Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,278, Jonathan Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Curtis, Jonathan
S 34,278
CONTENTS

860
Massachusetts
Jonathan Curtis II Capt Water
Private Mass Line, Regt # 1180. War the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of March, 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 5 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Stephen Minot, Haverhill, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818
Semi-annual allowance 5 months 8/31 & 4/30 $43, 12
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Reserve Widsals
see letter Dec. 8. 1827 to Hon. E. Everett, respecting leg t V company.
Notification sent to Abigail Sept 13. 1820 Cambridge Mass

235.
Jonathan Curtis
1860
Reflected
Can
No. 18
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice , and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Burtis resident in Concord in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 850 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Jonathan Burtis late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this 5 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  11 5 chairs $2.00   1 card table 1.50   Tea chest 0.50   Knife box 0.17   Light stand 0.17   Pair of andirons & tongs 4.00   1 looking glass 1.00   Desk with drawers 4.00   2 candle sticks 0.75   1 waiter & snuffers 0.25   Lot of crockery 2.00   Lot of pewter 1.25   1 skillet 0.17   Lot of tin ware 0.50   6 old chairs 1.00   1 old brass kettle 1.00   Lot iron ware 0.83   2 kitchen tables 0.50   1 pair bellows 0.17   21.75 

  Anno. brit. over 21. 75   1 old table 0. 25   1 pig 3. 00   1 wash tub 0. 50   2 old barrels 0. 25   2 milk pans 0. 10   1 frying pan 0. 25   Wood saw 0. 50   Axe 0. 25   Chopping knife 0. 12   1 pail 0. 17   1 Lythe 0. 50   1 hoe 0. 12   1 hand saw 0. 17   2 baskets 0. 25   Warming pan 0. 75   Toasting iron 0. 12   1 looking glass 0. 17   1 pair steel yards 0. 25   7 old silver tea spoons 2. 00   Dung fork & shovel 1. 50   Hatchet 0. 25   $53. 43 
Subscribed & sworn to Jonas. Curtis
Before Sam d Dana Judge.
" And the said Jonathan Curtis first being duly sworn on oath declares that he served in the war of the Revolution more than seven years in the continental service as appears by his discharge and original declaration dated the 26 th March 1818 in the war office.
Jonas. Curtis.
And the said Curtis further states that he has a wife aged 68 of feeble health, three children under twenty one years of age, three daughters in his family, that he is sixty years of age, that his occupation is that of a labourer, that he is now employed as season for the town of Concord which yields him about forty dollars a year, that he has had great sickness

in his family which has involved him in debt- X that he is wholly unable to support his family with- out aid. Jonathan Curtis
Declared & sworn to
Before Samuel Dana Judge //
and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
// I, Jonathan Curtis do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my prop- erty, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me God. Jonathan Curtis.
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Jonathan Curtis took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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 fifty three dollars and
forty three cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

I, Jonathan Curtis, of Concord, in the County of Middlesex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, declare, & say that about the month of January, A. D. 1777, (the precise time I cannot tell) I enlisted into the service of the United States, as a private soldier, at Braintree in Massachusetts, in Capt. Jacob Wales' company, & I think in the sixteenth Regiment, of the Massachusetts line, for three years. That I served the whole of said three years in the Revolutionary war; & then I enlisted, (I think in the same company) for during the war; and I continued in the said service, until the ninth day of June A. D. 1783, & was at that time honorably discharged. I had a Sergeant's warrant nearly four years of the last of that time; & when at the time of my discharge I was Sergeant in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. I also declare that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support: that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. Jonathan Curtis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. March 24 th
A. D. 1818 Then the above named Jonathan Curtis made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot. } Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Curtis did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the com- mon enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case, & the proceedings, herethrown, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Stephen Minot, Judge, as aforesaid.

By his Excellency George Washington Esqr; General & Com- mander in Chief of the forces of the United States of America. These are to certify that the bearer hereof, Jonathan Curtis, sergeant in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served the United States seven years & upwards & being enlisted for the War only, is hereby discharged from the American Army. — Given at Head quarters the ninth day of June 1783 — Signed G. Washington
By his Excellency's command,
signed J. Trumbull junr. Esq Registered in the books of the Regiment
signed H. Mann — Adjutant.
The above Sergeant Curtis has been honored with the Badge of merit for seven years faithful service.
signed, John Burnum, Major Comd't.
Indorsed, — Head Quarters, June Ninth 1783
The within Certificate shall not avail the bearer as a discharge untill the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which time, and untill proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
signed — George Washington.
The foregoing is a true copy of a Certificate of Discharge exhibited to me, this 24 th day of March A.D. 1818 by Jonathan Curtis, of Concord, who makes the accompanying affidavit.
Stephen Minot, judge.

