Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45714, Asa Currier, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Currier, Asa
NUMBER
S.45714
CONTENTS

10. 984
New Hampshire
Asa Currier
of Stafford Coy in the state of N Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spreat of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of May 1819 and sent to William Dudgeon Esquire Dover N Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 86.89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819 $ 18 13 Mo. 26 days — $ 134.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notes sent to Andrew Dimes Esq 23 July 1821 Dover N Hampshire

Asa Currier Superior N. H. Strafford County Regiment Leah Sprout's Line Massachusetts Line
1781 - 2 years
9th April, 1818.
Not on rolls.
Admitted
William Badger, Judge, Dover, N. H.

State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford ss }
On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appears Asa Currier aged fifty years resident in the Town of Sandbornton County and State afore- said who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revo- lutionary war: That he the said Asa Currier on or about the last of March or the first of April 1782 enlisted at Newbury in the State of Massachusetts for during the war and entered the aforesaid service in the company commanded by Captain James Mearns and the regiment of the Massa- chusetts line commanded by Col. Williams  P. Ebenezer Sprout he was mustered at Boston and joined the aforesaid company at Westpoint that he continued to serve in said service of the United States in said war on the continental establishment as a fifer from the aforesaid enlistment until the forepart

of June 1783 when he was discharged from service at New Windsor in the State of New York that he was in no battles and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his coun- try for support that he afterwards sold his lands to a Mr Harris of Newburyport to whom he lent his discharge and could never get it afterwards expect it is not in existence
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid William Badger
I William Badger Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Lisa Currie did serve in the revolutionary on the continental establishment War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pur- suant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to the same this first day of Sept AD. 1818
William Badger
Attest Dan Waldron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Stratford

169
Asa Currier
10.904
[Faint, large, decorative calligraphic initials, possibly "C" and "S", with a horizontal line through the middle.]
Recd July 28. 1821 and sent to Andrew Pierce Esq. Dover, V.H. Agent.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Asa Currier aged fifty three , resident in Sandbornton in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
About one and an half acre of land & half a small House & Barn forty acres of land on the side of Salmon Brook mountain One Cow one swine and one Dozen Chairs, one old desk Three old Chests Old tables and light stand Crockery Glass ware one Looking Glass Iron ware. Part of set of old Blacksmiths tools, tubs and pails, Brown ware, two spinning wheels, tin ware crane, shovel & tongs, knives and forks and spoons, one bible candle sticks & shears, old Cider Barrels & part of sleigh harness one pitchfork and Rake
I am indebted to sundry persons to the amount of fifty Dollars
Asa Currier
And the said Currier following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Asa Currier do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Asa Currier
And the said Asa Currier doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
That he enlisted into the army of the United States in March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two to serve during the war and that he joined the army in the same March or the first of April following and was then under the command of James Mearns Capt. in the second Massachusetts Regiments, and served fourteen months, and until the war closed, and the army was disbanded

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is Apr 6 th 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 10.984 :—That his occupation is that of a Blacksmith :—That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
Three in number himself aged as above in good health generally, but often attacked with the Rheumatism and unable to labour much of the time - his wife totally unable to contribute to her support by reason of sickness, a servant Girl aged seventeen and in good health
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 18 th day of July , 1820.
} Asa Currier
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL , Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH , and SAMUEL QUARLES , } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Asa Currier having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is One hundred & fifty eight dollars & seventy five cents.  which property is subject to said Currier's dower Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July — 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Burrier a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar or Apr 1782 to June 1783 Private James Means Ebenezer Sprague Mass          
Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newbury Mass
Date of application for pension, Apr 9, 1818. His claim was al
Residence at date of application, Sandbornton, Strafford Co NH
Age at date of application, 60
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Betsey nearly fifty years old. There is no further data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Asa Currier S.F. 45714
Order to Mr. Stover, Paymaster of 2 d Mass. reg't. to pay Asa Currier $14.60 and Joshua Ames $13.50 soldiers of 6 th co. 2 d Mass. reg't. for service during April and May 1783 signed James Means Capt. E. Sprout Lt. Col. has been removed from this claim to be forwarded at some future time to the War Department.
A.E.P.
Dec. 6, 1810.
Sent to War Dept. Jany. 16, 1913.

45 914 Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 914
Asa Currier
Prin Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1920 Aug. 16. Hist. to Miss Mary Stinger ew

Applicant aged 55 yrs - good health, generally - wife unable to contribute to her support - age not stated "servant girl, 19 yrs old" - in poor health -
One & half acre land, with the 1/2 of a house & barn thereon - also 40 acres of land on the side of a certain mountain
amt of sched: $150. 75-
Service 14 mo.
J. D. F. [unclear]

New Hampshire
• Asa Currier.
private
1781 - 2 years
Aged 56 years by occupation a Blacksmith but unable to pursue it by reason of rheumatic complaints. Wife aged 50 years in bad health.
Schedule dated 3 July 1820.
Real property, one & 1/2 acre of land & small house and barn & 40 acres of land on the side of Salmon Brook mountain. Personal estate one Cow 1 Dog chains, 1 Desk 3 Chests old tables broom and glass ware and a part of a set of Blacksmith tools. Real and personal property valued at . . . . . $158. 75.
which property the Clerk certifies is subject to the applicant's title
He is indebted to sundry persons, (names not given) in the amount of . . . . . $50. -
Schedule under the act of March 1823 dated 6 August 1823. Real property, 1 1/2 acre of land with half of a house and barn, 40 acres of land on Salmon Mountain all on nearly a ledge of rocks and not any income on the same nor can there be any. Personal property, 1 Cow, 1 heifer 1 swine 1 Dog chains, 1 Desk 3 Chests 3 tables broom glass & iron ware, looking glass, old Blacksmith tools, forks knives and spoons &c &c. Real and personal property valued at ————— $90. 62.
articles included in her 1 st schedule and included in the 2 nd are worn out.
Restated 30 Aug t 1823 $7. 75
C. Gale 3/19
John W. H. [unclear]

