Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,466, Robert Curtiss, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Curtiss, Robert or Curtis, Clara
No. 25,466
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31708 Connecticut
Paid to the Treasury under the Act of March 3, April 1838 from 1. March to 1. Sep 1840 Age Certificate 30 Sep 1841
Robert Curtis of Fairfield the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hart of the Regt commanded by Col Webb in the Conn. militia line for 15 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th Day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Febry 1840 to Genl. and Hon. J. B. Peckham, Esq. Wife.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $425.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 25.00 $450.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. M. Hardy Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 3, Page 8.

226.889 252.786
Act March 3. Dec. 10.
St. Alvinant. Aug 5 786
Clara Lentiss, mid. Robert Lentiss, pri.
new 10/10/94/3/786
Revij. war.
Pear? Act 7. June 1832
Feb 53-4973
Ad: 160 wa, Sept: 10/56 Blyth.
Vol 6-2-156
claminant.
Sherman at  at  at

Increase
No. 497
Connecticut.
Clara Curtiss widow of Robert Curtiss who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Hartford agency.
Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum.
Commencing 27 th July, 1868.
Deduct all payments made since.
Certificate dated 6 th May, 1870 and sent to Mrs Clara Curtiss Bridgeport, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- ruary 3, 1853, Page 198 Vol. 16 and July 27 th , 1868.
Gardner

State of Connecticut } S.S. At Sherman On this fourteenth county of Fairfield } (14 th ) day of July A One Thousand Eight hundred & fifty Six personally appeared before me a Judge of Probate within and for the district of Sherman in said Fairfield county & state of Connecticut Clara Curtiss, Aged Sixty four years a resident of the town of Sherman in the said State of Connecticut. who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Robert Curtiss deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and as such private was entitled to, and received a Certificate da- ted the 10 th day of February A 1840 signed by J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War & Countersigned by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Entitling him to Fifty (50) Dollars per Annum during his natural life Commencing on the 4 th day of March A 1831 (And the said Clara Curtiss after the decease of the said Robert Curtiss did receive a Certificate in conformity with the Act of 3 rd of February A 1853 certifying that her name was inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Fifty (50) Dollars per An- num which Certificate bears date the 24 th day of February A 1853 signed by R. McLellan Secretary of the Interior & Counter- signed by L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.)
She further states that she was married to the said Robert Curtiss on the 26 th day of July A 1838 by one Levi Edwards Esq r . a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Clara Davis, that her said husband Robert Curtiss died on the 3 rd day of April A 1854 and that she is now a Widow. The date of said marriage, the

death of said Robert will more fully appear by the certificates duly made and sworn to, herunto annexed
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "Act Approved March 3, 1855"
Witnesses Henry Sherwood
Clara her Curtiss
We Truman Bolford & Hannah Bolford residents of Sherman in the state of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Clara Curtiss in our presence and further that we are well acquainted with the said Clara Curtiss knew her when she lived & cohabited with her husband the said Robert Curtiss, (now deceased) and that she is now single and unmarried & the widow of the said Robert Curtiss & know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be
Witnesses Henry Sherwood
Truman Bolford
Emily M. Northrop
Hannah her Bolford
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written; And I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons, - that I know the Claimant Clara Curtiss & that she is the widow of Robert Curtiss & is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate For the District of Sherman

Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Iowa Clerks Office On this 13 th day June A 1856 I Certify that Robert Curtiss of Monroe & Clara Davis of Sherman in said Fairfield County were married on the 26 th day of July A 1838 by Levi Edwards Esq n of said Monroe as appears of Record Attest Henry Lewis Iowa Clerk
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Iowa Registrars Office On this 13 th day of June A 1856 I Certify that Robert Curtiss, (a Revolutionary Pensioner) died on the third (3 rd ) day of April A 1854 aged 84 years As appears of Record Attest Judson Bennett, Iowa Registrar
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe On this 13 th day of June A 1856 I Certify that Robert Curtiss of said Monroe a very aged man & Revolutionary Pensioner died at his residence in said Monroe early in the Spring of 1854, the fore part of April, I was with him at the time of his death attended his funeral and further deponent saith not. Signed Elisha Booth
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe June 13 th 1856 Personally appeared Henry Lewis Iowa Clerk & Judson Bennett Iowa Registrar of said Town of Monroe and also Elisha Booth known to me as of undoubted credibility and severally sub- scribed to and made Oath to the truth of the several cer- tificates by them executed Before me Charles D. Clarke Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, } ss. County Clerk's Office:
I, AMOS S. TREAT, Clerk, within and for said Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify---That
Charles D. Halsey Esquire, was on the 13 th day of June 1856 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said County, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on the 22 nd day of June A. D. 1856
Amos S. Treat Clerk.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Perjury deposed On this 27 day of May 1830 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Stratford in said County & State aforesaid. Robert Curtiz of Monroe in said County aged 80 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 7 1832 —
That he enlisted in the Spring of 1777 in the Town of Stratford in said County into Capt Isaac Tabor Matross Company of Connecticut Coast Guards. Lieut. James Lt. & William Burr Sergeant of said Company for nine months Service and was Stationed in said Company at Black Rock Fort in the Town of Fairfield in said County & State. where he served nine months faithfully in said Matross Company as a Private Soldier was discharged at said Fort in the fall of 1777 at the end of said 9 months Service had no written discharge nor has he any Documentary evidence To prove said Service said Company was raised by authority of the State of Connecticut and was attached to Col Samuel Whitcomb Regiment of Genl Godd S. Silliman's Brigade was a matross Company of Artillery that he was either in field or Garrison & not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaign. That and William Burr & Abel Hawley was in service in said Matross Company with him in said campaign whose Dispositions are hereto annexed The Town of Fairfield in Connecticut was burned

while he was in said Service at said Fort, That they fired the cannon of said Fort at the British when they landed to burn said Fairfield.
That in the Spring of 1777-1778 or 1780 he enlisted in said Town of Stratford at the Solicitation of Lieut. or Capt. Walker of said Stratford (cannot recollect his Christian name) for nine months Service in the Continental line, but what Company or Regiment he cannot now remember thinks the Regiment belonged to Boston and that they enlisted 9 months men to fill up said Regiment but may not be correct as to what State said Regiment belonged but says that he was discharged at Hartford in Connecticut, in the fall of the year and that he remembers of two Soldiers in said Regiment, one whose name was Battle & the other Wedge. Their names being so odd was the reason that he remembered their names and he further states that said Regiment was stationed near the North River at the time the British Ships broke a chain that had been stretched across the River. That the said Regiment to which he belonged in the Continental line was one of two Regiments that embarked near Norwalk in Conn. on Long Island Sound to attack a Fort on Long Island that he did not go with said Regiment in said expedition but was left on the Main to guard the baggage of said Regiment. to That he had a written discharge at Hartford from said Continental Service which he afterwards gave to said Lt. Walker for the purpose of collecting the arrears of his pay but cannot say whether said Walker collected it or not as he could never get said Walker

