Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,620, Thomas Curtis, Continental Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Penn.
Curtis, Thomas
S. 34,620
CONTENTS

No. 240. NEW JERSEY
Thomas Curtis
of township Kingswood in the State of New Jersey who was a Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hovey of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 yrs - Continental War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of July 1849 13 April 1813
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July 1821 - and sent to John T. Blackwell Esq. Princeton, N. Jersey
  Arrears to 4th of March 1821  145.03    Semi ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept: 1821  48.00    1 yr 8 mo. \frac{4}{31}      $193.03  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
21 st May 1821
Hunterdon County
Commencement of Pension all'ce from 1 st July 1813 to 18 th April 1818 1 yr 9 mo 17 days

Thomas Curtis
At Hunterdon Co. N.J. original declaration 1 st July, 1819.
Various services — Col o . Hubley's reg t . Pennsylvania line, 1779. to end of the revolutionary war.
$1:1.00. $1:1.00. see the other side.
Two or more disinterested and credible persons, Certified as such by the judge, are required to prove explicitly, from their own knowledge, 9 months service of applicant, in Continental establishment, designating the Col o . name, and line.
John T. Blackwell, agent, Trenton, N.J. 3. October, 1820.
The applicant states in his schedule that he has mortgaged to Mr. Preston "some house" a lot in South Street, containing one acre, a thatched house in its occupation of the same. What is the value of this property? It shows a dwelling house & other improvements on the lot.
27 April 1821.
The certificate of 3 credible subscribers who state that the above is true to the best of their knowledge in worth not more than $45 — being real personal property — Schedule $1.

SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, } ss. Hunterdon county,
ON this Second day of August eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared, in open court of common pleas, being a court of record for the said county, Thomas Curtis aged about sixty eight years, resident in the township of Hingwood in said county,
who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oaths , declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: this deponent enlisted on the twenty seventh of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Captain Walter Stewart's company in the Third Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. John Shay of the Continental troops enlisted for one year - was in the battles of Long Islands, White Plains and the taking of Fort Washington - on the twelfth day of March 1777 he enlisted with Capt. Walter Bicker in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Potter in one of the sixteen Regiments raised to serve three years or during the war that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, Short Hills - that he was honorably discharged at Baltimore shortly after the taking of Cornwallis that
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the he served under 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, dis- posed of my 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 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.
This deponent is possessed of no property either real or personal excepted as the law excepts and also a lot of land containing one acre situate in Baptist town in the said township of Hingwood which was mortgaged by the deponent to William Bretton some time ago for one hundred and twenty dollars and which said lot is now in the possession of said Bretton
No property. George Pease
Sworn to, and declared, on the Second day of August A.D. 1820 before
Luther B. Dye
Thomas Curtis Sen
I JOHN T. BLACKWELL, Clerk of Hunterdon Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing 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 one dollars and cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this second day of August eighteen hundred and twenty
J. Blackwell Clerk of the Court for the county of Hunterdon.

Thomas Curtis
At Hunterdon Co. N.J. original declaration 1 st July, 1819.
Various services — Col o . Hubley's reg t . Pennsylvania line, 1779. to end of the revolutionary war.
Two or more disinterested and credible persons, Certified as such by the judge, are required to prove explicitly, from their own knowledge, 9 months service by Applicant, in Continental establishment, designating the Col o . name, and line.
100:1 $ per month see the other side.
John T. Blackwell, agent, Flemington, N.J. 3. October, 1820.
The Applicant states in his schedule, that he has mortgaged to Mr. Preston "some house &c" a lot in South Street, containing one acre, & that J. Preston is in possession of the same. What is the value of this property? & show a shutting house & other improvements on the lot.
27 April 1821.
The Applicant states of 3 creditors, who state that the above mentioned mortgage property is worth not more than $450 — being more than the property — Schedule $1.

