Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35214, Charles Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Curtis, Charles
S 35214
Curtiss or
CONTENTS

35 214
Rev INVALID.
Rev
File No. 35,214
Charles Quiliss Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13. 203
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District of Maine
Charles Curtis
of Nobleboro in the state of  D of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailly of the Maine line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1818 , and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Thomas D of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 86. 63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 48. 00 10 mo. \frac{21}{50} \frac{4}{31}  $124.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

I William Hall of Lawfull age do testify and say that Charles Curtis now resident at Robbborough in the County of Lincoln State of Massachussetts was a Private Soldier and Served as a mechanic at Ticonderoga from the first of April to the Sixth of July following in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven and I have always under stood that he Served three year in the same war and had a regular Discharge W m Hall
State of Massachussetts
Lincolns Decem r 17 th 1818
Then the above named William Hall of truth and veracity to my knowledge and belief personally appeared before me and being duly sworn made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him in my presence. Subscribed
Dan d Waters Justice of the Peace for said County
State of Massachussetts
County of Lincoln ss June 2 nd 1819 -
I testify that W m Hall the above Deponent is a credible witness and that Daniel Waters Esquire before whom said Hall's deposition was taken is a Justice of the Peace in the State & County aforesaid duly qualified to act in said capacity
Robert Thatcher one of the Jus- tices of the C.C.C. Pleas in the state of Mas- achussetts

The Subscriber hereby certify, that Charles Curtis a native of Massachusetts now resident of Dobbborough in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid was a Privet Soldier in the United States army in the old revolution- ary war in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven. he was an Artificer in Genl. Root Artillery
State of Massachusetts Benj n Barstow
Lincoln ss December 17th 1818 Then the above named Benjamin Barstow of truth and veracity to my knowledge and belief personally appe- -ared before me and being duly sworn made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him in my presence Subscribed
Dan s Waters } Justice of the Peace } for said County
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss June 2 d 1809 -
I certify that Capt Benjamin Barstow The above Deponent is a credible witness & that Dan- iel Waters Esquire before whom the above deposition was taken is an acting Magistrate in the County of Lincoln State aforesaid duly qualified to act as such
Edward Thatcher one of the Justices of the P.C.C. Pleas in the State of Massachusetts

I Charles Curtis of Notheldon in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts testify and declare. That about the middle of January A D 1776 I enlisted to serve as a private in the War of the Ame- rican Revolution in the Massachusetts line and Conti- nental establishment to serve against the common enemy in the company commanded by Captain William Reed in Colonel John Dally's Regiment. That my said enlistment was for the term of one year & that I actually served the full term of said year from the date as aforesaid viz from the month of January in the year of our Lord 1776 to the month of January in the year of our Lord 1777 in said Company & Regiment and in the Massachusetts line and on the Continental establishment against the common enemy and that in January A D 1777 I was honably discharged at Pecks kilns on North Bridge but not in mutiny - And further that I have never received any pension under the United States and do further testify & declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support & therefore respectfully ask to be placed on the Pension list of the United States as a private by virtue of the Act of Congress of March 10 th A D one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen entitled "an act to provide for certain per- sons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
Charles Curtis

I Jonathan Oliver of Nobleboro in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts - late a Soldier in the War of the American Revolution testify the Massachusetts line & on the continental establishment against the common enemy - testify and say that I well know Charles Curtiss late a Soldier in said American Revolutionary War against the common enemy - the the Massachusetts line & continental establishment - the the said now of Nobleboro afore said & that he served the full term of one year actively and faithfully with the same company & Regiment (viz. Captain Reed's Company & Colonel Bradley's Regiment) with me in the Massachusetts line Continental establishment of the Revolutionary War - against the common enemy & was honorably discharged but not in service - said discharge took place at Packer's Kilm about the middle of January A.D. 1777. Jonathan Oliver
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss -
On this 10 th Day of April A.D. 1818 Jonathan in the above deponent personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the C.C.C. Pleas for the 2 d Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts - and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above deposition by him subscribed.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Lincoln ss -
June 2 nd 1819 - I certify hereby that Jonathan Oliver who gave his deposition before me in the month of April 1818 as appears to be relative to the revolutionary services of Charles Curtiss - is a credible Witness -
Ebenezer Thatcher

Charles Curtis
Nobleboro Maine.
Mass. line
2 nd Col Bailey
Dec 17/6 1915
Admitted
I hope to be in some measure useful to the department - there is one respectable industry that goes to establish the title here of our own services. We might be allowed to take out some of the appearance of insignificance. The Post Office prevents this making any section length & height.
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Nobleboro 15 Ap

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Charles Curtis , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Nobleboro , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed , this second day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen . nineteen
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this second day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Evidence of the subscriber's official authority as a Judge of a Court of Record is on file in the Office of the War Department — from the Office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts E. Thatcher