Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10346, Otis Bartlett, Continental (Conn.)
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3-1776
Service   
Continental Conn Bartlett, Otis,
Number 
S. 10346
Contents  Carded
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137
89
Nov 1 history MM Bartlett Priv
New York Albany
Otis Bartlett Dec'd
of Saratoga Co in the State of N.Y.
Who was a private in the - commanded
by Captain - of the commanded
by - in the Revolution for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
& End'g 14th Octr 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decr, 1857 and sent to Hon H. Bennet
Arrears to the 4th of 
HasR
Semi-anl. allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by
Book C2 Vol. 4 Page 9
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No. 25318
Otis Bartlett Saratoga County
New York
Adm 1. year $1. months
$43.33
I t
Aaron Nash Ballston Spa New York
August 13 A. Nash Agent
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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 tubular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace. (this}).  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 for your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Otis Bartlett Saratoga County New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1781
Enlisted 31st- March 1782
Duration of the Claim
0 years, 6 months 0 days
0 years, 7 months, 0 days

Rank of the claimant. 
Teamster
Teamster

Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Genl. Rochambeau & Genl. Washington
Cap. Hyde, Major Buckley
Cap. Patrick

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
71 years
Windham County 
Connecticut

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
Papers correctly attached.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards, 
Commission of Pensions.

Applicant must [illegible] it appear then & this  [illegible] pension is a [illegible] in a Confr. of Connecticut [illegible] Otis, [illegible phrase] act of Congress on the footing of Soldiers.
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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 mucicians 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 }
Count of  } SS.
On this   Day of    personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of   in the count 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 county through which he marched.  finger pointing symbol   This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belong to the militia, volunteers, nave &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 (of 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 of Virginia, 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 o age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
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 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.
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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 ex-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 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 wone 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 traditionary 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 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 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 serve; 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 direct 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, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particular s respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shows under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the services 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 not public sear 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 certificates 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 certificates 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 time 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.
hand pointing symbol.. The notes from [a] to [g] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of New York}
County of Saratoga} SS
On this 12 day of March 1833 personally appeared before me   the court of Chancery now sitting Otis Bartlett of the Town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga & State aforesaid aged seventy one 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 provisions of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1781 and served in the Regiment of the - line under the following named office & served as herein after stated.