Thomas Curtis
Sergeant
4th to 2d
Hickley Pennsylvania
July 1. 1821-
It does not appear from the records in this office, that any declaration of a prior date, has been recd.
13. July 1821
Proof is not sufficient, let Nathaniel Thatcher & John Ferguson prove positively (particularly the former) the service they can - designating the dates, Capt. Col. or reg. & line, corroborating the declaration. let the credibility & disinterestedness of both subscribers be certified in due form. It is singular his name is not found on the roll. If there was any final settlement certificate obtained, let the number be stated. When the Judge is satisfied that the applicant claimed as he states, and that he is in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for support - he will so certify. May 23. 1820
The Rolls have been thoroughly examined and this Man's name does not appear on them - the Service must be proved by a witness, whom the Judge must certify is a man of credibility - It appears, that Curtis, had made a declaration before this, if so, if he finds it, or a certificate of the Judge as to its date, his pension, if granted, will commence
no certificate of former declaration
from the date of first declaration
P Office Nov 29th 1819

State of New Jersey } Personally appeared before me Luther O'Grady Esq. (Huntingdon County) } one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon.
Thomas Curtis who served in the war of the Revolution unto the end thereof, and who being duly sworn before me, deposeth and saith that he first enlisted on 27 th day of January, A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred & twenty six, and served under Cap t Walter Stewart in the third Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops commanded by Col. John Shay, for the term of one year, and was taken pri- soner with the rest of said Regiment on the 16 th of November of said year, and being discharged at the end of said term was again enlisted on the 12 th day of March, A. D. (1777) as first Sergeant of the company under Cap t Walter Bickers of the foot Guards, commanded by Col. John Litten, about two years, & then served under Cap t Abram G. Claypole, in the eleventh Regiment of foot Guards, commanded by Col. Adam Hubley and served under those Officers unto the end of the war of the Revolution, and that he now lives in the County of Huntingdon & State of New Jersey, and is reduced to such circumstances in life as to stand in need of assistance from his Country for support, and doth relinquish all claims to any other pension from the United States - And said Curtis further represents, that whereas the Clerks in the Office of the Secretary of war has returned his claim on the United for a pension as in- admissible, on the ground that his name does not appear on the rolls of the Army, which said Curtis conceives must arise from some mistake, as in the Settlement between the United States & the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of about seventy pounds depreciation money, on account of his, Curtis's services was allowed by the former to the latter, which shews that his name must have been placed on the rolls of the Pennsylvania line, which said depreciation money has since (by virtue of a Special act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania) been transmitted

to said Curtis through the hands of William Irving Esquire Senator of State Legislature - And that a certificate from Alexander Wilson Esq r first Clk. in Treasury Office of Pennsylv- vania (a copy of which is herein subjoined) will shew that said Curtis's name was admitted on the pension list of the State of Pennsylvania on the 9 th day of December, A. D. 1814 - I sworn before me this first Day of July in the year eighteen and nineteen. Luther O'Leary Esq r 3 Thomas Curtis
Copy of the Certificate above alluded to -
Thomas Curtis admitted on the Pension list of Penn- sylvania, at forty eight dollars per Annum, from the ninth of December, 1814
New Jersey, Hunterdon Co. ss:
"Alexander Wilson"
I John T. Blackwell, Clerk of Hunterdon please Do certify that Luther O'Leary Esq r , before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken then was one of the Judges of said Court, duly commissioned and and sworn, and full credit is due to all his acts as such
In Testimony whereof have hereunto Set my hand & the Seal of said Court the first day of July 1819.
Blackwell H. C. T.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas Curtis, Jr. , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 2,34620
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 27. 1776 1 year — Walter Stewart John Shay Pa.   Mar. 12. 1777 2 years 1 st Sgt. Walter Bicker John Patton   1779 Oct 4 Nov. 1781 — Abraham G. Claypole Adam Hubley  
Battles engaged in Long Island, White Plains, Fort Washington, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, and Short Hills.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, July 1, 1819,
Residence at date of application, Hunterdon Co. N.J. (Kingwood Township said Co in 1820)
Age at date of application, 67 years
Remarks: His claim was allowed.
The records of this Bureau fail to show a claim filed on account of the Revolutionary services of any other Thomas Curtis than the above noted.

