Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43428 1/2, Joel Curtis, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Curtis, Joel
S. 43428 1/2
CONTENTS

New York 1793 Ohio
Joel Curtis
of Muskingum in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year - 1782
inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of August 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of April 1819 and sent to David Stillwell Esq. Lancaster, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 6 \frac{27}{31} 55.22 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept r 1819 - 40.00 $103.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Joel Curtis Muskingum Co. Ohio
Dead - see letter to D.C. Wickes, June 8. 1836
Continued under Act May 1820 - Notification sent 11 July 1820 to Muskingum Co. City of New York

Joel Benton private Col Swifts Regiment Connecticut Line 1702 1702  1702
Roll 31 Aug. 1710.
Col. Joel Benton
Admitted -

State of Ohio Muskingum County. S.C.T.
Be it known, that before me in the State and county of personally appeared Joel
Curtis and made oath, that he belonged & served in the army of the U.S. on the continental establishment during the Revolutionary war. — that he enlisted in the service thereof in the year 1781 1782 under Capt. Curtis of Harrington of Litchfield in Connecticut; was conducted to camp at the Highlands, State of New York by Lieut. Burnett; and joined the Connecticut Line, Genl. Huntington's Brigade, Col. Henson's Inf'ty. Regiment, and Capt. Chapman's company — In this I served until a disagreement took place among the officers, when I was transferred into Capt. David Strop's company, which continued until those who were enlisted for & during the War were discharged — After which I was again transferred into Capt. Humphreys' company, he being on aid to his Excellency Genl. Washington — bore the title of Colonel, & the company com- manded by Lt. Benjamin rank until I was discharged at West Point by Col. Swift by a written discharge — having served out the term of his enlistment being 3 years; — that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of this country for support.
Joel Curtis
Sworn & Subscribed to this 8 th day of August 1818. Before me,
David Smedley Associate Judge

State of Ohio  Muskingum County . Be it known, that Joel Curtis having personally appeared before me has satisfied me that he performed a continued service of nine months & more, in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy; I therefore do certify, that he has satisfied me, that he is in reduced & indigent circumstances in life & requires the support from his country. Given under my Hand this 8 th day of August David Findley Associate Judge 1818.
State of Ohio Muskingum county ss. } I David Chambers clerk of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Findley Esq r before whom the foregoing Deposition was made and who has signed the above certificate is, and was, at the time the same was done, one of the acting associate judges of the court of common pleas of said county, duly commissioned and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due as well in courts of justice as elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Zanesville the 10 th day of August A. D. 1818.
David Chambers Clerk etc.

Joel Curtis
W.H.
9923
Transferred from Ohio. —
ip. 29 Apr. 1819.

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder
City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty third day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Joel Curtis aged Fifty six years, resident in the City of New York who being first duly sworn — according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he enlisted in the Spring 1782 at Litchfield in the State of Connecticut in the 2 d Regt of the Connecticut Line on the continental establishment, commanded by Col. Herman Swift and served in the company commanded by Chapin was transferred to Captain Strong's company and from that to Captain Humphries, he was never in any General Action, that he served faithfully in said Regiment on the continental establishment for about Three Years and was Honorably Discharged at West Point in the State of New York, which Discharge with all his papers and property was consumed by fire in the Town of Paris, Oneida County State of New York, he has no Children living with him or under his Control, he is a Painter and House Carpenter by profession, but from Age, Debility and deficiency of sight he is unable to obtain a Livelihood and must depend on the aid of his Country or to private contributions for support, his property was Burnt in June 1814 —
and that his original declaration is dated the Twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen and that his pension certificate is No. 9923