To the question where and in what year were you born? He answers, In the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, August 22, 1761
To the question, Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
He answers, he has.  In his Father's Family Bible now in the possession of this deponent at Charlton aforesaid. 
To the question, Where were you living when called into service; Where have lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
He answers & says, In Lebanon in the County of Windham, where he lived until 1785 when he moved to Warren's Bush now Florida in the County of Montgomery where he lived about two years when he moved to the Town of Charlton in the Count of Saratoga in said State where he has lived ever since, and where he now lives.
How were you called into service; were you
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drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom;
He answers, In the year 1781 when he lived in the Town of Lebanon aforesaid, when & where he Enlisted & entered into the service of the United States as a private for six months and served from the - of May 1781 until the - of November 1781 under the following named Officers, to wit, Captain Elijah of Elisha Hyde, Commander of twelve teams of the United States there were other like companies of twelve teams each over all of which Major Roger Buckley was chief Conductor or commander, he this deponent according to orders by said Captain Hyde took charge of one of the public teams of two pair of oxen & cart & performed his duty in conveying continental stores for the French Army & Commanded by General Rochambeau from Providence in the State of Rhode Island, that he was employed with the team in his charge to convey the Baggage of a Colonel of the French, under General Rochambeau the name of the Colonel he does not recollect.  Marched through Danbury in the State of Connecticut to the north River, in the State of New York, where the French Troops under General Rochambeau joined the American Troops under General Washington, the two Generals met in an open space formed in center of the guards of Cavall the Guard of General Washington 
forming one side of the French the other, that he with the Army continued at the place near where the two Generals met as aforesaid, for several weeks doing duly as aforesaid, until the said Army moved to the South, crossed the River at Kins Ferry, he this deponent with his team in the Company with the other Continental teams traveled with the Army to Anapolis where our carts were
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unloaded & the baggage put on board of shipping, he this deponent in company with the other teams was ordered on to Frederic's burgh in Virginia near where the Troops under Con. Wallis where situated the American Army was engaged in the Siege of York Town he this deponent continued doing duty as aforesaid until the 1st of November 1781 when he was discharged at Fredericks Burgh aforesaid having served the full term of his said enlistment does not recollect by what officer but does recollect that when he had served full six months he was permitted to return home leaving the team which was continental property, he does not recollect or know whether his enlistment was authorized by the State of Connecticut as State Troops or levies, in order to assist the Continentals or on the Continental line of the State of Connecticut, but does recollect that he enlisted and served as herein stated, at Frederick's burgh aforesaid he was under the command of Captain Dewey who was there taken sick & was mentally deranged that he this deponent besides taking care of the team under his charge performed the duties of Captains of the 12 Teams in the place of Captain Dewey aforesaid that he did duty as Captain aforesaid at least one month.  The British Army under Con-Wallis surrendered to the American Army which we were at Fredericks burgh in Charge of the Continental teams as aforesaid, he this deponent is as with the American Army under Generals Washington & Rochambeau as herein stated & has herein stated all that he can recollect as to the Regiments and officers.  He has no documentary evidence of his said services.
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In March 31st 1782 he again enlisted into the service of the United States at the Town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut for six months and served under Captain Robert Patrick commander of a company of twelve United States teams.  Teams, the oxen were marked on their horns (& in his impression the mark was)- in U.S.A. he went with the team
committed to his charge from Hartford to the Town of Reading in the West part of Connecticut and was employed in Conveying grain & 
for the use of the horses of the Continental Army when he continued where he con doing duty in conveying grain &c
for the use of the American Army until the last of June or 1st of July, when we were ordered & went to Danbury in the State of Connecticut under the said Captain Patrick in order to procure forage for the cattle where we continued several weeks taking care of the teams & then went to Ver Plank's Point and drew forage from Duches County in the State of New York & from other places, he served as aforesaid, in manner aforesaid until his said enlistment was fully expired when he was discharged by the said Captain Patrick at Ver Planks Point early in the month of October 1782 having been in constant service from the said 31st of March 1782 to the early part of October following at least seven months which added to the service of 1781.   months making thirteen months for which he claims a Pension as his services were confined to conveying Baggage, grain, forage &c for the Continental Army under Generals Washington & Rochambeau he does not recollect the name or names of the officers of the Continental or Militia Regiment who served when he served except as above stated, that he has no documentary evidence of his said services.
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To the question, 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 service.
He answers & says that he has already answered above as cleanly as he can answer the same.

To the question, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by who was it given and what has become of it?
He answers and says that he received no written discharge or that he does not recollect receiving one.

To the question, 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.

He the following names, to wit:  Elisha Jennings, Cyrus Baker, Asa Bartlett, Reverends Joseph Sweetman & J.C. Clancy both Clergymen Charles Wilkinson
He further states that James Thorp whose deposition is hereto annexed is much afflicted with the Rheumatism & lives about 20 miles from the court & could not be produced in court without much inconvenience, that 
Clancy the Clergyman whose deposition is hereto annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Otis Bartlett
In Open Court 
G. M. Davison
Clark in Chauncy
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We John Clancy, a clergyman, and Elisha Jennings of Charlton, in the County of Saratoga, of the Town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Otis Bartlett who has subscribed & sworn to 
to the above declaration the we believe him to be seventy one years of age the he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and the we  concur in that opinion 

Elisha Jennings
Subscribed & sworn to
the day & year above dated}

Elisha Jennings
G. M. Davison
Clerk in Chancery
Jn Clancy

John Clancy subscribed & affirmed to the foregoing before me, March 26, 1833
G.M. Davison, Clerk in Chancery
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above said applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and as he states, and it further appears to them that John Clancy is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Charlton in said County, and that Elisha Jennings who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Charlton in said County is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
E. Cowen
I G. M. Davison Clerk of the Court of Chancery, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Otis Bartlett for a Pension.  In testimony where of; I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 20th day of May 1833
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State of New York}
Dutches County} S.S.

