Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 591, Thomas Bartley, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Penn. | Bartley, Thomas | R. 591
 | or Barkley, | 
 | Margaret | 
CONTENTS
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24.778
Thomas Bartley
Kentucky
an examination of the within
& information as to the result
16 March 1838
Hon. J.R. Underwood
HR
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58
State of Kentucky ⎬
County of Monroe ⎬
On the 26th day of February 1838 before the County
Court now sitting Thomas Bartley of said County
and State Aged about Seventy eight years who
being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his Oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress pased
June 7th 1832
Said Thomas Bartley made a declaration before
said Court in the year 1833 but his name was
written Thomas Bartlet (he is an illiterate man
& was not informed of the mistake until lately)- on
the aforesaid declaration the War Department decided against the
applicant by stating he was not found on the
Roll of the Department - he therefore now declares
That in the County and City of Philadelphia and
State of Pennsylvania he was an Apprentice to a
Butcher of said City by the name of John Houseman
and enlisted in the regular Army of the United States under the Command 
of Captain Boyer who commanded a light
house Company in the first Regiment of Continental
commanded by Col Shryhawk as a private solider (there was a man who
enlisted the same day with Mr. T. Bartley by the name of
Benjamin Asten) but the Applicant was transfered
to the foot Troops under the command of
Captain Talbot in the same Regiment ^ said Ashton was also transfered to the same Capt his Majors
name was utt The Applicant further states that 
he performed his service in the City of Philadelphia
Morristown and Chester State of Pennsylvania
He further states he never was in any engagement
during his service but was surprised
at the sign of the Black horse in the night
in the year 1781 and was discharged by either
Captain Talbot or Col. Shryhawk which he
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does not now recollect which discharge was given
him in the year 1781 having served more than
two years but not quite three years which
discharge is lost or left in the State of Maryland
in Hagerstown as he lived there for the space
of three years after the close of the war then
the Applicant removed to Virginia where he lived for
near four years and afterwards he went with
St Clear for six month and was wounded at
the time of his defeat when he was brought to
Georgetown Kentucky by Major Bodinger where
he remained until his wounds was healed he then
returned to the State of Virginia where he enlisted
for three years under Capt Alexander Gibson of Stanton
in Genl Waynes Army and served under him for
three years when he was discharged at Cincinnati Ohio
when he came to the State of Kentucky near where
he now lives and Maried and farther he has
never returned to the State of Maryland which
is the cause he is now without his discharge
nor does he know of any person who knows
of his services during the revolutionary war nor
is he certain where his discharge was left
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and he declares
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency
in any State
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas [a bolded plus and the words "his mark] Bartley
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named Applicant was a Revolution
soldier and served as he states
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I Will Butler Clerk of the Court of
Monroe County Court do certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the Matter of the application
of Thomas Bartley for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of Office this 26th day of February
One Thousand Eight hundred and
thirty eight
Will Butler
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
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Hon. J. R. Miderwood
HK
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State of Kentucky
County of Monroe} SS
On the 24th day of December
1838 personally appeared in open Court Thomas Barkley
who ^is  resident of the above County and who also appeared
before said Court in February last and filed a
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act
of ^Congress passed June 7th 1832 and the said Barkley being
first duly sworn according to law doth make
the following Amndment to said Declaration first
that the name of his Colonel should have been
writen Shyhawk, instead of hryhwok as writen
in said declaration and farther that the declaration
sent to William Butler Esqr was Destroyed
at the time of drawing the second declaration
therefore he cannot return it and farther
he was not as he knows or believes in
the service of his Country under a Militia
Colonel whatever but that he saw said Col
Shry the same evening at the defeat of
the Americans at the sign of the Black horse
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and
date first writen
Thomas Barkley his X mark
I William Butler Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
Do Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the Matter of the ^amended application of Thomas
Barkleys for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and Seal of office this 24th day of
December 1838
Will Butterck
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF 7. June 1832.
Thomas Bartley,
Kentucky
Suspended
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.
CHARLES C. TUCKER,
Attorney,
Present.
8 July '54.
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Power of Attorney.
know all men by these presents: That Margret Bartley the
widow of Thomas Barkley deceased who was a Revolutionary
Soldier and also a private soldier in Waynes & St. Glaris War
do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent
and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of myself as surviving widow of  ^the said Thomas for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of
or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said
Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington
City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for
said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things
that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
may lawfully do in the premises hereby revoking all former [illegible] by me made
WITNESS my hand and seal this 30-- day of May ----- 1854.
Margret Bartley his + mark seal
In presence of
Wine S. Jobson } ss.

