Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 43,428, Joel Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burtis Joel Lydia
SH3428
CONTENTS

74052
New York
Soel. Curtis.
of Quensbury in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years 1777 - to close of war.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence the 27 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1818 and sent to Judge Robards Caldwell, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 11 mo \frac{7}{21} = 90 32 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  38 00 $128 32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Soel. Curtis. Private. 3 years. 1777-1780. New York. 8 dollars per month. March 27th 1818. Certificate issued March 5th 1818. Arrears to March 4th 1819. Semi-annual all'ce ending Sep 4th 1819. Total $128 32. Revolutionary claim. Act 18th March, 1818. Continued.

State of New York County of Warren
Paul Costa of the town of Queensbury in the County and State of New York being duly sworn say that he is sixty five years of age & in very indigent circumstances this deponent further says that in the year eighteen hundred & seven the deponent as near as this deponent can recollect he enlisted in the Regular Army of the United States under Captain Elias Stone at Secondogaga in the State of New York the name of the Company this deponent cannot recollect the Regiment was the 12th Massachusetts Regiment in the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer in which Regiment this deponent served as Corporal thereabout & was then transferred to the first Massachusetts Regiment in which in the Massachusetts Line in which Regiment & in the Company of Captain Luke Hitchcock in said Regiment. This deponent served to the conclusion of the war as a soldier in which said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Wood on Force this deponent further says he was regularly discharged at the conclusion of the war and the discharge of this deponent has been casually lost. Sworn this 27th Day of March 1818 Paul Costa E. H. Richards first Judge of Warren County

State of New York Warren County ss. I certify that the letters patent under my hand and seal of office of William Robards, signature appearing on the annexed affidavit and certificate of the first judge of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Warren on the 27th day of March 1813, further certify that I am acquainted with the said William Robards & believe the signature therein to be his. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the court of common pleas to be hereunto affixed this 20th day of May 1813 Myra M. Bradburn Clerk
Seal of Court
State of New York County of Warren ss. Joel Parks of the town of Pinesburg in the county and State of said being duly sworn says that he [illegible]

Joel Curtis the deponent whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit - do hereby acknowledge & give up all & every right, claim or demand which I have or had in the United States previous to the passing of the late act for the relief of Revolutionary services for any services by me performed or for any losses by me sustained or injuries by me sustained in the Revolutionary Revolutionary war In witness whereof Joseph Whittier
Joel Curtis
Joseph Whittier being sworn, saith he is acquainted with Joel Curtis. And that he the said Joel is in sub New York circumstances as to be given the assistance of Government. Sworn this 27 th Day of March 1818 before me Joseph Whittier P. O'Leary first judge of common Pleas
Warren County ss. I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Joel Curtis did serve in the Revolutionary War as in stated in the foregoing Declaration against the common enemy. The assistance of Government for his support during the war. Now therefore the proceedings

Joseph Whitty being sworn saith he is acquainted with Joel Curtis And that he the said Joel is in such New York Circumstances as to require the assistance of Government -
Joseph Whitty Sworn this 27 th Day of March 1818 before me H. B. Olabick first judge of common Pleas -
Warren County ss I Certify that it appears to My Satisfaction that the above Named Joel Curtis did swear in the Revolutionary War as is stated in the foregoing Declaration against the Common enemy And Now having the proof and Testimony taken and had before Me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant of the aforesaid Act of Congress - dated 27 th day of March 1818 -
H. B. Olabick first judge of common Pleas I do further Certify from Franklin County Common Pleas My own knowledge - that the above Named Joel Curtis is in misleading Circumstances. dated 2 nd March 1819. H. B. Olabick Judge as aforesaid

In the matter 200 Declaration
Full Court Record
as copy
Ralph Clark of Sandy Hill Washington County N. York agent
Filed Sept 12 1882
1905 Sept 1882

