Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35761, Bartholomew Adams, Del
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(8-1776)
Service
Del
Adams, Bartholomew
Number
S.35761
Contents
in 1818 aged/64 yrs and res. of Sussex Co., Del
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Service  Number
Del  Adams, Bartholomew  S 35761
In 1818, age 64 years & res. of Sussex Co., Del
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Sept181[illegible]13423
 Delaware
Bartholomew Adams
 of in the state of Delaware 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Capt Jacquett of the Delaware 
line, for the term of 5 years
 Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware
 at the rate of  8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 20th of April 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of July 1819
 and sent to William B. Cooper
 Esqr. George Town
 Sussex County
Delaware 
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $83.96
Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 Sept 1819 “48.00
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10mo 11/30 4/31 S $131.96
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 {Revolutionary claim,
 Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Sussex County State of Delaware } SS

April 20th 1818 Comes

Bartholomew Adams before me William B. Cooper one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas and the State aforesaid and makes Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that he enlisted the [blank] Company Commanded by Peter Jacquett belonging to the Delaware Regiment of the Revolutionary army that from the time of his Enlistment he continued to serve as a common soldier in the aforesaid Regiment until the close of the Revolutionary war at which time he was discharged for service at New Castle in the State aforeaid that at the time he was discharged from service at the place aforesaid it was only [illegible] he received further orders that the paper given to him at that time has long since been lost and upon his oath aforesaid he further declares that he is at this time a citizen of the United States and residing in the State aforesaid and by reason of his reduced circumstances that he is in need of his countrys appliance for support.

In testimony whereof I have caused the same to be signed by the said Bartholomew Adams and have hereunto set my hand that day and year aforesaid.

His Balt. X Adams Mark
William B. Cooper
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Sussex County in State of Delaware } April 20th 1818 Comes
Col. Mitchell Kershaw before me William B. Cooper one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State aforesaid upon his honor and affirmation declares he served as an on duty Sergeant in the 5th Company commanded by Peter Jacquett belonging to the Delaware Regiment during the Revolutionary war that during his service he was acquainted with the aforesaid Bartholomew [crossed out] Johnson
Adams and also knows that he belonged to and served in the aforesaid Company in the years of seventeen hundred and seventy eight and continued in the Continental service from that time until the close of the Revolutionary war in the character of a private soldier and that so far as this deponent knows and believes he performed his services faithfully during the time aforesaid.

Mitchell Kershaw

Taken and subscribed before and the day and year aforesaid.
William B. Cooper
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The State of Delaware Sussex County township } I do hereby certify that William B. Cooper Esquire is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the State of Delaware aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given all his acts and deeds as such the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas and at George Town the [illegible] day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Francis Brown Prothy

M Boyd
Bartho vs. Adams
Private
Delaware Regiment
1778 - 5 years

[handwritten note bottom left appears upside down]
The judge must certify that he is satisfied that the claimant served in Revy army as stated,  and that he is In indigent circumstances.
Frances
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The judge must certify 
that he satisfied 
that the claimant served in rev army as stated, and that 
he is in indigent 
circumstances

[upside down]
M Boyd
Bartho vs. Adam
private Delaware regiment
 17s78 -  5 years
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Sussex County in State of Delaware } I William B. Cooper Judge as aforesaid do certify that I am satisfied that the within named Bartholomew Adams did serve in the Revolutionary Army as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the time of nine months on the continental establishment of that he is in reduced and indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for his support. And I now transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the direction of the Act of Congress. Writing in my hand this 24th June 1818.

William B. Cooper

[illegible] State of Delaware Sussex County to suit } I do hereby certify that William B. Cooper Esq. is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the State of Delaware aforesaid that full faith and credit is and ought to be given all his acts and deeds as such the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the the Court of Comm. Pleas at George Town in the County of Sussex aforesaid this twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred eighteen. 

