Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18703, Silas Bartlett, Mass.
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(3--1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Mass. [Massachusetts]  Bartlett, Silas  S. 18703
carded
CONTENTS
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2258
Vermont
Silas Bartlett
of Rutland Co. [County] in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Lyman of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. [Colonel] Woodbridge in the Mass. [Massachusetts] troops
to for 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of
36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of November
1832 and sent to R. Temple
Rutland Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832   54.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833  18.33
73.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by JM Duffield Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 48

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let agent to resume payt [payment] &
notice to pensioner 20 May 1835
1889
Nov [November] 1 History by M M Bartlett Prior

[written in landscape]
Date of death [illegible]
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No. 2229
Admitted
Private 11 mo. [months]
20
10
3.33 [underscore]
33.33
3.33 [underscore]
36.66

R. Temple
Rutland
Vt. [Vermont]
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BRIEF in the case of Silas Bartlett
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court of Probate

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [left blank]

3. How old is he? 72 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of Generals and Field Officers under who he served.
Years, Months, Days.   As a   Gen.
In 1776 July  5  Private  Capt. [Captain] Lyman, Col. [Colonel] Woodbridge [illegible] Major Stacy
1777 Spring  2   Capt. [Captain]  Starns, Major Clapp, Gen. [General] Poor
1778 Summer  1  " [Captain] Cook, Col. [Colonel] Porter
1780 " [Summer] 3 " [Captain] Sheldon, Col. [Colonel] Murray

5. In what battles was he engaged?
McNeil's Ferry

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Northampton, Mass. [Massachusetts]

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Daniel Brown
Examining Clerk.
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Silas Bartlett
11 [illegible]
2229
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STATE OF VERMONT.
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.}
On this 17th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland Vermont 
now sitting, Silas Bartlett a resident of the County of Rutland and State of
Vermont, aged 72 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  In 1776 he lived at Northampton, Massachusetts
& in July of that year he enlisted for five months, into Capt [Captain]
Joseph Lyman's Company, Col. [Colonel] Woodbridge & Regt [Regiment] Lt [Lieutenant] Col. [Colonel] Leonard May
Stacy, Lt [Lieutenant] Bascom, Ensign Abner Lyman he marched to Ticonderoga
& joined Genl [General] Gates Army-- Genl [General] Bricket commended his Brigade-
Genl [General] St Clair & Wayne were at Ticonderoga was stationed
there, & was employed part of the time in scouting & was
discharged in December, but received no written discharge.
In 1777 he volunteered in the spring to go & meet his army
that was retreating before Burgoyne, marched to Stillwater
& joined the army at Bemis heights, he served in Capt [Captain] Steam's
company, in the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Maj. [Major] Clapp, he does not
remember his other company officers in Genl [General] Poor's Brigade
served two months & was discharged at Stillwater. He was
in the battle at McNeil's Ferry- In 1778 he volunteered in
the summer & marched to New London in Col. Porter's Regt [Regiment] he
Capt [Captain] Cook's company & served one one month in guarding
the place, when he was discharged.  In 1780 he enlisted for
three months in the summer & marched to West Point &
served in Capt [Captain] Sheldon's Company, Col. [Colonel] Murray's Regt [Regiment] of
Massachusetts served out his whole time there was
employed in [illegible](McCarty's) barge was there when
Arnold attempted to give up West Point to the enemy the
deponent was at Kings ferry when Arnold went on board the
Vulture -saw him pass & could have taken him if he had known
of his treason, was discharged in the fall, he never received
any written discharge. He recollects serving with Genl [General] Glover's
& Genl [General] Larnard's Brigades. He knew Genl [General] Gates, Lincoln, Glover
Larnard St Clair, Wayne, Poor, & many others. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony be
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State of Vermont
Rutland  ss.}
On this 17th day of July 1832, personally came
D. Thomas Hooker, to me well known & a credible
witness who being duly sworn doth depose & say,
that he is acquainted with Silas Bartlett who
made the annexed affidavit & was acquainted with
him during the revolutionary war he was at that
time a boy, but he recollects seeing said Bartlett
after he had returned from serving in the army &
remembers one of the officers with whom he served, viz
Col. Woodbridge, Capt Lyman & Capt Steams, but cannot
say how long he served
Thomas Hooker
Subscribed & Sworn before me the day and year aforesaid}
R Temple Jus. [Justice] Peace
State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of Rutland
County Court do certify that Robert Temple
before whom the above affidavit was
taken is a Justice of Peace for said County
duly commissioned, and that his signature
thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
& fix the seal of said Court this 11 Aug. [August]1832
R. Pierpoint
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can obtain, who can testify to his services, except what
is testified to by Dr. Tho Hooker. He was born at Northampton the 2d of July 1760, but knows not whether his age
is recorded, but presumes it is at Northampton since
the revolutionary war he lived at Northampton until 
he was 30 years old when he moved to Dummerston
where he lived 2 or 3 years & then moved to Brandon, where
he has ever since lived. He is known to Rev. [Reverend]
I. Ingraham
& most of the other inhabitants of Brandon
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
his
Silas X Bartlett
mark

