Davidson County TN Archives Military Records.....Curtis, Joshua April 10, 1818 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 28, 2006, 10:03 pm Pension Application Of Joshua Curtis, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S39392 Davidson County, Tennessee, April 10, 1818, Joshua Curtis: “…saith that he belonged to the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War in Captain John Armstrong’s company in the Continental line from North Carolina as a soldier in the year 1775, and some time afterwards was discharged, having served more than 9 months.” “And in the year 1777, joined the army again as an ensign in Captain John Nelson’s company of the North Carolina Continental line and served about 6 months as such, and was promoted to a 2nd lieutenant in Captain Micajah Lewis’s company, and was promoted after the Battle of Germantown to a first lieutenant and served as first lieutenant 5 or 6 months and resigned at the Valley Forge and that he served as a soldier and an officer aforesaid 2 years and 125 days.” “Joshua Curtis now resides in Davidson County, in the state of Tennessee and is reputed to be a very poor old man. James Tatum” “On the 19th of May, 1818, the before named Joshua Curtis came before me and made oath that when he resigned at Valley Forge aforesaid, he delivered his commission to General George Washington and that he does not know where it is.” Joshua Curtis, 2nd Lt. This pensioner, Joshua Curtis, died November 28, 1818 in Davidson County, TN and April 24, 1819, George Washington Curtis, administrator was paid $150.24 to cover period from April 10, 1818 to November 28, 1818, date of soldier’s death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/davidson/military/revwar/pensions/curtis195gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb