Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 18787, Hull Curtis, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Curtis, Hull.
S 18787
CONTENTS
Carded

1764
Vermont
Hull Curtis
of Sandgate in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bostwick of the reg't. commanded by Col. Wells in the Connecticut line for 1 year Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of November 1832 and sent to S. Leavitt Manchester Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  60.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 1833  20.00     $ 80.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. M. Duffield Clerk. Book D Vol. 4 Page 98

State of Vermont ss. On this 10th day of February A.D. 1832 personally appeared John A. New one of the Justices of the peace within & for the County of Bennington & State of Vermont. Well known to me to be a resident of Sandgate in said County of Bennington aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following statement to wit, that he was born at Woodbury, in the County of Pittsfield, in the State of Connecticut on the 2 nd day of July, in the year 1759, where he lived until some time in the fall of the year 1777, according to his best present recollection, when he removed to the said town of Sandgate where he has since resided, that some time in the fall of the year 1775, as he now believes, but the precise time he is not aware of to wit, he enlisted at said Woodbury, for the term of one year in the Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Bostwick, Lieut. Leonard Bostwick, & Ensign Amos Bostwick, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Brown, St. Col. Nathl. Holabird, in the United States Service in the Continental establishment, in the line of the State of Connecticut that he continued to serve in said Corps, until some time about the middle of October in the year 1776, as he now believes, he was taken a Prisoner at Fort Washington on Wall Island in the State of New York then commanded by Col. M c Guire, & placed on board of a guard or prison ship, called the Dutton, which was stationed off New York, where he was detained as a Prisoner, until some time in or about the forepart of January A.D. 1777, according to his best present recollection, when he with the others then detained, were exchanged & released, & returned to his home in said Woodbury, his said term of enlistment having expired & said term without having received any written discharge that during said term of service he was engaged in several conflicts & skirmishes with the enemy besides being at the capture of Red Bank, & Red Bank by one or a short time previous and the battle on Red Bank Island, in which Col. Hamilton was killed he also underwent several affairs & skirmishes, principally on board of said Prison ship that some time in the forepart of the year 1814, then a Resident of said Sandgate he applied to the Pension Roll of the U. S. to take effect, from & after the 8 th day of Febry A.D. 1814 as under the Act of 18 th March 1818, the Certificate whereof he now holds. In with presents that he received but one semi annual payment, or installment, under the said Pension Certificate, when he was struck from the said Pension Roll, on account of his property, as he then understood, & has never since received any further sum for said pension - that afterwards, at the sitting of the Supreme Court of said State of Vermont, held at Montpelier in & for the said County of Bennington in Febry A.D. 1829, he made his declaration before the said Court, & received a further appraisal of his property which he then refused, for the purpose of being reinstated & restored to the said Pension

Will immediately thereafter forwarded on his said application for that purpose but the same was rejected or suspended, as he there understood. Will believe, for the same reason, to wit on account of his property. The bearer will transmit his aforesaid Pension certificate, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid.
by me before me John Liken
Hull Gorton Justice of the peace
State of Vermont.
To all to whom these presents shall come. — Greeting. —
I hereby certify that John Liken Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Bennington, duly empowered & qualified as such to administer Oaths, take Depositions &c. & that his signature as such is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County Court, within & for the County of Bennington have hereunto subscribed my name & have affixed the Seal of Our said County Court at Manchester this tenth day of August A.D. 1832. & of the Independence of the United States, the Fifty Seventh —
Henry Robinson Clerk
admitted Penalty 1 year $40. And to J. Graft Manchester Vermont.