STATE of Kentucky Monroe Court---ss.
On this 30th day of May - - - 1854, before me a Justice of the peace
in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Margret Bartley
and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose
W Bartley J.P on C-

STATE OF Kentucky
Monroe COUNTY. } ss.
On this 30 day of May - - - 1854, before me the undersigned a Justice of the
peace---- in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Margret Bartley
a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that she is the identical
Margret Bartley who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that she is
directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as
my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Attest
Wm S. Jobson
Margret Bartley
June the 6th 1854
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
W Bartley J. P. M. C-----------------------
STATE OF Kentucky
COUNTY OF Monroe
I J.C. Conkins Clerk of the County and state of said, do
hereby certify that William Bartley Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and
acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the
Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such
are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my official seal this
27th day of June 1854.
J.C. Conkin clk [illegible]
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August 11, 1937
Thomas Bartley
R. 591
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Eugene H. Ray
Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments
Louisville, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Thomas Bartley, soldier
of the Revolutionary War, and later lived in
Monroe County, Kentucky.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, R. 591, based upon
the service of Thomas Bartley in the War of the
Revolution.
stated.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Bartley
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated.
Thomas Bartley applied for pension on February
26, 1838, aged about seventy-eight years and living in
Monroe County, Kentucky. He stated that while
an apprentice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a
butcher, John Houseman, he enlisted and served as a
private in Captain John Boyer's company of Light
Horse in Colonel Shryhawk's or Skyhawk's (probably
Shryock) "first Regiment of Continentals", was transferred
to Captain Tolbot's company of foot in same
regiment, was in a skirmish "at the Sign of the Black
Horse", and was discharged in 1781, having served more than
two years.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof
of service as required by the pension law was not
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furnished.
Thomas Bartley lived after the close of the Revolution
about three years in Hagerstown, Maryland, then
moved to Virginia. While in Virginia, he served six
months under General St. Clair, and was wounded at the
time of St. Clair's Defeat, then taken by "Major
Bodinger" to Georgetown, Kentucky, where he remained
until his wound had healed, then returned to the State of
Virginia, and enlisted under Captain Alexander "Gipson
of Stanton" in General Wayne's Army, served three years
and was discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio. He then went
to Kentucky, where he married, date not given.
The date of death of Thomas Bartley was not stated.
Margaret Bartley, widow of Thomas Bartley, was
living in 1854 in Monroe County, Kentucky; and William
Bartley was Justice of the Peace for Monroe County.
Kentucky in 1854. The relationship of William Bartley
to the above named Thomas and Margaret Bartley was not
shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further reference to family.
Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1937 July 27. Hist to Me[illegible] Branch [illegible]
1937 Aug 11 " " Mrs. Eugene H. Ray
1939. May 22 " " Emily Bartley
See her letter in Thomas Bartley S.18708 Esq

[stamped] INVALID
No. 091
[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

Thomas Bartley
P. O. __________
Service: __________
Enlisted: __________, 18  .
Discharged: __________, 18  .
The printed list of 1852
hows reasons for suspension
Application filed: __________, 18  .
"For a more full and
explicit detail of his
Alleges: Militia service"
militia service
Re-enlisted: __________
Attorney: __________
P. O. __________
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Louisville, Ky.
7-27-1937 -
My dear Sir:
Please give me all post information
concerning one Thomas Bartley
a pensioner living in Monroe Co. Ky in
1840 - Thomas Bartley.  Can you give me
time of his death, or where last pension
was paid? also any family history
application papers. Thank you --
Mrs. Eugene H. Ray
Missinger. Gaulbart Apts
Louisville, Ky- 