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Warren County, ss. }
ON this thirteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county—a Court of Record, which proceed according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and which have the power of fine and imprisonment, Joel Curtis aged 68 years, resident in Queensbury in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820:—That he the said Joel Curtis served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz. during the years and months in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Stone, Luke Hitchcock, & John Williams in the regiments commanded by Colonels Samuel Brewer & Joseph Force in the line of the state of Massachusetts in the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, from the first part of the war to the end when he was discharged from the said service, at Newburgh hills in the state of New York
And further, that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, the 27th day of March 1818 and received a pension certificate, No. 7405 , dated at the War Office of the United States, the 5th day of March 1818 and has received his pension, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, from the said 27th day of March 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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.
Joel Curtis
Schedule of the Property of Joel Curtis
  (Viz) one Cow Valued at 14 00   Hog & four Pigs 14 00   2 old pails 50 1 broken Tea Kettle 50   1 small Looking glass 37 1 Table 37   2 milk pans 25 6 old Chains 1 25   6 Cups & Saucers 12 1 p. of Irons 50   1 butter Dish 12 1 Great Wheel 2 00   2 Tin do 12 1 Small do 2   12 old plates 37 1 Meal 75   3 p. bowls 18 2 old Chests 50   1 Tea Pot 25 2 old axes 1   1 Small Platter 12 1 Hoe 50   1 Decanter 37 1 Wash Tub 75   1 Glass bottle 12 1 Chair 75   1 p. Jug 9   1 Broken Iron Pot 50   2 Dish Kettles 50   $3, 98 $ 24 - $7 

And further that I have a wife Lydia Curtis aged 49 years in bad health And one daughter Esther Curtis aged 20 years who is sick and been unable to  and 1 son who is about 18 years old in good health, makes it his home with me but is with me but little of the time labor more than four years who are entirely dependent on my means for subsistence and I am very decrepit with age blindness and disease so as to be unable to support myself and family except by the aid of public or private charity and in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to a pension under the acts of Congress above mentioned - I am by occupation a laborer Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and date first above mentioned { Joel Curtis J. H. C. Baldwin Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing oath, 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 thirty two dollars and 62 1/2 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this day of September - 1820  clerk of the County of Warren, New York

6299 Application of Esther Curtis for a pension
Sydney Bayle, Esther Curtis
2604

Paul Curtis Lyde Winchell was Married February the 15-1788
Anna Curtis Born April the 10-1790 Departed this life September the 14-1792
James Curtis Born March the 10-1792 Departed this life March the 17-1792
Henry Curtis Born February

State of New York ss on this 22 d day of Feby 1844 personally appeared before me David Aldrich a Justice of the peace Ester Curtis of the Town of Weymouth in the County of Worcester aged fortyfive years & she being duly sworn doth declare & say in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 1836 & that she is a daughter of Ester Curtis who was the widow of Joel Curtis who was a private in the war of the revolution That said Joel Curtis served in the Massachusetts line & after wise served in the army of the revolution in the manner & for the terms particularly set forth in the papers of the said Joel Curtis in the matter of his application for a pension & that she has two brothers living as she supposeth David is deaf & dumb & living at Greenbury Worcester Co. David lived at Troy the last she heard from him
Subscribed & sworn before me The Say & your first above written { Esther Curtis David Aldrich justice peace { mark

The people of the State of New York By the grace of God free and Independent
To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern - I send greeting
Know Ye that at a Surrogates Court held in and for the County of Warren in our said State at Caldwell in said county on the thirteenth day of September inst before Orange Ferris Surrogate of our said County the most satisfactory evidence was adduced to prove that Joel Curtis late a pensioner of the United States deceased departed this life on the thirty first day of July 1824 leaving him surviving Lydia Curtis his widow - That the said widow departed this life on the fifteenth day of March 1837 leaving her surviving the following named children who are all over twenty one years of age viz David Daniel & Esther
All of which is hereby accordingly certified to - In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of office of our said Surrogate to be here unto affixed witness Orange Ferris Surrogate of our said County at Caldwell - aforesaid this 13 th day of September 1843 - Orange Ferris Surrogate

State of New York County of Warren ss
Deborah Rogers aged sixty two years of the Town of Lunenburg and Edmund Beck of the Town of Lunenburg aged sixty seven years respectively do hereby sworn depose & say that they were well acquainted with Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis during their life time that they became acquainted with them at least fifty years ago, Edm and Beck thinks the number then over six years ago as husband & wife and were reputed and esteemed as such in the community where they resided that they had a family of children some of whom deponents were acquainted with viz Savage Daniel & Esther some of the children older than these who have died do not recollect their names that after the death of Joel Curtis said Lydia Curtis remained his widow until her death & that Joel Curtis was ever reputed in the neighborhood where he lived to have been a revolutionary soldier & was at the time of his death a revolutionary pensioner
Subscribed & sworn before me this 10 th day of Decr. 1844. I certify that these deponents are respectable & intelligent persons & are to be believed under oath David Aldrich justice peace
Deborah Rogers Edmund Beck