get his discharge again To account to him about it ever could he has no Documentary evidence to prove this Service in the Continental line nor does he know of any persons now alive who served with him in this Continental Service. Remembers, that two men by the names of Judsons of said Stratford who are both dead enlisted & served in said Regiment, when drafted that he was not employed in any civil pursuit during said Service but was constantly in service in field or Garrison — That he served in said Continental Service as a private of Infantry — cannot remember who signed his discharge (Genl Putnam, commanded) was living in said Stratford when called into Service in both of said campaigns and has lived in said formerly part of S. Stratford Housatonic ever since the close of the Revolutionary War had a Record of his birth in his bible which is now out & the Record lost. That he was born in said Stratford in the Month of January 1759 (cannot say what day of the Month)
The reason that he has not applied for his Pension until this time is that he has been seeking for proof to establish his claim for said Continental Service but not having succeeded he now presents his claim for said two campaigns Having done all in his power to make proof and his given declaration as per attached affidavit memory will enable him to do.
The reason that he has not procured the certificate of a clergyman to accompany his declaration is that no clergyman is now living in his neighbourhood who knows anything about his reputation as a Soldier of the Revolution.

Robert Courtis I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Hanson Hemenhin Judge. Robert Courtis We Ager Beardsley & Andrew Leavensworth residing in the Town of Monroe County of Hampden & State of Connecticut hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Courtis who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed this 27 th day of May 1839. in open Court. Ager Beardsley
Miss Ira Sherman Clerk.
Andrew Leavensworth
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and that Ager Beardsley and Andrew Leavensworth above named are credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Hanson Hemenhin Judge
I Ira Sherman Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Courtis for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 27 day of May 1839
Ira Sherman Clerk

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. At a Probate Court held at Sherman within and for the district of Sherman in Fairfield County on the 17 th day of Febru- ary A 1855 Present Henry Sherman Esq. Judge and holding the same.
State of Connecticut } ss Fairfield County } Sherman. On this 17 th day of February A 1855 Person- ally appeared before the Probate Court within and for the district of Sherman in said State of Connecticut Clara Curtiss a resident of Sherman in the County of Fairfield and State aforesaid aged Sixtythree years who first being 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 third day of February A one thousand eight hundred and fifty three (1853) granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war. — That she is the widow of Robert Curtiss late of the town of Kent in said Fairfield County (deceased) who was a private in the war of the Revolution and for his services therein rendered rec d . a pension Certificate bearing date the 10 th day of February A 1840, signed by

J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War and Conclusively by S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Entitling the said Robert Curtiss to Fifty Dollars Annually, from and after the 4 th of March A. D. 1831 and payable Semi-Annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year.
She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Robert Curtiss on the 25 th day of July A. D. 1838, that the said Robert Curtiss her husband died on the 3 rd day of April A. D. 1834. As by the Certificate of the marriage & of the death of the Town Clerk & Town Registrar of said Town of Man- =ror appears which Certificates were duly sworn to by said Clerk & Registrar before Ephraim Leach Esq r a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County, And also the ad- ditional proof of the death of the said Robert Curtiss as given by William Booth said Member who was present and attended the Funeral of Robert Curtiss given under Oath before said Justice Leach As by said Certificates herewith annexed will fully appear
That she was not married to him prior to Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. And she further declares that she is now a widow
She further avers and declares

that prior to her marriage with the said Robert Curtiss in 1838 her name was Clara Davis the widow of Stephen B Davis, deceased, of said town of Housatonic Henry Sherwood Clara Curtiss witness David P. Hovey Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before.
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } S.S. Sherman On this 1 st day of February A.D. 1855. Personally came before the undersigned the Pro- bate Court within and for the district of Sher- man Truman Botsford of said Sherman who being first Cautioned and sworn, doth depose and say that I am of the age of fifty six years I am well acquainted with Clara Curtiss ; knew her well when she was the widow of Stephen B. Davis, knew of her being married to Robert Curtiss of said Housatonic have been to Housatonic frequently with my wife to visit Robert Curtiss and his wife Clara Curtiss . — They were living to- gether as husband husband and wife the said Clara Curtiss is now living in Sherman and is now the widow and been since of said Robert Curtiss , and has been his wid-

see since his death which occurred about the 1 st of April A 1851
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut Fairfield County S.S. At a Court of Probate held at Sherman within and for the District of Sherman on the 17 th day of February A.D. 1855 Present Henry Sherwood Esq. Judge. Before said court appeared Clara Davis the Declarant known to me as the person therein described who is the widow of Robert Curtis deceased and is now living in said Sherman single and unmarried and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed in my presence. And I fur- ther certify that her statement is entitled to full credence and belief.
Also before said court appeared Dan- iel Dotsford and Hannah Dotsford both of said Sherman known to me as the respondents herein named and who sub- scribed in my presence the foregoing Affidavits and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth.

And I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Priscilla Botsford and Hannah Bots- ford witnesses as aforesaid and that their testimony is entitled to full credibility
Witness my
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate

Reg  WIDOW, &c.  over
File No. 25,466
Clara Cantiss
wid of
Robert Cantiss
His Rev War
Act: Feb 3 rd 53 & July 27 th 68
Index:—Vol. A , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Free Official Business
J. Minot Ely Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dist. Col.

No. 943
Her Amis
No 5151 Clara Curtis wid of Robert Ch David D Hoag Oct 21/1854 " " " Dec 6" "
Feb 3 1853

252. 786
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Lot. Isaac Sherman Aug. 8: '39 Hon T. B. Os- borne 27 Nov '39.
Act 7 June 52

M rs Mary's Mar & death 3 d Ap l 521.
Marjorie C.
"Dept. No."

