Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28697, Solomon Curtis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Kurtis, Solomon
J. 28697
CONTENTS

28.826 New York Solomon Curtis
of Oxford in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Salisbury of the Regt. recommended by Col. Whiting in the State of line for Militia for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1834 and sent to A. R. Mygatt
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 34 109.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th of Sep. 34 18.33 $128.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. M. Bruns Clerk Book G Vol. 4 Page
Asahel Curtis, Ap d 19/1835 (All the in claims of Solomon Curtis, N. 23875, in which it belonged.
17 Dut Aug. 27. 1838
AB.

31.047 Solomon Curtis
Adm a 11 mo. pre $36.66
H. R. Mygatt crd Oxford

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss
On this eleventh day of February 1854, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Chautauqua, now sitting, Solomon Curtis, a resident of Oxford, in the County of Chautauqua, and State of New York, aged Seventy eight years, who being first 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and stood as herein stated
1775
That in the year 1775 he lived in Spencertown, now Hillsdale Columbia County, and State of New York, and in April of 1775, a report came to Spencertown that there had been a battle at Lexington, Massachusetts, and that this defendant being a private in a Company of New York Militia, Commanded by Captain John Salisbury, started with said Company for Lexington, that when they had reached Barrington in Massachusetts, there came that the Militia need go no further, and at Barrington he and the Company were discharged and returned home having been in active service, one week
1776.
That in the summer of 1776, he volunteered and enlisted as a Minute man for the term of four years, in Capt John Salisbury, Lieut James Phelps, Sergt Benjamin Ford, Company of New York State Militia, in Colonel Whelongs Regiment.

That about the time, he volunteered and enlisted as aforesaid. Three Tories, whose names are John Savage, Richard Gowan and Benjamin Ingraham, on Sunday came into the neighborhood of Spencertown where he resided, when he with the above named Captain Salisbury and Nova men, besides this detachment, went after said Tories and arrested them and carried them to New Canaan about ten miles from Spencertown. That the Tories were tried at New Canaan and sentenced to Sixty nine miles, and said Tories were rescued at Pennypack by 30 or 40 men whilst they were carrying to Sixty nine miles said Tories.
That he was absent from home in active service on this expedition, one month.
That sometime during the year 1779 he with the Company aforesaid marched from Spencertown to Fort Edwards, and from thence they were ordered to march to the Mohawk Valley. That they marched through Schenectady to Stone Arabia and he was in a battle at Stone Arabia and one Colonel Brown was killed, and from Stone Arabia they marched to Fort Stanwix where they remained several weeks, until some Continental troops came to Fort Stanwix, when he with the Company aforesaid was discharged and returned home having been in active service six months.
That during the said summer the enemy destroyed and burned several settlements along the Mohawk Valley.
That as he believes in the winter of 1780, he with the Company aforesaid marched to Johnstown where there were about two hundred Highlanders, and they took the arms of the said

Highlander, and when they returned home from this expedition, he with the Company had been absent in active service for the term of six weeks.
That during the years 1776, '77, '78, '79 and '80 he was absent with the Company almost in active service, besides the time spent in the marches above mentioned, at least four months. That he was out on numerous expeditions against the Tories and Indians during said four years in the neighborhood of Spencertown.
That by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear more positively as to the precise length and time of his service, than above related, but he can swear positively that he was in active service during the Revolutionary war, as a private, under the officers aforesaid for the term of one year, and for such service he claims a pension.
That he could not produce the attendance of a clergyman and another respectable citizen who could testify as to their belief as to his age and the belief of his neighborhood as to his Revolutionary service, in Court without considerable inconvenience and expense, as they reside eight miles distant from the Court, and he has caused their affi- davit to be hereto annexed.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce, who can testify to his service,
Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, To the first interrogatory, prescribed by the War Department he answers, that he was born at East Greenwich (now Warren, Connecticut, the 19th February 1755.

