Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35218, Stephen Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Curtis, Stephen
S 35218
CONTENTS

6761 / 4
District of Maine
Stephen Curles
of Norway, Oxford Co in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Glover of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of D of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1819 and sent to Judge Barris, Paris Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 9 mos 28 / 30  39.46    Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819.  48  
Continued on the roll under the law of the 11th May 1820. { Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notification sent to Thomas Clark Esq 11 July 1820 Paris Maine

United States of America District of Maine ss. - }
To Samuel Farrar, Hobart clearly Samuel Merrill or Amos Spaulding of Andover in the District of Massachusetts said Greeting
Whereas at a special District Court of said United States for Maine District held at Paris within said District on the seventh day of April, A.D. 1818, Stephen Curtis of said District presented himself and claimed a certificate of his having served in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy in Capt. Stephen Grant's company, in Col. John Glover's Regiment for the term of twelve months, on the continental establishment for the purpose of receiving a pension from said United States agreeably to the

provisions of An Act of Congress, passed March 10. 1810, entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"; - and whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons residing in and near said Andover who served with the said Stephen Curtis as aforesaid, is material and necessary in support of said application; - Therefore, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this court by the laws of the United States you the said Samuel Farrar, Hobart Blake, Samuel Merrill or Amos Spaulding, or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized at the proper expense of the applicants to take the depositions of such persons as served with the said Stephen Curtis as

aforesaid in the Revolutionary war, as lie the said party shall cause to come before you or either of you, touching the application aforesaid; and do the same when taken, together with this warrant to certify and do return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
Given under my hand and seal, at Paris in said District, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Albion H. Parrish Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Stephen  Burtis the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of David Fuller and Thomas Gray , taken before Saml Merrill , a respectable magistrate appointed by Dedimus for this purpose; and the certificate of Levi Whitman , a respectable citizen, and of Henry Brewster Jun. a municipal officer of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relating to his circumstances in life, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Stephen Burtis the applicant, served as a private soldier or marine in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Stephen Burtis
N o 6761 - " " "
Continued
10 Feb 1819.

STATE OF MAINE.
Paris ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford - Stephen Curtis aged sixty five - years, resident in Norway - in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private - in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Grant - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April A.D. 1818 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6761 was granted. 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, 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Stephen Curtis - his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green } Judah Dana }
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
No property of any description whatever - Stephen Curtis - his mark

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Stephen Curtis — who by occupation am a farmer — which I am un able to pursue by reason of the infirmities of age —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     No family his Stephen + Curtis mark  
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 _____ dollars and _____ cents. $00.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

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Very INVALID.
File No. 35-218
Stephen Curtis His Wife
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We the subscribers do certify that we are personally acquainted with Mr. Stephen Curtis of Norway, and from what we know of his situation in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. —
Norway Apr 6 th 1818. —
Murdered Selectmen of Norway
April 6 th 1818
I hereby certify that the above certificate is in my opinion true
Levi Whitman

I Stephen Curles, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Norway in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare, that in the year of our Lord 1776, at Middleton in said state & in the month of March according to my best recollection, I enlisted into the army of the United States, on the continental establishment for the term of one year as a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Grant's company, Col. John Glowers regiment and in the Massachusetts line, which term of one year I fully served, chiefly on the march, & at the expiration thereof, at Trenton, I received a verbal discharge.
In the month of May A.D. 1780, according to my best recollection, at said Middleton, I again enlisted into said army on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier in Capt. McFaulk's company, my Colonel's name I do not recollect, in the line of said state, which term of three years I fully served, the first part of which I served in Boston, and the latter on board of the continental Frigate Alliance under the command of Capt. Berry and was on board said Frigate, and continued to do duty, as a marine, until the close of the war, having some time then served the term for which I had originally engaged, when I received an honorable discharge, since lost by accident. I further testify that I am sixty four years of age, am not borne on any pension list of the United States, & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in addition to a feeble state of

truth, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Stephen his + he  his  he  his  he Witness - A. H. Parris mark
I David Fuller of Middleton of lawful age depose testify and say that the Town of Middleton according to my recollection, in 1700 nearly twenty enter the army for three years or during the war, that I was appointed by that town to procure one or more men to enter into the army. At my request Mr. Stephen Curtis enlisted, and served in Col. John Glover's Regiment to the end of the war; as I believe; for he returned to Middleton, at the end of the war.
David Fuller
Essex ss. May 1 st 1848. David Fuller above named personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed before me, the undersigned
Samuel Merrill, Justice of Peace

I Thomas Gray of Andover of lawful age depose testify and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy, in Capt. Joseph Lee's company in Col. John Glover's Regiment from sometime in the month of March A.D. 1776. to the first of January following, on the continental establishment; and that while in the service I was well acquainted with Stephen Curtis, that said Curtis during that year served in Col. John Glover's Regiment aforesaid, on the continental establishment, but I am unable to recollect in what company, or how long the said Curtis served.
Thomas Gray
Essex ss. May 6th. 1818.
Thomas Gray above named personally appeared before me Samuel Merrill, one of the persons appointed by the annexed warrant to take his deposition, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed
Samuel Merrill. Commr.