On this 29th of November 1851, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Bartlett of Poughkeepsie, NY, who being duly sworn according to law declares & says that he is the son of Otis Bartlett, declares the identical person who was on the roles of the Albany Agency at the rate of $43.33 per annum for his Revolutionary Services, and whose pension was suspended.  That the said Otis Bartlett died at Whitesboro, NY, on the 14th day of October 1837, leaving no widow and the following surviving child only viz.  Joseph Bartlett.  That the object of this declaration is to ask that the said suspension may be removed, and the amount, due at the time of his death may be allowed to the surviving child of the said Otis Bartlett.
Joseph Bartlett
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 29th day of November 1851}
J B Dutton Justice of the Peace
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H. Bartlett
Affidavit
for 
Thorp
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Seal
State of New York}SS
Montgomery County} SS  

Harvey Bartlett of the county and state aforesaid aged sixty-six years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knows James Thorp of Broadalbin in the county of Montgomery and state aforesaid being duly sworn that he knew him during the Revolutionary War and he was {ilglbe} well acquainted with him - this deponent says that he well remembers that during the said War said Thorp enlisted for a militia {ilgbile} Connecticut in Lebanon in the State of Connecticut and served our {ilgible} as a private soldier in the United States Service, as deponent then under  {ilgile} delivered and  still believes the  {ilgible} that said service was performed deponent does not remember but e well remembers that said Thorp was about our {ilible} from his {olegible} serin Daniel Hyde with whom he was learning a drade & that it was {illiegilbeg} & believed he was in  the service as a private soldier. Deponent was at the home of the {illgble} of said Thorp in Lebanone whome said Thorp {illegibli} or from said service it was in the winter season {illgle}was kept in our {illgble} of the house of said Thorpe Father and this deponent was attending {illeible{ school whom said James Thorp returned from the service aforesaid.

This deponent remembers that after the above service was performed and he hent
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The United States driver as a teamster one season with Otis Bartlett the brother of this deponent the length of time that said Thorpe served as a teamster this deponent cannot particularly state, but he remembers that said Thorpe commanded his service in the Spring of the year and continued in the summer with cold weather this deponent lived in Lebanon Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, where the said deponent resided except when in the service as aforesaid - deponent understands at the time that his brother Otis Bartlett & said Thorpe were in the service as teamsters they were in the United States Service so called-

Subscribed & Sworn before me at {illegible} June 9th 1834 Harvey Bartlett
Wm Reid justice

I certify that I have been acquainted with Harvey Bartlett for upwards of twenty years and that he is a man of credibility and to be believed in his oath Answered on June 9th 1834
Wm Reid Justice

State of New York}
Montgomery County} SS  I Richard H. Cushney Deputy Clerk
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The United States driver or a teamster one season with Otis Bartlett the brother of this deponent the length of time that said Thorp served as a teamster this deponent cannot particularly state, but he remembers that said Thorpe commanded his service in the Spring of the year and continued in the Summer with cold weather - this deponent lived in Lebanon Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, when the said Thorpe also resided except when in the Service as aforesaid - deponent understood at the time that his brother Otis Bartlett & said Thorp was in the Service as teamsters they were in the United States Service so called - 

Subscribed & Sworn before me at Amsterdam June 9th 1834  Harvey Bartlett
Wm Reid Justice
I certify that I have been acquainted with Harvey Bartlett for upward of twenty years and that he is a man of credibility and to be believed on his oath Amsterdam June 9th 1834
Wm Reid Justice

State of New York}
Montgomery County} SS
 I Richard H Cushney Deputy Clerk
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of the County of Montgomery in sis said State do hereby certify that William Reid Esq whose name is affixed to the jurat of the above affidavit and also to the said certificate was at the date of the same as Justice of the Peace in and for said County.  And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do believe that the signature to the Jurat of the above affidavit and also to the above certificate is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this Eleventh day of June 1834
R H Cushney
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Rev War
10346
Invalid Om
File No. 10,346
Otis Bartlett
Priv. Rev. War
Act:  June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Land to
29 May
Aug 28' .34
U Ser
28 34
L. H. 137
New York
Otis Bartlett
Saratoga the State of New York who was a private in the Conf. commanded by Captain Hyde of the Rev W. commanded by Col - in the {illegible} line for 13 months 
Continental Line Febr 13/05
Records corrected BS
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 and semtto A. Nash Ballst on Spa
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $108.33
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M '34 21.66
$129.99
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go C Stily Clerk,
Book E Vol. A Page 90
Let to A Nash
John Fleming
1834 
Lev to J. Fleming
Adopt from 
to A. Nash Aug
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New York, Albany Roll, Act 4 June,
Otis Bartlett Pri $43.33 per annum
To what twice last paid? Pd to 4th March 1834
Peyor Off Col