Hullberts
Declaration
Eq
15.979
Clear 120
Not entitled

DISTRICT OF VERMONT, ss.
ON this 20 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a county court and court of record, which has power to fine and imprison, and is constituted a court of record by a special act of the Legislature of the state of Vermont, creating said court, within and for the county of Bennington, and state of Vermont, Hull Curtis aged 62 years, resident in Sandgate in said county of Bennington who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows:
I served in the Colo Charles Webb company, commanded by Capt Isaac Bristol in the Connecticut line, commanded by Colo Charles Webb of the Connecticut line.
on file in the War office, dated the fifth day of February 1819 as will appear by my original declaration bearing the number of 15,979 on which original declaration I have received a pension certificate
AND 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.
The following is a schedule of all the real and personal estate, to wit:
one cow, two horses, two heifers, 12 year old heifer, two one year olds, one calf, ten sheep, four swine, six pigs, 15 fruit trees, one pot iron, one plough, one three pronged pitch fork, 5 old wooden plates, 2 cups & saucers, one hand saw, tea kettle, small iron kettle, spade, three good old chairs, 2 old cedar benches, 2 old chests, 4 table spoons, table, 1 stand, 4 old milk pails, 1 old chain, 1 old plough, 1 old waggon, 1 old set of horse harness, 1 old saddle, 1 old apron, scythe, hoe, shovel & tongs, 1/2 hand ax, 1 woman's saddle, whips, 6 knives & forks, 1 clock, 1 looking glass, 125 acres of land on the mountain with the buildings thereon.
I am owing five hundred & twenty one dollars — my family consists of my wife named Abigail aged 62 years unable to labor by reason of a confirmed disease, one grand daughter named Mariah Snow aged 10 years in good health. I am a farmer my health is not good and I am unable to do much little at my business  Hull Curtis
Sworn to and declared at Manchester in the county of Bennington, and state of Vermont, on the 20 th day of June 1820 Isaac Pratt Clerk
I, Isaac Pratt — clerk of Bennington County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 691 dollars and 30 cents. Upon proof it is the opinion of the court that after discharging all debts the amount of the said Hull Curtis is 470 dollars 30 cents In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 26 day of June 1820
Isaac Pratt — Clerk of the Court for the county of Bennington
691.30 property 221.00 debts 470.30

P 18784 INVALID. am
File No. 18787
Hull Curtis
Mr Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15979 R Vermont
App n for restoration rejected. See letter to John S. Pettibone, Vt. March 1829.
Hull Curtis
of Sandgate in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of February 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Nov r 1819 and sent to Cyrus Lockwood Sunderland near Manchester Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819  55-91
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1820  48-
( 624/4 128/30 )
$ 103-91
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Information sent Oct 24th 1821 by first drafts Birmingham Pa.

Seventy three Dollars of portion money of the S d Huld Curtis which has been received has been paid for his land which has been forgotten to be placed on his list of property.

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Burlington Vt. by Herman Allen Esq. Agent.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Hull Curtis late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentyfifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
E Vanderkinder acts Secretary of War.

1. Nathan Davenport's Affidavit
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I Nathan Levenworth of Henkburgh County of Chittenden State of Vermont testify and Say that I was well acquainted with Hull- burts of Woodbury State of Connecticut in the year A D 1776 that I lived near him and that it was well known and understood in the neighbourhood that he enlisted in the forepart of the year into the Service of the united States for one year that he marched to Boston from thence to New York where he was taken as I understood a prisoner came home from the prison sick I saw him immediately after his Return according to the best of my Recollection he was absent and in Service as a prisoner one year or more I further Say that I am in no way interested in the said Hull burts obtaining a pension agreeable to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 th of March A D 1818
Nathan Levenworth

State of Vermont } on this 19 th day of Chittenden County } September A 1819
Personally came before me one of the Justices of the peace for said county Nathan Leavworth and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Elisha Smedley Justice of peace
I certify that Nathan Leavworth the signer of the annexed affidavit is a person of truth and veracity
Elisha Smedley Justice of peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County } B
I, Phineas Lyman Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Chitten- den do hereby certify that Elisha Smalley is a justice of the the place within & for the County of Chittenden and is now acting as such he being duly appointed by the authority of this State & that full faith & credit is to be given to all his official acts In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the Court to be affixed at Burlington this 14 th day of October A.D. 1819
Phineas Lyman Clerk