Dec: 5 th 1854
Clara Cunt's
Wid: of Robert. Fairfield C.P.
Act 53 $50.00 per An. Comm: April 3 rd 1854.
Rev:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
David I. May.
Commissioner

Sherman Ct. 18 Oct th /54
Official Business
Boston
Dear Sir, Mr. F. Waldo
Commission of Pensions Washington City
Rev. Col. Gr. W.H.
31708
Eliza
Robt

Dear Official Messenger
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District of Columbia
2.52.786

Conn Bartle Sherman 17 Feb 1884 Bloomington Feb 19/85
Official Business Free
Hon Lorra P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City,

Shuman C 2 Dec
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Bliss Carr Lydia Robert Boughton Letter
Rec 5/54
Dear Sir or Madam Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

226.889
Free
Official Business
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District Columbia

4973
Connecticut Clara Burtis, widow of Robert.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50. dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. April 1854.
Certificate of Pension issued 24 day of February 1855.
and sent to David D. Hoag Sherran Cl:
226889 4 252788
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 59. Vol. a (32)

Post Office,
Feb. 21 st 1855.
Sir, Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid on the date of his death.
Very Respectful,
Lomaco
Manager,
St. John's
Mr. Randall.
P. O. Box 5, New Bedford Mass.
Robert Curtis paid to 4 March 1854.
Robt J. Morrison
Uncle

Shenandoah Feb 1885
Rev. J. P. Waldo Dr Sir Enclosed herewith find Application of Mrs. Clara Curtiss made out this time I think in strict conformity to law the Credibility of the witnesses established fully as also the marriage of the parties & death of Robert Curtiss
Mrs. Curtiss needs her pension & I hope you will find the necessary pa- pers without delay
Yours S c David D. Hoag Shenandoah

Warren 30 th Nov of 31
Rev. S. P. Malby Dr Sir Enclosed I send the requisite proof of Mrs Clara Curtiss Marriage the Death of her husband & her present widowhood
Yours Respectfully
David A. Hoag

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT William Hinman Esqr is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said William Hinman
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine And I certify that the signature of said William Hinman hereunto annexed is genuine.
Secretary.
Royal R. Hinman

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss.
I, Amos S. Treat
Clerk
And of the County Court , within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—THAT
Charles B Clarke
ESQUIRE,
was on the 21 st day of November 1855 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates there- of; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instru- ment hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on this 1 st day of December A. D. 1855
Amos S. Treat
Clerk.

Shrewsbury 16 th Oct 1834
Wm. Loren P. Waldo
Sirin Enclosed please find declaration of Clara Curtiss Widow for Pension Certificate Please send back the original as she will have to surrender it to draw the arrears due her deceased husband
Respectfully Yours
David D. Root

R
Robert Curtis
40943

Sherman 21 st April 1856
Commussner of Pensions Dr Sir
A long time since I sent the requisite Proof for a Land Warrant for Clara Curtiss the Widow of Robert Curtiss a Revolutionary Pen- sioner for 160 acres, From which I have heard nothing, Was it accepted? & was the proof requisite? And when will the warrant be made out?
Your & David D. Hoag

126.189
226.189

State of Connecticut } S.S. Sherman County of Fairfield }
On this Twenty Second (22) day of October A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a Judge of Probate within and for the District of Sherman in said Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, Clara Curtiss aged sixty three years a resident of Sherman in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Robert Curtiss deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and as such private drew a pension under the act of 7th of June A.D. 1832
The certificate of such pension bearing date the tenth day of February One thousand Eight hundred & forty (1840) signed by J. N. Poinsett Secretary of War. And countersigned by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions) - And the said Clara Curtiss Widow of Robert Curtiss aforesaid further declares that since the decease of the said Robert Curtiss which occurred on the 3 rd day of April A.D. 1854 she has applied for and duly received a pension under the laws in that case provided
She further states that she was married to the said Robert Curtiss in Noroton in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut on the 26 th day of July A.D. 1838 by one Levi Edwards Esquire a Justice of the Peace and that her name before

her marriage was Clara Davis that her said husband died at Monroe in S. Fairfield County on the 3rd. day of April A D 1854 and that she is now a Widow (The proof of said Marriage, & the death of the S. Robert Curtiss being truly proved by the Certificate herewith annexed)
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act Approved March the 3rd A D 1855
Henry Sherwood
Clara her X Curtiss mark
David D. Hoag
We Truman Botsford and Hannah Botsford res- idents of Sherman in the State of Connecticut upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence and that we verily believe from personal knowledge of the Applicant that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be, having known her as the wife of the said Robert Curtiss and frequently visited in the family while they were living together as man and wife and that she is now single & unmarried.
Henry Sherwood
Truman Botsford his
David D. Hoag
Hannah her X Botsford mark
Sherman On this 22 nd day of October A D 1855 at a Probate Court within and for the District of Sherman - The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and sub-

scribed before me on the day and year above written And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons And that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate for the District of Sherman
The interlineation of the words, "and frequently visited in the family while they were living together as such" occurring in the Bottom line of the declaration of Maria Botsford and Harriett Botsford was made before the execution hereof
Henry Sherwood
Charles A. Clarke Justice of the Peace

Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Town Clerks Office On this 21 st day of November A 1855 - - - I Certify that Robert Curtiss of Monroe and Clara Davis of said Monroe were legally joined in marriage by Levi Edwards Esqr of said Monroe on the 26 th day of July 1838. as appears of Record Attest, Henry Lucas Town Clerk
Fairfield County S.S. Iowa Registrar Office of Monroe in said County On this 21 st day of November A 1855 I certify that Robert Curtiss a Revolutionary pensioner died in Monroe on the 3 rd day of April A 1854 aged 94 Years As appears of Record Attest Samuel C. Beall Town Registrar
Monroe on this 21 st day of November A 1855 the undersigned Orville B Sherwood a resident of said Monroe doth depose and say that Robert Curtiss a very aged citizen of Monroe & a Revolutionary pensioner died on the 11 th of April A 1854 I was present and attended his Funeral and further Depose saith not
Orville B. Sherwood
Fairfield County ss. Monroe On this 21 st day of November A 1855 Personally appeared the above named Orville B Sherwood and Daniel G Beardsley duly subscribed and made oath to the truth of the same before me
Charles P. Clarke Justice of the Peace

Robert Curtis of Monroe in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut makes the following declaration for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th A.D. 1832. to explain and answer the questions of the Commissioner of Pensions proposed in a letter to the Hon. T. B. Osborne dated Nov r 27 th A.D. 1839.
First, In answer to the first Question in said letter why he did not apply for a pension under the act of 1818 for his continental services. His answer is that he possessed a farm of about thirty four acres of land in said Monroe at the passage of said Act, most of which he owns to this day, therefore did not consider himself entitled to a Pension under that act.
And in answer to the next suggestion in said letter he would state that although it is but lately he has come forward to ask for his Pension the delay has not been for any other reason than what he has before stated in his Declaration and as an evidence that the subject is not new to him he now produces a Deposition of William Burr to prove his service under Capt. Jarvis as long ago as August 17 th 1832 as will appear by the paper hereto annexed and the certificate of the Clerk on the same. that after having given his Deposition for Burr having been applied to for that purpose, he procured the annexed paper being William Burr's Deposition to prove the same service for himself and there he rested as respected getting