State of New York County of Warren
ss I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County
do certify do certify that David Aldrich before whom the within or annexed affidavits were taken in the case of Lydia Curtis deceased widow of Joel Curtis a Revolutionary soldier purports to have been taken & sworn was at the several dates a justice of the peace in & for the County of Warren and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe his name subscribed to said affidavits to be his proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand & seal of office This 13 th day of Sept 1844
Thomas Archibald Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Paul Courtin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 Corpl Enos Stone Samuel Bresee N.H.   Sgt Luke Hutchinson Joseph Vose   John Williams   Service to end of war.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Feb. 27, 1818
Residence at date of application, Concord, N.H.
Age at date of application, 65 yrs old
Remarks: In 1818 his wife Lydia was 49 yrs old; daughter Esther 28 years old a son Hiram, whose name is not stated.
Remarks: Soldier married at Troy, N.Y. Feb. 15, 1788, Lydia Winchell; he died July 31, 1824, she died Mch. 15, 1837. Children: Anna b. Troy Apl. 10, 1790 d. Sept. 14, 1792. James b. Mch. 10, 1792 d. Mch. 17, 1792. Hiram b. Feb. - 1793 died —, Surviving children in 1844, David ae 48 yrs. Daniel ae 46 & Ester ae 45 yrs.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
This was added Apr. 2, 1913 when the map up in the drawers was discovered.

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Rey INVALID.
File No. 43, 428
God Custis Dr. Geo. Tru
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 June 27 Hist. to Margaret Black V.L.M. 1913 Apr. 2 Hist. to Mrs. M. Barron Rucker

Acts of July 17, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
Number Cancelled.
P. O. _____
Lydia Curtis
Service: _____
Mother of Joel
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized, _____
Contract.
Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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1299 Leyina Cartys ad
NY
Lit to Adm Alonzo Nov 24 1844 to Same March 10. 1845 to Ditto Sept 16. '45 A. Johnson Esq July 17. 48,
act 4 July 1836

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } WARREN COUNTY, ss.
Sol Curtis
I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court:—And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty Eight ————— Dollars Eighty Seven ————— Cents:—and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820 ————— IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of September 1820.
Seth C. Baldwin , Clerk.

Atkins Dec 12. 1844
Dear Sir
I rec d yours of the 21. Nov r /44. stating that I had failed in Establishing the marriage of Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis & this was evident to me when I rec d the negations from you stating what proof was necessary to establish the marriage according to law - you will perceive in Examination of these affidavits which I send to you know that there is one made by Esther Curtis bearing of the same date of the one I first sent to you the last explanatory of the first I should sent them both at the time I sent the application if I had not been advised different from those who has had some experience in the business - Esther Curtis was perfectly consistent with her self while under oath. but this being the first I have done in this line of business I not used to drawing affidavits I have made bungling work of it She stated  under oath that there was no other record of the marriage as she knew of & there was no record kept at the time of their marriage in this county or state as I can learn
I believe the marriage is established now by record & by respectable & intelligent persons
O. L. Edwards Esq
Yours with respects David Aldrich

6299
Spt 24 '44
NY
July 4. 1836.
Lydia Curtis.
A.
Recd Sep 19.
Rev Parker Hannous Washington City

Athol Sept 16. 1844
Dear Sir
Inclosed is the application of Esther Curtis for a pension trying to substantiate her claim under the act of Congress passed July 1836.
Esther Curtis is a poor woman being afflicted with the dumbness renders her unable to get a comfortable living but she is a woman of truth & veracity & in good standing in society.
all through new business to me I have at her request undertaken to establish her claim for a pension - believing her claims to be just & lawful.
I sent this application to General Stutsman a Member of Congress of the 10th District, he said he recd them when the greatest excitement was at the Capital last winter & laid them a long with some other papers & never thought of them till he got home this last spring - I now have come to the conclusion to lay them before your honor my self & have them disposed of in same way - there is an interlineation between the 16th & 17th line from the top & 19th & 20th and 28th & 29th there was no convenient place to mention them on the sheet of paper containing her affidavit in regard to the marriage & birth - please to let me hear from you as soon as convenient.
Yours with respect Davis Aldrich
Direct yours to Athol Warren Co State of N. York

