Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1722, for Bartlet Siske, North Carolina
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N. C. Siske, Bartlet  S.1722
Va
carded
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Order to pay 18 (scribbles) 183? corner turned down
Date of death
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19540
East Tennessee
Bartlet Sosle
of Cocke Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company command by Captain Champlend of the regt commanded by Col McDowell in the N.C. line for 7 months
N.C. and Va Line Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of September 1833 and Samuel ? Pharifs Seveerville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 58.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 11.66
69.98
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by ? ?  Cleark
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Amended Declaration
of Bartlett Sisk

For Knoxville agency
? ? sent to
Sam M Cress?
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10510
? ? ?
War Department
Washington ?
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benifit of 
the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee on this 29th day of August
Cocke County  one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven?
Personally appeared in open court, before the  justice of the Court of Pleas and quarter session now sitting.  Bartlet Sisk a resident of Cocke County and State aforesaid aged 73 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the Service of the United States, as a colunteer under the following officers and served as herein stated
he served under General Butler, Col. Charles McDowel, Capt Jacob Camplin, Lieutenant John Cook and William Runnels? Ensign, that he entered the service the 20' day March 1779 and left the same on 25 day of July following which makes a term of four month and upwards?
that he was in Wilkes County when he entered the sevice as a volunteer under the above named officers in the State of North Carolina, and that he reengaged? at Hamilton old Store and marched them? to head quarters then from place to place until he arrived at a place Called Stone where he was engaged in a battle at that place under the above named officers that there was 44 of the Americans killed and 104 wounded and sometime afterward he got his discharge and that most of his time he marched through the States os S and N Carolina and Georgia said applicant further states that he removed to Virginia and there in the County of Culpepper where he was born again entered the service of the United States and was draftd and served under the following
officers Genral Campbell, Major ?Rucko, Capt Elijah Kerty and Simeon Blewford that he reentered? at Culpeper County ? va and marched thur? to head quarters when he remained three months was releaved and went home and that he knows of no person whose testomony he can procure making in all seven months and has no other documentory evidence ?
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the discharge which he receibed is in the first town he which he took under General Butler McDowel and Capt Camplin which discharge is in the following words
"I herby certify that person Bartlet Sisk hath served his town in the North Carolina  Mis\ti? and in Capt Camplin company, from Wilks County from the 20 day of March to the 23 day of  July ? given under my hand head quarters 1779 Jacob Camplin Capt
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension awaiting except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state in open Court
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid G. M Porter Clerk
Bartal Siske
"We George McNabb and Abraham Lillard residing in the county of Cocke and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bartlet Sisk, who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that pensioner
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year 
G E McNabb
Abraham Lillard
And the said court do hereby delare thier opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogation, prescribe 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 George McNabb and Abraham Lillard who have signed the preceding Certificate are both residents of the County of Cocke and State of Tennessee and an credible persons and that their Statement is installed to credit.
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I G M Porter clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the cournty of Cocke do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedins of the said court in the matter of the application of Brtlet Sisk for a pension in Testimony whereof I have herunto let my hand and ? offered my own private seal having ? of office at office in ?
this 29 day of August 1832
G. M. Porter
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I certify that I am acquainted with the signature of G. M. Porter Esq. that the above is Genuine I further certify that there is my public ? of office for the County Clerk of ?
July 8th 1833
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10.570 East
Bartlett Siske
Cocke Co Ten ce
from 1779 private
7 months
10.11?123.33 over 100
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Severville Tenn
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Brief in the case of Bartlet Siske
County of Cocke in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  ? in Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is her?  73 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period 20 March in 1779
Duration of Service
Years, Months, Days
4 Months
3 Months
Rank
As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Clamplin, C McDowel
C? Nutty ?? Campball
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Stone
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Wilkes Co N Carolina
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or blanks? deauthentication? and if so, in what respect? no? service in the ? de cl
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk
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January 19, 1937
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Honorable William L Nelson
225 House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
RA-J/Nel
John Evans - S.2200
Bartlet Siske - S. 1722
My dear Mr. Nelson:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John Evans and Bartlet Sisi, Revolutionary War soldiers who received pension in 1840, while residing in the State of Tennessee, the former in Laurence County and the latter in Cocke County, that state.

