Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3246, Samuel Currier, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Currier, Samuel
NUMBER
S 3246
CONTENTS
carded.

3559 Pennsylvania
Samuel Currier
of Erie Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt commanded by Col. Sutler in the Hampshire Militia line for 13 m o 26 days Private $46.28
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 46 Dollars 28 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Dec. 1831 and sent to T. H. Sill Erie Penn a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $69. 42 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4. Mar 1833 23. 14
$92.56
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vincent Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 6 Page 57

No 4432
Pennsylvania
Discharged Nov. 13. 1832.
Qly. 16. P. 52
To Thomas H. Sill
Esq.
Penn a .
Admitted
Private 13 mo. 26 ds 14 mo.
$ 46. 65 46.28
N. 76. militia Capt. Blank Col. Senter
J. H. Sill
Esq.

BRIEF in the case of  Saml Currier of Springfield  County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  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.     In 1775 9 Private Gen. Capt Mc Farland Col Lexington = town   July 1776 2 as Capt Buntin, Col Lexington = town   1777 3 as Lt Gould. Col Howe   1778 5 26 as Capt Marston Col Senter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goffstown Hillsboro County, New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective not attached no Seal to the oath of the Witness 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Wilson Examining Clerk.

No. 4, 432

State of Pennsylvania } County of Erie }
On this Sixth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Erie being a court of Record Samuel Currier a resident of the Township of Springfield in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he first enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775. with Capt. McFarland and served in Col. Lexington's Regiment of the line of New Hampshire State troops (as he believes). He was a resident at the time of his services of Goffstown in the county of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire. He served under Capt. McFarland in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lexington as before stated. He first enlisted in the fall of the year 1775. He was marched to Winter Hill near Boston. He went into the Fort at Winter Hill and kept Garrison there for some time.
Our Captain had been wounded at the Battle of Bunker's hill and could not perform duty. Lieutenant Quincy had command of the company. He enlisted at this time for the term of three months and served out the term of time and was then discharged at Winter hill near Boston.
In the month of February 1776. (as he believes) this applicant enlisted again at Goffstown to serve a tour of two months in the same line under Captain Burtin in the same Regiment as before stated and again marched to Winter hill near Boston and again went into the Fort at that place. Was there at the time the British troops evacuated Boston. I served out the period of my enlistment viz two months and was again discharged at Winter hill.

The next time I entered the service was in the fall of the year 1777. I again enlisted for the term of three months. I do not recollect the name of the Captain of our Company; the name of the Lieutenant was Gaud. Col. Housh commanded our Regiment. We were marched to White Plains in the State of New York. We were encamped there and I remained there till the period of my enlistment had expired and I was then discharged at the White Plains and went home.
In the month of August in the year 1778. (to the best of my recollection) I again enlisted in the same line in the Company commanded by Capt. Marston to serve for the period of six months. I was marched to the Portmouth in the State of New Hampshire and staid there about a month. I was then marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and was stationed at the mouth of the river near Providence. I remained there till the time of my enlistment expired and was then discharged and went home.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
He has no documentary evidence and believes he can not procure any as to his services in the revolution.
Sworn and subscribed to And further saith
that he has no record of his age & never had any written discharge. That after the war he continued to reside in New Hampshire till about sixteen years ago he removed to Springfield in Erie County Pa his present residence. Saith that he finds his memory failing & that he does not recollect the names of other officers of the army. That Ezekiel Wells who also served in the Revolutionary war knows that this deponent was a soldier in that war. Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court to August 1852 } Samuel A. Merrill } Cleries to Adms. J. H. Allen Prof.

The court propounded the following interrogatories to the applicant
1 st Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom? 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served. Such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution

We the Rev d George Stuntz a clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Samuel Currier the applicant and John Salisbury Esq r residing in the same neighborhood do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Currier who has for ten years & upward subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, as he represents that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to be a man of creditability & has the reputation of having been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Alvin Kelso Pres t
George Stuntz John Salisbury
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion and from the positive testimony of Ethier Wells after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Rev d Geo. Stuntz who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of John Salisbury and that John Salisbury Esq r who has signed the same is a resident in the same neighborhood and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest
Alvin Kelso Clerk
Henry Shippen Brest of 6 th Dist t
I Alvin Kelso clerk of the court of Brim County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Currier for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office this Sixth day of August 1832
Alvin Kelso Clerk

State of Pennsylvania Erie County ss—
I Calvin Melco Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County do hereby certify that the foregoing (contain- ed on three sheets of paper attached by a red ribbon on which the Seal is affixed) contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Petition of Samuel Curri- er for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 26 th day of November A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty two—
Calvin Melco Clerk

Rev War
3246
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 3246
Samuel Bussier
Pri. A. H. Mil.
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Blue Penn d Nov 28 th 1832
Sir,
The application of Samuel Cunn g , is herewith returned, and the deposit thereon as is believed supplied -
It is respectfully re- quested that as - as far as the above application may be returned to me, as soon as is convenient -
I am -
very respectfully Your obedt Servt Thomas D. Sill
Hon: Lewis Cass Sec y of War

State of Pennsylvania
Erie county ss: 3
Rekuel Wells of the County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he is well acquainted with Isaac Burn of the said Town of Springfield, and has been acquainted with him from childhood, having been raised in the same town with him, at Grafton in the State of Pennsylvania —
This deponent knows of that the said Isaac Burn was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War — He knows that the said Burn was on a tour tour of service with Capt. McTear in Col. Ligon's Regiment in the year 1775, and he believes that the said Burn served two months in the said Town —
This deponent further states that he was a Soldier in Capt. Burn's Company with the said Isaac Burn in Capt. Burn's Company, and served two months with him in said Company — We were marched to White Hill near Boston, and served there on a tour of service here

of spirit, when we were dismissed and went home —
This deponent also remembers of the said burning, returning from a tour of duty to Providence or Rhode-Island. This deponent understood that the said burning had been on a six months tour of military duty —
Sworn to & Subscribed this his  Ebenezer Wells 27 th day of July 1832 before Mark me and I do hereby certify that that the said Wells is a credible person and disinterested in the matters herein set forth
Jeremiah Sanford
Judge of the Peace
The above named Ebenezer Wells was on this August 6 1832 sworn again to the above Deposition before me in open Court —
Alvin Wells Prof.

State of Pennsylvania } I, Edward H. Miller Clerk Erie County ss } of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Erie. As hereby certify that Giles Sanford Esquire before whom the above deposition purports to have been taken was at the date of the same one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in and for Said County duly commissioned and sworn. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 26 th day of November. 1832
Edward H. Miller