1D
Hon. Wm Badger
Gilmanton
The deposition of David Hoyt, in support of the application of Isaac Currier for a pension - Subscribed and sworn to before me
by Woodhull, Justice of the Peace

I David Hoyt of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that I am well acquainted with Asa Currier now of Canterbury in the State of New Hampshire, and do know that said Asa Currier was a Officer in the Army of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and that he served therein on the Continental Establishment and until the end thereof as such. I was in the Army myself and well recollect that said Currier entered in the Company commanded by Capt James Means in which Company I was then and before that time a Soldier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment. I know not at what time said Currier joined the Regiment, but it must have been as early as April of that year. He was in the field with me, and continued in the same Company of Regiment with me until the end of the war, when he was discharged in June of 83. The Regiment was stationed at West Point when the said Currier joined the Army, and was at New Windsor in the State of New York when he was discharged. The said Currier served to my knowledge in said Regiment more than fourteen months, and was always faithful in the discharge of his duty while he continued in the service. David Hoyt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts June 15th 1818. Essex ss. Town of Newburyport. Then David Hoyt above named personally came and made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit, by him subscribed. And I do hereby certify that the said deponent is well known to me to be a respectable Citizen of said Newburyport and entitled to credit. W. C. Southwick

I Joseph Noyes of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts, and County of Essex Do. Testify and say that I enlisted the Currein then of Salisbury in the State and County aforesaid But soon as Sandburnton in the State of New Hampshire and County of Strafford into the Service of the United States During the war same time in March in 1782 I being then a Lieutenant in the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment and I went with said Currein to Boston where he passed muster and marched to west Point and he then joined the 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment as Capt James Mearns Company, 1 st Light Artillery Regiment and General Patterson's Brigade and served as a piper till the end of the war and then 1782 he was honorably Discharged
Joseph Noyes Essex ss. November 16. 1818 Then the above named Joseph Noyes made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Ana Cunnier

State of New-Hampshire. Strafford ss. 1 COURT OF Sessions
ON this Sixth day of August 1823, personally appeared in open Court, (being a court of record for said county of Strafford so constituted by the laws of the State of New-Hampshire,) Asa Currier of Sandbornton resident in said county, aged fifty six years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820, that he, the said Asa Currier enlisted for the term of during the War on the month day of March in the year 1782 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain James Means in the regiment commanded by colonel Ebenezer Dyer in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the war closed the army when he was discharged from the said service, in New Windsor in the State of New York — that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. one acre & half of land with half of house and barn - forty acres of land a Salmon Mountain about all a Ledge of Rocks and not any income on the same nor can there be any - one old cow, one heifer, one swine, one dog old Chairs, old desk, three old chests, three old tables crockery, Glass and Iron Ware, Looking Glass, old black-smith tools, old tubs & pails, two old whey tubs ware, Crane, Shovel and tongs, Knives and forks, spoons, Bible, bundle sticks, Shears -  Asa Currier -

That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Articles sold Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of sale. Amount of money, or description of property, received in return.  
The articles that were included in my former schedule and not included in this have been worn out -
My family now consists of my wife Betsy Currier aged fifty years nearly, unable to contribute to her support by reason of sickness -
My occupation is that of Blacksmith but not able to pursue it being severely afflicted with the Rheumatism - Asa Currier -
Sworn to and declared on the 6th day of Augt 1823 before said Court
A. Peirce Clerk -
I, Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said county of Strafford, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Asa Currier - did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Ninety dollars and Sixty two cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this sixth day of August 1823 -
A. Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Strafford -

This certifies to whom it may concern that Asa Currier of Sandbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire as we are acquainted with him give it as our opinion that from his reduced circumstances in life needs relief from his Country.
This certificate is made by his request and for the purpose of his making application for the provision lately made by congress for the relief of indigent officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army
April 14 th 1814
Chas. Sanborn Stephen Gale } Selectmen Noah Eastman } of Sandbornton
This may certify that Chas. S. Sanborn Stephen Gale and Noah Eastman were legally chosen and duly sworn into the office of Selectmen for the town of Sandbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire for the year 1814
Attest Joshua Lane Town Clerk State of New Hampshire Strafford Ct. July 16 th 1818 Personally appearing the above named Chas. S. Sanborn Stephen Gale and Noah Eastman made solemn oath to the truth of the above instrument by them subscribed Before me Nathan Taylor Justice of the Peace

Per Sec
Aurora Ill
July 28, 1920
Pension Dept - Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
My g. g. mother Mrs Annie Griffin cannot identify lived at Concord, see neg. sup  more info  see neg. sup Co N.H. with my g. mother Nancy Marshall and recd a pension for her husbands services in the Rev. War. Please Send me a copy of the pension record. My g. grandfather

Asa Currier who lived at Sanbornton, Strafford Co. N.H. Also recd recd a pension for services in Rev. War. He did not die until after 1840.
I will appreciate your kindness if you will send copy of these two records at an early date. I thank you for your trouble.
(Miss) Mary Stenger 310 New York St. Aurora, Ill.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Currier, Asa GRADE Fifer LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3865 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar - 1790
to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.