Proof for his service under Capt. Jarvis in 1779 and continued seeking proof for his continental service but not being able to accomplish that he concluded to present his claim for his service under said Jarvis and he further states that the reason that he did not take Abel Hawley's Deposition at an earlier day was that he lived in the same Town and his Deposition could be procured as he supposed at any time when it was wanted. And he further states that said Abel Hawley never applied to him to get his Deposition to prove his service under Capt. Jarvis but if he had applied he should have given it to him. Nor has said Hawley any interest whatever in my obtaining a pension And the reason that the annexed Deposition of William Burr was not used in my pension case was that when I came to use it I found the date was omitted in the Justice's certificate therefore I procured a second Deposition from said Burr which accompanies my Declaration the reason of making this additional Declaration before a Justice of the Peace living at a distance from a court of record and the infirmities of old age. Further the Deponent saith not. Dated Monroe Jan y 28 th 1840. Signed Robert Curtiss State of Connecticut } ss. Monroe January 28 th 1840. County of Fairfield Personally appeared Robert Curtiss who subscribed the above Deposition or Declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me and I certify that said Robert Curtiss is a credible witness well known to me for many years and who is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood

where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to which I fully concur and I further certify that I have always understood that said Robert Curtis possessed a farm of land at the passage of the Pension Act of 1818 untill this day Elijah Middlebrook Justice of the Peace
Abel Hawley of Monroe in the county of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut a Pension- -er, of the United States makes the following deposition relative to the service of Robert Curtis under Capt. Jarvis in 1779 to explain and answer the questions proposed in a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions to the Hon. T. B. Osborne dated Nov. 27. 1839.
First question to Deponent, was Robert Curtis possessed of a farm of land in said Monroe at the passage of the Pension act of 1818 and has he continued to possess the most of said farm to this day?
Answer. Yes therefore I consider he was not entitled to a pension under that act.
Second. When you made application for a pension in the year 1833 why did you state in your Declaration that you did not then know of any person then alive who served with you under said Jarvis in 1779 except William Burr of Southbury and after words to wit in 1839 gave your deposition that Robert Curtis served with you under said Jarvis?

Answer If I made that statement in my Declaration I stated what I then verily believed to be true as it did not then occur to me that Robert Curtis served with me under Jarvis nor did I recollect the fact until after I had made said Declaration and I never applied to him to prove my services nor am I related to Robert Curtis or have any interest in his obtaining a pension, and further the Deponent saith not. Signed this 28 th Day of January A.D. 1840. Abel Hawley
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Esq. Monroe January 28. 1840. Personally appeared Abel Hawley who subscribed and made solemn oath before me to the truth of the foregoing deposition who I certify is a gentleman well known to me to be of the first respectability, whose testimony will not be doubted by any person that is acquainted with him
Elijah Middlebrook Justice of the Peace

I Abel Hawley of the town of Monroe, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut.
Do testify and say that I was an Enlisted soldier under Capt. Isaac Jarvis and Lieut. Aaron Turner at Black rock, Fort in the said County of Fairfield the year that Fairfield was burnt. Robert Curtis of the said town of Monroe in said County was a private Soldier in said Company and served at said Fort with me according to the best of my remembrance nine months during said year which was in the year A.D. 1779.
Abel Hawley
Connecticut, Fairfield County ss. - Monroe February 16 th day A.D. 1839 Personally appeared - Abel Hawley signers of the foregoing Deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same before me.
Elijah - Middlebrook, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that said - Abel Hawley is a credible Witness. February 16 th A.D. 1839.
Elijah - Middlebrook Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. Fairfield County }
I Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elijah Middlebrook Esq. is now & was on the 16 th day of February 1839 a Justice of the Peace within & for s d Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe the above signatures purporting to be his are both genuine. Given under my hand & the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 31 st day of May A.D. 1839. Thomas Bloome Clerk

I William Burr of Southbury New Haven county and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I was an Enlisted Soldier under Capt. Isaac Jarvis and Lieut. Aaron Turner at Blackrock fort in the county of Fairfield the year that Fairfield was burnt Robert Curtis of the Town of Monroe & county of Fairfield & State of Connecticut was a private Soldier in the same company and served at said fort nine months during said year which I think was in the year 1779 I received a Sergeant's warrant while at the fort and I Enlisted said Robert Curtis myself for nine months & he served out his whole time of enlistment
William Burr
Southbury New Haven county ss Oct r 4 th 1838
Personally appeared William Signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same
before me William H. Sherman Justice of Peace
and I certify that said William Burr is a creditable witness
William H. Sherman Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } S.S. Sherman County of Fairfield } This 16 th day of October A 1854 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Notary Public of the State of Connecticut, Clara Cur- tiss a resident of the town of Sherman in said Fairfield County and State a- foresaid aged Sixty three years who first being duly Cautioned and sworn accord- ing to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of Feb- ruary A 1853 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolu- tionary war & that she is the widow of Robert Curtiss of said Fairfield County and State aforesaid, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution for whose service in said war reference is had to the original Application of the S c . Robert Curtiss on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions on which Application a Certificate was granted on the 10 th day of February A 1840 by J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War & Countersigned by J. L. Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions and made Paya- ble at Hartford in said State of Connecticut Certifying that the said Robert Curtiss was entitled to receive Fifty dollars per Annum, during his natural life and pay- able Semi-annually on the 4 th day of March and 4 th of September in every year, which Original Certificate is herewith Annexed
She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Curtiss , on the 26 th day of July A 1838 the Certificate of Marriage being herewith annexed. That her said Husband Robert Curtiss died on the 3 rd day of April A. 1854 as by the Certificate of the Town Registrar of the town of Housatonic in said Fair field County appears which Certificate is herewith annexed. — That she was not married to him prior to the year 1800, but at that time above stated —
She further declares that she is now a widow and the widow of the said Robert Curtiss , deceased. —
Signed her Clara X Curtiss mark
Witness,
David D. Hoag
Sara Hengenfeld

Commissioner of Pensions and made Payable at Hartford in said State of Connecticut Certifying that the said Robert Curtiss was entitled to receive Fifty dollars per Annum, during his natural life and payable Semi-annually on the 1 st day of March and 1 st of September in every year, which Original Certificate is herewith Annexed
She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Curtiss on the 26 th day of July A 1838 the Certificate of Marriage being herewith annexed. That her said Husband Robert Curtiss died on the 3 rd day of April A. 1854 as by the Certificate of the Town Register of the town of Housatonic in said Fairfield County appears which Certificate is herewith annexed. — That she was not married to him prior to the year 1800, but at that time above stated —
She further declares that she is now a widow and the widow of the said Robert Curtiss deceased.
Signed Clara X Curtiss her mark
Witness, David D. Hoag Saml Hengenfeld