Thomas Bartley
Kentucky
---
Suspended
--- not found
See let. 16 March
1838 to Hon: J. R
Underwood
[crossed out] [illegible] to Mr. J. R. Underwood
7 Jan 1839
Let to Hon H [illegible]
CH Bartley Aug 4 1853
591
Act of 7 June 1832
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Hon. J.R. Underwood
7 Jan '39
OC
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War Dept. Pen Office
Jany 7. 1839
Sir
The amended declaration
of Thomas Bartley or Barkley has
been [illegible filed  with suspended
cases. There was no Col Skyhawk
or Skyhawk who commanded a
regt belonging to the Pennsylvania
line. The service was as a militia
[illegible] and unless each term can be
specified on the enclosed printed
desalations require, a favorable decision
cannot be had.
The claim of Mrs Nancy
Bryant widow of Benjamin
Bryant dead has been admitted.
Rev pension certificate will be
issued and sent to you in a
day or two.
Hon. J. R. Underwood
N. R
24.778 ents
4175 act 4 July 1836
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C. H. Barklay
Aug. 4/55.
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[Marginia: 1832]
Pension Office
Aug 4 1855
Sir 
Thomas Bartley of Kentucky claimed to have served over 2 years in the Pennsylvania Line, during the war of the Revolution. He declares that this service was rendered under Captain Boyer, Talbot & Col Skyhawks. No evidence of his service was found upon the Rolls of this office & he failed to prove the truth of his allegations
H Barkley Esq
Louisville 
Ky
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Hon. W. Grider
Feb 21-'45
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Pension Office 
Feby 21 ‘45. 
Sir
I have the honor to ^enclose [crossed out: year] in answer to the enquiries contained in Radford Maxey’s letter respecting the claim of Thomas Bartley, under the act of June 7th 32, a copy of an extract from a communication addressed to the Honble J R Underwood on the 7th of Jan 1839 from which you will learn the objections in his case. The enclosed form with the regulations under the act of June 17 44 will inform you as to the course to be pursued in the case of Charity Curtis whose pension under the act of March 3d ‘43 expired on the 4th of March ‘44. Mr Maxey's letter is herewith enclosed
Hon H Grider 
H R

24.771 
Act 7th June 32 
18th
Act March 3d 43
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Know all men by these presents that
I Margaret Bartley of Monroe County
Kentucky widow of Thomas Bartley dec
late of said County who in his life time
claimed a Revolutionary pension do hereby
with full power of substitution appoint
C H Barkley of Louisville Kentucky my
true and lawful attorney for me
and in my name to make full
investigation of and receive report
on the present condition of the
application by said Thomas Bartley
above named--And I hereby
ratify all his lawful acts and
deeds in this behalf.
Witness my name and seal
in Monroe County Kentucky
on this 18th day of July 1855
Attest
Henry Bray
Hm Bartley
Both of Monroe Co
Ky
Margaret Bartley her X mark
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Monroe County Kentucky Sct
Subscribed and
acknowledged before me a
justice of the peace in and
for said County on this 18th
day of July 1855 And I
certify that I am disinterested
In Testimony of which
I do hereto sign my name
Henry Bray of Pena

Monroe County Kentucky Sct
I J.C. Culkin 
Clerk of the County Court in and for said
County do certify that Henry Bray whose genuine
Signature appears to the above certificate was, at the
date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and qualified,
Witness my name and official
Seal at my office in Touss=Kinsville 
on this 19th day
of July 1835
J.C. Culkin clk MCC
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Louisville Ky
July 27th 1855
Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you a
power of Attorney from Mrs Margaret
Widow of Thomas Bartley of Monroe
Co. Ky. -- They inform me that
Thomas Bartley served in Regulars and
Militia both ---- Please give me an
abstract of his declaration which he made
when he applied for a pension in his life
and let me know whether any service
which he claimed is admitted
Yours Respectfully
CH Barkley
Hon. L P Washington
Commissioner
Washington
D.C.
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[illegible] at Jan 5.
Mrs. Bryant
Thos Barkley

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Present

Hon. J.R. Underwood
WR.
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Sir
Enclosed you have an additional statement from
Tho Bartley a Barkley which with the papers already
filed in your office he makes the basis on which he rests
a claim for a pension
You also have herewith the application of
Nancy Briant an old woman
Be pleased to forward to me their certificates
should passions be granted. If refused please communicate
the objections to granting them
very respectfully
J. R. Underwood
J. L. Edwards Esq
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May 22, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Thomas Bartley
S. 18708
Thomas Bartley
R. 591

Emily Bartley
Glasgow
Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Thomas [crossed out] (Barley), [handwritten] Bartley
soldier of the Revolutionary War. You state that 
The Adjutant General, this city, advised you that
their records show that Thomas Bartley served in the
1st Maryland Regiment, also in the 3rd Maryland
Regiment, in the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War pension records of this
office have been searched and the record of two
soldiers only, by the name Thomas Bartley, have 
been found.
Their records are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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July 27, 1937

