Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17368, Everard Curtiss, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Curtiss, Everard
S. 17368
CONTENTS
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April 1837
2291c Connecticut
Da 6 p.m.
Gerard Cartip — of Fairfield in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn command by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Col Lewis in the Conn Troops time for Conn
letter
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Dec 33, and Sent. Hoor G. Tomlinson Senate U. S.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33. $ 75.00 Pension allowance ending Sep. 4, " 15.00 $ 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1835 }
Recorded by E D Bullen Book E Vol. 3 Page 31

I Andrew Curtis of Humbull in Linnfield County (now in (east) 1833) testify that I was in the United States Service at Kingsbridge & White Plains in the State of New York in the Summer of 1776 while there my Brother the within named Applicant was in the Militia in the City as I was informed & I applied to any commanding Officer to get liberty to go I said it but it was refused. I have had the least doubt of the fact of his being there as he states. Further say that while I was at my Father's in Humbull the said Applicant went out Guard at Linnfield in Connecticut - And was some two or 3 years afterwards ANDREW CURTIS
I David Seeley of the Town of Stratford in Linnfield County now in (east) testify & say that I am well acquainted with the within named Andrew Curtis & served with him in the United States Service in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War three months to wit from the fore part of July 1776 until some time in the month of October - I did not hear of the Declaration of Independence before I left & do not recollect whether or not it was declared before the company started for New York - I was enrolled in the Company of Capt Lee who commanded a Militia Company in that part of Stratford which is now Humbull. The Company was ordered into Service & went to New York under the command of said Col & was there in the Service until October & for full three months - We were in Genl. Silliman's Brigade & the name of our Colonel was Schaback. Saw one Philip Middlebrooks D. Q. was on Silliman's. The said Captain Curtis was a Soldier with me in said Company & served therein at New York for said period of three months .
David Seeley
The above Depositions of David Seeley & Andrew Curtis Subscribed & Sworn to in court on this 20th day of May 1833.
Attest -
R. S. Nichols, Clerk.

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield
ss. Bridgeport
On this 20 th day of May 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for Stratford District
now sitting, Howard Huntress a resident of Humboldt in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy four years, who being first 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, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. Viz in
the month of July 1776 the Militia Company in which I was chosen at Humboldt in Litchfield County Connecticut was called into said Service & ordered to New York under the command of Capt. Col. David Nichols I went in said Company to the City of New York & Staid to the last of November & being Three Months we were in the Brigade commanded by Genl. Silliman who was with us. David Seely of Humboldt is a Witness in court to prove this period of Service. The name of our Colonel was Deborah Lewis who died in the Service. We went about the time of the Declaration of Independence I think we heard of it on the way. We came out of the City on the 15 th or 20 th of September I was dismissed at Haverstraw by Col. Lewis who recalled marched the Company themselves so that we should not require a pass- Afterwards in the Summer of the year follow- ing (8 Months) I was drafted for Three Months this to go on Guard. I cannot say whether it was Captain Nichols or Capt. Col who made the Draft. I went to Litchfield in Litchfield County & was stationed at Black Rock where I staid in said Service & as I think under Lieut. Col. It was in the Summer so above Horn and Huntress Benjamin Litchfield born of Humboldt for our did there with us. I have since endeavored to find proof of this Service but cannot. I pre- cisely recollect the Service I have not any doubt but it was three Months. The Service was constant I cannot state the year or month only that it was in the Sum- mer & one or two years after I returned from New York.
Again I to the best of my recollection in the year 1777 I was drafted & went into said Service for Two or Three Months. We went to Haverstraw in Conn. & were on Guard there & along the Sea Coast for Three Months to the last day of our service. Our Captain's name was Capt. Abijah Lewis late of Haverstraw and was