State of Connecticut } ss Sherman County of Fairfield }
Be it known that on the 16 th day of October A 1854 before me a Notary Public of the State a- foresaid and duly authorized by law to admin- ister Oaths Personally Appeared Clara Curtis and subscribed and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Declarations by her subscribed. And I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Clara Curtis and verily believe she is the widow of the said Robert Curtis. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my no- tarial Seal the day and year first above written.
David D. Hoag Notary Public
Yoron Clarke's office Monroe August 23 d 1854 }
Marryed by me at Monroe July 26 th 1838 a Robert Curtis of Monroe to Clarissa Davis of Sherman both of Fairfield County a Sixty Records of History of Pines Rec d to Records Aug. 27 th 1838 & Recorded by A. Lewis Yoron Clarke The above is a true copy of Records attest Henry Lewis Yoron Clarke

State of Connecticut } ss Sherman County of Fairfield }
Be it known that on the 16 th day of October A 1854 before me a Notary Public of the State a- foresaid and duly authorized by law to admin- ister Oaths Personally Appeared Clara Curtis and subscribed and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations by her subscribed. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Clara Curtis and verily believe she is the widow of the said Robert Curtis. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my no- tarial Seal the day and year first above written.
David D. Hoag Notary Public
Monroe Sept 18 th 1854
D. D. Hoag Sir
I hereby certify that Robert Curtis of Monroe died April 3 rd 1854. Yours Resp t
S. C. Beardsley Town Registrar

State of Connecticut } ss Fairfield County } ss On this 28 th day of November A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before the Hon. Court of Probate within and for the district of Sherman within said State of Connecticut Clara Curtiss a resident of the town of Sherman afore said, Aged Sixtythree Years who first being duly Cautioned & sworn according to law doth on her Oath Depose and say and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress Passed on the 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853 granting pen- sions to widows of Deceased persons who served during the Revolutionary war . That she is the widow of Robert Curtiss late of the town of Mon- ror in said Fairfield County who was a Private in the war of the Revolution; for whose servi- ces in said war reference is had to the original Application of the said Robert Curtiss on file in the War Department; on which Appli- cation a pension Certificate was granted to the said Robert Curtiss for Fifty dollars bear- ing date bearing date the 10 th day of February A.D. 1840 and payable Semi-annually at the Pension Office at Hartford. - That she was Married to the said Robert Curtiss at Monror in said Fairfield County on the 26 th day July 1838 as appears by the annexed Certificate that the said Robert Curtiss died on the 3 rd

day of April A 1854 as appears by cer- tificate of Town Registrar of the town of Nor- ror on file in the war Department on a prior application and his certificate annexed and that she is now the Widow of the said Robert Curtis as aforesaid and is single & unmarried to all of which she subscribes and verifies by her Oath the day and year first above written David Hovey Witness Henry Sherwood her Clara Curtis Mark In presence of
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of November A 1854 Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate for the District of Sherman
(her mark) Clara Curtis Emerson's Signing
I Freeman Botsford of Sherman in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of the age of Fifty six years being sworn according to law doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Clara Curtis that I have been acquainted with her for five twenty years she was the wife of Robert Curtis I have frequently been with my wife to visit the said Robert Curtis & his wife Clara Curtis when they were keeping house together in the town of Norror in Fairfield County - That I have learned that Robert Curtis is dead; and the said Clara Curtis is now living in said Sherman single & unmarried, and she is the widow of S d Robert Curtis. And further witnesseth not Sherman 28 th November A 1854 Freeman Botsford

day of April A d 1834 as appears by cer- tificate of Town Registrar of the town of Nor- ror on file in the war Department on a prior application, and his certificate annexed and that she is now the Widow of the said Robert Curtiss as aforesaid, to all of which she subscribes and verifies by her Oath the day and year just above
written Darius Hovey Witness Henry Sherman her Clara Mark Curtiss In presence of
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of November A d 1834
Henry Sherman Judge of Probate for the District of Sherman
( her Clara Mark Curtiss) Engraving
I Truman Botsford of Sherman in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of the age of Fifty six years being sworn according to law doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Clara Curtiss that I have been acquainted with her for twenty five years she was the wife of Robert Curtiss I have frequently been with my wife to visit the said Robert Curtiss & his wife Clara Curtiss when they were keeping house together in the town of Norror in Fairfield County - That I have learned that Robert Curtiss is dead; and the said Clara Curtiss is now living in said Sherman single & unmarried, and she is the widow of S d Robert Curtiss. And further witness saith not Sherman 28 th November A d 1834 Truman Botsford

I Hannah Botsford of Sherman in Fairfield county and State of Connecticut of the age of Sixty years and being sworn according to law doth depore and say. I am the wife of Truman Botsford Am well acquainted with Clara Curtiss, she was the wife of Robert Curtiss deceased and is now his widow living in Sherman single and unmarried. I have visited in Company with her husband the said Robert Curtiss & Clara Curtiss in Houroe they were living together as Man and wife and further witnesseth not Sherman 28 th November 1854
Henry Sherwood Dabien D. Hoag
Witnesses
Hannah her Botsford mark
Fairfield county S.S. Sherman Probate Court this 28 th day of November A.D. 1854.
At a Probate court held at Sherman within and for the District of Sherman on this 28 th day of No- vember A.D. 1854. Present Henry Sherwood Esq. Judge Personally appeared before me, the above named Clara Curtiss the Declarant and Truman Botsford & Hannah Botsford Witnesses known to me as the individ- uals herein named and signed and made oath to the truth of the statements hereinunto prefixed
Henry Sherwood Judge of Probate for the District of Sherman

day of April A.D. 1854 as appears by a certificate of Town Registrar of the town of Mon- roe on file in the War Department on a prior application, and his certificate annexed and that she is now the Widow of the said Robert Curtis, as aforesaid, and is single by reason to all of which she subscribes and verifies by,
Married by me at Monroe July 26 th 1838 - Mr. Robert Curtis of Monroe to Clarissa Davis of of Sherman both of Fairfield County Rev. Levi Edwards by Rev. Levi Edwards  Rev. Levi Edwards  Rev. Levi Edwards  Rev. Levi Edwards The above is a true copy of Record Attest Henry Louis Town Clerk
Monroe Nov. 16 th 1854