34 620 Reg INVALID.
1906. Feb. 14. S.E. Palmer hist of service
File No. 34,620
Thomas Curtis
Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

These papers are returned for proper correction - and if any additional proof of service can be obtained it would be advisable to have it.
27 April 21.
Adm c v Con. J.L.E.
Complied with
See endorsement on within papers -
13 July 1821

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Jan. 31, 1906
Searched by Hill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Thomas Curtis
Service, N. J., Rev. War.
Remarks:
No claim as above except U.W. No. 7. 34620. which is Pa. service

Thomas Curtis admitted on the pension list at Forty eight dollars per Annum from the first of December 1814.
Alexander Wilson

J. Verges, in favor of Thos. Curtis is not certified by the Judge or Magistrate to be credible & disinterested

State of New Jersey ss Before me John Card one of the Justices of the peace Hunterdon County in and for said County Personally appeared John Fergus who being duly sworn upon the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and saith that in the year 1779 that he the said John Fergus was then serving as a soldier in the Eleventh Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line that he then knew the said Thomas Crestus as serving in the said Regiment as orderly sergeant in Capt Paypole Company and thinks they served about two years together in the service of the united States Army and further saith that
his John Fergus
Sworn and subscribed the 2nd day of of September A.D. 1819 before me
State of New Jersey ss John Card Hunterdon County
I John T. Blackwell Clerk of Hunterdon Please to certify that John Card and Richard Spelycke Jr. before whom these affidavits were taken, were at that time Justices of the peace for said County full credit is due to their acts as such
Witness my hand the Seal of said Court the 12. September 1819 Blackwell Clerk

State of New Jersey, ss. John Clifford a man that served in Huntingdon county. The time of the Revolution for five months as Lieutenant in the Jersey troops in the flying camp personally came before me the subscriber one of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas in and for the county of Huntingdon and being duly sworn saith that Thomas Curtis was listed in the Pennsylvania line for one year and in the time of his Lieutenant Clifford's service he saw said Thomas Curtis several times with his Regiment in garrison at Fort Washington in the 1776. Sworn before me this 19th day of June 1821. N. B. I am acquainted with Mr. Clifford and am satisfied of the truth of the witness as he is a man of respectability
Luther O'Dysche      John Clifford
Huntingdon ss. I do hereby certify that Luther O- dysche, Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken then was and there is one of the judges of Huntingdon Pleas duly commissioned & sworn witness my hand and the seal of said court the 7th day of July A.D. 1821. J. T. Blackwell C.H.P.

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County
ss Before me Richard Odycke your one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Personally appeared Nathaniel Thatcher (of Kingwood Township) in said County who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and saith that he knew Thomas Curtis from the year 1772 and some time in the Revolutionary War it was currently Reported in the neighbourhood that said Curtis had listed in the Pennsylvania Line - and that the deponent volunteered himself with the Standing Troops that belonged to the Pennsylvania Line - at the Battle of Monmouth in Jersey - and there the deponent saw said Curtis and talked with him and the deponent believes at that time said Curtis was a listed soldier in the Pennsylvania Line - and acted as he the deponent believes as orderly sergeant at 28 June 78 Monmouth Battle and further saith not
Nathaniel Thatcher
Sworn and subscribed this 2nd Day of September 1819 before me
Richard Odycke Just

State of New Jersey. } Jan. 30. 1820. Hunterdon County.
I hereby certify that the within witness Nathaniel Thatcher is a man of credibility as I am well acquainted with him and also with the said Thomas Curtis both of whom I lived near to me before the Revolution and from my own knowledge I am satisfied as to the truth of their testimony
To the Honorable. J. L. Adams.
Secy of the Board of War.
Luther Griseke Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon
Pittstown New Jersey
I do certify that Luther Esq. above named is one of the Judges of Hunterdon Pleas and has been sworn and full credit is due to all his official acts.
Witness my hand & seal this 24th day of Sept. 1820. J. D. Blackwell H. C. P.

State of New Jersey } To whom it may con- Hunterdon County } cern. I Luther Opholke one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the persons within named, who appraised the lot of Thomas Curtis, and further that they are all men of respectability and of good repute in the neighborhood - and also that I am well acquainted with the lot and be- lieve they have appraised it at its full value. - witness my hand the 15th day of June AD 1821.
Luther Opholke.
Thomas Curtis } mortgage dated 17th June 1817 to } as was cure of land in Kingwood adjoin- William Britton } ing Lands of Wm Britton, Edward Taylor others (the same lot above mentioned) to secure the sum of $120.00 I do certify that I find the above mortgage on Record in my Office and also that Luther Opholke Esq. is a Judge of Hunterdon Pleas witness my hand & the Seal of the Court the 7th day of July 1821. J. H. K. W. H.