To the second, he answers, that he has a Record of his age at home in his bible
To the third answer, that he lived at Spencertown, in Columbia County and State of New York when called into Service, that since the Revolutionary war he has lived at Spencertown Massachusetts, Concord, Spencertown and Oxford in the State of New York, and that he now lives in Oxford.
To the fourth answer, that he always volunteered his Service, and that he never was a Substitute
To the fifth answer, that of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where he served, he recollects Colonel Whiting, Generals Gates and Van Rensselaer, that he recollects no Continental Regiment, and that of the Militia Regiments he recollects Colonel Van Schuyler only, and that the general circumstances of his Service are above as fully set forth as he can recollect.
To the sixth answer, That he never received a written discharge from Service.
To the seventh answer, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Miller, and John Tracy Esq. North, Oxford.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Solomon Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
P. B. Pierce Dep Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Solomon Curtis
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     age 75 — — 7 pri. Capt Salisbury 78 in 1834   Summer 78 engaged in arresting Tories &c   79 6 " Capt Salisbury Col Brown Spencer Troy N. York   Winter '80 1 12 " "   Each tour of 4 mos service in the course of several years should be separately detailed see note 'e'  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
* not provided for -

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
{ Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Claimant, residing in the state where the service was rendered should produce proof of it.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

November 21, 1933
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Mrs. J. B. Meola 12 Front Street Norwich, New York
Solomon Curtis, S. 23697 Josiah Horton, S. 44931
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 16, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Solomon Curtis and Josiah Horton, pensioners of Chenango County, New York.
Their records follow as found in claims for pension made to the United States, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Solomon Curtis S. 23697
Solomon Curtis was born February 19, 1755, in East Greenwich, (which was later Warren) Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
While residing in Spencertown (later Hillsdale), in Columbia County, New York, he volunteered in April, 1775, served as private in Captain John Salisbury's company, Colonel Whiting's New York regiment, was in numerous expeditions against the Tories and in skirmishes in which towns along the Mohawk Valley were burned and Tories were captured, was also in the battle of Stone Arabia, and served until sometime in the winter of 1780, having served about a year in all.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived in "Tydingham" (probably meant for Tyringham), Massachusetts, and in Concord, Spencertown and Oxford, New York.
Solomon Curtis was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1834, while a resident of Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
He died August 27, 1838. (A. B.) ✓
There are no family data in the claim.
*****

Josiah Horton S. 44931
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents do not appear in the claim.
Josiah Horton enlisted in the State of Massachusetts in May, 1776, served as private in Captain Robert Oliver's company; in 1777 again enlisted, served as private in Captain Robert Oliver's company, Colonel John Creadon's 3 d Massachusetts Regiment, and in the 2 d Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was aged "seventy-one years and upwards" and was a resident of Chenango County, New York.
In 1820 the soldier was living in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, and at that time referred to his wife seventy-four years of age, but did not give her name.
No reference was made in the claim to children.
Josiah Horton died October 27, 1821. (A. B.)
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1933 Nov. 21 - Hst to Mrs. J. B. McCall (Rec'd in div. S. 44731 Joseph Horton)
28697 Very INVALID.
File No. 28,697
Solomon Curtis
Pr. Rev. Mr.
Act: "June 39"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

PAID 3
Solomon Curtis N.Y. Oct 1832
Wm Lloyd Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington
Cole

DeForest, Chenango Co. N.Y. June 4. 1874
~ J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the original declaration of Solomon Lunt, together with the affidavit of one witness and also an attachment to the original declaration. I trust they will be satisfactory to the War Department.
You will please address me on the subject of the claim, and the applicant requests that a certificate of grant be forwarded to me at the place above dated
I am Sir
Yours obed Servant
Henry R. Haggitt

June 12 PORTLAND ME
Rev.
Friend
J. J. Edwards Esquire Borougher of Danvers Mass Septennial Washington City D.C.
FREE