Maj Rogan

State Seal
State of New York, County of Dutchess, ss.
I, Joseph T. Adriance, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, and of the Courts of said County Do hereby Certify, that Samuel B Dutton Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit thereon written was at the time of taking these are a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly elected & sworn and authorized to take the same

And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, the Twenty ninth day of Nov A.D. 1857 Joseph Adriance Clerk.
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War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Otis Bartlett of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to require Forty Three dollars and Thirty three 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 6 day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ballston Spa Saratoga County New York
June 28th 1833

Sir

You'll receive the deposition of Martin Kellogg in support of the claim of Otis Bartlett to a Pension under the Act of Congress of 7 June 1832.  Have the goodness to attach the same to his papers transmitted to the Pension Office in May 1833.  &  Oblige

Very Respectfully

Your Obe'nt Serv
Aaron Nash
[illegible]
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For the Pension Office
The Honorable
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
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Ballston Spa  7th Sept 1833
Siv
I hereby forward to you, the papers in the returned case of Otis Barlett for a Pension under the Act of 7 June 1832.  It is hoped that the enclosed affidavits will prove satisfactory in support of his claim.  Have the goodness to transmit to me his Certificate at this Post Office as easily as may be convenient of& Oblige

Your Obedient Servt (servant)
To the Honorable
 Lew Cass Secretary of War
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Montgomery County SS  Personally appeared before me John Wilson one of the Judges of the Peace in and for the County of Montgomery Merton Kellogg and being first duly sworn this 20th day of February 1833 makes oath and says that he this deponent is sixty-nine years of age that he has been acquainted with Otis Bartlett for about sixty years and knows him to be a man of good moral character  That said Bartlett was employed as a Teamster to (carry) drive a team to Camp Baggage for the French Army he left home the First of June in the year 1781 or the First of May of that year which witness does not exactly recollect went to Providence Rhode Island was under the direction of Hyde and Loomis Waggon Conductors as the deponent believes went from Rhode Island to White Plains from there to [illegible] town and continued there in saw [illegible] until the Summer of Cornwallis. after the taking of Cornwallis he went himself and arrived at home as the deponent thinks about the last of November the same year.  Witness was in the services during the same time.  Martin Kellogg
Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day of February 1833
John Wilson Justice of the Peace

I certify that Martin Kellogg the deponent is personally known to me and is a man of known veracity and what he testifies to is entitled to full credit Broadalbin Montgomery County February 20 1833  John Wilson Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerks Office SS:  I George D. Ferguson, clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, do hereby certify that John Wilson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice sincerely believe that the name of the said Justice 
to the within affidavit is his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office this 7th March 1833.
Geo. D. Ferguson

Martin Kellogg
Deposition for Otis Bartlett
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Montgomery County}
Personally appeared before me John Wilson
On    Justices of the Peace in Broadoblin in said County.  James
Thorp and being first duly sworn this 20th day of February 1877
makes oath and says that he this deponent is qu will be Seventy years
he has been acquainted with Otis Bartlett
since this deponent was old enough to know any person 
and knows him to be a man of good moral character
that he thus saw Otis Bartlett enlisted on the last day of March 1782 under Captain Robert Patrick at Lebanon County of Maynildau Connecticut went from that to Fairfield Connecticut from that went to Redding Connecticut and came back of [illegible] to
[illegible] New York after remaining there four [illegible] returned to [illegible] Connecticut he remained there [illegible] time went [illegible] he [illegible] point and drawed [illegible] for the [illegible] four Dutchess County and the adjacent county was then [illegible] about the first October the same year he this deponant was in the same service during the whole Rev War
James Thorp
Sworn and subscribed 
this 20th day of February 1877
John Milton Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named James Thorp is a man of truth and veracity and his testimony is entitled to full 
[illegible] Witness my hand at Broadalue this 20th day of February 1833
John Wilson Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
Montgomery County SS} I George D. Ferguson Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
of Montgomery.  Do certify that John Wilson
Esquire whose name is subscribed to this
written affidavit and also to the written certificate 
was at this date of the Same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to take affidavits &c and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signatures to the written affidavit and certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said  County this 7th day of March 1833
Geo. D. Ferguson
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State of New York
County of Saratoga} SS
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County
of Saratoga.  Do certify that Perez Otis before whom the [illegible] within affidavits purports to have been sworn, and also who signed the within certificate, was at the date there
of; one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing 
and verily believe his name subscribed to the affidavits and to the Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature.