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34 278 INVALID. Rec'y
File No. 34, 278
Jonathan Curtis Ph: Rev. Mass
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 3/77 President H. Mann 95 Milk St., Boston, Mass. July 17'97 To President Manning, Boston, M

Concord Ms. March 24. 1818
To the Secretary of the Department of War
Sir, I request you to transmit a certificate of allowance of my Pension, under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esqr. at Haverhill Ms. who will forward the same to me.
Yon r Obedient

I, Jonathan Wheelock of lawful age depose & say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Curtis of Concord, in the County of Middlesex, that I was in the United States' service with him, then knew him well, and do know that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary army on the Continental establishment, as much as four years, & I have allways understood, & do verily believe that he served therein more than seven years.
Jonathan Wheelock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. March 24. 1818 Then the above named Jonathan Wheelock, personally appeared & made solemn Oath that the above statement is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
sworn March 24. 1818

THE Lincoln House SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. WARDWELL BROS.
OLD WAR & NAVY JUL 14 1897 FILES.
of person he were & where he note the two several other I know of from Barnstable was there the pensioners from that town of the same name & namesakes. I trust I may have some early reply for which I will be obliged I am truly Yours truly J. H. Manning
95 Middle St. Boston Mass

THE Lincoln House, SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. WARDWELL BROS.
8C
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your letter of inquiry about Jonathan Butts, a pensioner of the Re- volutionary war, from 1815 to his death 1829 at Concord Mass. - duly read and noted. The church record at Con- cord Mass. put his death down June 15 1829 ae. 68 + 4 mos. Now in getting your advice I went to the State House Boston & looked up muster rolls &

10000. see Jonathan Bates elected June 27 1776 for 1 mo. 4 days from Malvern re-elected July 3 rd 1777 for 5 mos.
re-elected Feb. 13 th 1777 for the war in bapt. Tunes 6° 6 th col. Suppers key 10 th (elected by Col. Wales)
Description
20 years old 5 ft 5 in high light complexion
Dark hair
This has 2 / 3 in

3. Notice makes him 20 years old in Feb 1777 which would make him 72 at his death in 1849 at Concord. Whereas the church record there & family record make him as be- fore said - 68. 4 mo. a diff. of some 874 3 76 mo. could there be a mistake in giving the age? and do you think that the man described in the pensioner's boxed for him the man before

mate data in the matter it is tradition that he died crazy - being frozen perhaps in the poorhouse did you have his personal receipts for pension up to his death in 1829 - if not whose - Can you give me the exact date of his first enlistment as you may have it - I take it in 1812 or 1813 - for pension. also any other details that would identify him - Would you object to stating that.

PRENTISS H. MANNING, Mortgages and Insurance, 95 Milk Street.
Boston,
To the Hon d Parsons Washington D. C.
Dear Sir -
I am desirous of ascertaining the place of residence of one Jonathan Curtis from say 1780 to 1799.
He was a revolutionary pleader - enlisted from Hampton Mass. July 5 1779 dis- charged Apr. 25 1780 - was in Capt Webb Co. 6 th Shepard Reg t H t Mass.
I write you hoping you may have a record of where the paywarrants of pension were made from 1780 - 1799 after 1799 I know he lived at Concord Mass. - but I want his whereabouts from 1780/1799. & I am referred to you by Col. G. B. Adams with for data
Faithfully Prentiss H. Manning

PRENTISS H. MANNING, Mortgages and Insurance, 95 Milk Street.
Boston, July 16th, 1897.
Commissioner of Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I wrote you from the Lincoln House, Swampscott, a few days since, acknowledging receipt of your letter relative to one Jonathan Curtis, in which I asked you for some further information about the said Jonathan Curtis, whom I had down as having enlisted from Stoughton, Mass., but who you advised had applied in 1818 for a pension from Concord and as enlisted from Braintree. I am very anxious to get, as quickly as possible, all possible data you can give me in regard to him, as said in my last letter to you, viz: his age when he enlisted, if he signed personally for his pension and where it was paid to him, and a description of his personal appearance if possible. etc. I desire this information to unravel the connecting links, in a genealogical matter, about which I have all the other facts but these asked.
Trusting that I shall hear from you soon, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Prentiss H. Manning

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
M.R.C. Inv. 34278.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
July 17, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your communication of recent date, wherein you request further information concerning Jonathan Curtis , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that full information relative to the amount of pension the soldier received and date of death can, probably, be obtained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this City, giving the soldier's full name and history, as furnished by this Bureau under date of July 3, 1897, together with the following data: certificate number 860, Massachusetts Agency, Act of March 18, 1818.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Prentiss H. Manning,
95 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
M.E.C. Inv. 34, 278.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3, 1897.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning Jonathan Curtis, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on March 24, 1818, at which time he was residing at Concord, Mass., age not stated, and his pension was allowed for seven years actual service as a private and sergeant in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wales. He enlisted at Braintree, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Prentiss H. Manning,
95 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.