I Ebenezer Stone of Hinesburgh county of Chittenden and State of Vermont testify and Say that I lived in the year 1776 in the Town of Woodbury State of Connecticut That I was at that time well acquainted with Hull Curtis of St. John that and That according to the best of my Re- collection he enlisted into the army of the United State in the fore part of St. year that he marched to Boston from That to New York was taken a prison- er came home Sick was in Service and a prisoner according to the best of my Recollection one year or more I further Say that I am in no way interested in the St. Hull Curtis obtaining a pension a gruable to the act of Congress of the 18 th of March A D 1818
Ebenezer Stone

State of Vermont } September 18 th AD 18 Chittenden County } Personally appeared
Before me Ebenezer Stone and Solomon Dath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him Sub- scribed Elisha Smedley Justis pinn
State of Vermont } I Phineas Lyman Clerk Chittenden County } of the County Court within and for the County of Chittenden do hereby certify that Elisha Smedley is a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Chittenden and is now acting as such he being duly appointed by the authority of this State & that full faith & credit is to be given to all his official acts In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the Court to be affixed at Burlington this 14 th day of October AD 1819 Phineas Lyman Clerk

I certify that Ebenezer Stone, the signer of the annexed affidavit is a person of truth and veracity
Elisha Smealley Justice of the peace

337 v Hull Curtis Declaration for Pension
Direct to the care of John C. Walker Greenwich County of Washington N.Y.
Rec. April 1819.
Hull Curtis (private) Colonel Webb's Regt Connecticut line 1776-1 year
John C. Walker has deceased, direct to the care of Cyrus H. Lockwood, Sander- land Vermont. Adm. C.

State of Vermont } Bennington County } ss. Hull Curtis being duly sworn deponeth & saith, That he was a soldier of the Army of the United in the Revolutionary War on the Continental estab- -lishment - That he enlisted as such soldier in the Month of January 1776 in the Parish of Iredea, then in the Town of Woodbury, a now called Washington, in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut - & that he then & there enlisted under Capt. Isaac Bostwick in Col. Charles Webb's Regiment of the Connecticut Line, for the term & period of One year - that he then went to Litchfield was mustered & joined the regiment - that he then marched to Boston in & with s d regiment, where he continued a few weeks, until the British had left s d place, when he & s d regiment went to Providence (Rhode Island) thence to New York - was stationed at Harlem flats - where he continued until some time in the month of October following, when he & many others were taken prisoners of war by the British troops taken to New York & put on board the Prison Ship - where he continued about seven weeks when he was released on his parole of honor - and this de- -ponent further saith, that he was such prisoner of war & not exchanged until after the close of the war - And he further saith, that he has now and

evidence in his favor of the aforesaid fact, nor had he ever any discharge - and that he has now no other evidence in his favor of his of service - And he further saith, that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - that he is 59 years old & lives in the Town of Londonderry in the County & State of He therefore prays that his case may receive proper consideration - & he be allowed a Pension under the act providing for persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War Hull Curtis
State of Vermont Bennington County } ss. Bequest this 5 th day of February 1819 personally appeared before me Hull Curtis the signer of the above affidavit & made Oath that the facts therein contained are true - And I further certify that I am fully satisfied that he did so serve as stated by him in his af- -fidavit against the common enemy in the Revolutionary war & that he is in need of assist- ance from his country for support - he has also made every declaration that he is in reduced circumstances and that he is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Nathaniel Burton
Judge of the Co. Court for said County