The records of those soldiers follow,
John Evans
S. 2200
The data which follow are obtained from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2200, based upon the military service in that war of John Evans, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling who applied for pension while residing in the state of Tennessee.
John Evans was born November 18, 1763, in Stokes County, North Carolina.  The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Stokes County, John Evans enlisted in October, 1780, served as a private in Captain Wooldridge's North Carolina Company, marched to "the old Moravin town" where he acted as a guard to the prisoners taken at the battle of King's Mountain, length of service, two monthes he volunteered January 1, 1781, for one year, served as a private in Captain Minor Smith's North Carolina Company and held himself in readiness to go out on alarm at a moment's notice, went out frequently on tours of three, four or six weeks each, protesting the inhabitants against the Tories and served at least six months in all.
After the Revolution, he continued to reside in Stokes County, North Carolina, until about 1830, then moved to Washington County, Virginia and lived until 1832, then moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee.
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John Evans was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1835?. while residing in Limsels County, Tennessee.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
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Bartlet Siske
S. 1722
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1722, based upon the military service in that war of Bartlet Siske.
Bartlet Siske was born in Culpeper County, Virginia.  The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While living in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Bartlet Sisk afterward, date not given, he moved to Culpeper County, Virginie Volunteered March 20, 1779, served in Captain Jacob Camplin's Company, Colonel Charles McDowell's North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Stone and was discharged July 25, 1779:  afterwar, date not given, he moved to Culpeper County, Virginia, enlisted and served three months in Captain Elijah Kirtly's Company, under Major Rucker in the Virginia troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and lived in Cocke County, Tennessee.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. Miller
Exeecutive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Siske, Bartlet
WC S1722
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I have by Bendify? that B? B? S? hath served received his in the North Carolina militia? and in ? ? company from ? county from the 20 March ?
to 22 July given ? ? head? quarters? July
Jacob Camplin
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1937 - Jan 19 - ?? 
Hon. Wm L Nelson 
Letter in case of John Evans - S. 2200 EL

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Rev War 1722 
Invalid
File No 1722
Bartlett Siske
Private N. C. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]
N.C, and Virginia Line. Records corrected Nov. 6 ??
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Batlet Siske
from 1779 Private
7 months
23.33
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Bartlet Siske
from 1779 private
7 months
23.33
Addmp
Saml M Phariss
Sevierville
Tenn
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bartlet Siske Cock Co Tennessee which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declaarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V.  Has he mentioned 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?  Yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the on under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  No
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman f the applican has no documentary evidence, and has not obtined the testimony of at least one living witness, has he sttef and another respectble citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on thae rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.  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:
"Pesonally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peae &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 service, 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.
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It is important in all cases to determine with percision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs 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 ll surch qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, etc. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant servdf 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service,
In a case where the name of the appplicant 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to whih 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 cerfified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the crtificate of the certifying officer who authenticated, the certifiate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of offie of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk  of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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The amended Declaration of Bartlet Sisk of the State of Tennessee Cocke County in order to show further proof of his Pension Claim under the act of congress 7th June 1832.
State of Tennessee
Cocke County July 9th 1833?
In answer to the 10th question & 1st negative red ink 
Said applicant notes, that the clerk's present seal is official to his declaration.  But having no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal he (the ? officant) has proured the certificate of John Blair a member of Congress proving the official charactor of signature of the clerk.
11th & 12th question & negative red ink.
Said applicant states that he could not obtain the evidence of a Clergyman residing in his neighborhood and that said applicant knows of no Clergyman whom he could get to certify to his claim and said applicant states this as course why the affidavit of a Clergyman is not obtained. Said applicant states that he has obtained the affidavit of George McNabb and Abraham Lillard Esqs of said county and of his neighborhood who concure in the opinion that he ( ? Bartlet Sisk) was a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Alm D Rankin Clerk  Bartlet Siske
Said Bartlet Sisk herwith sends you his discharge given at head quarters 1779 under ? of Jaocob Camplin Capt as evedence of his claim.
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I William D Rankin Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Cocke do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amendment and proceedings of the matter of the application of Bartlet Sisk for a Pension and that said applicant who has sworn to the foregoing was duly qualified in open court.
In Testimony where of I have here unto set my hand pressed seal at office in Newport 8th July 1833 signature of 
Wlm D Rankin Clerk

I am a guarantee with the signature of William D Rankin and know the above to be geniune; that he is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cocke County and that there is no public seal of office for said iruit Court office
John Blair tate
? 1st Congressional District of Tennessee
July 8th 1833
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The National Archives 
Form VAN-51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Division of Verterans' Administration
Name Sisland, William Grade Private line Maryland
Warrant Numbers 11473 and 11677 Acreage 100 Isuued December 18, 1794
to Henry Purdy, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"  which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other recotrds relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.