Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9255, Jacob Curtice, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
9126
Curtice, Jacob
S 9255
CONTENTS
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10.8210 New Hampshire
Jacob Curtice
Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Serjt in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Reed in the N H time for 6 Mo Serjt 2 " Capt 8 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 70 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept 1833 and sent John Bruce M c Pherson N H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $41.28 Semiant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 35.32
$176.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H M c Blain Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 1, Page 76.

I Boston 15-665- Jacob Custice
REPRINTED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
No. 115.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this twenty eighth
day of August A.D. 1832
Andrew personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
of Mont Vernon County & State aforesaid  aged seventy nine years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, on the 19th day of April
1775 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Israel Crosby who then belonged to Antrimshire New Hampshire, I then resided in Antrimshire in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire from which place I marched through Lexington to Cambridge Mass under the Capt. Crosby above named where we joined Colo. Reads Regt. I was a volunteer & I left Antrimshire on the 19th of April 1775 when we passed through Lexington the next day after the battle there. I was in the battle of Bunker Hill I then joined I served the term of eight months & almost nine when I was discharged, this was at Winter Hill where I was stationed most of the time. I think it was in Jan'y the 12th or 13th 1776 when I recd my discharge. I again entered the service (I think in Sept'r) 1776 under Capt. Wather of Dunstable N.H. for six months and joined the Regt. under Colo. Baldwin at Pittsfield N. York where he was stationed all the time until he was discharged which was in March 1777 during this service he was one of the Sergeants of the company. Also in 1777 he again entered the service (he believes in June) under Capt. John Bradford of the New Hampshire Militia for three months we marched to Charlestown N. Hampshire and then joined the Regt. commanded by Colo. Moses Nichols from thence we marched through Manchester to Bennington Vermont where he was stationed until his term of service expired.

I was in the battle at Bennington, Vt. I lived in Amherst & Hampshire at each time when I entered the service, and at my second term of service in 1776 I was drafted and at the last I volunteered I was discharged at Bennington in Sept - 1777 and returned to Amherst in the county of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire during this last service of three months I was one of the Corporals of the company
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Curten Sworn to Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate.
We Nathaniel Kingsbury a Clergyman residing in the town of Mont Vernon in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and John Bruce Esq. residing in said Mont Vernon aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Curten who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Nathaniel Kingsbury John Bruce Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Nathaniel Kingsbury who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Mont Vernon and that John Bruce who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Mont Vernon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Curten for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Jacoburtin and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Bedford in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1752
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a record of my age in my Bible
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, I lived in Amherst N. Hampshire when called into service and since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Mount Vernon New Hampshire and now live in said Mount Vernon
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, When first called into service I volunteered in 1775 - I was drafted in 1776, and in 1777 I was a volunteer
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?
Answer, At Winter Hill Colo Read, at New York Colo Baldwin, and at Bennington at Colo Nichols
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, I was dismissed after my term of service expired but never recd any discharge in writing
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev Nathaniel Kingsbury Dr Daniel Adams Dea John Cableton
Certified by
J. H. Morrison
Register.

15665
Jacob Lartice New Hampshire
Sept 6 Mon Capital 2 " Profit 8
16
$70.64.
John Bruce Mount Vernon N.H.

County  BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Curtee  of Newborough in the State of  (Act 7th 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? 79 years  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. As a Gen.     Enlist In 1775 8 priv Capt Crosby Col Read   1776 x 6 sargent Col Grafton Baldwin   1777 0 2 corporal Bradford Nicholls  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill, Bennington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillsborough New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & 3 witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jr Cagett Examining Clerk
* On Roll of Service

Rev. War
9255 INVALID.
File No. 9255
Jacob Kurtice Serg. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Cartee further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? / XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Elizabeth XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
➤ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Isaac P. Curtis of Windsor in the county of Hills- borough & State of New Hampshire aged twenty four do hereby depose and testify, that in Sept r 1776, then residing in Antrim County & State aforesaid, I Enlisted into the Army of the Revolution, for six months the place of our destination was at Peekskill New York, where I soon arrived and then served out my term of service. I belonged to Colo. Horse Baldwins Reg t and Capt Walkers Company. I was stationed at said Peekskill until dismissed which was in March 1777, and Jacob Curtis then of Antrim aforesaid now of Mont Vernon in the County & State aforesaid enlisted at the same time & served in the same company and Reg t   during the above named term of six months — And also in June 1777. (I depose & testify) I again Enlisted in the service of the United States for three months, I joined the Reg t commanded by Colo. Moses Nichols at No 4, now Charlestown New Hampshire, I belonged to Capt John Bradfords company, we marched through Manchester to Bennington and there was stationed until my term of three months expired and Jacob Curtis aforesaid enlisted and served as a Corporal in said company and Reg t during the above named term of three months we were in the battle at said Bennington and in Sept r or the first of Oct r we returned home
Isaac P. Curtis
State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss. Sept r 27 th 1832 Sworn and subscribed the day and the year last above written
Before me Jacob Tuttle Justice of the Peace

I certify that the Deponent Isaac P. Curtis is a credible & disinterested witness September 27th 1832 Jacob Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Jacob Tuttle is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough above and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord, 1832.
A. Wallace Clerk
Deposition of Isaac P. Curtis

I Solomon Hittredge of Mont Vernon in the county of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years depose and testify that in 1775 in April I enlisted in the Eight-months service (so called) I belonged to Capt Josiah Crosby, Company and Colo Reeds Reg t I served almost nine months before I could get a discharge, in the company and Reg t aforesaid, was stationed most of the time at Winter Hill Mass. I knew perfectly well Jacob Curtice then of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire now of Mont Vernon in said County, he was a Soldier in the same Company and Reg t with me during the aforesaid term of Eight months and almost nine. And I further depose & testify that in June 1777 I again enlisted and served in the Revolutionary Army three months at Bennington, Vermont, Capt John Bradford commanded the Company and Colo. Moses Nichols the Reg t I was stationed at said Bennington I served the aforesaid term of three months in said Company and Reg t and returned home in Sept r . Jacob Curtice aforesaid enlisted and served with me, was a Corporal in the same Company & Reg t during the term of three months aforesaid we were in the battle of Bunker Hill & Bennington.
Solomon Hittredge
I Joseph Wallace of Milford in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged 77 years depose and testify that in April 1775 I enlisted into the eight months service (so called) I belonged to Capt J. Crosby's Company and Colo Reeds Reg t I served almost nine months in the Company and Reg t aforesaid was stationed most of the time at Winter Hill Mass and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. I was discharged in Jan y and returned home to Antrim. — And Jacob Curtice then of said Antrim now of Mont Vernon in said County, was a Soldier in the Company & Reg t aforesaid with me during the term of Eight months and nearly nine. And I further depose & testify that in the year 1776 I enlisted & served six months at Peeks Kill New York in Capt Putnam's Company & Colo Baldwins Reg t and the said Jacob Curtice belonged to Capt Walker's Company and Colo Baldwins Reg t and served the aforesaid term of six months. I frequently saw him and know that he served as above stated.
Joseph Wallace
State of N. Hampshire Hillsborough ss Sept r 5 th 1832
Solomon Hittredge and Joseph Wallace made oath that the above depositions by them severally subscribed were just & true Before me
John Bruce, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Solomon Hittredge & Joseph Wallace who have subscribed to the above depositions are disinterested & credible witnesses
John Bruce Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Wallace, clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that John Bruce within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hills- borough and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord 1832
A. Wallace Clerk
Joseph H. Wallen and Joseph Wallen