Francis Brown Prothy
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Bartholomew, Adams  
Private  
Delaware Regiment 
1778 5 years  
The testimony on 
oath, of two or more 
disinterested and 
credible persons 
officers of the same 
regiment and line, 
to be preferred
 proving 9 months 
service , in continuances on Cont. establishment.  
Wm B. Cooper Esquire
 George Town 
Sussex Co Delaware  
 Comm: Pension 
April 1818
 (see Old declaration)
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Bartholomew, Adams 
Private 
Delaware Regiment 1778  5 years 
The testimony on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons
 officers of the same regiment and line,
 to be preferred
 proving 9 months service , in continuances on Cont.
 establishment. 
Wm B. Cooper Esquire
[illegible] Town
 Sussex Co Delaware 

Comm: Pension
April 1818 (see
Old declaration)
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Sussex County State of Delaware } August 17th 1818 [illegible] Colonel Mitchell Kershaw before me William B. Cooper one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware aforesaid and upon his solemn affirmation Declare, he served as a duty sergeant in the fifth company commanded by Capt. Peter Jaquett belonging to the Delaware Regiment during the the revolutionary war, that during his service he was acquainted with the soldier named Bartholomew Adams, and knows that he belonged to and served in the aforesaid company in the yeas of seventeen hundred and seventy eight and that he continued in the Continental services from that time until the close of the revolutionary war in the character and capacity of a private soldier and so far as this [illegible] knows, verify believes the said Bartholomew faithfully discharged his duty that sworn aforesaid.

M. Kershaw

Taken and subscribed before me the day and year just above written }
William B. Cooper

Sussex County State of Delaware } I William B. Cooper Judge as aforesaid do certify that I am satisfied that the within named Bartholomew Adams did serve in the Revolutionary Army as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy for the time of nine months and longer, on the Continental establishment; and that he is now in reduced and indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for his support. And I now commend to the Secretary of the department of war the proceeding and testimony taken and had before and pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress. Writing of my hand this 17th day of August, 1818

William B. Cooper
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The State of Delaware Sussex County township } I do certify that William B. Cooper Esquire is one of the Judges of the County of Common Pleas in and for the State of Delaware aforesaid and that faithfully and credit is and ought to be given all his acts and deeds as such the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at George Town the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord and Savior eighteen hundred and Eighteen.

Francis Brown [illegible]

Office of the Secretary of the State of Delaware
[illegible] 4 June 1819

There are in the officer pay rolls of Captain Peter Jaquette company, which was attached to and formed apart of the Delaware Regiment commanded by Col. David Hall in the service of the United States on the continental establishment during the revolutionary war, from May 1777 to March 1780 in [illegible], and the service muster roles of the same company for the year 1778 and 1780 [illegible] last of which [illegible] muster roles is for the month of April 1780; from which it appears that a person named "Bartholomew Adams" continued into the said company on the 18 March 1778 and continued to  serve as a private soldier in the same company from the time of his enlistment aforesaid until and during the month of April 1780.

This also is in their office a "muster role of the now commissioned officers [illegible] and [illegible] and rank and file of the late Delaware Regiment since the first company of the second [illegible] in Col. Williams Regiment serving in the  [illegible] army of the United States", [illegible] "Hillborough N. Carolina Sept 1780," from which it appears that a private soldier of the name of "Bartholomew Adams" then belonging to the said last mentioned company and that he was missing in action after 18 August 1780.

Certified for the the United States War Department
HM Ridgely
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Sussex County 
Ss.} 
State of Delaware
On this Seventeenth day of August 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for 
the State of Delaware aforesaid, personally appeared Bartholomew Adams
 aged Sixty four years resident in the said County & State, who being 
by me first duly sworn according to law, doth [insert] on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 
That he the said Bartholomew Adams enlisted in the year of 1778
 in the State of Delaware in a company commanded by 
Captain Peter Jacquett of the Delaware Regiment
 that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the 
United States until the close of the Revolutionary was when he 
was discharged from service in New Castle County 
State of Delaware that he was in the Battles of the 
Monmouth and at the Battle of Camden 
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the
 assistance of his country for support and that he has not any other
 evidence of his services now in his power beyond this his declaration
 on Oath and the affidavit of Colonel Mitchell Kershaw 
hereto annexed.- 
Sworn to and Subscribed 
before me the day and
 year first above written.  
 Wm B. Cooper 
                                 