Witness my hand and Seal of Office, the 7th day of September 1833
 A Goodrich Clerk

Saratoga Seal

I certify that I now am, & from my childhood have been, well acquainted with Otis Bartlett, the applicant within named.  His character for truth & integrity stands fair.  He is & for many years has been an Elder of the Presbyterian Church in Charlton in the County of Saratoga.
Respected & respectable.  His declarations
& statements are entitled to full faith 
& credit.
Ballston N.Y. Sept. 7, 1833
John W. Taylor
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State of New York}
County of Saratoga} SS  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga and State afforesaid Otis Bartlett who being sworn deposeth and saith that at the time he enlisted into the Company of Capt Hyde in 1781 as well as at the time he enlisted into the Company of Capt Patrick in 1782 he was informed and Very believed and still believes that both of those officers were Continental Officers that he enlisted and served as a Continental teamster indeed he has never doubted and does not now doubt that his service was Continental 

Subscribed and sworn before me Otis Bartlett the 2nd day of September 1833
Perez Otis Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
County of Saratoga} SS Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga State of New York, afforesaid Martin Kellogg who being duly sworn in deposeth and saith that he was with the above deponent Otis Bartlett in the year 1781 when he served as a teamster and is not only well assured but he knows that it was in the Continental Service in which the above deponent enlisted and served 
Subscribed and sworn before me Martin Kellogg the 2nd day of September 1833
Perez Otis Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
County of Saratoga}SS  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga, State of New York afforesaid James Thorp who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew the above  deponent Otis Bartlett in the year 1782when he served as a teamster and is not only well assured but he knows that it was in the Continental Service in which the above deponent enlisted and served.
James Thorp

Subscribed and sworn before me the 2nd day of September 1839

Perez Otis a Justice of the Peace
I do hereby Certify that I have been acquainted with the said Otis Bartlett Martin Kellogg and James Thorp for more than twenty years and that they are all men of veracity and Credibility

September the 2nd 1833 Perez Otis Justice of the Peace

State of new York}
County of Saratoga} SS I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga, before whom the within a affivits purport to have been sworn
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25318
Otis Bartlett
for a Pension

Lebanon County of 
[Illegible]

all'd May 18th 1832
Mrs. Cus [illegible]

[illegible] Nash
Agent B Isa
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Otis Bartlett, dec'd

$43.33 per annum
Commencing 4 March 1834 & 
ending 14 Oct 1837
Payable to Joseph Bartlett, only surviving child

Albany

Hon H Bennett
Hos R
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State of New York
Chenango County SS:
I, Nelson Pellet, one of the clerks of the Reference Court of the State of New York, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited that Otis Bartlett who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United State at the rate of $43.33 per annum, and whose pension was [illegible] , was a resident of the County of Oneida, State of New York and died in Whitesborough in said County on the 14th day of October 1837 leaving no widow and but one surviving died, viz:  Joseph Bartlett
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office this 3rd day of December A.D. 1854

A. Prudy Dep. Clerk
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Oneida County
City of Utica State of New York SS:  Personally appeared before me Chester Hayden first Judge of said County a Justice of the Peace of the said city.  Otis Bartlett of said city to me personally known & where I hereby certify to be a man of integrity and of fair character and entitled to full faith and credit and made oath that he is aged seventy two years.  That he served two terms as a teamster in the United States service during the Revolutionary War.  That he said he is well acquainted with James Thorp who now resides in Broadallim Montgomery County & State aforesaid and that he the said Otis was well acquainted with said James during the Revolutionary War that the this deponent and said James both resided in Lebanon Connecticut during said war when not in the service .  Said Deponent knows that in the year 1781 said James Thorp did serve in the United States Service for the terms of six months as a private soldier this Deponent being at the same time engaged in the service as a teamster during the Revolutionary War the militia of Connecticut
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Deponent has received a pension certificate & pension 

Subscribed & Sworn this 7th day of June 1834 before me Otis Bartlett
Chester Hayden first Judge of Oneida
State of New York
Clerk's Office, Oneida County ss.   I, George Brown Clerk of said County do certify that Chester Hayden Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same First Judge of the County Courts of said County duly commissioned & qualified; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the hand said affidavit thereto to be his proper handwriting & signature 
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 7th day of June 1834.
George Brown Clerk
By Tho J Rudd Dept

Otis Bartlett
Affidavit