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } ss.
On this 22 nd day of March A.D. 1870. personally appeared before me, H. S. Blake, Clerk of the Superior Court for Fairfield County. Clara Curtiss who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of section 18 of an act of Congress relating to pensions, approved July 27. 1868: that the person on account of whose death, pension was granted, was Robert Curtiss, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that the pension Certificate numbered 4973, and bearing date, twenty fourth day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, is herewith returned, and that she still remains the widow of the above mentioned Robert Curtiss; that claimant appoints _____, her attorney to prosecute the above claim, and that her residence is Bridgeport, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, and that her Post Office address is Bridgeport Connecticut. Post Office Box 62
Witness mark
Rudolph Kost Mary H. White
Clara X Curtiss mark
Also personally appeared Rudolph Kost and Mary H. White residents of Bridgeport, Fairfield County and State

of Connecticut, persons whom I certify to be respectable, and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Clara Curtiss, the claimant sign her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant, and their acquaintance with Clara Curtiss, that she is the identical person Clara Curtiss, represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Mary H. White Rudolph Kort
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22 d day of March A.D. 1870, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, &c, were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing; and that I have no interest direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Jane B. Johnson Clerk of Superior Court Fairfield County Connecticut

I Abel Hawley of Lawful age of the Town of Monroe, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Deposeth and saith that I served with Robert Curtis of said Monroe at Black Rock Fort in the Town of Fairfield in said County and State in the Revolution, as I have heretofore stated in my deposition accompanying said Roberts Declaration for a Pension, under the act of June 7 th A.D. 1832, and can testify that said Robert is now living in said Monroe that I have this day seen him and conversed with him on the subject of said service that he is the identical Robert Curtis mentioned in my former Deposition relating to his service at said Fort that I have been intimately acquainted with said Robert ever since we served together in the revolution always lived in the same town to this day within two miles of each other viz. Monroe formerly Stratford and have heard said Robert often speak of applying since the passage of said Act for a Pension.
Abel Hawley
Dated at Monroe October 28 th A.D. 1839.
Fairfield County ss. Monroe October 28 th A.D. 1839. Personally appeared Abel Hawley to me personally known and made solemn oath and subscribed the above Deposition before me who I certify is a Witness of the first respectability and that his Deposition is entitled to full credit. Elijah Middlebrook, Justice of the Peace.

We the subscribers Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut — hereby certify that we reside in the Town of Monroe in said County — That we are personally acquainted with Robert Custis of said Monroe who is now applying for a Pension under Act of June 7 th 1832 and that we sincerely believe that said Robert was a soldier of the revolution.
And we further certify that we are personally acquainted with Abel Hovey of said Monroe who is a Pensioner under said Act and that he is a Witness of the first respectability and any deposition that he may have made relative to the service of said Custis is entitled to full credit
Monroe October 28 th 1839, Levi Edwards Justice of Peace. Asa Hays Justice of Peace
Fairfield County ss. Monroe October 28 th 1839.
Personally appeared before me Levi Edwards and Asa Hays Justices of the Peace for said County of Fairfield; well known to me; and made Oath to the truth of the above Certificate and subscribed the same, who I certify are creditable witnesses.
Elijah Middlebrook, Justice of the Peace.

I William Burr of lawful age of the Town of Southbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut Depose and Saith that I served with Robert Curtis Curtis of Monroe at Black Rock Fort in the Town of Fairfield in the Revolution as I have heretofore stated in my deposition accompanying Said Robert's Application for a Pension under act of June 7 th 1832 and can testify that Said Robert is now living in Said Monroe that I have this day seen him and conversed with him on the subject of Said Service that he is the identical Robert Curtis mentioned in My former Deposition Relative To his Service at Said Fort that I have been intimately acquaint- ed with Said Robert ever since We served together in the revolution lived in the same Town with him for Eight years after and ever since within twelve miles of him I have often heard Said Robert speak of applying for a pension since the passage of Said act
Dated Southbury Oct r 26 th 1839 William Burr
New Haven County ss Southbury October 26 th 1839
Personally appeared William Burr to me personally known and made Solemn Oath & subscribed the above Deposition before me who I certify is a witness of the first respectabi- lity and that his deposition is entitled to full credit
The word Clerk was erased before signing on the 3 rd line the word Burr interlined on the ninth line also.
William Hinman Justice of Peace

We the Subscribers. Justices of The Peace in and for the County of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut hereby certify that we made in the Town of Southbury in said County & State that one personally appeared with the above and foregoing Deposition William Burr of said Southbury who is a Pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 - and that he is a Witness of the first respectability and any Deposition he may now made relation to the services up the above & before named Certify is entitled to full credit
Southbury 26 th October 1839
Edward Himmann Chas. Hicock
New Haven County ss Southbury Oct r 26 th 1839
Personally appeared before me Edward Himmann and Charles Hicock well known to me to be Justices of the Peace for said County and made Oath to the truth of the above Certificate & subscribed the same who I certify are credible witnesses
William Himmann Justice of Peace

I William Burr of Southbury New Haven County & State of Connecticut do testify & say that I was an enlisted soldier under Capt Israel Jarvis and Lieut. Aron Turner at Black rock fort in the county of Fairfield the year that Fairfield was lost Robert Curtis of the Town of Monroe & County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut was a private soldier in the same company and served at said fort nine months during said year which I think was in the year 1779 I received a sergeant's warrant while at the fort & I enlisted said Robert Curtis myself for nine months & he served out his whole time of enlistment William Burr
Southbury New Haven County ss Personally appeared William Burr Signer of the foregoing deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same before me
William Sherman Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of New Haven p. New Haven August 17 th 1832 I J. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County, that William Harrison Esq. whose name is foregoing written & subscribed is a Justice of the peace in & for said New Haven County & duly qualified to administer Oaths
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written Attest J. W. Beach Clerk

Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Town Clerk's Office this 29 th day of January A.D. 1855 I certify that Mr. Robert Curtiss and Mrs. Clara Davis were legally joined in Marriage on the 26 th day of July A.D. 1838 by Levi Edwards Esqr. As appears of Record
Attest
Henry Lewis
Town Clerk
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Be it remembered that on this 29 th day of January A.D. 1855. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Henry Lewis Esqr. Town Clerk for said Town of Monroe and made solemn Oath to the truth of the fore- going Certificate by him Attested.
Ephraim Leach Justice of the Peace
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Town Registrar's Office this 29 th day of January A.D. 1855 I certify that Mr. Robert Curtiss of this Town died at his residence in said Monroe on the 3 rd day of April A.D. 1854 as appears of Record
Attest
Samuel C. Burdley Town Registrar
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Be it remembered that on this 29 th day of January A.D. 1855. Personally came before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Samuel C. Burdley Esqr. Town Reg- istrar of said Monroe. and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate by him Attested
Ephraim Leach Justice of the Peace

I William Booth of Monroe in the County of Fairfield & and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do declare upon my oath that I have lived in said Monroe Twenty Years and upwards. I was well acquainted with Robert Curtiss of said Monroe a Revolutionary Pensioner he was married to Clara Davis They lived together as husband & wife — On or near the 1 st of April last he the said Robert Curtiss died, I was present at his Funeral — And further this Deponent saith not.
Signed
William Booth
Fairfield County S.S. Monroe Be it remembered that on this 29 th day of January A.D. 1855 Personally came before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County the above named William Booth who subscribed the foregoing Affidavit in my presence and made oath to the same And I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Booth whose statement is entitled to full Credibility
Ephraim Leach Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I,
Amos S. Dyer
Clerk
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—THAT
Ephraim Seach
ESQUIRE,
was on the 29 th day of January 1858 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on this 5 th day of February A. D. 1858
Amos S. Dyer
Clerk.