Thomas Bartley
R. 591
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary
War record of Thomas Bartley who was a
resident of Monroe County, Kentucky after the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, R. 591, based upon
the service of Thomas Bartley in the War of the
Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated.
Thomas Bartley applied for pension February
26, 1838, aged about seventy-eight years and living in
Monroe County, Kentucky. He stated that while
an apprentice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a
butcher, John Houseman, he enlisted and served as a
private in Captain John Boyer's company of Light
Horse in Colonel Shryhawk's or Skyhawk's "first Regiment
of Continentals", was transferred to Captain
Tolbot's company of foot in same regiment, was in a
skirmish "at the sign of the Black horse", and was
discharged in 1781, having served more than two
years.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof
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of service as required by the pension law was not
furnished.
Thomas Bartley lived after the close of the
Revolution about three years in Hagerstown, Maryland, 
then moved to Virginia. While in Virginia,
he served six months under General St. Clair, and
was wounded at the time of St. Clair's Defeat, then
taken by "Major Bodinger" to Georgetown, Kentucky,
where he remained until his wound had healed, then
returned to the State of Virginia, and enlisted
under Captain Alexander "Gipson from Stanton" in
General Wayne's Army, served three years and was
discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio. He then went to
Kentucky, where he married, date not given.
The date of death of Thomas Bartley was not
stated.
Margaret Bartley, widow of Thomas Bartley,
as living in 1854 in Monroe County, Kentucky; and
William Bartley was Justice of the Peace for Monroe
County, Kentucky in 1854. The relationship of William
Bartley to the above named Thomas and Margaret
Bartley was not stated.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further reference to family.
The application for headstone for Thomas
Bartley is returned herewith, as is also a letter
from W. E. Thomas, of Glasgow, Kentucky.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 22, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Thomas Bartley
S. 18708
Thomas Bartley
R. 591

Emily Bartley
Glasgow
Kentucky
Dear Madam:
The data which follow concerning Thomas
Bartley were obtained from papers on file in
claim for pension, S. 18708, based upon his
military service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Bartley was born April 9, 1759, in
England, in the City of London, near Charing
Cross. The names of his parents were not stated.
He landed in Baltimore, Maryland, when about
thirteen years of age.
While residing in Deer Creek, in Maryland,
Thomas Bartley enlisted April 25, 1778, served
as private in Captain John Smith's company, in
the Third Maryland Regiment, and in Colonel
Woolford's Maryland regiment; he was taken prisoner
at the battle of Camden, and held until
exchanged, date not given, then rejoined Captain
Smith's company, and continued in the service
until Cornwallis was taken.
After the close of the Revolution he lived in
Virginia, about two years, when he moved to
South Carolina.
Thomas Bartley was allowed pension on his
application executed October 22, 1849, at which time
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he was a resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina.
Reference was made to the children of the
soldier, Thomas Bartley, only name stated was a
son, Thomas Bartley; the soldier's grandson,
Thomas Bartley, was referred to, also.
There are no data in this claim in regard
to the wife of the soldier, and no further
discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and furnish the following data:
Thomas Bartley
Certificate #32677
Issued December 1, 1849
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
South Carolina Agency.
**********
Thomas Bartley-R. 591
The data which follow concerning this Thomas
Bartley were obtained from papers on file in claim
for pension, R. 591, based upon his military service
in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Bartley
and names of his parents were not stated.
Thomas Bartley applied for pension, February
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3 -
26, 1838, then aged about seventy-eight years, and
a resident of Monroe County, Kentucky.
Thomas Bartley stated that while an apprentice
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a butcher,
John Houseman, he (Thomas Bartley) enlisted and
served as private in Captain John Boyer's company
of Light Horse in Colonel Shryhawk's or Skyhawk's
probably meant for Shryock) "first Regiment of
Continentals", was transferred to Captain Tolbot's
company of foot in same regiment, was in a skirmish
"at the sign of the Black horse", and was discharged
sometime in 1781, having served more than two years.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof
of service as required by the pension law was not
furnished.
Thomas Bartley lived after the close of the
Revolution, about three years in Hagerstown, Maryland, 
then moved to Virginia. While in Virginia,
he served six months under General St. Clair, and
was wounded at the time of St. Clair's Defeat, then
taken by "Major Bodinger" to Georgetown, Kentucky,
where he remained until his wound had healed, then
returned to the State of Virginia, and enlisted under
Captain Alexander "Gipson of Stanton" in General
Wayne's Army, served three years, and was discharged
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
After being discharged in Cincinnati, Thomas
Bartley went to Kentucky, where he married, date
not given.
The date of death of Thomas Bartley said not
shown. His widow, Margaret Bartley, was living in
1854 in Monroe County, Kentucky.
William Bartley was Justice of the Peace in
1854 in Monroe County, Kentucky, no relationship to
[illegible].
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4-
the family of Thomas Bartley was given.
The papers on file in this claim contain
no further discernible data in regard to family.
Very truly yours.
A.D. HILLER
Exectutive Assistant
to the Administrator