State of New York
Onssawa County ss. Mary Young aged eighty years years of the City of Troy County, State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say, that she was well acquainted with Joel Curtis & Sydia Curtis during their life time. That she became acquainted with them about sixty five years ago, that they then lived together as husband and wife, and were married by Reverend Mr. Swartfigue, a clergyman residing in the town of Brunswick at the house of a Mr. Ashley in the said City of Troy then as husband and wife were reputed & esteemed as husband & wife in the community where they then resided. She well knows that they while living together as husband & wife had up a family of children - She was present at the birth of their first child, which was about fifty five years ago After the birth of their first child they moved to the village of Glens Falls now in the County of Warren - She was acquainted with the names of some of their children to wit, David, Daniel, Esther - After the death of the said Joel Curtis - the said Sydia Curtis his widow continued unmarried until her death as she is informed the witness further says, not
Sworn before me this 14 th day of August 1845.
her Mary X Young Mark
C. D. Sheldon Comr. H. Troy

Or Sir I, have made the additional proof required by you in the case of Joel & Esther Curtis for a pension which I hope will be satisfactory
Athol Augt 15 1845
D. Aldrich
N.B. Please direct your letter to D. Aldrich Athol Warren Co NY

State of New York ) Williams Adams aged sixty eight Broome County ) years of the City of Troy County ) State of said being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Joel Curtis & Sydia Curtis his wife during their life time. He became acquainted with them about sixty three years ago. The said Joel Curtis & wife then lived together as husband and wife. The said Sydia lived at my father's before she was married. They were married at the house of one Stephen Ashley an Innkeeper then living in the City of Troy. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Revd. Mr. Brewster then a resident clergyman of the town of Brunswick in the County of said. He says he was well acquainted with them for a number of years after they were married while they lived in the City of Troy & after they moved to the town of Lansingburgh. They were always respected as husband & wife through the community where they then resided. They raised a family of children. Their first child was born in Troy. He heard that the names of the sons of the children were David, Eli & Esther. After their death he understood that they subsequently moved to Glens Falls now in Warren County in the State of said. He knew nothing more about them after they went to Glens Falls. They lived in Lansingburgh but a very short period of time. Their first child if living must now be about sixty two years of age.
Sworn before me this 14th day of August 1845 G. D. Sheldon Court. W. Troy
William Adams his Mark

STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Cyrus D. Sheldon before whom the annexed Affidavit was made and whose name is there- unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Commission of Deeds - - - - - in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe that his signature to the said
Affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this fourteenth day of August 1845
A. H. Sheldon CLERK.

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. Abram Van Dine of the city of Troy County of Rensselaer aforesaid being duly sworn doth depone and say that this deponent was seventy eight years old on the 24 th day of April last. that this depon- ent became acquainted with Joel Curtis about three years before said Curtis was mar- ried that said Curtis when this deponent became acquainted with him resided in the family of one Stephen Ashley who kept a public house in what is now the city of Troy in said County, that said Curtis was married to a girl by the name of Lydia Winchell who also resided at the time of her marriage with said Ashley that said Curtis was married to the said Lydia Winchell in the year seven teen hundred and eighty when this deponent was fourteen years of age that this deponent was present at said marriage and witnessed the same. that the marriage ceremony was performed by a High Dutch Clergyman whose name according to the best recollection of this deponent was Stoutfuggen and who resided at the time in what is now then called Brunswick in the County of Rensselaer And this deponent says that said Curtis after his marriage with the said  and say Lydia Winchell after their marriage continued to reside together as husband & wife that this deponent frequently saw them until they removed to Warren County in this state
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14 th day August 1845 Abram B. Allen Recorder of Troy

STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Abram B. Olin — before whom the annexed Affidavit was made and whose name is there- unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof Recorder of the City of Troy in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Recorder — and verily believe that his signature to the said
Affidavit is genuine. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this fourteenth day of August 1845
AH Sheldon CLERK.
— in witness whereof the seal of said County, that said Curtis was married to a girl by the name of Lydia Winchell who also resided at the time of her marriage with said Ashley that said Curtis was married to the said Lydia Winchell in the year seven

State of New York
City of Troy ss I Abram B Allen Recorder of the city of Troy hereby certify that I acquainted with Abraham Vanderheyden who subscribed the within affidavit before me and that said Vanderheyden is reputed in this community to be a man of truth and veracity
Abraham B Allen