252 786-22689
Clara Curtis 252.786
Boynton Aug 26/1887 Boston Hill
AD 53-4973
40943
40943 160
100 Gould

252. 786
Boynton Aug 26
Sherman Fairfield County Connecticut
8 th September 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I seem to labor under much difficulty in getting before your Department the Application of Mrs Clara Curtiss for Bounty Land. In October (about the middle) of 1855 I forward- ed an Application duly legally & fully executed, which I think the Department acknowledged the receipt of, waiting until this spring or summer I wrote again & was briefly informed no such Application was there -
About the middle of July I made out Mrs. Curtiss execute another. I mailed it at Wings Sta- tion Dover Dutchess County N.Y. about the 20 th or 25 th of July 1856

On the 9 th of August I rec d a Communication from the Department di- rected to Mrs. Gurtless. dated 5 th August saying thus "Madam Your claim for Bounty land will be favorably considered as soon as the Official Character of Henry Sherwood as a judge of Prob- ate is duly authenticated"
"Yours Respectfully, C. H. Rhet"
for Commissioner
I immediately procured from the Excellency the Governor of the State a Certificate duly authenticating the Official Character of Henry Sherwood and about the middle of August forwarded the same to the Depart- ment at Washington which you would attach to the Application and about the 1 st of August the reception of which you acknowledged to her under date 5 th August /56 But the 6 th Sept I received from you a printed
Circular dated 1 st Sept 1856 requesting that I forward you either the No of Application or the month & day of month when it was mailed
As heretofore in this Communi- cation I add
The Application was mailed at Wings Station from 20. to the 25 July
You acknowledged its receipt (not numbered) under date 5 th August - at same time requesting proof of Official Char- acter of Henry Sherwood
That Certificate was for about the 10 th of August 1856 & should by you be attached to the Application
Please attach the same & reply at your earliest convenience

Brief in the case of Clara Curtis, widow of Robert. Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, act 3 d July: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Insta. was paid under the Act of June 1832 for the rat of $50.00 per An. Marriage proven by a copy of the town record thereof. P. S. died 3 d April 1854, on the affidavits of two witnesses, John's record & support of their children.
Identity is established by the affidavits of two reliable affiants & a certificate of court.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
David D. Hoag Esq., Sherman, Conn.
Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Blyth, Examining Clerk.

Half Increase Brief in the Case of Clara Curtis, Widow of Robert Curtis, Private R. War. (P.O. Bridgeport) Fairfield County and State of Connecticut.
Act 2 d Sec Feb 3. 1853 Sec 13 th Sec Act July 27. 1868. CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension on the rolls of Connecticut at the rate of $50. pr Ann. She returns her certificate and applies for increase Pension, Under 13 th Sec. Act July 27. 1868.
Fertility and continued Widowhood Shown.
Admitted March 27 1870 to pension at the rate of $96.00. pr ann. to commence July 27. 1868. Deducting Pay. Since.
Name and residence of Agent,
Mrs Clara Curtis Bridgeport
Fairfield Co Conn. App D. Wilson.
W. E. Trask Examining Clerk.

Blara G. G. G.
Payment to be made at Castleton
by
E. G.
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of
Connecticut
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 39 Vol. a
J. S. Garry Clerk.
Resides in Oxford Street

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Clara Curtiss,
widow of Robert Curtiss, who was a Private, ——— in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Fifty, dollars and ——— cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853 , April, 1854. and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
W. McLellan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
J. P. Walshe Commissioner of Pensions.
Robert McLellan

In July 1832. Mr Burr applied. Had as witnesses Alice Hawley and Robert Cuntz .
In Apr 1833. Alice Hawley applies, has Mr Burr as a witness, and states that he knows of no other person living who was in that house with him.
In May 1839. Cuntz applies. and has as witnesses Burr and Hawley , the latter has always resided within 2 miles of Cuntz
Nov 1839

War Department,
Pension Office,
Augt. 8 th 1819.
Sir,
The reason assigned by Robert Burtip for delaying the presentation of his claims under the Act of 7 th June 1832, are unsatisfactory. The only term intelligibly set forth is an alleged service of 3 months in '79, at Fairfield in the Coast guards; and this will not be allowed unless the witnesses will say upon oath, and after seeing him, that he is the identical man with whom they served; and the character of the witnesses shall be shown to be such that the utmost confidence may be reposed in them. His papers are placed on file.
Very respectfully,
Yours truly
J. L. Edwards
Isaac Sherman, Esq., Bridgeport, Conn.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Bridgeport
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir I herewith enclose to you your letter under date of Aug 8 th 1839 Relative to the Pension case of Robert Curtis together with the affidavits therein required with the certificate of Justus from the Secretary of State, all of which I trust will be satisfactory. you will see by referring to his declaration that the service at Fairfield in 1779 as a Matross was for 9 months instead of 3 as mentioned in your letter:— as to the continental service mentioned in his declaration I have not been able to find satisfactory proof. Therefore I wish you to send me a certificate for R d Curtis for 9 months as Private of Artillery or Matross.
Yours very Respectfully Gerrit Sherman

State of Connecticut Fairfield County J. H. Edwards Esq. Bridgeport
Sir I send you the Pension application of Robert Cortez I have been seeking for proof for his Continental Service for a long time and as he cannot remember what Regt or Brigade he belonged to nor what State the Troops belonged to from the circumstances he has stated. I have not as yet been able to get proof I have had the Records searched at Hartford as you will see by a Letter from the Compt. to me which is annexed to his Declaration and on the whole I am inclined to believe that the troops with whom he served in the Continental line belonged to the State of New York he mentions in his Declaration that two men served with him by the names of Beattle & Wedge. and if it is consistent with your rules, I wish you to refer to the papers of Stephen Wedge who was Pensioned as a private @ $96. New York line January 8 th 1819 aged 78 years, died Feb 15 th 1831 his name may be found in the Roll of Pensioners page 52 under Litchfield County Conn. if he is the same person alluded to by said Cortez. by referring to his service

on the Record of the Reg't, Sam Curtis name may be found, but if nothing satisfactory can be found Relative to his continental service please Send me his certificate for 9 months service as a private Matros.
Yours very Respectfully Saml Sherman
P.S. Mr Curtis is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity and I have no doubt that he served in the Continental Army, — as well as in the Matros Company. —