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.}
Rodney Royce Regr [Registrar]

We Ira Ingraham a Clergyman residing in Brandon
and Thomas Hooker residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Silas Bartlett
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed,
in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion.
Ira Ingraham
Thomas Hooker

Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.}
Rodney Royce, Regr [Registrar]

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 Ira Ingraham who  has signed the preceding
certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Brandon and that Thomas Hooker
who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rutland and
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce Reg [Registrar]
[crossed out Clerk] of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Bartlett
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal office this 11th
day of Aug A.D. 1832
R. C. Royce, Regr [Registrar]
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May 13, 1932

BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Silas Bartlett
S. 18703

Mrs. Julia A. Farrington
50 Maplewood Terrace
White River Junction, Vermont

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Silas 
Bartlett, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, S.18703,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of Silas Bartlett.

He was born July 2, 1760 at Northampton,
Massachusetts.

While residing at said Northampton, he
enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops, as follows:
From sometime in July, 1776 in Captain Joseph Lyman's company, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment
, marched to Ticonderoga, was in several scouting
parties, and was discharged in December, 1776; in the
spring of 1777, two months in Captain Stearns' company
under Major Clapp, and was in a battle with the
Indians at McNeil's Ferry; in the summer of 1778, one
month in Captain Cook's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, on an alarm to New London; in the summer of 1780,
three months in Captain Sheldon's company, Colonel Murray's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 17, 1832, then a resident of Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont. There are no data rel. to fee
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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18703
INVALID.

File No. 18703
Silas Bartlett
Pri [Private] Rev [Revolutionary] War

Act:  June 7th 32

Index:--Vol. 1, Page 35
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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May 28-94-History
Mr. Chas. C. Whitn
346 Broadway, N. Y. City
1932 May Blush to herself and
Julia A. Farrington
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[Jefferson One Cent Postal Mail Stamp]
[Ink stamp illegible River] 1932

[Imprinted] THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
[Stamped] 3 19

United States
Dept. [Department] of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Please send me
Revolutionary records
of Silas Bartlett
Enlisted July 9th 1777

Respectfully
Mrs Julia A. Farrington
50 Maplewood Terrace
White River Junction
Vermont

[Ink Stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 19 1932
[illegible]

Only 1
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I Silas Bartlett of Bandon in the County of Rutland
and State of Vermont State that in the year 1776, I
resided in the Town of Northampton in the State of
Massachusetts at which time I was sixteen
years of age, and then enlisted as a private
soldier for the term of five months in Captain
Joseph Lyman's Company attached to Col. [Colonel] Ruggles
Woodbridge's Regiment and soon after marched
to Ticonderoga in the State of New York where
I served out my time in Gen. [General] Gates Army.
In the summer of [underlined] 1777  I again enlisted
as a soldier of the Revolution for two months
in Capt [Captain] Stearn's Company our Regiment
was then commanded by Major Clapp
and we were annexed to Gen [General] Poor's
Brigade.  When we left North Hampton
we marched immediately to Fort Edward
in the State of New York where we were attacked
by the Indians, & being harassed by Gen [General]
Burgoyne's army were obliged to retreat
to Still Water where we were met by the army
under Gen [General] Gates, where I remained until my
two months expired and I then returned home
to North Hampton - In the Summer of 1778, I
turned out on an alarm & marched
to New London in the State of Connecticut
and served one month only & returned home.  In the year 1780, I enlisted under the command
of Capt [Captain] Sheldon in Col. [Colonel] Murry's Regiment
and marched to West Point and served three months as a common soldier, the term I enlisted for.
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The post at West Point was commanded
at that time by Gen [General] Benedict Arnold.
I resided in Brandon Vermont where I now
reside, when I made my first application for
a pension. I think I made oath before
Robert Temple Esq of Rutland, but I am not
certain in this point as there were other pensioners 
present and making their applications at the same
time and some of us were sworn before
Esq Temple and some of us before R Pierpoint
Esq. who was then Clerk of the Court and I believe
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Rutland.
D[illegible] Thomas Hooker of Rutland was at
by whom I proved my services-
I receive thirty Six Dollars & Sixty Six
cents for annum and was paid my last
instalment by Robert Temple aforesaid
on the sixth day of September now last past.
I have here given a concise statement of
all the material facts according to my
best recollection as I made in my first
application, and hope I may be restored
& again placed upon the pension S [illegible]
Brandon Vt. Feby 12th 1835.

his
Silas X Bartlett
mark

Hon. J. L. Edward
U S. Pension Office

Witness B Davenport
H. F. Spaulding

N.B. Reference Hon. Wm Slade Mass. H. Res. Congress
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346 Broadway.
B
New York, 11th May, 1897.
U. S. Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-     [Underlined] Re SILAS BARTLETT.
Silas Bartlett, who died at Brandon, Vt. 4th May,
1840, was a Revolutionary pensioner for service in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts records are not clear as to his services, and I shall be obliged if you will send me a statement of his
record filed when the pension was granted.
Yours truly,
Chas. C. Whitney
P