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, 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, to wit:
Real Estate — None
Fixed Income — None
Personal Estate, viz
  1 small Clothes chest 10/ 1 Pine Table 2/6.  $ 12 56    4 Chairs 5/ 4 Tubbs 5/ 1 Pail 1/6. 1 Tea Kettle 2/6  12 88    1 Pot & Trowel 3/6 2 Coffee Pots 4/6, Skillet 3/  10 38    Stoneware 13/ Earthenware 6/6 3 Decanters 4/5  3 —    1 Frying pan 4/  4 50    Scales, Weights & Measures  3 38    Paint Brushes Handsaw and Joiners Tools  4 37    Andirons Tongs Shovel &c  1 25    2 Mugs 3 Tumblers &c 1 Looking Glass 8/  1 63  
Bedding & Clothing Bed Clothes $ 18 95
  1 Matress 22/ 2 Blankets 24/ Sheet 4/ 2 Sheets 8/  7 25    1 Pillow case 5/ 1 Pr Shoes 7/ 1 Great Coat 24/ Close coat 28/  8 —    2 Vest 4 pr Pantaloons 16/ New Roundabout & Trousers 19/  4 38    Book of 3 Shirts 20/ 3 Do 6/ Socks 4/ Hdkfs 16/  6 50    Surpenders 1/ Spectacles 2/  37    Worn in Open Court this  $ 45 45  
23 d day of June 1820
Rev. J. Ferris Clark
Yale Hunter

I, Benjamin Ferris _____ Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition — and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 about fifty Dollars
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty seventh day of June 182 0
Benj. Ferris Clk

1713 A.P. 2 Call upon Auditor for last payment and name of beneficiary P.
3-565.
Sur. File No. 43428 \frac{1}{2} .
ACT OF Mch. 18, 1818.
Received _____, 18_____
Joel Curtis, Conn. troops

Joel Curtis request to be transferred from Ohio to New York. 28 th April. Transferred 2 nd May, 1820 — Sep. 19.

City and County of New York ss.
Joel Curtis a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is the Identical Joel Curtis named in a certificate of Pensions granted at the War Office on the 29 th day of April 1819 at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month payable at Chillicothe agreeably to the Pension list Roll of the State of Ohio, that he then re- sided at Lanesville in that State and received his Pension there untill the fourth day of September last, since which he has removed to the City of New York in this State, where he has since resided and expects to reside hereafter, that Mr Orington of the New York Loan Office sometime in February last took his Affidavit to send to the Honorable the Secretary of the War Department to have him transferred to the New York Agency previous to the 4 th day of March that on the 27 th day of April he received

back his Certificate as delivered and to his great disappointment finds he cannot receive his Pension in this city, he is Therefore desirous to be transferred to the New York Agency to take effect on the fourth day of September last.
Yours Truly
Sworn to before me
The 28 th day of April 1820
Amirford Blakhford
Sub. Soly

Miss S. Fred Clark My wife Ohio
Colonel E. S. Commissioner of Patents Washington City D. C.
29 Sept 19

Union Pinedale County State of Idaho June 1 st 1886 In behalf of the friends of Joel Curtis late of Union Pinedale a pensioner permit me to inform them to enquire what measures are competent for them to pursue in order to obtain the residue of his pension which so far as they know is due from the 1 st of March to the latter part of September of the year 1885.
The said Joel Curtis was a Pensioner in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 - his name inscribed on the pension List Roll of Ohio agency at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing on the eighth day August 1818
given at the War Office of the United States the twenty ninth day of April 1819
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Any instructions which you may be pleased to forward to the subscriber at Union on this subject will be gratefully received by the friends of the deceased and duly acknowledged by your humble serv t .
H. C. Meder

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, April 5, 1913.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant (Rev.War Section), you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at New York, N. Y., in the case of the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Joel Curtis, Private, War of Revolution, certificate No. 9923, at $ 8.00 per month to March 4, 1835, to James Ovington, Attorney for the pensioner, who resided in Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y., for two years, and previous thereto in Schenectady, N. Y. The date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
E. B. Shobrow Auditor.
By
R
Deputy Auditor.

Rev. War Section Division.
J. S. C., Ex'r.
S. No. _____ Joel Curtis Conn. Rev. War.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 2 nd , 1903.
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of _____
Joel Curtis
pensioned under the Act of Mch. 18, 1818 by certificate
No. 9,923, New York Agency,
showing date of his death, or date of last payment of pension, and to whom paid.
Very respectfully,
J. S. Caverford
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.