67 years of a film Arlene Homan
67 years Redmon Peak

State of Vermont                      Reuben Newman County of Windham ss Asa Haslam , aged eighty years of the town of Quechee -
being respectfully duly sworn sworn depose & say that they were well acquainted with Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis during their lifetime that they became acquainted with them at least fifty years ago that they then lived together as husband & wife and were reputed & esteemed as such in the community where they resided that they reared a family of children some of whom deponent were acquainted with viz David Daniel & Esther
that after the death of Joel Curtis said Lydia Curtis remained his widow until her death & that Joel Curtis was ever reputed in the neighbourhood where he lived to have been a revolutionary soldier & was at the time of his death a revolutionary pensioner
Subscribed & sworn before me Reuben Newman the 10 th day of Dec r 1844
I certify that this deponent is a respectable & intelligent person David Aldrich Justice of the peace
County of Windham County of Windham

State of New York
County of Warren ss. I, Ester Curtis of the Town of Warrenburgh in said County aged forty five years being duly sworn, saith that she was well acquainted with Joel Curtis and Lydia Curtis his wife when they lived together as husband & wife & since the decease of said Joel Curtis with said Lydia Curtis during her widowhood & untill the day of her death & that since his decease she said Lydia Curtis remained single & unmarried & the widow of said Joel Curtis untill she died. That the first remembrance she has of the said Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis is about forty years ago she this deponent being a daughter of the said Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis
That the sheet of paper purporting to contain an account of the marriage of said Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis, was detached from the family Bible in the presence of this deponent & is now hereto annexed. That this deponent first saw said family Bible and the record on the sheet affixed containing said account about forty years ago & the same was always reputed & esteemed to be a correct account of said marriage & of the births of the children of said Joel Curtis & Lydia Curtis that this deponent is also well acquainted with the children of said Joel & Lydia Curtis the eldest of whom named Anna Curtis would if now living be about fifty four years of age that the second child named James would be if living fifty two years of age that the third child named Hiram would be if living fifty one years of age that the fourth child named David is forty eight years of age that the fifth child named Gabriel is forty six years of age that the sixth child this deponent Ester is forty five years of age
& that said Joel Curtis was ever reputed to have served as a soldier in the American revolution subscribed & sworn to before me this 22 d day of Feby. 1844. Ester Curtis mark David Aldrich Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Warren ss. Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do certify that David Aldrich before whom the annexed affidavits in the case of Lydia Curtis widow of a revolutionary soldier purports to have been taken & sworn was at the several dates thereof one of the Justices of the peace of the said County of Warren. and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing & signature.
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 28th day of Februy 1844 Thomas Archibald Clerk

Warren County Town of Warm Springs
Esther Curtis being first duly sworn deposes & says that the leaf or sheet detached from the Bible belonging to Lydia Curtis containing a record of the marriage of Jael Curtis & Lydia Curtis is in the hand writing of John Winchel my mother's brother & copied from the said John Winchel letter for later figure (which was badly torn & worn & was wholly lost & mislaid 20 or 30 years ago) was received in an old Bible by my father Jael Curtis, it was copied myself & Mother the said Lydia Curtis in order to retain the record of the death birth & marriages of our family the said copying took place the fall of the year my father died being a half sister as sister in law years ago Subscribed & sworn before me this 23 rd day of February 1844
Dame Aldin Justin I certify that Esther Curtis this deponent is a woman of truth & a respectable person - D. Aldin Justin
Esther Curtis mark

Nov. 4, 1844 Mch. 10, 1845 Sept. 16, 1845 July 17, 1848 withdrawn and applied to S. File 2,153, Joel Curtis as per report for Auditor.
These four letters were wrongly applied to the case of Joel Curtis #9923 on the supposition that the report dated June 8, 1836, referred thereto, whereas the pensioner Joel Curtis #7405 New York Agency, mentioned his wife Lydia and daughter Esther, whose papers have been consolidated with his, under S. File 43,428.
L.S.C. April 2, 1913.
Joel Curtis, New York roll, act of March 18, 1818. Be pleased to say up to what time his pension has been paid? (Utica was his place of residence)
Pension Office June 8 1836.
Joel Curtis - 2 o appears on the New York City roll, paid to 1 March 1835. & is the only pensioner of that name on any of the New York rolls.
no Joel
paid probably to March 1835.
not true, there were two on N.Y. rolls
June 8. 1836 176