                         his
Bartholomew X Adams 
                        mark
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 
ADY 
June 13, 1929. 
James Taylor Adams, Jr., 
Wise,
 Virginia.
 Sir: 
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
 War pension claim, S. 35761, it appears that Bartholomew 
Adams enlisted March 18, 1778 in Delaware, served as a 
private  in Captain Peter Jaquett's Company, Colonel David 
Hall's Delaware Regiment and Colonel Williams' Delaware 
Regiment, was in the battles of Monmouth and Camden and
 served to the close of the war.
 He was allowed pension on his application executed 
April 20, 1818, while a resident of Sussex County, Delaware,
 aged about sixty-four years. 
There are no family data.
 This is the history of the only soldier named Bartholomew 
Adams found on the Revolutionary War records of this
 bureau and said records fail to afford any information in 
regard to Shadrick Roberts.
 Respectfully,
 EARL D. CHURCH,
 Commissioner.
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35761 
INVALID.
Rel
File No. 35761
Bartholomew Adams
 [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
 Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 8, Page 15 Arrangement of 1870.} 
1917 Aug. 7. Photostat copy of 
declaration to C. A. Hoppin @
1917 Sept. 7.  Date for last payment to auditor on his request. @
1929 June 13. Hist to James Taylor 
Adams, Jr. See Jonathan 
Adams, Rev. War, W. 5596 [illegible]
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Rev. War Penr. S. 35761, Bartholomew Adams, Del.
"  S12744 Joseph Degolyer, N.Y.
"  W.5475 Thomas Parkinson Md
"  W.10016 Jacob Elsbury

photostat copies of 3 pages -
"  "  "  4  "
"  "  "  7  "
"  "  "  7  "

uncertified advise him of cost of above at 

Please address at own risk Aug 2. 1917

personal inquiry

C. A. Hoppin
Service [illegible] Richmond Va.

Care E. L. McClam
Greenfield Ohio

Permanent address.
but will not be there for a month yet
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

Aug 3 1917, 191.
Chief of Pens War Faction

Sir:
I have this day received from C.A. Hoppin draft no. Cash for $ 3 15/100 requesting copies as per slip herewith.

Very respectfully,
W.N. Campbell [illegible]
Chief of Division

[stamp] CHIEF'S DESK
Mail & Supplies
Aug 3 1917
Division
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS [end stamp]

$3 15/100
Cw/Law
H.R.

Read of C.A. Hoppin
Gen [illegible]

Richmond, Va.
$3 15 for copies of paper in 4 Rev War cases.

RWB Law

Aug 3, 1917
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August 7,  1917.

Mr. Charles A. Hoppin,
General Delivery,
Richmond, Virginia.

Sir:
In compliance with your personal request on the third instant, you are herewith furnished, in accordance with the provisions of the Ac of August 24, 1912, photostat copies of papers in the following Revolutionary War claims.

Wt. 969,-Joseph Johnston, 1st N. J. regt. 3 pages.
S. 35,761, Bartholomew Adams, Del. troops 3 pages.
S. 12,744, Joseph Degolyer, N. Y. troops 4 pages.
W. 5,475, Thomas Parkinson, Md. troops 7 pages.
W. 10,816, Jacob Elsbury, N. C. troops 7 pages.

Very respectfully,
[Signature G M Saltzgaber]
Commissioner.

[Paper form stapled onto letter. Brackets are handwritten in.]
Date [Aug 6, 1917]
Name [Bartholomew Adams, S. file]
[No S.35,761
Rev. War]
Photographic copies wanted of [1] pieces, consisting of [3] pages.
Remarks: [uncertified]
Exr [I. S. Charuhelni 2 (roman numeral?) dg] Chief: [Rev. Warlec] Div:
APPROVED:
Serial No. {8646} (Stampped)
[T. F Dwiss]
Chief, Law Division
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Mr. C. A. Hoppin,
General Delivery,
Richmond, Va.
Sir:
In response to your personal request of the 2" instant, that you be furnished uncertified copies of papers from the following Revolutionary War pension claims,
S.35, 761, Bartholomew Adams, Del. Troops,
3 pages.
S. 12,744, Joseph Degolyer, N. Y. Troops,
4 pages.
W.5475, Thomas Parkinson, Md. Troops,
7 pages.
W. 10,016, Jacob Elsbury, N. C. Troops,
7 pages.

You are advised that the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents per page.
The proper amount should be forwarded by certified check, draft, money order or cashier's check, drawn to the order of t the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
G.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.