Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43426, Joseph Currier, Conn.

SERVICE
Currier, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 43426
CONTENTS

818
From
Vermont Roll to New York
Joseph Currier, 4 Duke's regt. P. V. Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Stephen Pitkin, Montpelier, Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818
Semi-annual account ending
5 months 6/31 & 4/30 $42.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
8 Years
year 60b Dunes
Considered Belen, Washington
Transfer to New York 12 Jan 1826. Verification of account 28th Dec 1820

Joseph  By the  State of  Stephen  Putnam  Dr.  first as- sistant Judge in & for  Washington County  in the State of Vermont —
I Joseph Currier of Berlin in Washington County in the State of Vermont aged fifty eight years a Citizen of the United States now and ever have resided within the same do depose & declare that I am poor & in need of assistance from my country for support And I further declare that at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about the first of October 1775 I enlisted as a private for one year into Capt John Peterson's Company in Col John Duerke 's Regiment in the Continental line & then immediately with said Corps marched to N. York we were stationed on Staten-Island some time & then joined our Regiment at Pawleer's-Stock & we were driven off by the British to Fort Lee we then retreated to Newton but we had to stay until December after our year was out that is December 1776 when I was discharged — by being dismissed by Genl Gage we had no written discharges —
In the month of February 1777 I enlisted into Capt Lee's Company in Col James Messon's Regiment in Genl Lee's Brigade in the Massachusetts line as a private during the

War & we marched to Albany then up the Mohawk That summer & early in the fall of that year we joined Genl Gates's army I was in the two battles against Burgoyne Then we marched to the southward and joined Genl Washington Ton's main army at Valley-Forge & after ward I was in the battle at Monmouth & then stationed at Hartford & was drafted into the Infantry at West-Point & marched to York-Town & we attacked the British at York-Town after the surrender of Genl Cornwallis we were at West-Point again & in June 1783 at Newburgh I was discharged at New by Genl Washington with a badge of merit I very well recollect but I have lost my discharge of That is I let one Reuben Carpenter have it who I suppose left it at the war off I served in the above-mentioned campaigns against the
common Enemy — Montpelier March The 26 th A.D. 1818 — Joseph his C. Bruner
(Deed) I have & submitted to by the above named Joseph Bruner before me at Montpelier the 26 th day of March A.D. 1818 — Stephen D. Ditch Judge of County Court

Joseph barrier
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State of Vermont } On this 28 th day of June 1820 personally Washington ss } Appeared in Open Court Being a Court of } Record to wit the Honorable Supreme Court } for said State. holding a Session within and } for the County of Washington a d
Joseph Currier aged Sixty one years resident in Montpelier in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows from October 1775 to the last of December 1776 in Capt John Robinson Company and Col. John Durkee, Brig. of the Connecticut Line from the March 1777 to the end of the war in June 1783 in Capt. Abbott and Foster's Company in Col. James Wilson and M. Jackson Regiments of the Massachusetts Line and was Honorably Discharged at Snake Hill near West Point. That the Date of my Original declaration was on the 26 th day of March 1818 and my pension certif- icate issued thereon is numbered 818 and dated June 3 d 1818. — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any Manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my- self 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 18 th Day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other then what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit — One Cow, one yearling Heifer, One calf, one Beaver Platter and Old Beaver plates. One case old knives & forks. one Set cups & saucers — I am by occupation a Farmer and am totally Abol considering my age to labor some — that I have a wife of the age of Fifty Seven years. my Daughter Betsy of the age of twenty five years lives with me and has for years been in a bad state of health and is dependant on me for support, my son Daniel of the age of seventeen years & Daughter Elsey of the age of sixteen live with me and earn their support — that I am owing about the sum of Fifty Dollars —
Joseph Currier
Sworn & subscribed Declared in open Court on this 28 th day of June A.D. 1820. Before the Court George Rich, Clerk of Court

George Rich, Clerk of the Supreme Court Washington County in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly cop- ied from the Records of the said Court. - And I do further certify that it is the o- pinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property enumerated in the afore- said schedule is Twenty nine Dollars & forty one cents.
($29.41) In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14. day of July A.D. 1820.
Geo. Rich, Clerk of Sup. Ct. Washington County.

43426
Say INVALID.
File No.
43,426
Joseph Currier Per tax
Act:
18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
120
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Flanders reposition

I John Sanders of Berlin in Washington County & State of Vermont of lawfull age do testify & say that I was acquainted with Joseph Carrion of said Berlin who has made his declaration before the Hon d S. Pitkin one of the judges of this County Court for a pension when we both belonged in Capt Carr's company in Col. Henson's Regiment in the during the war I served with him in said corps more than three years & have known him ever since he is a very poor man — & further this deponent saith not —
Worshipful April 2 nd AD 1818
John D. Sanders
Sworn & Subscribed Before Me this 2 nd day of April AD 1818 & I further certify that the above deponent is in my opinion a credible witness — Stephen Pitkin Judge of County Court

STATE OF VERMONT, } Washington County, to wit. }
Stephen Pitkin I, Joseph Garvin One of the Judges of the County Court, within and for the County aforesaid, Do certify , That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Garvin did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, passed the 18th March, 1818, entitled, " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
Given under my hand, at Montpelier this 26 th day of March A. D. 1818.
Stephen Pitkin
STATE OF VERMONT, } Washington, ss. }
I, GEORGE RICH, Clerk of the County of Washington, aforesaid, Do certify , That the Honorable STEPHEN PITKIN, who made the above Certificate, and before whom the annexed Declaration was taken, was a Judge of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid, at the respective dates thereof, acting under the authority of this State, and duly qualified for that purpose ; and that his name subscribed thereto, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Montpelier in said County, this 26 th day of March in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen.
George Rich Clerk.

I Samuel Currier of Berlin in Washington County & State of Vermont testifies & says that I
am acquainted with Joseph Currier of said Berlin who this day has made application before the Hon. S. Pitkin one of the Judges of this county court for a pension is a man destitute of property & in need of assistance to live
I further say I was one year & eleven months with him in the service in the war of the Revolution. I was in the first Brigade & said Joseph was in or belonged to the second Brigade in the M'Laughlin's line. I recollect he belonged to Col. Johnson's Regiment.
Now the day March 26 - 1818
Samuel Currier
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 26 th day of March A.D. 1818 & I further certify that the said document of being therein a lawful witness.
Stephen Pitkin Judge of Court

J. Currier Nov 374- bent.

State of New York Montgomery County ss.
On this Seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord 1825 before me Reuben Hlocum Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally ap- peared Joseph Currier who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Abbott but by Captain Thomas Foster by brevet, in the eighth Massachusetts regiment Commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Vermont Vermont from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends at present to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future, that he at present receives eight dollars per month — Sworn and subscribed the Joseph Currier day and year above written before me —
Reuben Hlocum Justice
State of New York Montgomery County ss.
I Henry H. Yates Clerk of the court of common pleas of the said county, and Clerk of the said county, do certify that Reuben Hlocum Es- quire before whom the aforesaid affidavit was taken, was on the Seventeenth day of Decem- ber instant, one of the Justices of the peace of the said county, duly constituted and qualified according to law. In testimony whereof I have

Herewith affixed the seal of the said Court of common-pleas and subscribed the same with my name, This twenty first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Henry D. Yates Clerk.
A large, stylized signature in cursive ink, likely that of Henry D. Yates, featuring a prominent horizontal line and loops.

Joseph Cummins M c Lowndes Ezekiel Sloan for transfer
Scenadaga Co. N.Y. Dec 30 th
Dec 31 st 1876
Rev. J. H. Spier Baptist Church Scenadaga N.Y. Free J. T. Spier P.M. at Scenadaga C.H. Baptist Church Scenadaga at War Washington City

Hon. Philip Barbour Secretary of War
I inclose these papers to you by request of the pensioners therein named they wish to have the place of paying their pension removed from Vermont to New York & have sent these papers supposing they are all that is required, Please Sir to let me know as soon as convenient if these certificates are sufficient & if the place of payment of these two pension- ers named is changed to New York - Direct to Iacandaga P. O., Montgomery Co. N. Y.
Your humble Servant
Joseph H. Spier
Dec 29 th 1825

Joseph Currien
Connecticut B Massachusetts
26 March 1818
Correct.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Currier, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3972 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 21, 1790 to Benjamin Moers
*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.