State of New York Chenango County } ss
Thayza Sanders of Cambridge in said County of Chenango being duly sworn, says that she is Sixty Seven years of age, that during the Revolutionary war she lived in Spencertown in the County of Columbia and State of New York, and that Solomon Curtis was of Oxford in Chenango also lived in said town of Spencertown during said Revolutionary war, and that during said war deponent lived within half a mile of the residence of said Solomon Curtis, and that during said war she was well acquainted with said Solomon Curtis, That during said war and as deponent believes in the years 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, said Solomon Curtis was a member of Captain John Schlibrugs company of New York Militia, That this deponent is the daughter of James Knapp who was the Lieutenant of said Company, That said Company was frequently absent in active service during the years aforesaid, and that although by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory she cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service of the said Solomon Curtis, but according to the best of her recollection said Solomon Curtis was absent in active service during the said war and during the years aforesaid at least one year.
Sworn to June 21, 1834 Before me }
Thayza Sanders Sylvester Corbin Justice of the Peace
State of New York Chenango County } ss
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thayza Sanders, who testified to the above before me, that she is a credible person and that her statement is entitled to credit. Sylvester Corbin J.P.

State of New York Chicago County } ss.
I Henry B. Mygatt a Notary Public in and for the Free City of Chicago hereby Certify that Sylvester Cobb is a Justice of the Peace as above mentioned and that the signature above, purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this June the fourth in the year 1834
Henry B. Mygatt Notary Public

State of New York Chautauqua County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the said County of Chautauqua. Homer Curtis of Pinedale in said County of Chautauqua, who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith that he has used great diligen ce and made great inquiry to find witnesses who knew respondent during the Revolution war and who could testify to his Service, and saith that he knows of no one living who can testify as to his Service in the Revolution war  except  except except Thirza Saunders whose affidavit is herewith annexed.
Respondent further 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 order.
as stated in my original declaration in 1775 I served 7 days a private in Captain Salisbury's Company. as also stated in my original declaration in
1776 I served one month in taking t own in the year 1777 respondent was in active Service for one month and a half month, and he served during the said one month and a half month, I served as a private in the Company of Captain Salisbury, and that during said time they were about north of Plattsburgh and at a place called Poughkeepsie.
in the year 1778 I served for one month in the Company mentioned in the declaration as a private.
in the year 1779 I served as a private for six months as stated in my declaration.
in the summer of 1780 I was in Service for one month and a half month as a private in Captain Salisbury's Company and was with said Company at Albany, in the Canadas, and also at Long Valley.
that in the winter of 1780 for six weeks I served as a private as mentioned in my original declaration.
Respondent further saith that he served with said Company at least for one year in all including the time engaged in taking t own , and excepting said one month he served as a private in said Company, eleven months and for such Service

I claim a person
written to June 4. 1834
Respectfully
as witness my hand and Seal of Office
Henry B. Maygatt
Notary Public
Solomon Curtis

And the said Board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Board further certify, that it appears to them that James Mott, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Oxford as aforesaid, and that Charles A. Hunt who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, that they are both well known to this Board, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that their attendance in Board could not be procured without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant as they reside eight miles distant from this Board.
I, David H. Dike, Clerk of the Board of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Board, in the matter of the application of Solomon Burtis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this February 11th 1834.
C. D. Mudd Dep. Clerk

State of Vermont Orange County ss
We James Abel a Higgman residing in the town of Orford and County of Strafford, and Charles A. Hunt residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with S. Pomeroy Curtis of the said town of Orford, that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that we never heard any doubt expressed as to his service as a Soldier of the Revolution, Sworn & Subscribed } this February 10. 1836 }
Jas. Abel C. A. Hunt
Before me
Mary B. Mygatt Notary Public for Orange County
State of Vermont Orange County ss
I, Mary B. Mygatt, a Notary Public in and for said County, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Charles A. Hunt (above named) and that his statement in Subscribed to Credit, he being a credible person
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this February 10th 1836
Mary B. Mygatt Notary Public

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Curtis, Stephen GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3885 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 1, 1789 to Thomas Cushing, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.