65 Pension Office
November 11. 1844
Sir,
The papers in the case of Lydia Curly, widow of Joel Curly under the act of 4 July 1836. have been examined and filed.
The date of the marriage should be established by record or documentary evidence public or private if attainable, or by the testimony of respectable, and intelligent persons, who knew the parties as husband and wife, at an ascertained date prior to the termination of the husband's service. The certificate of the Town Clerk or the register of the church where the marriage took place, may afford the requisite proof. The paper purporting to be a family register, appears to have been too recently made, to be received as evidence in this case, indeed, it is calculated to prejudice the claim. I enclose herewith the requisition, which will show you what proof is necessary to establish the claim.
The service of Joel Curly for 12 mo is admitted
David Alanson Esq. Atty Warren County New York

185 Sir.
Pension Office Mar 10 '45.
The addl evidence in the case of Esther Curtis, claiming a pension un- der the Act of July 4 th 36, has been examined & filed. The document ori- ginally filed as the family register and sworn to as having been known as such, turns out, according to the supplemental deposition of Esther Cur- tis to be only a copy made one fifteen years since. This self contradiction in regard to a matter so formally as- serted, goes to invalidate the testimo- ny of the witness, independently of which the evidence is valueless. If it be a copy, as now stated, it was made at too late a period to make it  be available in prov- ing the date of the marriage; and if it be an original it does not bear the sufficiently the impress of antiquity to justify this Dept in receiving it in evidence.

Under the circumstances of this case it will require the most clear and specific testimony setting forth facts calculated to impress doubt on the mind, to satisfy this Department.
Rev. Warren March 10 '45
David Aldrich Esq. Athol Caldwell N.Y.
6299 Act July 4

L. Aldrich
Sept 16. '45.

1 Pension Office September 16 1845
Sir,
The additional evidence in the case of Lydia Curtis dec d has been examined and filed with her other papers. It is not at all satisfactory. Joel Curtis, for whose services this claim is made, in his statement in 1820 swears he 'is 56 years old,' at the time it is alleged the marriage in this case took place, her age was but 16 years. It will not be admitted that the was married to Claimant at that age, unless sustained by record evidence of a high order. Before this claim can be allowed the age of Claimant's husband, the date of the marriage and the of the termination of the service must be established, by the Joint equity commission or by record or documentary evidence, of equal grade. And unless such can be produced it is wholly unnecessary to prosecute the claim further.
D. Hanchett Esq Athol Warren Co NY

Rucker
Rolla, Mo.
March 21 1913
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Trying to prove service for one Joel Curtis in D.H.R. I am writing to ask if you could please give me a copy of pension of his wife Lydia . She out lived him. Joel Curtis drew a pension & died in Unionbury N.Y. according to his pension record, but there is no trace of him there or at Albany so hoping to find some clue to run down through his wife Lydia is the reason I am writing you.
Also did one John Curtis (or Curtiss ) b. Wallingford Conn. m. 1st. Ires - 2nd Louisa (or Lovisa )? — married to Canaan Conn. 1771, died at Barkhamstead Conn. or near there as Will is headed Barkhamstead draw a pension? (As his wife Louisa (or Lovisa )?

Rucker
Rolla, Mo.
If so please give me copies of their pensions? or did they take land grants? I want this for same purpose, i.e. prove in D.A.R.
Some insist that this Jno. Curtis is my ancestor while others are possible its Joel Curtis So for any data what ever I will be exceedingly grateful.
Very respectfully
(Mrs) M. Barron Rucker

COWAN AND RUCKER ABSTRACTERS AND EXAMINERS OF LAND TITLES
WE HAVE COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS TO LANDS IN PHELPS COUNTY
TITLES EXAMINED AND PERFECTED
WE CAN FURNISH ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO LANDS IN PHELPS CO., MISSOURI
Pension Dept Washington D.C.
ROLLA, MO.
June 20, 1912
Gentle men:.
Being informed by Adjutant General of Mass. That the following men served in the Revolution from that state, So if they drew a pension, or their widows drew pensions, will you please give me copies of same, So that I can prove them in D.A.R. As follows.
Francis Curtis of Mass -
Joel Curtis - " "
And oblige,
Very respectfully
(Miss) Margaret Black