Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4010, Scipio Bartlett, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER

Mass.
Bartlett, Scipio 
P. 4010
Gilbert, Kate
Former Widow
CONTENTS
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496
Massachusetts Roll
Scipio Bartlett 4
[illegible]
Mass. Line. 3 years.-
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
[conscribed] nscribed on the Roll of Massachuretts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th. of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th. of May 1818
and eighteen [crossed out] sent to Hon. Saml. [likely Samuel] Putnam, Salem, Mass
Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
4 months 20/30
$35.93
Revolutionary claims
Act 18th March, 1818,
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I, Christopher T. Thayer, of Beverly in Massachusetts, on oath testify That I am Minister of the First Church in Beverly and that it appears of record from the Records thereof that Scipio Bartlett and Cate Green were lawfully married on the sixth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven : and that the above is a true transcript from said records with the
exception of the date which is [illegible] legible figures, [ ] "February 6, 1787"
C.J. Thayer [signed]
[illegible]: January 15th,1839
subscribed + sworn to before
[illegible name] Justice of the Peace.
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4568
Kate Gilbert
formerly widow
of Scipio Bartlett
Massachusetts

died March 7. 1828
Preston, [illegible] [Connecticut]
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
State of Massachusetts Essex County /s
on this ninth 9th day Today of January 1839 personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White
Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, Kate 
Gilbert, a resident in [illegible name] in the County of. Essex aged 67, years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath make the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress passed July.7.
1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows
That she is the Widow of Scipio Bart lett [Bartlett] who was a private soldier in the Army
of the Revolution and served therein as he
set forth in his declaration, for which
Services he was placed on the Pen sion [pension] Roll of the Massachusetts Agency under the Act of 1818, to which
she begs leave to refer for
proof of his Services :
She further declared that
she
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she was married to the said Scipio Bart
lett on the [sixth day of February in the
year Seventeen hundred Eighty seven.
that her husband the aforesaid Scipio
Bartlett died on the seventh day of March
1828 : that she was not married to
him prior to his leaving the service but
the marriage took place previous
to the first of January seventeen
hundred and ninety four. [ ] at the
time above stated : that after the
decease of said Scipio, she was married
to John Gilbert and that he died
about five years ago, and that she
is now sole and unmarried.
Kate his + Gilbert
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and years above
written before
D.A. White Judge Probate
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We being citizens of Salem and Beverly do testify that we were well acquainted with Scipio Bartlell dec'd. who was a Revolutionary
Pensioner : he died in 1828 and left a
Widow, Kate, who is now applying
for a Pension: she was after his death
married to John Gilbert, who died
about five years ago at sea. She is
now unmarried. We Know that
Kate Gilbert was the wife of
Bartlett abovenamed.
"two words first inter-twined
John Chadwick
Jonathan Green
J.P.

State of Massachusetts
Essex ss: Jany.9.1839
From the within named John Chadwick
and Jonathan Green, who are credible 
witnesses, made oath that the above
affidavit by them subscribed is
true Before
[illegible name] Just. Peace
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496
Scipio Bartlett
Jalm
May 18
[ ]
age 69
laborer
worth $10.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun
and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third
Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding ac-
cording to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in
point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the pow-
er of fine and imprisonment, Scipio Bartlett
resident in Salem
in said Circuit, who is named in
Pension Certificate No. 496
now in his possession, of which the
following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.........REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Scipio Bartlett
late a private
" in the Army of the Revolution,is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency at the rate
of eight
dollars per month, to commence on the ninth
" day of April
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
L.S. [stamped]
" Given at the War of Office of the United States, this Nineteenth day
 of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,
(no real estate.)
Three old chairs two pine tables iron pot
skillet. kettle, 4 knives and forks and
irons, shove and tongs Bible
$10.00
He is sixty nine years old a day laborer.
his family are his wife aged 49 daughters
Rachel 20 Jenny 18 and Anna 18.
He is afflicted with Rheumatism.
He served three years from 1717 in Capt.
Saml. Page's Company in the Regiment com
manded at first by Col. Francis, and after he
was killed. by Col Tupper in the Massachusetts
line of the army
his
Scipio + Bartlett.
mark
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Sworn to and declared before
Wm Wetmore, judge within named.
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath,
taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Scipio Bartlett do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United
States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time by gift, sale, or in manner whatever, disposed of my property or 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 reve- lutionary war," passed on the eighteenth 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. So help me GOD.
his
Scipio X Bartlett.
mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed
Scipio Bartlett
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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 prop-
erty exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
on this 17th
day of July
A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker [signature]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Be it remembered, That Scipio Bartlett
of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That
In the month of February, in the
year of our Lord seventeen hundred
and seventy seven, he enlisted in Capt.
Samuel Pages Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, and served as a soldier. in said Company three full years, upon the
Continental establishment, in the war
of the Revolution - and received an 
honorable discharge at West Point, in
the month of February1780. -
I further on oath declare that I was
emancipated at the commencement of the Revolu tionary War - and was a free man during my whole term of service as aforesaid.
I am a Black Man - but free - and
of the age of sixty seven years.