State of Vermont Bennington County ss Simkins Curtis being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he is well acquainted with Hull Curtis, the person who has made the ac- -companying declaration in order to obtain a Pension, & that he also knows his circumstances, & that he thinks him in need of support from his country for services & that he is in no way interested in the application for a Pension -
Sworn to before me this 5 th day of February 1819 And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the p er Simkins Curtis, & Hull Curtis the applicant - and that they are both in fair standing in society & men of strict veracity
Nathan Burton { Judge of the C. C. Court for p er County
State of Vermont I Joel Pratt Clerk of the County Court in for Bennington County in said State do hereby certify that Nathan Burton Esquire the person who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is Chief Judge of the County Court in for said Benning- ton County aforesaid -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court & set my hand & official signature at Bellows Falls this 5 th day of February February 1818 Joel Pratt Clerk

Hull Curtis'
Pension Declaration
Copy

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that on this Bennington County ss } 13 th day of February AD 1829 at a regular Term of the Supreme Court, of Judicature of the State of Vermont held at Manchester within for the County of Bennington in said State, being a Court of record, which proceeds according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings & which has power to fine & im- prison, personally appeared in open court Hull Curtis induct of Sandgate in said County, aged Sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on his Oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the provis- ions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, & the 1 st . May 1820, that he the said Hull Cur- tis enlisted for the term of one year, sometime in the fore part of the year 1776 according to the best of his present recollection in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt n Isaac Bostonick in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb in the line of the State of Connecticut, on the Connecticut Contin- ental establishment, that he continued to serve in said Corps, during the said term of one year & before & at the time of expiration of the said term he was taken & held as a prisoner on board of a prison ship at New York upon his release from which he went home without any regular discharge otherwise, that he hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension except the present - that his name is not on the roll of any State except the State of Connec- ticut - & that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension - that

soon after the passing of the law of the 18 th March 1818, he did apply for, received a Certificate for a pension, bearing date from the 5 th day of February A.D. 1819, which pension Certificate bore date on the 25 th day of November. At 1819 that he drew his pension to the 4 th of March 1820 & was after that time discontinued for the reason that his property was considered of more value than to bring him within that law, & that for the same reason or the reasons then assigned he has never since that time thought proper to make his application, although he considers himself justly entitled thereto. And in pursuance of the Act of the 4 th of May, 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 & by me subscribed, to wit, 125 Acres of land with house & barn, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 two year old cattle & calves, 11 sheep - 8 swine, 8 chairs, 1 Table, 1 stand 1 clock, 1 Looking glass, 1 fine pail kettle, 1 old brass kettle, 4 bands, 1 Plough, 1 axe, 1 hoe, 1 broad axe, 1 waggon, 6 milk pails, 2 pails, 1 wash tub 6 table plates 6 tea cups, 1 iron stove & tongs, bet } Hull Curtis Cucumbers, 1 Sore saddle

That since the 18 th March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property - I have annually raised some produce from my farm that some increase from my stock, but I do not recollect that I have disposed of the same or any other property except for the purpose of the sup- port of myself & family & no material alterations have taken place in the value of my property at this time individual changes may have taken place.
That I am by occupation a farmer, but am growing old & infirm & unable to perform much man- ual labor - that I have no family or any one that resides with me at present except my wife of about the same age with myself & that a few months younger than myself, & who has been infirm & out of health for about eight years & able to do little or no labor & for the greater part of her time con- fined to her bed - & a boy a grand child of mine in his thirteenth year, but not bound to me - And I do consider that I am in such indigent cir- cumstances that I am unable to support myself & family without the assistance of my friends or country.
Hull Curtis
Sworn & declared this 13 th day of February AD 1829. Hiland Hall Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the original declaration schedule & oath of the above named Hull Curtis now on file in my office & that the said Supreme Court at the Term aforesaid did ad- judge the value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule to be Six Hundred & fifty seven dollars & 17 cents, & also that the said Hull Curtis did serve Nine months in the revolutionary war in the army of the Continental co-

establishment, agreeable to his aforesaid declaration. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my official signature & caused the seal of our said Court to be affixed, this 17 th day of February A D 1829 Heiland Hall Clerk of Sup. Court