We the undersigned Subscribers living in the neighbourhood of Baptistown Kingwood Township Hunterdon County State of New Jersey, being called upon to appraise a certain lot of land lying in Baptistown aforesaid, belonging to Thomas Curtis and after viewing said lot we appraised it at forty five Dollars - being one acre of unimproved land Dated June 1 st 1821
Jacob R. Fox
Edward West Edward Taylor Wilson Bray David Curtis Sergent Lake

War Department, Pensions Office, Jan y 22 d 1822.
Sir,
In answer to your's of the 23 d ultimo, relative to the date of your first declaration, I have to state, that the Judge before whom you made it, must not only certify that it was made on a particular day, but that it was also made agreeably to the law of the 18 th of March 1818; and the official character and signature of the Judge must be authenticated by the certificate and seal of the Clerk of the County, before the commencement of your pension can be allowed.
I am, respectfully,
Yr. Ob t Serv t
J. L. Edwards
State of New Jersey. Hunterdon County. January 22 nd 1822 This is to certify that Thomas Curtis did make application and it being his first declaration was made before me on the thirteenth day of April 1818 according to the agreeable to the Law of the 18 th of March 1818 as witness my hand the day and year above written.
Luther Price one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the county of Hunterdon.
Mr Thomas Curtis, U. S. Pensioner, Milford, N. J.

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss.
I John T. Blackwell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon do hereby cer- tify that Luther O'Leary, Esquire, within named, then was and yet is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and full credit is due to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Flemington the 22 d day of January A.D. 1822.
John T. Blackwell, Clerk.
H. C. D.

Hunterdon County ss.
State of New Jersey
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey: John Smith who being by me duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that he is acquainted with Thomas Curtis, that the said Curtis served twelve months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Shay and Lambert Cadwalader Lieutenant Colonels in the Company commanded by Captain Walter Stewart, in the Pennsylvania line, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, that this deponent served in the same line at the same time and knows of his own knowledge the said service of the said Thomas Curtis: Sworn & subscribed this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. And I do hereby further certify that I am acquainted with John Smith the above deponent, and believe him to be entitled to full faith and credit— Leather M c Clusky. } John Smith
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey: Nathaniel Thatcher who being by me duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that he is acquainted with Thomas Curtis, that this deponent made regimental clothes for the said Curtis in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, the then being on furlough & belonging to the Pennsylvania line, that this deponent afterwards saw him doing duty in the said line in the Battle of Monmouth. Sworn & subscribed this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one. Nathaniel Thatcher and I do hereby further certify that I am acquainted with Nathan

iel Thatcher the above deponent and believe him to be entitled to full faith & credit -
Luther Spayde ~~~~~
The State of New Jersey } Hunterdon County — }
I John T. Blackwell Clerk of of the court of common pleas in and for said county of Hunterdon do certify that Luther Spayde before whom the above affidavits were taken was at that time and still is one of the Judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas in and for said county and full credit is due to all his official acts as such —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this seventeenth day of February A.D. eighteen hun- dred and twenty one
J. T. Blackwell
Clerk of P. Pleas

The State of New Jersey Hunterdon County — } ss.
I John S. Blackwell Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for said county of Hunterdon do certify that George Rea before whom the following affidavit was taken was at that time and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county of Hunterdon and full credit to be due to all his official acts as such —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 17 th day of February A.D. 1821
J. S. Blackwell Clerk of Pleas
3 depositions in the case of Thomas Curtis, knowing his service —
10.

5 Mr. v. n.
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311 Prospect Ave. Highland Park Ill
Commissioner of Pension Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you be kind enough to send me any information you may have in your office concerning Thos. Curtis S 2 No. 230 or Thos. Curtis J 2 No. 231. Who were in the Revolution from New Jersey
Very truly L. A. Palmer
Jan. 23. 1906.