That the Declarant is infirm ; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support ; that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of
the United States.
Signed before S. Putnam J.S.C Court
Scipio X Bartlett
his mark
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AFFIDAVIT
I AbnerRaymond of Salem
in
the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do
on oath depose and testify,
That I was a Soldier in Captain
Billy Ponters Company, Colonel
Ebenezer Francis' Regiment from
the year 1777 to the year 1720- that I was
well acquainted with Sipio Bartlett,
and know that the said Sipio, served as a Soldier, during the [illegible] of
three years as set forth in his
declaration and was honorably
eat West Point-
I further testify that I knew that the same
Scipio was made free at He commencement
of the revolutionary war - and
was a free man during the whole time of his
service + now is a free man -
Abner Raymond [signature]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this ninth day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, personally appeared before me
Samuel Putnam, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth

the aforenamed Sipio Bartlett & Abner Raymond and in
my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforewritten
Declaration and AFFIDAVIT, by them respectively made as aforesaid : -And
it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforenamed Sipio Bartlett
served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the month day [struck through] of February A.D.1777 to the month day [struck through] of
February A. D. 1780
at one period of the Revolutionary War,
on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer-
tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary
of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a-
foresaid, at Salem, this ninth
day
of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just
S. j. Court of Massts
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[illegible] Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the
judicial courts of said in State in + for the for the
County of Essex do certify that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial
Court, that the within signature is his
Puman is a judge a of said Supreme Indiana
proper handwriting + that the seal hereto
affixed is the seal of said court
Salem April 30 1818
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk [signature]
Scipio Bartlett [written sideways down right margin]
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May 27, 1936
BA-J/EEL
Scipio Bartlett-R.4010
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, R.4010, based upon the military
service in that war of Scipio Bartlett, a black man.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Scipio Bartlett are not shown. He was emancipated about the be-
ginning of the Revolution.
Scipio Bartlett enlisted, place not shown, in February, 1777, served in Captain Samuel Page's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis and after his death, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged
in February, 1780.
He was allowedpension on his application executed April 9, 1818,
at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and resided in Salem,Essex
County, Massachusetts.
The soldier married February 6, 1787, at Beverly, Massachusetts,
Cate or Kate Green. The date and place of her birth and the names
of her parents are not shown.
He died March 7, 1828, and his widow married, date not given,
John Gilbert, who died about 1834.
In 1839, Kate Gilbert was aged sixty-seven years and resided in
Salem, Massachusetts.
Three daughters are referred to, namely: Rachel, in 1820, aged
twenty years: Jenny and Anna, in 1820, aged eighteen years.
This history to be sent if
ever called for.
It was written just to have
a record of negro soldiers.
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1889
Nov 1. History by M M Bartlett [illegible]
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873, [entirely line struck through]
4010,
P.O.
Kate Gilbert
Service: widow of Scipio Bartlett
Enlisted:_________________, 18
Discharged: ___________, 18
REJECTED [stamped]

Application filed:_____________________,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. 0.
Recognized.
Contra
Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for________, 18
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Kate Gilbert
formerly widow
of Scipio Bartlett
Massachusetts

Rejected
[illegible] June 183 [entirely line struck through]
[illegible and struck through]
40.10
married [illegible]
2' time, first husband
served. 
Act 7 July 1838
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. D.[illegible] White
is Judge of the Court of Probate and for said County. That
[illegible name], Benjamin Merrell, Esquire, 
are Justice,s of the Peace within and for said County, and that their
signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
January 17 A.D. 1839
John Prince Clerk.
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Salem, 17 Jany 1839
James L Edwards Esq.
Court [illegible]
Sir,
I enclose the application of Mrs Kate Gilbert, widow
of Scipio Bartlett decd. for Pension under Act of July 7. 1838.
Please reply to
[illegible]
Benj. Merrill
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Benjm Merrill
June 1,1839.
0.6.
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War Dept. Pen Office
June 1, 1839
The papers in the case
of Mrs. Kate Gilbert formerly widow of
Scipio Bartlett decd, me under act
7 July 1838 have been examined.
The Act under which she claims
does not provide for those widows
who have been married the
second time and who claim
on account of the service of their first husbands. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in the office.
papers finance in office.

Benjamin Merrill, Esq.
Salem Mass 
4568 act 7 July '38