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 21 st 1841.
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," Robert Curtis a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Fifty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Almon L. D. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Robt. Curtis June 30 77 8 mo
dis Jan 78 (6 mo)
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Isaac Sherman Esq. Bridgeport Ct.
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I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT William Hinman Edward Hinman & Charles Thiack are
and for more than six months last past, have been Justices of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said W. Hinman Edward Hinman & Charles Thiack
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said hereunto annexed genuine.
The W. Hinman
Secretary.

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Elijah Milledbrook Lewis Edwards & Seth Hays are
and for more than six months last past, have been Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Milledbrook Edwards & Hays
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said hereunto annexed genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

A. J. C. O.
Hon. T. B. Osborne H.R.

I, David G. Tomlinson, Rector of "Christ Church" in the Town of Trumbull, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify; that Abel Hawley resident in the Town of Monroe in said County, whose testimony is taken to be used upon the application of Robert Curtis of said Monroe for a pension, is a communicant belonging to the Parish over which I am Rector - that he is in good standing as a communicant, and maintains in every respect an excellent character, and a credible witness. David G. Tomlinson.
Dated at Trumbull this 28 th day of Jan. A.D. 1840.
State of Connecticut Fairfield County, ss. Town of Trumbull January 28 th 1840 Personally appeared the Rev. David G. Tomlinson Rector of "Christ Church" in said Trumbull and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed, and I certify that said Rev. David G. Tomlinson is in good standing as a man and as a clergyman and is fully entitled to credit in his statements. Sworn before, Elijah Middlebrook, Justice of the Peace.
Washington February 4. 1840
I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the Hon. Cyrus H. Beardslee & Elijah Middlebrook Esq & verily believe that their respective signatures to the foregoing papers purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine.
Thos. Blooming

I Cyrus H Beardslee Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do certify that I have, for more than thirty years been acquainted with Abel Howley residing in the Town of Monroe in said County whose testimony is taken, to be used upon the application of Robert Gullif of said Monroe for a Pension - that he has always sustained, and in my belief justly, a high reputation for truth and should be deemed a credible witness. -
Dated at Monroe this 28 th day of Jan y D 1840. -
Cyrus H Beardslee Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Ss. Monroe January 28. D 1840. Connecticut
Personally appeared Cyrus H. Beardslee Esq. Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed and I certify that said Beardslee is fully entitled to credit in his statements.
Elijah Middlebrook Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } By Bridgport I, Ira Sherman Clerk of the Probate Court within & for the District of Stratford in said County do hereby certify that Elyah Middlebrook is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fairfield duly commissioned & qualified that his signatures to the Depositions of Robert Curtis, Abel Hawley, Cyrus H. Beardslee & David G. Goodwin hereto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of January A.D. 1840. Ira Sherman Clerk.

I hereby certify that I have for more than ten years been acquainted with John Beach Esq. of New Haven in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut & have during all that time been well acquainted with the signature & handwriting of the said John Beach - That on the 17 th day of August - 1832 he was & still is Clerk of the County Court in said County - I further certify that the certificate, & signature annexed to the Deposition of William Burr is in the hand writing of the said Beach & the signature thereto is genuine -
Hampden Jan. 14 th 1840 -
D. H. Wheeler Not. Public
Cyrus A. Brainerd Judge of the County Court for Hampden County.

34,800
Robert Curdip Cook
Act 7. June 1832.
Hon. J. B. Osborne Ho. Rep.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Jan'y 14 1839
I certify that on examination of the records in this office I find in Haskell's Receipts the following entries, under the Head of United States. Dr. to the State of Connecticut for the defence of said State - Sundry expenditures for the quorum and subsistence of Guards on the press Court
January 23 1778 Col. Isaac Tarriff Matross Company Fairfield amount paid him State Money £205.14.10 March 29 1781 Col. Isaac Tarriff Matross Company Fairfield Coast Guards and paid him No. 6. £1584.15.3 March 1 1782 Col. Isaac Tarriff Matross Company Fairfield Coast Guards and paid him No. 6. £959.16.1 January 22 1784 Col. Isaac Tarriff Matross Company Coast Guards Fairfield paid him £102.15.11
Henry Norborne Compt.

Hartford Aug 8 1839
Dear Sir,
I send you enclosed the Certificate of the Secretary as you requested - I have examined the records for the name of Robert Curtis without success He is not in the line to pay Bill of Col. Isaac Lewis but prior him in Haskell's Receipts from 1778 to 1784 to pay Bill of Col. Walker prior Col. Robert Walker in Ledger from 1777 to 1782 do you wish for the Amount of their Accounts Isaac Sherman Esq. in haste Yours Truly Henry Northrop Compt 3

The reason that I have stated my claim for said continental service without proof & complying with the Rules of the Pension department is that I may not be hereafter prejudiced — and I wish that my Pension may now be granted for 9 months as a Matros in said Capt Jarvis Company.
Robert Curtis
Subscribed & sworn to this 27 th day of May A: 1839 - The records. Matros - raised for said Port - 1777-1778 - at the time he served in it - time - when he did - formerly a part of Stratford - "were all inserted in the place where they now stand - before subscribing said declaration by said applicant - Before me, and certified by me
Alanson Hamblin Judge of Probate for the District of Stratford.
Wm Sherman Clerk.
I Alanson Hamblin, Judge of said Court, do hereby Certify that Ira Sherman, whose signature is above written by himself, is the Clerk of said Court & said signatures are genuine - & the seal by him affixed to his attestation is the seal of said Court - Dated May 27 th 1839 - Alanson Hamblin Judge

BRANCH OFFICE FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES
OF The Peoria Mutual Benevolent Association,
RUDOLPH KOST, Manager, - - - -
No. 12 STATE STREET,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,
March 22 nd 1870
Hon. H. Van Aernam
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you Application for Increase of Pension for a Revolutionary Widow, Mrs. Clara Curtiss. You will also find original Pension Certificate, which is herewith returned.
As no Attorney is named please send all communications in the matter to the Post Office address of the Claimant as given in the application.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Rudolph Kost for Mrs. Clara Curtiss