with me, - but I know of no witness by whom I can prove this Service - My whole Service above stated is nine months but I might not have been more than 8 months - I am well known to Genl Hand Col of Dist Troops in S.D. Humboldt & 10 miles District formerly of W. Humboldt but now residing in Or. 1881 I was born December 8 th 1758. at Sand Humboldt where I have always lived - I have not a Record of my age as I do not know of Service - The following is a list of Service Humboldt has been recently killed & knows nothing of my Service & I cannot prove any other evidence.
The said Edward Phelps 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Edward Curtis
We, Flavius Hasty  a clergyman , residing in the town of Humbell and Stiles Nichols of Bridgeport and residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Frederick Lintell ————— who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 ————— 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 day and date aforesaid.
Flora Stanley
Stiles Nicholas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 Elam Gandy who has signed the preceding certificate, is a strong resident in town of Newbern and that Isaac Nichols who has also signed to same, is a resident of the town of Brasfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Believe me Dear Judge
I, R. S. Nichols Clerk of the Board of Pensions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Connelley — for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 20 th day of May  1832  1833 _____ Office,
R. L. Nichols, Clerk
I file the knowledge of said Court certify that the said Nicholas [blank] Clerk of said Court have the above as his signature whereof said Court annexed -

Filed Whiting Judge of the Court of Probate in 1902 to District of Stratford in S d Fairfield County Certify that David Seely & Andrew Lusk the within named Witnesses are both credible wit- nesses & true to the character for truth & ver- acity. Filed Whiting Judge
State of Connecticut } Bridgeport Dec 4 th 1833 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stratford
Personal Certificates
Trumbull Conn
9 th Mo: Service
in said County favor Beach of the Town of Trumbull in said County a Revo- lutionary Pensioner known to said Court as to be a credible Witness & being first sworn testifies & says that he belonged to a Military Company comm- anded by Capt. Lachanah Lee in Col. Whitings Regiment & was drafted by said Captain with several others out of said company in the month of December 1776 for three months to go on Guard at Fairfield. I went immediately & joined the Guard at said place & served there in constantly for said period of three months under the command of Lieut. Nathan Seely who had command of said Guard. The name of the Ensign was Enoch Blackman. Lieut. of Officers was said the within named Nathan Lusk was a private in said Military Company & drafted by Capt. Lee at the same time with me & served with me under said Lieut. Seely said period of three months commencing in December 1776. The said Company had about three miles from one & I am fully certain of the fact that he served with me S d 3 months. Said Guard was under strict discipline & was guarded no other business. The Guard was a Military Guard & made up by drafts from different Com- panies in Col. Whitings Regiment. I was enrolled in said Company in the Fall previous to my being drafted (was then 16 years old in August 1776). The said Applicant is two years older than I am & belonged to S d Company at the time I was enrolled. I further say that I well recalled the fact that said Company in said Capt. Lee was ordered into Service & went to New York in the summer of 1776 as Mr. Curtis states. The above service under Lieut. Seely was stated in my declaration & allowed by the Court as true & (subscribed & sworn to by me as afore said.) Nathan Lusk Jabez Beach

No 25659
Conrad Burdip Fairfield County Connecticut
Qu' s'vate 30
60 05 15.00 75 00
Hon. G. Tomlinson US Senate
Fitch Wheeler Bridgeport Conn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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, shewing the Service of Everard Curtis Fairfield County Connecticut
   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.     Entered July 1776 - 3 - private Genl Silliman Capt Coe, Col Schabod Lewis 74 years Fairfield County Connecticut Traditionary evidence Pleas Witnesses certified credible paper correct.   Drafted Dec. 1777 - 3 - " Capt Nicholson Coe   Drafted 177 - 3 - " Capt Sharp  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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) 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
must state whether survivors of each term services not specified nor proved will not be admitted

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 enquiry 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 , 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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17368 INVALID.
Aug 9 '99 Mrs. L Beardsl Stepney Com
File No. 17.368.
Edward Cartliff
Pr Rev Mar
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions

Mr. Emlinson transmits the enclosed pension applications of Andrew Courtis & Edward Courtis to Mr. Redwards & respectfully requests his attention to them as soon as may be convenient. Washington Dec. 17 1883.

Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres: w: s: Mr Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 30 by E D Bullock Clerk.
The same should be shown to the

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, E. and Curtis of the State of Connecticut who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive — Thirty — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 23 — day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty=Three
John B. Mansfield Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Connecticut ) Hartford County Decr 2 nd 1833
Appeared before the court of Probate in and for the District of Stratford in sd county here and curia of the town of Hamble in said county & being sworn further Declares & says that in his former Declaration made before said court on the 20 th of May 1833 that he omitted to state three months service which he did in the year 1776 & 1777 and testified on guard under Deed. Nathan Seely. The Applicant did not then rec- onize this service but does now & is cer- tain that in the Fall of 1776 he was draft- ed by Capt. Zachariah Cox (who commanded the Militia company in Hamble) for a period of 3 months to go on guard on Lasco Hill near the Beach (or sea there) in the town of Stratford on Long Island Sound. One Enoch Blackman De- ceased was in said guard. S d Guard was ma- de up by drafts from different Militia com- panies in Cox. Whilings Regiment. All the officers are dead & Enoch Blackman of said guard living — by whom said guard passed this service. De- ceased Black of Hamble a Commissioner who was with me in S d Guard & is present in court to testify to the same. This service was 3 months & was constant commencing in Decem- ber 1776. From loss of memory the Applicant is not able to give further particulars of his service & he has made diligent inquiry and cannot find any other witnesses to any of his services, except said Black & David Seely & Andrew Curia — The said Seely was with the Applicant when he went in Capt. Cox's company to New York in the Sum- mer of 1776 & the said Black also recollects the fact that said company was ordered into service & went to New York in the Summer of

1776 The Applicant cannot be mistaken in the fact that he went to New York under cover in 1776 (for it was his first service) & that it was 3 Months He is sure because he went either just before or just after the Declaration of Independence & did not return until the fall of October. Also that he served with S o John Beach He is now certain from facts & incidents. Started by David Beach & He also remembers going down to Litchfield with S o Beach. - The Applicant cannot find any further evidence in support of his Service at Black Rock or at Stamford. He remembers distinctly that he served at Black Rock in the Town of Litchfield under Lieut. Col. as before stated but by reason of old age & the loss of memory He cannot say distinctly as to the length of Service but according to the best of his knowledge & belief it was three Months In the year 1778 The Applicant remembers that there was one John Downing a Foreigner who was in the Guard at Black Rock & also that the British had possession of the S o and that there were men in the S o and from Black Rock fort. The Applicant is also certain that he went to Stamford but cannot state the precise length of Service but well remembers being under Col. Brock at Stamford & that He was there for 3 Months at that time - Under the direction of Col. Brock to prove this Service. Everard Curtis Subscribed known in court the day before me John D. Mark Moore Judge

Stepney Conn To the Pension Bureau
Please send to Mrs Lorinson Beardsley the service of her grand father, Everard Curtis, who in 1840 was 81 years of age. He died in Trumbull Conn July 5. 1845. 86y and was a pensioner - Also Huldah, widow of Chauncy Beardsley or Robert Chauncy Beardsley, died June 27. 1856 - Aged 108 y 4 mo - also a pensioner -
Mrs Lorinson Beardsley Stepney. Fairfield Co. Conn -

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.
L. W. B. I. 17368, W. 20710. Am
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 9th, 1899.
Madam:--
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Everard Curtis made an application for pension on May 20, 1833, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing at Trumbull, Conn., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Trumbull, Conn., and served under Capt. Coe and Col. Lewis.
Hulda , widow of Robert C. Beardslee, made an application for pension on October 10, 1836, at which time she was 81 years of age and residing at Trumbull, Conn., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private and corporal in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of thirteen months. He enlisted at Trumbull, Conn., and served under Capt. Beach and Col. Whiting.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. L. Beardsley,
Stepney, Fairfield Co.,
Conn.