same Corps as a private soldier until January 1777 when I was discharged from the Army the time of enlistment having expired, and I returned home, and in the month of May following I again enlisted into the Company of Capt o White & in the Reg t . of Col o May in the Massachusetts line and went to Tienderoga and I served as a soldier there three months, and the year following I again enlisted into the eight months service in Capt o Dorr's Company & in Col o Wood's Reg t . & I served in said Corps eight months & at the end of the time of my enlistment Feb y 2 d . 1779 I was again discharged at Continental Village so called in the State of New York - I am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support. I have never rec d . a pension from the United States - May 2 d . 1818
John Curtis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire ss May 2 d . 1810
John Curtis came before me the sub- scribed Judge of the Court of Probate of Willy St. being a Court of Record in H. County and being carefully examined & cautioned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. It appears to my satisfaction that he served in the Revolutionary war in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy as he has stated. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. Taken & sworn to before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the Day and Year above said.
Samuel H. Merrill

John Curtis's application for renewal of his Pension.
1839
Certificate if made to be returned to Samuel Hinckley, Northampton Massachusetts,
Con J. L. E.

Hampshire ss. On this twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty one, Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of record within and for the said County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. John Curtis, aged sixty five years, resident in said County, and Commonwealth aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent, and in the Company commanded by Captain Ezra Barnes for the term of one year and in the Massachusetts line, and that his original declaration and application for a Pension was dated in May 1818 and that the number of his Pension Certificate is 12839. and that he actually served in the Revolutionary War nearly four years other than the year aforesaid at different times as a Soldier. And I John Curtis do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that day, by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of my property or any parts thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress "entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" - passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
John Curtis
Schedule of the Estate of John Curtis of Williamshburgh in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 18 th 1820

Personal Estate
One set Chairs $2.50 - One Table 1.33. One Press Kettle 5.00 One Pot 0.50 One Drip Kettle 0.50 - One pair of Andirons 0.83. One settinian 2 Forks 0.50 One Chest 2.00. Sheet & Pong 1.50. Amount of Cooking 2.00. Wash tub & pail 1.00 One Spinning Wheel 1.00. One Cow 12.00. $30.66.
We the subscribers testify and that we have received the property contained in the above Schedule shown to us by John Curtis above named as his property and are of opinion that the same set against the respective items are their true value
Isaiah Hannum
Stephen Hyde
Hampshire ss November 19th 1821
Personally appeared Isaiah Hannum & Stephen Hyde above named and made Oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed before me Elisha Hubbard Justice of the Peace I certify that Isaiah Hannum & Stephen Hyde above named are disinterested and credible witnesses
Elisha Hubbard Justice of the Peace
And I John Curtis do further state that my occupation is a Miller and that I tend a Grist Mill on shares sharing when able, and that my health is such that I am not able to labour more than one fourth part of the time, and that my family consists of my Wife aged forty nine years and that she is able to do but very little labour being under the care of a Physician and afflicted with a dropsical complaint, and of one Daughter aged fifteen years and that she is able to perform but very little labour, not by any means sufficient for her support on account of ill health.
I am sixty five years of age John Curtis
Sworn to and declared on the twenty first day of November 1821 before the said Court Attest S. Stoddard Jr Clerk
I Solomon Stoddard Junr Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule which follows it, are truly Copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above and Schedule is ten and sixty six cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on the twenty first day of November 1821. S. Stoddard Jr Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampshire

34 275 Rev INVALID.
File No. 84, 275
John Curtis Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Oliver Train of Whately in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say I was in a soldier in the Company of Capt. Asa Barnes in the Reg't. of Col. Sargent from March 1776 until Jan'y 1777 in the revolutionary war and John Curtis whose application for a Pension is hereto annexed enlisted with me about the first of March 1776 aforesaid into the same Company & Reg't. aforesaid and he continued in the same Company & Reg't. aforesaid to serve as a soldier until Jan'y 1777 when we were both regularly discharged, the time of our enlistment, having expired - and further saith not - Nov. 18. 1818
Oliver Train
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Nov. 18. 1818 Oliver Train personally appeared, he being to my knowledge a credible witness, and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is the truth. The whole truth and nothing but the truth - Before me Samuel Hinckley Just. Peace
John Curtis the applicant is unable to procure any evidence from an officer of his service with out traveling more than one hundred miles, and even then he knows of no one living who would be likely to know him at this remote period from the time he was in the Army, besides he is very poor - He has produced two witnesses, in point, who testify to his service nine months, who are both disinterested & credible men -
S. Hinckley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in said County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Hinebly Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills & the Testate of the Peace in & for said County & that his Certificates hereto annexed are his proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen —
Josiah Dwight

John Curtis's application for a Pension 76-47 Exempt Chap Helen Res. P. 1860
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Jun 17 for the war department Washington Application of John Curtis for a pension - Letter of June 10 - Report of J. C. Calhoun
Admitted Free

I Jonathan Warner of Williamstown in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby testify that I served myself in the Revolutionary War and saw John Curtis named in the foregoing deposition as a Soldier serving in the Revolutionary War and am knowing to his having served as set forth in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed May 5. 1880
Jonathan Warner
(on oath of Massachusetts Hampshire) May 5. 1880 Jonathan Warner personally known to me as man of strict veracity & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him sub- scribed is true
Before me J. Hinckley Judge

I Isaiah Fuller of Montague county of Franklin and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I enlisted as a private soldier the first of March 1776 under capt. Asa Barnes and Col. Serjants Regiment belonging to the Massachu- -setts line in the Revolutionary Army and was discharged in the December following said Comp- -any & Regiment belonged the Continental Establishment and that John Curtis now of Williamburgh county of Hampshire commonwealth aforesaid was a soldier in said company and served with me as a soldier during the above mentioned time in said company when I was discharged and left him - doing duty with the company.
Isaiah Fuller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
April 28 th 1819 Personally appear- -ed Isaiah Fuller who is known to me to be a man of Truth and made solemn oath that the fore- -going deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me John Wells Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss June 1 st 1819. I the subscriber judge of the Court of Probate of wills &c. in the said county hereby certify that John Wells above named is a Justice of the Peace within the said county of Franklin and is by the Laws of this com- -wealth duly authorized to take Depositions and to administer oaths in all cases -
Samuel Bickley Judge as aforesaid